Hand over the jade seal first [Infrastructure]

As soon as the disarmament order came out, the military camps in all counties were a little confused. Before that, King Jinling seemed to focus on population, land and food. When he came to their military camps, he just walked around and left without asking any serious questions.

So everyone thought he was just going through the motions.

After King Jinling returned, everyone was waiting for his next move, and the most worried thing was the county magistrates.

In the end, who knew that the first knife was cut on the army's head!

For a while, the county magistrates were really relieved, and even very happy.

As long as they are not the ones who are unlucky, they are quite happy.

Moreover, disarmament is also good for them. After the disarmament, those people must return to their hometowns to farm. If there are more farmers, there will be more food, and if there is more food, there will be more taxes. For them, this is a political achievement!

So these county magistrates are very grateful to King Jinling.

While being grateful, he also sweated, fearing that these troops would riot, and this little Highness would suffer.

The military officers in the counties are obviously not convinced. They are not convinced but they can’t find anyone—the King of Jinling has returned to Jingkou, and they can’t go to Jingkou to seek justice. send word.

Because of the abundance of martial arts here in Jinling, these generals are rich and powerful one by one, and it is not very polite to see these county magistrates.

These county magistrates were bullied by them, and some unkind ones directly turned on them, asking them to go to the King of Jinling to ask for an explanation, and encouraging the soldiers to threaten the King of Jinling to take back their orders.

However, some county magistrates who have a good relationship with the local military officers stopped their friends in time and said, "Calm down, Jing Shi still doesn't know what will happen to him. Can you be better than him? Why do you think King Jinling is so confident? The one in his hand How many people can you fill in once the bursting arrow blows up? Besides, is it true that the imperial court will watch you rebel and ignore it?"

The officers were not convinced, especially after seeing the conditions for disarmament.

The disarmament condition set by Xiao Zirong is that everyone under the age of [-] and over [-] should return home, and those with only one son in the family should also return home.

This time, at least a quarter of a military camp was removed, and even more than one third.

There are fewer people under their command, not to mention the reduction in strength and income in some gray areas has also decreased.

The officers were very anxious, but the King of Jinling was very unreasonable and asked them to complete the disarmament within three months, and to record all the numbers and rosters and report them.

Mi Cai followed Xiao Zirong and said, "Your Highness, I'm afraid some people will not accept it if this continues."

Xiao Zirong thought for a while and said, "Dissatisfied? It's okay, I specialize in dealing with all kinds of dissatisfaction."

Mi Cai gasped and said hastily, "Master, calm down, please calm down."

Xiao Zirong waved his hand: "It's okay, I just remembered that I said before that there will be a military parade. I will give them a chance to select elites to go to the place I designated for the military parade. If they perform well, it is not unreasonable."

Mi Cai looked at Xiao Zirong in a daze, not knowing what to say.

And Xiao Zirong took the time to meet with Jing Shi and the others. After this period of "calmness", Jing Shi and the others were really losing their energy. Being locked up every day and not being allowed to do anything was really exhausting. the will of man.

But fortunately, they haven't reached the point of giving up on themselves.

After seeing Xiao Zirong, Jing Shi said with serious eyes: "Your Highness, if you want to kill or cut, please give me a happy word."

Before, he was still happy that he was able to survive, but Xiao Zirong had been out for nearly a month. During this month, they felt like walking dead every day. Thinking that the rest of their lives might pass like this, they were really a little scared.

Thinking about it this way, it would be better to die happily in the first place.

Xiao Zirong sat there and asked, "Do you know why this king didn't kill you?"

Jing Shi shook his head, none of them could figure out what the King of Jinling was thinking, they thought it was an embroidered pillow, but they didn't expect it to be a stubble.

Xiao Zirong said: "Although you are used to domineering here, I have to say that you are also responsible for Jingkou's current stability."

Jing Shi's eyes lit up slightly, and he didn't know why, it should be a matter of course to be affirmed by others, but Xiao Zirong's words made him suddenly feel sad.

It's as if my hard work has been seen.

And Xiao Zirong wasn't fooling them. It wasn't that he didn't pay attention to Jingkou when the Northern Wei Dynasty attacked Nanyanzhou, but he just tried it out and found that this hard bone was not easy to chew, so he gave up in the end.

So if it weren't for Jing Shi and the others who were really good at leading troops, it would have been impossible for the Northern Wei Dynasty to retreat in the face of difficulties.

Jing Shi and the others are indeed guilty, but the crime does not entail death.

From others' point of view, offending the King of Jinling is a capital crime, but Xiao Zirong thinks it's not enough, he should be punished, he should be taught a lesson, and the next step is to appease him.

Xiao Zirong continued: "Now you have two paths, you don't want to go back to the army at Jingkou, and it is impossible for me to let you go back, so you can either go back to your hometown and be an ordinary person, or you can stay here The king is here to help the king lead the troops."

Being ordinary people...Jing Shi and the others just gave up without even thinking about it. They are already used to life in the army and they can't stand being ordinary people. Who wants to farm when there is a way out?

It's just the second...Jing Shi said hesitantly: "Your Highness means..."

Xiao Zirong said: "Jinling has a lot of soldiers and horses now, but they are not mine. After a while, I will rebuild a team. The Xuezi Battalion will not stay here for a long time. When the army in my hands rises, they will They are about to return to the King Regent, Taoyuan Guards will also go back in the future, they still need to guard Taoyuan City, so..."

Jing Shi's eyes lit up after hearing this, but he still asked in disbelief, "Your Highness means, let us lead this team?"

Xiao Zirong said: "That's right, I don't have anyone under my command who can lead troops. I can do it, but I don't have the energy to do it too much. It's okay to re-elect, but it's better to be familiar with it than to be familiar with it. You have all proved it before." My own abilities, I have always cherished talents, and I feel that it is a pity that as a soldier, you did not die on the battlefield but in a battle, it depends on how you choose."

Jing Shi felt that the King of Jinling really spoke to his heart. He has been feeling a little regretful for a month. If he had known this, he might as well rush to fight the Northern Wei Dynasty. Well done to the stigma.

So he knelt down on one knee almost without hesitation: "The last general is willing to be loyal to the Lord."

Xiao Zirong hurriedly helped him up and said: "From now on, we will all be our own people, so there is no need to be so polite. There will be a military parade in a few days. Your house in the city has not been touched by anyone. Go to rest first, and then go to see it." Watch the military parade, and we'll discuss recruitment when we get back."

After Jing Shi relaxed his mind, he did feel very tired, but he still couldn't help asking: "Master Lang, the matter of recruiting soldiers...will it violate the imperial government's decree?"

After hearing this, Xiao Zirong teased him and said, "What? Have you become a gentleman?"

It is a joke to say that these people are afraid of violating the imperial decree. When did they take the imperial decree seriously?

Old Jing Shi blushed and said: "We were a bit lawless at the beginning, but... the imperial court will not care about us easily, and the general is just worried that the lord will..."

Xiao Zirong patted him on the shoulder and said: "Don't worry, I will definitely tell my uncle about this matter. Now part of my soldiers are composed of Taoyuanwei and Xueziying. After the two parties go back, there will be vacancies. There are a lot of people, so if you want to make up for it, you have to choose from the local area, so there should be no problem."

Seeing what he said was certain, Jing Shi thought that even Luoxuewei, the king regent, was willing to release him to follow King Jinling, so he probably wouldn't stop him.

After they left, Mi Cai couldn't help asking: "Your Highness, the world has tens of millions, so why use them? What if they turn their backs..."

Xiao Zirong shook his head: "Jing Shi is very smart, he knows what to do and what not to do."

At the banquet that day, Captain Jiaoshan had already drawn his sword, and Jing Shi was still very restrained. Even though they were surrounded by Luo Xuewei, Jing Shi didn't let his dagger out of its sheath. what consequences.

It is precisely because of the other party's restraint that Xiao Zirong gave him this opportunity

The same is true for the other generals who survived. As for those who really used their weapons to kill, none of them survived that night.

Luoxuewei didn't know what kindness meant.

Now let Xiao Zirong dig out potential stocks, I don't know how long it will take to cultivate, and directly choose those who have already made some credits, but I don't know which faction they will be involved with.

Jingkou is good, because of the special geographical location, no one dares to reach out here, Jingshi has no factions, and he has committed a serious crime before, and Xiao Zirong's life and death depend on Xiao Zirong's thought.

As for letting him lead the army, would it be an opportunity for him to accumulate strength... Isn't that a joke, Xiao Zirong wants to give these recruits brainwashing party lessons!

Of course, you still have to say something about recruiting soldiers. It just so happens that Xiao Zirong has been doing a lot of things recently. After coming for a month, he can also report to Xiao Xuan.

Originally Xiao Zirong wanted to write a letter to Xiao Xuexing, but after thinking about it, she always felt that she didn't know what to write.

The more I think about it, the more careful I am, I dare not be too presumptuous, for fear that the other party will see the clue if I write too much.

Moreover, he is already a vassal king on the side of the town, and it is not good to be too close to the regent, so the memorial or letter to the emperor can be kept once a month or two, and Xiao Xuexing...then it will be longer.

Xiao Zirong wrote vigorously and reported all his recent affairs to Xiao Xuan, and also communicated with the other party about his future plans, asking if he could do this.

Although he had already made up his mind, he still had to use the tone of asking for instructions with the emperor.

But when he sent the letter, Xiao Xuexing's mood was not calm.

He heard the reports from the people below that Xiao Zirong took Mu Lin out to play for a while, not to mention that they were inseparable during the period, and he heard that the county magistrates also sent Xiao Zirong to send beauties. Send a man.

Then Xiao Zirong wrote letters to the emperor but he didn't have his share.

After all the reports from his subordinates were finished, Xiao Xuexing asked calmly, "Is there any more?"

The subordinate immediately trembled, shook his head and said, "It's gone."

Xiao Xuexing nodded: "Go down."

The subordinate instantly breathed a sigh of relief and retreated immediately.

After waiting for people to go down, Xiao Xuexing let go of the writing brush he was holding tightly in his hand. At this time, the writing brush had broken into two pieces.

He looked at the broken brush and couldn't help thinking: Shouldn't he let Xiao Zirong go?