Chapter 5: Scavengers

"I swear to complete the task to the death!" The six old men knelt on one knee, their voices sharply and powerfully, forming a huge contrast with their old appearance.

Chen Gu glanced at the six people lightly, then looked at the rest of the people in the Ice Palace: "Except for Bai Ling and the other people in the monster squad can also join me and be registered disciples for the time being. Do you want to?"

His eyes fell on the group of big monsters behind Bai Ling and the other two.

Hearing this, the monsters couldn't help but get excited and knelt on the ground: "I'm willing!"

Although the status of the registered disciple is far less than that of the official disciple, no matter what, he is considered a disciple of the Demon King. With this level of identity, no one dares to underestimate them wherever they go.

Not to mention these ordinary Danzhi Realm monsters, even those born divine beasts, they probably want to become Chen Gu’s registered disciples!

Now that such a good thing falls on them, how can they not be willing?

They do not want any gifts, and becoming Chen Gu’s registered disciples is the best gift!

After a while, Chen Gu floated away, and the people in the Ice Palace began to disperse one after another.

"Sister Sister, the journey is smooth." As soon as he joined Chen Gu's sect, the Red Dragon King adapted to his new identity.

"A good journey." The Green-winged Eagle King said calmly.

After saying goodbye to the Red Dragon King, the Green-Winged Eagle King, and the Tianhun, Bai Ling no longer stayed and took the six old men directly.

Regarding the sale of Dark Abyss tickets, Bai Ling discussed with the big monsters such as Tian Hun yesterday, and Tian Hun was responsible for everything.

"call out……"

The harsh sound of wind breaking sounded in the sky, and Bai Ling and the six old men flew towards the west at a very fast speed.

The Red Dragon King and others returned to the Sky Academy in a regular manner. After that, the Green-Winged Eagle King and others practiced quietly in the academy, while the Red Dragon King quickly came to the foot of the barren mountain to preside over the construction of the new city.

In the newly built city lord's mansion, Qin Lian slowly put down his brush, rubbed his temples, and let out a long sigh: "It's finally done!"

On the desk, on a huge piece of rice paper, four big words were written in the center of the first row: "Setting Up Announcement."

After several days of thinking and deliberation, he finally formulated the details of settlement rules in a completely standardized manner. The main framework content was formulated completely according to Zhang Yu's intention. His job was to refine and standardize the settlement conditions to ensure that every standard was clear and there were no loopholes.

Of course, this settlement announcement would not take Qin Lian a few days. The reason why he completed the settlement announcement now is that he has processed all the household registration application that had been accumulated for many days in the past few days. As long as his cultivation reaches the vortex realm, he will be approved and approved. If his cultivation has not reached the vortex realm, he will all refuse. It seems that the work is very simple, but it is actually very boring.

"Come."

Qin Lian stood up, stretched my muscles and bones slightly, and then shouted outside the house.

Soon, a middle-aged man in armor walked in and said respectfully: "Sir!"

Qin Lian pointed to the rice paper on the desk and said, "Tell me to order me to copy 100 pieces of this settlement announcement and then post it everywhere to ensure that everyone can see it."

"Yes!" The middle-aged man responded respectfully, then carefully rolled up the rice paper and walked out of the room.

After a while, the middle-aged man walked into the room again, bent down and said, "Sir, I have already conveyed your orders and will be done in about an hour."

Qin Lian nodded and asked, "How is the construction of the new city?" He has been busy dealing with the settlement in the past few days and has not had time to pay attention to the situation outside. Now that he has solved the settlement in the matter, he naturally needs to pay attention to the construction of the new city. After all, this is the first task assigned by the dean. In any case, he must complete this task well.

The middle-aged man replied: "The foundation has been laid, the public facilities such as squares and streets have been built, and private houses are currently being built..."

At this point, the middle-aged man wanted to speak but stopped.

"Is there any problem?" Qin Lian asked in confusion.

"Sir, the construction of the wasteland city consumes so much money, and it is completely maintained by the treasury funds. I am worried that if this continues, the treasury funds will be exhausted before the wasteland city is completed." The middle-aged man suggested: "These houses were built for the people, so why don't they charge a certain fee? Moreover, would the materials for building the house be a little better? I remember that when the lord's mansion in the old city of Huangcheng were built, such good materials were not used..."

If the material standards can be lowered, a lot of money can be saved.

Qin Lian still trusts this old subordinate who has been with him for more than 20 years. He also understands that the other party is sincerely considering him, so he does not blame him.

"It was the president's decision to let the people with registered household registration in the original Huangcheng enter the new Huangcheng for free." Qin Lian shook his head and explained: "Because the former Huangcheng would be divided into Cangkong Academy, the president was unwilling to take advantage of the people, so he made this decision."

The middle-aged man was stunned. When he heard that this was the dean's decision, he immediately stopped worrying.

"What about the material problem?" the middle-aged man said again: "The people do not have high requirements for houses. As long as they have a place to live, there is no need to use such good materials, right?"

When talking about this question, Qin Lian was also a little helpless. He smiled bitterly: "At first, I advised the Red Dragon King so, but he insisted on using the best materials to create the most beautiful and strongest city. There is no room for negotiation. What can I do?"

If it were someone else, Qin Lian could rely on his identity as the city lord and the dean to support him, forcibly ask the other party to modify the design and replace the materials. However, the Red Dragon King is not only a great demon in the Lingxuan Realm, but also a student of the monster class of the Cangqiu Academy. Compared to the city lord, the Red Dragon King has a higher status in the Cangqiu Academy. If he really makes trouble, he will definitely not be able to make trouble for the Red Dragon King.

Since he couldn't make a fuss, he simply ignored it. The Red Dragon King would do whatever he wanted.

"If this happens, will the construction of the wasteland city be abandoned halfway when the treasury funds are used up?" The middle-aged man frowned, with a hint of worry in his eyes. "If the dean blames it, the situation of the adults will be in a bad state."

"There is no need to worry about this." Qin Lian suddenly smiled.

The middle-aged man looked at Qin Lian in confusion.

Qin Lian said: "The Red Dragon King promised me that if the treasury is not sufficient, he will make up for the expenses privately until the construction of the deserted city is completed."

"He?" the middle-aged man suspected: "He has so many desolate coins?"

Qin Lian smiled: "Luo Song, you underestimate the financial resources of the Red Dragon King too much! Looking at the entire Zhou Dynasty, no one is richer than him! To be precise, the Thousand-Faced Demon Fox, the Red Dragon King, the Green-Winged Eagle King, and the three Dark Abyss overlords are all rich masters! Even those chambers of commerce and even the Zhou Dynasty royal family are far less rich than them! Building a city, even the Daxing city, is only a drop in the cost for them."

Luo Song was frightened, and he opened his eyes wide and said incrediblely: "They are so rich?"

"The entire Dark Abyss belongs to them. How can they not have money?" Qin Lian laughed silently, "If you don't say anything else, the Dark Abyss tickets they sell every day are enough to build a small city."

Many of the commercial taxes in Tongzhou Prefecture were contributed by Bai Ling, Red Dragon King and Green-winged Eagle King. If it weren't for this, Qin Lian wouldn't have known the financial resources of the three of them so clearly.

Qin Lian came to his senses, patted Luo Song on the shoulder, and said, "You don't have to worry about funds. We just need to carefully supervise the carpenters and craftsmen to prevent them from being cheated and cheated, and ensure that the wasteland city is completed normally. After all, the dean has been staring at it, and we can't be careless for a moment."

Luo Song nodded.

"By the way, what I told you before, how did you do?" Qin Lian asked.

"You mean... the rectification of the military soldiers?"

"right."

"According to your request, no one of the soldiers in Huangcheng has moved for the time being. All the soldiers in the foreign government are disbanded below the seventh level of Qixuan, and those who are causing trouble are driven out. At present, only 319 soldiers in the foreign government are left, including 112 people in Tongzhou City, 63 people in Jinhua City, 45 people in Zizhou City, 36 people in Qingyang Ancient City, 21 people in Yancheng City, 18 people in Zhanshui City, 16 people in Wushuang City, and 8 people in Wushuang City. There is not a single soldier left in the remaining cities."

Qin Lian was stunned and said in surprise: "No one left?"

Luo Song smiled bitterly and said, "Those cities are worse than our Huangcheng. The strongest soldier is only at the sixth level of the Qixuan level. Even those city lords only have the Qixuan level of the Qixuan level and the eighth level of the Qixuan level." Huangcheng is a relatively backward and weak city in Tongzhou Prefecture, but Luo Song did not expect that there are cities that are even more backward and weaker than Huangcheng.

"I thought I, the lord of Huangcheng, was already cowardly enough, but I didn't expect..." Qin Lian shook his head and sighed.

Luo Song hesitated for a moment and said, "Sir, are we too impulsive to lay off so many soldiers at once? Just a few hundred people cannot maintain the order of Tongzhou Prefecture. Moreover, the remaining hundreds of people are in panic, and they may be dismissed at any time..."

Tongzhou Prefecture originally had 80,000 soldiers, but in just a few days, it was cut off to only more than 300 people.

Eighty thousand vs. three hundred, it is hard to imagine such a huge gap in the number of people!

Fortunately, all the three hundred people who stayed were elite soldiers above the seventh level of Qixuan, and they were the true backbone of the palace soldiers!

Most of the soldiers who were eliminated were just a substitute, and no matter how good their character was, they could not meet Qin Lian's requirements by their strength alone.

Qin Lian glared at him: "They dare!"

Those who voluntarily retire from the military before the specified period of time will be regarded as deserters. Such people will be ridiculed wherever they go.

Luo Song didn't argue anything. The possibility of this is indeed very small. However, more than 300 soldiers were unable to maintain the order of Tongzhou Prefecture. There were several cities, and there were even only the city lord, a commander with a bare body, which seemed very embarrassing. If this continued, the soldiers might not be discharged, but the city lord ran away first.

"Soldiers are more important than elites." Qin Lian said lightly: "If you ask them to stabilize first, at most three days, new soldiers will report to major cities."

Luo Song said worriedly: "Will three days be too short? There are not many soldiers recruiting at this time. What's more, you have so high requirements for soldiers, the city lord..."

People in this world generally have the idea of ​​"a good man does not serve as a soldier, and a good iron does not serve as a nail". Unless they really can't make it, few people are willing to take the initiative to serve as a soldier.

No matter where, recruiting soldiers is an extremely difficult task. Some cities even recruit less than 100 soldiers a year. In this case, the requirements for recruiting soldiers in each city are very low. As long as you cultivate true power, there is almost no requirement for other aspects because there is no choice at all.

Therefore, Luo Song’s worries are not without reason.

"Did you not read the settlement announcement I just gave you?" Qin Lian smiled mysteriously.

"Uh, I haven't had time to see it yet." Luo Song said honestly.

"Haha, when you look at it, you will understand why I am so confident." Qin Lian smiled slightly, "I am not worried about recruiting soldiers at all. On the contrary, I am not afraid of being dissatisfied, but I am afraid that there are too many people and it is difficult to choose."
Chapter completed!