Xia Ya's order was also made very clear, so that the young and single Chinese characters in the entire army all had their eyes light up.
However, Xia Ya kept his mind. After all, his army is still outside. If everyone's heart is scattered now, I'm afraid there will be trouble. He simply ordered another order, let these girls form a separate battalion, and sent people to guard outside, and no one was allowed to harass!
If you want to pursue a woman, go home and talk about it! Now that the army is stationed abroad, no one is allowed to make trouble! Otherwise, military law is engaged.
But as a result, a strange phenomenon occurred in the army: the task of guarding outside the women's battalion in shifts became a sought-after job, and the soldiers all had sharpened heads and took the initiative to serve as guards of the women's battalion. Task. I heard that several battalions have secretly competed with each other for this.
Now there are only three thousand cavalry in the army.
The original coalition with the Besta Military Region has already existed in name only. After the governor's wife entered the imperial capital, the seven thousand cavalry on Bestar's side had already separated from Char's army.
Xiaya waited here for a few more days, and finally got the news from the city.
The imperial council of nobles has completed the formalities for Char's nobility. After reviewing the merits, deeds, reputation, and background of His Excellency Char Leiming, the aristocratic panel officially recognized His Excellency Char Leiming as the Duke of the Empire.
The legal documents of the duke's title, the decree, and the signature documents of the noble council were all delivered to Char.
From then on, Charya has justifiably become a duke of the empire! The fief of North County! Proclaimed "Grand Duke Noz" to the outside world.
Of course, there are a lot of complicated details in the procedures for the award of nobles. For example, Char must submit the family emblem of his duke family, the family tree, etc...
This is not a simple matter. The emblem of a noble family is not something you can use just by drawing a symbol! The clan emblem of aristocrats naturally has a pattern and rules, which pattern can be used for any identity, and it must not be surpassed! For example, if there is a crown pattern on the family emblem, it can be used unless it is related to the royal family and has a branch of the royal family. Others are absolutely not allowed. There are also patterns of swords and scepters, unless it is in the family tree, and the ancestors have held a certain level of military high-ranking positions to be eligible to use them. Another example is the patterns of some flowers and plants, some of which are expressly stipulated that they can only be used unless their ancestors have made a certain level of merit.
These things have their own set of traditions. Also known as heraldry.
Where does Char know about heraldry
When he was named a Baron of the Empire the last time a year ago, Fatty had already hired some scholars from the Imperial Capital for him to make a set of these things. But now that he has changed from a baron to a duke, the previous clan emblem is a bit too simple to use now.
But fortunately, the entire empire is now trying to curry favor with the young duke.
Anyway, the formalities for the title have been completed. As for when you, Mr. Xia, are free, you have prepared a series of things such as the family emblem, and sent someone to the Imperial City Noble Council to complete the formalities for the record.
After waiting for another two days, the military department also issued an official document. The appointment of Char Ya's "Northern Garrison Area General" has completed the reporting procedures of the military department. , in addition to the position of "General of the Northern Garrison", the official document issued by the military also added a title to Xia Ya.
Military Staff Commissioner.
This position has always been attached to the staff of the military, and the position of the staff commissioner is much higher than that of the ordinary staff. Ministers and vice-ministers are at the level of chiefs, heads of various departments of the military are at the ministerial level), and commissioners are at the level of key officers of the military.
As a result, it can be regarded as adding a virtual position to the central military department of the empire to Xia Ya.
In addition to the local generals, there is another direct post in the military, which is probably what Adrick meant.
The awards for official positions and titles have been settled, so as usual, Xia Ya can write to the military for instructions and bring troops back to his area.
Xiaya made preparations, personally brought people back to the imperial capital, went to the military headquarters, sent his military letter to the north, and met with General Adric once again.
Adrick's military affairs are busy, and the imperial capital is restored. He supports a huge military booth in his hand. On the one hand, he needs to rectify the army and strengthen the control of the Osgilia area. Gather supplies and prepare for a major counter-offensive against the rebels.
There was a mountain of things waiting for him to deal with. Adrick was so busy that he didn't even have time to eat or sleep.
But even so, he still met Xia in his office.
As for Xia Ya's request to come back, Adrick pondered for a moment, and then rejected it directly.
"Wait a few days."
Facing Adric's words, Char was a little embarrassed.
It has been a long time since I led the troops out. Speaking of which, when he brought troops to the Imperial Capital, King Qin was originally trying to seize the time. Before he set off, he swallowed Syltan County, and there was still a lot of military affairs at home. Although they have occupied Syltan County and Corsica, there is still a lot of work to do to digest such a huge victory.
Xia Ya naturally wished that he could go back to the north immediately.
"I know you're in a hurry." Adric looked at Xi Ya with a serious tone: "But now we need you more! The Lantis people have already indicated that they will withdraw their troops from Osgilia in batches! But their article lies in' If you stay here, you will be a deterrent to them! If you leave, their plans to withdraw from the imperial capital will be delayed on purpose."
Xia frowned and said: "Although I claim to be 10,000 cavalrymen, in fact, only 3,000 cavalry belong to me. Enough is enough."
Adrick shook his head and stared at Xiaya: "Because of this, you can't walk now! To the outside world, although the Besta people have 7,000 knights, you only have 3,000... But to the Landis people, you Xia The name of Yaleiming is the real deterrent! The Besta people are not seen by the Lantis people! After all, you, Xia Leiming, are the ones who defeated the Odin Chixue Army! Not to mention that you still have 3,000 iron cavalry , even if you only have three hundred cavalry, if you stay here, the Lantis people will not dare to move lightly."
Xia Ya smiled bitterly, touched his chin, and sighed: "Damn, is my name so useful?"
"What do you think?" Adrick sneered: "The prestige of a famous general is piled up with countless lives and blood! Putting your name here, Xiaya, represents deterrence! Represents mountains of corpses and seas of blood! Randy How can the people of Sri Lanka not be deterred by it?! If it is an unknown person, who will see it!"
Xia Ya nodded, and couldn't help but feel a little proud.
But Adric's tone changed immediately: "It's the reason for the outside world! There's another reason for the inside! After all, the Besta people are the newly descended army! If you leave and leave them in the imperial capital, I'm afraid the above may not be the same. Don't worry! Hmph, the above intends to use the Besta people to restrain you, but they may not really dare to trust them! After all, they were a member of the rebels before! If you leave, the Besta people will be here with seven thousand cavalry, ten thousand As soon as something goes wrong... Are you here as a deterrent to the Besta people?"
Xia Ya's eyes lit up: "Above... Are you worried about the Besta people?"
Adric snorted, but gave Xi Ya a deep look: "Did you tell the prime minister to beware of the Besta people?"
Um
Xia Ya was taken aback.
He did say this to the prime minister, and it was also what the governor's wife of Besta begged herself to say.
"Yes, I said it." Xiaya nodded.
Adric frowned, looked at Xiaya, then stood up, walked to the door, closed the door, turned to stare at Xiaya, and said solemnly, "Why did you say such a thing to the prime minister?"
"..." Xia Ya hesitated for a moment, then said slowly: "It's not unreasonable, the Besta people are new arrivals after all, if you don't guard against them at all..."
Adrick smiled slightly: "Do you really think so?"
Charya smiled bitterly: "Okay, General Mingjian... Well, isn't the above afraid of me? This time we reused the Besta people. From the point of view of the reward, it is clear that the relationship between me and the Besta people is divided, so I might as well vote for it. Okay. Don't they just want me to have a bad relationship with the Besta people? I'll deliberately say bad things about the Besta people behind my back, so that they can rest assured."
"How is your relationship with the Besta people?" Adric asked.
Xia Ya hesitated for a while, but finally didn't hide it: "The relationship is good and there is cooperation."
Adrick smiled and looked at Xi Ya, with a strange smile: "It seems that you and the governor's wife have a tacit understanding! You told the prime minister to guard against the Besta people, and the governor's wife is said to be in front of the governor's wife. When I met the prime minister, I also said that the top priority of the empire now is to limit the breeding of new warlords! Hehe... Restrict the new warlords! Looking around, besides you, Xia, who else can be called 'new warlords'? The two of you Fang, they all speak ill of each other behind their backs, is there a tacit understanding?"
Xia Ya laughed twice, did not speak, and simply came to a default.
Adrick waved his hand: "I don't care about your little tricks. But it's a good thing to let the boss face you at ease. As long as you really don't have any unreasonable thoughts in your heart!"
Char sighed in his heart: At this time, Adric still didn't forget to beat himself.
"One more thing." Adrick looked a little unhappy: "I heard that you accepted a lot of women a few days ago?"
Ruined.
Xia Ya's face turned pale.
This matter, Xia Ya will not pay attention to others, even if it is rumored how lustful he is, Xia Ya will only regard it as someone else's fart.
However, it was a bit difficult for Adric to ask about this!
In any case, he was begging for a kiss, and Adric was his future father-in-law in name.
The story that he had received hundreds of "maids" in the city spread, and that he had found so many women before marrying other people's daughters... Speaking of which, Adric was afraid that he would be very upset.
Xia Ya quickly and carefully explained it again.
After listening to Adrick, his expression softened a little and nodded: "I knew that you shouldn't be that kind of lecherous guy. Well, the war in the north just ended, you have tens of thousands of troops stationed in places, and the ratio of males and females is imbalanced. You take the opportunity to get some women back, it's just a little trick, I don't care about you, it's just... "
As soon as Xia Ya's heart moved, he hurriedly recounted what happened to Via before. At the end, he smiled bitterly: "Sir, Miss Wea can be quite prejudiced against me, I think..."
The implication is that there is a taste of shirk.
Adrick snorted: "I don't care about your young people's affairs. Since you are begging for a kiss, how to deal with my daughter is your problem. Hmph, if a man pursues a woman, do you want me to teach you to do it? Women, spend more time coaxing and coaxing, it will always be fine."
After a pause, the old man probably knew that his daughter was really "alternative", his tone was a little softer, and he whispered: "The relationship between Via and me is a long story... Alas, I have never had time to discipline her. , her temper is really special. For my sake, tolerate her more. Since I promised her to you, I will always rely on you to take good care of her in the future. "
Xia thought to herself: take care of Via for the rest of her life? I'm afraid she will stab me with a knife when she sees me...
Even if he charged the Odins with the army, Char's brows would not wrinkle. But it is really a headache to face that Miss Via.
"Okay, that's all. Don't think about going back for now, wait a few more days outside the city, um... The awards and appointments from Bestar have also come down. When they ask them to return, you will leave with them. After a few more days, I can put pressure on the Landis people to urge them to withdraw quickly." Adric gave the order directly, and then looked at Xia Xia as if he had thought of something again. Ya glanced: "You sent someone to send 200 horses a few days ago, and you did a good job. I thank you for the military department! But my staff is too tight right now, and I don't have military expenses to pay you."
Xia Ya immediately patted his chest and said, "I don't need money anymore, just treat it as I honor your old man..."
Adrick laughed and glanced at Xi Ya: "In that case, why don't you be more filial? You will send someone to send two hundred horses tomorrow."
Xia Ya's face suddenly became bitter.
Send another two hundred? There are four hundred horses before and after! These are all excellent war horses! Four hundred war horses, enough to arm a riding battalion!
"What frown?" Adrick smiled: "I know you feel bad. But the situation in the imperial capital is tense now. You are in the north of More County, and it is much more convenient for you to get war horses than here. Hmph, sitting on a border trade channel, Do you still care about the cost in the future?"
Xia Ya was helpless and gritted his teeth: "Okay, I'll send someone to deliver it tomorrow... But my lord, this is the last two hundred horses. If you want more, I don't have any more. I have thousands of cavalry, if I don't have any horses. , I can't tell my people to run back to the north. I have so much cargo with me... "
"Goods? Hmph, the spoils seized from the rebels!" Adric smiled.
Xia Ya hurriedly shouted: "Those things, don't think about any more ideas! My soldiers worked hard to seize the things, if they want me to hand them in, I'm afraid the people below will not accept it, and I'm also a few people. Ten thousand people, people eat horse chews, and the cost is huge, I am still waiting to bring this thing back to raise soldiers."
"Hmph, I didn't say the idea of hitting your booty." Adrick shook his head: "In addition to receiving a lot of women these days, those nobles have given you a lot of gifts? Not much to say, it is worth tens of thousands of gold coins. Always have."
Xia Ya smiled and didn't elaborate.
In fact, there are more than tens of thousands of gold coins. He roughly calculated that the gifts and goods he sent are worth more than 100,000 gold coins! That's not even counting the value of the waitresses who were sent!
Adrick's face was a little ugly: "The war is not over yet, the military is preparing to organize a counter-offensive, and the imperial military expenses are tight! I have already told your majesty that I want those nobles to donate some military expenses. Those guys are all one by one. There is a lot of bitterness, one reason on the left and one excuse on the right, but they are not willing to contribute to the country! These short-sighted guys! Don't you understand that if you can't complete the counterattack and wipe out the rebel party one day, the crisis of the empire will not be eliminated one day! They are considered hands-on No matter how much money you have in your hands, once again in the future... huh, I'm afraid I won't have the life to spend it!"
It seems that Adric has really had a headache these days because of the military expenses, and he has also suffered a lot from the nobles of the empire, and has accumulated a lot of anger in his heart.
But Xia Ya was speechless.
He gave Adric hundreds of horses, which was already considered his affection for Adric. If you let him donate military expenses, it is absolutely impossible.
He himself has to support tens of thousands of soldiers!
But what...
Xia Ya rolled his eyes and said, "Sir, I have a solution for military expenses."
Adrick's eyes lit up: "Oh? You said it!"
Xia Ya said lightly: "I am in the north, in the war-torn land of More County, and materials are naturally in short supply. We only rely on local finances, let alone tens of thousands of soldiers. I am afraid that I can support thousands of soldiers! When the supplies were insufficient, it was simply implemented locally... Military control!"
"Military control?" Adrick's face changed.
"All materials are concentrated and rationed!" Xia Ya said indifferently: "It doesn't matter what kind of rich businessman or big family. At that time, there is really no way to do it. If there is no money, the city will be destroyed, and everyone will be finished! This is When I planted, I was kind-hearted, and I was afraid that there would be no way to survive. I have implemented military control and rationing in the north of Moore County, in Denzel City, and Mesta City. All food is handed over, no exceptions , No matter what status, local nobles, merchants, civilians, must hand in all the food, and then the army register, after the record, according to the head, the daily distribution of the required rations! As for military expenses, the same is true. In times of war, you must first be alive! Only by being alive is it meaningful!"
"Isn't this a clear grab?" Adrick shook his head.
"It's not a robbery, it's a rationing system. When supplies are in short supply, we have to do it! Speaking of which, the main target of the attack is the rich and rich! Hmph, the army can't get enough to eat, and the common people can't get enough to eat, either. Those rich people still have food in their granaries, and gold and silver in their warehouses... Why should I protect such people? My soldiers are fighting the Odins desperately. For whom are these rich people? Even if they refuse to pay for the military, and they refuse to contribute food, then I don’t have to be polite to them.”
Adrick looked different, bowed his head and frowned without saying a word.
Xia Ya said indifferently: "Of course, the situation in the north and the imperial capital is different. More County is just a wealthy businessman in some places. The imperial capital is full of wealthy families, and it is impossible to use the same method to forcefully seize their property. .but… "
Xia Ya lowered his voice and said, "The imperial capital was previously breached by the rebels. I heard that there were some aristocratic and wealthy families that seemed to have colluded with the rebels at that time... Your lord might as well make a fuss about it."
Adrick's eyes lit up! He fought wars all his life, but he was not a soft-hearted person. He glanced at Xia Ya: "What do you mean..."
"It doesn't really make sense to pursue it. When it's difficult, everyone finds a way out for themselves. In fact, you can't really blame them. But... People always have to pay a price for what they have done. When the enemy comes, they will Surrender and hug your thighs after the enemy has left, but it's not a good thing. It's better to let out a little bit of wind and say that you will be prepared to investigate the internal collusion with the rebels, and then let those nobles donate military expenses to the outside world... two If you do things at the same time, those nobles are not fools, I guarantee that if you do this, someone will definitely take the lead in donating military funds."
Having said that, Xia Ya frowned and said: "But there is a difficulty in this matter... It is to offend people! These noble families are deeply rooted, they were seized in a short time and had to pay, but after the matter passed, I was afraid Being hated by them... So, don't do this thing, just find someone to stand out. If you want me to see, this call for military donations, you might as well do it! As for the rumors to investigate the internal collusion with the rebels, Why don't you leave this matter to the Prime Minister! Hehe..."
Xia Ya smiled a little weirdly.
Hmph, the Prime Minister, first made a fuss on his own fief, and sealed the territory occupied by Hasting to himself, making it clear that he was Yin Laozi! Then he deliberately messed up and asked him to marry Adric's daughter (speaking of which he had to take the initiative to ask for a marriage later, which was also forced by the prime minister's means!), the old man quietly put two tricks on himself, how could Laozi Just pay him back!
Let Adric do the collection of money. As for ordering the investigation and condemning the party to offend those nobles, the Prime Minister should pay more attention...
Adrick glanced at Xi Ya, hesitated for a while, and sighed: "Okay, do extraordinary things in extraordinary times, I will consider your suggestion."