When Xu Yi originally discussed with Major Macconley, he hoped that he could provide the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce with 300 retired soldiers so that the escort team of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce could be truly established.
But no matter how you look at the number of soldiers currently training under Hart's leadership, there are more than 300.
"No need to count, there are five hundred people in total, and I can guarantee that they were all elite before they retired from the army." Earl Satsuma smiled.
Xu Yi looked at the strong men who were practicing in confusion and asked Earl Satsuma: "Why?"
"Don't you understand? To tell you the truth, this is the intention of Her Royal Highness. She paid special attention to Major McConley and asked him to exceed your requirements. So McConley not only helped you get two hundred more people this time, but also It is no exaggeration to say that if these five hundred soldiers were not retired, but formed a team, after a period of training, their combat effectiveness would definitely be no less than an entire brigade in any army in the kingdom. ”
There seemed to be a hint of envy for Xu Yi in Count Satsuma's expression. He didn't know whether he was envious that Xu Yi's Xinfei Chamber of Commerce would soon have these 500 elite soldiers, or that he was able to gain such special attention and respect from Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny. .
According to the establishment of King Lampali's regiment, an entire brigade consists of three squadrons, with a total of 1,500 people.
Earl Satsuma said that these five hundred men only need to receive training for a period of time, and their combat effectiveness can be comparable to that of an entire brigade, which shows that these five hundred strong men are indeed elites.
Although Xu Yi was very grateful for the special care given to him by Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny, he was even more confused.
Since these five hundred people were all elites in the army before, how could the military be willing to release them all in one go
To know. Xu also made a request to Major Macconley before. I hope he can help me find 300 suitable veterans to join the escort team of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce. Didn't expect much at all.
In his opinion, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce does not have as strong a foundation as other established large chambers of commerce. Even if they want to establish a bodyguard, they can only start from scratch and slowly increase their strength.
So his initial idea was just to establish this organization first and get the first batch of decent people.
He never expected that Major Macconley, in addition to getting him important figures like Hart, who was an instructor in the Zhenbei Army before retiring, would also get him a full five hundred elite veterans in one go. .
Even with the special care of Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny, this is still a bit unbelievable.
With Sevigny's special care. Perhaps Maconlay could select some from the troops loyal to the royal family, but it was impossible to have as many as five hundred.
"No need to guess. The reason why Major Macconley was able to gather 500 elites for you this time, apart from the special care of Her Royal Highness the Queen, the most important reason is that His Majesty the King has spoken." Earl Satsuma saw that there were many reasons for this. Seeing the confusion in his eyes, he explained to him.
Xu Yi suddenly realized.
If His Majesty the King personally spoke about this matter, it would indeed have this effect.
"Of course, even if His Majesty the King speaks and Major Macconley can get you these five hundred elites, it is because other factions in the military have not expressed any objection to this matter." Earl Satsuma looked at Xu Yi , clicked twice. He shook his head and said: "Do you know that for the military department with many factions, it is really incredible to be able to reach a consensus on one thing at the same time. In the past, even if it was a trivial matter, it might be something that everyone in the military department would understand. "It's so intense that it's almost difficult to make decisions easily."
"Then why is this?" Xu Yi was even more confused. "Although our New Flying Chamber of Commerce has cooperated with the Military Department and helped the Military Department, the Military Department will return this favor to me, but there is no objection at all... Is this a bit strange? Just like some people oppose Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny, the Military Department There must be someone who doesn’t like our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.”
"You can think of this as compensation for the military department asking you to hand over all the skills of the magic trebuchet." Earl Satsuma replied, turned to look at Hart and the five hundred elites who were still training, and sighed softly. : "Recently, good news has been coming from the northern border. After analysis, the military department confirmed that the main reason why the situation on the northern border suddenly changed so drastically is because of the cooperation with your New Aircraft Chamber of Commerce. Even if we don’t talk about the huge role played by the powerful power of the magic trebuchet, the first batch of armor weapons produced by your New Flying Chamber of Commerce has played a very powerful role. "
"Oh? I know something about it from Viscount Leslie's letter, but he didn't explain it carefully. What is its specific function?" Xu Yi asked.
"I don't know exactly what happened. After all, I'm not from the military, and I don't have any information channels in this regard. If you want to know, you can try asking Her Royal Highness." Earl Satsuma continued: "But I I know that the reason why no one from the Military Department raised objections to this matter is that the Military Department unanimously believes that cooperation with your New Aircraft Chamber of Commerce will be extremely helpful in improving the combat effectiveness of the Lampali King ** Team. Winning is their top priority. If cooperating with your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce can help them win, just giving you a mere five hundred elites is nothing."
"Really?" Xu Yi sneered. "If you care so much, why don't you force me to hand over all the skills of the magic trebuchet if you can?"
Earl Satsuma smiled slightly, patted Xu Yi on the shoulder, and said softly: "Although I understand the resentment in your heart, I still advise you. With your current strength, it is better not to confront the military. You can Getting the appreciation of the big shots in the military and making them re-evaluate the importance of cooperating with your New Flying Chamber of Commerce is already a victory for you and the New Flying Chamber of Commerce. Regarding the Magic Trebuchet..."
Earl Satsuma suddenly lowered his voice and said with a hint of mystery: "According to the news I have received, the military may soon send someone to discuss with you about the magic trebuchet. Please be mentally prepared."
"Huh?" Xu Yi was slightly startled. After thinking about it, he realized that this should be good news.
The military had previously forced Xu Yi to hand over the technology related to the magic trebuchet. Although Xu Yi was very reluctant in his heart. But forced by reality, I still chose to hand it over.
As Count Satsuma said. With the current strength of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, there is no capital to compete with the military department.
If he had not chosen to turn it in, he would definitely not have obtained these five hundred elites this time.
Moreover, the military department will come to discuss with Xu Yi about the magic trebuchet...
Xu Yi sneered in his heart, with a trace of disdain in his eyes.
Do these guys in the military really think that if they hand over all the technologies of the magic trebuchet, they will really be able to play it well
They probably never imagined that when Xu Yi handed over these technologies, he was already digging a huge pit waiting for them to jump.
Now they came to discuss with Xu Yi because of this. In fact, it means that they have jumped into this pit.
I'm afraid it's not up to them to decide what to do next.
These thoughts flashed through his mind like lightning, and Xu Yi regained his gentle smile. He nodded and said, "Okay, I will wait for someone from the military department to come. But before they come, I'll deal with us first." Xinfei Chamber of Commerce’s own soldiers would like to express their welcome.”
Xu Yi wanted to welcome Hart and the 500 elites. However, regarding Xu Yi's appearance, a large part of the 500 veterans were not very enthusiastic at first, and many even had faint expressions in their eyes. Out of hostility and disdain.
Before they were sent here, they had been informed of the purpose for which they were sent.
In fact, they were all elites in the military before. Almost half of them are still serving, not only the main force of their own team. I have no intention of retiring.
However, this time the military directly forced them to retire, gathered them together, transferred them here, and informed them that they would join the escort team of this new flying chamber of commerce.
Although these soldiers have heard about this New Flying Chamber of Commerce, they naturally know far less than ordinary people.
They were forced to retire because of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. These people actually had a bad impression of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
And in the eyes of these elites in the army, an ordinary Chamber of Commerce escort is nothing at all.
It is simply a humiliation for them to have them come here to serve as the escort team of this Chamber of Commerce.
So of course they won't be very friendly to Xu Yi, and may even show hostility.
However, when Xu Yi finished his welcome speech and began to announce to everyone the various treatments of the guards in the New Flying Chamber of Commerce's escort team, all the hostility and disdain in these people's eyes were replaced by shock, disbelief, and restraint. The endless surprises were completely squeezed out.
According to these terms announced by Xu Yi in public, after becoming the guards of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce Guards, they will initially be first-class guards and enjoy all the related benefits of first-class guards.
According to the regulations of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, the monthly salary of a first-level guard in the escort team is fifteen gold coins.
Just this one item made almost all the five hundred elites' eyes shine.
Although they were the elites of various armies in the Kingdom of Lampali before, the Kingdom of Lampali's financial revenue is weak and the military is extremely poor. It cannot even guarantee that each soldier can have a complete set of armor and weapons. If you do this, you will naturally get even more benefits in terms of benefits.
Originally, according to the regulations of the military department, each soldier would receive a certain subsidy. The average soldier would receive about twenty gold coins per year, while the elites like them would have a higher allowance, more than thirty gold coins, due to their military exploits.
But in fact, these subsidies are actually distributed very rarely, and very few of these 500 people can get them again and again.
And even if you do get it again and again, it will only be more than 30 gold coins a year. And the first-level guards of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce can have a full 15 gold coins in a month, which is 180 gold coins in a year. !
For God's sake, no one among these five hundred people has ever seen a huge sum of one hundred and eighty gold coins!
Just hearing about the basic salary made almost everyone's resistance and even hostility towards the New Flying Chamber of Commerce disappear in an instant.
And when they heard the various benefits announced by Xu Yi next, they were completely involuntarily excited and couldn't suppress it.
According to Xu Yi, in addition to the basic salary, first-level guards will also enjoy some basic benefits.
For example, they will be given some daily necessities benefits such as rice, flour, oil, salt, etc. every month. In addition, during festivals, Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will also give out other benefits.
These things may not seem inconspicuous, but they are extremely affordable and easily capture the hearts of these soldiers who all come from ordinary families.
In addition to these tangible benefits, the guards of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce will also enjoy some additional protections.
For example, when a guard is injured or even killed while performing a task assigned by the Chamber of Commerce, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will provide compensation.
If you are injured, Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will fully bear the cost of treatment and you will still receive your normal salary during the injury period.
And if the injury is severe or even death, the New Aircraft Merchant Association will compensate a large amount of expenses.
After hearing Xu Yi's promise that if any of the guards died while performing the mission of the Chamber of Commerce, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce would compensate the person designated by the guard with one thousand gold coins, many people suddenly appeared and sold their lives to Xu Yi. idea.
If it weren't for family difficulties, how could ordinary people choose to join the army
Therefore, although these five hundred people are elites in the army, most of them have difficult family situations.
And because of the poverty of King Lampali's tribe, they could only support themselves in the army and were unable to improve their family situation.
To them, one thousand gold coins was not only something they had never seen before, but also a huge amount of money that they had never even thought about.
If someone gave them a thousand gold coins to buy their lives, then these elite soldiers who had fought countless times on the battlefield and were indifferent to death would definitely be very happy.
Even at this moment, many people had secretly thought of joining the escort team of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce and then simply dying while performing their mission.
If the family can get a thousand gold coins as compensation for this, it would be worth it!
However, after hearing Xu Yi's next words, this thought disappeared instantly.
Because according to Xu Yi, the guard level of the guard team can be gradually improved based on the time spent as a guard and the merits during the mission.
The higher the level of the guard, the higher the salary and benefits will be, and the higher the protection will be.
If a first-level guard dies in the line of duty, he will receive a compensation of one thousand gold coins.
If a second-level guard dies in the line of duty, the compensation amount becomes 1,500 gold coins.
And if it is a third-level guard, this amount will be increased to two thousand gold coins.
But if you become a third-level guard, who would be stupid enough to take the initiative to seek death
The monthly salary of a third-level guard alone is thirty gold coins!
What's more, if you work in the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce for twenty years, you can be assigned a suitable job by the chamber of commerce and enjoy pension protection after you turn sixty!
This kind of life is simply like paradise for these soldiers who have always been accustomed to hardship!
Count Satsuma on the side watched the indifference and even hostility in the eyes of the soldiers in front of him gradually turn into fanaticism, and couldn't help but reveal a helpless smile.
He was originally worried about how Xu Yi could subdue these rebellious soldiers, but he didn't expect that Xu Yi could do it so easily.
Moreover, Xu Yi also adopted an extremely direct approach, which was so direct that Earl Satsuma had never thought of it, and was even speechless.
That is, throw money at...
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Moving... took a whole day, so it was late.
I'm so tired, I need some recommendation votes, monthly passes or something to comfort my trembling hands~~
Brothers and sisters, please do well~~(To be continued...)