Chapter 51: The Second Generation of Mercenaries (4,000 words) Such a big waste, even Li Zhen can't stand it, he has already decided, if one day he really reaches Africa, he must personally accompany Ben Yin to go back and see with his own eyes the skills of the Black Mamba warriors, if they can meet their own standards, then he doesn't mind giving Ben Yin a face, helping him form a black army, and handing it over to him to lead personally - this can be regarded as giving him so much for himself over the years, but he has not asked for a little return.
"That's just great."
Hearing that Li Zhen was going to his own tribe, Ben Yin was even more overjoyed, and said very happily: "If such a distinguished guest as Your Highness can go to the Black Mamba, then our entire tribe will welcome Your Highness's arrival."
In fact, although our Black Mamba is brave, but it is a peace-loving tribe, and it is also a very hospitable tribe, not as aggressive as other tribes, but often does business with merchants from all sides, and because of our bravery, no one in the surrounding tribes dares to provoke us, so we have always lived in a peaceful environment.
And this may be the reason why the chieftain grandfather rejected me, in their minds, a peaceful life should be more important than the development of the tribe......
It's a pity that thirty years have passed, and the slave and maid may never see the chieftain and grandfather again......
Speaking of which, when I was in the Black Mamba, it was also the most carefree period of the slave's life, and since I left, although my status has become higher and higher, I can never find it back. ” As he spoke, Ben Yin became sad again, apparently remembering his life in the Black Mamba tribe.
Li Zhen comforted: "This is also something that can't be helped, if you want to get something, you have to lose another thing, this is the Heavenly Dao cycle."
And you have at least ten years of carefree life, but I have lived in the dire palace since I was a child, that is the real place to eat people without spitting out bones, there is no carefree childhood there, the only thing is only the sword and sword, in that kind of place even a child has to struggle to climb up - do you think this palace likes such days?
In fact, what this palace wants to be the most is actually a carefree prince, drinking and enjoying the flowers every day, how carefree is that day?
But in the royal family, there is no such word as leisure, if you want to be truly free, you can only climb to the top, and when you reach the peak, you have to worry about being dragged down by others......
Ay......
Just listen to this kind of thing, and don't spread it. ” After sighing for a while, Li Zhen reacted and hurriedly warned sternly.
"Your Highness, don't worry, the slaves and maids won't spread it, if it spreads, let us hit five thunderstorms in the sky."
Ben Inkrevey and Rollin all swore very seriously - as for Cheng Chuliang, he had already left after bringing the three of them.
"Yes, Rollin."
"Your Highness, your subordinates are here."
Luo Lin had been listening to the side, and had not taken the initiative to interject, but now he heard Li Zhen call himself and hurriedly responded.
"Hongu threw you into the wind, you didn't blame Hongu, did you?"
Luo Lin is definitely a top talent, and being able to graduate from Xue Rengui shows that he is extraordinary.
Now it only took him five years to climb from a new recruit to the position of the third person in the current mercenary army, controlling the net worth of tens of thousands of warriors, and seeing that the big boss Ben Yin and the second leader Creevey are about to retire, he is already recognized as the best candidate for the new big boss, which shows that his ability is even more extraordinary, even if he leads an army alone and is enough to be a general.
It's a pity that his qualifications are too low, he just became the commander of the Qianjia battalion, he was dismissed because of a mistake, and then he was thrown by Li Zhen into the Listening Wind Mercenary Corps to temper, and now he has become the leader of the Listening Wind mercenaries - although there are tens of thousands of people in the Listening Wind mercenaries, and a leader can be regarded as one person and more than 10,000 people, but after all, it is only Li Zhen's private army, a mistress without a name, not even a concubine, and the future is far inferior to that of a general from the regular army.
"Your Highness really underestimates your subordinates, your subordinates have never thought about it like this, for Your Highness, your subordinates have always been grateful and have no resentment."
Luo Lin immediately knelt down, and said with a pause: "Not to mention that you should be punished for doing something wrong, your subordinates have caused hundreds of colleagues in the Qianjia Battalion to lose their lives, resulting in the biggest fiasco of the Young Army since its establishment, it is really a shame for the Young Army, with the mistakes committed by your subordinates, Your Highness will not say anything even if you kill your subordinates, fortunately, Your Highness has mercy, not only spared the lives of your subordinates, but also gave your subordinates a chance, and it is too late for your subordinates to be grateful, how can they be resentful?"
Besides, the subordinate was just an orphan before, and he used to live a life without a meal, and he could be buried in the cold or disease at any time, it was His Royal Highness who gave his subordinates a chance to live, not only to let us eat and dress warmly, but also to invite a famous teacher to teach our subordinates, and gave us the opportunity to ascend to the sky one step at a time, so that we have a subordinate today, if there is no His Royal Highness, even if the subordinates can still live, they can only become an ordinary person at most, living a slightly better life than others, how can there be a wonderful life today?
His Royal Highness has the grace of reinvention to his subordinates, and his subordinates are grateful, where will there be a little complaint?
” Rollin's words are very sincere, which shows that he is indeed sincere, not false and wronged.
"In that case, let's settle this matter while everyone is here."
Li Zhen stood up: "Ben Yin and Creevy are both old, and they are no longer suitable for battlefield killing, and this palace can't bear to let you fight on the battlefield, and now this palace has appointed the two of you as the deputy leader of the prince's left guard, and the grade is from the fourth grade, so you will follow this palace in the future." ” "Thank you, Your Highness."
Ben Yin and Creevey hurriedly thanked him, don't look at it as just a deputy rate, but he is already a high-ranking official from the fourth grade, and the main responsibility of the prince's left guard is to be in charge of the honor guard, belongs to the honor guard, and does not participate in defense work, and is very idle every day, so the prince will be a little busy when he goes out on patrol, which is a good place to retire.
"As for the leader of the wind ......"
Li Zhen set his eyes on Luo Lin's body again: "Luo Lin, listen to the wind and the palace will be handed over to you - this army is of great use to the palace, you have to protect the palace, even if you would rather not make money in the future, you must not take risks, otherwise you will damage the palace and the palace will never spare you." ” "Yes, thank you Your Highness, your subordinates will serve Your Highness to the death, do their best to be loyal, and never disappoint Your Highness's high expectations."
Luo Lin was overjoyed, although he knew that he was the only one in charge of listening to the wind, but he did not get Li Zhen's appointment after all, to be honest, he was also very worried in his heart before, for fear that Li Zhen would parachute someone to take over Ben Yin's position, then he would really have to be empty.
But now that he has been confirmed by Li Zhen, he is finally relieved.
As for Li Zhen's warning, he also listened to it in his heart, and he was even happier in his heart - it was obvious that Li Zhen's establishment was not just as simple as making money, he had already guessed this, after all, Li Zhen was not only the prince of the Tang Dynasty, but also the richest man in the Tang Dynasty, it is said that he earns more money in a year than the tax revenue of the treasury in a year, how can he look at the little money earned by the mercenaries who listen to the wind?
So the establishment of such a large-scale mercenary army, it is obvious that Li Zhen has other plans, but no matter what the plot is, it means that the position of Tingfeng in Li Zhen's heart in the future is quite high - since Tingfeng's position is very high, then he, the new leader of Tingfeng, will naturally be hung in Li Zhen's heart, so don't look at him now, he can only be regarded as Li Zhen's private army, but once Li Zhen ascends the throne in the future, or when he uses Tingfeng mercenaries, then his status will definitely take a sharp turn, and he will rise steadily from then on.
It is also very possible to become a leading general, and to be crowned a marquis.
"In that case, give him the token."
Li Zhen commanded.
"Yes."
Ben Yin immediately took out a jade ring, which was the token of the mercenary who listened to the wind, and the person who held this token was the leader.
"Thank you, Your Highness, and I am willing to die for Your Highness."
Luo Lin immediately took the jade ring, held it high on his head, and kowtowed to Li Zhen again.
"Your Highness, the dinner is ready, it's time to go out."
Just as Li Zhen was finishing her business and chatting with Ben Yin and Creevey, an attendant came in to report.
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Li Zhen smiled: "That's great, after all that, my stomach is also a little hungry......
Ben Yin, Creevey, for the great cause of the palace, you have personally ventured into danger, fled to the desert for more than ten years, and worked hard, this banquet is the palace's reception banquet for you, go out with me, and I can introduce you to your future colleagues. ” "Yes, thank you, Your Highness."
Ben Yin and Creevey were not polite, they will follow Li Zhen in the future, and they will no longer have to worry about their lives, and naturally they will no longer have to hide their identities - not to mention that they have made their identities public before.
After Teng, everyone dispersed, and Li Zhen also returned to his residence, and then, unsurprisingly, he fell ill again......
This is really not to blame others, it is really his own death - he himself is seriously ill, but he is not well rested, and finally his health is a little better, so he continues to participate in the banquet as a death, and he has made a lot of noise all night, and has drunk a lot of wine, so if he continues to toss, the average healthy person may not be able to afford to get sick, not to mention that his own body is sick, it is strange not to be sick, and it is still sick on top of sick, which is more serious.
This time Li Zhen was really sick, he had been unconscious, the high fever did not go away, and the white bird with him rescued him for three days in a row, but he still did not wake up, so that even Situ Chen led his fleet to meet Li Zhen, and the disappointed Situ Chen had to go back with tens of thousands of prisoners - although Li Zhen was sick, but Luzon's government affairs have not stopped.
Fang Yiai and others have been doing things according to his previous instructions, not only the disposal of those arrested criminals, including the post-war reconstruction work and the replacement of guards in Coconut Harbor, Li Zhendu and the arrangements in advance - not only Lin Fa and his fleet will be transferred, Fang Yiai's term of office should also come, and his capital protectorate will also be temporarily disbanded.
The subordinates must also be promoted according to the merits of the promotion, the depreciation of the derogatory, respectively arranged to other places, as for the new Luzon Protector will bring his own team, effectively curb the tail of the capital is not lost, and the local officials stay in positions for a long time, thus forming a harbinger of the family.
And during the period when Li Zhen was sick, Fang Yiai's suppression of the Luzon underworld did not end, although Coconut Port is the largest black market gathering place in Luzon and even the entire Nanyang, but this does not mean that other places in Luzon are peaceful and peaceful, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, and there are also underworlds there, but they are not as rampant as Coconut Port.
This time, Fang Yiai used thunder means, like a storm crossing, sweeping away all the dead branches and rotten leaves, although there may be fish that slipped through the net, but the escape is only a small number after all, and it can't set off too big a wave.
And after this sweep, there was an unexpected joy, that is, with this purge, the reason for the war in Coconut Harbor was leaked out, and the people and merchants realized that the notice of the original Protectorate was true, and the battle that day was really fighting with the underworlds, so when the merchants learned the details, it caused an effect that no one thought - logically speaking, there was a war in Coconut Harbor, and the economic environment here should be reduced because of this, and the merchants were for safety.
I don't think Coconut Harbor will be the first choice for landing.
However, to everyone's surprise, the number of merchants not only did not decrease, but increased, and on the seventh day after the end of the Coconut Harbor War, the officials of the city shipping department counted the number of merchant ships that had landed in the last few days, and found that it was actually thirty percent higher than in the past—which was simply a miracle.
Even Fang Yuai was very surprised, he thought that he might have to collect a lot less taxes this time, and the court would even hold him accountable, but now it seems that he will not only not be held accountable, but may also be rewarded.
Reward or not, Fang Yiai didn't care, he was more curious about this matter, so he specifically asked a few businessmen to ask, and finally came up with the answer - the answers of those merchants were very unified, that is, they thought that the underworld in Coconut Port had been exterminated, and it would be safer for them to do business in Coconut Port in the future.
The geographical location of Coconut Port is undoubted, known as the largest port in Luzon, but Fang Yiai has not fully exerted the development potential here, the main reason is that this is a sin city, it is the existence of the underworld that causes some merchants to be unwilling to come here to develop - don't think that the people in the black market are more righteous, they have done a lot of unconscionable things for the sake of profit, robbing and landing merchants is almost all the gangsters and underworld and other underworld forces have done, There are even some underworld forces that have gone too far and not only robbed goods, but also spared people, so those poor merchants not only lost their supplies, but they themselves had to be sold to human traffickers and had no place to be buried.