Chapter 524 Jinwu Guard (please vote and subscribe)
Jinwu Guard was formed very smoothly under Luo Chong's secret organization. In this era, only the Han tribe had its own household registration system, and it was impossible for the Xin tribe, so the identity issue could be arranged casually, and there was no need to worry about them finding any problems.
Luo Chong did not go to meet Niu Wei and his group right away. Anyway, Dashu also left him a buffer time for the meeting. He took advantage of these few days to secretly summon Yi and gave him a surname. Because he was the leader of Jinwu Guard, he was directly named Jin and officially appointed as the first commander of Jinwu Guard.
This is the largest military officer in the Han tribe. Although he is still a commander without troops for the time being, he still excited Jin Yi. The leader gave him such a secret task that even the county governors were not qualified to know. He also had the authority to monitor and report them. This is an absolute confidant, and the leader gave him great trust.
For the next personnel supplement, Luo Chong listened to Jin Yi's opinions and asked him to draw some people familiar with him from Hanyang City and several surrounding counties. Most of them were wild people who came with him at the beginning, and some people Luo Chong thought were capable and clean, totaling 60 people, but this was not the final number.
After secretly summoning these people, Luo Chong did not show up first, but asked Jin Yi to meet them. He did not say what they were asked to do. He only said that the county magistrate had given them a task. They might have to go out for a few years and could not return home. Moreover, it was dangerous and they might not be able to return. However, as long as they agreed to participate, they could be directly granted a first-level title and hereditary for one generation. Even if
there was no merit, as long as they participated, they would be granted a first-level title, and even if they died, they could be passed on to their descendants. There was also a salary for participating in the task, which was said to be higher than the average salary. If they had no place to spend it, they could also send it directly to their families.
This reward can be said to be very generous, but smart people can hear that this is a life-threatening job and it is not easy to do. For a while, many people hesitated.
"Master Jin, what exactly are we going to do? Why does it take so long?" A man in his twenties asked.
"I don't know now, but it's said that it takes so long because the journey is too far. It takes several months to go back and forth. In addition, it will take at least a year to do the work, and there is no guarantee that we can come back in a year."
"Master Jin, will we still have the title when we come back? Will we still get paid?" another person asked.
"Your title is lifelong, provided that you don't break the law. If you break the law and are stripped of your title, I don't care. As for the money, as long as you continue to work here, the money will continue to be paid.
Oh, by the way, there is one more thing I forgot to say. Even if the mission is completed, there will be good arrangements for you when you come back. We can arrange a decent job for you, and you can all be promoted and have your title increased." Jin Yi explained again.
After saying this, everyone had their own guesses. The mission took so long because the journey was long and dangerous, and they might die outside and not be able to come back. Thinking about it this way, they almost knew what the mission was.
The biggest enemy of the Han tribe, the cannibals in the north, takes several months to go there, and it is also dangerous. Basically, these conditions are met. It seems that the mission is likely to go to the cannibals to cause trouble. Everyone started to fill in their own brains.
In fact, Jin Yi said this because Luo Chong specifically told him not to tell you, but to confuse you with some vague news, just to divert their attention, so that even if those who were eliminated go back, they will not reveal where the remaining people are. Of course, those treatments are not deceptive.
After thinking for a long time, everyone weighed the pros and cons. 42 out of 60 people still decided to participate in this mission. After all, the treatment was too generous. If they were only allowed to farm at home, they might not get the first-level title in their lifetime. Besides, Youye also went to the cannibals last year. Although one of his companions died and one was disabled on the road, there were still more people who survived than died.
In this way, the 18 people who withdrew were sent away, and the remaining 42 camped in the mountains south of Liuyang County, waiting for the next order.
Two days later, Luo Chong went to meet the remaining group of people in person. They then realized that the one who gave the task was not the county governor, but the leader. The location of the task was not in the north, but in the southernmost Xin tribe. The duration of the task was also longer than Jin Yi said, at least three years.
Moreover, the leader also said that there were dangers and they might die, but because Luo Chong said it himself, the rewards and titles promised to them were naturally more secure.
"I can't tell you what I'm going to do, but I've made the location and time, the dangers and the treatment clear to you. I'll give you one last chance.
Anyone who doesn't want to go can quit now, but for the sake of confidentiality, anyone who quits now can't go home. I'll arrange for him to work at the mint, and he's not allowed to go out for five years, but he'll be paid, and you can give it to your family, but you won't get the promised title. You can choose for yourself."
Luo Chong asked the same question again after everyone understood what they were doing.
Everyone hesitated again. The title was good, but they were afraid they wouldn't get it. Now there was still a chance to quit. Although they lost the title, they could still work at the mint, which was a good job. How many people wanted to get in but couldn't.
So this time, more than a dozen people chose to quit, and 28 of the 42 people were left in an instant.
After sending away those who quit again, the remaining ones can be regarded as determined people. At least they have a strong desire to be promoted and get a title, and they are all young and brave people who are not afraid of death. After all, they have been emphasized twice that there is danger, but they still choose to stay. If something goes wrong
, they can't blame others. The remaining 28 people stood straight, and they seemed to know that they have become the confidants of the leader. They work directly for the leader, which is not comparable to ordinary people.
Luo Chong did not whet their appetite. He directly told them the mission this time, asking them to conceal their identities from the Han tribe, join the Xin tribe as migrant workers, and then work hard to climb up to a high position, and use their power to provide the Han tribe with various information about the Xin tribe, and even more important tasks.
Moreover, after Luo Chong emphasized the reward again, he also told them about their future arrangements.
"Your Jinwu Guard is a military force. It not only has the task of lurking spies, but also when you come back and don't want to be spies anymore, you can come to my side and be responsible for protecting my safety and become an officer of the Imperial Guard."
Everyone was overjoyed after hearing this. It turned out that this was the so-called good job. It was indeed a good job. Although it was an army to protect the leader, there were not so many fools who dared to take action against the leader. Are they tired of living?
So in their view, the position of an officer of the Imperial Guard was to run around with the leader every day, be responsible for clearing the field and standing guard, and to follow the leader in person, which was very face-saving in front of others.
Thinking of this, the rest of the people strengthened their determination and expressed their loyalty to Luo Chong, and they would definitely win the task assigned by the leader.
These people received a week of simple training in the temporary camp in the mountains. In addition to simple physical fitness and close combat, the most important thing was the spy course. The training outline was written by Luo Chong, and Jin Yi took them to learn how to scout intelligence, how to pass messages, what means to use to climb up, and how to help each other squeeze the elders of the Xin tribe. These are all things that need to be learned.
After a week of training, their performance began. The first task was to let Jin Yi take them to Liuyang County to work. Moreover, this matter was not informed to Liuyang County at all, and no one there knew them. Although they have not left yet, they are now "not" people from the Han tribe.
It was only on the third day after these people started working that Luo Chong rode an elephant slowly from the west, moved into the county governor's mansion of Liuyang County with great fanfare, and formally received Niu Wei and his party.
At this time, it was exactly half a month since Niu Wei proposed to meet Luo Chong. The situation seemed to be the same as what Dashu said. Everything was so harmonious. It seemed that the leader of the Han tribe really came here as soon as he received the news.
(End of this chapter)
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