Xue Chong thought for a while and then said: "Ding Kui, you are a son of a noble and don't understand the thoughts of common people. When ordinary people meet a good lord, the annual taxes they pay are less than what they pay to the kingdom, and vice versa.
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However, it is difficult to find a good lord. Except for the big families with a long history, there are very few lords whose taxes are lower than those of the kingdom. If a generation of children fails to live up to their expectations, their family property will be ruined, and they can only exploit their own people.
We all believe that you will treat everyone well, but what about your son? Where about your grandson? Who can guarantee what will happen in the future? If you ask everyone now, most of them will definitely not want to be your subjects."
"I didn't think carefully. Thank you Captain Xue for your advice." Ding Kui didn't expect Xue Chong to answer like this. "No wonder those nobles attach so much importance to their subjects. It turns out that they are hard-earned. Juyang City has just experienced a war, and the population has been reduced.
The damage has dropped significantly, and now it should be even worse than the lower city."
"Yeah, why did you think of using Juyang City as your territory? From the perspective of your nobles, this is not a good place." Xue Chong said based on his understanding of the nobles.
"Haha, I'm different from them. I don't want to get much wealth from the people. There are many reasons for choosing Juyang City, and Yongsheng Base is one of them. I called you all here. I didn't just leave after a few years.
My business is enough to support the people who follow me." Ding Kui really didn't think about how to exploit his subjects.
"If you really become a lord, I personally don't mind becoming your subject." Xue Chong said this somewhat to take care of Ding Kui's emotions.
"Your military exploits can ensure that your son doesn't have to pay taxes. He doesn't need to be a subject for others. The debt I owe you can never be repaid." Ding Kui did not dare to regard Xue as his subject.
If Xue Chong had not stretched out his hand to block the blow at Zhenbei Pass, there was no doubt whether he would have survived.
"A family cannot stay in one place as foreigners for a long time. Besides, at least my family will not be squeezed by your family. The Xue family will be very satisfied if they can be a wealthy family in your territory." Xue Chong said in his heart.
Still focus on stability.
"No problem. Regardless of whether the Xue family is my subjects or not, wherever I am, the Xue family will be able to be a wealthy family safely. Now that the Yongsheng base needs to be developed into a city, some people in the merchant protection team will definitely need to become
My private army, and you will be the chief instructor in the future." Ding Kui explained to Xue Chong.
"If we are just to guard here, the archer unit is more useful than other units. The cavalry is not needed at all, and the navy is dispensable."
"The climate here is humid and rainy, and it is difficult to maintain bows and arrows. If we want to think of a better way to solve this problem, the terrain of the grassland should really give priority to training long-range troops." Ding Kui's heart moved, and he once had a vague idea in his mind.
It flashed by, and I only vaguely remembered that it was related to long-range troops.
"Large-scale equipment such as catapults and city rams cannot be used here. Bows and arrows are the most critical offensive and defensive weapons. There are people in the 20th Army who specialize in maintaining bows and arrows, divided into two types: training and combat. This can prevent the bows and arrows from being damaged as much as possible.
The influence of climate." Xue Chong said based on past experience.
"Large equipment is useless? Huh? Wait, I'll go back and check the armory. It seems that a powerful long-range attack equipment is missing." Ding Kui clenched his fists suddenly, "You rest first." After that, he left.
Xue Chong was a little confused. He couldn't think of any large equipment missing.
Crossbow, bed crossbow! Why have you forgotten this great weapon? I can’t make guns and cannons, so why can’t I make crossbows? The archers in this world are so powerful, why don’t they have crossbows?
Ding Kui was thinking as he galloped back to Giant Sheep City.
The principles of crossbows and bows are similar, and the manufacturing process is not complicated. In some aspects, the power of crossbows is much stronger than bows and arrows.
Normally, where there are bows and arrows, there should be crossbows, but the archers in the Shenyuan world focus on improving their mental and physical strength, rather than improving bows and arrows, so no one has developed a crossbow yet.
There were not many things in the armory of the Juyang City military camp, and of course there was no bed crossbow. Ding Kui remembered that he had never seen a crossbow in this world, so he ran to ask the old money man.
"Crossbow? What is that? Are you sure it is used by archers?" Ding Kui asked Lao Qiantou.
Ding Kui stood silently in front of Lao Qiantou for a while before saying: "That was an instrument that appeared in my dream. It is somewhat similar to a bow and arrow, but now my memory is blurred and I don't remember it very clearly."
Oh my God! There really is no crossbow in this world. In this case, I can't reveal the secret of the crossbow. This thing has low technical content and can easily be copied.
Weapons are something that foreigners will definitely plagiarize. They have to learn it at all costs. They are fundamentally different from commodities. Let’s put it aside before solving the confidentiality issue.
Ding Kui's mood was complicated. He just found a good thing but couldn't use it, so he had to restrain himself. This feeling was very unpleasant.
When he returned to his room, he stayed up all night, lying on his desk writing and drawing all night, and finally burned all the papers. In the eyes of others, he had worked all night in vain.
The New Year holiday passed very quickly, and Ding Kui probably experienced it the most profoundly, as it seemed like a blink of an eye to him.
Affairs in the army were relatively simple. Zhang Jie ordered the First Brigade to restrict foreigners from running around in Juyang City, let alone running out of Juyang City. Ding Kui only had to arrange for people to patrol foreign settlements regularly.
Nowadays, all foreigners entering and exiting Juyang City must register, and the first brigade implements a continuous sitting system. No matter which country has one missing person, Ding Kui will arrest everyone in that country and will not release them until the missing person is found.
Foreigners who come to Juyang City are looking for money, and no one will have trouble with Ding Kui. Everyone's whereabouts are reported to the First Brigade honestly, and no one will run around.
Ding Kui patrolled around from time to time, secretly paying attention to every move of his own people. During the war, he frequently carried out sneak attacks and stole other people's escape routes, but he did not want his old nest to be taken away unknowingly.
On this day, he took Team 10 to the vicinity of the pier to show his face in front of the people in the city and check out the frozen food store. "Well?" He noticed a group of people who had just walked out of the pier gate, "Why are those people like this?"
All of them are armed? Do the city defense troops at the pier care?"
Ding Cai immediately walked to the dock and went straight to the guard guarding the door.
"Seal the dock and suspend entry and exit for everyone." Jin Yan immediately ordered.
Ding Kui stood in front of the gate of the frozen food store, quietly observing the situation at the dock; behind him were Ao Yu and Qian You, who slowly rose into the air to observe a wider area.
Those who wanted to come out of the pier saw regular troops intercepting them and did not dare to rush forward, but they said loudly: "We are the distinguished guests of Lord Qu, you can't stop us."
Jin Yan's subordinates paid no attention to Watson's distinguished guests, so they drove them to an open space and controlled them, waiting for the boss Ding Kui to fall.
After a while, Ding Cai ran back in a hurry and said: "Those people are the bodyguards of some noble in our country, and they are here to escort a few boxes. It is said that they are to be delivered to the city lord's palace."
"No foreigner can bring weapons into the country. Don't they know about this ban?" Ding Kui said with an unhappy face.
"They know it, but water bandits have appeared on the Tongyuan River recently and have robbed several merchant ships. They are worried that water bandits will sneak into the city, so they have to bring weapons to escort their things." Ding Cai is very efficient, in just a short time
I learned a lot of information over time.
"Fart! When water bandits sneak into the city, the Public Security Department will naturally deal with it. If the Public Security Department cannot deal with it, there will be the city defense army. If the city defense army can't deal with it, there will still be us. When will we need them to guard against it? Tell them to keep all their weapons on the boat, otherwise they will all come back with me.
Military camp." Ding Kui was angry, he dared to use such a little trick in front of him.
"Yes!" Ding Cai turned around and swaggered towards the Chinese people controlled by Team 10.
After listening to Ding Cai's order, the people of our country looked in the direction of Ding Kui a few times. Maybe they saw the two people in the air, so they obediently closed their mouths and handed the weapon to one of them to take back to the ship.
During this period, an officer from the city defense army ran out. When he saw Ding Kui in front of the frozen food store from a distance, he immediately shrank back. The city defense army had nothing to do with the interference of the first brigade.
Such an episode passed quickly. Ding Kui came to the riverside specifically and looked down the Tongyuan River. "When did the water bandits appear? Did they rob within our country or within our own country?"
Jin Yan and Ding Cai looked at each other and shook their heads together.
"Team Ding, we have just learned about this matter. Please go down and investigate and verify the specific situation before reporting to you." Jin Yan could not leave this kind of matter to Ding Cai, so he had to answer Ding Kui's question himself.
"No need, your team can't investigate what happened on the water clearly. Later, you can go and emphasize to the commander of the city defense army that if I find a foreigner entering the country with weapons, I will arrest him for liaison with foreign countries.
"Ding Kui was not asking anyone, he was asking himself those two questions.
Qian You leaned into Ding Kui's ear and said, "There are suspicious people moving along the coast."
"The tree wants to be quiet but the wind is not stopping. I didn't stir up trouble for others, but they took the initiative to come to my door. The war is not completely over. My first brigade is still stationed here, and they dare to make small moves under my nose. Ding Cai
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"My subordinates are here!" Ding Cai said outside that he was Ding Kui's personal soldier.
"Go back to camp and inform all squadron leaders that there will be a meeting after dinner tonight."
Ding Kui was very angry, and the consequences were very serious. The commander of the city defense army ran to the gate of the military camp to wait for him before he could return to the camp. As soon as he saw him, he kept apologizing and begged him to give him a time limit for reform and not to see foreigners leading the way.
Weapons are used to catch people.
Who can guarantee that foreigners will not show up with weapons in the future? If there are foreigners who secretly hide them, the commander of the city defense army will die unjustly.
"Make a note of it for me. I won't give you a deadline or anything. If it's your negligence, I'll arrest you. If it's something you can't supervise, I don't have to arrest you. The ban on foreigners not to bring weapons into the country must not be loosened." Ding Kui faced him face to face.