1822. Chapter 1822 Recruiting soldiers to raise money
Thunder Blade's troops completely took over Firestone City's defenses.
At this time, Lei Ren led the large army to rest here.
His army totaled about 8,000 people.
Among them, there are 80 beast soldiers and 200 crossbow soldiers.
Compared with the Fire Eagle Legion, such troops are simply not worth mentioning.
But Lei Ren has no choice but to hold on bravely.
As for the Immortal City side, they probably knew about Su Chenglong's death in battle. Naturally, the Seventh Immortal Emperor was furious and sent Lei Ren an imperial edict to let Lei Ren take care of himself.
Lei Ren knew that the Seventh Immortal Emperor was angry. He had no other choice but to promise to the Seventh Immortal Emperor that the siege of Liehuo City would be lifted and issued a military order.
However, after learning that the Seventh Immortal Emperor would not send troops for reinforcements, Lei Ren took the opportunity to make a request. He wanted the Seventh Immortal Emperor to authorize him to recruit troops on his own.
Not long after, the Seventh Immortal Emperor actually agreed to Lei Ren's request, which made Lei Ren overjoyed.
In these relatively quiet ten days, the Fire Eagle Legion stepped up its siege on Agni City. However, Agni City is a big city after all, with a developed economy and a large population. In addition, even after the last ten thousand people were defeated with Su Chenglong, there were still many people in the city.
There are still more than 40,000 defenders, and the Fire Eagle Legion organized several strong attacks, but failed.
The next best thing was to do the next best thing. After the Fire Eagle Legion surrounded Raging Fire City, they began to attack some other small cities. The momentum was overwhelming, and in more than ten days, more than a dozen small cities were captured.
"General Lei, His Majesty the Emperor has given us the right to recruit soldiers on our own, but the problem now is that we don't have food and grass. Without food and grass, and not enough money, we can't recruit soldiers, especially cultivators, who will not be treated well.
, will definitely not come.”
In the living room, Chen Chao, Lei Ren, and Ni Qiang sat side by side. Chen Chao complained about the waterway to Lei Ren.
The Seventh Immortal Emperor gave Lei Ren the right to recruit soldiers, but he did not give Lei Ren any financial support. This is equivalent to empty words.
Hearing this, Lei Ren smiled lightly and said, "Oh, Old Chen, money is something external to the body. Don't take it so seriously."
Chen Chao looked embarrassed: "It is true that money is not everything, but having no money is absolutely impossible. General Lei, there are 8,000 of us. If the Fire Eagle Legion attacks, we may not be able to defend Firestone City."
"Don't worry, we are so far north. The Fire Eagle Legion sees that we have few people, so they will not come so far to attack us for the time being. We are safe for the time being, but please allow me to slow down the matter of recruiting troops and raising money.
Take it easy, you will always find a way." Lei Ren said thoughtfully.
"It's not like you don't know the salary of a cultivator now. It's ridiculously high. Recruiting a thousand soldiers who are in the Nascent Soul stage without tens of millions of silver is probably unthinkable." Chen Chao frowned for a while.
The value of a cultivator is so expensive. This is generally recognized. After all, it is not difficult for a cultivator who can reach the Nascent Soul stage to earn ten thousand taels of silver a year.
Chen Chaoda complained, and Lei Ren also agreed, saying: "Don't worry about it for now. Just build the fortifications of Firestone City and train the soldiers. I will personally handle the matter of recruiting soldiers and raising money."
After Chen Chao left, Lei Ren said to Ni Qiang: "Ni Qiang, please help me pay attention to the movements of the three wealthy families in Firestone City. By the way, I should also keep an eye on the movements of the city lord. We spend all the money to recruit soldiers.
We have to rely on them."
Although Ni Qiang didn't react to Lei Ren's words and didn't know what Lei Ren was going to do, he still accepted the order happily.
At this time, Firestone City was naturally dominated by Thunder Blade. Once hundreds of thousands of soldiers were stationed here, the old forces in Firestone City could only live with their tails stuck out.
In terms of division of labor, Chen Chao is responsible for building fortifications and training soldiers. Ni Qiang is now his guard captain and intelligence chief.
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In the dead of night, Lei Ren began to practice with concentration. Now, he has been able to condense four giant dragons with the "Nine Dragon God Technique". However, in this small town, practicing this kind of skill is too dazzling. Therefore, although Lei Ren
He knew that he had reached this level of strength, but he had not yet tested the power of four giant dragons of true energy roaming in the sky.
At the same time, he was still strengthening the effect of the "God Refining Manual" on the True Fire God Refining Cauldron. After practicing hard again and again, the Thunder Blade became more and more proficient.
However, at the beginning, Thunder Blade promised Xuanming Sword Emperor not to use the True Fire Divine Cauldron on ordinary cultivators. Therefore, Thunder Blade could only use this move against monsters, devils, and monsters.
But at this time, he was busy solving the siege of Fiery City. How could he have so much time to find monsters and cultivate them?
Therefore, the training of Thunder Blade is only the training of one person, and the specific power is still unknown.
However, Lei Ren knew very well that it had been almost a year since he entered the Immortal position, and his current strength should have improved a lot.
"I don't know, how far am I from the middle stage of the Little Immortal Stage?"
Lei Ren was thinking in his heart, recalling the duel between Taiyi Immortal Lord and Dugu Wuji in his mind. That is the strong style of the best masters. They come and go without a trace, conquer the mountains and rivers with one punch, and cut through the clear sky with one sword.
Killing people thousands of miles away is the ultimate master!
"Boss, have you slept?"
Ni Qiang's voice came from outside the room.
Ni Qiang came to see him so late, so it must be something important. Thinking of Lei Ren's instructions to Ni Qiang, Lei Ren showed a smile on his lips, and he must have gained something.
Calling Ni Qiang in, Ni Qiang was not restrained in front of Lei Ren. He sat down and took a sip of tea and said: "Boss, I got an important news."
"Say it quickly!"
"The three major families in Firestone City are all doing business with the Fire Eagle Legion! More than half of the weapons they forged are sold to the Fire Eagle Legion! That city's advocate is not a good bird, and he uses his subordinates to help the three
The big family provided cover and even helped them transport weapons, reaping huge benefits from it!"
"Ha ha……"
Upon hearing the news, Lei Ren burst out laughing: "God is really helping me!"
Lowering his head, Lei Ren asked Ni Qiang: "Can you get tangible evidence?"
Ni Qiang nodded and said with a smile: "This doesn't require real evidence. When they transport weapons, we will catch them and then, on the other hand, check their account books. I think this must be done one by one.
allow."
Lei Ren nodded and let out a long sigh of relief.
The three major families in Firestone City all operate weapons and iron ore, so they can be said to be extremely wealthy. This can help Thunder Blade recruit troops and raise money!
What a God-sent opportunity!
Lei Ren now understood that it was no wonder that Zhang Tiangao was unwilling to give up the city defense to Lei Ren. It turned out that they wanted to transport weapons out of the city and trade with the Fire Eagle Legion!
So, Lei Ren and Ni Qiang explained it, and their plan began to be implemented.
