customs clearance base

Chapter 1352 Heading to the Territory
Thinking of this, the major immediately put on a flattering smile, and shouted nastyly: "Brother, brother, I miss you to death. I knew that brother is a capable person at the beginning. No, it only took more than a year to become a major. It’s really amazing, maybe I’ll call you officer after a while.”

"Hehe, look at what you said, brother, isn't it because of my good luck?" Zhao Hu and the major shouted at Diou and others unexpectedly.

I have never seen Zhao Hu chatting like this before. After being surprised, Dio and others began to listen attentively.

After a hala, the major of the logistics department who got a few money bags immediately brought Zhao Hu and his party into the official slave camp.

Under the personal selection of Dio's five personal guards, Dio found five young official slaves who had served as housekeepers and [-] official slaves who could do masonry, woodwork, blacksmithing, and medical cooking.

And Zhou Wen found ten young men who seemed to be clever and dexterous.

Not to be outdone, Sun Jie recruited thirty clever young men to accompany Ming.

Luo Fei then found sixty strong men who were as strong as them and dared to fight and kill.

As for the identities of the personal guards of these official slaves, after the logistics major patted his chest to ensure that it was resolved, it is not known whether it was the effect of money, or what kind of words the logistics major exaggerated. Anyway, the logistics department quickly issued 120 five sheets personal health certificate.

The guards who got these certificates finally let go of their uneasy feelings, because they are very concerned about this privilege. You must know that the five of Diou were only official slaves a year ago, and now they are soldiers of the empire. , Can you not worry about whether you can become a personal guard and completely break away from the authenticity of your slave status?

Now they are the most loyal personal guards to the chief, because even if they die in battle, they will be buried as personal guards, not as servants.

Dio and the others originally wanted to buy a batch of weapons, but they thought it might cause trouble. After all, there are still 130 sets of weapons in the barracks. Who knows if there are 130 more sets of weapons, will they be charged with rebellion?So I gave up, and just cheated a batch of military uniforms from the logistics department to take away.

Originally, he wanted to say goodbye to the marshal according to the etiquette, but it was a pity that the marshal didn't have time to meet him, so Zhao Hu had no choice but to ask the guard to convey it, and left the imperial capital like a whirlwind, rushing into the barracks where the servants stayed behind.

I wanted to leave immediately, but it was getting late, so I had to stay overnight.

Zhao Hu called Liu Bin: "I'm about to live in the territory of Haiquan Province, which is close to the Freedom Alliance. Will you go there with us, or will you find a long-distance carriage for you and send it directly to the Freedom Alliance?"

Liu Bin thought for a while, then sighed and said: "Oh, I saved money to follow the Oriental business group to see exotic customs. I didn't have any contracts, and I was the only one left at home. Anyway, I can't go anywhere. Same, I'll continue to follow you, I don't know if you like it or not?"

Zhao Hu just nodded in agreement, while Dio nodded his head in surprise. This is a top cartographer, a priceless treasure!
And Zhou Wen immediately hugged Liu Bin and cheered: "Welcome, of course you are welcome, I'm afraid you won't be with you when you leave."

Sun Jie pursed his lips and muttered to the side: "Are you still asking if you are welcome? Bah, I have forgotten that I am a prisoner! If it wasn't for your kindness, I would have sold you long ago!"

Of course, Sun Jie was immediately kicked away by Zhou Wen, who had eyes and ears.

As for the reactions of Locke, Luo Fei, and Hei Lang?As if nothing happened, Liu Bin, a weak guy, was not taken seriously by them at all.

After dinner, Dio went out for a walk, and came back to tell Zhao Hu a news. After hearing the news, Zhao Hu could only lament the charm of gold coins and the rot within the Imperial Army.

Because Dio actually used gold coins to get 130 sets of standard mixed squadron equipment from this barracks, that is, a small team of strong bow leather armor, a small team of riding bows and five hundred pots of arrows, and a small team of spear leather armor , a small team of machete leather armor, a small team of ax leather armor, two sets of military harness and leather armor, and 260 fairly good military horses.

These imperial army standard equipment and military horses cost at least 2 gold coins, but Dio only used [-] gold coins to get them.

The reason is very simple, the five thousand gold coins have been put into the private purse, and the other party only needs to report the depletion, adding a few more will be enough.

If it wasn't for Zhao Hu who could only have 130 guards, Dio would have dared to replace all those servants with imperial uniforms and equipped with imperial military weapons.

As for the original 130 sets of weapons, they were completely treated as trash, and were given to an officer in exchange for drinking money.

However, when doing this business, Dio regretted why he didn’t keep a few hundred more horses, and bought two hundred or so ordinary military horses, but when he thought that he didn’t own military horses as an imperial soldier, it was a strange thing, Also relaxed.

At dawn the next day, Zhao Hu took 130 personal guards and more than [-] entourages, each of whom rode in pairs and led ten huge carriages, and began to head for the territory of Haiquan Province.

According to Sun Jie's inquiring information, the imperial capital will be across five provinces from Haiquan Province, and it will take at least a month at the normal marching speed.

I don't know whether it's because of the good law and order in the empire, or whether Zhao Hu's people are too aggressive. Anyway, along the way, Zhao Hu didn't encounter any bandits and robbers at all, and entered Haiquan Province very easily.

The capital of Haiquan Province is built in a place very close to Gaohai Port, and the coastal provinces are built in this way, because the provincial capitals and counties are directly under the jurisdiction of the empire, and they are not built near the seaport. How to collect tax revenue?
The provincial capital of Haiquan Province is the same as all other directly-administered territories of the empire. The infrastructure construction has been completed. Even though Haiquan Province is a poor province of the empire, the economy is also very prosperous, and the crowds on the streets are also endless.

But Zhao Hu and others who went directly from the inland to the Haiquan provincial capital knew that, except for the provincial capital directly controlled by the empire, the other counties and towns were completely poor, and their lives could be compared with those of savages.

Due to poverty, few people stay below the county government. Most of the middle-aged people go to the provinces and counties to work. Only when they are too old to work will they return to their hometowns to wait for death.

Seeing this result, Diou was very worried about whether there were people in Zhao Hu's territory. This is not unheard of. Many officers' territories are uninhabited, because there are no canonized territories, and local residents have the freedom to move within the province. s right.

Of course, the place of relocation needs to be willing to accept it, but no one cares about finding a place to live in a remote mountain.

Zhao Hu didn't care about these things. Anyway, he could form a village by following his servants.

In this way, a group of people passed the inspection of the city guard and appeared on the streets of the provincial capital.

The group of them did not attract much attention. After all, it is close to the sea and has a port, and it is also adjacent to the Freedom Alliance.Although it is not a deep-water port, large ships cannot enter and exit, but small merchant ships can still enter and exit. What is so strange about all kinds of strange people appearing in the provincial capital?

Originally due to the active small businessmen, Haiquan Province should not be so poor.

But it is a pity that once a small businessman earns enough capital here, he will immediately buy a large ship to enter and leave the deep-water port, and will not come to this alley anymore.

After all, the types and prices of goods are almost the same in the entire empire. If so, why bother to work hard like ants moving?
For this reason, the income of provinces like Haiquan Province without deep-water ports is not as good as that of provinces with rich inland resources.

According to regulations, Zhao Hu needs to call on the governor of the province, as well as the head of the garrison division in Haiquan Province.

The governor of Baifang Province is saying hello, and at the same time confirming the location of his territory. After all, the governor of the province has to write a document to indicate which place is a new territory in the whole province, so that those officials who collect taxes and lavish slaves should not go to those places to find trouble.

And to visit the head of the garrison division is to ask how many militias can be formed in one's own territory, both of which are essential procedures when taking over the territory.

After Zhao Hu revealed his identity to the gate guard, he was quickly welcomed into the provincial capital. The list of new military officer territories conferred by the imperial capital had already been spread all over the world with flying pigeons.There is an additional officer's territory on his own land, and the local chief certainly knows who the officer is.

The governor of Haiquan Province is a middle-aged fat man with a kind face and a red heart. I don’t know if it’s because there is a lot of oil and water. Most of the local officials in the empire are fat.

After checking Zhao Hu's territory certificate, the provincial governor named Peter was not a nobleman, but he chatted with Zhao Hu about how the weather was good in an aristocratic tone.

It is normal for the chief officials of the direct-controlled lords to not be nobles. Firstly, the nobles have their own territories. They are either leaders or serve in the imperial capital. Using the public for personal gain, as long as the merchants are pulled into their own territory, it is enough to make the direct-controlled territories lose their income.

Accompanying Zhao Hu into the provincial capital were Locke, Luo Fei and Diou. Locke and Luo Fei completely thought that Peter did not exist, and stood there thinking wildly.

And Dio, who was born as a housekeeper, was carefully analyzing what Bikude meant by these words. This guy's eyes flickered when he saw the certificate of the master's territory. Did he see that the master was going to stay here for a year? So you look down on adults and deliberately find some topics to tease adults?
As for the protagonist Zhao Hu, he knows when to be impatient and when to be slow. At this moment, he is smiling, responding to Peter's words with a calm demeanor.

It wasn't until this Peter drank the No.13 cup of tea that he cursed angrily in his heart: "Damn it! How could such a character be forced to stay in the territory for a full year?" time?

(End of this chapter)