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Chapter 1484 Conquering the Empire (30)

This alone is fine, but who made Zhou Wen so strong that he actually served as the chief of the two most important departments in Zhao Hu's army at the same time? Unpleasant question.

Therefore, seeing this person who has both status and real power, who is a bit unreasonable and powerful, is whispering to his immediate boss, although he doesn't trust the appearance of these people like himself, who would be dissatisfied?Who dares to be dissatisfied?
"Don't say anything about this. You are investigating secretly. If you find out the problem, don't take any action. As long as the other party doesn't find out, don't move at all."

Of course Zhao Hu understood what Zhou Wen meant by saying this, so he naturally gave Dao the order, but he also knew that Zhou Wen would rather kill ten thousand by mistake than let one go, so he added restrictions later.If there is no such restriction, I am afraid that Zhou Wen will be panicked immediately.

Zhao Hu saw that everyone was thinking about something with their heads down, but he didn't see the whispers between himself and Zhou Wen, and the secret guard kept kneeling on the ground pitifully, smiled helplessly and signaled the secret guard to step back before saying : "How is the integration of the newly occupied territory going?"

"My lord, now the household registrations of all the new sites have been registered, and the identities of the people in the new sites have all been confirmed. Officials from various places have also arrived, and all aspects of work have started. It's just that the New Year is approaching, so the officials from various places have not done anything. The big move is just to pay attention to the issue of winter and security."

While speaking, Peter briefly reported the situation in various places.

Zhao Hu nodded, he knew that Peter didn't need to say so much, he just said that the status and hierarchy system should be implemented.

The status level does not only represent the level of status and treatment, but also includes most of the people's livelihood issues.

Think about it, if the status of a slave is confirmed, the slave will be included in a certain slave team, and this slave team will naturally increase a share of food, daily necessities and work, and confirm the status of a Shangmin, the tax rate that should be paid, and the number of jobs that can be held. Issues related to the yamen, such as jobs, land that can be owned, etc., will be arranged automatically.

That's why it is said that as long as the status and hierarchy system of a place is completed, there will be no disasters such as refugees and deserters in this place.

Because once the identity level is confirmed by the Zhao Hu system, no matter whether you are a slave or a nobleman, it is Zhao Hu's basic requirement for the identity system to guarantee that you will not starve to death, and that no one will starve to death.

Seeing that Peter had finished speaking, the chief military officer on duty immediately jumped out and said, "My lord, the First Division did not recruit new recruits. Although there were some losses in the last battle, the First Division was originally overstaffed, and it is still overstaffed.

After the last battle, coupled with the rigorous training and assessment these days, I can guarantee that the recruits of the First Division are only slightly worse than the original veterans, and after a few more battles, they will be the same as the veterans . "

None of the military officers who followed Zhao Hu had the ability to serve as the chief military officer of Zhao Hu's forces. Even Liu Ming, the official major general of the empire, could only serve as the head of the navy.

Because everyone's ability is low, and the status is not far apart, he is not convinced to choose anyone, so Zhao Hu simply let them take turns to be the chief military officer.

Just when Zhao Hu was about to say something, a secret guard suddenly appeared under Zhao Hu's seat, and he knelt on one knee and said anxiously, "My lord, Haiquan province has sent troops!"

The military officers were taken aback for a moment, and then immediately rubbed their fists with joy, muttering such words that finally came.At this moment, they didn't whisper to each other, they didn't jump and cheer, they all pricked up their ears to listen to the secret guard's report.

"Time, target, quantity, general." Zhao Hu spit out eight words casually.

"Late last night, the target enemy army did not give an accurate order, but the whole army marched towards our territory. The number was an integrated cavalry division, and Kate himself was the general." The secret guard answered concisely.

Zhou Wen immediately jumped up: "Damn it, a cavalry division? He wants to do this again? Think we are still in that small village? This time we must let him come and go!"

Everyone understood why Zhou Wen was so excited.

After Zhao Hu became the governor of the two provinces, those hostile warlords publicized the fact that Kate drove Zhao Hu into the sea. It can be said that anyone who is not an idiot knows about it.After everyone was fighting against each other, they suddenly felt a little funny.

The chief military officer couldn't help shouting: "Haha, before the lord only occupied a small village with thousands of soldiers, he used a cavalry division to attack. Now the lord occupies tens of thousands of square kilometers and has hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers under his command. He also attacked with a cavalry division, what an idiot Kate is!"

Everyone nodded sympathetically when they heard the words, but in an instant, everyone's expressions changed. How could Kate, who used to be the head of the province's security division and now controls the original master, the Seventh Prince, be an idiot?
Since he's not an idiot, why did he only mobilize one cavalry division?Engage in a surprise attack?
It can't be that simple, can it?

When all the officials were thinking hard, Zhao Hu said: "Don't think so much, just do your job well. The security system continued to monitor and ordered the two brigades near the border of Haiquan Province to enter the state of battle, and the local officials evacuated the people. , organize supplies, organize local slaves into the logistics, issue weapons and send them to the border for unified command. Order the other brigades to leave two regiments to stay behind, and the other three brigades are transferred to the border of Haiquan.”

"Take orders!" Everyone shouted in response immediately.

Looking at these subordinates who retreated quickly, Zhao Hu sighed in his heart, and the battle was about to start again.

In the area where Haiquan Province connects with Seaside Province, countless soldiers are walking slowly with their horses.

These cavalry who were temporarily transferred to grooms were very dissatisfied with the orders of their superiors, and actually let them, these noble cavalry, march in the middle of the night?No one would walk at night these days. You must know that the road conditions can make people fall half to death at any time.

However, the cavalry were glad that their superiors did not order them to charge on horseback. If so, two-thirds of the cavalry of a division might die on this road.

Although he was extremely dissatisfied, he could only obediently obey orders. Who told his immediate boss to be his old boss, his current parents, and the real controller of Haiquan Province?

It's just that the cavalry couldn't help but wonder, who was the target of such a march in the middle of the night regardless of the danger?Why hasn't there been an accurate statement until now?
In the middle of the line, dozens of torches moved slowly. What was strange was that there were only soldiers holding the torches, and there were no nobles worthy of being illuminated by the soldiers in the light.

And behind these torches, on the road that became darker due to the strong contrast, a man in full armor walked slowly with his hands behind his back. The front, back, left, and right sides were full of swordsmen, wearing iron armor, and holding a round shield in a state of alert. Strong man.

Looking at the light brought by the torch ahead, the man whose face was already covered in darkness suddenly asked, "Where has the forward gone?"

You can tell from the voice that this man is already middle-aged.

A figure loomed from behind the man, and a young voice said, "Return to the Commander, the striker has already passed Yangshangou."

"Well, order the whole army to rest, and order the whole army to gather in brigades to guard and deploy defenses." The man said.

As soon as the words were finished, a cloud slowly drifted away, and the moonlight shone on his face. He was the actual controller of Haiquan Province—Kate!
The young man who had conveyed the order and set up the sentry came back to Kate. Kate didn't receive any special treatment, just sitting on the side of the road to rest just like the soldiers.

It was just before Kate sat down that the guards lost their nerves for a while, stabbed in the air in a radius of several meters, and then carefully stabbed the ground with their spears before letting Kate sit down.

This strange behavior did not attract the attention of the surrounding soldiers. Anyway, during this period of time, I have become accustomed to seeing the strangeness of this boss.

The young general seemed to have hesitated for a while before mustering up the courage to speak out and asked: "Marshal, in fact, you don't have to lead troops to attack in person, and with you staying in the province, the province can be relatively peaceful. "

Kate glanced at the young general, and said with a smile: "Oh, you will say that, it seems that even you think that I have used the Seventh Prince as a puppet."

The young general was taken aback when he heard the words, why did it seem that he didn't mean to treat the Seventh Prince as a puppet?
But is this possible?The military affairs of the entire Haiquan province are controlled by the commander in chief, and the seventh prince's personal bodyguards and maids are all arranged by the commander in chief. Who would believe such a thing?Do you have to be so hypocritical when talking to your confidant?Or do you not regard yourself as a confidant?
With this knowledge, although the young general felt uncomfortable in his heart, he didn't show it on his face, but for some reason, Kate seemed to see the young general's thoughts, and unexpectedly said: "Actually, the Seventh Prince had only to be ostracized at that time. Only the puppets that are manipulated can survive until now.”

The young general was taken aback again. Before he could figure out what the words meant, Kate said another sentence: "Do you know the mother of the Seventh Prince?"

These words made the teenager puzzled for a while, why did he suddenly say this?
But he still nodded: "It is said that Concubine Rong Gui, who gave birth to the Seventh Prince, is the most gentle and kind-hearted in the palace, even though she is Xiaojiabiyu from a small family."

"Hehe, not just the palace, but the gentlest, kindest, and most beautiful woman in the entire empire." Kate said in a very gentle tone.

When the young general heard the words full of reminiscence and longing, cold sweat broke out immediately.

(End of this chapter)