I am reborn as a lord in Rome

In general, bandit groups abound in the Assyrian territory, but the vast majority of them are rabble, and the damage to people's livelihood is extremely limited, because most of them are small groups of bankrupt civilians, fugitive slaves, criminals, and outcasts, who lack training and armament, and it is absolutely delusional to expect them to have much combat effectiveness.

Of course, there are exceptions, such as Sock's Gray Wolf Bandits, and Bird's Raven Bandits.

It is particularly worth mentioning that the gray wolf bandit group under the leadership of Sok is cautious and steady, usually hiding in the shadows, and once they show their fangs, they will be hit. Not so with Bird, whose arrogant, arrogant personality made the Ravens the most frequented and notorious bandit in the city-state of Lenwinton.

Seventeen years ago, he killed his master, and then fled with his two gladiator brothers and their master's jewels, gold coins, and wife to what he called "Raven Valley", and a few months later, the Raven Bandits appeared, and in the years that followed, Bird's Raven Bandit grew stronger and stronger, and he himself became known as the Raven General's ......

The horse stopped, and the rider galloped up the hill, and Bird laughed and took the lead.

"General Bird, there's 'business'. Bird, who was called the "fourth", was out of breath, but his face was full of smiles.

"Tell me about it!" Bird said, waving his hand.

"When the new consul of Salt Marsh, Woolley Green, came to his post, he brought eight thousand five hundred gold coins, which are now placed in the treasurer Baker, in the treasury of the consul's residence. The fourth said.

"Eight-thousand-fifteen-hundred, a lot, wow, is the news reliable?" asked Bird.

"Reliable. The fourth nodded affirmatively, and then leaned into Bird's ear and whispered a word, Bird immediately frowned and smiled and bent his eyes.

"I just like them fighting in the nest. Bird grinned, and continued, "It's still early, quick, pick me fifty men, two horses and two saddles, hurry up, and I will be in the salt marsh by to-morrow evening." "

Yes! Someone immediately replied.

......

That night, George hosted a banquet at the mansion to entertain Job and Hodge, and the topic was naturally Woolley and Salt Marsh Town.

"Woolley Green is afraid that he has obtained Riney's true biography, hmph, Hubble's original tricks they thought of were useless to him. George said.

Job nodded: "That's true, he and Rini are simply a virtue, he doesn't fight you head-on at all, you fight yours, he fights him, so that you can't figure out his routines, you can only passively follow him."

"yes. Hodge smiled, "But that's not all, he asked Henry to come to me this time to get the Legion to send some troops, it seems that the useless defenses of Salt Marsh Town scared this kid."

"Whoever goes is afraid, the parapet is so tattered that there are gaps everywhere, and it is not as effective as a ring of wooden fences. Jobs laughed, "I gave him a rough calculation, 40,000 gold coins plus two years of construction, and it can almost be repaired."

"Forty thousand gold coins?" did he pay for it himself?" Huo Qi said with a smile, "Although this kid Wu Lai Grinder has money, there is no reason to spend it on it, a town-level consul, his annual salary is only three hundred gold coins, and the chariot and horse subsidies are all added up, and it is only fifty more, this money is barely enough for entertainment, he wants to pay a little more, he has to take it from the town finance, but, is there money in Salt Marsh Town?"

"Of course not!" Job's smile leaned back as he slapped the table, the finances of Salt Marsh Town were basically an empty shell, but any surplus money was "confiscated" by the three of them in a different way, otherwise it would not be overstretched by several town consuls.

George shook his head with a wry smile and said, "You two don't just drink some wine like this, Woolley Greendo is not ordinary, he has the courage to do those things in Assyria, there is no reason to be silent in Salt Marsh Town."

"Which of the three before him didn't want to do something great?" said Jobb, grinning, tilting his neck and pouring the wine into his throat, "but did one of them do it? No, without our support, he would never be able to please him even if he paid out of his own pocket."

"He's rich, I mean, the kind that doesn't have to pay out of pocket. George said, "Eight thousand five hundred gold coins, supposedly specially allocated to him by Chief Connor, are not too many, but they can do something in Salt Marsh." "

That's what Tours told me. Job said, "I asked him to go back this time, and go to Woolley Green to say that the salt works should be renovated salt wells, it is said that it is no problem to cut off half of him, anyway, this guy doesn't understand the salt industry at all, where does he know where the money goes, when the time comes, the three of us, hahaha......" "

The ordnance of Salt Marsh Town, the legion can sell this year's share to them." Hodge grinned, "This is a convention, once a year, Tong Su is not bullied."

"I'm afraid it's not that easy. George shook his head, "This kid is very slippery, and there are people behind him to support him, but he can't deal with the previous ones."

Job's brow suddenly frowned: "You say, is it possible to let him stand with us?"

George immediately shook his head, his eyes lifted and looked at Hodge, "What do you think

?" "Do you need to ask?" Hodge asked rhetorically.

"It's useless to have a few of them, let's do it ourselves, in three months it's the Council of the Nobles of the City-State of Lenwinton, and until then, let Woolledin do nothing in Salt Marsh Town. George knocked on the table

and raised his glass, "Cheers!" "Cheers!" Hodge raised his glass, and Job grinned and raised his hand: "Dry!"

......

Near midnight, Woolley set up a feast at the Archon's residence, because Sibanok and Puya had arrived with the men and supplies Woolley wanted.

In addition to Sibanok and Puya, Gruul also accompanies him, and El temporarily acts as a cook and maid, and Woolley has personal matters to talk about, so of course outsiders should not appear.

Originally, in the afternoon, Siban Oak and the others had arrived at a mountain bay less than ten miles away from the salt marsh town, and sent someone into the town early to deliver news to Wu Lai, but Wu Lai immediately told the people to let everyone rest in the mountain bay and quietly enter the town in the middle of the night.

"Young master, this salt marsh town is in tatters, and it's really hard for you. Siban Oak said with some emotion, since he knew Woolley, in his cognition, Woolley has lived a pampered life, how could he have stayed in such a humble environment, what about being an archon, what is the use of living an uncomfortable life?

But this is not to say that Sibanok does not support Woolley's ambitions, he naturally knows that if Woolley wants to achieve a real rise in the Assyrian territory, he must accept this, but he is a little unbearable.

"It's okay, it's a good place, it's just broken by those guys. Woolley said with a smile, gesturing for Puya to pour wine for Spain.

"I'm tired all the way, so I'm better to drink less. Siban hurriedly politely, he knew that Wu Lai must have something to arrange for him to come here, but he was not here to eat and drink.

Wu Lei naturally knew Xi Ban's thoughts, and he was not reluctant at the moment, he took a sip of his wine glass, and asked some about the situation of Baishi Tower, and then said: "This salt marsh town is a treasure land, not only the first salt producing area in the Assyrian territory, but also the good things I need, all of you here are people I trust Wu Lai Glindo, and I won't hide it from you, this salt marsh town, I want to decide, it's not just as simple as being an archon here, I want to make this my private place."

Gruul and Puya were overjoyed at this, but Sibanok frowned, if what Woolley had just said was to control the salt marsh town for a long time, because it would not be difficult to do, and it would be unimaginably difficult to take the salt marsh town that had choked the salt industry in Assyria's territory into private property.

"Young master, this ideal ......" Xiban sighed quietly before he finished speaking, to be honest, he didn't think that Wu Lai could achieve it at all.

After all, the young master is still a little younger and more vigorous. Siban thought to himself.

"Step by step, I've got some ideas. Wu Lai naturally didn't say too much here, his eyes moved and fell on Puya, "Puya, during this time, you and those twenty children don't show up for the time being, if my guess is right, in just these days, there will be bandits attacking and disturbing Salt Marsh Town, and my canal protection line will not be completed so quickly, so you have to become a surprise army, take those guys by surprise, and give the first step of the Jiancheng plan, and buy a few more days." "

No problem, young master, I want to know, how many bandits will come, will it be more than two hundred?" asked Puya. Gladiator is a profession that licks blood with a knife, and Pu Ya's time as a gladiator is not short, so he will naturally not be afraid of war and death, but now that he is entrusted by Wu Lai, he naturally wants to understand the balance of power first, so that he can make plans.

"I don't know, if it's about 100 people, it's generally cavalry, and the number is more than two hundred, that's half of the cavalry and half of the infantry. Wu Lai replied, "After all, this is just a town, and the Conservative Army is the same as the defense line, which is nothing, so the bandits have never taken this place seriously, and in the past few days I have looked at the information on the attacks in the last five years, and every time, the bandits will not send too many people."

"If so, I can guarantee that the squad will have no casualties. Puya replied in the affirmative.

"Don't be too light, it's not a good habit. Wu Lai reminded Pu Yadao, "In this salt marsh town, there must be hidden bandits, and for a while, I can't find out who they are. "

What the young master said, I wrote it down. Puya nodded and said.

Woolley nodded, and Gruul smiled slightly, and took over the conversation: "The residents of Salt Marsh Town are used to being harassed, and the bandits have always been untouched and never lingered, so when the bandits come, the people here will generally close their doors and not ask about the affairs outside the window, and no one will want to change their habits in a short period of time, which means that at least in the first engagement, you will have no help."

Pu Ya smiled slightly: "Young Master Guru, the Daishan team can be ten with one, and the one who came with me this time is the best in the Daishan team, so you can rest assured to wait with our young master to see their performance."

"It's good to have faith. "Of course, Guru has heard the deeds of the Daishan team, and he has enough confidence in Wu Lai, but if there are hundreds of first-class bandits, more than twenty people, plus the Baomin army who are used to escaping from the battle, even if they win, the price is not small.

"We seem to be gossiping a little too much, come on, have a drink. Woolley raised his glass with a smile, "Puya, you and El haven't seen each other for a long time, and when she comes back from bringing food to those children, you two will have to have a few drinks." "

OK. Puya smiled and nodded.

At the same time, in the cramped backyard of the official residence, twenty teenagers from Daishan's squad sat in three carriages, wearing black cloaks and leather boots, sitting cross-legged, with a leather wooden box two elbows long and one cubit wide and half an elbow thick on their knees.

They were eating, with a kettle in their left hand and bread in their right hand, which had just been delivered by El, and to El's surprise, the boys were not speaking in an orderly manner when they received the bread, and they were all calm, without joy or sorrow, and their movements were clean and neat, but they did not even make a sound.

This is Wu Lai's request, it is the result of the training of Vulture and Puya, not to mention that there are only twenty people now, even a hundred people are present at the same time, and there is not even a sound when eating and drinking.

Naturally, they are the best miracle soldiers.

The conversation continued—

"Mr. Xiban, I asked you to come to this poor country because I have a lot of things I want to ask you about, and second, I have a new project that I want you to help host. Woolley said, "I can't rest assured that someone else has changed."

Sibanok smiled slightly and said, "Okay, I'm ready, I'm looking forward to doing something for you in my lifetime, speaking of which, I have to thank you for giving me this opportunity to put my old bones to use." "

Teacher Xiban, you are too modest. Woolley smiled and shook his head, "In my Woolley's eyes, you are a baby."

Xiban Oak smiled, he was still trusted by Woolly at a young age, he was a little proud, and just as he was about to toast, he suddenly remembered something, and immediately put down the wine glass, and said: "Young master, on the way here, we stopped in Baiguo Town......"

Listening to this, Woolley's brows frowned slightly......