Chapter 180 Five Hundred Elites

When Xu Yi discussed with Major McConley, he hoped that he could provide 300 veterans of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce so that the escort of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce could truly be established.

However, no matter how you look at it, there are more than three hundred soldiers who are currently training under Hart's leadership.

"No need to count, there are a total of five hundred people, and I can guarantee that they were all elites before they retired from the army." Count Summer said with a smile.

Xu Yi looked at the brawny men who were practicing, and asked Earl Satsuma, "Why?"

"Don't you understand? To tell you the truth, this is what Her Royal Highness means. She took special care of Major McConley and asked him to exceed your requirements. So McConley not only brought 200 more people for you this time, but also The elites were deliberately chosen. It is no exaggeration to say that if these 500 soldiers did not retire, but formed a team, after a period of training, the combat effectiveness would definitely be no less than that of a whole brigade in any army in the kingdom now. ."

Earl Summer's expression seemed to have a trace of envy towards Xu Yi, and he didn't know whether he was envious of Xu Yi's new flying chamber of commerce having these five hundred elite soldiers, or because he was able to receive such special attention and respect from Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny. .

According to the establishment of the King Lampari team, a whole brigade is composed of three squadrons, which are organized into 1,500 people.

Earl Summer said that these 500 people only need a period of training to be comparable to the combat effectiveness of a whole brigade, which shows that these 500 strong men are indeed elites.

Although Xu Yi was very grateful to Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny for his special care, he was even more puzzled.

Since these five hundred people were all elites in the army before, how could the army be willing to release them all in one go?

To know. Xu Yi had previously made a request to Major McConley. Hope he'll help himself find three hundred suitable veterans to join the escort of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce. Don't expect much at all.

In his opinion, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce does not have a strong heritage like other old-fashioned large chambers of commerce. Even if they want to establish a escort team, they can only start from scratch and gradually improve their strength.

So his initial idea was just to create this system first, and just get the first batch of people who are decent.

He never imagined that, in addition to getting him an important figure like Hart, who was an instructor of the Zhenbei Army before he was discharged from the army, Major McGonley actually brought him a full 500 elite veterans in one breath. .

Even with the special care of Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny, this is still a bit incredible.

With the special care of Sevigny. Perhaps McConley could select a portion of the army loyal to the royal family, but there was no way there could be as many as five hundred.

"There's no need to guess. The reason why Major McConley can gather 500 elites for you this time, in addition to the special care of Her Royal Highness, the most important reason is that Her Majesty the King has spoken." Earl Summer saw that Xu With the doubts in his eyes, he explained to him.

Xu Yi was surprised.

If His Majesty the King himself spoke on this matter, it would indeed be possible to cause this effect.

"Of course, even if His Majesty the King speaks, Major McConley can get you these five hundred elites because no other faction in the military has expressed any objection to this matter." Earl Summer looked at Xu Yi , tsk tsk twice. He shook his head and said, "Do you know that for the military department with many factions, it is really incredible to be able to reach a consensus on one thing at the same time. Even if it was a trivial matter before, it might be possible within the military department. It's so hot, it's almost hard to make decisions lightly."

"Then why?" Xu Yi was even more confused. "Although our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has cooperated with and helped the military, the military will return this favor to me, but there is no objection at all... This is a bit strange? Just like someone objected to Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny, the military There must be someone in the department who doesn't like our new flight chamber of commerce."

"You can think of this as compensation for the military's request to hand over all the skills of the magic trebuchet." Earl Summer replied, turning to look at Hart and the five hundred elites who were still practicing, and sighed softly. : "Recently, good news has been coming from the northern border. After analysis, the military confirmed that the main reason for the sudden change in the form of the northern border is because of the cooperation with your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Even if you don't talk about the huge role played by the powerful power of the magic catapult, the first batch of armor weapons produced by your new flying chamber of commerce has played a very powerful role."

"Oh? I learned something from Viscount Leslie's letter, but he didn't say it carefully. What exactly does it do?" Xu Yi asked.

"I don't know exactly what's going on. After all, I'm not from the military, and I don't have any information channels in this regard. If you want to know, you can try to ask Her Royal Highness." Count Samo continued: "But I You know, the reason why no one in the military has raised any objection to this matter this time is that the military unanimously believes that the cooperation with your new flight chamber of commerce will be very helpful to improve the combat effectiveness of the Lampari King ** team. As a soldier, Victory is their top priority. And working with your New Flying Chamber of Commerce can help them win, so it's nothing compared to just giving you five hundred elites."

"Really?" Xu Yi sneered. "If you care so much, don't force me to hand over all the skills of the magic trebuchet."

Earl Summer smiled slightly, patted Xu Yi on the shoulder, and said softly: "Although I understand your resentment, I still advise you to say that with your current strength, it is better not to fight against the military. Getting the appreciation of those big figures in the military and asking them to reassess the importance of cooperating with your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is already a victory for you and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. About the magic catapult..."

Earl Summer suddenly lowered his voice and said with a hint of mystery: "According to the information I have received, the military may soon send you to discuss the issue of the magic trebuchet, so be mentally prepared."

"Huh?" Xu Yi was slightly startled, then thought about it, but found that this should be good news.

The military had previously forced Xu Yi to hand over the related technology of the magic trebuchet. Although Xu Yi was very reluctant. However, due to reality, I chose to submit it.

As the Earl of Summer said. With the current strength of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, there is no capital to compete with the military.

If he didn't choose to hand in, he would definitely not get these five hundred elites this time.

And the military department is also coming to discuss with Xu Yi about the magic catapult...

Xu Yi sneered in his heart, and a trace of disdain flashed across his eyes.

Do these guys in the military really think that if they hand in all the technology of the magic trebuchet, they can really play it?

They probably never thought that when Xu Yi handed in these technologies, he was already digging a huge hole waiting for them to jump.

Now they came to Xu Yi to discuss it because of this. In fact, it means that they have jumped into this pit.

What to do next, I am afraid it is entirely up to them to decide.

These thoughts flashed through his mind like lightning, and Xu Yi regained a gentle smile on his face, nodded and said: "Okay, I will wait for the military to come. But before they come, I will come to us first. Welcome to the soldiers of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce."

Xu Yi wanted to welcome Hart and the 500 elites, but for Xu Yi's appearance, a large part of the 500 veterans were not very enthusiastic at first, and many people even faintly revealed in their eyes. Out of hostility and disdain.

Before they were sent here, they had been told what they were sent for.

In fact, they were all elites in the army before. Almost half of them are still in service, not only the main force of their own team. I don't even think about getting out of the army.

However, this time, the military force directly forced them to retire, and they gathered together, transferred here, and informed them that they would join the escort of this new flying chamber of commerce.

Although these soldiers have heard about this new flying chamber of commerce, they naturally know far less than ordinary people.

They were forced to retire because of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. In fact, these people did not like the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

And in the eyes of these elites in the army, an ordinary Chamber of Commerce escort is not a fart at all.

It would be a humiliation for them now to have them run as the guards of this Chamber of Commerce escort.

So of course they won't be so kind to Xu Yi, and even show hostility.

However, when Xu Yi finished his welcome speech and started to announce to everyone the various treatments of the guards in the new flight chamber of commerce, all the hostility and disdain in the eyes of these people were a little bit startled and incredible, and restrained. The unstoppable surprise was completely squeezed out.

According to these terms announced by Xu Yi in public, after becoming the guards of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce's escort team, they will be first-level guards at first and enjoy all the relevant benefits of the first-level guards.

According to the regulations of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, the monthly salary of the first-level guards of the escort team is fifteen gold coins per month.

This one alone made the eyes of almost all the five hundred elites shine.

Although they were the elites of the various armies in the Lampari Kingdom before, the financial income of the Lampari Kingdom was weak, and the army was so poor that they could not even guarantee that each soldier could have a complete set of armor and weapons. If you do, naturally, you will not be able to mention the benefits.

Originally, according to the regulations of the military, each soldier would have a certain subsidy. The average soldier is about 20 gold coins per year, and these elites will be higher because of their military exploits, more than 30 gold coins.

But in fact, the number of times that these subsidies can actually be issued is very small, and very few of these 500 people can get it every time.

And even if you really start it again and again, it will only be more than 30 gold coins in a year, and the first-level guards of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce can have a full fifteen gold coins in a month, which is 180 gold coins in a year. !

God is above, not one of these five hundred people has ever seen a huge sum of one hundred and eighty gold coins!

Just hearing about the basic salary makes almost everyone's resistance and even hostility to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce disappear in an instant.

And when they heard the various welfare benefits that Xu Yi announced next, it made them feel completely involuntarily excited and could not be restrained.

According to Xu Yi, in addition to the basic salary, the first-level guards will also enjoy some basic benefits.

For example, every month, they will be given some daily benefits such as rice, flour, oil and salt, etc. In addition, whenever there are festivals, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will also provide other benefits.

These things may seem inconspicuous, but they are all extremely affordable things, and they easily captured the hearts of these soldiers from ordinary families.

In addition to these tangible benefits, the guards of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will also enjoy some additional protection.

For example, when an escort is injured or even killed while performing a mission assigned by the Chamber of Commerce, the New Flying Chamber of Commerce will provide compensation.

If it is an injury, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will fully bear the cost of treatment, and will still receive normal salary during the injury.

And if it is serious injury or even death, the new pilot will compensate a lot of expenses.

Hearing Xu Yi's promise that if a guard dies while performing the mission of the Chamber of Commerce, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will compensate the person designated by the guard to choose a thousand gold coins. In an instant, many people came out to sell this life to Xu Yi. idea.

If it weren't for the family situation, how would ordinary people choose to join the army?

Therefore, although these 500 people are elites in the army, most of them have a difficult family situation.

And because of the poverty of King Lampari's army, they can only support themselves in the army at most, and they are unable to improve the family situation at all.

For them, a thousand gold coins is not only a huge sum of money they have never seen before, but they have never even thought about it.

If someone gave them a thousand gold coins to buy their lives, then these elite soldiers who have fought countless times on the battlefield and are indifferent to death must be very happy.

Even at this moment, many people have secretly thought in their minds that after joining the escort team of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, they would simply die while performing the mission.

If the family can get compensation of a thousand gold coins for this, it will be so worth it!

However, when I heard what Xu Yi said later, this thought subsided in an instant.

Because according to Xu Yi, the escort level of the escort team can be gradually improved according to the time of serving as the escort and the credit for performing the task.

The higher the level of guards, the higher the salary and benefits, and the higher the protection they enjoy.

If a first-level guard dies in the line of duty, he will be compensated by one thousand gold coins.

If a second-level guard was killed in the line of duty, the compensation amount would become 1,500 gold coins.

And if it is a third-level guard, this amount will be increased to two thousand gold coins.

But if you become a third-level guard, who would be so stupid to take the initiative to seek death?

The monthly salary of the third-level guards alone is a full thirty gold coins!

What's more, if you have worked in the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce for 20 years, you can also be assigned a suitable job by the Chamber of Commerce and enjoy pension protection after the age of 60!

Such a life, for these soldiers who have always been accustomed to suffering, is simply in heaven!

Count Summer on the side looked at the indifference and even hostility in the eyes of the soldiers who were looking at Xu Yi gradually turned into a frenzy, and couldn't help showing a helpless wry smile.

He was still worried about how Xu Yi would conquer these rebellious soldiers, but he didn't expect Xu Yi to do it so easily.

Moreover, Xu Yi also adopted an extremely direct approach, which even the Earl of Summer never thought of, and was even a little speechless.

That is, spend money on...

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Moving... a day of tossing, so it's late.

I'm so tired, I'm asking for some recommended tickets, monthly tickets or something to comfort my trembling hands~~

Brothers and sisters, good luck~~(To be continued..)