Lin Xu waited on the horse for about five minutes before Huang Feihu appeared at the door and said loudly,""Lord Lin didn't even inform me beforehand that you were coming to my residence today. The servants in the residence don't know etiquette and have made Lord Lin wait for a long time!”
Lin Xu immediately dismounted and cupped his fists at Huang Feihu.""King Wucheng, there's no need to be so polite. Forgive me for disturbing you!”
"Ha! Lord Lin, let's talk in the main hall!" King Wucheng waved his right hand.
The two of them came to the reception hall. The maidservant served them fragrant tea. King Wucheng asked,"May I know why Lord Lin has come to my residence?”
"Oh! King Wucheng, you have been ordered to lead the army and control the various armies. I am here today to select outstanding soldiers from the army to expand the manpower of the East Chamber!”Lin Xu replied.
Huang Feihu nodded and said,""No problem. How many people do you need? How?"
"The East Chamber is divided into four departments: Intelligence, Finance, Embroidered Uniform Guards, and the Ministry of War! The main thing is that the Bureau of Military Personnel needs 20,000 soldiers. What I mean is that I will select 10,000 people from the army and then select 10,000 people from the local people!”Lin Xu explained.
"So many? Why did the East Chamber need so many people? The imperial court's current national treasury could not afford to spend much money to expand! Moreover, the king had to spend money to build Deer Terrace Pavilion, so he had to take money from the people!”Huang Feihu frowned.
"Of course we can't take it from the people. The court has so many officials, so there must be many corrupt officials and sycophants. The wealth of these corrupt officials should be more than half of the national treasury!”Lin Xu said with a smile.
"Oh? If Lord Lin could really fix those corrupt officials, that would be a great relief!”Huang Feihu clapped and cheered.
"Yes! However, in order to investigate these corrupt officials, they still needed people, and it would take a lot of effort to select soldiers from the public. Therefore, they first selected well-trained soldiers from the military camp!”Lin Xu explained.
"Alright! His Majesty has already ordered us to assist him, so I naturally have no objections! Should he allocate 10,000 people to the East Hall or something else?”Huang Feihu nodded and asked.
"The royal army is an elite army, but I want to build an elite army of elites. So, King Wucheng, you can order all the soldiers to choose the best and strongest soldiers to join the East Military Bureau. As long as they can join the East Military Bureau, their monthly salary will be doubled, and they will have meat and food every day!”Lin Xu replied.
"This! There would definitely be many soldiers willing to come, but wouldn't this burden be too great? Their salary would be doubled, and they would have meat every day!”Huang Feihu asked.
"It doesn't matter, King Wu Cheng. You can choose whatever you want. The scouts in the army or those who are good at riding and shooting will be prioritized!”Lin Xu waved his hand.
"I'll leave the selection of elite soldiers to King Wucheng. Thank you!”Lin Xu bowed.
"Lord Lin is too polite. This is my duty!”King Wucheng also returned the greeting with cupped fists.
"Then in half a month, King Wucheng will send 10,000 selected soldiers to gather at the newly built drill ground in the Eastern Military Bureau! I still have other things to deal with, so I won't disturb King Wucheng anymore!”Lin Xu stood up and said goodbye.
"Lord Lin, take care!" King Wucheng greeted.
After leaving King Wucheng's Mansion, Lin Xu mounted his horse and headed to the East Chamber Yamen that the imperial court had given him!
When they arrived at the office of the East Military Department, there were two armored soldiers guarding the door. When they saw Lin Xu, they looked at him in confusion. Lin Xu took out the East Military Department's admiral waist token and showed it to the armored soldiers guarding the door.
"Greetings, Admiral!" The two soldiers knelt on one knee and bowed.
"Get up! Thank you for your hard work! I'll go in first!" Lin Xu said with a smile and walked straight inside!
As soon as Lin Xu entered the East Hall, a man who looked like a civil official ran over and bowed respectfully to Lin Xu.""Admiral, I'm Wang Guide. The Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs sent me here to assist you in building the East Bureau!”
"Yes! Lord Wang, where is my office? Bring me there!" Lin Xu nodded.
"Here!" Wang Guide replied respectfully and led Lin Xu inside!
He arrived at a large hall. Inside, there was a table, a brush, ink, and some bamboo slips!
"Admiral, this is where you work and handle your affairs!”Wang Guide introduced.
"Yes! Not bad! How many officials has the Ministry of Personnel sent to assist me?”Lin Xu asked.
"Including me, there are a total of thirty-two people! Then, 50 soldiers!" Wang Guide replied.
"Yes! Where are they now?" Lin Xu asked.
"They're all at the Ministry of Revenue! The soldiers were all in the training field! Do you need me to summon them?" Wang Guide explained.
"Soldiers, just call the leader over. Call those officials over!”Lin Xu arranged.
"Here!" Wang Guide retreated and rang the bell to gather the officials.
Lin Xu took out an empty bamboo slip and began to write on it. Fortunately, the system allowed him to learn the oracle bone characters of the Shang Dynasty. Otherwise, it would be really troublesome!
After writing it, he stamped his seal on the letter. Lin Xu read it once and waited for the officials to arrive after confirming that there were no problems.
After a while, dozens of officials arrived at the main hall. After greeting Lin Xu, they stood there and waited for him to speak.
Lin Xu looked at the officials and nodded. He handed the bamboo slips to Wang Guide and said,""Lord Wang, pass this bamboo slip to the higher-ups and have them distribute it to various places!”
Wang Guide opened the bamboo slip and read,"The East Collection Factory recruits 10,000 heavy soldiers from the people of the world to build Heavenly Soldiers. If you pass the selection, you can give Tian Zhai and food!”
(Later updates will be faster!) Please forgive me for the update!)
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