Xia Tian's age had completely destroyed Yan Laoxi's worldview.
In his impression, such a small child should be squatting in the corner and playing with pee and mud.
However, the other party had actually bought a piece of land from him and had more than a hundred well-equipped subordinates.
Yan Laoxi suddenly felt that he had lived his life in vain. Look at how awesome he was. He was already so extravagant at the age of ten. When he was ten, he was still in some remote corner of Shanxi.
Even though they were shocked, Yan Laoxi still brought Xia Tian into the city after exchanging a few pleasantries. He also gathered all the influential figures in Wenshui County and announced Xia Tian as the new county head.
When Yan Laoxi finished his introduction, the gentry of Wenshui County's jaws dropped to the ground.
No one expected Yan Laoxi to send a ten-year-old child to be the county head. Was this not a huge joke?
Yan Laoxi was also in an awkward position. He could feel that everyone was talking about him in private, but he couldn't say it out loud because of his status.
After the announcement, he hurriedly left Wenshui County.
He felt that if he stayed any longer, he would lose all his face.
If a ten-year-old child was appointed as the county magistrate, he could imagine the people below would definitely scold him for having dementia.
On the way back, Yan Laoxi sighed. He regretted agreeing to Xia Tian's request without meeting him in person. He had really screwed himself over this time.
"Don't be angry, sir," the adjutant comforted. Wenshui County's geographical location was so important, it was close to the Japanese's defense zone. Moreover, the gentry in the county were not good men and women. It would be even harder for that little brat to establish himself in Wenshui County than to ascend to the heavens.”
"That's his problem, but I've already lost face." Yan Laoxi said dejectedly.”
"It's still too early to talk about this. Why don't you send a small troop near Wenshui County?" When that kid is forced to his limits, we'll immediately send someone to take over the county. Wouldn't it be killing two birds with one stone by taking their weapons at the same time?”
Yan Laoxi's eyes lit up as he nodded at the adjutant in admiration."Very good. I'll leave this matter to you. Remember, when the time comes, you must capture that little bastard and that Soviet woman. I want to know where they got their weapons from. So many good weapons would be wasted if they were given to them.”
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After Yan Laoxi left, the gentry of Wenshui County dispersed. No one even greeted Xia Tian, and there were many who looked at him with disdain and resentment.
Xia Tian ignored them and allowed them to leave.
After everyone left, Xia Tian's subordinate, Zhang Hu, said unhappily,""Sir, those people are disrespectful to you.”
Xia Tian waved his hand." They'll definitely be unhappy seeing that I'm young and new here. However, I don't have time to deal with them now. Wenshui County is not a good place. There are Japanese troops stationed in front of us and Yan Laoxi is watching us closely from behind. What we need to do now is to quickly recruit more soldiers to protect ourselves.”
"As for those gentry!" "I'll teach them a lesson when I'm done expanding my army.”
Xia Tian's eyes were filled with killing intent. Natasha, Zhang Hu, and the rest avoided his gaze and dared not look at him.
In their eyes, Xia Tian was not a ten-year-old child because no child could have such a sharp gaze, like a general who had killed millions of people.
In reality, this was the authority that the system had bestowed upon Xia Tian. If he did not have his authority in front of his subordinates, how could a ten-year-old kid like him convince the masses?
Xia Tian immediately ordered Zhang Hu to post a notice in the city to recruit 500 soldiers.
The notice clearly stated that if he followed Xia Tian into the army, not only would he have a full meal every day, but he would also receive a salary of five dollars every month.
For the people of this era, being able to eat and live was a very luxurious thing.
Being able to eat their fill every day was an extremely tempting thing for many poor people.
Moreover, there were five dollars a month. This could be the living expenses of a poor family for more than a year.
Xia Tian believed that after this notice was posted, it would not take more than a day for all the poor people in the city to follow him.
"Ding…congratulations, master, you have successfully obtained a county city and completed the system mission ahead of time. He is hereby rewarded with 1,000 military merits and promoted to major.”
Xia Tian's lips curled into a smile. He really got what he wanted.
He had just expanded his army and was about to use his military merits to raise his military rank. He did not expect the system to directly raise it for him.
Xia Tian asked the system how many soldiers a major could lead.
"A major is a battalion commander and can lead 350 soldiers!”
"What if it's a lieutenant colonel?"
"The lieutenant colonel is the vice-captain and can lead 650 soldiers.”
This was exactly what Xia Tian wanted. He immediately checked the number of military merits the lieutenant colonel needed. It was exactly 1,000.
Xia Tian did not hesitate to use his military merits to promote his military rank.
He urgently needed to expand his army. Of course, the higher his military rank, the better. However, his military merits were too little, and he could only be promoted to lieutenant colonel at the moment.
Now, Xia Tian was waiting for the opening of the Merchant Shop. He hoped to get a better template so that his army could grow rapidly.
Just like that, a day passed. At night, no one came to sign up for the army.
This was completely different from Xia Tian's imagined scenario of his door being trampled to pieces. His county magistrate's office was so deserted that it was like a spider web.
When it was almost dark, Natasha and Zhang Hu rushed in and called out to Xia Tian,""Sir, something big has happened."
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