Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 482 482 Lively Frontier

On the border of Chu State, the crowded people have almost filled the camps that have existed for more than a hundred years.A woman holding a child and an old man holding a cow make the whole barracks look more like a lively market.

The soldiers in charge of registration were a little overwhelmed, so that there was a temporary congestion in this place, and the soldiers were busy restoring order, noisy and undisciplined.

There is really no way, these civilians crowded in the barracks are all gold coins with legs, they can only scold them, and they are not very easy to discipline.

"Stand up for me! Can you all hear clearly!" A soldier with a musket yelled loudly at the chaotic crowd in front of him.

"Don't cry! Don't cry! I'll eat you in a while! I'll eat in a while!" Right in front of the shouting soldier, a ragged woman patted the baby in her arms to comfort her.

Beside the woman was a man carrying a hoe. He looked at the crowd around him indifferently, his eyes full of sadness of being away from home.

"Moo..." An old scalper shook its head and was led by an old farmer, just swaggering past the soldier with the gun, and didn't care about the soldier.

"Guns! Guns!" Several children pointed at the Cyric muskets in the soldiers' hands from a distance, shouting loudly, terribly excited.

Someone was carrying a pole with all kinds of daily necessities hanging on both ends. He was naked from the upper body, wearing a bamboo hat and shuttled through the crowd. If he bumped into someone, he politely apologized.

Those who were hit complained and yelled twice, and then continued to yell, complaining that the speed of releasing people at the checkpoint over there was too slow.

"Stand up for me! Do you hear me so fucking clearly!" The soldier who couldn't hold back his face and had long lost his former dignity yelled in embarrassment, knowing that no one would listen to him, so he had to change The place continues to call.

On the other side of the crowd, an officer wiped the sweat from his forehead and complained, "This morning, I didn't even have time to drink a sip of water. It's really, really unlucky."

His subordinates tugged at the neckline, looked up at the sun, and panted with the same pain: "Yeah, I've been standing here all morning, and there are many people like this."

Even though he said so, he still didn't want to leave here to take a rest, because he had to supervise this pass, and he couldn't make the slightest mistake in the number.

Everyone who passes by here needs to be registered, because the number can only be counted after being checked!

Each number here represents two or even three gold coins. If it is a craftsman or a scholar, the price can be discussed separately.

They sell people in their own country as if they were selling livestock, and then divide the money into several shares, blinding the eyes of everyone who knows about it.

So they were unwilling to leave. Looking at these people in front of them, they seemed to be looking at a large pile of golden gold coins.

In fact, they did see countless gold coins, and after being allocated a huge amount of gold coins that they had never dared to imagine before, they even felt that the first half of their lives was simply wasted.

Now they can go whoring to high-end brothels that the senior officials could not afford to go to in the past, they have dared to go to those gambling restaurants that even the sons of the city lords could not afford to go to in the past, and they are already wealthy enough to quarrel with their wives...

All this they never dared to imagine in their dreams before, but now all this has really become a reality!They distributed hundreds of gold coins last month!

Such a huge amount of money is almost five years of their military pay, and if deductions are counted, it may take them ten years to earn enough.But now, in just one month, they got it!
Real gold coins!Full weight!What's even more frightening is that this is just the beginning!As long as they keep doing this, they can keep fishing like this!

No joke!As long as they stay here for a year, and they go home and operate casually, they can become a local tyrant with a wealthy party.

What a beautiful thing.

Just when the two of them were complaining about the viciousness of the sun, two soldiers of the Tang Army wearing steel helmets and gray-green military uniforms crossed the border openly, and walked to the two of them carrying a box with difficulty.

Judging from this posture, these two soldiers have come here more than once, because along the way, there were several Chu soldiers who greeted them very familiarly.

The two Tang Army soldiers put down the box beside them, then tore open the outer packaging of the cardboard box, revealing the contents inside.

This box contains a box of glass bottles impressively, and each glass bottle contains a strange orange-yellow liquid.

"Come on! Please drink something good!" A soldier of the Tang army took out a bottle opener from his pocket and a bottle of soda from the box, opened it with a click, and handed it to the officer of the Chu army opposite.

The officer of the Chu Army took it over, and carefully looked at the liquid that had an abnormal color, and some dared not pour it into his mouth.

Tang Jun's soldiers laughed loudly, took out a bottle, opened the cap and drank it, and then burped in satisfaction.

This time, the Chu army officer finally mustered up the courage to give it a try. As soon as he took the cold sweet soda into his throat, the acrid carbon dioxide stimulated his tongue, and then entered his tongue with incomparable joy. stomach.

In an instant, his stomach swelled, and then the tumbling carbon dioxide gushed out from his stomach with hot air, making him belch involuntarily.

"Hi..." He opened his mouth in great satisfaction. The Chu army officer was shocked by the miraculous liquid in his hand. He looked at this exquisite glass bottle curiously, thinking that something so delicious must be of great value.

"What's this? It's so delicious." On the other hand, his servant has fallen in love with this orange-yellow drink.

In the scorching sun, you can actually drink such a sensual thing, it’s simply not too refreshing, okay?Ever since, several confidantes were called over to share this new thing together.

Several people were chatting and laughing, and some soldiers curiously asked two soldiers of the Tang army about the affairs of the Tang country. The two soldiers of the Tang army seemed to have no secrets, and they knew everything.As for the value of what they answered, only God knows.

But chatting, someone always introduces the things around him, and before he knows it, some things about Chu Jun have reached Tang Jun's ears.

"Don't mention it, it is said that new guns will be issued in a few days, and special training will be required, and the higher-ups will send people to teach... Maybe this is not good, and another share will be distributed." The official shook his head, feeling that Might have to take another share.

Here on the border, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, but the high officials above can't control it.But it was precisely because the sky was high and the emperor was far away that the officials who came there had to take care of them and understand that they would give some money to go out no matter what.

"Oh? A new rifle?" The speaker was not interested, but the listener was interested. A Tang soldier took out a cigarette and handed it to the speaking team leader.

The captain took the cigarette with ease, borrowed a fire, and took a sip, which was extremely enjoyable.He is an old smoker, but he used to smoke with a pipe. Where can I find cigarettes?

Moreover, the quality of cigarettes produced by Datang Group is obviously better, and the thinner ones are more popular when smoked, so after swallowing the smoke, he continued: "I tell you, don't tell outsiders! This is terrible. It's all confidential..."

"Brother, you still know it's a secret?" Tang's soldiers stared at the Chu army commander who had begun to leak the secret, with an expression of disbelief.

Is this secrecy regulation all a display?He didn't dare to be so arrogant when he dreamed and talked in his sleep, not to mention the secret of changing into a new weapon, but he didn't even dare to whisper the unit number in his dream.

"Cyric 1, have you seen it? Forget it, you must have heard of it." The captain made a gesture, obviously having seen the real thing: "It's pretty good, much better than a flintlock gun."

"Brother, another one." Seeing how generous the other party was, the soldiers of the Tang army were not stingy at all, and handed out another cigarette case, and asked the other party to smoke one.

The other party clamped the cigarette to his ear very professionally. Obviously, he often did this in the past today.

"Counting the things in front of you, there are at least 3000 people today, right?" The officer of the Chu Army drank up the orange soda, groaned contentedly, and asked.

He didn't care about any messy bolt-action rifle replacements. What he really cared about was how many gold coins were in the account today. Before his battalion leader left here, he had carefully explained that not a single penny was missing.

Favors belong to favors, and business belongs to business. These soldiers don't care that the Tang army wants Chu's land, and they don't care that the Tang army robs Chu's population. What they care about is the gold coins in their pockets!

"We're here to deliver soft drinks. I don't know the exact number." The soldier of the Tang army, with a cigarette in his mouth, said vaguely while lighting the fire.

Before he could finish speaking, two more soldiers of the Tang Army crossed the border with difficulty carrying a large box to the territory of Chu State.

They walked with heavy steps until they reached the door of a barracks. The commander of the Chu army who was staying behind immediately rushed over with a few people, and he didn't even care about the orange soda.

When they came to the barracks, the soldiers of the Tang army opened the box, revealing the neatly stacked gold coins inside, and the number could be easily calculated without counting them.

"There are 1 gold coins in total, and I gave you 500 more. It's not on the account, and the brothers shared the drinks!" Tang Jun, the squad leader who came to deliver the gold coins, was arrogant, and gave a full 100 more gold coins with a wave of his hand.

The captains of the Chu army immediately went forward to check with smiles on their faces, checked the heads, and after calculating the price difference between men, women, children, and elderly people, they found that the other party had indeed paid 100 more, and all of them rubbed their hands together, looking pleased.

"Let's sign and deliver." The team leader Tang Jun handed over a receipt to the other party. Seeing that several people from the other party signed their names, some even put their fingerprints on it, took back the receipt, and walked away.

As he walked out, he opened his mouth and said, "The remaining people will be counted in the afternoon!"

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"You are playing with fire! Do you know how many people we will lose if we open this hole?" Looking at the crowd of civilians in front of him, the inspector pointed at the battalion leader's nose and cursed.

In the afternoon, the officer newly transferred from the Chu Kingdom finally saw the border refugees who couldn't hide and didn't intend to hide at all.

Although on the way here, the battalion captain who went to greet him had bought the official with gold coins and had some vaccinations, but seeing the scale of the population crossing the border here, the official was still startled.

The battalion captain was also very wronged, but he gave the lord a bribe of 100 gold coins on the way, which can be said to be a huge sum of money: "My lord! Didn't you agree..."

"I agreed! But on the way I came, I didn't know that you would make such a big battle! Look! How many people are there? Ah?" The official looked at the battalion captain, feeling that the other party was Harm him, pull him into the water.

The battalion leader bowed his head and made a gesture of invitation: "My lord, calm down, my lord, please listen to my explanation..."

The official looked at the dense crowd of civilians gathered in the distance, and said angrily: "Okay! Just explain to me! Explain how you dare to have such courage!"

"Your Excellency, please follow the officer." The battalion leader led the way and brought the new official to the door of a barracks that had been prepared a long time ago.

"Hmph..." Looking at the door of the barracks, the official glanced at the battalion captain again, but stopped in his tracks.

The battalion leader made another gesture of invitation, and his tone became more respectful.He pushed open the door and said, "My lord, here is my...explained."

"Mystery..." The official walked into the room and found that there was only one box in the barracks.

The battalion leader walked behind, closed the door, walked around to the front of the box, and lifted the lid to reveal the gold coins inside.

When seeing these gold coins, the new official who came from afar immediately gasped: "Hiss..."

It was the first time he had seen the real 2000 gold coins stacked in front of him.He may have so much money, but he has never given out so much money in one breath.

"My lord! Two thousand gold coins, and every month in the future, there will be 500 gold coins as a tribute...to be sent to your lord's house...as long as your lord...don't stop the way of making money from being an official..." Gritting his teeth, the battalion leader Still set out their own price tag.

"This..." Upon hearing this number, the new official felt a little dizzy.

"Your Excellency... this officer and so many brothers have been owed several years of military pay... There are hundreds of people here, all counting on this source of income to make a living and support their families..." the battalion captain said. The appearance of begging.

In fact, after being shocked and dizzy, the new official also began to think seriously.He was a Beijing official before, so he naturally knew how terrible the business that could get him 2000 gold coins was.

This road might involve a large number of high-ranking officials that he can't even touch, and it is also related to the interests of countless soldiers and generals.

It's probably okay for him to join the group and take the benefits. If he refuses, he will probably be buried here.

Maybe if he died, he might not be able to splash a single splash—no one would care about a petty official who died of illness in the frontier, what everyone valued more was the box after box of golden coins!
So, after a little thought, he made a choice that seemed to him the most reasonable, and his attitude softened a lot in an instant: "Your difficulties...I understand...but...this is wavering. Guoben."

As soon as he heard his voice, the battalion leader knew that the matter was settled.So he also breathed a sigh of relief: he really didn't intend to kill a court official here.

Just kidding, it's one thing to buy and bribe, but it's another thing to actually kill people. He doesn't want to do anything unless it is absolutely necessary...

"Please take your weight." So the battalion leader was also very respectable and gave the other party a step.

After getting the steps, the new official, who had just spoken sternly, finally let go: "Forget it, I can't bear to see the soldiers suffer... What happened today, I didn't even see it..."

"Thank you, sir!" The battalion captain knew that this time, he had once again dealt with the person who came to supervise him.

So he gave an order, and everything was arranged: "Come here! Help your lord to deliver this box of souvenirs to the carriage."

The soldiers who came in helped to carry the gold coins into the carriage that the official was riding in. The official got the benefits, so naturally he didn't want to sit here any longer, so he got up and left immediately.

When he walked out of the barracks again, his eyes unconsciously missed the crowd in the distance.

He couldn't see the woman holding the child complaining at the edge of the crowd, nor could he see the people carrying poles weaving through the queue.

However, when he turned his eyes to the other side, a cow came into his sight.The farm ox that was close at hand made a low sound and jumped him.

It took some time to calm down, and he put his hands behind his back to show his official authority. The new official coughed, raised his chin in disbelief, opened his mouth against his conscience, and pretended to sigh: "The general's garrison is neat..."

Speaking of this, he saw a group of women who were wearing military uniforms crookedly and had lost their muskets. They were sharing a box of strange orange items. He stammered subconsciously before continuing. He praised: "The soldiers are brave and well-trained..."

Having said that, he simply closed his eyes, and said nonsense: "I am very pleased, I will definitely report to the Ministry of War, and please reward you, General!"

What he said surprised the battalion captain for a moment. It seemed that this new official had something to say about being able to completely ignore interference in a place like a vegetable market.

"Then thank you, my lord." The battalion captain acted online, pretending to be very excited, and thanked the officials who had climbed into the carriage: "My lord, I wish you a smooth journey!"

Having said that, he lowered his voice again, leaned forward and said: "As for asking for a reward, I don't need to bother you..."

For the current him, the little reward from the imperial court is not to be looked down upon...

The officials on the carriage also realized that the current battalion captain might not be able to change his position even for a legion commander.

So he laughed loudly, and promised: "Understood! Understood!"

The battalion leader really smiled more naturally: "Thank you, thank you!"

(End of this chapter)