Double penetration: This Three Kingdoms has dragon energy

Chapter 14 Wang Yue’s Proposal

Ji Qiu said with relief: "Very good. How many casualties did our army suffer in this battle?"

"There are eighty-seven injured and twenty-three dead, most of them are the new rangers recruited this month." Wei Yan said.

Ji Qiu nodded and said, "We must provide compensation according to the regulations and ensure that the compensation is fully distributed to the families of the injured or deceased.

Anyone who dares to take advantage of the pension will be severely punished!"

This number of casualties was within Ji Qiu's expectations.

Although he regarded those who escaped from the ruins of the Dragon Weapon Pavilion as remnants of the defeated army.

But we have to admit that the individual combat effectiveness of these defeated soldiers is higher than that of the vast majority of rangers in the ranger corps.

Wei Yan could certainly win by leading his ranger troops to encircle and suppress them, but it would be impossible to do so without paying a price.

But sacrifice is not scary.

An army that has not experienced the tempering of blood and fire, has not made sacrifices, and has not crawled out of the pile of dead bodies will never become a powerful army.

Therefore, the key is to do a good job in providing pensions to soldiers who have sacrificed their lives.

At present, Ji Qiu has not had time to carry out ideological transformation of the ranger troops.

So this is an old-style force.

But old-style troops also have their advantages.

They just don't think too much.

They all work for money.

As long as Ji Qiu does a good job of providing relief and rewards, he can maintain their loyalty and morale at a relatively high level.

"Please rest assured, my lord. I will keep an eye on this matter personally. If anyone dares to lay his hands on the pension, I will kill him without your help!" Wei Yan said viciously.

Ji Qiu smiled and said, "Very good. I feel relieved that Wen Chang is personally watching over this matter."

Wei Yan then took his leave and went down to arrange for the ranger troops.

Ji Qiu continued to stay in the living room of the Rare Treasures Pavilion, waiting quietly.

I waited for about a quarter of an hour.

Along with the sound of clothes shaking as they fell from a high altitude, two figures appeared outside the living room door.

It was Shi A and Wang Yue.

Shi A looked at Ji Qiu, who was sitting quietly in the main seat with his eyes closed, and couldn't help but show surprise.

"Why are you here?" Shi A asked.

Ji Qiu opened his eyes and said, "Of course I'm waiting for you, my Lord."

"You knew I would come?" Shi A asked with an even more surprised look.

Ji Qiu said calmly, "This isn't something that's too difficult to predict. If even the destruction of the Dragon Weapon Pavilion doesn't allow the Lord to come see me, then I really have to doubt the ability of the Embroidered Uniform Guard."

“…”Shi A.

Ji Qiu looked at Wang Yue and said, "This gentleman is wearing a purple robe. If I am not mistaken, he should be the only purple-robed embroiderer in the Embroidered Uniform Guard, the commander-in-chief of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and the imperial tutor, Lord Wang Yue!
I didn't expect that Lord Wang would condescend to meet me in person. I feel deeply honored.

Lord Wang, please take a seat!"

“Haha, I never thought that there is a person like Master Ji hidden in Luoyang City.

Master Ji's identity is mysterious, and even with the ability of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, they couldn't find any information about him.

I wonder if you could tell me my origins now?" Wang Yue asked amiably as he sat down at the guest table.

Ji Qiu chuckled and said, "Actually, there's nothing much to say. The reason why Lord Wang couldn't find out the identity of the student is not because the student is hiding too deeply, but because the student was born in a wild and uninhabited place.

The student was a descendant of the Ji family in Rinan County, Jiaozhou. His great-grandfather, Ji Yuan, was born during the Jianhe period of Emperor Huan. Because he awakened the innate secret art of the Mountain and River Map, he gained the status of a scholar and thus established the Ji family.

After that, the family branched out and was passed down for five generations. Now, it is considered a powerful force in Rinan County.

The student is the third son in the family and cannot inherit the family business, so he wants to come to Luoyang to seek wealth and honor.

So he brought the resources funded by his family to Luoyang and opened the Pavilion of Rare Treasures.

As for what will happen after the opening of the Pavilion of Rare Treasures, I think Lord Wang is well aware of it without me having to explain it."

If one wants to become an official in the Han court through the official channels in Longqi Three Kingdoms, then one’s identity and background is a hurdle that cannot be avoided.

Fortunately, Ji Qiu was well prepared.

In modern times, he consulted several Han Dynasty historians and asked them to dig out information about the Rinan Ji family from the pile of old papers.

Then he went to Rinan in person to investigate the situation of the Ji family. After confirming that the Ji family really had a third son of the same age as him, who had been traveling for several years, he decided to attach his identity to the Ji family.

Of course, this only blocks the most mundane of investigations.

It certainly can't stop the in-depth investigation of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

But traveling from Luoyang to Rinan County is not an easy task.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard doesn’t have a time and space gate.

It would take their embroiderers several months or even years to return home.

By that time, the Embroidered Uniform Guard had already collapsed under Yuan Shao's suppression, and perhaps even Dong Zhuo had already controlled Luoyang City.

Who would care whether Ji Qiu’s identity was true or not at that time?

"The Ji family of Rinan? So that's how it is. No wonder the Embroidered Uniform Guard couldn't find any information about Master Ji's identity in any place in the Central Plains." Wang Yue said after thinking for a moment.

Deep down, he didn't believe what Ji Qiu said.

The third son of a powerful man in a wild frontier county could build a pavilion of rare treasures that made a fortune every day?

Can he destroy the Dragon Weapon Pavilion with ease?
If all the powerful people in the border counties of the Han Dynasty possessed this power, the Han Dynasty would have been overthrown long ago.

However, he couldn't prove that Ji Qiu's words were false.

Because Rinan County is too far away from Luoyang.

For the Han court, Jiaozhou was a place that was out of reach.

As for Rinan County, it was a place beyond the reach of Jiaozhou.

With the two factors combined, the Han court knew almost nothing about Rinan County.

Wang Yue thought about it and decided to put this section aside for the time being.

For the current Embroidered Uniform Guard, it doesn’t matter whether Ji Qiu is a member of the Ji family in Rinan County.

It doesn't matter where he comes from.

Even the purpose of calling him to Luoyang is not important.

The most important thing is whether he can be used by the Embroidered Uniform Guard!
Judging from his act of destroying the Dragon Weapon Pavilion, he would not be an undercover agent sent by the Sili Xiaowei Mansion.

Because Yuan Shao was absolutely unwilling to use the Dragon Weapon Pavilion as a stepping stone for his undercover agent to advance.

And as long as Ji Qiu is not Yuan Shao's man, that's enough!

Wang Yue said: "Master Ji is indeed very capable. The Dragon Weapon Pavilion has been operating in Luoyang for many years, and even I, Jian, would not dare to say that I can easily shake it.

But in the hands of the young master, it was destroyed in an instant.

I heard that the young master had made a bet with his disciple before, hoping to exchange the Dragon Weapon Pavilion for an official position.

We, the Embroidered Uniform Guard, have always kept our word. Since we have promised you, sir, we will not go back on our word.

I am ready to recommend you to His Majesty and have you become a black-robed embroiderer of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

I wonder what you think, sir?"

"A black-robed embroiderer? I remember that what I had agreed with Lord Shi was that I would be sent to be a county magistrate, right?" Ji Qiu frowned.

Wang Yue laughed heartily and said, "How can a mere county magistrate be compared with the black-robed embroiderers of the Embroidered Uniform Guard?

In terms of salary, even if you are a county magistrate, the salary is no more than 1,000 dan, and it is still a nominal salary. The actual salary does not exceed 500 dan.

However, the black-robed embroiderer in my Embroidered Uniform Guard was actually awarded 600 dan!

In terms of power, the county magistrate is just a tyrant in the county.

Our Embroidered Uniform Guards are responsible for protecting the emperor and supervising all officials.

In the city of Luoyang, even the black-robed embroiderer would make the nobles give way and the officials fear him wherever he went.

And if we leave Luoyang City, it will be even more serious.

Whenever an embroiderer left the capital, he must be an imperial envoy sent by the emperor. Wherever he went, even the prefects and governors had to receive him respectfully.

As a mere county magistrate, I’m afraid I won’t even have the chance to meet him.

How can such a position be compared with that of a county magistrate?
Mr. Ji, there is no need to thank me. I was a little rude to you before.

Consider this as my compensation for him!"

(End of this chapter)