Warlords: Conquer the world from the county magistrate

It took another two days for the group to return to Xinyuan County and successfully completed the arms deal. After seeing off Zhu Yaoxiang's army, Fang Jian also breathed a sigh of relief.

After being away for nearly half a month, I naturally needed to understand the development of Xinyuan County during this period when I came back.

In the meeting room of the base, Fang Guoxuan, Fang Tianming, Zhang Wei, Wang Hu, and Wei Hanzhou from the military, Shen Liren, Guo Weizhang, and Zhuang Jiwu from the political work, and Tao Yunong from the intelligence department gathered together.

Zhuang Jiwu was the first to speak: "Commander, the industrial and commercial registration of Xinyuan County has begun, and the recruitment of industrial and commercial staff has been completed, and it has entered the right track."

Fang Jian nodded. Zhuang Jiwu was a five-star talent, and his political ability was five and a half stars. Fang Jian was still confident in him.

"The court framework has been completed and has begun accepting cases for trial," Guo Weizhang also said.

Shen Liren said with some embarrassment: "Commander, the site selection for the factory has been completed, and a group of construction workers have been found. Other construction materials are easy to get, but cement is difficult to buy, and the cost is not low."

"It's okay, I'll take care of the cement." Fang Jian held his forehead and secretly blamed himself for being careless and forgetting to buy cement from the system last time.

Fang Guoxuan introduced: "At present, more than 2,000 qualified young and strong people have been recruited from surrounding villages and towns."

"But many landowners are very opposed to our recruitment of soldiers, and some even try to stop us."

"Stop them, Yunong. Now these landlords who are stopping us are in your hands. Collect the evidence of their crimes and hand them over to the court for judgment one by one." Fang Jian said with a cold smile.

Tao Yunong was naturally very happy to have another mission. Maybe he could even save some funds to expand his intelligence department.

Then, Francis gave the order: "All recruited troops will be paid 4 silver dollars. When the troops have completed their training and are officially included in the regular army, their pay will be 6 silver dollars."

"Guoxuan, during military training, cultural cultivation, teaching literacy, and promoting patriotic concepts are also required."

"After the elite are selected to join the army, the rest can be incorporated into the police to maintain public order."

Shen Liren wanted to adjourn the meeting, but he told the story of Zhang Chengrong again. He asked, "Commander, Zhang Xumin has been running to the court and the police station recently. How should this be handled?"

"We must follow the rules, and the rules cannot be broken." Fang Jian shook his head slightly.

"But you tell him that if he is willing to pay some money, the sentence can be reduced from three or seven years to one year. He can also be exempted from hard labor."

Shen Liren nodded, he knew what to do.

After the meeting, Fang Jian looked at the remaining points in the system and gritted his teeth and said, "System, exchange for 2000 sets of military uniforms, points of cement, and a four-star propaganda talent."

"Ding, points are needed, do you want to redeem them?"

"exchange."

"Ding, the supplies will arrive in one day, please check them."

Fang Jian ordered: "Open the information of the publicity talents."

"The information has been opened, host, please check it."

Then, a person's information appeared in Fang Jian's mind.

【Name: Shao Wenli】

【Level: Four Star】

【Fighting: Three Stars】

[Firearms: 2 stars]

【Command: Samsung】

【Wisdom: 4.5 stars】

[Politics: 4.5 stars]

[Expertise: Four and a half stars publicity]

【Loyalty: 99】

Seeing this panel, Fang Jian was a little surprised. This person is not only a propaganda talent, but also a political talent.

In the afternoon, Fang Jian met Shao Wenli, a very motivated man in his thirties.

Fang Jian said, "I am going to set up a propaganda department, and you will be the chief. You will not only be responsible for guiding public opinion, but also for military propaganda."

"I will definitely not let the commander down." Shao Wenli was very happy to be entrusted with such an important task, he said seriously.

After receiving the military uniforms and cement the next day, the construction of the factory in Xinyuan County began.

On this day, Zhang Xumin brought 20,000 silver dollars, 50 large yellow croakers, and 100 small yellow croakers with some trepidation.

"County magistrate, my son is young and ignorant, and this is not a big deal. Can you not sentence him?" Zhang Xumin still wanted to fight for a sentence for his son.

Fang Jian sneered, "Master Zhang, do you mean that stealing government finances is a small matter?"

"To be frank, if this happened in the previous dynasty, it would be considered a rebellion, and it might even bring trouble to the family."

"Your family is indeed wealthy and you may not think highly of two thousand silver dollars, but in the new country, the sentencing of theft is based on evidence, and we are not targeting you."

"Being willing to commute Master Zhang's sentence is already a mercy beyond the law. You also know that there is no order without rules. We are not a corrupt government. We can be flexible but we cannot break the rules."

"Yes, yes, yes..." After Fang Jian's lecture, Zhang Xumin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and nodded repeatedly.

When Fang Jian said it was a rebellious act just now, he was shocked and dared not refute it.

After the arrest of Zhang Bingquan, the general affairs section chief, and Yang Zhi, the finance section chief, these two positions became vacant. Chen Guangwen was made the general affairs section chief, and Zhuang Jiwu was made the finance section chief.

After handing over the government affairs in the county to his subordinates, Fang Jian moved into the new army camp and personally supervised the training of the soldiers.

It’s not that he doesn’t trust his men, but showing up in front of the soldiers more often can also let them know who they are loyal to.

At the New Army training ground, 2,500 New Army soldiers stood in neat rows, including more than 30 people from the initial militia, 300 people recruited later, and more than 2,000 people recruited later.

From marching drills, to walking, to the five-kilometer cross-country race and the ten-kilometer sprint, Francis An was always on the high platform in the parade ground.

In the evening, there would be literate officers and literate teachers invited from the county to teach the soldiers how to read.

Francis Xavier also selected some soldiers who were quick-witted and able to express themselves intelligently and trained them intensively.

A small training class was opened to provide individual instruction in culture, military knowledge, etc.

There were more than 20 people in the first small class, and the three class leaders of the original famous group, Liu Yong, Wang Tieniu and Li Yueshan, were among them.

During the strict training, food was consumed very quickly. Fortunately, after stealing Zhang Kaiyuan, he got 12 silver dollars, and selling arms got silver dollars, so he was naturally not afraid of consumption.

After three months, with 10,000 silver dollars' worth of meat consumed every month, this group of new troops finally looked like elite soldiers.

During these three months, Fang Jian used the remaining 2100 small yellow croakers, 50 large yellow croakers, and 10 silver dollars to exchange for points.

Weapons were exchanged three times, every month: 10 Daxin XI-type rifles, 98 rounds of ammunition, 10 k rifles, rounds of ammunition.

200 submachine guns, 200 light machine guns, 100 general-purpose machine guns, 2 rounds of ammunition each. Two 75-caliber mountain cannons, 500 rounds of shells. Ten 60-caliber mortars, 10 rounds of shells.

Consume points each time.

After three transactions, he received 13 silver dollars each time, and a total of 39 silver dollars in three months.