Warlords: Conquer the world from the county magistrate

Li Defu said cheerfully, "Here are the supplies you requested. Please send someone to count them."

"Guoxuan, move out all the things I told you to do. At dawn, take people to count and move the supplies." Fang Jian also gave the order.

Everyone acted quickly, and it took more than half an hour to complete the inventory and transportation of materials. Although the materials were arranged by the system, Fang Jian would not be careless.

After counting the supplies, Lidev also ordered people to load the gold, silver dollars, and second-hand weapons onto the truck.

The two shook hands again, and Fang Jian said, "It's a pleasure to work with you."

"It's a pleasure to work with you," Lidev also said.

After Li Defu left, Fang Jian led a few people back to the side hall of the base, which had been converted into a meeting room. He said, "Wei An, distribute a full set of military uniforms and weapons to the security company."

"Wei Jia, your 164 men still need to be reorganized and trained, and those who are able to fight must be selected, and then they will be issued uniforms and weapons."

"The remaining eliminated ones will be used as logistics and transportation personnel."

After the two men responded, Fang Jian sneered, "It's been two and a half days, and there's still no news from the county government. It seems that County Magistrate Zhang has other ideas."

"The Security Company and the Elite Company will be issued military uniforms and equipped with weapons. The Security Company will be stationed at the East Gate and conduct training at the East Gate."

"The Elite Company is stationed at the west gate and training near the west gate."

"All soldiers of the security company, return to your base and wait for orders. Weiguo, you lead your men to find out the property of the county magistrate's family, as well as the storehouses and warehouses in the county."

"Also, we need to launch a full investigation into the police commissioner. Regardless of whether this person votes for us or not, he can no longer be the police commissioner."

"Guoxuan, you are responsible for recruiting soldiers in the county. You need strong men who can endure hardships and work. The monthly salary for soldiers will be set at four silver dollars a month."

"Yes." Fang Jian waved his hand, and everyone responded in unison and went down to do as ordered.

Although Fang Jian had converted all his money into points, it did not prevent him from recruiting militia soldiers. He was about to take control of the county, so was he still worried about not having money?

Wei Hanzhou and Fang Ji'an were the only ones left in the meeting room. Fang Ji'an rubbed his brows and sighed. The biggest problem now was the lack of people, not only soldiers, but also talents.

After handing over the position of county governor, most important positions need to be replaced.

At the very least, important positions in the General Affairs Department, Civil Affairs Department, Finance Department, and Police Department must be replaced by their own people.

Otherwise, if you issue orders and these people don't cooperate or pretend to obey but actually disobey, the orders will become a joke.

The police station is the most important for maintaining public order in the county. Not only the chief of the police station needs to be replaced, but all the police officers within it also need to be replaced, otherwise chaos will easily occur, and the police station has weapons.

In the busyness, two days passed quickly. Fang Guoxuan recruited more than 300 people in Xinyuan County and incorporated them into the security company for training.

After training, these people will be selected, and those who are unqualified will become auxiliary soldiers or be dismissed.

At night, Francis Xavier and his men sat in the resident meeting room.

Fang Jian tapped the table with his fingers, looked around at everyone and said, "The five days I gave County Magistrate Zhang have expired, but County Magistrate Zhang obviously doesn't appreciate the favor."

"It's just right. Tonight we will officially take control of the entire Xinyuan County."

Wei Hanzhou, who was standing behind Fang Jian, was the most eager to try. He had nothing to do these days, which made him feel uncomfortable.

"Commander, give the order." Fang Guoxuan also expressed his opinion.

The remaining four people, Fang Tianming, Fang Weian, Fang Weiguo and Fang Weijia, were also eager to try. Who doesn't want to make achievements as a soldier?

Fang Jian waved his hand, looked at Fang Tianming and asked, "Tianming, have you found any results from the investigations over the past few days?"

"From the establishment of the militia to now, in addition to the embezzlement of military pay, the deficit on the books has reached more than 4 silver dollars." Fang Tianming stood up and introduced.

"According to the account book, 100 Daxin Eleven-style rifles were purchased at a price of 120 silver dollars each. 70 old sleeves were purchased at a price of silver dollars each. There were also missing supplies such as bedding, rice and flour."

"The militia had 500 soldiers on the register, but there were only 100 in reality, and the empty military pay was 100 silver dollars a year."

"The remaining 2400 people could only receive one silver dollar per month, and silver dollars of military pay were embezzled every year."

Upon hearing this, not only Francis Xavier, but everyone else also became excited.

Wei Hanzhou couldn't help but say, "These bastards should be shot."

"Xinyuan is just a county town, how could so much silver dollars be allocated to the militia?" After being angry, Fang Jian became confused again.

This means that the militia alone spent more than 20,000 silver dollars a year. A lot of money was spent on other things and must have been embezzled. This means that Xinyuan County’s finances must have more than 100,000 silver dollars a year.

Fang Tianming naturally knew Fang Jian's doubts. He nodded and continued, "Xinyuan is the barrier for Nanshan Province to the east. There are many caravans coming and going. Xinyuan has hundreds of thousands of fiscal revenues every year."

Fang Jian was surprised. He didn't expect that the Xinyuan County he had obtained for free was a must-pass place for business travelers traveling between Nanshan Province, Sanjiang Province and Jiyang Province.

Of course, prosperous business has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that it is easy to make money, but the disadvantage is that you will be coveted by others.

In the past, the source of information belonged to the buffer zone. Once it began to rise, whether it was Ma Jincen in Nanshan Province, Sanjiang Province belonging to the new government in the north, or Jiyang Province belonging to the new army in the south, they would all think it was an opportunity. At that time, the pressure would be very great.

"So, be low-key, be low-key, you must be low-key, don't waste it." Fang Jianan silently warned himself in his heart.

Then he looked at Fang Weiguo and asked, "Weiguo, what information have you found out?"

"Commander, this police chief Meng Liangji has done all kinds of bad things. He colluded with local gentry to harm the people. He is really a piece of shit." Fang Weiguo stood up at attention and said.

"This Meng Liangji is from the Meng family. They are in collusion with some bandits outside the city."

Fang Jian tapped the table and ordered, "Wei Jia, Wei An, the two of you take the elite squadron and the security squadron to guard the city gates and make sure there is no chaos."

"Guoxuan, you take the first platoon to control the county government and the warehouse. Tianming, you take the second platoon to confiscate County Chief Zhang's property, and County Chief Zhang must also be well protected."

"Weiguo, you lead the third platoon to arrest Meng Liangji and take control of the police station."

"The rest of you, guard the station."

"Yes." Everyone answered and prepared to go out.

Seeing that he had not been assigned any tasks, Wei Hanzhou asked, "Commander, what about me?"

"You have to do a good job of defending the base. After the three platoons leave, there will not be many people left in the base. It will be dangerous if someone attacks, so don't be careless." Fang Jian glared at Wei Hanzhou and said.

He attached great importance to his own safety, so he kept Wei Hanzhou by his side.

Wei Hanzhou agreed gloomily: "Okay."

Everyone smiled at each other, and then went out to do as they were told.