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The Cheng family really has everything they want in Shaonan.

Unlike the nouveau riche who were discriminated against, the Cheng family's rise will not be vilified, at least in the southwest. Their ability to quickly integrate resources and occupy the commanding heights was mostly due to their status as a noble family. If it were a talented star warlock or a lucky senior civil servant, it would be no problem if he wanted to benefit his descendants or become a local power. However, if he wanted to expand rapidly, he would have to struggle for a longer time.

This is like the difference between an emerging small company with high profitability and those giants that suddenly find money-making projects. It is impossible for a small company without accumulation to capture the profits of every link in the industrial chain.

The ups and downs of aristocratic families are usually regarded as normal. Except for a slight resistance at the level from earl to marquis, the world will not say much about it. In contrast, if an ordinary person of three generations wanted to become a baron, he would be criticized much more. In Daxia, the fastest way to become a noble is three steps: lord, knight, and noble marriage.

If a senior civil servant serves the royal family for a lifetime, he will usually be rewarded by a lord before his death. Although it cannot be hereditary, there are unspoken rules that if his son or grandson becomes a senior civil servant, he can directly inherit it. As for senior officials in the political hall, they are often honored by knights after retirement. In addition, the main way to obtain knighthood is military merit.

The second generation son of the knight's father is the key to whether a family can obtain a noble title. He must be versatile in both civil and military affairs, be handsome and graceful, be good at singing and dancing, and then try his best to seduce a girl from a noble family. If the girl's father is a prestigious baron, or her family belongs to a wealthy family, then the second-generation son, after inheriting his father's knighthood and working hard, has a great chance of obtaining the title of baron before his death. title.

Not only does Daxia have such a strict aristocratic system, but in most countries, if a commoner wants to become a noble, it basically requires more than three generations of hardship. In addition to the differences that can be seen at a glance, noble families are also more foresighted in terms of talent reserves. Just like the democratically elected political officials of later generations, the government in Daxia, from senior officials in the political hall to county magistrates-in-chief, would not provide them with enough subordinate officials - no secretaries, no assistants, no deputies. Many times even low-level officials are underserved. If you are not a noble, you must have considerable genius, a lot of wealth and extremely attractive traits to obtain excellent assistants.

As for these annoying and necessary details, nobles can skip them.

For example, now, when they knew that Cheng Jinzhou needed lower-level officers and troops, the Cheng family agreed without hesitation. As for whether it was his grandfather Cheng Wenzheng who agreed, or which other elder, no one said, and no one will know.

A total of 100 officers lined up neatly in the Cheng family's own school grounds. They all have big shoulders and round waists, and ferocious expressions. The scars that are inevitably exposed show their rich experience. A group of people stared at Cheng Jinzhou's 15-year-old small body with vicious eyes.

He has just reached the standard of 1.6 meters, and he feels like a sheep patrolling among wolves.

"The Cheng family was founded with military exploits, and the title is earned by working hard with one's life. There are many people in the world who want to work hard. If they have the opportunity to work hard, not many can get the title if they work hard. Now I will give you a chance." Cheng Jinzhou said very seriously. The speed was also very short, but his eyes did not look at any of the soldiers.

"Please rest assured, sir." The soldiers' reply was deafening, with a soul-stirring sense of solemnity.

Cheng Jinzhou felt a little emotional. 100 people set out here, but he didn't know how many people might come back.

However, if you think about it in another way, if you don't fight to the death, how many people can become a master. If you want to stand higher than others, you have to risk falling.

"Go down below to get your things." Cheng Jinzhou waved his hand, not wanting to think about those annoying philosophical issues.

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The 100 officers are all elites in the Great Xia Forbidden Army, the foundation of the Young Faction. After visiting Jinzhou, everyone got hundreds of kilograms of gasoline bombs - distilling the oil and getting gasoline or diesel according to the weight. The existence of the refinery is mainly for large-scale and efficient refining, which is essentially the same as There is no difference between local oil refining.

They returned to their camp and began mobilization with great fanfare.

This kind of mobilization is actually an independent mobilization of the army that bypasses the center and prepares for war under the current conditions, so as to prevent the enemy from attacking in anger and our own side suffering a loss.

Because they did not want to be hampered by civilian officials, all mobilizations were carried out in private. In fact, there are extremely high requirements for the mastery of the officer corps. They have to open the warehouse, take out the weapons sealed in oil, replace the wooden guns used for training with real iron guns, and distribute the stomachs to the soldiers. . The so-called "peace of mind" means that the soldiers must have a weapon to lean on. The separation of weapons and soldiers in the national army during peacetime is not unique to Daxia.

Before World War II, the Japanese "made the following the best", which does not mean that any army can do it. However, the tradition of provoking border provocations by border generals has been around for a long time, and with a little improvement, it would be able to meet Cheng Jinzhou's needs.

The so-called border provocation is not only the only way for border generals to obtain meritorious service and property, but also a broad and profound knowledge.

Going deep behind enemy lines to kill people and destroy things is the lowest method. Not only will it yield a lot of rewards, it can also easily cause dissatisfaction among one's own civilian officials. If you encounter one or two guards who claim to be honest and upright, they may show their heads to the public. Of course, their heads will not be given to the enemy for disposal, but the results will satisfy the enemy and the disaster of war will naturally be eliminated.

Attacking the enemy's patrols and then attacking the enemy's military buildings is a common method, but it is not necessarily easy to use - when the military tension between the two sides is tense, they will not launch an offensive because of this, and they will not gain merit; the relationship between the two sides When there is harmony, it is possible to get burned.

The gentlemen of the Zhengshitang are not vegetarians. Half of the censors sent out every year are searching for targets among the military generals - they will be rewarded for killing the enemy, and the censors will be rewarded for killing the generals. Perfect food chain structure.

Therefore, in a world dominated by civil servants, military generals who want to be promoted and make a fortune must not only put more thought into it, but also need a little bit of good luck.

Qingling.

The officers who returned to the military camp secretly called the soldiers into the tent and began persuasive education in a personal style. The generals in the garrison knew what was going on, but Qiao just didn't know.

The next night, groups of soldiers began to flow out of the barracks. Since there were 100 detachments in total, there were so many people that many detachments formed themselves together. The number of people in each team varies, ranging from four or five to forty or fifty. They don't speak when they meet each other. Some ride horses, some drive, and some walk, moving forward silently.

Since Luoshanguan no longer exists, the defense of the Northern Han Dynasty has lost its focus. It is impossible for tens of thousands of troops to defend a territory of dozens of kilometers long without city walls. All they could do was send out reconnaissance cavalry to observe whether a large number of troops had infiltrated.

The logistics conditions of this era did not yet favor the deep penetration of large forces, especially on enemy soil. The Northern Han people concentrated their troops and launched an attack once they discovered an enemy invasion. Building a city and defending its roots is not their specialty.

An Wenchang, who was in charge of the original border defense, had the right idea. It was also the best way to ensure national security under limited conditions. However, smugglers and Daxia soldiers were able to easily cross the border and penetrate more than 20 kilometers to Tianshui. On the grassland, we just encountered danger.

As the largest grassland in the Northern Han Dynasty, Tianshui Grassland is rich in water and grass, and several major rivers do not stop flowing in winter. In today's summer season, the meadow is full of gurgling streams, I don't know where they come from, and I don't know where they are going.

The herdsmen graze in family units and tribes. A family with dozens of people can occupy several miles of grassland. They will graze here for about a hundred days before returning to the tribe.

An eight or nine-year-old child was milking a mare. Mare's milk was their main food. Cow's milk and goat's milk were more expensive and could not be eaten often.

As soon as he got out from under the horse, he saw a dozen black shadows appearing on the other side of the grassland.

The shepherd boy, who had not seen a stranger for a long time, shouted excitedly. He didn't care about the basin at his feet, jumped on his horse and rushed towards him.

Two more people came out of the tent and looked at the shepherd boy in front of them with smiles.

But soon, the herding horse that was desperately running forward not only stopped, but also turned around desperately.

The herdsmen became frightened. The men in the family took out their bows and arrows, and at the same time sent their youngest son to the tribe to call the police.

The Daxia soldiers who were discovered were also outnumbered and tried their best to catch up, but the speed was very slow.

The soldiers of Daxia have not entered the depths of the grassland for at least forty or fifty years. This time has made them feel at a loss when faced with hunting and being hunted.

Nearly half of the team was lost, but the other teams also reached the designated position with difficulty.

The grassland will not be affected by serious fires in the summer. Therefore, it requires professional arson investigation by the astrologers, complete maps and suitable weapons, to burn thousands of square kilometers of grassland. If there are no livestock in the summer, Eat grass, then the gentlemen of the Northern Han Dynasty will have to fight even if they don't want to fight.

The blame for the side provocation must still be placed on them.

On the evening of the sixth day when the officer corps set out, the moment the sun set, several areas where the wind ducts of Tianshui Prairie gathered were the first to burst into flames.

Hundreds of kilograms of oil are enough to ensure the burning of thousands of square meters of grassland. As long as the wind direction remains unchanged, the grass will crackle and crackle no matter how much moisture it contains.

The bright red color suddenly became the main color of Tianshui Grassland.

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