Chapter 4: Newcomers to the Universe Chapter 36 Taking Office
"I took the initiative to recruit Jing Ming, and he has gone through many hardships along the way. I will first place him in the Blood Rain Guard to observe for a year or two to see if he is worthy of being reused." Fei Qing thought to himself. He really needed some capable people.
The current 'Xu Jingming' is not loyal enough and his strength is still weak, so he needs to be polished.
"Jingming, you used to be a guard for my Fei family." Fei Qing said, "and I personally recommended you to join the Blood Rain Guard. All parties will regard you as my Fei Qing's man. After joining the Blood Rain Guard, you must act cautiously, and most importantly... don't lose my face!"
"I understand." Xu Jingming also immediately called himself a subordinate.
"Go ahead, and be ready to take office in three days." Fei Qing nodded slightly.
"I'll take my leave." Xu Jingming also left respectfully.
After walking out of the pavilion, Xu Jingming couldn't suppress his joy on his face: "It's really worth it to spend several months to get on the Fei family's good side."
He first waited for more than a month to join the Fei family. It took another two months of hardships! After paying so much, Xu Jingming was quite satisfied with the final harvest. When he first entered the Imperial Capital Blood Rain Guard, he was the captain. As long as he made contributions, he could become a hundred households!
In Lanyue City, first-rate masters are rare! Even if the three major gangs, the Blood Rain Guards, and the hidden masters are added together, there are only a little over ten of them.
However, as the core of the entire Blood Rain World, the Imperial Capital is where the top forces from all sides gather, including players who are citizens of the universe. The number of first-rate masters exceeds that of Lanyue City by more than a hundred times, and only super-first-rate masters can be considered top-notch.
"According to the detailed intelligence about the imperial capital that I collected on the virtual world network, the captains of the blood rain guards in the imperial capital are almost all first-rate masters. There are a total of four Blood Rain Guards in the entire imperial capital, with a total of about 40,000 people! There are nearly 2,000 first-rate masters."
"Ordinary Blood Rain Guards are mainly second-rate masters. Only some special positions such as civil servants, or those with great backgrounds are exceptions." Xu Jingming thought, "In addition to the 40,000 Blood Rain Guards, there are 200,000 auxiliary guards! The auxiliary guards are generally also first-rate masters."
"More than 200,000 top-notch experts!"
"This is the most powerful and violent army in the entire imperial capital, and it is also directly controlled by the supreme ruler of the entire empire, the 'Emperor'." Xu Jingming secretly sighed that although this force is strong, it requires a strict mobilization procedure.
It's not something that can be easily mobilized.
Fei Qing wanted to rescue people, so he asked Wang Jiuyan, the governor of Nanfu, to come out and personally lead a group of elite men.
As for arranging the Blood Rain Guards to protect relatives for a long time, this is doing private work! It is a taboo!
Even with Fei Qing's identity, he has done his best by sending more than 10 first-rate masters and over 50 second-rate masters to protect his relatives. Among these masters, there are two top-rate masters, Lu Huwei and Qiu Huwei, who are able to rival the super-first-rate masters with their cooperation.
Xu Jingming sighed: "The entire imperial capital is dormant, but the imperial capital is still stable because of these more than 200,000 top masters. Even the players who are citizens of the universe find it difficult to stir up too much trouble, and they are suppressed by the Blood Rain Guards."
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Two nights later.
"Master Jing, this is your official uniform and your badge. Master Jing will take up your post at the Qianhu Office tomorrow." Someone from the Fei family brought the uniform and other items into the room. "I'll take my leave first."
Xu Jingming looked at the official uniforms placed on the table.
This is an official uniform that is mainly black with some blood-red water drop patterns on it.
Xu Jingming changed into his official uniform and official boots, and he looked more fierce. He picked up the identity badge beside him. The badge was all black with golden patterns. The style and color of the token could reveal one's identity.
On the front of the token are the words "Nan Yi Qianhu Suo, Jingming", while on the back are densely packed small characters.
"I was assigned to the Nanyi Qianhu Suo?" Xu Jingming understood.
"Brother Jing." Qiu Tong, who was also wearing an official uniform, came over and asked with a smile, "Where are you assigned?"
"Nanyi Qianhu Division, be a captain." Xu Jingming waved the token, "Sister Qiu Tong, what about you?"
Qiu Tong also took out a badge from her waist and said, "I was assigned to the Criminal Division of the Southern Palace Headquarters. I am only a second-rate expert, so I can only be a deputy captain at most! I heard that the captains of the Blood Rain Guards... are almost all first-rate experts! Only a handful of them can be promoted as an exception."
"The Southern Prefecture's Criminal Justice Department? There's a lot of money to be made there." Xu Jingming praised.
" Yes, Lord Fei is indeed very caring." Qiu Tong was also very satisfied.
The Blood Rain Guard of Nanfu is divided into six thousand households and the 'Nanfu Headquarters'. The six thousand households each have their own jurisdiction, and the Nanfu Headquarters has much greater power. The Nanfu Town Envoy 'Wang Jiuyan' is in charge of the affairs there.
Those who were detained in the Nanfu Headquarters Prison were all serious criminals! Naturally, there was a lot of money to be made.
"I followed Junior Sister Xinlan to the imperial capital. I wanted to see the legendary imperial capital and not live in vain. Who would have thought that I would become an official." Qiu Tong smiled happily, "A deputy captain, from the sixth rank."
"Yes, I became an official." Xu Jingming was also quite emotional. He had never been an official in real life, but being an official in the Blood Rain World was also a rare experience.
As the captain, he is also a sixth-rank official.
"Let's go and see Brother Luo." Xu Jingming said.
"He needs to recover from his injuries. It's still too early for him to take office." Qiu Tong said, "But the official uniform should have been issued."
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The next morning.
Xu Jingming and Qiu Tong left the Fei family together and took up their respective posts.
Xu Jingming wore his official uniform inside and a green robe outside, and walked along with his gun bag on his back. It took him half an hour to reach Nanyi Qianhu Suo.
"arrive."
Xu Jingming looked at the huge Nanyi Thousand Households in front of him.
Nanyi Qianhu Suo has 1,000 Blood Rain Guards and 5,000 Auxiliary Guards! It can accommodate thousands of people to handle affairs, so Nanyi Qianhu Suo naturally occupies a large area. The building is mainly black, which makes people feel scared when they see it.
"The Blood Rain Guards are, after all, the strongest army that suppresses the capital, supervises all officials, and deters all rebel forces." Xu Jingming secretly sighed, "The Blood Rain Guards are small officials, but they have great power."
This is also the reason why he chose this path.
The more powerful you are, the faster you can get '10,000 gold'.
"But even if I become a Blood Rain Guard, ten thousand gold... is still an astronomical figure." Xu Jingming thought secretly.
"Stop." The gate of Qianhu Suo was heavily guarded. The guards saw a little bit of official uniform showing under Xu Jingming's blue clothes, and they spoke in a gentle tone.
Xu Jingming took out his ID badge and showed it.
"Captain!" A Blood Rain Guard who was sitting and resting in the distance had sharp eyes. He glanced at him and rushed over, and said enthusiastically, "Zhang Ke, deputy captain of the second team of the 700th household of the Nanyi Thousand Households, nice to meet you, Captain."
"Zhang Ke?" Xu Jingming looked at the big man in front of him.
Zhang Ke immediately angrily scolded the guards nearby: "Open your eyes wide, see clearly, this is the new Lord Jing!"
"Master Jing." The guards were all respectful.
"These are the auxiliary guards who are in charge of the gate." Zhang Ke immediately explained, "Captain, let's go and greet the thousand-householder master first, and then the hundred-householder master."
"Okay." Xu Jingming nodded.
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The highest leader of Nanyi Qianhu is Qianhu Li Qing. Li Qing looks like a pale-faced scholar. It is said that in the pre-Emperor period, Li Qing served as the Qianhu of Xueyuwei! Now that the Emperor has ascended the throne, Li Qing can still hold the position of Qianhu.
He first met the captain Li Qing, said a few words to him, and then let Xu Jingming leave.
Goodbye to my immediate superior, Captain Zhao Defang.
"I have just arrived in Kyoto and am a little short of money. Please don't mind, sir." Xu Jingming placed a silver ingot on Zhao Defang's desk.
Zhao Defang glanced at the ingot of ten taels of silver in front of him, frowned, and said calmly: "Since you are short of money, there is no need to be so polite. Take the silver back."
Xu Jingming looked a little embarrassed.
"Take it back!" Zhao Defang said coldly.
"Yes, yes." Xu Jingming put away a silver ingot of ten taels, "I will host a banquet at Wenxiang Tower tonight to entertain my colleagues. If you are free..."
"Go down."
Zhao Defang scolded Xu Jingming without waiting for him to finish speaking.
"yes."
Xu Jingming had no choice but to retreat.
Zhao Defang was a pale man with a long beard. He looked at Xu Jingming leaving with a gloomy expression: "This newcomer is so ignorant! Ten taels of silver? Are you sending away a beggar?"
On the corridor outside.
Xu Jingming and Zhang Ke walked side by side.
"What, Captain, you only gave ten taels of silver?" Zhang Ke widened his eyes, unable to believe it.
"I'm poor. There's nothing I can do." Xu Jingming shook his head.
"If you had told me earlier, our team could have pooled the money together." Zhang Ke said anxiously, "I've said it before, Zhao Defang is very greedy. This is your first visit, so you have to give him at least fifty taels! It would be best if you give him a hundred taels to satisfy him."
"It can't satisfy him." Xu Jingming said casually.
Zhang Ke heard this and looked at Xu Jingming's tone, and immediately made some guesses: "This new captain is the captain right after he arrived! He is so indifferent to the captain... It seems that he has a backer and is not afraid of the captain at all."
Of course Xu Jingming is not afraid!
Behind him is Fei Qing! The highest leader of the Xueyu Weinan Mansion is Wang Jiuyan! Xu Jingming has already seen the relationship between Fei Qing and Wang Jiuyan.
not to mention……
Fei Qing personally promised that as long as he made contributions, he would be promoted to a centurion! Fei Qing's words were trustworthy, so there was no need to doubt their credibility.
Does Xu Jingming still need to please a centurion?
"Give me fifty taels of silver? You won't be able to survive! My monthly salary is only fifty taels." Xu Jingming was reluctant to give it, and didn't want to embarrass himself, so he took ten taels of silver to deal with it. Since you don't want it? Of course, I will keep it obediently.
…
"Everyone, I'm going to host you at Wenxiang Tower tonight, and you must come." Xu Jingming warmly invited the captains one by one in the Qianhu Suo.
"Of course, of course."
"There will be plenty of good wine by then."
The captains of the Blood Rain Guards in the Qianhu Division were all very respectful and Xu Jingming left soon.
"Captain Jing has just joined the Blood Rain Guard and has become the captain. He must be someone with some background."
"Isn't it? We all started out as ordinary Blood Rain Guards, accumulated merits, and slowly rose to the rank of captain."
"I heard that Captain Zhao is in a bad mood! He came to the Qianhu Office today just to wait for Captain Jing to give him some benefits, but obviously, Captain Zhao is not happy." These captains chatted, and many pieces of information proved one thing - Captain Jing has a big backer behind him! He is not afraid of Captain Zhao at all!
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In the morning, the second floor of the teahouse was already booked.
"Our second team has two deputy captains and thirty ordinary Blood Rain Guards, and they are all here today." Zhang Ke said enthusiastically.
"Captain, this is a gift from the brothers to you as a gift to you." Another deputy captain, Qian Yan, was a wealthy man. He handed over a silver note.
Xu Jingming took a look. It was a fifty-liang silver note! And it was free of "text code". There were indeed some silver notes that were free of "text code". Whoever got this kind of silver note could exchange it! It could be used as cash.
However, for the sake of security, truly large amounts of wealth will have a written code.
"Captain, this is a gift from the auxiliary guards to you." Zhang Ke also took out a fifty-liang silver note without a 'text code'. "Our second team is in charge of more than a hundred auxiliary guards. The auxiliary guards need to patrol the area and have responsibilities. So let me pass it on for you."
"That's thoughtful." Xu Jingming nodded and put the two banknotes in his arms.
Strictly speaking.
As the captain of the Blood Rain Guard, he has 32 Blood Rain Guards and 165 auxiliary guards under him! He is in charge of a large area around him.
"Just keep doing what you should do." Xu Jingming looked at the Blood Rain Guards and said, "In my team, there is only one thing to say: don't be afraid of anything! As long as it is within your authority, don't be afraid or soft, I will take care of everything."
Fei Qing has already said, don't embarrass him.
You can't be soft when doing things yourself!
"Yes, Captain." The morale of the Blood Rain Guards suddenly increased. This is the kind of captain they want! If the captain is weak, they will be even more embarrassed.
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After having morning tea, Xu Jingming took two deputy captains and strolled around the jurisdiction.
"In fact, the mission of our Blood Rain Guards is not very light, but it is also a bit heavy." Zhang Ke introduced, "There are more than 20,000 households in the area we are responsible for. Many trivial matters are handled by the auxiliary guards. But for some major matters... we need the Blood Rain Guards to step in."
"For example, we have to deal with some big thieves, bandits, and rebel gangs." Zhang Ke said, "Our brothers are scattered in key places and have to monitor some important places. We need to keep an eye on the royal family, civil and military officials, wealthy families, and large gangs!"
"Of course, there are only three officials in our jurisdiction, and there are only two wealthy families. The gangs are not worth mentioning. There is also a sect called 'Xingjianmen', which also needs to be monitored."
"Of course they will all come today to present gifts!" Zhang Ke sneered, "In the entire imperial capital, we can't afford to offend only the top few wealthy families and some powerful princes... Most officials and families tremble in fear when they see us. If we anger the Blood Rain Guards, at best they will be sent to jail for a few days, or at worst their families will be destroyed."
"Don't say such harsh words." The wealthy Qian Yan smiled, "Harmony brings wealth, harmony brings wealth."
"Those wealthy families will only be friendly with us if we have knives in our hands." Zhang Ke said disdainfully, "Captain, we need to be careful of some forces in this imperial capital. If we provoke them, we may disappear on the way home. No one will find us alive, and no one will find our bodies dead."
Zhang Ke explained many matters in detail and explained some underlying rules.
Xu Jingming listened and compared it with the information he had collected on the virtual world network, gaining a clearer understanding of the entire imperial capital.
At this moment, there was a group of young men from wealthy families riding horses in the city ahead, and passers-by were trying to get out of their way.
"Um?"
The young men from wealthy and powerful families saw three people in the distance.
Zhang Ke and Qian Yan are both deputy captains of the Blood Rain Guards and are very famous in the surrounding areas. The one they are following seems to have a higher status.
"It's the Blood Rain Guard."
"The Blood Rain Guards are ahead." These young men from wealthy and powerful families were so frightened that they immediately restrained their horses and went to the side of the road.
Captain of the Blood Rain Guard, as long as there is enough reason, you can directly arrest people of "rank five and below"! These children of big families may have fathers who hold official positions. But most of them are civilians. If the Blood Rain Guards arrest them, they will be skinned alive.
Xu Jingming walked in the middle of the street with two deputy captains. Looking at the well-behaved children of the wealthy families who moved to the side of the street, he felt more and more the deterrent power of the Blood Rain Guards.
"This Blood Rain Guard... is really running rampant in the imperial capital." Xu Jingming said secretly.
"Captain, let's take a look around." Zhang Ke said with a smile, "Captain, you will be collecting money like crazy later."
"The captain has just taken office, and their greeting gifts cannot be missing. I will help the captain keep an eye on it. If there is less, I will make them pay ten times the amount." The wealthy Qian Yan said, but there was a fierce look in his eyes.
