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    After becoming the top officer of the border sentry, Zhou Tian naturally directly asked about the situation of the border sentry at that time.  After all, although there is no guarantee that he will encounter an enemy attack, as a precaution, if he doesn't want to be unprepared when the Blood Phoenix Empire's army comes to attack, Zhou Tian naturally wants to find out what he has in his hands before the enemy situation appears.  How much fighting power does it have?

    However, Zhou Tian did not expect that in addition to the environment of the outpost there being much worse than Zhou Tian imagined, the number of troops inside was also very different from what Zhou Tian thought.

    If Zhou Tian remembers correctly, the maximum number of people in the border sentry team here should be less than a thousand.  In other words, as long as the number of sentries does not exceed a thousand, the Yanlong Empire will not care about the specific number of soldiers on the border.

    Zhou Tian knows that generally speaking, let alone border posts, even within the empire, most of the troops are on empty pay.  Firstly, it is because the officers want to pocket part of the military salary for themselves, and secondly, there are indeed some places that cannot recruit soldiers. Under such circumstances, even if the empire provides sufficient military salary, those armies often do not have the corresponding strength.

    Zhou Tian had already imagined many situations that would arise at the border post where he was located. For example, the army would not obey his orders, and there would be people internally competing with him for power.  But Zhou Tian would never have imagined that the number of soldiers on the border was much worse than he originally imagined.

    Thinking about it in Zhou Tian, ??even if there is a certain situation of empty pay for border sentries, since it is a military pay for a thousand people, then it is estimated that the number of soldiers should be 500!  Half actual work and half salary, this is already the worst situation Zhou Tian can imagine.

    But the final situation was far beyond Zhou Tian's imagination. When Zhou Tian really heard about the specific strength of the border sentry, he was immediately dumbfounded. He almost doubted whether there was something wrong with his ears.

    "what did you just say?"

    After listening to Zhou Tian¡¯s words, the captain knew that Zhou Tian was probably quite dissatisfied with the situation of their border sentry.  However, even if he was aware of this situation, the captain at that time could only reply with a wry smile: "Reporting to Mr. Colonel, the number of actual sentries on our frontier is twenty."

    "Are you sure you said twenty people and not two hundred people?"

    Swallowing his saliva, the captain suppressed his uneasiness and had to bite the bullet and reply: "Although the situation may be a bit beyond your imagination, in fact, there are only two actual sentries on our border.  ten people."

    "Why are there only twenty people? Before I took office, the empire said that the maximum strength of the border sentry was one thousand. But now you tell me that the number of actual sentries is only twenty, which only accounts for fifty of the total force.  One percent, you should tell me where the rest of the military pay has gone!" At this point, Zhou Tian couldn't help but reveal a fierce look in his eyes as he stared at the captain.

    Being stared at by Zhou Tian, ??the captain was frightened and broke into a cold sweat.  Although Zhou Tian has not done anything yet, the captain knows very well that Zhou Tian is already suspicious of him.  If he couldn't come up with a satisfactory explanation to Zhou Tian, ??then if Zhou Tian thought that he had embezzled the military pay, he would probably kill him at this moment.

    And the captain naturally didn¡¯t want to die, so under Zhou Tian¡¯s gaze, he revealed the specific situation without hesitation.

    "Please calm down, Captain. This matter may be difficult for you to understand, but this situation is quite common in any border post. I know you suspect that I have pocketed those military salaries, but I can ask you  Guaranteed, although the military pay was withheld, it was definitely distributed to all the soldiers on the border in the end. I only took my share, and did not take the share of money that I should not have taken."

    "What's going on?" After listening to the captain's words, Zhou Tian couldn't help but calm down at that time.  To be honest, Zhou Tian felt quite angry after just listening to the captain's words.  After all, the actual ratio of sentinels on the border is really different from what Zhou Tian thought. In this case, Zhou Tian will naturally feel angry.  However, if he thinks about it carefully, Zhou Tian basically believes that this matter should have nothing to do with the current captain. After all, it is generally a bold act to leave half of the salary empty. If no one can do what the other party is doing now,  For reasonable reasons, Zhou Tian would not believe that he could survive until now and not be dealt with by the empire.

    Sure enough, after seeing Zhou Tian calm down, the captain quickly explained to Zhou Tian at that time.

    "Your Excellency, the Colonel, is unaware of something. It is not uncommon for border sentries to be in situations like ours. The Empire also knows about this situation, but it is just because it is difficult to make it clear."That's why you misunderstood.  You should also be able to imagine that the main purpose of a border post like ours is to monitor the movements in this area and prevent the invasion of enemy countries.  It can be said that we are just like spies in the army. Although indispensable, it is definitely not the kind of position that requires a large number of troops.  Generally speaking, a few dozen people, or at most a hundred people, is the establishment of a sentry post. If the number is larger, the larger number of people will not necessarily have any effect. On the contrary, it will easily expose one's position.  "

    "Then why does the empire give us an establishment of a thousand people?"

    "This is to give us free money!"

    "The empire takes the initiative to give us free wages?" Hearing this, Zhou Tian felt a little incredible. After all, if this kind of thing was not so credible if the other party said it, Zhou Tian would have doubted whether the other party was.  Just think of him as a fool and lie.

    The captain saw Zhou Tian's face, but he still continued without hesitation: "Although it sounds a little incredible, what I said is absolutely true. You may not  Do you know the dangers of border posts? Generally speaking, border posts are not only in a poor environment and cannot be defended after being stationed, but the chance of death is also very high. Therefore, good men should not be soldiers, and few people are willing to be soldiers.  In addition to having few opportunities to perform meritorious service, the main reason for sentinels is that the environment and dangers faced by sentries are quite poor. For this reason, our sentries are the most difficult to recruit, but the empire cannot  There are no border sentries, so without changing the situation of the sentries, we can only make a fuss about military pay. All soldiers in the empire have the same pay, and we sentries are no exception. However, compared with others,  When the soldiers come, we have a lot of free pay to eat. Each person gets dozens of military pay, plus some other benefits, so that we can attract corresponding recruits to join the border posts."

    After hearing what his captain said, Zhou Tian couldn't help but reveal a wry smile.  Although he had known before that this mission was not easy to complete, after thinking about it, Zhou Tian would never have thought that the border sentry would be in such a situation.  The ten sentries faced the possible attack from the Blood Phoenix Empire at any time, and Zhou Tian felt the pressure increase sharply.

    However, now that he has taken office, it is already too late to regret it.  After secretly cheering himself up in his heart, Zhou Tian suppressed the uneasiness in his heart.

    "Before I came here, you should have been the highest officer of this border post! We have been communicating for so long, and it's really inappropriate for me to ask your name urgently before I come. You should know my name. My surname is Zhou Mingtian.  I hope we can get along happily in the next period of time!" Suddenly changing the subject, after introducing himself again, Zhou Tian kindly extended his right hand to the captain under him.

    After hesitating for a while, Zhou Tian's captain finally stretched out his hand to shake Zhou Tian's hand and said, "Please take good care of me, Captain, in the future. My surname is Liu. You can just call me Lao Liu from now on."  ¡±

    "Lao Liu, right? Please take care of me from now on." After saying that, Zhou Tian couldn't help but reveal a big smile on his face.

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