Everyone couldn't help but be stunned. Ruolan couldn't help but sigh: "It's so beautiful here!"

"Boss, I'm so jealous of you!" The fat man said with an envious look on his face.

"Lord, they are here!" The Imperial Guard officer who escorted Duan Tao and the others all the way pointed to a group of people coming from the front. There were more than a dozen people in this group, and they were dressed differently from ordinary people. They should be local officials. The first grade was very old, with gray hair and beards, and they were supported by someone.

A dozen people came to everyone, and the old man in front of him glanced at everyone, saluted and said, "I am Thomas, the financial officer of the Governor's Office of Jinghu Province. Who is the new lord?"

Duan Tao took a few steps on his horse, "I am!"

Thomas looked at Duan Tao and said happily: "Good Lord, please see Lord!"

Duan Tao jumped off his war horse and helped Thomas up. "You don't have to be too polite!"

Thomas exclaimed: "I didn't expect that Lord Lord was so young!"

Duan Tao joked: "Do you think I'm not reliable enough?"

Thomas hurriedly said, "Lord is joking! Lord Lord is young and promising!"

Duan Tao smiled and said, "I'm joking with you!" and asked, "Is there any handover procedures?"

Thomas replied: "Just sign a document!" Then he took a document from his entourage and presented it to Duan Tao.

Duan Tao took the document, read it once, and signed his name under the guidance of Thomas. Then he returned the document to Thomas. Thomas looked at it and smiled and said, "Okay! The procedures are completed!" Then he bowed and said, "Thomas is willing to welcome Lord Lord on behalf of all the subordinates of the territory!" Those who followed Thomas also saluted and said, "Welcome Lord Lord Lord!"

Seeing this scene, Duan Tao couldn't help feeling a little fluttered. Seeing this, Thomas's eyes flashed with contempt. It seemed that Thomas, who seemed to be respectful, was not a simple person either!

The group followed Thomas to the outside of the gate of the city's capital. The gate was located by the lake, and a stream passed through the middle, surrounded by a circle of three meters high vines, which seemed to be a wall. There were no tall buildings in the capital, but the trees were shaded and flowers were weaving, which was very beautiful. There were two guards standing at the door, unlike Torret's guards. They were wearing light armor, physical strength and other aspects, and they could not be compared with Torret's guards. After all, they were just guards in a provincial capital.

"Haha, this is the residence! It's like a garden!" Duan Tao couldn't help but say.

Thomas smiled and said, "Lord, this place will be the place for you from today!"

Duan Tao nodded, feeling a little excited.

"Sir, let's go in!" Thomas asked.

Duan Tao nodded, and the group followed Thomas into the lobby of the capital. Duan Tao sat down on the head, took a deep breath, and asked Thomas: "Where is the original Governor here?"

Thomas replied, "I left ten days ago."

Duan Tao nodded and asked, "You are the Minister of Finance. I wonder how many assets there are in the treasury now?"

Thomas said with shame: "The economy in Jinghu Province is not good, so there is not much reserve in the treasury! There are only 20 million Bis!"

Duan Tao has no idea about this number. The guard officer below you frowned.

Duan Tao said to Thomas: "Send me all the information about my territory!" "Yes! But it will take a few days, and I will send it in three days. I wonder if it is OK?"

Duan Tao nodded, "Yes! I'll leave this to you!" "Yes! Lord Lord, you must be tired too. If nothing happens, I'll take it back!" Thomas said respectfully.

"You guys retreat!"

Thomas and others agreed to the promise and left the lobby one after another.

"Boss, you are so majestic! The lords are all over the place! And this place is so good!" The fat man said with an envious look on his face.

Duan Tao smiled, unable to hide his excitement in his heart.

Duan Tao noticed the expression of the Imperial Guard officer and couldn't help asking: "Neul, do you have any problems?" It turned out that the officer was named Neuer. Duan Tao deliberately interacted with Neuer along the way, and gave it to Neuer 500,000 bees on the grounds that Neuer's mother was sick, so the two became friends because of this.

Neuer hesitated for a moment and glanced at Duan Tao, "I shouldn't say some things, but Lord Lord regards me as a friend, and I can't hide them from Lord Lord Lord!" He paused, "Lord Lord Lord Lord, when I was in Torret, I heard that before leaving office, the Governor of the Original Jinghu transported half of the funds in the treasury back to Torret!"

Everyone was shocked and Mengduo cursed with the fat man. Duan Tao asked calmly: "How much is this half of the funds?"

"About 300 million Bis!"

When he heard this, Mengduo became even more indignant with the fat man. Even Ruolan, who was not very gentle, was so angry that her face turned red.

Duan Tao frowned and said, "They took away 300 million beis, which means there should be 300 million beis in the treasury!?"

The fat man suddenly remembered what Thomas said just now and said strangely: "But that Thomas said there are only 20 million Bis in the treasury!?" He moved his expression and said angrily: "Did they swallow all the 300 million huge sums of money!?"

Duan Tao looked at Neuer. The latter said: "Lord, there is one thing you must pay attention to. There is a force in the local area that should not be underestimated, that is, the family power! In some places, the family power is stronger than the power of the empire! Only by dealing with this problem can you handle the place well!"

Duan Tao nodded thinking and asked, "What do you have any opinions?"

Neuer apologized: "I'm sorry, Lord Lord! I'm just a soldier and I know nothing about how to manage the place! I can only tell you about these things I know!"

Duan Tao sincerely thanked, "It's rare that you can tell me these situations!" Neuer couldn't help feeling guilty when he heard Duan Tao say this. After thinking for a while, he said, "I can't help the Lord Lord in other aspects, but I have a way to let my Imperial Guard stay here for a while to help Lord!"

Duan Tao couldn't help but feel happy and asked, "What's the solution?"

Neuer smiled and said, "It's actually very simple! As long as the adults ask the court to send our imperial guards to assist in the suppression of bandits on the grounds of raging thieves! Because the court has regulations, the central army can be transferred due to accidents such as bandits!"

Duan Tao frowned and said, "Yes, yes! Just will the prince agree?"

Neuer frowned, and he could not guarantee the insurance certificate to agree to the request.

The slaughtered and said, "I think the prince will definitely agree! Since the prince gave the prince such a big gift, how could he disagree with the prince's small request?"

Duan Tao nodded thinking, "Not bad! Don't worry about this for now, send a letter to the prince first! By the way, how many troops are in my territory under my control?"

Neuer replied: "As far as I know, since this is a border province, there was originally a local security army! The total strength of the troops is 50,000! However, this army has been transferred away! Now there should be only public security forces here! The number of people is probably not large, and the equipment, morale, training, etc. are all very poor!"

Duan Tao smiled bitterly and said, "The court is really relieved! This is a border, aren't you afraid that the army of other countries will take advantage of the situation?"

Neuer explained: "If the enemy has a large-scale military mobilization, it is impossible to hide it from the Empire's reconnaissance network! As long as the enemy has a military mobilization, the imperial army can fully reflect it in time! In addition, although the environment here is beautiful, it is not conducive to defense, and it is very unwise to arrange the army here!"

"So, if any bandit suddenly attacks me now, I can't protect myself?"

Neuer nodded awkwardly, "That's right! But Lord Lord, don't worry too much! There is no strong bandit force around here!"

Duan Tao said with a deep meaning: "It's not that simple! What if someone pretends to be a bandit army?"

Neuer was stunned, "This, no way!"

Duan Tao frowned and said, "We must pull the armed forces up as soon as possible! Damn it! Damn guy! He actually swallowed so much money from me!"

"Neur, what kind of channels do lords usually recruit troops?" Duan Tao asked.

Neuer said: "It's very simple. Just send a recruitment notice in the territory! The first thing you must pay attention is to not recruit soldiers outside the territory, otherwise you will be punished for a serious crime of treason!"

Duan Tao nodded, "Let's talk about it when you understand the general situation of the territory! By the way, is there any limit on the military limit?"

"Of course there are restrictions! Lords of the level of adults can have up to 150,000 troops!"

"My level? Are there many levels of lords?" Duan Tao asked in surprise.

Neuer was stunned. He felt relieved when he thought that Duan Tao was not originally a Siman, and explained: "That's right! The lords of our Siman Empire are divided into fifth grades. The highest grade has several provinces and can have an army of 300,000. Such lords have not appeared for hundreds of years. Lords like the Lord are the second grade, which means they are second only to the highest grade. They have a province and can have 150,000 troops. Such lords include six adults. Dozens of other levels own less than one province. They are all the nobles of the uppermost level of the empire!"

After listening to Neuer's narration, Duan Tao was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Xiyingtuo would give him such a heavy gift. "If you give something, you will inevitably have some requirements. It seems that Xiyingtuo has a fancy to the powerful family behind him! You must improve your strength as soon as possible, otherwise in the future power struggle, you will be the fish on the chopping board of others!!"

Thinking of improving his strength, Duan Tao couldn't help but feel headache again and murmured: "Money! Where do I get the money?" Thinking of the huge 300 million yuan that was most likely to be swallowed by Thomas and other bastards, Duan Tao couldn't help but want to kill someone. Suddenly, he had an idea.

Duan Tao turned his gaze to Xiaopang, who was dozing off the side and screamed, "Little Pang!"

The little fat woke up immediately, looked around with a blank look on his face, rubbed his big eyes, and asked foolishly: "Is it time to eat?"
Chapter completed!