Chapter 840 (1/2)
The cannon breathed out, looked at arrow seriously again, and said slowly——
”In fact, the rumors of weakening the guild began as early as two or three years ago.”
”President ello, do you know the ruling mode of our empire? As our royal family, the blue bay royal family has a large number of troops to maintain the stability of local law and order and deal with a large number of enemy or rebels. ”
”However, it is impossible for his Majesty's funds to arrange all areas of our territory in all aspects. What's more, recruiting more soldiers means that while some people are out of work, they have a mouth that is completely unproductive. Therefore, in peacetime, the number of our country's army has not been very strong. Only in wartime can an emergency mobilization order be used to recruit a group of soldiers. ”
”This will lead to a problem, that is, in some remote areas, it is almost impossible for soldiers to patrol there. Therefore, in order to save our money, the royal family began to allow the establishment of teams in the form of adventurers' Guild. ”
”The members of the adventurer guild can perform some tasks that should have been completed by the Royal Army in areas beyond the military power of the blue bay empire. Such as exterminating mountain bandits, exterminating Warcraft and so on. ”
”Such things have been carried out silently for decades, but just when all of us thought this way was perfect for both sides, our emperor was sick and couldn't move in bed. After our crown prince came to power, he began a series of conscription and studied the border areas. At the same time, it is also a large-scale dispatch of soldiers to our city for covert observation. ”
”I won't talk about other cities. Maybe I don't know very well. But in Hanhai City, a large-scale action against the guild has begun. Take our guild for example... ”
After a short pause, the fire cannon exhaled and said, ”recently, people have been coming to me, hoping that I can join the Imperial Army, and then said that I can buy my guild at a price that makes me satisfied.”
”The other party offered me a price that I couldn't refuse, and promised me that other guild members except me would join the army at the same time. As president, I can take on some important positions in the army and even become a small captain. ”
”I'm... Very excited.”
Listening to these, arrow had no expression on his face, but maintained that faint smile.
Destroy the guild
This word sounds terrible, but it may not be so nervous in fact.
Just as the president of the purgatory guild said, the Empire was willing to offer a very attractive price to dissolve these guilds, and then convert a large number of people with strong combat power into the army.
From the heart... This is a correct proposition.
The adventurer guild system is different from the chamber of commerce system.
The adventurer guild itself is a system that exists as a supplementary form of daily security maintenance due to the lack of Imperial military strength.
Therefore, the adventurer guild was initially in an area that could not be covered by the military power of the Empire, or although it could be covered, it would be very difficult to operate.
With the acquiescence of the current emperor to the guild system, the adventurer guild has gradually developed and expanded to its present level in recent decades. It can even be stationed in some imperial cities with abundant military strength.
With the development and expansion of the guild system, it can reduce the expenditure for the country's military strength.
This is easy to understand, because some work that originally needed to be completed by the imperial army can now be completed by ordinary guilds, so the cost of maintaining the army can naturally be reduced. Over time, even if the Imperial Army existed, when encountering some Warcraft that killed mountain bandits or civilians, they would rather let ordinary guilds complete it and pay some commission money at most. These commissions are really too little compared with the expenses for daily maintenance of the army.
So... Is it a good thing for the Empire to let the adventurer guild take root and sprout systematically?
I'm afraid... That's not a good thing.
Especially in recent years, there has been constant friction between the blue bay Empire and the hunter empire. I'm afraid it is because of this constant friction that the royal family feels the weakness of military strength.