1514 I Want All! (2/2)
Du Qingkuang and the other two guys said loudly, ”Go away! It is among the three of us! What the hell are you here for?”
The Dark Evil Spirit shook his head and said, ”Come on, I heard it. It is my right to join. I think you will all lose it. To win the title, you must be rich. I am the most important man to Master Ye. Heh heh…”
Then he left casually.
The three guys all started to scold him. However, they were worried. 'If he is in, it won't be a good thing for us. He follows Master Ye for the longest time after all…'
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”I, Meng Youjiang, will lead the five thousand disciples of the Dark Wind Mountain to join the Monarch's Hall!” Apparently, Meng Youjiang had made up his mind.
He couldn't wait to say the words before when Ye Xiao approached.
”Five thousand?” Ye Xiao was shocked by the number.
'He said three thousand and six hundred… How come it is five thousand now?'
'That is expanding fast…'
'Well, whatever…'
'Am I going to have so many men working for me now?'
Looking at the construction work that was almost finished, Ye Xiao felt worried.
It seemed this place was not going to be big enough…
There were nearly four hundred people who were joining the Monarch's Hall. Ye Xiao only saved forty-eight people, but these people's friends and brothers had joined the Monarch's Hall as well.
That was quite a lot. If five thousand more people were coming, this place would be stuffed!
Meng Youjiang laughed when he saw Ye Xiao's expression. ”Master Ye, don't worry, please. I can't let them all come to this place. Only a few important figures will come. The rest of the five thousand people will stay in the Dark Wind Mountain, as a branch of the Monarch's Hall. They will be under your command.”
Ye Xiao felt relieved, and he said, ”It is quite a good idea. In fact, you don't need to let anyone come. Just give me information about every man in the Dark Wind Mountain, and we will pick a few men and tell them to come. We need people who are perfect for the position available here.”
”I see. You will get the report later.” Meng Youjiang nodded.
Ye Xiao rubbed his temples. He finally knew how difficult it was to run an organization. He was exhausted.
Guan Tiemian had brought his men to work on daily matters, but now they needed more people.
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”Master Guan, do you think we can get more people to work for us?” Ye Xiao talked to Guan Tiemian. ”I think we need more men here.”
Guan Tiemian was worrying as well. The Monarch's Hall was definitely a new force in the world, yet it already had so many people join the league. Those were all capable cultivators. There was even an entire organization who had decided to join them. That was incredible.
Guan Tiemian had experienced a lot in the world, but he was still shocked. Suddenly, he couldn't think of anything to do.
However, he was an experienced man in the martial world. Although he was weak, he was much more profound and intelligent than many high-level cultivators. After a while, he finally figured out the situation, and he said, ”I can get us more men, but I need to know how many men can you take. I wonder if you can take all the men that I am going to recruit.”
Ye Xiao's eyes lit up, and he said, ”What do you mean, Master Guan? How many people? Where are they?”
Master Guan rubbed the long beard of himself and said with a smile, ”Well, I should start with the changes that happened in the city lately. The governor's house was changed because of the prohibition. The house became useless for the city.
”People who used to work in the governor's house, the officials, have gone all back home and have nothing to do for a living.
”There are no high-level cultivators among these people, but they are good at many other things, finance, politics, the matter of law, and all other stuff… They know everything.”
”There are a lot of them there. If we only recruit the most capable ones, we can get thousands of them.”
”To recruit all these people, you need more cultivators for these people to serve.” Master Guan seemed to be excited. He said, ”After all, these people used to manage the city of a thousand million people…”
”However, young master, you have less than ten thousand…”
Ye Xiao was still smiling, but he was smiling bitterly.
He could recruit all those officials because he had enough money to pay them. Even if he had run out of money, he could sell the metals in the Boundless Space for more money… He could hire as many people as there were with the money…
Those officials weren't useless after all. They were all capable of something, and their capabilities could help the Monarch's Hall. It was the right thing to do to recruit these people!
However, did he need to lead such a big group of people so soon?
After all, if he hired all those people, he would be like building a kingdom!
Those people were officials in the City of Chaos, and the City of Chaos was definitely like a kingdom, not a small one!
Guan Tiemian half-closed his eyes, looking at Ye Xiao. He was calm, and he just wanted to know what Ye Xiao was thinking.
He was testing the young master…
Ye Xiao frowned. He was lost in thoughts, so he didn't pay attention to Guan Tiemian.
He was thinking about what should do and how big the organization should become…
Master Guan looked at Ye Xiao's face. Ye Xiao didn't say anything or made any choices, so Master Guan was a bit disappointed.
He blandly said, ”Well, if you are worried that too many people in the management system will cause redundancy, we can just hire dozens more. It should be enough for now anyway.”
Ye Xiao was still silent, as if he didn't hear Master Guan at all, or didn't agree with him at all.
Guan Tiemian seemed to be more disappointed.
'I am surprised that he doesn't have the courage… Is he even a member of the great Ye Clan? How is this going to lead us to glory? Did I make the wrong choice to follow him… Why did I follow a short-sighted, narrow-minded, and cowardly master?'
After a while, Ye Xiao took a deep breath and said, ”I believe you, Master Guan. Those men used to work for the government of the City of Chaos. They must be some capable men… After all, they are definitely experienced in managing a large amount of people…”
”Qiu Luo!”
Ye Xiao gave an order.
”I am here!”
”Go to the Brotherhood Alliance and tell them we are buying all the lands around this. Money is not a problem. The first thing to do is to broaden the territory of the Monarch's Hall.”
”Yes! Master!”
Qiu Luo said in confusion, ”You are always right, Master, but the City of Chaos is in the middle of a great disturbance. We are in the city, and we are not controlling a big area, so the Brotherhood Alliance thinks we are just a small sect. In fact, because we are only their client, they won't go against us…”
”If we broaden the land to a huge scale, we will be threatening the Brotherhood Alliance's leadership in this area. Even though we are not going to challenge them, they will take it as a challenge anyway… I think the Brotherhood Alliance will not be happy. If they are aiming at us, it won't be easy for us to live through the coming days…”
Ye Xiao said, ”I know what worries you. We are new, so we shouldn't offend any of the old influential forces. Now, think. What is next to us?”
”The Brotherhood Alliance has taken the east of the city, so it won't be easy to take over the territory from the east. The west belongs to the House of Chaotic Storms. They seem to have enough territory, so they will focus on defending their territory. We won't get anything from the west. The south was taken over by the Hall of Returning Nature. The Xie League was taking somewhere in the south as well. The Thousand Sabers Alliance are fighting against some other forces for the north, which means the north of the city is the weakest…”
Ye Xiao nodded and said, ”Assemble our men later, and I need you to pick the most capable ones among them.”
”We must take over some places from other forces little by little!”
Ye Xiao's eyes looked vicious.
”The men who used to work for the government, I want them all!” Ye Xiao took a deep breath and said, ”Not just the leaders, but also the other officials. I want them all!
”If any of them are people of bad conduct, we sack them, and the rest of them are all welcomed to join us! We need all of these people to build the best management system in the Monarch's Hall!”
As Ye Xiao said so, Master Guan was shocked. He kept both eyes wide open. He was astonished.
He had just complained about it, yet suddenly Ye Xiao proved him wrong by doing something extraordinarily brave!
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