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"What?" The Great Song couldn't establish a sect? You can't have too many private armies either? "

After learning the news that was completely different from the Lu Kingdom, Chen Gong was at a loss as to what to do.

Chen Gong had originally planned to train strong warriors and build a strong force in the future, but he had to face a beast tide, so he wanted to build an army for them as soon as possible.

However, he was informed by Mu Si that the Great Song could not establish a sect. At most, it could only be established through the power of the clan or by the title of Royal.

Otherwise, he absolutely could not have an army that belonged to a single person.

But it was impossible for them to get a title in a short period of time! Without a title, it meant that they couldn't own a private army. How could they protect more people in the beast tide?

However, he suddenly thought of Li Huo's words that Ye Cheng's sword sect, Blade Slaughter Gang, and others all belonged to the sect. Since they belonged to a sect, they couldn't possibly not have their own army, right?

How does that make sense?

In response to this, Mu Si's answer was, 'To establish a sect, one must not have any strong cultivators in the origin realm, otherwise the royal family will send their troops to destroy them. Those sects and other forces must not have more than ten thousand disciples.

Even the City Lord's Mansion of Ye City can only have a total of twenty thousand troops, which belongs to the City Lord's Mansion.

This was because Ye City was one of the nine cities near the border of the Song Dynasty. Within the territory, a city lord's mansion could only have five thousand troops.

And with a population of less than a hundred thousand, it was definitely not a city, but a city.

However, the Nine Cities, which bordered the border with the demon race, were an exception. The army guarding the city alone was already one hundred thousand strong. One could imagine how many people there were in the city.

It turned out that in order to firmly control the rights of the Great Song, the royal family didn't allow powerful sects to be established, in case a sect took control of the country.

However, for the sake of the stability of the borders, the royal family allowed the existence of smaller sects. However, the royal family, for the sake of the stability of the borders, allowed the existence of smaller sects, but they were not allowed to be too powerful.

Other than the Nine Cities, other places also had families and powers without titles restricted from establishing strong armies.

Even if they had the lowest level of the marquis, the Duke of Ten Thousand Families, they would only allow an army with ten thousand troops, which was just equivalent to the number of troops a commander level general could control.

However, owning a title and controlling an army was his own private army, which was not controlled by the state. This also increased the importance of a title in the Great Song Kingdom.

Not only did they want the three dukes of the Great Song Empire to have Nirvana Realm experts to guard them, but they also had their own five hundred thousand strong army.

He thought about the fact that only the nine cities bordering the border with the demon race had an army of one million soldiers.

However, this was truly rare for Duke Song. Not only did he have to obtain great achievements, but he also had to have a Nirvana stage practitioner as guards. Otherwise, there wouldn't be only three Dukes in the Song Dynasty.

Thus, everyone placed their gazes on the Marquis.

In the Song Dynasty, the marquis was divided into five ranks: Wan Hou, Zhong Hou, Ting Hou, Xiang Hou, and County Hou.

Don't underestimate this level five dukedom, it is a very popular position. Even the lowest level duke of Ten Thousand Clans is much more attractive than the main army at the edge of town. The reason is that the Marquis can own a private army of his own and at the same time own his own territory.

The Marquis of Ten Thousand Families could have an army of ten thousand people, a fiefdom of one city; the fiefdom of two cities would be doubled with the army of twenty thousand; the Duke of Ting would have another forty thousand troops, four cities; the Duke of Ting would have another forty thousand troops, but he would have to fight with all his might. He would have the power to go on a solo campaign, and as long as he handed over half of his territory, he could keep the rest for his own territory!

One could imagine the duke's full strength. There were only five marquis's in the Song Dynasty. If it wasn't for the duke overexerting his full strength, there wouldn't be just five marquis's in the Song Dynasty.

Of the five dukes, two were occupied by the royal family of the Great Song, while the other three were said to have extremely close ties with the royal family.

Combined with this information, Mu Xuan came up with two solutions.

The first was to develop their Mu Family's power to the maximum. They had a Marquis, even if it was the lowest Marquis.

However, Mu Xianzhi had told him that it was impossible, because he had received news that the Mu Clan could protect as many people as possible in the beast tide, which was why they were granted the title of nobility.

Then, he could only choose the second possibility. He had to enter Ye City, which was the closest city to the Immortal Ancient Town, and become one of the top powers.

"We will enter the Ye City as soon as possible and contact the sword sect. The Li family in the sword sect will do everything they can to help us."

Hearing that, Mu Hong smiled strangely. He patted Mu Xuan's shoulder and said, "Son, didn't you want to establish an army that would belong to our Mu Family as soon as possible? "We can set our sights on Liangu Town. Liangu Town is allowed to have three thousand troops, but because of the agreement between the Monster race and Senior Li Pan back in the day, Liangu Town only has a thousand soldiers to maintain law and order."

"That's right! This way, we can have three thousand soldiers that belong to us. Adding on the five hundred guards that we already have, we might be able to reach the standard of a marquis in this beast tide. That way, we can truly stand firm! "

Hearing Mu Hong's words, Mu Si became agitated.

Mu Xuan was puzzled. "What kind of place is Liao Gu Town?" Why do you all value them so much? "

Mu Hong smiled. "Do you remember that fallen Li Pan?"

"I remember! The top grade spirit weapon in my hand is still his! "

"Do you know why, after his death, the Duke of Dingguo was able to put up a front against Senior Li Pan and bestowed the title of marquis?"

Mu Xuan was puzzled. Was Liangu Town related to Li Pan and Feng Hou?

Mu Xianhe and the others had also heard about Li Pan from Mu Hong, so they didn't find it strange.

Slightly smiling, Mu Hong started to explain.

In the end, Mu Xuan came to realize that Liangu Town was an agreement between Li Pan and the demons. They had to evacuate the 3000 guards of the Immortal Ancient Town, in case they killed too many beasts from the Immortal Ancient Forest, and set up a town on the territory of the demons so that people could live in peace. The demons didn't have to look for trouble with Liangu Town.

Every year, more than ten thousand people would receive the protection of Liangu Town. In other words, every year, Liangu Town could save ten thousand people, which was why Li Pan could be conferred the title of marquis after he died.

However, Liao Gu Town also needed to be guarded against the Monster race. Hence, the royal family personally made an agreement with the Monster race, establishing three thousand troops in Liao Gu town. However, these three thousand troops wouldn't hunt for the Monster race, but would only be responsible for the safety of Liangu town.

However, the Monster race always kept their word and never caused trouble for Liangu Town. In order to reduce the pressure on resources, Liangu Town slowly reduced the number of troops, leaving only a thousand people behind. That was to say, there were still two thousand soldiers left in Liangu Town.

After Mu Xuan and Chen Gong decided to go back to Liangu Town this time and discuss it with the leader of Liangu Town. Mu Si first went to Ye City to contact the Sword Yuan Sect.

After that, Mu Xuan and the others discussed a few more specific matters.