Money spent like flowing water is impermanent.

  Everyone thinks Wu Chang is a rich man, but Wu Chang himself knows he's just a poor guy. Although Boss Pan has his share, even if Huang E Star that ghost place can produce 100,000 gold coins in a year, it's already the best.

  Wu Chang was very generous to everyone, the 15 squad leaders each received 2 million gold coins, and then Wu Chang gave those brothers who left Hei Ma Ying 3,000 gold coins each, regardless of whether they were original soldiers of Hei Ma Ying or surrendered halfway.

  A full 60 million, a full 60 million gold coins were squandered in an instant, this momentum even made Viscount Relok of the Left Bank dumbfounded. Even with his family's rich background, he couldn't afford to splurge 60 million gold coins at once. From that moment on, Relok knew he could no longer surpass Wu Chang.

  Many people have advised Wu Chang, but Wu Chang has said, "Under heavy rewards, there must be brave men. No one's life can be sacrificed in vain. Fooling fools is not something I, Wu Chang, will do." Wu Chang knows the key to leading troops: money, emotions, ideals, and strict military discipline. As long as these points are achieved, producing a strong army is no problem.

  Today's actions are just to establish credibility for myself, and to clearly tell everyone that Wu Chang is not a petty ghost. As long as you work hard and sell your life, there will be no lack of rewards.

  No one knows how much money Wú Cháng has now, but Méi Lín and the other three are very clear that this time in the rebellion, Wú Cháng took away 300 million gold coins from the secret warehouse of the gang, and quickly asked Míng Hé Dà Rén to cash it out.

  Wu Chang didn't embezzle the money. After sending off Leiluo, he immediately started their recruitment plan and wanted to spend all the money within three months.

  "Brothers, the military department has only given us a three-month leave, and then we will set out for Timu Star. On the battlefield, anything can happen... To do a good job, one must first sharpen his tools, you guys get ready, let's see how Jin Tu Hao spends his money..."

  The plan was simple, selecting three hundred warriors above the second rank from among the brothers of the Black Horse Camp. Although this standard is relatively high, it can be achieved after all, the Black Horse Training Camp has more than 3,000 soldiers, and a ratio of one in ten can still select good seedlings.

  Just as Iron Fist instructor was helping Wu Chang select the elite, Wu Chang began to pressure the governor. With Ye Wei around, the governor didn't have any difficulties. The 2 million per set Assault Armor was directly purchased in 300 sets. The Empire's latest wind-cooled heavy machine gun was directly purchased in 500 sets, with one set for each soldier, and then some spare ones.

  There are also armored combat troops using double-handed heavy swords, one person carries two, one is a standard military equipment, and the other is a high-quality product purchased from bayonet manufacturers.

  In half a month, the financial surplus of Left Bank Paradise Star disappeared at a visible speed like water leaking from a bathtub, and in just half a month, the irregular expenditure consumed 700 million gold coins.

  Even General Guo, who was far away in the Three Seas Star, couldn't bear to watch anymore and specially called to scold Wu Chang, "Can you be satisfied now? The annual fiscal surplus of the Three Seas Star is only over 3 billion gold coins, and your regiment has eaten up a quarter of it. Are you still not satisfied?"

  Wú Cháng was too satisfied, he was too content. In fact, all he wanted was 300 sets of war armor, but he didn't expect Yè Méi's uncle to be so generous, almost as if he had opened up the warehouse and let Wú Cháng take whatever he wanted.

  Everyone and equipment are ready, what's left is training. The governor gave an order to summon the instructor of Ice Dragon, Zong Yan, who began to conduct hellish training for these 300 elite troops. However, Instructor Zong didn't give Wu Chang a good listen.

  "Armored infantrymen are the elite of the elite. On one hand, their close combat skills must be solid, and on the other hand, they must also adapt to the various characteristics of armor. Do you really think that with these cannon fodder infantrymen, they can transform into elite armored infantrymen in just three months? I don't think so..."

  Zong Yan's tone was very big, but his usual tone was even bigger. "There is nothing in the world that can't be done, martial arts can be practiced, armor can be polished, and if all else fails, I'll just have them wear their armor to sleep..."

  "What's most important is that I don't want soldiers who only know how to train in the barracks. In my eyes, only the battlefield can be the best whetstone. To become a qualified armored combat soldier, one must crawl out of the bloody battlefield. I believe that none of the brothers I've chosen are cowards..."

  Zong Yan was furious upon hearing this: "This is irresponsible towards your subordinates' lives. Is there any other officer like you in the world?"

  "Isn't there one right in front of you?" Wu Chang said fearlessly. "You can ask these 300 brothers, when we were putting down the rebellion together, wasn't I the first to charge forward? At that time, they were just ordinary people who had only been trained for a few months. But ask them, what was our final outcome..."

  At this time, the three hundred warriors standing in front of them seemed to have returned to the day of the rebellion that shook the heavens with killing sounds and the attack that brought blood rain from the sky. All the soldiers used all their might to shout.

  "Victory... Victory... Victory..."

  Wu Chang stretched out his hand and pointed at everyone, shouting "Hand over your lives to me, let me take you to the battlefield, who among you still has doubts?"

  "Victory... victory..." The frenzied soldiers, once again recalling the moment when the black horse banner fluttered in the wind, felt an insatiable thirst for blood that was too comfortable, too wonderful. And the man before them was the Ghostly Unusual who led everyone to victory.

  "Now do you know? Even if I ordered them to commit mass suicide, they would carry it out without hesitation. You don't understand this kind of sentiment because you're just an instructor. We are soldiers who have seen blood..."

  After finishing this sentence, Wu Chang threw off the stunned Zong Yan and walked towards his own combat armor.

  What a beautiful suit of armor, the style of the entire set is very close to the full plate armor worn by Western knights in the Middle Ages on Earth. On the smooth breastplate, in addition to the Black Horse Corps emblem, there are also patterns of camouflage, and it's not known that this latest model of assault armor has three camouflage disguises, which can change with a light movement of the fingers according to different environments.

  What's most astonishing is that inside the armor, there are more than a hundred thousand tiny motors hidden, and these motors are all controlled by a layer of pale blue magical light film. This light film closely adheres to human skin, and as long as the body makes any movement, those motors will faithfully amplify this power, which is the unique charm of the war armor.

  As soon as this suit of armor is put on, there is immediately a feeling of lightness like a swallow, as if the earth's gravity has disappeared at that moment, and with just a slight jump, one can fly up to the blue sky.

  The unpredictable feeling is not wrong, this is the magic of war armor. When you want to jump, it will make you jump higher. When you want to run, it will make you run faster. When you want to fight, it will increase your strength. And it will also protect you at all times.

  Even if you want to fly, the angel wings behind him can be opened, and the dense jet nozzles can spit out high-energy particle beams, making your shadow truly become a male eagle.

  "Ah, it's really too beautiful!" Wu Chang felt the tingling sensation brought by the magical light membrane, raised his head and slightly closed his eyes, with an expression that was as gentle as could be.

  "What's the point of being lazy, get in line, train...” At this time, Instructor Zong also sobered up. He knew that these lunatics couldn't be persuaded. Since they were about to go to the battlefield to die, he could only force himself to drill them so that more of them would come back alive.

  "I don't care if you're a senior captain or not, since you're on the training ground, you have to listen to me. Now get in line immediately, military boxing ready, kill..."

  "Kill..." Three hundred soldiers wearing war armor began their hellish training on the huge drill ground.

  War armor is good, but ordinary people also need an adaptation period to operate it. According to the Imperial Department's rules and regulations, a melee soldier must undergo at least six months of training before being allowed on the battlefield. However, Black Horse Squadron doesn't have time for that, and they must make these soldiers look like melee warriors within three months.

  "Alright, brothers, let's just suffer a bit. I've already inquired about it - Armored Warriors have the second strongest survival ability among all troops, only after Fleet Pilots. This is for your own good, so you can return home alive..."

  From that day on, hellish training began, with military boxing repeated over and over again, obstacle course back and forth, super training in the Rocky Mountains almost every ten days. The rest were still actual combat drills, weapon system operations, and even a few flights in space in a true vacuum environment.

  The training schedule is getting fuller and fuller. During this time, Minghe Dage, who was on vacation, came to visit Wuchang, which was also a very precious rest opportunity for Wuchang.

  "Ah... it's going to be the death of me, this Zong Yan is absolutely crazy! He must be taking revenge on me for talking back to him. He's driving us mad..." Wu Chang soaked in the hot spring at Xishan, holding a chilled grape wine and complaining bitterly.

  Minghe smiled and said, "Cut the crap, you're just showing off. Zongyan is a top-notch master in the Ma Tou Empire, and it's said that his strength is on par with General Gu Bo. He can come here to be an instructor for three months, I reckon there must be some face-saving involved with Ye Wei and Gu Bo, so just enjoy it quietly..."

  Wú Cháng tilted his head, thought for a moment and said "Hehe, what you said is also right". Up to this point, Wú Cháng suddenly changed the subject "By the way, since you can come and save me this time, I won't say thank you. However, I know that by yourself, it's impossible to manipulate Huang Quan number... so... take this money and split it up..."

  What was pushed over was an electronic remittance bill issued by the Hot Sand Bank, with a large amount of 10 million displayed on it. Minghe didn't waste any words either, opening his portable terminal and quickly completing the transfer.

  "Don't even mention that your brother took your money for nothing. Later, I'll send you some good stuff and make sure you don't lose out..."

  Wu Chang and Ming He were not petty-minded people, their attitude towards money was very indifferent. Ming He came to rescue Wu Chang not for the money, but Wu Chang gave him money and he wouldn't decline it either. A million yuan in their eyes was no different from a thousand yuan.

  "River of the Underworld, Big Brother. Fallen Star and Noble Alliance, what kind of organization are they? My doubts in my heart have grown even more, I feel that since I arrived at Left Bank Paradise Star, my life has been intricately linked with these two organizations..."

  The unpredictable doubts have existed for more than a day, Huang Quan can break through the border of Ma Tou Empire without any scruples, and even suppress the reinforcements of the Grand Princess, this strength has far exceeded Wu Chang's imagination.

  The aristocratic alliance is even more mysterious, and the words of the two men are full of hidden meanings, revealing that they have only a normal cooperative relationship with His Majesty the Emperor, as if even Emperor Guangwu cannot command them. Moreover, they possess such powerful intelligence capabilities, as if there is nothing in the world that they do not know.

  The unpredictable question left Minghe silent for half a day, he used a wooden spoon to pour a spoonful of warm spring water on his head, and deeply exhaled a mouthful of turbid air.

  "You've really given me a difficult problem, this kind of question would take three days and three nights to explain clearly. To be honest with you, the study of fallen stars, noble alliances, and the three great sacred empires has already become a specialized course in some top universities, and there are countless people who want to understand these things..."