Jiang T鄆 P韓g thought carefully for several moments before he answered. "Do you have any intention of increasing the size of your residence?"

　　That simple sentence rocked Liu Ti醤 Q� world metally. Liu Ti醤 Q� never realized that she sat there over five-minute thinking of the possibilities then canceling out each idea one by one. Most of the ideas she came up with require introducing modern technology, which was something she wanted to avoid at all costs.

　　Finally, Liu Ti醤 Q� answered the question her commander asked her. "Not right now. However, I don`t want to cancel out that possibility completely. I think I should first focus on my residence as it is. There is much to be taken care of right now. We will discuss future possibilities at a later time."

　　"Since you have no intention of expanding just yet. Then with the size of your residence, I would say anywhere from one to two hundred house guards is sufficient enough." Jiang T鄆 P韓g replied.

　　"How many house guards do most of the nobility maintain?" Liu Ti醤 Q� inquired.

　　"The Emperor does not allow any House to keep more than five hundred house guards in the Imperial City. Families located outside of the Imperial City, of course, keep more house guards." Jiang T鄆 P韓g explained.

　　"Most of the nobility in the Imperial City only keep about two to three hundred guards in their residences or manors. The rest of their guards or trained warriors are garrisoned outside of the Imperial City. Other than the Imperial Family, no one is allowed to maintain a garrison within one thousand and thirty li of the Imperial City." Jiang T鄆 P韓g informed Liu Ti醤 Q�.

　　"I looked through the barracks. It seemed capable of holding way more than 1000 house guards. Or was my judgment off?" Liu Ti醤 Q� asked Jiang T鄆 P韓g once again her suspicion against the Chen Family was triggered.

　　"Definitely capable," Jiang T鄆 P韓g answer firmly agreeing with Liu Ti醤 Q�. "Just with the underground barracks alone, the residence can hold thousands of guards."

　　"Underground barracks?! What underground barracks?! I didn`t see an underground barrack!? Nor did I see it on the blueprints of my residence that the Chen Family gave me!" A dumfounded Liu Ti醤 Q� gawked at Jiang T鄆 P韓g mouth open wide in shock.

　　"Blueprints? What do you mean?" A confused Jiang T鄆 P韓g asked.If you spot this tale on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation.

　　"Um...the map of the residence."

　　"Oh, you mean the Draft of Residence."Jiang T鄆 P韓g said, nodding in understanding.

　　"Yeah...that." Liu Ti醤 Q� answer weakly. While furiously thinking inwardly,`This Chen Family was definitely up to no good. I better take time to comb through my residence. This residence is just too suspicious. How the hell is this a small residence when you can hide away thousands of warriors in the residence! Ah!? I better not get accused of something because of this "Small so-called Residence." Maybe I should casually mention it to Wang F鑞 Y襫g so I can be covered.`

　　"Well, the underground barracks are not exactly hidden, if you want we can go take a look now." Jiang T鄆 P韓g began to pick up hints of Liu Ti醤 Q� dissatisfaction.

　　Liu Ti醤 Q� released a long sigh and said, "We will do that later." Pausing for a moment to gather her thoughts.

　　Just as Liu Ti醤 Q� began to speak, Zhou Y� entered the lounge carrying a tray with a fresh pot of tea. "I would like to go with five hundred house guards. I will leave all the detail to you. That is your specialty I know nothing of how to go about it."

　　Liu Ti醤 Q� paused, and they waited as Zhou Y� cleared away the old pot of tea, replacing it with the fresh pot of tea. When Zhou Y� finished and was getting ready to carry away the old teapot. Liu Ti醤 Q� called her, "Zhou Y�."

　　Zhou Y� looked up and met Liu Ti醤 Q�`s eyes with a nod signifying she was paying attention. Liu Ti醤 Q� said, "Last night when we put away all the money I told you to put ten thousand gold in gold certificates aside. Do you remember that?"

　　When Zhou Y� nodded, Liu Ti醤 Q� then said, "Will you bring that money to me now?"

　　Zhou Y� nodded once again and set the tray with the old teapot on the table momentarily as she went to carry out Liu Ti醤 Q� `s request.

　　As they waited, Liu Ti醤 Q� continued, "I will give this ten thousand gold into your care. This money will be used to hire warriors to secure the residence, to arm them, and to train them. I want you to build the strongest toughest house guards you possibly can. I don`t care if you hire the warriors from the martial world or from elsewhere. Arm them with the best lastest armor that you can and train them to the best of your ability."

　　Jiang T鄆 P韓g looked at Liu Ti醤 Q� in shock. Normally when building an army in the Northern Lands, warriors of the martial world were never a consideration. Usually, people would look for experienced warriors from the various established armies.

　　However, Liu Ti醤 Q� knew from the memories of her predecessor. The army Jiang T鄆 P韓g built in her past life. It was an army built mostly of warriors from the martial world. The army that Jiang T鄆 P韓g built shook the foundation of the Tolling Lands. Liu Ti醤 Q� also knew from the various documents, movies, books, and web novels she saw and read in her last life that many crouching tigers and hidden dragons could be found in the martial world.

　　Zhou Y� finally came back carrying a small plain flat rectangular dark stained wooden box. In the box were ten gold certificates of one thousand gold each. Liu Ti醤 Q� had picked up the teapot and was refill the teacups, so she gestured for Zhou Y� to hand the box to Jiang T鄆 P韓g. Zhou Y� gave the box to Jiang T鄆 P韓g after which Zhou Y� once again retrieved the tray with the cold pot of tea bowed and retreated from the room.