After spending quite some time at the Magic Research Institute, Xu Yi returned to the City Lord's Manor to find that Kennard, with help from several assistants, had largely completed the paperwork for hiring Hart and the five hundred elite soldiers.
As they were the first recruits for the Xinfei Merchant Guild's Guards Corps, Xu Yi warmly welcomed them on behalf of the guild.
Unlike the welcome given to other new employees, however, these guards were not taken to a restaurant for a welcoming feast. Instead, Kennard sent an assistant to take them straight to Falling Rain Valley.
The Xinfei Merchant Guild had already set aside a large area in Falling Rain Valley specifically for these guards.
Covering nearly ten thousand square meters, this area would serve not only as living quarters for the Xinfei Merchant Guild's Guards Corps, but also as their temporary training and logistics base.
Their first job there was to guard Falling Rain Valley.
The Xinfei Merchant Guild was now moving all its important facilities into Falling Rain Valley, making it the foundation of the entire guild. No amount of defensive strength would be excessive.
After sending off the five hundred elite soldiers, Xu Yi discussed Earl Stark's arrival to take over in three days with Count Samo. Then he and Kennard left the City Lord's Manor and rode together in a carriage to Sankton Manor.
Once they entered Sankton Manor, Kennard went to arrange the relocation work, while Xu Yi returned to his office to sort through the personal belongings he had left there.
He had been sorting for less than ten minutes when the presidents of the small merchant guilds in the Sankton Industrial Zone arrived together.
Seeing more than a hundred people packed into his office, Xu Yi could not help asking with