After the background checks, Chen Miao and the others were taken to a large courtyard compound.
From then on, this would be their home in the Demon-Suppressing Bureau.
Their positions had already been assigned before they arrived.
Chen Wei, the Incense-Burning Heir, was appointed Fire Banner Assistant in the Cangzhou Prefecture Demon-Suppressing Bureau's Demon-Suppression Department.
Kong Yue and Wang Tingsong were appointed Fire Banner Squad Leaders in the Demon-Suppression Department.
Feng Xiuyuan became a Junior Banner Officer in the Prison Suppression Department.
Chen Miao, Li Zhou, and the other four became Demon-Suppressing Guards under the Fire Banner-in other words, soldiers at the very bottom of the hierarchy.
What were the Demon-Suppression Department and the Prison Suppression Department?
And what was the Fire Banner?
Someone had already explained all of this to Chen Miao and the others.
Unlike the simple organizational structures of the Demon-Suppressing Bureaus in small places like Jiangya County and Qingjiang Town, the Cangzhou Prefecture Demon-Suppressing Bureau had a proper division of departments.
Besides the Bureau Chief and Deputy Bureau Chief, the Cangzhou Demon-Suppressing Bureau also had Six Departments.
The Demon-Suppression Department, Law-Enforcement Department, Prison Suppression Department, Records Department, Equipment Department, and Defense Department.
Six Ministries Director was the highest position beneath the Bureau Chief.
Of the Six Departments, the Demon-Suppression Department, Law-Enforcement Department, and Prison Suppression Department held military duties.
The Demon-Suppression Department handled field operations, the Law-Enforcement Department handled punishments, and the Prison Suppression Department handled the prisons.
The three departments cooperated with and supervised one another.
The Records Department, Equipment Department, and Defense Department held civil duties, primarily managing the bureau's records, logistics, equipment, and a whole range of other matters.
To outsiders, the three civil departments were less renowned than the three military departments.
Within the Demon-Suppressing Bureau, however, people from the military departments