Shen Zhi's Third Division of the Fengwu Army, but the descendant troops of the Fengwu Jiedu Mansion, belonged to a large-scale infantry division, with a total of 25,000 people.

Because Zhou Rui has made it clear that he supports Shen Zhi to succeed him as the envoy of Fengwu Festival, Shen Zhi has been very close to the Zhou family in recent days.

The Zhou family also gave 200 tons of rice and 200 tons of flour to the Third Division of the Fengwu Army.

If the five major families fight with the Zhou family, Shen Zhi is likely to send troops to help the Zhou family.

Cui Hong said in a deep voice: "No matter how difficult it is, the five of us have to make some moves, we can't keep standing up, right?" ”

The five of them studied until the evening, and in the end they did not come up with any results.

No family is really willing to recklessly start a war directly against the Zhou family.

Because once the war starts, the Zhou family can bombard these five families to collapse just by relying on the large-caliber naval guns of the coastal defense fleet.

But if there is no war, how can the power of the Zhou family be suppressed from expanding more and more?

This has become an unsolvable problem for the five families.

That night, in a study in Cui's mansion, Cui Hong sighed to his eldest son Cui Wentao and said, "Wentao, for my father, I will let you lead the Third Independent Brigade and the newly formed Twenty-third Independent Brigade to Liqu City. ”

A big family like the Ganyang Cui family, which has existed for hundreds of years, would not understand the truth of the three holes of the cunning rabbit.

Liqu City is more than 400 kilometers away from Ganyang City and is a small mountain city with a population of less than 80,000.

And Liqu City was controlled by the Cui family in Ganyang many years ago, and the two infantry regiments of the Ninth Division of the Fengwu Army controlled by the Cui family were stationed in Liqu City all year round.

Although Liqu City is also a city, under the operation of the Ganyang Cui family, Liqu City is not among the twenty-eight cities under the jurisdiction of Fengwu Town.

In the administrative division of Fengwu Jiedu Mansion, Liqu City is only a market town, so Liqu City only needs to pay a small amount of taxes to Fengwu Jiedu Mansion every year.

Cui Hong's words did not make Cui Wentao show a surprised expression, "Father, didn't you discuss a way to deal with the Zhou family?" ”

Cui Hong shook his head, "If the five of us can work together, it may still cause a little trouble to the Zhou family, but unfortunately none of the five of us trust anyone." ”

Cui Wentao said with some reluctance: "Father, Ganyang City is the most economically developed city in the six towns in the southwest, and our Cui family has been operating in Ganyang City for hundreds of years, so do you just give up?" ”

Cui Hong said solemnly: "As you said, our Cui family has been operating in Ganyang City for hundreds of years, and Ganyang City is the root of our Cui family."

You can rest assured, until the last resort, my father will not give up our Cui family's family business in Ganyang City, and let you bring the 3rd Independent Brigade and the 23rd Independent Brigade to Liqu City, in order to leave a way back for our Cui family. ”

After a pause, Cui Hong continued: "Although Liqu City has a population of less than 80,000, the villages and towns around Liqu City still have a population of more than 100,000.

Isn't it difficult to recruit troops for the 23rd Independent Brigade?

When you arrive at Liqu City, you should be able to recruit all the soldiers of the 23rd Independent Brigade in no time. ”

Due to the generous welfare benefits and high settling-in allowance of the Zhou family's army, after the number of the 23rd Independent Brigade came down, the Cui family recruited new recruits for more than three months, but as a result, they did not even recruit enough 500 people.

Even these recruits were recruited by the Cui family from a few remote villages.

At present, more than half of the officers and men of the 23rd Independent Brigade are transferred from the 9th Division and the 3rd Independent Brigade.

What made Cui Hong, Cui Wentao's father and son even more troublesome was that because of the high salaries of the Zhou family's army, the Ninth Division and the Third Independent Brigade of the Fengwu Army controlled by the Cui family were fluctuating, and there were even deserters, and there was more than one incident.

As a last resort, the Cui family also raised the salaries of the officers and soldiers of the Ninth Division and the Third Independent Brigade of the Fengwu Army.

It's a pity that there is still a big gap between the salaries of the officers and soldiers of the Cui family and the salaries of the officers and soldiers of the Zhou family.

Cui Wentao nodded helplessly, "Father, don't worry, when I arrive in Liqu City, I will train the three infantry regiments, one baggage regiment and one brigade guard battalion of the 23rd Independent Brigade as soon as possible." ”

"For my father, I am going to sell some of our Cui family's properties in Ganyang City, and try to raise funds as much as possible, so the establishment of the 23rd Independent Brigade can be formed according to your 3rd Independent Brigade."

Cui Wentao's eyes lit up, and he finally heard a good news today.

His 3rd Independent Brigade has five infantry regiments, a heavy cavalry regiment, an artillery regiment, a baggage regiment and a brigade guard battalion, with a total strength of 13,500 men.

Cui Wentao hurriedly patted his chest and promised, "Father, as long as the weapons, equipment and funds can keep up, within half a year, I will definitely be able to form the 23rd Independent Brigade!" ”

Next, not only the Cui family, but also the other four major families in Ganyang City also began to transfer some industries and armies to places outside Ganyang City.

Of course, these five families will not give up Ganyang City easily, and the armies left by the five families in Ganyang City have secretly entered a state of readiness.

In the face of these actions of the five major families, Zhou Rui did not pay attention to them.

Do you think that if you leave Ganyang City, Young Master Ben will be able to let you go?

You guys are so naïve!

In the future, the entire Fengwu Town will be the territory of the Ganyang Zhou family, where can you escape to!

Although Zhou Rui is not a character who must be retribution, the other five families in Ganyang City in the previous life have done too much harm to the Zhou family and Zhou Rui.

In this life, Zhou Rui will never let go of these five families.

The Zhou family ignored these actions of the other five major families in Ganyang City, but Shen Zhi couldn't sit still.

Shen Zhi took the initiative to come to the door and said solemnly to Zhou Rui: "Nephew Zhou Xian, there is a sentence, I have to remind you.

Ganyang City is very, very important to Fengwu Jiedu Mansion, so Fengwu Jiedu Mansion will not allow Ganyang City to be monopolized by a certain family, which I have no way to violate. ”

Zhou Rui said with a smile: "Uncle Shen, rest assured, our Zhou family now has three cities under its control in addition to this family business in Ganyang City.

There is absolutely no intention to monopolize Ganyang City, and this expansion of the Ganyang Garrison Division is mainly to prevent the Zhenwu Army from launching a counterattack on Jingsheng City.

In addition, Uncle Shen, you also know that Xiangshi City is not very peaceful, and the Silver Wolf Empire is eyeing the entire Xiangshi Island, and if you don't expand some army units, I can't sleep well this night. ”

Shen Zhi nodded, "It's good that Zhou Xian's nephew can think like this."

I attach great importance to the Zhou family, and after I succeeded as the envoy of the Fengwu Festival, the benefits of the Zhou family were much greater than those of a Ganyang city. ”

After Shen Zhi left, Zhou Rui's face instantly became gloomy.

Anyone can write a blank check, but in the entire Fengwu Town, what is more beneficial than monopolizing a port city with a population of more than two million?

If the many villages and towns under the jurisdiction of Ganyang City are also counted, the population of the entire Ganyang area should exceed 4 million, accounting for almost one-sixth of the total population of Fengwu Town.

The total economic output of Ganyang area accounts for one-third of the total economic output of Fengwu Town.

At this time, Hu Yi, who was standing behind Zhou Rui, opened his mouth and said: "Major General, the 'ghost shadow' has begun to infiltrate the third division, maybe it won't be long before the third division will not pose any threat to our Zhou family." ”

"For the officers of the Third Division, we must be cautious and cautious in our choice, and now I don't want to offend Shen Zhi."

"The major general can rest assured that we will do a lot of preliminary investigation before confirming the target of the purchase, and we will definitely not blindly attack."

"Well, that's good.

By the way, Xiang Tao's injury, how are you doing these days? ”