Li Ze picked up his pen, drew three lines on the map, connected Shiyi, Wuyi, and Xindu into a triangle, turned around, looked at the people in the room, and said: "This place, in the future, will be our old nest and our basic plate."

Xia He, who was sitting in the corner as usual, was a little puzzled, looked at the map, and said, "Childe, why is there a Shiyi?"

Li Ze smiled and said, "Because Shiyi is the bridgehead for us to seize Henghai in the future. This time, I ordered the capture of almost all the people in Texas, and burned down the villages and cities in Texas, but the only thing that did not move was Shiyi. That's what it means."

"Childe, why are you focusing on Yokokai?" Shen Congxing stood up, "Now that the eldest prince is gone, you are the only heir to Chengde, shouldn't we focus on this one thing?"

Li Ze raised his eyebrows, motioned for him to sit down, looked around at the people in the room, and said, "I think everyone has the same questions as Shen Congxing, right?" Then I'll tell you about it today, why my primary goal is still Henghai!"

Shi Zhuang nodded and said, "I was about to ask Gongzi to explain his doubts. I really don't understand."

"Li Che is dead, and it looks like we're in good shape, but I don't think so." Li Zedao: "Chengde region, Zhenzhou, Zhaozhou, Yizhou, Shenzhou, if anyone is interested in standing on my side now, I'm afraid there is only Yizhou controlled by Cao Xin. Others, such as Zhaozhou, Zhenzhou, and Shenzhou, are still unsure of what kind of attitude they have towards me."

"Childe's words are fallacious!" Yang Kai retorted: "It's okay for Shenzhou, but Zhenzhou is the envoy of the festival, and Zhaozhou is your own uncle, why is the attitude unclear?"

"It's simple." Li Zedao: "Let's talk about my second uncle Li Anmin first, Zhaozhou under his control, second only to Zhenzhou in strength in the Chengde region, when Li Che was there, he naturally had nothing to say, but Li Che died, jumped out of an unknown me, whether he can accept this is a question in itself, to put it bluntly, if there is no me, then he is also qualified to take over the position of Chengde Jiedu. In the face of interests, who dares to say that he has no ideas?"

Everyone nodded silently.

"Speaking of Zhenzhou, my father doesn't have a choice now, so he naturally wants to choose me, but what kind of attitude he has under his command is worth studying. Let's take an example, let's say You Yong, who is the most loyal to my father, will he definitely support me? I can't see it." Li Ze said lightly: "Don't forget, I still have half of the Wang family's blood flowing in my body, and a general like You Yong, how many Wang family members did he kill back then?" Can he not hesitate in his heart? With so many generals under my father's command, aren't they afraid that when I come to power, they will retaliate?"

Everyone couldn't help but be dumbfounded, only thinking that Li Ze was the son of the festival envoy, but they didn't expect that there were too many people's vital interests involved.

"Because of Wang Mingyi's relationship, Cao Xin knows a lot about me, and he won't have such scruples, but how much do other people know about me?" Li Ze smiled: "So, if you want them to accept me, it will take time, and during this period, there will inevitably be many difficulties and twists and turns. Of course, I am bound to get this position. But until then, we must not let up because of this, we must have the strength to support the success of the Chengde Festival."

"So Childe wants to take Yokomi!" Shi Zhuang clapped his hands and smiled: "If Gongzi can swallow Henghai, it will be the de facto Henghai Festival, and at that time, who would dare to say a word if he re-enters Zhenzhou with this power?"

Li Ze raised his palm, and closed his fingers one finger at a time: "Strength is where the confidence to speak lies."

Tu Lichun inhaled the cool air slightly, "Childe, with the land of three counties, if you want to swallow Henghai, this is not an ordinary difficulty."

Li Ze laughed: "Lichun, don't underestimate our current strength. Come, I'll make a calculation with you. Now Shiyi, Wuyi, Xindu three places, after absorbing Texas immigrants, we already have more than 100,000 people, theoretically, we can raise about 10,000 soldiers, wartime, counting the collected people, we can gather more than 30,000 troops. This is no longer a force to be underestimated. Now we have 2,500 armoured soldiers, and in a few months we will have 3,000 armoured men. We can even build more, as long as we have the financial resources to do so."

Li Ze looked at Xia He, but Xia He kept shaking his head.

Li Ze smiled, and continued: "Let's take a look at Henghai again, Zhu Shou has lost Texas on top of the facts, and in the next few years, it will become a barren land, and under Henghai's rule, there will only be Cangzhou, Dizhou, and Jingzhou. Yokomi has been hit hard by this, and coupled with his internal troubles, his strength will continue to decline."

Shi Zhuang's mind suddenly flashed with inspiration, and said: "Childe, Jingzhou, and Jingzhou, where I am afraid that there are still people who can be used. Liu Chenglin, he still has a huge handle in the hands of his son."

Li Ze smiled and said: "Liu Chenglin is definitely not a person who is willing to send people under the fence, and now that he is stationed in Jingzhou, I am afraid that he will have the intention of doing a big job. So this person, we can also divide him out of Zhu Shou's sphere of influence."

Tu Lichun didn't understand until this time, looked at Li Ze and said, "No wonder Gongzi wants Tu Hu to get Liu Chenglin's family from Shiyi to Wuyi, this is to threaten him with hostages."

"Master Liu came to our Wuyi as a guest of his own volition, and we didn't coerce him." Li Ze spread his hands and said.

The crowd burst out laughing.

Shi Zhuang said: "Liu Chenglin's sister-in-law Liu Ruyan, the last general has also seen it, it is really a beautiful girl who is charming and charming, and the same age as the son, if the son marries her, I am afraid that Zhu Shou and Liu Chenglin will soon turn their faces, childe, this is a great opportunity, the opportunity for beauty and general to have both in one fell swoop, you must not let it go."

The whole room was laughing, except for Xia He, of course.

Li Ze knocked on the table with a smile and said, "Okay, don't be kidding, I have already sent someone to send a letter to Liu Chenglin, and then, we will wait and see what happens, and at the same time do our own thing, that is, to manage Shiyi, Wuyi, and Xindu well. Shi Zhuang, you lead a thousand armor soldiers to garrison Xindu, Shen Congxing, you lead a thousand armor soldiers to garrison Shiyi, although we judge that Zhu Shou will not cross hundreds of miles of no man's land to attack us, but in case he loses his mind and goes crazy, we still have to be prepared for the precautions that should be taken."

"Yes!" The two generals stood up and bowed to the command.

"Lichun is still in charge of the personal guard battalion, and at the same time is in charge of the training tasks of the soldiers of the three prefectures." Li Ze said to Tu Lichun: "Now we don't have to worry about the source of soldiers, but I need these people, who have the ability to become a soldier at any time, as long as we need them, these people can be on top."

"Yes, Childe." Tu Lichun said awe-inspiringly.

"Li Han! That hundred Mo knife team, how did you do?" Li Ze looked at the tall Li Han, who was burly and had been sitting upright.

"Childe, these people don't recognize Liu Dai now." Li Han clenched his fists: "According to what Gongzi said, I am a big stick and a candied date, and now, they only have me in their eyes."

"Very good, next I will give you a special right, all the sources of troops in the three places, as long as you fancy it, you can choose at your disposal, and you will form a Modao team, of course, now I can't equip you with heavy armor like theirs, you can only wait until you have the conditions to do it later, but the preliminary work, we can do it, rather lack than abuse, you know?"

"Understood!" Li Han said loudly.

"Li De!" Li Ze called another person's name.

Hu Yi, who had just been given the surname by Li Ze not long ago, that is, Li Dehuo Ran stood up.

"I will hand over all the three hundred war horses captured in Texas this time, and use the people of your Heart Moon Fox Team to form a ranger. Hundreds of miles of barren land in Texas is the land of your horses. I don't have any more food and grass supplies for you other than weapons, you need to raise them yourself, you know what I mean?" LI Zedao.

Li De grinned: "Childe, I understand that not only is there hundreds of miles of no man's land in Texas, but also Dizhou, and Cangzhou can also go."

"Yang Kai, the thing you proposed to me earlier that you want to put all your efforts on the Yixing Society, I think it is feasible after thinking about it, but before I find a suitable candidate for Wuyi County, you still have to do a good job of the county order. From now on, the members of the Yixing Society will be divided into three levels: formal, preliminary, and candidate, and each person will have a number that belongs to him." Li Ze clapped his hands, Tian Bo took out a small box from a corner, opened it, and inside was a bronze medal with a yellow face, the bronze medal was carved with exquisite and complex patterns, and in the middle, it was a number.

Li Ze picked up the number one number plate from it and showed it to everyone, "This is mine."

Next, Li Ze began to award number plates to the people in the house one by one. Tu Lichun got the No. 2, Xia He took the No. 3, Shi Zhuang took the No. 4, Yang Kai got the No. 5, Tu Hu No. 6, Shen Congxing No. 7, these number plates basically represent the different importance of these people in the Li Ze Group now.

"The people in this room today will be the first batch of formal Yixing members, who are already working for Yixing Society, will become reserve members, whether they can become formal members, will depend on their work achievements, work enthusiasm and loyalty, Yang Kai, Yixing Society must have a complete system for absorbing members, this matter is also up to you to complete. Remember Luo, Yixing Society, it's hard to get in, and it's even harder to get out."

"Understood!" Yang Kai straightened his chest and said.

Li Ze looked at the people in the room and said word by word: "In the future, no matter how far we can go, as a member of my Yixing Society, it can really be regarded as our backbone force, the power that can be trusted, is our henchman, and the others, no matter who he is, can only be our minions at most. Ladies and gentlemen, you all have the right to introduce people to join Yee Hing Society, but please be cautious, because the people you introduce will be closely related to you."