After everyone introduced each other, and had a simple dinner in the hotel, seeing that the hour was not early, everyone had a laugh and embarked on the journey back to the mountain.

On the edge of the water berth, Ruan Xiaoqi's battalion of sailors warmly greeted everyone to get on the boat, and then hundreds of boats competed for the current and headed towards Liangshan Island together.

At this time, it is already dusk, the afterglow of the setting sun is sprinkled on the vast and endless lake, the reeds in the water are swinging, the yellow reeds in winter have drawn out new shoots, the water surface is clear and turquoise, the breeze is blowing, and everyone is not feeling relaxed and happy.

"Sure enough, it is eight hundred miles of water, the smoke and waves are vast, the water and the sky are the same color, Brother Lin is really extraordinary, and he actually used Xuanzong here as a foundation early in the morning. You see that there are many rivers here, and there are many harbors, if there are no thousands of sailors, which one can easily go to the island? ”

I saw Xu Ning standing at the bow of the boat, looking into the distance, and couldn't help but admire.

Lin Chong smiled, Xu Ning was right, before he went to Liangshan, his mind was more or less influenced by the original Water Margin story, and he thought so at the time, and he also wanted to secretly develop and grow on Liangshan and make a fortune.

But the plan always couldn't catch up with the changes, and Lin Chong didn't expect that the Liangshan army would develop so quickly, and he would bring back thousands of men and horses after a trip to Hebei; And he had a grudge with Zhujiazhuang so early, and then he ate all the military horses in Yunzhou, made a fortune in Zengtou City, and collected two battalions of elite soldiers from the second general of Rainfire.

Especially after the destruction of Zhujiazhuang, there was a base area of Dulonggang, and the Liangshan army was already so strong, and the Western Army was dragged by the Western Xia.

Under such circumstances, how could the Liangshan army only defend Liangshanbo and wait for the enemy to hit the edge of Shuibo, relying on Shuibo to resist the enemy, and ignore the base area outside Shuibo?

Therefore, Lin Chong felt that in this time and space, unless it was a last resort, the Liangshan army had to carry forward the spirit of taking the initiative to attack and defend the enemy outside the base area, how could it be possible for the imperial army to fight in Shuibo?

Not to mention anything else, when they went down the mountain to attack Yunzhou and Zengtou City, more than 10,000 households in Dulonggang were sowing the corn and potatoes issued to them by the Liangshan army, and they also wanted to promote these two high-yield crops to all base areas, and at the same time let them plant peppers to get rich and make money!

In this way, the life of the people in these places is getting better and better, and they will naturally support the Liangshan Army, which is the basis for the Liangshan Army to compete for the world.

So Lin Chong briefly introduced to Xu Ning the terrain of the few depressions in the middle of Liangshanbo, the wide water surface, the outermost and innermost reeds, the dense rivers, the many forks, and the shallow waterways.

“…… In fact, in my opinion, these 800 miles of water should not become a barrier to trap us, and our Liangshan water army should not just guard this water pool, their way out should be to go out, to the Bohai Sea, to the East China Sea......"

Xu Ning was amazed when he heard this, and said in his heart that Brother Lin really wanted to be completely different from ordinary people, no wonder he could achieve such a big career.

When Lin Chong and Xu Ning had said almost, Lu Jiang, Du Hao, and Gao Yu seized the opportunity to report to Lin Chong.

I listened to General Lu said: "Brother, this time we conquered Yunzhou City, and a total of 1,832 horse soldiers were recruited from the 16 battalions of horse infantry in Yunzhou, 2,756 infantry troops were recruited, and 800 people from Yunzhou were recruited to join the army.

3,625 horses, of which 2,862 were war horses and 763 horses; A total of 380,000 pieces of gold and silver were seized from the treasury of Yunzhou, and we didn't ask for him, but only 38 pieces of gold and silver, and only 30,000 stones were transported back to the mountains after the grain was distributed to the people......

Lin Chong nodded, but he didn't expect that when he opened the treasury of a state city, there were only 760,000 yuan of gold, silver, jewelry, copper coins and other money, as well as such a small amount of grain and grass.

But think about it, it is clear, the system of the Great Song Dynasty has always been strong and weak, the central government grasps both military power and financial power, once the two taxes (once in summer, once in autumn) are collected, the money and grain must be immediately sent to Beijing, at this time the summer tax is confiscated, and there is naturally no money in the local treasury.

Over there, General Lu continued to report on the situation that more than 3,000 people from Jeju came to attack Yangsanpo, and the Yangsan army surrendered more than 1,200 people out of the more than 2,000 people who were captured, and the other people with poor quality were not released, but were taken as prisoners and were detained to work on various construction sites on Yangsan Island.

Hearing this, Lin Chong didn't feel anything, Xu Ning and Guanghui, who had just gone up the mountain, and Wang Feiyu, who had been following Lin Chong to rescue Xu Ning this time, couldn't help but widen their eyes, although they didn't speak, but the shock in their hearts was not small.

The Liangshan Army already has more than 10,000 soldiers, and now it has collected and recruited more than 6,000 soldiers and horses, plus 2,000 people recruited by Zengtou City, and it will break through 20,000 horses this time.

Moreover, the Liangshan Army is so prosperous now, as generals and leading officers in the army, they can naturally lead more soldiers, and several people can't help but have some hot eyes, and secretly guess in their hearts how the elder brother in the army will arrange their positions.

At this time, Gao Yu also reported to Lin Chong how many gold, silver and copper coins, how many jewels and jade, how many silk and porcelain medicinal materials, and how many livestock were seized in Zengtou City this time, only to hear Xu Ning and Guanghui and others are more and more amazed.

However, Lin Chong's focus was on a small matter that Gao Yu said - it turned out that Zengtou City not only raised horses and did private business for the Song Dynasty, but also smuggled military materials such as sulfur, saltpeter, mercury, and lacquer to the Liao State, which were strictly prohibited from being exported by the Great Song Dynasty.

These things were found when the Liangshan army later counted the warehouse, among which the sulfur and saltpeter amounted to more than 3,600 catties and more than 4,500 catties, which should have been smuggled to the Liao State after the beginning of spring, but before the ship could be opened, Zengtou City was broken by the Liangshan army.

These things, as well as the more than 500 Guan family properties, war horses, and livestock accumulated by Zengtou City over the past few decades, are all cheap Liangshan Army.

Lin Chong was very happy, more than 8,000 catties of sulfur and saltpeter, this is an important raw material for making black, fire and medicine, he didn't have so many secretly bought from various channels before, with these materials can make thousands of catties of black, fire and medicine.

At this time, General Lu and Du Bai asked Lin Chong together: "Brother, this time I went down the mountain for my military operation, our Liangshan army has expanded more than 8,000 people and horses at once, and it is estimated that the imperial court will send a large army to conquer and suppress it soon, how to arrange the positions of these more than 8,000 people and the more than 20 brothers who have just gone up the mountain?" ”

Speaking of the position of Liang Shanjun, in fact, a complete set of selection procedures has been formulated, such as according to the performance of recruits in training, the assessment results of military skills and cultural courses, and the observation and recommendation of various commanders, step by step from private to captain, to the main ......

There was even a recruit who performed particularly well, and after two months of recruit training, he was directly promoted to the head of the capital.

Then, according to the performance in peacetime, the results of the battle, and the meritorious service made, after each combat mission, there are agents who are regularized or promoted, and there are also a few individual agents who are directly demoted.

However, this time Lin Chong decided not to hibernate, but openly pulled the flag to rebel, and Lu Jiang, Du Yan and others all felt that with the reaction speed of the imperial court, there would be no more than one or two large armies to come to conquer and suppress.

Time is pressing, and it is impossible for the new brothers to rise up from the mountain one by one like ordinary privates, so everything has to be decided by Lin Chong.