Yang Lin raised his hand and waved his hand to stop Huo Xiong from going on, and said rationally: "Huo Xiong, let Zhang San finish his words first, don't talk with a gun and a stick, don't make personal attacks, tonight's discussion is only about matters and express your own opinions." ”

Regarding Huo Xiong's teasing words, Zhang San smiled slightly, showing that he didn't care. Seeing that Yang Lin was not angry with himself because of his cold water, he was still calm and composed, and couldn't help but firmly follow Yang Lin's idea in his heart, and then continued to tell.

"Young master, I mean, if we follow the development you said, even if we are entrenched in the deep mountains and old forests, we will not confront the Qing court head-on. However, with the increase in the sphere of influence and the increasing number of personnel, it is certainly impossible to keep it secret. After all, the increase in personnel also represents the noisy composition of personnel, and our affairs are easy to be spread, and the Qing court will definitely not let us develop and grow, so we will not be able to avoid confrontation with the Qing court. ”

Huo Xiong stopped talking, no longer looked down on Zhang San, but turned full of shame, because what Zhang San said was insightful, very strategic, completely out of good intentions, planning for the future, and proposing all possible contingencies.

The atmosphere suddenly became heavy, and Zhang San's series of words were the worst case. But it is undeniable that his words are straight to the point, and the two of them cannot help but start pondering, thinking of countermeasures, and perfecting them. Because, what Zhang San said is very likely to happen, and everyone can't afford not to consider it and think about countermeasures.

After a long time, a bright light flashed in Zhang San's eyes, and then he asked excitedly: "Young master, do you know that when the Tartars entered the customs, they mentioned that they kept their heads without their hair, and they kept their hair without their heads?" ”

Yang Lin snorted suspiciously, and looked at Zhang San puzzled. Huo Xiong had been thinking about it for a long time, but when he heard what Zhang San meant, it seemed that he had paid attention, and immediately urged: "Zhang San, say it quickly, don't sell it, it's almost midnight, and the young master will set off early tomorrow morning." ”

Only then did Zhang San realize that now was not the time to show off. So, Lang Sheng said: "Young master, we can follow the practice of the Tartars when they entered the customs, and all the people within our sphere of influence and under the jurisdiction of the stockade are not allowed to keep braids." Even if you don't want to, you want to leave, you have to stop talking. Otherwise, once the news leaks, we will fall short, and all our efforts will be ruined and wasted! ”

Yang Lin didn't have to think about it, just thought about it slightly, and knew that Zhang San's idea was the best strategy, and he had no choice. In that case, people who don't have braids won't dare to sneak out at all, let alone leak the affairs of Kongtong Mountain.

However, Yang Lin did not finalize it immediately, but thought for a while before expressing his opinion.

"Zhang San, your method is good, it has great feasibility and operability. However, there is still something to be done. ”

Zhang San, who was originally excited, immediately asked humbly: "Young Master, perfect place?" Is there anything else wrong? ”

Yang Lin stroked his chin and said slowly: "There's nothing wrong, it's just not time yet." ”

"According to the current situation, in a short period of time, it is not the time for us to revolt, and we are not completely in a state of confrontation with the Qing court, everything is just in secret."

"Moreover, the food on our mountain is not very sufficient, and we need to go down the mountain from time to time to purchase. Therefore, some people in the cottage need to be kept with braids so that they can go down the mountain to buy some things, daily necessities. ”

In an instant, Zhang San suddenly brightened up, understood what Yang Lin meant, and immediately added: "Not only that, those who go down the mountain to be in charge of procurement must also be completely loyal to you, Marshal, and deserve our trust!" ”

Yang Lin smiled, nodded slightly, and said loudly: "Yes, that's right!" ”

Then, Yang Lin didn't give the two of them a chance to breathe, and continued: "Now that the general direction has been determined, the preventive measures must also be thought of, and the two of you will discuss the details later." ”

"Now, I have two more things to tell you."

The two of them, who were originally relaxed, immediately became nervous, with solemn expressions on their faces, and were seriously ready to listen to what Yang Lin was going to say next.

"One of them is our soldiers. Wherever we have spheres of influence, everyone has to undergo military training. Of course, this is up to Huo Xiong to do. However, this is based on the fact that military training can only be carried out after the agricultural work, the grain crop species and the harvest. ”

"Moreover, all the soldiers must be staffed. During farming, it can be divided into several units and carry out agricultural work. In training or wartime, there can be relevant components, so that with just one command, all combatants can put on armor and fight the enemy. Of course, it is still subject to our original army establishment. ”

"Ranks are divided into corps, divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions, companies, platoons, and privates. A platoon of twelve privates, a company of three platoons, a battalion of three companies, and so on. However, it is necessary to go through layers of selection before the commanders at all levels can be determined, and there can be no special treatment. ”

At the same time, Yang Lin smiled slightly in his heart, and a thought popped up for no reason, and he couldn't help but show playfulness on his eyebrows, and then said with a smile: "By the way, Huo Xiong~ Zhang San, I have an idea, I don't know how it feels, what do you think?" ”

"Marshal, you say, let's listen." The two replied in unison, without thinking.

"In this way, if we revolt in the future, this place must have a name, and the army must also have a number, you see that our place is called Kongtong Base Area, and the number of the army is called Kongtong Army, how about it?"

When Yang Lin said this, Huo Xiong was full of energy and excited, which was a unique emotion for soldiers.

Although the two didn't understand what the marshal meant by this name, and they didn't understand why they had to call it like this, but seeing the excitement on the young master's face, they didn't want to sweep Yang Lin's excitement, and it was just two names, so they immediately responded: "Okay, it's really good for the young master to get a name, just call it like this!" ”

Subsequently, Yang Lin woke up from the excitement and remembered that there was still one thing that had not been explained, so he took over the previous topic and continued to talk about it.

"Second, there is an iron mine in Kongtong Mountain, and the two of you must organize people to dig iron ore. In particular, among the thousands of people I brought, some of them understand this. I think Huo Xiong should know who it is, Huo Xiong, you can talk to Zhang San in the future. ”

"Well, okay ~ Marshal!"

"What I'm saying is not to let you dig just this one iron mine, but to look around and see if there are any iron mines in other places, I need iron now, a lot of iron!"

"By the way, it's not just digging iron ore, it's also about smelting it, hoarding it, and I'll take it away when I come next time."

After Yang Lin said this, he deliberately instructed some things. It didn't take long for Huo Xiong and Zhang San to leave, the three of them were very sleepy, yawning for a long time, and they couldn't stay up for a long time, so they returned to the room and fell asleep.

Early the next morning, a group of people from Yang Lin's original class set off and were greeted and sent off by Zhang San and Huo Xiong.

However, there is still one more person in Yang Lin's team, and that is Zhao Min.

Yang Lin and his entourage left Kongtong Mountain, followed the official road of Ganzhou, all the way to the southeast, and went straight to Guangzhou.