In the base of the martial arts school, Wang Yi listened to the report of Wu Xiao and others.

"According to the requirements of the captain, we have completed the training of the new recruits, and the recruits have been reported to the insurance teams stationed in various places. But Captain, there are a lot of people now, but there are obviously not enough guns. Although there are now 6,000 people, in fact, there are only more than 1,300 guns that can be used, of which nearly 500 have been supplied to the insurance team stationed in Anshan. Fushun took another fifty branches. Plus the use of our base itself. By the way, there are also guns used by the captain to suppress bandits in the Panjin area. Now most of our team members can't even do their daily shooting training. ”

Wang Yi also knew the current situation, most of the members of the insurance team were still using big knives and spears. However, there is no way to do this, if you really want to buy 5,000 guns from foreign countries, the cost will be about 300,000 taels. If you add to that the cost of bullets...... Don't look at the big business of the Wang family, if you continue to toss like this, it will be a matter of time before you go bankrupt.

"It's obviously unrealistic to want to have guns for all the players. You must know that General Sheng Jing has only two or three thousand foreign spear teams, and most of them are transferred from Li Hefei. ”

Of course, Wu Xiao also knew about this situation and nodded.

Xiang Long asked at this time: "Captain, if you don't have a gun, what should you do in training?" ”

"Training guns, I'll figure it out."

Wang Yi thought for a moment and said, "My current idea is to cancel all other militia groups in our sphere of influence, take their signboards in our hands, and fundamentally establish a unified militia organization. I don't think there is any need for the militia groups in various places to continue to exist, some of them are called militia groups or regimental exercises, but in fact, they are a gang of bandits behind the scenes. ”

"The name of the outside world is ......," Wu Xiao asked.

"Joint defense, regional joint defense."

"Joint Defense...... So what is our main task? ”

"Suppress bandits, protect the safety of Dashang's factories, protect the security of telephone lines and the security of the transmission system in the future, and finally undertake the escort task."

"Captain, we understand the task ahead, how can the escort also be in our hands?" Xiang Long and others were puzzled.

"That's right!" Wang Yi smiled and said: "Qichang has been controlled by us, and Jack Sparrow's American fleet and Augustus Elton's European fleet have also been brought under our banner." As a result, we have gained reliable maritime transport capacity, and what is lacking today is land transport capacity. Because of the number of cattle farms, we are not short of horses, but of people to escort them during transportation. And it seems to me that instead of letting the people of the convoy carry the guns, it is better to let you take on the task. Although the money will not be handed over to you directly, it will also be earmarked for the daily needs of the insurance team. ”

No matter how Wang Yi trusts the insurance team, he will not hand over his financial power to them.

Wu Xiao and the others understood what Wang Yi meant, and the conversation began to revolve around how to annex the militia groups in other regions.

The next day, Wang Yi arrived at the Bajiaotai Zhangfu, which became his first stop to solve the problem of the militia group. When he explained his intentions, Zhang Quanbao and Zhang Quande were silent, and Wang Yi himself did not speak.

After a long time, Zhang Quanbao looked at Wang Yiyi: "Brother Xian, what you said ......?"

"How?"

"I agree in principle with the Octagonal Platform, but I also ask Brother Xian to answer a few questions from me."

"Brother Zhang, please speak!"

"We can hand over the sign of the group training, the problem is that there are people on our group training who are also in charge, you are now fully taking over, and the people above come down to ask how to answer."

Wang Yi suddenly smiled and said, "The militia of the Octagonal Terrace is nominally under the supervision of Haicheng, but here I can guarantee that as long as we join our insurance team, Haicheng will not have any problems." ”

Zhang Quanbao looked at Wang Yi with some surprise, then nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, I believe in the words of the virtuous brother." Article 2...... You have taken over the team training, where should our original team training team members go? ”

"The insurance team can give priority to selecting team members from team training, but our requirements are very high, the team members must be between 18 and 26 years old, in good health, have no bad habits, and cannot be contaminated with prostitution, gambling and drugs. In addition to this, there are also specific requirements in terms of height and weight. ”

Zhang Quande is the head of the Octagonal Terrace, so he naturally knows the specific situation in the group training, and according to Wang Yi's standards, there are not even half of them.

"Then the rest of the unqualified members ......"

"We big businessmen can provide them with free group training, and as long as they are qualified, they can be arranged to work." Wang Yi smiled again at this time: "Big brother, is the remaining personnel arrangement a problem?" Not to mention big business, just for the business of the eldest brother, it is not too much of a problem to arrange this person now. And I heard that because of the lack of work, the team training has not been trained for a long time, and the team members are busy earning money......"

Zhang Quanbao shook his head with a smile, somewhat embarrassed, pointed at Wang Yi, and said, "I knew I couldn't hide it from you kid!" ”

Zhang Quande also laughed at this time and said, "Big brother, I'll just say it!" We don't see Wang Xiaozi either, bandits have been extinct on our side for more than a year. The few people under my hands either secretly went to Yingkou to make money, or they entered our Zhang family's industry, and they were busy all day long. Now there are at most about 20 people left in the group training besides me, plus a sign. Since the king needs it, he will give it to him as well! ”

The negotiation of the Zhang family is relatively smooth, and the interests of the two families are intertwined, you have me, and I have you. Of course, in this process, Wang Yi also paid a certain price, such as training employees for the Zhang family for free, and so on.

After the Zhang family completed it, Zhang Quanbao was also very interesting to invite all the village and town leaders who participated in the grain and oil price alliance to help Wang Yi carry out his work. On the one hand, thanks to the fame of Dashang, on the other hand, it is also borrowed from Zhang Quanbao's connections, so the whole process went very smoothly. What Wang Yi paid for nothing more than to provide the necessary employment quotas and security guarantees for each village and town, the necessary economic incentives for the local big families, and even a small part of the equity of some big businessmen's factories.

The moon was dark and the wind was high, and three people sat in a hut in Bashi County - Alb Sahada, Ardan Zelin, and Zarari Heb. They were all the heads of the big families in Bashi County, and the three of them got together, with a table of water and wine in front of them, and they were discussing something in a low voice at this time.

"The Dashang Insurance Team is doing this, this is to destroy our ancestors!" Sahada was fat, in his fifties, and when he spoke, his eyebrows were erect and his eyes were wide open.

Zelin sighed, poured a glass of wine directly, and did not speak.

Heb said: "What's the use of saying this, Sahada, you go to Yingkou and walk around, how many big merchants have to buy and sell." Can we afford to mess with it? ”

"Can't be provoked?" Sahada slapped the table and scolded loudly: "This is against the sky, whose country is this country now?" It's not what our ancestors left to us Eight Banners. ”

Heb glanced at Sahada and sneered: "This Qing Dynasty is still our bannerman? I think it's a foreigner! ”

"You!" Sahada stood up and pointed at Heb in a state of rage. Zelin, who hadn't spoken for a long time, threw the wine glass in his hand to the ground at this time and scolded: "Okay, stop arguing!" So loud don't want to live anymore! ”

Sahada seemed to remember something, and then sat down in his seat, looking like a deflated ball, snuggling up to the back of his chair, not daring to scream hoarsely.

"We can't afford to mess with the big businessman......" Zelin suddenly burst into tears. I can see it now, I'm afraid that our Qing Dynasty will not be able to finish in less than 30 years! ”

Although Heb did not approve of Sahada, he was not so desperate, but now that he heard Zelin's words, his heart was also shocked.

"Where do you start talking about this......

Zelin looked at Sahada and Heb, shook his head helplessly, and then reached out and took a book from his bosom and threw it on the table. "Let's take a look."

Sahada and Hebu were both patriarchs of large local families in Bashi County, and they did not dare to say how highly learned, but they were both proficient in Manchu and Chinese, so they also recognized the title of the book - "Catalogue of All Nations-Daqing". There is no author's name on it, but it looks like a book in a series.

"This is a book I got from within the big business, but the other party only gave me this one, and I didn't care about it, but after reading it, I found that the author's vision is high and the accuracy of the information is far beyond the reach of my generation. No! It should be that no one in the Qing Dynasty can stand out. ”

That's too high.

"Zelin, who is the author of this book......?"

"Although the other party didn't say anything, I heard that this person is the highest-ranking chairman of the big business, as for his name and surname, I don't know."

When Zelin said this, Sahada and Heb were interested, anyway, there was time, and the book was not too thick, so the two read it together. Zelin didn't speak, and drank to himself.

About an hour later, Sahada and Heb finished reading the last page, both grim-faced, speechless.

It took a long time for Heb to say, "Although there is some truth in what I said above...... But are those assertions true? Did it all really happen? ”

Zelin cried and nodded, "I got this book more than a year ago...... After the first reading, I also turned my nose up, thinking that the other party was just talking nonsense. ”

"The result?" Sahada asked in surprise.

"Everything that happened in the capital was expected by him...... Even the matter of the imperial court stopping shipbuilding in the Jiangnan Shipyard, he wrote it out. "Zelin is in pain, a history of doomed tragedy has unfolded before his eyes, and he will be a witness to it. And Heb and Sahada were even more pitiful, they were pulled in together by Zelin and became backs.

Wang Yi was talking to Wu Xiao about things.

"Most of the bannermen who don't want to join us are some banner families, and now most of them are honest." Wu Xiao faced Wang Yiyi at this time.

"It's not all honest, is it?"

"Of course, some people began to ask for help from Shengjing, and some went to the capital."

Wang Yiyi smiled and said: "Then let them go and keep an eye on several big cities and military camps around us, especially the horse and gun teams transferred from Zhili, Jilin, and Heilongjiang under General Sheng Jing." ”

"The captain can rest assured that there is someone in charge. Although there is no telephone over there, it is still very easy to contact with the radio. As long as there is a stir, it doesn't take a moment for the message to be delivered. ”

"Although it is unlikely that Shengjing will send troops, you must also be mentally prepared."

"Yes, Captain!"

"Also, let the instructors strengthen the ideological education of the insurance team members, and the thinking of the gun must be unified. In addition, send the gendarmerie down, and the insurance team members who violate the law and discipline must be severely punished! ”