Wu Ming's estimate was very correct, the 600 recruits sent by Changshan and Kaihua counties, plus the 584 officers and men of the Changshan Security Corps, after a strict physical examination and selection, only a pitiful 485 people met the requirements, of which the recruits from Changshan and Kaihua counties still accounted for the majority, so ashamed that Xu Mingzhong, acting head of the Changshan County Security Corps, was embarrassed.

Wu Ming was unwilling to pay a penny for the nearly 500 Jiaoerlang who were about to be dismissed as weak soldiers of the Changshan Security Regiment, and all of them were sent to the headquarters camp, giving Fang Youchun and Tang Yuntao a headache.

More than 200 recruits from the two counties who were not selected were treated well, and nearly half of the people who were afraid of difficulties received five pieces of ocean each, and returned to their hometowns with receipts stamped with the official seal of the teaching team, leaving 130 recruits who were not in good shape but had quite a lot of backbone and courage, and were left behind by Wu Ming.

On the morning of the next day, the purchased weapons and equipment arrived ahead of schedule, except for the 1,500 rifles and 10 Czech light machine guns purchased by the headquarters for the Fourth Regiment, all other weapons and equipment were sent to the military camp in the north of the city, and they were immediately locked in the ordnance warehouse in the mountain bag by Wu Ming.

After Wu Ming explained the military affairs to Long Shaogang and Zhao Rongsheng, who were staying at home to preside over the training of recruits, and the commanders of the companies directly under him, he went to the construction site of the barracks of the medical team and met with the enthusiastic captain Steve.

After discussing the matter of establishing physical examination files for officers and soldiers, Wu Ming took out two forms and handed them to Steve, telling him to have time to visit the Keats Hospital, which was about to open, and to have more contact with doctors from Europe and the United States, where there were half of the brothers' shares, and 20 advanced students who had been carefully selected from among the graduates of various middle schools in Quzhou. In the end, in order to facilitate Steve's travel, Wu Ming left the Dodge car key to him.

When he raised his head, Wu Ming had already ridden his tall zebra horse, leading Dai Ziran, who had changed careers to become a staff officer, and went away surrounded by Lu Kuiyuan and the thirty-five brothers in the spy platoon.

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At the coal wharf in the west of the city, the two iron-hulled ships that had unloaded the fluorite mine were cleaned up, and Wu Ming led the brothers to arrive and immediately boarded the ship and set off for Changshan County.

The leader of Lu, who had stayed in Quzhou City for many days, instructed his brothers to set up the tea table, patted his son's head, and said with a smug smile: "I have been promoted to captain, and I deserve to be the seed of my old Lu family, Ha Luha!" ”

"Big brother, don't talk about this in the future, others don't know the way and think that Kuiyuan is not necessarily your species." Wu Ming's joke made the brothers laugh, and Lu Zhengde was so angry that he gave Wu Ming a kick.

When the steamer entered the river, Lu Zhengde pointed to the power plants on both sides of the coal wharf and the Standard Oil monopoly station of the United States: "The big wharf, coal mines, oil stations and power plants alone have brought us nearly 60,000 net profits every month, and they have also climbed into a big family like Tang Yuntao, which is powerful, has soldiers and guns, which I never dreamed of before...... Little brother, my brothers and three thousand folks are grateful to you! ”

Wu Ming pouted: "Nonsense! Isn't there my stake in it too? Don't be patronizing and intoxicated, it is estimated that you won't be able to do it for a few years, so if you can get rich, hurry up and get rich. ”

Lu Zhengde frowned, drove his son and brothers to the bow of the boat, sat down beside Wu Ming, took the hot tea handed by Dai Ziran, and said with a smile: "Chief Dai is young and promising!" At a glance, I know that Lu Dao is a cultural person who reads poetry and books, unlike my family Kuiyuan who can only dance knives and guns. ”

Dai Ziran said politely: "Uncle is too modest, who doesn't know that Lu Dao Kuiyuan is both civil and military?" Not only is his kung fu good, but he also writes well, and now he is also studying the courses of the military academy by himself, which is much stronger than his little nephew, which is very remarkable! ”

Lu Zhengde's old face suddenly smiled like a blooming flower, and Wu Ming smiled when he saw this: "Big brother, do you know where Lu Dao Ziran came from?" ”

"Of course, I've heard Kui Yuan say that he is a top student who graduated from a medical school run by a foreigner, huh? It's strange, don't you say that I really didn't pay attention, how did such a talent get mixed with you? ”

Lu Zhengde was very surprised, even You Fanglangzhong was respectable these years, not to mention the shortage of talents who graduated from foreigner medical colleges, why didn't they go to the big city to open a hospital, but followed Wu Ming to join the army?

Wu Ming didn't answer this question, but asked about an old thing: "Big brother, do you remember the two foreign monks who caught Gexian Weng Mountain?" ”

"Huh? Yes! This, this, what is the relationship between the surname Dai and the little brother? Lu Zhengde seems to have understood.

Wu Ming explained: "That person's name is Dai Zichen, and the one who supplied you to the several newly opened Western pharmacies in Changshan County, Zhaoxian Town and Kaihua County is my brother Dai Zichen. This Dai Ziran is my brother's cousin, and it is precisely because of Dai Zichen's introduction that I got Dai Ziran, a great talent. Zi Ran is now the same brother as Kui Yuan, he is my most trusted brother, and he has helped me a lot! ”

Lu Zhengde was so embarrassed that his face turned red, and he raised his hand and waved it again and again: "Oops! I'm sorry, brother, I'm sorry! Back then, the eldest brother and I were also forced to be cornered, so I dragged my family and ran up the mountain to be the king of the mountain, which was really a big flood that washed the Dragon King Temple! The next time I see your cousin and the foreign monk, I will definitely apologize to them! ”

Dai Ziran was so happy when he saw this, saying that he didn't care about this matter at all, but asked about the situation of the Maoliangwu militia group's assistance to the Kaihua Police Station in guarding Kaihua City.

Lu Zhengde hurriedly reported: "Since the accident in Kaihua, our sixth brother has led more than 200 militia brothers to be stationed there, changed into the military uniform of the security team, and on weekdays under the banner of the Changshan Security Corps, Kaihua County is very supportive, and the rich businessmen who escaped from the city and outside the city not only gave us a sum of 50,000 oceans of thanks, but also gave double pay to the brothers who guarded Kaihua. ”

"After County Magistrate Wang returned, he selected 50 people from among our brothers to enter the police station, and from your headquarters, he asked for two capable chief and deputy directors, and also summoned 500 young men to follow us for training, and your boss sold four heavy machine guns and 500 rifles to the Kaihua militia, and there is basically no problem in self-protection. It is estimated that in two months, our brothers will be able to withdraw from Kaihua County to Maoliangwu, Haluha! ”

"No wonder the eldest brother is not in a hurry for civilization at all, it turns out that everything has already been arranged." Dai Ziran looked at Wu Ming respectfully.

Wu Ming pointed to the dozen or so Mao Liangwu brothers who were on the boat behind him to help feed the horses: "Ziran, look at those brothers, they are inconspicuous, right?" But if they really want to fight, Kuiyuan's spy platoon may not be able to take them for a while, and if they also have the submachine guns and mortars of the spy platoon brothers, it is not yet known who will kill them. ”

Dai Ziran's eyes widened: "How is it possible?" You've trained it, right? ”

Wu Ming shook his head: "I just handed over the training method to them, and led my troops to Phoenix Mountain north of Maoliangwu to give guidance a few times during the training, but they trained better than each of our companies, and their combat power was not under Kuiyuan's spy platoon, which is also an important reason why the 300 militia regiments in Maoliangwu were able to break the siege of Huacheng." ”

"I have never told anyone about this, and the reason why I mention it to you is that I hope you will always maintain a humble and prudent attitude, there is a sky outside the sky, there are people outside the world, and you should not be blindly complacent. Your talent is very high, as long as you work hard, your future prospects will not necessarily be worse than mine. ”

Dai Ziran bowed deeply: "Brother Xie's teachings, Ziran understands!" ”

Wu Ming turned to Lu Zhengde and asked, "Big brother, third brother, they estimate that they have arrived at Sanqing Lake, right?" ”

Lu Zhengde nodded: "It's definitely here, it's just to convince the leaders of more than a dozen cottages, I'm afraid it's not something that can be done in a day or two, not to mention that we have a grudge with a few families in the north, if it weren't for Shangrao's army entering the mountains many times to clear and suppress, so that the cottages lost their morale and suffered a big injury, I'm afraid I wouldn't dare to promise you to send someone to recruit An." ”

Wu Ming's expression was very relaxed: "This is not what it used to be, if Huaiyu Mountain is two hundred miles away, nine mountains and eighteen villages miss this opportunity, what awaits them will be a catastrophe...... It can be said that they let the Zhimin Department of the Red Army drag it down...... Because Fang Zhimin could tolerate them before, he had been trying to absorb them and want to transform them into the Red Army, so he didn't send troops to destroy them......"

"How so?" Lu Zhengde was surprised.

Wu Ming analyzed in detail: "Big brother, do you think, with the ability of Fang Zhimin's people, as well as the 5,000 local troops in their hometown who run the mountain road like walking on the ground, if they really want to destroy the cottages, it will not be easy?" The reason why they are at peace with each other is probably because they don't have time to take care of them, and they just want to take them for their own use...... But in this way, the cottages fell into the eyes of the encirclement and suppression forces of the Central Army and the Jiangxi security forces, and they were no different from the Red Army. ”

"I don't want a year, Nanchang will definitely send troops to clean up, I told the third brother a few times, let the third brother bring a message to the bosses of each family for me, if you don't want to mix with me, even if you move to Maoliangwu to live a good life...... If I can't do that, I can't save them. ”