Recently, Yang Meng has a lot of tasks, and if the 5,500 quintals of cloud soil harvested in Yiliang before are all made into cloud smoke, it will not work at all in a month or two, and this matter cannot be done by others, so he can only do it himself.

There are a lot of things on Yiliang's side, Minghu Academy is almost completed, how to recruit students is also a problem, there are a lot of readers in Yunnan, but there are not many that can be used by themselves, Cen Yuying and Wei Wu gave the old man, and now the available readers in Yang Meng's hands are only Qin Ziqi, Jiang Shuxian and those Xiucai in Kunming Xishan.

Among these people, Qin Ziqi is also useful, and the others let them do things according to their instructions, but it is a little useless to let them support a situation by themselves.

Qin Ziqi's trip to Guangzhou, according to Yang Meng's instructions, found a woman in distress, who was also a fallen person, and there was a spark between the two, and now it is love. Traitor. Feeling. When it was hot, Qin Ziqi was in an unstable period and couldn't be used.

Counting the people around him, Yang Meng has now become the commander of the light pole, and there are countless people available among the knife hands, but these people are still successful in fighting and killing, training people, and letting them manage Yiliang's affairs, it is also a little difficult for them.

Yiliang now has a hundred and ten foreign devils, as well as a huge Minghu Academy, Yang Meng can't rely on himself, and no one can manage it. The manpower of the epidemic prevention camp will also be transferred back to Yiliang for training recently.

The lack of suitable manpower trapped Yang Meng, and after this epidemic prevention, the funds of Yiliang Manor were almost spent, although he brought back more than 2 million from Guangzhou, but the next cost was even greater.

Supporting the scholars of the academy, purchasing equipment for the epidemic prevention camp, and the mountain residents of western Yunnan who are about to be recruited by the old man to go down the mountain, and promising to build a church for foreign devils, the expenses are not small.

Wuzhuang still has to buy goods, the eldest brother wants to go to Ganshan to buy cattle, sheep and horses, and there is no spare money to fund himself, the silver in the old man's cellar is the foundation of the Yang family, and it cannot be used easily, and the production of cloud smoke must be carried out.

If you want to engage in Yunyan, you have to let go of Yiliang, and if you want to deal with Yiliang's affairs, you have to put down the production of Yunyan, which is short of manpower, and directly forced Yang Meng into a corner.

If it really doesn't work, I can only stretch out my hand to the old man, ask Cen Yuying to come back, and let him stand up to it in Yiliang first, Wei Wu's old traitor Yang Meng can't believe it himself, so let's leave it to the old man with a headache!

It's also a trouble to use Cen Yuying, this kid is not shallow in the city, and he is a little younger, it is the age of **forced, I am afraid that this kid will make a mistake and expose the matter, and I have to spend some time ** him, let Wei Huozi send a few good hands, watch this kid, don't let him do bad things.

Now that the matter has a rough outline, it is time to find a place to place those hundred and ten foreign devils, among these people, there must be impure motives, and they must be monitored.

The back of the Yang family's manor is not a good place to house these people, and it is promised that once their church is built, everything will be leaked, and it will be extremely inconvenient to find a deep mountain and wild valley, and it will be extremely inconvenient to enter and exit, including the transportation of building materials, which will make the movement big and attract people's attention.

Kunming's Xishan is not bad, but it is too close to the Governor's Palace, so I am afraid that I will leak the news of foreign devils and cause big trouble to the Yang family. The choice of this location is Jiang Shuxian's strength, and it is not bad to ask him.

Jiang Shu came first, but how to say this, it was also a trouble, saying that he would scare him by placing a hundred and ten foreign devils, but Jiang Shuxian had a lot of things in his stomach, and these things would have to be combined with the things of foreign devils in the future, and it would be no good to hide this matter from him.

"Lao Jiang, I brought back a hundred and ten foreign devils from Guangzhou, where do you think it is safest?"

Jiang Shu was dragged down by his family first, and there was little chance that the matter would leak from his mouth, so Yang Meng simply said something straightforward.

"Foreign devils! Third master, colluding with foreigners is a big crime! If you don't get it right, it will harm your children and grandchildren, this thing ......"

As soon as he heard that it was related to foreign devils, Lao Jiangtou was a little cowardly, he was born as a scribe, and he had studied the laws of the Qing Dynasty, and he knew what kind of crime it was to collude with foreigners.

But now he relies on the Yang family to eat, and eighty percent of his own family is also under the control of the Yang family. The Yang family is the big boss in this matter, and the three masters of the family have brought it back, and they don't seem to be afraid of anything, anyway, the sky is falling and there is a tall one.

"I don't know what the third master wants them to do when he settles these foreigners?"

Lao Jiang himself can figure it out best, so he doesn't need Yang Meng to bother talking, the purpose of these foreign devils, before Yang Meng figured out their background, he himself didn't know.

These people are also taking silver when they are idle, just taking advantage of this time, let them and the guys brought back by the eldest brother translate some foreigners' books, things from the Qing Dynasty, there are not many things that can be used, and if they want to rely on Yunnan to compete with the Qing Dynasty, they can only learn the things of foreigners.

"Open the school to teach Western science and technology, geography, architecture, military industry, etc., this place should be kept secret, and the second is easy to enter and exit. I also responded to these foreign devils and built churches for them, and the regulations of the churches are not small, and they cannot be put on the surface. ”

Now that I think about it, it was not a good idea to promise them to build a church.

"Third master, the purpose of running Minghu Academy is to find some scholars and learn things from foreigners, right?"

"Not bad!"

"Then this place is ready-made, isn't there a mountain forest behind Minghu Academy? Just find a valley, as far as Jiang knows, there are many valleys near Minghu, and there are holes in some places. The nearby mountains, forests, and fields are all owned by the Yang family, and as long as they clean up irrelevant people, they will not be discovered. ”

Jiang Shuxian's idea is good, it is most suitable to place the foreign devils there, but the specific terrain still needs to be investigated.

Yang Meng has a lot of things to do now, and when he thinks of what to do, he took Lao Jiang to the vicinity of Minghu Academy that day, and while Minghu Academy was not yet completed, it was not bad to transport some building materials directly to the place.

The craftsmen who built the academy are also there, just to build some temporary thatched huts and bamboo buildings, so that those foreign devils can live temporarily, and the construction of churches also needs craftsmen, and the timing is just right to find some craftsmen who have families and have a tight mouth.

Not far from Minghu Academy, there is a good place, across a river, there is a gourd-shaped valley, in and out of this valley, you must first cross the river, the area inside is also suitable, the front valley is one or two miles square, the back valley is four or five miles square, aren't there a few mercenaries in this group of foreign devils? It was through the front valley that the people were trained, and the back valley was used for residential teaching.

With the place of Qiangu, even the resettlement of villages on the mountains is also saved, and the swordsmen are directly allowed to live in the front and back valleys, just to watch these foreign devils.

The fields near Minghu Lake all belong to the Yang family's manor, as long as they set up peasant soldiers on the periphery, this valley, along with the entire Minghu Academy, are under their control.

Minghu is a loophole, just take the opportunity to take Minghu as his own, Yiliang, Chengjiang, Chenggong County, and the land near Minghu into the Yang Family Grange, so that the Zhuang farmers and tenants will surround the entire Minghu Academy, and turn this place into a small world belonging to the Yang family.

At that time, without their own consent, whoever wants to enter and exit here will basically be impossible, and the control of foreign devils in this way can also be relaxed, let them show their own feet, and dispose of those people with crooked thoughts, and they can save some thoughts.

After the location is chosen, there is nothing to do with Yang Meng, let the knife men of the Grange explore the valley, build bridges and build houses and purchase building materials, and hand it over to Jiang Shuxian, Yang Meng has to go to the old man to dig people!

sent away his in-law Pan Shicheng, Yang Shiqin was not in a hurry to return to Kunming, the third child is going to do a big job this time, and he should help him as an old man.

Their old brothers, except for one Ding Baojun, most of the others are rich and free, at this time, it is time for them to do it, and their heirs are all considered their own family, if they don't contribute at this time, when will they wait?

Those crooked boys, they should also give the third child a chance to let him **, the entrepreneurship of the older generation is not for them to squander, and when it is time to contribute and endure hardships, none of them can run.

Yang Shiqin gave an order here, but he was busy with his old brothers, seven old men in their fifties and sixties, with young men in their twenties, and rushed to Yiliang Grange non-stop.

When Yang Meng found the old man, it was lively, seven old men, plus Ding Baojun and Yang Shiqin, were the original team of the Yang family, Ding Baojun was the youngest and was still contributing, Yang Shiqin was the eighth, and the others were uncles.

These people are all Jianghu people, and their rules are no less than officialdom, and they have to kowtow when they see a salute, and three rings for one person are twenty-one. The third child of the Yang family kowtowed to his uncles, that was the first time, okay! These old things are also grinning, gold ingots, silver buns, short knives, daggers, Yang Meng received a bunch, this is a meeting gift, and it can't be pushed away.

The sons of these uncles scratched their heads vigorously when they saw Yang Meng, one of them is counted as one, and there are not many who have not been beaten by Yang Laosan. The descendants of these uncles did not participate in the Yang family's trading, and this was Yang Shiqin's backhand.

These 20 or so young people, some of them practice martial arts, some of them are scholars, and a few of them are scribes and errands of the Governor's Palace, and it is only today that the old man Yang Shiqin shows his back hand.

For those who practice martial arts, the Yang family funded them to open martial arts halls in various places around Yunnan Mansion, and they also have nearly a thousand swordsmen in their hands, which is the most elite strength of the Yang family.

There are also a few who have gained fame in reading, and most of the rest are not literate, and it is already very good for these people to be able to cultivate such a team.

"Third child, these people will be your brothers in the future, how to place you first, let your uncles rest assured."

This can be regarded as a handover in disguise, Yang Shiqin wants to really hand over the Yang family to the third Yang Meng.

"Good! You people, come one by one, report what you are good at, and I will have a bottom and tell me what your future path will be. ”

Among these people in the house, Yang Meng is the youngest, but his lewdness. Wei is the most prosperous, although Yang Meng has no impression of these people, but they have a deep impression of Yang Meng.

"Third master! I am Ding Baojun's eldest son, Ding Taichen! I know how to punch and kick, and I've read some books, but the bookkeeper is the one I know best, and I'm happy to fiddle with money, so let me be the housekeeper! ”

Lao Ding's eldest son made the whole house laugh, and Lao Ding Baojun was such a virtuous person back then.

The wealth of this group of people in the house was given by Yang Shiqin, and the heirs they brought were all usable and heartfelt to the Yang family.

"It's done! Yiliang Grange will be handed over to you, ask Uncle Ding if you don't understand, there are many industries in Yiliang, so be cautious. ”

The manpower given by the old man is naturally trustworthy, but these people also have to be trained, Yang Meng has to see their skills, but except for this Ding Taichen, Yiliang Grange is short of a housekeeper, and it is best for him to take this position.

Those few who are good, Yang Meng directly sent them to Wei Camel, Wei Camel learned his own three-point skills, and it was enough to train these people.

Although Wei Huozi is not very literate, his eyesight and knowledge are good, and he can also see people twice, so it is not too late to let Wei Huozi sift them through and arrange a livelihood.

There are six of them who are good at reading, Yang Meng waved his hand, and directly assigned it to the old man, spending some money to buy an official, let them be officials, and controlling Yunnan is the best choice.

The remaining eight or nine are not high or low, there are seven or eight thousand people in the epidemic prevention battalion, these are just going there to lead the troops, the epidemic prevention battalion is Yang Meng's first team, and their loyalty must be guaranteed.

There is one left after the most, this one is a little unsociable, it is Yang Shiqin's eldest brother Sun Shun's only son Sun Boqing, this one's hobbies are somewhat similar to Yang Meng, he loves to drill mountains and forests, and the kung fu under his hands is also the best among these people, but he is withdrawn, and it is also the boss of Sun Shun's family.

"Boqing, it is said that you have a tough hand, let's try?"

"Third child, forget it! This kid got my foot poke, and he was poisoned! ”

The eldest Sun Shun stopped doing it when he heard Yang Laosan's words, and his own son knew that he was afraid of hurting the third child of the Yang family.

"It's not in the way, let's keep some hands, it shouldn't be fine, even if it's injured, it's not a big deal!"

Sun Boqing's personality made Yang Meng interested, and now the most useful may be Ding Taichen and this.

"If you hurt you, you are not allowed to find a post-account."

Sun Boqing didn't refuse, opened the door of the house, and walked into the courtyard, but he knew who Yang Laosan was, and he was afraid of being retaliated against by this stupid overlord.

"I'm unlucky if I'm hurt, but if you lose, what?"

"Then even if you convince me, I will listen to you in the future!"

Sun Boqing and Yang Meng are two extremes, Sun Boqing is as thin as a monkey, and Yang Meng is full. Full of tigers, the competition between these two young children also aroused the appetite of the older generation.

"Third child, make a bit of a measured shot, don't hurt Boqing."

Among these people, the one who knows Yang Meng's methods the most is the old man of the Yang family, although Sun Boqing has some skills, but the old man is not optimistic about him.

"There are counts!"

Yang Meng took off his robe and walked out of the house.