Wang Lun thought about it and felt that the way to quickly improve the realm of martial arts would not work, after all, he was now facing several problems. The first is the issue of one's own prestige.

Among the 108 generals of Liangshanbo, the vast majority of them are factions, mainly divided into five factions: Chaogai faction, Songjiang faction, Lu Zhishen Sanshan faction, surrender officer army faction, and Lu Junyi faction.

The Chaogai faction mainly relied on the fame of the Tota Heavenly King, while the Song Jiang faction was dominated by Shandong Hubaoyi and timely rain Song Jiang. Chao Gai and Song Jiang are two people, one is a natural leader, and the other is a leader with deep city government and first-class scheming, and it is very difficult to subdue.

Not to mention the officer faction, Song Jiang, who has a lot of prestige and scheming, is not convinced, let alone Wang Lun, a talent who is not well-known? As for the jade unicorn Lu Junyi, he was still unwilling to be second under Song Jiang, and he would not be accepted by Wang Lun.

Thinking about it, the only one who can have hope is Lu Zhishen's Sanshan faction, after all, the relationship between Lin Chong and Lu Zhishen is still relatively deep, and Lu Zhishen also respects Lin Chong.

The more Wang Lun thinks about it, the more headaches he gets, other people's rivers and lakes are well-known, such as what kind of mixed river dragon, black whirlwind, Tota Heavenly King, even a few of his current subordinates, touching the sky, King Kong in the clouds, and the law of the dry land! One is louder than the other, and one is scary @! And he's the boss, but he's just a white-clothed showman! The white-clothed Xiushi has a bird, which sounds light and fluttering, like a soft persimmon, and it sounds like a soy sauce existence.

Wang Lun hated Shi Nai'an very much at this time, because Wang Lun was a supporting role, and he indiscriminately gave such a lethal nickname, which brought a lot of trouble to himself.

Therefore, Wang Lun's first step is to give himself a new title of majesty and domineering, but the title must be combined with his own temperament, so he has to do something to show to those heroes in the rivers and lakes. It's just that it takes time or chance to get this nickname.

For example, in the timely rain of Song Jiang, people have been a fortune boy for decades to get such a title; Another example is the Tota Heavenly King Chao Gai, who carried the pagoda of Xixi Village and Town to the East Village with his own strength, and became famous.

Thinking about it, Wang Lun didn't feel that he had any outstanding qualities, except for a system, could it be called hanging on the wall? It's so shabby, it sounds like it's going to hang up at any time.

Phew! Six months to go!

Now is not the time to subdue the new heroes, and there is no good plan for the title, Wang Lun can only pin his hopes on Lin Chong in the end, hoping that he can build the more than 700 rabble above and below Liangshanbo into an elite with explosive combat effectiveness, so that even if Chao covers them with a seven-star alliance, they will not dare to attack themselves.

Thinking of this, Wang Lun immediately sent someone to call Lin Chong to the Juyi Hall.

"Brother Xian, my brother came to you today to discuss something."

Wang Lun originally wanted to give Lin Chong a cigarette to smoke according to the custom, but after touching it, he found that he didn't have cigarettes in the ancient world, so he poured a cup of tea and asked with a smile: "Brother Xian is the head of the 800,000 forbidden army in Tokyo, and he must be extremely skilled in marching and fighting, arranging troops, and training soldiers. Now although my Shuibo Liangshan covers an area of 800 miles, and there are seven or eight hundred brothers in the village, after all, they are all some, cough cough, for brothers, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a group of rabble, and there is no combat power at all. Is there a way for a virtuous brother? ”

Lin Chong smiled and said, "Brother, I don't know. To tell the truth, although the 800,000 forbidden army leader is famous, in fact it is just a fictitious position, and he has no real power, and he cannot be earned. What's more, there are thousands of leaders in the forbidden army, and the sergeants taught by each person at a time are only a team of soldiers, and Lin Chong is just one of them, and the main teaching is only guns and sticks and other ordnance. ”

"I see."

Wang Lun nodded, feeling a little disappointed. Wang Lun is clear about the general trend of history, but he is not familiar with the actual official military system of the Song Dynasty.

Looking at Wang Lun's slightly disappointed expression, Lin Chong hurriedly added, "Brother don't be discouraged! Although Lin Chong is just a spear and stick leader, but when it comes to martial arts and the art of war, there are not many people who are confident that they can surpass me in the army, don't say that I am currently seven or eight hundred people in Liangshanbo, even if three or five battalions of soldiers Lin Chong is confident that he can still be trained with strict military discipline and good combat power, and he is better than the imperial army. ”

"Brother Xian, is this true?"

Listening to Lin Chong's words, hope rose in Wang Lun's heart again.

Lin Chong clenched his hands into fists, his waist straightened, and said with a serious face: "If my brother can trust Lin Chong and hand over the eight hundred brothers of Liangshanbo to me, within three months, they will be able to rejuvenate themselves." ”

Wang Lun was overjoyed, quickly stood up and asked with a smile: "Brother Xian, but it doesn't hurt to say, as long as my brother can do it, I will fully support it." ”

Lin Chong continued: "At present, most of the brothers in the cottage have lost their fields, have no livelihood, and are forced to fall into the grass. However, it is often bullying more and less to rush up, and there is no cooperation at all. It is more than enough to rob the house and fight the rivers and lakes, but once the army fights, it will be chaotic and crushed with one blow. ”

Wang Lun, a modern person, didn't understand any of this, and when he heard what Lin Chong said, it made sense, so he asked eagerly: "What should I do?" ”

Lin Chong took a sip of tea and continued: "The construction of the army involves all aspects and involves a wide range of aspects, but the current conditions are limited, so let's start with the establishment.

Our conditions are limited, but to occupy the water and the location, we should first focus on defense, so building a sailor should be the first priority. The construction of sailors involves the construction of warships and the procurement of ordnance and firearms, and the cost is quite huge. However, Lin Chong is not good at water warfare, and he is not good at what the sailor builds. The sailor needs to find the right person to build it, and it needs to be done as soon as possible.

For now, let's start with infantry, crossbowmen, and pikemen. A team of 10 people has a captain, a team of 50 people has a captain, and a team of five people is a battalion with a commander. The captain and the captain's command room are all served by people with high martial arts and prestige. Of the 800 men, 500 were infantry, 200 were crossbowmen, and 100 were pikemen.

When the leader of the sailor division is decided, whether the source of the establishment is to be recruited separately or selected from the soldiers currently being trained, it will be considered.

In addition, it is necessary to establish military discipline and strict military law, so that an elite division can be forged. ”

Wang Lun clapped his hands and smiled: "Brother Xian is really a general, since this is the case, I will do what you say." ”

There are a few people in Wang Lun, the candidate for the leader of the water division, but they haven't gone up the mountain yet, so they can only be put aside for the time being.

Lin Chong coughed twice, and said with an embarrassed face: "But in this way, you can't go down the mountain at will to rob the house, intercept the passing merchants, and cut off the source of income." In the long run, I'm afraid it will be 。。。。。。。 ”

Wang Lun nodded and said with a smile: "I understand what Brother Xian wants to say, although I don't know how to march and fight and arrange troops, but I still understand the principle that the soldiers and horses go first before the grain and grass are moved." If you want to build an army, you have to have the support of money, food, and money, and I understand everything. ”

Wang Lun took a copy from the thick account book on the table, walked up to Lin Chong and patted him on the shoulder and said: "Brother Xian, today's traitors are in charge, the world is chaotic, you and I are really forced to fall into the grass, although I am not a great talent, but I am not willing to bear the notoriety of a thief and a mountain bandit for the rest of my life, as for the matter of robbing the house I don't want to do it for a long time." Not only can we not rob our homes, but we must do more good deeds and bless the township, only in this way will the villagers not be afraid of us, but will praise us. ”

Lin Chong nodded: "Brother's mind and ambition, Lin Chong admires." But as my brother said, in this way, the cottage has no source of income, but how can it be good? In the long run, Liangshanbo will eventually fall apart. ”

Wang Lun picked up the account book in his hand and said with a smile: "I have looked at the account book, and at present, I still have 3,000 taels of gold, 20,000 taels of silver, 100,000 taels of copper coins, and other jewelry and jade can also be worth 20,000 or 30,000 yuan, and there are also 3,000 stones of grain." I've looked at past expenditures, and the current amount of money should be enough for us to spend more than five years. ”

Lin Chong nodded: "Brother, although the words are good, but if you really want to build an army, you have to purchase and build weapons and ordnance, shields and armor, which are very expensive, plus you have to deal with the encirclement and suppression of officers and soldiers who come at any time, in fact, the money and food in the cottage are enough for three years at most." This is still according to the most frugal method, in fact, perhaps, about two years will be consumed. ”

Wang Lun was stunned, thought about it randomly, and felt that Lin Chong's words were indeed good, so he was also a little depressed.

Copper coins are equal to one tael of silver, and ten taels of silver are equal to one tael of gold, and the total wealth of Liangshan is 630,000 guan. According to the current purchasing power, the copper coins are equivalent to about 600 yuan in 2021, which is about 360 million Huaxia coins.

If it is according to the past practice, go out every month to play oil and fire, and if you have income, life is indeed free, but once you have no income, it is really a headache.

According to the calculation of three years, 10 million a month, almost 800 people, some of them even dragged their families, and almost 2,000 people in the entire Liangshanbo had to eat and drink, as well as ordnance procurement, equipment building, and various losses, which together were indeed a large amount of expenses.

It seems that no matter where it is, no matter when it is, money is a key topic that cannot be avoided!

Seeing Wang Lun frowning and not saying a word, Lin Chong could only sigh, after all, there is no money, no matter how good the idea is, it is in vain.

Wang Lun frowned and thought for a while, and inadvertently saw the wine jars on the ground on both sides of the Juyi Hall, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration and patted his head: "Why am I so stupid?" I can make money without money! Wouldn't you be able to make a fortune by making some goods in the future and selling them in this world? What else do you do to rob your house? Just like this wine in front of you! ”

Thinking of this, Wang Lunxi smiled, looked at Lin Chong with a smile and said, "Virtuous brother, you can rest assured, the matter of money and food will be solved by my brother, you just need to follow your ideas and concentrate on training soldiers." ”