"Niu Chao, you dog, you dare to steal my wine." Early in the morning, in the newly built Guibei Building that Wu Gen gave himself on Xingshan, there was a roar of anger.

With a roar, a thin boy burst out of the building, carrying a jar of wine in his hand, and ran down the hill like a rabbit.

A stinky boot flew out of the building and smashed right on the boy. After staggering, the boy steadied himself, ran to the side of the mountain, climbed the branches, and disappeared after a few shakes.

Wu Gan ran out of the building angrily with one bare foot, and scolded at the distant back.

After the first battle of Cuisong Mountain, when they returned to Xingshan, Wu Gen and the dreadnought army began to expand the army.

As for Niu Chao, who was not accepted by Wu Gan, he also secretly ran back. Because he was not allowed to enter the camp, he built a small shack for himself by the side of the pillar village, and jumped around every day, stealing things to survive.

It's not that Niu Chao hasn't been caught, but seeing his young age, it's not easy to make a dead hand, so he can only beat him up.

But this kid has rough skin and thick meat, and the day before he was beaten to the point that his skin was open and his flesh was about to die, and the next day he became lively again.

It is said that since he was co-opted, many people in Xingshan are Niu Chao's old friends, probably because his mouth is too stinky, and no one is willing to help him.

Only Niu also secretly gave some help, which also allowed him to stay on Xingshan. This kid has been staying for a long time, and his courage is getting bigger and bigger, and he actually stole Wu Gan's head, which made Wu Gan, who regarded wine as a spirit jade, furious.

In front of the building, Baoxiang, Sun Hong and others swayed over slowly. Seeing Wu Gen like this, Baoxiang couldn't help but laugh,

"Wu Gan, there is some familiar taste."

"What a familiar taste." Wu asked angrily.

"I think you were in the box army at the beginning, but you passed it all." Baoxiang glanced at Sun Hong and said with a smile.

Sun Hong nodded with deep feelings,

"Not only in the Xiang Army, but also in Kaiyuan City, the Captain's Mansion was tossed enough."

", I'm so much better than him." Wu Yan scolded angrily, turned around and walked into the building. Sun Hong and a few of them are here, they must have something to discuss.

Every time the high-level deliberations of the Dreadnought Army were initiated by them, Wu Gen rarely took the initiative to organize, and Shui Congyue rarely participated.

Today, I saw that several people have come over, and there must be something for Wu Gen to decide. When he arrived in the main hall on the first floor, Wu Jian found a pair of shoes to put on.

"I want to drink tea, I pour it myself, I want to drink, but no, it's all stolen by that kid. I don't believe it, hiding it so secretly, it can be smelled by his dog's nose. The elephant sat down in a chair and poured himself a cup of tea.

"Niu Chao's experience is similar to yours, how to deal with it, it's not a matter of letting him be so prodigal every day." Falling down on the chair, Wu Yan rubbed his eyebrows,

"What should I do, I can only stuff him in Lingyun Eight Cavalry and watch him first, and I can't say which camp he puts in to poke any leak." Thinking about it now, I can't say that it was because he saw that his experience was similar to his own, so he acquiesced in letting this kid follow him all the way.

They were all born in bandits, they were all broken by people, and they were all caught stealing money and goods.

My current situation is probably quite similar to Zhang Yuan. In the face of such a stubborn teenager, it is not to fight, nor is it to drive away, so he can only pinch his nose and put it to his side to watch.

Retribution, Wu Jian sighed in his heart, sure enough, the way of heaven is good reincarnation, if you don't believe it, look up, who has the sky spared.

"Owner of the village, this is the account book of these battles." Sun Hong stood up and placed a stack of ledgers on the table beside Wu Gan,

"These few harvests are good, plus the Ji family's military resources, our dreadnought army can raise another 3,000 people, no problem, but this big battalion needs to be expanded again." Wu Gen flipped through the account book casually and threw it aside,

"You can just control it yourself, anyway, we have a year's reserve, in case anything happens, we won't be short of food and medicine." After the battle of Cuisong Mountain, the dreadnought army gained a lot of booty.

Encouraged by this, Wu Gan immediately sent people to clean up other large bandits, so that he could not only train the troops, but also supplement Xingshan's income.

Later, Wu Gen divided the dreadnought army into two armies, the left and right, and each time he sent someone to lead the team to take turns to fight, Shui Congyue, Baoxiang, and Xue Xin all led the army alone.

In this way, the dreadnoughts do not have to be too tired, and at the same time accumulate combat experience. Now, the dreadnought army has expanded to 5,000 people, and Wu Gen originally wanted to expand more, but after Sun Hong's calculations, I am afraid that the military resources will not be able to keep up with the expansion, so I have to give up, and can only arrange extra people to farm and hunt, anyway, the dreadnought army does not raise idlers, except for that damn Niu Chao.

"Okay, you can discuss this matter with Xue Xin, and add it to the left and right armies." Wu Yan commanded weakly, now that Yang Zheng and the others are back, they don't have to worry about everything, but they are happy to be a hands-off shopkeeper.

"Jia Kui is going well, and this line is on board." Yang Zheng suddenly spoke, rubbing a two-inch-long black cylinder in his hand, which was carried by the letter falcon.

According to him, several families also have a lot of interest in the Dreadnoughts. By the way, Lu Lie may want to invite you to dinner. ”

"Lu Lie?" Wu Yan was stunned when he heard this, frowned and said, "What did he ask me to do, is it difficult that he still wants to fight." ”

"I don't know, I originally thought he wanted to do a black hand, but according to Jia Kui, Lu Lie didn't have such an arrangement at all, but he really invited a treat. It seems that the last time a few families visited the mountain, they had some ideas. Yang Zheng sat up straighter, making the piled up stomach feel better.

It must be mentioned here that the dreadnought army has won successive battles, and its reputation has naturally increased. Moreover, these families have their own ways, and the collection of all kinds of news also makes them realize that the originally nameless dreadnought army has the strength to wrestle with the small family.

In a few days, it is impossible to say that some Wanhu families are not opponents of the Dreadnought Army. As a strong army under Ji Ye, it naturally makes people think about it, and there are more speculations about the future trend of the Ji family.

So after getting Ji Ye's permission, several family members made an appointment to go to Xingshan to find out, and some things are better to take a look at them on the spot.

Several families such as the Gu family, the Wu family, the Cang family, and the Gongxi family all came together, and even Murong Yuqiang arrived in Xingshan.

It's just that Wu Gen just didn't let them go up the mountain, so he only set up a shed at the bottom of the mountain and drank a lot of wine.

Coincidentally, near the end of the banquet, Shui Congyue returned from leading the army. Looking at the murderous and fierce team, the children of these families are not fools, and they also have soldiers in their own homes, so of course they can see the fierceness of this team.

Therefore, these people got drunk one after another, only saying that it was not easy to travel after being drunk, and they had to stay for a few days to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Xingshan before they were willing to go back.

Even Murong Yuqiang looked for Ji Yan, and if she had to talk about the friendship she had when she was a child, she completely forgot that Wu Yan had humiliated herself.

In desperation, Wu Gen had to let these people stay in the pillar village for a few days, Dengming Village was not allowed to live or die, and the Yihu army was on the top of the mountain, so it would be a big loss to let these people touch it.

After these people left, Wu Gan had a lot more gatherings with various families, and he was invited to Hanlu City to meet many times.

After every feast, he will give some novelties, anyway, Wu Gen will not refuse to come every time. It's best to send money, if other items are also sold by him and exchanged for spirit jade, his own Yihu Army and Sky-Shaking Bow are all bottomless pits, and how many are not enough.

"Don't go, I'm afraid that I want to fight when I see him, if I kill him, wouldn't it make Ji Ye difficult." Wu Gen waved his hand and refused on the spot, just drink something that has a better relationship with Gu Yangsi and others, who is Lu Lie, I don't want to know.

"It's better to go." Hu Jia stood up and paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back.

"This time, Yang Zheng and I traveled around the Iron Hand Province, to be honest, although more than seventy percent opposed the reform, but among these people, the demands are different, some are fiercely opposed, some hesitate to wait and see, some are flat and compromised, and so on. Now that I'm a start-up of the Dreadnought, there's no need to take such a clear stance, and it's not a bad thing to get in touch with some families and listen to their ideas. Moreover, they are all smart people, and they also have a group of staff behind them, and they will adjust their positions at any time according to the situation and the interests of the family. Although Lu Lie was harsh on the human race, it was understandable to put him in the position of a shepherd. This person has a violent nature, but he has relatively few scheming, which is convenient for us to start, and there is also the line of Jia Kui. Wu Gan, you might as well listen to what he thinks, and then we will make a decision at our discretion. Wu Yan grinned, seeing that everyone did not object to Hu Jia's opinion, so he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go and meet this Lu Lie for a while, and treat it as a pig to eat." Everyone present was also relieved to see that Wu Gen no longer objected.

To tell the truth, although Wu Yan sometimes does things absurdly and out of tune, there is one thing that everyone recognizes, that is, listening to persuasion, even if Ji Yan asked him to make amends to Murong Yuqiang, after several persuasions, he also bought a new hairpin with a shy face and sent it to the little girl.

"The owner of the village, Xingshan is too obvious here, I think our dreadnought army might as well set up another stronghold and quietly expand the army, so as not to attract the jealousy of some people." A group of people discussed other matters of the Dreadnought Army, and seeing that the discussion was coming to an end, Zhang Wuyang, who was sitting in the distance, suddenly proposed.

When the people present heard this, they were all stunned, this matter had been discussed before, but there were few fearless soldiers at the beginning, so it was shelved.

"Yes, Wu Yang's proposal is very good." The first to affirm was Yang Zheng, who nodded at Zhang Wuyang, and turned to face Wu Qian,

"Although we have Ji Ye to protect him, he is only a second young master after all, and the power in the clan is still in the hands of his father, brother and a group of old people. As a team led by alien races, my dreadnought army will not pay attention to it when it is weak at first, but as it grows stronger, it is inevitable that some people will think about it. If this was in Tian Yuan or Beizhou, it would have been seized of military power or placed in other people to monitor it. Therefore, if the army is expanded, there should not be too many people here in Xingshan, at most 10,000 people, which is equivalent to a 10,000 family. If there are more, someone may have to do it. At that time, it will be difficult for us to turn against the Ji family. Therefore, for the sake of safety, it is indeed necessary for us to set up a new stronghold and slowly grow in the shadows, and this matter cannot be delayed any longer. It's just that, in this way, we will be divided into two sets of teams, and how to distribute it still needs to be decided by the owner of the village. Moreover, the location of this new base needs to be carefully considered. ”

"Yes, I seconded it." Hu Jia continued Yang Zheng's words and said: "If we are a new stronghold, we must ensure that the dreadnought army here in Xingshan is firmly in our hands, so as not to be picked by others, and we will try our best to exert pressure through Ji Ye to prevent others from mixing too much sand." As for this new stronghold, I suggest that the owner of the village go over and preside over it in person, after all, you still have some connections in the Iron Hand Province. ”

"What should I do here in Xingshan, isn't it given to others." Yang Zheng asked anxiously.

"Presiding over here from the month is enough to stabilize the morale of the army. Xue Xin also had to stay, after all, he was more familiar with these soldiers. Hu Jia was confident and eloquent.

From the moon, Wu Gan's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but think about it in his heart.