Volume 1 Rise in the Rivers and Lakes Chapter 50 Ascendancy
Chen Zuyi took the escort team and Li Yuanliang to the high platform in front of the square.
Li Yuanliang shouted loudly: "The seventeenth Black Shark Zhao Shi Duoling: The position of the gang leader is passed on to Chen Zuyi, the original captain of the C-shaped team, and he inherits the eighteenth Black Shark!" The original gang leader Great Seal was stolen by thieves, replaced with a spare Great Seal, and spread it in all directions! Please ask the new helper to give a lecture! ”
"Brothers, I, a fisherman by the sea, went into exile only because I had to do so. I was fortunate enough to join the Black Shark Gang, and I was afraid to wait for anything less all day long. The two helpers treated me like a nephew, and I often thought about repaying one or two to be at ease. Helplessly, the two of them left me one after another! Sorry! ”
"Today, I am the leader of the gang, and I vow to magnify my Black Shark Gang and the four seas! Let everyone who can hear our name tremble! Follow me and don't be left behind! ”
After Chen Zuyi's impassioned speech was finished, it caused a cheer from the red armor soldiers and the people of his own team!
"I announce: The Black Shark Gang will be changed into battalions in the future, with 501 men in each battalion, one battalion commander, and 10 guards; Each battalion is divided into 10 teams, each team has a captain, each team is divided into 4 teams, each team has a captain, and each team has a captain, plus a total of 12 captains. Two ships per battalion! ”
"It's... It feels so complicated..."
"Yes, but there are 500 people in each battalion, and it would be great if there were ten battalions!"
"The helper's heart is very big, and I don't know how far I can go..."
"Quiet! I plan to set up five combat battalions and one baggage battalion first, namely Songhai of the A-shaped battalion, Chen Mancang of the B-shaped battalion, Meng Chengbi of the C-shaped battalion, Hu Sanwa of the T-shaped battalion, and Li Song of the E-shaped battalion. Temporary generation of Mengzhuang in the baggage camp"
"The first battalion Songhai is also the head coach of the Black Shark Gang, and he will always grasp the drill in the future! Meng Chengbi of the C-shaped battalion concurrently serves as the military advisor of the Black Shark Gang. The gang leader and the commander of the fifth battalion discuss major decisions in the gang! Later, warehouses, grain distribution, sailor arrangement, weapons and armor distribution, and ship replacement were all responsible for the baggage battalion! The personnel will use some of the original logistics personnel and recruit some of the families of the barracks to join. ”
"In addition, all the remaining troops of the original A, B, and Geng teams and D and E were scattered into the five battalions, and they were replenished from the A-shaped battalion! If the number is not enough, you can go to various places to recruit. If you don't want to pay 100 taels of severance pay, you can be sent to settle in the surrounding continent! ”
"If you have any objections? Hurry up! This gang leader listens to you! Chen Zuyi is also cunning, he only said that he would listen to him, but did not say that he would adopt it, so the meaning is obvious. You can complain if you have it, but you still have to follow mine after you finish it! If you don't listen to the consequences, it's serious!
All of them were rolling in the pile of dead people, and they basically understood the meaning of the helper. But no fool would really jump out and raise objections!
When Wu Yidang in the audience heard that the heavy battalion was set up, there was still a trace of expectation in his eyes, and when he heard that it was Meng Lao'er who was temporarily acting as the battalion commander, his face was completely defeated.
Hearing that there are people who don't want to stay in the Black Shark Gang, they can send people to live on the mainland they want to go to, he was moved, this is his last chance, presumably so many people are watching, the person surnamed Chen will not be embarrassed and wait.
When more than fifty people raised their hands, Wu Wei raised his right hand tremblingly. He only hopes that the surname Chen can't see himself, and with these ink-greedy silver taels, it is enough for him to live a prosperous life for the rest of his life!
According to Murphy's Law, the more you don't want it to happen, the more it will happen. Of course, it doesn't matter if Wu Weizhi doesn't know Murphy's law or not, anyway, Chen Zuyi's gaze has already looked at it playfully. This made Wu Wei's raised hands a lot heavier.
"Good! I, Chen, am a trustworthy person! Fifty-seven people have quit here. Camp Commander San! Send a boat and two teams to send them on their way! Don't forget to bring 5,700 taels of silver, be sure to send it to everyone! Must! ”
Chen Zuyi emphasized the silver on his mouth, but he made a downward cutting gesture in his hand. Song Hai nodded slightly, obviously understanding.
"Yes! My subordinates will receive orders, and I will personally send them! ”
Others were far away and didn't see it clearly, but Wu Wei could see it clearly, and his gray face began to turn black.
"Helper, helper, blame me for being confused, let me stay, I am willing to be one of your dogs!"
Wu lost lying on the ground and kept kowtowing, for fear that his life would be lost if it was too late. The others who raised their hands to leave suddenly became suspicious, not knowing what was happening.
"Old Wu, look at you, what kind of system is this! Hurry up, please! Although there was a bit of a feud between us before, I don't remember it for a long time. Since you are determined to go, I naturally respect your opinion. My subordinates are the safest to handle the Sang battalion commander, you can go with him with peace of mind! Go ahead! And don't forget to get severance pay! ”
Chen Zuyi helped Wu Lost with a smile and repeatedly gave reassurances, but the other party was hesitantly put on the two of them, and followed the two teams to get on the boat immediately.
Wait until Chen Zuyi returns to the backyard of the Juyi Hall and sits in the helper's study in a daze. He didn't know what it was like at this time, as if he should be happy, but he couldn't; It seems to be sad, but it feels like everything is boring.
"Helper, I have something to report!" Li Yuanliang's voice sounded outside the door.
"Come in!"
"The master of the outer hall, Li Yuanliang, see the helper!" Li Yuanliang knelt on one knee and made a big salute.
"Get up! Well...... Outer hall? You say you're the master of the outer hall?! Chen Zuyi walked out from behind the desk and pulled up Li Yuanliang on the ground, feeling very surprised.
"Tell the helper, our outer hall master has not been allowed to appear in front of everyone, just to ensure the smooth transfer of the helper! This is an iron law that has been set since the beginning of the gang! Li Yuan explained seriously.
"Ao~, no wonder Xiang Huarong asked you to be a guard, and Zhao Shiduo also continued to let you be a guard, so that's the case! Only when you stand closest can you know if the Gang Master's inheritance is compliant, right? ”
"This is only one of the reasons, and the other reason is that it is convenient for the helper to contact the people in the outer hall. Maybe the helper doesn't know yet, but our outer hall has branches on the surrounding continents, including Daming. And our role started as just to gather intelligence, and then evolved into intelligence gathering, assassination, handling stolen goods, mobilizing supplies, recruiting new people, etc. ”
"So powerful?!" Chen Zuyi was shocked, he found that the pirate he took over was a side hustle at all, and the real power was the outer hall!
"Of course, with the weakening of the main island, the strength of the outer hall has also begun to weaken, and we no longer have the ability to collect too much intelligence!"
"Oh, why is that?"
"First of all, all the industries in our outer hall are just a cover, and there are not many real moneymakers. Therefore, sixty percent of the expenses must be provided by the island, and now that the island is weakened to the point, we can only reduce personnel and expenses, so we can no longer find out the secrets of various countries and the movements of the army! ”
"And what information can you provide?"
"The movements of merchant ships in the seaports of various countries, and the things that ordinary people everywhere can know!" Li Yuanliang blushed rarely.
"This ...... That's too big a gap! Do you mean to tell me that there are only shells left in the outer halls everywhere? ”
"Well, almost!"
"How much silver will I need if I want to restore the normal function of the outer hall?"
"In the first year, it will be a little more, about eight million taels, and everything is difficult at the beginning! In the future, it should be able to do as long as five million taels a year! ”
"Poof~" Chen Zuyi squirted a sip of tea on Li Yuanliang's face, "It takes five million taels a year to maintain operation, you are more ruthless than robbery!" ”
"Well, we're pirates, helpers!" Li Yuanliang couldn't help but remind.
"Okay, let's talk about it now, how much silver does it cost to maintain such an empty shell outer hall on this island every year?"
"Very little! It only takes 500,000 taels a year to sustain it! Li Yuanliang breathed a rare sigh of relief.
"Well, it's okay! Every year, we can also make a lot of money just hijacking merchant ships, and it's not too much of a loss! Chen Zuyi touched his chin and said to himself.
"If you increase the number of gang leaders to one million taels per year, I will be able to get more information, including the movements of the armies of various countries and the movements of various gangs, and the gang leaders are very cost-effective!"
"Is it a good deal? It's useless for us to ask countries to mobilize troops now......" Chen Zuyi said and suddenly stopped, he remembered that he was the one who wanted to become the king of the Boni country, is it really useless to mobilize the intelligence of various countries to mobilize troops? Not really!
Li Yuanliang was extremely disappointed, he knew that the new gang leader could no longer have the extra financial resources to support the revival of the outer hall. Do you have to wait for the next helper?
"Why don't I try it for a year? I'm going to have to see the results! Chen Zuyi asked tentatively.
"Huh?! All right! Of course! Woo woo... Master... You are truly the savior of the Outer Hall! We will spare no effort to support you! Li Yuanliang was so excited that he didn't know what to say.
"Well, that's fine! You go down and arrange it, and the other thing is to spread the sample of the big seal that the gang leader replaced to the outer halls of various places as soon as possible, so as not to make another moth to Qian Wu and Zhou Shuo! ”
"Yes! I'll fly pigeons and pass the book to all the branches! After speaking, Li Yuanliang looked at Chen Zuyi with blank eyes, but he didn't move a step.
"Huh? What else? ”
"That...... This year, the funds for the outer hall have not been paid, and the people of the outer hall are about to eat the soil! ”
"Do you want cash or silver tickets?"
"The silver ticket is the best! Convenient to send to the main hall in various places! ”
"Oh, take it!" Chen Zuyi pushed down a wooden box on the desk.
Li Yuanliang took it suspiciously, opened the box, and there were 10,000 silver tickets inside, a total of 100. When he got the silver ticket, he suddenly felt like he was galloping between heaven and earth.
"Thank you, Helper! Yuanliang will do his best for you! After speaking, Li Yuanliang wiped away the tears that were moved by himself, turned around and walked outside the house.
However, it was said that each battalion began to replenish the five brigades that had been scattered, and the first battalion had 370 people, and then 130 people were replenished, and after it was filled, it was supplemented by Chen Mancang of the second battalion, and his shortage was relatively large, and it was almost enough to fill up the stragglers before it was enough for a battalion of 500 people.
The vacancies in the three battalions of C, D, and E are all 130 people, which is easy to do, Chen Zuyi opened a new recruitment document, stamped it with a big seal, and handed it over to the commander of the third battalion, and each battalion approved 20,000 taels of silver, so that they could use it as the recruitment fee. As for the armor and weapons, they were procured by the baggage battalion of Mengzhuang.
Coincidentally, news came from the old port yesterday that the general who sold the armor of the Sriwijaya last time sold another batch of standard armor, with 5,000 sets, and asked if he would eat it, and the old price was 10 taels! Chen Zuyi has agreed to take down this batch of armor, and the customized steel gun has also been completed.
That's what Songhai is going to do, and as for sending those pirates who don't want to do it back to land, that's! After half a day's journey out of Lombok Island, Songhai began to move, and after searching his whole body one by one, he slashed it and then pushed it into the sea.
By the time Wu was pulled out of the cabin, the once invincible logistics manager had collapsed into mud. Without Songhai's torture, he had obediently handed over all the silver tickets on his body, totaling 800,000 taels! This is unexpected.
After sending everyone on the road, he sailed to the old port stronghold, where he was going to hand over the five thousand sets of armor to the Sriwijaya general.
Four days later, Songhai and the three recruits returned to Lombok.
Songhai handed over all the armor and steel guns to Meng Zhuang, the baggage battalion, who carefully recorded them in the warehouse, and then notified the teams to come and collect them.
Everyone was very happy, received a new armor, replaced the horizontal knives that had long been covered with gaps, and each of them was issued an iron spear, which was usually carried on his back in two sections, and in the middle of the war, there were threads twisted together to form an eight-foot spear.
Whether it was the remnants of the Flowing Cloud Gang who surrendered, or the five brigades that were disbanded, they never imagined that they could have such a dreamy experience. Pirates do this, content!
The combat power on Moon Swallowing Island is empty and cannot be suspended for a long time. Chen Zuyi let them go to Swallowing Moon Island after replenishing the personnel of the B-shaped battalion, and even the equipment was sent over.
Julu Island is the base of the Liuyun Gang, and there are thousands of family members of the Liuyun Gang living there. Hu Sanwa, the C-shaped battalion, was sent to garrison, and the two battalions sent out were rotated every half month. Returning to Lombok in rotation will be subject to the rigors of Songhai as in the other battalions.