Since Lin Qiang started to expand, the busiest people in the entire Qingling have become Han Xu and Duan Lingzi. There is a way to know oneself and know that the other is invincible, and intelligence is always the first place.

However, Lin Qiang's idea of expanding his territory has also encountered some opposition. First of all, it came from the army, and Tsuneishi believed that now that the People's Salvation Army had just been established, training everything was a problem, and it was not suitable for large-scale operations.

Then there are Duan Lingzi and Han Xu, who think that the informant at hand at hand is to find out every move in the mine, and even the Moyan tribe has not had time to arrange people.

Then there is Liang Shuopeng, who feels that the technology is not yet complete. According to his ideas, he has to make a machine gun, and the current weapons and equipment in the mine are still not stable enough.

All kinds of opposition voices did not shake Lin Qiang's thoughts. Lin Qiang mainly raised a question, that is, what else does the mine have besides ore resources?

This question left everyone speechless.

Now the mine, on the surface, is equipped with weapons and food, and the number of personnel is gradually increasing. However, the mine's resources are limited.

Qingling could not support a larger population, nor could it support the siege for a long time. If one day, his small force is discovered by the nobles, as long as the road in and out of Qingling is cut off. In less than a year, all these people in Qingling will starve to death here.

Will it be a breakout then? Where to break through? Do these people have a mass base when they come to this world with a black eye?

Therefore, if you want to develop, the lifeblood of food cannot be held in the hands of others.

Doing business is quick and can save emergencies, but it cannot be the foundation of survival.

Therefore, after Lin Qiang raised this question and explained his thoughts in detail, everyone also understood his thoughts. Expansion is not the icing on the cake, but a matter of life and death, and it is imminent.

The direction is certain, and the rest is the details. The seeds of intelligence cultivated by Han Xu and Duan Lingzi's men have all been sown.

These intelligence seeds were all carefully selected by Han Xu and Duan Lingzi among the people in the mine, especially among the Greater Caucasus tribe, and they had intelligence talents.

The reason why most of the people of the Greater Caucasus are chosen is mainly because the ink-eyed people are too eye-catching. The main ethnic group on this continent is still the Greater Caucasus, which looks similar to the Westerners before the crossing.

And these selected intelligence officers have undergone the second training of Han Xu and Duan Lingzi. One of the most important things is that these intelligence officers can read and write the world's script, and they also teach them Chinese.

Reading and writing the words of this world is a basic ability, just kidding, what information can be stolen by the illiterate, and they don't even know the words. Learning Chinese is for the sake of confidentiality. Before the crossing, Chinese was known as the most difficult script in the world to write. And after the crossing, rest assured, outsiders will never know each other.

Of course, in order to ensure the absolute loyalty of these people, Han Xu and Duan Lingzi also spent a long time, first of all, Duan Lingzi used psychological knowledge to talk one by one to gain insight into their hearts. In addition, they also organized intelligence departments to educate these people ideologically.

The main content of ideological education is the idea of equality that Lin Qiang said in his previous speeches, as well as the criticism of the criminal acts of nobles and magicians. Efforts should be made to make them firm in their loyalty to the People's Salvation Army and to develop initial faith.

All in all, these intelligence officers, as the first batch of intelligence seeds cultivated by Han Xu and Duan Lingzi, dozens of people have already been sown. In addition to the intelligence officer himself, only three people in the mine knew about the existence of the intelligence organization, and that was Lin Qiang, Han Xu and Duan Lingzi. All three of them are looking forward to these seeds, taking root and germinating on the vast continent.

As for these intelligence officers, there are many ways to get out of the mines. There are those who go out at night to play the role of homeless people, there are also those who go to various towns and provinces to look for relatives they have not seen for many years, and even teenage children, nominally going to the nobles to try their luck and see if they can be slaves.

It is conceivable that these intelligence officers may one day die before they can be used. There are also those who may give up their firm ambitions today because of the hot and cold state of the world. However, even if even one-tenth of these people can take root and sprout, it will be of immeasurable help to the development of the People's Salvation Army in the future.

Lin Qiang waited patiently, waiting for the stones scattered into the water to be able to echo. Three months later, Lin Qiang got the first news, at this time the mine was fully equipped with flintlock rifled guns, and under Lin Qiang's mind, an artillery company was established in the second battalion, and more than 100 people were equipped with 30 cannons.

On a cloudy morning, Han Xu walked into Lin Qiang's office under the pretext of reporting on the recent work of the canteen and handed over a note. The note was written in crooked Chinese: "At the foot of Qingling Mountain, in the plain, robbers appeared." ”

Lin Qiang glanced at the note, then opened the drawer, took out a jar, then took out a match from the matchbox next to the jar, lit the note and burned it.

Lin Qiang raised his head, looked at Han Xu with a solemn face, and asked in a low voice, "What is the specific situation?" ”

Han Xu frowned and said, "News from Chel Town at the foot of the mountain. From Qingling to the provincial capital of Montel, there is an endless plain, and it is from this plain that there are now robbers. These people seem to have popped up out of nowhere. ”

Lin Qiang knocked on the table, his eyes narrowed, and after thinking for a while, he asked, "Haven't you been around Qingling before, including on the plain?" ”

Han Xu nodded and said, "It's not clear when it's farther away. I just know that since we arrived at the mine, we haven't heard of this news. And I asked the old man of the mine, and the old man of the mine said that since the security team was set up around the town of Chel, at least there have been no robbers in the area for more than ten years. ”

Lin Qiang muttered: "It's weird, where did these people come from?" ”

Han Xu added: "By the way, the intelligence officer in Chel Town also gave a detail, that is, I heard that there are robbers in several places. It's just that I haven't heard of these people approaching the vicinity of Chel Town, and I haven't heard of them wandering to Qingling. ”

Lin Qiang was stunned for a moment, looked at Han Xu, and saw the other party's doubts. Lin Qiang was the first to speak: "If you want to say that you don't go to the town, I still understand." After all, there's some kind of security corps over there, right? ”

Han Xu nodded.

Lin Qiang stood up, paced, and then muttered, "But why don't you come to Qingling?" Mountain thieves and bandits should always go up the mountain and fall into the grass, how can there be a reason for the plains to wander? Put the Qingling mountain and don't enter, on the plain where there is no block? ”

Han Xu clasped his hands, then raised an index finger and pushed down his glasses and said, "Is it possible that they heard that the third son of the Hussein family is here, so they don't dare to enter the mountain?" ”

Lin Qiang shook his head, looked at the map of the kingdom that Thompson brought hanging behind him, and said slowly: "I don't know, but it's possible." Well, send someone to continue to find out what is going on with this group of robbers. The enemy of the enemy is our friend, and if we can develop, we can develop it, which is also a lot of help. ”

Han Xu nodded in agreement, then took the recipe for the new week's cafeteria for Lin Qiang to sign, and then turned around and left.

But three days later, Lin Qiang ushered in another bad news. That was what was originally scheduled for this week, a caravan from Thompson was robbed on the road, the caravan's carriages and goods were robbed, and a group of mercenaries used by Thompson to escort the caravan were also lost. The weapons in the hands of the mercenaries are compound bows and compound crossbows that flow from the side of the mine.

When he first heard the news, Lin Qiang felt a little incredible. The Thompson caravan, which has never been in trouble, actually had an accident, so who caused it? Security Corps? Impossible, if the security team knew that this side of the mine was not Huey's territory, then they should have pressed the border with a large army as soon as possible.

Bandit?! Lin Qiang did it violently, and immediately asked the soldiers of the People's Salvation Army at the door to invite Han Xu and Duan Lingzi to ask for news. Sure enough, Thompson's caravan was robbed by these robbers!

"What the hell!" I thought that I wanted to win over this gang of bandits before, but I didn't think that I would rob my head and say that I would rob the rich and help the poor?

But he didn't think about it, who told him? And even if he robs the rich and helps the poor, he Lin Qiang can be regarded as rich and rich if he rushes the grain reserves of several mines now.

Anyway, Lin Qiang is also a little angry this time. Until the area was captured, Thompson's caravan was still the mine's only lifeline. Therefore, he immediately asked Han Xu and Duan Lingzi to mobilize all the intelligence forces around the mine and the robbers' haunted area, and he must find out the ins and outs of this gang of robbers.

But after all, these intelligence officers have not yet fully taken root, and their ability to obtain intelligence is limited. A week has passed, and I still haven't heard anything. Instead, Thompson turned around and pulled half of the broken caravan to the door.

When Lin Qiang got the news, he immediately greeted Thompson in person and asked Thompson in detail. The news I got was that the two robbers of the caravan were actually the same group, and they should have tasted the sweetness last time, and this time they came to Thompson's caravan.

In addition, that wave of bandits looted a lot of weapons last time, and their strength was further improved, so even if Thompson personally escorted the caravan this time, he suffered a big loss and lost a lot of goods for a while.

Lin Qiang comforted the frightened Thompson and promised that he would solve the matter, and under Thompson's suspicious gaze, Lin Qiang received him for dinner and invited Thompson to stay overnight.

Probably because he was so frightened by the robbers that Thompson, who usually never stayed overnight, rarely took the remnants of the caravan and stayed with the mine this time.

And on this night, Lin Qiang was not idle, and summoned Han Xu, Duan Lingzi, Yan Xiaohuan and Changshi overnight to the mountain courtyard and discussed for half a night. Then I was busy for half the night.

The next day, Thompson, who finally slept soundly, was really taken aback when he faced Lin Qiang, who had heavy dark circles under his eyes and bloodshot eyes, and hurriedly asked, "What happened?" ”