Zhou Qingfeng now had another core figure by his side.
The tall Li Shuwei attracted many people's attention as soon as he appeared. He was over 1.8 meters tall and basically looked down on everyone. Moreover, he was so big that Zhou Qingfeng and Xu Bing accompanied him on the street as if they were walking in a country of dwarfs.
"Why are Daming's people so short?" Li Shuwei looked left and right. Not only did he feel that the people here were short, but the houses were also very short and the streets were very narrow. Everyone looked sallow and emaciated, with bitter expressions on their faces. Their clothes did not look very spirited. "Is this a slum?"
"This is the west of Fushun City. Most of the people living here are poor, but the current population is like this. Because of the Little Ice Age, the food production has declined. Moreover, the agriculture in Liaodong has collapsed, and most of the food has to be transported abroad. The lack of food has caused general malnutrition. Ordinary people are considered tall if they can grow to 1.7 meters. You are now a giant, "said Xu Bing.
Li Shuwei immediately said happily, "Then when I go to the battlefield, can't I go on a rampage and kill everyone?"
Zhou Qingfeng smiled and reached out to press Li Shuwei's shoulder. The latter immediately broke out in a cold sweat and screamed, "It hurts! It hurts! It hurts! Let go! Why are you so strong? "
When Zhou Qingfeng released his hand, Xu Bing on the other side also reached out and pressed Li Shuwei's shoulder. This time, Li Shuwei didn't shout. He just endured the pain and asked, "You are a woman, but you are so strong. What's going on?"
"I told you earlier that there is a new power system in this world that is generated by the will." Zhou Qingfeng looked at Li Shuwei and said, "With my current spiritual power, I can easily hit your brain and make you faint. Xu Bing also obtained a similar power not long ago. Her voice has the ability to affect the will of others. So you'd better give up the idea of going to the battlefield. "
"Is this the Xuanhuan Force that you mentioned?" Li Shuwei asked curiously.
Zhou Qingfeng turned around and ordered Dog Meat, who looked like a dog, "Transform into a wolf."
With a bang, Dog Meat's body suddenly expanded, turning from a harmless little dog into a ferocious giant wolf. Li Shuwei let out a loud cry. When he turned his head, he saw two identical Xu Bing standing behind him. There was also a burly warrior in black standing beside him, holding a sword and a shield. Before Li Shuwei could figure it out, one of the Xu Bing turned into black smoke and disappeared into the ground.
"This, this, this …" Li Shuwei stuttered. "What is this?"
This wolf and the Black Samurai can be considered puppets that can transform. That black smoke is an alien that's good at disguising itself. It's true that you'll be frightened when you first come into contact with it. We will also find a way to help you master this power. But if it isn't necessary, you should focus on farming. Farming is more important than fighting. " Zhou Qingfeng patted Li Shuwei's shoulder. "Let me give you a general introduction of our territory first."
After strolling through more than a dozen streets in the west of the city, Zhou Qingfeng and Xu Bing took Li Shuwei to walk around Fushun City. After a general introduction of their own forces, Zhou Qingfeng said in a deep voice, "I made a mistake before. I hoped to use a relatively sufficient amount of silver to greatly expand, and then control a stronger and larger force, so that I have more room to maneuver when facing Nurhachi's attack.
But I went to a place called 'Onizuka' not long ago and left Fushun for more than a month. My unstable nature revealed its true colors. Due to the lack of core control personnel, the originally thought stable group almost fell apart.
In the past few days, I have carried out a detailed combing of the team under my control, and finally confirmed that there are less than 40 management backbones with high loyalty, and the rest are mostly technical craftsmen.
Technical craftsmen's ability to live independently is poor, and they need my funds and coordination. But in terms of technical ability, there are less than 10 people with a real high level, less than 100 people with a medium level, and more than 500 low-level apprentices. These people, including their families, number about 2,000 people.
This number is far less than expected. I originally thought that I could control 10,000 people, but now I found that they are similar to followers of the fence-sitters. I now plan to shrink my forces, avoid some unnecessary expenses, and reorganize before expanding. The team's population will be controlled within 3,000 people, especially to strengthen the armed forces. "
Li Shuwei was walking with Zhou Qingfeng in the center of Fushun City, in front of Li Yongfang's Qianhu government office. He looked at the lazy soldiers in the direction of the government office and asked in a low voice, "Are you going to rebel now?"
"No." Zhou Qingfeng shook his head and said, "I got the position of Fushun Patrol Inspector, and gave the power to a man named Tan Feng. Under the cover of the position of Patrol Inspector, I prepared a team of about 100 people. But these teams have not undergone effective training, and Tan Feng comes from a family in the border army. He is good at charging and breaking through enemy lines, but he is not good at training troops. "
Listening to Zhou Qingfeng's tireless explanation, Li Shuwei gained a better understanding of the current situation of the team. Simply put, the team that Zhou Qingfeng had created was already a considerable local power. But its influence was limited to Fushun, and within Fushun, it was still suppressed by the Ming Dynasty's local bureaucrats. Zhou Qingfeng and Xu Bing were thinking of ways to break through, and now they chose to tighten their fists.
With new companions, they had to work more efficiently.
After strolling around Fushun City for an afternoon, Li Shuwei and Xu Bing went to learn more about the files. In addition to continuing his classes at night, Zhou Qingfeng had another important matter waiting for him — Tan Feng's patrol team had become a sore point for him.
After class, Zhou Qingfeng did not rest. He had sorted out his own forces in the city over the past few days, and now he was going to solve the contradictions outside the city. Riding 'Dog Meat' over the wall of Fushun, he went to the village he controlled outside the city.
This village was used by Zhou Qingfeng to develop the coal industry and train miners. In the winter, relying on the miners in the village to mine coal around Fushun, the forces in the west of the city had survived the winter relatively easily. In addition, this village was also the base of Tan Feng's patrol team.
When Xu Bing set up a model village on the outskirts of Shenyang, Zhou Qingfeng told Tan Feng to take care of Xu Bing. But according to the situation reflected by Xu Bing, Tan Feng did not completely obey this order. He was very resistant to listening to a woman's command, and later simply did it perfunctorily.
Old Man Sun was responsible for paying the salaries of the patrol team. During the month that Zhou Qingfeng left, Tan Feng repeatedly hinted to Old Man Sun that he wanted to do it himself. Wang Kunpeng, who was in charge of internal supervision, also reported to Zhou Qingfeng about Tan Feng's questions, saying that this guy from the border army had recently accepted a banquet from Wang Kai and even had private contact with Li Yongfang's advisor.
What Zhou Qingfeng could not tolerate the most was that Tan Feng got a sum of money from who knows where and actually ignored the rules to privately recruit more than ten people. This was to establish a mountain under the eyes of Zhou Qingfeng. He even targeted the guards trained by Zhou Qingfeng and sent people to win over Gao Daniu and Wu Daemon.
If he didn't resolve the problem of Tan Feng now, sooner or later, there would be trouble. This young man from the Xuan Prefecture Border Army could be said to be loyal and heroic, but he also had the bad habits of an old-fashioned army. As soon as Zhou Qingfeng left, these bad habits were completely exposed.
After leaving the city, Zhou Qingfeng did not directly go to the coal mining village. He followed the dirt road and found an empty space to the east of Fushun. There were several bonfires on the ground, and several dozen people had formed a temporary camp around the bonfires. There was even a sentry outside the camp. When he heard the Wolf Cavalry approaching, he shouted, "Who is it?"
"I am Zhou Qingfeng."
"Password."
"Xinglei. Reporting. "
"Lightning." The sentry shouted.
The camp was not orderly. There were about forty people standing or sitting, resting. These people were equipped with spears, blades, bows, and other weapons. They were scattered, and it was not convenient for them to enter the city. There were even quite a few women mixed in with them. Gao Daniu and Wu Daemen were also there. When they saw Zhou Qingfeng, they hurried forward.
This was an Imperial Guard trained by Xu Bing, with Zhou Qingfeng's personal guard as the foundation. Originally, Zhou Qingfeng had recruited more than three hundred people from a village on the outskirts of Shenyang, and Xu Bing had gathered a hundred or so members of the Women's Rescue Association. Unfortunately, after more than a month of testing, this was all that was left. Most of the others had fled, and some had died in battle.
When they saw Zhou Qingfeng appear, this seemingly scattered group immediately assembled. Although their formation was not orderly, their reaction speed and vigilance were already very good. Borrowing the light of the bonfires, Zhou Qingfeng jumped off the giant wolf and walked in front of the group. He patted their shoulders and laughed as he greeted them.
"Not bad, you guys are very good. The troops that we trained ourselves are more reliable. "Zhou Qingfeng slightly inspected this group and was very satisfied. Xu Bing said that she was able to survive in the model village because this seemingly miscellaneous team played a decisive role. For a period of time, they even had to fight with the village tyrants every day. Those who could survive were all brave warriors.
This was what a direct combat personnel should look like, with a fierce and murderous aura!
Gao Daniu stood in front of Zhou Qingfeng with a silly look. When he heard Zhou Qingfeng's words, he seemed to want to scratch his head, but he forced himself to hold back. He mumbled, "Sister Xu said that the unreliable have all been eliminated, and the ones left are all elites."
Most of the people that Zhou Qingfeng brought out from Ge and Kulun were slave craftsmen. Now, those people had basically become bailiffs to maintain the security of the western part of the city. He took in Tan Feng's patrol team, but the members of that team had not experienced many trials of blood and fire. They had only fought a few battles with Zhou Qingfeng. However, this team in front of him that was not valued was trained in a difficult environment with Xu Bing.
"Gao Daniu."
"Here."
The young man who used to be thin and weak now had a capable and experienced spirit. Gao Daniu wore a homespun clothing and stood ramrod straight. His silly look was still there, but he was more mature. Zhou Qingfeng smiled and asked, "I heard that Tan Feng gave you money and wanted to pull you over. Why didn't you go? His offer is much higher than the salary I'm offering. "
Gao Daniu laughed foolishly. Beside him, Wu Daimen said for him, "This kid married a literate wife, so his brain is working well. His wife said that Tan Feng has no future, so he didn't plan to go. "
"What about you?" Zhou Qingfeng turned to Wu Daimen and asked, "Tan Feng also looked for you, right? Why didn't you go? "
Wu Daimen looked at Zhou Qingfeng in confusion and said, "That Tan guy didn't even find me a wife. Why should I go with him?"
Hahaha …. Zhou Qingfeng laughed for a while and asked, "I heard that you all rode horses?"
"Yes." Gao Daniu replied.
"Get on the horse and follow me. Tonight, we're going to give Tan Feng a lesson. If he's still obedient, we'll let him stay. If he doesn't want to work anymore, then we'll part ways and send him away. "Zhou Qingfeng flipped on Dog Meat's back again. The forty people in the camp immediately raised a few torches and extinguished the bonfire. They pulled out their horses and followed Zhou Qingfeng.
The road was not clear at night, so the speed of the forty horses was not fast. But when Zhou Qingfeng linked them into a military formation, the power of their coordination was reflected. The thundering of the horses' hooves traveled far in the night. Soon, they arrived at Coal Mining Village. There was no one guarding the village entrance. Zhou Qingfeng and the others rushed in with a fierce night wind.
When the forty riders stopped at the entrance of a large house, they heard shouts and shouts coming from inside. A rough voice was shouting, "Come, come, come. Drink big bowls of wine and eat big pieces of meat. Follow me, Tan, to live a happy life."
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