Globe Trekker

Chapter 64
After discussing the establishment of the militia group, Master Lu reported his achievements to Wu Ming quite complacently: "Three lime kilns produce one kiln every three days. The three large brick kilns also fired red bricks, and one kiln in five days made 2 yuan of good bricks..."

"Not to mention, building a kiln according to your drawings, and then using coal to burn bricks is far more economical than using the old method to burn bricks. After the grain is harvested, I will concentrate on building a few rows of red brick buildings. The place has been selected. , on the gentle slope to the west of the wharf, the new strong laborers will not open mines, but will go to open up wasteland and build water canals, trying to get another [-] acres of land before the next spring plowing, otherwise it will be a big problem for so many people to eat. "

"This amount of bricks is far from enough. I dare say it won't be long before our red bricks can be sold to Zhaoxian Town... Let's build a few more brick kilns. There are idlers in the villages of the She people, and there are mud under Dongshan Mountain. The two brooks in the east and the west are long flowing water. Where can we find such good conditions? Didn’t the leaders in the north complain that we are unfair? Give them a chance, teach them to do it themselves, and sell the bricks to us. We have to do everything by ourselves, and we can develop better if our interests are evenly shared." Wu Ming expressed his opinion without negotiating, and soon won everyone's approval.

In the middle of the night, when all the trivial matters were discussed, Lu Zhengxian, Lu Zhengde, Li Kun, the sixth son Zhao Fulin and the seventh son Zhang Dongning began to carry out evil plans with Wu Ming.

In the early morning of the next day, Li Kun and Zhang Dongning, who had stayed up all night, led the caravan and set off quietly. Lu Zhengde, who had red eyes, ignored his breakfast and summoned seven highly skilled brothers, including his own son. Guy, plunged headlong into the deep mountains in the east, and practiced hard according to the simple terrain of Zhengjue Temple.

Master Lu Zhengxian walked on heavy legs and led a group of chattering women to the west to appease the victims and distribute food, clothing, farm tools and pots and pans.

Wu Ming woke up after a three-hour nap, "hululu" drank two large bowls of meat porridge, and began to bury his head in his book.

Everything is proceeding in an orderly manner.

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Three days later in the afternoon, the six leaders gathered again in Wu Ming's small building and saw a miniature sand table model of Zhengjue Temple made of clay on the table. Lu Zhengde, Li Kun and others who provided the sketch surprised Wu Ming. For heaven and man.

Wu Ming was not too polite, he pulled Li Kun and Zhang Dongning to check carefully, based on their additions and corrections, he modified a few small places in the backyard of the temple and the Hall of Pharmacists, and began to introduce his thoughts to everyone.

Everyone praised him after listening to it, and Lu Zhengde sighed that he had lived most of his life and never knew that burglary could be done like this!Lu Zhengxian, the master who is proud of himself as a veteran in the world, finally lowered his proud head, and asked Wu Ming for advice one by one.

Wu Ming finally concluded: "Everyone's worries are very reasonable, but I think that as long as we follow the plan, our ticket will not become the target of suspicion because of the arrival of the victims. Secondly, the caravan sent back in the past two days Everyone has read the newspapers. If I guess correctly, before the end of this month, the Eastern Army stationed in Fengtian in the northeast will launch an attack. If not, the entire three eastern provinces will be occupied by the Eastern Army. At that time, the whole country will definitely be shaken. All turn to the northeast, turn to the Nanjing central government, and then I am afraid that there will be chaos in the whole country!"

"Just imagine, who will care about a bandit robbery in our small place at that time? Taking a step back, even if the Quzhou special agency files a case for investigation, the area around Tiantai Mountain and Xikengling to the east is a hundred miles away. Are there seven notorious cottages, large and small? That area belongs to Quzhou, Jiande and Chun'an, and I guess all suspicion will be transferred to those thugs."

After listening to Wu Ming's detailed explanation, although everyone didn't know where Wu Ming's judgment on the future direction of Sino-Japanese relations came from, they felt that it was very reasonable. Role.

Li Kun pointed to the small yard near the main road in front of the miniature model:

"According to our secret investigation, the abbot and monk in the temple have a deep friendship with Mr. Chen Dashan from Qiancun. On the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, or on the Buddha's birthday, Mr. Chen Dashan will go to the temple to help keep accounts and recruit talents. There are some gossips circulating among the local ruffians in the town, saying that this Chen Dashan is shameless, and often abducts women from poor families around him to him, in the name of helping, but in fact he is pimping the wine and meat monks of Zhengjue Temple... So I think, It is right to attack Chen Dashan first, it will save you a lot of time searching for property."

Lu Zhengde's eyes widened: "Is there a Zhuang Ding guard in Mr. Chen Dashan's courtyard?"

"Yes, but I don't know how many there are... It is estimated that there are less than ten nursing homes. As for Zhuang Ding, there is no need to worry too much. Most of the Zhuang Ding in Chen Dashan's house are second-rate recruits from the surrounding villages. Going back to live in my own home, I usually do nothing but run around, and when the farming is busy, I go around for the master's house, lending usury or collecting rent, doing all kinds of bad things, and a while ago I went to the North Wharf to blackmail our caravan, listen to what we say Mao Liangwu, and seeing that we have guys hidden in our waists, I have some scruples...these guys are all tricksters, don't worry." Zhang Dongning, who has a delicate personality, replied.

Everyone looked at Wu Ming, who was in deep thought, and unconsciously regarded Wu Ming as the backbone.

Wu Ming asked one by one who had anything to say?Seeing everyone shut their mouths, he pointed to the miniature model and got to the point: "The time for hands-on work remains the same, and now I will start preparations immediately. I will take a few American flashlights I bought back from Hangzhou and set off quietly at night. If someone asks tomorrow, Zhengxian The elder brother was in charge of explaining, saying that we went to the northern mountains to meet the leaders of the She ethnic group and discussed the establishment of brick factories and carpentry factories."

"Don't worry, nearly a thousand people have just settled down these days, and the village is so busy that it's dark, who cares to ask this." Master Lu replied indifferently.

Wu Ming took out a rough map he had drawn and spread it out: "Tonight, we will take this mountain road to the east that has been abandoned for many years. The leaders of Dongning have explored it a few times before. Although it is very difficult to walk across the mountains, it is about 25 kilometers longer. Fortunately, there are no villages or people along the way, and we should be able to walk to the foot of Daling Mountain, which is eight kilometers north of Xianren Mountain, before dawn..."

"Regardless of whether there are people in that place or not, we have to hide quietly and take a nap, and then continue southward after dark. There are more than a dozen families around this road. The road should be easy to walk. It only takes two hours at most. I can touch the back of Chen Dashan’s family’s courtyard. We’ll talk about the specific situation later, it’s useless to talk about it now, as long as everyone knows it.”

Everyone nodded frequently, thinking that such an arrangement was very appropriate.

Wu Ming continued to order: "Brother Zhengxian will have to be troubled for the return journey. Regardless of whether we succeed or not, you must quietly send a dozen or so confidants to pick us up at Lihuaao in the north of Daling Mountain before noon the day after tomorrow, because the mountain road is too You can't go on horseback, so the brothers you send need to be physically strong, and don't bring anything but weapons, if you don't see us back after dark, you must leave Lihuaao immediately and return quietly, and no one will be allowed to find us!"

Lu Zhengxian sighed quietly: "We lived for nothing in the past 15 years. If we knew what to do, we wouldn't have to worry about money now."

Everyone echoed, admiring Wu Ming who was meticulous and thoughtful.

How could Wu Ming have time to think about these things? Now, he will arrange the responsibilities and tasks of everyone present. At this time, he can no longer care about the issue of face. Said such cruel words as "No matter what the reason is, if someone has a problem, that person will be the sinner of nearly a thousand people, old and young, in the village."

It was the first time for everyone to see Wu Ming being so strict, and they all put away their contempt and concentrated on taking it seriously. The bandit leader Lu Zhengde and the natural spy Li Kun went back and forth to discuss all the details, including what food to bring on the road, what to use A variety of grappling hooks and ropes are more agile, etc., and everything is covered.

(End of this chapter)