"... Now we have completely taken control of Pizhou. The wealthy merchants and landlords in the city and the castles outside the city have also surrendered. All the fields that can be cleared have been cleared. By next year, the harvested food will be enough for us to train 30,000 troops.

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Tan Youdao is now the chief clerk of the palace. He is holding a booklet in his hand and is reporting to Feng Yuan what he has gained during this period.

Today, great changes have taken place in Pizhou.

The bandits in the mountains and forests outside the city were either destroyed or escaped from Pizhou under the stranglehold of Jiang Yingjie, Huang Shouzheng and others.

The refugees who entered Pizhou were also organized and trained. The strong ones were made into soldiers and trained in the fields, while the old, weak, women and children did some chores of sewing military uniforms.

Without the refugees and bandits, Pizhou suddenly became much safer.

In this day and age, there are many people who are officials, but people who can really do practical things are very rare. Although Tan Youdao was born in a green forest village, his abilities far exceed those of prefects and county magistrates.

With him coordinating the overall situation, and with the help of many newly recruited civil servants, the entire affairs of Pizhou were managed in an orderly manner.

Feng Yuan's power can develop so rapidly, and Tan Youdao is indispensable.

"Thank you for your hard work, Master Tan!"

Feng Yuan nodded, with a look of appreciation on his face. His eyes turned and fell on Jiang Yingjie.

"Jiang Qianhu, how many troops are there in the palace now? How many elite soldiers are there who can go into battle?"

Jiang Yingjie stood up, cupped his hands, and replied: "My dear prince, there are currently 4,500 people in the royal family's army, and there are 2,300 young refugees who have just been recruited. The total strength is 6,800 people.

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"Among them, there are only two thousand elite soldiers who can go into battle! The other more than 4,000 new recruits only need to train for two months before they can go into battle!"

These days, Feng Yuan is sitting in the city, working with Tan Youdao to rectify the internal affairs, while Jiang Yingjie and Huang Shouzheng are constantly training new soldiers according to the new book of disciplines and military training records.

During the training, the two of them took turns leading people to attack and clean up the bandits in Pizhou.

After continuous fighting and bloodshed, the soldiers who had just formed their combat effectiveness gradually became more and more evil, and their strength at least doubled.

Therefore, even though Feng Yuan only has two thousand elite soldiers who can go into battle, in a real battle, they can be comparable to tens of thousands of official soldiers or bandits.

"but……"

Jiang Yingjie paused slightly and glanced at Feng Yuan and Tan Youdao.

"Although we have many troops, we are in short supply of weapons, armor, bows, arrows and shields. Now we can only ensure that the pro-army weapons are intact. The new recruits are currently trained with wooden sticks. Without weapons, no matter how well trained they are, they will not be able to go into battle.

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Of course Feng Yuan is well aware of the problem Jiang Yingjie mentioned.

He occupied Pizhou and recruited troops on a large scale, so he could not completely hide it from others.

Now Jinling's camp commander Zhao Zhilong, garrison eunuch Han Zanzhou, and Ministry of War Minister Shi Kefa should already know what Feng Yuan did in Pizhou.

Even Lu Zhenfei, the governor of water transportation and governor of Huaiyang, regarded Feng Yuan as an ambitious vassal king.

If the situation in the north had not been very bad for the imperial court, Lu Zhenfei would have mobilized his troops to destroy Pizhou long ago.

At this time, the Qin soldiers led by Sun Chuanting were dueling with Li Zicheng.

Except for Sun Chuanting's troops, the Ming court had no elite troops.

Without elite soldiers at hand, whether it was the three senior officials of Jinling or Lu Zhenfei, they could only block the road and set up numerous obstacles in the direction of Huaiyang.

This prevented Feng Yuan from obtaining weapons, supplies, food and supplies, and prevented him from rapidly expanding.

"Don't worry, food and weapons will be delivered soon!"

Feng Yuan said casually.

Gu Rujin has received news that Min Zihua from the Xiandu Sect has arrived in Jinling.

Along with him were Master Shili from Qingliang Temple in Wutai Mountain, Shanxi Province, Zheng Qiyun, the leader of the seventy-two islands of Zhejiang and Fujian Pirates, Taibai Sanying from Taibai Sect in Taibai Mountain, Shaanxi Province, and Wanli Feng from Kunlun Sect.

There are also three disciples of Gui Xinshu, the invincible divine fist of the Huashan sect.

These people are all top-notch masters in the martial arts world, and each of them has a martial arts that is comparable to Jiao Gongli.

Yuan Chengzhi is still missing. If Feng Yuan does not take action, the Golden Dragon Gang will not be able to escape this disaster.

"Except for Taibai Sanying and the Huashan sect, these top-notch experts all have chivalrous hearts and can distinguish right from wrong. As long as they can suppress the Huashan sect, they can help the Golden Dragon Gang resolve this grudge!"

Feng Yuan calculated silently.

As long as he can resolve the grievances of the Golden Dragon Gang, he can subdue Jiao Gongli. The Golden Dragon Gang, which stretches across the southern Zhili River, will serve as a wing. Food and weapons can be purchased in large quantities through the Golden Dragon Gang's manpower.

"It would be great if we could transport food and weapons by sea! If we use canals to transport food and weapons, we can easily be intercepted by the Governor of Canal Transport and the people of Jinling!"

Unfortunately, Feng Yuan didn't have any boats, so he couldn't take this shortcut.

By the time the proceedings ended, more than two hours had passed.

When everyone dispersed, Feng Yuan rubbed his brows to soothe his nerves.

"When a force is established, there are so many things to do!"

For more than a month, Feng Yuan spent a lot of time every day dealing with various matters in Pizhou, and the time he spent practicing was greatly shortened.

Often after practicing internal strength, there is not enough time to hone the skills of fist, foot and sword.

Although Tan Youdao and the seven or eight newly recruited civil servants were capable in their work, they were limited by their background and did not have a high vision.

To use a common saying, these people are just talents from the county. They do not have a larger strategic vision. Even Tan Youdao lacks some talents and cannot be compared with Gu Junen and Li Yan under Li Zicheng.

Feng Yuan can only think about the plans for power development and future strategies alone.

The sky is clear and the breeze is blowing.

The constant high temperature has finally dropped.

On this day, Feng Yuan asked Jiang Yingjie and Tan Youdao to stay behind, while he quietly went to Jinling with Guru Jin, Sun Qi and others, preparing to conquer the Golden Dragon Gang according to the plan.

Nothing happened along the way. Everyone boarded the ferry smoothly and prepared to set off from the waterway.

"Sir, I feel something is wrong. We seem to be being watched!"

After boarding a ferry, Sun Qi's eyes swept left and right of the ferry, his expression solemn.

He quietly came to Feng Yuan's side and whispered.

"Is it possible that we encountered water thieves?" Guru Jin frowned.

Feng Yuan's expression remained unchanged. After boarding the boat, he also sensed someone peeping in the dark through his powerful five senses, who seemed to be a sailor on the boat.

Among these sailors, there are many strong and strong warriors who look like people from the martial arts world.

However, with Feng Yuan's current strength, no one can threaten his safety.

So he can sit firmly on the Diaoyutai, observe with a cold eye, and wait for the enemy from the dark to jump out.

"The largest force in the river, besides the Wenxiang Sect, is the Longyou Gang. The Longyou Gang has dozens of boats and often robs merchant ships... Based on a villain's calculation, we should be targeted.

They are the people from the Longyou Gang!" Sun Qi said.

Rongcai, the leader of the Longyou Gang, behaves like the bandits on the Green Forest Road who dominate the mountain.

The difference may be that when the bandits were robbing, they shouted, "I built this mountain and planted this tree." But when he robbed a boat on the water, he shouted, "Would you like plate noodles or wonton noodles, sir?"
Chapter completed!