Liu Yongfu suddenly spoke and said angrily: "Once the militia is split up, it will not be easy to integrate it!"
"Yes, if the militia is split up, it will be difficult to manage!"
Zhu Zhurong echoed: "It's just like opening a branch of a restaurant. One mistake can easily fool the shopkeeper below!"
The other top leaders of the vigilante groups present basically expressed their unfavorable thoughts.
Their understanding is actually very simple. After the split, is the vigilante group still a vigilante group?
To put it bluntly, I am afraid that after the vigilante groups are split up, each one will become a new mountain that is difficult to control.
Their concerns are not unreasonable. Once the size of the militia is reduced, its deterrence will naturally decrease. If the spun-off part develops well, it is very likely that it will become the dominant force.
"Whether it's a bad idea or not, the vigilante group must go through this!"
Wu Dong didn't take it seriously, his expression was very calm, and he said slowly: "Unless the militia directly confronts the imperial court..."
"No!" "It can't be like this!"
Huang Feihong and Liu Yongfu's expressions changed drastically, and they subconsciously objected.
"This is the end!"
Wu Dong spread his hands and said with a smile: "Rather than letting the court be afraid of taking action, it is better for us to take the initiative ourselves!"
Those words left all the top leaders of the vigilante groups present, including Liu Yongfu, speechless.
In other words, at this time, the Qing court showed no signs of falling apart. They were not really ambitious people, and few representatives of the squire directly raised the flag to rebel.
Huang Feihong has such a personality, and he has not yet broken away from the traditional country squire mentality to a patriotic mentality that cares about the country and the people.
In the movie, he also suffered a great loss from foreigners and witnessed the suffering of the people, and then slowly transformed.
Even so, it was only after the second part of the Once Upon a Time movie that the transformation in thinking was completely completed.
At that time, it was already the time for the letter to be sent to the public, and the situation in the entire Qing court was completely different from what it is now.
Not to mention anything else, it is absolutely unimaginable at the moment how much financial pressure it has brought to the people just from the compensation for the defeat of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1899.
"Then how do you plan to split it?"
It was Liu Yongfu who came to his senses first. After all, he was the general commanding the army and his mental endurance was much stronger.
"The militia headquarters can only leave about 1,000 to 1,500 people. They must be absolutely elite and can be pulled out to start fighting at any time!"
After looking around and seeing that no one else spoke, Wu Dong slowly explained: "At this time, the vigilante group has already passed the most difficult financial situation in the early days of its establishment!"
"With the money-sucking pier and other income, the financial situation of the militia is quite good, and it can afford about 1,500 people who are completely out of work!"
"In other words, if these 1,500 people at most are the absolute elite of the militia, the most important thing they do every day is drills and drills, and then they help the local government offices maintain order in the city!"
"Of course, when necessary, we have to quietly go out to solve the trouble for the parts that are separated and in trouble. For this reason, we may directly fight with certain forces!"
Everyone present was dumbfounded.
They understood what Wu Dong said. He wanted to raise a well-trained and strong army.
By the way, looking around, it seems that there is no force that can threaten the interests of the vigilante group. Why is there any need to shout and kill?
After speaking, Wu Dong looked directly at Liu Yongfu and asked: "Master Liu, can the Black Flag Army provide a batch of ordnance, preferably fast guns and small cannons!"
"What do you want to do?"
Liu Yongfu narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a bad tone: "Do you know how risky this is?"
"Listen to me and Master Liu will know my purpose!"
Smiling softly, Wu Dong said calmly: "Didn't we win a ship by relying on gambling in the arena?"
"Using this sea-going ship as the basis, we will purchase several more offshore merchant ships to form a fleet for shipping!"
"The scale doesn't need to be too big at the beginning. Two or three ships are enough. But we have to plan ahead and recruit five hundred brothers from the militia who know how to use water to board the ship and take turns to learn how to run a ship and how to do a shipping business!"
"As for what kind of business we are doing, there is no need to worry about whether it will directly conflict with the Thirteenth Bank of China. Our main business is the cooling oil, toilet water and mosquito coils produced by Baozhilin, which are widely used in Guangdong Province and further south.
In the Nanyang area, there is absolutely no need to worry about sales, we have all used it!"
This statement was recognized by a group of top leaders of the militia. In the era before industrialization, living in hot and humid areas in the south, things like Xiaoqiang and various poisonous epidemics were the most deadly.
One bad move, and you will die if you fall into the trap of being 'acclimated'...
At this time, the modern chemical industry in Europe and the United States was still in its infancy, and its own medicine was not very good. How could it be possible to spend time researching specialized drugs based on the geographical environment of Nanyang?
The series of drugs developed by Bao Zhilin are different. They have obvious effects on some diseases caused by the Nanyang environment.
As long as these drugs can be promoted, there is no need to worry about sales.
Also, the decoction Wu Dong made before is also quite suitable in Nanyang area.
There is no conflict of interest between these gadgets and the traditional goods, silk, tea and porcelain sold by Shisanhang.
What really needs to be worried about is the promotion of these things.
If the promotion is effective, I believe it won't take long for the pharmaceutical workshops established by Bao Zhilin to be too busy.
He explained these situations and the doorways inside in detail to everyone present, and finally said: "As long as the situation of the fleet is opened up, there will be an endless source of wealth in the future!"
Of course, in his plan, this is just the beginning.
Because the follow-up plan is too bold, it can be said that it conflicts fiercely with the mainstream of this era, and may arouse strong opposition from Huang Feihong, so there is no need to say it out for the time being.
When the situation develops and the scale of the fleet spun off from the militia has expanded to a certain extent, it will not be too late to talk about these things.
However, the high-level officials of the vigilante groups present, as well as Liu Yongfu, were a little surprised.
Unexpectedly, Wu Dong thought so far ahead and had already made arrangements for some young people in the militia.
"Master Liu, you also know how dangerous it is to travel by sea, so you need some ordnance to protect your own safety. That is also a must!"
Wu Dong changed the subject and looked at Liu Yongfu again.
The Black Flag Army was able to fight the French army in Annan, so it naturally had a lot of firearms in its hands, and they were considered sophisticated in this era and were not considered backward.
Wu Dong had wanted to bring a group over for a long time, but there was never any legitimate reason. He didn't want to arouse Liu Yongfu's suspicion...