This secret meeting broke up not long after it started...
Soon, the vigilante group took action, and there was a series of actions.
First, five hundred men were divided, and a fleet was formed based on the ships earned from gambling. All five hundred men joined the fleet.
Although the fleet at this time only has one sea-going ship, it is well organized and can start operations immediately just waiting for subsequent ships to join.
At the same time, a batch of 'scrap' ordnance from the Black Flag Army, including quick guns and small cannons, was secretly sent to the secret warehouse of the newly formed fleet.
Not only that, some of the militia brothers who joined the fleet returned to the Black Flag Army camp to practice their marksmanship and artillery skills.
Wu Dong took this opportunity to mix in and enjoy his gun addiction.
He was not interested in fast guns that could be used alone. At this time, there were no famous pistols in later generations. Didn't they also have revolvers?
With his current physical fitness and the keen perception gained from martial arts training, he was able to master the revolver in just a few days.
When I left the Black Flag Army camp, I took away several weapons and enough bullets.
For unknown reasons, Liu Yongfu fully acquiesced in the actions of the vigilante group.
Fortunately, everything was done secretly and was not exposed, nor did it cause any bad consequences to the Black Flag Army.
In addition to dedicating 500 people to form a fleet, the militia also detached more than 1,000 people to form the Foshan Farmers and Fisheries Association, which was responsible for purchasing agricultural and fishery products and then selling them to urban restaurants and wealthy families.
Profit.
Previously, the militias had obtained the monopoly trading rights of all vegetables, meat, poultry and eggs by dividing their share of the peripheral markets of the docks, which was one of the most stable sources of income for the militias.
At this time, the militia was split up, which naturally completely separated this area from the militia.
This is to prevent the militia from getting in the eyes of the government and affecting this stable source of income.
Not only that, the people who split off from the militia also opened a bodyguard agency.
At present, the order in various parts of the Qing Dynasty is gradually becoming chaotic. Escort agencies have become very popular. The most famous one is Shunyuan Escort Agency in the capital, which is run by the famous Da Dao Wang Wu.
In this way, after the militia was split up, it suddenly succeeded in losing weight. From the previous nearly reaching 3,000 troops, it was suddenly reduced to less than 1,500 people at present.
In Wu Dong's eyes, this is not enough!
Not to mention that the Agriculture and Fisheries Association is a monopoly industry, and the manpower needed is basically fixed.
Unless Wu Dong wants to increase the scale and production of his independent breeding farm, he will not need more manpower to join him in a short period of time.
The fleet and the escort agency are different. Once they establish a foothold and open up the situation, they will definitely need more manpower than the current number.
Among other things, the headquarters of the fleet and the escort agency are both located in Guangzhou, which is the economic center of the entire Guangdong Province. If you want to make money, and make a lot of money, you must establish a foothold there.
According to Wu Dong's idea, the militia will continue to deploy capable manpower to reinforce these two industries.
By then, the size of the militia will be reduced to about 800 to 1,000, and it will not attract too much attention. Even if the court is still worried, the methods used will not be so rough and ruthless, and there will be no room for maneuver.
Without the knowledge of outsiders, the militia quietly completed the split.
Soon, all the personnel of the fleet and the escort agency rushed to Guangzhou, and Zhu Zhurong and Huang Feihong's apprentices went to Guangzhou as bosses to take charge.
In fact, as the person in charge of military force, Yan Zhendong is the best candidate, but his obvious northern characteristics and Mandarin with a Shandong accent are a bit conspicuous, so he is not suitable for taking charge in Guangzhou for the first time, so that's it.
If Huang Feihong was not difficult to mobilize, he would actually be the most suitable candidate.
If nothing else, Huang Feihong's reputation in Guangzhou is enough to avoid a lot of trouble.
Of course, for things like the bad things that happened in the second part of the movie, it can only be said that Huang Feihong was too much of a gentleman and did not want to use the power of the vigilante group at all. Otherwise, how could he be so embarrassed?
Right now, Zhu Zhurong and a group of Bao Zhilin disciples have enough people around them.
Although Wu Dong told them not to act rashly and to wait and see for a while before making any further decisions, they would not be polite if trouble really arises.
By the time these things were dealt with, it was already late spring.
After Wu Dong finished exercising in the early morning that day, he took advantage of the fact that the younger brothers were on vacation today and simply recruited them into the study room to inquire about their study status.
"Are you still studying three hundred thousand?"
Wu Dong was not surprised when he heard his younger brother's report on his study progress.
In the absence of Chinese Pinyin, just recognizing Chinese characters would take a lot of time. The boys are young and have self-control, so their learning progress is quite fast.
"Master said that our study progress is not slow. If we work hard, we can immediately start studying classics and history after the elementary school course is over!"
The younger brothers were quite happy and said to Wu Dong with a show-off tone.
"There is no need to study the classics deliberately. What you should mainly study is the historical records!"
Wu Dong frowned and expressed his opinion directly: "After you finish studying the history books, you'd better learn the knowledge of foreigners!"
"But the Master said that foreigners only know eccentric techniques, are arrogant and unreasonable, and have no sense of propriety, justice and integrity. They cannot be considered the right way!"
Wu Dong immediately realized the current education problem.
This is not to say that traditional classics on classics and meanings are not good. At least in terms of cultivating personal character, classics on classics and meanings are quite good.
However, in this era, it is somewhat inappropriate to regard classics and classics as the mainstream of education.
The Westernization Movement started only a few years ago, and its influence was not as great as imagined.
In the second part of the Once Upon a Time movie, it was the time when people were on the bus to write letters about the Reform Movement of 1898. As a result, the place to learn foreign language in Guangzhou was Tongwenkan.
Wu Dong did not blindly admire foreign moons, but it was abnormal to directly reject them.
The saying "Learn from the foreigners and develop skills to defeat the foreigners" has been used for decades. At least you must first understand the situation of the foreigners before you can know yourself and the enemy, right?
He didn't let his younger brothers embark on the path of scientific research, but he just needed to have some understanding of the situation on the foreign side.
Otherwise, who knows what will happen when dealing with foreigners in the future?
At this time, Wu Dong realized the educational problems of his younger brothers, and then extended it to the external cognitive problems of the entire civil society system.
He will not send his younger brothers to the Tongwen Hall. Not only is it the base camp of the Revolutionary Party, but also foreigners, especially foreign religious forces, are involved. If a bad person is not good, the younger brothers may be brainwashed.
You still have to take charge of the dissemination of knowledge among the younger brothers and the civil society system, otherwise you will suffer big losses from this sooner or later. Fortunately, it is not too late to notice the problem now...