"Although these people have escaped the pursuit of the intruders, if they are left alone, it will be difficult for them to survive." Lin Dong shook his head, thinking about ways to send the people away.

"General, in my opinion, it is better to take all these victims into military households. In this way, the general can not only form a team immediately, but also settle down the people. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone."

"Go on." Originally, Lin Dong planned to give each of them five taels of silver as travel expenses so that they could go home on their own. But now that Jing San said this, he immediately changed his mind.

Cheng San's method is indeed feasible. You must know that in ancient times, population was productivity and combat effectiveness. If you want to expand your power, you can't do it without population. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many policies to encourage childbirth in history. I just don't know whether the people are willing.

Be your own military household.

After thinking for a long time, a plan took shape in his mind, and he immediately asked Su Yi to be invited.

Soon Su Yi walked in with a smile on his face. This time he came to Fengyang and got so many supplies all at once. Su Yi was the happiest. He fell into poverty when he was young, and his family spent all their savings to support his education. Later,

After his parents passed away, life became more difficult. Even the travel expenses for the exams were borrowed from here and there. The money was not paid back until he became a bandit. Otherwise, he would not have been caught by the bandits and became a mountain bandit willingly.

The master of the thief. This trip to Fengyang was very fruitful. He had never seen so many supplies since he was a child. He was so excited that he couldn't sleep for several days in a row. He kept shouting that he was getting rich, getting rich.

"General, are you looking for me?" Su Yi was now in awe of Lin Dong, and he usually spoke with unusual respect.

"I have something to ask you to do." Lin Dong said unhurriedly.

"Please give me your orders, General."

"You have also seen that I brought the people outside from Fengyang City, but it is a bit troublesome to settle them. After some thought, I am going to take the people who are willing to go back with us as military households and bring them back to Anton.

Go to the county, and those who are unwilling to follow will be given five cents of silver each to go home by themselves. You go and prepare some money and supplies."

"General, no!" Su Yi frowned and shook his head like a rattle in protest.

"Why?"

"There are so many people eating and drinking along the way. Without thousands of shi of food, they can't support themselves to get to Andong County. Plus, those who don't want to follow have to pay tolls. This toll costs thousands of taels of silver. It's a complete loss-making business. It's rough.

According to one estimate, our Anton Army will lose tens of thousands of taels of silver all at once. General, we can’t do a loss-making business! Besides, these supplies were obtained by our Anton Army with our lives. Wouldn’t it be a pity to give them to these people for free?

?" Su Yi said with a look of reluctance.

Lin Dong couldn't help but laugh. Why was this Su Yi becoming more and more like an iron rooster? He didn't want to take out any of the things he had in his hands.

Sir, I don’t know, but I have my own intention in doing this. Our Anton Army has suffered heavy losses this time. If these people join our Anton Army, they will not only be able to make up for the lost soldiers, but also resettle the people.

Happy but not doing it?

"But General! Even if those who join our Anton Army can be supported by military funds, how can we explain the fact that those who don't want to stay are still paid travel expenses?"

Lin Dong had no choice but to patiently say: "The purpose of our Anton Army's establishment is to protect the people. How can we, the Anton Army, ignore the people's difficulties now?"

"General, but!"

"Okay, there's nothing wrong with it. Just do as I say." Lin Dong waved his hand to stop him, indicating that Su Yi didn't need to persuade him any further.

Su Yi had no choice but to accept the order and retreat.

"General, I have one more request." After Su Yi left, Cheng Sancai said flatteringly.

"What's the matter?" Looking at Cheng San's posture, he knew it was not a good thing. Lin Dong frowned slightly. This Cheng San really knows how to choose the right time.

Cheng San immediately told what he wanted. According to Cheng San, the reason why he was able to successfully obtain the big seal and seize the prefect's Yamen's warehouse this time was all thanks to his brothers.

, and the manpower of the organization that occupied the warehouse later was inseparable from Tieniu and the others, and the reason why his brothers were willing to contribute to the Anton Army was because he had guaranteed that they could join the Anton Army, so he wanted to ask Lin Dong to take over.

Get rid of his brothers.

Lin Dong was stunned. This Cheng San was so courageous. He dared to write a big promise without having the ability to measure up. However, he did not expect that there would be so many stories behind getting the official seal, so he immediately asked for details.

Under his questioning, Cheng San vividly recounted in detail how he captured the seal, how he took the gold and silver from the magistrate's yamen storehouse, and how he drove away the officers and soldiers.

According to what he said, when they returned to the dock, Tieniu volunteered to take a group of brothers to the prefect's Yamen. However, he never thought that when they arrived at the prefect's Yamen, the door was already closed. Tieniu was so angry that he ordered people to

They found logs and asked everyone to carry them to hit the gate.

Under the impact of the logs, the door was quickly smashed open. Tieniu felt angry and rushed in with a knife. Any government servants who tried to stop him were killed by Tieniu's brother who took him away.

A group of people rushed into the magistrate's office and searched, but could not find the person in charge or Magistrate Yan. Everyone was confused when suddenly a man dressed as a servant ran out from inside.

Tieniu was furious and ordered the boy to be arrested. After interrogation, he found out that Magistrate Yan had hidden in the prison.

So Tieniu led people into the prison, and under the identification of the boy, they quickly found Magistrate Yan and the person in charge.

After another round of torture, the crowd forced the two men to hand over the seal.

After obtaining the Great Seal Tieniu was worried about the revenge of Magistrate Yan when he returned, so he simply killed Magistrate Yan and the principal without any further action.

When they came back, several people robbed the warehouse of the prefect's Yamen again. When they saw the warehouse full of gold and silver, they immediately called in the Anton Army and transported it to the ship for good protection.

Lin Dong frowned when he heard this. If Cheng San had not lied, then the Tieniu brothers had really made a lot of contributions. But judging from their behavior, they were somewhat unscrupulous. Such people were not worthy of being placed in the army.

suitable.

Lin Dong had a headache. Should he accept Tieniu and the others? Accept them. They are afraid that they will lead other soldiers to harm, but don't accept them. These people are all meritorious people. It is against the rules of the Anton Army to not reward them for their merits.

Is it a reward or a punishment? Lin Donglue thought about it and thought of a good idea.

"Cheng San, do you know your guilt?" Lin Dong shouted with a cold look.

"General, spare your life!" Cheng Sanzheng was saying proudly, but was suddenly interrupted by Lin Dong's shout. He was frightened and hurriedly knelt down on the ground, kowtowing as if pounding garlic.

"Li Da, according to military regulations, Cheng San disobeyed orders and borrowed weapons to act privately, and also killed an official of the imperial court. What crime should he be punished for?" Lin Dong asked with a straight face.

"Return to the general, follow the rules of the army. Anyone who does not respect orders and kills without permission shall be executed!" Li Da said word for word.

Cheng San broke out in a cold sweat. Is the general trying to settle the score?

"General, please spare your life. I am doing something for the general, so I ask him to show mercy beyond the law." Cheng San wailed.

"You are just doing things for me, does it mean that you can violate military orders by doing things for me?" Lin Dong shouted.

"Yes, yes, it's the villain's fault. Please forgive me, general, this time." Cheng San was so frightened that his whole body trembled and he begged.

"Li Da, in your opinion, how should this matter be handled according to military regulations?"

"Back to General, according to military regulations, Cheng San should be killed!

Cheng San was suddenly startled, his heart went cold, he drank even harder, and kept begging for mercy.

Li Da paused for a moment and then said: "But Cheng San is the general's clerk, not a member of the army, so this military regulation is not suitable for him. In my opinion, it is better to cut off Cheng San's position and serve him as a fine for half a year."

." Li Da saw Lin Dong's expression in his eyes and said after a moment of thought.

"Is that so?"

"Yes!"

"Is this against military regulations?" Lin Dong asked again.

"Cheng San did not serve in the military, so it does not violate military regulations."

"In this case, we will follow General Li's suggestion and remove Cheng San from his post as secretary and serve as a fine for half a year." Lin Dong immediately announced.

Seeing that he was spared the death penalty, Cheng San was overjoyed and hurriedly kowtowed in thanks.

"I, the Anton Army, must be punished for their crimes and rewarded for their merits. The contribution you have made this time is not small. It is indeed a bit humiliating to follow me." Lin Dong suddenly said this, Cheng San was stunned and thought: "

General, what do you mean? Are you going to drive me out of the Anton Army?"

Lin Dong glanced at Cheng San, and an invisible pressure instantly enveloped Cheng San.

"General..., army..., Cheng San is terrified!"

"You have made great achievements this time. If you do not reward me, it is against the rules of our Anton Army. I think it is worse than this. You are responsible for setting up an intelligence collection organization and will be directly responsible to me. However, I can only provide funds. As for how to collect intelligence, how? Recruiting manpower and how to train talents are all up to you, are you willing?" Lin Dong knows the role of intelligence in war, and now that he has some wealth, this matter should be put on the agenda.

"Ah!" Cheng San was shocked. What a gift it was. He could actually gain the trust of the general and let himself take charge of the situation. He burst into tears and expressed his determination.

Lin Dong nodded with satisfaction and said: "As for the brothers you mentioned, you can figure it out yourself. But to be clear, although you are on your own, you still have to abide by the rules in the army. As for the way they killed Yan before,

Regarding the prefect’s affairs, well, they had not officially joined our army at that time, and our army’s military laws could not be enforced on them, but this kind of thing must never happen again, otherwise, they will be killed without mercy!”

"Yes, thank you General!"

Cheng San kowtowed hard several times before happily retreating.

In this way, Cheng San's affairs have been dealt with. Lin Dong first gave him a hard beating to make him dare not do it again, and then reused him. Cheng San was surprised and happy, and his mood was like a roller coaster, with ups and downs, but

His attitude towards Lin Dong became more and more respectful.

After Cheng San left, Lin Dong went to find Old Wei again. At this time, Old Wei and others were resting on the boat. When Lin Dong arrived, they all stood up.

"I've met General Lin!"

Lin Dong waved his hand and said, "You don't have to be polite. I'm here to ask you what your plans are."

"Now that we are unfamiliar with the place, what plans can we make?" Before Lao Wei could speak, a strong man beside him said.

The man's surname was Zhao, and his name was Da Biao. He was a commander-in-chief, nicknamed Biao Zi. He was very strong, and generally three or five big men could not get close to him.
Chapter completed!