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In just two days, the news that Zhengjue Temple was robbed by bandits was spread throughout Zhejiang and adjacent Jiangxi, causing great panic among people from all over the country, especially major temples and wealthy gentry.

At noon the day after the incident, the Quzhou Special Office and the Changshan County Government, who received an urgent report, rushed to Zhengjue Temple and Chen Dashan's villa to investigate. Hundreds of police and security officers and soldiers blocked the scene with live ammunition, and all kinds of rumors came straight up. Zhaoxian Town, located in the center of the vortex, was even more messy and messy.

All this seemed to have nothing to do with Wu Ming. After returning successfully with one blow, Wu Ming seemed to have completely forgotten about this. When Lu Zhengde counted all the stolen goods and told him happily that he had converted the 430,000 yuan in a huge sum of money, Wu Ming not only did not look happy, but he even said that it was so little. Then, regardless of Lu Zhengde's reaction, he led his scalypse horse to the stream to wash it.

A few days after that, Wu Ming's life was very regular. He got up every day and took his two apprentices to practice martial arts. After breakfast, he led his savage horse covered with homemade sulfur ointment. Shi Shiran patrolled around. When he came back, he went to the school where the desks and benches were placed. He discussed enrollment, school system and textbooks with his three gentlemen. Then he returned to his small building to write development plans and rules and regulations such as "Village Code", "Maoliangwu Construction Plan", and "Mine Safety Code".

A week passed in a blink of an eye, and nothing that the brothers were worried about had happened. There were a prosperous construction scene everywhere inside and outside the village.

The sun was west, and Wu Ming, like before, led his ugly horse with a spotted color to the stream, and talked with two apprentices who were also assigned to beautiful foals while washing the horse.

What made Wu Ming feel quite regretful was that the She people were unwilling to let their children go out to join the army with him. Although many strong and smart She men in each village wanted to go out with Wu Ming, their parents and the elderly in the family opposed it firmly, so they had to look at Lei Peng alone. Fortunately, the big heads finally gave up and agreed to go out to join the Maoliangwu militia in each village. The She men who were ready to move were not so disappointed.

The master and apprentice were talking lively. Zhang Dongning rode his horse and flew off the horse before he could stop, ran to the stream and reported loudly: "Brother Ming, it's not good, the officers and soldiers are here!"

Wu Ming was shocked and threw down his brush and jumped ashore: "How many have you come? What weapons do you have?"

"Twelve people came, all of them were one and two horses. There seemed to be a lot of things on the horses under the air. Except for the leading officer, everyone else was wearing two guns. The eldest brother had already summoned his brothers to carry the guys to the entrance of the village. I was worried about the third brother and the caravan brothers who just went to Changzhou to buy yesterday!" Zhang Dongning replied gasping for breath, his face tanned by the sun became even darker.

Wu Ming was stunned for a moment: "Does the officers and soldiers have spears, machine guns, etc.?"

"No, it's all short guns, but I don't know if there will be a large group of people behind these officers and soldiers." Zhang Dongning was extremely worried, thinking that the case of Zhengjue Temple had been discovered.

"Walk!"

Without time to explain, Wu Ming rode his horse to the entrance of the village with Zhang Dongning. After getting off the hillside by the river, he rushed directly to the hillside. He quickly rushed to the side of Lu Zhengde, who was waiting for battle, and looked south.

Lu Zhengde quickly informed: "The officers and soldiers discovered us, and they all dismounted and hid behind the rocks by the river, as if they were discussing something."

Wu Ming watched intently, but unfortunately he couldn't see the invading officers and soldiers clearly from more than a hundred meters away, but from the occasionally exposed figures, he saw the yellowish uniforms on the officers and soldiers: "What kind of unit is this? Is it from Changshan Security Corps or Quzhou Security Corps? The military uniforms are incorrect..."

Before he finished speaking, a horse ran out from behind the rocks in the distance. The soldier immediately picked up a white handkerchief with a stick and walked to 50 meters and shouted: "Don't shoot, we are from the Security Command. We are ordered by Commander Fang to come to find Brother Wu Ming for urgent matters! Don't shoot!"

"Secretary Ma?"

Wu Ming screamed in surprise, put away the shell gun and stood up quickly: "Chief Ma, why is he here?"

Ma Zhizhai, in the distance, saw Wu Ming standing on the hill, finally breathed a sigh of relief, slowly hit the horse and shouted: "Brother Wu, I finally found you, haha! Tell your brothers, don't get angry!"

Lu Zhengde stood up in confusion: "What's going on? Do you know him?"

Wu Ming was completely relieved: "His name is Ma Zhizhai, our elder brother's former adjutant, the combat section chief of Zhejiang West Security Command, probably came to urge me to take office... It's okay, please ask brothers to collect the guns, I'll take you to meet the guests."

Lu Zhengde immediately breathed a sigh of relief, gave a few instructions, and hurriedly followed Wu Ming down the mountain. Ma Zhizhai, who was covered in heroic spirit, had already dismounted and waited there.

"I'm really sorry, Chief Ma. I don't know if it was your visit. I thought it was the officers and soldiers who came to force the tax collection. I'm sorry, please forgive me!" Wu Ming kept his fists and saluted.

Ma Zhizhai smiled all over his face and didn't care. After the ceremony, he looked at Lu Zhengde beside Wu Ming: "This hero is..."

"This is my eldest brother Lu, the village chief of my big name Lu Zhengde, and Mao Liangwu." Wu Ming introduced politely.

Lu Zhengde bowed with fists and said, "I'm sorry, Chief Ma, I don't know that the commander is here, brothers are reckless!"

Ma Zhizhai smiled generously: "It's okay! The world is in chaos these days, and the slightly remote places are all united to protect themselves. Brother, I have long been used to it, haha!"

Wu Ming suddenly asked in surprise: "Brother Lu, the rank of lieutenant colonel on your collar is..."

"I just issued the commander in front of the front five days ago. The first order was to clean up the military appearance and strictly enforce military discipline. It happened that the order for the security forces in the province to be comprehensively rectified. Shangfeng valued our commander very much. The first batch of 20,000 sets of new uniforms and military rank signs for the replacement of the hair were given priority to our Zhejiang West Command. However, our headquarters is undergoing training, and most of the new clothes have not been replaced. Brother Yu followed Commander Fang, and he will get the moon first! Brother Wu, there is also a copy of yours here. Brother Yu not only brought your appointment letter this time, but also twenty sets of military uniforms and war horse firearms to equip your subordinates." Ma Zhizhai introduced in detail very kindly.

Wu Ming felt relieved and politely asked Ma Zhizhai to call his brothers to go to the village to rest. Lu Zhengde apologized happily and led the brothers back to arrange a banquet.

Ma Zhizhai threw the reins to the quickly arrived guards, pulled Wu Ming and walked side by side, walked dozens of steps and turned over the hill, suddenly stopped, looked at the clear river more than 30 meters wide on the right, then turned to the hill more than 20 meters high on the left, smiled, and asked politely: "The terrain of this place is very good. Can Brother Wu take me to the top to see?"

Wu Ming's heart was like lightning, and he was not sure about Ma Zhizhai's thoughts, so he had to agree first before saying: "Brother Ma!"

The two climbed to the top of the hill, and Ma Zhizhai looked around and nodded frequently: "It's a good place! Surrounded by mountains, lingering rivers, winding roads, and broad vision. What's even more rare is that the river is two hundred meters ahead and turns eastward. The green mountains on both sides are not high, but they are better than steep. The only way to cross the river along the river is to build a few strong fortresses under our feet and build two machine guns, which can completely block the invading enemy."

"Besides, the mountains are steep and the terrain is narrow on both sides of the road hundreds of meters ahead. If someone really wants to lead his troops to attack this place, it will be difficult to distribute the troops of more than one battalion. And according to the terrain I saw when I came, I am afraid that no artillery fire can be used except for mortars! Haha, Brother Wu, do you think so?"

Wu Ming finally knew Ma Zhizhai's intention to take the school exam. After thinking about it, he decided not to hide his weakness: "Brother Ma is worthy of being a top student in Baoding Military Academy. He can make a word with just a quick glance, which is admirable! I don't know much about military affairs, but I still know some about civil engineering, so I have long planned to build a series of solid fortification groups at the place under my feet and the front and back areas."

"Oh? Can you please give me some detailed introductions from Brother Wu?"

Ma Zhizhai was surprised. As Fang Youchun's confidant, he had just been promoted to the position of Chief of Staff of the Headquarters. According to his recent understanding, Wu Ming had not received any military education. Fang Youchun planned to appoint Wu Ming as the lieutenant and deputy commander of the headquarters. So he took this opportunity to explore the depth of Wu Ming.

Wu Ming was not polite: "I have already drawn the construction drawings, but I am still hesitating whether it is necessary. If Brother Ma is interested, I will take it out and ask Brother Ma to give me advice when I go back later. My plan is to dig three meters deep on the protruding parts of the left and right mountainside with three meters, and then pour two double-layer prism fortresses with a radius of ten meters with reinforced concrete. The thickness of the fortress wall and top is not less than 1.5 meters. The three shooting ports with high and low matching heights are lined with steel plates when pouring, and then use the blasting excavation site to be excavated.

According to the rolling natural terrain at the foot of the mountain ahead, two blocking trenches with a height difference of five meters and a distance of fifty meters from front to back are built. The trenches are two meters wide and two meters deep. They are covered with logs and sandbags every five meters. A fire hole that can accommodate ten people is built every twenty meters in the trenches. Two traffic trenches are digging diagonally from the east and west ends to connect the two trenches with the castle on the hillside and the traffic trenches directly to the village pier behind the mountain. In this way, it may be possible to maintain the safety of the villagers in the village for a while."

Ma Zhizhai was already stunned. The two lieutenants who came behind him were shocked at some time, with incredible expressions in their eyes.

After being stunned for a while, Ma Zhizhai solemnly clasped his fists to Wu Ming: "Brother Wu is a talented person! I hope I forgive Brother Yu for being arrogant for a moment. Brother Yu has apologized for you!"

Wu Ming quickly replied: "Don't say that. I'm just talking about it on paper. I'm afraid I don't have a bucket of water in my stomach. I only know the reason for it, but I haven't done it. In the future, Brother Ma and the two brothers will take care of you. If you do something wrong, please give me more advice!"

"Where is it? Brother, you are slapping me in the face! To be honest, you and I are brothers who are extremely trusted by the commander. We should have helped each other and helped each other, right?" Ma Zhizhai saw that Wu Ming was not only not familiar with him, but was so sincere and frank. He was ashamed and finally relieved.

Wu Ming smiled, nodded and asked everyone to go down the mountain politely. He saw Lu Zhengxian from afar. Lu Zhengde led a group of brothers to stand up and wait, and immediately stepped forward to greet each other quickly.

Walking on the flat and wide road in the village, Ma Zhizhai and his brothers were shocked by the wealth of the village and the golden rice waves. The stone pavement with rammed three-piece earth and four rows of peach trees with uniform spacing were neatly planted on both sides. The west and north of the village were full of construction sites, and everything was so incredible.

Under Ma Zhizhai's constant inquiries, Wu Ming introduced the situation of the village while walking, focusing on the Maoliangwu militia group that Lu Zhengde was forming.

When Ma Zhizhai heard that the She ethnic tribes around the hundreds of miles were engaged in fair trade with the villages, and more than 50 young She ethnic groups wanted to join the militia. While sighing, he immediately made a promise:

"Brother Yu came in a hurry and didn't bring any gifts. I felt ashamed! Let's do this. After returning, Brother Yu gave the commander a report in the name of bandit suppression and applied to allocate a batch of weapons and ammunition to the Maoliangwu militia. I dare not say that there are too many. Fifty long and short guns and ten thousand bullets can still be done."
Chapter completed!