Chapter 242: The New Army's Promising Progress and Changes in the Land of Qi and Lu
"Oh..."
"Hey!"……
In the front yard of the military headquarters, two hundred boys and girls were lined up in a neat square formation, and under the leadership of Xiao Shitou, they were practicing the Tiger Roar Fist meticulously.
Liang Liping and Wei Ying also stood behind Xiao Shitou, practicing every move very seriously.
Seven days have passed since Li Dingguo occupied Lingshan Island.
Yesterday afternoon, Xiao Shitou lived up to Li Dingguo's expectations and successfully stimulated his own Qi and blood power, breaking through to become a warrior, and achieved a Qi and blood limit break, hair removal and marrow cleansing.
Just as Li Dingguo guessed, Xiao Shitou was indeed an uncanny genius, and his talent was no worse than Ai Nengqi's.
The three first-level Qi and Blood Pills that Li Dingguo gave to Xiao Shitou ensured what he needed for his cultivation.
One pill of this first-level elixir can provide a martial arts beginner with the energy needed for three days of training. It is much stronger than the qi and blood soup of the same level.
These two hundred carefully selected boys and girls, after each taking two first-level Qi and Blood Pills in the past few days, are now full of energy and have sufficient Qi and Blood.
Looking at their every move, they seem to be performing quite well and can be considered barely qualified.
Among them were Liang Liping, Wei Ying and more than a dozen others who performed particularly well. The Tiger Roar Fist they used was impeccable.
Obviously, their aptitude in martial arts is also at the genius level.
Even if he is not as good as Wan'er and Hongmei, he can still be compared with Cao Yongxiang, Tang Guangqiang and others, and his qualifications may be on par with them.
At this moment, Liang Liping's aura suddenly began to surge, and every move she made made a whistling sound, with full force!
When Little Shitou saw that his sister had also activated her Qi and blood power and started to break through to the warrior realm, his face immediately filled with joy.
At this time, he was leading the team in training, and the military regulations had been promulgated and they could not be violated, so he forced himself to suppress the joy in his heart and continued to lead the team in practicing the Tiger Roar Fist.
What made Xiao Shitou even happier was that his sister Liang Liping's breath had not yet subsided after the first wave of surge, but now it had ushered in a second wave of surge!
There is no doubt that this was the great realm she had always dreamed of, breaking through the limits of qi and blood, removing hair and cleansing marrow.
Seeing this scene, Li Dingguo, who was nearby instructing the boys and girls in practicing Tiger Roar Fist, was also overjoyed.
Among those who were selected for the first batch of training, two monstrous geniuses appeared in succession. This was a great joyous event.
I currently have no capable helpers in the southeastern coastal area of the Ming Dynasty.
Now there are two monstrous geniuses who are no worse than Ainengqi. Once they grow up quickly in the future, they will be of great help to me.
After Xiao Shitou and Liang Liping, brother and sister, broke through to the Qi Refining Realm, this new army had a chief general who presided over the military killing formation and could be called a strong army.
After a while, Liang Liping, who had completed the breakthrough, trotted out of the training ground quickly to clean up her personal hygiene.
When a talented warrior breaks through a realm, he may experience continuous breakthroughs in his qi and blood, and hair removal and marrow cleansing. Li Dingguo explained this to these people a few days ago, and Xiao Shitou also experienced it yesterday, so Liang Liping would naturally be familiar with it.
Seeing that Liang Liping had stimulated her own energy and blood power and broke through to the realm of warrior, the two hundred boys and girls at the scene were envious and practiced the Tiger Roar Fist more seriously.
The commander-in-chief has guaranteed the supply of training resources for everyone, and has taught the Tiger Roar Fist to everyone equally, and has patiently explained all kinds of basic martial arts knowledge. If you still don't know how to work hard, then that's your own problem.
Seeing this scene, Li Dingguo nodded with satisfaction.
This kind of healthy competition is undoubtedly what he wants to see.
"Well, after another seven or eight days, the training of these two hundred selected people will come to an end."
"Then let these people serve as instructors in various recruit camps to complete this round of warrior selection plan as soon as possible."
Li Dingguo thought for a while and went over in his mind the things he needed to deal with in the next month.
"All matters on Lingshan Island are basically on track. It's time to take the big golden eagle with me to contact the military intelligence personnel who are still in Lingshan City, waiting for news of this operation."
He then thought of something else and said to himself, "Otherwise, if there is no news about my situation for too long and it gets back to the Fuxing Army outside the Great Wall, Wan'er and Hongmei will definitely be very worried."
Li Dingguo is the only backbone of the Restoration Army outside the Great Wall. The specific situation happening here must be transmitted back to the military headquarters over there as soon as possible.
Having made up his mind, Li Dingguo waited for a while and saw Liang Liping walking back to the training ground with a happy face. He waved and called her to his side.
"I have something to do right now, so I need to go to Lingshanwei with the Golden Eagle."
He told Liang Liping, "I will return in time before this evening."
"You can discuss with Xiao Shitou and Wei Ying about what happened on Lingshan Island today."
After greeting Liang Liping, Li Dingguo returned to his study and took two written letters with him.
He then walked out of the gate of the compound, used his physical skills to leave Lingshan City, and soon arrived at the top-quality treasure ship where the Big Golden Eagle had been staying for the past few days.
The reason why the golden eagle has to stay here these days is to closely guard the large number of treasure ships at the big dock.
These treasure ships are too precious and no accidents can happen to them. The golden eagles are guarding here as a final line of insurance for the safety of these treasure ships.
Although Li Dingguo had arranged a team of elite personnel to guard the wharf in three shifts, they were not warriors after all, and would not be able to respond well if something unexpected happened.
After a dozen days or so, as the warrior selection continues, a large number of warriors will soon appear, and this problem will be completely solved.
"Da Jin, let's go to Lingshan City where we were before. The military intelligence personnel stationed there are still waiting for news of our operation." "It's time to tell them what happened here to report back to the military headquarters outside the pass as soon as possible, so that Wan'er and Hongmei can know, so that they and the soldiers won't worry."
He came to Dajin and explained the situation to it.
"Chirp..."
Upon hearing this, the golden eagle nodded its big head.
Li Dingguo took out a special saddle specially made for the Great Jin from a nearby cabin and put it on.
Then Li Dingguo leaped up and sat on a seat on the saddle, activating the protective light shield of the magic circle.
"Chirp..."
The golden eagle let out a soft cry, turned into a stream of light, soared into the sky, and disappeared into the horizon in a moment.
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"This Lingshanwei City has become increasingly chaotic after only a few days of absence."
An hour later, Li Dingguo and the golden eagle arrived at a forest near the large Acropolis. After telling the golden eagle to hide and wait there, he left the forest and quickly ran towards the Lingshan Acropolis.
About a quarter of an hour later, he arrived at this large town.
This Acropolis is now the most powerful military town in the entire Jiaozhou area.
In the coastal areas around Jiaozhou Bay, there are two important military towns not far from Lingshanwei City, namely Jimoying and Aoshanwei.
The difference is that Jimo Camp is directly under the jurisdiction of Denglai General, while Lingshan Guard and Aoshan Guard are composed of military households.
During the Denglai Rebellion last year, the famous Jimo Camp was defeated by the rebels led by Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and Li Jiuchen, suffering heavy losses and probably has not recovered to this day.
This year, the strongest military forces in Laizhou have become Lingshanwei and Aoshanwei.
But what Li Dingguo saw now was that this huge Lingshan City was in a state of chaos.
How does this look like a major military town?
It doesn’t look much better than the current Dingbian City.
In this big and important city, there is sewage flowing everywhere, the stench is overwhelming, and garbage is everywhere, but there are still more than 200,000 military households living there.
In this big world, during the peak period of Lingshan City, there were more than 300,000 military households living there.
At that time, it was the main base for fighting against Japanese pirates and played a very important role.
These military households and their families numbered nearly one million people.
Add to that the large and small businesses and floating population that have settled in Lingshan City, and it is definitely a city with a population of one million.
It has to be said that being located in the core area of the Ming Dynasty, the population resources here are extremely abundant.
If Li Dingguo could seize and occupy the entire Jiaozhou area in one fell swoop in the future, the biggest shortcoming of the Fuxing Army, the lack of population, would be immediately solved.
This large military town is now filled with hungry, skinny and pale refugees.
The total number of refugees in the entire Lingshan City is at least over 100,000.
Those wealthy families who flaunt their wealth in the streets, however, turn a blind eye and take it for granted.
"The Ming Dynasty has reached its end and there is no way to turn things around."
After entering the city, Li Dingguo strode towards his destination. Seeing the terrible conditions along the way, he sighed in his heart.
Before the Denglai Rebellion led by Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Li Jiuchen, the land of Qi and Lu was a good grain-tax province in the Ming Dynasty.
After the rebellion that swept across most of Qi and Lu last year, it has now become a living hell.
This shows how great an impact a large-scale military rebellion will have on the local area.
The current situation in Qi and Lu is not much better than that in the three northwestern provinces.
It's just that there are many wealthy and powerful families here, and they have strong control over the local area. They can barely control the situation and prevent large-scale uprisings of refugees from breaking out. They can only suppress the chaos by force.
Now, with the emergence of Li Dingguo, a major variable, in the nearby waters, the established historical development pattern here will inevitably undergo a radical change.
Li Dingguo would certainly not miss the rich population resources in the land of Qi and Lu.
This time when he went south to do business, he gained so many treasure ships and a huge amount of money and materials. Of course, he had to use them as soon as possible. It would be a waste to leave them idle in the harbor of Lingshan Island.
This is also the reason why Li Dingguo was temporarily unable to leave and return to the Dongtao Plain outside the Great Wall.
Once he finds ways to rapidly develop and expand the restoration army in Jiaozhou Bay, the unlucky days for those wealthy families will soon come.
Li Dingguo will not let any of these culprits who have caused the people's current misery go.
(End of this chapter)
