I traveled through time, starting with two acres of land and a dog

In mid-December, Du Chenyu took his guard team to Baizhang because news came from the county that Baizhang would soon be changed into a county assistant county. He tried his best to gain greater power for teacher Yang Chaoyi, who was the leader cultivated by their county and the spokesperson of their forces.

The Baizhang base has changed a lot. Coal has been successfully mined from the barren mountain, and the two brick kilns are already shipping. Although the hardness of red bricks fired from clay is much lower than that of blue bricks, they are cheap and some people have already bought them. They also use red bricks to build houses at the base. The textile factory also has more than 20 textile workers, and the blacksmith shop has two iron furnaces in operation. They have enough pig iron, and although the quality of the farm tools they manufacture is not good enough, the price is low and sales are always guaranteed. The base is booming, but the profit is still not high because it was promised that % of the profit would be given to the county magistrate (now the administrative bureau). This was because my father signed a secret agreement with Teacher Yang Chaoyi and the county magistrate last month to make money together. In exchange, the base maintained normal production and Teacher Yang Chaoyi served as the head of the Education Section and vice chairman of the council after the establishment of the bureau, which is a powerful position.

A guard team of about 20 people can be established in the factory area. In peacetime, the workers will serve as the guard team in wartime. They will be equipped with more than 10 guns to fight against harassment by ruffians and hooligans.

And a school will be established immediately, so the bricks from the recent kilns are all for self-use and not sold to the outside. They are planned to be used to build the school. There is a county director in charge of education who supports it, and the county can also provide certain funds and teachers, which is of great benefit to the construction of the school. Now it is a primary school, and it is planned to be expanded into a junior school in the future. Baizhang currently only has one junior school, so the initial investment is a bit larger. Of course, a civil and military school also needs to be planned.

There was coal here, which provided the basic conditions for refining steel, but there were no iron mines nearby. He decided to invest 1000 oceans to build a blast furnace to use coal and coke to carry out a third refining of the crude iron. In this way, the pig iron could be liquidized and used to cast ironware, make primary steel, and make farm tools.

During his time in Baizhang, he lived a secluded life and taught workers how to make honeycomb coal and honeycomb coal stoves. This product definitely has a huge market and once launched, it will bring huge benefits.

Another important thing was to stockpile sugar, tung oil trees and pig bristles, which were strategic materials. The price of sugar had been rising day by day, and they could not stockpile much with their financial resources. However, pig bristles and tung oil trees were still relatively cheap, so they planned to make a fortune after the outbreak of World War I in 1914.

In a blink of an eye, 1913 was over. According to the data collected from various places, the overall development this year was stable. There were nearly 6000 people under control in the jurisdiction. Each garrison had a reserve team and militia, but there was a serious shortage of guns. At present, there were more than 200 guns of various types, of which 150 were for the escort team, special service and guards, and the rest were distributed in various garrisons as training guns.

They did not expand outward at a rapid speed this winter, mainly because Yu Yuedong was ready to tie down one of their mobile teams. Solving Yu Yuedong's problems would be the most important issue in the spring of next year. Otherwise, they would be unable to move forward, as a large number of troops were tied back in the rear to guard against him.

On January 1914, 1, he continued to lead the guard team and the five-member special service team and set out for Wuying after breakfast. As soon as he arrived at Lianghuibao, he heard gunshots. Lianghuibao is located on a major transportation route. On the left, the Qingyi River goes north, and after passing Lizibabao, you will cross Migang and reach the jurisdiction of Ningqiang County, Shaanxi. Of course, on the right, along the Donghe River, after passing Wuying, you will reach Migang Avenue. A platoon of regular troops is stationed here all year round, but there are only more than 1 people, which is not enough. There are also more than 5 militiamen in Lianghuibao, and the military force is strong.

Of course, the gunfire today was arranged by him in advance. In the Beishan area, he was the only one who had the strength to provoke the regular army. A few days ago, he sent people to contact Hu Laosi to lead 5 teams of 60 people, and 20 reserve logistics teams, to prepare to attack the garrison of Lianghui Fort as soon as they arrived at Lianghui.

Hearing the gunshots, they quickly crossed Jingu Rock and chased in the direction of the gunshots. The gunshots had already gone far up the mountain. This was Hu Laosi leading the pursuers to the ambush circle. The team he led was in a deserted place. All of them put on cloaks prepared in advance, put on hoods, turned into bandits, and then chased after the gunshots. After running about 3 kilometers, the pursuers who were more than 40 people in front of them stopped chasing because there were woods on both sides in front and the other side was afraid of being ambushed. Of course, they did have ambushes there.

In order to lure the enemy into an ambush, they could only shoot to drive the pigs into the pen. In order to increase firepower, he brought the only light machine gun with him last night to deal with this battle. First, they would eliminate the strongest regular army on the Baizhang Road leading to Wuying, and design a plan of attack from both sides in advance.

"Someone is catching up with us, we are surrounded." When there were still 500 meters to go, the other side discovered them, and the guards who were left behind started shouting.

"Blow the charge," he ordered immediately. In order to win a quick victory and avoid attracting the Lianghui Temple's militia, they had no choice but to charge directly to annihilate the garrison of the joint defense brigade without any casualties, and put the blame on the Red Lantern Cult and the bandits.

Hearing the gunshots, Hu Laosi also led his team down the mountain and began to encircle the enemy.

"Beep...beep..." As soon as the charge horn sounded, Lei Jianqin commanded the guards to quickly fan out from behind and below. The enemy was on a ridge in a cornfield. They relied on rocks and shot from above. The guards had to start looking for cover 300 meters away. But soon Hu Laosi's team rushed down the mountain. They held single iron plates in their hands, and more than 60 guns fired at the same time. The assault team was divided into three rows, with snipers at the back, and the first two rows took turns to cover and crawl forward.

Part of the team had already rushed to within 100 meters, grenades began to explode, dust and rocks flew, taking advantage of the opportunity that the enemy was being suppressed by Hu Laosi, Lei Jianqin led the team forward another meters. He finally set up a light machine gun behind a rock, and the sound of the enemy's light machine gun suddenly disappeared. This was the greatest firepower threatening them.

As soon as the enemy's light machine gun stopped firing, the first round of attack was completed. The enemy could only rely on a few stones and several earth walls to block the attack. It was estimated that there were only more than 20 people left. After a few minutes, the enemy could not hold on any longer and raised a gray-white coat to surrender.

The other party was negotiating with Hu Laosi, and he couldn't hear them because he was far away. He just saw that all the other parties raised their hands and came out from behind the rocks one by one, and the battle was over.

"Clean up the battlefield immediately, take the prisoners, and then retreat." He issued the order. The entire battle lasted no more than 20 minutes, and the enemy was almost completely wiped out, including the prisoners. Although the enemy was better equipped than them, their fighting will was not strong. After they destroyed their light machine guns, they basically gave up resistance.

Lei Jianqin also returned to his side. After they reunited, they walked towards the center of the battlefield. He had participated in many battles in the past two years and was accustomed to blood and flesh flying everywhere. However, the intensity of this battle was greater than any previous one. This was the combat effectiveness of the regular army. He sent out more than 80 of the most elite troops to besiege 40 of the other side. Limbs were everywhere on the battlefield. A man wearing straw sandals and linen clothes had only half of his body lying on a stone that was covered with bullet holes. He was probably used as a human shelter.

According to the report compiled by Hu Laosi, 5 were killed and 10 were injured. The enemy captured 13 people, 28 were injured or killed, and 38 guns were seized, including two pistols and one machine gun.

The logistics stretcher team immediately carried the casualties and several lightly injured opponents and began to retreat. The wounded had already received preliminary treatment, bandaging and hemostasis. This time all the members were deployed for combat and the results were quite satisfactory. The two months of training have seen hope.

They followed Hu Laosi, and when they were almost at their base in the mountains, he decided to leave them and return to Wuying with his guard team and two squads. Such a big event was bound to cause a sensation, and an attack on the garrison was a big deal, so they had to gather the troops and sit at the Wuying base just in case.

Although he also made arrangements in advance, today in the county, Mr. He Chaoyi is hosting a banquet for the county leaders to delay the time for the county to receive the news. Of course, he will pay for the ocean, because this year is the Gregorian New Year, and their upper echelons are still gradually learning the Gregorian calendar. Other teams from all over the country should try to stay in their local areas and avoid unnecessary trouble.

It was already midnight when they returned to Wuying, and their father had not yet gone to bed because the news of the attack on the Lianghui Temple garrison had already reached Wuying and the signalman had returned early.

His father took him out of the backpack and went back to the house to sleep.

"You'd better be careful recently and don't make any big moves. Get rid of Yu Yuedong first next year so that you won't have any worries. If you disperse the team, it will be easy to be ambushed," said the father.

"Yes, the New Year is coming soon. This month, they mobilized Laifeng, Baihua and local people in Banqiao Township to repair the road from Wuying to Banqiao." This will make travel more convenient and try to make the entire road suitable for horse riding. He told his father.

"Is the food provided free of charge, or do we have to bring our own?" asked my father.

"Half of it will be supplied and deducted from next year's tax revenue. He plans to resist taxation in some areas of Banqiao next year. Otherwise, they cannot support such a large team. Their strength is developing too slowly and there is a serious shortage of funds," he said.

"If they eat Yu Yuedong, they can still be rich for a while. He is the richest man within a hundred miles, with the most guns, opium and money." It's rare that the father starts to make fun of it. It seems that all fat pigs like to eat it, it just depends on whether their appetite is big enough?