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

"Since we have ceased fire, we must strive for the greatest benefit, and compensation is indispensable," Chen Jinhai expressed his opinion.

"Or we can directly join Xue Chen in Tongping and fight the Yang family. Now Yang Zaihu's parents and family members are in our hands, and he dare not try his best, for fear of raising a tiger to cause trouble," Zhou Kui expressed his opinion directly from a soldier's perspective.

"If you want to fight, then fight. I have no objection. It's all up to Master Chenyu." Although Hu Laosiyi has always been in the first position of command, he still thinks in a simple and direct way and needs reformation. Du Chenyu plans to send him to the military academy to study for one year in the second half of the year.

"As for the negotiations, I suggest that we invite Chairman Du to come in person. The status of our people is not compatible with that of the Yang family and the county people. Only if Chairman Du negotiates in person can we gain more benefits," Shen Shiyu expressed his opinion.

"Okay, today's meeting is almost done. I will make some simple arrangements for the rest of the meeting:

1. Notify my father to organize negotiations and strive to legalize the armed forces of our base guard team, as well as the Lianghui and Liziba areas under our jurisdiction.

2. Continue to fight militarily. If the Yang family does not agree to peace talks, we can only continue to fight.

3. Immediately complete all follow-up matters and resume production. ". After the discussion, I summarized a few suggestions as a guide for future work.

Soon after Du Chenyu made the arrangements, a letter from Mr. Yang Chaoyi from the county arrived, asking them not to harm the Yang family, as this would easily lead to group attacks and seriously lose morality. He would arrange for the parties to negotiate as soon as possible to avoid war. In addition, this battle has attracted the attention of the county, and they severely reprimanded Mr. Zuozhi for quelling the war and maintaining stability. The county has reported the conflict process to Jialing Dao.

In order to inform their father as soon as possible for peace talks, they released carrier pigeons. After several trials, they found that carrier pigeons were indeed a more reliable means of communication and they could basically fly back to their original places. They also sent out fast horse messengers.

Now both sides of the Donghe River are under the control of the Du family. The speed of communication has increased a lot. It takes less than two hours to get from Baizhang to Lianghui Temple, and one and a half hours to get from Lianghui Temple to Wuyin by riding a horse. Now, if we send a letter, my father can arrive overnight.

By noon, the summary of the battle report of Tongping had been delivered. At present, they had disarmed the militia of Tongpingbao. The Yang family compound and the men were guarded separately. A large amount of supplies were transported from the Yang family compound and were being transported to the mountains. Since Tongping to Baizhang had to pass through the Fifth Group District (Qingyangbao), which was controlled by the Huang family and could not be easily passed, the supplies could only be temporarily transported into the mountains and hidden. It is said that the Yang family had at least three warehouses for hoarding grain, at least 20 kilograms, and dozens of cattle, sheep, and horses.

Therefore, Du Chenyu sent 100 people in batches through Qingyangbao to support Tongping. They went deep into the territory alone to prevent any emergency. To the east, there was the He family in Gaochengbao, with an armed force of no less than 200 people. To the south, there was the Xiaochangba area, which was also the sphere of influence of the Yang family and had a good militia with more than 300 people, so they had to be defended.

After lunch, the county assistant notified all parties to hold a consultation meeting. Since his father was not there, Du Chenyu arranged for Shen Shiyu to represent the person in charge of the base in the meeting. He spoke very little throughout the meeting and only put forward their ideas.

Around 6pm, Tongping reported that they had transported half of the food to the mountains, and the rest was distributed to the people who helped transport the food. They also sold 2000 shi (about 2.5 jin) to Gaocheng at a low price, and left one-third of the rest untouched. More than 20 cattle, more than 10 horses, and more than 10 pigs were all transported away. The remaining valuable materials were in several large boxes, but they were not counted. As the first force in Baizhang, the Yang family suffered a huge loss this time, and they were unable to swallow it alone, so they could only give profits to several nearby forts. Of course, from now on, it is not certain who will be the strongest force in Baizhang, but at least they are no longer afraid of the Yang family.

After Shen Shiyu came back, he reported the content of the meeting: Yang Wenzhong, the chairman of the Yangjia County Council, tearfully accused them of banditry and demanded that they stop robbing the Yang family and return the supplies. Due to his status, Shen Shiyu had no official status, so he did not answer much and let the Yang family accuse him. Other forces had been oppressed by the Yang family for a long time. Seeing such a huge loss and humiliation, and seeing their ancestral home being robbed, they were already happy in their hearts, but they were still pretending to be sad on the surface.

Finally, Shen Shiyu asked: "Your Yang family transferred all the servants guarding the ancestral home to the county town to rob our mines, which shows that you don't value the Yang family's ancestral home. If there are hundreds of people guarding it, how dare we attack with dozens of people! It's so empty, this is God's will." Shen Shiyu's words made the other party speechless. Under the mediation of the county assistant Guo, the Yang family finally stopped throwing things around and recognized the reality. If they magnified the problem, all parties would look bad. If they wanted to attack them, they didn't have a team of thousands of people in Wuyin and Banqiao bases, and they couldn't even make a wave in the mountains. They couldn't fight back and could only negotiate.

Shen Shiyu finally said that releasing the people was simple, and all parties would maintain their current sphere of influence. His father Du Zongyi was promoted to deputy captain of the joint defense brigade, in charge of the armed forces of the four regiments in Beishan. After stating the conditions, he left.

My father arrived at around 7pm, and the pigeon flew to Wuyin at around 12pm. After receiving the letter, he arranged everything and set off immediately. After arriving, my father first took Du Chenyu to check on the wounded one by one, mourned the sacrificed team members, and then checked the position defense line. Finally, he returned to the base to rest and prepare to visit Teacher Yang Chaoyi tomorrow to prepare for the peace talks.

Nothing happened that night. At dawn, his father brought Shen Shiyu and two teams of more than 60 guards to the city for negotiations. In an era when whoever had a gun was the boss, only by bringing enough guards could you ensure your safety and have the confidence to speak. Otherwise, if you just talk about your ideals, ambitions and moral spirit, others will treat you as a fool.

After his father left, he thought about future development at the base. What they lacked most was cultural talents. In fact, military talents can be cultivated through fighting. Fighting every day and facing life-threatening situations constantly, you will think about how to win the war. This is self-conscious growth from the heart. However, governing a place is different. It is necessary to make the people rich, and to be willing to watch the people get rich without being greedy or taking advantage of them. This requires more spiritual support. It is conceivable how difficult it is to cultivate a clean and honest local official who enriches the country and ensures the people's safety.

Since they started running a school in Wuyin in 1913, they have trained hundreds of literate students. However, the time is too short and the distance to successful students is even shorter. In order to select talents, Du Chenyu decided to hold two selection examinations every year, one for military policy and the other for civil management, to screen corresponding talents and make up for the current shortage of talents.

There are also friends, Zhang Gou'er (Zhang Yuxi), Yayajie (Zhang Yuqing), Zhao Zhengming who is studying in Guangyuan County, Zhao Rui (security team), and Liu Hewen's grandson Liu Damaozi (Liu Feng), and the second aunt is also studying. These people can basically be completely trusted.

After several years of study, I can now take charge of some affairs.

Finally, on the issue of talent, we must send more talents of all kinds to study abroad in Chengdu or other military schools. No matter what, we must send a few students to the Chengdu Quick Training School this year. In the future, the Sichuan warlords will be dominated by the Quick Training faction, so it will be worth it no matter how much money is spent.

Thinking about building a good situation at the moment, as long as they legalize the management of the four forts in Beishan, they will achieve a good situation of "being able to attack when advancing and defend when retreating". When the Du family comes out again, Baizhang's existing forces can no longer be stopped and they can only surrender. Thinking about it, he fell asleep with a trace of sadness.