Rebirth of The Deer and the Cauldron, Wei Xiaobao Becomes a God

"No one is born knowing how to do things. Everyone learns slowly. Don't worry, I will equip you with relevant technical talents in the future."

Wei Xiaobao looked at Yang Lin and continued, "We now have nearly 120 people in Longya Village. Hongwu Hall will still have a thousand people. All the soldiers will be called soldiers in the future. Ten people will form a squad, with a squad leader and a deputy squad leader. Three squads form a platoon, four platoons form a company, and a company has three combat platoons and one logistics platoon, with a total of people. Three companies form a battalion, and three battalions form a regiment. Now our Hongwu Hall has a thousand people, just one regiment. But in the future, our Hongwu Hall will have many such regiments, forming divisions, armies, and corps!"

Wei Xiaobao simply applied the military organization of later generations. Although everyone was stunned, all the people present were not from a regular military background, and only Wei Xiaobao had ever been in contact with the Qing army barracks, so they were not surprised at Wei Xiaobao's arrangements.

Yang Lin also said that this kind of compilation is good, simple, direct and sustainable.

Next, Wei Xiaobao looked at Qiu Daoji and said, "Hongqitang will start looking for craftsmen from the existing 6,000 people from tomorrow. Carpenters, blacksmiths, tailors, smelters, etc. will all be assigned to Hongqitang. They will be divided into groups according to the types of work. We will recruit as many groups as we can. We will promote the experienced and skilled craftsmen to be managers. As for what to produce and what to research and develop, we will make arrangements in the next step."

"Okay, I'll follow your orders." Qiu Daoji said.

"We will build some factories for Wu Sanniang's Hong Shun Tang to produce products needed for people's daily lives. We will sell these products to Shuri, Japan, and the Qing Dynasty, earning their money and exchanging their resources to ensure our development. Hong Shun Tang needs to gather more young people who are literate and educated. What kind of factory to build and what kind of products to produce will be decided after my inspection."

When Wei Xiaobao saw Mao Shiba for the last time, he said, "Brother Mao's Honghutang must improve the legal provisions in the jurisdiction, establish a judicial mechanism, and also set up compulsory management teams such as tax camps and security camps."

"Honghu Hall is responsible for managing people, and it is also the largest hall. Once we accomplish the important task of overthrowing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, Honghu Hall will be the government office. Therefore, this hall has the heaviest workload and requires the most perfect laws and regulations, as well as the most management departments. So, Brother Mao, this most important burden will all depend on you."

Mao Shiba listened to Wei Xiaobao's words with a feeling of not quite understanding them. He was excited, but worried that he, Wu Dacu, was not cut out for this. He told Wei Xiaobao that the Hong Hu Tang was a mess in a frame with no clue. He was afraid that he would hinder Wei Xiaobao's planning for the Tiandihui and Hongmen, and he was even more afraid that he would hold them back and become a sinner in the Tiandihui's anti-Qing and restoration movement.

Mao Shiba was about to speak when he heard Wei Xiaobao say, "Now I have made clear the tasks of the four halls, but there is still a long way to go to realize them. In the next period of time, I will do some research and then make specific arrangements for each of the four halls. Today is the first time we discuss the affairs of Hongmen. The leaders may not be familiar with their own halls, but it doesn't matter. We in Hongmen have built something from scratch, feeling our way forward, exploring, developing and improving at the same time."

Wei Xiaobao then raised his glass and said loudly, "For the great cause of overthrowing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, for the Tiandihui, and for the Hongmen, let's work together. Cheers!"

This welcoming banquet turned into a development meeting for the Tiandihui's anti-Qing and restoration of the Ming Dynasty. For Wei Xiaobao, who was well versed in future generations, these things could be easily recalled from his mind, because he was a top student studying abroad in North America.

However, although the Hongmen had a development plan, it had no talent, no resources, and no experience to realize it. Apart from the book knowledge learned in school and the library, Wei Xiaobao had no practical experience at all. Everything had to start from scratch.

The next morning, Wei Xiaobao got up very early. So did Hongqitang master Qiu Daoji. Master Qiu had been in Longmen Mountain for several years and was very familiar with the mountains and rivers here.

If Wei Xiaobao wants to understand the resource situation in Longmen Mountain and build up Hongqitang, he cannot do without the necessary resources.

Wei Xiaobao was particularly concerned about some minerals, such as copper, iron, zinc, manganese, etc., but in his limited geographical knowledge, the Shuri Islands seemed to have very few minerals, and later generations had never heard of any mines here. However, Naha in later generations had oil resources. Although it was not as good as those large global oil fields, it was also considered a large oil field in Japan in later generations.

However, Wei Xiaobao didn't know where to find them, so he asked Hall Master Qiu: "Brother Qiu, are there any strange stones or strange phenomena in our Helongmen Mountain?"

"Strange stones and strange phenomena?" Master Qiu seemed thoughtful.

"For example, black stones, stones with rust spots, glowing stones..." Wei Xiaobao suggested.

"There is a place where the rocks emit green light at night, and it is all over the mountain. The locals say that it is a ghost fire." said Master Qiu.

Ah, this is phosphate rock. It can not only be used to make fertilizer, but high-quality white phosphorus can also be used to make white phosphorus bombs. White phosphorus bombs have been a major military weapon in later generations.

Wei Xiaobao was full of confidence in the white phosphorus mine. Finally, he was no longer penniless. Owning a mine at home was the best thing to do.

However, Wei Xiaobao was happy but did not show it, for he was worried that others would doubt how he could understand knowledge that was not suitable for this era.

"Oh, the glowing stone, is it far from here?" Wei Xiaobao asked.

"Not far, about twenty miles away from Longya Village."

"Then arrange for someone to collect some and bring them back so I can study them." After giving the order, Wei Xiaobao said, "What about the other stones?"

"I haven't heard of the others, but does the one that has burning spring water count?" said Master Qiu.

Ah, it's really like someone props up a pillow whenever I want to sleep, and whatever I say comes true! Just when I was looking for the Naha oil field, it popped up.

This is oil. Oil has so many uses.

Wei Xiaobao said excitedly: "Is this burning spring far away?"

"This is a bit troublesome. It is not in our Longmen Mountains, but in the Japanese-occupied area in the north. It is in the swamp at the northernmost part of Shuri Island. You must pass through Naha Prefecture to reach it." Master Qiu said.

The Ryukyu Islands are the Naha Islands in later generations. The largest island is Shuri Island, the capital of Ryukyu, which was later called Naha Prefecture. The northernmost tip of Shuri Island is Naha Prefecture, and the southern tip is Shuri Castle, with Longmen Mountain in the middle.

Naha Prefecture was occupied by Japanese pirates as early as 1607. It has been seventy years now. Naha Prefecture has always been the frontier position of the counter-Japanese war and has long been built into a solid military fortress. It is not easy to get through.