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Chapter 51 Weapons Manufacturing Bureau, Attack Plan

Ignoring Zhou Yan and the others' thoughts, Wang Chao paused slightly when he looked at Zhou Yan, whose hair was almost completely white, and then turned to look at Zhou Tie.

"After all, Grandpa Zhou is getting old, so Zhou Tie was appointed as the head of the weapons manufacturing bureau, leading a group of people to manufacture weapons."

Grandpa Zhou Yan.
Let him serve as the chief consultant for weapons manufacturing.

There's no need for Grandpa Zhou to forge weapons; he only needs to provide guidance and supervision, or teach the younger generation.

"Your Majesty, I still have some at home."

"Oh, Uncle Zhou, please tell me what else you have at home, and I'll send someone to fetch it right away."

"I"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yan opened his mouth, but all the words he wanted to say were stuck in his throat and he could not utter them.

Upon seeing this, Wang Chao couldn't help but smile slightly.

"Hehe, San Shun, go to the back mountain and choose a location, then gather a group of people and have them all follow Zhou Tie's instructions. Have them produce a batch of qualified weapons in the shortest possible time."
In addition, the Zhou family are among our top-tier technical talents; they must be given the best courtyard and someone to accompany and protect them.
Then check if Grandpa Zhou has anything else he needs to bring up the mountain. If so, have the brothers make the trip.”

"Well, I also heard that Mr. Zhou Wen is a student who has passed the imperial examination. So, for the time being, he will serve as your registrar."

"Okay, Chief!"

Wang Sanshun nodded in agreement, then looked at Zhou Yan's family with a big smile.

"Chief Advisor Zhou, Chief Clerk Zhou, and Registrar Zhou, please follow me."

"Oh dear!"

After hesitating for a while, Zhou Yan and his two sons finally sighed and followed Wang Sanshun outside.

As for Zhou Yan's wife and two daughters-in-law, they naturally had no objections, but followed closely behind with worried and fearful expressions.

At night, in Zhou Yan's heavily guarded home, the father and his two sons glanced at the patrolling guards outside and couldn't help but sit down on a bench and sigh.

The guards who patrolled back and forth were more of a surveillance unit than a protector.

If they try to escape, they will inevitably be hacked to death.

In fact, there was indeed an intention to monitor them.

However, just as Wang Chao said, they are now considered high-level technical talents in Bird and Mouse Mountain, and the guards do indeed do their best to protect their safety.

"Boss, what should we do next?"

"Yes, sir, what should we do now?"

The brothers Zhou Tie and Zhou Wen stared at Zhou Yan with worried expressions.

"Sigh~? What else can we do? Let's leave it at that for now."

Let's see if we can find an opportunity to get out of this situation in the future.
This is ultimately not a good place.

"Oh~!"

The three of them sighed in unison and remained silent for a long while before returning to their respective places.

The next morning, someone came to call me.

"Advisor Zhou, Clerk Zhou, Registrar Zhou"

After Zhou Yan and her family hurriedly went out, they saw Wang Sanshun and his group.

"This humble servant, Zhou Yan, has met this master."

Upon seeing Zhou Yan's family, Wang Sanshun approached them with a smile.

"Advisor Zhou, you're too kind. You can just call me Chief of Staff."

"Advisor Zhou, Chief Clerk Zhou, Registrar Zhou, did you sleep well last night?"

"Thank goodness! Thank goodness!"

Zhou Yan, with panda eyes, said with a forced smile.

At the same time, I secretly thought to myself, "Just look at the panda eyes on all the adults in our family; you can tell whether they slept well or not."

Regardless of what Zhou Yan's family thought, Wang Sanshun simply smiled and said:
"I've come here today to take you to the weapons manufacturing bureau."

"Oh, okay, okay! Chief of Staff..."

"Ok!"

Wang Sanshun nodded, then led Zhou Yan and his two sons, bidding farewell to their worried wives and children at home, and headed to the back mountain.

In just one night, they naturally couldn't build any workshops.

The weapons manufacturing bureau was just a place; the preparation and construction of it required the guidance of Zhou Yan and his son Zhou Tie.

So when Zhou Yan and his two sons arrived at the place, they saw more than a hundred people standing neatly in an open space, all staring at them.

Seeing this, Zhou Yan and his two sons felt a chill run down their spines.

Although they don't understand military affairs.

But seeing these people in front of him, he couldn't help but think that this must be a disciplined and powerful army.

They had seen Ming Dynasty soldiers before, but compared to the army before them, they were far inferior.

After all, they had undergone nearly a month of training, so let's not even talk about their combat strength in actual battle.

However, that military posture was definitely something they trained for.

He stood there, unmoved as a mountain.

It's quite intimidating.

"This, this is."

Looking at the more than one hundred people standing motionless in front of him, Zhou Yan was somewhat at a loss.

"Yes, these are the personnel assigned to the Weapons Manufacturing Bureau by the leader. From now on, they will follow the arrangements made by Director Zhou Tiezhou."

"We must complete the basic framework of the weapons manufacturing area within two or three days, enabling the production of basic weapons."

"Okay, okay!"

Hearing Wang Sanshun's request, Zhou Yan hesitated slightly, but finally nodded and agreed. Meanwhile, while Wang Chao and his men were training enthusiastically and building the weapons manufacturing bureau, Chen Ying was also leading his soldiers in training.

Although he didn't take the dynasty and its people seriously.

However, he also knew that if they were just ordinary militiamen, it was hard to say who would win if they directly confronted those desperate mountain bandits.

Therefore, necessary training is still required.

Even if he didn't care about the lives of his soldiers, he had to think about his own life.

He didn't want to be caught off guard and killed or captured by those bandits.

Of course, their training intensity was definitely not as high as that of the Dynasty, including their daily meals, which were only two meals a day, and not enough to fill them up.

But no matter what, it's still much stronger than Wu Ping before.

Thus, time passed quickly as both sides trained, and more than ten days went by in the blink of an eye.

On the fifteenth of August, Wang Chao summoned Wang Dahu, Wang Sanshun, and the others to discuss going down the mountain to borrow grain.

"Everyone knows about the food situation. Now let's discuss what our next step should be."

"Hey, what else can we do? Just find another nouveau riche and wipe him out."

The moment Wang Chao finished speaking, Li Yu quickly responded.

"Um"

In response, Wang Dahu, Wang Sanshun, and the others all nodded in agreement.

They did indeed have a longer-term hope, dreaming of being ennobled and appointed to high positions.

However, for now, this is the only way for them to obtain food and supplies.

If we don't fight for it, are we just waiting to starve to death?

"Okay, then let's discuss which one we should choose as our next target."

Wang Chao nodded and continued:
"Nearby are Dawangzhuang and Majiaji, and a little further away are Shilipu and Balipo."
Let's discuss which one we should choose as our goal.

"Chief, how are the defenses in these places? How do they compare to Master Wu's Wu Family Village?"

After a moment's hesitation, Wang Dahu asked.

"Hehe, almost the same."

"In that case..."
I think we should take them all at once.

A ruthless glint flashed in Wang Dahu's eyes as he spoke heavily.

After all, they had been training for more than a month. If they were all like the Wu family village of Master Wu, they could wipe them out in one fell swoop by sending out a single detachment of men.

If that's the case, why not take them down in one fell swoop?
"Sam-soon, what do you think?"

"leader.
I think Brother Da Hu makes a good point. With the defensive strength of those villages and strongholds, we could easily take them down with just a small force.

However, we also need to guard against attacks from officers and soldiers.

It seems the county town has recruited some more militia, and I've heard they've even brought in a real military officer."

Upon hearing this, Wu Ping, the instructor sitting next to him, couldn't help but utter a sound.

He felt offended?

What does it mean to have a real commanding officer transferred in?

Does that mean Wu Ping isn't a real military officer?
Well, okay, he's really not that important.

However, he felt somewhat uncomfortable being told this so directly, so he said in a deep voice.

"Actually, the person who came was just a probationary centurion from the centurion's office, not a real military officer."

"hehe."

Wang Sanshun glanced at Wu Ping and couldn't help but chuckle.

He'd always disliked this person.

Or rather, although Wu Ping joined the Dynasty and its allies, apart from the Dynasty, the others had some opinions about him.

After all, when he led his troops to suppress the rebellion, he caused the Wang Chao and his men to suffer a dozen or so casualties.

Although it is a battle between two armies, each fighting for its own side.

However, how many people can calmly face the person who once killed their brothers?

Although the hostility between the two sides has gradually dissipated after a period of time, there are still some lingering resentments and estrangement.

Therefore, it's hard to say whether Wang Sanshun meant it when he said those words again.

Wang Chao was aware of their private conflicts.

However, in the eyes of the dynasty, these were not big issues, as long as they did their work diligently.

It's impossible for everyone to like a person.

"Yes, Instructor Wu Ping makes sense. It's just a centurion and a few hundred farmers who have only been trained for a few days. There's no need to take it too seriously."

However, precautions should still be taken.
In that case, Li Yu, you will lead the special operations force to obstruct and restrain the officers and soldiers, thus buying us time.

There's no need for a direct confrontation; just keeping the officers and soldiers occupied is enough.

"Yes! Promise to complete the mission!"

Li Yu stood up solemnly and gave a military salute.

Wang Chao nodded and continued:
"Wang Dahu, you lead a squad of soldiers to attack Dawangzhuang;"

Wang Shi, you lead a squad of soldiers to attack Majiaji;

李树
Wang Erniu.
I will lead a team to provide support from the center.

"Yes! Promise to complete the mission!"

Everyone stood up in unison and gave a strong military salute.

(End of this chapter)