The Proof of the Heavens Begins with The Legend of the Condor Heroes

Chapter 56: The initial establishment of power
Fang Hao stayed at the headquarters of the Haisha Gang in Yazhou for two months.

During this period, the main task of the Dajiang League was to consume the main fleet of the Haisha Gang. After all, in the battle for supremacy at sea, a strong maritime fleet was extremely important.

Originally, Chen Liangchen had a huge fleet consisting of 27 large sea ships.

For local gangs, this is a very scary number, and it also established the Haisha Gang's position as the largest gang at sea.

Therefore, Fang Hao was able to capture Chen Liangchen alive this time, which really saved him a lot of trouble.

With such a civilian naval force second only to the Southern Song government, it was not difficult to conduct maritime trade or command and transport troops.

As for the gang members originally under Chen Liangchen, those who were willing to surrender would be disbanded and incorporated into Fang Hao's Dajiang League.

Those who are unwilling to surrender will be either suppressed or killed, and made to disappear completely.

At the same time, Fang Hao also discovered a large amount of gold, silver, jade, marine goods and money in the fortress built by Chen Liangchen. These were obviously the accumulation of the Haisha Gang over the past decade.

In addition, Fang Hao also found four well-preserved "Sky-shaking Bombs" and dozens of "Divine Fire Flying Crows", all of which were contraband from the Imperial Military Equipment Bureau.

Later, Fang Hao discovered the origin of these firearms from an account book found in Chen Liangchen's room. They actually came from the arsenal of the Song Army Navy in Guangzhou Prefecture. This shows the extent of the collusion between officials and bandits.

Although the number of firearms was small, it also showed that Chen Liangchen must have gained access to the upper echelons of the Guangzhou government and obtained the tacit approval of the court.

Unfortunately, Chen Liangchen himself had died a month ago in the prison where the Haisha Gang held its enemies, unwilling to suffer humiliation. Thus, this path of collusion between officials and bandits was cut off.

"Alliance leader, Chief Steward Zhang is here." Just then, Zhang Yimang came over and said.

"Very good, let's go to the Juyi Hall to talk." Fang Hao said.

The gathering hall of the Haisha Gang's headquarters is built in the center of the fortress, commanding an open terrain with an excellent view.

At this moment, in addition to Fang Hao and Zhang Yimang, there were already quite a few people sitting on the chairs on both sides.

From Zhang Yimang, Zhang Shiwu, and the two brothers Su Xinglong and Su Xingbao who followed Fang Hao the earliest.

Then there was the fourth senior brother Lu Chengfeng who was invited by Fang Hao himself.

Finally, around the time of the battle at the Haisha Gang headquarters, Chen Shunchen, Ruan Xingba, Huang Yang and others came to join him.

If we include Su Xinghu who is stationed in Taihu Lake and Dog Meat Monk who guards Tiezhang Mountain, Fang Hao's subordinates are indeed full of talented people.

After Fang Hao sat down at the main seat, he nodded to Zhang Shiwu and said, "Manager Zhang, now that everyone is here, just make the announcement!"

"Yes, leader!" Zhang Shiwu bowed to Fang Hao, then turned around and looked at everyone.

Then, he said in a loud voice: "Brothers, it has been four years since the leader founded the Dajiang League. In the past four years, our Dajiang League has continued to grow and develop. Today, it has successively annexed the Iron Palm Gang and the Sea Sand Gang, becoming the veritable largest gang on the water!"

Speaking of this, Zhang Shiwu's tone was high-spirited, unable to hide his excitement.

After all, the reason why he agreed to follow Fang Hao was just to have someone to rely on before he died.

Unexpectedly, Fang Hao was so powerful. In just four years, he integrated the forces of many water systems in the south. The trend is set!
"Nowadays, the power of our Dajiang League is growing day by day, so the leader of the league decided to set up a Zhoushan branch on Zhoushan Island on the coast of the East China Sea in addition to the Taihu headquarters, with Lu Chengfeng as the helmsman, and set up an Tiezhangshan branch in the Xiangxi Tiezhang Gang, with Zhang Yimang as the helmsman, and set up a Haisha branch in the Yazhou Wuzhi Mountain, with Chen Shunchen as the helmsman."

Zhang Shiwu spoke eloquently and calmly, but the audience was talking about it. But generally speaking, these appointments were within everyone's expectations.

In fact, Zhang Shiwu concealed one thing in these appointments.

That is to let Zhang Shiwu integrate the storytellers' organizations in the world and establish Jianghu Xiaozhan.

This will be the prototype of Fang Hao's future spy and intelligence agency, but it does not need to be announced in public.

"Fourth senior brother, I am the nominal leader of Taihu Headquarters, but you also know that I am very busy. Therefore, I need you to act as the helmsman for specific matters. I will let Xinglong and Xinghu help you." After Zhang Shiwu finished speaking, Fang Hao continued.

"Thank you, Alliance Leader." Lu Chengfeng responded excitedly.

Taihu Lake and Zhoushan are the places where Fang Hao thrived, and all of them were entrusted to him, which was a reflection of Fang Hao's immense trust in him.

"Yimang, I know you like practicing martial arts and don't care about mundane affairs. I will let Xingbao be your deputy to handle daily affairs." Fang Hao continued.

"Thank you, leader, for considering my subordinates!" Zhang Yimang said happily.

"As for Shunchen, I will appoint Dog Meat Monk as your deputy. He is a talent I recruited from Shaolin. He has high martial arts skills and is capable of protecting you." Fang Hao looked at Chen Shunchen and said.

After all, Chen Shunchen had just surrendered, so how could he dare to say "no"? Naturally, he accepted it with pleasure.

"My fellow brothers, the annexation of the Haisha Gang by the Dajiang League is just the starting point. In the future, we will expand from south to north and become the largest gang in the world. This is no joke. I hope you will help me with all your strength!" Fang Hao stood up and bowed.

No one dared to accept Fang Hao's greeting, so they stood up and bowed to him.

What is certain is that as the power of the Dajiang Alliance grows, everyone will live better and better in the future.

After saying this, Fang Hao looked at the plain-looking old man at the bottom and said, "Master Huang Yang, you are an expert in shipbuilding. This time, please come back to Taihu Lake with me and be responsible for supervising the construction of the ship."

This Master Huang Yang was a shipbuilding expert hired by Chen Liangchen from the Military Equipment Bureau of the Song Dynasty at a high salary. He was the talent that Fang Hao valued the most.

The reason why the old man agreed to Fang Hao's conditions was because Fang Hao said very readily that as long as the ship was built, he would provide the people and the money. Only then did the old man readily agree and go back with Fang Hao.

Soon, Fang Hao finalized the latest personnel composition of the Dajiang Alliance.

Fang Hao's overall idea is to form a maritime fleet with the Haisha Branch and the Zhoushan Branch to engage in ocean trade and accumulate a large amount of wealth.

Afterwards, he recruited soldiers on a small scale at the Taihu Headquarters and the Iron Palm Mountain Branch. Fang Hao's initial goal was not high, and he planned to train a professional combat force of about a thousand people.

In ancient times, it was very costly to train a full-time army that was free from work and production.

However, Fang Hao has accumulated a lot of money and grain relying on the expansion and annexation of the Dajiang Alliance in the past four years. Considering that he will also trade with Southeast Asian countries in the future, that will also be a very considerable income.

He could easily afford to provide a thousand professional soldiers.

In addition, he had already bought the position of "Huzhou Defense Envoy" in the court through Su Shidan, and recruited soldiers for training, which was considered a legitimate reason for his actions.

During this process, he also intended to practice the method of "selecting and training soldiers" from "Wu Mu's Testament".

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