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

They cooked at three o'clock in the morning and set off at five o'clock, crossing mountains and forests all the way. The combat troops included 12 special service team members, 9 guard team members, and the 4th detachment, totaling 57 people. Although they were small in number, they had high combat effectiveness. This was also the route of elite mountain soldiers that he had created.

After crossing mountains and rivers, they finally arrived at Chen Laoer Cave in Muchangya at 10: in the morning. Through observation, they found that there were still bandits left inside, but the defense was loose. According to the report from the special forces reconnaissance, there were probably not many people inside.

Since there was no one there, they occupied the four sides and attacked directly towards the center. The special forces climbed to the top of the cave and descended along the rope. The guards below charged directly and the bandits surrendered without firing a shot. During the interrogation, we learned that a team leader came back in the morning and took away four people, guns and ammunition, and then left, saying that he was going to support the boss.

It seems that someone came back with valuables and confidants and ran away, leaving these few to die. The captives searched and found that there were not many valuables except for a box of jars and cans, and there were only a few hundred kilograms of grain. Seeing that this was a loss-making business, he asked He Chaowu to search the land again. Sure enough, in Chen Laoer's room, there was a hole under a few stones, and there was a small box inside. He Chaowu pried the box open with an axe and found a gold bracelet, 75 dollars, and some silver and gem jewelry.

At noon, they cooked a meal here, and then burned everything they couldn't take away, so as to prevent the spring breeze from blowing again. With the captives and spoils, they headed towards Laojun Mountain of Chen Lao Da along the northern mountain range. In the afternoon, the members of the logistics team carried the food to Laifengbao for storage. They were going to stay overnight in Tangjiabao, which was Tang Chunlai's lair. They arrived at Tangjiabao in the evening. Tang Chunlai was still handling things in Banqiao. It was the second son of the Tang family who came out to greet them. They stayed in the classroom of Tangjiabao School for one night. In the evening, the second son of the Tang family, Tang Chunxue, sent pork and wine and food. Xue Chen was responsible for the connection and ran over to tell him that the second son of the Tang family wanted to see him. Since he had been in the crowd, he did not show up.

Xue Chen brought two benches and placed them on the side of the playground. He sat there. Tang Chunxue came over, a middle-aged man in his 40s. The Tang family has three brothers and a youngest daughter, Tang Weiwei.

"I have met Master Chenyu. Hearing about him is not as good as meeting him in person. Master Chenyu is indeed extraordinary," Tang Chunxue said. In fact, they had met at Zhou Kui's engagement ceremony, but they didn't have a conversation.

"Mr. Tang, please take a seat. We are sorry to bother you." He did not respond to his flattering words, but apologized first and changed the subject, not wanting to discuss his personal problems.

"No, no, Young Master Chenyu personally led a team of elite soldiers and crossed mountains and rivers to wipe out the bandits. He made an indelible contribution to maintaining peace in the area. The four bandits from the Chen family were so bold that they caused trouble at the youngest sister's engagement ceremony. Fortunately, Young Master Chenyu made arrangements in advance and caught them all in one fell swoop," he said, pounding the bench with his hand.

"This is what we should do. It's nothing. Now the second Chen's army is almost wiped out and the eldest Chen can't make any waves. It's just that the fourth Chen is as cunning as a fox and it's not easy to eliminate him. This time I also want to thank you, the Tang family security team, for assisting Laifeng to repel the powerful enemy." He had to thank the Tang family for sending people to support Laifeng, otherwise they would have suffered great losses.

"No, no, it's just a piece of cake. We are all family now. Besides, when we arrived, the bandits had already retreated, so we couldn't help at all. I feel ashamed," he replied politely.

"We are very grateful for your sincere support. Also, you have a large population in Tangjiabao with many talented people. You can select a few young people to go to Wuwen Wushu School to study and train. Although we don't have any famous teachers there, but if we can all brainstorm together, the training will still be helpful." He also wants to tie the Tang family together to strengthen our strength and control the entire Banqiao township.

"That's great. He will go back and discuss with big brother. All of Master Chenyu's subordinates are mighty and strong. It will be a great honor for those good-for-nothing guys to learn a little from them," said Tang Er excitedly as he stood up and saluted him.

"His second uncle, please sit down. We are all family, so we must keep our differences," he waved his little hand.

He leaned forward and sat down again, this time obviously closing the distance between them.

The Du family's troops were indeed elite in terms of discipline, military posture, and image, but of course their actual combat power was not as high as imagined. After all, they were inadequately equipped and lacked machine guns, artillery, and other firepower. The county's city defense troops all had mortars, and each company had at least one machine gun, but they had none of these, and they fought with courage.

After communicating for a while, they prepared to have dinner, and Tang Lao Er also left and greeted the brothers in the crowd. It can be seen that Tang Lao Er is a very sociable person. He saw that this was the talent they needed.

The next day they set out to attack Laojun Mountain. There were steep cliffs, high mountains and deep valleys here, making climbing too difficult. They could not get in even if they rolled stones on the top of the mountain. For safety reasons, they circled at the foot of the mountain, but decided to give up attacking the mountain because they knew it was difficult.

Then they moved their battle southward. Xuetangping and Majiaping were located at the junction of Jizhou County and Baizhang, and were currently under the jurisdiction of Chongqing Township. However, after being harassed by bandits, the area was in a state of desolation. They simply raised the flag of the Banqiao Township militia and openly moved in under the pretext of searching for bandits. They then took control of several large landowners and village chiefs. At Xuetangping, they encountered resistance from local forces and attacked directly. Of course, they easily took down the area with only a dozen armed men.

The next day they continued to head towards Lijiahe, where there was also a small ironworks. They attacked without any nonsense and took it in one battle. After taking Lijiahe, they did not move on because of the severe shortage of troops and the area was only the size of two guard posts. They settled down in Xuetangping and began to carry out land reform to win over the hearts of the people. This time, the attack added more than 700 people to the area under their jurisdiction.

Because they made too much noise, more than 4 soldiers from Chongqing Township came 20 days later. They gathered 40 people and set up an ambush in a valley. The enemy was very vigilant along the way, constantly shooting sporadically with guns, and sent outposts to patrol both sides. It seems that the troops in the mountains often fight with bandits and have rich combat experience. There was no way, they could only expose themselves in advance. More than 10 people went down the mountain to shoot the patrol sentry, rushed down the hillside, and blocked the enemy in the ravine. They fought and retreated, and surrounded the enemy in the ambush circle, but the enemy did not believe that there were only 10 people attacking, and retreated slowly. When the front was about to enter the encirclement, the enemy actually stopped, probably realizing that there was an ambush here.

"Beep, beep...", the charge bugle sounded and everyone started charging.

There was a roar of gunfire, but the enemy's guns were relatively backward, with old-fashioned muskets and hunting rifles. The guns they prepared had a long range and a huge advantage. After a round of charge, the 10 people who crossed the ditch had almost no chance to retreat. The enemy immediately dispersed and retreated. They chased them for more than a kilometer and killed 6 more people before they began to withdraw. This battle at least hurt the Chongqing militiamen. It is estimated that they will not give up for this iron factory.

They continued to move southward to clear the two defenses of Dahe and Guihua. However, they were short of troops, so they transferred 24 garrisons from Banqiao to guard the rear. In this way, the area west of Lijiahe was all Du family territory. The population increased by half within 10 days. They finally stopped the attack and began to operate the business with peace of mind. They did not gain much money this time, with a total value of only 1500 oceans. They had 45 guns of various types, and the food supply was barely enough. They distributed one-third of the food to the people. In spring and summer, when there was a shortage of food, distributing food to tenants was the fastest way to win people's hearts.

On August 8, after 20 days of news blockade and appeasement, the situation stabilized and they recruited 10 militia members for training. However, it had not rained for more than 30 days, and the temperature was high every day, causing severe drought. Their high mountain area was much better, with no obvious drought. But according to Hu Laowu, it had not rained for more than 20 days in the Baizhang area, and one-third of the corn had been lost.

Du Chenyu arranged for Hu Laosi to suspend the operation and lead part of the team to go to Wuying and Linshui bases together with the garrison members from various places in Banqiao to prepare for drought resistance. These two places have low altitudes, and drought resistance and seedling protection are the most important. It is estimated that more than 100 people can take action to protect most of the grain production.

He opened a new training base in Lijiahe, and waited until the end of August, but did not see the joint defense team from Chongqing and Jizhou attacking Lijiahe. The spies sent to Chongqing came back and said that everything on the streets was the same as before. There were not enough militiamen in the village, and the equipment was insufficient. A large number of militiamen died last time, and the township government has not yet settled the matter. They still asked the people to carry the bodies back for them. The temperature was too high in summer, and if they were not dealt with on the same day, they would stink. So they cleaned up all the battlefields immediately and buried the bloodstains with engineer shovels.

He was at the Lijiahe Special Factory and saw the pig iron they were refining. Surprisingly, the quality was better than that of Banqiao and Wuying. He invested in a new blast furnace in Banqiao and hired several masters in the county to provide guidance. The quality of pig iron more than doubled, barely reaching the current level of Lijiahe. The quality of iron ore in Lijiahe is high, so the quality of pig iron is naturally good. It is close to the Chongqing graphite mine, and the tongs and blast furnaces made of graphite ore soil can make the molten iron temperature higher, so the quality of pig iron is good.

He carefully inspected the iron ore and heard from the old master that the quality of the iron ore here could reach 30%. He immediately doubled the wages of all workers, transferred the master from Banqiao, invested 500 yuan, and reinstalled the blast furnace here to ensure the production of better quality pig iron. Holding on to steel is the foundation of development, and steel is the backbone of their standing up.