Of course, the improvement of hard power is limited, and if you are given a knife, you will have the combat power of a knife. If you are given ten more knives, you will only be able to wield one knife, and no amount of knives will be useless. When the knife is gone, your strength will drop accordingly. The improvement of soft power is more permanent and unlimited, you can learn a set of boxing techniques, and then learn a set of footwork to move and leap with knife techniques, or learn to stab knives in the back and so on. Even if you don't have a knife, you can use your fists and kicks to deal with your opponents, and you won't lose your ability to fight because you don't have a knife.

What Lin Jue thought in his heart was that in the case that the training of manpower and the ability to lead the army in battle could not be improved in a short period of time, the combat power of these three hundred people could only be increased through the most rapid and direct way, that is, to equip them with weapons and equipment that were higher than those of the mountain bandits. This is probably the only best way to give these 300 men the ability to fight against an enemy who is many times their size.

Liang Qi said very clearly that night, when fighting with Bao Meng's soldiers and horses, the two sides actually fought hand-to-hand most of the time, so it was particularly tragic. When the opponent is attacking up the mountain, their own personnel can only throw stones down to stop it, and when the opponent is close, they can only meet it in hand-to-hand combat. Although there are many stones on the mountain, most of them grow in the ground, and there is no way to dig them out. The ones that could be moved were quickly used up, and after that, they could only watch the other party attack upwards. That's because the people on Guishan Island don't even have a bow and arrow in their hands, except for a sword in their hands, so they can't resist the other party's impact on the top of the mountain. Although I made some throwing things like bamboo, bows, arrows, and darts, the power was too small and it didn't work at all.

Moreover, both the offensive and defensive sides actually have almost no protective equipment. The mountain bandits only had some rattan armor to protect themselves, and only a few of Gao Muqing's men had leather armor to protect their bodies. In fact, there are basically zero protective equipment. In fact, the two sides engaged in the most tragic hand-to-hand combat in an extremely primitive way, and because of this, their own manpower, which was originally much higher than the opponent's, could not avoid a large number of injuries. Because even if the opponent falls, he can always use his blade to cut a wound on the opponent's body, making you equally incapacitated.

In this case, if Gao Muqing's subordinates are equipped with strong bows and crossbows, they are equipped with some defensive equipment such as armor and shields. Equipped with some sharp swords and iron guns and other equipment that is better than the opponent, then you will have a great initiative in battle. Even a few dozen bows and arrows or crossbows are enough to suppress an enemy on a hillside. The powerful bow and crossbow have a condescending range of three or four hundred paces, and can kill and injure the opponent at a long distance, which is simply a defensive artifact in this chaotic charge of the mountain bandits. Armor and shields can gain the upper hand in hand-to-hand combat, avoiding heavy casualties on your side. The bandits were unprotected and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with heavily armed opponents, and the results were predictable.

If Gao Muqing's 300 men could be replaced with sharp blades, equipped with bows, arrows, crossbows, and protective gear, then even if there were only 300 people, the situation would be greatly improved. Unless the other party is desperate and several villages join forces to pour out, just one or two thousand people may not be able to attack the mountain.

Lin Jue's train of thought became clearer and clearer in his continuous thinking, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that his thinking direction was correct. If you want Gao Muqing and others to gain a firm foothold in Luoyan Valley, you can only rely on your own strength to gain a firm foothold, and you can only use force to block the attacks of the mountain bandits. Only if the mountain bandits recognize the reality and know that they are not capable of driving away this group of outsiders, will they accept the fact that Gao Muqing's men occupy Luoyan Valley.

The specific method is to increase the combat effectiveness of the more than 300 people under Gao Muqing as quickly as possible, and quickly improve the hard power. Give them the best equipment and weapons to give them an advantage in battle.

However, even if the idea is correct and the direction is right, another thorny problem is difficult to solve. That is, where does the weapons and equipment come from? These things are strictly forbidden to be bought and sold, how can you get your hands on them? Even if there is a way to buy it, where does the money come from? You must know that swords, armor, bows and arrows are extremely expensive, even if it is only a small amount of equipment for more than 300 people, I am afraid it is a huge amount of money.

But the problem is that he is also a poor egg now, and the 15,000 taels of silver that Liang Qi took this time are almost all of his savings, which is still the share of the prosperous business of the Jiangnan Grand Theater in the past six months. If you don't have the shares of the Jiangnan Grand Theater, I'm afraid you may not even have a few hundred taels of silver.

Lin Jue didn't care much about money before, because he always felt that there was no place to use silver. He has always had no worries about food and clothing, and he is not the kind of extravagant person, so he doesn't have any special enthusiasm for making money. However, at this moment, Lin Jue suddenly realized that silver was such an important thing. What is at stake is the life and death of Gao Muqing and more than 1,000 of them.

Lin Jue suddenly remembered the standard armor and weapon ingots he saw in the underground warehouse of Peach Blossom Island, and his heart was indescribably saddened. When I saw these things that day, I didn't estimate the value of these things except for surprise, and I had no idea in my heart. Only now do I understand what a precious thing those things are. It's a pity that all these things are pressed in the collapsed cavern, and they can't be taken away, and they have become treasures that can't be taken out.

Lin Jue felt that he had to solve the problem of silver. Since he already has a way to save Gao Muqing and others, he has to work hard to do it. He must not let Gao Muqing and the people of Guishan Island fall into a desperate situation. Not only because of Gao Muqing, but also to forgive the people of Guishan Island cottage. Although the accident on Guishan Island was an accident, it was not Lin Jue's fault. But that incident has always been a heart problem in Lin Jue's heart.

That incident led directly to the disintegration of the cottage on Guishan Island, resulting in the death and enslavement of thousands of people. also led to the fact that although Gao Muqing and himself were already husband and wife, they could only fly separately. This has led to the perilous situation they are in today. That incident had a huge impact, and Lin Jue had always been under the shadow of this influence. Lin Jue must be responsible for the life and death of these people, that is what he must do.

But where does the silver come from? This is a tricky question. When the money is used, I hate it, I don't spend much on weekdays, and I think I'm really rich when I make a little money. However, all of a sudden, he realized that he was still poor. Now that he has to get a large sum of money out all of a sudden, Lin Jue really has nothing to do. The Lin family has silver, but unfortunately the silver can't be taken out. It is also possible to forcibly switch to use, after all, many of the people in the boat industry are their own people. But the sudden embezzlement of a large sum of money by himself will attract the attention of some people. And what I'm going to do next can't be noticed, it's a bandit, and I must not show the slightest rumor.

Or you can go and discuss with Xie Yingying and them, these two shareholders of Jiangnan Grand Theater should have a lot of money in their hands, and I don't know if they can borrow some of it. However, when he thought of the Jiangnan Grand Theater, Lin Jue suddenly felt a little ashamed. I paid too little attention to it during this time, and I hardly went to see it for more than a month. Everything is carried by Xie Danhong and Xie Yingying, and he is too irresponsible as a shareholder. Now I want to borrow money but I think of them first, which is a little inappropriate.

Think about it, Jiangnan Grand Theater is the only source of money for yourself, and you should pay more attention to it. If it weren't for the dividends and silver from the Jiangnan Grand Theater, Liang Qi would probably not have the money to solve his urgent needs when he came to Hangzhou this time.

And during this time, he didn't care about the Grand Theater at all, Green Dance went once, and when he came back, he said that the Grand Theater is now taking out the old plays and re-performing them, because Lin Jue has not provided new scripts for a long time. Lin Jue didn't care about it at the time, but now he suddenly felt quite guilty about Xie Danhong and Xie Yingying.

Lin Jue decided to go to the Jiangnan Grand Theater to take a look, even if it wasn't for the silver, he should go and see Xie Yingying and them. But before going, Lin Jue knew that he had to do one thing, that is, to bring a new repertoire script, otherwise he would return empty-handed, and he really had no sincerity. And bringing a new repertoire should be what Xie Yingying is looking forward to the most, and it can also make up for her guilt a little.

That night, Lin Jue fought at night, and it took a day and a night to finally produce two new plays. One is "A Chinese Ghost Story" and the other is "The Legend of the White Snake", and Lin Jue planned to write them out and hand them over to the Jiangnan Grand Theater for performance before these two plays. However, because it is a repertoire of myths and ghosts, there is a high demand for the effect of light and shadow psychedelia, and I am afraid that the performance will not be effective. But at the August 15 Oiran Competition, Lin Jue has found a means to cooperate with the stage mechanism of light and shadow animation, so it should be time to launch these two plays.