Twenty minutes later, everyone sat in the pavilion of the Lin family garden with grim expressions.
Watching Wang Er Zhuang crunch the last chicken foot, bone and all, the crowd stared at him in a daze.
"Second brother, what's wrong with you? How long has it been since you've seen meat?"
Wang Er Zhuang glared at He Da Zhuang, who had spoken, and said, "Big brother, how dare you ask? It's all thanks to those incompetent quacks at your father-in-law's house."
"Tingting and I were planning to have a child, but Tingting was worried and asked those fools from the An family to examine me. I don't know what these idiots were thinking, saying I was overweight and not conducive to pregnancy."
"I...
Lin Zhan was taken aback, only thinking about how to get out and work quickly, and forgot about home.
"I apologize for being so preoccupied that I forgot about your responsibilities, my brothers."
He then looked at Zhang Hao Ran and asked, "Hao Ran, are all your fellow disciples unable to move?"
Zhang Hao Ran and the others nodded and said, "Old Lin, are we still strangers to each other? We truly cannot move. The Daoist sect is the state religion of our China, and its significance is immense."
"Moreover, with the reappearance of the Underworld, our Celestial Masters' Mansion is responsible for maintaining contact with the Underworld and guarding the passage between the two realms. My fellow disciples are already too busy to be freed."
Lin Zhan also knew that the Celestial Masters' Mansion had been extremely busy during this period. If it weren't for the peculiar nature of the young Daoist, he would have been arrested and forced to labor.
Lin Zhan sighed and said, "Then forget it."
"Then let Da Zhuang, Leng Shan, and Zhang Cong form three more army groups. That will make a total of nine major army groups for the human race of China."
"It's just... I'm short on money right now. I can provide the equipment and resources, but I have no ready cash."
Leng Shan quickly raised his hand and said, "Old Lin, if we're really forming army groups, the military expenses for my army group need to be doubled, otherwise I won't even be able to feed my dogs."
Lin Zhan was stunned. Damn, he had forgotten about Leng family, that bizarre clan with more dogs than people.
"Brothers, what do you think..."
The crowd exchanged glances, realizing that their leader Lin was truly bankrupt this time.
There was no other way. Double military merits, triple rewards, and 34 million casualties. It was a miracle that Lin Zhan and his brother could still afford to eat after this battle.
The crowd nodded and said, "Don't worry, Old Lin. We'll cover the military expenses for these three army groups for three months. But you have to provide the weapons and equipment, as none of us have large-scale armories."
Lin Zhan quickly nodded and said, "We still have plenty of weapons and equipment, enough for all the current troops for two years."
After arranging for them, Lin Zhan turned to Xiao Han Yi and said, "Old Xiao, I want you to stand out from the army and leave some of your elite scouts with us brothers. Let them help train a batch of scouts for each of our legions."
Xiao Han Yi nodded and said, "These are minor matters. I will leave 5,000 elite scouts for each of you to help train your scout units."
"Old Lin, since you've pulled me out of the army, you must have something in mind."
Lin Zhan quickly nodded and said, "I plan to have you create an organization that is unrelated to Lou Wai Lou."
"This battle, our human race has won a great victory. In the future, what will remain will not be our human allies, but those neutral races. These planes will not only trade with our human race normally, but people from various races will also interact with each other."
"I intend to have this new organization, along with Lou Wai Lou, develop towards the heavens. Especially for the new organization, I hope that wherever there is humanity in the future, there will be an outpost of this organization."
Everyone listened and became serious, even Xiao Han Yi thoughtfully considered it.
After a moment, Xiao Han Yi nodded and said, "Prudence is necessary. Old Lin's strategy is admirable. The battle isn't even over, and he's already planning for the next war."
"Don't worry, Old Lin. I'll do this. Besides, this kind of secret expansion is our specialty at Lou Wai Lou. I'll discuss this with Xiao Ming. We'll start by expanding along the trade routes."
When Xiao Han Yi mentioned the young Daoist, everyone realized that the little fatty wasn't at the meeting today: "Old Lin, where's that little fatty Hao Ming?"
Hearing everyone's words, Lin Zhan said with a sly grin, "I sent Xiao Ming to Asgard to borrow money."