Global colonization began with Ming Dynasty pirates.

"Young Master, I enjoy the feeling of fighting as a guard. I hope to use weapons and make further contributions to the gang. Please grant my request." Wang Xiaoyi bowed respectfully and then responded loudly.

He had been paying attention to the whole process. The War Hall had assigned captains to nine ships, but had not appointed anyone to lead troops. Of all the personnel, the more than one hundred guards made up the majority. Since these people were not in the War Hall, they would naturally not be in the Work Hall or the Inner Hall in the end.

Needless to say, he ended up being controlled by someone else; naturally, he became one of Lin Hao's men. He kept in mind the words his father had taught him before his death: what you do is not important, what's important is following the right person.

At this moment, he naturally wants to choose the direction that is most likely to be profitable.

Of course, this is also risky. If these guards are directly assigned to each captain's crew, he will suffer a huge loss.

Lin Hao smiled and looked at the other party. If it weren't for the fact that it was clearly written in the file that Wang Xiaoyi was a slippery and dishonest person, he probably would have believed it by now.

However, Lin Hao did not expose him. Instead, he smiled and comforted him, "I know what you're thinking. I'm glad you think that way. But no matter where you are, you're contributing to the gang. Just follow the arrangements for now. If you're really unhappy in the business hall, I'll adjust things for you."

Since Lin Hao had said that, Wang Xiaoyi knew that things wouldn't work out, so he could only bow and say, "Yes, I will obey Young Master's arrangements."

After assigning the four people to his second uncle, Lin Hao looked at the remaining people.

"Lin Ba, Lin Tiesheng, Lin Sangeng, and Lin Qi, the four of you will serve under Uncle De. From now on, you will be inner hall stewards, responsible for the logistics of my Four Seas Gang."

There was no outsider among these four. Lin Ba was a given, Lin Tiesheng and Lin Sangeng were Lin Hao's cousins ​​within five degrees of kinship, and Lin Qi was about the same. Although he was a few years older than Lin Hao, in terms of seniority, Lin Hao would have to call him uncle.

They all came from their hometown in the last two years, so they're practically family.

"Yes, Your subordinate obeys!" The four men acknowledged the order and went out, then stood behind Linde.

With the Commerce Hall, War Hall, and Inner Hall all arranged, only the Crafts Hall remains.

This is also what Lin Hao values ​​most in the future. Lin Hao has many ideas in his mind, and they all need to be realized through the workshop.

"Ruan Ping, Li Qiang, Lin Shi, and Peng Chunlin, you four will serve under my father and will be responsible for the workshops."

Lin Hao currently plans to open only four workshops in the workshop: a soap workshop, which will be the main product in the future; a firearms workshop, which will produce firearms and cannons; a shipyard, which will be responsible for ship repair and shipbuilding; and the last one will be a general workshop that brings together all the other miscellaneous craftsmen and makes whatever is needed, waiting for a large demand in a certain area in the future to be separated into a new workshop.

Ruan Ping is Lin Hao's cousin and a relative of Lin Hao's mother, while Peng Chunlin is Fu Bo's adopted son.

All four halls have been arranged, but there are still a large number of people in the audience.

At this moment, everyone looked at Lin Hao.

"As we all know, the most important thing to survive in the chaotic and cruel waters of the Ming Dynasty is military strength. Whether it was the previous battle against Zhou Daye of Shuangfeng Island or the recent siege by the government troops, if our military strength had been even slightly weaker, we would have been wiped out. So..."

Lin Hao raised his voice and said, "I have decided to consolidate all of the Lin family's combat strength. Except for the sailors who will be on board, all other soldiers will be trained and fight together. If there is a battle, they will be assigned to the corresponding ships as needed."

The soldiers are organized as follows: five men form a team, two squads form a team, plus the team leader and firefighters, totaling twelve men. Two teams form a flag, totaling twenty-four men, plus one flag officer, for a total of twenty-five men. One team is an all-firearms team, and the other is an all-assassin team (cold weapons).

The four banners form a bureau, and each bureau has one centurion and three miscellaneous soldiers, totaling one hundred and four people.

I intend to train four battalions of soldiers, totaling 416 men, to be merged into one division, with myself serving as the battalion commander. As for the selection of the centurions for each battalion…”

As Lin Hao spoke, he looked at the remaining people, and everyone immediately tensed up. It could be said that the position here was much more important than the previous stewards, after all, they were in charge of a hundred people, all of whom were soldiers.

Lin Hao was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "Lin Yi, Zhou Li, Lin San, and Lin Jiu, the four of you will each serve as the commander of a bureau."

Qi Jiguang's army was organized into three squads and one banner, and three banners and one bureau. However, Lin Hao reduced the number of banners to make it easier to equip the ships with both cold and hot weapons. This way, a small boat was equipped with one banner and twenty-five men, while a large boat had two banners and a total of fifty men, which was just enough to balance the number of cold and hot weapons.

The four divisions of the army consisted of a total of sixteen banners, which was just enough to meet the troop requirements of nine warships and maintain the basic defense of the fortress.

As for why the warriors were pulled out of the Battle Hall, it was unavoidable. The Battle Hall alone occupied nine deacon positions, more than twice that of the other halls. Moreover, it owned all the large ships. If all the warriors were put back into the Battle Hall, Lin Hao would be out of a job and might as well work as his third uncle's assistant.

But even with these few hundred people, Lin Hao couldn't muster them all. After removing the teenagers, he only had a little over a hundred soldiers available, a far cry from the required number.

Most importantly, after the youths were split up by Lin Hao into various branches, the Lin family's fighting strength dropped significantly.

The only ones in the Lin family who can skillfully operate muskets are these young soldiers. After four years of continuous training, and during their most receptive years, these young men have reached their peak in both discipline and proficiency with muskets.

The fact that they had only used volley fire before doesn't mean they could only use volley fire. It's just that their opponents were too weak, and they didn't need other methods. In previous training, these teenagers could even fire and reload their muskets while marching, and still maintain their formation.

This quality is the backbone of the Lin family's military strength. If the boys hadn't been raised in the back mountain instead of the Lin family compound, Lin Hao probably wouldn't have needed to go to the county town to kidnap them.

After disbanding these teenagers, the Lin family's only remaining force consisted of the original dozen or so guards and the newly recruited men. Among them, they were decent at wielding swords and knives, but as for firearms... judging from their training over this period, they could only manage one volley while standing before falling into chaos.

Ultimately, the most important thing in the age of firearms is not firearms, but discipline. These people had too little training time, and their discipline was far from meeting the requirements of an excellent musketeer.

After the four men stood behind him, Lin Hao continued, "As for the flag captain, captain, and squad leader, these positions will not be filled for now. They will be appointed based on the training results after all the new recruits have completed their basic training."

At this point, all that remained were the young men under Lin Hao's command.

"Lin Eleven, Lin Twelve, Lin Thirteen, and Lin Fourteen, you four will serve as stewards in the document room. The remaining youths will all be under your command and will work with me in the document room as gang clerks."

With the final order issued, all personnel changes officially took effect.

The Four Seas Gang's structure is now taking shape, and we can finally loosen up a bit.

But before that, there is one more crucial thing to do, and that is—to recruit people!