20 years of the Republic of China

Chapter 416 Helping the Tiger
Jiang Lianheng and Zhao Guoyan walked down the stone steps, crossed the square, and came to the carriage.

The one who led the people to pick him up was naturally Li Zhengxi. The reason why he put on such a big pomp was simply to show off to the public and to remind the people on the line that the boss of the Jiang family is back!

"Brother Dao, thank you!" Li Zhengxi opened the car door and asked, "Should we go home first, or go directly to Zhang's house?"

Jiang Lianheng told Zhao Guoyan to go back to Jiangzhai in the north of the city first. He thought for a moment and then said, "I'm not in a hurry. I'll call a rickshaw driver to come over and take a walk around the city first."

After giving the order, Li Zhengxi immediately led people to take care of it.

Not long after, the brothers were divided into two groups. One group followed the carriage to send Zhao Guoyan back to Jiangzhai, while the other group stood behind the foreign cart and trotted along Xiaoxiguan into the city and walked around the busy city.

The distance was not short, and we had to change two drivers along the way. The piercing ringtones rang through the streets, and the news that Boss Jiang returned to Fengtian spread like wildfire online.

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After nearly an hour passed, the foreign car drove into the inner city, passed the Forbidden City, and finally arrived at the gate of the recently completed Shuai Mansion.

Zhang Laogeda was busy with military affairs and before he returned home, the guards took Jiang Lianheng to a guest room in the middle courtyard to wait.

"Who are you looking for?" the young man asked blankly with one eyelid.

Before he finished speaking, the lady immediately stepped forward and grabbed Jiang Lianheng's arm. Her eyes were shining and she asked eagerly: "Can you play mahjong?"

"You know me? What's your name?"

Jiang Lianheng quickly clasped his fists and bowed: "Yes, yes, hello, madam, I'm looking for the commander--"

"Xiao Jiang is also married, right? Do you want to play cards with your siblings?" said the second lady of the Zhang family, "The third lady is very quiet and doesn't like to play with us. If nothing happens, just ask your siblings to come over and join in a game!"

When Jiang Lianheng saw that there were not only concubines and ladies in the wing, but also many servants and maids standing nearby to serve, Jiang Lianheng dared to cross the threshold, walked into the room with fear, and played two rounds of mahjong with him inexplicably.

While he was talking, a woman suddenly caught up with him at the door of the room. She pulled the young man and gently lectured him a few words, asking him to go back to the room to review his homework. Then he looked up into the room and said with a smile: "Oh, you are the one..." Is it Xiao Jiang?”

"Oh, don't bother me! I'm often at the General's Office, and this house will be expanded in the future. By then, no one will come to this yard! Besides, there are so many people coming and going, so what's the difference? Are you alone?" As she spoke, the fourth lady suddenly exclaimed, "Hey! Xiaojiang fired the gun, I'm crazy!"

The gossips at the card table may seem like they are all generals' wives, but in the end they are just mortals eating grains. Those who open their mouths are nothing more than short-lived parents and trivial children.

"The surname is Jiang, Jiang Lianheng."

Jiang Lianheng touched a fortune card and wondered why: "The commander-in-chief is busy with official duties and it is inconvenient for him to come back often to disturb him."

Unable to tolerate Jiang Lian's refusal, the lady hurriedly dragged him out of the guest room, came to the door of the east wing, and shouted at the card table inside: "There are enough people! No one can run away today, let's give way." I'll turn the book back!"

The young man nodded to himself, but said: "Okay, then you just wait here! My father is at the General's Office and he hasn't come back yet!"

Jiang Lianheng stood up quickly, clasped his fists and bowed: "Are you Mr. Zhang? I want to talk to the commander about something!"

The girls in the room suddenly started to make a fuss.

It's hard to refuse hospitality, and the handsome lady's face must be given.

In the yard, there was faint chatter and laughter from Lao Zhang and his concubines, occasionally mixed with the play of children, accompanied by the continuous sound of mahjong.

"Hey! Then you can still fight! Come on, come on, there are three out of three here, help make a round!"

Of course, Jiang Lianheng was not playing cards stupidly. He smacked his chin after hearing this, and gradually got a general idea of ​​the situation in the Zhang Mansion.

"Uh... I haven't had much fun."

Jiang Lianheng sat and waited in the guest room for a while, when he suddenly saw a figure flashing at the door of the room. It was a boy of fourteen or fifteen years old leaning against the door frame and looking at him.

Jiang Lianheng counted the money and said with a smile, "Then I'll tell my family when I get back."

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Soon, at dusk, Zhang Laoge returned home from the General's Office.

When he heard that Xiao Jiang was coming, Lao Zhang asked the guards to arrange a meeting in the study room in the backyard.

When Jiang Lianheng rushed over, Zhang Laogao was standing in front of the huge desk, holding a magnifying glass in his hand, looking at the map of provincial capitals on the table. On the wall behind him, as usual, hung a map of the three eastern provinces. area map. I don't know if the map is too old or for some other reason, but the boundaries between the three provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning appear to be very blurred and gradually merge into one.

"came back?"

Zhang Laogeda asked without raising his head. The magnifying glass in his hand was still moving back and forth on the map.

Jiang Lianheng hurriedly paid his respects: "The commander-in-chief has been promoted in his official career and has turned good fortune into good fortune. I was not able to catch up with the two major happy events and caused a lot of trouble to the commander-in-chief. I am really ashamed!"

"Stop making those useless clichés!" Zhang Laogao still didn't raise his head, "You did a great job! I'm looking down on you!"

Lao Zhang didn't seem to want to delve into the ins and outs of the matter, let alone say those pretentious polite words to resolve the previous misunderstanding - this is how it should be between men.

Although the superiors do this, the inferiors dare not touch their noses or faces.

Jiang Lianheng was still flattering: "You can enjoy the shade under the big tree because of the power of the commander-in-chief. Congratulations to the commander-in-chief for your promotion!"

"I'm being humble. I don't have the power over Luda University!" Zhang Laogao seemed to have found something on the map of the provincial capital. He finally raised his head and said with a smile, "What's wrong with being promoted? A mere Fengtian Warlord can still support me." I'm old Zhang! Besides, I haven't even taken the position of Fengtian Governor yet! There are 28th Division in the west, little devils in the south, and there are still Zongshe Party causing trouble in the provincial capital, how difficult it is! "

As he spoke, Lao Zhang suddenly picked up a magnifying glass and waved to Jiang Lianheng: "Come and take a look, do you know where this place is?"

Jiang Lianheng stepped forward and looked down, but he saw an area extending westward along Daxiguan Street in the provincial capital.

He has been to this place. Apart from a few scattered villages and a few rows of rural mud houses, it was mostly a vast expanse of wasteland.

However, on the map in front of you, you can clearly see straight streets and districts, which is obviously not consistent with the actual situation.

"This place... I remember it was a commercial port reserved by Mr. Xu when he was in office?" Jiang Lianheng thought.

During the New Deal in the late Qing Dynasty, General Zhao and Governor Xu originally wanted to open a port in the entire west of the city. However, due to limited government funds, they only opened an area outside the small west gate. Later, the wind in the southern country broke out, the world was in chaos, the New Deal was interrupted, and the expansion of Fengtian's commercial port was delayed.

Zhang Laogao nodded and said: "I plan to take advantage of these two years to open up this land as soon as possible. We must also develop in Fengtian, right?"

Jiang Lianheng stared at the map and found that according to Lao Zhang's plan, the newly opened commercial port would be close to the southern railway annex of Xiaodongyang and opposite the main road Chiyoda Street. The two sides were only one street apart. .

The intention is obvious, which is to curb the silent expansion of the Southern Railway's affiliated areas. "Commander, are you guys starting to buy land again?"

"You quite understand!" Zhang Laogao nodded thoughtfully, "The kid buys the land, and it doesn't happen in a day or two. It's hard to guard against it! If you don't open up such a large piece of land as soon as possible, sooner or later the kid will bite you. Eat it all in one bite.”

Jiang Lianheng immediately remembered what happened in Tutai Village. Just because Mr. Wei didn't sell the land to Xiao Dongyang, it didn't mean that others wouldn't.

Although privately buying land to foreigners has never been recognized by the government, as soon as the contract is signed and the land is taken back, negotiations are inevitable and a lot of trouble arises.

"Now the government is surveying the land, but if we want to open a port, the province's money alone is not enough. We have to bid for the land before we can start a business."

As he spoke, Zhang Laoge made two gestures on the map with a magnifying glass. The streets were magnified a lot under the refraction of the convex lens.

"These two streets and these four alleys are left to you." Lao Zhang looked at Jiang Lianheng and said, "Boy, no one in Fengtian dares to bid with you, right?"

Jiang Lian said happily: "It's all for the commander-in-chief's sake."

"Okay, okay!" Zhang Laoda waved his hand and continued, "Jiang, these two streets are not given to you for free. These two streets are next to the annex, close to the train station, and close to the little devil's street. The garrison isn’t too far away, you know what I mean?”

"Of course, of course."

So, Zhang Laoge sat down at the desk and naturally asked a lot about the situation of the Clan Society Party in Luda. Jiang Lianheng told a lot of news about the prince and Laoshan people.

"The Clan and the Socialist Party must be completely eliminated!" When it comes to his own power, Zhang Laoge's attitude is particularly determined, "There were still too many damn deaths four years ago! Feng Sheng needs to clean up again!"

Jiang Lianheng immediately volunteered: "Commander, there are still a few old braids in the provincial capital, and they are all watching me! If the commander needs it -"

Although the current nobles of the Qing court have long lost their real power, they still retain considerable fame and status.

Especially in the Northern Kingdom, not to mention the warlords with heavy troops, even the current president follows the rules and regulations, and is courteous in clearing the house.

Although Zhang Laogao was a Hu bandit, he did not want to do the dirty work himself as the governor of Feng Province, so he immediately interrupted Jiang Lianheng and reminded: "Don't make too much noise, Zongshe Those bastards in the Party will be killed if they should be killed, but for those old braids, don’t use guns and don’t see blood. Everything else is easy to say.”

"But the situation over there with the little devil..."

"Don't worry!" Zhang Laogeda said firmly, "I will definitely suppress the Mongolian bandits in the north of the Zongshe Party. No matter what the little devils do, I will suppress them!"

Jiang Lianheng nodded silently, feeling confident in his heart.

I thought the meeting would be over, but unexpectedly, Zhang Laogao suddenly opened the drawer, pulled out a palm-sized booklet, and threw it on the table.

"I'll have someone prepare a certificate for you so that you can do things more easily in the future."

Jiang Lianheng took it in his hand and spread it out, only to see that his name, surname, and address had already been written on it. The official seal of the Yamen Office and Zhang Laogao's private seal were also stamped next to it. Then he looked at what was written on the watch. But it was: Special Advisor of the Fengtian Provincial Detective Team!
"Detective team?" Jiang Lianheng had never heard of it.

"Secret agent!" Zhang Laogeda explained, "At first, it's normal that you haven't heard of it. It's not an official position in the office, and you can't find it. But patrol police from all over the province have already started making preparations. Take this, It’s easy to do things, don’t talk blindly, this is a secret agent!”

"I understand, I understand!"

"What I want to sweep away is not just the Clan Society Party in this provincial city, but the Clan Society Party in the entire province of Feng. You are in the Jianghu, so keep an eye on it if you have nothing to do!" Zhang Laogeda said with a smile, "Don't look at it. Those issued by the province can also be used appropriately in other places.”

Jiang Lian was overjoyed and hurriedly said a few words: "Thank you, Commander-in-Chief, for the promotion, thank you Commander-in-Chief for the promotion!"

"Okay, okay!" Zhang Laoda waved his hand, suddenly remembered something, and asked, "How did I hear recently that the batch of arms that the Zongshe Party recently smuggled to the north seems to have been heard by you. News?”

Jiang Lianheng was stunned for a moment, lowered his head, rolled his eyes, and replied with a smile: "I did hear about this in Luda, but I only know a little about it. I don't know where it came from or where it was transported, Marshal. There are so many powerful men under his command, but luckily they discovered it in time. "

"That's what happened!" Zhang Laogao groaned, and then reminded, "If there is any news in the future, whether it is true or false, just report it to the general office and the General's Office will consider it again."

"Okay! I understand!" Jiang Lianheng asked tentatively, "Does the commander have any other instructions?"

"No, you go back first!"

Jiang Lianheng responded, took two steps back, then turned around and walked towards the door.

"Jiang——"

Unexpectedly, Zhang Laoge suddenly stopped him again.

"Commander, do you have any other orders?"

Zhang Laoge raised his chin at Jiang Lianheng, but said: "From now on, keep a low profile in the city. Fighting and killing are inevitable in the rivers and lakes, so be more particular about things. I, Lao Zhang, still hope that the Guandong elders will think of me well." Woolen cloth!"

Jiang Lianheng knew clearly that Lao Zhang was talking about the tragedy of Translator Tan's family.

It is not a pity that Translator Tan died, but why did the old woman who cooked the food do this?
If things go on like this, even if Zhang Laogeda wants to cover up, for the sake of his own reputation, he will not allow the Jiang family to continue to act recklessly. After all, human life is at stake, and it is also a major case in the provincial capital.

Jiang Lianheng was stunned when he heard the sound. After thinking for a moment, he understood the current situation.

As the overall situation in Feng Province has gradually stabilized, the Jiang family has gradually passed the early stage of its establishment after four years. He cannot, let alone should not, continue to lead his brothers to kill and kill like he did in the past. Licking blood and showing off ferocity and fighting fiercely.

Ladle handle, He should have the attitude of a ladle handle!
The Jiang family is about to enter the next stage, and he will inevitably have to leave the dirty work to others like Zhou Yunfu did back then, but he "jumps out of the three realms and is not invisible", and he knows better Yes, brothers should become masters and servants, and friendship must turn into loyalty.

"Don't worry, Commander, I understand."

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When leaving the Zhang family's handsome mansion, the sky outside was already dark.

Li Zhengxi and others had been waiting at the intersection diagonally opposite. When they saw Brother Dao coming out, they hurried over to inquire about the situation.

"go home."

Jiang Lianheng got into the foreign car with an expressionless expression, making it difficult to tell whether he was happy or angry. He just said coldly:

"Go and notify Han Xinyuan and Zhong Yushan and ask them to come see me!"

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The newly opened commercial port of PS was later known as the "South Market"; in addition, Lao Zhang did have a team of provincial secret agents at that time, and later they were still active in Beijing, Tianjin and other places.

(End of this chapter)