Back to the Republic of China as a commander

June 6 was a very memorable day in Wang Zhenyu's life.Jingzhou Church, under the auspices of Father Ma Jipu, Jingzhou Police Commander Wang Zhenyu officially married Ye Ziwen, daughter of the Ye family.The wedding ceremony was very simple, that is, the relatives of both parties were invited. Among them, the relatives of the Ye family did not notify, and only the three of Ye's father and son were present.

Ye Ziwen couldn't help crying in the end. Although marrying Wang Zhenyu was her own dream, when she thought that she would spend less time with her loving father and be a traditional housewife, her tears still didn't live up to expectations. flowed down.

Wang Zhenyu looked at his delicate and lovely little wife who was so sentimental, and quickly comforted him: "Little girl, don't cry, my husband doesn't have so many rules here. From now on, if you want to go back to your mother's house, you can go back to your mother's house, and work if you want to work, okay? Don't do it today." If you cry, if you continue to cry, you may have to cry for the rest of your life."

Ye Ziwen choked up and said, "Really, you won't lie to me?"

Wang Zhenyu laughed happily, and then slapped Ye Ziwen on the forehead. Such an open approach surprised his father Wang Longxian and others.But the officers of the Tiger Brigade who attended the marriage applauded loudly. The brigade commander got married, and almost all the officers from the deputy brigade commander Xu Yuanquan to the chief of staff Yang Wangui were present to celebrate.

The noise level of these grandchildren is completely beyond ordinary people's imagination. The funniest is Li Zongren, this old boy is usually very honest.As a result, after a few glasses of wine, his mind was in a daze, and together with Bai Chongxi, he encouraged everyone, big or small, to ask the brigade commander and his wife to kiss again in public.Zhao Dongsheng, who was in charge of the guards, hated him so much that he almost didn't let the guards beat people with sticks, shit, you took my job away, but I can only stand guard here for you bastards, alas, it's a pity for such a delicious wine.

After a while of uproar, the wedding was successfully completed.

Wang Zhenyu and Ye Ziwen looked at each other affectionately, and at this moment, their hearts melted together.

Wang Zhenyu is married, so after getting married, he will naturally devote himself to making contributions.

Most of the officers of the Tiger Brigade attended the wedding just like the Chinese New Year, but there were also some who were unable to attend, such as He Jian, who was lurking in Hongjiang.Hearing the news of the brigade commander's marriage, this kid felt very regretful. He was not here for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to flatter a horse. He was thinking of buying a gift to make up for it?Gong Peng came in: "Brother, there is new news from the Zhu family and the Liu family. Their stewards said that the head of the family wants to meet you. The place is at Zhu's house, and the time is tonight."

He Jian was not happy when he heard the news, but glared at Gong Peng with dissatisfaction and said, "How many times have I said it, don't call me the director, you are also a member of the Ninth Brigade I’m now a dignified lieutenant captain of the action team, why can’t I change my title in the Jianghu.”

Since the things in Changsha were completed, Wang Zhenyu set up a special military intelligence department, Wan Yaohuang temporarily served as the director, and He Jian, the deputy director, took the post of captain.In this way, the title of this position is very particular. If it is a superior called He Staff, He Jian will definitely greet him with a smile; if it is a subordinate, then you have to pay attention. Don't call him a staff officer, because the consequences are very serious, and even if you call him the position of the Military Intelligence Department, please remove that adverb.After He Jian arrived in the Ninth Brigade for a while, he realized that the number of school-level officers in this brigade did not exceed twenty. He was surprised at the same time, and looked at the captain's rank on his shoulders. He was suddenly full of confidence that he must be faster than others Promoted to Colonel.

Hongjiang, the mansion of Zhou Zefan, Commander of the Fifth Garrison District of Hunan Province, Zhou Zefan is busy counting money.

Zhou Zefan is from Yiyang, Hunan Province. He is tall and burly, and he was born in the old army.This time, relying on Tan Dudu's care, he got the fat vacancy of the commander of the fifth garrison area. The so-called garrison area is directly under the provincial government.

The main sources of Hunan's fiscal revenue, such as Hongjiang and Lixian, have naturally established garrison areas. It should be said that Tan Yankai is still a very pragmatic politician and knows the key points.

Naturally, Zhou Zefan couldn't live up to Dudu Tan's trust. Not long after he took office, Zhou Zefan ordered the four major families in Hongjiang and the eight major business gangs to pay him security management fees and security fees.There is no standard for this levy, but it doesn’t matter, Zhou Zefan gave a cap of 400 million yuan, and it doesn’t matter how much each family pays. As for Commander Zhou, you cunning businessmen can discuss it yourself. I have [-] guns in my hand. I'm not interested in wrangling with you here.

Thinking about the four major families and the eight major business gangs in the former Qing Dynasty, they were considered prominent figures. All the officials in the past were smiling. Taiwan did it.

However, Commander Zhou, who was in charge of Hongjiang, relied on the human gun in his hand and the backing of Changsha, to be arrogant and unreasonable, and to plunder.Merchants are now really regarded as scholars meeting soldiers, and it is hard to explain why.Although he hated the new security commander, after all, everyone's foundation was in Hong Jiang, so in desperation, they paid the money honestly.But after being in the mall for many years, no one is stupid now, it is someone who knows that this is just a beginning. . .

He Jian, who had just been promoted to the captain's intelligence staff, entered Hongjiang City at this time, and took Chen Hongji's letter to visit Jiang's family, the leader of the famous Baoqing merchant gang. . .

I can't help but marvel at Wang Zhenyu's luck, Zhou Zefan, an idiot, took the initiative to send him a big gift.

He Jian quickly met with the stewards of the four major business families in Hongjiang through the Jiang family, and successfully lurked in Hongjiang. In the information he sent back to Wang Zhenyu, he clearly recorded what he knew and his personal opinions. .

The so-called four major merchant families, Zhang Jingkun is currently in charge of the third generation of the Zhang family, and his influence is naturally not comparable to that of his grandfather; Zhu Zhida of the Zhu family is already very old and terminally ill, but now As for Liang Xiangfan of the Liang family, this person is very special. He came from the Zhu family’s waiter as a high-ranking man who bought jelly, and he has always followed behind the Zhu family. This will not change; the only exception is Liu Qishan, who is now the largest opium dealer in Hongjiang. He is not only courageous, but also has a good vision.During the Wuchang Uprising, the price of tung oil in the entire Hongjiang area plummeted due to the cut-off of waterways and no one to receive the goods. This son was bold enough to raise money everywhere and eat all at a low price. As a result, within half a year, the North and South were reconciled.Once the waterway was opened, the price of tung oil in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas rose sharply due to the shortage of goods. This guy naturally made a fortune and became the richest man in Hongjiang.Although Liu Qishan and Zhou Zefan have the closest relationship among the four major families at present, it must be this person who is most interested in cooperating with us in the future, because this son has great ambitions.

He Jian's intelligence work is indeed solid, and his analysis work is even more accurate.

Zhu Zhida is old, and he is not interested in this matter of fighting for power and profit.But it was a matter of Hong Shang's life and death. Facing Zhou Zefan's pressing every step of the way, this old Jianghu couldn't sit still.It is inevitable to fight back, and Zhou Zefan, an airborne cadre who does not know the heights of the sky and the earth, cannot be allowed to disrupt Hongshang's century-old foundation.

After all, Mr. Zhu is Mr. Zhu. As soon as his intention was announced, the other three families expressed their support.Among them, Liu Qishan was the most active and asked to actively participate in it.

Naturally, Zhu Zhi knew that Liu Qishan was betting, but since the Liu family's meddling was beneficial to him and harmless, Zhu Zhi naturally would not object, but was happy to see the result.

So He Jian, who had been cooking cold food in Hongjiang for more than two months, suddenly became a hot cake, and the heads of Zhu and Liu's two families who usually paid a lot of money but couldn't meet each other wanted to meet the representative of the Tiger Brigade together.

On the night of June [-]th in the second year of the Republic of China, He Jian entered Zhu's mansion alone without any entourage.Following the steward, he didn't know how many times he went in and out, and how many corners he turned. Although the decoration in the courtyard could not be seen clearly because of the darkness, the grand scale of Zhu's mansion still made He Jian admire Hong Shang's wealth.

Finally arrived at a brightly lit main room, Zhu Zhida and Liu Qishan were already present, He Jian politely bowed to them.

Zhu Zhida first said: "Mr. He, you have been in Hongjiang for more than two months. Zhu is really in poor health and has not come to visit. I hope you don't take offense."

He Jian said with a smile: "Mr. Zhu is a senior, so there is no reason to visit me as a junior. I also heard that you are always taking care of your health, so I have never dared to come and disturb you."

With a few words, the previous embarrassment was resolved.

Zhu Zhida was in such a happy mood that he glanced at Liu Qishan. Liu Qishan was actually very unhappy with Zhu Zhida's prostitution, but he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "Mr. He, please come today. There is indeed something important to discuss.”

He Jian smiled and said, "Boss Liu, but it's okay to say."

Boss Liu?How come Zhu Zhida is Mr. Zhu, but when I, Liu Qishan, become Boss Liu?Liu Qishan was a little dissatisfied with this title, but he could only hold back his breath, and asked softly: "We heard some of your plans mentioned by the steward, and Liu was a little confused. How about blaming it from the other side of the city?"

As soon as He Jian heard it, he knew that he was suspicious of his own forces at this time. It was also if the Hong merchants supported their side to take Hongjiang, and then the provincial government intervened, it would be easy for these people to pat their buttocks. It would be troublesome to pursue it.He Jian laughed without hesitation: "It seems that Xiangxi is still a little closed. Hasn't Boss Liu heard about the military riots in Changsha and the execution of Mei Xin of the Fifth Division?"

Liu Qishan asked in surprise: "I've heard about this, but I don't know the inside story, is it?"

He Jian stood up and said loudly: "This is what my general did. You can think about it, even the dignified teacher Mei Xin was killed by my general, and Dudu Tan dared not blame him. Little What is the commander of the fifth garrison area? Do you think so!"

Liu Qishan glanced back at Zhu Zhida, wanting to exchange opinions, but the other party closed his eyes and rested his mind. He could only curse the old fox in his heart, and continued: "I see, I didn't expect you to be so brave in Changsha. I admire, admire. It's just For me and other small businessmen, the risk is too great once the war breaks out, and we can definitely collect a huge sum of money and send it to the provincial capital to change the governor here, so why take the risk to support your side in the war?"

He Jian had expected this to be said a long time ago, and he smiled slightly mockingly: "Boss Liu is also a tycoon-level figure, so it is unexpected that he is so obscure, is it really just Zhou Zefan's personal reason? I think this businessman has been It is the target of being squeezed by officials. Three years since the magistrate was cleared, one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver. Where did this one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver come from? Could it be that it was fraudulently obtained from the fields? Boss, you can spend money to replace this garrison commander today, but Zhou Zefan is gone, and there are Li Zefan, Zhang Zefan, when will such a day be the end?"

He Jian's tone completely angered Liu Qishan. Liu Qishan snorted coldly: "Joke, then if we invite you in, you won't oppress us, and you won't share? What's the difference, Mr. He, don't pretend to be a sage." , It’s better to talk big.”

He Jian didn't rush to answer, but just sighed softly: "He is just a talker, if Boss Liu is angry because of He's words, there is no need to."

Then he said: "I believe that you have received the recent letter from Chairman Chen of Jingzhou Prefecture, so why should you turn a blind eye to what happened in Jingzhou Prefecture? My commander is very different from other families. In the eyes of other families, businessmen are just waiting to be slaughtered." Fat pig, he is a cooperative partner at my commander's office. How many people like this are there in the world?"

Liu Qishan was about to retort, but Zhu Zhida, who had kept his eyes closed all the time, spoke up: "If your commander wins Hongjiang, can he reform politics like Jingzhou and return civil administration to the local government?"

He Jing stood proudly: "Of course, and as long as all the merchants can wholeheartedly support my commander, the future income will definitely be greater than today's output."

Zhu Zhida took a deep breath, and said to Liu Qishan, "Brother Liu, you have caught up with a good time."

Before Liu Qishan understood, Zhu Zhida turned his head to He Jian and said, "Tell your commander about Hong Jiang, please leave him..."