After receiving the report from the soldiers, knowing that the magistrate of Gaomi County and many local squires were in the county office, and that they had all been controlled by the people's army, Zhang Mingde was also very happy and immediately rushed to the county office.

At this time, Zheng Daiyuan and the squires of Gaomi County were like waiting for trial, one by one fidgeting, but they didn't dare to move, and a few people planned to use money to buy the soldiers of the People's Army, and privately let them leave the county government to go back, but they were all sternly rejected by the soldiers, and they also caused a stern appeal, and they were also very strange in their hearts, how did these Qiu Ba people change their sex. In fact, even if they were able to leave the county government and go home, they would not want to escape from Gaomi County, because the People's Army had already guarded the four gates of the county seat, and no one could leave the county without the order of the People's Army.

Fortunately, they didn't wait too long, only to see a group of people walking in outside the county yamen, and it was the soldier who went out just now who led the way. In fact, Zheng Daiyuan didn't know how big an official the regiment commander was, and it was estimated that he should be in the same category as the commander or co-unification of the Qing army, and he was about a middle-level officer. It's just that the military costumes of overseas Chinese look similar, and they can't tell who is an official and who is a soldier, they are all the same. Therefore, Zheng Daiyuan also secretly had some slander in his heart, he had heard for a long time that overseas Chinese had stayed overseas, and their customs were similar to those of Yangyi, which was indeed true, just looking at the appearance of the army was to distinguish between respect and inferiority, and it was no wonder that they acted arrogantly and unreasonably.

Fortunately, Zheng Daiyuan heard the soldier who left earlier say to one of them: "Regiment commander, he is the magistrate of Gaomi County." ”

So Zheng Daiyuan didn't wait for the other party to speak, got up and saluted, and said: "The next official is Zheng Daiyuan, the magistrate of Gaomi County, I don't know what this military gate is called?"

Zhang Mingde looked at him, nodded, and said: "I am Zhang Mingde, the commander of the Third Regiment of the People's Army. ”

Zheng Daiyuan hurriedly said: "Yes, I don't know what happened when Commander Zhang led the army into Gaomi County?"

Zhang Mingde said: "From now on, all the administrative, financial, and military functions and powers of Gaomi County will be taken over by our People's Army and the Qingdao government, and I hope that Zheng Zhixian can cooperate with us well, do a good job in various tasks, as well as the transfer of various data files, as long as it is well coordinated, you can still continue to be your magistrate, but if you secretly obstruct and destroy, then don't blame us for being polite." ”

Although there are many new words in his words, Zheng Daiyuan still generally understands that the overseas Chinese are planning to occupy Gaomi County, and the data file or something should refer to things such as household registration and land tax registers. This is not surprising, but he said that he can continue to be the magistrate, so I don't know what this means, is it that the overseas Chinese are planning to force themselves to surrender, be their officials, and then succeed Gaomi Zhixian?

Although it is said that in the Qing court, betrayal is a major crime of extermination, but the overseas Chinese do not seem to be rebellious, and now the imperial court is still in a hurry to appease them, so if they serve under the hands of overseas Chinese, in the future, overseas Chinese will be appeased by the imperial court, and after the official position, he will not be guilty of rebellion, even if he can't return to the official system of the imperial court, but being an official on the side of overseas Chinese is also a way out, thinking of this, Zheng Daiyuan's heart couldn't help jumping again, but this time it was not afraid, but excited.

So Zheng Daiyuan hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, the lower officials will definitely fully cooperate with the nobles, and they will never dare to make any changes." It's just that the county's finances, tax registers, and differential payments are divided among the county's officials, wardens, chief bookkeepers, inspectors, and clerks, and so on.

Zhang Mingde nodded, what Zheng Daiyuan said is not unreasonable, although in some films and televisions, the county officials seem to be in charge of everything, but after all, in such a large county, Zheng Daiyuan is not the only county official. However, the army does not care about civil affairs, and can only wait for the Land Reform Commission to enter the city, so Zhang Mingde said: "For the time being, you don't need to use it, but keep all the archives and materials in the county, and someone will come to you tomorrow to go through the formalities? ”

Zheng Daiyuan said: "Yes." ”

Zhang Mingde said again: "Now in the name of the county government, you can issue a notice to tell the people of the county that Gaomi County has been taken over by us, and the People's Army will not disturb the people, so that they should not panic and be afraid, but do not resist, and obey our orders, this can be done." ”

Zheng Daiyuan hurriedly said: "This matter can be done by the officials, please wait for Commander Zhang." With that, he immediately arranged for the master to write an announcement.

Zhang Mingde looked at the people in the lobby again, and said with a smile: "There are still a lot of people here, who are these people and what are they doing?"

When everyone heard this, they immediately became nervous again, because they were discussing how to defend the city and deal with the overseas Chinese. Yongqi is Wan Yufu, his face turned green with fright at this time, and Zheng Daiyuan hesitated for a moment before saying: "These people are all gentry from this county, and they came to the lower officials today to discuss some county affairs. ”

When the squires heard this, they were all a little relieved, Zheng Daiyuan was still righteous enough and did not betray everyone. Two bold squires saluted Zhang Mingde again and again, and said: "Commander Zhang, Commander Zhang, we are all peaceful and kind citizens of Gaomi County, and we will never dare to go against your people." If you are short of money and food, we are willing to support you, but please return your kindness, and let us go home. ”

And Zhang Mingde listened, and didn't pay much attention to it, and said: "You can rest assured, we are not a Qing army, we will not kill innocents indiscriminately, we will not rob and rob, and we will not ask you to pay for money and food, so let's leave everyone's name, address, and occupation, and you can go back." ”

The squires thought to themselves, what is to be said in a good way, not to kill or rob indiscriminately, but to take away all our property? But now who dares to say a word, so they all chattered one after another, and then lined up in turn to register, and gave their names, addresses, the industries they operated in Gaomi County, and the fields, and so on. And after the squires explained one by one, the People's Army did not embarrass them anymore and let them go, and in the end, Wan Yufu was left alone.

Among all the squires, Wan Yufu's heart was the most afraid, because the other squires were nothing more than discussing a few words on how to deal with overseas Chinese, even if it was leaked, overseas Chinese might not be able to kill, nothing more than extort some more grain, money and land, and only organized their own landlord alliance to confront overseas Chinese, and also sent troops to attack Menbu Village, so overseas Chinese will never let go of themselves.

However, seeing that Zhang Mingde didn't seem to embarrass these squires, he only let him confess his name and let him go, so Wan Yufu also had a hint of hope in his heart to get by, but he also knew that others could report their real names and addresses, only he couldn't, and he had to make up a set of nonsense to deal with it. So he was not in a hurry to queue up to register, and while observing what questions the People's Army would ask, he was also making up his own response language. As a result, before you know it, all the people are gone, and only yourself is left.

And Wan Yufu's heart suddenly became nervous again, but at this time, he couldn't hide, so Wan Yufu had to come over hard, and his name and residence were all made up casually, and they were all mixed up, but when he asked about his land, because the previous people had reported the villages around Gaomi County almost, and they couldn't say that they had participated in the villages of the landlord alliance, Wan Yufu didn't want to report the village for a while, so he had to subconsciously shake his head and said, "The villain didn't... There is no land. ”

Fu Zhi Dengrang was Chang Xia, the political commissar of the Third Regiment, and he didn't care when he heard it, although most of the industrialists and businessmen in this era were also landlords, but there were a few exceptions, so he glanced at him and said, "What kind of business are you running in Gaomi County?" ”

Wan Yufu was originally a thief, if Chang Xia didn't look at him, it would be fine, but this look made Wan Yufu feel furious, his mind was suddenly blank, he forgot all the words he had thought of, and he couldn't say a word for a long time with his mouth open.

At this time, Chang Xia was also a little suspicious, what kind of business did he run, as for thinking about it for a long time? Therefore, he frowned, looked at Wan Yufu, and his voice became a little stern, and said, "What? Don't you even know what business you run?"

Wan Yufu was suddenly shocked, and said without thinking: "Villain...... The villain doesn't have a business?"

Chang Xia couldn't help laughing, and said, "Even if you don't have any land or business, what are you doing? Could it be that you are a person from the yamen?"

In fact, Chang Xia said it casually, but Wan Yufu thought that he had seen something, and his face couldn't help but change greatly, and even his body trembled. And Chang Xia is not a stupid person, so he suddenly became suspicious, and said sharply: "Tell me honestly, what are you doing?"

As a result, Wan Yufu trembled even more, trembling, and couldn't say a word, even Zhang Mingde saw that there was a problem here, so he asked Zheng Daiyuan: "Zheng Zhixian, who is this person and what is he doing?"

Zheng Daiyuan turned several thoughts in his heart, just now he had already helped everyone cover up once, so now do you want to cover for Wan Yufu again, but Zheng Daiyuan immediately dispelled this idea, first, he was very dissatisfied with Wan Yufu for continuously forcing himself to mobilize all the residents of the city to defend the city, and he was very dissatisfied with the overseas Chinese, fortunately, he withstood the pressure and did not listen to him, otherwise I am afraid that he would have been in a different place now; 。

So Zheng Daiyuan said: "Don't hide it, this person is Wan Yufu, the secretary of the county, and Su Ri is responsible for the county's money and grain tax collection affairs." ”

Although Zheng Daiyuan is far from ready to cover Wan Yufu, he can't do too much, so he honestly tells Wan Yufu's identity, then no one can find fault, as for how overseas Chinese deal with Wan Yufu, he doesn't care.