After walking out of the market, Qi Weicai asked, "What are you doing in that restaurant?"

Ban Xiaowei said: "Of course, it is to prepare for our attack on Wangjiazhai, order food in those two restaurants, and when we attack Wangjiazhai, we can also save a lot of trouble, so that we can travel lightly and take Wangjiazhai with lightning speed." ”

Qi Wei said: "Are you so relieved of these two restaurants? Don't be afraid of what they will do in the meal and help Wangjiazhai deal with us." ”

Ban Xiaowei said: "What are you afraid of, just send a few people to stare at them to cook, and you also heard what the shopkeeper Wang said just now, what benefits did the people of Wangjiazhai give them, and why did they help Wangjiazhai to deal with us, in fact, after we took Wangjiazhai, they had no reason to deal with us." ”

Qi Wei said: "Are you so sure that we will definitely attack Wangjiazhai?"

Ban Xiaowei said: "Isn't this an obvious thing? Judging from the information we have collected today, if we don't attack Wangjiazhai, then there is really no heavenly reason, so the fate of Wangjiazhai has been decided." ”

At this time, Riddle said: "I think that local forces like Wangjiazhai should indeed be eradicated, so if I want to vote, I will definitely vote in favor." ”

Qi Wei said a little strangely: "Don't you foreigners pay the most attention to human rights, legal system, procedural justice, and universal values, how can you also approve of the use of violent means?"

Riddle shrugged his shoulders and said, "What the fuck are universal values, it's just that politicians use it to fool voters, or to carry out color revolutions, whoever believes it is stupid." How can this kind of thing be solved without violent means, can we talk to the people of Qijiazhai about human rights and the legal system?"

Qi Wei smiled and said, "It seems that you still understand people." ”

Of course, the traversers don't have to vote, after watching the video and audio materials brought back by the reconnaissance team, Qin Zheng, Xiao Jianjun, and Wang Yunpeng unanimously decided that Wangjiazhai definitely meets the standards of landlords and bullies and should be eradicated. At the same time, the three of them jointly reported their suggestions to the Tianjin government in the name of the Qingdao headquarters.

It didn't take long for the Qingdao Command to receive a response from the Tianjin government, agreeing to the Qingdao Command's suggestion to eradicate Wangjiazhai, and the action was left to Qingdao's own decision.

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"Second brother, these three horses are worth more than a hundred taels of silver, you can give them away as soon as you have them, and you won't discuss them with me and my father. It's too presumptuous. ”

"Big brother, this is a rare opportunity, in recent years, we have always wanted to catch the line of foreigners, but we can't find the way, today it is not easy for foreigners to come to the door, how can we miss such an opportunity, more than a hundred taels of silver is nothing, as long as it is a foreigner, even the government has to look up to our Wang Jiazhai, this is probably the third brother's spirit in the sky to bless our Wang family. ”

"If you can really catch up with the foreigner, it is nothing to spend more than a hundred taels of silver? But this thing is too coincidental, the third child just had an accident, the foreigner came to the door, Kefu, I have to be a little unsteady. ”

Wang Kefu smiled and said: "Dad, don't worry, I don't think this is a coincidence, you and your eldest brother have always lived in this Wangjiazhai, and don't know much about the outside things. ”

Wang Kexing said: "But foreigners open mines, what does it matter to our Wangjiazhai? We don't know how to open mines?"

Wang Kefu said: "Big brother, you don't understand this, if the foreigners really want to open a mine here with us, our Wangjiazhai will be a big deal, the foreigners have to have a place to live, to eat and drink, and to employ people, don't they all have to rely on our Wangjiazhai to help? ”

After listening to Erxiao's words, Wang Zhanyuan nodded, dispelled his doubts a lot, and said: "Since this is the case, why eat in Lao Liu's restaurant, just eat in the village, our family can't open the meal for one hundred and eighty people." ”

Wang Kefu said with a smile: "Dad, what you order in Lao Liu's restaurant must be the food that the people eat, maybe there are foreign soldiers, let them come to the village, it is inconvenient, it is better to let them eat in Lao Liu's restaurant, at most we will send some firewood, rice, oil and salt to Lao Liu's restaurant, we just need to entertain a few foreigners' heads and those fake foreign ghosts." ”

Wang Zhanyuan also nodded and said, "Okay, Kefu, I'll leave this matter to you." He turned his head and said to his eldest son Wang Kexing: "Is there any news about the bandit who killed Ketong?"

Wang Kexing shook his head and said: "No, I have searched all the areas around here, even Gaomi and Jimo, but I haven't found any clues, except for the Jiaozhou Bay area, but Jiaozhou Bay is the territory of foreigners, and it is impossible for boxers to run to the territory of foreigners." ”

Wang Zhanyuan frowned and said, "Then this gang of boxers will run there, could it be that they have already run to Qingzhou Mansion or Laizhou Mansion?"

Wang Kefu said: "Dad, the matter of the boxing bandits, let's find it slowly, first handle the funeral of the third brother, and the affairs of the foreigners, now the boxers have already lost power, and Yuan Futai of Jinan Mansion has always advocated suppressing the boxers, so he will never ignore it when he hears the news, so this group of boxers will definitely not be able to hide for a few days." We don't need to worry about it. ”

Wang Zhanyuan nodded, although the mourner was sad, he also knew that in general, the second son was reasonable, and he really spent a lot of money to send him to study and learn literature.

It turned out that Wang Zhanyuan was born as a bandit, but he was also quite scheming, he knew that being a bandit was not a long-term solution, so he seized the opportunity to wash his name, and now he finally has an innocent identity, and he also tried his best to let his son read and study literature, although only the second Wang Kefu was successful in learning and was admitted to the Tongsheng, but for the Wang family, it was a great achievement, enough to get rid of the identity of a local tyrant and officially squeeze into the ranks of the squires.

But Wang Zhanyuan also knows that the identity can be whitewashed, and the fame can also be obtained, but the force must not be relaxed, which is the foundation of the life, so he not only married the famous robbers in Shandong, but also raised a family guard at home, and bought back 60 muskets at a high price ten years ago, and organized a musket team, as far as the private is concerned, this is already a very powerful armament.

But in the first two days of fighting, although the Wang family relied on the musket team to hold the stockade and repelled the attack of the boxers, they did not expect to be ambushed by the boxers during the pursuit, and killed more than a dozen people at once, lost more than a dozen guns, and even Wang Zhanyuan's third son, Wang Ketong, was also killed in the battle, and according to the people who fled back, this time the boxers changed their previous way of pretending to be gods and ghosts, and they also began to play with muskets, and the firepower seemed to be quite fierce, at least more than 20 people chasing after the boxers could not resist.

Although Wang Zhanyuan was saddened by the tragic death of his son, he was also very worried that he could defend Wangjiazhai by relying on the musket team, and now the boxers also have muskets, if they attack Wangjiazhai again, it is really hard to say whether they can defend Wangjiazhai. Fortunately, after two or three days, the boxers not only did not attack Wangjiazhai again, but even disappeared. Wang Zhanyuan's heart is even more bottomless, and it is not a matter of worrying about it every day.

However, it has always been Wang Zhanyuan's goal to catch up with foreigners, after all, in today's China, black and white are all-encompassing, and both civil and military skills are not enough to preserve, and it is necessary to pull the line of foreigners, and it is to Shandong, an area with foreigner concessions.

At this time, Wang Zhanyuan said: "The day after tomorrow is the day of the third child's funeral, tomorrow morning, the two of you will go to the cemetery to have a look, don't have stubble over there." ”

Wang Kexing said: "Yes, we will go early tomorrow morning." ”

Wang Kefu said: "Dad, I'm going back to Jiaozhou tonight, there are still some affairs in the yamen that need to be taken care of, and I have to urge the matter of the boxers and bandits again, report to Jinan Mansion as soon as possible, and rush back in the afternoon." ”

Wang Zhanyuan nodded and said, "You go to the tent to pay a hundred taels of silver and bring it, and you can do it where it should be done, don't be afraid of spending money." ”

Wang Kefu said: "Yes, but there is one more thing, I want to remind my father, and my eldest brother." ”

Wang Zhanyuan said: "What's the matter." ”

Wang Kefu said: "To be honest, what our family has done in this area over the years is indeed a little too much, this year there are more than a dozen tenants, maybe the boxers are hooked by them, and it is better to relax a little bit for tenants and hired farmers in the future, and it will be better for our family's reputation." ”

Wang Zhanyuan hadn't spoken yet, Wang Kexing had already said: "Second brother, you come here again, these mud-legged children, if you let them go by a foot, they will enter you, don't be cruel to them, how can you control them, second brother, you are a piece of study material, but don't study to death." ”

Wang Zhanyuan waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, I know all these things, I will watch and do it, it's not too early, you have to rush to Jiaozhou, let's leave quickly." ”

Wang Kefu knew that his father was perfunctory, but there was no other way, after all, he had studied for a few years, and worked in the county for a few years, his vision was much broader, and he had quite objections to his father and brother's practice of blindly oppressing tenants and hired farmers. This year, the boxers made a huge noise, which is also a wake-up call for their own family, in case these mud-legged children are in a hurry, and they don't know what to do. Isn't it just a little bit worse this time?

It's a pity that looking at the appearance of the father and the eldest brother, I still don't feel embarrassed by my reminder, so I have to wait until the third brother's funeral is over, and then find an opportunity to persuade it.