Lin Ziran and Zhou Li have known each other for a long time, and they also know that this Zhou Li is not only the manager of the Sanyang Town Branch of Hongxiang Commercial Bank, but also a person from Nanzhou Bank.

Even strictly speaking, he came to Hongxiang Commercial Bank as the branch manager, and it was all sent by Nanzhou Bank.

Therefore, Lin Ziran's business dealings with him are not only limited to the business of Hongxiang Commercial Bank, but also include the business of Nanzhou Bank.

And the more he learned about Nanzhou Bank, the more Lin Ziran felt the strangeness of this bank.

The most important feature is the dispersion of shares, and many county officials have shares in this bank, but the number is not very large, and the largest Luohai County Finance Office only owns 6.5% of the shares.

The rest of the shares are scattered by major corporations and elites.

This also leads to the fact that the bank has no inclination, everything is only to make money, and in order to make money, it even has an armed escort.

Today, Nanzhou Bank has become the largest partner of Tsingshan Petroleum Company, and nearly half of Tsingshan Petroleum Company's kerosene production capacity is supplied to the bank's trading companies.

With the strength of the Nanzhou Bank, it should not be a problem to ensure the normal operation of the kerosene business.

In fact, this is also the norm, Daheng has been fighting for many years, but business still has to be done, and the feudal towns generally do not block normal business and trade exchanges, and even welcome some industries that have little competition with them to enter their place, so that they can collect more taxes.

Only industries that compete with their companies will be blocked.

And kerosene, there are basically no competitors, and it can only be whale oil.

But whale oil is generally a commodity in the coastal areas, and only the coastal areas will protect their whale oil industry to make kerosene, but inland states will not do so, and they also welcome large quantities of cheap kerosene into the areas under their control to alleviate the lack of oil for lighting.

After briefly discussing the kerosene business with Zhou Li, and at the same time asking Zhou Li to speed up the transportation of ordnance and weapons, especially the transportation of artillery, Lin Ziran did not stop in Sanyang Town, but went north with his troops.

Before leaving, he strengthened the strength of the second garrison company, that is, the town guard stationed in Sanyang Town, leaving them two five-pound old guns and more than 20 scouts.

These scouts were not mainly used for combat, but were used as heralds to establish communication links between Nanguang City, Sanyang Town, Qingshan Town, and the supplementary battalion.

Sanyang Town went north to Nanguang City for about twenty kilometers, in order to hurry up and ensure the safety of the march, Lin Ziran chose to set off early in the morning when he set off.

As soon as dawn was the time to lead the army to set off, and when the march reached the afternoon, they arrived at Nanguang City.

As soon as the army arrived, Zhou Yuanjie, the company commander of the Second Cavalry Company, who acted as the vanguard cavalry unit, arrived in front of Lin Ziran.

"Now there is basically no garrison in Nanguang City, the Sixth Brigade that was stationed here before has long been gone, and later a battalion of the Third Division is stationed here, but three days ago, it was already by boat across the river to the west bank, and there are only dozens of patrols stationed in the city these days!"

"These patrols are not even militia formations, they are just ordinary patrolmen used to maintain law and order!"

Luo Mazi on the side said: "These people from the third division don't care about the safety of Nanguang City at all!" ”

Lin Ziran said: "They were originally going to leave, and it is reasonable to leave in advance, regardless of them, we just need to do a good job of the defense of the city ourselves!" ”

"And when you entered the city before, you didn't encounter any problems, how is the situation in the city now?"

Zhou Yuanjie said: "When we entered the city, we didn't encounter resistance, and the people in the city guard wanted us to come, and now they also heard the rumors, knowing that the third division was going south, they were all very worried!" ”

Lin Ziran said: "That's good, we are new to here, and it's a good thing to be able to get the assistance of the City Guard!" ”

Zhou Yuanjie was a little worried: "Although Nanguang City is a strategic location, it is difficult to get too much local support, and there are not many of them!" ”

Nanguangcheng, in fact, does not belong to Luo'an County, but belongs to Yanqiu County, Guang'an County, in the early years, it was actually just a small village, not even a town.

It wasn't until the civil strife in Daheng that the feudal towns were everywhere, and because of the critical location, this place gradually had troops stationed and relied on the garrison to develop slowly.

However, despite this, there are still not many ordinary people here, only more than 2,000 people, which is roughly the same as Sanyang Town.

Later, Guang'an rebelled, and Luo An's army took control of the place in advance and built a Nanguang defense line here, making this place an independent fortress-type city.

Naturally, there are not many ordinary residents in such Nanguang City, and there are not even militia groups, so the help that the local people can bring to Lin Ziran and them is naturally not great.

However, Lin Ziran still said: "Even if there are not many people, they are still labor, and they can be used to build a line of defense or something." Those patrolmen can also help keep the city safe! ”

In the evening, in order to show the importance of the officials and people in the city, Lin Ziran personally met several officials of the city guard mansion and several local gentry, but when he asked, he learned that these officials were only middle and low-level officials in the city guard mansion, and there was no city guard at all.

Because the original city guards ran away with the men and horses of the third division a few days ago!

Luo Mazi on the side muttered: "It's really fast enough!" ”

But Lin Ziran was smiling: "Everyone has their own choice!" ”

On the contrary, it is a good thing that Lin Ziran ran away from the city guard, so as not to stay here and get in the way.

Afterwards, Lin Ziran naturally re-examined the determination of these officials and gentry to supplement the brigade to guard Nanguang City, and never let a single Guang'an soldier cross Nanguang City, and at the same time hoped that all parties in the city would cooperate in the city defense work.

A group of people naturally should be in unison.

After these people left, Luo Mazi said with doubts: "My lord, why don't you ask them for some defense fees?" ”

Lin Ziran was not angry and said: "If you want money, you know that you want money, and you can figure it out yourself!" ”

It is estimated that this place will ask them for defense expenses, and it is estimated that it is only a few thousand yuan, and now he Lin Ziran is casually hundreds of thousands, and he can't look down on this and has a small amount of money.

At the same time, Lin Ziran urgently needed the labor force in the city to help build some defensive lines, and he also needed to support himself to resist the Guang'an people.

Although the same effect can be achieved with bullets and bayonets, it is cumbersome and uncertain.

Now they willingly help themselves build fortifications and assist the army in defending the city.

Why do you need to use knives and guns?

Everyone is a decent person and should be civilized.

Wait until they don't want to use knives and guns

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