At noon, Li Guolou did not sit down to drink, he took 20 people to do duty, Balizhuang patrol, a village of 1,000 people, less than half of the tiled houses, most of them are thatched houses, some are built of mud, there are twenty or thirty houses in the burned homes, the difference between the rich and the poor is so big, no wonder the White Lotus Sect can preach in the countryside, get the support of the villagers, and the poor people are not fed and clothed, how can they not vent their hatred on the landlord and the old wealth, the difference between the rich and the poor is huge, the rich exploit the poor, just like now, the poor will fight back and swallow the rich into their stomachs.

Standing at the south entrance of the village, a mess, burning down the houses here, Li Guolou looked up at the "Snow Mountain Lion Flag" on the earthen wall, the blackened and dirty military flag fluttered in the sky, for this military flag, the Qing Dynasty warriors braved the artillery fire to advance, he was a soldier under this military flag, in order to "Snow Mountain Lion Flag" permanently fluttering in the air, he had to make great efforts to change this cannibalistic society.

"Head, why are you crying?" Peeping at Li Guolou on the side, his face was high and cloudy, and the fox asked.

"Oh, remembering the dead comrades." Li Guolou took out a handkerchief and wiped his eyes, moving gently.

"Head, the brethren want me to make a bird, and ask you if they have any land." Gao Yao's dark cloud thief leaned up and asked.

"No, the land belongs to the people, I don't even have it, so don't think about it." Li Guolou refused righteously, leading by example, and his little brothers would not be troublesome.

Gao Yao Wuyun asked unwillingly: "But what if you get the land!" ”

"Gao Yao, how do you know that I will get the land." Li Guolou rolled his eyes and disdained to answer this difficult question.

"Hehe, head, everyone is out to mix, the people above eat big fish and meat, and the small noodle people eat small shrimp, I have heard it all, there are 2,000 acres of fertile land in Zhoupapi, so many land bags adults will not eat it in one bite, so I must share it with you meritorious heroes." Gao Yao's dark cloud thief spirit, his bones are slippery, and his eyes are rolling.

"Hey, Gao Yao catches the head, see you and I mix up, let me mention you a few words, don't fight the commander's idea, you will die ugly, there are so many mouths under your hands, can you be strict, Captain Yao screamed, he committed a taboo, and not an acre of land will be given to him, in terms of meritorious deeds, some people can only take silver, I will not treat you badly, let the brothers rest assured, at least twenty taels of officers and soldiers, fifteen taels of the militia group, this is on the surface, other brigades have to hand over one percent to the captain, I give ten percent, and when I drink celebration wine at night, Now Mr. Lin is busy settling accounts with silver! ”

Li Guolou's words stirred up a thousand waves, Gao Yao Wuyun jumped up excitedly, it is better to fight, and Yu Lu can't earn twenty taels of silver a year, so he hurriedly asked: "Head, you mean that there will be a reward when you go back!" ”

"Of course, Master Bao will pay out of his own pocket, you know the mallet." Li Guolou told Gao Yao Wuyun that the chief will also spend money to block the mouths of his subordinates, and if he can't "behave" the chief, he will be rectified by his subordinates.

"Oh." Gao Yao shook his body and walked to the side to probe a group of people, with good news to share with his companions.

Li Guolou watched his subordinates high-five each other and celebrate, hugging each other, how exciting it is to fight a war, a small-scale battle, let people make a small fortune, honor, money one after another, even if they die, the family also has state support, the poor people dream of being soldiers, but they are occupied by the backstage Manchurian share of the army, the Qing Empire has too many unreasonable systems, and the reform can only be conjured up into a militia group, when he can master an army, the world's major events will be up to him.

Li Guolou thought of the eight artillery officers he had "borrowed" from the Ruijian Battalion in Xishan, and pulled out his legs to see the two Franc machine cannons.

From afar, I heard Wu Kefan babbling loudly, and Li Guolou came to a tiled house compound, with two cannon stands in the courtyard inside, and wrapped in oilcloth outside.

In the room, eight officers and Wu Kefan and a group of people sat on the kang, on the stool, and even on the threshold, and everyone drank tea and listened to the artillery officer Fan Ye talk about the war.

"Yo, it's so lively." Li Guolou held a horsewhip, stepped into the room, and greeted the people around him with a fist.

"Yo, Captain Li, you finally thought of us." Fan Ye and others jumped off the kang and saluted Li Guolou.

Wu Kefan waved his hand and shouted: "Rabbit cubs, let's disperse, let's talk about the war at night!" ”

"Oooooooooo A group of people who had never heard of it walked out from Li Guolou's side, and some people were still throwing silver ingots in their hands, looking proud, and they looked like they were rich people.

Li Guolou put the horsewhip on the small table, sat down next to the kang, and said with a smile: "Deputy Fan, how can the junior brother forget you, with Master Wu accompanying you, your face is not big enough!" ”

"Captain Li, what are you talking about, Lao Wu is our comrade-in-arms, life and death are together, when you are fighting, we have never seen it, we are different ways and do not conspire with each other." Fan Yela's faction, fighting the faction, knows how great the unity power is, and wants to settle the account with Li Guolou.

Li Guolou understood what other people thought, the four groups of men and horses rushed into Balizhuang, the horses of others ate fat, and the silver carried by the fleeing rebels was seized by his men, and the main attack was more than 200 officers and soldiers in the south, of course, he was aggrieved, Wu Kefan drove his subordinates out, just to find him to settle the account.

This matter is not about the senior official Bao Yi, it is an internal contradiction, it depends on their respective means, and those who are capable will make more money, and each will show its powers.

"Team Ai, close the door." Li Guolou calmly picked up Wu Kefan and poured tea for him.

Ai Hai closed the door, and with a "bang", the room suddenly went dark.

Wu Kefan knew that Li Guolou had a weight in his heart, and this matter was clearly played by Bao together, favoring one over the other, and handing over the burden and benefits to Li Guolou.

"Captain Li, there are good brothers to share, we don't divide each other." Wu Kefan didn't dare to put on the captain's shelf, the spoils were unevenly distributed on the battlefield, and the soldiers dared to hold guns at the commander, there are rules for this kind of thing, and everyone acts according to the rules.

Li Guolou scratched his head, he had never been in the army, he didn't know the proportion, he looked at Fan Ye, and said: "Deputy Fan, what are the rules there, let's hear it first!" ”

"Well." Fan Ye tapped on the kang table, uncertain, talking about numbers, in case Li Guolou gets a lot of silver, wouldn't they lose a lot, talk about the proportion, it seems that they have lost a lot, how to let Li Guolou eat the fat in his mouth and spit out a large piece.

"Hey, hey, deputy of Team Ai, how much gold and silver have you confiscated?" Wu Kefan picked up the persimmon and pinched it softly, and asked Ai Hai the key place first.

"Report, I don't know, I handed over a hundred taels of silver." Ai Hai puffed up his chest and protruded his belly, and said without hesitation.

"Oh, it's a hundred taels of silver for one person, which is a lot." Wu Kefan said with a smile, scolding his mother in his stomach, deceiving the three-year-old milk doll, where did the silver in the cellar of Zhou Papi's house go.

"Hey, like in our army, all the spoils of war have to be handed in." Fan Ye glanced at it and said, it seems that this team composed of arresters, government officials, and militia groups is not reasonable enough.

Li Guolou nodded and said: "Yes, Deputy Fan is reasonable, but we have a total of four teams, everyone acts separately, others will not write a report to me if they do anything, everyone does their own work, I think the army is also separated, this kind of thing is one-size-fits-all, no one is willing to fight the front line!" ”

Fan Ye laughed, hiding his inner embarrassment, and said: "Captain Li, you can speak well, no wonder there are so many brothers to help, don't forget us if it's good." "He's not stupid, isn't he slapping himself when he says proportional distribution?

Wu Kefan hooked Li Guolou's shoulder, behaved intimately, and resolutely said: "Little Lizi, I watched you initiate, I don't care about the other two people, anyway, I am your old chief, Zhou Papi's family cellar silver is here, there is no 'helpless' I don't know, 1,2500 silver, you must give it to us, it's decided!" ”

"Ahh Li Guolou jumped down from the kang all of a sudden, and said angrily: "Wu Heixin, you are also black-hearted, as soon as you open your mouth, it is 1,500 taels of silver, you let me rob it!" ”

Wu Kefan grabbed Li Guolou and said with a smile: "My own brother, everyone knows it, don't pretend, others don't know about you, I can't see it, I eat horses here, and the deputy of the Fan team also wants me to settle it, so you can earn a little less!" ”

Li Guolou clenched his fists, hated to punch Wu Kefan's insatiable face, beat his chest and said: "Master Wu, you don't know, I still have to honor the chief, what do you want me to give to the senior officer!" ”

"Forget it, I'll be a peacemaker, and Captain Li will give you a nine-percent discount." Fan Ye jumped in front of the two and persuaded the two bullfighters to fight with their eyes.

Li Guolou sat down angrily and shouted: "Wu Heixin, one thousand taels more, if someone else can pluck the feather, you say it yourself, if you get the benefits, you will give me a bird feather, and I will take the big top and walk back to Beijing!" ”

"Okay, one thousand one hundred taels." Wu Kefan smiled and blackmailed Li Guolou, the money was a windfall, and it was divided among several chiefs.

Fan Ye hugged Li Guolou, with deep brotherly affection, and said with emotion: "Good brother, we didn't come in vain this time, next time we have the opportunity to cooperate again, we won't get drunk at night!" ”

But when I saw the eight artillery officers, they all jumped off the kang and hugged Li Guolou, saying that there was a chance to make a fortune together, and that fighting was a good thing.

While bragging and chatting, Li Guolou said: "Deputy Fan, your Francophone cannon is outdated, and it should have been eliminated a long time ago, wait for me to meet Prime Minister Bismarck of Prussia, and exchange you for a Krupp cannon!" ”

Fan Ye sneered and said, "Captain Li, you don't have a toothache when you stand up straight and speak, is this possible!" ”

"How can't it be." Li Guolou refuted: "Deputy Fan, you can sit here today, I can sit in front of the Prussians to negotiate, to recognize who is our friend of the Qing Empire, only the Prussians can help us, the British promise is all fart, the French are not a few people, take our Qing people's deposit will also regret it, long live Bismarck, long live Wilhelm I!" ”

Fan Ye glanced at him and said, "Captain Li, then what did you exchange with the Prussians!" ”

"Benefits, everyone benefits, just like we sit on the same kang, Deputy Fan, have you ever thought that Dutong Zhang Xuefei would make me a friend." Li Guolou said without hesitation that he had already recognized in his eyes who among the Western powers could unite and wear the same pants, even if it was worth betraying some of the country's interests.

"That's just as well." Fan Ye saw how much energy Li Guolou had, and the real planner of this bandit was Li Guolou.

As for how Zhang Xuefei, the capital commander, could cooperate with Li Guolou, a nine-grade civil official, no one knows the details of this matter, thinking that it is for the sake of Li Hongzhang.

Li Guolou opened his pocket watch, looked at the time, and said with a smile: "I won't talk to you, I'm going to patrol, I'll talk at night, remember, practice your skills well, and cooperate next time." After speaking, Li Guolou left the mansion and beckoned Ai Hai to follow.

Fan Ye stood at the gate of the compound and watched Li Guolou lead a team of people to leave, the team was neat, and he also sang: "Yu Si Wannian, the Great Empire of Yadong."

In March, the rivers spread the waves of civilization.

There are 400 trillion people and gods, and the land is large and rich.

Unveil the flag of my Yellow Dragon Empire and sing the song of my empire! ”

"Who's writing the lyrics?" Fan Ye was stunned and couldn't help asking.

"Who else, the tiger of our criminal department." Wu Kefan was complacent, and his face was full of brilliance.

"Oh, the Tiger of the Criminal Department." The eight artillery officers looked at Li Guolou in the distance, and involuntarily touched their chests with their right hands, and performed a standard military salute.