"The surname Fang, you are young here Lao Tzu." Wang Shihua pointed at the other party's nose and roared: "You can't afford to provoke them, so you come to my Wang family again and again to blackmail, what, really my Wang family is easy to bully?" ”

"You ......"

"What am I? If you have a fart, let it go quickly, and get out when you're done, why do you really want to play with you when I'm so idle that I have nothing to do? ”

The two stared at each other like cross-eyed, refusing to let it go.

At this time, Uncle Jiang's role was revealed.

"Rest your anger! The two of them were angry. Standing between the two, he said with a smile: "Master, you can't be angry about this little thing...... County Magistrate Fang, you don't need to test the head of my family, this matter has nothing to do with my Wang family. ”

"Humph!" The two snorted coldly at the same time, avoiding each other's gaze at the same time, and sat down at the same time.

"County Magistrate Fang, the old man took the liberty of asking, do you have any instructions for coming today?"

"Food."

"Food?" Uncle Jiang was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses, and said, "You mean, you used the wet grain to exchange it for dry food at our Wang family?" ”

As soon as Fang Jue nodded, Wang Shihua sneered: "The surname Fang, you really treat my Wang family as pigs, and you have come to my Wang family again and again to blackmail, and now, the guts have been fattened, and you are so arrogant that you dare to rob it so openly." Hum! Do you really think that being a county magistrate can be here to be windy and rainy? I don't look at how many pounds and taels I have. ”

Fang Jue also felt a little unreasonable in this matter, so in the face of Wang Shihua's cynicism, he just glanced at Wang Shihua angrily and did not refute it.

When Uncle Jiang saw that the atmosphere was wrong, he smiled and said, "I don't know what kind of change method it is?" ”

"Pound for pound."

Wang Shihua stood up with a brush, and was about to scold, but saw Uncle Jiang come over with a look...... The old man is experienced and calm. Don't get angry for verbal arguments without understanding the whole purpose of the other party, as it will not only have no good meaning, but will be self-defeating.

"County Magistrate Fang, you should also know ......" Uncle Jiang was also angry in his heart, paused slightly, and continued to euphemistically express his protest: "Although our Wang family's grain reserves are a little more, it is not robbed, let alone falling from the sky, we bought it with money and honesty. You admit that, right? ”

Fang Jue couldn't figure out the true meaning of Uncle Jiang's words, so he could only nod and listen.

"You see, if you admit it, it means that our food is protected by the government. As a protector, you should have supported our actions, but how could you have allowed food that could have been stored for years to only be stored for a few days? County Magistrate Fang, it's not kind for you to do this, I'm sorry friends~! ”

"Then how do you say to change it?"

"Let's not talk about changing it or not, let's ask first, how many catties of grain do you plan to exchange with our Wang family?" Ginger is really old and spicy! These seven and eight rounds, and Fang Jue was entwined in.

"100,000 catties!"

Uncle Jiang shook his head with a wry smile, and said: "If it is one or two thousand catties, before it becomes moldy, we will be able to eat it for the sake of your face within a few days, it's a big deal, let the victims eat dry rice at once, but 100,000 catties, County Magistrate Fang, forgive my Wang family for not being able to do anything, you better hurry up and ask other houses." ”

In fact, Uncle Jiang's words are like lowering his own value: not to mention the daily food consumption of the people of the Wang family, nor the food consumption of the helpers, only to say that the victims who are now gathered in the territory of the Wang family, at least there are 15,000 people, and the daily food consumption of the two porridge meals in the morning and afternoon is about 3,000 catties...... If the 30,000 or 40,000 people in the territory are mobilized and eat all these wet grains within three or five days, 100,000 catties can really be eaten.

"Then you have to change some for me, otherwise, when the grain is moldy, the people of the whole county will suffer."

"What did you do earlier?" Wang Shihua sarcastically said angrily: "I knew that this batch of grain was so important, why didn't you take a good look at it?" ”

"I'm asking you to take a good look, who would have thought that at the critical moment, your people and horses will not be protected. I don't blame you for this, you still have the face to say me? ”

"Both! Two of you! Harmony makes money. When Uncle Jiang saw that the two of them were going to quarrel again, he hurriedly persuaded: "We are discussing now, no matter what the result is, the transaction will not be benevolent!" Why hurt each other's peace? "To tell the truth, Uncle Jiang and Wang Shihua have a tacit understanding, one sings white-faced, and the other sings red-faced. Although Fang Jue knew, the anger in his heart was too much, and as soon as Wang Shihua was excited, his anger rushed out.

"County Magistrate Fang, you have worked hard for the people of the county, we see these in our eyes and remember them in our hearts. But our Wang family's ability is limited after all, so don't bully our Wang family for pound. Without waiting for County Magistrate Fang to answer, Uncle Jiang smiled at Wang Shihua again: "Family Master, County Magistrate Fang is the head of a county, since he personally came to the door to ask for help, we can't talk about it if we don't give some face." ”

Wang Shihua thought for a while, nodded, and the other party said: "Weasel, don't blame me for not giving you face, I also have a small matter here, so I bother you to do it together." ”

As he spoke, Wang Shihua opened his satchel and took out a stack of yellow paper from it, which was full of letters of appointment from officers at all levels of the Baojing Regiment...... In the future, Wang Shihua, the official position in the regiment, can be appointed and dismissed at will, and he only needs to report it afterwards. But for the first time, it was necessary to get the above stamp -- and the file had to be completed, so that no one would find fault with the Baojing Regiment in this regard in the future.

Fang Jue didn't want to take it, but he was taken aback by this thick stack, and with a little curiosity, he took it.

At a glance, Fang Jue couldn't help but stand up, patted the letter of appointment in his hand, his eyes widened angrily, and he couldn't say a word for a long time.

Wang Shihua smiled and took out a small blue notebook from his jacket pocket, and said with a smug smile while handing it to Fang Jue: "By the way, I forgot to tell you, I was originally a major, since I became the regiment commander, how could I be promoted to a level, otherwise, the regiment commander and the deputy regiment commander are both at the major level, which is a bit unreasonable." ”

Seeing that Fang Jue took it in a daze, opened it in a daze, and looked at it again in a daze, Wang Shihua said with a smile: "I'm a serious major officer ID, if you don't believe it, you can check it." Zhang Wentian of the Chongqing Zhongyi Brigade and Brigade Commander Zhang are my immediate superiors. Therefore, please also ask your great father to help me again and transfer my military registration to Hunan, lest someone say that I am a man stationed in Jiangyin County in Chongqing and have crossed the border. ”

Wang Shihua didn't care how Fang Jue's father did to get this matter, he just didn't want to report it level by level, especially he didn't want to leave the file with Commander Chen, the king of Xiangxi, to make people think that he was his subordinate. Instead, they want to directly keep the preparation files of the Baojing Regiment in the province, preferably in the provincial government, and become the armed forces directly under the province. In that way, not only will he be able to choose freely between the army and the local armed forces, but even if Commander Chen wants to give orders to himself and find his own faults by virtue of his identity in the future, he can also say, 'I am the armed forces directly under the province, and I am not under the control of the local government'. Such an excuse is not nonsense, but something that many local armed forces dream of. To put it mildly, once this matter is implemented, Wang Shihua will truly become an independent kingdom recognized by the government, but it is free and easy: I heard that someone can manage the Baojing Regiment, but in fact no one can manage it, and no one can directly find trouble with the Baojing Regiment: the provincial government has taught the local armed forces on the land of Xiangxi, which is nonsense, and Commander Chen will not allow other troops to enter his territory in the first place...... When the Red Army moved to Xiangxi, Commander Chen would rather fight his old books than let other warlords and the Central Army enter Xiangxi, so eight of the fourteen regiments under his command were used to defend against other warlords. He also openly said that if other warlords dared to enter Xiangxi, everyone could be killed, and the commander-in-chief He Jian would be angry to death.

"So much?"

Fang Jue finally spoke, looking at the final total in great astonishment.

Wang Shihua nodded with a smile, not shy at all.

"I remember that there are more than 2,700 people in a regiment of the Central Army, and there are actually nine battalions in your local armed forces, including logistics, more than 5,600 people. Wang Papi, don't you think you're asking too much? ”

"What's wrong with me?" Wang Shihua retorted dissatisfiedly: "Let me ask you, can the combat effectiveness and weaponry of my local regiment be compared with the regular regiment of the Central Army?" You see, you're shaking your head. Since I can't compare, then I have to make up for it in terms of numbers. ”

Fang Jue shook his head with a wry smile and didn't speak. In fact, both of them knew that Wang Shihua was making excuses by forceful words, and his real purpose was one: to get the establishment of nine battalions down. As for how many men and horses this group can actually get, everyone knows very well.

Originally, Fang Jue didn't want to say the following to Wang Shihua, but think about it, since Wang Shihua proposed it and entrusted him to do it, that is to say, the food matter was linked to this matter, so he had to speak.

"Shihua, I didn't say you, you really don't understand the knock on the door inside."

"Please advise."

"Your purpose is to get these nine battalions down, and then you can secretly expand your manpower. Moreover, you still think that the above will not give you military funds anyway, so the above will not care how many people you think you will report. Moreover, you also plan to keep the files of the Baojing Regiment in the provincial government and become the armed forces directly under the provincial government, so that you can move from the left to the right and the left. Right? ”

Wang Shihua didn't shirk this time, and nodded happily in admission.

"You're really wrong. Moreover, the wrong one is exactly the opposite of what you think. Fang Jue Zhengse said: "The main purpose of this matter is not actually a matter of establishment, but how to keep the files of the Baojing Regiment in the provincial government and become the armed forces directly under the provincial government." ”

Seeing Wang Shihua's serious sound, Fang Jue smiled instead: "Anyway, the government won't give you military spending, so your establishment can only be three to four battalions." Of course, this is on the surface, and secretly how many battalions you can get is something that everyone knows, and it depends on your own ability, and the above will not care about this at all. At most, it is just an excuse to ask you to give some gifts during the inspection. If you want to increase later, and you have to be recognized by the government, then it depends on your personal skills and opportunities later. Do you see what I mean? ”

Wang Shihua thought about it and nodded. At least, he thought that Fang Jue's words were very reasonable and flawless. But in fact......