Erzhan Town is located at the northwest foot of Bulun Mountain, which is under the jurisdiction of Aihui Deputy Capital, with many hills in the jurisdiction, and backed by the Bulun Mountain Range, so it has become a paradise for beards, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it with many beards like hair, but the most powerful forces are in four directions, Eighteen Lianbao and the former Langya Hall each occupy a seat, and there is a water bandit on the side of the Luo River twenty miles west of the second station, and finally Su Majia.

Everyone knows that the Manchu Qing Dynasty's rule at the township level is mainly based on the spontaneous management of the squire, and Su Ma's family is the official agent of Erzhan Town, of course, Erzhan was not a word of Su Ma's family many years ago, this situation only began to change five years ago, and the reason is rumored to be because Su Ma's family has a woman who married a high-ranking official with real power in the Qing court.

Su Ma's family not only controls the place of Erzhan Town, but also occupies tens of thousands of acres of fertile land in Erzhan Town, you must know that Erzhan Town has many mountains and little land, and tens of thousands of acres of fertile land almost occupy more than sixty percent of all fertile land in Erzhan Town.

Of course, Su Ma's family can become the master of the second station, in addition to relying on the protection of the people on the official face, the most important thing is that the people have strength, the militia of the Su Ma family is said to have as many as eight hundred, and all of them are equipped with guns, and even on the city wall of the town, there are several earthen cannons, although they are earthen cannons, but on the city wall, it is still very deterrent, at least in the past five years, no one has dared to provoke Su Ma's family in the town.

Yue Weihua recalled the situation of Su Ma's family while walking, but he couldn't guess the meaning of Su Ma's family coming to the wolf domain, it stands to reason that Yue's dart bureau and Su Ma's family should not have any holidays, of course, there is no friendship, although Yue's dart game is a bit strong into the wolf domain, forced into the meaning of the second station town, but it is also approved by Yang Fengxiang, the supreme governor of Aihui City and the head of the left wing of the guard, it stands to reason that it should not be to come to Xingshi to ask for guilt?

With doubts, Yue Weihua stepped into the camp of Wolf's Head Ridge, and saw more than a dozen unfamiliar faces standing at the gate of Uncle Xiang's yard from a distance, all of them were black shirts and trousers, and they were all armed with guns on their shoulders.

"Su Ma's family is really heroic, standard equipment, unified uniforms." Yue Weihua said secretly in his heart.

The old sleeve is the 1888 type 7.92 mm Mauser rifle imitated by the Hanyang Arsenal in the nineteenth year of Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (that is, in 1893), the latter is improved on the basis of the 1871 type Mauser rifle, which fires smokeless gunpowder bullets, has a single-row vertical cassette pop-up window, and has a bullet capacity of 5 rounds.

Perhaps, compared to the Black Dragon Army, the old sleeve is a little backward, but compared to the ordinary militia, there is a standard old sleeve, it is quite awesome, in fact, even compared to most of the Qing army, this is very arrogant.

For a simple example, in 1900, when the Eight-Nation Coalition attacked Yanjing City, Nie Shicheng, the most well-equipped Nie Shicheng Wuyi Army in the Wuwei Army, was equipped with the main rifle Mauser rifle, but most of them were actually 1871 type, and the 1871 Mauser rifle was much worse than the old sleeve, and this is still the most elite Wu Yi army, if it was replaced by an ordinary Qing army, the equipment was far worse than this, many common equipment of the Qing army also had bird guns and guns, you must know that bird guns were introduced to China from Japan during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, By 1900, it had a history of several hundred years, and the guns were only equipped with the Qing army during the Opium War.

Therefore, when Yue Weihua saw that these Su Ma family's regimental exercises were all standard equipment, he was indeed a little surprised, but it was reasonable to think about it, the Qing court actually didn't have no money to replace all the troops with old sleeves, after all, the old sleeves have been mass-produced for seven years, and many troops, especially the Eight Banners Army, have always been equipped with backward bird guns and other things, the main reason is that all units of the Qing army have serious empty salaries, not to mention the money for equipment, it must have gone into the pockets of commanders at all levels.

After Yue Weihua walked into the courtyard, he saw Uncle Xiang drinking tea with a slightly luxuriously dressed middle-aged man, but it was obvious that the atmosphere was not very good, because Uncle Xiang's face was a little ugly, and the middle-aged man was arrogant, and his nostrils were facing the sky.

"Ahem." After Yue Weihua coughed lightly, he said, "Uncle Xiang, you are looking for me." ”

Yue Xiang was about to speak, but was opened in advance by the arrogant middle-aged man, only to see him knock on the pipe in his hand, and then said in a slightly scrutinizing tone: "You are the head of the Yue family, the only seedling who survived Hailan Pao, hehe, you are so lucky that you can swim from the opposite side alive." ”

As the saying goes, don't expose people's scars in person, what's more, the Yue family is the scourge of extermination, but the first sentence of the guy in front of him was directly picked out, this is a typical sore spot of poking people, Yue Weihua also endured it after hearing it, and tried very hard to calm the anger in his chest, and then said loudly: "I don't know Su Ma's family, why did you come to our barren mountains and mountains?" ”

"Hmph, my temper is not small, let me introduce myself, the contemptible Su leprosy, the second in the Su Ma family, everyone calls me Second Master Su." Su Mafeng was very proud, and after a pause, he continued: "Originally, this wolf domain was the territory that my Su Ma family fancied, but I didn't expect it to be preempted by your Yue family, but since Lord Yang has approved it, our Su Ma family will sell Lord Yang a little face." ”

"Oh, in this way, if we don't have Lord Yang's face, shouldn't we roll up the roll and get out of here?" Although Yue Weihua's tone was flat, it was very tough, to be honest, if it weren't for the imminent invasion of Tsarist Russia and the fact that he didn't want to increase infighting, Yue Weihua would have issued an expulsion order a long time ago.

Hearing Yue Weihua's tone, Su Leprosy was stunned at first, obviously he didn't expect that the young man in front of him was still a thorn, didn't he know the status of Su Ma's family in Aihui City?

However, thinking that he had something to ask for the other party this time, Su Leprosy's tone suddenly softened, and said: "Young man, why do you say that, how to say it, we will be neighbors in the future, okay, let's get down to business, what about me, I came this time to ask for personal favors with Young Master Yue." ”

Hearing Su Leprosy's softened tone, Yue Xiang, who had been sitting next to him, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, perhaps, Yue Weihua didn't know the energy of Su Ma's family, but Yue Xiang knew very well that it was really not a wise move to deal with Su Ma's family at this time.

The change in Su Leprosy's tone, Yue Weihua didn't have that feeling of relief, because he knew that it was useless for you to be soft with this kind of earth overlord, because they were all masters who bullied the soft and were afraid of the hard, only if you were hard yourself, let him know that he was not a good bully, and they would obediently submit to the softness.

Therefore, Yue Weihua just smiled faintly and said, "Oh, in our barren mountains and mountains, is there anything else that the Su Ma family can look up to?" ”

"What about things, there is indeed nothing we can look up to, but there is a person who has some festivals with our Su Ma family, of course, this person is not a member of your dart game, he is your captive, I think this face, Young Master Yue, will not give it, right?" Su leprosy said.

"Oh, captive, almost all the people in the Wolf Tooth Hall are dead, I don't know, the person you want has turned to ashes." Yue Weihua said lightly.

"I've inquired about this clearly, he is now on your Wolf Tooth Mountain, and he is the gun head of the original Wolf Tooth Hall, Liu Liren." Su Lefeng stared at Yue Weihua's eyes, and after a pause, he continued: "Of course, we can't ask for this favor in vain, have you seen those boxes, 10,000 taels of silver, plus 30 guns and 10,000 rounds of ammunition, how about it, you won't suffer a loss in this deal." ”

I have to say that Su Ma's family is indeed a big deal, 10,000 taels of silver, which is almost equivalent to millions of yuan in later generations, and 30 guns and 10,000 rounds of ammunition, although it may not be worth 10,000 taels of silver, but if you choose for the beards, you will choose the latter without hesitation, because these days, you really can't get a gun if you have money.

However, for Yue Weihua, 10,000 taels of silver may still be of some use, but this old sleeve is really not worth it, but he is curious about Liu Liren in his heart, if it is according to common sense, Su Majia must have also made a price with Lin San, but obviously, Lin San refused, which has to make Yue Weihua a little cautious, is Liu Liren very valuable?

However, although Liu Liren is just a captive, Yue Weihua really didn't think about exchanging anything with anyone, and he has already broken his promise once, if he breaks his promise again, Yue Weihua may look down on himself, of course, if Liu Liren is really the kind of person who is full of evil, Yue Weihua doesn't mind, but this guy can escape the bloody trial of dozens of female compatriots, although Yue Weihua doesn't know the reason until now, but at least it shows that Liu Liren should still have some principles.

Of course, Yue Weihua couldn't refuse openly, just changed his tone and chuckled: "Liu Liren's beard, I have some impressions, but after being escorted up the mountain yesterday, this guy was a little stubborn, and was dragged out by my subordinates and repaired it fiercely, I don't know if he is still alive now, or else, I just want to go up the mountain to get something down, by the way, I also ordered someone to find it, if it is still alive, I will personally bring it down for you, what does the second master think?" ”

Yue Weihua's words can be described as leaky, although he is a little smuggling, but at least his tone and attitude are very good, and he is a little soft, so Second Master Su had no choice but to nod and say: "Then thank you Young Master Yue, however, our old man said that you have to see people in life, and you have to see corpses in death." ”

"To see people in life, and to see corpses in death?" Yue Weihua repeated lightly, and then nodded in response: "I understand, please ask Second Master Su for a while." ”

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