"Little brother of a thousand miles", Cao Youwen handed him a box of Changsha pastries, smiled at him, and then picked up the thermos and helped him fill it with tea.

In the past few days, Xu Ming has had a lot of good time, whether it is the famous Hunan cuisine series or various snacks, Xu Ming is very happy to eat. Xu Ming found that although the times are developing, in terms of food, China in 2014 may not be better than in 1934!

Cao Youwen introduced all the 11 counties that Hunan can choose, including not only the local public security situation, but also people's livelihood finance, transportation and education. In his opinion, it is better to find a place where there are not many bandits or where there is good security, so that you can collect some taxes and not be too dangerous.

Although Cao Youwen did his best to handle the establishment of the security team, and all kinds of joints were also very smooth, but it always took time, taking advantage of the idleness, Xu Ming returned to Hefei again, in addition to saying goodbye to friends and friends, Xu Ming also found a job for Qiu Bo's two sons.

Qiu Bo has 2 sons, the eldest son Qiu Linquan, the second son Qiu Linfeng, the two guys are about to graduate, Xu Ming exerted some strength, for the boss Qiu Linquan to find a position in the Shipping Administration, the second son Qiu Linfeng is also very ideal in Xu Ming's view, is a position of Citibank in Hefei, these two jobs were quite good at the time, each monthly income is more than 30 silver dollars, in the small city of Hefei can feed a large family very well.

Of course, Xu Ming didn't let the Qiu family know from beginning to end, he spent more than 1,000 oceans to find someone to give gifts, and only after the two jobs were confirmed, he asked the two boys to notify Qiu Bo.

In early July, Xu Ming returned to Changsha again, and Cao Youwen also arranged the establishment of various parts of the security group, and all joints have been opened, and also helped Xu Ming find a guarantor and various certificates, and now he only needs to fill in the form and work on paper.

"In the past few days, I have found someone to understand clearly, not 11 counties, but 14 counties, plus Dayong, Phoenix and Pingjiang 3."

Cao Youwen then said: "Forget about the five counties in Xiangxi, the bandits are more powerful than the government, and the people there must pay money to the bandits on time and set up checkpoints to collect taxes."

Xu Ming was insightful: "Then what is the difference between them and the government?" ”

"Yes, bandits pay more attention to credibility, there was a bandit who killed a few merchants who had paid protection fees at Zhang Dajiaozi, Zhang Dazhuzi immediately sent someone to take the bandits' lair, and then paid the merchants a sum of money for burning and burying."

...... "Who is Zhang Daji?" ”

"The largest bandit in Xiangxi, there are four or five thousand men and horses, the government sent a division to suppress it for half a year, I heard that this guy is very careful, every night when he sleeps with a small broken incense tied to his hand, as soon as the incense is burned, he immediately changes places to sleep! You can't tell who is a good citizen and who is a bandit. ”

Xu Ming then understood why the bandits in Xiangxi claimed to have a long history of 800 years, this is that the bandits are no longer ordinary bandits, but a powerful and independent force, in order to completely eradicate it, in addition to the military unified organization, step by step, civil affairs must disintegrate the root causes of bandits, improve people's livelihood.

Unconsciously, the two of them have digressed for thousands of miles, but fortunately, Cao Youwen pulled back: "There are also Guiyang and Linwu, which are also very dangerous, don't pinch you as a soft persimmon, little brother." ”

"The two places of Linxiang and Pingjiang are very good, and they are still near the provincial capital, but things are not very easy to operate."

After a series of exclusions and judgments, there are 2 places left, Qiyang and Shaoyang

"Shaoyang is better, the population is 1.5 million, Qiyang is only 880,000, which can collect a lot of taxes, the most important thing is that Qiyang has 3 poles with more than 100 people, and Shaoyang has none." （1）

It seems that Shaoyang's advantage is obvious, "then when can I get the approval".

"It is estimated that it will take 10 days", Cao saw that Xu Ming was puzzled, and smiled proudly: "There is a guy named Wang Baocai who wants Shaoyang's establishment, and he has been active for more than half a month, and he is afraid that he will spend more than 10,000 oceans," and he pouted to Xu Ming, pointing to an inkstone on the desk: "This thing was given by him, and it is worth 800"

Xu Ming followed his eyes, this is a Qiyang stone inkstone, the whole body is green, it is a "purple robe", with a green stone pattern in the middle, called the "jade belt", which is the treasure in the Qiyang stone inkstone - the purple robe jade belt, even if Xu Ming does not know how to appreciate the taste of the jade inkstone, he can also feel its value.

"So where is he now?"

"His approval has come down."

"Ah", Xu Ming was confused, that Wang Baocai Shaoyang's approval document has come down, how can he fight with him?

Cao You was puzzled when he saw Xu Ming, and squeezed his eyes at Xu Ming, "His approval has come down, but it's not in his hand, it's in my desk."

"Why do you need 10 days, 10 days is to help him change the place, hehe, Qiyang has beautiful mountains and clear waters, it's cheap for this kid." Cao Youwen couldn't help but feel proud.

"That king has run so far to get rich, and I'm a little embarrassed to change him."

"Hehe, he's not your brother, he runs a militia group to be a prestige in the local area, what's so embarrassing about this kind of person, do you think you give it to him, and he will receive your love?" Cao Youwen didn't care at all.

Xu Ming knew that the guy had given more than 10,000 oceans in gifts, and Cao Youwen would offend many people if he moved him.

Cao Youwen sneered: "Offend people, when my wife borrowed money a few days ago, why weren't they afraid of offending me, offending will offend, guess what else they are?" Some of them even took this opportunity to lower the price of my shop, if it weren't for your brother, they would probably make a fortune." patted Xu Ming on the shoulder again: "You don't want to be a good person all day long, good people die in this world."

Xu Ming still felt that the influence on Cao Youwen was too bad, and he found an excuse: "I built a security regiment, just use these bandits to practice their hands, and it is just to save trouble in Qiyang, besides, this time I have offended everyone, and it will be difficult for me to ask people in the future, I am thinking about myself."

Cao Youwen looked at Xu Ming blankly, and then shook his head helplessly: "I never knew that there were people like you in the world," and then sighed long: "You should live in a fairy tale country, not in this secular world."

"I think that the Chinese nation has many good qualities, no matter how troubled the times are, I don't think we should give up," Xu Ming said.

"It's just your temperament, I'm afraid you'll have to suffer a lot in the future."

"There is always a price to pay for sticking to your beliefs," Xu Ming didn't care.

Cao Youwen also wanted to persuade Xu Ming to act realistically in the future, but after thinking about it, it was very unrealistic for Xu Ming to help him pay off his gambling debts, and he couldn't say anything in his heart.

A few days later, Xu Ming also saw that Wang Baocai in Cao Youwen's office, looking at the fat and fat hedgehog who had peeled his skin, Brother Baocai only cared about courtesy, I am afraid that he didn't know that his security team had turned around between Shaoyang and Qiyang.

Note (1) For population records, see the 1933 Hunan Yearbook.