After Chen Zikun took control of the provincial capital, he knew that this overseer was not good, there were nearly 10,000 prisoners in the barracks, and there were 60,000 troops in Jiangnan eyeing him.

Although Jiangdong Province is located in the Central Plains, agriculture and commerce are still quite developed, but Sun Kaiqin has been in power for many years, expropriating and expropriating violently, and the people are not able to make a living, the fertile land near the provincial capital is planted with opium, and even grain needs to be imported.

Chen Zikun's descendants are still in Jiangbei, and there are only 500 people in the provincial capital, and the people recommended by Governor Liu and Director Mai cannot take on the big responsibility, and Sun Kaiqin's old department cannot be trusted.

The war is still going on, according to the news from the front line in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Qi Xieyuan's troops suffered a defeat on the Yixing front, lost more than 500 people, and three battalions mutinied, and the war was not going well, and Fengtian Zhang Zuolin's 150,000 troops had already gone south, and the only relief was that Sun Cannon did not practice, and there was no movement in Guangzhou.

The situation is not good, Chen Zikun is up and down in his heart, the provincial capital is not Nantai, the situation is much more complicated, as long as there is a reversal of the battle situation, Director Liu will be able to sell himself in the next minute, 3,000 policemen will be backwater, and his own people are not enough.

The most important thing at the moment is to swallow Sun Kaiqin's belongings as soon as possible to form combat effectiveness.

"Zi-kun." Chen Zikun called.

Gong Zijun, who was dressed in military uniform, came in and saluted: "Handsome." ”

It turned out that Gong Zijun's so-called resignation was just to cover people's eyes, his real mission was to go to the provincial capital to spy on the military situation, the topographic map of the provincial capital, the defense map of the garrison brigade and other information were provided by him, and now that Chen Zikun has entered the provincial capital, he naturally put on the military uniform again.

"Let's go, I'll meet your uncle." Chen Zikun grabbed his hat and left.

When he came to Huijin Bank, Chen Zikun went straight to the point and asked Gong Jiaxuan to lend him 1 million oceans, but General Manager Gong was still angry with Chen Zikun because of the poppy planting, and immediately refused: "Let me lend money to a martial artist, a drug lord, it is impossible." ”

Shuangxi was about to pull out a gun on the spot, but was stopped by Chen Zikun, he calmly said to Gong Jiaxuan: "Brother Jiaxuan, the country is like this, do you think it is the time of construction, there is no peaceful environment, nothing is true, I plant poppies, I attack the provincial capital, all for one purpose, that is, to create a peaceful world, you can say that I am a martial artist, but I want to tell you, stop fighting for martial arts, you can say that I am a drug lord, I can also assure you that under my rule, opium will be extinct in Jiangdong Province!" ”

Gong Jiaxuan looked directly at Chen Zikun for a long time, and said slowly: "Really? ”

"A gentleman's word." Chan stretched out his right hand.

"I'll trust you one more time." Gong Jiaxuan shook hands with him, turned around and sat down on the seat, took out the checkbook and said, "Huijin Bank is a small bank, there is not so much money, I can only come up with 500,000 at most, and you have to figure out the rest yourself." ”

Chen Zikun said: "Thank you Brother Jiaxuan, you don't bother the two masters, and the rest needs Brother Jiaxuan to help more, and the brothers are not familiar with the people in the provincial banking industry." ”

Gong Jiaxuan said: "Our Jiangdong is not Shanghai, there are many old-fashioned silver money houses on the market, and only our Huijin Bank can achieve exchange with foreign banks in Shanghai and Tianjin, so there are no people to look for. ”

"Oh, please."

Gong Jiaxuan hesitated a little and said: "This trick is too hurtful to the people, don't use it until you have to." ”

Chen Zikun smiled: "Don't hide it from Brother Jiaxuan, my brother brought five hundred men and horses to the provincial capital, and now all forces are staring at me, whether it is Mai Zilong turning against the water, or Lu Yongxiang calling, or Duan Haixiang's troops returning to the provincial capital, I am a dead end, you say, is this a last resort." ”

Gong Jiaxuan said: "Okay, this trick is to issue military tickets!" ”

Seeing General Manager Gong's sad face, Gong Zijun and Chen Zikun looked at each other and said, "Is the military ticket so terrifying? ”

Gong Jiaxuan said: "Military bills are banknotes issued by the army, and the difference between bank bills is that it has no reserves, can not deal with the foreign currency, even the warlords who are reckless will not issue military bills on their own territory, but use them in the occupied areas, in order to loot the people's wealth, this is a way to quench thirst, but it is not without the possibility of remedy." ”

Chen Zikun said: "How can I bear to poison the Jiangdong fathers and elders, issuing military tickets is a last resort, and after I stabilize the overall situation, I will immediately pay these military tickets in full." ”

Gong Jiaxuan bowed to the end: "The benevolent are invincible, and the general treats the people well, so that he will not end up with the same fate as Sun Kaiqin." ”

Since Huijin Bank is willing to help, things will be much easier, Chen Zikun said: "Without further ado, we will immediately set up the Jiangdong Provincial Military Bills Administration, and Zijun will also serve as the director, but how to print the military tickets will also need Brother Jiaxuan's guidance." ”

Gong Jiaxuan said: "It is difficult to print a huge amount of military bills in a hurry, I don't think it is as good as this, there used to be a salt bank in Jiangdong Province, which has closed down because of poor management, and there are still a large number of invalid salt banknotes in the treasury, so it is better to take out and use it, first take one million bills, and stamp the seal of the Jiangdong Provincial Military Ticket Administration on them and put them on the market." ”

Chen Zikun was full of praise: "Good way, thank you Brother Jiaxuan, this matter will bother you two." ”

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Duan Haixiang's 60,000 troops were 300 miles away, and the news of the changes in the provincial capital had not yet passed, so he first issued a false order in the name of Sun Kaiqin, dismissing Duan Haixiang from his post and replacing him with a deputy position, and then cut off all the supply of military materials, grain, straw and ammunition.

was busy together, Zeng Jiao invited to see, as soon as he arrived in the provincial capital, he took his subordinates to break into the prison and rescued his father-in-law, the old man's two tendons were broken, and the person was already abolished, but it was lucky to see the light of day again.

An old acquaintance was also found in the provincial prison, Liang Maocai, a former subordinate of Gai Longquan, was squatting on death row in shackles, and it was said that this was a felon who had only recently been caught, and he would be executed and beheaded in three days.

Zeng Jiao knew Liang Maocai, so he rescued him and brought him back to the Overseer's Office.

Since he was recruited by the Daqingshan pole, Liang Maocai went south to the provincial capital alone and became a Jiangyang thief, killing people and setting fire to kidnapping tickets, but he always attacked the wealthy gentry who were full of evil, never touched the poor people, and more than half of the money he robbed was scattered to the victims.

The provincial police department tried hard to finally arrest Liang Maocai in a brothel, and killed and injured eight detectives in order to catch him.

Liang Maocai was sentenced to death, and when he saw that it was time to drink the severed head wine, a team of soldiers broke into the prison and took him away indiscriminately.

The birds in the back garden are singing and fragrant, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like you're going to shoot someone, Liang Maocai stood in place with heavy shackles, thinking about how to escape, and suddenly a familiar face appeared, it was the military advisor Su Qingyan.

"Strategist, why are you here?" Liang Maocai said curiously, and said in his heart, could it be that the military division changed his court and joined the provincial army?

Su Qingyan said: "Not only am I here, Lao Jiu is also here, and Dashuai is also there." ”

Liang Maocai said suspiciously: "Why are you in the provincial capital, and you are still in the Overseer's Office?" ”

Su Qingyan said: "It's not for you. ”

"For me?" Liang Maocai was even more confused.

Su Qingyan said: "Since you left the cottage, the big man and the big boss have been thinking about you, I heard that you were arrested in the provincial capital and sentenced to death, the big boss was accommodating and wanted to get you out, how do you know that Sun Kaiqin insisted on shooting you on a dog day, it seems that it was because you killed his brother-in-law, there is such a thing?" ”

Liang Maocai tilted his head and thought for a while and said, "It seems that there is such a thing." ”

Su Qingyan said: "In short, Inspector Sun didn't give our handsome face, and in a fit of anger, he met with his sword soldiers, personally led five hundred elite soldiers to smash Huanglong, captured the surname Sun, and rescued you." ”

Liang Maocai is young, a tendon, Su Qingyan's words can't coax others, it is more than enough to deceive him, and the young man's eyes were red at that time: "The handsome man doesn't hate me, and he sent troops to save me, I'm really not human." ”

Su Qingyan said: "I have seen the hearts of the people for a long time, and the marshal is also loved, and now our army is the time to employ people, old ten, are you willing to help the marshal?" ”

Liang Maocai said: "As long as the handsome man doesn't dislike me, I will sell him for this life." ”

With a hearty laugh, Chen Zikun came wearing a cloak, and when he saw Liang Maocai shackled, he immediately shouted: "Come on, untie the shackles." ”

The shackles of the death row prisoner weighing 30 catties were riveted to death, and they had to be sawed with an imported hacksaw, afraid that Liang Maocai would be tired, Chen Zikun asked people to move a chair for him, and seeing that he was not clothed, he took off his cloak and put it on him, which moved Liang Maocai to tears.

"Dashuai, my life is given by you, from now on, go up the knife mountain and go down the oil pot, all by one sentence."

Chen Zikun said repeatedly: "There is one thing now, and one of them has to come out." ”

Liang Maocai asked what was the matter.

Chen Zikun said: "He Fenglin, the envoy of the Shanghai Protector, robbed Lao Tzu's goods, killed Lao Tzu's people, and now he wants to fight with me again, can we swallow this breath?" ”

Liang Maocai said: "I'll take care of him!" ”

Chen Zikun was overjoyed: "Good! I'm just waiting for you to say this, but your body has been on death row for many days, can you hold it? ”

Liang Maocai said: "Don't get in the way, I have practiced iron cloth shirts in a small school." ”

Chen Zikun said: "I will promote you to the major of the Jiangdong Provincial Army, select the captain of the front, and lead a battalion of men and horses to Shanghai, and be sure to turn Shanghai Beach upside down." ”

Liang Maocai said: "I understand, it's like the monkey who got into the belly of the princess of the iron fan." ”

Chen Zikun laughed: "Reliable, without further ado, you will take people to set off tomorrow and conquer Shanghai, and I will give you a wine to celebrate." ”

Liang Maocai snorted for a while and said, "Red Jade...... Is she okay? ”

Chen Zikun was stunned for a moment, and then understood: "The red jade is very good, when you return triumphantly, I will reward the red jade to you." ”