Chen Liqing still had to leave Weng'an early the next day, and he was despised by Xiaoxiao, which was a helpless thing. But anyway, the money and the army have been handed over to the uncle, and Chen Liqing's task can be regarded as completed.

As for what will happen to the army and weapons next, Chen Liqing can only hope that his uncle's family can help him get all this right. Chen Liqing believed that with 50,000 taels of silver equipment, no matter how bad their army was, it would not be good.

Although the uncle said that machine guns and other things may not be bought with money, but when the price is increased to a certain extent, Chen Liqing does not believe that there will be things that cannot be bought.

Of course, it is not possible to always rely on others to buy weapons, and China must at least move to the level of producing its own weapons, which requires Chen Liqing to continue to work hard.

And after Chen Liqing left Weng'an, the county seat of Weng'an surged again.

As soon as Chen Liqing left, Wang Dezhi and Wang Deyong's two cousins took Chen Lijun to the county government to ask for food and salaries, and began to prepare to suppress the bandits.

With their move, the atmosphere in the county town suddenly became serious.

County office.

"Lord Zeng, this is the head coach of this Pingyue regimental training, Chen Lijun Chen Team Officer, and he is also studying in the new military camp of Guiyang South Factory."

"Officer Chen is polite." Zeng Rongchu hurriedly clenched his fists at Chen Lijun.

Chen Lijun nodded lightly, acting very arrogant, and then Wang Dezhi spoke: "Lord Zeng, Officer Chen, he is ready to hurry up and suppress the bandits, so we will say it directly, I don't know if Lord Zeng, your food is ready?" ”

Before the soldiers and horses moved, the grain and grass went first, which has always been the first step in military action.

But as soon as Wang Dezhi mentioned this issue, Zeng Rongchu's face was full of bitterness.

Of course, he didn't raise food and grass, and his usual action was to raise money from the rich people in the county, and then call the various gangs in the city to suppress the bandits. Of course, the suppression of bandits is an excuse, anyway, in the end, how much money these rich people pay will be three or five times more profitable after the suppression of bandits.

And this time, the task of suppressing bandits is the turn of outsiders, and outsiders still want to take money from them, where can these people take money so easily.

Zeng Rongchu's task is, of course, difficult to complete.

Hearing Zeng Rongchu's answer, Chen Lijun, who was arrogant, became furious on the spot, threatening that if Zeng Rongchu did not send food and salary within three days, he would copy Zeng Rongchu's county office, and then he might not be able to ensure the safety of the county, and finally left angrily.

The news naturally spread quickly from Zeng Rongchu's place, and all the bigwigs in Weng'an who heard the news scolded Zeng Rongchu one after another, and then one by one they were even more indignant and said that they would not pay if they didn't hand it over.

The contradictions intensified in an instant.

In the three days that Chen Lijun gave, although these bigwigs scolded one by one, they still held meetings with each other to discuss countermeasures.

It is obviously impossible not to pay, 3,000 people gathered outside the city, if you don't pay it, it is the army, and the army can do everything for it. If they just have to pay the salary, they can't show up so willingly, so the last money, of course, is apportioned to the heads of various merchants and ordinary people.

Weng'an Street.

"Shopkeeper Xu, our boss said that the protection fee will be increased by three times this month, you better prepare the money and pay it obediently within two days, otherwise, you know!"

In front of a rice shop, a man viciously conveyed the news sent from above to the shopkeeper in the shop.

"Three, three times, why are there so many, didn't we just pay the protection fee two days ago?" Sure enough, as soon as this kind of news came, the face of the shopkeeper of the rice shop quickly changed.

"Three times is three times, don't you see the three thousand soldiers outside the city? It was sent by the governor to suppress the bandits for us, and they came to suppress the bandits for us, and it was impossible for them to use their own food, so as a part of Weng'an, we only raised the three times the protection fee for the county commander! The gangsters advertised loudly, and all the shopkeepers who heard his words turned bitter and complained.

Suppress bandits, suppress bandits, every time they suppress bandits, it's just those bigwigs looking for an opportunity to extort money from them!

But what else can they do, in order to live, pay the bills!

"Which gang is this guy from?" On the side, Chen Lijun looked at the arrogant gangster, frowned, and couldn't help but ask the people around him.

"Back to the young master, this territory is the territory of Hongyingtang, and those people are Hongyingtang's." Someone next to him immediately replied.

"Hongyingtang?" Chen Lijun stared at the group of arrogant gangsters and remembered the three words of Hongyingtang.

Three days passed.

"Is that all?"

Chen Lijun looked at the food and salary that Zeng Rongchu carried out, and his face sank.

Zeng Rongchu's expression was also embarrassed, and he said, "Officer Chen, being able to take out so much is already the limit of our Weng'an. ”

In the hall of the county government, there were at least thousands of taels of silver, but Chen Lijun was very dissatisfied. Of course, he is not the kind of black-hearted chief who takes the opportunity to embezzle food and wages, but this amount of money is really too little. According to the estimation of the eldest cousin, this time those gangs continued to collect money under the guise of suppressing bandits, and collected at least one or two thousand taels of silver from the merchants in the city, but now, there are only a few thousand taels in front of him, isn't this fooling him and making fun of him?

"What about weapons?"

Chen Lijun suppressed his anger and did not send it out.

"The weapons are in the arsenal, we have already counted them, there are a total of one hundred and twenty foreign guns, and a cannon." Zeng Rongchu breathed a sigh of relief and led Chen Lijun to the arsenal.

Although the bandits around are well equipped, they are still not as regular as the official cannons and guns, and in the county arsenal, Chen Lijun finally showed a satisfied smile on his face when he looked at so many guns and a Krupp cannon.

Before, he was worried that if he went to suppress the bandits, there were machine guns among the bandits, but now, if there was a cannon in the county office, then he would not be afraid.

Of course, Chen Lijun didn't say a word, and asked someone to equip their security regiment with weapons.

Although this group of security guards has no experience in shooting, isn't there a first time for everything, and they are used to it when they are open.

And equipped with cannons and spears, Chen Lijun was barely relieved.

In a house in Weng'an, there is a big man sitting at this time.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the army outside the city has now obtained the weapons in the county government and has been equipped, and looking at the appearance of the leader of the new army, I am afraid that it will soon be against us. What are you going to do this time? ”

During the day, Chen Lijun and the others went out of the city with so many weapons and equipment, and finally made the big guys in the city unable to sit still.

If Wang Dezhi and one of them were here, they could see that all the bigwigs of Weng'an had gathered in this room, sitting opposite each other in three directions, and the three bandits of Weng'an, Lin Hongying, Zhou Mingjie, and Yang Zongda were actually present. And looking around, the leaders of the large and small gangs in the city also arrived, but none of the people from the Wang family arrived.

The power of Weng'an is complicated, and it affects the whole body, seeing that outsiders come to Weng'an, it seems that the people here can put aside their prejudices, and they can actually sit together to discuss.

"Do it?" As soon as Lin Hongying spoke, another bandit leader, Zhou Mingjie, said disdainfully: "What if you are equipped with weapons?" Didn't you see the soldiers sent by the imperial court? All of them are still baby-faced, I think this group of people is fake, and that Chen Lijun's excuse to enrich his own pockets is true. ”

"Yes, isn't it just a kid with all the hair, Lao Lin, you still have a meeting? Every time the imperial court cracks down on bandits, isn't there a loud thunder and a small raindrop? Another bandit, Yang Zongda, also nodded, disapproving against the bandits: "I think it's just these days, as long as that kid dares to do it, I'll let him taste it, our horse gang is amazing!" Let that kid go back to his parents' house and nurse in his mother-in-law's bad! ”

To tell the truth, although Chen Lijun came to suppress the bandits, it was Yang Zongda, Zhou Mingjie, and Lin Hongying who were the three bandit groups, and they were all announced. To be honest, Zhou Mingjie and Yang Zongda, the two bandit leaders, didn't take Chen Lijun in their eyes at all.

Their bandit den not only occupies favorable terrain, but also has excellent weapons and equipment, and the imperial court has not sent troops to suppress it in the past, but that time it was not a fart and urine beaten by them.

So for a newcomer Chen Lijun, to be honest, they didn't look at it at all.

Lin Hongying looked at the disapproving attitude of the two bigwigs, and couldn't help frowning, worried: "But this time they are different, there is a Wang family who should cooperate with the outside world, I'm afraid we may really suffer a big disaster this time." ”

"The Wang family!" When it came to the Wang family, Zhou Mingjie and Yang Zongda's faces turned cold: "This is something that eats inside and outside, when this limelight passes, if his Wang family is still in Weng'an, I, Yang Zongda, will cut off my head and let everyone drink as a wine glass!" ”

"Yes, Wang Youzhi's old bastard, he has lived for half his life, and this time he actually dared to hit our attention, I think this time the court cracked down on bandits is fake, then Wang Youzhi clearly wants to use the army to expand his family's territory in Weng'an, I have heard, the leader of the army is his nephew!" Zhou Mingjie's face was also angry!

This time, the Wang family was outraged, so no one in their family was notified of this kind of meeting.

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