Chen Zikun was worthy of this trip, not only with the army review to make Feng Yuxiang eight worships friends, but also got a book called "Breaking the Edge of the Eight Blades", Feng Bu's sword skills are all derived from this, of course, compared to the 50,000 oceans of the effort, Chen Zikun seems to suffer a loss, but his intuition tells him that in this troubled world, he can get the friendship of powerful generals, which is much more valuable than getting 100,000 oceans.

The 5,000 bandits in the family were waiting to be fed, Chen Zikun did not dare to stay in the capital for a long time, and immediately embarked on the return journey, he had 230,000 cash in hand, exchanged for 100,000 yuan in cash, and the remaining 130,000 yuan, all of which were remitted to the account of Shanghai Chuntian Foreign Bank, and continued to buy guns, cannons and bullets.

Originally, Yao Yilei planned to live in the capital for a year and a half before leaving, but when she thought of this, she would give Chen Zikun to Jianbing, so she couldn't bear to say goodbye to Beijing's delicious snacks and embarked on the journey again, accompanied by Aunt Wang, she lived in the Ziguang Depot and had nothing to do, and she didn't worry about food or clothing, but she always had a pimple in her heart, and felt that she owed Chen Zikun, so she insisted on taking care of his daily life.

Still take the Jinpu line to Xuzhou, and then change to take a carriage to Jiangbei, Chen Zikun specially went around a circle, observed the terrain in a hurry, this road is mostly based on the plains, the difficulty of building the railway is not great, the railway is repaired at the same time, the telephone pole can also be planted, it will be convenient to shoot the telegram in the future, and the province has to run to the provincial capital to shoot the telegram if there is an emergency.

When passing through the tiger's mouth again, the situation was completely different from the last time, and there was no trace of the bandits, but instead of the officers and soldiers of the Seventh Mixed Brigade wearing five-colored star hats, they set up cards on the road to collect taxes, and the business travel was the same as before, and taxes were collected according to the number of goods and heads, and there were still monthly passes and discounts.

Chen Zikun was very puzzled, he didn't remember that he had given the order to set up a card to collect taxes at the mouth of the tiger, and after he wondered, he was furious, and the bandits turned into soldiers, and they still blocked the road and robbed, isn't this a change of soup and not a change of medicine.

When the soldiers saw the escort coming, they hurriedly raised the railing, saluted and let them go, Chen Zikun asked the guards to confiscate the guns of the soldiers at the checkpoint in front of the merchants, and smashed the checkpoint to pieces, solemnly announcing that they did not have to pay a penny after killing the tiger.

Merchants come and go, making a hard money, now Chen Zikun a word to avoid their business exploitation, naturally happy, those soldiers are very depressed, but Chen Zikun did not punish them, with the team and withdrawn to Nantai.

Under the Daqing Mountain, all over the wild machine, sorghum corn growth is gratifying, the most beautiful is the 500 acres of poppy fields, the red powder is brilliant, in Chen Zikun's eyes, these have all become colorful tickets and silver glittering ocean, but walking and walking found a piece of scorched earth, there are large poppy fields have been set on fire!

Chen Zikun was no longer in the mood to enjoy the scenery, so he went out for a few days and was messed up, setting up cards to collect taxes, setting fire to the fields, and the land under his rule was not very peaceful.

He hurried back to Nantai, quietly transported the box full of silver into the county warehouse and hid it, and heard that the escort envoy had returned, Yan Su came to the back house in a hurry, and dropped his hat and said: "I can't control these live bandits!" ”

Chen Zikun hurriedly asked him what was the matter, and Yan Su said: "In the month you have been gone, the proud soldiers of the first and second regiments have fought several times in groups, and they almost moved their guns. ”

"It's not a big deal to be a soldier in a group fight, and the chief of staff doesn't have to care." Chan said.

Yan Su said: "I'm talking from the light to the heavy, fighting in a group is the smallest thing, after the two regiment commanders carried out bullet pressure, beat a military stick, but also suppressed, another big thing is that the poppy field was set on fire, if it wasn't for Master Long's timely report, this time the loss would be big." ”

Chen Zikun said: "I saw it on the way here, who did this?" ”

"Who else can there be, over there in the south of the Yangtze River, let's recruit troops to buy horses and grow opium, the pressure on Sun Inspector is not small, there have been a lot of actions in the south recently, not only sent people to burn the opium fields, but also rebelled against a battalion commander of the second regiment, and threw 500 guns into Jiangnan overnight."

At this time, Chen Zikun couldn't sit still, jumped up and said, "What! Even people with guns ran away the fuck? How did the head of Gai Longquan be! What did Chen Shou do as the chief of military justice, and how did he deal with this matter? ”

Yan Su said: "The head of the Gai regiment took people to chase, but was blocked back by the provincial army, people have already prepared, the south side said out, clearly marked the price, a gun ten oceans, take a company to throw it over, just give it to the company commander, bring a battalion to the battalion commander, the guns are counted as money, the army below is unstable, rumors are spreading, if you don't come back, I'm afraid it will be more anti-water." ”

Chen Zikun said: "Damn, this trick is damaging enough, didn't I say it, when the opium is ripe, you will have money, and you can't even wait for these few months." ”

Yan Su said: "The bandits are originally short-sighted people, just look at the present, there is no need to deal with this kind of person, but the defection is Gai Longquan's sworn brother Lao Liu, if it is not handled properly, the army's morale is small, and the prestige of the protector envoy will not be compensated." ”

Chen Zikun understood the seriousness of the problem, and immediately ordered the officers above the company level of all departments to come to the meeting, and when he was waiting in the back hall, Sun Guizhi came over and said: "Protector envoy, there is a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not. ”

"Old villager, please speak." Although Chen Zikun is also a bandit, he is a small bandit after all, and he is far less experienced than Sun Guizhi's management.

Sun Guizhi said: "I've heard everything, just two sentences, the drum doesn't need to be beaten, and the rewards and punishments are clear!" Chen Zikun nodded deeply: "Thank you for your advice." ”

It didn't take much effort, the officers arrived, and they were arranged according to their ranks in the council hall, and the faces of the people in the first regiment were gloating, and the faces of the people in the second regiment were grim and silent, and they also knew that the trouble was quite big, and the head of the regiment could not escape from a charge of lax royal authority.

Chen Zikun and Yan Yuese said: "When I came back, I saw a team of brothers killing tigers to collect insurance premiums, I know that the brothers are having a hard time, and they want to get some money to fight tooth sacrifices, this is my fault, the brothers and my surname Chen eat food as soldiers, the fragrant and spicy ones are not stained, and the stick noodles are eaten a lot, and I will compensate the brothers here." ”

As he spoke, he got up from his seat and bowed to the crowd.

The officers looked at each other, not knowing what kind of medicine was being sold in the gourd of the Protector.

Chen Zikun said: "There is a battalion in the second regiment that went to the south, I don't think this thing is done properly, even if you have an opinion about my surname Chen, you can say hello and then leave, and without saying a word, hundreds of brothers ran away with the guys, he was promoted and made a fortune, but when the brothers got to the south, would they have a good life?" ”

There was silence for a while, the provincial army drank the blood of soldiers and ate empty salaries, and the treatment of soldiers was not as good as that of the 7th Mixed Brigade.

Chen Zikun said: "If you can't control the soldiers under your command, the chief officer must be fully responsible, the director of military justice!" ”

"Yes!" Chen Shou responded murderously, glanced at Gai Longquan, and said in his heart that your kid is going to be unlucky.

Gai Longquan was indignant, and the sixth child pulled up the team and ran away without making a sound, making him unable to get off the stage, but the military law dealt with his own words, and he was unwilling to be punished, the sky was going to rain, and the mother wanted to get married, and the sixth child was willing to go, and no one could stop him.

The officers of the second regiment were also indignant, they were recruited only because of Gai Longquan's face, and Chen Zikun had no feelings, if the surname Chen wanted to take the boss of Gai to open the knife, they were the first to refuse, the gun was in their own hands, afraid of Mao, and it was a big deal to scatter.

The atmosphere became tense, and the officers of the first and second regiments were eyeing each other, looking at each other, and they had the intention of starting a fight if they did not agree with each other.

Chen Zikun coughed dryly and said: "The brothers have been bewitched by traitors, this matter blames me, if the military salary is paid in time, others will not have a chance to take advantage of it, as a military envoy and brigade commander, I Chen Zikun has an unshirkable responsibility, Chen Shou, prepare a stick!" ”

Chen Shou was surprised: "Protector envoy? ”

Chen Zikun pulled a stool and lay on it: "Don't talk nonsense, let's fight." ”

The two soldiers of the Judge Advocate General's Office hesitated with water and fire sticks, how dare they hit him.

Chen Zikun shouted angrily: "Fight! Whoever does not do it, military law is engaged. ”

The two soldiers glanced at each other, and then looked at Chen Shou, the chief of the military justice department gritted his teeth and nodded, and the two soldiers raised their sticks, which naturally rose high and fell gently.

"Damn, I'm not full, like a girl, hit hard!"

The two soldiers wept and mourned, and their hands trembling with their sticks, and they couldn't fight anymore.

"I'm coming!" Chen Shou snatched the stick and hit it hard, the stick and the flesh made a loud sound in close contact, Chen Zikun immediately oozed beads of sweat on his head, and shouted: "Good fight!" ”

There was silence in the council hall, the officers were silent, no one had the idea of getting angry, Gai Longquan felt that his face was extremely hot, obviously his own family made a mistake, but the military envoy was charged, and he punished himself in public.

After the beating of the twentieth military stick, Chen Shou threw the stick and knelt down with a plop: "Protector Envoy, as the chief of military justice, I failed to perform my duties, and I should be punished!" ”

Chen Zikun sizzled the cold air, stood up and said: "It's good that you know, but I won't beat you, I will give you a chance to make meritorious contributions, whoever abducted Lao Tzu's troops, you will bring him back, I will ask him face to face, what Lao Tzu is sorry for him." ”

Chen Shou stood up and snapped a salute: "Obey!" ”

"Wait." Gai Longquan spoke.

"What advice does the second head have?" Chen Shou hugged his arms and squinted at Gai Longquan.

Gai Longquan said: "The sixth abducted his brother and threw himself to the south, I can't escape the blame, the person is walking under my nose, I have the responsibility to get him back, the military envoy, this matter will not bother the director of the military justice department, I Gai Longquan will bear it." ”

Chen Zikun said: "Okay, this matter will be handed over to the second regiment commander." ”

……

One night later, the next morning, Gai Longquan tied up a bloody man and stood at the door of the Protector Embassy Office.