"Okay, what do you do, you are worthy of being a senior in the business world, with a mind and a bearing." Wang Zhenyu naturally tried his best to elevate the businessman in front of Chen Hongji, but he was thinking in his stomach that the fortune teller that Zhang Jichang and Zhu Zhida met would not be the same person. It's really bad to fool people into scattering their wealth. But Wang Zhenyu also got a conclusion from Chen Hongji's dictation, if he wants to develop in this era, the first step is to have his own territory, and now Xiangxi is the first territory he selected, the location of this place is not good, the north is against Hubei, the Beiyang Army can come down from Changde at any time, the south is facing Shen Hongying in Guangxi, the west is connected with the ambitious Yunnan and Guizhou army, and the east is the provincial capital Shili, if it is not for the fact that the mountains here are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and they are too weak due to their own shili, Wang Zhenyu would not choose to enter Xiangxi anyway, in his opinion, the densely populated Shaoyang is better than Xiangxi, but now it seems that Xiangxi is a treasure land, actually.

Wang Zhenyu and Chen Hongji chatted very speculatively, and the topic gradually dived into depth.

"Mr. Chen, hehe, Wang invited you here today, but I still have a favor for you to help!"

"How dare you, how dare you, General Wang has something to do, but please instruct, the students will definitely do it!"

"Actually, it's not a big deal, now that the Qing Emperor has abdicated, the north and the south are republican, but the major businesses in this Jingzhou Mansion are all armed with weapons, which is okay for this general, but it is very inappropriate for this place to appease."

Chen Hongji is an old man, how can he not understand the thoughts of the young general in front of him, that is, he hopes that the merchant will call out the arms in his hands. Successive governors of Jingzhou have this intention, but they have all succeeded.

He thought about it, and still replied truthfully: "This is natural, but General Wang, do you know, in the past ten years, the security around the entire Jingzhou Mansion has been very bad, bandits are rampant, how dare we go on the road without a guy who runs the business?" In addition, in these four counties, wild wolves, wild boars, leopards, and tigers are infested. If you are unarmed, I am afraid it is very dangerous! ”

Wang Zhenyu had long known that Chen Hongji would say this, and he smiled: "Understand, understand." But illegal possession of weapons is by no means a long-term solution, Mr. Chen, how about you listen to Wang's idea before making a decision? ”

"I hope that the general will give me advice."

"A chamber of commerce was established in Jingzhou, with Mr. Chen as the president, and all merchants were armed and unified into the chamber of commerce. Wang promised to eliminate bandits in the territory within half a year, and provide protection for the merchants, and Wang would organize people to hunt wild beasts to reduce their harm to humans and animals. Half a year later, if what Wang said is true, and the Chamber of Commerce is armed and returned to the state capital, what about it? ”

Chen Hongji was a little unconvinced, and couldn't help but hesitate.

"President Chen, this is my Zuihou condition, there is one thing I think everyone needs to understand, I will use my power to protect your business prosperity, but I will definitely not allow the existence of a second armed Liliang within my Shili range."

Seeing that Chen Hongji was still hesitating, obviously still haggling, Wang Zhenyu simply stood up and directly interrupted his unrealistic fantasy, what kind of joke, how could he allow others to snore on the side of the couch. Lao Tzu is not Jiao Dafeng, if you really want to have force, Lao Tzu may be killed that day.

Although the weather in April was refreshing, Wang Zhenyu's strength still made Chen Hongji, who considered himself well-informed, break out in a cold sweat: "Naturally, naturally, it is according to what you say." ”

Three days later, Chen Hongji took the lead, and the Jingzhou Chamber of Commerce was established, with Chen Hongji as the president. Wang Zhenyu personally came to congratulate him, which was enough to save face.

He Jian infiltrated the Hongjiang area to continue collecting intelligence......

In the following days, the wild wolves that were rampaging in the western part of Jingzhou Prefecture (now Jingzhou County) were about to suffer a catastrophe. But now they don't know this, they still live happily here, and humans don't seem to be taken seriously by them anymore.

Operation Codename: Wolf Exterminator Jihua.

Wang Zhenyu specially approved 50,000 rounds of ammunition, and composed of the first battalion of Tao Zhiyue of the first regiment, Song Haomin's teaching team, Zhang Xuguang's spy company, and Tang Hairong's reconnaissance company, a wolf-exterminating assault brigade, with Wan Yaohuang as the commander-in-chief. A team of more than 900 people marched into the western part of Zhili Prefecture, the capital of Jingzhou, and began to carry out the brigade commander's extermination of wolves.

Before the assault brigade set off, Wang Zhenyu specially explained three points to this group of soldiers:

"First of all, this operation is not just an operation to exterminate wolves, but also an operation to establish friendly relations with the local people. Therefore, in the process of action, it is necessary to abide by discipline, be civilized and polite, respect the living habits of the local people, especially ethnic minorities, and sincerely help them, and obtain their recognition and support. Second, the first step of the action is to clear the trade routes and protect the villages, so we must pay attention to the protection and construction of the trade routes. The third point is that everyone should pay attention to their own safety, don't be beaten by wolves if they don't hit the wolf, and those who can come back will be rewarded with five yuan in the ocean, and those who die will have nothing to lose. ”

Everyone laughed when Zuihou said it......

Suddenly a strange Han Chinese army came to the mountains, although the guide who led the way repeatedly explained to the mountain people that these soldiers had come to help the group fight the wolves. But it still could not dispel the suspicions of the mountain people, who remained vigilant and vigilant against this strange Han Chinese army.

And these Han armies are also very strange, not robbing, not plundering. If the mountain people did not agree to let them go into the village for the night, they would set up simple tents on the side of the village and light a fire for the night. This made the mountain people very curious, and their perception was much better.

Of course, Wang Zhenyu didn't hope to distribute cool oil and earth dogs to his gang of big-headed soldiers, there are many mosquitoes and poisonous insects in this mountain, and there are many snakes; If there was no cool oil and earth dogs, it is estimated that these big-headed soldiers would have run back the next day full of bags, and some people with bad luck would have died of poison.

Wan Yaohuang, who served as the commander-in-chief, soon discovered that the wolves here were indeed a disaster.

On the first night of camping in the wilderness, all the officers and men were frightened by the sound of wolf barking one after another. Wan Yaohuang immediately decided that he would go into the village for the night the next day no matter what, otherwise he would not be able to live this day.

As a result, hundreds of wolves gathered in packs and walked around the village in broad daylight, which surprised people to see, which is too arrogant.

As the wolves grew in number, the soldiers went from a playful laugh to a serious and nervous ......

Many years later, at a symposium of veterans, when Wan Yaohuang and Li Zongren, as participants in this battle, recalled the wolf extermination operation, they both said in unison: "Don't underestimate the intelligence of animals." ”

When the soldiers killed a dozen wolves by roll call, shot after shot, the wolves became smarter. They chose to hide in the low bushes, keep a safe distance, and then look in the direction of the stockade with their green eyes. At the same time, the terrible wolf bark is used to transmit information to farther places, and farther away, there are also wolf howls sounding again, like a relay.

After the elder in the village heard the terrible wolf howl, his face changed greatly, and he immediately grabbed the guide to see Wan Yaohuang, and said in a dialect that he didn't understand at all: "You have provoked the wolf god, and countless wolves will attack this cottage soon, and you have brought disaster to the cottage." ”

Wolf God? Wan Yaohuang was stunned for a moment, and then listened to the guide continue to translate, saying that a few months ago there was a village because he offended the wolf god, and as a result, it was besieged by tens of thousands of wolves, and the village was destroyed and killed. Only a 6-year-old child survived from the more than 100 families in the village, and he escaped by luck because he hid in a rice tank.

Wan Yaohuang didn't frighten the elder's exaggerated performance, but was happy, what age is this, and the wolf god!

But after all, on other people's territory, Wan Yaohuang still didn't forget to thank the elder for his kind reminder. At the same time, he also accepted the fact that although it was rare for ten thousand wolves to come out together, it was not impossible, so he called the commanders of several combat units over to see how to defend the stockade.

By the way, Wan Yaohuang suddenly remembered one thing, what is the name of this village?

This question has not been answered until Zuihou, but this place has a very domineering name in the future, Wolf Slayer Mountain.

The military meeting was held in an open space in the stockade, and Tao Zhiyue, the commander of the first battalion, first raised a very worrying question: "These beasts are much more flexible than people, brave and fierce, but also very cunning. Therefore, whether it is machine gun fire or rifle fire, the lethal effect is very limited, especially at night, we are at a disadvantage. And I have carefully observed, although the stockade is surrounded by a wooden fence, but it is not reliable, and secondly, the wolf and the dog are relatives, and this fence prevents people from wishing to stop the wolf, I look at the hanging. ”

Wan Yaohuang was very satisfied that Tao Zhiyue could think about the problem in such detail, he nodded and said, "Battalion Commander Tao is right, so now gather everyone together and see if there is any way to solve these problems." You must not underestimate these wolves just because they are beasts, I just heard the elders of this village say that these wolves have broken through a village before, and more than 100 people have been killed by these little beasts. ”

Song Haomin, Li Zongren, Zhang Xuguang and others sighed on the spot, obviously this news was a bit beyond their cognition. By the way, by the way, I will insert a digression here, because of the merit of capturing Mei Xin alive, Li Zongren is now the deputy captain of the teaching team with the rank of captain.

On the contrary, Tang Hairong, who had a somewhat lazy personality, was not surprised at all, he crossed Erlang's legs and nodded: "I also heard when I was a child when I went hunting with my grandfather in the mountains, these little beasts are very smart, and many old hunters have their way, and it is really at night, but it is their world." By the way, Commander-in-Chief Wan, I just looked at the situation outside, and these wild wolves are likely to play night raids......"

After you say a word and I say a word, everyone really realizes that these wolves are likely to be more difficult to fight than people.

What to do? If it was a wolf, everyone would not even use a gun, and each person would be killed with a stick. But 10,000 wolves are obviously beyond the scope of everyone's common sense.

But it doesn't matter, none of them here are stupid, and they quickly came up with a whole bunch of solutions.