After the Manchu rulers stole China, in order to leave a way back for future generations, in the name of protecting the land of Longxing, they took measures to ban the northeast, built the famous wicker edge, and closed millions of square kilometers of fertile fields to the Han people from exploiting.

This policy began with Huang Taiji and lasted until the end of the Qing Dynasty, resulting in a terrible situation in which the northeast region was fertile and vast, but the population was empty. Tsarist Russia took advantage of the weakness to enter the Outer Northeast, extending the bear's claws to the Northeast, and even the Koreans crossed the Yalu River into the Northeast to extensively reclaim.

The crisis in the Manchu frontier became more and more serious, and the population of the northeast began to increase significantly, but the lost territory was irretrievable.

This was the sin of Manchu rule, and the Manchu nobility did not consider themselves part of the country in their bones, and they were far more wary of millions of Han Chinese than foreign troubles. Those emperors who were wise and martial in the pigtail drama were actually a group of despicable people, who defended the interests of one family and one surname everywhere, put 40,000 compatriots in the position of slaves, and regarded thousands of miles of rivers and mountains as private property.

It is precisely for this reason that they can cede the Outer Northeast, they can not care about the Northwest, or they can give up Taiwan, although this is also cutting meat on them, but compared to the original Guanwai Land, as long as they continue to occupy the Central Plains, they have already made a lot of money.

This kind of stubborn mentality is the reason for the Manchu Dynasty's stubborn rejection of any innovation, although the Manchu Qing has been overthrown, but the legacy is still there, in the case of the three eastern provinces, because the resettlement development was too late, the various administrative structures are almost non-existent, and the government is extremely weak.

The government and ** are like a pair of twins and half, one and the other are growing and growing with each other, the government is shili weak, and the green forest ** is rampant, so there are beards everywhere in the northeast, there are no rules here, only fists, whoever has the big fist has the final say.

Another characteristic of the beard in the Northeast is that there are no professional bandits, most of the bandits are part-time, and they cannot support themselves by robbery alone. They also cultivated the land and even ran businesses, and when they were short of money in their pockets, they would go around robbing merchants and large families with guns on horseback.

Of course, there are also risks in this, those big families have organized insurance teams, and the bandits will kick to the iron plate if they don't do well, but they will be beaten by the big insurance team and bruised and swollen, and these insurance teams will in turn become bandits, to rob beards, as the so-called thieves eat thieves, the more they eat, the fatter they are.

Zhang Zuolin was under the banner of the insurance team when he got into trouble, he was recruited to become a regular army, and there are countless small Zhang Zuolin in the local area, still continuing this tradition, of course, the bandits of large stocks are gone, but the strong insurance teams in various places are still widespread.

In fact, they don't do it for a long time, and the way to get money is to set up checkpoints, and the merchants who come and go have to pay honestly, which is the case with the Gao family of the birch bark factory who seized the grain truck. However, their family is more arrogant, mainly because the old lady Gao has a good son and is a big official in the provincial capital, so no one dares to touch this moldy head.

However, the Gao family also encountered unbelievers, since Zhang Tinglan began to support Liu Shucheng, a large number of soldiers were directly transferred from the 27th Division to provide protection for the caravan, and they didn't care about the old checkpoints at all. People mixed up from their beards, and now they are in the army, where do they care about these small things in the local area, the Gao family also knows that the people in the army can't be provoked, so they can only watch.

As the scale of commerce grows larger and larger, more and more goods are transported, more than a dozen, dozens of carriages full of goods pass under the noses of the Gao family, the Gao family sees the direct drool, according to the usual rules, how can this car of goods be handed over to them a few oceans.

Counting this time alone, at least thousands of oceans have slipped away from their hands, which is not a small amount of money, and the Gao family finally can't stand the temptation of huge profits, especially in the recent period when the army is no longer escorted, they feel that the time has finally come.

On this day, more than 20 grain trucks passed through the birch bark factory again, and after the Gao family found out in advance, they sent hundreds of thugs to intercept the grain wagon at once, and they also put a person in charge, and asked him to go to Fengtian to inform him that if he wanted to get the grain cart back, he had to pay money, and this was the rule in the future.

Of course, the Gao family also knew that the other party Shili was not weak, so he also said very openly that as long as half of the toll was paid by others, he thought that the other party would agree. How did he know that when the matter reached Zhang Tinglan's ears, he immediately became angry, not to mention asking for half, even Zhang Tinglan would not give it to him.

For this kind of place, Shili Zhang Tinglan is extremely disgusting, relying on power and bullying the township, and the social order is corrupted by them. And it is precisely because of the existence of these local tyrants that the government's liliang cannot go to the bottom, which seriously affects the government's ability to mobilize.

As a modern country, it must have strong administrative management capabilities, and it is necessary to extend its tentacles to every corner, so these local heroes must be eliminated, the situation in Fengtian has been very clear, Zhang Xiluan will get out of the way sooner or later, and it is also the trend of the times for Lao Zhang to take over Fengtian, even Yuan Shikai may not be able to stop it.

At this point, the entire Feng army must have the consciousness of changing from a military liliang to a political liliang, and the contradictions between the local heroes and the powerful are also inescapable. Besides, the Gao family also has a good son in charge of finance, which is undoubtedly an important position in the eyes of others, but in Zhang Tinglan's view, this is a piece of fat, and only by getting the finance in hand can Zhang Xiluan be completely emptied.

Therefore, after Zhang Tinglan got the news, he was ready to take strong measures to kill chickens and monkeys and deter Xiaoxiao. He told Zhang Zuolin the news and his thoughts, Lao Zhang also supported him strongly, Gao Ming and Lao Zhang also had many disagreements, he was promoted by Zhang Xiluan. Although he didn't dare to go against Lao Zhang Ming's writings, he usually caused small troubles and deliberately delayed the military salary.

Lao Zhang has long seen that he is not pleasing to the eye, when he saw that his family dared to rob the grain cart, this is definitely a good opportunity to take him, Lao Zhang is a person who is good at seizing opportunities, just a few days ago, the six gentlemen headed by Yang Du set up a preparatory security association and began to advocate the monarchical constitutional system.

Public opinion changed the direction of the wind in an instant, which made the shrewd Zhang Zuolin keenly feel that it seemed that a drastic change was coming, Lao Zhang didn't want to miss the opportunity, so he also accelerated the pace of fighting for power and profit.

Zhang Zuolin immediately ordered Zhang Tinglan to deal with it with full authority, and Zhang Tinglan also immediately launched an operation, drawing out three hundred of the most elite liliang from the armed police corps, which he personally led and Sun Anhu also accompanied.

In addition, Zhang Tinglan's two little tails, Zhang Xueliang and Zhang Tingshu, also accompanied him, since Zhang Xueliang became the deputy captain of the armed police corps, he has been mixed with this group of Qiu Ba every day, riding horses and shooting guns. Now as soon as he heard that he was going to exterminate the Gao family, Zhang Xueliang suddenly became enthusiastic and said that he would follow everything.

"Brother Tinglan, I'm not a child anymore, the last time we arrested the North Koreans, didn't I go with me, don't worry, I will definitely show my skills."

"And me, and me, I can't lag behind, sixth brother, let's just settle the old Gao family!"

Zhang Tinglan directly grabbed the horsewhip and smashed it on the head of the second brother Zhang Tingshu: "I tell you two, don't treat the old Gao family as a face, they are the heroes who dominate the place, and there are hundreds of thugs under them, but they are not comparable to those North Koreans, I tell you two to follow, but you are only allowed to watch from afar, otherwise you will go back to Fengtian now." ”

"Big young master, that's right, not only the young master and the second young master, but even you stay behind and watch it honestly." Sun Anhu said: "I asked the person who ran out of the Gao family, and he said that the birch bark factory controlled by the Gao family is like a small castle, with a wall more than a battle high outside, and there is a moat outside the wall, and the Gao family's compound is even more solid, and it is only stronger than Shengyun's villa. ”

Zhang Tinglan also nodded secretly after listening to the introduction, these people definitely have the potential to be turtles, how can they be keen to spend their minds on the nest.

"Uncle Anhu, the more difficult it is to deal with, the better the effect of deterrence, although our armed police corps is in the name of the police, but we must also use the standards of the army to demand ourselves, this is our first official battle, we must be simply beautiful, quickly win the Gao family, and let other people who want to fight our ideas think about it, if you are not afraid of death, just hit the muzzle!"

Equipped with a large number of horses, the troops moved quickly, and when night just fell, they came to the outskirts of the birch bark factory, and in the distance they saw only a foggy place, many houses, and the town was still very prosperous.

Sun Anhu immediately commanded his subordinates to surround the town, and at this time, a team of people came out of the town, all with torches, and they were not afraid in the face of the soldiers with loaded guns, and the leader was a middle-aged man in his thirties, who seemed to want to negotiate.

As soon as he came out, he shouted loudly: "All the bosses have worked hard, don't shoot, we are all a family, my brother Gao Ming is also on an errand in Fengtian, everyone is actually their own people." ”

Saying that, this guy rode a horse and stabbed in front of Zhang Tinglan and Sun Anhu, and smiled at them: "My brother, you don't have to be so excited, as long as a note comes, we will immediately put the grain cart, and we will never lose a grain of grain, and I Gao An will guarantee the peach blossom luck for the rest of my life." ”

"Hmph, if you can let go so easily, why rob the grain truck."

Gao An narrowed his triangular eyes slightly, and said: "This boss, you inquire, our Gao family has always been friends, but you are too unruly, since your convoy has repeatedly passed through the birch bark factory, the toll has never been paid." Others have also done the same, and they don't pay it, don't you let us drink the northwest wind in hundreds of mouths! ”

Gao An seemed to have been wronged, and said: "We want to invite you here this time, let's talk about the rules that everyone can get by, what do you think?" ”

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