Chapter 15 Occupy the city as king
readx;? Wang Haitao had just stood in the barracks for a while, and Tang Renli and Long Zai came behind him together, Tang Renli was holding a wooden box with ten gold bars in his hand. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Long Tsai carried an old-fashioned briefcase in his hand, and inside was a letter of 100 yuan. Wang Haitao asked Long Zai: "Long Zai, are you tired?" Long Zai smiled and said, "Not tired, brother-in-law." Wang Haitao continued: "Okay, go out with me." After speaking, he took the wooden box from Tang Renli's hand and walked outside the camp gate.
Wang Haitao took the two of them out of the barracks and came to the street. In the early morning of the ancient city, the air is unique moist and fresh, and the early morning sun shines through the gaps in the clouds and shines on the streets of the ancient city, tending to catch up with the thin layer of winter fog in winter. A little bit of sunlight can't make people feel warm, but it makes people feel very comfortable.
There are already pedestrians on the streets, and what happened in the city last night has not affected the lives of ordinary people, and the early risers are still running for their livelihoods, not knowing what has happened in this ancient city, and what it will bring them. Wang Haitao walked naturally in the crowd with the dragon boy, most of the shops on the street have not yet opened, and only a few shops selling food and daily necessities are already open.
Wang Haitao and the others casually ate some breakfast in a shop selling snacks, and then came to the county government's relatively good small western-style building in the city. As soon as he arrived at the gate, Wang Haitao found that the guards at the gate had been replaced by soldiers from his own guard platoon, and it seemed that the city government had been occupied by the mountain leopard. After walking to the door, the two soldiers standing guard saw Wang Haitao and Long Tsai coming, first saluted, and then said, "Hello battalion commander." ”
Wang Haitao replied, "Is the mountain leopard inside?" The soldier replied, "Report to the battalion commander, our platoon commander is inside." Wang Haitao nodded, and walked directly into the three-story small western-style building with Long Zai. When the two arrived outside the county magistrate's office on the third floor, they saw a soldier standing guard at the door, and there was a faint snoring sound from inside the door. The soldier saluted Wang Haitao and was about to report, but was stopped by Wang Haitao. Wang Haitao and Long Zai pushed open the door and entered the office.
The slight sound of pushing the door woke the leopard up. When Wang Haitao and Long Tsai entered the room, the mountain leopard was already sitting on the sofa, and the shell gun in his hand was also aimed at the door. Wang Haitao was very satisfied with the vigilance of the mountain leopard, and when the mountain leopard saw that it was Wang Haitao and Long Zai who came in, he breathed a sigh of relief, put away the muzzle of the gun at the door, stood up and saluted, and then said: "Battalion commander, the third company commander, you are here." How's it going for you there?"
After Wang Haitao sat down, he first briefly talked to the mountain leopard, and then said: "What about you?" The mountain leopard replied: "Battalion commander, I am very smooth, the county government is on holiday for the New Year, and there are only two people who watch the gate in the entire government building, after we control it, the county government building is in our hands, and other places such as telegraph offices and post offices are similar, only one or two gatekeepers, after being controlled, the whole place is controlled." ”
Wang Haitao thought for a moment and said: "Don't withdraw the guards first, these places have to wait for my order, and I can only let them operate normally after I order them to be withdrawn." You send someone to show me the way, and I'm going to the county magistrate's house. The leopard promised to tell the guard at the door to bring one of the guards who had been guarded. After a while, a middle-aged man trembled and was escorted by the soldiers.
After Wang Haitao saw this person, he said: "Don't be afraid, I just want to ask you to take me to the Bai County Magistrate's house, and you will be free when you get to the Bai County Magistrate's house." The middle-aged man nodded vigorously, indicating that he was willing to lead the way. Wang Haitao took Long Zai and followed the man out of the county government building. The three of them walked on the street for half an hour and came to the door of a deep mansion compound, on which was hung a plaque with the word "Baifu" written on it. The man said, "This is the mansion of the white county magistrate. Then he went up and called for the door.
It took a long time for the door to open, and someone leaned out half of his body to look out of the door, and after seeing the man, he obviously knew him, and asked: "Liang San, come to call the door so early, is there anything wrong?" The man named Liang San glanced at Wang Haitao and said, "Someone is looking for County Magistrate Bai." Wang Haitao stepped forward at this time and said, "You go and talk to County Magistrate Bai, there is a person named Wang Haitao looking for him." The gatekeeper glanced at Wang Haitao and said, "You are waiting here." Then he closed the door and went inside.
Wang Haitao said to Liang San: "Is Liang San right? Thank you for leading the way, you can go." After speaking, he took out a piece of ocean and handed it over. Liang San hurriedly took Dayang and thanked him repeatedly, then turned around and left. Wang Haitao and Long Zai waited outside the Baifu Gate. After half an hour, the gate of Baifu opened, and the person who originally opened the door said to Wang Haitao: "Mr. Wang, the county magistrate Bai is invited." After speaking, he led Wang Haitao to the door.
Ten minutes later, Wang Haitao and Long Zai followed this person to a living room, where County Magistrate Bai and Bai Zi'an were waiting in the living room. After seeing Wang Haitao and them come in, he politely got up and gave up his seat. After some cold noise, Wang Haitao got to the point, he first signaled Long Zai to take out the gold bars and the ocean, and then said: "County Magistrate Bai, the ten gold bars needed for the errand, Wang has prepared, these oceans are for Brother Wang's carriage and horses." When the younger brother first came here, he was really shy, and I hope that Brother Bai will not dislike it. ”
When Bai Zi'an saw the ten gold bars in the box, his eyes were already shining, and he said in a loud voice: "Brother Wang is polite, since the things have been prepared, I will run for Brother Wang, I believe that in less than ten days, there will be good news for Brother Wang." Wang Haitao saw Bai Zi'an say this, and said: "Then everything depends on Brother Bai's strong help." Don't hide it from Brother Bai, yesterday my brother was afraid that the news would leak out, so he ordered his subordinates to occupy the county government, the telegraph office, and the post and telecommunications bureau.
Bai Zi'an listened to Wang Haitao's words, his face turned pale at first, and then said: "Brother Wang ordered your subordinates to withdraw, Bai Mou will go and order everywhere not to spread rumors." Brother, you can just wait for news in the barracks, but Brother Wang still has to restrain his subordinates and not let his subordinates make trouble at will in Longzhou County. Wang Haitao replied: "Brother Bai just rest assured, the brother will restrain his subordinates and will not make trouble in Longzhou City." After saying that, he and Longzai said goodbye and left the White Mansion.
On the way back to the barracks, Long Zai asked Wang Haitao: "Brother-in-law, why are you so polite to that county magistrate Wang, we have occupied this county seat, and we are afraid that he will not become a county magistrate?" Wang Haitao looked at Long Zai and said: "Long Zai, we seem to occupy Longzhou County now, but the name is not right, and the words are not good." Now we are still bandits, and only through people like the county magistrate Bai can we get the recognition of the above, form an army of our own, and justifiably control the entire Longzhou county. After we have gained a foothold, we can no longer pay attention to people from the official government like the county magistrate. ”
Long Zai seemed to understand and agreed, this kind of intrigue in the officialdom, even Wang Haitao didn't dare to say that he was proficient, let alone a half-old child like Long Zai. Wang Haitao didn't explain anymore, and the two returned to the barracks like this. After Wang Haitao returned to the barracks, he first ordered all the guard platoons of the mountain leopards to withdraw to the barracks, and then ordered the soldiers in the barracks not to leave without reason. Then I found a room with Long Tsai to rest.
Over the next few days, Wang Haitao screened the captured officers and soldiers of the former security regiment. He shot and killed a few people who committed the most heinous crimes and were responsible for bloody crimes, leaving behind more than 400 soldiers who were in good health and quality in all aspects, ready to be recruited into the new security regiment. Only two platoon commanders were selected to stay, and the rest were also fired with some money and goods.
A few days later, in addition to the three hundred soldiers brought from the mountain, only four hundred and ten screened soldiers remained in the barracks. Wang Haitao completely mixed the more than 700 people into two battalions and a guard company, Tang Renli and Long Tsai were appointed as the two battalion commanders respectively, and Shan Leopard was also appointed as the commander of the guard company. The officers in each battalion were basically men brought from the mountains. After all this was done, a new round of training began in the barracks, led by the veterans brought from the mountain.
Eight days later, Bai Zi'an took two people to Wang Haitao's military camp, and Wang Haitao met with Bai Zi'an and his fellow people in the office of the regiment headquarters. After several people met, after being introduced by Bai Zi'an, Wang Haitao learned that one of the two people who came with Bai Zi'an was actually the head of the Chongzuo District Appeasement Office of the Guangxi Provincial Government, Bai Zi'an's cousin Bai Zimin. This person is interested in Wang Haitao and his people, and second, he came here to play some autumn breeze, so he took the opportunity of issuing a commission to come to Longzhou County to meet Wang Haitao.
Wang Haitao knew this well, and in order to justifiably get this opportunity to gain a foothold, he took out five gold bars and 500 pieces of the ocean, and only then did he get a letter of commission from the head of the Longzhou County Security Regiment stamped with the seal of the Guangxi Provincial Government. Both sides were happy for a while, and they had their own treats, banquets, and the like. At this point, Wang Haitao justifiably grasped Longzhou City in his hands and also had a foothold. This is where the change begins.
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