In front of the gate of the Red Makan Cottage.

When everyone saw that Ren Zhanbiao had unexpectedly killed Wang Shubao, the owner of the village, they dragged out the guy one after another, wanting to avenge the owner of the village.

"Wait, brothers, listen to me." Ren Zhanbiao said.

"Ren Zhanbiao, the lord of the village treats you politely, but you kill him, what is the reason?" Sun Baojin said, "What else do you have to say?" ”

"Everyone, this Wang Shubao respects me on the surface, but in fact, he is secretly evil, jealous and jealous, and can't tolerate me, I sincerely came to join the gang, but he deliberately made things difficult for me, humiliated me, and had no choice but to kill him," Ren Zhanbiao said, "As far as I know, this person is a drunken man, who only knows how to covet personal enjoyment, but does not care about everyone's life or death, and I ask you, has he been in arrears for several months?" ”

"It's been six months since I paid my money." Someone in the crowd replied.

"Like this kind of people, they only care about themselves, regardless of everyone's life or death, everyone follows him, and sooner or later they will be killed by him," Ren Zhanbiao said, "I propose that Instructor Ma Longtan be the master of the village and take everyone to do it together." ”

"You have killed our big village master now, what qualifications do you have to propose who will be the village master?" Sun Baojin said.

"Then you want to test whether my knife is fast or not?" Ren Zhanbiao put the big knife horizontally.

"Brothers, what Ren Zhanbiao said is not unreasonable, if we continue to follow Wang Shubao like this, we will die sooner or later, and the matter has come to this point, I don't think we all have to fight to the death for this dead person," Ma Longtan hurriedly stopped and said, "However, I will never sit in the position of the master of the village, I have long been disheartened, and I don't have the energy to worry about this." ”

"Instructor Ma has a point, everyone put away the guys and don't fight anymore." The one-eyed dragon Xiahou said.

When the two of them heard this, they put away their weapons.

"The country can't be without a king for a day, the cottage can't be without an owner for a day, Ren Zhanbiao has excellent martial arts, a bold temperament, a decisive killing, and a lot of strategy, I think I'll recommend him to be our big village master." Ma Longtan proposed.

Ma Longtan's words are in the heart of Ren Zhanbiao.

"I agree." The one-eyed dragon also said.

Ren Zhanbiao pretended to excuse himself, and then said: "Thank you for the love of Instructor Ma and the leader of Xiahou, if I join the Red Makan, I will immediately distribute all the money owed to you by the cottage, and it will be doubled." ”

"Is that true?" Someone asked.

"That's natural, not only that, from now on, I promise to let everyone's pockets bulge quickly, develop and grow our cottage, and take everyone to a good future."

When everyone hears that they have money, they will double it, who will they do it with, and who will they not eat?

What's more, who can fight this occupancy? They were all silent.

"Congratulations to the master of the village, congratulations to the master of the village!" Ma Longtan and Xiahou Zhong took the lead in shouting, and this occupant can be regarded as sitting firmly in the top spot of this red Makan.

The next day, Ren Zhanbiao retrieved the money he had taken from the money devil before, and distributed double the amount of money owed to everyone.

Everyone got the money, and they were even more happy, who still wanted to avenge the dead Wang Shubao?

With money, Ren Zhanbiao sent Xiahou Zhong to be responsible for recruiting troops and horses, and on the other hand, let Ma Longtan be responsible for training recruits as the chief instructor.

He, Sun Baojin and others were responsible for cracking down on the local landlords' old wealth and wantonly collecting money, and there were not a few rich people in Pingquan Mansion.

In just a few months, Hongmakan has grown from more than 100 people to more than 1,000 people at once, and has become a big col that can be compared with Qingfeng Village and Heiyun Village.

On this day, Ren Zhanbiao was in good spirits, and he held a meeting with everyone in high spirits, saying: "Brothers, how is it, is your pocket a lot bulging now than before?" ”

"The master of the village is wise!" The crowd said.

Ren Zhanbiao laughed and said: "However, although we have a lot of people now, but our equipment is not good, I heard that Qingfeng Village has reached an agreement with Tsarist Russia, providing them with a large number of weapons and equipment, pistols, spears, machine guns, and even cannons, and we are far worse than them, what are your best plans?" ”

"People have big backers, how can we compare with others?" Xia Houzhong said, "We can only use money to buy equipment, and these things are particularly expensive, in other words, even if we have money, these new equipment is not easy to buy, and people do not sell it, we can only buy some inferior home-made weapons and equipment." ”

"You're right, this is the case," Ren Zhanbiao said, "In our business, if there is no easy guy, then you can only be bullied by others, and sooner or later you will be destroyed by others." ”

"Master Dazhai, since this is the case, what do you say should I do about this?" Sun Baojin asked.

"In my opinion, Qingfeng Village has found Tsarist Russia as a backer, and we must also find a big backer." Ren Zhanbiao said.

"Lord Dazhai, what do you mean, we will also go to Tsarist Russia as a backer?" Xiahou asked.

"No, you think, Tsarist Russia has reached an agreement with Qingfengzhai, if at this time, we go to cooperate with Tsarist Russia, then, they will definitely raise the price, will list all kinds of harsh conditions, force us to accept, when the time comes, we will not advance, retreat, dilemma, it is not good for us." Ren Zhanbiao analyzed.

"What the lord of the village said is extremely true." Xia Houzhong said.

"Therefore, I think we need to look for backers, but not Tsarist Russia." Ren Zhanbiao said.

"Who's that for?" Xiahou asked.

"Find a Japanese friend." Ren Zhanbiao said.

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was quite surprised and talked about it.

"I object to this matter," Ma Longtan immediately stood up and said, "When I was an official in the imperial court, I had dealt with the Japanese side, and their calculations were very fine, if you take a benefit from them, they will definitely ask you for a very reward, and they will never make a loss-making transaction, not to mention that we are almost equipped, and we can also think of other ways to make up for it, which can be described as a delicate disease, and once it is related to the Japanese side, it is a problem for the henchmen, don't forget, the First Sino-Japanese War, we have just been defeated, and the national righteousness cannot be ignored." ”

"What Instructor Ma said is very true, and I also think that it is very inappropriate to cooperate with the Japanese side." Sun Baojin said.

"I don't think it has anything to do with it, we just cooperate in business sales, we pay money, they provide arms and equipment, what does it have to do with the general interests of the nation?" Xiahou Zhong said, "I agree with the suggestion of the master of Dazhai. ”

"What do you know," Ma Longtan said, "once you get involved with them, you can't get rid of them if you want to, it's as simple as you think!" ”

"If we don't cooperate with our Japanese friends, we may be wiped out by the government, Mongolian bandits or other colts at any time, and the situation is very unfavorable to us," Ren Zhanbiao said, "In order to survive, we can only look at the present, and we can't care about so much, Xiahouzhong!" ”

"Here, what does the lord of the village command?"

"It's up to you to take care of it, and you go and talk to them." Ren Zhanbiao said.

"Yes, Lord Dazhai, I promise to complete the task." Xia Houzhong said.

Seeing that he didn't listen to his advice, Ma Longtan flicked his sleeves and turned to leave.

After going back and forth in Xiahou and bargaining, he finally reached an agreement with the Japanese military stationed in Mukden, which roughly means that the Japanese side will provide Hongmakan with all kinds of weapons and equipment needed, and require Ren Zhanbiao to unify all the surrounding colts in the shortest possible time, including Zhong'anbao, Tianjiazhai, Chenjiayu Security Force, Heiyun Village, Qingfeng Village, etc., and require them to fully obey the command and call of the Japanese military police and serve them.

"Ren Zhanbiao, do you know what you're doing?" On this day, after Ma Longtan learned the news, he came to Ren Zhanbiao, "We originally elected you to be the master of the village in the hope that you can take the brothers to have food, clothing, protect the local people, and lead everyone to do a career, and now you have signed this agreement with the Japanese side, you are tantamount to a traitor, a traitor, a lackey, do you know?" ”

"Presumptuous! Bold!" When Ren Zhanbiao heard this, he couldn't help but bump into the fire, "Ma Longtan, please pay attention to your words, don't forget your identity, who are you talking to, yes, I was able to sit in the position of the owner of the village at the beginning, thanks to your great help, but, you look at what kind of situation the brothers were like before, what is the scene now, our scale is now more than ten times that of before, I have not treated the brothers badly, I have not disappointed everyone, I have given you a sum of money, I have thanked you, Everything I do now is for the cottage. ”

"Anyway, you can't be a gunman for a Japanese friend." Ma Longtan said.

"I naturally understand this truth, we just take what we need, we first get weapons and equipment, and then we can strengthen ourselves. In today's situation, you know better than me, without strength, you can only be slaughtered by others. Ren Zhanbiao said, "As for what happens in the end, we'll talk about it then." ”

"I'm afraid I won't be able to do it for you then." Ma Longtan said.

"Don't worry, I'm in control." Ren Zhanbiao said.

Ren Zhanbiao insisted on doing this, and Ma Longtan couldn't help it.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the Japanese side to send the equipment to Hongmakan, including 500 pistols, 50,000 bullets, 1,000 long guns, 100,000 bullets, 10 mountain cannons, and 200 shells.

Persimmon first pick the soft pinch, they have successively won over and bought the drill dragon Hu Yuanqing, the gopher Jiang Sihai, the Siberian tiger Jia Daya and a few other small cols, the progress is very smooth, the result is that when it was the turn of Jin Xiangyang in Zhong'an Fort, Xiahou Zhong ran back and forth three times, Jin Xiangyang is dead and can't open the face, oil and salt can't enter, no matter what he says, Jin Xiangyang is not willing to surrender to Red Makan, and he is even more unwilling to accept the command and call of Red Makan.

When Ren Zhanbiao heard this, the fire hit upward, mobilized men and horses, pulled cannons, bombarded Zhong'an Fort, and captured Jin Xiangyang alive.