In the mountain city, it is simply difficult to offend the Pao Brothers, of course, Lu Xihua cannot go against the vast majority of ordinary people, so it is inevitable to get close to the Pao Brothers. Because after all, it was the Republic of China period, and it was the three major non-governmental gang organizations at that time, along with the Youth Gang and Hongmen. Once a secret organization of a small number of people in Shu Province during the Qing Dynasty, after the Xinhai Revolution, it quickly became an open organization in Shu Province that most adult males in Shu Province directly joined or indirectly controlled by it.

Brother Pao originated from the Book of Poetry, how can he say that he has no clothes, and he is in the same robe with his son. The core idea is to emphasize righteousness and emphasize friendship. Brother Pao organized to establish rudders in various parts of Bashu, and personnel can visit the dock first, and then the local Brother Pao will entertain food and accommodation. If you are bullied outside and show your identity as a brother in a robe, other local members must have money to contribute and make a strong contribution.

From the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the low-level laborers on the wharf gradually formed a pao brother organization to benefit from commercial profits and resist the government, and then people from all walks of life joined in, becoming a loose underworld organization.

Ordinary people in Shancheng, when it comes to Brother Pao, they will definitely think of that sentence - "Brother Pao's family, recognize pornography and teaching, and never pull the band." "Recognizing pornography and recognizing religion means keeping promises and stressing rules; The uprightness and charlatan spirit in the character of the people of Shancheng are inseparable from the control of the Pao Brothers.

Lu Xihua carried a letter of introduction from Zhou Hexuan in his arms, and now Zhou Hexuan is a celebrity, Chang Kaishen and our party have a good impression of him, and often consult him on some domestic and foreign political affairs, so the officials of the two terms of military and political affairs in Shancheng have more or less given some face.

The current mountain city is not the mountain city of the Anti-Japanese War, until the third or seventh year, after the "Lugou Bridge Incident", Japan invaded China on a large scale, and approached Jinling, the situation was very critical at that time, and then the decision to move the national government to the mountain city was announced.

In three or five years, the population of the mountain city was only 300,000 people, and by the end of the Anti-Japanese War, it would soar to 2.7 million people, an eightfold increase in population, and the number of houses would definitely not be able to catch up. Lu Xihua didn't dare to buy land for resale, he just wanted to be an apartment and find a way back for his sister.

Shapingba District is the key area of learning and teaching in the mountain city in the future, there are countless schools of all kinds, and it is convenient for my sister to go to school, Lu Xihua bought 80 acres of land in one breath in the middle foot of Geyue Mountain, at this time Geyue Mountain still belongs to the countryside, the homestead here is very cheap, one hundred yuan a mu, Lu Xihua slipped 80 acres along the side of the mountain, and the mountain side was one point and five kilometers long, all of which were Lu Xihua's land. Then Lu Xihua asked the boat boss and invited the heroes of the Shancheng Robe Brotherhood to start building the house.

The house is made of cement and steel bars, and Liang Xicheng, an architect introduced by Zhou Hexuan's brother-in-law Zhang Yuandong, came to supervise the initial construction, because the tube building is designed with a four-story structure and a concrete building, and there are no examples of such houses in the mountain city, so he came to guide him.

"Mr. Lu, you're a big deal. Liang Xicheng stood aside and looked at the scene of thousands of people working enthusiastically, and said with admiration.

"Where, I made some money with Lao Zhou, and there was nowhere to spend it. He likes to open a factory, so I will buy some shares and wait for dividends, and for the rest, I will buy land and build a house. Lu Xihua explained.

"Why did Mr. Lu build such a sturdy house?" asked Liang Xicheng.

"I'm going to rent it, the house is solid, so everyone can live in peace of mind. Lu Xihua said.

Liang Xicheng looked at Lu Xihua and didn't speak, and thought: How many people can live in this land where birds don't? This rich man really has money to burn in a panic, and he bought such a large piece of land under this hillside to build a house and raise rats?

Of course, Liang Xicheng didn't dare to say this, this Mr. Lu looked at the energy is not small, and it must have something to do with inviting the great architect Zhang Yuandong to invite someone.

Zhou Hexuan and Lu Xihua are both people all the way, since Chu Yufeng's 300 people were wiped out that night, they have admired this fellow very much, and often asked Lu Xihua to get him some tonics. There are many medicinal materials in Lu Xihua's space, so he naturally prepared some healthy medicine for Lao Zhou to eat. Therefore, Lu Xihua knew that Zhou Hexuan was going to the United States to speculate in stocks and collect the wool of the imperialist people, and proposed to take this free ride, but Zhou Hexuan did not refuse. Lu Xihua took out the gold and silver he collected from the Great Song Heavenly Family, worth a total of nearly 2 million silver dollars, and gave it to Zhou Hexuan.

Zhou Hexuan took the money, plus his own 900,000 silver dollars, a total of 2.9 million silver dollars and made up $1.3 million to go to the United States. In this circle, Lu Xihua's 2 million silver dollars became 36 million silver dollars. Lu Xihua asked Lao Zhou to buy some stocks for his sister to defend herself, and the rest were stored in the bank.

This time to build a house, all the expenses are to go to the bank, cash settlement, every Monday, for the robe buddies in the mountain city, Lu Xihua is a big god of wealth, there is work to do, there is money to take, do or do things that are beneficial to the people of the mountain city, naturally enthusiastic participation. For a while, the names of Lu Xihua, Han Caier, and Guo Wen were passed among the people of the mountain city, and they were registered among the people, and no one dared to cause trouble.

The young master Li Bing, who took a hitchhiker, got off the boat and said that he was looking for a friend, rented a car and ran away with the box. Lu Xihua had seen it a long time ago, and the box contained a mimeograph machine, and this must be a backbone element on our party's propaganda front. Now that the Kuomintang is carrying out a large-scale massacre of our party in the north and south, needless to say, this must have gone to the holy land of northern Shaanxi, where there is a lack of everything.

The mimeograph machine is an absolute prohibited item, and it can't be obtained from Hebei, Shanxi, and Shaanxi, and the mountain city is not so strict, but it is difficult to transport it by water, so Li Bing found so many mimeograph machines and took Lu Xihua's downwind boat to the mountain city. Lu Xihua and the others had no luggage, and Li Bing's eight boxes were not so obvious with Lu Xihua. Moreover, Lu Xihua has chartered a car and a chartered boat all the way, which has reduced a lot of trouble, and he has a good relationship with the boss of the ship, and the checks along the way have been blocked.

The tube building is easy to build, like a tofu block to stand at the foot of the mountain, long strip, although the appearance is not good-looking, dusty, but can live people.

Lu Xihua is not black-hearted, he did not make a pigeon building, and divided the building in his hand into four types:

A category: tube building, 20 rooms on each floor, there are stairs up and down at both ends of the building, a total of four floors. Each room is three meters wide and ten meters long, divided into two rooms, with a living room on the outside and two bedrooms on the inside, with a small balcony of six square meters. At the two ends of each floor are toilets, one for men and one for women, and there are trash cans at the entrance of the stairs and garbage rooms downstairs. The bathroom is communal, in the courtyard in front of the building, two rows, one male and one female, all showers. Lu Xihua also equipped each house with running water, electric lights, and sockets. The house is equipped with tables, chairs and benches, high and low beds, double beds, bookshelves, wardrobes, and wall cabinets on the walls in accordance with modern styles, so that people can put more things without taking up space on the ground. The kitchen stove and sink are all in the corridor, so that the ventilation is not easy to cause accidents.

Type 2: It is also a tube building, but the area of each room can be expanded to 60 square meters. There are ten rooms on the first floor, six meters wide and ten meters long, so that the door is the living room, with its own toilet and shower, three bedrooms, two bunk beds, and one double bed. There is a big 12-square-meter balcony, more than 10 meters away is the big tree on Geyue Mountain, and there are tea tables and card tables on the balcony. The house also has electric lights and running water. Just cooking still gets out of the hallway.

Three categories: This is a small building with a small yard, each floor is 200 square meters with a ceiling, one floor is a household, and in front of it is a small garden of 80 square meters. The first floor enters the house from the garden path, the second floor enters the house from the stairs at the edge of the garden, and the second floor has a stone bridge that directly crosses the stone road on Geyue Mountain.