Signing in during the Republic of China: Starting from a foot patrol

Chapter 221

With Lin Hongfei's promotion to the Jiangbei town guard who oversees the seven counties of Jiangbei and the waters of the Yangtze River in Jiangbei, relying on the blank letter of appointment, his core team also made a lot of profits this time.

First of all, Wu Yongquan, as the second-in-command of the team, who also served as the deputy county magistrate of Jiangdu County and the deputy commander of the independent regiment, Lin Hongfei handed him the only appointment certificate with the rank of colonel in that pile of letters of appointment.

From this moment on, Wu Yongquan, who turned out to be also a captain, jumped to the rank of colonel officer, only one step away from the rank of general.

And the old subordinate Guo Lang, whose rank was only lieutenant, held the post of deputy commander of the independent regiment with a lieutenant officer.

Old classmates Huo Yunshan and Chu Liangyi, these two are also lieutenant officers, one serves as the head of the military justice department of the independent regiment, and the other serves as the chief of the quartermaster department of the independent regiment.

In addition, he has his cousin, Wu Qiusheng, who is currently the chief of the Jiangdu County Police Station.

For these four people, Lin Hongfei gave them four certificates of appointment with the rank of lieutenant colonel.

According to the rules, Wu Qiusheng is the chief of the police station and is not qualified to carry the rank, but this is not the capital, nor the War Department, this is Jiangbei, Lin Hongfei's territory, he said that the police chief can carry the rank, that is, can carry it!

If you are not convinced, the 152-caliber cannon of the ironclad gunboat will convince you with noble character.

The rest were the three platoon commanders Luo Ke, Zhou Meng, and Jiang Haiyang brought out by Lin Hongfei from the old fourth company of Lu Province.

These three people are now the commanders of the first, second and third battalions of the independent regiment, originally the three were only ensigns, but this time they were directly changed to lieutenants!

There were also several of Lin Hongfei's old brothers, Lu Xiwa, deputy chief of the police station, Ding Dehu, commander of the fourth battalion, Chen Deshan, commander of the fifth battalion, and Wang Deming, commander of the guard company, and the five of them also carried the rank of major.

And Fu Tao, the captain of the iron horse gunboat 'Jiangdu', who was a naval officer, could not use the War Department's letter of appointment to promote him to military rank.

But Fu Tao doesn't care about the rank anymore, he cares more about whether he can drive a warship, and Lin Hongfei has taken great care of himself in terms of salary, and if he takes too much, Fu Tao will feel very embarrassed.

As for Ren Jiu, Lin Hongfei also gave him a captain rank, which made Ren Jiu excited and didn't know what to say, and directly knocked Lin Hongfei on it.

In his words, Ren Jiu was originally surnamed Hu, and in order to get ahead, he directly changed his surname to Ren and worshiped Ren Anfu as his righteous father, which was only promoted by him to one of his henchmen and housekeepers.

As a result, this move caused Ren Jiu to be removed from the Hu family's family tree, and the elders in the clan scolded him for being a bastard who insulted his ancestors, and could not be buried in the clan's graveyard if he died.

However, how to say that people are old traitors and horses are old and slippery!

Although the patriarch at that time spoke heavily, he did not completely say it to death, and he also left Ren Jiu a chance to return to the family tree.

That is when Ren Jiu became an official, put on the official clothes given by the government, and could change his surname back, and the clan could still bring him back into the family tree, and he would still be the Hu family in the future.

In fact, this is also the treacherous side of the patriarch, if you Ren Jiu is a slave to Ren Anfu all your life, then you love to bury where you want to bury.

But if you Ren Jiu becomes an official in the future, you can change your surname back, which means that you no longer have to rely on Ren Anfu for charity.

At this time, you return to the family tree, for the Hu family, it is a good thing, who doesn't want to have an official clan member in their clan.

Therefore, this time, Ren Jiu was finally able to wear a military uniform and carry the rank of captain, return to the ancestral hall of the Hu family, and change his surname back!

And all this was given to himself by the county magistrate.

Isn't this a knock?

Not only must I kowtow to the county magistrate, but tomorrow I will buy a tribute and burn paper, go to the ancestral grave and talk to my father, so that their second elder will also raise his eyebrows below!

Lin Hongfei also quipped: "Ren Jiu, am I going to change my name to call you Hu Jiu in the future?"

Ren Jiu smiled: "Actually, my real name is Hu Yitong, but I even changed my surname, and this Yitong's name does not dare to use it, after all, it is insulting to the ancestors."

"But if the county magistrate thinks it's called Ren Jiushuan, then continue to call it that."

"Name, isn't it a code name!"

Ren Jiu said so, but Lin Hongfei could see that he still wanted everyone to call back his real name.

After all, the name Ren Jiu symbolizes an experience in his life when he chose to trample on his dignity in order to be prosperous and wealthy.

Since his subordinate wants dignity, as a superior, he naturally wants to give him what he wants.

Therefore, from this day on, when Lin Hongfei called Ren Jiu again, he would directly call his real name [Hu Yitong].

Even the boss

called it that, and others naturally changed their words.

In just a few days, the name Ren Jiu disappeared and was replaced by [Hu Yitong].

And Ren Jiu, no, Hu Yitong's attitude towards Lin Hongfei became more and more awe and humble.

In addition to these core teams, some squad leaders, veterans, and soldiers who had followed him since the fourth company, as well as soldiers who had performed well in recent times, were promoted to the rank of lieutenant recognized by the War Department.

This made the loyalty of the subordinates of the Independent Regiment to Lin Hongfei to a peak.

Although the regiment commander is strict with everyone on weekdays, the regiment commander has money and an official position, which is really giving!

There is nothing more to say, and in the future, I will follow the regiment commander with a dead heart.

If anyone dares to have two hearts, then hang himself from the sky and the grass is like his whole family!

Taking advantage of the opportunity of promoting military ranks, Lin Hongfei also began to make the next step of military and political arrangements.

In the spacious and bright conference room, Lin Hongfei slowly said to his team:

"I, the envoy of Jiangbei Town, nominally govern seven counties and one water, but in fact, my decrees can be unimpeded in Jiangdu County, and Renle, Songshan, and Huixian will not listen to the announcement."

"As for the rest of Bei'an County, Pingcheng County, and Huaishui County, they don't recognize me as a town guard at all, and the local vigilante leaders feel that I have the final say in my vigilante group, and you are a town guard."

"Guys, I already have two of them, and I don't want to be this thing anymore."

"Therefore, if you want to completely control the land of the seven counties as soon as possible, it is imperative to expand the army!"

"I decided to expand the establishment to a brigade of 7,000 men on the basis of the 3,000 men of the independent regiment, with three regiments under its command."

"General Guo Lang is responsible for the conscription, except for the conscription in the areas of Jiangdu, Renle, Songshan, and Huixian."

"We must also select some officers from Jilu's children to return to their hometowns to recruit troops in the name of returning to their hometowns to visit relatives."

Lin Hongfei has always been careful to mix the origins of his army, although this will add a lot of workload, but as an outsider, Lin Hongfei cannot accept that his troops are all composed of locals.