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

Chapter 173

Jiangdu County, a medium-sized county along the Yangtze River.

Relying on relatively convenient waterway transportation, Jiangdu County has become a well-known dock city in Lingnan Province.

Because the territory is relatively wealthy, the post of county magistrate of Jiangdu County has always been a hot position in Lingnan Province.

By cooperating with the local gentry to scrape the land, within a year or two, the county magistrate can have a lot of money and family wealth, and then use the money to bribe the shangguan to seek a higher position, and then pat his ass and leave.

Over time, a chain of interests is formed in the local area.

The county magistrate of the foreign household looted the people's wealth through the local gentry, and the local gentry won official support under the sign of the county magistrate.

In the end, the county magistrate left with the money, and the local gentry continued to maintain absolute authority in Jiangdu County.

Everyone has a good time working together and makes a fortune together!

Therefore, whenever the gentry learned the news that the new county magistrate was about to arrive in Jiangdu County, they did not have much reaction, but were accustomed to dressing neatly and came to the pier to welcome the arrival of the new county magistrate.

But today it was different, and the gentry of these places gathered in the pavilion near the pier, one by one, with solemn faces and serious expressions, and kept exchanging heads and ears.

Immediately afterwards, I only heard someone exclaim: "Commander Ren is actually here!"

"In the past, a new county magistrate came, but Commander Ren had never come to the dock to greet him."

"No, there are several county magistrates who have taken the initiative to visit Ren Commander."

"In this way, the new county magistrate is really not simple!"

"I can't believe that I can be in the high position of county magistrate at the age of more than twenty years old, and if there is no big backer behind me!"

While everyone was talking, Ren Anfu, the local leader of Jiangdu County and the commander of the vigilante group, came to everyone, greeted each other, and then sat on the stone bench in the pavilion.

Several local gentry drank the people around them, and only a few of them were left in the pavilion, and I saw a man with a white beard slowly said: "Commander Ren, you are better informed than all of us, what is the origin of this new county magistrate?" Ren

Anfu was a burly, bronze-skinned septuagenarian man, and I saw that he said with a hint of disdain in his eyes:

"I have inquired with an acquaintance from the Overseer's Mansion, saying that it is from the capital, and the ancestor has an old relationship with He Commandery."

"Relying on the relationship of the overseer, he hollowed out the family and bought an official of the county magistrate."

Upon hearing this, several gentry breathed a sigh of relief, and the solemnity on their faces disappeared, replaced by a look of 'but so'.

"Bai is worried, I thought there would be a powerful character."

"Dare to love is also to make money!"

"In order to be the county magistrate, he emptied out the bottom of the family, and this kid is not like a hungry wolf."

"No, it also has something to do with Overseer He, well, this is not something that Erba Kai can send away."

"Or, Sanqi?"

At this time, Ren Anfu said: "Forget it, for the sake of Overseer He's face, give him four or six." "

It's a good thing that this kid is here, I recently wanted to get closer to Supervisor He and get a serious army number."

"Maybe this kid can help me!"

Hearing this, everyone knew in their hearts, no wonder Ren Anfu, who had always been arrogant, would personally come out to greet this new county magistrate, and it would be unprofitable to dare to be affectionate.

At this time, a white-faced and slender gentleman suddenly pointed out:

"It is said that this mouth is hairless, and it is not firm to do things, this kid becomes a county magistrate at a young age, don't make any trouble."

"Just like a few days ago, the little young master of the Bai family directly led people to burn all the 500 acres of poppy poppies of the Bai family, saying that opium destroys people, and planting this thing is harmful to heaven and reason."

"Listen to what kind of bastard this is, those people smoke big cigarettes, are we forced to smoke, not that they themselves are willing to smoke."

"If we don't grow poppies, where can they buy big tobacco paste!"

"Now, these young people can do any mess."

Hearing this, everyone's expressions became serious, and Ren Anfu on the throne snorted coldly:

"Then he better be honest, he is the county magistrate, but this Jiangdu County, in the former Qing Dynasty, was our territory."

"If you don't give a face, then don't blame us for turning our faces and not recognizing people."

"Ten years ago, we didn't do this!"

Saying that, Ren Anfu looked at the sparkling river not far away.

Several other gentry looked at each other and showed a cruel smile, and one of them said with great interest:

"In that case, we will have to prepare a big ship for this county magistrate to accompany the funeral!"

"Hahahaha!"

Everyone burst into laughter.

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In the rolling river, a sailboat sailed towards Jiangdu County.

On board, a dozen soldiers in civilian clothes were vigilantly observing the situation on the river.

In the cabin, there were more than twenty guards, but the officers accompanying Lin Hongfei were only Wu Yongquan, Chu Liangyi, Wang Deshan, and Chen Deming.

At this time, Lin Hongfei had already divided his men and horses into three ways and headed for Jiangdu County.

On the first road, Fu Tao drove the gunboat, led Ding Dehu and a company of soldiers to a hidden island in the nearby waters.

This small island is not far from Jiangdu County and takes two hours by boat.

The island was also discovered thanks to Chu Liangyi, who was familiar with the surrounding waters.

On the second road, Guo Lang and Huo Yunshan led the main forces to march by land, and everyone changed into civilian clothes, pretended to be bandits, and occupied Qipan Mountain in Jiangdu County.

The third way was that Lin Hongfei personally led the guards and took the waterway to Jiangdu County to take up his post.

The reason why Lin Hongfei did this was that he did not want to expose his strength too early and arouse the vigilance of Ren Anfu and other wealthy gentry.

Jiangdu County is surrounded by mountains, and with Ren Anfu's cunning, if he sees Lin Hongfei's true strength, he will definitely have a backhand in secret.

Avoid any day, after Ren Anfu and Lin Hongfei turn their faces, in case of failure, he can still have the confidence to make a comeback.

To deal with the earth snake, it is necessary to kill with one blow, and wipe out all its forces in a war.

Otherwise, once some residual strength is missed, it is bound to cause a lot of trouble to itself in the future.

Therefore, Lin Hongfei should first show the enemy's weakness, and take advantage of his paralysis to find out the opponent's situation and hole cards.

Then look at the right time, kill with one blow, and completely kill this ground snake.

However, this is also risky, the large army is not around, in case Ren Anfu takes the lead, Guo Lang and they may not be able to rescue.

But if you want to achieve great things, you don't take risks.

And Lin Hongfei can also be sure that as long as he does not publicly turn his face with Ren Anfu, he will not be able to attack himself.

After all, he also needs a puppet county magistrate to help him loot the people's fat.