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

Chapter 177

The bright moon hangs high, and in a spacious and bright room in the county office, Lin Hongfei is drinking and having fun with Liang Wanyi, a wealthy gentleman in Jiangdu County, and Liang Zongyu, Liang Wanyi's youngest son.

With the glass of wine under the belly, everyone's faces turned red, the wine was slightly drunk, and there was no usual dignified manner between words, and one or two foul words popped out of their mouths from time to time.

At this time, Lin Hongfei opened his mouth and said to Liang Wanyi: "Master Liang, I heard before I came that since the Daming Dynasty, the Liang family has established a foothold in Jiangdu County, and it has continued to this day, which is also a century-old family.

When Liang Wanyi heard this, he was immediately quite useful, he laughed and said humbly: "A century-old family does not dare to be a rich man, but it is just a rich man in the countryside!"

"Hey, I can't say that, no matter what, the Liang family is the number one clan in our Jiangdu County!" Lin Hongfei praised.

Liang Wanyi had to say a few more modest words, at this time, Chu Liangyi on the side pretended to drink too much and said: "The first clan in Jiangdu County is not the Ren family, when I was in Huaishui County, people said so."

As soon as these words came out, Liang Wanyi's face suddenly turned a little strange, but he quickly suppressed it.

And Liang Wanyi's youngest son Liang Zongyu was obviously a little unhappy, and his eyes looking at Chu Liangyi were also quite sharp.

"Shut up, get your turn to talk, get out of here!"

Lin Hongfei scolded angrily and drove Chu Liangyi off the table.

Immediately afterwards, he apologized to Liang Wanyi and said, "Master Liang, I'm sorry, my master is a native of Huaishui County hired by me halfway, and he said that he is familiar with the situation in Jiangdu County.

"As a result, the fart doesn't understand, my hired master's money is spent in vain!"

Liang Wanyi smiled slightly, and seemed not to be impressed, but relieved: "Master Chu is right, the Ren family of Commander Ren is indeed the number one clan in our Jiangdu County.

When Lin Hongfei heard this, he immediately put on a puzzled look: "Master Liang, speaking of this matter, I am really curious."

"Before coming to Jiangdu County, I heard that this commander came to Jiangdu County all the way to beg for food when he was in his thirties."

"How did this beggar become what he is today in the past few decades?"

"What does he rely on?"

At the mention of this, although Liang Wanyi concealed it well, Lin Hongfei still detected a trace of contempt and disdain flashing in Liang Wanyi's eyes.

However, Liang Wanyi did not explain directly, but said with a smile: "Hey, Zhu Yuanzhang can change from a beggar to an emperor, and Ren Commander can become the commander of the vigilante group from a beggar, what's so strange."

But Liang Zongyu on the side couldn't help but say: "Hehe, what to rely on, rely on the donkey-sized object in his crotch!"

"Zong Yu, don't talk nonsense!" Liang Wanyi stopped it immediately.

However, Liang Zongyu continued: "What nonsense am I talking about, who doesn't know, he first relied on a widow, and later became the sister-in-law of the county magistrate's wife.

"Finally, when the county magistrate left office, he and the county magistrate's wife made a bureau, and they did things on the boat where the county magistrate was sitting, and then..."

"Shut up!"

Before Liang Zongyu finished speaking, Liang Wanyi's eyes widened, and his sharp gaze made his youngest son Liang Zongyu immediately close his mouth and dare not speak.

Seeing this, Lin Hongfei immediately played the round to ease the atmosphere, and then changed the topic: "Master Liang, I also said before that Lin Mou came here to earn money.

"At the reception banquet that day, you were also right, the county magistrate has to pay attention to the name and righteousness to earn money."

"I came up with a method, I don't know what Old Master Liang thinks?"

Liang Wanyi smiled: "What method, please tell the county magistrate!"

"It's very simple, two words, bandits!"

"There are quite a few bandits in Jiangdu County, if I collect bandit taxes from the people of Jiangdu in the name of bandits, what do you think?" Lin Hongfei looked expectant.

Liang Wanyi nodded: "Well, this is indeed a good method, but now the people are about to become unscrupulous, and it is not easy to collect the bandit tax!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Hongfei immediately said: "That's why I asked Old Master Liang to help, I know that Old Master Liang is quite famous in Jiangdu, if you can help me, it is not simple to collect the bandit tax."

"Master Liang rest assured, I won't let you work in vain, and the taxes collected will be divided into three and seven according to the previous rules!"

Hearing this, Liang Zongyu showed a surprised look, but Liang Wanyi brushed his beard and kept silent with a meaningful smile.

After a moment of silence, Liang Wanyi said: "County Magistrate Lin, you shouldn't ask me for help in this kind of thing of collecting taxes, after all, I am a rich man in the countryside."

"What you are looking for should be Commander Ren, he has a gun in his hand, and it is easier to collect taxes."

Hearing this, Lin Hongfei sneered, revealing a somewhat disdainful expression: "He, forget it, if I ask him for help, don't say three seven, I can't get one nine." "

No, Commander Ren is still very disciplined..." Liang Wanyi said.

"Hehe, Master Liang doesn't know something, my ancestor has an old relationship with the He Governor in the province, and I specially visited his old man's house once before I came."

"His old man told me that Commander Ren is now scraping together money..." When Lin Hongfei said this, he stopped to light a cigarette.

Liang Wanyi was confused by these words, he paused, staring at Lin Hongfei and waiting for the following.

Lin Hongfei took a sharp breath and spewed out a cloud of smoke before continuing: "Commander Ren's plan is very big, he not only wants to use the three thousand men and horses on hand to seek a position as a division commander.

"Our Jiangdu County belongs to the Jiangbei region, but he plans to seek a position as the town guard of Jiangbei, and the military and political power are in his hands, and the entire Jiangbei region has the final say!"

"However, he is not from the old Beiyang like He Supervisor, and he does not regard him as his own person at all."

"Therefore, for this matter, he did not ask for a relationship to find someone, and a large amount of silver seemed to be picked up for nothing."

"Just for Overseer He, you have to count this!"

Lin Hongfei pretended to be mysterious and stretched out five fingers.

"That's not even counting for the higher echelons!"

"If I ask him for help, he won't have to swallow all this bandit tax!"

"Shhh!"

"This surname Ren is yin enough, on weekdays, he always says that he is content to seek a regiment commander, but I didn't expect to be a town guard!" Liang Zongyu said with a surprised look.

Liang Wanyi still didn't show any attitude, just laughed a few times, and said with a smile: "No, Commander Ren still understands the rules, you can rest assured of this." "

I have to say that Liang Wanyi is indeed an old fox, after a wine banquet, although he said a lot of things, but if you study it carefully, his words are all correct nonsense."

It seemed that his tone was resolute, but there was no clear attitude of agreement or disagreement in his words.

After a wine banquet, Lin Hongfei seemed to have gained nothing.

When Liang Wanyi and Liang Zongyu were sent out of the county and left, Lin Hongfei moved his muscles, and the drunkenness on his face suddenly disappeared.