Chapter 177: Li Guoping's Happy Vacation (2)
"Sir Chu, Hu Shuangqiang is a fierce bandit entrenched in Shenxian Ridge. It is said that Shenxian Ridge is the place where Master Lu, the Supreme Immortal, ascended to heaven. He is surrounded by immortal energy all day long. Unexpectedly, he was occupied by a group of bandits.
Hu Shuangqiang had been in the army in his early years, but he didn't know why he fell behind.
I heard that they usually regard themselves as thieves and bandits, and their banner is to rob the rich and give to the poor. They have caused harm to the village for many years. It is often heard that they rob the rich, but they have never seen anything like helping the poor.
He has a rule that any price he offers is always a fixed price. After the deadline, no matter how much money he gives, he can only get back one body.
Hu Shuangqiang only robbed money, and it was rare to hear that he robbed women.
There should be no less than a few hundred bandits under his command, all of whom were brave and unafraid of death. The government had suppressed them many times before, but unfortunately they all failed and even lost troops.
Over time, they just let it go. As long as it doesn't go too far, the government won't take over this hot potato.
This time he actually asked for 50,000 silver dollars. Even if he sold the entire Li family, he still couldn't raise the money, so he had to turn to the Eighth Route Army for help. After the deal was completed, the Li family was willing to provide 5,000 silver dollars for labor..."
Chu Xiong generally understood, but he was a little confused. Logically speaking, the gangsters should be after money. It was certain that the Li family had money. It was certain that these wealthy landlords had exploited the village for a long time and had accumulated a lot of property. From his experience,
It can be seen from the fact that the price is only 5,000 silver dollars.
The Li family is rich, but the Li family will never be able to get 50,000 silver dollars. Hu Shuangqiang asked for 50,000 silver dollars as soon as he asked. This was obviously not for money.
Of course, Long Qianli didn't intend to be polite to him for the five thousand silver dollars. He didn't feel any psychological burden for taking the money from the old landlord. Now is the period of cooperation. Attacking the local tyrants cannot be done openly, as it will undermine the united front.
However, it is okay to help people eliminate disasters and take people's money wherever they go. The Eighth Route Army serves the people, but it does not mean that it provides free services to the landlords and wealthy people.
After the Seventh Company, there will be more places to use money!
Chu Xiong had no intention of refusing, so he agreed and promised to send troops immediately.
Li Yaozu was also sensible, so he first sent three thousand silver dollars as military expenses, and the remaining two thousand silver dollars would be given to him after the incident was completed.
Yang Wei wanted to refuse, but Chu Xiong stopped him, and he smiled without being polite at all.
As soon as Li San and others who presented the silver coins left, Yang Wei spoke:
"Company Commander, our Eighth Route Army is a team of ordinary people. It is our duty to suppress bandits for the ordinary people. It is a serious violation of discipline for you to accept such a large sum of money from the Li family!"
"I said, Lao Yang, where do these landlords and wealthy people get so much money?
It’s all through hard work and exploitation! You should have learned about residual value, right? It’s good that I didn’t beat him up!”
Chu Xiong felt that it was necessary to unify the views with his partner. Regarding these landlords and gentry, we should both unite and differentiate.
This bandit suppression was originally at the request of the Li family, and the Eighth Route Army had to pay the price!
If it weren't for the purpose of saving people for the Li family, the Seventh Company would not have sent troops so hastily. It would be normal to charge some troops expenses.
Chu Xiong was still a little angry about the book business, mainly because he had not experienced the brutal struggle in Hubei, Henan and Anhui. For the sake of the overall situation of resisting Japan, the superiors temporarily stopped the policy of attacking local tyrants, but this did not mean that they would not be treated differently.
Putting on hold does not mean giving up!
After listening to Chu Xiong's words, Yang Wei felt that it was indeed reasonable. If you don't know how expensive food, rice, oil and salt are, the Seventh Company cannot always rely on seizures.
"Company Commander, I was wrong this time, but we are now in a period of cooperation. We can't go too far, let alone leave people with excuses, okay?"
"Of course, instructor, you take care of your life. From now on, you will be responsible for the management and expenditure of this money!"
When Chu Xiong saw that his old partner had changed his mind, it was easy to say that as soon as he was happy, he handed over the money to Yang Wei, which was a huge sum of money.
When Yang Wei heard this, he immediately became happy and turned into a miser:
"Of course it's under my control. There will be more places to spend money on establishing base areas in the future. The medical expenses for the wounded alone are a huge expense, and..."
Chu Xiong didn't have time to listen to him settle these troublesome accounts. He was only responsible for making money, and spending money was Yang Wei's business!
"There should be a lot of money in Hu Shuangqiang's bandit den, right?"
Thinking of this, Chu Xiong's face showed an old fox-like smile.
"Comrades, let's go and suppress the bandits!"
When you take money from others, you naturally want to eliminate disasters for them!
"Bullshit bandit, robbing the rich and giving to the poor, it's just that the people are suffering and they don't have anything to rob!"
Thinking of this, Chu Xiong no longer felt any guilt towards this group of bandits. I was doing this to eliminate harm for the people!
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In Shenxianling, Hu Shuangqiang's bandit den was also decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and there was great joy.
Boss Hu's marriage to Mrs. Yazhai is naturally the most joyful event for the entire village.
Hu Shuangqiang had no intention of returning the stolen Zhao Pan'er to the old Li family. The ransom of 50,000 silver dollars was just the reason why the lion opened his mouth and made the old Li family die.
This time, he was going after Zhao Paner!
Hu Shuangqiang knew Zhao Paner since they were young.
This Hu Shuangqiang was from Zhaojiazhuang before. His surname is not Hu at all, his real surname is Zhao, and Hu Shuangqiang is just his bandit name.
There are a few bandits who are willing to use their real names.
When he was in Zhaojiazhuang, he saw Zhao Pan'er once from a distance and was shocked. But as a second-rate guy with nothing, he could only think about it.
Later, he could no longer survive in Zhaojiazhuang, so he escaped and joined the army. Hu Shuangqiang was usually very brave and fierce, and dared to fight to the death, so he quickly became a platoon leader in the army.
But the good times did not last long. His arrogant character offended the regiment leader's second son, and he accidentally killed the second son during a conflict.
Since then, he has escaped with more than a dozen of his men carrying guns and ammunition, and simply became a bandit.
Since the dozen or so of him had all served in the army, had certain organizational skills, and had more advanced weapons than ordinary bandits, and were all desperadoes, the area soon became famous and the team expanded to over a hundred
people.
It turns out that Shenxian Ridge was also occupied by a group of bandits. The two sides fought several times while fighting for territory. In the end, Hu Shuangqiang won and took over Shenxian Ridge and recruited their gang.
Hu Shuangqiang is now a well-known gangster. In the past few years, they have looted homes and businesses, and have accumulated a lot of property.
With money, Hu Shuangqiang had the evil intention of proposing marriage to the Zhao family. How could the Zhao family agree to marry their daughter to a bandit?
But Hu Shuangqiang and the others couldn't afford to offend him. Fortunately, Zhao Pan'er had been studying in the provincial capital, so Hu Shuangqiang couldn't rob her even if he wanted to.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, the Japanese came, and a young lady with outstanding appearance like Zhao Pan'er would definitely be worried if she was under the eyes of the Japanese.
He picked her up quietly. Just as Lao Li's family was urging them to get married, Zhao Pan'er's father, Zhao Haitian, wanted to get the two children married as soon as possible, which completely stopped Hu Lao Wu's thoughts.
Who knows that Hu Shuangqiang is not a fuel-efficient lamp. He has already set up an informant in Zhaojiazhuang, and Zhao Pan'er's marriage is under his control.
"Haha, they say that Li Yaozu and Zhao Haitian are old foxes. They don't know that the mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole is behind them. They were preoccupied with arranging the wedding, but they didn't expect that I cut off their beards. Today, I will enter the bridal chamber for them!
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The more Hu Shuangqiang thought about it, the more proud he became, and he couldn't help but brag about it in front of his old brother.
"Brother, I heard that my sister-in-law is not only as beautiful as a fairy, she is also a female Jinshi from a foreign school in the provincial capital. She is a literary star who descended to earth! You should drink less at night and don't be too rude..."
"Don't worry, my brother's marksmanship is superb. He can hit the target even if he's drunk!"
"Boss, when will the brothers also meet my sister-in-law..."
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Chapter completed!