Chapter 91: The crime of possessing a treasure

"Master He!"

"Congratulations to Wenshuai!"

"It is all my achievements to be safe and sound in the Restoration Rebellion. Now, Duan Zhi and Wang Pin Lao are the leaders of our commander to pacify Xuzhou. This is a blessing for the people of Xuzhou!"

In the lobby of the Supervisor of Zhang Xun, the former general of the Braided Soldiers in Xuzhou, Zhang Wensheng was smiling and bowing with his fists, and greeting officers who were congratulating him in. He is now just the commander of the Dingwu Army, the position of Xuzhou garrison and the supervisor of the Sulu bandit suppression, and should not be called the Grand Marshal as usual. However, the hearts of the Dingwu Army and the people of Xuzhou City are still a little fluctuating. Everyone knows the matter of the emperor and the ministers, so everyone is trying hard to curry favor with him. He calls the Grand Marshal, and even the stingy one call him "I'm handsome". Boxes of gifts are constantly carried in and piled up in the hall.

Zhang Wensheng sat in the room, touching his beard and squinted his eyes and smiling. He had just smoked a few big bubbles, and now he was full of energy. His mind was also spinning rapidly, looking at the expressions of the officers in front of him.

The thoughts of these officers were obvious, and everyone wanted to save their camp! But the Dingwu Army's disarmament was about to slow down. Except for the ten battalions that he had agreed to "sell" to Chang Ruiqing, the remaining seventy battalions could be kept for the time being. Because, a huge fortune seemed to be about to hit him!

Just now, his Xuzhou garrison yamen had just received a "telephone request" sent by Shi Xu, the minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The content of the telegram made him overjoyed. It turned out that the Red Brigade that kidnapped Puyi was a bandit in the Yimeng Mountain area of ​​southern Shandong! Moreover, Shi Xu also asked Zhang Wensheng, who was the supervisor of the Sulu bandit suppression, to help!

That was a fortune of 250,000 taels of gold! Zhang Wensheng had been living in a "poor life" for most of his life, and this time he finally made a big comeback! How capable can these bandits named "Red Brigade" have? Are they afraid that their Dingwu Army will not be able to fight them? As long as they wipe out this red bandit, the gold will fall into their pockets!

At this time, the congratulations below had slowed down, and Zhang Wensheng slowly stood up. Looking at him, the officers below stood up straight and slammed. Zhang Wensheng smiled and spoke lightly.

"There is another thing to discuss with everyone. Thanks to the trust of Duan Zhi, my brother served as the errand commander of the Dingwu Army, the governor of Xuzhou, and the Sulu bandit suppression. Mr. Zhi's trust, brothers cannot be wasted, and they must do their jobs beautifully! The Sulu border, we must not let bandits rage... If we don't wipe out these unforgivable bandits, I, Zhang Wensheng, will be in a state of disgrace! I want to ask the central government and personally lead the 40th battalion troops to the south of Lu to suppress the bandits!"

Before he finished speaking, there was an uproar below. All the officers seemed to have heard the wrong words, and stayed there and opened their mouths and couldn't make a sound. Zhang Wensheng took the wrong medicine! He dispatched forty camps to Shandong to suppress the bandits... Those bandits did not provoke our Dingwu Army, and what are the benefits of suppressing them? How much salary can the gentry in southwestern Shandong help? They are so miserable, and it seems that there is no money!

Zhang Wensheng let them get in a hurry, then smiled faintly, took out a telegram from his pocket, but there was a smile in his tone: "What kind of person is Zhang Wensheng? Everyone understands that my brother has been for many years. When will I do a loss-making business? This time, there is a great benefit in this arrangement! This is an urgent call from Shi Xu, the Minister of the Office of the General Administration of Internal Affairs, who is currently with Chang Rui Youth Hostel, escorting 250,000 taels of gold to southern Shandong, preparing to go to Yishan to redeem Emperor Xuantong! Brothers, this is 250,000 taels of gold!"

The bottom suddenly exploded.

"The general is wise, our Dingwu Army is about to turn over!"

"The bandits on Yimeng Mountain are just mobs. If our 40th battalion soldiers pressed over, they would be scared to death... When the gold is obtained, we will leave and go home, and we will have enough food while lying down!"

"Why are you going home after you have such a lot of money? Why don't you expand your strength quickly! I think you can occupy the territory of southern Shandong, squeeze Zhang Huaizhi's people away, and then send troops to northern Jiangsu to plant the banner of our Dingwu Army on the edge of the Yellow River!"

Zhang Wensheng's eyes swept over the faces of the military officers, each of them showing joy, and some even showed a bit of arrogance, as if they were back to the former "the strongest soldier in the Southeast". However, there were exceptions. His eyes finally stopped on the face of an old man in a long robe and jacket, which was Zhang Wensheng's aide Ye Quan.

Zhang Wensheng had always trusted Mr. Ye very much. Seeing his face showing a worry, he hurriedly asked for advice humbly: "Mr. Ye, what do you think about this?"

Ye Quan shook his head gently: "Master, our Dingwu Army cannot eat alone! The matter of Shi Xu sending us a telegram to invite soldiers is not hidden by Chang Ruiqing, and Xu Shuzheng from Beijing must know clearly... So we do not have the ability to eat this piece of fat alone! Moreover, I doubt that there is still some ulterior motive hidden secret behind this matter."

Looking at Ye Quan's solemn expression, Zhang Wensheng also nodded silently: "What Mr. Ye said is very true. It seems that this piece of fat will be distributed to Shandong Governor Zhang Huaizhi. Mr. Ye, why don't you be my special envoy and go to Jinan?"

Ye Quan shook his head: "Chang Ruiqing also needs one."

"He?" A trace of disdain flashed across Zhang Wensheng's face: "It's just a brigade commander!"

"But the gold is in his hands!" Ye Quan smiled faintly: "Unless the Grand Marshal sends troops to rob the gold in Chang Ruiqing's hand, otherwise it would be better for us to find the Red Brigade without his cooperation... The Grand Marshal should have heard of the fact that there are many dreams in the night, right?"

Zhang Wensheng was stunned. After thinking about it carefully, he felt that it made sense. It would be impossible to rob Chang Ruiqing, and he would become the target of public criticism! He still knew what it means to bear a treasure. Moreover, the faster the red brigade and the better the gold, the better. If it is delayed for a long time, I am afraid that all parties will participate, and then there will not be too much oil and water in their pockets!

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As soon as the curtain moved, Xu Shuzheng rushed into Duan Qirui's inner study room in anger, and hurriedly placed a telegram in front of Duan Qirui.

"Don't you! Shi Xu is confused! How could he ask Zhang Wensheng for troops! Isn't this notifying the bandits in the Yimeng Mountains? There are many people in their Dingwu Army who are recruited by bandits! Chang Ruiqing is also a bastard! Didn't they tell him to keep it secret, why did he let Shi Xu leak the secret?"

Speaking of this, he stomped his feet again: "I'm still confused... Chang Ruiqing has no experience in the martial arts world, so he shouldn't have let him go for this errand!"

Duan Qirui was silent, picked up the telegraph on the table and looked at it, and sneered: "Isn't it just 250,000 taels of gold... Let Zhang Wensheng, Zhang Huaizhi, Ni Sichong and Zhao Ti make some. But in my opinion, this gold is not easy to make! How can the bandits in Shandong be provoked? Let them go and suppress the bandits for me!"

"Old Zhi, are you talking..." Xu Shuzheng vented for a while and his mind calmed down. He followed Duan Qirui's thoughts and said carefully: "Always Zhi wants to follow the situation and order the governors of Henan, Shandong and Anhui provinces and the Xuzhou garrison to come to a meeting to suppress the Red Bandits in Shandong?"

Duan Qirui smiled slightly: "It's not that they will suppress the Red Bandits, they have made contributions to the Republic... but that they will suppress the bandits! Zhang Wensheng was appointed as the chief executive of the four provinces, and ordered the three provinces of Henan, Shandong and Anhui to send troops to cooperate. By the way, Chang Ruiqing was temporarily controlled by Zhang Wensheng. The deadline was three months, and it was necessary to wipe out the bandits in southwestern Shandong!"

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