0p0 Chapter 237
Chapter 237
At this time, Wu Yongquan asked from the side: "Then we really want to divide our troops into two groups, staring at He Taikang and Hubei at the same time?"
Lin Hongfei waved his hand: "No need, He Taikang doesn't care about him, he can do whatever he likes, I managed to save this little family property, I don't want to use it to compete with He Taikang..."
"As for Hubei, we should pay attention to it. In addition to the two gunboats Jiangdu and Jiangbei, two battalions of troops will be stationed at several nearby ferries. Once there is any change in Hubei, we can also immediately Discover."
"Now, our energy should be focused on managing Bei'an and Pingcheng counties, as well as Lingxi and Lingzhong, which were newly assigned to us."
At this time, Lin Hongfei looked at Wu Yongquan: "By the way, have the military ration collection orders I sent to Bei'an and Pingcheng been sent?"
Wu Yongquan nodded: "I have sent it, and the person who delivered the letter has also returned."
Some time ago, after Lin Hongfei made a plan to forcibly occupy Bei'an and Pingcheng, he began to implement it.
However, Lin Hongfei was not in a hurry to start the war, but first issued an order to collect military rations.
Under the banner of the imminent war in Zhiwan and the urgent need for military rations, Lin Hongfei deliberately drew up an exaggerated figure as the minimum amount for military rations.
Moreover, Lin Hongfei claimed that the war was urgent, and demanded that Bei'an and Pingcheng must deliver the food within ten days, otherwise the personnel involved would be executed for the crime of delaying the military plane and affecting the war.
At that time, if the two places pay too little military rations, or simply ignore the order, then Lin Hongfei will have a legitimate reason to send troops.
However, if the two counties of Bei'an and Pingcheng paid the general rations on time and according to the amount, there would be a food shortage in the counties, and the rations of thousands of people in the militia and security groups would be affected.
I can't even eat enough, and this is a fart battle.
At that time, Lin Hongfei will continue to squeeze the two places, and once again ask them for money and food in the name of fighting, forcing them to start resisting, and he has a reason to send troops again.
Therefore, no matter what the other party chooses, Lin Hongfei will be able to make a name for himself.
During this period, more than 3000 soldiers of the Lin family army had already arrived near Bei'an and Pingcheng, and they could drive straight into the county town with just an order from Lin Hongfei.
After the army ration collection order was delivered, He Shu, the magistrate of Bei'an County, became impatient!
He couldn't help but be in a hurry, just a few days ago, his uncle He Taikang had just scraped away a large amount of grain from Bei'an. As for whether it was used as army food or sold for money, He Shuzhong preferred the latter.
Now, Lin Hongfei, who was in the high position of Jiangbei's guardian envoy at a young age, asked for food again, and he wanted so much.
Isn't this forcing a living person to hang himself!
Although He Shuzhong is the county magistrate, the parental official of Bei'an County, but he also needs the cooperation of the local gentry to secure the county magistrate.
The local gentry were quite dissatisfied with handing over food to their uncle before. Now if they collect military rations again, those gentry will probably incite the people to revolt and hand over farm tools to disobedience.
After hesitating for a while, He Shuzhong still decided to collect another batch of grain and send it to Jiangdu in accordance with the requirements of the military order.
It's just that the amount of food may not be able to meet Lin Hongfei's needs. After all, Lin Hongfei wants too much.
He could only pray that Lin Hongfei would not be too strict, and that he would understand how difficult it was for him to be the county magistrate.
At this moment, He Shuzhong felt that he was dancing on the three eggs of He Taikang, Lin Hongfei, and the noble gentry of Bei'an County, and he couldn't crush any of them.
On the afternoon of the day when he received the military ration collection order, He Shuzhong called several prominent figures and wealthy landlords in the county into the county government office to discuss the military ration matter.
Just after He Shuzhong finished the content of the solicitation order, Liu Hengliang, a local tycoon, was very dissatisfied and said:
"Major He, we have no objection to the collection of military rations. Last time you said that Lord Overseer collected rations, we handed them in as much."
"For this matter, I even opened the granary where my family stores life-saving food in famine years."
"Now, this is like a mushroom, a Jiangbei town guard who came out of nowhere, also came to ask for food and grass, and so much more."
"This can't be justified!"
Zhang Baoqing, the commander of the militia at the side, also showed anger: "He Dujun wants food, we will give it, whoever let him take charge of the military affairs of a province, if it was placed in the former Qing Dynasty, it would be the admiral of a province, and this face must be given."
"But he, Lin Hongfei, also came to fight the autumn wind. What is he? In the Qing Dynasty, the prefect of Jiangbei took the initiative to visit our Zhang family."
"Without the help of our Zhang family, his prefect's decree is just a piece of paper in Bei'an County!"
"He, Lin Hongfei, wants food? No way, he won't give any!"
Looking at the irritable second son Zhang Baoqing, Zhang Tangyu, the patriarch of the Zhang family, was dissatisfied, but he did not reprimand his son on the spot.
He looked at He Shuzhong, and said slowly, "This Jiangbei guard is one of the most senior officials in Lingnan Province, not to mention he has a gun in his hand."
"I heard that Ren Anfu from Jiangdu County and Hong Tianwu from Songshan County were all taken care of by Lin Hongfei. It seems that this person still has some skills."
He Shuzhong attached great importance to Zhang Tangyu's opinion, and he hurriedly asked, "Mr. Yu, what do you mean..."
Zhang Tangyu squinted his eyes slightly, and twirled a string of Buddhist beads with his fingers: "You can give him military rations, but not the amount he asked for."
"Otherwise, Lin Hongfei will think that our Bei'an County is easy to bully, and he will definitely open his mouth in the future."
"Give him a little, and forget it."
"Also let him understand that we Bei'an are not the sons of whores, and we can come and pinch if we are alone."
He Shuzhong asked: "However, Lin Hongfei will definitely be dissatisfied with this!"
"In case it is pursued..."
"Then let him chase!"
"I, Zhang Tangyu, am not Ren Anfu, let alone Hong Tianwu. In the Qing Dynasty, the long-haired army, the Nian army, the bandits, and the defeated soldiers, I don't know how many came to Bei'an County."
"But in the end, not all of them were beaten away by me with the militia Xiangyong."
"Lin Hongfei, he is no exception."
"There is no one born who can overwhelm me in Bei'an County!"
As soon as these words came out, Zhang Tangyu showed some domineering sideways.
He Shuzhong couldn't help feeling a little palpitating. Although he was the county magistrate, he was still very afraid of the biggest local snake in Bei'an County.
"Okay, then do as Yugong said!"
Now that the earth-headed snake has spoken, He Shuzhong naturally no longer hesitates.
And even if Lin Hongfei were to pursue it in the future, He Shuzhong could also shirk that he was a puppet, and it was all the idea of the gentry in Bei'an County.
In a word, two not to offend is He Shuzhong's way of being an official.