0p0 Chapter 197 Initial Meeting
Chapter 197 Initial Meeting
A military show was performed, although no one died except for the bandits.
However, the powerful firepower displayed by Lin Hongfei's independent regiment shocked Jiangdu County.
Even though the show had ended for many days, the streets and alleys, villages and fields in Jiangdu County were still discussing about it.
And as people's discussions deepened, everyone's awe of Lin Hongfei also became deeply rooted.
The right time, place and people
The people of Jiangdu County are in Lin Hongfei's hands!
County Office
In a spacious and bright room, gathered Lin Hongfei, Wu Yongquan, Guo Lang, Huo Yunshan, Chu Liangyi, Fu Tao, Jiang Haiyang, Ding Dehu, Ren Jiu and other confidantes and subordinates.
This was the first time since Lin Hongfei took over Jiangdu County that he brought all his subordinates together for a meeting to discuss a series of tasks in the future.
Unlike the officials in other counties who are middle-aged in their 50s and [-]s, Lin Hongfei and his team are frighteningly young, basically all young people in their twenties.
Therefore, the members of his team immediately became the objects of pursuit by the big families in the county, like Ding Dehu, eight big families sent matchmakers over within three days to propose marriage.
Lin Hongfei didn't stop him too much. In fact, the marriage between his subordinates and the local big families also helped him control Jiangdu County.
Of course, if there is a local big family trying to erode Lin Hongfei's influence step by step through marriage.Then, Lin Hongfei will let them know what it means to be a "county magistrate who destroys the family, a magistrate who destroys the family"!
In the room, Lin Hongfei glanced at everyone present, then cleared his throat and said:
"It's all here, let's talk about something serious!"
"Jiangdu County has already been taken, and we now have our own territory in these troubled times."
"I checked yesterday. We have accumulated a lot of funds and food for us by taking over the property, land and other properties left by the Ren family, the Liang family, the Zhang family and other big families."
"Besides, the pier can bring us a lot of income every month."
"Let's say it's an independent group of 1000 people, it's not a problem to raise two more groups."
"So, I am going to expand the army. On the one hand, I will select civilian children from Jiangdu County who are clean and healthy."
"On the one hand, we will continue to go to Hebei and Shandong to recruit troops. The specific requirements are still the same as last time."
"Yunshan, I'll leave it to you to recruit soldiers in Jiangdu County. Remember, shortage is better than excess!"
"Dehu, you take Wu Qishan back to Hebei and Shandong provinces, and recruit local children to join the army."
"Yes!"
"understand!"
Huo Yunshan and Ding Dehu quickly stood up and replied.
Lin Hongfei stretched out his hand to signal them to sit down, then stretched out two fingers and said:
"The second thing is more important. I found that more than half of the cultivated land in Jiangdu County is planted with tobacco."
"There is no way to be self-sufficient in the annual grain output, and we have to spend extra money to buy food outside."
"That won't work!"
"Absolutely not!"
"Also, there are more smoke dens in the county town next to each other than restaurants."
"Especially yesterday, I saw with my own eyes the soldiers of two independent regiments slipping out of the smoke den, and I caught them right away!"
"Fortunately, after investigation, it was found that they were fooled by the owner of the tobacco shop, and they went there for the first time."
"And after entering, because he was afraid of being punished, he slipped out without even touching the pipe."
"Tom!"
Speaking of this, Lin Hongfei couldn't help but patted the desktop:
"We must be alerted to this matter!"
"Other people smoke opium, I don't care, I don't bother to care, but the people under me must never touch that stuff, whoever touches it will die!"
"Moreover, in order to completely put an end to this matter, the next step is to carry out an anti-drug operation in Jiangdu County!"
Huo Yunshan is a local, upon hearing this, he couldn't help but said: "County magistrate, there are quite a few big households in the area who rely on opium to make money. If we ban smoking, they will definitely feel resentful."
Lin Hongfei snorted coldly: "Let them die, a bunch of wealthy landowners turned against them!"
"Starting next week, the opium fields in the county will be gradually cleared, and all poppies, including seedlings and seeds, will be burned!"
"From now on, no one is allowed to grow opium in Jiangdu County!"
"There are also those smoke shops and stalls, Ren Jiu, you send someone to tell them, if anyone dares to greet the independent group, I will blow up their ancestors' graves with mortars!"
"In addition, these smoking dens must be gradually banned. There must be no such harmful things in my territory!"
At this time, Chu Liangyi also raised a question: "County magistrate, some ordinary people also grow opium to earn money to buy rations. If theirs are destroyed, then they will have no money to buy food."
Lin Hongfei had already made preparations: "It's easy to say, I have calculated the money and food compensation for them based on the output of opium raw materials per mu."
"At that time, settle the settlement for them on the spot, so that they won't have any complaints."
"As for the person in charge..."
Lin Hongfei glanced at everyone present, and then said, "I'm going to hand it over to that Young Master Bai Wenju!"
Wu Yongquan on the side couldn't help but smiled and said, "Leave this kind of offending to him?"
"In this way, those big families will hate Young Master Bai even more. You have to send someone to protect him."
Lin Hongfei showed a slight smile: "The matter of banning smoking has always been his wish. Let Young Master Bai handle this matter, I am afraid that he will be more caring and responsible than everyone present."
"I'm doing my best!"
After talking about this matter, Lin Hongfei raised a third matter:
"The coal mine in Jiangdu County was originally controlled by Ren Anfu, but now its ownership has belonged to us."
"Coal is a good thing. We can't do without it to open a factory or run an industry. It can be said that it is our lifeblood."
"The reserves of Jiangdu Coal Mine are not low, and the quality of the coal is good. It's just that Ren Anfu thought it cost too much to buy mining equipment, so he always used people to dig people to carry them."
"That won't work!"
"Some money can be saved, and some money must be spent."
"Next, I plan to build the Jiangdu coal plant, purchase the latest mining equipment, and increase the output of the coal mine."
"Yongquan, this matter is more important, you can do it."
"I've already sent someone to Lu Province to deliver a letter. In a short time, Wayne will bring a few engineers to Jiangdu for inspection. You just need to connect with them."
Wu Yongquan nodded: "Okay, don't worry, leave this to me!"
At this time, Lin Hongfei said: "Okay, today's meeting will end here first, and before the end, I will tell everyone again."
"Winning Jiangdu County is something to be happy about, but we can't just be complacent and get carried away!"
"Compared with the entire Lingnan Province, Jiangdu County is a place as big as a sesame seed."
"I hope everyone will take a long-term view, and don't be tempted by some small favors outside, and do things that shouldn't be done."
"Everyone here, I regard you as my brothers."
"I hope you won't let me do the act of killing my brother in the same robe!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone immediately got up and expressed their opinions repeatedly:
"Don't worry, the magistrate, we will definitely pay attention!"