Signing in the Republic of China: starting from a foot patrol

Chapter 195 I Come to Jiangdu County, I Only Do 3 Things

Just as Lin Hongfei was thinking about road construction, Wu Yongquan walked into the study and said:

"Hongfei, those people have all gone to the pier, let's go too!"

Lin Hongfei turned around, nodded, picked up the top hat on the table and put it on his head, then walked outside.

Walking out of the county office, Lin Hongfei turned over and stepped onto a white horse that looked like snowflakes, and then pulled the reins, urging the white horse to drive towards the pier.

Behind him, [-] guards with shell guns and flower organs followed on horseback. The horseshoes stepped on the bluestone slabs of the main road in the county town, making crisp sounds.

The people along the way quickly hid on both sides of the road, and then watched Lin Hongfei and his party leave in awe.

At Jiangdu Wharf, in an open space nearby, some chairs and long benches were densely arranged.

The big gentry in the county and the shopkeepers of the merchants on the wharf all gathered here, as if they were waiting for something.

However, everyone was in no mood to chat, and looked at the soldiers of the independent regiment who were in charge of vigilance and sentry.

Although these soldiers did not say a word and stood still, it can be seen that these soldiers are well-trained just by their imposing manner, clothing, and equipment.

Especially the brand-new and neat military uniforms worn by the soldiers were made of high-quality fabrics. Even the clothes worn by some gentry were not as good as the fabrics worn by other soldiers.

But this is normal, after all, Lin Hongfei runs a dyeing factory himself, and it is not a trivial matter to get some good fabrics for his own soldiers to make military uniforms.

Look at the heavy machine guns and mortars placed at an angle in the open space in the distance. The original Ren family militia did not have such good equipment.

The strength of Lin Hongfei's independent regiment can be imagined!

A few daring children came up to watch the excitement. The soldiers who were cleaning the heavy machine guns and fiddling with the barrels did not drive them away. Shouting and elation.

Everyone looked away from the mortar, and finally looked at an armored gunboat that was slightly swaying with the flow of the river on the river not far away!

Just now everyone saw with their own eyes a few people who looked like officers changed from the gunboat to a small boat and came to the land to join Guo Lang and Huo Yunshan. This meant that the gunboat belonged to Lin Hongfei too!

This incident shocked everyone. The so-called relying on mountains to eat mountains depends on water to drink water. Jiangdu County is close to the Yangtze River. Naturally, these gentry made a lot of money by relying on the river.

An iron-clad gunboat across the river is invincible.

To put it bluntly, with this gunboat, Lin Hongfei can control the shipping and fishing at Jiangdu Wharf.

Everyone's lifeline is in the hands of Lin Hongfei!

Look at the black and thick cannon tubes on the ship, and the arm-thin gun barrels, this is not something wooden ships can compete with.

Thinking about this, not only these gentry, but also the merchants, shopkeepers, water gangs, and ship bosses on the wharf all changed their faces.

At this time, Lin Hongfei hadn't arrived at the pier yet, but everyone looked at the vacant seat, with expressions of awe and fear evident in their eyes.

It seems that everyone has to be careful when doing business at Jiangdu Wharf in the future.

However, some thoughtful people quickly thought that if they could get the protection of this iron-clad gunboat.

Then the waters around Jiangdu County are much safer, and everyone doesn't have to worry about being robbed by water bandits.

For a moment, there was a little strangeness in everyone's eyes.

Several people have already started to plan, wondering what price to pay in exchange for Lin Hongfei's protection.

Just when everyone had different thoughts, there was a dense sound of horseshoes. Everyone looked back and saw Lin Hongfei galloping towards this side, and the horse team behind him raised a cloud of smoke and dust!

Soon, Lin Hongfei came to the crowd, and after getting off his horse, he saw everyone bowed down in unison, and said respectfully:

"Congratulations to the county magistrate!"

"It's late, everyone forgive me!"

Lin Hongfei laughed, and then strode up to the rostrum, and then sat on the main seat, looking directly at the group of wealthy gentry, merchant owners, and Cao Gang ship merchants.

Beside them, Wu Yongquan, Chu Liangyi, Huo Yunshan, Guo Lang and others took their seats one by one. Although these people were very young, their aura still shocked everyone in the audience.

At this time, Wu Yongquan stood up, held up a metal horn, and shouted loudly to the audience according to Lin Hongfei's specially written speech:

"Since the former Qing emperor abdicated, a total of 9 county magistrates have come to Jiangdu County!"

"They are all bastards, beasts, and parasites!"

"Aside from corrupting the law and taking people's wealth, they have not done anything good for the people of Jiangdu County."

"Neither did I live and work in peace, nor did I protect my family and the people!"

"However, our county magistrate Lin is not like this!"

"Today, Mr. Lin County Chief summoned you here to show everyone the might of our Jiangdu County Independent Regiment!"

"Let everyone know that our independent group can protect the family and the people!"

After all, Wu Yongquan pointed to a communication soldier not far away and said, "Go, bring those bandits here!"

Soon, nearly a hundred bandits tied up and covered with black cloth were escorted to an open space not far away by the soldiers of the Independence Regiment, and then they were forced to kneel down.

Wu Yongquan shouted at the top of his voice: "These people are from the original Ren family militia. They did evil and became bandits."

"Today, they will be beheaded in public, as an example to others!"

"Firing squad, do it!"

As soon as the words fell, the soldiers immediately raised their rifles and shot at the bandits in front of them. The bullets penetrated the backs of these bandits and quickly took their lives.

Seeing this scene, everyone's heart trembled. It's not that they haven't seen dead people before, but this is the first time they've seen such a large-scale execution.

Immediately afterwards, Wu Yongquan was heard shouting again:

"Why did you shoot the militia!"

"Because they rob big households and tyrants"

"Shooting them is just to let everyone understand that they will end up as bandits!"

Speaking of this, Wu Yongquan shouted in a hoarse voice, pulling his neck: "The county magistrate is here, Jiangdu is at peace!"

"The county magistrate is here, and there will be Qingtian!"

"Cough cough cough..."

Shouting too hard, Wu Yongquan almost didn't come up in one breath.

The people who were shot just now were naturally not the Ren family militia, they were some bandits captured by the independent regiment just two days ago.

Lin Hongfei used them as a militia to deceive everyone, and at the same time, he also confirmed the rumor that the Ren family militia had indeed fallen into bandits.

At this time, Lin Hongfei stood up, looked at the crowd with a smile on his face, and said loudly: "I came to Jiangdu County and only do three things!"

"Fair, fair, fair on horseback!"

"So, I hope that you will act in a fair and just manner in the future."

"If someone does something wrong, don't let me catch it."

"Otherwise, I don't care which family's master or son he is, I will shoot him on the spot!"

"I, Lin Hongfei, as the county magistrate, pay attention to the rules the most."

"I do what I say!"

As soon as these words came out, Lin Hongfei looked at the audience with stern eyes, causing everyone's hearts to tremble.

At this moment, in everyone's mind, four words emerged almost at the same time:

"awesomeness!"