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

Chapter 227 Chaotic Huaishui County

On the construction site today, there is a strong smell of meat. I can see that the dry firewood is wrapped in flames, and seven or eight large iron pots are continuously heated by the flames. Fascinating aroma.

The captive workers lined up in a long line, looking at the big iron pots one by one, their noses greedily sniffing the smell of meat in the air, the saliva was swallowed again and again, and it rose in the mouth again and again.

Liu Qizi stood in the middle of the team, and like everyone else, he stared at the pot of meat and vegetables, his eyes full of anticipation!

I'm going to eat meat today!

Because the magistrate has a young master in his family.

The county magistrate is benevolent, and he will not forget his group of captives who have offended him.

Not long after, the team began to move slowly. The women in charge of cooking put a large spoonful of meat and vegetables into the captives' bowls, and then the women next to them handed over four freshly baked pancakes!

After all the prisoners got the meat, vegetables and dry food, they immediately ran to the side. Regardless of the hot dishes, they picked up a chopstick of fatty meat and stuffed it into their mouths.

At this moment, it was Liu Qizi's turn, and he put a large iron spoon of stew into the bowl. Liu Qizi glanced at it, his face could not hide his excitement. There was a lot of meat in it, almost half of the vegetables and half of the meat.

The four pancakes are also baked with yellow stick noodles. Compared with wild vegetable dumplings and bran nests, this is a good food!

Liu Qizi can't remember the last time he ate meat, so it should be the last time!

However, he vaguely remembered that he was still wearing crotch pants!

After all, it will take ten years to say the least!

Finding a secluded place, Liu Qizi set up the rice bowl, picked up the fat and thin stewed meat with chopsticks, put it in his mouth, and chewed it lightly, the meat juice exploded in the mouth immediately.

For a moment, Liu Qizi felt that the pores of his whole body were a little open, and his whole body felt a trembling feeling.

He has long forgotten what meat tastes like, and he has never felt this strange but heart-felt pleasant taste.

"It's so fragrant!"

Liu Qizi ate very slowly, he wanted to savor the taste of the stewed meat slowly, with the pancakes in his hand, he deliberately peeled off the brown crispy skin first, and put it in his mouth to chew on the crunchy and fragrant ones.

Soak the rest in the vegetable soup, stuff it into your mouth, and after chewing a few times, the pancake soaked in gravy slides down your esophagus.

"The magistrate let me eat meat."

"He's such a great guy!"

"It's my good fortune to be a prisoner of the county magistrate!"

Liu Qizi sighed with emotion, and wiped the last pancake in his hand vigorously in a circle, and all the remaining meat residue and soup base adhered to the pancake, and the whole rice bowl was as clean as if it had never been used.

"The stew is so delicious!"

Liu Qizi said slowly with a smile.

And like Liu Qizi, the many captives also showed joy, and said while eating, the county magistrate is benevolent, and everyone has to work hard.

Perhaps, Lin Hongfei still underestimated the living conditions of these ordinary people. In his opinion, eating bran nests and wild vegetable dumplings is considered punishment.

But this is something that the captives dare not eat enough.

Lin Hongfei thought it was just stewed meat, but this was the best delicacies from mountains and seas that the captives hadn't tasted for a year, two years, or even three to five years, or ten or eight years.

Invisibly, Lin Hongfei's position in the minds of these captive workers was much higher.

Although having a son made Lin Hongfei happy for several days, but he didn't forget the important thing he was going to do now.

On the surface of the river, the patrolling of the two gunboats Jiangdu and Jiangbei temporarily blocked the northward advance of the direct troops of Hubei Province, and they would not pose a threat to Lin Hongfei for a while.

Taking advantage of this time, Lin Hongfei, Wu Yongquan, Chu Liangyi and others started to deal with the affairs of Huaishui County.

Two days ago, spies from Huaishui County sent back the latest news again. There was a conflict between the security team of Huaishui County and the Sanhuangdao, the largest Taoist association in the area, and thirty or forty people died on both sides.

Now, whether it is Yang Zengshou, the commander of the security regiment, or Tang Ziyou, the altar leader of the Three Emperors, they are all trying to win over Wei Zhen, the bandit leader of Liantian Mountain.

And Wei Zhen also has a bit of strategy. Knowing that he is now a favorite, he simply sells it for a price, remains neutral, and helps whoever gives more money.

At the same time, the security team and the Three Emperors Road are also wantonly recruiting strong men, robbing food and money for weapons, and the people in Huaishui County have been squeezed to the limit.

This timing is precisely the best time for Lin Hongfei to send troops to intervene!

As long as the banner of protecting the environment and the people is raised, and a few porridge sheds are opened along the way, and a few large pots of porridge are cooked, it will be enough to win the hearts of the people of Huaishui County.

In order to defeat these three factions in a single battle, Lin Hongfei dispatched a total of more than a thousand people this time. These 1000 people are elite soldiers who eat and drink enough every day and train on time.

Comparing with the mob of Huaishui County Security Corps, Sanhuangdao, and Liantianshan bandits, let alone one enemy two, it is no problem to have three enemies or ten enemies.

As for the command of this team, Lin Hongfei handed it over to Chu Liangyi. Now he needs to train several high-level and middle-level officers under his command. In the future, when the territory grows, he can't just go to war.

Chu Liangyi was naturally very excited. It was his first time commanding a battle of more than a thousand people, and he would be lying if he said he was not nervous.

But being nervous, he wasn't worried about his ability to command. After all, what a mob he was facing. If he couldn't beat them, he might as well find a place to wipe his neck and kill himself.

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Huaishui County

huangjiacun

At noon, the village would have been filled with the smell of fireworks during cooking.

Today is no exception, it also has the smell of fireworks.

It's just that the scale of the fireworks is bigger!

The flame that was originally confined in the hearth has now engulfed more than a dozen simple houses one after another. The black smoke is thick and billowing, rolling and circling in the air, occasionally turning into a vague and hideous grimace.

In the black smoke that filled the sky, there were howling, cursing, and killing sounds one after another. Soldiers from the security regiment wore baggy and dirty military uniforms and hats on one side, and rushed into each courtyard like mad dogs. In the despair of the people, they wantonly vented their most primitive animal desires.

Killing and crotch!

Naturally, the people of Huangjia Village would not sit still. Some of the Huang family members who fled into the ancestral hall, under the organization of the patriarch and several elders, grabbed a few earthen guns and agricultural tools and began to confront the soldiers of the security regiment.

With the blessing of blood feud, he killed seven or eight security regiment soldiers who broke into the ancestral hall.

This move immediately drew retaliation from the security regiment. Dozens of soldiers from the security regiment surrounded the ancestral hall. They were not in a hurry to attack inside, but threw torches and grenades into the ancestral hall one after another.

For a while, thick smoke billowed in the ancestral hall, and explosions came and went one after another!