My Apprenticeship to Uncle Jiu: I Was a Warlord in the Republic of China

Chapter 185: County Governor's Mansion and Parking Garage Completed

Seeing them like this, Jiang Li hurriedly comforted them, "You three don't have to be so reserved. I plan to use you three as the basis and assign you a few assistants to form a team specifically responsible for vehicle maintenance. What do you think?

"It's all up to the county magistrate. I can't say anything else, but I can still repair motorcycles and bicycles. I learned to repair motorcycles in Guangzhou for seven or eight years, and I am confident that I have some skills." Liu Daxia patted his chest when he heard it.

Jiang Li smiled as soon as he heard it. "In that case, the three of you should go to the guest room and take a rest. I will go take care of other things first."

After saying that, he asked someone to take the three people to rest. Although they were puzzled as to why the county magistrate was so polite, they did not say anything and obediently followed the guide and left.

Jiang Li returned to the courtyard and saw Han Yong still standing there waiting for the count results. Jiang Li quickly asked someone to bring a chair and a cup of tea. "Please don't blame me, Manager Han. I was so happy just now that I forgot to serve you tea."

Han Yong was terrified when he saw this. "What are you talking about, County Magistrate Jiang? I am just a businessman. How can I deserve such courtesy from the County Magistrate?"

Not only Han Yong, but even Old Wu was confused. Jiang Li's performance was too polite. Why did he praise him so highly?

Jiang Li didn't care about their thoughts. He pulled Han Yong to sit down and then talked to him about the situation in Guangzhou.

Then he asked casually, "Maybe Manager Han has got some guns or knows someone who can get some?"

When Han Yong heard this, he immediately understood what Jiang Li meant. He wanted him to smuggle arms.

You have to know that he has to pass through the inspections of many warlords along the way. Even if he can get guns and cannons, it is impossible for him to bring them here smoothly, and he might even get into trouble and be killed.

So he chuckled and said, "County Magistrate Jiang really thinks highly of Han. I am just a small businessman who resells vehicles. How can I get guns and cannons?"

"But if County Magistrate Jiang is interested, I can ask around to see if those foreigners are willing to contact you."

Jiang Li did not expose him after hearing this. After all, people came here to make money. It is normal for them to be unwilling to take such a big risk.

Then I told him to help me bring some spare parts to repair bicycles, motorcycles and cars, and then we started chatting about some irrelevant things.

After a while, Old Wu came over to report, "Master, the items have been counted, and they are exactly the same as on the list."

"Don't worry, Manager Han. It's not that I don't trust you. It's just that this is the rule of doing business. You have to pay the money before you can get the goods."

Han Yong laughed when he heard this and said, "What are you talking about, County Magistrate Jiang? This has been the rule since ancient times. Why should I have any objection?"

"Old Wu, take Shopkeeper Han to settle the payment!"

Then he said to Han Yong, "Manager Han, go and settle the payment first. I'll go prepare a banquet to entertain you!"

Han Yong was completely confused, but he didn't dare to show it on his face. He was still smiling, "You are too polite, County Magistrate Jiang. I am so ungrateful to trouble you to entertain me personally. You are embarrassing me!"

Seeing his refusal, Jiang Li pretended not to understand, "It's okay, it's okay. Shopkeeper Han, go get the money with Old Wu. Don't think too much about it."

Having said that, he pushed him away, and Jiang Li actually ordered the kitchen to prepare a table of dishes and waited for him to come back to eat.

At this time, Ah San, who was following nearby, saw that there were no outsiders present, so he asked, "Master, you are too polite to that Han, is it necessary to be so polite when we have guns?"

"You don't know the role of motorcycles and cars, and you don't know how much benefit it will bring to have good relations with foreigners. Anyway, you have to remember that Han Yong is a distinguished guest in the future. Be polite to him. I still need his connections and business channels!"

"Do you understand?" Jiang Li asked Asan seriously.

Although Asan didn't know how important motorcycles and cars were, he knew that Jiang Li must have his reasons for taking this matter so seriously, so he naturally wouldn't refute it.

Seeing that Ah San had listened, Jiang Li said no more and continued to wait for Han Yong to come back.

When he came back, Jiang Li naturally greeted him with a smile. After a while of warm hospitality, he sent the drunk Han Yong back to his room to rest.

Afterwards, he explained Han Yong's role in detail to Old Wu, and asked him to treat him with courtesy so that he could buy more vehicles and even weapons through him.

Although Old Wu didn't quite understand, he still agreed.

That night, Jiang Li and Ren Tingting naturally had a lot of fun together, but I won’t go into details here. (I’ll talk about it in detail later.)

The next day, after warmly seeing Han Yong off, Jiang Li took his men to transport all these things to the parking garage in Tengteng County which had not yet been fully completed.

Fortunately, the main structure of the parking garage has been completed and only needs some details to be worked on before it can be used normally, so Jiang Li still put the motorcycle in the garage.

As for why he didn't equip the troops immediately, it was because he wanted to form a motorized mobile force. Then, this force could be used as a rapid mobile support force, which could be considered a surprise force!

As for the bicycles, half of them were distributed to each company, allowing them to form a team on their own for reconnaissance or messaging.

The remaining half would naturally be used by the Taoist soldiers. After all, war horses were rare in the south. Up to now, he had only about thirty qualified war horses, which were not enough for the thirty-six Taoist soldiers.

He has thought it through during this period. He will continue to increase the number of Taoist soldiers, at least double it to seventy-two.

After a few more busy days, the candidates for the road soldiers were finally selected, and Tengteng County's new home and parking garage were officially completed. So Jiang Li waved his hand and transferred a company of soldiers to garrison the garage.

As for the newly built county magistrate's mansion, he sent several servants to maintain it. He would not move in so quickly now. After all, given Ren Tingting's current condition, it was most reassuring to have her mother taking care of her.

Seeing that things were almost dealt with, Jiang Li thought about going to Daxian Mountain, but based on his previous experiences, he did not go there in broad daylight, but deliberately chose to go at four or five o'clock, otherwise Huang Silang would not have time to receive him.

The result was as he expected. When he arrived, it was already five o'clock and most of the pilgrims who had come to fulfill their vows had left. He met Huang Silang smoothly.

"My Lord Mountain God, you are really capable. I see that your mountain god temple has expanded a lot since the last time I came. There are also several more statues in the temple. It seems that the offerings from pilgrims have been sufficient during this period!" Jiang Li joked with a smile.

Huang Silang was very proud when he heard this, but he still said, "No, no, it's all because of the sincere pilgrims and the mediation of Mao Shanming, otherwise how could the temple be expanded?"

"I looked at the statues next to them and they looked like the statues of Dabao and Xiaobao, but the armor they were wearing made me unsure!"