EBE Chapter 127 The Exorcist Priest Story Begins
Chapter 127 The Exorcist Priest Story Begins
"This operation can be said to be a great victory, and you have also proved yourselves to be qualified commanders. Now I officially appoint the four of you as company commanders. The soldiers who followed you in this operation will be under your command."
Seeing the happy faces of the few people, Jiang Li said, "Go down and explain to the people below. Let them take a day off first. I will personally give them rewards after their achievements are checked tomorrow."
Upon hearing this, the four of them immediately stood at attention and saluted, saying "Yes!"
Then he turned and left.
After they left, Jiang Li called Jiang Youchi and said, "Now the surrounding bandits have been almost wiped out. The only one left is the warlord Mao Dalong. How have you found out about his situation?"
Jiang Youchi took out a small notebook and read, "Mao Dalong has a total of 121 soldiers and about 100 guns, but many of them are extremely old."
"In addition, we found out that he recently used his birthday as an excuse to forcibly collect protection money from surrounding villages and towns. The last time was a few days after his son was born."
"The people around here are very dissatisfied with him. If we take him down now, there should be a lot of support."
Jiang Li nodded and said, "Okay, there's no rush for this. Let's give these soldiers a few days to relax. After we distribute the rewards tomorrow, we can take him down with absolute advantage. After that, we can station troops in the surrounding towns."
After distributing the rewards for several days, Jiang Chen brought the more than 300 people to Huangqi Town. Mao Dalong had no talent and was timid.
Seeing so many people coming here with such a fierce momentum, and looking at the weak and cowardly soldiers on his side, he surrendered on the spot.
Jiang Li did not kill him. Instead, he gave him some money and moved him, his wife and son to Tengteng Town, and then successfully took over Huangqi Town.
Then, of course, there would be a just public trial, and those evil gentry and landlords in the town would be punished according to law.
A few were shot, and most of the others were sentenced to labor reform. This wave also recovered a large amount of land and distributed it to farmers, which greatly increased their reputation.
Then the new tax system was announced. When everything was completed, the garrison of 90 people left and left. The location of the garrison was exactly Mao Dalong's home.
After taking Huangqi Town, Jiang Li continued to move forward and led his men to successively take over Sanhe Town, Yong'an Town, and Jiuquan Town. He used the same method to quickly establish influence and then station troops.
After that, there was another wave of military expansion. As for Mao Dalong's subordinates and the security teams in the three towns of Sanhe, Yong'an and Jiuquan, they were recruited on a merit basis, and the rest were all confiscated and sent home.
This time, Jiang Li's territory expanded by more than double, and the number of troops under his command increased to about 1300 people, which was considered a fully staffed regiment.
Unfortunately, he was just a town mayor after all, so it was not right for him to do so. He had no choice but to spend a lot of money and legally donated the position of county governor.
The name of this county is Tengteng County. The jurisdiction of this county includes the seven towns, eighty-one villages and 43,000 people occupied by Jiang Li.
As for whether Tengteng Town has met the requirements for being upgraded to a county, the people above said that it is none of their business.
Speaking of this, we have to mention the mineral resources in these places under Jiang Li's command. In fact, it can be summarized in one sentence.
Because there is only one salt mine and two limestone mines in the entire Tengteng County, and some quarries, but there are no iron or copper mines at all, which makes Jiang Li speechless.
Fortunately, Ren Fa sent a message saying that the mushrooms on the gravel slope have matured, and this time because there are enough strains of fungus, the output will be more than ten times that of last time.
With this source of income, Jiang Li no longer has to worry about future military expenditures.
Moreover, the twenty guys who were cultivating the fungus were also trying several other types of mushrooms selected by Jiang Li. Now they seemed to have made some progress and discussed the sale of the mushrooms with Ren Fa.
He then led his men back to Tengteng Town to continue training troops, and at the same time gathered landless refugees from all over the place to continue developing Tengteng Town.
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In the blink of an eye, a month passed. On this day, Uncle Jiu sent someone to tell Jiang Li that a group of foreigners had come to Jiuquan Town to reopen the church, but that church was located in a very dangerous place and could not be opened.
Although he had some reputation, he was an outsider after all, and the mayor and the gentry didn't believe anything he said. There was nothing they could do but ask Jiang Li to step in to stop him.
When Jiang Li heard what was happening, he immediately took ten Taoist soldiers to Jiuquan Town. He had felt that the name of the town was familiar, but there were too many things going on to remember it for a while.
As for the slightly greedy mayor, he didn't pursue it much, but this time when Uncle Jiu mentioned it, he remembered it. Isn't this exactly the plot of the exorcist Taoist priest?
When Jiang Li led his men to Jiuquan Town, as soon as he arrived at the church, he saw Uncle Jiu having a heated debate with the missionary who looked somewhat like Ikkiu, and the scene nearby was as lively as a market.
All I heard was Uncle Jiu saying, "Reopening the church is such a big deal, and you listened to a dog seller. Are you kidding me?"
Li Renjie quickly explained, "It's not selling dogs. It means God in English."
Seeing that they were talking heatedly, Jiang Li pushed through the crowd and stepped forward, asking knowingly, "Master, why did you come to Jiuquan Town? What are you selling here? Why is it so lively?"
Uncle Jiu saw Jiang Li coming and said, "Ali, you came at the right time. The owner of the winery, Li Youcai, asked me to catch ghosts for his winery, but when I arrived, I saw that they were going to reopen the church."
"Look, this is the most evil place in this town. Once it is opened, the consequences will be disastrous. I am going to stop them!"
At this time, the mayor's son flattered, "Marshal Jiang, I am the mayor's son Li Renjie. When you judged those rich and unkind gentry that day, I was watching from the bottom of the stage. I still remember your wise and heroic image very clearly!"
Jiang Li nodded and said, "Oh, I seem to have some impression. How come you are the one who took the lead in this matter today? Then tell me what happened. I think the business here is pretty good."
Li Renjie smiled flatteringly and said, "Marshal, you misunderstood. Today, Father Wu wanted to reopen the church. I think this is a good thing to guide people to be good, so I came to help and try to accumulate some virtue!"
At this time, Anne, who had just returned from abroad, also chimed in, "Yes, Marshal, Catholicism is a very prestigious religion in the West. The reopening of the church can greatly enrich people's spiritual world. You must support it!"
As she said this, she bowed in front of Jiang Li with a smile on her face, making her already low dress even lower, revealing a large area of her body.
Jiang Li didn't look at her any more, just nodded and said, "Since this is related to the safety of the whole town, let all the gentry and people in the town come and have a look. Then everyone can vote on whether to open it or not. This will be fair to everyone."
Then he said to Li Renjie, "Your father is the mayor, he should also be involved in this matter, go and invite him to the last trial stand, and we can discuss this matter together."
Li Renjie had a deep impression of that place. After all, many people were shot on that stage, and the bloodstains haven’t been wiped clean yet!