Shanghai: The First Warlord of the Republic of China

Now he has nothing else to do. The only thing he has to do is to recruit people.

Get the number of people to 400,000.

Only when Longmen reaches 400,000 people can the next step be taken.

Therefore, 400,000 people are the top priority.

He planned to stay in the south and north of the Yangtze River until Xu Wenqiang recruited 400,000 people.

For the next few days, Ye Yunfei stayed in Jiangbei.

Of course, he did not stay in the Longmen branch in Jiangbei, but traveled around Jiangbei.

Jiangbei is a very vast province. Since he occupied Jiangbei, he has not had a good time here.

So, he planned to take advantage of these few days to have a good time in Jiangbei.

Take a look at the customs and culture of Jiangbei, and appreciate the scenery of Jiangbei.

Jiangbei is indeed a very beautiful place.

During this period of time, he traveled almost all the mountains and rivers in Jiangbei.

Jiangbei is indeed a good place, with many famous mountains and rivers, as well as many scenic spots and historical sites.

Moreover, because it was built during the Republic of China, almost all the scenery here is purely natural, has not been developed, and is full of natural flavor.

Plus there is no pollution and the air is very good.

It can be said that in today's era, the environment is absolutely the best.

However, there is one thing that is not good.

That is poverty.

He saw that many people in the south and north of the Yangtze River were in extreme poverty, and many people could not get enough food all year round.

The meals we eat every day are just some porridge, which is not enough to fill our stomachs.

Even though Longmen has now exempted the south and north of the Yangtze River from one year's taxes, years of poverty and exploitation have made their lives still in a very bad state.

This situation cannot be improved in a short period of time.

It will take at least a few years, or even several more years, to recover.

Therefore, after seeing the situation in the south and north of the Yangtze River, Ye Yunfei secretly made up his mind that no matter what, he would let the people here live a good life.

At least, they can't be left hungry.

This is the situation in the south and north of the Yangtze River, and it is almost the same throughout the Republic of China.

Even in the more affluent provinces of Jiangnan, many people live in poverty, not to mention some of the poorer provinces.

So, this is the situation across the country.

The common people were poor, but many warlords and officials were extremely wealthy.

This is the norm.

And he absolutely cannot let this happen again.

First is the south and north of the Yangtze River, then the entire southeast region, and then the entire Republic of China.

He wants to make the people of the entire Republic live a good life step by step.

In fact, he had this idea only recently.

Because before, although he had some troops under his command, he founded Longmen.

But in fact, Longmen is just a relatively small force that only controls Shanghai. It is very weak and has a small territory.

He also doesn't have the ability to take care of too many things.

After gradually expanding his power and taking control of the south and north of the Yangtze River, his attitude gradually changed.

Now that he has greater strength and greater ability, he must do what he should do.

As long as it is within the territory controlled by Longmen, he will let the people here live a good life.

When the people are rich, the country will be strong.

They will naturally be more powerful.

So, that's his goal now.

Of course, Ye Yunfei knew that it was not easy to achieve this so far.

At the very least, Longmen's strength must be expanded step by step.

In a week, he traveled all over the mountains and rivers of Jiangbei.

Afterwards, he returned to the Jiangnan Longmen branch.

"Brother Fei, you're back."

Xu Wenqiang looked at Ye Yunfei coming back and said with a smile.

Ye Yunfei was about to speak when he suddenly saw Xu Wenqiang walking with a hunched back, and his face was a little pale, as if he was injured.

He frowned and said, "What's wrong with you, Wen Qiang? Are you hurt? Why are you hunched over?"

Xu Wenqiang said: "Brother Fei, you forgot, I went to the punishment hall of Longmen and received twenty lashes. These twenty lashes were on my back, so there are some wounds on my back. I can only hunch my body."

Upon hearing this, Ye Yunfei smiled bitterly and said, "I've already told you that you don't need to be punished, but you still insist on going to the punishment hall. Do you really want to make yourself suffer?"

Xu Wenqiang said: "I have to do what I promised. Besides, it was my fault in the first place, so I deserve to suffer a little."

"Don't worry, Brother Fei, he will be fine in a few days. It's not a serious injury."

Ye Yunfei said helplessly: "Forget it, I don't care, you recover on your own."

"How's the recruitment going? Do you have enough people?"

Xu Wenqiang said: "That's enough. In the past week, Jiangnan and Jiangbei, Longmen have been recruiting people aggressively. In just one week, they have recruited tens of thousands of people."

"The number of people in Longmen has now officially reached 400,000."

"This is the number of people we've recruited recently, Brother Fei, take a look."

Xu Wenqiang handed Ye Yunfei a form.

The list was filled with dense text, which should be names of people. He felt dizzy just looking at them and said, "I won't look at the names. I just need to know that the number of people has reached 400,000."

"That is to say, the number of Longmen members has now officially reached 400,000, right?"

Xu Wenqiang nodded: "Yes, 400,000 is no problem, it should be a little more."

"Great."

Ye Yunfei was surprised. The number finally reached 400,000.

"Now, how many people do you have here?"

Xu Wenqiang said: "The total population of Jiangnan and Jiangbei is about 100,000 now."

"In addition, there are another 300,000 troops, led by Ding Li, around Shanghai Beach."

Ye Yunfei thought for a moment and said, "If I transfer all these 100,000 people away, nothing will happen to your Jiangnan and Jiangbei, right?"

The number of people now reaches 400,000, and he plans to use these 400,000 to attack Wu Fatian with all his strength.

But now there is a problem.

If he transfers all these 400,000 people away, there will be no one to guard the south and north of the Yangtze River.

If someone launches an attack on Jiangnan and Jiangbei, it might be troublesome.

So, I feel that it is not a good idea to transfer all the people away.

Let’s see what Xu Wenqiang thinks.

Xu Wenqiang said: "If all the troops are transferred away, it will definitely cause a vacuum in the defense of Jiangnan and Jiangbei."

"However, Longmen is still recruiting people. Many people come to sign up every day, and the number is constantly increasing."

"If we can wait for two or three days, we should be able to recruit another 10,000 or 20,000 people."

"If we keep these 10,000 or 20,000 people to guard the south and north of the Yangtze River, we should be able to gain some confidence."

Ye Yunfei said: "The newly recruited ones are all rookies with no combat experience and little strength."

"Can a group of 10,000 or 20,000 new recruits defend the two major provinces of Jiangnan and Jiangbei?"