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

After Old Wu left, Jiang Li began to think about what gift to prepare for Uncle Jiu. After all, there were only twenty days left, so it was time to start preparing.

After writing for a long time, I finally had something that looked like it. I collected the gift list, took a few chickens, and went to Daxian Mountain.

Thanks to Jiang Li's food support, Mao Shanming had more food to help the poor. As the word of mouth spread, and as its medical skills continued to improve, its understanding of Taoist scriptures became more thorough.

Huang Silang's reputation is now very loud. At least in Lijia Town and the surrounding villages, everyone knows of his existence.

As soon as Jiang Li went up the mountain, he found that the number of people burning incense was almost twice as much as before. He thought that when the pumpkins are ripe, there will be even more believers.

After waiting for more than an hour until dusk, all the believers who had burned incense finally went down the mountain. After Maoshan Ming and Qing counted the offerings, they would take a few villagers to help transport them down the mountain.

Jiang Li stopped them and asked, "Fellow Daoist, please stay. If you can't handle it, why not hire a few people? It's not a good idea to trouble the villagers like this!"

Before Mao Shanming could speak, the villagers laughed and said, "Master Jiang, what are you talking about? If we help deliver these tributes to those widows, not only can we accumulate some virtue, but Taoist Master Mao will also give us some food as a reward. We don't mind the trouble!"

Jiang Li nodded and said, "I see. Then you should go and send him off quickly. The road will be difficult to travel after dark."

After hearing this, several people said hello to Jiang Li and went down the mountain. When Jiang Li found Huang Silang, he was reading the Taoist scriptures with great interest.

Looking at it in fascination, Jiang Li asked, "You may have studied this sutra, do you need me to help you solve your doubts?"

Huang Silang noticed Jiang Li's arrival this time, looked up and said to him, "You came at the right time, I was just having a question!"

Jiang Li did not explain the puzzlement to it, but handed the chickens to it and said, "Let's talk about this later. This time I came here not only to give you some chickens, but also to tell you some news."

"The first is that I went to Renjia Town in Guyang County and found that my wife's ancestral grave had been set up with a fortune-making array. This array has caused the Ren family to have few children, and my wife has not been able to get pregnant in two years of marriage."

"I have discussed with them. We will do our best to promote and build a temple for you. We will help you become a mountain god as quickly as possible. After that, we will use your luck to temporarily suppress the formation."

Huang Silang nodded and said, "No problem. When the time comes, just ask your wife to worship me as her godfather, and I will protect her."

Jiang Li said with a gloomy face, "You wishful thinking, you are now connected with my destiny, and I will naturally benefit from your becoming a god. Why would I need to worship you as my godfather? It would be better for you to recognize her as your godmother."

Seeing that Huang Silang was about to argue, Jiang Li interrupted him with a wave of his hand, "I'm just here to tell you that there may be many believers coming here in the future. You'd better make some preparations so that you don't get flustered when the time comes."

Huang Silang thought about it carefully and realized that it was indeed true. His luck was now unilaterally connected to him, so he really didn't need to have any godfather.

After thinking it through, it asked, "What's the second thing?"

Jiang Li said, "My master is getting married on the eighth day of next month. If you have time, come and join in the fun!"

Huang Silang heard this and said, "It's not good for me to show up in front of people like this. Why don't I wait until night to go there? It just so happens that the believers have gone down the mountain and I have some free time."

Jiang Li didn't say anything when he heard this. After all, he was a great immortal in the temple, and who knows how he would be misunderstood outside the temple.

Jiang Li then said, "Since you want to be a mountain god, you must have some good manners. When you go to my master's wedding, you can ask him for some ghosts. When you become a mountain god, you can appoint some divine servants and generals."

Huang Silang agreed after hearing this, and then asked Jiang Li about some scriptures that he didn't understand. After Jiang Li explained them clearly, he went home.

After having dinner with his family, Jiang Li and Ren Tingting went back to their room to rest. As for Jiang Xiaohua, she didn't say a word during the whole meal, and Jiang Li didn't tell his parents about it.

After washing up and returning to the room, Jiang Li hugged Ren Tingting and said, "You were very bold before. You even wanted me to break my vow. Was it because I was too gentle that you misunderstood me?"

Ren Tingting said in panic, "Brother Li, you misunderstood. It's because you are too strong that I can't bear it. That's why I want to find someone to help me share the burden. Please don't be angry."

Jiang Li smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm not an unreasonable person. I'll just be gentler next time."

Ren Tingting smiled and said, "Thank you, Brother Li. I..."

Jiang Li directly blocked her mouth, and then pressed her down on the bed. As Jiang Li said, his actions were much gentler, but the price was that it took longer. After a full hour, the two of them washed up and went back to their room to sleep.

The next day, Jiang Li started to expand the army again. Now that he had bought several hundred guns, he could go further.

He then took people to transport guns and ammunition to Tengteng Town, and then began to re-equip the troops.

Thanks to the full support of the two members of the Ren family, Jiang Li recruited another 300 people in just half a month and began training immediately.

These people were led and trained by Jiang Youxiao and Jiang Youti, while their protection was handled by two Taoist soldiers.

Arriving at Teng Teng Town, he found Jiang Youchi and nodded repeatedly after looking at the detailed map he reported. "Okay, with your map, we are no longer blind."

"After my master's wedding, we can try to take over all the surrounding villages and towns. Only then can we truly gain a firm foothold."

Jiang Li smiled and asked, "According to what you said, those yellow marks are bandits, and those red marks are warlords. It looks like there are more than twenty of them on this map. It seems that the world is becoming more and more chaotic!"

Jiang Youchi laughed and said, "Young Master is right. These days, there are constant natural disasters and man-made calamities. There are many people who have turned to banditry, but most of them just rob some money and food. Only a few gangs of bandits are ruthless and do all kinds of evil."

Jiang Li smiled and said, "Okay, go back and sort out what these murderous and arsonist bandits have done, so that we won't kill the wrong people."

Jiang Youchi said, "Don't worry, Master. I have already recorded it. I just need to sort it out a little bit."

Jiang Li nodded and said, "Okay, I trust you to do the job. You don't need to draw the map for the time being. Go back and organize it and accompany your wife!"

Jiang Youchi smiled and said, "Thank you, Master. I have been away from home for a long time and I really miss her."

Jiang Li smiled and said, "Alright, alright, let's go!"

"Go to the warehouse and get three hundred dollars. Take fifty dollars for yourself and buy some gifts to take back. Give the rest to your men!"

"Thank you, young master," Jiang Youchi said and left in a flash.

Seeing Jiang Youchi leave, Jiang Li continued to look at the map and planned the route for the troops.