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

Jiang Li continued to speak, "And I only have one request, that is, you are not allowed to be lazy when working."

"If you can't do it, stand up, take your wages and get out. But if you accept my conditions and then slack off and get caught, don't blame me for being rude!"

As soon as Jiang Li finished the call, he calmed everyone down. Jiang Li didn't really start a fire, he just sprinkled sugar on everyone.

So everyone shouted, "I can do it, I can do it."

For a moment, the crowd was very excited and excited.

After a while, the crowd calmed down a little. Jiang Li took Li Sancai to the table and sat down to discuss with him the issues of clocking in and out, vacations, and food standards.

After the discussion was completed, Jiang Li collected some money from several Taoist soldiers and gave it to the workers as a gift.

Afterwards, they were put to work in an effort to resume production as soon as possible.

But at this time, Li Sancai explained awkwardly, "Your Excellency the County Magistrate, you don't know that the winery was haunted before, so Li Youcai was going to sell the winery, so he had already sold most of the raw materials for making wine. Without the raw materials, we really can't start work!"

Jiang Li frowned after hearing this, thought for a while and said, "If that's the case, forget it. Go and call the workers to clean the entire winery inside and out, and repair and inspect the winemaking equipment."

"Give me a list later, and I'll have someone go to Jiuquan Town to buy some emergency raw materials. As for the follow-up, I'll naturally find a way."

Li Sancai smiled and said, "Okay, County Governor. I'll pass the message on and write you a list when I come back."

As he said that, he arranged for people to clean up.

As for Jiang Li, he led people to check everywhere. After a while, Li Sancai brought the list. Jiang Li just glanced at it and put it away.

After that, he took his men away and returned to Jiuquan Town, where he asked two Taoist soldiers to buy a batch of grain for brewing wine, and also asked the grain store to send someone to deliver it.

Jiang Li took eight Taoist soldiers with him to ransack Li Youcai's house.

Since Jiang Li had already sent a squad of soldiers to surround Li Youcai's house, even though everyone in Li Youcai's family was carrying large and small bags, no one escaped.

After confiscating all their belongings, they ransacked their homes and finally seized a total of 4,000 silver dollars, three and a half pounds of gold, and a number of jewels, jade, wine, and grain.

After ransacking the house, Jiang Li was about to take his men away, but when he saw a group of servants, women and children shivering in the corner, he felt pity for them and took out five hundred dollars and distributed them to these dozen people.

Then he said, "Li Youcai has been executed. If you have nowhere to go, you can go to my new smoking cessation center and see if you can find a job there.

Then he took his men away.

After carrying the things to the inn, no one shared some money, then he gathered the soldiers and said to them, "We have heard that a wild Taoist priest is using corpses to transport poison to Jiuquan Town."

"After dinner, you two will form a team and lie in ambush in a hidden place in the town. When you see them, don't alert them and report back immediately. I will definitely catch them all in one fell swoop."

Everyone took the order, ate something in the restaurant, and then went to ambush.

At this time, Uncle Jiu came back and saw dozens of soldiers scattering. He couldn't help but ask curiously, "Ali, it's almost dark now. Where are they going?"

Jiang Li smiled and said, "Master, you are back. Have you eaten yet?"

Hearing Uncle Jiu say that he hadn't eaten yet, Jiang Li immediately called the waiter to order a few dishes, and then said to Uncle Jiu, "Master, you don't know, I just received the news."

"It is said that a wild Taoist priest wants to use corpse-driving to transport poison to Jiuquan Town. I have asked people to keep an eye on them. When they come, we will catch them all in one fell swoop."

Uncle Jiu frowned when he heard this and said, "What a scum of the Taoist sect! The harm caused by opium is endless. If I catch him, I will definitely get rid of this harm for the people!"

Jiang Li smiled and said, "Master, don't be anxious. Killing him will only lead to karma. It is safer to rule him according to the law of kings."

Uncle Jiu nodded and said, "That's true."

"Oh, by the way, I looked around today and found a large piece of vacant land in the west of the town. There are not many people living around and the feng shui is pretty good. It should be suitable to build a smoking cessation center there."

Jiang Li smiled and said, "Master, I naturally believe in your vision. It just so happens that I raided Li Youcai's house this afternoon and got some money. After we pay the victims' families compensation tomorrow, we can start building the smoking cessation center."

Uncle Jiu nodded and said, "This is the best. The sooner the smoking cessation center is built, the sooner they can recover."

At this time, the child brought the food to the table. Jiang Li said a few words to Uncle Jiu and went back to his room to practice, no longer disturbing Uncle Jiu and Axing and Xiaoyue from having dinner.

Jiang Li stopped practicing after an hour and lay down on the bed to take a nap. Because he might need to fight later, he didn't want to make himself too tired.

After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Li was woken up by Ah San, who said, "Master, the person who was stalking in the east of the town has returned. He said that the Taoist priest has arrived, and the zombies are now parked behind the church."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Li wiped his face, stood up and went out, starting to gather people and reorganize the team.

At this time, the Dragon Slayer Taoist was arguing with Li Renjie and his son. Dragon Slayer said, "Mayor Li, what do you mean? You asked me to ship the goods here before, but now that the goods have arrived, you say you don't want them anymore. Are you kidding me?"

Seeing that his father didn't know how to answer, Li Renjie immediately took over the conversation and said, "Master Tulong, you don't know that a new county magistrate came and raided the opium den."

"I was planning to open the church and get in touch with those smokers through the church, but that fake foreigner was driven away yesterday. He wanted to build a smoking cessation center. Now there is no market at all, and we can't do anything about it."

"Why don't we ask the Taoist priest to take another trip and ship the goods to the next town? It just so happens that we have some connections with the tobacco shop over there."

Tu Long said, "But how can I explain this to my brothers? They are all waiting for money to play around!"

"If they are not satisfied, they might stir up some trouble in the town. It would be bad if some rumors were spread!"

Li Renjie frowned and thought for a while before saying, "How about this, we both take a step back. I'll buy the goods for 100 yuan and see if I can sell them in town. Taoist priest, you take the money and go to the next town."

After hearing this idea, Tu Long thought about it for a while and finally agreed. Li was the mayor and was rich and powerful. He was after money, so it was not a good idea to confront him head-on.

After both parties completed the transaction, Tulong was about to set off with a group of reluctant fake zombies. After Jiang Li gathered his men, he quickly rushed towards the church.

But as soon as they arrived at the church, they heard the soldiers who were following them report that the group had just left, so Jiang Li hurriedly led the team to chase after them.

He even led ten Taoist soldiers on horseback to chase after them, and a few minutes later, they caught Tulong and others in the act.