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

As for the harvest, it was huge, not to mention the nearly 300,000 people in 26 towns in two counties.

In terms of property alone, they obtained three million dollars, eighteen hundred kilograms of gold, eighty million kilograms of grain, three thousand two hundred intact guns of various kinds, and countless jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and jade.

There are also more than 2,700 large livestock such as pigs, sheep, cattle, horses, and mules.

Among them, there are 264 horses that can be bred into war horses using blood mushrooms. Together with the horses he already has, it is enough to add two more cavalry companies and form a cavalry battalion.

After spending a lot of money, Jiang Li recruited another 1,200 new soldiers and selected 900 usable people from the previous captives.

Now he has four counties, 49 towns, 530,000 people and nearly 6,000 soldiers under his jurisdiction. The key is that there is sufficient money and food and the people's hearts are stable, so the future is bright.

After receiving the spoils, the next natural thing is to confer official titles and rewards, but he is only a county magistrate now. It is simple to distribute money and food according to military merits, but he cannot be given a very high official position.

He had no choice but to promote himself. It was difficult to get promoted in the civil service, but it was very easy to get promoted in the military. He had 6,000 people under him, so if he was thick-skinned enough, he could be a division commander. After all, a division only had 8,000 to 15,000 people.

He was promoted directly from regimental commander to division commander, and the officers at all levels under him were naturally promoted one by one.

All company commanders were promoted to battalion commanders, and those with the best performance were directly promoted to deputy regiment commanders, becoming senior military officers. They would be officially promoted to regiment commanders only if they made more contributions.

It took another half a month to complete all this. With the help of this period of investigation, Jiang Youchi had already led his men to find out the situation of the bandits in the two counties.

Since Han Jinlong's men were quite capable, there were not many bandits in Dongshan County, only three or four gangs that were not very powerful.

But the bandits in Qinghe County were much more rampant. More than a dozen gangs of bandits often committed crimes, causing complaints from the people.

When Jiang Li learned about the situation, he was unwilling to let them continue to go unpunished, so he directly ordered his men to wipe them out.

The act of suppressing bandits has been done more than three or four times, and both soldiers and officers are familiar with it.

So in just a few days, all the bandits in the two counties were captured and killed, and Jiang Li also earned some money and food.

After dealing with things here, he left sixty people in each town and three hundred people in each of the two counties to garrison, and then took the others back to Tengteng County.

It wasn't that there was any emergency in Tengteng County, but he calculated the time and knew Han Yong would be here soon.

He had consumed a large amount of weapons and ammunition this time and was in urgent need of replenishment. He had already made up his mind that he must confront Han Yong and force him to introduce a few foreigners to him.

It would be best if we could buy some weapons production lines, but at least we would need more ways to purchase weapons.

He now has more and more soldiers and horses, and it is no longer feasible to buy heavy machine guns and cannons bit by bit as before. They must be obtained in bulk.

In just two days, Jiang Li brought his men back to Tengteng County and arranged for them to be stationed in Guyang County and other towns. He only had two thousand people left.

Among them, there were 800 new recruits, 600 wounded soldiers, and 300 cavalry, artillery, and motorcycle soldiers, and the rest were the county defenders.

Fortunately, there are no enemies around now, so we can develop peacefully for a period of time.

After arranging the garrison, he asked Ah Si to take the 200 good horses to Caoping Mountain and drive their livestock to various farms.

As for the gold and silver, they were stored in the warehouse as soon as he arrived at the county town. After all this operation, he finally had some free time. It was after dark when he returned home.

After washing up and returning to the room, I saw that Ren Tingting and her son Jiang Xiao had fallen asleep.

He tiptoed forward and, in the candlelight, gently covered Ren Tingting's mouth.

When she was about to struggle, he leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Tingting, don't make a sound, it's me."

Ren Tingting stopped struggling immediately after hearing the familiar voice. Jiang Li felt her resistance weakening, so he let go of her hand.

Ren Tingting lowered her voice and asked, "Brother Li, what are you doing? I was so scared that I thought there was a thief in the house!"

Jiang Li replied softly: "I missed you, but I was afraid of waking up my son, so I came in quietly."

Ren Tingting understood what he said. She felt Jiang Li's restless hands and immediately understood his intention.

But she still said with some worry: "Brother Li, don't worry, wait for me to get up, and then we will go to another room, so as not to wake up our son, which will be troublesome."

Jiang Li had other plans, so he would not let her have her way. His lips slowly moved from her ear to her front, and he would not let go no matter how she pushed.

Ren Tingting felt Jiang Li's breathing becoming more and more rapid, and knew that he was determined, so she suppressed the strange feeling, half-heartedly hugged him, and no longer resisted.

Feeling Ren Tingting's cooperation, Jiang Li immediately untied the restraints on his body and carefully moved his son aside.

Ren Tingting was afraid of waking up her son, so she didn't dare make any sound. She could only cover her mouth tightly and silently endure the waves of heat, with a different kind of excitement surging in her heart.

She didn't know how long it had been, but she felt a strong sensation coming over her and then she lost consciousness.

Jiang Li felt her muscles suddenly relax, so he quickly reached out to feel her breathing. Fortunately, her breathing was even, and she just fainted.

Helplessly, Jiang Li had to gently pick her up and carry her to the bed in another room.

Then, he used his magic power to massage her and soothe her muscles and blood. After more than ten minutes, she finally woke up slowly.

Seeing that she was in an unfamiliar room, she asked in confusion: "Brother Li, why are we here? Weren't we in the master bedroom just now?"

Jiang Li smiled and replied: "You were enjoying yourself too much just now and fainted. I had no choice but to carry you here and give you a massage to soothe your muscles, bones, blood and flesh."

When Ren Tingting heard this, her face turned red with shame.

Jiang Li smiled evilly and then...

This time, without her son around, Ren Tingting could finally relax a little and make some babbling sounds.

Just like that, after an unknown amount of time, Ren Tingting's face was already flushed and she fell asleep exhausted.

Jiang Li didn't wake her up. He carried her horizontally to the bathroom to wash, then carried her back to the room and slept with his son.

During this process, Ren Tingting slept soundly and was unaware of what was happening.

As for his son Jiang Xiao, he didn't even know his father had returned. He just drooled and slept like a pig.

After sleeping for an unknown amount of time while holding his wife and child in his arms, Jiang Li was suddenly awakened by a burst of crying. When he opened his eyes, he found that it was his son Jiang Xiao who was crying.

He thought he had rolled over and crushed him, and he was suddenly at a loss and panicked.