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

Jiang Li rolled his eyes at him in anger, "If you kill him now, I'll have made this trip in vain, and all those smiling faces I showed just now will be in vain, can you please use your brain?"

Ah San scratched his head and said, "That's right, we still have to buy cannons from him, and we can't kill him yet!"

"It's good to know."

"Besides, even if you want to kill him, you have to wait until he is no longer useful, and find a place where there are no people. After killing him, you can't leave any tail to avoid trouble. Do you understand?"

Ah San was a little confused after hearing this, "Then Master, should we kill him or not? I am confused!"

"I'll ask him later if he has anything good. If he does, I'll treat him to a good meal. If not, I'll find a deserted place and give him some peanuts to send him back home."

After saying that, Jiang Li got off the boat without looking back.

At this time, William had no idea that his life and death depended on Jiang Li's thoughts, and he was still stretching his body there!

Jiang Li got off the boat and saw that he had almost stretched out, so he invited him to get on the motorcycle. However, the guy took one look at the bloated Maxim and was unwilling to sit on it at all.

Instead, he looked at the warhorse under a Taoist soldier with great interest. He stepped forward and touched it a few times. "These horses are really good. I'd better ride a horse. The narrow seat of the motorcycle will definitely dirty my expensive suit."

Jiang Li didn't say anything after hearing this. He asked the Taoist soldier to give him the horse. After he got on the horse, he said, "Let's go eat first. I've had enough of those bread and canned food on the boat these few days!"

After saying that, he rode his horse forward without listening to what Jiang Li said.

Jiang Li and Han Yong were left looking at each other in bewilderment, but in the end he suppressed his anger and asked a cavalryman to lead the way towards Renjia Town.

In fact, although Jiang Li was angry just now, he discovered a bright spot, which is the canned food he mentioned. If a canned food production line could be obtained, it would be of great help to both logistics and military expenditures.

Thinking of this, he got on his motorcycle and followed. The group soon arrived at Renjia Town, and in order to prevent riots, he ordered people to station outside the town and only brought Jiang Youchi, Han Yong and a few other Taoist soldiers in.

Taking William to the western restaurant in town, William said to Jiang Li happily, "I didn't expect there would be a western restaurant in such a remote town. It seems that our western food is still very popular in the East!"

Jiang Li almost laughed out loud when he heard this. Even if others didn't know it, he must have known that Britain was a well-known food desert, and the only things they had were French fries and fish fillets.

He actually put it on, but due to the current situation, he did not expose him, but smiled and said, "Your Excellency the Baron is right, this Western food is very novel, and there are still many people who like it!"

William didn't understand the deeper meaning of these words. He just felt that what Jiang Li said was very much to his liking, so his attitude became much friendlier.

After arriving at a private room and calling the waiter to order, he showed off his bloodline to Jiang Li, "County Magistrate Jiang, do you know that my Lawrence family was a very noble and powerful viscount a hundred years ago?"

"Unfortunately, due to some things, we lost the title. Fortunately, after these years of hard work, I regained the title. In the near future, the Lawrence family will surely become great again in my hands!"

Jiang Li naturally smiled and nodded in agreement after hearing this, but he didn't intend to let this guy continue to pretend. After all, as the Internet said in his previous life, who among us Chinese didn't have rich ancestors?

He gathered his emotions for a moment, then said, "I am deeply moved by what the Baron said!"

"To be honest, our Jiang family is one of the most aristocratic families in the world."

When William heard this, he immediately became interested. "Oh, then please tell me about your family's history. I am very interested in oriental nobles!"

"To be honest, our Jiang family's original surname was not Jiang but Jiang. About two hundred years ago, we moved here to escape the war. Later, in order to avoid being hunted down by our enemies, we changed our name to Jiang."

Seeing that William was very curious about this, he immediately increased his intensity and continued to brag.

"Speaking of my family's original surname, Jiang, it is quite extraordinary. The name of our ancestor can be traced back to three thousand years ago. The ancestor of my Jiang family was Bo Ling, the third son of Zhou Gongdan, the brother of the Zhou emperor who ruled the entire China."

"Because of his merits, he was granted the title of Jiang Boling by the Emperor of Zhou and later founded the State of Jiang, which lasted for 400 years. Unfortunately, the family gradually declined due to various reasons."

"By the time it was passed down to my generation, it had already declined to the extreme. Now I only have a few counties under my control, but a division has less than 20,000 soldiers. I, Jiang Li, really feel ashamed of my ancestors!"

William was already dumbfounded by now. It was three thousand years ago, it was the brother of Emperor Zhou, it was the State of Jiang, and there were the 20,000 soldiers that Jiang Li mentioned. None of them were things that a mere honorary baron like him could even imagine.

As a result, the tone of his voice and expression changed drastically, from being condescending to being full of awe.

You know, this is a high-ranking noble with royal blood, so William should be respectful to him.

In fact, not only William was shocked, but also Han Yong, Jiang Youchi, Asan and those Taoist soldiers were all shocked.

William didn't know what the concept of the Zhou Emperor was. As native Chinese, they knew it very well. He was a descendant of the emperor!

No wonder our county magistrate is so wise and brave, everything he does goes smoothly, and he always wins the battle. This must be because of the blessing of heaven.

Thinking of this, they all stared at Jiang Li with fiery eyes. Jiang Li noticed something unusual and looked back, thinking, "Are these guys stupid? They believe such words?"

But because William was here, he couldn't explain anything. Fortunately, the waiter came with coffee after a while.

Jiang Li extended his hand to William and made an invitation gesture, "Baron, how about trying this coffee? Is it authentic?"

William came back to his senses immediately after hearing this, "Sir Jiang Li, you don't have to call me Baron. If you prefer, just call me William."

Seeing his attitude change drastically, Jiang Li was delighted. He had spent so much effort to brag like this, and finally he had achieved what he wanted. It was not in vain.

"Well, I will dare to call you William. You don't have to call me Your Excellency. Just call me Jiang Li."

"Come on, William, try this coffee and tell me if there's anything wrong with it. I'll ask them to improve it and make it more authentic!"

Jiang Li said to him with a smile.

William nodded and took a bite, then nodded, "It tastes good, it will be even better with some sugar!"

As he said that, he picked up a spoon and added a large spoonful of sugar. Seeing this, Jiang Li felt it was too sweet just by looking at it, let alone drinking it.