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

Not to mention, a person who holds a large number of troops and is in charge of the military and political power of a region bowed to them.

So they all panicked and stood up quickly, not daring to accept the greeting.

Chen Yulou waved his hands hastily, "Marshal Jiang, please don't do this. People like us who are of the lowest class, how can we accept such a great gift from you!"

Jiang Li withdrew his hand and stood up after hearing this, but shook his head to express his objection to his words, "What are you talking about, Mr. Chen? I know what you did was not glorious, but so what!"

"Although you are engaged in tomb robbing, you also care about the people. This alone makes you better than 80% of the people in China."

"And I think you have heard about my style of doing things. I don't want to kill all the gentry and landlords, but I can't stand people bullying the people, and I want to seek justice for them!"

"well said!"

After hearing Jiang Li's words, Red Girl's face flushed with rosy glow, and she really became the real Red Girl, so much so that she couldn't help but exclaimed.

But when everyone at the scene turned their eyes to her, she couldn't help but shrink her head and retreated behind everyone in embarrassment.

Her exclamation interrupted everyone's reverie. Chen Yulou also came back to his senses from the exclamation and carefully tried to sound out Jiang Li's intentions.

"If I leave the Ling Sect and join Marshal Jiang's camp, how do you plan to arrange for my brothers?"

Seeing that he seemed to be moving strangely, Jiang Li thought for a while and gave him a reassurance.

"I've heard that during the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao had an official named Mojin Xiaowei, who was responsible for searching tombs for treasures in exchange for military pay."

"I plan to follow the example of the ancients and establish the position of tomb-grabbing lieutenant. I would like to invite General Chen to serve as the first tomb-grabbing lieutenant and temporarily receive a regimental-level military rank. If he makes meritorious contributions in the future, he can be promoted. How do you think?"

When Chen Yulou heard that he would be directly appointed as the head of a group, he was quite satisfied. Although the head of the group only managed a thousand people, it was much more prestigious than managing the twenty or thirty thousand brothers in Xiangling. After all, the head of the group had a legitimate identity and was no longer a tomb robber hated by everyone.

Well, actually after he became a good woman, he still did tomb-robbing work.

So he immediately agreed, "Since Marshal Jiang thinks highly of me, Chen Yulou, and is willing to give my brothers a future, then of course I can't be ungrateful!"

As he spoke, he knelt on both knees and respectfully saluted Jiang Li with his fists clasped together, "I am Chen Yulou, meeting Marshal Jiang!"

Jiang Li smiled and helped him up. "Captain Chen, you don't have to do this. Kneeling is not popular in our army. Don't do it again!"

"But your brothers, don't rob people anymore. If they can't eat, just come to me and I will find a job for them so they can support their families!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Yulou immediately patted his chest and agreed, "Don't worry, Marshal Jiang, my brothers are all doing this because they have no food to eat. As long as they have food to eat, they will never do this again!"

Jiang Li naturally wouldn't believe all of his words. After all, there should be a lot of desperadoes among these tens of thousands of outlaws.

But these things had not happened yet, so he didn't say much and just believed what he said.

After dealing with Chen Yulou, he turned his gaze to Partridge Whistle, who had remained silent the whole time, and asked, "I wonder if Brother Yang is willing to help me and do his part for the people of this world?"

Partridge Whistle was shocked when he heard this, "What did you call me?"

"Your real name is Yang Shao, and you were born in the Zagrama tribe. Is it inappropriate for me to call you Brother Yang?"

When Partridge Whistle saw Jiang Li, he immediately revealed his identity, so he was very shocked. But after the shock, he remembered the curse of his lineage and rejected Jiang Li out loud.

"It seems that Marshal Jiang knows me quite well. You should know that I have been looking for the Zhuchen Pearl, so I will not join the Marshal's army!"

When everyone heard that Partridge Whistle rejected Jiang Li, they were all worried for him. After all, he had condescended to win over a tomb robber like you.

But you are ungrateful and embarrass others in public. How can they let you off easily?

However, they did not expect that Jiang Li was not angry at all. Instead, he laughed a few times, "Hahahaha, of course I know why Brother Yang refused, and I also know why you are looking for the Zhuchen Pearl."

"But have you ever thought about whether there is any other way to remove the curse on you besides the Zhuchen Pearl?"

When Partridge Whistle heard that Jiang Li knew everything about him and deliberately mentioned other ways to lift the curse, he thought that Jiang Li had a way to lift it and immediately asked excitedly.

"Marshal Jiang has other ways to remove the curse. If you can really remove the curse for me, I am willing to serve you."

In his previous life, Jiang Li was quite familiar with the Ghost Blows Out the Light series of novels and movies. He certainly knew that the Zhuochen Pearl was in the tomb of King Xian in Yunnan, but in order to keep the Partridge Whistle, he did not tell him directly.

"Speaking of which, this curse is not a big problem. This so-called curse comes from the ghost mother. If you eliminate her, I think the curse will be solved."

Hearing this, Partridge Whistle sighed, "This ghost mother is extremely mysterious. It's hard to find her, let alone destroy her."

Jiang Li shook his head when he heard him say that. "You may not know that I studied Taoism in Maoshan for more than ten years in my early years. Although I cannot directly remove your curse, I can still introduce you to the elders of Maoshan."

"If there is a Maoshan master to help, it shouldn't be difficult to destroy the ghost mother!"

"Even if we can't kill the Ghost Mother, finding the Zhuchen Pearl can still remove the curse on you. It just so happens that I know where the Zhuchen Pearl is."

When Zhe Gu Shao heard Jiang Li say that he knew where the Zhuchen Pearl was, he immediately became extremely excited, but then he asked out of curiosity.

"Excuse me, Marshal Jiang, how did you know where this Zhuchen Pearl is? As far as I know, this Zhuchen Pearl seems to have no other use except to remove the curse!"

When Jiang Li heard this, he naturally understood the hidden meaning in his words. This guy was suspecting that he was lying to him.

However, he had already thought of his excuse before he came. "Your clan has always been a solitary clan with few members. It's normal that you don't know the truth that there is strength in numbers."

"To be honest, a large part of the credit for my current achievements can be attributed to the intelligence network I built. It is precisely because of the detailed intelligence that I can be successful in everything I do!"

Seeing that Queqiao Shao still had some disbelief, Jiang Li leaned close to his ear and whispered, "The intelligence personnel under my command are a mixed bunch, with a total number of more than 400,000."

When Partridge Whistle heard this astronomical figure, he was immediately stunned, "What did you say, four..."

"Alright, it's good that you know it, but don't spread it around. If they are exposed because of you and lose their lives, I will peel off your skin and kill your entire lineage!"

Seeing that he was about to exclaim, Jiang Li interrupted him quickly. This number was just made up by him. If he said it like this and the whole world knew about it, and then he was exposed, his reputation would be shattered!

But what he didn't know was that he had allocated a large amount of funds to the intelligence organization over the years, so the speed of its development could be described as wild growth.

There are 80,000 registered intelligence personnel alone, and if you add in the regular and irregular spies in various places, the number far exceeds 400,000.

Let’s not talk about the regular spies for now. The so-called irregular spies are the idle men and talkative village women in each village. As long as you pay a little money or a few eggs, they will really get information for you.