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

Jiang Li looked at the wounded one by one, and when they were all bandaged, he stopped asking questions and said, "Everyone, go to bed. Uncle Ming and I will keep watch tonight."

Pulling Mao Shanming, whose arm was injured, to one side, he said, "Master, please release those two little ghosts. Let them guard the first half of the night. I will take a rest first."

Mao Shanming's eyes widened and he asked, "How do you know them?"

Jiang Li did not explain but said, "You have decided to become a temple priest, have you ever thought about where they are going?"

Mao Shanming sighed and said, "I know that humans and ghosts have different paths, but they are all kind-hearted ghosts. Without my protection, where can they go?"

Jiang Li smiled and said, "I have a good place here. You might as well let them out and let them decide for themselves."

Upon hearing this, Mao Shanming quickly took out an oil-paper umbrella from his waist, opened it and released Dabao and Xiaobao. As soon as the two ghosts landed on the ground, the spirit chicken let out a long crow, waking everyone up.

Uncle Jiu also dragged his tired body to check. Mao Shanming hurriedly explained, "Don't worry, everyone. Dabao and Xiaobao are two little ghosts I raised. I was just going to let them keep watch at night."

Jiang Li heard this and said loudly, "Everyone is injured, and I can't guard all night, so let these two little ghosts help."

Everyone immediately turned their eyes to Uncle Jiu, who just glanced at him for a few seconds and said to Mao Shanming, "It's good that you know what's going on."

Having said that, he returned to the carriage and continued to practice qigong and regulate his breathing.

After calming the spirit chicken, Jiang Li came to the two almost frightened little ghosts and said to them, "Okay, don't be afraid. You should have heard what I said just now. Tell me what you think!"

At this time, Dabao stood up tremblingly and said to Jiang Li, "Please tell us brothers what way out is, and we brothers will definitely keep it in mind in the future."

Jiang Li said, "I think you have heard that Uncle Ming is going to make a weasel a temple priest. If he does a good job, the weasel will become a mountain god."

"If you are interested, you can become a goalkeeper or a divine messenger. Although it is not a good place to go, at least you don't have to enter the reincarnation and separate your brothers. As for whether to go or stay, it is up to you to decide."

Mao Shanming and the two little ghosts were very excited when they heard this, because this was much better than being a lonely ghost or being reincarnated!

The two ghosts agreed on the spot and said, "Thank you for your guidance, Taoist priest. We brothers will definitely assist Uncle Ming and help him become the mountain god with all our heart."

Seeing the two ghosts expressed their opinions on the spot, Jiang Li said, "In that case, you should stay with Uncle Ming and do your work well. As for tonight, you should guard the first half of the night and wake me up in the second half."

The two ghosts patted their chests and said, "Leave this kind of trivial matter to us, and you just take a good rest."

Jiang Li rolled his eyes at Dabao and said, "The morning sunshine is very comfortable, but I don't know how long you can bear it?"

Upon hearing this, the two ghosts immediately did as they were told without saying another word.

Jiang Li turned around and went back to the carriage and began to practice Qigong to restore his magic power. After an unknown amount of time, he fell into a drowsy sleep.

He didn't wake up until he heard the sound of pots and pans colliding outside the door. He opened the car curtain and saw that it was already dawn. He took out his pocket watch from the car and saw that it was already half past seven.

After getting off the car and asking, I found out that it was Mao Shan Mingshou's late night. At this moment, he was yawning and helping to cook.

Uncle Jiu also woke up after hearing the noise. He looked at Jiang Li but didn't say anything.

Instead, he came to the fire and said to everyone, "What happened last night was really beyond my expectations, but the zombies in Teng Teng Town must be eliminated. If it is not possible, we will kill them all today, and we can find a way to burn them later."

Although everyone was injured, they were all fine after having eaten Nuomi's medicine and having the corpse poison removed, so they had no objection to what Uncle Jiu said.

So after finishing their meal, they came to the outside of Tengteng Town again. Jiang Li rode his horse to investigate and found many corpses lying on the ground. They thought that they had lost control last night and did not find a place to hide before the sun came out, so they were burned by the sun and died.

He returned to the carriage and explained the matter to everyone. Uncle Jiu was overjoyed when he heard it and said, "God is helping me. This way we can save a lot of effort."

As he said this, he led everyone into the town, leaving only one person to guard the carriage.

Walking into the town, Uncle Jiu saw the corpses all over the ground and said, "We will kill every corpse we pass by later, to prevent them from turning into corpses again after a long time."

So the wounded soldiers took their peach wood swords and finished off the wounded one by one, while Uncle Jiu took Jiang Li and started to clear out the remnants from house to house.

Finally at two o'clock in the afternoon, the whole town was cleaned up, but looking at the dead bodies all over the streets, Jiang Li and Uncle Jiu both shook their heads.

But there was no other way, they could only move the bodies one by one and burn them. They were busy like this for three days, and finally all the zombies in the town were cleared out.

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In the ancestral hall of Teng Teng Town.

Just as they were placing this huge pile of gold, silver, copper, jewels and jade, Jiang Li saw that everyone was staring at them, so he coughed and said, "Everyone, close your eyes for a moment, and let's talk about how to deal with the money that Teng Teng Town has accumulated for decades!"

Everyone was hesitant to speak after hearing this. No one spoke for a long time. Uncle Jiu stood up and said, "Why don't we each take a portion, and use the rest to help the poor people!"

Seeing Uncle Jiu say this, Ah Qiang eagerly expressed his opinion, "I think it would be better for everyone to divide it equally, and then do good deeds on their own!"

Aqiang spoke, and everyone else also expressed their suggestions. Generally speaking, they either divided it all or part of it. In short, there were no constructive opinions.

Uncle Jiu saw that everyone had finished speaking and no one had a proper solution, so he looked at Jiang Li and said, "Ali, you haven't said anything, do you have any other opinions?"

After hearing Uncle Jiu's words, everyone turned their attention to Jiang Li. He said bluntly, "It seems that everyone only noticed these small things, and didn't see the greater wealth at all!"

Everyone was surprised when they heard this, and couldn't help but wonder if there was some other treasure that they hadn't noticed?

Uncle Jiu said unhappily, "If you have something to say, just say it. Don't hide it."

Jiang Li smiled and took out two sets of thick books and said, "These are the two sets of books that the mayor found during the search. One set records the population and the other records the land situation."

Seeing that everyone seemed to be thinking about something, Jiang Li continued to explain, "The most precious thing about this place is that it is a complete town. All the fields and houses are ownerless."

"If we use this money to recruit bankrupt people, we can quickly build a complete town. Then everyone can turn their fortunes around and become a superior person immediately."

After hearing this, everyone suddenly realized what was going on, and then they all looked ecstatic. However, Uncle Jiu said, "What if the relatives and friends of the people in the town come looking for us? How are we going to explain it?"

Jiang Li smiled and said, "Of course I told the truth. This place was first attacked by horse thieves and then by plague. All the people in the town died."

"In addition, we will use this money to donate to a town mayor position, so that we can act in a safe and legitimate way."