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

The middle-aged man scratched his head and frowned. He could indeed earn more than ten dollars at this price, but he was a little unwilling to earn so little after working so hard for so long.

Seeing that he was still hesitating, Jiang Li immediately said that he was unwilling to do it, and then he turned around and left. The middle-aged man saw that Jiang Li was about to leave, so he ran in front of him and said, "If you give me another five dollars for running errands, the deal will be done. What do you think?"

Jiang Li took a look at his expression and sighed, "Okay, okay, I see it's not easy for you either, so I'll give you forty-five dollars!"

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man reached a deal with Jiang Li on the spot.

Jiang Li and Uncle Jiu were very happy to have harvested two more monsters. Jiang Li led the black dog and the yellow cow, while Qiu Sheng and Ade carried a lot of medicinal herbs and they hurried back to the inn.

Uncle Jiu looked up at the sky and said, "It's getting late now, let's rest for a night and continue our journey tomorrow morning!"

The disciples naturally had no objections. They ordered some food at the inn and went back to their rooms to rest. Jiang Li naturally did not go to sleep immediately after returning to his room, but practiced for a few hours, trying to make up for the progress he had missed.

Wait until your brain feels a little tired before lying down to sleep.

Nothing happened all night.

At dawn the next day, Uncle Jiu woke up all his disciples, bought some steamed buns as dry food for the journey, and set off in order to get rid of potential followers. After all, they had spent a lot of money yesterday.

You have to know that they spent several hundred dollars yesterday. If someone is interested, it should be easy to find out how they carried so much money with them.

Jiang Li took all the money he had given to Uncle Jiu to build a Taoist temple. After all, there was no one in the charity cemetery now, and it would not be safe to leave hundreds or thousands of dollars anywhere.

But things don't always go as planned. Even if they woke up so early, they couldn't escape the eyes of those who were interested. When Jiang Li and his group walked seven or eight miles, Uncle Jiu said to Jiang Li, "We are being followed. You quietly remind them to be on guard."

Jiang Li heard this and looked out the window calmly. Sure enough, he saw figures running fast in the bushes on both sides. Jiang Li couldn't help but be a little surprised and said, "This person is running really fast. Even if the carriage is not fast now, it shouldn't be possible for a human to catch up, right?"

"This chase was seven or eight miles. It seems he has some skills."

After looking at it for a while, he didn't think any more about it and just quietly notified the other cars to be careful and guard against hidden guns and arrows and not to be ambushed.

He also took out many wooden boxes containing medicinal herbs and tied them to the walls of the carriage in the hope of blocking any possible hidden weapons.

After finishing all the work and waiting for a while, Jiang Li finally heard the sound of horse hooves coming from behind. He stuck his head through the gap and saw eleven or twelve people on horseback, armed with swords and bows, chasing them.

One of them was holding a pistol, and the other was holding a homemade musket, and it was obvious that they came prepared.

At this time, the man holding the pistol pulled the trigger and shot at the car behind, and the others also received orders to start attacking with various long-range weapons.

Fortunately, with Jiang Li's reminder, the vehicles behind had already taken some protection, and ordinary bows and crossbows could hardly cause any damage. Only the leader's pistol was a bit threatening.

Jiang Li immediately shouted, "Stop the car and shoot the leader to death." He took out a Mosin-Nagant and started shooting. He fired two shots and knocked the leader off his horse on the spot.

At this time, the other two members of the village protection team also opened fire. With three Moxing Gannas, they fired fifteen bullets in just a few seconds, and five or six of the other side fell off their horses immediately.

At this time, the carriage stopped, and the "robbers" on horseback were so scared when they saw the fierce firepower of Jiang Li's side that they turned around and ran away.

How could Jiang Li let them go so easily? He climbed onto the roof of the car, pulled out a Mauser pistol from his waist, and fired at them, knocking two more people off their horses.

Seeing that everyone else had run away, he put away his gun and said to Aqiang and Ade, "Go and bring the horses over quickly, and give each of them a stab. Be careful not to get ambushed by those pretending to be dead."

Upon hearing this, the two men immediately took orders and went to get the horses to finish off the enemy and search for the corpse. Jiang Li asked the two members of the village protection team to quickly reload their ammunition and be ready to respond to any emergency at any time.

As soon as he finished speaking, a crossbow arrow shot out from the bushes in the distance and headed straight for Jiang Li's chest. Jiang Li heard the sound of the crossbow arrow breaking through the air and quickly dodged sideways, narrowly avoiding the arrow.

But he lost his balance and rolled off the roof of the car. Fortunately, he held his head with both hands when he landed and did not suffer any injuries.

Uncle Jiu saw Jiang Li fall off the roof of the car and asked nervously, "Ali, what happened to you?"

Jiang Li shouted, "Hurry up and pack up the spoils. We can't stay here for long."

As he said this, he took out a rifle from the car, loaded it with bullets, aimed at the bushes where the figure had just flashed, and fired five shots in a row, not caring whether he hit it or not. He told the few people who had packed up their things and drove away.

The group drove for twenty miles before stopping to rest. After counting the items, they found that they had captured seven horses that were not very good, more than twenty dollars, a pistol, several martial arts manuals, and an evil magic that could turn people into half-human, half-demon.

Apparently, the person in the bushes before had used this evil method, so he was able to move quickly through the bushes and catch up with the carriage.

At this time, Qiu Sheng came up to Uncle Jiu and said, "Master, come and take a look. Wencai seems to have been shot."

Upon hearing this, Uncle Jiu immediately went forward to check, and sure enough, Wencai's clothes on his shoulders were soaked with blood. It seemed that it was the lead bullet fired from the old-fashioned musket.

Uncle Jiu quickly brought clean water to clean his wound and took out the lead bullet. He then cleaned it for a long time until the wound turned white, and the lead poison was washed away. Then he applied the medicine he made himself and bandaged it.

During this period, Wencai was naturally howling non-stop, so Jiang Li and Qiu Sheng simply covered his mouth to avoid being annoyed by what he heard.

After bandaging Wencai, Jiang Li went to the back of the carriage he was riding in to check. He was shocked to see that the back of the carriage was full of various arrows and flying knives. Fortunately, after Jiang Li's reminder, they took some protective measures and most of them were blocked.

As for the holes made by the pistols, they did not hit anyone. Most of them were lead bullets fired from the muskets, densely packed together. Wencai was unlucky enough to be injured by a lead bullet that passed through the gap.

After watching for a while, Jiang Li said to Uncle Jiu, "Master, this road is not safe. Let's go to the next town to find some materials to reinforce this carriage!"

"So as not to encounter this situation again."

So after a simple meal, everyone set off again. After three days, they finally arrived at a place called Daliu Town. Jiang Li and his group went into the town to purchase dry food and bought wooden boards to reinforce the carriage.

As for the seven horses they harvested, they were all sold because they were not very good. After resting for a day, the group set out again on the road to Maoshan.