Anti-Japanese War, weapons designer at Fengtian Arsenal

"Oh my God, isn't this my great son?"

Li Changyin jumped off his horse, came in front of Zhang Zhi, and slapped his face with a fake smile, just like an old father affectionately caressing the face of his son whom he had not seen for a long time, but the force was a little too strong, and Zhang Zhi felt that his teeth were about to be loosened by his father's slap.

"My dear son, I haven't seen you for a few days. You look more and more like a human!"

Zhang Zhi smiled awkwardly, feeling that his father's words were like an insult to him.

"Dad, why are you back? Didn't you bring more than 1 brothers with you when you left? Why are there only so few back?"

Li Changyin smiled and pushed Zhang Zhi, letting him walk in front and said, "My dear son, children should not ask about adult matters. Come on, your father has been on the expedition for a long time and is almost dead from exhaustion. Lead the way home, I have to go back to sleep!"

Having said that, he pushed Zhang Zhi forward several steps without saying anything.

"Hey, hey, hey, dad, don't push us. Our house is in the other direction. Don't push us..."

Li Changyin stopped pushing and thought that he would be exposed sooner or later if he knew nothing, so he had to find a way to collect information.

He looked at He Daniu who was standing aside, pointed at him with his whip and said: "Look at these brothers under our command, haven't they just lost the battle? One or two of them are so stupid, their parents are dead?

Go, find the logistics department, give everyone 10 dollars, and everyone will have 10 days off. Get yourself in a good mood before returning to the camp!"

He Daniu was stunned. He had heard of giving money for winning a battle, but this was the first time he heard of giving money for losing a battle. He immediately smiled and told the traitor soldiers the news. The traitor soldiers burst into cheers and praised Commander Zhang for being wise. They no longer saw the dejected look of someone whose parents had died.

Li Changyin used mind sharing to give orders to other clones, asking them to follow this group of traitors to the city to party tonight and to search for as much information as possible about Taonan. He had to recognize the names of Taonan officials before tomorrow morning.

After the traitorous soldiers dispersed, Zhang Zhi led Li Changyin back to Zhang Haipeng's home. As soon as he entered the house, a group of beautiful women surrounded him. These women rubbed against him and hugged him, sobbing.

"Oh my, the commander is back! I missed you so much!"

"The commander has lost so much weight that his belly is only three layers thick. How much suffering must he have endured!"

"Commander, come home quickly. The food is ready for you!"

Li Changyin was pushed into the house by a group of women in a daze. When he came to a large table, he sat down and looked at the women in confusion.

But then he figured it out. Zhang Haipeng is a big traitor. After all, he is a high-ranking official. It is normal for him to have so many wives and concubines.

He looked at the woman next to him who kept picking food for him, and thought that this old traitor Zhang Haipeng had good taste. Every woman was very beautiful. But it was a pity that he, Li Changyin, did not have a good wife.

She would not touch these women, and she had to find a way to get them away. They had slept in the same bed with Zhang Haipeng for a long time, and they would probably find something wrong after a while.

But he hasn't established himself yet, so let's eat first and talk about everything tomorrow.

He began to show off the food on the table crazily. The woman next to him giggled and kept putting food into his mouth.

His eldest son Zhang Zhi was sitting at a small table next to him, holding a small bowl in his hand, eating like a pig. Suddenly he remembered something and said, "Dad, someone just reported that Colonel Qi Mu knew you were back and wanted to come see you."

Li Changyin glanced at him and continued eating.

"Just focus on eating, and don't fucking talk when you're at the table. I, your dad, just came back and I'm exhausted. I just want to finish my meal and go to sleep. Tell Colonel Saiki to go back and wait. We can talk about it tomorrow if there's anything else!"

Zhang Zhi shrank his neck and said "oh". He felt that his father had changed after returning from the defeat and became irritable.

After the meal, Li Changyin was served by his wives and concubines back to his room. He sat down on the edge of the bed. A woman brought a plate with a bunch of wooden signs on it with names written on them.

Li Changyin took a look and thought, is this a f*cking card? Zhang Haipeng, this old traitor, is enjoying the treatment of an emperor?

He looked at the women in front of him. They looked at him with longing eyes, each of them like a kitten waiting for him to ravage them, which made Li Changyin feel a headache.

He waved his hands at the ladies and said, "Ladies, I lost the battle and lost so many brothers. I am in a bad mood. I have been traveling a lot on the road. I am not interested in doing that. I just want to be alone. Ladies, please go back first."

The girls walked away with their heads down. Li Changyin breathed a sigh of relief, lay on the bed with his eyes closed, and used mind sharing to view the perspectives of the other clones.

At this moment, the traitors he brought back were scattered in various places in the city, living a life of debauchery, and his clone mingled with them to gather information.

After a few drinks, everyone felt dizzy, and the clones took the opportunity to extract information from them. Some of the clones pretended to buy things and gave more money. They got a lot of news about Taonan City from the vendors and shop owners, and got a clear understanding of all the officials and positions in Taonan City.

After 500 clones investigated for a whole night, Li Changyin had a preliminary grasp of the situation in Taonan and had a rough idea in his mind.

Early the next morning, all officials in Taonan received the news that Zhang Haipeng had returned to the city and waited in the government building early in the morning.

The officials were sitting in a conference room, whispering to each other, saying that Zhang Haipeng's return was too hasty. The originally planned combat time was two months, but how come he was back less than a week after the start? And the number of people he brought back was so small, was he defeated?

While everyone was whispering, Li Changyin pushed the door and walked into the conference room, and everyone immediately shut up.

Li Changyin walked to the main seat and sat down, shouting to the officials: "Old Zhou, report on the financial and military rations collection situation!"

This guy called Lao Zhou is in charge of finance and logistics. He used to be a bandit in the mountains with Zhang Haipeng. Because he could read and count, he became an accountant. Later, when Zhang Haipeng became rich, he took him down the mountain to become an official. He is one of Zhang Haipeng's trustworthy confidants.

Lao Zhou took out a notebook from his bosom, flipped through a few pages, pointed at the words on the notebook and said, "Commander, there are 732 million dollars available in the account, and 25 kilograms of military rations have been collected. The remaining one week will be enough."

Li Changyin knew that these military rations were raised for Zhang Haipeng's 1 troops. Previously, Li Qinwu found enough military rations for 1 people in Tailai County to last for one month. The rations raised now were for follow-up military rations.

Li Changyin waved his hand and said, "Stop raising military rations and gather all the money. I have other uses for it. Lao Zhou, go to the market and see if you can get any gold during this time. Take as much as you can."

Lao Zhou nodded and sat down, feeling a little worried. Exchange for gold? Why does this feel like he is trying to raise money to run away?

After arranging the money and food, Li Changyin shouted again: "Is the blind man here? Blind man, stand up!"

"Yes, yes, Commander, I'm here. Please tell me what you need."

A bald man wearing a black eye mask stood up and looked at Li Changyin with a flattering face.

"Blind man, how is your mine? Are the workers causing any trouble?"

The blind man patted his chest and assured: "Don't worry, Commander, I'll keep a close eye on the mine, no one dares to cause trouble!"

Li Changyin nodded.

"Very good, Blind Man, you did a good job. Go back and disperse the workers in the mine."

"Okay, I'll go back and...what?"

The blind man was a little confused. He thought Li Changyin was going to ask about the income from the mine. He was planning to report it, but what he got was an order to disband the workers. This immediately burned out his CPU.

The blind man was also Zhang Haipeng's former brother who had been a bandit together. To be precise, all the people sitting here were bandits. After Zhang Haipeng became rich, he brought all the former bandits to become officials. On the one hand, he did so because he remembered their old friendship, and on the other hand, he trusted his old brothers.

This blind man once helped Zhang Haipeng block a knife attack and was stabbed in the eye, losing one of his eyes. Later, Zhang Haipeng did not forget the favor and let the blind man manage the most lucrative mine.

The blind man had a large iron mine, two small iron mines, a copper mine and countless high-quality coal mines under his control. This was a considerable income. The blind man could make a fortune by just taking a small amount. He could not accept the fact that all of this income was cut off all of a sudden.

"Hey, this, this... Boss, shall we make a deal? These mines are worth a lot of money. They would be great whether they were sold to the Japanese or the Russians. If we stop selling them all at once, it would be too..."

Li Changyin stretched out his hand to stop the blind man from saying anything else, looked him straight in the eye and said, "Blind man, you took a knife for me before, I will treat you as a brother all my life, blind man, if you recognize me as your brother, then listen to me and quickly dismiss the workers. I have some considerations that are not convenient to tell you, but I will never harm my brothers!"

When the blind man heard this, he immediately stood up and patted his chest and said, "Brother! I was reckless. I will do it right away! Fire the workers immediately!"

Li Changyin nodded, thinking that Zhang Haipeng had managed to build up some team. Many of the people present had life-and-death relationships with Zhang Haipeng. He felt that these people could be used and that he could assign them some tasks in the future.

As for why the workers in the mines had to be dismissed, it was because it would not be long before the Japanese would extend their hands to these mines. If the workers were not dismissed at this time, they would be poisoned by the Japanese.

Among the knowledge that Li Changyin inherited from Li Qinwu, there was one about mining in Northeast China. It said that after the Japanese occupied Northeast China, in order to mine minerals at low cost, they trapped the miners underground for several months or even half a year, ruthlessly exploiting these workers.

In order to avoid paying their wages, they brutally executed the workers and buried them nearby in the mines. These miners never saw the sun again until their death.

The first batch of workers in the mine died within half a year. The Japanese subsequently kidnapped and sold many people from other places and continued this inhumane operation.