Warlords: Conquer the world from the county magistrate

Cheng Guangwen was relieved that Fang Jian agreed to attend the banquet. He was afraid that Fang Jian was so young and inexperienced that he would not give face to anyone, which would be embarrassing.

Chen Guangwen smiled and said, "Then Commander, please go ahead and do your work. I will go to the side room and wait for you to finish your work."

"Guoxuan and the others should be able to arrive in Xinyuan County tomorrow. You should send two people to greet them at the city gate tomorrow." After Chen Guangwen went down, Fang Jian looked at Fang Tianming and said.

Fang Tianming nodded, and then said: "Commander, it seems that this time the performance of duties will not go smoothly."

"We have a righteous cause and an army, so how can anything go wrong? If the other party doesn't understand, let a few brothers help the county magistrate." Fang Jian said indifferently.

Of course, Fang Jian is not blindly arrogant. After occupying Xinyuan County legitimately, the system will reward him with a company of troops.

Two companies with more than 400 people are a considerable force even in Changhuan City.

Nanshan Province is under the control of warlord Ma Jincen. Changhuan City is located in the easternmost part of Nanshan Province, and Sanjiang Province and Jiyang Province are located outside. Sanjiang Province belongs to the northern forces, and Jiyang Province is occupied by the new army in the south.

Under such circumstances, Changhuan City did not have any major forces, with only one regiment of troops stationed there. Even Ma Jincen was just a small warlord with seven divisions and more than 80,000 people.

Although Fang Jian'an's strength is far inferior to Ma Jincen's, with the gradual development of the system, he believes that he can defeat Ma Jincen and occupy Nanshan Province.

Nanshan Province is surrounded by mountains, and Xinyuan County happens to be its eastern gateway. Occupying Xinyuan allows one to attack or defend.

At 5:30 in the afternoon, led by Chen Guangwen, Fang Jian came to Dayuan Restaurant for a banquet.

Even when attending the banquet, Fang Jian brought a machine gun team and Wei Hanzhou with him. He still had a strong sense of security.

"Please come in, Commander." After getting off the car, Chen Guangwen led the way and made a gesture of invitation.

Entering the private room on the second floor of Dayuan Restaurant, Chen Guangwen introduced: "Everyone, this is the new County Magistrate Fang, who is also the commander of the militia."

"Hello, County Magistrate Fang (Hello, Commander Fang)." After Fang Jianan entered the box, everyone stood up to show their respect. After Chen Guangwen introduced them, they all greeted Fang Jianan.

Fang Jian nodded to everyone and said, "All right, everyone take a seat."

Chen Guangwen pointed at the three people and introduced them: "Commander, this is Zhang Xumin, the head of the Zhang family, Liu Yisheng, the head of the Liu family, and Meng Huailin, the head of the Meng family."

"Mr. Zhang, Mr. Liu, Mr. Meng." Fang Jian greeted everyone one by one.

The heads of the Zhang and Liu families were slightly more enthusiastic towards Fang Ji'an, while the head of the Meng family was relatively cold.

Cheng Guangwen pointed at the remaining people and said, "General Affairs Section Chief Zhang Bingquan, Civil Affairs Section Chief Liu Nong, Finance Section Chief Yang Zhi, Police Station Chief Meng Liangji."

After greeting the remaining people, Fang Jian sat down on the main seat reserved for him. After Fang Jian sat down, everyone else also took their seats.

It can be seen that most of the people sitting in the seats just wanted to show their faces and just get by.

There were several other people who were rude to Fang Ji'an, including the head of the Meng family, the police chief, and the chief of finance.

After a lot of bragging and chatting, the party was not dull. It was already past seven o'clock when we returned to the base.

"Commander, according to the militia soldiers, there are only more than a hundred people in the militia now, and their guns are all old-style, with only more than forty of them." After Fang Jian came back, Fang Tianming immediately came forward to report.

Francis was not surprised by this. He said, "It doesn't matter. I didn't count on this militia anyway."

"Tomorrow, gather all the militia soldiers, eliminate the old and weak, and let those who are willing to stay stay. Then recruit militia soldiers from all over the county."

At this point, Fang Jian paused and said, "Tianming, you have to work hard these few days to sort out the militia's accounts."

After listening to Fang Jian's arrangement, Fang Tianming asked, "Commander, if we gather the militia, who will guard the city gate tomorrow morning? Isn't it too early to check the accounts and deal with those people now?"

"Let the brothers work hard tomorrow and place a squad of soldiers at each city gate." Fang Jian was very determined to reorganize the militia.

Then he added: "The audit now is just to clarify the account situation. As for the liquidation, there is no rush. It will not be too late to deal with it when the strength is stronger."

"Yes." Fang Tianming felt much more relieved after hearing Fang Jian'an say this.

On the second day, at eight o'clock in the morning, more than a hundred people were standing sparsely at the entrance of the militia’s base, including Liu Yong and others.

Fang Tianming stood on the stone steps in front of the door and said, "All are available. The commander has issued an order that anyone who is willing to serve in the army can stay and continue to serve as a soldier if they pass the assessment."

"Those who do not wish to remain in the militia can leave, and those who fail the assessment will be dismissed."

Hearing what Fang Jian said, the soldiers of the militia below were furious. Some of them complained: "We can't even get our monthly pay in full, and now we are being dismissed. This is too unreasonable."

"Yes, our monthly salary was low before and it was deducted. The new commander is even more ruthless and wants to directly lay us off." Someone echoed.

"No, you must give us an explanation."

"Yes, you have to give us an explanation."

The crowd below the stage first discussed in a low voice, then, relying on their large numbers, their voices grew louder and louder, speaking intentionally or unintentionally to Fang Tianming.

Faced with the noise of these people, Fang Tianming didn't care and still kept smiling.

"Boom."

Seeing that the time was almost right, Fang Tianming fired a shot into the air. Hearing the gunshot, everyone fell silent.

Fang Tianming smiled and said, "It doesn't mean that all of you will be dismissed. In the future, the militia soldiers will undergo strict training, abide by discipline and follow orders."

"If anyone pretends to obey orders but actually disobeys them, acts cunningly, disobeys orders, or fails to observe discipline, he or she will be punished by military law."

"Think it over. Those who stay need to do what I say, otherwise you may lose your life at any time. Are you all willing to stay?"

Hearing that those who stayed behind might lose their lives at any time, most of the more than 100 militia members became cowardly.

One of them said boldly, "Sir, we didn't get enough military pay before. If we are dismissed like this, what will we do with our previous military pay?"

"Yes, yes, what should we do with the military pay that was owed in the past?" After hearing this man say this, others also echoed.

Fang Tianming smiled slightly: "Those who are dismissed can receive 50 kilograms of rice. As for the military pay that was owed to you before, the commander will make it up to you in the future."

"You may not know that the commander is not only the commander of the militia, but also the new mayor of Xinyuan County. After the commander takes office as mayor, he will definitely uphold justice for everyone."

When they heard that those who were laid off would receive 50 kilograms of rice and that they would get their salaries back later, everyone calmed down.

Fang Tianming took the opportunity to say: "Those who are willing to stay stand on the left, and those who are unwilling to stay stand on the right."

"Third son, do you want to leave or stay?"

"I'm going to stay and give it a try, what about you?"

"Forget it, I'd better go home."

People in the team kept asking the people around them whether to stay or leave. Soon, there were more than 40 people standing on the left and more than 80 people standing on the right. Although there were not many people left, Fang Tianming didn't care.