Signing in the Republic of China: starting from a foot patrol

Chapter 259 The Crack in Relationship

"Brother Pei, don't bother me!" Liu Hengliang smiled and cupped his hands.

Pei Feng and Liu Hengliang are also old acquaintances. In the former Qing Dynasty, the two had participated in the provincial examination together many times.

"Don't disturb, don't disturb!"

"Please sit down!"

Pei Feng came back to his senses and asked everyone to sit down with a smile.

After Liu Hengliang sat down, he pointedly said: "Brother Pei is still up so late, does he have something on his mind?"

Pei Feng smiled meaningfully: "Aren't you all awake too? Could it be that you also have something on your mind?"

Next to him, He Shuzhong was much more straightforward. He sighed and said, "Oh, I thought Chief Lin's power was at most similar to that of my uncle He Taikang, the military governor."

"But after looking at it today, I realized that my uncle is far worse than Chief Lin by more than a star!"

He Shuzhong's words broke through everyone's defenses, and a squire smiled wryly, "It's not an exaggeration to call the team under Mr. Lin's command elite soldiers and strong generals."

"Not to mention anything else, just those two iron-clad bastards that can run on their own and can fire cannons, they can reach three or four hundred gunmen."

"Yes, there are also two ironclad ships on the river. With these two iron lumps, who would dare to oppose Chief Lin on the river!" Another squire also said with emotion.

At this time, Liu Hengliang sighed heavily: "Everyone should know that our Liu family not only grows the most cotton in Bei'an County."

"My family also has a spinning machine, relying on this iron lump, the cotton cloth of our Liu family is sold well in many counties."

"I originally thought that our Liu family would be the largest cotton merchant in the surrounding area."

"But today, I went to the printing and dyeing factory and the cotton spinning factory to have a look. Good guy, three or four of the latest machines are started at the same time, and the cotton cloth is going out like it doesn't need money."

"There's also the printing machine. The printed fabrics are unloaded one by one. The colors are bright and the patterns are correct."

"Officer Lin, whenever he sells the cotton cloth and patterned cloth in his hands to the surrounding counties and cities at a low price, not to mention ordinary cloth dealers, even our Liu family will lose everything in less than half a year, and three months! "

Speaking of this, Liu Hengliang said happily: "Bless the ancestors, it's fortunate that I have taken refuge in Chief Lin, otherwise the hard work of two generations of the Liu family would have been ruined in my hands."

After hearing this, Pei Feng also said with emotion: "Not only that, didn't Chief Lin also say that he would give you a batch of new cotton seeds, Brother Liu?"

"What's that called?"

Liu Hengliang remembered it clearly, and he immediately said, "Oh, it's called fine-staple cotton, and it's also called upland cotton."

Speaking of this, Liu Hengliang said with admiration: "This Chief Lin is really knowledgeable and talented. He can tell a lot of truths with just a piece of cotton!"

"Like what the cotton our Liu family grows now is called tree cotton, and its scientific name is woody chicken foot cotton!"

"Although this kind of cotton is not bad, it is worse than fine cotton."

The more Liu Hengliang talked, the more excited he became: "Officer Lin also grabbed a handful of fine-staple cotton and showed me it. Don't tell me, the quality of this fine-staple cotton is really extraordinary. The wool is long and smooth."

He Shuzhong said enviously:

"Didn't Chief Lin say that from now on, he will collect all the cotton from the Liu family?"

"If all the cotton fields in Brother Liu's house were planted with this fine velvet cotton, they would definitely make a fortune."

Liu Hengliang chuckled and said, "Isn't it all about Chief Lin's benevolence, who rewarded us with a bowl of full food?"

"There's nothing to say from now on, our Liu family has decided to follow Chief Lin!"

Speaking of this, Liu Hengliang looked at Pei Feng with envy: "But no matter how much money I make here, I can't compare to you, Brother Pei."

"Your nephew Zong Ze is Chief Lin's junior in the military academy. During the visit today, Chief Lin put his arm around Zong Ze's shoulders and walked forward side by side."

"Zongze's future achievements are limitless!"

When Pei Feng heard this, he couldn't help showing a little complacency, but he still tried his best to say modestly: "Brother, I'm too proud, and my nephew is just lucky, and happened to have a classmate friendship with Chief Lin."

"Otherwise, with Zong Ze's little talent, how could he get into Chief Lin's eyes."

Liu Hengliang sighed:

"I still envy you Brother Pei!"

"Hey, why are my sons and nephews so incompetent?"

At this time, Pei Feng smiled meaningfully: "Brother Liu, why have you seen your sons and nephews, why can't you see anything else?"

"What do you mean?" Liu Hengliang was puzzled.

Pei Feng suddenly laughed and said: "Brother, you are really smart and confused for a while!"

"Your family has three daughters. I met those three girls during Chinese New Year last year. They are all well-educated and handsome."

At this moment, Pei Feng showed a mysterious look, and deliberately lowered his voice:

"Brother Liu, brothers, I will tell you this."

"I heard from Zong Ze that Wu Qiusheng, chief of Jiangdu County Police Department, and Lu Xiwa, deputy chief, are Chief Lin's cousin and sworn brothers."

"In the future, he has been designated as the director and deputy director of the Jiangbei Police Department."

"Neither of them are married yet!"

"There are also three juniors of Chief Lin, who are now battalion commanders and deputy regimental commanders in the army, and none of them are married..."

How can Liu Hengliang not understand after all the words are said, he immediately stretched out his hand and patted his forehead: "Oh, I'm so confused, how could I forget about the marriage!"

"Brother Pei, thank you for reminding me!"

"Tomorrow, I will propose marriage to Chief Lin!"

In fact, Lin Hongfei also underestimated the effect of this visit.

Although Liu Hengliang, Pei Feng and others have seen the world compared to ordinary people.

However, Lingnan Province is relatively barren and inland after all. Compared with the coastal areas, it is still inferior in knowledge.

Therefore, when Liu Hengliang and others saw modern factories and witnessed the strong productivity of industrialization, they would naturally be shocked.

And this is why Lin Hongfei has always insisted on building a factory.

You can't make much money from farming. Even if you use juicers and boning knives to toss the common people, the money you get from the search can't compare with the profits brought by a few factories.

Scraping land and collecting heavy taxes will not last long.

In this period, only opening factories and doing business is the kingly way.

When Liu Hengliang, Pei Feng and others were completely convinced, they announced the surrender of Bei'an County and Pingcheng County, and the entire Jiangbei area was completely controlled by Lin Hongfei.

At this time, he is worthy of the name of the guardian of Jiangbei.

It's just that human ambition will never stop.

With the seven counties in Jiangbei, Lin Hongfei's eyes fell on Lingzhong and Lingxi. If he could control these two places, he could form a pincer attack on Dongjiang City, the capital of Lingnan Province.

At this time, the governor of Lingnan Province was still He Taikang. He had not been dealt with and seized power after the war because he had secretly communicated with the Zhili in advance.

If we say that from the beginning, He Taikang's attitude towards Lin Hongfei was still the mutual help between the same faction.

Now, Lin Hongfei has become a thorn in He Taikang's side.

After all, no one can accept that his subordinates in name have an army stronger than himself.

Therefore, as He Taikang's attitude towards Lin Hongfei changed, a rift quickly appeared between the two, and the conflict between the two became more and more acute.