However, on his way to meet Wu Ziyu, Xiao Yaonan accidentally saw several soldiers dressed as Jiangbei Army standing on duty near the dock, wearing a "Salt Police" armband on their arms.

For a moment, Xiao Yaonan frowned and immediately sent someone to inquire about the situation.

Then, Xiao Yaonan got another news that made his heart skip a beat!

The governor of Hubei Province, Liu Haochun, established a salt affairs anti-smuggling committee directly under the provincial government, and those Jiangbei Army soldiers were salt policemen under the committee.

If it were anyone else, I'm afraid it would take some pondering to understand the truth.

But who is Xiao Yaonan? He is directly related to the old Jianghu, and he can understand the truth at a glance!

Lin Hongfei and Liu Haochun formed a private alliance and used the name of salt police to give Jiangbei Army a legitimate excuse to station in Hankou.

And Liu Haochun, the puppet governor, can also use the forces of the Salt Police Brigade and Wu Yongquan in Western Hubei to take back the power belonging to the provincial government!

Although nominally speaking, the governor of a province is responsible for civil affairs, and the governor of a province is responsible for military affairs.

But in actual practice, the military governors who hold military power often sideline the provincial governor and directly control the military and political power of a province.

However, if the provincial governor also has an armed force in his hands, even if it cannot compete with the troops under the governor's command, it can still be enough to prevent the governor from being too presumptuous.

Now that Liu Haochun has received the support of part of the army, it seems that Xiao Yaonan's idea of ​​taking over all the power in Hubei Province will come to nothing!

"Lin Hongfei!"

"You kid is nothing!"

"I'm fighting life and death in the front, and you're disarming me in the back and ruining my business!"

"I'm not done with you!"

In a rage, Xiao Yaonan made up his mind. Even if Yu Shuai came to mediate this time, he would make Lin Hongfei pay a sufficient price!

At the same time, in Wu Ziyu's residence, Lin Hongfei had already taken a step ahead of Xiao Yaonan and met Wu Ziyu.

Lin Hongfei did not conceal what he had done in Hubei Province during this period, and he told Wu Ziyu about it.

In an instant, Wu Ziyu's expression changed, and anger was clearly visible on his face.

"Boom!"

Wu Ziyu slapped the table hard, pointed at Lin Hongfei and cursed:

"Stupid stuff!"

"Who asked you to do things like this!"

"The governor of Hubei Province already belongs to Xiao Yaonan. Marshal Cao has made it clear that he wants to hand Xiao Yaonan the responsibility of Hubei Province."

"Now you are working with Liu Haochun on the salt police, and you are carrying out extensive construction work in Guishan to build station fortifications. Aren't you openly demolishing Xiao Yaonan's platform?"

"We are all directly related, and if you do this, it is an act of internal strife!"

"If we really get into a fight, wouldn't it be a joke to outsiders?"

The more Wu Ziyu talked, the angrier he became, pacing back and forth in the room: "We finally won Hubei Province, and the responsibility of patrolling the two lakes will also fall on me."

"Hunan Province has not yet surrendered. This is the time for us to unite sincerely and act as one to the outside world."

"You have created such a battle, can Yaonan just let it go?"

"Can you afford it if it delays the important task of managing Hunan Province?"

Lin Hongfei did not refute, and just accepted Wu Ziyu's scolding without saying a word. Until he was tired of scolding, Lin Hongfei poured him tea and water, and then explained:

"Today when we are talking at home, I will not call you Yushuai. I will call you uncle."

"Uncle, I have no choice but to do this."

"You may already know that I now have 20,000 troops under my command, and Yongquan has gathered more than 7,000 people in western Hubei. Military salary alone is a large expenditure every month."

"But you also know the situation in Lingnan Province. It is a notoriously poor place."

"If I want to maintain the 27,000-strong Jiangbei Army, I must increase revenue and reduce expenditure. Liu Haochun and I established the Salt Police Brigade just to scrape money from the Salt Gang. We have no other ideas!"

"If we don't do this, I, the governor of Lingnan Province, and Yongquan, the governor of the western Hubei town, really can't hold on!"

"You don't want to see us lose our jobs and our territory!"

"As for disarming Xiao Yaonan, it was because the second regiment was watching us all day long, so I couldn't do anything well at all."

"In desperation, we sent someone to disarm them!"

From the beginning of calling Wu Ziyu his uncle, Lin Hongfei was playing the family card.

It all comes to the same meaning. As an uncle, can you watch your own nephew or niece-in-law die?

If you feel that unity within your immediate family and your relationship with Xiao Yaonan are more important than the future of your nephew or niece-in-law.

Then Lin Hongfei won't say anything and will let you, Marshal Yu, do whatever you want.

I have to say, this move is still very heart-wrenching.

If the younger generation of your family has a promising future, can you, as the elder, not support it?

Is it still necessary to suppress it?

Immediately, Wu Ziyu stopped talking and his expression softened. He pondered for a moment, then sighed:

"Since you and Yongquan are in such difficulty, why don't you tell me."

"Our direct line now occupies the capital and is in charge of the power. We can definitely provide you with some military pay!"

Hearing this, Lin Hongfei sneered and said: "Military pay? Forget it!"

"You know better than me who Li Yanqing is in charge of military pay and expenditure."

"If I want to get military pay from him, I have to pay to feed him Li Yanqing first, otherwise I won't be able to get the military pay."

"By then, the day lilies will be cold!"

Wu Ziyu also sighed softly when he heard this. The facts were indeed as Lin Hongfei said.

Let alone an ordinary officer who went to collect military pay, even if he, the second-in-command, went to Li Yanqing to ask for military pay, he would still have to be manipulated by the other party.

But Li Yanqing, who was born as a bathing boy, was deeply trusted by Marshal Cao. No matter how others criticized him, Marshal Cao still let Li Yanqing control the financial power.

"Then when you do this, you must discuss it with me in advance."

"How can we disarm Xiao Yaonan and deploy troops around Xiao Yaonan at the same time?"

"Didn't this offend Xiao Yaonan completely?" Wu Ziyu had lost his anger and his face had calmed down.

Lin Hongfei said helplessly: "There is no way, I really have no money, and there is no time to discuss it with you."

"Besides, I didn't know that Xiao Yaonan was going to serve as the governor of Hubei Province."

Wu Ziyu waved his hand: "Okay, now that things have come to this point, let's find a way to remedy it."

"When the time comes, I will personally come forward to help you make peace with Xiao Yaonan."

"But after all is said and done, you are still at fault in this matter, especially the matter of disarming. It will be very unpleasant to spread."

"So, you have to compensate to some extent."

"We are all directly related, and you and Xiao Yaonan are across the river. The relationship is too tense, which is not good!"

Hearing this, Lin Hongfei understood that Wu Ziyu was going to help make peace, so he immediately said: "Don't worry, I have made preparations and I guarantee that Xiao Yaonan will be satisfied."

"That's good!" Wu Ziyu nodded slightly.

Seeing that Wu Ziyu was in a good mood, Lin Hongfei proposed a new idea, or in other words, a new request:

"Uncle, do you still remember Wu Qishan?"

When Wu Ziyu heard this, he laughed and said: "They are all descendants of the Wu family, of course I remember them."

Lin Hongfei continued: "Qishan has been practicing in Lingnan Province for many years, and now he has developed it."

"I want to find a good job for him, and you need to come forward to do this."

Wu Ziyu suddenly asked curiously: "You are the governor of Lingnan Province. Do you need my help to arrange errands for Qishan?"

Lin Hongfei nodded and said, "Yes, because I have no intention of letting Qishan serve in Lingnan Province."

"Qishan likes industry, factories and other matters, but there is no factory industry in Lingnan Province."

"So, I want Qishan to go to Hanyang Arsenal as the general manager!"
Chapter completed!