The troops were busy in the yard. Martial law was imposed in Kuandian County. People were staying in the houses and most shops were closed. The sound of gunfire heard before dawn in the morning made everyone panic. Some people were rumored that the bandits had entered the city, and some people said that they saw the Manchu rebels with flower cloth tied on their arms and entered the city. Several scholars with some knowledge pointed to the flags above the former Russian army command and said that it was not the bandits or the Manchu rebels, but the Black Turtle Army - Comrade Zhang Taiyan, who was in a cage, had nothing to do, know about the army of the Revival Society.

After attacking the enemy in the northeast, he heard that the army had no military flag yet, so he splashed ink and drew a black turtle flag, and then carefully told Wang Jitong to find someone to sew it and take it to the northeast. Yang Rui was stunned when he saw the turtle flag. He asked what this thing. Zhong Guanguang said it was a black turtle, and Yang Rui said it was a turtle, so why is it not a white tiger and a green dragon, Zhong Guanguang said that the black turtle was in the north, and the army was in the north, so it was a black turtle. Uncle Mei was in prison, and his efforts could not be wasted. Besides, aren't we going to lurk? This is similar to a turtle. Yang Rui was silent.

In any case, in addition to being unable to leave the city by martial law, the First Battalion still has little interference in the daily life of the county town. In addition to worrying about soldiers' violations of discipline, Yang Rui was also afraid that the county town would have enemy spies. If anyone got drunk, his mouth would be leaked. Therefore, the troops were also forbidden to go out of the camp, and all the rewarded wine and food were bought from outside. In order to prevent drunkenness, there were fixed quantities. By noon, the logistics department finally cleaned up and packed the seized materials, and there were no need to say about guns, bullets and food, especially the amount of food was several thousand stones. The most important thing was that there were six more Maxim machine guns and three field guns were also available.

The artillery officers all ran to see the cannons all at once. This was the first time they saw field cannons. There were only mountain cannons in the military academy. The ones seized were M1902 76mm field cannons, which were powerful and had hundreds of shells. However, its weight of more than 1,000 kilograms was a headache. It was obviously a burden to fight sports war with such artillery. Finally, Yang Rui ordered the artillery and other seized materials to be transported back to the Tonghua camp with reluctance to the artillery, and the captured artillery and other technical troops were also taken with them. I believe that this patrolman on Huairen, a baggage team led by the Russians, did not dare to make any hostile moves.

As the evacuation approached, Yang Rui was having a meeting with several officers of Kuandian Agricultural Infossage Company. In fact, they were all business talents trained in Shanghai. Originally, Yang Rui was not responsible for these, but because Kuandian was the first occupied area and was adjacent to the Japanese and Russian troops, Yang Rui deliberately gathered them together for a meeting before they went to the township.

"...It's the war now. The Russians and Japanese are forcibly collecting food, and the crops have been destroyed a lot. It is estimated that the grain prices will rise a lot this year. We can collect them, but the Japanese also want them. Moreover, this place is close to the Japanese, so you can transport them to Tonghua if you collect a little, and don't store too much. The Japanese are cheaper. Soybeans, soybean oil, bean cakes, and silkworm cocoons are now sold out. It is estimated that the purchase price will be very low this year. Our price will be about 10% higher than others. Don't worry about losses. The prices in the city are very high because of shortage. The most important thing is that we must uphold the reputation this year, put aside all the grain stores and do business directly with the people...

...Don't worry about the local bad gentry and powerful people when you go to the township. We will check them out in the past few days, and there are grain stores, grain stations, cart shops, etc. We will also invite them to come and have tea and tell them to do business seriously. Commercial matters will be solved commercially. If everyone is playing wrong, it depends on whether they are hard-working...

...The last two things to be emphasized, one is to pay attention to your own safety, they are all raised by your parents. If the situation is critical, everything is mainly about saving lives, money and other things are external things. If you are caught, follow the things you trained before. In addition, you must make friends with the people, and don’t think you have studied and have a high status. You must think about the people everywhere, so that they can make more food and make more money every year. The better our relationship with them, the more they support us, and the more stable we stand, the less likely it is to be stolen by the Russians and the Japanese...."

While Yang Rui was having a meeting with the officers of the Agricultural Materials Company, Ma Bonde, another courtyard, also had a meeting with grain merchants in the county. In the past, Ma Shi Ye changed his dress as a military man. Without speaking, it was difficult to associate him with the master except for the white paper fan he carried with him. He no longer likes others to call him "Ma Shi Ye", but prefers the more Zhuge Liang-like title "Staff General Ma".

Ma Bonde pretended to drink a sip of tea, asked to ask for his throat, and then said, "My masters, please come here today. One, not for money..." He glanced at everyone present with his eyes, and saw that these people's Adam's apples were moved. He probably had let go of half of their worries when he heard that he didn't ask for money. He continued, "Two, not for food, but for food, he just ran wildly and harmed his hometown. He specially led his troops to wipe out the sky to restore the bright blue sky in the past."

Having said that, the men here started to flatter, Ma Bond didn't care. His past experience in accounting made him understand the thoughts of these men. After they finished speaking, he continued: "But, this marching and fighting are very expensive," as soon as he left the house, he immediately calmed down, but Ma Bond soon took it up again, "So, the boss plans to open some industries in this Kuandian to make some money to supplement military funds. You also ask the masters to help you. You are all well-off at home and don't understand the hardships of eating food in the army. Some of them are good to eat. If there is no food or drink, our boss will not be able to suppress it. It is difficult to explain to you if you hurt you."

All the wealthy gentry in the city were invited. Although some of them had such a family business due to the previous generation, there were still some shrewd masters inside. After Ma Bond finished speaking, Yu Xiangchi from the Chengdong Grain Store asked, "Staff Ma is polite. If the army is short of food and salary, the store can serve one or two. But I don't know what industry your army wants to open, and how to help..." Before Yu Xiangchi finished speaking, there were bursts of gunfire sounds and shouts from Russians outside the yard. He was as scared as other gentry and was shocked. Ma Bond smiled and said, "Don't panic, our army's military discipline is very strict and has never violated the people. Now the outside is only shooting big noses. These big noses not only burn, kill, loot, but also rob the women. We have now found more than a hundred people, all of whom have blood on their hands and have evil deeds. These people are not afraid of killing too much, but are afraid of killing less."

Seeing Ma Bonde smilingly say that there were fewer people killed. The gentry here felt a chill. He just wanted to finish the meeting earlier so that he could quickly go back to the house to hide. Yu Xiangchi didn't dare to say anything more, and said, "Staff Officer Ma was right, right... If there was any dispatch, we would have nothing to say, no words."

Mabond looked at Master Yu and laughed, "I haven't said what kind of industry the boss has opened yet. As for how to help, I don't know. But the boss said that the business in the mall will be solved according to the rules in the mall. If the store we opened has no business, it will be closed and will never blame others. If the business is good, you can join the company. Anyway, you are willing to do so. But if anyone wants to be scheming and does not follow the rules, then see if it's hard to have a knife or a hard head!"

Ma Bonde's next words were very murderous, and several gentry quickly agreed. Seeing that everything was explained, Ma Bonde served tea to see the guests. In fact, according to his intention, it was very simple to pull the rich people in the city to get tens of thousands of taels. Anyway, these guys were mostly unkind, but Yang Rui did not allow this and insisted on doing some business. After he sent these masters, he went to see Yang Rui. At this time, Yang Rui had already finished talking to the officers of the agricultural supplies company. After today, these people would be assigned to various townships to carry out work.

After lunch, the troops arranged the next wave of missions. The first company was still staying in Qingxiang, Kuandian, and other troops would withdraw from Kuandian to Xinbin Castle. After hearing the order, Li Liezu asked: "Sir, is this battle over? What if the Japanese fight to occupy the county town?"

"How to fight? The first Japanese army has more than 40,000 people. Russia doesn't talk about the third army. We can't stand it just a cavalry division. Now they are all biting dogs, just let them bite them. We don't care about it." Yang Rui felt that the battle today was probably too smooth, and several company commanders were still unsatisfied. "If the Japanese really come to occupy the county town, then let them occupy it. We are beards and never stay in the county town. The valleys and woods are our place. This Kuandian is the southernmost tip we can reach. If we go further south, we have to cross the Japanese blockade line. Now tens of thousands of Japanese devils are squatting here. In the past, they will die. Don't forget that the most important thing for us is the territory."

Seeing that Li Liezu understood a little, Yang Rui continued, "Remember your task, to clean up all the local tyrants in each township, warn those who don't resist, and kill them all. Especially for Ma Lianrui, who is the bully of Kuandian, who has done a lot of bad things. If you catch them, you will be killed in the name of spies. Not to mention the spy from any country, you will be said to be a spy. When you take action, you must be quick and don't run away any leader. If you run to Japan, it will definitely be a big trouble in the future."

Seeing that Yang Rui repeatedly emphasized the importance of clearing the countryside, Li Liezu couldn't say anything about it anymore if he wanted to fight and fight. He immediately stood up and said, "Yes, sir." After that, he went out to arrange the matter of extermination of Ma Lianrui in the township. Although the county was martial law, the people outside the city could still hear the sound of gunfire in the morning, for fear that after a long time, everyone knew that the bandits in the county had to be wary of it.

According to the organization of the troops, even the following is the four-four system. In the era when only rifles were tied, Yang Rui wanted to increase firepower as much as possible. After all, Maxim could not be equipped with platoons, and even the equipment was a problem. Don’t talk about mortars. Before the establishment of the military factory in the following year, even the following heavy firepower was still grenades. Yang Rui looked at the other two company commanders and pointed at Xingjing, Xifeng, and Xi'an and said: "You will be the same in the future. You will all divide into one county to clarify the township. If the clearing township is not done well, the rear will be unstable. We will be very uneasy in the future when fighting and fighting. No matter how strong the army is, it will not last long."

The two company commanders were also from the factory protection team, and they were still a little unfamiliar with Yang Rui, so they just stood up and said yes. Yang Rui didn't say much, ordered their company to pack their luggage and evacuate from the county town at night.

At 7 pm, fire was lit up in the south city. In the morning, the bandits who came from the gang were placing torches, patting several neat teams, and heading into the night through the city gate. The gentry in the city breathed a sigh of relief for a moment. It seemed that the disaster had really been avoided. County Magistrate Rong Xi also felt relieved. During the day, he pretended to be hanging and was stopped by his family. He thought about how to deal with the bandits who came to arrest people for a day. Now, everything is good for the bandits to retreat. Don't worry about hanging and guarding the festival anymore.
Chapter completed!