Chongqing City government, conference hall.
Saburo Okada, a Japanese, sat beside Cai Hu and helped him sort out some documents. He was obviously very docile.
After what had just happened, coupled with the respect the Japanese had for Cai Hu, Ma Biaozhou and Li Hong did not dare to take a deep breath. They sat there without daring to even fart.
The 12 regiment commanders felt as if they were treading on thin ice. They sat there obediently like grandsons. A few of them could not help but wipe the sweat off their foreheads.
Cai Hu took Ma Biao's cup of tea and took small sips to moisten his throat. He looked at the information handed over by the warlords.
About fifteen minutes later, Cai Hu slowly opened his mouth. His sharp eyes swept across Ma Biao and the other two, causing them to instantly become incomparably nervous.
"Everyone, I'm here to give you important military positions!”
When Cai Hu opened his mouth and said this, the dozen or so people all smiled.
"However, the government is currently in a difficult situation, so let's just be frank. Every position is not given for free. You need to pay for it!”
Cai Hu's words immediately threw the warlords in front of him into an ice cellar.
"What? You still have to buy this official position?"
A few of the group leaders discussed in private, but when Cai Hu coughed, they immediately shut their mouths.
Ma Biao and the other two all felt that the atmosphere was a little bad, and each and every one of them felt as if they were sitting on pins and needles.
Cai Hu was currently setting up an independent regiment, and it was a strengthened regiment. He needed money very much, so it was most convenient to get the first sum of money from these guys.
All of the ten or so people present were extremely rich. They were the direct superiors of the big landowners and squires. Their land and business were all very large.
Therefore, if they didn't knock on their bone marrow, even the heavens wouldn't agree.
Of course, Cai Hu had also thought that after they bought their official positions, they might pressure and exploit the people. However, this was a matter for the future. Once Cai Hu was strong enough, he would issue policies to restrain them from doing anything to the people.
In fact, it was very likely that they would be eliminated.
"Tell us, commissioner. How much is it? We know that the government is in trouble.”
Ma Biao spoke first.
Zhou He and Li Hong glanced at Ma Biao. With your ability, almost half of Chongqing's money has gone into your pocket. You're still in charge of the financial tax. You were still stubborn just now, but now you're acting like a big wolf. Where do you think we are?
"Yes, yes, Brigadier Ma is righteous!"
Cai Hu praised Ma Biao on the surface, but Ma Biao was still a dog. His actions couldn't be undone with just a few words. If it wasn't for Cai Hu's little trick just now, this dog would probably still be posturing.
"I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare. It's all thanks to the Overseer and Special Agent Hong Fu!”
Ma Biao smiled.
"How about this, the position of brigade commander is 200,000 yuan!”
"The total is 50,000 yuan!"
"If you delay it for a day, you'll get a raise of 10,000 yuan. If you delay it for three days, you'll get a change of position!”
"Those who dare to resist, exterminate them on the spot!”
Cai Hu placed the teacup on the table and emphasized the word 'exterminate' in the end.
When Ma Biao and the others heard 200,000 yuan, their eyelids twitched. 200,000 yuan was not a small amount. Of course, it was not worth mentioning for their wealth.
Those group leaders were also worth hundreds of thousands of yuan. It was possible for them to take out 50,000 yuan. Even if they did not have cash, they would find various ways to cash it in the bank.
Very soon, the 1.2 million yuan money order was in Cai Hu's hands. Seeing this 1.2 million yuan money order, Cai Hu felt extremely happy.
This time, the independent regiment's military expenses were settled!
"Beep, beep. System scanned the host's economic income.”
…
It was lunchtime. Everyone, including the three brigade commanders, was starving. They thought that they would be fine after paying the money, but Cai Hu did not give up.
"Everyone, when I came here, I saw that Chongqing was filled with starving people. There were many corpses in the suburbs. This year, Chongqing had a bumper harvest, but such a situation has occurred. As the parents of this place, can you explain it to me?”
Cai Hu knocked his palm on the table and asked the warlords present.
At this moment, the foreheads of the dozen or so people were covered in sweat. Ma Biao, included, also had a bad feeling.
Just a week ago, Ma Biao and Li Hongzhou had gotten into a fight in the suburbs. This fight caused tens of thousands of houses to collapse, and the people were displaced. Ma Biao even conscripted his soldiers to rob. If the junior officers were slightly unhappy, they would shoot the people.
Ma Biao had been thinking about how to make things right, but he couldn't think of a good way to make things right.
Such an atmosphere quietly passed for more than ten minutes.
These warlords were starving. Of course, facing the special agent, they did not dare to leave.
Ma Biao had originally booked a large table of sumptuous food and wine in a private room of a first-class restaurant in Chongqing, but he did not even dare to move his butt.
Cai Hu continued to take a sip of tea. He heard the growling of these fellows 'stomachs and swept his gaze over everyone again. All of them were either pig heads or monkey-like faces. They did not have the demeanor of a soldier. He lamented that his current strength was insufficient. Otherwise, he would definitely bring these vermin to justice one by one.
Soon, under Cai Hu's call, three pots of soup were served. One pot was soaked with tree bark, one pot was soaked with chaff, and one pot was soaked with wild vegetables.
"Aren't you hungry? Try this. These are all common food for commoners.”
Cai Hu waved his hand, and a servant scooped a bowl of soup for everyone present.
Let alone drinking it, these people looked as if their father had died just by smelling it.
"Let me have a taste. Don't take it lightly. If you have the ability to rob, if you don't have the courage to drink a mouthful of soup, won't you be poisoned to death?”
At this moment, Cai Hu completely took the initiative and threw the pair of pistols in his hands on the table.
Everyone, including Ma Biao, had no choice but to raise their bowls. Ma Biao took a sip bitterly, and the others took many sips.
"It's not good, right? If it's not good, don't harm the people in the future!”
"I, Cai Hu, hereby announce that I am officially the chief of Chongqing and will be in charge of the local military and government. If anyone is found to harm and oppress the people, I will kill them with one word!”
…
Ma Biao and the other two unconsciously furrowed their brows, while the other twelve regiment chiefs were trembling in fear, nodding their heads like chicks pecking at rice.
"In addition, Brigade Commander Ma, Brigade Commander Li, and Brigade Commander Zhou, it is not suitable for you to be stationed in the city. Retreat to the suburbs!”
Cai Hu said to Ma Biao and the other two.
When Ma Biao heard this, he was extremely anxious. Li Hongzhou and the two of them combined could not compare to him, but Chongqing was his money bag. Without money, how could he support the army?
"Special agent, this won't do. There must be an army stationed in Chongqing, right?”
Ma Biao begged with a frown.
"You don't have to worry about that. I've already made arrangements!”
Cai Hu said to Ma Biao.
However, Ma Biao was still unwilling to give up and insisted on not withdrawing.
"Ma Biao, you're asking for it the hard way. Don't think that I don't know what the three of you did in the city a week ago!”
"Also, Ma Biao, you know about your dealings with the Japanese. You even sold tobacco and women.”
"Now, I'm giving you face by asking you to retreat, but you don't know when to retreat?”
Cai Hu's gaze was sharp as he scrutinized Ma Biao.
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