After taking his seat again, Jiang Cheng said," County Head Yin, if you want to eradicate the Zhu family, there's one more thing that must be resolved at the same time. Otherwise, our county will no longer be stable!"”
"Oh," Yin Yong replied and said,"Sir, tell me about it?"”
"The largest bandit group in our county is located in the mountain ridge at the junction of Datong Town and Xishui County in the southwest of our county. There are more than 500 people in this group. This group of bandits is controlled by a bandit leader called Baldy Yan, and this Baldy Yan is the alias of Zhu Kun's third son, Zhu Chang! Ten years ago, the Zhu family was just an unknown landlord in Qijiang County. Zhu Kun was dissatisfied with the current situation, so he sent his third son, Zhu Chang, under the alias of Yan Baldy, to lead a dozen long-term workers and some exiled scoundrels to occupy the mountains at the junction of Datong Town and Xishui. They plundered everywhere and caused great harm to our county. "Later on, his reputation became more and more famous. Many idle people in our county went to seek refuge. Later on, relying on Zhu Chang's power, Zhu Kun used bribery, coercion, and other means to place his three sons and many confidants into the various levels of our county government. He actually held the real power of our county. He didn't even care about me and the previous county governors…Now, the Zhu family has become the overlord of Qijiang. Every time Zhu Kun takes a fancy to any land, property, or woman, he will be able to obtain the power of the county government."He ordered his three sons to bring people down the mountain and slaughter everyone. Then, he openly occupied it. According to incomplete statistics, in the past ten years, hundreds of innocent people in our county have died under Zhu Kun and his minions. Thousands of people have been made homeless by him. The severity of the crime is simply infuriating. The previous county heads and I have also reported to the higher-ups and requested to send troops to exterminate them. However, every time Zhu Kun used a large amount of money to bribe the higher-ups or bribe the troops that came to exterminate them." Other than losing some money, it didn't affect him at all. Moreover, every time after that, he would rob our county and use several times or even dozens of times the amount to make up for his losses! Therefore, if we want to completely eliminate the Zhu family, we must eliminate Zhu Chang and his gang. Otherwise, the people of our county will definitely suffer their bloody revenge!”
Yin Yong smiled. He had actually already heard about this situation from Yu Shou Zheng. It turned out that Yu Shou Zheng's entire family had been massacred by Zhu Kun's son, Zhu Chang, and he was the only one who had survived from the Yu Family's ten-plus members. Although Yin Yong trusted Yu Shou Zheng, it was only one person's words after all. Thus, he had deliberately angered the Zhu Clan just now, wanting to see if the Zhu Clan was as lawless as Yu Shou Zheng had said. The result was naturally clear. Yin Yong did not just want to test the Zhu family. He told Jiang Cheng that he was determined to deal with the Zhu family. In fact, it was also a test for Jiang Cheng. According to Yu Shouzheng, Jiang Cheng's family lived in Qijiang. The Jiang family had always been simple and upright. Before Jiang Cheng became the county magistrate, he was highly respected by the villagers because of his good virtue. Later, after several county magistrates were chased away by the Zhu family, no one was willing to step into the muddy water of Qijiang. Five years ago, Jiang Cheng was elected as the county magistrate by the people. In the same year, Yu Shouzheng's entire family was killed. He was forced to flee from Nachin. If Jiang Cheng didn't mention Baldy Yan today, which was also the matter of Zhu Chang, although Yin Yong wouldn't punish him, this at least showed that Jiang Cheng's allegiance had a bottom line, or even was fake. Then, before eliminating the Zhu family, in order to prevent Jiang Cheng from revealing the Zhu family, Jiang Cheng would definitely temporarily lose his freedom of movement until the Zhu family was eliminated. After that, Jiang Cheng would no longer be able to obtain Yin Yong's trust. Not to mention the deputy county head, even avoiding jail was a problem. Fortunately, Jiang Cheng passed Yin Yong's test.
At this moment, Yu Shouzheng returned to Yin Yong after escorting the group of police officers to the prison. After Yin Yong asked the others to find a seat to sit down and eat, he left Yu Shouzheng alone.
"Shouzheng, is everything going well?"
Yu Shouzheng stood at attention and said,""Reporting to the traveler, everything is going smoothly. The prison in Qijiang County is still in its original place. This humble servant is familiar with the road and has already thrown 26 police officers into prison!”
Jiang Cheng couldn't help but glance at Yu Shou Zheng when he heard this, and said,"So County Head Yin has a disciple of my Qijiang City under him?”
Yin Yong smiled but didn't say anything."Mister Zhi Zheng (Jiang Cheng), do you remember the Yu Family that was chased out by the Zhu Family five years ago?”
Jiang Cheng thought for a while and said," Of course I remember. When I first became the county head, Zhu Hao ordered his third son, Zhu Chang, to lead the bandits down the mountain and slaughter three families in my county. They killed thirty-five innocent people in total…Are you a descendant of Mr. Yu Zhi?"”
"Yu Zhi is my late father. Back then, I was lucky enough to escape a calamity. I knew that there was no place for me to hide in Qijiang. Once I was discovered by the Zhu family, I would definitely die.”
"Mr. Yu Zhi has been teaching and educating people all his life, and he is deeply loved by the people of our county. I didn't expect that he would still be unable to escape in the end…Fortunately, God has eyes and left Mr. Yu Zhi's descendants in this world. This time, County Head Yin has decided to eradicate the Zhu family.”
Yin Yong glanced at Yu Shou Zheng, who had tears in his eyes, and said,"Alright, Shouzheng, let's eat first! I promise you, this time, you will definitely kill your enemy!”
"Yes, Traveler!" Yu Shouzheng saluted, then picked up his bowl and started eating. He was worried that if he didn't do this, the tears in his eyes would fall uncontrollably.
Jiang Cheng glanced at Yu Shou Zheng and turned to Yin Yong." County Head Yin, the Zhu family is very powerful in my family. There are still more than a hundred people in the police station, more than four hundred guards in the Zhu family, and hundreds of outlaws under Zhu Chang. There are a total of eight to nine hundred people. Zhu Kun knows that these people are his family's life-saving magic weapon, so he has spent a lot of money to buy a large number of excellent weapons over the years. Although they can't be compared to County Head Yin's subordinates, they are better than most of the Sichuan army. The police's weapons are the worst among them because the police are not like the servants and bandits. The servants and bandits are his private armed forces and only listen to him. Although the police chief is his son, the chief still has the county magistrate. Kun Zhu is worried that he can't control this army, so this army uses only old Mauser. The guards and bandits each have a Hanyang manufactured weapon. There are more than a hundred new Hanyang manufactured weapons here. The Zhu family also had four imitation machine guns and no less than 30 Mauser pistols. Their firepower was very powerful. " There are only 40 to 50 people under Magistrate Yin's command. The difference in strength and firepower between the two sides is very large. Moreover, all the troops stationed in our county have been withdrawn yesterday, leaving only empty barracks. Magistrate Yin can only go to Nage to ask for help. Let's not talk about whether he can convince Officer Liu to send troops. Even if Officer Liu is willing to send troops, I'm afraid it will take two to three days. I'm afraid the Zhu family can't wait!”
Yin Yong looked at Jiang Cheng and said with a smile,"Zhizheng, you have been the county head of Qijiang for many years. Surely you don't have any confidants?”
"Although I have some manpower, whether it's the performance of the weapons or the number of people, they are far from being a match for the Zhu Clan. However, they should still be of some use!"”
"I wonder how many spears Zhizheng has?”
Jiang Cheng said," The Zhu family's behavior has become more and more arrogant in recent years. In order to protect myself, I armed some of the long-term workers and tenants in the family. I also have some manpower in the police station. In addition, I have eight guards, a total of about eighty people. Their weapons are mainly Old Mauser rifles. Old Hanyang only has five of them. They also have four revolvers and four Mauser pistols. Although they are not as elite as the Zhu family, these people are all persecuted by the Zhu family. There is absolutely no problem with their loyalty. As long as they attack the Zhu family, they will be able to kill the Zhu family. They would never frown!”
Yin Yong calculated the number of soldiers in his hands. A guard platoon of 46 people (eight Bio-Experimental Warriors and 37 ordinary soldiers), including Jiang Cheng's troops, would only have 120 to 130 people. Compared to the Zhu family's military strength, it was 6:1, or even 7:1. Even if the weapons were advanced, it was obviously not a good idea to fight head-on. Moreover, the other party had a four-barrel machine gun. Even if the imitation's performance was a little worse, its firepower was not comparable to a bolt rifle. But how should he outwit them? Yin Yong's first thought was to capture the leader first! And this seemed to be the only feasible method for Yin Yong at this moment! Putting everything else aside, the eight soldiers of the guard squad were all the current generation's soldier kings. Their weapons were also decades ahead of this era. It was not impossible for them to sneak into the Zhu family and capture Zhu Kun and the others alive! Of course, this matter could not be done during the day and had to be done under the cover of the night. Thus, after everyone finished eating, Yin Yong went to pay his respects to the barracks of the Qijiang County garrison under the leadership of Jiang Cheng.
There were a total of three barracks in Qijiang. Two of them were in the city, and one was at the foot of Gujian Mountain, which was known as the Little Emei Mountain in Eastern Sichuan. Each barracks could accommodate 800 to 1,000 people. However, because the original garrison commander had a large number of empty salaries, the actual strength of his troops was only 1,500. As a result, many places were abandoned. If they wanted to move in, they had to repair them first.
Before the garrison left, they had taken away almost everything they could. Now, there was not even a quilt left in the barracks. Looking at the empty barracks, Yin Yong only had one word in his heart-the real house was bare! No wonder they didn't leave before the guards changed. They were probably worried that something would happen when they met! They left in a carefree manner, but it was difficult for Yin Yong. The new recruits would arrive in two days. If they could not purchase everything in the shortest time possible, Yin Yong would probably be drowned in the recruits 'saliva…
Fortunately, Jiang Cheng said that there was still a batch of resources stored in the warehouse in the county. Originally, these resources had always been controlled by the Zhu family, and he had no way of requisitioning them. However, as long as Yin Yong dealt with the Zhu family, these resources could be used by Yin Yong! As for repairing the barracks, he would leave it to the recruits. They were still farmers anyway, so it was much easier for them to do this than to carry guns. However, there was still a problem. Each of the three barracks could only accommodate a maximum of 1,000 people, but Yin Yong had 7,600 people under him. How were they going to arrange for the additional 4,000 people? It was definitely too late to build a temporary house. Yin Yong could only let the recruits temporarily play ground support in the barracks. Fortunately, the temperature in April was already very high, so they would not catch a cold even if they slept on the ground. However, in order to dispel the complaints of the recruits, he still decided to make up for it with food. He thought that if he could eat his fill and eat well, the recruits would not make a fuss.
Following that, Yin Yong listened to Jiang Cheng's report on Qijiang. According to Jiang Cheng's report, the population of Qijiang County was mainly Han. Although the number of ethnic minorities was small, there were many ethnic groups. There were more than 30 ethnic minorities such as Yi, Hui, Man, Zhuang, etc. The county had a population of more than 334,600. There were four coal mining factories in the county (three were controlled by the government and one was in the hands of the Zhu family) and two iron mining factories (one was controlled by the government and one was in the hands of the Zhu family). Due to backward mining technology, coal mines and iron mines were not suitable for mining. Old equipment, low level of training, low production), a private brick factory, a large garment factory…In terms of finances, they had a total savings of 34,000 yuan…
"Zhizheng, why is the financial surplus negative?" Yin Yong asked.”
"County Head Yin, you might not know this, but our county's finances have always been in the hands of Zhu Kun's second son, Zhu Yu. The county's financial funds have been embezzled by the Zhu family for various reasons, and the financial statements are also handled by Zhu Yu, so this financial deficit is not surprising!”
"Alright, I'll definitely make the Zhu family pay back with interest!”Yin Yong laughed coldly and said.
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