Qin Feng's memory gradually became clearer and clearer. He was more and more excited. Not only was he the highest officer of Qiongya Island, but he was also appointed by the chairman to form an army on Qiongya Island.
Looking at his brothers around him, Qin Feng's expression relaxed slightly.
"Brothers, you're all here. It's just a few bandits, and they were all eliminated by me!”
A bespectacled guy stood out.
"Commander, you are now the highest-ranking officer of Qiongya Island. There is no need for you to personally take risks when exterminating the bandits!”
Qin Feng sized up the bespectacled fellow. After fusing with Qin Feng's memories, he instantly called out the name of the eye.
"Advisor Yuan Fei is right. In the future, if there is no need, I will not put myself in danger!”
As soon as he finished speaking, a voice sounded in Qin Feng's mind.
Ding! 3 bandits killed. 60 points gained! 70 points remaining!
"Lead the way, we'll return to the city!" Qin Feng patted Yuan Fei's shoulder.”
In Qin Feng's memory, there are currently two main cities on Jasper Cliff Island, namely Haikou and Sanya. There are a total of thirteen counties, and only his division is on the island.
"Yuan Fei, where is our army stationed?”
"Our army is mainly stationed in Haikou and Hainan!”
How's the equipment?" Qin Feng asked the question he was most concerned about so that he could be mentally prepared.
Yuan Fei lowered his head and did not answer." Commander, these are your soldiers. You should know best!"”
Suddenly, Yuan Fei's eyes lit up.”
Qin Feng smiled and didn't reply. He sized up the soldiers around him. The rifling of their weapons had been polished. It could be seen that their weapons were extremely simple and crude.
On the way, many commoners saw Qin Feng and the others and immediately scrambled to escape.
"Yuan Fei, why do they look like they've seen the God of Plagues?”
Yuan Fei lowered his head and sighed.
"Commander, you don't know the actual situation! Your previous commander made this place a mess! The previous one was a warlord who came from the military. He was not interested in developing the economy. He only wanted to occupy more territory and collect taxes. The people complained!”
"The key is that the previous officer still raised bandits and respected himself! There were seven or eight groups of bandits in the mountains. He did not exterminate them. When they grew stronger, he would go and fight them. Then, he would ask the chairman for money!”
Hearing Yuan Fei's words, Qin Feng was furious. At this time, he was still thinking about money.
At this moment, Qin Feng already has a general understanding of the current situation. He is now the highest officer of Qiongya and has led a division of troops.
In less than half a day, Qin Feng brought everyone back to Haikou. On the drill ground in Hai Kou, the soldiers were all in formation, waiting for Qin Feng's arrival.
Looking at the lineup of his own division, Qin Feng was stunned. This was completely the Beggar's Sect. It was said to be a division, but there were less than 5,000 people. How much empty pay did they have to eat?
The key was that a division of 5,000 people only had more than 1,000 complete sets of military uniforms and less than 1,000 decent rifles. The best weapon was the only light machine gun in the country.
Upon seeing this, Qin Feng understood that this master of his was definitely taking advantage of him. It would be strange if he didn't.
Looking at the formation of the soldiers, Qin Feng felt a chill in his heart. You call this an army? This was even worse than the new army of the Qing Dynasty!
Looking at the serious Qin Feng, Advisor Yuan Fei said in surprise,"Teacher, what's wrong? You don't look too good!"
Qin Feng had a bitter look on his face as he shook his head repeatedly. He said in an aggrieved manner,"How many people does our division have? Give me a report on the weapons and equipment!”
Qin Feng returned to his office according to his memory. Yuan Fei followed closely behind with a stack of documents in his arms.
"Commander, these are our men and equipment!”
Qin Feng picked up the information and looked at it. There were a total of four regiments, each with 1200 people. Including the 800 people from the guard battalion, there were a total of 5600 people. The equipment was 1200 Hanyang made, 1800 shotgun, 1000 machetes, 2000 spears, and a light machine gun.
Qin Feng then looked at Qiongya's financial income and expenditure and became even more confused.
"Yuan Fei, there are thirteen counties in Qiongya, and the annual income is only 200,000 yuan. The expenditure has actually reached 200,000 yuan. Where has the money been spent?”
Yuan Fei spread his hands." The military costs a lot. Also, there are dozens of large families in Qiongya who have formed a joint insurance. They refuse to pay taxes by force!”
Qin Feng clenched his fists and smashed them on the office desk."Refusing taxes by force? A single division couldn't even defeat dozens of private armed forces?”
"They owed taxes for five years, and the weapons and equipment they formed were all Japanese. We couldn't beat them, so we could only turn a blind eye!”
Qin Feng felt a headache coming on. No matter what, he was the highest ranking officer of Qiongya and had a division of troops. If he couldn't even collect taxes, then what was the point of being the highest ranking officer?
"They turned a blind eye for five years. What's going on with these dozens of joint protection groups?”
Yuan Fei took out a map and pointed at the locations of the dozens of major clans on the map.
"The Zhou family, the Wu family, and the Chen family are the backbone of these dozens of families. They have been doing business with the Japanese all year round! The joint protection team they formed had a total of 800 people!”
"Because they have been doing business with the Japanese all year round, their team of more than 800 people is equipped with five crooked machine guns provided by the Japanese. There was also a 60mm mortar!”
"With this firepower, how would we dare to collect taxes?”，Chief of Staff Yuan Fei shook his head and sighed.
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