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Chapter 35 Sie Jiang ([-])

After complaining about suffering, Huang Yunan counted them one by one with his fat fingers that looked like radishes.

"Master Town Guard, Lord Daoyin, Lord Governor of the county, chiefs of various departments of the Daoyin Office, Internal Affairs Division, Industrial Division..."

"All right, all right, I'm not old-fashioned, so you don't need to count for me. Return the heads of the various departments, they have the same rank as you."

The imperial censor who patrolled the city of the previous dynasty is now an apartment in the concession area of ​​Yujiang County. Li Jieming, who is more than seventy years old, is sitting on the chair of the grand master, blowing his beard and staring, tapping on the floor tiles with a cane, "Duo Duo",

"I've lost my face this time, and I'm not allowed to lose my temper? I just invited some young people to drink tea and stay for two days. Cough cough, what's the matter?"

The old housekeeper who was accompanying him hurriedly took out a square handkerchief, wiped off the saliva from the corners of Li Jieming's mouth, and straightened his hair full of silver hair.

Taking advantage of this moment, Huang Yun'an hooked his hands to the little policeman standing beside him, and the little policeman immediately handed him the briefcase in his hand.

Huang Yun'an took the briefcase and ordered,

"Go out."

The patrolman saluted, turned around, and strode out of the study.

After Li Jieming finished coughing, Huang Yun'an took out the letterhead from the briefcase, left the chair with his buttocks, bent his waist and placed it on the large mahogany case in front of Li Jieming, and made a gesture of please,

"It's true that I have the same rank as me, but they are in charge, and I am in charge. It's different. Take a look at these few pieces of paper."

Li Jieming didn't go to get it, he just asked,
"What's all this?"

"Official document."

Li Jieming tilted his head back, as if he couldn't avoid it.

"Don't look, I have no official status now, don't look, don't look."

Huang Yun'an didn't force it either,
"It doesn't matter if you don't read it, it's just a cliché. I'll read a few words and you just listen."

He took a sip of tea, cleared his throat,

"Amassing money and literature, disturbing the people, the reverse course is obvious... If the meeting is full, the people will not be able to live in it, and the financial panic will make the business uneasy, and the road will be devastated. If you don't make plans urgently, you will not be in a state of anarchy. - Teacher Does that sound familiar?"

"Well, it sounds familiar."

Li Jieming stroked his white beard,
"However, Dezhou (Huang Yun'an's character) is less of a trick."

"In the second year of the Republic of China, when Hu Shuai wiped out the bandits and banned all the halls, he notified the documents of the whole province."

Huang Yun'an's index finger knocked on the letterhead, and it collided with the table under the letterhead, and the crisp "beep" sound was heard far away in the huge study room.

"There is a paragraph in this official document that is exactly the same. It also says that we in Yujiang City are now members of a gang, gangs and bandits, rampant in the daytime, and it dates back to the early years of the Republic of China."

Huang Yun'an's tone was dignified,
"This official document was intended to be sent to Hu Shuai. I happened to be at the telegraph office, so I stopped it. If I didn't stop it, let alone the black hat, I would lose my head. The frontline battle is temporarily suspended, and the commander has plenty of time to spare." Come and cook us. Teacher, you have passed this time."

"Give the weapon to Li Yushi, and you can retreat safely. That's what others say. But now?"

Li Jieming frowned for a while, he was an old man who laughed and scolded before, but now he could not suppress the real anger in his tone,

"Wei Enting, give me the Jiushou Sword, it's gone! Man, I'm hurt! Even my grandson's new concubine has been gutted! I've lost all face!"

Li Jieming suppressed the itching in his throat,
"If I don't get Jiu Shou Jian back, who will hand over the weapon to me in the future? No one will! You are busy and have no time to help me find a sword. I have no choice but to let go of this old face. Go and ask Yu Jiang's gangs to help me find it. Doesn't that work?"

"Why do you want those weapons?"

Huang Yun'an was helpless, suddenly asked,

"Have you heard any rumors?"

On the roof, bright yellow light bulbs flickered twice inexplicably, and the study suddenly went dark.

In the dark, the old housekeeper took out matches from the bookshelf, lit a spare kerosene lamp, and placed it on the large mahogany case.Light up the big case before and after.

"Ahem. Westerners' stuff is just unreliable. No matter how bright the lights are, they will go dark in no time."

Li Jieming coughed twice, and the old housekeeper hurriedly lifted the kerosene lamp and hung it on the pillar of the room to prevent the black smoke from choking the old master.

Li Jieming caressed his chest and followed his airway,

"The people can let them know, but they can't be made to know. I'm not an official now, so how do I know what you are hiding?"

Huang Yun'an held a teacup in his hand, blowing on the floating tea,

"Teacher, don't listen to rumors in the market."

Li Jieming pressed the armrest of the Grand Master's chair,

"What rumor? Wasn't the massacre of five families in the concession a man-made rumor? The rumor of the red umbrella female ghost? The rumor of knowing the real door? Or... the rumor of the divine soldier who was granted longevity?"

"It's just a rumor."

Huang Yun'an was speaking in a rolling language,
"Teacher, you are really outdated. Although light bulbs and kerosene lamps are all Western objects, they are all made by ourselves now."

Li Jieming sighed helplessly,

"I must get the Nine Shou Sword. My reputation cannot be compromised. If you don't forget the relationship between our master and apprentice, you... help me stand at the telegraph office for a few more days."

"Where did the teacher say? How could I forget the kindness of the teacher's enlightenment and knowledge."

Huang Yun'an put down his teacup, stretched out three fingers of his left hand,

"Three days, I'll stay at the telegraph office for another three days. Within three days, I'll block all the telegrams. These gangsters are helping me find guns for the police station. But after three days, the teacher has to give me a good one." Tell them. Also, tell them not to carry firearms. Using firearms will make the trouble even bigger."

Right in his arms, Li Jieming did not hesitate,

"Thank you Dezhou."

"Teacher is welcome."

Huang Yun'an dusted off his black uniform, stepped on the carpet with his leather boots, and when he turned to leave, as if he suddenly remembered something, he turned around and said to Li Jieming,

"By the way, the teacher will not keep the rent at the end of the year."

Li Jieming froze when he swiped the lid of the cup.

Rent a child.All the gangs in Yujiang have illegal businesses, such as brothels, opium dens, and gambling stalls that are not on the list.River smuggling, singing and dancing halls, Soli market money, etc., all have to pay Huang Yun'an a [-]% bonus.

The [-]% bonus is rent.

And Li Jieming collected the rent for Huang Yun'an, and [-]% of the rent was owned by the manager Li Jieming.

The remaining [-]% was handed over to Huang Yun'an, the student sitting in front of him, the director of the Patrol Department.Huang Yun'an distributed them to other senior civil and military officials in Yujiang County in proportion according to the size of the official rank and the scope of power.

Daoyin of Nanyu Dao, the guard envoy of Nanyu Dao, the magistrate of Yujiang County, the heads of various departments of Daoyin's official office...the list goes on and on.

Without this background, no matter how much face Li Jieming had, even if Li Jieming falsely passed on Huang Yun'an's password, none of the gangs would dare to listen to him.

It was also by virtue of the [-]% of the rent that Li Jieming, a fifth-rank official who had already retired from the old Qian Dynasty, was able to live in a foreign-style house, ride a foreign car, and be rich and prestigious, so he could save a lot of face.

Seeing that Li Jieming didn't answer, Huang Yun'an opened his mouth again,
"Teacher, you don't think I can stop all the messages, do you? There are several officials who are older than me. Usually I have a few points with them, and it's probably not enough. But now, you've made such a big commotion, and it's probably [-]% It's not enough. By the end of the year, you don't want to keep the rent. Moreover, Mr. Daoyin means that from next year, you will keep [-]% of the rent."

All of a sudden less than half.

(End of this chapter)