Kill the chicken to scare the monkey

"Bang..." A crisp sound of porcelain breaking sounded outside Shijiazhuang City, a courtyard hall covering an area of ​​dozens of acres sounded.

Then, a slightly old curse sounded in the lobby: "What does the government want to do, what does the National Defense Force want to do? Do they really want to force us gentry into a dead end..."

Speaking of the old man who was over 60 years old, he would return to the Qing Dynasty before the founding of the Republic of China.

Because of your policy of buying and selling officials in the late Qing Dynasty, the old man named Hou Guowen, who spent tens of thousands of taels of silver to buy a deceased prefect when he was exhausted.

As the saying goes, "One year of Qing magistrate, one year of the Qing Dynasty, one hundred thousand snowflakes are silver."

He Guowen, who persisted in his tenure as the prefect until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, relied on his own ability to make money. Not only did he get back all the capital he had used to buy an official, but he also saved an unprecedented huge wealth for the entire Hou family.

Outside Shijiazhuang City, more than 200,000 acres of fertile land belonged to Hou Guowen alone.

In Shijiazhuang City, there are at least twenty shops belonging to Hou Guowen...

These shops alone can bring millions of huge wealth to Hou Guowen every year, not to mention the land rent income brought to him by 200,000 mu of fertile land every year.

Therefore, although Hou Guowen, who has developed for decades, cannot be called the four words "rich can rival a country", he is definitely a top-ranking rich man in the entire Hebei Province.

With so many property and land, it is absolutely necessary to keep a large number of servants and guards in the chaotic Republic of China that bandits insulted.

After the founding of the Republic of China, my son was very lucky to serve as the regiment commander of the Beiyang Army.

With the help of his son, he purchased a large number of weapons and equipment from the army, and with the large number of military instructors sent back by his son, the arrogant Hou Guowen directly organized the guardhouse in his hand into an infantry regiment. He not only equipped rifles and machine guns, but also equipped a large number of heavy machine guns and mortars.

In this way, the group that guarded Hou Guowen's house and the hospital became the largest local force around Shijiazhuang invisibly.

In addition, Hou Guowen's obvious assets and fields were the most gentry in this generation.

Hou Guowen, who had heavy troops, became the representative of the gentry in this area. If anything, gentry in the surrounding area would gather at Hou Guowen's home to discuss countermeasures.

The reason why Hou Guowen was furious in front of the guests in the hall disregarding his image was nothing else. It was the tax payment notice that the local government just sent to Hou Guowen.

Because there are a total of 200,000 mu of fertile land under Hou Guowen's name, according to the latest "stage tax" policy issued by the coalition government, Hou Guowen has to pay a total of 40 million kilograms of grain tax to the coalition government, which is a total of 1.2 million oceans.

You should know that from the 200,000 mu of fertile fields in his name, it would be thankful that he could have 30 million kilograms of grain left for tenants. However, the coalition government directly asked him to pay a 40 million kilograms of grain tax. His income was not enough for the tax on these fields. Isn’t this to kill Hou Guowen…

Therefore, since receiving this tax payment notice, Hou Guowen began to get angry at home and immediately invited all the gentry around him to discuss countermeasures.

The middle-aged man who sat in the first place in the lower head and had a slightly fat body stood up first.

He clasped his fists at Hou Guowen. After showing respect, he spoke: "Mr. Hou, my family only has 10,000 acres of land and there are no other shops. He only relies on renting 10,000 acres of land for tens of land. Now, the government actually asked me to pay a tax of 2 million kilograms of grain. You know, my annual rent income of 10,000 acres of land is less than 2 million kilograms of grain. Isn't the National Defense Forces forcing me to the dead end?"

"Old Master Li is right. The National Defense Forces are going to force us gentry into a dead end..."

Just as everyone was angry and complaining to each other, Mr. Zhong, who had been a Jinshi in the Qing Dynasty and was a very famous local official in the local area, suddenly spoke.

"Everyone is quiet. As long as we think about it carefully, we will understand it. We just refused to implement the 'land reform' that the government just issued, and the government increased taxes. Isn't this obvious?"

Hearing this, everyone shut up their mouths and said nothing.

In the end, Mr. Zhong, who had just spoken, broke the atmosphere in the lobby again.

He said to Hou Guowen: "Master Hou, whether we can keep the fields in our hands depends on this time. I hope Mr. Hou can lead everyone to advance and retreat together and oppose the tax policy just issued by the government."

Under the reminder of Mr. Zhong, dozens of gentry, large and small, quickly turned their attention to Hou Guowen.

Because, among all the people here, Hou Guowen has the most land. If the government really collects tax grain from everyone according to this tax policy, the one who suffers the most is undoubtedly Hou Guowen, who is sitting at the top of the lobby.

So, as if we had agreed, everyone said in unison to Hou Guowen: "Mr. Hou, we all listen to you. What do you say, we will do what we should do, and advance and retreat together..."

Hou Guowen, who had already understood the government's ultimate goal, quickly emitted a hint of cruelty on his face.

He assured everyone with satisfaction: "Okay, since everyone respects me, Mr. Hou, then I will take on this important task and lead everyone to advance and retreat together to fight the government's tax policies specifically targeting our gentry."

"If the government really ignores our public opinion and firmly implements their tax policies, then the thousands of guns in my hands are not vegetarians, and at worst, it's a matter of killing."

Seeing everyone's nervous hearts relaxed a lot, Hou Guowen's face suddenly became energetic.

He continued to say loudly: "Since everyone listens to me, I will talk about my first thought first. After everyone goes back, they will wait and see if they do not do anything illegal during this period, and do not give the government a chance to cause trouble for us."

China’s thousands of years of history tells us that human hearts are something that is elusive.

Just when Hou Guowen looked energetic and wanted to continue to show off, a harsh voice suddenly rang in the lobby.

"Mr. Hou, please forgive me for being rude. Our Wang family has always been a polite and obedient person. We have never done anything to fight against the government. The tens of thousands of acres of fertile land in our family have been accumulated bit by bit by bit by generations of hard work, and we have no courage to fight against the government. So, I am here to withdraw from this action on behalf of our Wang family. In addition, I will keep the matter secret for you today and will not disclose it at all..."

As soon as the words fell, a scolding filled with anger rang out in the lobby.

"Boy is arrogant, there is no chance for you to speak here. Besides, it's not your turn to be your Wang family to make decisions, let your father come over and talk to us..."

Faced with the constant noise of anger and scolding in the lobby, Wang Xuebin, who had been to college, did not explain.

After hunching everyone with a smile on his face, he walked out of the lobby directly under everyone's stunned gaze.

At the same time, several other young representatives who represented their families in the lobby followed closely behind, hugged everyone and walked out of the lobby quickly, imagining everyone's position.

Facing the sudden change in front of him, although Hou Guowen was full of anger, he did not show it and still pretended to be dissatisfied.

"Don't worry about them, everyone has their own ambitions. After their land is taken away by the government, there will be a time for them to regret... In this way, let's continue. Let me talk about my second step of thought..."

After several young people left the Hou family, they gathered together unknowingly with the first Wang Xuebin who left.

A young man in Zhongshan suit first asked, "Mr. Wang, we have always listened to you, and you are the only one who has been to college and has also gone abroad. Tell everyone what you think. Why did you suddenly turn against the Hou family? I think Mr. Hou is right?"

"You know. The Hou family is the largest gentry in our generation, so you are not afraid that he will wear small shoes for you in the future."

After a disdainful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, Wang Xuebin sneered at everyone: "Give me some shoes to wear... Haha, do you think the Hou family still has this opportunity?"

Seeing the sudden expression of confusion on everyone's faces, Wang Xuebin explained: "You all know the invincible National Defense Forces, right? The National Defense Forces won even the Soviets and the Japanese, let alone the more than 2,000 guns from the Hou family."

"I know this..." The young master of the Li family next to him suddenly interrupted.

"Once I went out and happened to meet the National Defense Forces for training. You didn't see that the National Defense Forces with thousands of people were carrying a gun I had never seen before. I heard that this kind of gun could be shot continuously like a machine gun."

"Also, the mortars that were offered as treasures in the Hou family were equipped with six gates in the National Defense Forces."

"In addition to being equipped with countless mortars, the troops of the National Defense Forces also have at least fifty cannons with barrels thicker than the mouth of the bowl, which looks particularly scary..."

Just as everyone slowly showed a shock expression on their faces, an older young man suddenly asked: "Mr. Wang, what do you mean is that once Mr. Hou is forced into the government, the government will use the army to enforce the tax policy just issued..."

"But the government is not afraid of using the army to regret causing local chaos and causing large-scale bloody conflicts. You should know that this is not a matter of dozens of people, but a matter of thousands or even tens of thousands of people."

After a sneer appeared on the corner of Wang Xuebin's mouth again, he said firmly.

"In my opinion, large-scale bloody conflicts may not happen, but the killing of chickens to warn monkeys will definitely happen? You don't think about it. In the past few years since the establishment of national defense poverty, have you seen who the national defense poverty compromised to? What's more, the housekeepers who are not even considered to be in the army."

Hearing this, beads of sweat immediately appeared on everyone's foreheads.

He sighed at Wang Xuebin with lingering fear, "Mr. Wang, I understand. Maybe the government is waiting for Mr. Hou to resist taxes at this moment, and then there is a reason to eliminate the more than 2,000 guns in the hands of the old man in his hands in one fell swoop."

"If it weren't for you, we would have been completely trapped today. It would be too dangerous... I wonder what Young Master Wang plans to do in the future. After all, the current land tax is so high that we can't bear it?"

Wang Yi said confidently: "Support the government to carry out 'land reform', replace all the land in his hands with oceans, and then build a cement factory with the help of the government."

"The government is now carrying out large-scale infrastructure construction everywhere. As long as we can produce cement, we will never have to worry about sales. I have been studying the cement industry for several months. I can say with certainty that as long as we invest one million oceans, we can recover all costs by two years at the latest. The money we make next is our net profit."

"Of course, if you guys are interested, believe me, Wang Xuebin, and you can also use money to invest. I promise that the money you earn every year in building a factory is definitely more than the money you earn by guarding the land."

As soon as Wang Xuebin finished speaking, the eldest young master of the Li family, who had the best relationship with Wang Xuebin, spoke up and said, "I believe Wang Xuebin's words. I will invest 200,000 yuan on behalf of the Li family. After I returned, I asked my father to go to the county government to hand over all the land, change the house to do business and build factories..."

As young people, they are very likely to accept new ideas.

Although there were only three people who decided to jointly build a cement factory with Wang Xuebin. However, the remaining few people had their own ideas for making money. For example, Li Jinming, the oldest among all, has some research on agriculture. When he heard the word "opening a factory", the first thing he thought of was fertilizers that are currently popular in the entire North China area.

In his eyes, if the effect of fertilizers on agricultural production increases is as good as government propagandists say, then he can invest huge amounts of money to build a small fertilizer factory. At that time, the profits earned will definitely be far greater than the land rent.

A few days later, Vice Chairman Mo Bin, located in Shijiazhuang, received land deeds from these companies voluntarily and asked the government to give them technical guidance on opening factories.

Anything will become very easy after the game.

Therefore, Mo Bin directly uses his best possible support to these people to build factories.

Not only did they provide them with the land needed to build a factory for free, but they were also recommended to relevant industrial personnel to help them build the factory as soon as possible and set an example.

A week passed in a blink of an eye, except for a few big households in a few days. In the next few days, no other landlord took the initiative to ask the government to redeem the land they had.

After glanced at Mo Bin, who had already made a decision in his heart after he looked at his subordinate sitting upright in front of him.

He ordered everyone with a gloomy face: "Since these people don't know the current affairs, don't blame the government for not giving them face... Immediately issue tickets to all landlords and gentry who have not paid taxes or redeemed land. It will still be one week. If you don't cooperate in a week, don't blame me for killing the chicken to warn the monkey and talking to them with guns and bullets..."

While the government began to issue tickets, Vice Chairman Mo Bin came to the National Defense Army Garage Command, which is located in Shijiazhuang City, that is, the Third Army Headquarters.

Facing the old acquaintance, the commander of the Third Army, Luo Qiyuan, Mo Bin did not hide anything and said straight to the point: "Captain Luo, you should know the rampant local armed forces in the entire North China region. This time I came here to use the Third Army to severely attack these local armed forces, kill the chicken to scare the monkeys..."

Luo Qiyuan replied very readily: "Please rest assured by Vice Chairman Mo. I have received the order of the General Officer more than a week ago, and the right to cooperate with you to wipe out local armed forces in North China. Therefore, as long as Vice Chairman Mo issues an order, we guarantee to send troops..."

After saying that, he asked Mo Bin with an interest on his face: "Vice Chairman Mo, I don't know what you are talking about as the chicken that kills chickens to warn monkeys..."

"The Hou family, fifty miles north of Shijiazhuang City..." Mo Bin told the culprit of this matter without thinking.

"Hou Family...I know this Hou Family..." Luo Qiyuan's eyes lit up and he spoke.

"As far as I know, although this Hou family is not a wealthy family, the wealth it possesses is definitely beyond our imagination. Otherwise, he would not be able to support more than 2,000 guns with his own income."

After saying that, he smiled at Mo Bin and said, "If Chairman Mo is talking about someone else, I, Luo Qiyuan, would think that you look down on our Third Army too much and let our Third Army use a knives to kill. Since it is now more than 2,000 guards kept by the Hou family and the Hou family, then our Third Army will follow this mission..."

"At present, there are two regiments stationed in Shijiazhuang, namely the Military Guard Regiment and the 031st Regiment. I immediately ordered the first and second battalions of the Guard Regiment to replenish ammunition and prepare for combat. Once you receive your order from attack, the two guard battalions will surround Houjia as soon as possible and destroy it..."

The guard regiment directly under the military headquarters is needless to say that it is the most elite field infantry regiment of the Third Army.

Using two thousand elites to fight against two thousand landlord armed forces with almost no practical experience is definitely in line with what Luo Qiyuan said just now, killing a chicken with a ox knife.

Being able to send such an elite force to cooperate with his actions is enough to show Luo Qiyuan's importance to this matter and his support.

Mo Bin, who quickly showed a relaxed smile on his face, said gratefully: "Thank you, Commander Luo, for your support. I believe that with the cooperation of the army, the coalition government will be able to complete the land reform in North China in the shortest time, eliminate all local armed forces, and give the tens of millions of people in North China a bright world."

At this moment, facing the 12 million ocean fine sent by the government, Hou Guowen had a bad feeling in his heart. However, when he thought that after he paid the fine, his entire property would shrink most of the time, Hou Guowen's concerns were invisibly replaced.

At the same time, I secretly warned myself in my heart: "The money at home is earned by myself with all my hard work. Even if I die, I cannot take it out..."

Of course, as an old man who once served as a prefect, Hou Guowen would not be so stupid that he would not make any preparations.
Chapter completed!