Chapter 152 Ni Sichong’s Treachery and Honesty (First update! Please vote for me!)

The clouds on the horizon covered the setting sun, and the evening sunlight dyed the clouds into a charming crimson. Under the clouds, a meandering river flowed quietly. Not far from the river bank, the dilapidated blue brick city wall was illuminated by the setting sun.

It blinked into yellow. Although the five-color flag of the Republic of China was flying on the top of the city, there was still a large vertical banner on the city gate tower with "Ni" written clearly on it.

If we talk about the territory of northern Anhui, who doesn't know that Ni Sichong, the supervisor of bandit suppression in the Henan-Hubei-Anhui border area, is probably not from northern Anhui. More than a year after the change of dynasties, Fuyang City has long since disappeared from the original war disaster.

It seems that in Fuyang City, in addition to the additional parliament, there is also a "General's Mansion". This "General's Mansion" was a house "dedicated" by the Li family, a wealthy local family in Fuyang, after Ni Sichong occupied Fuyang City at the beginning of last year.

Just like in the past, Ni Sichong, who is the supervisor of the bandit suppression in the Henan-Hubei-Anhui border area, held a "Flower Party" on the flower stage in the General's Mansion. Apart from the two major outdoor venues of the "Li Family" and the "Ning Family", the city was full of people.

All the prominent people were present, the prostitutes were showing off their flowers, and the officials were leaning against the red and green.

The banquet was about to end, and "Jiujiangkou" was performed on the stage. Ni Sichong, who was holding the Zuixiang Loutou sign in his arms, heard the excitement and immediately clapped his hands and shouted "Hello"

"good"

As soon as Ni Sichong's cheers died down, the housekeeper Ni Sanshun standing behind him immediately shouted at the top of his lungs.

"The general applauds and enjoys ten red flowers."

Upon hearing Ni Sanshun's words, the invited master of the Li-Ning family frowned. This "Flower Party" was obviously for watching a show and admiring flowers, but in fact, it was a place where the general made money.

One red flower costs one hundred taels of silver

It was said that the flowers were given to the actors, but in fact, the supervisor took the opportunity to make money. However, the flowers were sold by the general's house, and the person who received the invitation did not dare not to come. If he really did not come, he would not be able to keep all the flowers.

Before tomorrow, soldiers will come to make trouble.

On the other hand, if someone's house does not receive an invitation from the General's Mansion for this monthly flower party, it would be a huge bad thing. In a few days, this family can come from Fuyang City.

They were removed from the big family, and Ni Sichong wanted to expand the general's mansion. The Liu family was ignorant of current affairs and thought it was the Republic of China. As a result, three months ago, the Liu family was prosecuted for being suspected of "collaborating with bandits."

It's over, it's over.

"It's nice to enjoy the red flowers..."

Hesitantly, looking at the general who was listening to the opera with rapt attention, Li Xueshen hesitated and spit out a number.

"Six Branches"

As soon as his words came out, the person standing behind him immediately raised his voice.

"The old lady of the Li family presented six red flowers and wished the general good success in military affairs."

okay

Listening to the play becoming more and more exciting, Li Xueshen's heart was full of bitterness. For a while, he was constantly giving rewards. After following the supervision for the second time to give rewards, Li Xueshen looked at Ning Laosan's face full of faults.

With a bitter expression, the two looked at each other with a wry smile.

Looking at Li Xueshen's gaze, Ning Laosan made a gesture towards him and stretched out three fingers with his left hand.

"It seems that if I don't spend three or four thousand taels today, I won't be able to hear the end of this drama."

At this moment, Li Xueshen saw Ni Daoxu, dressed in military uniform, walking excitedly to Ni Sichong.

"Don't let this be another happy event."

happy event?

In Li Xueshen's view, Ni Sichong's happy event was basically a funeral for the gentry in Fuyang City, and the congratulatory silver, ranging from a few thousand taels to more than ten thousand taels, was always unavoidable.

"What, say it again"

Pushing Xi Ling away from his arms, Ni Si stood up in a hurry.

"Uncle, Ni Er came and sent a telegram. Li Zhiyuan from Liuhe agreed. Uncle, he took your five hundred thousand yuan and put it into the shares of Lieshan Coal Mine."

Ni Daoxu's face was filled with joy. This coal mine business was a good business with huge profits.

"This boy"

With a smile, Ni Sichong rubbed his head and started to laugh. He originally sent Ni Er to Lianyungang just to give it a try. After all, Li Zhiyuan's backstage was the president. What's more, he still had his own principles of doing things.

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"Uncle, don't tell me, this Li Zhiyuan is really worthy of 500,000 yuan, which can be converted into 600,000 shares. This coal..."

"bastard thing"

Ni Sichong cursed at Ni Daoxu.

"You stupid son of a bitch, your uncle and I are taking advantage of others. Hurry up. No, wire transfer, wire transfer to Liuhe 100,000. They make money for us, but we can't let them suffer."

Because of this, although Ni Sichong, who had a "big-seeking" personality, used his official position to extort money, withhold military pay, and sell out county magistrates, on the other hand, he was no different from ordinary businessmen in the business world. In doing business, he also pays attention to credibility.

Because of this, this grain merchant in northern Anhui was willing to deal with him, but any note he issued would never be deceptive.

However, Ni Sichong had his own intentions and plans. The four words "the way to make money" have always occupied his mind. In the past year, he expanded the army by more than 40 battalions. It can be said that he made money without any reason.

He couldn't eat enough and couldn't sleep well. For money, he was always racking his brains to think about things. He was dizzy and in a trance, so that he couldn't concentrate on one thing and one thing, and he was forgetful when doing things.

Forget about the West.

The military expenses after the expansion of the army made him miserable. Although Yuan Shikai recognized his control of northern Anhui, the land in northern Anhui was poor and the people were poor. After the army expansion, raising local salaries alone was not enough to maintain the army, but he did

And he has to expand his strength. As a warlord, you have everything if you have soldiers. Without soldiers, you are nothing. Your wealth and status are all determined by the number of soldiers. On the other hand, he is not satisfied with the current situation and vested interests. He wants to expand his troops.

Go high and run high.

But all of this requires money to support him, so he must show respect to those who can earn money for him.

"Uncle, this..."

Ni Daoxu, who was scolded somewhat incomprehensibly, looked at his uncle in confusion. His uncle was kind in business, but he also had time to renovate the Liu family last year. On the surface, it was for a house, but the root cause was not because of it.

The Liu family's grain store was unwilling to let my uncle become a shareholder.

"Daoxu, you don't understand"

Ni Daojie, who originally had his eyes fixed on the actors on the stage, looked at his cousin's appearance and sneered, wondering how could his cousins ​​be so stupid.

"This business involves people and things. What is this Liuhe? From now on, there will be a master who can lay golden eggs. Let's take 500,000 to 600,000 from him. Ming... the iron man over in Shouzhou

Mine, the steel plant in Lianyungang, can our Ni family still have a share? Doing business and being a human being are the same. When you should be kind, you should be kind, and when you should be treacherous, you have to... But look at dividing people and things.

Look, even if the president buys shares in Tianjin, he can get a penny of shares."

After teaching his cousin a lesson and cursing "idiot" in his heart, Ni Daojie turned his attention back to the charming actor on stage.

"Um……"

Ni Sichong, who was too lazy to teach others, looked at the Li family and the Ning family, the two richest families in Fuyang, who were listening to the play, and his thoughts changed.

"Mingjie, you go and inform the Li family and the Ning family, and say... well, your father and I are running a coal mine in Lieshan, and we still need one hundred thousand taels of silver. Let them help you and I get it together.

"member"

As soon as he said these words, Ni Sichong looked at Li and Ning's family and left directly. Since this was a clear matter, let others handle it. But at this time, he was thinking about another thing. A few days ago

A secret message came from the president, asking him to prepare for action.

"Daoxu, ask your sixth brother to come to the study to meet me."

A few minutes later, Wang Pu, who was wearing military uniform, walked out of the study room, first straightened his military uniform, and then stood at attention and shouted.

"Report"

"Is it Liu Zi? Come in"

Ni Sichong, who was reading Sun Tzu's Art of War, smiled and ordered after listening to Wang Pu's voice. Wang Pu was his son-in-law. He graduated from the Army and was far more promising than those ineffective sons. After the army was expanded, although he was only twenty people.

He was six years old, but he was Ni Sichong's chief of staff. He was the youngest among the generals in the army. He was smart and studious, had both military talent and political acumen. He also liked poetry and songs, and wrote good articles. He was always very popular with Ni Sichong.

He was highly valued and highly appreciated by Ni Sichong. He was regarded as a legion and was cultivated as his successor, and his words occupied a lot of space with Ni Sichong.

"Dad, you are looking for me"

"Liuzi, sit down"

"My father-in-law is here, and the six sons dare not sit down."

Wang Pu always kept the courtesy in front of Ni Sichong. Although he knew that his father-in-law was cultivating him as his successor, he knew that he was just an alternative. If Mingjie couldn't help him on the wall and didn't like military affairs, what would happen?

It's not his turn.

"Um,"

Ni Sichong did not insist and glanced at Wang Pu.

"How is the left-wing army doing?"

"Last week, Yamaguchi Yoko Co., Ltd. sent over the four thousand Golden Hook rifles. The ammunition for the left-wing ordnance was enough. Dad, but the Japanese were so unkind. They tried firing a thousand rounds of ammunition, and some of them failed to fire.

Dozens of rounds..."

As soon as Wang Pu heard about the left-wing army, he immediately poured bitter tears.

"The way Japanese people do business is to take advantage of them, and that's all it can do."

Ni Sichong has had lots of dealings with the Japanese. How could Ni Sichong not know how the Japanese do business? But in the final analysis, buying guns from the Japanese is not about taking advantage of them. Otherwise... the turtle grandson would only buy Japanese products.

"Six sons"
To be continued...