Republic of China: My great warlord, many children, many blessings.

Really great.

Compared to Master Qianhe, this Mountain-Moving Taoist is nothing but a tomb raider with some tricks up his sleeve.

Master Qianhe took out a compass and began to calculate with his fingers. Then, he rubbed two leaves on his eyes to open his divine eye and looked at the entire Ping Mountain.

He said to Shen Hao, "Governor, although the demons in Ping Mountain have been cleared out, this place was once a fire cave where the Azure Dragon embraces its lair. Keeping it dry will bring blessings to future generations."

However, this place is now damp and smelly, filled with resentment, and has turned from a green dragon embracing a cave into a blood dragon embracing hatred.

It is both a blessed land and a land of disaster.

As you can see, the mouth of the bottle looks like a huge vortex, with yin energy pouring in and still gathering. It must be broken, otherwise, new monsters will appear in a few years.

Just like the civet cat and the six-winged centipede before, they were able to mutate under these circumstances.

Shen Hao asked in confusion, "How do we solve this?"

"Simple, just break this bottle, and that will break the Blood Dragon's Hate Point."

Everyone was stunned. Wasn't this going to knock down the Bottle Mountain?

Shen Hao waved his hand: "Men, bombard it with mortars!"

"Yes!"

Twenty mortars were lined up in a row.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, shells blasted into the mouth of the bottle one by one.

A total of 200 shells were fired.

A hole had been blasted into the right side of the mountain. Seeing this, Shen Hao laughed and said, "How about it?"

"That's enough, Commander."

"In that case, let's collect all the treasures and head home."

"Yes"

The burial objects inside the stone coffin were all taken.

There was another bead in the corpse's mouth, but it was just a luminous bead and didn't serve any purpose.

Shen Hao felt disgusted and gave Chen Yulou 30% of the treasure.

This luminous pearl, even at a market price of 10,000 silver dollars, would be enough to feed the disaster victims.

When they returned, the troops marched back in a grand procession.

Tens of thousands of troops.

Shen Hao was the leader.

The revenge for killing Luo Laowai and Cheng Shuzhen has been taken.

They obtained the inner core and also acquired a considerable number of antique burial items.

They were all gold, porcelain, and weapons, which added up to only 100,000 silver dollars, less than what Shen Hao could afford to take as a concubine.

At the same time, Shen Hao also captured all of Luo Laowai's men.

Of course, this was all voluntary. Following Shen Hao meant they would get to eat meat, so why would they be unhappy?

Upon arriving in Shitou County, Chen Yulou invited, "Governor Shen, how about we go for a drink at Changsheng Mountain?"

"No, I still need to take the train to Hubei, so I'll pass for now."

That's a real shame.

Looking at Shen Hao's handsome face from every angle, the girl in red felt her heart beat slightly faster.

Several times I opened my mouth, but couldn't say anything.

My palms were sweating profusely with nervousness.

Upon seeing this, Chen Yulou clasped his hands and said, "Governor Shen, ever since Miss Hong came to Changsheng Mountain, I have always treated her as my own sister, but girls eventually have to get married."

They can't stay by my side forever.

"Governor Shen, what do you think of me, Miss Hong from Changsheng Mountain?" You asked.

199. To mess with Shen Hao would result in an attack from three provinces.

Upon hearing this, the girl in red blushed, lowered her head, and remained silent.

She felt a mixture of anticipation and fear.

She had vowed never to marry, but meeting Shen Hao completely shook her resolve.

These past two days, I've been chatting with Cheng Shuzhen and all I've heard are compliments about Shen Hao. I've gradually absorbed those compliments myself.

In addition, her feelings for Shen Hao continued to grow.

Now that Shen Hao is leaving again, she is very anxious and panicked, fearing that she will never see Shen Hao again in this lifetime.

What if Shen Hao looks down on her bandit identity?

Chen Yulou knew Hong Guniang quite well.

They could also sense that the girl in red was interested, which is why they took the initiative to speak up for her.

Before Shen Hao could speak, Cheng Shuzhen exclaimed happily, "Of course my master likes Miss Hong!"

Shen Hao said, "I also think Miss Hong is quite nice. I wonder if she would be willing to go to Hubei with me."

The young woman blushed slightly, glanced at Shen Hao, and said, "Well, I happen to have some business to attend to in Hubei recently, so we can travel together."

Chen Yulou shook his head and laughed, "You're just being stubborn."

Shen Hao laughed and said, "Then let's go."

Immediately afterwards, the main force set off.

After leaving Shitou County, Shen Hao sent Ding Wei with the main force back to Guangdong, while Shen Hao himself led 500 men to Hubei to meet up with Yuan Kewen.

When Luo Laowai got into trouble, Tang Xiangming, the governor of Hubei, received the news immediately.

Upon learning that it was Shen Hao who sent people to kill Luo Laowai.

Tang Xiangming was furious.

Damn it, killing his own underling on his own turf, isn't that a slap in the face?

"Men, send troops to block that guy surnamed Shen. We'll teach him a lesson today, haha!"

The adjutants beside him immediately changed their expressions and hurriedly said, "General, no! You absolutely can't!"

Tang Xiangming took a drag of his cigarette and said dismissively, "Why not? Do you think I'm easy to bully?"

"General, firstly, Hunan is bordered by Hubei to the north, Guangdong to the south, and Jiangxi to the right."

It is surrounded by three provinces.

"Everyone knows that's nonsense, but so what?" Tang Xiangming sneered.

"General, have you forgotten the title bestowed upon you by President Yuan a while ago?"

"What conferment? Stop stammering, just spit it out!"

"Because of his meritorious service in suppressing Li Liejun in Jiangxi, Li Yunlong was awarded the rank of lieutenant general and concurrently served as the commander of the Second Division of Jiangxi Garrison."

Chu Yunfei holds the rank of Lieutenant General and serves as the Garrison Commander of Hubei and concurrently as the Commander of the 17th Division.

Zhang Yiwei served as the Chief of Staff of the 17th Division and concurrently as the Commander of the 1st Mixed Brigade.

Crucially, all three of them are Shen Hao's trusted subordinates.

In other words, Commander-in-Chief, if you send troops now, you will face encirclement and suppression from the three provinces of Jiangxi, Hubei, and Guangdong. Have you really thought this through?

Upon hearing this, Tang Xiangming gasped, realizing the potential consequences.

I really hadn't thought that much about it.

He was so anxious that he paced around the office.

"Damn it, I never expected that I would be surrounded by Shen Hao without even realizing it?"

No wonder this kid dared to cause trouble so brazenly on my turf.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that Tang Xiangming had listened to their advice.

I'm really afraid that Tang Xiangming might act impulsively and disregard the consequences.

Although Tang Xiangming was the governor of Hunan, the troops in Hunan were not all under his command; a Central Division of the Beiyang Army was also stationed there.

Moreover, it's hard to say whether they can win.

Shen Hao is an oddball; he's never faced a losing situation since his debut, always having a smooth run of success.

His soldiers were not only elite, but also very well equipped, which was evident when he attacked Jiangxi.

It can be said that the entire Jiangxi province was taken over by Chu Yunfei, Shen Hao's subordinate.

Duan Zhigui got the position of governor by taking advantage of his status as Yuan Shikai's adopted son.

Shen Hao purged all the warlords in Guangdong, seized all military power, and was a very powerful figure among the governors of the country, earning him the deep appreciation of President Yuan.