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

Shen Hao despised people who liked to gossip behind people's backs and bully the weak while fearing the strong.

Ignoring Er Gouzi, he ran away.

Looking at Shen Hao's tall and handsome back, Er Gouzi's smile disappeared. He snorted coldly, and as if he wasn't satisfied, he spat in the direction Shen Hao had gone.

"Pah, what a piece of trash. He's just a stinky foot patrolman. What's with all the arrogance?"

Sooner or later, he'll end up like those stinking soldiers, beaten to death.

After cursing and swearing, he pulled the rickshaw out of the courtyard.

I didn't pull the cart all day yesterday, and I gave the last silver dollar I had to Sister Feng.

If I don't go pull a rickshaw today, I'll go hungry tonight.

The police station where Shen Hao works is the branch in the south of the city.

It's about three or four kilometers away from the large courtyard where I live.

Normally, Shen Hao would run all the way there, but he didn't really like exercising.

But in the Republic of China era, without good health, one wouldn't even know how they died.

Left with no other choice, Shen Hao had to persevere.

By the time we arrived at the branch office, we were already panting heavily.

However, I recovered quickly and felt much better than yesterday.

When we arrived at the police station, many patrol officers were there, chatting in small groups against the wall.

They all came forward to greet Shen Hao.

"Haozi, I heard you got married. Why didn't you invite us brothers to the wedding banquet?"

"Yeah, are you afraid we'll eat you out of house and home?"

"I think Haozi doesn't consider us brothers."

"Wedding banquets don't necessarily include wedding candy, right?"

Faced with everyone's teasing, Shen Hao could only smile and take out wedding candies from his bag to distribute to everyone.

This was bought specially today. Originally, Shen Hao wasn't planning to buy wedding candy because he was too poor to afford it.

But last night I got the system and it gave me a thousand dollars directly, so I became more generous.

After distributing the candy, Shen Hao laughed and said, "Brothers, as you all know, I've squandered all of my family's wealth and we're starving."

Let's all have some wedding candy today.

Don't worry, everyone, there will definitely be a wedding banquet.

"Haha, Haozi, you're so particular. No wonder you come from a wealthy family."

Don't forget the wedding banquet, we'll definitely remember!

After chatting with everyone for a few minutes, the police chief came out.

"Just now, we received an order from our superiors that our Chengnan branch has a new task for today: we must cut off one thousand whips."

There are exactly one hundred of you, and the task isn't much; each person only needs ten whips.

Upon hearing this, everyone lowered their heads and began to discuss it amongst themselves.

'This is no easy task.'

'Exactly, those old fogies really do use knives to attack people.'

'What can we do? We're on this paycheck, we can't quit.'

'Forget it, I guess I'll just have to go to the slums in the suburbs and see if there are any unlucky ones there.'

Seeing the chaotic scene, the bureau chief's face turned cold and he shouted, "Shut up, all of you! This is an order from above, and no one is allowed to refuse. If you fail to complete it, see how I punish you."

Everyone looked distressed, exchanging glances without saying a word.

Seeing this, the bureau chief started making empty promises.

"When the police station was first established, the five captain positions were still vacant. Starting today, whoever cuts the most whips will be the captain I recommend first."

Upon hearing this, Shen Hao and the others' eyes lit up, gleaming with greed.

Although the team leader only managed 20 people, his salary tripled to 9 silver dollars.

In those days, silver dollars were still quite valuable.

Of course, what Shen Hao valued was the position of team leader.

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6. Fuhai cuts off braids

In those days, silver dollars were still quite valuable.

注：1911－1919年米价恒定为每旧石(178斤)6银圆，也就是每斤米3.4分钱；

One silver dollar can buy 30 catties of high-quality rice;

猪肉每斤平均1角2分－1角3分钱，1银圆可以买8斤猪肉；

棉布每市尺1角钱，1银圆可以买10尺棉布；白糖每斤6分钱，植物油每斤7－9分钱；

Salt costs 1-2 cents per pound.

They were just patrol officers, not real police officers. They only earned three silver dollars a month, enough to feed themselves, but not enough to go out and have fun.

Although he could make a profit from rickshaw pullers and street vendors, it was never enough to cover his expenses.

The reason Shen Hao lived in such poverty was because he couldn't bring himself to ask those at the bottom of society for money.

This is an opportunity that Shen Hao is determined to seize.

Shen Hao was willing to have his braid cut off.

Shen Hao now has a thousand silver dollars, and he doesn't care about the salary at the moment; what he cares about is power.

The bureau chief saw the ambition in everyone's eyes and then his face lit up with joy.

So he nodded and said, "Since there's no problem, go out into the street. If anyone comes back empty-handed, don't blame me for being ruthless."

"I don't tolerate useless people here."

"Yes, Chief."

The fighting spirit of the crowd was ignited, and each of them gleamed with fierce intent, ready to show their skills.

The first decree issued after the success of the Xinhai Revolution was to cut off queues (pigtails).

Cut off the whip of humiliation.

At that time, a proclamation was issued: "Overthrow the Qing Emperor, restore the Han Dynasty, and all my compatriots shall cut off their queues."

Of course, there are also those who are unwilling.

The traces from the late Ming Dynasty onwards are the tragic history of "keep your head, lose your hair; keep your hair, lose your head";

Countless people died trying to avoid shaving their heads and growing queues.

However, in the early years of the Republic of China, cutting off queues became a difficult task, with many people resolutely refusing to comply and having to be forced to cut their queues with knives.

The Qing Dynasty had just collapsed, and many people were worried about its restoration or prolonged enslavement, which led some conservatives to be unwilling to cut off their queues.

They still wore long braids, and some people even beat others because they didn't want to see them cut their braids. It was only after the army was dispatched that the situation was calmed down.

When the idea of ​​cutting off queues was first proposed, Shen Hao was the first to agree.

Shen Hao had always abhorred the idea of ​​wearing a queue, both because it was a symbol of being a slave to the Manchus and because the queue was too cumbersome and ugly, resembling a pig's tail.

Shen Hao's proactive attitude led him to apply directly for the patrol officer position.

This child has a high level of political awareness and is a promising talent.

Soon, everyone who had received their assignments left the police station.

They were in groups of three: Peng Zhongsheng, Zhou Zhenhao, and Shen Hao.

Peng Zhongsheng carried a large megaphone and shouted as he walked.

"Our country should uphold the Three Principles of the People and let the people be the masters. We should no longer be dragging along the queue left by the Qing Dynasty."

Regardless of whether they were workers, farmers, soldiers, students, or merchants, everyone was required to cut off their queues and abide by the system of the Republic of China.

Many vendors were so frightened by the sight of Shen Hao and his two companions that they ran away as fast as they could.

Suddenly, Zhou Zhenhao and Shen Hao saw a man wearing a long robe and with a whip opening the door of a paper offering shop.

Their eyes lit up, and without saying a word, they grabbed each other's arms and pressed each other to the ground.

"Sirs, sirs, I haven't done anything wrong! I'm just a paper craftsman. If any of you gentlemen need any, I'll make some for free."

Upon hearing this, Shen Hao and the other two turned pale.