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

This is a fair deal.

Besides the bandits, there were also some captured village girls in the stronghold. Shen Hao glanced at them and found they were all of average appearance.

They gave one person five silver dollars and let him go.

The mountain stronghold is surrounded by lush green trees, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack; it's a pretty good place.

Shen Hao said, "This place will serve as our base from now on."

"Yes, Master."

"Go investigate those bandits. Kill all those who have committed murder, and kill those who smoke opium too."

"Yes"

"After cleaning up, burn all the corpses to prevent a plague."

"clear"

boom! boom! boom!

Gunshots rang out, and dozens of bandits were shot dead.

The others were so frightened they trembled.

Shen Hao said, "These people deserve to die. They are all heinous criminals. If I find out any of you dare to act recklessly in the future, you will suffer the same fate as them."

"Yes, Chief."

Shen Hao said, "I know you all come from poor backgrounds and became bandits because you couldn't make a living, but that's not a reason for you to kill others."

Blowing out someone else's light won't make you rich; it will only lead you to destruction.

If you correct your mistakes in the future, I promise you'll live a life of luxury.

"Yes, Chief."

"From now on, all of you will be scattered and separated."

Ten people form a class.

Three classes make up a platoon, and three platoons make up a company.

Did you understand?

"clear"

Shen Hao counted them and found that, including his own 80 suicide soldiers, there were more than 200 people in total, which was just enough to form two companies.

Shen Hao planned to keep all sixty people behind to manage the stronghold.

Each person manages ten people, so the team needs to continue to expand.

Shen Hao instructed these people to start recruiting; six hundred people would be enough.

As for the gold bars, silver dollars, and opium in the bandit camp, Shen Hao put them all into his spatial ring.

By the time the bodies were burned, it was already very late.

Shen Hao stopped traveling and decided to stay overnight at Qinglong Village.

Sitting in the top seat, stroking the white tiger skin, Shen Hao felt inexplicably pleased.

Is this what it feels like to be a bandit leader? Not bad at all.

The next day, Shen Hao prepared to leave as soon as it was light.

Meanwhile, two Maxim heavy machine guns and 20,000 rounds of ammunition were left behind in the mountain stronghold.

Even if you have this thing, it's useless to join a group.

This time, Qinglong Mountain Village was under his control, and no one dared to act recklessly after leaving the back mountain.

Meanwhile, the news spread throughout the entire Qinglong Town.

The bandits of Qinglong Village were wiped out by some officer, I don't know.

In an instant, countless people began to set off firecrackers to celebrate, just like during the Lunar New Year.

In the past two years, the bandits of Qinglong Village have been robbing them with impunity, averaging once every three months.

The government can't control it; it's a real menace.

Soon, after crossing the mountain, Shen Hao arrived at Renjia Town.

Seeing the commotion ahead, I walked over out of curiosity.

I saw a middle-aged man in a yellow robe, holding a compass and calculating something.

Seeing the familiar scene, Shen Hao was extremely surprised.

Isn't that Uncle Nine?

P.S.: Zhang Daqian was arrested and forced into banditry in his early years; this is a true historical fact, not a fabrication.

51. I have met the county magistrate.

Shen Hao and his group of twenty people were well-organized, well-trained, and all rode horses, which quickly attracted everyone's attention.

In this generation, there were many bandits in Qinglong Mountain Village.

The Ren family members immediately became alert.

A dozen or so servants immediately looked at Shen Hao warily.

The patriarch of the Ren family also had a solemn expression.

Awei, the captain of the village's security team and also Ren Tingting's cousin, hurriedly pulled out his pistol and looked at Shen Hao and his group warily.

Even Uncle Nine's two apprentices, Wencai and Qiusheng, were greatly shocked.

Extremely panicked.

Although they can catch ghosts, they are still just mortals and are afraid of the army and bullets.

Upon seeing Awei pull out a pistol, Shen Hao's henchmen immediately pointed their guns at the crowd.

The atmosphere froze instantly.

Those in the village who helped relocate the graves were also trembling with fear.

Uncle Nine glanced at Shen Hao and hurriedly said, "Everyone, don't be impulsive. These people have an air of nobility about them; they are officials, not bandits."

Shen Hao waved his hand, signaling everyone to put their guns away.

Seeing this, the Ren family members breathed a sigh of relief.

Suddenly, Master Ren's eyes lit up with delight, and he said, "Could this be the military officer who wiped out the bandits of Qinglong Village?"

Shen Hao said, "Oh, you heard the news as soon as we wiped out the Azure Dragon Stronghold yesterday?"

Upon hearing this, Master Ren was overjoyed.

Those bandits of Qinglong Village are truly wicked.

Moreover, there were bandits in several surrounding counties.

There was also a bandit named Zhang Mazi who was extremely arrogant.

All four major families in Goose City were harassed.

The four major families are the Huang family, the Tan family, the Zhang family, and the Ren family.

Of these four families, Huang Silang is the strongest and most arrogant.

Standing behind him was Governor Liu of Guangdong Province.

The other two families in the south of the city were also Liu's lackeys, helping him to grow and sell opium.

The Ren family was the weakest of the four major families because they didn't engage in these businesses.

They had no choice but to come to Renjia Town to develop their careers.

Fortunately, Renjia Town is inhabited by members of the Ren family, who have built a strong bond through generations of hard work. They have also formed a tacit understanding, and the Ren family was driven out of Goose City.

As long as you don't enter the territory controlled by Goose City, you'll be fine.

Because of the fighting and rampant banditry in various places over the past two years, wealthy people in various places have spontaneously organized various armed security teams to protect local security.

Therefore, the four major families of Goose Town, together with other local gentry, spent money to organize a security force.

There are four large teams in total, all funded by the four major families.

Therefore, each family has one team leader.

Awei is the captain representing the Ren family.

These forces are all local militia organizations, without official status, but they are subject to the supervision of the county magistrate.

After Yuan Shikai came to power, he decided to establish security regiments in counties across the country where police stations had not yet been established, thus beginning the path to formalization of local security forces.

Shen Hao came with a mission: to establish a security force and to eradicate opium.

This was the task assigned to him by his superiors when he took office.

Regardless of his other achievements, Yuan Shikai was genuinely committed to banning opium.