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

As for these fake Zhang Mazis, they were all killed by the people of Qinglong Village last night and dumped here.

Shen Hao is just here to make a formality today.

Of course, even going through the motions can lead to deaths.

Shen Hao chose to sacrifice the Tan and Zhang families.

Neither of these two companies are any good either.

The human trafficking trade involves selling not only women but also men.

The men were all sold off to the United States to build railroads.

The Tan, Zhang, Huang, and Ren families are all bad people.

Shen Hao probably also owns the large opium pipe in Renjia Town, which is run by this Master Ren.

After taking inventory of the opium, Shen Hao was now facing a headache about what to do with it.

This batch of opium was worth 100,000 silver dollars, which was no small sum.

If he were to burn it in public like this, wouldn't Governor Liu hate Shen Hao to death?

Although he had seized the opium himself, the opium belonged to Governor Liu.

However, Shen Hao had a better idea.

That is to have the four major families take care of this batch of opium.

Then, he would steal the opium himself. When that happened, Governor Liu would come after them, and it would have nothing to do with Shen Hao.

Moreover, Shen Hao had already investigated the identities of these fake pockmarked corpses; they were all Huang Silang's men.

There will always be clues.

At that point, Huang Silang won't even need to be killed by me; Commander Liu will be able to kill him anyway...

Killing Huang Silang would be easy, but then Goose City would fall under the control of the Tan and Zhang families, which is not what Shen Hao wants.

Shen Hao's goal was to wipe out all three families in one fell swoop.

Just as Shen Hao was pondering.

The sight of the opium in the box made everyone's eyes turn red.

These days, at least a third of the security guards smoke opium.

Awei, who was standing nearby, also noticed the greed in the crowd and nudged Shen Hao.

Realizing what had happened, Shen Hao said to the crowd, "Alright, take all this opium back; this is the stolen money."

"Yes, my lord"

Although the opium weighed a hundred pounds, the people carrying the box rushed to help.

Even if you can't inhale it, you can at least smell some of it.

What's more, you can brag about it later when you're carrying this box.

Back in the day, I used to carry 100 pounds of opium.

Soon we reached the fork in the road.

All that could be seen were the martial arts graduate and a dozen or so members of the Huang family's security force, sitting at the crossroads, panting heavily.

They all looked like they had lost their souls.

Shen Hao naturally understood what was going on.

On that day, Shen Hao arranged for the bandits of Qinglong Village to ambush them there.

If a martial arts candidate goes up there, he'll be riddled with bullets.

These people are all Huang Silang's forces, so Shen Hao naturally wants to eliminate these living forces first.

Without these people, Huang Silang would be a commander without troops.

Shen Hao's main objective in this bandit suppression campaign was to weaken Huang Silang, as the other two major families were easier to control.

Seeing the martial arts graduate in such a disheveled state, Shen Hao frowned and said, "I told you to suppress bandits, why are you sitting here? Where are the others?"

After calming himself down, the martial arts graduate said with a grim expression, "We were ambushed. We had just reached a bamboo forest when the bandits opened fire."

Moreover, they were all heavy weapons like the Maxim gun. In just one minute, a large number of my men were taken down. I was lucky to escape.

Magistrate, you must avenge us!

From now on, if you, sir, tell me to go east, I will absolutely not go west.

You are my God.

After saying that, the martial arts graduate knelt down in front of Shen Hao.

The other dozen or so members of the Huang family's security team also knelt down.

Shen Hao snorted coldly; this martial arts graduate was truly cunning.

I guess this guy already guessed that I had sent people to ambush him, and he surrendered out of fear?

Shen Hao also realized that his plan and actions were somewhat crude.

The intention behind having the martial arts graduate lead the Huang family on a separate route was obvious, but Shen Hao didn't care.

What difference does it make if your power is weakened, even if you find out later?

63. If you want opium, trade it for a gun.

Huang Silang's security force has fewer than three hundred men.

This time, the imposter Zhang Mazi killed more than fifty people.

The security team had 200 people, but only a dozen or so remained.

They were all so frightened they looked like they'd lost their souls.

Shen Hao estimated that if they were asked to go into the mountains again, they would never go back, no matter what.

"Back to the city"

This time, the way people looked at the county magistrate changed; they became more respectful.

Zhang Mazi and his six companions, who were at the back of the group, were even more shocked.

This new county magistrate is really something else!

Upon its birth, it wiped out all of Huang Silang's security forces.

Now, Huang Silang is like a toothless tiger.

In order to investigate the fake Zhang Mazi, they did some research on the local power structure in Goose City.

They discovered that the most powerful figure in Goose City was Huang Silang.

They were secretly waiting to see the county magistrate make a fool of himself, but Huang Silang was instead killed.

Zhang Mazi discovered that the bodies of these fake Zhang Mazis had clearly been killed by being shot in the back.

It wasn't killed in a direct confrontation at all.

In other words, these people were already dead.

Was the county magistrate's attack just a pretext?

Looking at Shen Hao's retreating figure, Zhang Mazi felt a little scared.

That 12th magistrate of the county has some tricks up his sleeve.

Even the other brothers felt a chill run down their spines after witnessing this scene.

Having traversed three provinces, this is the first time I've seen such a formidable county magistrate.

Soon, they arrived in Goose City.

All the people lined the streets to welcome him.

Previously, news had come that the county magistrate had successfully suppressed the bandits.

They were shocked when they saw so many corpses with their own eyes.

Did this county magistrate really suppress bandits?

Shen Hao gathered everyone together.

Thousands of people stood in a dense, dark mass at the entrance of the county government office.

Shen Hao said: "Now the President has decided to establish county-level security regiments."

You all participated in the bandit suppression today, and you are all meritorious contributors.

Now, here's your chance: join the security team.

All those who joined the security regiment received a monthly military pay of 4 silver dollars.

"Meals and accommodation included"

As soon as he finished speaking, countless people eagerly raised their hands to agree.