In the blink of an eye, two months later.
During this period, the security team made frequent attacks, powerfully wiping out the bandits within a hundred miles of Yuanbao Town.
Thanks to advanced equipment and efficient execution, the security team encountered little strong resistance during the suppression of bandits. Later, many bandits even surrendered.
When dealing with these surrendered bandits, Li Jie did not kill them all. He would naturally reward him with a peanut if he encountered someone who had done bad things.
If you encounter people like Lao Bat who only seek wealth without risking their lives, the able-bodied ones will be recruited into the security team, while those who are old, weak, sick and disabled will be temporarily detained and will be sent to Lao Jingou Pharmaceutical Factory to work in the future. .
As the bandit suppression continues, the reputation of the Yuanbao Town security team becomes more and more famous.
On this day, Xia Yuanzhang suddenly found Li Jie.
The two had a close relationship, and as soon as they met, Xia Yuanzhang revealed his intention.
"Chuanwen, have you ever thought about expanding the security team?"
Li Jie glanced at the other party thoughtfully, and this idea coincided with his.
In the blink of an eye, it has been nearly half a year since the establishment of the security team. The first batch of team members have gone through rounds of suppressing bandits and have already taken the shape of a 'strong force'.
Now, all that is left between them and a truly strong soldier is the tempering of blood and fire.
However, although there was no peace in Northeast China, the Qing government had not yet fallen. Even if Li Jie wanted them to experience a real war, there was no place to break through.
Unless he chooses to rebel now!
However, although the conditions for rebellion were not enough, the time for expansion had arrived.
"you mean?"
Seeing that Li Jie did not refuse directly, Xia Yuanzhang breathed a sigh of relief.
"Since the end of the Russo-Japanese War, the Qing government's control over the three northeastern provinces has become weaker and weaker. Nowadays, the Northeast is covered with grass and grass, and the world is becoming more and more chaotic."
"A few days ago, a good friend of mine found me. His surname is Yuan, and his single name is Peng. He is a businessman from Wushan Town next door."
"I don't know where he found out about my relationship with you. He hopes to get to know you through me."
At this point, Xia Yuanzhang paused for a moment and looked at Li Jie's expression. Li Jie was looking at him with a smile, as if he was listening to what was going on.
Immediately, Xia Yuanzhang collected his thoughts and continued.
"Although Lao Yuan didn't tell me clearly what he wanted to do with you, according to my analysis, he only had two purposes this time."
"First, let's get to know you and get a good relationship with you."
"Second, I probably want the security team to include Wushan Town within the scope of protection."
"Among them, the latter one should be more likely, because as far as I know, Wushan Town currently does not have a security team."
Li Jie nodded imperceptibly. Xia Yuanzhang's analysis made sense. Wushan Town was only more than a hundred miles away from Yuanbao Town, and he knew more or less about the situation there.
Compared with Yuanbao Town, where merchants gather, Wushan Town is less prosperous.
The business is not prosperous enough, which means there is not much money to be made. Therefore, the number of beards there is much smaller than that in Yuanbao Town.
However, the small number of bandits does not mean that they are less harmful.
A notorious bandit is entrenched around Wushan Town, and it often causes trouble to Wushan Town.
It is not that the civil forces in Wushan Town have not thought about eradicating this bearded dog, but who allowed these beards to climb onto Maozi's thighs? Since ancient times, it depends on the owner to beat a dog.
Precisely because Du Laosan climbed up to Maozi, neither the civil forces nor the official forces dared to touch Du Laosan.
In addition, the reason why Du Laosan has been free so far is because he has received funding from Mao Zi, and his weapons and equipment are much stronger than those of ordinary forces.
On the other side, Xia Yuanzhang glanced at Li Jie's expression again.
As one of the local gangsters, Xia Yuanzhang knew much more than ordinary people about the plight of Wushan Town.
Before the establishment of the Yuanbao Town Security Team, businessmen like them paid a lot of attention to Du Laosan, fearing that one day this guy would suddenly have an idea and move his lair to Yuanbao Town.
If Du Laosan really comes to Yuanbao Town, businessmen like them will be the first to bear the brunt.
After all, ordinary people have no money in their pockets and there is nothing to squeeze out of them.
Because they pay more attention to it, they have also heard a lot of 'legends' about Du Laosan. It is said that this guy has become a high-ranking official of Maozi. He does a lot of things for Maozi on weekdays, including but not limited to spying on information and collecting grain and grass. , civilian husbands, acting as special forces, and even carrying out harassment and sabotage behind enemy lines.
Among the many 'legends', one is the most jaw-dropping.
It is said that Du Laosan led his subordinates to a real battlefield and even killed a group of Japanese soldiers.
In addition, there is a rumor that this Du Laosan is also related to the "Liaoxi Giant Bandit" Du Lisan.
Who is Du Lisan?
Du Lisan was born into a family of bandits. His father and uncle had taken up the banner in the Northeast very early and became bandits. Later, his uncle reported his father and had his father killed.
When Du Lisan grew up, he took several brothers to the house and killed his uncle to avenge his father.
Later, Du Lisan also followed the path of his father, and became better than his master, and gradually became the most famous giant bandit in western Liaoning.
However, although this man was a gangster, he never bullied ordinary people. All those he robbed were a group of big businessmen and big landowners who were ruthless in their pursuit of wealth.
In addition, he is still extremely resistant to foreigners. Any foreigner who falls into his hands, especially Mao Zi, will basically not be able to come back alive.
This not only angered Maozi, but also angered the Qing Dynasty. (After all, I’m used to kneeling and licking foreigners)
Maozi and the Qing Dynasty sent troops several times, but each time they not only failed to destroy Du Lisan, but were beaten to a pulp by the opponent.
As a result, Du Lisan became one of the most famous groups of bandits in the Northeast.
The above information was all collected through hard work by the landlords and wealthy people in Yuanbao Town.
Behind Du Laosan is Mao Zi and Du Lisan. If you take out one of them casually, not to mention the civil forces, even the government would not dare to mess with them, let alone put the two together.
It was precisely because of these two great backers that Du Laosan became so successful that no one dared to offend him.
Xia Yuanzhang hesitated for a moment and felt that he had an obligation to remind Li Jie.
"Brother, have you heard of Du Laosan?"
Li Jie nodded and said, "I've heard some."
"Oh, this one is not easy to mess with..."
Xia Yuanzhang sighed, and then told Li Jie the information he knew without reservation. In the end, he couldn't help but say one more thing.
"Brother, Wushan Town is a hot potato. You'd better think more about it."
