Signing in the Republic of China: starting from a foot patrol

Chapter 287

"Wow, wow..."

In a room of Wangjiang Hotel, Lin Hongfei was playing mahjong around a square table with three men in casual clothes.

As the order of the mahjong tiles on the table was shuffled, Lin Hongfei and the others chatted and stacked the mahjong tiles at hand one by one.

The two dice were still on the table, and the four mahjong veterans looked at the points and started a new round of battle.

"In red!"

Lin Hongfei threw out a mahjong tile, then looked up at a fifty-year-old man opposite, and said with a smile: "Mr. Hao, you're lucky today. In just a few rounds, you won six or seven thousand oceans." !"

The man called Mr. Hao laughed: "Good luck, just good luck!"

The name of this person is Liu Haochun, from Xiangyang, E Province, the current Governor of E Province, from the old Beiyang.

Last year, there was a campaign against the former warlord Wang Zichun in Hubei Province. At that time, Wang Zichun specially invited Liu Haochun to serve as the governor of Hubei Province in order to meet the demand of the opposition forces for "Hubei people governing Hubei".

Liu Haochun naturally accepted it readily. After he first took office in Hubei Province, he still wanted to show off his strengths and make a career in his hometown.

However, Wang Zichun let him serve as the governor, just to ease the conflict with the local forces, not really want to decentralize power to him.

Therefore, Liu Haochun, who had no military power in his hands, was quickly taken over by Wang Zichun and became a figure like a puppet. He read newspapers, wrote and wrote in the provincial government every day, and occasionally dealt with some minor official duties.

With Wang Zichun electrifying and leaving the field, Liu Haochun naturally moved his mind, but after learning that the post of Governor of Hubei Province was taken over by the direct general Xiao Yaonan, he stopped making small moves.

For Xiao Yaonan, Liu Haochun still has some understanding. This person's wrists are far superior to Wang Zichun, and he is the confidant of Cao Dashuai, the leader of the direct line. It is naturally very unrealistic for Liu Haochun to seek some power. To continue to be.

However, just when Liu Haochun was disheartened, Lin Hongfei approached the door!

As the governor of Hubei Province, Liu Haochun had naturally heard of Lin Hongfei's reputation long ago. At a young age, less than 30 years old, he already held a high position in the Lingnan Provincial Governor.

When Lin Hongfei approached Liu Haochun, it was naturally not because he wanted someone to play mahjong.

Although Liu Haochun is a false governor, it is not because of his lack of ability, but to a large extent because he does not have military power in his hands, so he will naturally be controlled by others.

If Lin Hongfei supported this person secretly, with Liu Haochun's ability, even if he couldn't suppress Xiao Yaonan, he would still be able to make two moves.

Besides, with Liu Haochun restraining him, Xiao Yaonan couldn't spare any energy to deal with him.

In this way, Lin Hongfei has more room to flex his fists.

Liu Haochun is a smart person, and he knows the real purpose of Lin Hongfei's visit.

However, he was not disgusted, after all, if he wanted to regain some power from Xiao Yaonan, without the support of military power, it would be impossible to achieve it.

And Lin Hongfei, who held the Jiangbei Army, happened to be a good ally.

As a result, the relationship between Lin Hongfei and Liu Haochun quickly heated up. After just playing mahjong for a few days, the relationship between the two of them was so good that they could only wear a pair of pants!

In the old Beiyang circle, it is a tradition to discuss matters while playing cards at the mahjong table.

Many key personnel appointments, troop transfers, alliances and other major events were negotiated on this mahjong table.

At this time, Lin Hongfei threw out a nine-barrel, raised his head and said with a smile:

"Mr. Hao, I have heard during these days in Hankou that the illegal salt business in E Province has been repeatedly banned. Many ordinary people are greedy for cheap, and they all go to buy illegal salt from illegal salt dealers of unknown origin and uneven quality."

"On the contrary, we can't sell the high-quality government-run salt from the right way."

Liu Haochun was stunned when he heard this, thinking how he got involved in the matter of private salt, but he quickly realized that there was something in Lin Hongfei's words!

So, Liu Haochun followed Lin Hongfei and said, "No, I've been having a headache about this too recently!"

"I am the governor of Hubei Province and the parent officer of a province. If I can't even handle the illegal salt issue, I will feel sorry for the people in my hometown!"

"Is there any good solution for Yunsheng? You can also help me with ideas!"

Lin Hongfei chuckled: "Okay, but you have to give me a break in this round of mahjong. I lost more than 4000 oceans. If I go home, I can't explain it to my wife!"

"Hahaha!"

"Okay, if I'm not wrong, Yunsheng should have lost [-] to [-] yuan, just wait, I'll give you a special shot later!" Liu Haochun laughed.

Lin Hongfei grabbed a card, glanced at it and put it on the table: "Get rich!"

"Mr. Hao, regarding the rampant smuggling of salt, I suggest that the provincial government should step in and set up the E Provincial Salt Anti-Smuggling Committee in Hankou, which will be responsible for investigating and dealing with the smuggling of salt."

"Besides, I heard that the gang of private salt dealers all have guns in their hands, and some salt gangs have machine guns."

"I think that under the Salt Anti-smuggling Committee, a salt anti-smuggling police brigade should be set up to deal with these salt dealers with guns in their hands!"

"So, the members of the Salt Anti-Smuggling Police Brigade are best selected from professional soldiers!"

Hearing this, Liu Haochun understood Lin Hongfei's true intentions!

I have no military power in my hands, and members of the police brigade want to pick people from the army, so which army should they pick?

Of course it's the Jiangbei Army!

In this way, Lin Hongfei logically placed an armed force loyal to him in the Hankou area.

Moreover, since the Salt Anti-Smuggling Committee was established by the provincial government, the establishment of the police brigade is also under the jurisdiction of the provincial government, and Xiao Yaonan, who is the military governor, naturally has no way to intervene in the management.

In addition, Liu Haochun has formed an alliance with Lin Hongfei, Liu Haochun can completely rely on the armed forces of this police brigade to compete against Xiao Yaonan!

Thinking of this, Liu Haochun took a meaningful look at Lin Hongfei:

"Yun Sheng's idea is very good!"

"Sure enough, a hero born a boy. Compared with you, I am really old!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Hongfei knew that Liu Haochun had agreed, so he laughed and said, "Mr. Hao is too famous. Without the support of the elders, I would not be where I am today."

"You eat more salt than I have ever eaten!"

"In the future, I will rely on you to remind me more, lest I make some detours!"

Liu Haochun chuckled and didn't answer directly, but threw out a mahjong tile and said, "[-]!"

"It's mushy!"

Lin Hongfei directly pushed down the mahjong in front of him, reached out and took the [-] card, and then laughed loudly:

"Qing Yise, thank you Mr. Hao for making it happen!"