lcionline Chapter 390 The tired bird returns to its nest
Chapter 390 The tired bird returns to its nest
Seeing each other again after several years, Bai Wenju's figure has become a bit thinner, and Bai Ruo's face was still a little fleshy.
Now, his face is completely weathered, his cheeks are obviously sunken, and there is even a hint of exhaustion in his eyes.
Although the Bai family has declined a bit in recent years and no longer has the power it once had, it can still be considered a major player in the Jiangbei region.
As the eldest son, Bai Wenju became like this, which really does not match his origin.
Lin Hongfei still admires Bai Wenju.
His enthusiasm for the smoking ban and his courage to take action and lead by example were enough to win the respect of Lin Hongfei.
Now, seeing Bai Wenju's appearance, Lin Hongfei couldn't help but feel pity.
"Brother Wenju, what have you experienced these years?"
"Why did it become like this!" Lin Hongfei asked with some confusion.
Bai Wenju smiled and did not explain too much, but simply said:
"It's hard to say!"
“I thought that the sea outside was so wide that fish could leap, and the sky was so high that birds could fly.”
"In the end, it was the tiger and the wolf who took over and the vixen took over."
"I can't be complicit, nor can I change the world."
"So, we can only let the tired birds return to their nests and the rogue horses return home."
Having said this, Bai Wenju looked at Lin Hongfei and said:
"I hope Yun Shuai will take into account our past friendship and allow me to have a job of eating!"
Lin Hongfei nodded, but did not refuse him:
"You and I are old friends. Since you asked me for help, I will naturally help you."
"Well, you just keep doing your old job!"
"In the past two years, opium has begun to flood in the Jiangbei area again, and other places are not much better."
"I will appoint you as the general commissioner of Jiangbei Anti-Smoking Committee, responsible for the smoking ban in Jiangbei area."
"How about it? Can you do it?"
Hearing this, Bai Wenju's eyes lit up, and then he said with gratitude: "Thank you Yun Shuai for your support, Wenju will definitely go all out to get the smoking ban done!"
Regarding the ban on smoking, Lin Hongfei was still very optimistic about Bai Wenju. When he was the director of the Jiangdu County Smoking Ban Bureau, he cleared out the opium and poppies in the entire county in a short period of time.
It's just that in the past two years, Lin Hongfei, Wu Yongquan and other senior officials of the Shaanling Army have focused their attention on gaining territory, and they are not as concerned about the smoking ban as before.
Smoking is a hugely profitable industry. Once cigarette dealers find that the control of a place has begun to loosen, they will immediately swarm there, even at the risk of beheading, to make the last penny out of the smokers' pockets.
Therefore, within the past two years, opium has become rampant again in Lingnan Province.
“Smoking is something that is banned repeatedly!”
“Besides, it’s better to push down the gourd and start scooping up the gourd!”
"I stepped up the ban on smoking in Jiangbei, and these cigarette dealers immediately went to Dongshan to sell."
"When Dongshan becomes stricter, I will go to Lingdong and Lingxi again!"
"I'll leave this matter to you. I don't want things like smoke to appear in Lingnan Province again!" Lin Hongfei said.
Bai Wenju nodded vigorously: "Don't worry, Commander Yun, give me half a year, and I will make sure there is no more smoke in Jiangbei!"
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With the defeat of commander Wu Ziyu and co-coach Sun Chuanfang, only Commander Fengjun, the last big boss in Beiyang, was left in the country.
At this time, the old marshal also established the [Anguo Military Government] in the capital, and became the Grand Marshal of the Army and Navy, becoming the last member of the Beiyang faction to serve as the supreme commander of the country.
In a sense, this can be regarded as the last afterglow of the Beiyang faction in the country!
However, the old commander does not think so. After integrating the troops in his hands, he currently controls a huge armed force.
The navy alone has three fleets, and the air force has five groups.
As for the army, it is said to be hundreds of thousands!
Even though Wu Ziyu and Sun Chuanfang were defeated by the Northern Expeditionary Army one after another, the old commander still believed that they were defeated because of their poor fighting skills.
Therefore, the old commander felt that he could still compete with the Northern Expeditionary Army.
But the only thing that the old commander found a bit tricky was Lin Hongfei's Shaanling Army.
Since Lin Hongfei occupied Anhui and Su provinces, his territory has become one, and he has formed a three-sided encirclement of Lu Province, the key territory of Fengjun.
Coupled with the nearly [-] prisoners captured by the coalition forces from the five provinces, the power of the Shaoling Army has greatly increased.
If the Shaoling Army and the Northern Expeditionary Army launch an attack on Fengjun at this time, the old commander is really not sure of blocking this offensive.
In a house in the capital, the old commander was drinking tea and chatting with several senior Fengjun officials in the hall.
It seems that the old man and the others are very leisurely, but if you take a closer look, they all have frowned brows and serious eyes. They are not talking about jokes or amusing words. Every word is related to today's war.
"You tell me, how come the armies of Guangdong and Guangxi are so capable of fighting!"
"Wu Ziyu and Sun Xinyuan, these two people are not easy to fight, but they were beaten by the Northern Expeditionary Army and even lost their territory."
"Now, we are all alone!" Wu Junsheng, the sworn brother of the old man and the second oldest, leaned on the back of the sofa, looking a little anxious.
"So, some of Liu Zi's words still make sense."
"We can't just stick to the same old routine, we also have to learn new things."
"Look at the student armies in Guangdong and Guangxi, the ones leading the battles are all kids in their twenties."
"But it can beat a bunch of old veterans until they scream and run away."
"Brother Seven, I think we should come up with something new." Zhang Zuoxiang, the eighth and assistant commander, was quite open-minded.
When Marshal Fengjun who was sitting nearby heard what Uncle Eighth said, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and he felt very happy.
Among these uncles, the young marshal and the auxiliary marshal are the closest.
This is not just because the auxiliary commander treats him the best on weekdays. The most important thing is the auxiliary commander's open-minded attitude and tolerance for new things.
When the auxiliary commander was the governor and military governor of Jilin Province, he relied on his open-minded attitude to greatly change the appearance of Jilin Province. Within a few years, it had become somewhat of a modern city.
After listening to the assistant commander's words, the old commander touched his newly shaved head, then gently rubbed the center of his eyebrows and said with closed eyes:
“It’s almost time to get up now, how can I have time to come up with something new!”
"Even if we do it, we have to wait until the Guangdong and Guangxi are defeated before we do it!"
"I called you here to discuss retreating from the enemy, not to discuss any new gadgets!"
As soon as the old man said this, everyone became quiet and stopped talking about new gadgets.
The young marshal on the side looked a little lonely.
A young marshal is a young marshal after all. As long as the old marshal is still there, he will never be able to add a big word.