The old county elder blushed and coughed a few times in embarrassment, this young descendant was digging a pit for him to jump in, but after all, the old man was a person who had been in the rivers and lakes for many years, and he was also a character, how could he easily jump into the pit that Liao Fan dug for him.

"As the saying goes, cats have catpaths, dogs have dog paths, if you let dogs go to catpaths, maybe dogs and cats can't find the original way!" The old county magistrate said.

"Hmm...... It makes sense, after all, the establishment of a road together is also the result of the hard work of a generation, for the sake of interests, it is understandable, but old man, we can talk about the conditions! Liao Fan also wanted to fight the old county magistrate's idea.

"There are no doors!" The old county magistrate directly refused.

"Old man, I thought we had a good relationship!"

"We have a little friendship, but friendship is friendship, and business has to be done!"

"Old man, I'm here to go through the back door today, and I brought all the gifts!" Liao Fan said.

"Commander Liao's face is really comparable to the city wall of Heshun County!"

"Thanks to the compliments of the seniors! We can talk about the conditions, the old gentleman will give way to this road! ”

"Impossible! Even if I give up this path, how many people can Commander Liao benefit? Let's consider other more practical methods, find a long-term solution, you hit my idea, at most to tear down the east wall to make up the west wall. "It is impossible for the old county magistrate to cut off his own way of wealth, and of course he will not give up his way to make a fortune.

"Well, it seems impossible, I can only think of other ways!"

"Commander Liao wants to take back the entire Jindong?" The old county magistrate's eyes lit up.

"Hehe, the old county magistrate and the little devils all eat dry food, if I say a word, the little devils are so scared that they go back to their island, and they will never dare to come out to harm people in their lifetime, do you believe it?" Liao Fan asked with a hippie smile.

The old county magistrate shook his head and said, "Does Commander Liao have such a big face in front of the Japanese?" ”

Liao Fan glared at the old county magistrate: "Since you don't believe it, do you think that with the strength of my army alone, you can hold such a large area as Jindong and Taihang Mountain?" ”

"Can Commander Liao expand the army?"

"Old man, save it, don't give me blind ideas, I am a layman in the economic aspect, and you are a layman in the military aspect, and we are digging holes for each other when we give each other ideas like this!" Liao Fan glanced at the old county magistrate.

"When you drive away the little devils in Jindong, I believe that the economy of Heshun County will naturally get better by then, and I, the county magistrate, will be able to relax at that time!"

"Then it will take some time, by the way, old man, how did the little devil collect taxes here when he occupied Heshun County?" Liao Fan asked.

"Commander Liao wants to collect taxes in Heshun County?"

"Doesn't every Heshun county don't have to pay taxes?"

"That's not it, I want to ask Commander Liao how he plans to collect it! Harvest a few percent! ”

"Do you still have any questions about this? Whoever earns more pays more taxes! ”

"Commander Liao is trying to slaughter my big family!"

"This is a bit ugly, it should be called taking it from the people and fighting the little devils! A patriotic person like the old gentleman must also be happy to see us win on the battlefield and keep the peace of the people! Liao Fan corrected the old county magistrate's words in time.

"What percentage does Commander Liao Fan plan to collect taxes?"

"Those with high incomes should pay 20%, and those with low incomes should pay 100%!" Liao Fan looked at the eyes of the old county magistrate, wanting to see from him if he agreed to collect taxes in this way.

"After years of war and the depletion of people's power, the price set by Commander Liao is indeed very reasonable, but are you sure you are not slaughtering us big households?"

"Sir, are you short of money?"

"There is no shortage!"

"Is this tax high for you?"

"Not high!"

"That's not it, watch it like this first, if it's unreasonable, we'll change it, anyway, it's the first time we're managing the county, and we don't have enough experience in many aspects, let's discuss it!"

"As the head of a county, you should really worry about Commander Liao!"

"The old gentleman is polite!" Liao Fan said with a smile, "One family doesn't talk to two families!" ”

"When does Commander Liao think it's better to start collecting taxes?"

"Forget it this year, starting next year, it will be collected once a month, and thirty percent of the tax will be used for the development of Heshun County, and the rest of the tax will be used for the construction of the army!" Liao Fan said.

"Reasonable!" The old county magistrate nodded, "But I still have one more thing I want to ask Commander Liao!" ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say it's okay, old sir!"

"Heshun County won't let the little devils occupy it anymore!" The old county magistrate asked.

"Not in my lifetime, if I unfortunately die on the battlefield, it will be difficult to say!" Liao Fan thought about it and said.

"That's good, I, the county magistrate, will definitely do my best to do things for the new 33rd Army and the people of Heshun County in my lifetime!" The old county magistrate replied, "Do you want to drink more at noon?" ”

The topic of the old county magistrate suddenly changed, which made Liao Fan's heart cold, although he drank too much at noon yesterday, although he didn't know what happened, but he knew that this old man was not dead.

"It's okay to eat without drinking! In the afternoon, I will see how the brothers are training, and if I drink at the old gentleman's every day, the brothers should have an opinion! ”

"Soldiers really have to put the country first, then it is not difficult to be Captain Liao, we only eat a light meal and don't drink!" The old county magistrate said.

At noon, Liao Fan sat with the old county magistrate again, but there was another person, that is, the granddaughter of the old county magistrate, obviously the old county magistrate was still not dead to Liao Fan, and wanted to recruit Liao Fan as his son-in-law.

During the meal, the granddaughter of the old county magistrate kept serving tea and pouring water for Liao Fan, but Liao Fan only remembered the girl's appearance in the end, and did not even remember the name.

After eating, Liao Fan left, and the old county magistrate also promised Liao Fan that he would definitely do a good job as the county magistrate, and cooperate well with Master Hu, with such an old guy in Heshun County, Liao Fan could naturally rest assured, but the local economic problems that Liao Fan always cared about were still not solved.

In the afternoon, Liao Fan, accompanied by Hu Guoshan and Zhao Caizhu, inspected the troops, and now there are four regiments of the combat unit of Hu Guoshan's division, as well as other non-combat units, which are maintaining the operation of the entire unit and Heshun County.

As the division commander, although Hu Guoshan lacks the ability to deal with local political affairs, he has his own thunderous means in dealing with army problems, and with Zhao Caizhu's cooperation, even if there are problems in the reorganization of the troops, Liao Fan believes that it is difficult for the two of them.

In one afternoon, Liao Fan only inspected the situation of the two regiments, and although the troops of the two regiments had set up a framework, the troops were still being adjusted, especially the problem of cooperation between companies and companies, which was the biggest problem facing Hu Guoshan's division.

That night, Liao Fan held a meeting with the officers above the regiment commander at the headquarters, reminding them that they must train the troops well, and that Heshun County is a major transportation artery, stuck in the throat of little devils, and Heshun County will become a battlefield at any time.

"Okay, let's dismiss the meeting, Hu Guoshan and Zhao Caizhu stay, I still have something to do with you, if you regimental brigade commander has to read more books, don't just know how to lead troops to fight!" Liao Fan reminded them, "And tomorrow, I will still go to the remaining two groups to have a look." ”

When the regiment and brigade commander left the headquarters, Zhao Caizhu stepped forward and asked, "Brother Fan, you don't plan to inspect their education level again, do you?" ”

"How did you know I had this idea?" Liao Fan looked at Zhao Caizhu curiously and asked.

"Hehe, we all know that the soldiers in our unit are farmers who have just put down their hoes, and it is difficult to find a teacher in our army, especially since we officers have come to today step by step by relying on military merits from the bottom, where can we rely on knowledge to be a brigade commander!" Zhao Caizhu glanced at Hu Guoshan, "To put it mildly, the four division commanders have a little culture, and they have been in the army for a long time." ”

"That's what worries me the most!" Liao Fan said.

Then Hu Guoshan immediately raised a different opinion: "Brother Fan, in addition to relying on guns and cannons to fight a war, the rest is to rely on the courage of soldiers, and people with a belly of knowledge know more than us, but where do they know how to lead soldiers to fight?" ”

Hearing Hu Guoshan's remarks, Liao Fan glared at him: "Lao Tzu told you a long time ago, let you learn cultural knowledge well, if you had known about learning earlier, you wouldn't have said such things today!" ”

"Brother Fan, only those who have knowledge will not be called Lao Tzu Lao Tzu!" Hu Guoshan muttered in a low voice, he didn't dare to make too much trouble in front of Liao Fan, the four division commanders of the New 33rd Army had been beaten by Liao Fan, and he didn't want to touch his head.

"Hehe" Liao Fan was so angry that he had nothing to say, so he almost pointed at Hu Guoshan's nose and scolded, but in order to set an example for Hu Guoshan, Liao Fan had no choice but to correct his posture and give Hu Guoshan a serious speech: "Old Hu, you are now the division commander, if I give you an armored tank battalion, let's say it first, this tank is stronger than the little devil's tank, you met a small devil squadron on the plain who is organizing defense, they have no heavy weapons, how are you going to fight this battle?" ”

"And such a good thing?" Hu Guoshan said happily, "Without saying a word, rush up and beat him up!" ”

"Gone?"

"It's gone!"

"Do you think the little devil's infantry are all rice buckets?"

"Isn't it just a rice bucket?"

Liao Fan flew up directly and kicked Hu Guoshan from the stool to the ground, pointed at Hu Guoshan's nose and scolded loudly: "Old Hu, Lao Tzu didn't want to scold, but you have to force Lao Tzu to scold you, the little devils are all rice buckets, you are not even as good as rice buckets!" If I let Li Lingfei take this tank battalion to fight you, you won't even be able to hurt his hair, believe it or not! ”

Hu Guoshan got up from the ground, a little panicked, he had already guarded against Liao Fan, but he didn't expect Liao Fan's kick to be too fast, and he still didn't prevent it.

"Hehe, Brother Fan, don't be so angry, if you have something to say!" This time, Hu Guoshan hid far away, for fear that Liao Fan would give him another kick.

"Zhao Caizhu, give you a task, in the future, you will be responsible for the cultural classes of your officers at or above the division and regiment level, and formulate a schedule, and I will check them from time to time at that time, if there is a person who is not qualified, it will be good to have you, the deputy division commander!" Liao Fan didn't pay attention to Hu Guoshan.

"Brother Fan, isn't this okay?"

Zhao Caizhu was a little crying and laughing, obviously they were unwilling to learn, why should they punish him.

"Don't forget, it's above the regimental level, including the regimental level! If anyone dares to disobey orders, he doesn't have to stay in the combat army, now that there is a pig farm in Taihang Mountain, I still lack pigs there! Liao Fan glanced at Hu Guoshan emphatically and warned Hu Guoshan not to let him take the lead in disobeying orders.

On this night, Liao Fan also received the news of Wang Jingwei's treason and defection to the enemy, Hu Guoshan and Zhao Caizhu were extremely angry when they heard about it, Liao Fan was a lot calmer, after all, he had long known that this would happen.

Since Liao Fan knew that Wang Jingwei would commit treason to the enemy, why didn't he tell the Chongqing government to take precautions against this matter early.

"Brother Fan, aren't you angry?" Hu Guoshan asked.

"What's the atmosphere? If you really think that Wang Jingwei deserves to die, then you should take the troops and go back to Nanjing directly, and shoot Wang Jingwei to death, how happy it is! ”