Before the sun rose the next morning, Liao Fan took his guard squad and left the military headquarters on a war horse. The breeze was warm, the morning of Taihang Mountain was less hot and more cool, Liao Fan and they did not stop, and rode their war horses straight to Heshun County.

Although stability has been restored in Heshun County, and under the dual guarantee of the army and the police, the security in the city has also been greatly improved, but there is one thing that has always given Hu Guoshan a headache, that is, the economic situation of Heshun County.

Since Hu Guoshan entered Heshun County with his troops, the economy of Heshun County has not been as good as that of the little devils, which made Hu Guoshan very angry, are they really inferior to the little devils? Although they have no experience in managing the county, it is really difficult for Hu Guoshan to admit that they are not as good as little devils.

In the past few days, Hu Guoshan has handed over the affairs of the troops to Zhao Caizhu, deputy division commander, and he has been holding constant meetings with the county magistrate of Heshun County and other people who manage the county seat to study how to develop the economic problems of Shun County, but he has not had the slightest solution for several days.

But it's not without the slightest progress, at least Hu Guoshan has found the reason why this is happening.

It was already noon when Liao Fan arrived at Heshun County with the guard squad in civilian clothes, which was also the most prosperous time in Heshun County.

"Stop, who are you?" A soldier blocked Liao Fan's way.

The horses led by Liao Fan and them are not ordinary horses at first glance, the local horses are not so spiritual at all, and the people who can ride such good horses are definitely not ordinary people, and in Heshun County, the people who ride good horses are either people who are little devils, or officers above the level of the New 33rd Army Corps.

Liao Fan They just stopped to explain, but the platoon commander who was on duty at the city gate saw Liao Fan, although these recruits didn't know Liao Fan, he knew Liao Fan.

"Is the person down there Brother Fan?" The platoon commander took the initiative to ask.

Liao Fan has no intention of hiding his identity, after all, this is the station of his own army, and deliberately hiding his identity makes people feel that there is something unsightly.

The platoon commander hurriedly ran down from the top of the city tower, and when he saw that the person in front of him was indeed Liao Fan, he hurriedly saluted Liao Fan and explained his identity.

"It turned out to be a platoon leader, and the post was good!" Liao Fan praised that at least in terms of entering the city, the soldiers were very careful, indicating that the platoon commander was strictly implementing the order.

The platoon commander who was praised by Liao Fan was a little embarrassed, and said with a sincere smile: "Brother Fan, standing guard is what we should do!" ”

"You two come and take the horses away!" Platoon Commander Qi arranged for the soldiers to take the war horses away, and now there are many people entering and leaving the city at noon, and the war horses are too conspicuous in front of the city gate, which is not conducive to Liao Fan's safety.

Liao Fan nodded, handed the reins to a soldier, and then said to the platoon commander: "You continue to stand guard, a few of us will go into the city for a walk, and these horses will be handed over to you to take care of!" ”

"Mission Guaranteed Completion! Brother Fan, I'll go tell our teacher right now and let him pick you up! After speaking, the platoon leader turned around and walked towards the county seat.

"Wait," Liao Fan stopped the platoon leader, "I'm here to hang out casually this time, and you continue to stick to your post." ”

The barrier of a city wall makes the inside and outside of the city completely two worlds. Although the weather is a bit hot, there are still many pedestrians on the streets of the city. Liao Fan walked on the street with Lu Liming and a few people, although they were wearing civilian clothes, but it was also conspicuous for so many people to walk together.

"Brother Fan, do you want them to report to Senior Commander Hu's division headquarters first?" Lu Liming asked cautiously.

"Well, give the soldiers some money, let them report to Hu Guoshan's division headquarters after they have a full meal, and tell Hu Guoshan that I will go to his headquarters at three or four o'clock, and there is no need to come to me!" Liao Fan nodded, with so many people on the street, it really made the people around him feel uncomfortable.

Although there is only one north-south railway in Heshun County, there are four major roads in the east, west, north and south, so Heshun County maintained a certain degree of prosperity even during the war years, although this prosperity cannot be compared with Chongqing.

Walking on a main road there were a lot of small stalls on the road, and even though it was lunch time, there weren't many people in the small stalls.

Liao Fan and Lu Liming found a noodle stall, there was only one middle-aged man eating noodles in the stall, and Liao Fan asked Lu Liming for two bowls of cold noodles.

"Boss, it's dinner time, why is business so deserted?" Liao Fan took advantage of the fact that the noodles were not served yet, and asked the boss,

"Hey! During the war years, it was good to have a business, and what kind of business did you want to prosper, just to eat! The boss replied vaguely.

"Business is so cold, can this noodle stall have enough to eat?"

"We are left with my wife and I at home, barely able to eat, and if we have one more, we will be hungry." The boss shook his head helplessly and said, "You're from outsider, right?" Don't you sound like a local, coming to do business with us? ”

"Well, we are also ordinary businessmen, I remember that Heshun County was still relatively prosperous, how did it become like this now?"

"Young man, didn't you see it when you entered the city?" A middle-aged man eating noodles on the side said, "Now that Heshun County has become the forefront of the war, few businessmen like you have come to Heshun County." ”

"What's going on? Didn't I hear that the Japanese in Heshun County were not beaten away? Why is life in the county not having a good time now? Liao Fan asked curiously.

"It's true that the little devil was beaten away, but now Heshun County has become a place for the little devil and the new 33rd Army to fight, maybe when the fight will start, who would dare to run here." The middle-aged man stood up and asked the boss to settle the bill, "Young man, don't look at it now, it's quite quiet, once the fight starts, I don't know who is the owner of Heshun County, and businessmen don't dare to risk their lives to make money in such a dangerous place." ”

The middle-aged man left the noodle stall after settling the accounts.

Liao Fan looked at the back of the middle-aged man, thoughtful, and then ate noodles with his head on his stomach.

The problem that the middle-aged man said was exactly the problem that Hu Guoshan was facing at this time, because the new 33rd Army occupied Heshun County, and although stability was restored in the county, it was not certain when the little devils would come to attack, and where would those who did business dare to risk their lives to run to Heshun County, that is, they really wanted money and died.

Although Hu Guoshan has found the reason for the bad economy, but he does not have the slightest solution, the current Heshun County is a lonely city in the enemy-occupied area, in the eyes of the people, Heshun County is at the forefront, will fight at any time, how can you produce and do business with peace of mind.

At the meeting held in Heshun County, Hu Guoshan looked at the county magistrate of Heshun County and several actual people in power with a sad face, and these people also looked at Hu Guoshan with sad faces.

Hu Guoshan is because the economy of Heshun County is not good, and he is not in the mood, so he can only frown. And this person in power has been exhausted by the meetings that have been tossed for several days, they are not soldiers, and several people are relatively old, and they do not have the energy and physical strength of Hu Guoshan to deal with these frequent meetings, so they are sad.

The conference room was full of smoke, everyone stared wide-eyed, Hu Guoshan sighed, and several people in power also sighed, and everyone seemed to have mastered the same pace.

Just when nothing could be discussed in the conference room, the door of the conference room was pushed open, and the meeting was silent.

A young man walked into the conference room and whispered a few words in Hu Guoshan's ear, Hu Guoshan looked at the young man in surprise: "Are you sure you read it right?" ”

This young man was the intelligence director of Heshun County, and he was originally the head of the intelligence section of Hu Guoshan's Third Regiment.

"I've already checked with the city gate, and now Brother Fan has entered the city!" Said the young man.

As soon as the young man's words fell, a soldier also walked into the conference room, and the news he brought was that Liao Fan's guard class had now arrived at Hu Guoshan's headquarters.

"Today's meeting is here for the time being, when the meeting will be held again, I will find someone to inform you!" After Hu Guoshan finished speaking, he left the conference room.

When I returned to the headquarters, the atmosphere in the headquarters at this time was tense like a great enemy.

"Tang Jike, how did you become the intelligence director, Brother Fan has been in the city for more than an hour, you can guess the news, what if Brother Fan's safety goes wrong!" Hu Guoshan yelled at his intelligence director.

"Lao Hu, dissipate your anger, you can't blame Director Tang for this matter, our division's intelligence system has just been established, and Director Tang has done his best!" Zhao Caizhu came up to play a round and said, "Now our main task is to find Brother Fan, and then send troops to protect his safety." ”

All the officers of the New 33rd Army at or above the battalion level in Heshun County knew that Heshun County seemed to be very calm on the surface, but secretly they did not know how many Japanese spies were lurking, which was the reason why Hu Guoshan was furious, and once Liao Fan had the slightest problem in Heshun County, he could not afford to take responsibility at all.

"Division Commander, I have already arranged for someone to find Brother Fan's whereabouts, I believe there will be results soon!" Tang Jike said to Hu Guoshan.

"Okay, Director Tang, let's get busy first! Remember that once you find Brother Fan, immediately arrange soldiers to protect Brother Fan secretly! Zhao Caizhu gave Tang Jike a look and asked him to leave quickly.

Hu Guoshan was angry at this time, Liao Fan was now in Heshun County, although Heshun County was not a big deal for him, but if something went wrong, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Where is Brother Fan's personal guard class now?"

"I've already put them at the garrison of the guard battalion!" Zhao Caizhu replied.

Hu Guoshan turned around and was about to leave the headquarters to go to the garrison of the guard battalion, Zhao Caizhu was quick and grabbed Hu Guoshan: "Old Hu, what are you going to do?" ”

"Go and ask Brother Fan where he is now, we can't just wait in the headquarters, right?" Hu Guoshan was anxious.

"I've already asked, they were separated from Brother Fan when they entered the city, and they have been separated for more than an hour now, where do you go to find them?" Zhao Caizhu said.

Hu Guoshan threw the hat in his hand on the table angrily, and muttered in a low voice: "Lu Liming, Lu Liming, if Brother Fan breaks a little skin, Lao Tzu will not be finished with you." ”

Liao Fan didn't know that Hu Guoshan's division headquarters had been busy for him at this time, and now he was still hanging out with Lu Liming on everyone, taking a look at the local customs and customs, and by the way, asking how the local people lived.

A few minutes later, Lu Liming looked at it and noticed that something was wrong around him, and then told Liao Fan about the situation.

"We just don't see anything and continue to walk our streets." Liao Fan had already discovered that someone was staring at them in the dark, and they were not far away, if it weren't for Liao Fan and they had been walking and stopping, it would be difficult to find that these people were following them.

"Brother Fan, let's go to Division Commander Hu's headquarters, there are a lot of people on this street, I'm worried about the situation!" Lu Liming suggested.