Compared with the prevarication of the garrison group, Ge Kunshan and Li Linge broke out with unusual enthusiasm for building an airfield in Mengcheng, and Li Linge, as the president of the Chamber of Commerce, immediately convened those powerful merchants in Mengcheng to discuss the matter after discussing with Liu Shangyang. Li Linge, who has controlled Mengcheng for many years, knows that this piece of fat is too big, and the Li family can't eat alone if they want to, and only by uniting with other merchants is the right way.

"Master, let's privately convene a meeting of the merchants in Mengcheng without informing County Magistrate Ge, is it a bit inappropriate to do so?" The housekeeper Li Shun leaned over and whispered to Li Linge. Because of the Li family's team, there was a gap between Li Linge and Ge Kunshan, if the noon meeting was not initiated by Liu Goat, I am afraid that Li Linge and Ge Kunshan would not have sat at the same table to drink and eat.

"He Ge Kunshan has hardened his wings now, and he has forgotten who spent money to make him the county magistrate, and the Chamber of Commerce held a meeting to inform him what to do? Leave him alone. As soon as Ge Kunshan was mentioned, Li Linge was angry. The matter of the Jiading team was just a fuse, since Liu Goat led the militia to clear the bandits on Beishan and captured three Japanese soldiers, Ge Kunshan has been much more angry after returning from the provincial capital. Originally, he would inform Li Linge about anything, but since the last time the Chamber of Commerce cut off the supply of the militia, Ge Kunshan openly and secretly began to think about dealing with the Chamber of Commerce.

Li Linge originally wanted to use the supplies of the militia to blackmail Ge Kunshan, but no one thought that after Ge Kunshan took the three Japanese soldiers to the provincial capital, he actually got back the establishment of a garrison regiment. Liu Goat is also a competitive person, half a month of continuous banditry has filled the county government treasury in Ge Kunshan with supplies, and the current garrison regiment doesn't need to look at the face of the Chamber of Commerce at all, the team of 800 people is pulled out, and Li Linge's family Ding team is not even qualified to stuff people's teeth.

Seeing Li Linge's attitude towards Ge Kunshan, the housekeeper Li Shun had no choice but to sigh secretly and no longer mention the matter. In the following two days, merchants of all sizes in Mengcheng began to line up to visit Li Linge, and they all hoped to get a piece of the pie. Li Linge was also not ambiguous, and opened the middle door to welcome and send it all day, which made the Li family look very lively. Li Linge, who has some background, did not take Ge Kunshan seriously at all, and in his plan, the entire construction of the airport was undertaken by the Mengcheng Chamber of Commerce, and it had nothing to do with the county government of Ge Kunshan.

Li Linge's movement is so big, how can Ge Kunshan, as the county magistrate, not know what to do, but Li Linge has been operating in Mengcheng for many years, and Ge Kunshan, who is known as an outsider, is really no match for Li Linge's influence in Mengcheng. Originally, he still pinned his hopes on Liu Shanyang and the garrison regiment, but when he was drinking that day, Liu Shanyang pretended to drink and said that he did not deal with the people of the 173rd Division, and the garrison regiment would definitely not participate in the construction of the airfield in Mengcheng.

Liu Goat's statement made Ge Kunshan's heart half cold, and on the night of the end of the party, the unrelenting Ge Kunshan went to the barracks to find Liu Goat, but unfortunately no matter what he said, Liu Goat still had that attitude, and Ge Kunshan, who was helpless, had to leave in a huff. "This Li Linge really doesn't take me, the county magistrate, seriously" After learning that Li Linge had privately convened a meeting of the merchants, Ge Kunshan in the county government was furious, and then took people to the provincial capital the next day.

Ge Kunshan's departure gave Li Linge a more unscrupulous opportunity, so the Li family opened the door for two consecutive days, and the endless stream of merchants who came to visit actually made the people of Mengcheng have an interest in watching the temple fair. The endless stream of merchants who visited the Li family caused a sensation in Mengcheng, and the cronies left by Ge Kunshan made statistics, in just these two days, more than 90 percent of the merchants in Mengcheng have visited the Li family, and even some squires around Mengcheng have taken this opportunity to go into the city to go to the Li family.

"Brother Liu, these are a few engineers from the provincial city who support us, the county government is not enough, can you let them live in your barracks temporarily, and when the construction of the airport starts, they will move to the construction site." Li Linge was busy contacting merchants here, and Ge Kunshan was not idle, and Ge Kunshan, who came back from the provincial capital, not only got back another batch of ammunition for the garrison regiment, but also brought back five engineers who were responsible for the construction of the airfield.

"It's too good, what's not to do, there are still a lot of vacant houses in the barracks, and it's okay if they don't move to the construction site." For the sake of the ammunition that Ge Kunshan got back, Liu Goat couldn't refuse Ge Kunshan's request, not to mention that the battle between him and Li Linge was not an opportunity for him. Liu Goat's interest made Ge Kunshan complain a little less about him, and compared with Li Linge, Ge Kunshan felt that it was more comfortable to deal with Liu Goat, after all, he didn't have to think about so many other things.

This time, Ge Kunshan not only brought back the engineer who guided the construction of the airport, but also obtained the document from the provincial capital, and all the matters concerning the construction of the airport in Mengcheng were led by the Mengcheng county government, and Ge Kunshan, as the magistrate of Mengcheng County, naturally became the leader of this project. "Now I have seen it, Li Linge is still beating gongs and drums, and Ge Kunshan has already cut off his back road, now Li Linge and Ge Kunshan should completely turn their faces." After sending Ge Kunshan away, Liu Goat showed unusual excitement, which made Lao Xu and Jiujin very puzzled.

"What do you call the little brother? I don't think you're old, you're not 20 years old, are you? Tang Cheng, who was literate and handsome, was sent by Liu Goat to greet those engineers from the provincial capital, among whom the eldest old man surnamed Jin was very interested in Tang Cheng who was carrying two guns, especially when he learned that the young Tang Cheng was already a second lieutenant officer, the old man surnamed Jin did not stop questioning Tang Cheng for a moment, in his opinion, such a little guy who was obviously still a child was already a company commander, it was incredible.

"My name is Tang Cheng, and I will be 20 years old in September." was questioned by the old man surnamed Jin about his age, Tang Cheng's heart was somewhat annoyed, as if the people he met liked to tease him with his age. Tang Cheng couldn't help but roll his eyes when he replied to the old man surnamed Jin, and the engineers laughed very unkindly at this not very polite gesture. In their eyes, Tang Cheng's slap in the eye was like a child's childish rebellion, and the youngest of them was over 40 years old, enough to be Tang Cheng's father.

"You are only 19 years old and you are already a second lieutenant officer, and you have commanded a company alone, is Regiment Commander Liu of your garrison regiment your elder?" The engineers ignored Tang Cheng's standard national army uniform, and still focused on Tang Cheng's age and rank. When they first saw Tang Cheng, they had seen the kind of care in Liu Goat's eyes when he treated Tang Cheng, and generally only the elders in the family would have that kind of look when facing the younger generation, which also happened to make sense of what Tang Cheng had the rank of second lieutenant and the opportunity to command a company alone at such an age.

"No, how can one of us surnamed Tang and one surnamed Liu be relatives." Tang Cheng's answer disappointed the engineers a little, but Tang Cheng's answer later shocked them. "The regiment commander is my old commander in the national army, we knew each other before the Battle of Songhu, and then retreated to Mengcheng after the defeat in the Nanjing battle, and there were only two of us left in our entire company, so I also became the commander of the 1st company of the garrison regiment." Liu Goat and Tang Cheng were born in the 88th Division of the National Army, which is not a secret in Mengcheng, and Tang Cheng didn't want to hide it from these engineers, rather than waiting for them to continue to ask, it was better to say it himself.

"The Battle of Songhu and the defeat of Nanjing were all last year, could it be that you joined the army and fought last year?" The old man surnamed Jin looked at Tang Cheng with a look of pity, and couldn't believe that such a 19-year-old child had actually moved to two battlefields, and it was also called the battlefield of flesh and blood by the newspaper. These engineers don't understand military affairs, and they don't know how many soldiers there are in a company of the Ludao National Army, but only two people are left in a company that has been beaten, and it is not difficult to imagine the bloodshed and cruelty in the middle.

"These people are too troublesome, they always ask questions, and they almost annoy me to death." After settling the engineers, Tang Cheng, who was already a little impatient, immediately said goodbye and left, and after seeing Liu Goat, Tang Cheng complained again, complaining that Liu Goat should not arrange for himself to settle those engineers. Liu Shanyang ignored Tang Cheng's complaints, but he didn't explain the reason why he arranged it this way, because there was a guest in his command post, Li Shun, Li Linge's butler.

The news of Ge Kunshan's return from the provincial capital has been known to Li Linge, but he can't guess what Ge Kunshan went to the garrison regiment's barracks as soon as he returned to the city, so there is now Li Shun's visit. "Are you asking this" Liu Goat, who was asked by Li Shun, looked calm, "Didn't County Magistrate Ge go to the provincial capital, and arranged for our garrison to get some ammunition back, and also brought back a few engineers who built the airfield by the way, saying that there was not enough space on the county government, so he temporarily settled in my barracks." ”

Li Shun naturally wouldn't believe that Ge Kunshan came to the barracks so simply, but looking at Liu Goat's expression, it didn't look like he was lying and deceiving people, Li Shun, who had asked left and right to no avail, had no choice but to say goodbye and leave, and Li Linge was still waiting for news from him at home. "Look, it's time to get lively next, I just don't know who can have the upper hand." Regarding the battle between Ge Kunshan and Li Linge, Liu Goat completely played the role of a spectator, but Tang Cheng expressed his contempt and disdain for Liu Goat's mentality.

"Is that really what the surname Liu said?" After listening to the answer that Li Shun brought back, Li Linge fell into deep thought, after two days of deliberation and convening, he had already brought together almost 70% of the merchants in Mengcheng, and was ready to eat the construction of the airport. Everything is ready, just wait for the attitude and site selection of the 173rd Division, but Ge Kunshan suddenly got back a few engineers at this time, isn't it that Ge Kunshan has already received an answer in the provincial capital?