Comrade, Your Ingredients Are Too Complicated

Chapter 101: Deceit, then deception (Happy New Year, comrades!)

Gao Jianwu looked like he was going to do it regardless of life and death. Coupled with the dagger inserted on the table, all the bandits in the room were suppressed at once.

What's more, the people who recommended Gao Jianwu have long said that he is a ruthless person. The blood licking from the knife edge and the dead people rolling around in the pile are definitely real in their eyes.

This incident itself was caused by Shan Maozi's fault. He was caught speaking ill of others behind their backs and was caught doing it. At this time, these losers who failed to achieve success but failed to succeed were completely at a loss.

 In this situation, being able to put things to rest is the best outcome.

 But Gao Jianwu made it clear that he wanted to make things worse, and he seemed unwilling to let it go.

　　Just now he just passed by by chance. Hearing his name, he stayed for a while. Although Shanmaozi has no ability, his loyalty to Xie Baoqing will affect his plan.

From the first day he entered the village, Gao Jianwu has been secretly trying to sow discord between the two. Today's quarrel is just to add fuel to the fire.

His goal was finally achieved, and the quarrels of several people successfully attracted some idle helpers.

In the daily life of these bandits, the conflict between the two masters is a rare event that happens in a century. It has always been a one-sided crushing in the past, and Ma Liu, the former third leader, will always be the punching bag.

Although they don’t have much sense of participation, it is still very exciting to be a front row member.

　　Xie Baoqing immediately got up from the bed after receiving the news. He rushed to the scene immediately without even putting on his clothes.

Through the dictation of his cronies, the bandit leader already knew the ins and outs of the whole matter. While secretly cursing Shan Maozi in his heart, he also had the urge to complain about Gao Jianwu. The family scandal must not be made public!

 As the head of a mountain village, Xie Baoqing knows that he must be fair, just and open when dealing with things. This is the basic requirement for a leader to treat others.

 He knew that he could not show any partiality at this time. Only by treating everyone equally would he gain the approval of his brothers.

 And this is also an effective way to promote unity and mobilize the enthusiasm of the public. Otherwise, the brothers under him will definitely feel that they will never get ahead by following him.

Xie Baoqing made up his mind not to give priority to Shanmaozi's feelings just because he was senior enough in Shanzhai. You can't speak to Gao Jianwu just because you appreciate his personal abilities.

 After arriving at the scene, he first severely criticized both sides, giving each side fifty hits.

As for the specific results, of course it is mainly verbal criticism. However, he still extended Shanmaozi's suspension time, after all, he was the one who caused the incident.

If he didn't punish his second brother, Gao Jianwu would definitely be emotional.

 But for the little minions who dare to gossip, Xie Baoqing is not so gentle.

Those bandits at the lower end of the food chain in Heiyun Village were all tied to stone pillars in the center of the village's playground. After being flogged, what awaited them was a three-day fasting of food and water.

If you are lucky and die hard enough, you may be able to survive. But since the establishment of Black Cloud Village, no one has been able to survive this process.

After settling this rather troublesome dispute, Xie Baoqing drove away all the onlookers, and then took Gao Jianwu to an empty room nearby.

“Third brother, if Shan Maozi finds trouble in the future, just tell me directly. What you did just now was too irritating. You also know that he is a person who can’t do anything big. I’ll teach him a lesson for you.”

"But you are different. If something happens to me one day, the position of the boss will definitely be yours."

"I will personally arrange a meeting in three days. Then you two will shake hands and have a good time, otherwise it will be difficult to lead this team."

As the most powerful spy chief in Jin Province, Gao Jianwu immediately realized that this was a good opportunity to close the network. There was no better time for a sneak attack than when everyone was drunk.

But he still heard Xie Baoqing's temptation. There was no difficulty at all in such low-level speaking skills.

"Brother, don't talk nonsense, we can't have you in Heiyunzhai! You will always be our big family! I don't deserve the position, don't mention it in the future." You must follow the arrangements, and there was something wrong with me today.”

“In this era of war and chaos, unity is strength. When the time comes, I will lower my posture and offer him a bowl of wine.”

These words simply touched Xie Baoqing's heart, and his old face showed a frown of satisfaction.

Then the bandit leader thought of something that had troubled him all afternoon, and Gao Jianwu was the smartest person in the village, so he wanted to discuss it with him.

“Lao San, do you think what Political Commissar Li said today is reliable? I don’t know much about the internal policies of the Eighth Route Army.”

“You are an old man who has seen the world, and has been in contact with all three religions. Do you have any reliable information?”

Although Gao Jianwu was 100% sure that if these bandits dared to apply to join the Eighth Route Army, the only fate waiting for them would be death.

But now Xie Baoqing is still worried that the surrounding Eighth Route Army and Jinsui Army united to clear Heiyun Village.

But in order to stabilize Xie Baoqing so that the mission in a few days could proceed smoothly, he still answered the other party without conscience.

“Brother is unaware, this is very feasible. There is a detachment commander surnamed Liu over there in Qilu. He was from a rough background, and his work is no different from ours in Heiyun Village.”

“When those people joined the Eighth Route Army, there were only more than a hundred people, and their weapons and equipment were also very poor. Our brothers are all equally good men. Isn’t this much better than them?”

“Since that guy can become a high-ranking Eighth Route Army commander, then we must be good too, maybe we can even become a brigade commander!”

The only thing to blame is that Xie Baoqing has not read a book. If this is nine percent true and one percent false, he will not be able to detect the flaw at all, and he will be deceived very easily.

 Commander Liu has indeed been a king of mountains before, but he has never touched the common people. At most, he only robbed the rich and gave to the poor.

And this senior is also a tough guy. They started fighting the Japanese in 1932. After joining the army, he was sent to the north to study. This qualification is definitely more than enough to be a detachment commander.

 But how could Xie Baoqing know this? The word "commander" made him lose his mind.

Furthermore, in the mind of this bandit, the commander of the Eighth Route Army is not a guy like Guo Ji and the Puppet Army. People of this level are famous in the world.

Although he is only a detachment commander, he is definitely very valuable and has much more potential than his own copycat!

“So joining the Eighth Route Army is a good job! It’s better than being in fear in the village.”

"With our savings, we can train a large group of three thousand people. Then we will ambush the Japanese again and use their heads as certificates of surrender to join the regular army."

Although Gao Jianwu was smiling in his heart at this time, he still had a serious face on the surface and seemed to be very concerned about the future of Shanzhai.

 In order to make Xie Baoqing relax his vigilance, he specially added a sentence.

"Brother, you are right! And we can contact the Eighth Route Army first and maintain a casual relationship."

“Even though we are not yet a regular army, others do not dare to attack us easily.”

As the two of them talked, Xie Baoqing became more and more enthusiastic. It seemed that tomorrow he could put on the uniform of the Eighth Route Army and become the all-powerful brigade commander.

Happy New Year bosses!

 (End of this chapter)