Xu Rui was particularly happy after conquering the Wolf King.
This is not just a wolf, but a wolf king.
The hearing and smell of wolves are dozens or even hundreds of times that of humans. Even though Xu Rui has been able to acquire hearing and smell far better than ordinary people after years of training, it is still far inferior to that of dogs, and the survival of wolves The conditions are worse than that of dogs, and the corresponding abilities are even better.
And the king is the king among wild wolves, so his abilities in all aspects are naturally more outstanding!
This means that from now on, the Wolf Fang Brigade has a guard who is extremely vigilant and has a long standby time! It would be wishful thinking for the Japanese special forces to launch a raid on their Langya in the future. Of course, then again, even if there was no Wolf King and Xu Rui was there, Langya would not be attacked.
That night Xu Rui asked Zuanshan Bao to roast three whole lambs, two of which belonged to the Langya team members, but Xu Rui gave the remaining one to the king. The king was hungry for more than half a month, and most of the time he only relied on goat milk to survive. Life, that is, after eating half a leg of lamb yesterday, I was already so hungry that I actually ate the whole lamb until not even a single bone was left.
After a night of silence, Xu Rui got up early the next day, led the king and rode a horse, and headed south. There were no accidents the rest of the way. By the evening of the next day, there were more than 20 people in the group. After adding more than a hundred horses and a wolf, they finally arrived outside the north gate of Baotou, and then Xu Rui was stunned.
Looking around, I saw lanterns and colorful lights and a sea of people outside the north gate of Baotou.
Not only that, a red silk carpet was spread out from the north gate, stretching for a hundred meters!
What's happening here? If it weren't for the word "Baotou" on the north gate, Xu Rui would have almost suspected that he had gone to the wrong place.
At this time, the crowd in front also discovered Langya, and then the sound of crackling firecrackers immediately sounded in the city gate corridor, followed by more lively gongs and drums rising into the sky, and finally, a large group of people They walked out of the city gate on a red silk carpet, and the crowds crowded on both sides of the road also cheered enthusiastically.
At this time, a group of Wolf Fang members had already reined in their horses and stopped.
After watching for a moment, Digua was the first to say: "Captain, they are not here to greet us, are they?"
"Welcome us?" Leng Tiefeng reacted immediately and nodded repeatedly, "Yes, during our trip to Kulun, we not only reopened the tea road, but also secured an industrial park for Baotou. But for the people of Baotou, It’s a blessing, and the people of Baotou are grateful, so it’s understandable that they take the initiative to greet us.”
It was really just a greeting. As Leng Tiefeng spoke, the group of people coming from the front approached.
Xu Rui's eyesight was extraordinary, and he could see clearly from a few hundred meters away. Among the three people walking at the front of the group of people, one was Fu Zuoyi, the chairman of Suiyuan Province, Ma Gongfu, a big shopkeeper of a complex brand in Baotou, and the last one The person turned out to be Commander Li from the Daqingshan and Hetao base areas. Commander Li can be said to be Xu Rui's direct leader.
Because Xu Rui's Chahar Independent Regiment is under the dual leadership of Yan'an and Daqingshan base areas.
Before Yan'an sent Xu Rui to Suiyuan, Commander Li had already led part of the 120th Division to open up the Daqingshan Anti-Japanese Base Area in Suiyuan, which included large tracts of land in Suinan, Suizhong and Suixi. Later, Commander Li The main force from the Daqingshan base area was mobilized to take over the Chahar Independent Regiment and continue to besiege Hangjin Banner.
After a month of siege, the Japanese garrison in Hangjin Banner was able to break out because they were out of ammunition and food. However, they were ambushed by Commander Li's troops during the breakout. So far, the entire Hetao was liberated by me, and then the Hetao Anti-Japanese Democratic Government was established. Now our party has established a base area in Suiyuan covering Suinan, Suizhong, Suixi, Daqingshan and Hetao.
Although Fu Zuoyi is nominally the chairman of Suiyuan Province, he actually only controls a few large cities and county towns. Moreover, Baotou, the second largest city in Suiyuan Province, is also in the hands of Xu Rui, which is simply not worthy of his name.
Seeing Commander Li coming with Fu Zuoyi and Ma Gongfu, Xu Rui quickly got off his horse.
Leng Tiefeng, Zhuan Shanbao and others behind Xu Rui also got off their horses and led their horses forward.
Soon they met each other. Xu Rui first stood up to Commander Li, saluted him with a military salute, and then said loudly: "Commander, Xu Rui, the leader of the Chahar Independent Regiment, has successfully completed the mission." Ambassador Cullen has come back to discuss with the Soviet government the task of dredging the Baotou Tea Road. Please give me your instructions."
Xu Rui respects Commander Li from the bottom of his heart.
Even though Commander Li is only thirty years old, not much older than Xu Rui, he is an old Red Army, old revolutionary, and old party member who has participated in the 25,000-mile Long March!
"No need, no need." Commander Li smiled and waved his hand.
Xu Rui accepted the military salute and said to Fu Zuoyi with a smile: "Sir Fu, we meet again."
"Yes, we meet again." Fu Zuoyi hummed twice, and then said, "I say Brother Xu, this time you really gave me a hard time. You are really ruthless. It turned out that you were in front of me a long time ago." There is such a big hole waiting for me.”
Xu Rui chuckled and said, "I don't understand what Chief Fu is saying. Why do you mean I have to dig a hole in front and wait for you?"
"Are you still pretending?" Fu Zuoyi pointed at Xu Rui angrily and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this now. Let's talk about it in detail later and go through this matter from beginning to end."
After saying that, Fu Zuoyi took a step aside.
Ma Gongfu, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, immediately took a step forward, raised his hand to Xu Rui and said: "Captain Xu, on behalf of the more than a thousand businesses and tens of thousands of clerks in the Baotou business community, I would like to bow to you!" After finishing speaking, Ma Gongfu, who was already in his seventies, really bent down towards Xu Rui and prepared to bow.
"Hey, shopkeeper Ma Da can't do it, he can't do it."
Xu Rui didn't dare to let Ma Gongfu bow down, so he quickly stretched out his hand to support him.
Ma Gongfu was very stubborn and insisted on bowing. In the end, Xu Rui finally persuaded him.
Then, people from all walks of life in Baotou who followed the three people also stepped forward to express their gratitude to Xu Rui. Xu Rui even saw Xiang Yingxin with a camera on his chest.
I saw Xiang Yingxin holding the camera and constantly pressing the shutter to take pictures of Xu Rui. Xu Rui was a little surprised. This time, Xiang Yingxin was used to convey such a big piece of false information to Dai Li, which made Chairman Jiang so disgraced. Dai Li, the head of the military secret service, didn't suspect her yet
But Xu Rui doesn't care about the life or death of this female spy. Xu Rui is now anxious to see Wang Husheng.
However, Xu Rui did not see Wang Husheng among the welcoming crowd, but only Ma Fei.
While returning to the city, Xu Rui asked Ma Fei: "A Fei, where is the political commissar Wang who was just transferred from the regiment?"
"You mean the political commissar?" Ma Fei cheered and replied, "He took the security officer out of the city and said he wanted to find a suitable location to build a factory."
"Really?" Xu Rui couldn't help but smile when he heard this, "Lao Wang is really a guy."
Wang Husheng is indeed his old friend and buddy, able to worry about his needs and think about what he wants. Even before the machinery and equipment aided by the Soviet government has arrived, he has already started to select a site outside Baotou City. But then again, this matter really shouldn't be taken lightly. Otherwise, after the factory was finally built, the little devils randomly sent a few bombers over, dropped a few aerial bombs and blew it up. This would be very embarrassing.
At this time, Xu Rui and his party had already walked onto the red silk carpet.
The people in Baotou who had been waiting for a long time immediately cheered like a mountain and a tsunami.
Baotou was originally just a small village that developed through the tea trade with Russia. After hundreds of years of precipitation, it has reached its current situation. Therefore, the development history of Baotou is a history of tea trade. Therefore, Not only Baotou's business, but even Baotou's people's livelihood are closely related to the tea trade.
Since the opening of the Siberian Railway, the status of Baotou City in the tea trade has plummeted. Correspondingly, the living standards of Baotou people have also dropped sharply. Coupled with years of warlord fighting and then the invasion of Japs, the lives of Baotou people have become even more impoverished. , I can barely even afford to eat.
Baotou is a commercial port, but it is so poor that it can’t even afford food.
But now, the people of Baotou have hope again!
Because Xu Rui reopened the tea road, the Russians have to buy tea from Baotou again!
Based on this alone, the people of Quanbaotou are sincerely grateful to Xu Rui, what a benefactor!
All in all, almost everyone at the scene was happy from the bottom of their hearts. The only exception may be Yao Dahai, the Central Supervisory Committee member of the Chongqing faction.
Among the crowd, Yao Dahai's face was so gloomy that he could almost shave off frost.
I originally thought that this time the Baotou businessmen gathered together and defeated Xu Rui's army, even if Xu Rui would not get out and leave, at least he would be disgraced. However, who would have thought that this kid would actually have such ability? This kid would actually be so fluent. Tea Road, now, Yao Dahai has completely become a troublemaker and was spurned by the Baotou business community.
Just yesterday, Yao Dahai found Ma Gongfu, the big boss of Fuzihao, and wanted to encourage Ma Gongfu to join forces with Weizi Liulianhao and all the shops in Baotou to set up a cooperative teahouse, with the intention of bypassing the Baotou anti-Japanese democratic government established by the Communist Party. , directly carry out tea trade with the Soviets, so that the Communist Party cannot profit.
Yao Dahai originally thought that Ma Gongfu would definitely agree, because it meant that the tea merchants in Baotou would be able to pay less tax and make more profits. As a businessman, who would have trouble with money, right
However, what surprised Yao Dahai was that instead of agreeing, Ma Gongfu scolded him, saying that a person must have a conscience and not have no bottom line or sense of measure. This guy made Yao Dahai very angry. If he hadn't been concerned about Ma Gongfu's age, Now that he was grown up and highly respected in the Baotou business community, he was about to take out his gun and kill someone.
But from Ma Gongfu, Yao Dahai also realized that it would be difficult to stir up trouble in Baotou. Xu Rui not only knows how to fight, but he is also a damn good hand in running the place!