Although Wan Yufu is just a non-profit book, his mansion is one of the best in Gaomi County, and I don’t know how grand it is compared to the county government.

It was noon, and the sun was shining brightly. Wan Yufu hurried into his mansion with 6 or 7 people, and ignored the doorman manager who greeted him at the door. While handing the reins to Ma Yi, he said, "Are the two young masters of the Wang family here?"

The concierge hurriedly said, "When you say that, the two young masters Wang have come a long time ago. They have served tea in the lobby and have been waiting for the master for a long time."

After hearing this, Wan Yufu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Okay, okay, I'll go see them right away."

As he said that, Wan Yufu hurried to the main hall and saw two young men about 30 years old sitting in the guest seat in the living room. It turned out that they were the fish that slipped through the net from Wangjiazhai, Wang Kexing and Wang Kefu brothers.

It turned out that Wang Zhanyuan and Wan Yufu, the leader of Wangjia Village, had some friendship, but they were not very close. Therefore, when the Wangjia Village was destroyed, the Wang brothers came to Gaomi County to join the Li family in the family, but were treated coldly, but did not come to find Wan Yufu.

However, just over two months ago, the Time Travel Group released the [Outline of Land Reform System], and Wan Yufu also received this [Outline]. He was hesitant and naturally he was unwilling to hand over the fields like this. However, he had heard some rumors about the reputation of overseas Chinese. Although Wan Yufu was a person who trembled even if he stomped his feet in Gaomi County, he knew that compared with overseas Chinese, he was still far from reaching the world, so he was in a dilemma and had no choice. He heard that the Wang brothers came to see him and immediately asked someone to invite their brothers in.

Of course, Wan Yufu heard that Wangjiazhai was destroyed by overseas Chinese and the village leader Wang Zhanyuan was executed by public trial. He knew that the Wang brothers had a grudge against overseas Chinese to destroy their families. They came to find themselves at this time, and they would not have come for no reason. However, the enemy's enemies are naturally their friends. Moreover, they had fought with overseas Chinese and should have some understanding of the reality of overseas Chinese. Therefore, when these two brothers came, they might be able to help themselves.

So Wan Yufu also welcomed the Wang brothers with kindness, but as Wan Yufu expected, the Wang brothers came to help Wan Yufu deal with overseas Chinese. The two gave Wan Yufu advice. Wan Yufu alone naturally could not fight against overseas Chinese. Only by concentrating all the landlords to deal with overseas Chinese could success. Moreover, overseas Chinese have clearly stated that they would expropriate all landlords' land, so everyone hated the enemy. As long as someone came forward to organize, they would definitely be able to form an alliance. With Wan Yufu's reputation in Gaomi County, he is naturally the only candidate for this organizer.

After hearing the words of the Wang brothers, Wan Yufu felt it was reasonable. However, after all, he had seen the world and united the landlords and dealt with bandits. However, it was still far from dealing with overseas Chinese, so at most he would just gather together to raise his courage.

The Wang brothers' suggestion to Wan Yufu was to immediately raise an emergency to Jinan Prefecture and ask Governor Yuan to send out the Beiyang New Army to deal with overseas Chinese. This suggestion made Wan Yufu feel moved. His in-laws and young son are now working in the Beiyang New Army.

It turned out that Yuan Shikai was formed in the Beiyang New Army at the Tianjin Station. After he became the governor of Shandong, he transferred all the Beiyang New Army to Shandong to station in the name of suppressing the Boxer Regiment, and continued to recruit soldiers in Shandong to expand the scale of the Beiyang New Army, and expanded the Beiyang New Army, which originally had only more than 7,000 people to nearly 20,000 people now.

Yuan Shikai regarded the Beiyang New Army as the biggest capital for starting his own business. Just like Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang and Huai Army, he was naturally not satisfied with the scale of the Beiyang New Army with only more than 7,000 people. When he was training troops at the small station, Yuan Shikai wrote to the Qing Dynasty many times, demanding to expand the scale of the Beiyang New Army, but they were rejected by the court on the grounds that the expenses were insufficient. On the contrary, Nie Shicheng, Dong Fuxiang and Zhang Zhidong formed a training new army respectively. Yuan Shikai naturally understood that this was the court's checks and balances, and it could not let the whole family dominate. The situation of the Hunan Army and the Huai Army covering the sky with one hand.

Although Yuan Shikai was unwilling to give up, he had no choice but to do anything for the time being, because the cost of the Beiyang New Army was raised by the court to raise funds. At the beginning of its establishment, all the expenses could still be supported on time, but after one or two, he began to delay and deduct them. This was not because the Qing court intended to make it difficult for Yuan Shikai, but because the court's practice was that the geese plucked their hair and handled it layer by layer, and it was the same for that army.

Yuan Shikai was determined to build the Beiyang New Army into his own private army. When the soldiers were paying for their meals, they had to instill in the soldiers that "they received the bowl of Yuan Guanbao and the salary of Yuan Guanbao", but this required to ensure that the army paid on schedule. Yuan Shikai himself also paid a lot of money. However, the army was the most expensive, not to mention that Yuan Shikai had just started his business and had no savings. Moreover, he had to spend money to manage the officials in the court, so he could only avoid maintaining his power and was unable to expand the scale of the Beiyang New Army.

However, after Yuan Shikai became the governor of Shandong, the situation suddenly changed greatly. Because he had the financial and economic power of a province, there was plenty of room for maneuver. Not only could he find an excuse to misappropriate the interception and taxes paid to make up for military purposes, but he could also obtain a large amount of additional income from the local area. Therefore, Yuan Shikai's financial resources were immediately filled, so Yuan Shikai immediately expanded the Beiyang New Army. In just over a year, the scale of the Beiyang New Army had nearly doubled.

Originally, when the Beiyang New Army was established, they recruited An Shanliang people, but ordinary unemployed vagrants, rogues, etc. were not accepted. Officers at all levels often used Yuan Shikai's confidants, even servants and servants. But in this era, ordinary An Shanliang people were not sure of themselves and would not join the army. In the past, the Beiyang New Army was still small and was okay. Now the scale has expanded, so many good people are found there, so the conditions can only be relaxed, and at the same time, it has also attracted a group of local gentry children. First, it is Yuan.

Shikai knew the importance of real local power and planned to use Shandong as his logistics base. Therefore, attracting the children of gentry to join the army will also help him to get closer to the gentry in Shandong and to gain a foothold in Shandong; secondly, it will also allow the gentry in Shandong to give him more money. Of course, for the gentry in Shandong, it will give his children who are unwilling to take the imperial examination and fame. Both sides can be said to have their own needs. Wan Yufu brought his son into the Beiyang New Army and spent more than 20,000 taels of silver to deal with it.

However, Wan Yufu was a man in the yamen after all, and he knew that he was relying on his own family. His son could not invite the governor to help. At this time, the Wang brothers volunteered and said that he still had some tricks in the governor's yamen and could say a few words in front of Governor Yuan, and could help Wan Yufu open up the joints. Of course, money is indispensable.

Wan Yufu was not afraid of spending money, but he had no confidence in the Wang brothers. When Wang Family Village was still there, he was just a rich man and was not as good as himself. Now that Wang Family Village has been destroyed, how did these two brothers open up the governor's way? But at this time, they could only give it a try. So Wan Yufu took out 50,000 taels of silver and handed it over to the Wang Brothers to operate. However, the Wang brothers left Wang Kexing in Gaomi County to assist Wan Yufu, but in fact he acted as a hostage. Wang Kefu took Yin Jie to Jinan.

A few days later, Wang Kefu returned from Jinan and explained the results of the operation to Wan Yufu. It turned out that Yuan Shikai would not order troops, but Sun Zhongkui could ask him to lead troops to reinforce Wan Yufu in his private name, and Yuan Shikai only regarded it as if he didn't know.

Wan Yufu has been in the officialdom for many years. Of course, he understands the meaning of this mid-term. This is what the governor should do. If Yuan Shikai expressed that he would lead the army to reinforce himself, he would not believe it. But Wang Kefu could really open up this path, and he couldn't help but look at the Wang brothers with a high look. It seems that the two brothers really have some paths, and their future prospects are unlimited. If this crisis is overcome, they really have to make friends with these two brothers.

After receiving the support of the Beiyang New Army, Wan Yufu suddenly felt that he had a lot of strength and obeyed the Wang brothers. At this time, the time travel group had already carried out land reform in Menbu Village. Therefore, Wan Yufu also stepped up his activities and went on several moves. With the assistance of the Wang brothers, he finally established an alliance against land reform in overseas Chinese. Moreover, Wan Yufu contacted several bandit forces and also raised a team.

After the villagers defected, the Wang brothers suggested to Wan Yufu that they should immediately gather the team and attack Menbu Village, and first destroy the land reform committee of overseas Chinese, destroy the prestige of overseas Chinese, and increase their ambition. Wan Yufu also followed this suggestion, and they also inquired and knew that there were not many overseas Chinese troops in Menbu Village, only 5 or 60 people, so Wan Yufu was also confident and believed that this battle would definitely annihilate overseas Chinese in Menbu Village.

The army organized with great effort, including more than 40 Beiyang New Army's assistance and three artillery, was vulnerable in front of the overseas Chinese army and was defeated. The bandits invited went their separate ways and fled back to their own villages. The landlord alliance also scattered and collapsed. Most of them returned to their villages. Only 3 or 4 landlords fled back to the village with Wan Yufu to negotiate countermeasures.

Of course, the landlords could not think of any way. At this time, the Wang brothers made another suggestion, believing that there is no danger in the village and it is not suitable to stay for a long time, so they should escape to Gaomi County as soon as possible. First, they were to avoid overseas Chinese; second, they gathered gentry in Gaomi County to jointly advise the magistrate of Gaomi County, and asked the magistrate to immediately file an emergency document from the Shandong Governor's Office, asking the magistrate to send troops to rescue Gaomi County, and mobilize all the county personnel to guard the county town with all their might and resist overseas Chinese.

At this time, Wan Yufu had no idea and felt that hiding in Gaomi County was indeed safer than in the village. Therefore, after listening to the advice of the Wang brothers, he immediately followed suit. While sending people to contact other landlords, he fled into Gaomi County overnight while packing up his property.
Chapter completed!