Chapter Thirty-One: Attending the Banquet (1)

  When Wang Changhu and Hu Jingzhong, Xu Yingfa returned to the Beida Camp, it was already past two o'clock in the afternoon. He hastily called all the intermediate officers to his office and told them what he had heard. Everyone let out a loud "wow" that startled Wang Changhu; at this time, except for Wang Changhu, everyone excitedly lifted Ouyang Qing up and threw him up more than ten times before putting him down.

  Wang Changhu smiled and watched everything from the side, thinking in his heart: They are all good men!

  "Alright, alright. Next, we have a few things that must be done immediately. The first is to expand the military law department. Now our troops are numerous, but the military law department has too few people, and some places can't be taken care of. How many people do you think this expansion of the military law department will need?"

  Hu Jingzhong thought for a moment and said: "Expanding the military law department is inevitable; however, among our original 500+ old brothers, there were over 100 military personnel who committed crimes. Many of them are top-notch in various military branches. Shouldn't we first identify them, set up the framework for each department within my unit, and then see how many people each department has before deciding how to allocate personnel to the military law department?"

  Wang Changhu listened and looked at the people present, seeing who would agree with a nod of their head. Wang Changhu thought for a moment and said: "Since we want to investigate, let's make it bigger and have all 2,000 people checked as well. This matter will be Hu Jingzhong's responsibility; first, set up the framework of the troops for me. But I'll say something ugly beforehand - if anyone tries to cause trouble in this, don't blame me for being impolite."

  All the officers stood up at the same time and replied: "Yes."

  King Changhu waved his hand, and everyone sat down again; King Changhu continued to say: "Now that the female soldiers have arrived, it's very difficult to manage. The military law department will establish a chapter, and the specific content will mainly focus on not harassing female soldiers and punishing those who harass them. The punishment should be stricter. For the next few days, the duty of the female soldiers' dormitory will be taken over by the military law department, and it must not be neglected!"

  Huang Yihu suddenly stood up and shouted: "Boss, you're eating meat, can't you leave some soup for us? Now you're surrounded by beauties, but we brothers are working hard with nothing to show for it!" After finishing speaking, he ran in front of Wang Changhu and knelt down, his nose running and tears streaming down his face as he said: "Boss, I'm begging you, please don't torture us anymore! We really can't take it! Don't believe me? Ask them, which one of them isn't wearing pants with a bare butt, which one of them doesn't wash their underwear every day? You're torturing us so much, at least give us a few more pairs of underwear!"

  Wang Changhu looked up in surprise and asked: "Is that so?"

  Everyone present nodded in unison, their faces flushed. Wang Changhu's heart was delighted, and he said: "Brothers, it's not that I don't understand you, but this batch of people still has use for me. If I give them to you now, we'll be blind to the future in the Northeast! So you have to endure a little longer. I guarantee that one month later, I will let you taste the flavor of women, but you must promise me that training must be rigorous and reach actual combat standards."

  Huang Yihu pulled Wang Changhu's pants and said: "Really?"

  Wang Changhu gave him a kick and said: "What are you pulling, I've even had my pants pulled off by you."

  He nodded and said, "Really, but I'm going to rebuild the command center now, lacking money..."

  "How much is missing?"

  Wang Changhu smiled treacherously and said: "Everyone should owe at least a few thousand dollars."

  At this time, Huang Yifei pulled Huang Yihou to one side and said with a flattering tone: "Boss, don't you think we're owed a bit less? Old brothers only have so much, you can't always be taking advantage of us, right? And what about the new recruits, shouldn't they share some of the burden too? Many hands make light work, after all."

  Wang Changhu turned his head and looked at the remaining few people, saying: "This is not good, how can you say that others are also new here, this gift of meeting is not good?"

  Several officers patted their chests and said: "Don't worry, boss. Whoever dares to resist will be told that they owe you, owe you 10,000 dollars."

  "Alright, Xu Yingfa, go get that form."

  Xu Yingfa handed out a stack of forms and said to everyone: "The first column on this form is for your name, the second column is for the amount of money, and the third column is for your fingerprint. Got it?"

  Wang Changhu said: "Everyone owes a thousand dollars, cheap for you, go, and gather here in a while."

  Everyone looked at Wang Changhu with a hint of resentment: You've already prepared everything and still gave us this show, isn't that a bit...

  Several people ran out with IOUs

  In just over thirty minutes, Xu Yingfa rushed in and shouted: "It's started, it's started..."

  Wang Changhu sprang up in a blaze of anger and thought to himself, "A bunch of useless people, can't even handle such a small matter, how are we going to go out and rob together in the future?"

  Wang Changhu immediately rushed out and ran towards the playground. When he arrived, he saw that the fight had already ended, and the old soldiers were hanging up several people: Jin Xueer, Mai Qi'er, and Huang Yue'er. He was delighted in his heart: "My relatives are really giving me face!"

  Huang Yifei ran over to report: "Boss, these few women refused to sign and got into a fight with the brothers. What do you think we should do?"

  "My brothers are all precious, and if they get hit once, it's 50,000; how many hits in total, calculate it and go."

  Huang Yifei excitedly replied: "Yes".

  Huang Yifei counted: Jin Xueer hit ten times, owed 550,000 yuan; Mai Qi'er hit seven times, owed 350,000; Huang Xue'er hit six times, owed 300,000 yuan. After counting, Huang Yifei personally ran over to force the three girls to press their handprints on the debt note. Jin Xueer just hummed a sound, while Mai Qi'er and Huang Yue'er turned pale: Oh no! I'd sell myself but still can't pay it back?! Suddenly overcome with emotion, they burst into tears.

  "This is outrageous! I'd have to take in guests for the rest of my life to earn that kind of money!" Maggie shouted.

  "Sister-in-law, I dare not anymore, wu wu, as long as I don't owe money, you can ask me to do whatever!" Huang Yue'er shouted.

  Wang Changhu walked up to the two sisters and sized up Huang Yue'er, smiling slyly as he said, "Really, anything goes?"

  Huang Yue'er's face turned bright red as she sobbed and replied: "Anything is fine!"

  "Let's talk about this tomorrow, hang in there for now!"

  Wang Changhu came before several brothers who had been beaten, examined their injuries, and found that Jin Xueer was indeed ruthless. Several older brothers' arms were dislocated from the beating.

  Wang Changhu was very unhappy in his heart, and walked to the front of Jin Xueer. At this time, Long Meier suddenly knelt down beside Wang Changhu, with tears in her eyes, without saying a word.

  Wang Changhu glanced over and said: "Get up, or I'll kill her."

  Long Mei'er hastily got up and ran to the front of Wang Tingyu, kneeling down and saying: "Sister, please spare my junior sister!"

  Wang Tingyu helped Long Meier up and said, "Fortunately, you are still a person by Hu Zi's side. He won't kill her, he will just give her a little warning. The more you plead for mercy, the worse things will get."

  Wang Changhu's hand gently stroked Jin Xueer's face. Jin Xueer asked in horror, "Are you going to kill me?"

  Wang Changhu continued to stroke downwards, drawing a few circles on Jin Xue'er's chest and saying: "Now you finally have some human appearance, you said you could have been a person, why did you become a ghost?"

  Jin Xue'er's whole body trembled as she asked: "What are you going to do to me?"

  His hand slid to her flat and solid abdomen, and suddenly his palm energy was released, almost ruining Jin Xue'er's martial arts. Jin Xue'er let out a cry of "ah" and spat out a mouthful of blood. Wang Changhu said in her ear: "This is just a warning, if there's a next time I'll kill you."

  Wang Changhu walked onto the reviewing stand, looking down and saying: "What I need are brothers. When I tell you to do something, that's what you'll do. Of course, I won't mistreat my brothers either - if I have food to eat, you will too. But if anyone harms my brothers, I'll take their life; if anyone wants to take my brothers' lives, I'll dig up their ancestors' graves. These three people will each receive twenty lashes and be left to cool off for a day; continue training below."

  After finishing speaking, he was about to leave, but Wang Tingyu called him back and said: "You! Is the money not enough for you to spend? Is that girl okay?"

  Wang Changhu smiled and said, "I've troubled you again. That Japanese dog is fine, just a warning to him. I'm also giving Mian'er some face." Long Mian'er looked at Wang Changhu with gratitude.

  Wang Changhu and several main characters returned to the office, everyone handed over all the IOUs to Xu Yingfa, Xu Yingfa collected them well, just in time for the military officer to come in with a big sweat, he threw the IOU into the military officer's hand and went back to his seat.

  Wang Changhu saw the quartermaster return and personally poured him a cup of water, moving the quartermaster to tears, who hastily said: "Thank you, boss."

  "Has the pig been collected?"

  "We've finished collecting them; there are over 400 big pigs and more than 20 small ones." The military supply officer replied.

  Wang Changhu turned around and looked at Hu Jingzhong, asking: "When will the medical team arrive?"

  "April 10th, I've already made arrangements with all the major hospitals. If they don't come, I'll send a few brothers to 'invite' them."

  "Alright, that's all for today. Those who are going to the banquet with me, let's go. Those who aren't will be on duty tonight. If there's anything else, we'll discuss it tomorrow."

  Wang Changhu led two cars back to the Liu family's courtyard, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Zhao Yu and Hua Fuer had changed their clothes and were waiting in the living room.

  Wang Changhu laughed and scolded: "These two bastards, why are they in such a hurry?"

  The two of them nodded awkwardly and said: "As long as we prepare early, we won't be flustered, it's just a bit nerve-wracking."

  Wang Changhu said with a lot of experience: "This dinner is actually just a place to chat, we won't eat too much, after dinner we'll go."

  After finishing, he led a few people to the dining hall and walked out after dinner. Since there were too many people, Wang Changhu called Liu's car over as well, and the three cars rushed towards General Shao's mansion.

  They arrived at General Shao's mansion and several people got off the carriage. They handed over their invitation cards, the guards took a look, bowed respectfully, and let them pass through.

  Suddenly, the guard shouted: "What are you three carrying?"

  Xu Yingfa, Zhao Yu and Hua Fuer were stunned. Zhao Yu said: "We brought antiques, today we came to see our American friends, give them a small gift, and get in touch with their feelings."

  The guard opened their small bag and saw that it was all high-quality chamber pots. He was taken aback and asked, "Are you sending these things to Americans?"

  Zhao Yu smiled and said: "This gift-giving thing, you have to know how to give it. It's a common thing, Americans all have it. Have you ever heard of someone giving this kind of thing?"

  The guard shook his head; Zhao Yu continued: "So, I'll give him something that nobody else has given him before. He's definitely going to be happy, right?"

  The guard nodded and reckoned: That makes some sense! He registered the three of them and let them in.

  As they went in, Guard A asked, "I say, Brother B, do you think Americans will accept gifts?"

  "Who knows? But one thing that little guy said made sense."

  "What was that sentence?"

  Yi Ge said: "Giving gifts must be different from others."