Chapter Five Farewell Good Luck

  Gaoyang was so anxious because when he helped Liu Sandao deliver a message to the east house of Jingbao, Yuan Dian suddenly gave him a new task: "Eliminate the illegal armed organization led by Liu Sandao within 60 Earth days. This armed organization has existed illegally in your unseen space-time for more than 12 Earth years. If you eliminate it and cause time-space turbulence within 60 Earth days, you can obtain at least 3300 energy points. The shorter the time, the more you collect."

  Before he could finish speaking, Gao Yang had already stood up and bid farewell, completely ignoring the strange gazes around him. This impolite behavior was something Gao Yang couldn't care less about; nothing was more important than energy points.

  Get rid of all those shady characters, hoodlums, and beggars with an iron fist. Directly recruit good kids from rural areas by offering them a chance to go abroad.

  "On a cold winter's day, when the family is struggling to make ends meet and there are many children but little land, as long as they're not crippled or mute, everyone is called back and given money on the spot. In addition to the relocation fee, three months' worth of silver wages will be paid in advance." - Gao Yang's original words to Yang Dong

  In the afternoon, snowflakes began to fall from the sky, and a long stream of people appeared on the road leading to the Baoding Group.

  Gaoyang roughly estimated that there were over 200 people. "Not many are truly willing to be soldiers," he muttered softly.

  "Nowadays, as long as a family has enough food to eat, they won't let their children join the army. It's always been said that 'good men don't become soldiers'." Gao Youcai came over to Gao Yang and whispered this in his ear.

  "It's all nonsense that good men don't become soldiers. The men in our country are the most hardworking and enduring on this planet, they're the best soldiers. They just don't want to be soldiers because there's no guarantee, and nobody knows why they should be soldiers. Let me change all of this." Gao Yang said with a firm voice.

  Time waits for no man, in order to have a high energy level, everything is worth spending money on.

  On a cold winter day, the tile workers didn't work and spent money to build a new barracks. The grain and oil shopkeepers were unwilling to deliver goods in the cold weather, so they spent money to have them delivered, and only bought eight big fat pigs.

  New recruits register with fingerprints, not because they don't want to sign their names. Among the 237 new recruits, only two can write their own names, this illiteracy rate is not even qualified to be cannon fodder infantrymen, they can't read orders. There's no time to deal with this now, let's talk about it later.

  The soldiers of the escort team were given double pay, and the lieutenant who led the team was so anxious that he stayed behind with a clear conscience. The little soldiers all became new squad leaders, one by one, with high enthusiasm.

  The cargo convoy returned to Bengbu, and Wang Daifu walked with the team. The relatives of the officers who defected to Gaoyang came to pick them up.

  Bricklayers were working with a clang, looking enviously at the new recruits killing chickens and pigs next door. The county town brought in brand new quilts, coal-burning stoves and two carts of black coal.

  Gao Yang sat in the only intact house, roasting by the fire and watching the black coal on the big truck, couldn't help but smile happily. Why did he want to come to Feng County as a security team leader? Apart from the fact that there was a vacancy, the main reason was that this place was the largest coal base in the entire East China region!

  About 100 km south of here is the Ma'anshan, which has over a billion tons of iron ore buried underground that can be industrially mined, making it a complete steel base.

  Li Zhengcheng came to Gaoyang's side and reported in a low voice, "The people who entered the treasure house went west along the Huai River towards Dabie Mountain."

  He paused and continued, "The county magistrate is also very dissatisfied with the officials and has already sent someone to Bengbu."

  Gao Yang smiled and said, "Don't worry about him, he won't last a few more days. You keep an eye on where Liu San Dao's lair is."

  Li Zhengcheng responded with a nod and turned to leave. He was introverted and didn't like to talk, but he should be suitable for intelligence work, right? Gao Yang also didn't know if it would work or not, but just used him first.

  The sky turned dark, and the new recruits outside laughed. A full bowl of rice was enough, with two pieces of oily pork for each person. The Beiyang Army also had chicken legs.

  After dinner, they hugged their new quilts and each room had a heating coal stove. They all went to rest.

  Wait until it's quiet outside, Gaoyang ordered everyone to rest. Close the doors and windows and return to the original time and space.

  Called parents to report safety and arranged a time to return home for the Spring Festival, then made an appointment with the immigration intermediary. Haoyang lay silently on the bed staring at his phone.

  From the day she disappeared, his girlfriend had no contact with him, no phone calls, no text messages, as if she had vanished. The only message was from the bank to Gao Yang, informing him that their joint savings account had been changed to be owned solely by Gao Yang.

  "Is this compensation?" Gaoyang smiled silently, filled with helplessness. Almost ten years of feelings, how can they be easily put down?

  Endless loneliness surged towards Gao Yang, and the overwhelmed Gao Yang couldn't catch his breath. Gao Yang needed a date, no matter who it was, as long as it was a girl.

  After taking a few deep breaths, Gao Yang found the flight attendant's phone number and dialed it. Coincidentally, the flight attendant was on rotation in Beijing. They agreed to meet at a high-end bar in Beijing, and Gao Yang put on his new clothes and walked out of the hotel.

  I originally wanted to buy a good watch, but on this planet, there shouldn't be any watches better than the original one, right?

  Walking into the bar, the seductive music and dim lighting gave a strong sensory stimulation. Sitting in front of the counter, he ordered a beer and watched the twisting bodies on the dance floor, Gao Yang felt his heart slowly coming back to life, humming softly along with the music.

  Not long after, the flight attendant came over, wearing a neat but not gorgeous short skirt and delicate light makeup that made Gao Yang's eyes shine.

  The flight attendant's name was Li Yuan, she was very tall, almost as tall as Gao Yang. Her speech was elegant and her manners were proper. Gao Yang had a good impression of her.

  They found an empty table next to the dance floor, drinking and chatting, which calmed down Gao Yang's heart that was disturbed by his recent break-up. When they were having a great time, Li Yuan invited Gao Yang to join her on the dance floor.

  Gao Yang walked into the dance floor with Li Yuan's hand in his, looking relaxed. What if he couldn't dance? He had a starting point, after all. Every hour at 15 minutes sharp, Gao Yang transformed into the king of dance. Before long, the people around them dispersed and the center of the dance floor was left with only Gao Yang dancing energetically with Li Yuan in his arms.

  The music ended, and the surrounding area erupted in cheers and applause. Wiping away the sweat on his forehead, Gao Yang pulled Li Yuan back to their seats. Li Yuan was also having a great time, and the atmosphere between them quickly heated up. However, Gao Yang's good mood didn't last long.

  "At 10 o'clock direction, two men and one woman have been observing you within 3 minutes." Gaoyang's gaze swept over, his face immediately sank.

  Luling Xue sat on the sofa with a face full of embarrassment and astonishment, how could Gaoyang dance like that? She was the clearest about it, when did he become so handsome while dancing?

  The man sitting beside her held her left hand and patted it gently, exchanging a smiling glance with Gao Yang.

  Withdraw his gaze, Gao Yang didn't even know what mood he was in. Anger? Should be, after all, he had been dumped and almost got his leg broken. Heartache? After all, his woman had fallen into someone else's arms. What else? Gao Yang didn't know either. He fell silent quietly.

  Li Yuan felt that something was off and asked in a low voice.

  "It's okay, I'll go wash up." Gaoyang smiled and said to Liyuan.

  Light a cigarette in the bathroom and calm down quietly.

  Before long, footsteps sounded. "Friend..." Along with the voice was a hand slapping on the shoulder.

  Gao Yang's expression turned cold, and he instantly activated his temporary striking ability. He suddenly grabbed the hand on his shoulder and threw it over his shoulder. The opponent was also a master who remained calm in the face of changing circumstances, and with his other hand, he swiftly supported Gao Yang's waist, preparing to counter with a reversal throw.

  10 seconds later, Gao Yang spat at the guy who should be the secretary and bodyguard lying on the ground, the one who was just standing next to Lu Lingshuo and the rich second generation. "Pfft, wasting 50 points on you." Gao Yang felt much better.

  "Excuse me, I have something to attend to, I'll leave first." Gao Yang said to Li Yuan.

  "Let's go together, I'm also going back." Li Yuen smiled and stood up with Gao Yang to walk out. Gao Yang didn't look at his ex-girlfriend at all, walked out of the bar and lightly spat out a breath "Goodbye, good luck."

  The wealthy and handsome man spoke in a low voice with a smile, but his eyes followed Gao Yang all the time until he walked out before withdrawing his cold gaze.

  At the entrance of the Hilton Hotel, Gao Yang bid farewell to Li Yuan with a slightly awkward touch on his nose. Gao Yang didn't have a car and was sent back by someone else's flight attendant in a BMW.

  Returned to the room and took a hot bath before falling into a deep sleep.

  The next morning after having breakfast downstairs, I returned to the room and started the time-space shuttle to head to 1924.

  The Beiyang Army was trained by German instructors. Training began at dawn when it was still misty outside.

  For training high-ranking officials under his command, he would entrust matters he didn't understand to professionals and focus on grasping personnel power and money.

  Two days later, the bricklayers were building houses, new recruits were training, and Gao Yang was shuttling back and forth between his original time and space and 1924. Until the afternoon of the third day, people from the province arrived.

  As he walked into the county government office, the county magistrate was all smiles as he fawned on a stout man with two wisps of whiskers. When he saw Gao Yang walk in, his face immediately turned from sunny to cloudy.

  The sudden departure from the farewell dinner was just a prelude, and the main reason is that after the previous security team leader died, County Magistrate had hoped that his own younger brother-in-law would take over, and even went to the city to spend money on it, but didn't expect to be cut off by Gao Yang.

  The county magistrate was afraid that this mysterious guy would ruin his and Liu San Dao's good things, and every year Liu San Dao's tribute was not small. Therefore, he contacted the gentry of Feng County to send a letter of accusation to the city, who knew that someone from the province came.

  Gao Yang smiled lightly and was completely unaffected by the county magistrate's cold gaze.

  "Haha, Zihou, it's only been a few days since we last met, brother has come to see you." Chubby saw Gaoyang coming in and his eyes lit up, stretching out both hands to welcome him.

  In the county magistrate's stunned gaze, Gaoyang smiled and walked forward to grab Liu's hand, saying "Director Liu, you've finally arrived. I've been waiting for you until my hair turned white."

  This fat man is the younger brother of Anhui's military commander Ma Lianjia, and they met at a dinner party in Bengbu through an introduction. As he was about to leave, he handed over a large check and asked for help in securing the position of Feng County magistrate, promising to show his gratitude if successful. The fat man patted his chest and shouted that it would be wrapped up on him.

  Cao's nephew is no longer in a position of power and will step down in a few months. Gao Yang has found a temporary substitute, a big tree.

  The county magistrate and his younger brother-in-law were swept out. The supervisor's younger brother also left with a check after drinking and eating enough. Now, in this one mu three fen land of Feng County, Gao Yang has taken control of both the military and political affairs.

  After settling these trivial matters, Gaoyang arranged everything and set off in a hurry to Bengbu, boarded the Tianjin-Pukou Railway train to Pukou, and took a British company's Yangtze River steamer to depart for Shanghai.