The whole mountain is my hunting ground.

Chapter 1330: Zhao Jun Strongly Reorganizes the Forest Protection Team

Chapter 1330: Zhao Jun Strongly Reorganizes the Forest Protection Team

From a phone call to Song Xiangchen, Zhao Youcai heard some news that was unfavorable to him.

That is, Han Songbaozi has been trying hard to invite General Fu Hu to come to their place to subdue the three Siberian tigers.

When it comes to spearmanship and ability to climb mountains, Zhao Youcai is dismissive of the so-called Fu Hu Jiang.

However, the Zhao army’s tactics were endless, all of which Zhao Youcai had never heard of or seen before.

In addition, the Zhao army had money and people, so Zhao Youcai was really afraid that the Zhao army would snatch away his chance to turn things around.

On the phone, Zhao Youcai heard from Song Xiangchen that General Fu Hu had something going on at home and could not go to Lingnan for the time being, but he was trapped in Yongxing Brigade.

Just when Zhao Youcai was in a dilemma, Qin Dong's words pointed him to a clear way out. Zhao Youcai knew that the Zhao army had been trying to get the blood of the three hanging sheep. If he told Zhao Jun the news of the three hanging sheep, he would be able to transfer the Zhao family gang.

Zhao Youcai was very smart. He told Wang Meilan on the phone to let Zhao Jun and his men cross the border from Qingshilazi in Yong'an Forest District to Qingshipingzi in Yongxing Brigade.

In this case, the Zhao family would not be able to help the Yongxing Brigade and would not know about his trip to Lingnan.

Zhao Youcai thought his plan was brilliant, but Wang Meilan on the other end of the line said casually, "Oh, I see. Is that what you're calling about?"

Today, after Zhao Jun went to work, Wang Meilan lit a pile of pine torches at the door and called the women from the six families over to discuss the important matter of collecting mountain products.

Everyone was chatting animatedly when Zhao Guofeng ran over and called Wang Meilan to answer the phone, saying that it was Zhao Youcai calling from Yongxing. Wang Meilan thought he was in trouble again.

"Ah?" Zhao Youcai was startled and asked quickly, "Is this a small matter?"

"I won't tell you. I know it already." Wang Meilan said perfunctorily, "When my son comes back, I'll tell him and that's it."

"Think about telling him!" Zhao Youcai reminded her again. Wang Meilan said impatiently, "I know, I know. Just stop causing trouble for him over there."

"Oh, I understand." This time it was Zhao Youcai's turn to answer in a perfunctory tone. Zhao Youcai thought to himself, it wasn't me who was causing trouble for them, it was clearly them who were causing trouble for me.

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At this time, Zhao Jun had arrived at the third work section with Wang Qiang and Jie Chen.

When they arrived at the third work section, Zhao Jun and his two companions went straight to Chen Liangyou.

In terms of rank, Zhao Jun was no lower than Chen Liangyou, but Chen Liangyou was Zhao Youcai's sworn brother, so after they met, Zhao Jun called Chen Liangyou "Uncle Chen".

Chen Liangyou was also enthusiastic about Zhao Jun. When he heard Zhao Youcai say that Zhao Jun liked to eat flying dragons, he asked someone to get two of them. They had already been slaughtered and plucked and were ready to be stewed in a pot. Chen Liangyou said that he must prepare a good meal for Zhao Jun at noon.

Zhao Jun agreed with a smile. He believed that favors should be reciprocated. When he hunted a wild boar one day, he would give half of it to Chen Liangyou.

In this third work section, there is Zhao Jun’s special office in a row of twelve wooden houses.

It was called an office, but there was a stove and a kang in the room. Knowing that Zhao Jun would come today, the old cook specially heated up the room.

Zhao Jun appreciated the good intention of the old cook, but he couldn't stay in the office now. He had to go to the forest ranger's rest hut to meet the 194 forest rangers in Yong'an Forest District.

Since Zhao Jun came back from Yongxing Brigade, he asked Li Dazhi to spread the word in the forest camp. Today, Deputy Team Leader Zhao will go to the forest ranger's rest shack at the foot of the mountain in the third section to give a speech to all the forest rangers.

Li Dazhi was the one who gave the lecture. Zhao Jun really didn't want to make things difficult for these people at first, but after listening to what those hooligans said this morning, Zhao Jun felt furious.

After agreeing with Chen Liangyou to come back for lunch at noon, Zhao Jun rode a motorcycle and took Wang Qiang and Jie Chen down the mountain.

There are a total of 194 forest rangers in Yong'an Forest District, and they are responsible for patrolling the more than 130 forest blocks currently under logging, as well as the old forest blocks where logging has already occurred.

Although these forest rangers are not on the regular staff, they are directly employed by the forest farm. For their sake, the forest farm converted the detonator and explosives warehouses that were previously built for mountain excavation and road construction into resting huts for the forest rangers.

These 194 forest rangers are not all from the Yong'an family quarters. Many of them are from various villages and settlements in the township through connections.

The job of a forest ranger requires shift work, which means working five days and taking two days off. Therefore, even forest rangers who live in the family quarters have to spend the night in the mountains.

In such a situation, a small team of six forest rangers would clean up a hut and use it as their dormitory.

When Zhao Jun parked his motorcycle on the side of the road, he saw smoke coming out of a shack on the south side of the road. It should be the forest ranger's dormitory.

Hearing the noise of the motorcycle, many people came out from the two shacks in the south and north of the road.

"Uncle Wang."

"Brother Zhao."

Among these forest rangers, there are those from the four family quarters, and some are even acquaintances of Zhao Jun and Wang Qiang.

The forest rangers in Yong'an Forest District are not very old, because the forest rangers here are not on the regular basis and only serve as a stepping stone for some people to enter forestry management and forest farms.

Generally, when they are older, they have basically successfully entered the forest farm and started to work in forestry and seedling cultivation.

Zhao Jun greeted three young men from Yong'an and Yongsheng villages. They were all guys in their late teens or early twenties, and their families didn't have strong connections.

"It's Team Leader Zhao, right?" At this time, a short man came up to Zhao Jun, smiled, took out a pack of Yingchun cigarettes from his pocket and stuffed it into Zhao Jun's hand.

Zhao Jun dodged his hand back and looked at the man with a frown.

In him, Zhao Jun vaguely saw Zhang Yuanmin.

"Jun." Wang Qiang walked to Zhao Jun's side and whispered, "This is Zhang Jimin."

"Ah..." Zhao Jun frowned slightly, already knowing the identity of this person.

Just by listening to the names, you can tell that Zhang Jimin and Zhang Yuanmin are related. In fact, they are cousins.

Logically, uncles and brothers should be very close. But Zhang Jimin's father looked down on Zhang Yuanmin's father, and Zhang Jimin looked down on Zhang Yuanmin, so the two families had not interacted for many years.

Zhao Jun had heard of this name because Zhang Yuanmin often said that Zhang Jimin was not a human being.

Although Zhang Yuanmin is not tall, he is definitely not a petty person. As a relative, Zhang Jimin can make Zhang Yuanmin hate him, which shows that Zhang Jimin is not a good person.

Recently, Li Dazhi confirmed that when Zhang Yuanmin's father, Zhang Danaotou, a remarkable man in Yong'an, died, Zhang Yuanmin's mother asked Li Dazhi to help send a message to Zhang Jimin's home.

Li Dazhi recalled that when they heard the news of Zhang Da Naotou's death, Zhang Jimin and his father looked gloating. It was only because Li Dazhi was still in the room that the father and son did not laugh out loud.

Seeing that Zhao Jun didn't take his cigarette, Zhang Jimin seemed to want to say something, but a tall man squeezed over and said to Zhao Jun very politely: "Team Leader Zhao, my name is Song Fuan."

"Captain Song." Zhao Jun had heard Li Dazhi mention this man as the captain of the forest protection team.

"Haha, what captain? That's it." Song Fuan knew that he, the captain, could not stand up to Zhao Jun. He simply said something polite, raised his arm and pointed to Daonan's shack, and said, "Team Leader Zhao, let's go inside. It's warm inside."

"Can these people fit in the room?" Zhao Jun didn't move, but asked Song Fuan a question.

In fact, there was no need to ask. Zhao Jun also knew that the shack in the south of the road could not accommodate these people, otherwise some people would not have come out of the shack in the north of the road just now.

"It won't fit." Song Fuan said, "That shack has a kang. The shack in Daobei is similar, but they can't light a fire."

"Then I won't go to any of them." Zhao Jun said, "I'll say a few words here, and then I'll leave."

"Come on! Come on! Everyone!" Song Fuan clapped his hands and shouted, "Welcome Team Leader Zhao to speak!"

"Wow..." The forest rangers actually applauded.

"Okay! Okay!" Zhao Jun waved his hand. He had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and looked very imposing when he was serious.

The more than 190 forest rangers below were silent. Zhao Jun asked Song Fuan, "Have all our forest rangers arrived?"

"They are all here, all are here." Song Fuan said, "Including me, there are 194 people, not one less."

Zhao Jun glanced at everyone and said, "My name is Zhao Jun, and I'm a security guard at our forestry camp. The one next to me is my uncle Wang Qiang, and the one over there is my younger brother Jie Chen."

Zhao Jun was too lazy to speak official language with them. They all lived in villages within a few miles of each other, and these forest rangers would definitely be able to figure out the relationship between them.

"I have another older brother. We are a group of four. He didn't come today because it was inconvenient for him." Zhao Jun continued, "When he is more convenient, he will come over some other day so that everyone can get to know him."

When Zhao Jun said this, he glanced at Zhang Jimin covertly, and then continued: "Why do you want us to know each other? I'm afraid that if we walk into the woods, you will beat me again."

"Hahaha..." The forest rangers thought Zhao Jun was joking with them and they all laughed.

Zhao Jun looked at these people coldly. He could not deny that not all forest rangers were bullies. However, Zhang Lifeu, who had been in Yong'an for nearly 20 years, said that the old forest rangers were okay before, but in recent years, when these young forest rangers came up, there were few good ones.

Zhao Jun still believed what Zhang Lifeu said. Thinking of what the people from Xishantun said, Zhao Jun's face became even gloomier.

When the laughter died down, Zhao Jun said coldly: "Why do I say that? Because they say that our Yongan forest rangers are evil (nē), and if they say they will hit you, they will hit you with a slap!"

Everyone was stunned and surprised. Song Fuan wanted to speak, but he heard Zhao Jun continue, "It is said that they not only beat people, but also robbed things. They robbed everything, such as backpacks, backpacks, pipes, and tobacco faces. You guys are not picky!"

When Zhao Jun said the last sentence, there was a clang in his voice. The forest rangers below were probably a little confused, and none of them said a word.

Zhao Jun waited for a while, and sure enough, someone came out to talk to him.

As the leader of the forest protection team, Song Fuan had to step forward and said to Zhao Jun, "Team Leader Zhao, who told you this? We didn't do that."

"What should we do if something happens?" Zhao Jun glared at Song Fuan. The moment Song Fuan and Zhao Jun looked at each other, Song Fuan immediately became timid.

The gunner's eyes are bloodthirsty. How many blind bears did Zhao Jun kill last year?

His fierce eyes were truly murderous, and coupled with Zhao Jun's thick eyebrows and big eyes, he was quite intimidating.

Song Fuan said nothing, but Zhao Jun didn't let him go. He pointed at Song Fuan and said, "If you have any, go home!"

Seeing that Song Fuan still didn't speak, Zhao Jun asked, "If you don't speak, then it's okay, right?"

"No, no, no, Team Leader Zhao." Song Fuan shook his head and waved his hands, saying, "Did the hooligans sue us?"

"Are hooligans not human beings?" Zhao Jun asked, leaving Song Fuan speechless.

The mountain wind howled, causing the branches of trees all over the mountain to sway and rustle.

Zhao Jun faced the cold wind and shouted, "Our ancestors were from this place. There were so many bandits in the mountains before liberation, but they didn't bully people like this! We are all from the same village. A good dog will protect its neighbors, not to mention you are a human being."

Zhao Jun scolded the 194 forest rangers, who were both ashamed and annoyed, and could not even raise their heads.

"We forest rangers don't have a regular job, but our salary isn't low, right?" Zhao Jun continued to yell, "The forest farm sees your hard work and gives you subsidies. Salary plus subsidies, it should be at least thirty-five or thirty-six yuan, right? What's wrong? Can't you afford to eat or drink? Can't you afford to live?"

The salary of a forest ranger is indeed not low. When Zhao Jun worked as an inspector, his monthly salary plus allowances was only over 40 yuan.

The forest rangers below remained silent, and Zhao Jun didn't know whether they had heard him or not.

But Zhao Jun knew that not many people would listen to what he just said, because plundering is addictive.

Therefore, Zhao Jun directly said: "From today on, you are responsible for the private felling of trees that are mature and can grow into timber in the mountains. You don't need to take care of the things that are not mature, and that is not your job.

If you continue to beat people up or rob people, and those hooligans find me later, whoever did it will go home."

As soon as Zhao Jun said this, everyone looked up at once, and more than one hundred and ninety pairs of eyes were staring at him.

Zhao Jun didn't care and just said, "There are few people who can be forest rangers who sign up on their own. Most of them come here through connections, right? I don't care who you use to get connections, you can go back and ask. If I want to fire you, no matter who you ask, it won't work."

When Zhao Jun scolded people, his voice was loud. When he said the above words, Zhao Jun's voice was not so loud. Moreover, when the mountain wind blew, his words were intermittent.

But what Zhao Jun said just now made everyone feel cold.

How could everyone in the surrounding villages not have heard of the Zhao army?

Although these forest rangers are not on the payroll and do not enter the forest farm, when they sit together drinking and chatting, they talk about the people and things in the forest farm.

Everyone present knew what Zhao Jun's background was. If they had strong connections, why would they work as forest rangers here? Wouldn't it be better to work as a worker?

Moreover, Zhao Jun did not just rely on his background. Last year, he attacked Dou Baoguo three times in Xinleng Field. His attacks were well-founded and the beatings were so severe that even a production director could not get out of the situation. What could a small forest ranger like them do?

Zhao Jun finished speaking and walked towards his motorcycle. Wang Qiang followed Zhao Jun for two steps, then suddenly stopped and looked at the forest rangers, smiling and asked, "Did anyone scold my nephew?"

When Wang Qiang said this, everyone looked at him. Wang Qiang smiled and said, "You can scold me, but don't let us know. Otherwise, you can try it!"

After saying that, Wang Qiang quickly caught up with Zhao Jun.

The forest rangers looked at each other in bewilderment. If they wanted to curse, they had to do it secretly, otherwise they would lose their jobs if the news got out.

(End of this chapter)