The next morning, Lin Ziran heard Luo Mazi's very familiar words again:
"Sir, it's not good!"
"Sir, Wang Zhenshou ran away!"
These words directly frightened Lin Ziran.
Why did Wang Jinquan run away? He should have run away because he was in danger. Could it be that someone discovered that they were fakes? That's why Wang Jinquan ran away?
Lin Ziran immediately calmed down and said, "What's going on? Are the officers and soldiers coming?"
Luo Mazi was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then quickly explained: "No, the officers and soldiers didn't come over!"
When Lin Ziran heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart: "Oh, why did the man named Wang run away?"
Luo Mazi also had a puzzled look on his face: "I know, the people monitoring the governor's mansion said that Wang Jinquan was fine yesterday, but he disappeared today and didn't even eat breakfast."
"After interrogation, the brothers below discovered that not only Wang Jinquan could not be found, but several of his close men did not know where they were, and the money collected some time ago was also missing!"
Lin Ziran's face slowly darkened.
Then he said: "Find him for me!"
Originally Lin Ziran didn't care about Wang Jinquan's life and death, since the two parties were not on the same side anyway, but he had a problem with Wang Jinquan's sudden escape.
This opinion is not because Wang Jinquan donated money to escape. Although the money is important, it is not that important.
What he was worried about was that after Wang Jinquan escaped, the future would be uncontrollable.
Wouldn't it be terrible if this man had a big mouth, bragging about his fake guarding experience everywhere, and then exposed Lin Ziziran as well?
As everyone knows, Wang Jinquan was also afraid of being exposed because of Lin Ziran, so he ran away with the money in advance.
After all, their disguises have been pretty good so far, and the government has not discovered that they are all fake.
Since the government didn't notice, the officers and soldiers didn't fight, and Lin Ziran didn't have any conflicts with Wang Jinquan recently. Everyone went their own way, so the reason why Wang Jinquan wanted to run away was very simple.
Even after Lin Ziran thought about it carefully now, he could probably guess that Wang Jinquan was probably afraid and wanted to stop in advance, took the money and ran away.
However, Wang Jinquan's escape meant that Lin Ziran could no longer control this person, which would cause certain troubles.
Lin Ziran would naturally not let this happen to him!
He quickly gave the order and sent people to look for it immediately. Not only did he send a few people to search, but he also immediately sent an order on flying cavalry, asking the patrol camp and the old bandit brothers to immediately set up Cana people at the surrounding intersections.
Following Lin Ziran's order, Wu Dajiang rushed out with more than forty soldiers!
It's a pity that the people they are looking for are not a few ordinary people, but a few gangsters who escaped overnight last night and have been running for at least ten hours!
Moreover, these gangsters are quite familiar with the situation in Qingshan Town and have often evaded pursuit by officers and soldiers before.
It's not that easy to find them!
The men and horses who were chasing them at first were able to find some clues, but soon they lost all traces of Wang Jinquan and the others. They could only roughly judge that Wang Jinquan ran to the northeast.
After learning that he failed to catch up with Wang Jinquan, Lin Ziran had to consider the aftermath.
If it is for safety reasons, then we need to take people away as soon as possible. As long as we leave Qingshan Town, the sky is huge and there are many places to go.
But the existence of oil fields and refineries made it impossible for Lin Ziran to leave!
Nowadays, large-scale mass production of kerosene has just begun, and it is expected that it can bring in profits of at least tens of thousands of dollars a month.
This much money is enough for him to initially expand his army by five to six hundred people.
Moreover, more oil wells will be drilled in the later stages of the oil field, and the refinery will continue to expand its refining capacity. At that time, money will continue to flow in to expand the army.
Previously, Lin Ziran was thinking about using the profits brought by kerosene to continue to expand the army for a year and a half. In the end, he should be able to draw a team of two to three thousand people.
With a force of two to three thousand people, even if someone finally discovers that he is a bandit, so what?
These are troubled times. Not to mention other places, at least Luo'an County and Guang'an County are still fighting, and the number of front-line troops participating in the war in these two counties is actually only tens of thousands.
At this time, he, Lin Ziran, has two to three thousand troops. Who dares to despise him?
If Luo'an County couldn't accommodate him, he would go directly to Guang'an County without saying a word.
Presumably Guang'an County would be happy to have an army of more than 2,000 people join their camp out of thin air.
Lin Ziran had this in mind at the beginning, so he actively developed kerosene in Qingshan Town and expanded the patrol camp. As long as he was strong enough, there was no difference between a fake camp officer and a real camp officer.
But now Wang Jinquan's escape has disrupted his plan!
However, although Wang Jinquan ran away, he had no intention of giving up this plan.
No matter what, he has to stay in Qingshan Town, after all, he can't take the oil field with him!
Since we are going to continue to stay and Wang Jinquan runs away again, we should make some arrangements.
Soon Lin Ziran called Luo Mazi in: "It was passed down that there was a fire in the town guard's mansion, and Wang Zhengshou was unfortunately buried in the fire, and his appearance was beyond recognition!"
Now that Wang Jinquan has run away, Lin Ziran is done with it and directly creates the news that he died in a fire. As long as the official confirms it, then even if Wang Jinquan is talking nonsense outside, who will believe him then?
He's just a bandit leader, can he believe what he says?
When Luo Mazi heard Lin Ziran's words, he immediately showed admiration: "My lord has great opinions, and I admire you so much. I have been in the world for more than ten years and have seen countless heroes, but when it comes to intelligence, no one can compare with me!"
Lin Ziran ignored his flattery and continued to give instructions: "Pay attention to it. Do it yourself and make sure you don't make any mistakes!"
Luo Mazi said: "I understand, I will arrange it myself now!"
After Luo Mazi finished speaking, he hurriedly left to make arrangements.
Lin Ziran was relieved that Luo Mazi could do this kind of thing.
But even if it is possible to fake the appearance that Wang Jinquan died in a fire, there will definitely be hidden dangers in the future.
And this incident made Lin Ziran even more worried about the future.
Exposing his identity was only one aspect, but on the other hand, he also began to worry that the huge profits from kerosene would attract prying eyes.
This kerosene business is really a huge profit. As long as the oil wells are drilled and the refinery is built, it will be able to provide a steady stream of money, and the money will definitely become more and more. If no one is watching, it will
possible.
No one can sit back and watch such a huge gold mine and remain indifferent.