The cold wind was howling and the snow was flying all over the sky, and this was the first snowfall in the Wuhan area since the beginning of winter.

Although I heard that the commander-in-chief of the Republican Army had reached an agreement with the Hankou Chamber of Commerce to rebuild Hankow, it was really not suitable to start construction in the middle of winter, and the refugees had to take shelter in this shelter temporarily.

In addition to the complaints, the rest is longing, looking forward to the peaceful life after the war, but also looking forward to the fantastic new Hankou, it is said that Commander-in-Chief Zhao intends to build Hankou into the most prosperous commercial port in central China, to compare Shanghai, to compare with Guangzhou, in this situation although this plan is a bit of a daydream, but it is always better than a nightmare all day.

People always have to live in hope.

The young man did not know the taste of sorrow, although the snow on the ground was only half an inch thick, but they could not wait to play in the snow, the snowball fight was a little outdated, they preferred to stand on the river embankment, look at the Yangtze River, curiously count the warships on the river, through the snow curtain, the competition whose eyes are better, can see the foreign flag on the stern of the ship.

A huge warship was quietly moored on the main channel of the Yangtze River, and its body was much more majestic than the small warships of the great powers cruising around it.

This is the largest warship of the Republican Army, the "Haichen", which is now under double anchor, and several very thick cables extend from the hull and are connected to the shore, one of which holds a telephone line to communicate the communication between the warship and the land. Looking from afar under the snow curtain, the warship seemed so serene and calm, quietly guarding this quiet city.

As for the small warships of the great powers, they looked a little irritable, like a group of wild wolves looking at a tiger resting in their own territory, and they were unwilling, but they did not dare to step forward and drive it away.

The Chaozongmen Gate in Hanyang Fortress and the cruiser "Haichen" were facing each other from afar, and the small gunboat "Gonghe" was shuttling back and forth between the "Haichen" and the Chaozongmen pier, acting as a traffic boat.

Now, this "Haichen" is the headquarters of Zhao Bei, because the war has stopped, the Hanyang Arsenal is no longer a threat, therefore, he moved the headquarters to the warship, once the military situation changes, he can immediately command the warship into battle, with the ship's cannon bombardment of the enemy.

Not long after the uprising of the cruiser "Haichen," in consideration of the complexity of the situation of the struggle, Zhao Bei had already transferred all the officers and men of the original "Haichen" to the shore and formed a study class, in which Zhang Jiyang's current affairs lecturer provided them with political guidance, or brainwashing, and the teaching materials used were all compiled by a propaganda group chaired by Zhao Bei, mainly the history of modern China and the First Sino-Japanese War, in addition to a brief history of the "Wushen Revolution" and the world situation.

As for the people who are now operating the "Haichen," except for the more than 20 engineers and pilots who have been transferred from the "Chuguan," the other officers and men are all army troops, and those naval guns are also in the hands of artillery.

Two days ago, these officers and men of the army were extremely excited, and with the tacit approval of Zhao Bei, they fooled those engineers to cruise back and forth on the Wuhan River with their warships, and the naval guns turned around, pointing at the British Concession and then pointing at the Japanese Concession.

However, the actions of these army officers and soldiers also caused unnecessary trouble, and the British consul was enraged, and convened a meeting of the consuls of various countries in Hankow, instigating an "international fleet" to "deter" the "army and navy" of the Republican Army, so there was a strange scene of more than a dozen small foreign warships circling around the "Haichen", but the captains of these foreign ** ships are not fools, and it is just a show, if the consuls of various countries really order an artillery battle, they will not hesitate to pick up those small shells on their warships, Stuffed with butter into the mouths of these chauvinists, so that they know what it means to be "self-sufficient".

Zhao Bei only moved his headquarters to the warship yesterday, and just like a few days ago, he has been busy in the past few days, setting up military and government sub-governments in various localities, cleaning up the province's finances, stabilizing the market, and cracking down on bandits...... He has to worry about many affairs, after all, people's energy is limited, it is impossible to do everything, and the result of wanting to manage everything is that he can't manage anything well.

In addition to Li Yuanhong, Lan Tianwei, Zhang Jiyang, Wang Zhanyuan, Lu Yongxiang, these "old subordinates", there are Ji Yulin, Hu Ying, Liang Zhonghan, Wu Gongsan, Yin Ziheng, Li Yadong and others, most of them are cadres of the Japanese Notification Society, when the Japanese Notification was destroyed by the Qing court, these people were thrown into prison, some were imprisoned in Huangzhou, some were imprisoned, some were imprisoned, after the recovery of these areas, the Republican Army cleaned up the prison administration, released them, and was later included in the army by Zhao Bei to recuperate their spirits, A few days ago, Yang Wangpeng led the Northern Expeditionary Army to Henan to make a revolution, and invited these Japanese cadres and revolutionary youths to go with them, but these people thought twice, and most of them politely declined, and stayed to assist Zhao Bei.

Some of these people have gone to military schools, some have gone to law schools and normal schools, this is a ready-made military official and civil affairs official, especially Hu Ying, one of the "six evils of the Hongxian Empire" in history, assisting Yuan Shikai as one of the heavyweight advocates of the emperor, of course, such talents can not be let go, Zhao Bei not only has to use, but also to "reuse".

Therefore, in the meeting just now, Zhao Beili rejected Li Yuanhong's proposal, did not use Tang Hualong, but appointed Hu Ying as the "Director of the Mayor Office of Wuchang Special City", assisting himself in handling civil affairs, originally, Hu Ying recommended himself and wanted to be the diplomatic plenipotentiary of the Republican Army, presiding over diplomatic matters, but considering that he did not know any foreign languages, and he knew nothing about diplomatic etiquette, so Zhao Bei did not dare to obey his wishes, fortunately, the official of the mayor's office was not small, Basically, he is Zhao Bei's first deputy in civil affairs, and Hu Ying has no opinion.

As for Li Yuanhong, Zhao Bei did not leave out in the cold, in addition to officially appointing him as the speaker of the Hubei Council, he also appointed his friend Tang Hualong as the deputy speaker, and asked the two of them to be fully responsible for organizing the provincial parliament and promised them real power.

As the former commander of the Qing army, Li Yuanhong was a taciturn appearance when he first entered the republican military government, he didn't say much, no one was offended, and he was nicknamed "Mud Bodhisattva", until Yuan Shikai's "New Year's telegram" was issued, he changed his previous image and actively devoted himself to the revolutionary cause, not only took the initiative to write letters against the old subordinates who were still resisting stubbornly in various places, but also personally went to the concession and invited Tang Hualong, a representative of the Hubei constitutionalists, to go out of the mountain and do things for the military government, although Tang Hualong did not agree. However, it finally improved Li Yuanhong's status in the eyes of everyone, especially those constitutionalist gentry, who regarded him as the new leader of the constitutionalist faction in central China, and Zhang Jian in the southeast region was called "the monarch and the constitution".

Li Yuanhong also struck while the iron was hot, and in his capacity as vice chairman of the "Constituent Assembly," he sent a telegram inviting the constitutionalists from all provinces to go to Wuchang to hold a national constituent convention to urge the Qing court to establish a constitution, and jointly sent a telegram with Zhang Jian, urging the Qing court to formally appoint Yuan Shikai as "minister regent plenipotentiary" so that all state affairs could be handled in a justifiable manner.

It's strange to say, Yuan Shikai blatantly pulled the flag and rebelled, but the center of the Qing court did not take action for a long time, and even the "edict of rebellion" was not issued.

The emperor was not in a hurry, the eunuchs were in a hurry, and the imperial court did not speak, but the feudal officials from all over the country were busy, holding high the banner of "King Qin", and there were some "loyal ministers", of course, whether they really planned to bring troops into King Qin, or were busy for their own interests, but there was a question mark.

Today's situation is called a lively, you sing and I will appear, and the heroes will sing and clowns, and no one can say which one will dominate the world in the end.

Revolution is the division and combination of various forces, and revolution is also a big wave of sand, washing away the sand, leaving behind the gold and the sand disguised as gold.