After Chen Jingyun finished speaking, the other people also looked normal, Zheng Zuyin and others also knew that although they could throw their heads and spill their blood for the revolution, the soldiers at the bottom did not have such a high consciousness, and other places did not know, but they knew that now the Hubei People's Army was paying a high amount of money for conscription, otherwise it is estimated that no one will join the army except for the hot-blooded students.

You look at me, I look at you, after calming down a little for a while, Zheng Zuyin spoke first: "I have been raising funds for the uprising in the past few months, and now I have more than 60,000 yuan, this money I originally planned to purchase arms, and now I will take it out as military funds!" "This is the Xingzhong Society.

At this time, Lin Wenying also said: "A few days ago, Mr. Tao Chengzhang also remitted a sum of money to me, with 70,000 yuan."

Xiao Qibin, who hadn't spoken much, also spoke: "Our Communist Association originally planned to do something in the next few days, and we also have a sum of money in our hands, not much, more than 20,000 yuan!" After a slight pause, he continued, "However, I can personally donate 2,000 yuan!" ”

I didn't see how Xiao Qibin's family background turned out, and at the same time, he was willing to dedicate his family property to the revolution, this kind of affection Chen Jingyun thought that he couldn't catch up.

With Xiao Qibin's beginning, Lin Zhaomin was not willing to be left behind: "My Lin family can also come up with a thousand yuan, not for anything else, just to avenge my brother!" ”

With these two people at the beginning, Chen Jingyun didn't want to say anything, so he had to say: "I, Chen, also took out four thousand!" After saying that, he immediately turned to Lin Chengkun and said, "You have a lot of money, and you also took out a thousand!" According to Chen Jingyun's thoughts, he has long regarded the army as his own, even if the revolutionaries don't come up with money today, then Chen Jingyun plans to temporarily take out money from his home to use it as military funds. However, since the revolutionaries had the money to take it out, they naturally used them.

Peng Shousong said: "I and my brothers can get together, and we can get two thousand yuan." ”

Although the remaining few people did not come up with tens of thousands, there were still hundreds of them.

After making up like this, he even made up nearly 160,000 yuan.

With this 160,000 yuan as a foundation, Chen Jingyun is more or less down-to-earth in his heart, at least the war expenses are available in a short period of time, and as for the military expenses in the future, they do not belong to the scope of the current heart, and when the time comes, if you want to raise the army, you can't rely on the donations of the revolutionary party and your own people, it will depend on local finances.

After all, the cost of a town's army in just one month is nearly 200,000 yuan, and the various expenses such as purchasing equipment and maintaining equipment have not been counted!

After that, Zheng Zuyin proposed that the headquarters of the rebel army be formally established. Everyone also agreed, after all, the uprising was approaching, and there could be no chaos at that time, and all military operations and other affairs had to have a rule.

So who will be this commander? Zheng Zuyin asked the people present, as soon as this question came out, it was cold in an instant. To be the commander-in-chief of the rebel army, the most important thing is to have a fairly high military rank and prestige, so that he can smoothly command the new rebel army and win over other new and old armies. Among the revolutionaries, there are not many people who meet this point, and they are none other than Xu Chongzhi, the 20th Coordinator, Lin Zhaomin, the 40th Standard, and Chen Jingyun, the 38th Standard. Among the others, Xiao Qibin and Lin Wenying, although their prestige within the revolutionary party is still acceptable, and the troops in their hands are not small, but their military ranks are too low, and if they really want to be the commanders, not many rebel officers will listen to their commands. As for Zheng Zuyin, Wei Shengtian and Liu Tong and others, not to mention, they didn't even have a military position, their role was to contact individuals and raise military funds before the uprising, and it was not their turn to fight.

According to reason, among Chen Jingyun, Lin Zhaomin, and Xu Chongzhi, Xu Chongzhi's qualifications are the most solid, not only the highest military rank, but also Sun Wen's right-hand man in his early years, and the head of the Xingzhong Society in Fujian. But Xu Chongzhi has long been scrupled by Sun Daoren, and a few days ago, Wuchang drove Xu Chongzhi to Zhaowu Mansion as soon as the incident occurred, and if he wanted to be the commander, he would not be able to perform his practice at all.

The rest of Lin Zhaomin and Chen Jingyun can be said to be half a catty and eight taels, and their military positions are the same, and both of them have just entered the alliance, and their motives are not so pure. However, the two battalions under the 40th standard under Lin Zhaomin's command are not in Fuzhou City, the first battalion is in Zhaowu Mansion, and the second battalion is in Yanping Mansion.

In this way, it is Chen Jingyun who occupies the biggest advantage! He has a high enough military rank and prestige in the army, and the most important thing is that he still holds the only regular infantry battalion in Fuzhou City.

In addition to these reasons, there is a more important point, that is, the factional conflict within the League, the contradictions between the Xingzhong Society, the Guangfu Association, the Gongjin Association, and even the Hui Party represented by Peng Shousong have not yet reached their peak, but they have already shown signs of emergence, and it is conceivable that they are unlikely to accept the forces of the other side to lead them.

Although the revolution and the overthrow of the Manchu Qing were also important, the right to lead the revolution was equally important.

After a dull time for me to look at you and look at me, Xiao Qibin suddenly said: "I propose that Chen Jingyun be the commander-in-chief of the rebel army, and Lin Zhaomin be the deputy commander!" ”

As soon as Xiao Qibin's words came out, Lin Wenying of the Liberation Society also said: "I also agree, only Brother Chen and Brother Lin have the highest positions on our side, and the second battalion under Brother Chen will also be the main force of the rebel army, so it is a foolproof strategy for Brother Chen to serve as the commander and Brother Lin to serve as the deputy commander!" ”

Unexpectedly, Chen Jingyun said: "What about Xu Chongzhi? He is the co-commander of the 20th Association, and he is worthy of the name if he is the commander! ”

"Ahem!" Peng Shousong waved his hand: "Now Xu Chongzhi is still in Zhaowu Mansion, how can he command the troops with him as the commander, and how can he entrap other new and old armies?" ”

Wei Shengtian also nodded: "What Mr. Peng said is right, I think Xu Chongzhi will understand our approach!" ”

Zheng Zuyin also said: "Zihua, you are expected to serve as this commander, so don't postpone it!" ”

At this time, Chen Jingyun sighed: "Since you say so, then Chen can only catch the ducks on the shelves and do his best!" ”

But at this time, Lin Chengkun's face, which had been tense, behind Chen Jingyun, was finally soothed, as Chen Jingyun's confidant, he knew that Chen Jingyun had always wanted this leadership, otherwise Chen Jingyun would not have brought the people of the Restoration Society, the Gongjin Association, and the Huaxing Association to a meeting together! With the tilting and distrust of these three factions, Chen Jingyun can find opportunities from them. And now it has been proved that Chen Jingyun, who has strong strength and does not belong to any of their factions, has become the lubricant between them, and only the existence of Chen Jingyun can make the characters of these three parties cooperate with each other.

In this way, Chen Jingyun's becoming the commander-in-chief of the rebel army has become expected. However, this commander is more only nominal, at least Chen Jingyun can't command the forces under these revolutionaries, if you want to get real power, you have to rely on yourself to really control everything of the rebel army! By the men and guns under your hands, to be exact!

Immediately, everyone discussed the structure of the headquarters, and all kinds of possible arrangements at that time, that is, they looked forward to the beautiful fantasy of the future for a while, speaking of this future, everyone was passionate, saying that after the Manchu court was ousted, China would not be able to become a great power in a few years, recreate the style of the Han and Tang dynasties, and the people would live and work in peace and contentment, although Chen Jingyun had no sense of identity with their boastful talk, but it was not good to hinder people from fantasizing about the future, so he had to echo a few words.

After agreeing on various matters, everyone ended this not formal meeting, and after the meeting, Chen Jingyun said goodbye to everyone and left with Lin Chenkun!

But Lin Wenying, Lin Zhaomin and others left without following closely, and the dim kerosene lamp in the house was on until midnight!

Due to the late hours and the tense situation now, a curfew has already been implemented in Fuzhou City, especially near the South School Field, and it is not easy for Chen Jingyun and Lin Chengkun to swagger back to the barracks, so after the two separated, they went back to their respective homes.

It was already three o'clock in the evening, and it was half past ten in the evening, most of the people in the house had already slept, and Chen Jingyun didn't want to disturb them, so he specially instructed the porter not to make a noise, let alone report to Chen Yu's family, Rao was so, and the little maid in the porter also trotted in quickly, obviously to inform the maid in Chen Jingyun's yard.

As soon as he entered the courtyard where he lived, he found that the lights in the house had been turned on, and several of the maids in his room were already waiting, all of them wearing thin silk coats, and there was no outer coat, apparently they had been hastily woken up after they had fallen asleep.

Chen Jingyun waved his hand: "Let's go back to sleep!" Leave me alone. ”

After listening to those maids, you look at me, I look at you, and then they retreated one after another, but there was only one left, this woman was about sixteen or seventeen years old, with a melon seed face, and she was extremely delicate. Originally, this group of maids were all masters, but she was particularly outstanding among these three or four maids, and this person was Chen Jingyun's personal maid Luo Li. Originally, she was not the maid in Chen Jingyun's room, but Chen Jingyun was seriously ill before, and Chen Yu's worried sent Luo Li beside him to Chen Jingyun's room, so that Luo Li could take care of those maids.

I saw that she first stepped forward to take Chen Jingyun's coat, and then said, "Young master, has you ever eaten?" Waiting for a shower too? ”

Chen Jingyun said: "After eating, as for bathing, you don't need to trouble the people in the kitchen, I will use cold water later!" ”

Unexpectedly, Luo Li said: "There is hot water in the kitchen, how can it be troublesome, besides, young master, your illness is better in a few days, if you suffer from the wind and cold because of the cold water, the slave and maid will be unforgivable!" ”

Hearing her say this, Chen Jingyun didn't say anything, if he was sick, he would be unlucky not only to be himself, but also to be a group of subordinates in the yard.

As Luo Li went out to prepare hot water, footsteps sounded outside again, and an old man about fifty years old and wearing a silk horse coat walked in with a lantern in front of Chen Jingyun's house: "Young master! ”

Chen Jingyun looked puzzled: "Oh, Fourth Uncle, is there something wrong so late?" ”

The person who came with a lantern at the door was Chen Huiyang, the housekeeper of the Chen Mansion, a distant cousin of Chen Jingyun's father, who followed Chen Jingyun's father in his early years and had been in the Chen family for decades.

Chen Huiyang put down the lantern, walked in, and said while handing over an account book in his hand: "The accounts for the first half of the year have been done last month, but the young master was not in good health some time ago, and the young master has been staying in the barracks these days, and he has never had a chance to let the young master see it!" The shopkeepers below are waiting for the young master's reply! The old slave knew that the young master was busy with official business, and he didn't dare to go to the barracks to disturb, just now I heard that the young master had returned home......"

Chen Jingyun also smiled when he heard this: "I'm afraid you're afraid that I'll go out early in the morning, so now you have seen the stitches rushing over!" ”

Chen Huiyang also smiled slightly: "Young master, be considerate and considerate of my old bones!" ”

Chen Jingyun smiled and said, "Sit down!" ”

Chen Huiyang immediately spread out the account book after sitting down, and then began to talk about Chen Jingyun one by one, Chen Jingyun fused the memories of the two, and also had a general understanding of the Chen family's industry in his mind.