Chapter 9: Banditry

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"That means that as long as the imperial court agrees, the section of the railway from Xinmintun to Fengtian can be repaired if you want to?" Yang Rui turned the subject back to reality and continued to focus on the railway.

Zhong Guanguan asked, "Do you want the imperial court to build this railway, or do we want to build this section of the railway ourselves?" I have been in Beijing for so long, and according to the statement of the Zuo Cheng Wang of the Ministry of Commerce, the imperial court has long wanted to build the railway from Xinmintun to Mukden, but the Russians have not allowed this section of the railway to be repaired under the pretext of different track systems. In fact, this more than 100 miles of road, it doesn't cost much, and the iron bridge on the Liao River is not a difficult matter, and the iron bridge over the Yellow River is said to be repaired, not to mention the Liao River. If it can be repaired, I think the imperial court must want to build this road. ”

Yang Rui said: "It's best for us to repair, if the imperial court repairs, it will definitely be delayed, and the materials we build the road can only be transported from the railway inside and outside the Guan." The repair of this section will delay the construction of the railway from Mukden to Fushun. ”

Zhong Guanqi said: "Why don't you transport materials from the Dongqing Railway?" In this way, you can go directly to Mukden and save the trouble of turnover. ”

"This is impossible," Yang Rui denied his idea, "No matter who occupies the Dongqing Railway, it will only transport military supplies during the war, and the time when road repair materials can be transported is the end of the war, but at that time, Russia and Japan, no matter who wins, will not like to have a railway in the Northeast that does not belong to them, and this railway is connected to the sea in the east and Guannai in the west, this is not a business robbery." Now they don't strongly oppose it, because the war is not over yet, no one knows the victory or defeat, and if they oppose it, they will oppose it in vain, maybe they are marrying others. Once the war is over, the railroad will be the first target. ”

Zhong Guanguan said: "It turned out that what you said was wrong. According to my dealings with the American minister, he expressed that he would do his utmost to ensure the smooth construction of the railway. Besides, according to your view that Japan will win, isn't the United States an ally of the Japanese? ”

Yang Rui smiled bitterly, and what he said earlier put himself in, "Oh, don't believe that Americans, especially people in the U.S. government, are all bitches." The strength of the United States in the Far East is completely incomparable with Japan's, and if Japan really wins, then Japan's navy will be even stronger after the victory, and it is still an ally of Britain, and there is really a conflict, and the Americans cannot do anything to the Japanese, only it has the share of bullying the United States, and there is no part of the United States bullying it. Besides, even if the Japanese are afraid of the Americans, as long as Japan says to the Americans, 'What are you doing with all the effort to build the Antongfeng Railway, and we will sell you the one we occupy,' then there will be little point for the United States to support the railway, because after all, almost all of its goods are landed from the cattle farms. To be honest, at the beginning, I felt that there was a lot of hope that the railway would be approved by the Qing court, but the more I went on, the less hope I felt, but who knew that it was finally approved. I was in New York and I was overjoyed to see the telegram that the railroad had been approved. ”

Thinking of the fact that the railway was approved last year, Zhong Guanguan laughed, he was crazy with Shang Fang's sword at that time, it was really bright. But thinking of the situation Yang Rui said, he made up his mind? "So what are we going to do?"

"This time to the United States to participate in the World Expo, it is necessary to let Hanzhang go to the United States Cotton Spinning Association and Mobil Oil Company, especially the Mobil Oil Company, the forces behind it should not be underestimated, they are not pushing kerosene in China, we have established a distribution channel in China through guò monosodium glutamate is very valuable to it, and can let Hanzhang make some private promises to it." I really don't know if this has an effect, Yang Rui suppressed his thoughts, took out the sketch he drew again, and said firmly to Zhong Guanguan, "If there is more, it is up to us!" Be sure to start at both ends of the railroad, and do it very quickly! Taking advantage of the fact that the war is stable but Japan and Russia have not yet concluded a treaty, we need to repair both ends. No matter how bad the quality of the repair is, even if it is reworked after the repair, it is necessary to occupy the roadbed of these two sections. After these two ends are repaired, the middle one can start slowly, and whoever dares to make trouble at that time will wait to eat the gun. "According to the knowledge of those materials on the Russo-Japanese War, this gap is only three months, which is far from enough, and we have to find a way to make a few more months.

Looking at the sketch drawn by Yang Rui, the small section of the railway at both ends is clear at a glance, this is indeed very important, once these two ends are truncated, it will be as if the dragon has been cut off, and there is no use in the middle, "I will write a letter to Lord Wang of the Ministry of Commerce after I go back, and see if the section from Xinmintun to Fengtian can be repaired in the name of the Tao." In this way, we will be able to repair the section that crosses Mukden quickly. ”

Yang Rui nodded and said, "That's the best." Hey, in China now, doing things is a bit like walking on a plum blossom pile in martial arts, every step is important, once you step on the wrong step, you have to fall down. It's hard. By the way, what happened to those people from the United States who surveyed and mapped the railways? It seems that Mr. Chen's son is also here? Yang Rui remembered that Chen Yixi sent a lot of people to the northeast at that time.

Speaking of Chen Yixi's son, Zhong Guanguan laughed, Yang Rui looked at him very strangely, and he smiled: "Do you know what his son's name is?" ”

Yang Rui shook his head, because he was not in the same boat as these, he didn't know him.

He said, "It's called Chen Da." He laughed.

Yang Rui also smiled, the name is a bit interesting, but it is not funny to say that it is very funny. He said: "What's so funny, you can't think about money." Okay, stop laughing, what are they doing now? ”

Zhong Guanguan laughed for a while before stopping, and said: "They are afraid of the cold to death, they were sick several times when they first came, but after getting used to it, they were all idle, clamoring to go out to explore the road, I don't understand what they say, it's weird." However, these people are ruthless in doing things, and within a few days of coming here, those who are not sick have mapped the railways between several factories and mines. After the third day of the Lunar New Year, they said that they wanted to go out again, and asked me to send someone to lead them in the way, but I didn't agree, so they ran out by themselves, and there was no way to do it, so I had to ask Liu Jianyun to send someone to take them. I haven't come back since I went out after the New Year. ”

It's really desperate! Yang Rui couldn't help but think of Chen Yixi's poisonous oath patting his chest when he was in the United States: Brother Yang, you can rest assured, this is the first railway built by our Chinese, I will not lose the face of our Chinese, if I can't repair it, I won't go to the ancestral grave. "Where did they go?" Yang Rui asked.

Zhong Guanguan also admired this group of overseas Chinese, "Don't worry, according to what you explained, don't go to Andong, go to Fushun, there are more than 100 patrol guards to escort, nothing big happens." ”

"That's good. That's good. Yang Rui nodded thoughtfully, overseas Chinese in China, their hearts are hot.

On the second day, Zhong Sightseeing left, although he had only been here for a day, but there were many things in Tonghua that could not leave him, especially the first batch of base staff was about to arrive, and there were too many things to prepare. Watching Zhong Guanguan leave with a heavy expression, Yang Rui also sweated for him in his heart, sitting in the position of Tonghua, there were too many things to do, not only to be responsible for the railway mine, but also to manage the factory business, and now Yang Rui has added a rural job to him, which is really going to keep him busy. The clan is in great trouble, and our generation is destined to sacrifice for the nation, Yang Rui said to himself in his heart.

After Zhong Guanguan left, Yang Rui perfected the power map of Dongbian Dao with the help of Master Ma, and Lin Qi in the east of Linjiang had been defeated, leaving only Mrs. Yang and Dong Laodao. Yang Rui asked, "What is the origin of this Old Lady Yang and Old Dong Dao?" ”

Master Ma is now a bit of the style of the old master, but because of the new beard, he still doesn't know much about the situation inside, and at the same time, he is now Yang Rui is fluent in literature and ink, these two points make him very restrained from the old style. There is also the fact that Yang Rui, as the big boss, has the same food and clothing as the soldiers, and he does not have any privileges, that is, even the previous class of prostitutes did not send anyone to serve, but there is only a orderly, but this orderly is only to help with official business. Especially once he saw Yang Rui singing the strange song of "washing and brushing" and washing his clothes, Na Lisuo's scrubbing, if he didn't know his identity, Master Ma would have thought that this person was a servant. He really can't understand such a big boss. To this end, he strives to be perfect in everything he does, so that the big bosses can value him.

At this moment, when he saw the big boss asking, he coughed twice and said: "This old lady Yang, it's the ...... of the Xin Mao year" meticulously He suddenly saw Yang Rui frowning when he heard this, and immediately knew the reason, and changed his words, "It was the seventeenth year of Guangxu, when he was in Jindan Road in western Liaoning, led Yang Yuechun, Li Guozhen and others to lay down the Ao Han Beizi Mansion, and immediately built the founding mansion, intending to fight to the end with the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Sweeping the North Martial Saint', this old lady Yang is the wife of this Yang Yuechun, she has learned to be the best boxer, and her martial arts are strong. Later, the Qing soldiers suppressed, the rebels were outnumbered, and the incident was lost, this Yang Yuechun and other leaders were killed by the imperial court, and she took the escaped rebels to scatter around, and then I don't know how to get to the Linjiang area. ”

It turned out that there was such a story, Yang Rui couldn't help but think of the kind of vigorous peasant uprising in his mind, and he asked again: "What about Dong Laodao, why did he get mixed up with this old lady Yang again?" ”

Master Ma said: "This Dong Lao Dao was originally from Shandong, and later came to Liaodong to open the altar to teach boxing, and presided over a temple in Gushanzi, Tonghua. At that time, it coincided with the invasion of the Russians, and its momentum was too great, so they joined forces with Liu Danzi's loyal army and Yang Yulin's Zhendong army to resist the Russians, but the three rebel armies fought separately, and the Russians had fast guns and artillery, plus they were fighting together with the official army, and the coalition army was defeated in less than a year. This Dong Laodao saw that it was difficult to support himself, so he teamed up with Wang Heda and the old lady Yang in Linjiang. However, Wang Heda was brave and unstrategic, and later did not listen to the advice, and led his men and horses to be surrounded by the big nose of the official army in Wudaojiang, and he was defeated in a desperate battle, so that the whole army was wiped out. After this battle, the elite of the rebel army was lost, and the rebel armies everywhere had been ambushed, so this Dong Lao Dao and Mrs. Yang were nested in Linjiang Maoer Mountain. Seeing that Yang Rui was in a trance, Master Ma said again: "When Dajiangdong attacked the county seat last time, he also contacted Dong Laodao to fight together, but Dong Laodao sent someone to push back, and later Dajiangdong went to Dong Laodao to rescue the soldiers to fight the village, and Dong Laodao did not agree. ”

There is still such a thing, Yang Rui asked: "Aren't this Old Lady Yang and Dong Laodao bandits, why are such good things pushed away?" ”

Master Ma said: "The big boss, this Old Lady Yang and Dong Laodao are really not beards, they don't disturb the people on weekdays, they all rely on their own work for their livelihoods, and they should also be thieves if they want to count, but now they are lying in Mao'er Mountain, waiting for the opportunity to make a comeback in the future." ”

Yang Rui somewhat understands the plans of this force, isn't it the same as himself. What to do with them? Zhao'an? Merge? None of them seem to fit. If they really join, it must be a group, and their scale is too small, and it will be a real trouble if the tail is too big to fall when the time comes.

Master Ma saw that Yang Rui was thinking about it, thinking that he wanted to partner with this force, he said: "The big boss, do you want to merge them in?" ”

Yang Rui shook his head and asked again: "They are in Linjiang, aren't the Russians also over there, why haven't they been exterminated by the Russians and Lin Qi combined?" ”

Master Ma said: "Although this king and Da were defeated, there are still a lot of boxers in Maoer Mountain, although Lin Qi said that he had been a sentry officer of the Qing army, but the fighting kung fu was very sparse, and the terrain of Maoer Mountain was dangerous, and the boxers were not afraid of death, and they couldn't be suppressed after being suppressed twice."

Yang Rui sighed and stopped talking. Let's put this group first. He said: "Since they usually don't disturb the people, and they don't offend us, let's let them stay where they are, and everyone will not interfere with the river water." ”

The final word of the big boss, Master Ma has nothing to say. After finishing talking about the east, Yang Rui asked a few more faces. Master Ma just said that his mouth was dry, but it was useless for the big boss to ask: "To the south of Tonghua are Huairen, Kuandian, Phoenix, and Andong; To the west is Xingjing and Fushun. The beard of these two big locks will not be there by then, but the local township regiment and patrol police are a force. For example, Ma Lianrui of the Kuandian Township Regiment, Chen Guodong, the head of the Yangmen Patrol Regiment of Phoenix City, Yang Erhu, the big boss of Nanfentou, and Leng Zhendong of Fushun are quite influential in the local area. Although he is not a bandit, he is just wearing an official hat, but no matter what, he has a family and land, and in order to win the name of benevolence and righteousness, he will not do anything desperately. Although there are no large bandits in the area from Hailong to Tonghua, there are still a lot of small beards of dozens or a dozen people, and there are more than a dozen locks of famous ones, and there are more than a few famous ones; Then there is the Jilin Jiapigou side, the Han family has Ding Yong's 2,000 guns over there, and the leaders of his subordinates, Li Hancheng and Xu Fusheng, are all brave people, and they are the largest ...... in the Changbai Mountain area, but although there are many of them, they are far from the soldiers under the big boss. Master Ma was afraid that he would annoy Yang Rui by saying that the Han family was too good, and immediately said a few words of flattery, Yang Rui knew that he was now a frightened bird, and he didn't reprimand, so Quan Dang didn't hear it. Master Ma saw that Yang Rui's expression did not move, and he didn't dare to pat himself on the back more, and continued: "However, there are rumors that the Han family can't suppress their subordinate brothers, Li Hancheng and Xu Fusheng have both been bought by Big Nose, and they are now fighting hotly with Big Nose, and they are going to help fight the Japanese." ”