Chapter Ninety-Three: The Ship Has Arrived

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Master Ma hopes to withdraw quickly, although he didn't catch a lot of money for the death of people this time, but it is not bad to get those dozens of rings and more than 20 horses in the patrol police station, and Ding Lanqi is hanging, his people can pass it together, although Ji Fool is not hanging, he is also seriously injured, and his men and horses can all belong to his side. Seeing that Da Jiangdong didn't think so, he still wanted to find silver, and said eagerly: "The big boss, don't forget the disaster of the five rivers last year." ā€

The word Wudaojiang suddenly woke up Dajiangdong - this Wudaojiang is in the upper reaches of the Hunjiang River in Tonghua County, after Liu Danzi, the big leader of the loyal and righteous army during the Gengzi period, surrendered and was captured, and the people followed the king and Da of the Yihe boxing. Once, when marching into Hailong, Wang Heda led his men and horses to be surrounded by the Russian army and Qing soldiers in these five rivers, and more than 1,000 people were basically wiped out, and only a few escaped, and Dajiangdong was one of these few people. It is said that before the attack, another leader, Dong Laodao, watched the sky at night, built yƬ Wang and Da slowed down, but the king was not allowed to attack; He also built yƬ and the king changed his way, but the king did not allow it. After the team came out, Dong Laodao sighed: "The battle will be lost, and nothing will be done." Then the flag died down, and the remnants and ** fists were hidden in Linjiang Maoer Mountain, and no longer carried out large-scale activities.

In Master Ma's hopeful gaze, Da Jiangdong was still silent, his eyebrows were twisted together, Master Ma naturally knew what he was thinking, "Big boss, this time this circle has also been captured, and the dog bureau has also been served, so when you leave, you can simply put some bright seeds in the county office, so as to teach the skins some lessons." ā€

Da Jiangdong's face was slightly better when he heard this, he was actually afraid that he would be laughed at by the Taoist people halfway through the circle, and he would not have any face at that time, but he thought that he had also entered this time, and the dog bureau was served by himself, and the county government would be considered complete if he put some liangzi. So I readily agreed, and hurriedly asked someone to arrange it. Soon, some torches were thrown on the roof of the county office, and after a while the fire was burning, and the bandits rode on horseback, shouting and throwing guns indiscriminately, and threw torches all around the street, and after a while, they withdrew from the west city gate together.

Liu Jianyun was still discussing the drawings with a few patrol policemen, thinking about how to copy the back road of the bandits, but he saw a Jia Yong rushing over, shouting as he ran, "Master, the beard is withdrawn, the beard is withdrawn." He was originally looking at the wind on the east gate tower, the highest building in the city is only three floors, from the top of the east gate tower of more than ten meters, there is no obstacle on the west gate, only a line of torches in the distance on the official road outside the west gate is getting farther and farther, roughly counted the number, guessed that it should be the bandits retreated, and hurriedly came down to report the news.

"Ah, just get out." Liu Jianyun said something inappropriate, but everyone didn't pay attention at this time. "Quick, find a few people to investigate, and find some people to put out the fire." The Fusheng restaurant was almost burned down, and the only thing that could be extinguished was some places next to it. Soon the person who went to investigate ran back and said with great joy: "Master, the beard is really withdrawn, really withdrawn." ā€

At this time, Liu Jianyun had already roughly guessed the reason why the bandits retreated, no longer doubted, nor pursued, only ordered to watch the city gate, and the rest of the people arranged to fight the fire, and he went to the church of Christ to report to a few masters. Soon, the sound of gongs and drums sounded in the city, and a few soldiers shouted at the top of their voices that the bandits had retreated, and shouted to go to the water to fight the fire, and so on, and the people in the church of Christ finally breathed a sigh of relief.

On that night, 53 patrolmen, 22 gentry and villagers, 8 factory guards, and 9 unlucky civilians were killed, 15 were wounded, and the bandits themselves threw down more than 170 corpses and 16 seriously wounded. The bulk of the loss of property was the loss of 68 Mauser guns and hundreds of pills and 28 horses by the Patrol Police Department, and the scorched earth of the city's most exclusive restaurant.

At noon the next day, when I woke up and went to the county office, the streets had been cleaned up, white cloths were hung everywhere in the city, and there were bursts of heart-rending cries from time to time. It turned out that after the Qiu County Commander knew the reason for Li Jingming's death last night, he summoned his family members in the morning to comfort one or two. Zhong Guanguan waited outside the door for a while, and the crying in the hall did not stop, and after a while, people came to invite.

In the hall, the Qiu County Commander frowned, this time the bandits came, the casualties were huge, and there was nowhere to go for the pension money of dozens of people, originally the expenses of these patrol police officers were raised by the patrol police, and they were not usually enough, and this time they had to spend such a large amount, and there was really nowhere to go.

Zhong Guanguan saw that he was pondering, and it was not easy to disturb, so he only said softly and shouted, "Master." ā€

Only then did Qiu Xian Ling come back to his senses, "Xian Fang, you are here." After a pause, he said: "Hey, bandits are rampant, the place is not quiet, if you weren't here last night, I'm afraid my head would have fallen off." ā€

Zhong Guanguan knew that the bandits' siege was caused by the railway company, and he said with a restrained and uneasy voice: "Master, this bandits' siege of the city was caused by the railway company, and the little nephew is really guilty." ā€

Zhong Guanguan's honesty made Qiu Xian Ling nod his head, as far as the matter is concerned, yesterday's incident was really provoked by this railway company, of course, this is just the opinion of the foolish people, "Xian Hu do not disturb, Li Zongxun and others are tired of the country's favor, this time for the country to kill thieves, die well, not to mention that this Tonghua is located in the middle of nowhere, and the merits of building roads and bridges are immeasurable, coupled with the nature of the tiger and wolf in Russia now, if we don't repair iron mines, the road is all in his ears." Xianfang, building roads outside this pass, benefiting the country and the people, is very good. Thinking of the bad state affairs, he let out a long sigh again.

Zhong Guanguan sighed when he saw it, thinking that he was worried about the aftermath of last night, and wanted to kill three or four times the bandits, and he could fully explain the past, I was afraid that it was to compensate for the silver sorrow. Thinking of the cry he heard on the street, he gritted his teeth and said: "Master, no matter what, it was also caused by this railway company, and the little nephew should be brave enough to compensate the dead and wounded, otherwise his conscience will be uneasy." ā€

Yesterday, there were more than 80 dead and injured, plus Zhong Guan's factory protection team of nearly 100 people. Good. Xian has a benevolent heart, and his wealth is as muddy as a spring. He also said: "This patrol police are dead and wounded, the county defense is empty, can Xian Feng be appointed as the director of this patrol police bureau, Liu Zisheng under your command is skilled in martial arts, I don't know if he can be famous, if so, he happens to be the chief inspector of the patrol police station." ā€

At this time, the defense force of Tonghua County was completely empty, and the guns were also snatched away by the bandits. Although today it has been ordered to dispatch patrol police from other districts in the county, but in this way the local defense will be empty, Tonghua is not a rich county in the first place, and the donations collected from the patrol police are simply not enough to feed the rated 500 patrol police, and now the patrol police in the whole county are at most more than 100 people, and last night they went to three or four percent, and if this gap is not filled, the bandits will be endless.

After meditating in his heart, Zhong Guanguan knew the plan of the Qiu County Order, but he was secretly happy in his heart, and pretended to be panicked and asked: "Master Qiu, Liu Zisheng was originally a student of the Nanjing 6th Military Academy, and he dedicated himself to serving the country together in Russia, so he was recruited by me to come to Guanwai after dropping out of school." But none of us are from this county, so is it inappropriate to hold this official position? ā€

"There's nothing wrong with that. As long as the territory can be safeguarded, the people will be safe. The Qiu County Order set the tone, "Last night's incident, I have already written the paperwork, and I have already played the work of you and Liu Zisheng to suppress the bandits, this time the extermination of nearly 200 Hu bandits, you and others have a meritorious reputation, and there is nothing wrong with this position." ā€

Seeing that he had set the tone, Zhong Guanguan didn't say much, and asked about the railway company's meeting.

Qiu County Ling was angry with the gentry in the morning, and everyone recognized the dragon head of Zhong Sightseeing after last night, and the places outside the customs are different from those inside the customs, and whether the fist is hard or not is the key to success. "The gentry will be here today, and they will rest for a day today, and let it start tomorrow."

Zhong Guanguan has no objection to this, since he does not go to Anton to pick up the goods, then he is not in a hurry for a while, and he will have a meeting tomorrow, so he will be able to hold a meeting to receive the goods together, and he should go to the capital to run the railway.

The next day's preparatory meeting for the construction of the railway company was extremely successful, Tonghua, Kuandian, Hengren, Baishan, Lin, Xingjing and other places are all located in the mountains and forests, the transportation committee is really inconvenient, although there is the Hunjiang River can be opened to ships, but the channel is not cleaned up usually is usually a raft loaded with 200 stones, and it is very long, and the navigation will be cut off in winter, and the railway company is very much in favor of opening it. Originally, he was a little surprised by the total share capital of 10 million taels, but Zhong Guanguan subscribed for 6 million taels here, and as soon as Zhang Qian's letterhead came out, the gentry at the venue were excited, and they subscribed enthusiastically for a while, and the remaining 4 million taels were quickly subscribed for nearly 500,000 taels, and the total calculation of the railway company still had a difference of more than 3 million taels.

Since the railway has a lot of blood, the fundraising of the education association will be less, and Chen Quzhi's dry mouth has only raised more than 3,000 taels of silver, including 1,000 taels of Zhong Guanguan, which makes him very unhappy. After going back, he said that he was too poor in the land outside the gate. In fact, the mountains and forests outside the pass are not rich, if you put it in the railway company of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, don't say 10 million, even 20 million is a matter of one day. The longer he came to Guanwai, the more Zhong Guanguan was full of feelings for this place, not for this world, but for the people here. Last night, he and everyone shrunk in the church of Christ and saw Jia Yong gathered in Dongguan under the sound of the bell, and heard Liu Jianyun sigh at night how Li Jingming charged to the death without hesitation, he felt that his heart was agitated, and the people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang were also so hardworking and simple, but that kind of courage and righteousness were rare, it was really Yan Zhao's generous and sad people, unconsciously, Zhong Guanguan had regarded this place outside the pass as his second hometown.

The big thing is over, in addition to talking to the Qiu County Order about the patrol police station, Zhong Guanguan patiently waited for the ship to go north. Four days after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Liu Jianyun came to report: The ship has arrived. Zhong Guanguan immediately got up and wanted to go out, and when he walked to the door, he remembered that he was a big man - because of the previous attack on the city by the bandits, coupled with the gentry and townships of the counties, the entire Dongbian Dao and even Fengtian knew that there was a Zhong master in Tonghua who killed more than 200 Hu bandits in one night, and he was extremely benevolent, and the dead and wounded were compensated regardless of whether they were their own subordinates or not. These rumors made him very ashamed, and the most heroic on the night of the Hu bandits' attack on the city were Li Jingming and those Jia Yong who were armed with wooden sticks, and he was afraid to hide in the foreigner's church of Christ.

"I won't go, you take people out of the city quietly, and you will unload the goods in one night." Zhong Guan's goal is too big, and he is afraid that he will not keep it secret if he goes out of the city, so let's go and see it during the day tomorrow, Liu Jianyun went in a hurry after getting the order.

On the morning of the second day, a 300-ton iron ship stopped at the wharf in the east of the county, this Hunjiang River has never been such a big ship, the whole county people ran to the east gate to see the excitement, because there is only a special wharf, and the other boat can wait for the front ship to unload in the wide place of the river before it can come up. Yu Zixun was not on the ship, and after the ship entered the customs, he got off the ship and went back to Tokyo, he had been in Anton for more than a month in order to open up the joint, and there were many delays in Tokyo. Taking advantage of the moment when the ship was unloading, Zhong Guanguan took a small boat to the tiger bar, where there were already more than 30 factory guards guarding, and two Makqin machine guns were also taken out by Liu Jianyun and staggered in the grass huts at various points.

After camouflaging through the mouth of the cave, Zhong Guanguan saw rows of wooden boxes extending to the innermost part of the cave. Liu Jianyun arranged it very carefully, the ground was covered with logs to waterproof, and the top was covered with oiled paper, and under the oiled paper was a straw mat. The air smelled of sawn wood, but as soon as the case was opened, the smell of gun grease came to my nose, and the wooden box was full of rifles. Zhong Guanguan didn't know anything about guns, and only asked Liu Jianyun: "How is this gun?" ā€

"All of them are good guns from foreigners, although they have been used, but the rifling has not been worn much, and the maintenance is good, and the guns are the latest type, which is better than the sleeve used by the imperial court." Liu Jianyun loves guns like his life, and after unloading the goods last night, he went through these guns according to the manifest and the night battle. "There are a total of 10,000 reams and 38 guns, there are 6,670 new rifles, and 3,368 are the same Mauser guns that the imperial court is equipped with now, but the craftsmanship is more refined and the guns are lighter. There are also some accessories. "The 1,000 British rifles have already been shipped to the 6-line factory in Shanghai at the time of the transfer, and they are going to be sold.

Zhong Guanguan has a coded letter, and Yang Rui has already introduced the situation of this batch of guns in detail in the telegram, so he is afraid that it will be missing. "Where is the medicine, and is the number correct?"

"Ziyao is inside," Liu Jianyun brought Zhong Guanguan inside, "I'm right, the numbers are all right, three million new gun bullets, 300,000 Mauser gun bullets, and 200,000 machine gun bullets." There were also some explosives. ā€

After Zhong Guanguan turned around, he was not interested, and after instructing Liu Jianyun to be careful, he signed and brought a Mauser-style rifle and some bullets to Chen. Although this person is a literati, but he is very good at martial arts, these days when he goes out to hunt because he doesn't know how to hide traces, he can't get close to the body of the prey, so he always blames the shotgun The range is too short, so that he basically returns empty-handed every time he goes. On the night of the night after seeing the munitions, he informed everyone to hold a meeting to arrange the rest of the matter, and on the second day, he left Tonghua for the capital with various documents for railways and minerals and more than a dozen escorts.