On 15 August, the Guangzhou merchant group, which had not received a satisfactory answer, again dispatched 2,000 armed men to incite tens of thousands of businessmen and citizens to surround the Generalissimo's Mansion and the City Hall. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The location of the military academy was closely guarded by the first and second student teams, and all the teachers and students were vigilant, looking at the city of Guangzhou like a powder keg with one eye, and the other eye was firmly staring at the dozens of merchant ships that were about to move around the surroundings.

As a quartermaster, Zheng Yi couldn't stay out of the matter, and needed to assist Zhou Junruo to lead a platoon of guards to ensure the safety of the seized arms, but fortunately, the batch of munitions was very close to the dormitory, and Zheng Yi could stay in the dormitory most of the time to drink tea and rest.

The next day, the Guangzhou business group launched a large-scale boycott of the city to resist taxes and demonstrations, and in the name of "the Republic of China's political determination of the country and the army", the province's chambers of commerce took unified action.

In just two days, more than 100 counties and towns in the province have launched a strike-and-fight campaign, and the whole of Guangzhou has become a mess, all shops have been closed, all ships and vehicles have stopped operating, and the two armies of Yunnan and Guizhou stationed in Guangzhou and the surrounding areas have already had loose military discipline, and they have taken this opportunity to steal chickens and dogs, take advantage of the fire to rob, and for a time cry and shout, and the people's grievances are boiling.

Because Zhou Junyan and Yu Feipeng followed President Jiang closely, as the right-hand man day and night to give advice, the sparsely staffed quartermaster department has long been suspended, Zheng Yi, who has not had a specific job after entering the military academy, has become the most leisurely person, Zhou Junruo, who shoulders the heavy responsibility of arms guards, is worried day and night, and his lips are blistering, Zheng Yi is still calm, and he returns to the dormitory after completing the two-hour munitions guard task every day, concentrating on improving the design of the two new motors.

On 25 August, Zheng Yi finally completed the design work, planning to find an opportunity to go to the Shamian Concession and hand over the design drawings and patent application to White, but the news came that the generalissimo had declared martial law in Guangzhou and wanted Chen Lianbo, the leader of the merchant group.

Thanks to Zheng Yi's precautions, the teachers and students of the military academy have sufficient food and grass, and President Jiang, who received the report, vigorously commended the foresight and wisdom of the two officers of the Quartermaster Department at the core meeting of the school committee.

Zhou Junyan and Yu Feipeng, who had been busy for half a month, had no time to take care of the meal, and they were confused when they heard the praise of the principal and colleagues.

The two got together and muttered a few words, and Zhou Junyan told everyone frankly: "I'm ashamed to say that I have been in the conference room every day these days, and I and Deputy Director Yu have no time to pay attention to other things, nor do we pay attention to the daily meals, let alone give an order to buy food in advance, because twenty days ago, there was no money in our account, so I and the Quartermaster Department did not dare to take credit." ”

Yu Feipeng continued: "That's true, if it is said that our Quartermaster Department buys back a large amount of grain and bacon, then there are only two possibilities: one is that Mr. Liao forgot to inform us when he sent someone to deliver it, and the other is that the new special officer Captain Zuo Zhengyi bought it out of his own pocket, I personally think the second possibility is relatively large." ”

President Jiang and the officials were very surprised, and it was indeed reasonable to think about it carefully, with Mr. Liao's usual rigorous style, such a large amount of grain and bacon would definitely be notified, and it was necessary to go through the handover procedures to facilitate the accounting, so it seemed that the second point mentioned by Yu Feipeng was the most likely.

"Isn't Zheng Yi the candidate who made a big fuss at the door of the preparatory committee because he didn't qualify for the exam? It seems that he is less than nineteen years old, where did he get so much money? Lin Zhenxiong, director of the management department of the sensitive political department, asked.

Zhou Junyan laughed: "I know this situation better, Zheng Yi's family situation is very good, his father is Mr. Zheng Lanting, chairman of the Hubei Chamber of Commerce, and concurrently serves as the commercial counselor of the British Embassy and Consulates in Wuhan......"

"In addition, after Zheng Yi lost his qualification for the examination in early May, he entered the shipyard of the British company Swire in the Shamian Concession as a technician, and a month later he was promoted to chief technician with his outstanding professional knowledge and skills, and his income was higher than ours, so this money is not a problem for him."

"According to my observations, this son is very determined to revolutionize, and would rather give up the job that everyone envies, and has never changed his original intention of joining the revolution and entering Whampoa, and this son is sincere and frank, open-minded, and it is not strange to do such a thing, haha!"

"That's right, Zheng Yi, this kid is richer than me." Yu Feipeng spoke very seriously, the participants listened to it funny and laughed, and the deputy director of the Political Department Zhou, who was sitting opposite, also nodded frequently.

Principal Jiang immediately made a summary: "If it is really Zheng Yi's doing, I suggest that the military academy should return the money to him after the funds are sufficient, and the school committee and the political department will report this deed to the whole school, vigorously commend it, and make a contribution to Zheng Yi!" Next, we continue with the morning's topic of how to respond to the increasingly dire situation. ”

At this moment, Zheng Yi and Zhou Junruo were standing at the mouth of the fork river in the southwest of the military academy, staring at the two small fishing boats less than twenty meters away and talking in a low voice.

"It seems that there are a lot of fish in this bay, and the two small boats have cast seven or eight nets in a row, but none of them have been empty, and the fish caught in the nets are not small, which makes people greedy!" Zhou Junruo said.

Zheng Yi stretched out his finger and drew half a circle: "The waters of this bay are wide enough, judging from the dead grass floating on the water, there is a continuous rotation of the backflow, and the water is deep enough, the fish like to gather in this kind of place, and I estimate that these fishermen often feed here." ”

"You know that, too?" Zhou Junruo was quite surprised.

"Don't forget that I grew up by the Yangtze River, and one day I will invite you to eat Wuchang fish." Zheng Yi said with a smile.

Zhou Junruo helped his glasses: "Don't talk too far, can you find a way to get a fishing net back?" There is not much left of the cured meat you bought, and the people in the canteen always complain that they can't buy meat recently, and even to buy green vegetables, they have to go to a village more than ten miles downstream before anyone is willing to sell them to us. ”

Zheng Yi shook his head: "Even if you find a fishing net, someone must be able to use it, I can still fish, but I can't cast a net." ”

Zhou Junruo sighed in frustration: "Let's go back, it's going to rain, alas!" At the moment, everyone's nerves are tense, and they may go to war at any time, even if there are people who can use fishing nets, they can't pull out manpower. ”

Zheng Yi thought for a moment: "Are there any grenades in the warehouse?" ”

Zhou Junruo immediately understood what Zheng Yi wanted to do: "Don't think about it, since I entered the military academy, I haven't seen a grenade, and I have to count the rifle bullets one by one, where are the grenades for you to squander." ”

"Big brother, do you think the commanders are too bold? The more than 600 trainees only have more than 500 Yuannian-style rifles, and the guard company occupies more than 100 rifles, nearly half of which are second-hand, guarding more than 9,000 firearms and 3 million rounds of ammunition but not daring to use a single cent. Zheng Yi was very dissatisfied with this.

Zhou Junruo was also helpless: "I'm afraid you don't know, during this period of time, countless people are fighting the idea of this batch of munitions, I heard that the division commanders and brigade commanders of the Guangdong Army have quarreled, and even the principal's sworn brother Commander Xu Chongzhi wants to get a piece of the pie, but he is unwilling to take this responsibility, and in the end, even if he succeeds in deducting it, the military school will not get much." ”

"The instructors of all departments know about this, and they are all holding back the fire in their stomachs, but no one dares to speak, and I am afraid that they will eventually return it to the merchant group."

Zheng Yi stopped: "Give it back to the merchant group?" Where did you get the news? ”

Zhou Junruo sighed, took Zheng Yi's arm and continued walking: "I occasionally heard it when I brought breakfast to my uncle this morning, saying that the generalissimo couldn't stand it, the pressure from all sides was too great, the Japanese consul also lodged a strong protest to the base camp, the British were even more arrogant, and transferred four warships from Hong Kong to support the merchant group, and the French also shouted that the boycott and tax resistance had damaged their interests. ”

Zheng Yi finally understood, and his already angry heart became even more angry.

At night, Zheng Yi, who was on duty, offered to be Zhou Junruo's top shift, and Zhou Junruo, who was already overworked, accepted it politely, thanked Zheng Yi happily, and said with great emotion that he could finally sleep well.

It was almost midnight, the noisy moderate rain came suddenly, and the guards of a squad guarding the arms were rotated, and Zheng Yi, who led the team, ordered everyone to go to the front building to hide from the rain, and then return to the sentry post when the rain stopped.

The officers and men of the guard company of the military academy were in a high degree of tension for more than half a month, and they had already been tossed to the point that they were weak and weak, and they wished to sleep well for a few days and nights to catch their breath.

Zheng Yi in the rain was shirtless, wielding a shovel, spending more than half an hour digging a square pit in the wet underground, throwing down the shovel to uncover the tarpaulin, resisting the ten boxes of rifles one by one, carefully putting them into the bottom of the pit and arranging them neatly, crawling out of the pit and immediately bypassing the aisle between the two piles of weapons, carrying ten boxes of rifle bullets from under the tarpaulin on the other side. Regardless of whether the muddy water is damaging to the firearm, quickly fill in the dirt and stomp continuously.

After a short rest, Zheng Yi took the two baskets and flat poles prepared in advance, and carried the excess soil to the open space where the foundation was being dug at the west end of the dormitory and dumped it.

At dawn, the sky turned clear, Zheng Yi, who was in strong spirits, changed into a clean military uniform, returned to the munitions pile again to inspect carefully, greeted the guards who had changed shifts, and covered the tarpaulin that had not been sorted out last night, and finally came to the burial point where there was no trace to wander, and then walked unhurriedly to the officer's canteen.

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