For the workers at Hankow Station, today was just their usual day of work, and unlike usual, they would strike after half a day of work and have a meeting that was both familiar and unfamiliar. None of them knew that their action today would cause such a major change to the whole of Hubei, and even to the entire Republic of China. Shi San wrote in his diary.

The special envoy attached great importance to this inspection, and he had been in the hotel next to the railway for some days, and every day he had a telescope looking at the Kawaguchi Railway, and as a politician, he knew very well how much the peaceful and smooth resolution of the Kawaguchi problem would have on his career. He didn't eat at noon, and he would be sleepy after eating, which would make his face full of exhaustion, and his tired appearance when he spoke would be captured by the reporter's camera, which would affect his public image, so he just drank a cup of ginseng tea at noon to replenish his strength.

The phone rang, "Hey, I'm condition. , Oh, it's Brother Wang! That's right, I'm going to make a speech at Hankow this afternoon. What, you have already pulled the troops outside the city of Hankow? Oh, didn't I tell you, no, these workers are now very honest and no longer want to strike, if your troops go into the city, it will create a very bad impression on all walks of life, and there will be reporters who will criticize us for using force to suppress the workers' movement. Yes, yes, you can have the troops stationed outside the city first. When I'm done with the meeting in the afternoon, I'll take the train out of town to comfort them, well, okay. The envoy put down the phone and glanced at Director Liang beside him, "This king, I have caused trouble, now that the situation on the Kawaguchi Railway has been completely stabilized by me, he is now driving troops in again." He tapped the phone with his hand.

Director Liang smiled coldly, "The Overseer did this just to show the people above us, to show that he himself had also contributed to the handling of the workers' incident this time. ”

He nodded, "Your martial law is still useful, tell the patrol guards guarding the city that they must not let the army in, just say that it was on my order, if the reckless man Wang doesn't listen to the persuasion and drives the troops in, I don't know what chaos will happen?" ”

Director Liang nodded, "Okay, the envoy station is ready, let's go!" ”

Zhang Damin stood at the sign-in desk and greeted representatives from all walks of life in Hankou, and the first one to sign was Zhang Jincang. As a foreign comprador, he attached great importance to the movement of railway workers, after all, he himself was also engaged in the work of exploiting workers. Zhang Damin recognized Zhang Jincang, "Oh, it turned out to be Zhang comprador!" You have inconvenient legs, don't you mean you won't come reluctantly? ”

Zhang Jincang arched his hand and said, "Alas, because of the trouble made by the railway workers in our company this time, hasn't there been a few wagons of goods pressed!" Today I heard that the railway is back up and running, so I came to take a look around and want to get the freight on board as soon as possible. ”

When Zhang Damin used to work at Hankou Station, he was very interested in Zhang Jincang, because all the wagons entering the station can be exempted from inspection as long as they are printed with the logo of Zhang Jincang's company. And the product content on Zhang's wagon is filled in with fruit, and a discerning person knows that there is a cat at a glance, how can there be a fruit from the north to the south, and then it is not necessary to pay for death. As for what exactly was in the wagon of Zhang Jincang, no one knows. In order to maintain the situation in the past few days, Zhang Damin was temporarily responsible for all the incoming and outgoing goods at Hankou Station, and Zhang Damin finally figured out the doorway.

After the end of World War I, the warlords in the country were constantly fighting, and the British were worried about affecting their interests, so he pulled France and the United States to start an arms embargo on China. The warlords' desperate need for weapons has led many foreigners, including Germany, to see a huge business opportunity in smuggling weapons in China. As a defeated country, Germany needed a lot of money to pay reparations after the war and recover the economy, and China became their big market. Zhang Jincang has been smuggling arms to China on behalf of the Germans, no wonder so many policemen died in Zhang's mansion, and Director Liang did not touch him.

Zhang Damin used his authority to inspect Zhang Jincang's wagon, and the results surprised him. Inside the car turned out to be secretly smuggled cannons, and what was even more surprising was that the cannons were inscribed in Italian. Zhang Damin knew that his opportunity to make a fortune had come.

"Come, Mr. Zhang, let's take a step to talk!" Zhang Damin called Zhang Jincang aside. "Is comprador Zhang in such a hurry to ship this batch of goods?"

"Yes, the customer of this batch of goods is urgent, and if it is delayed, it will be compensated for a huge amount of liquidated damages." Zhang Jincang said very embarrassed.

"Ao, dare to ask Mr. Zhang, what are the goods in your wagon?" Zhang Damin asked with a pretended relaxation.

"It's all fruit as before!" Zhang Jincang felt that Zhang Damin was knowingly asking.

"Well, what kind of customer is this, the teeth are so good, and fruits made of iron can be digested!" Zhang Damin smiled slyly.

"My goods have the approval of Director Liang, if you feel that there is a problem with the goods, you can communicate with Director Liang, but unfortunately, Director Liang was assassinated by the Revolutionary Party, and now his life and death are unknown!" Zhang Jincang said regretfully.

Zhang Damin shook his head, "As far as I know, Director Liang is very healthy, and he will personally accompany the special envoy to inspect the work in a while." ”

Zhang Jincang was shocked, it seemed that the assassination at the funeral was really not committed by the revolutionary party. He always wondered how the revolutionary party could let himself help them smuggle arms while at the same time sending people to assassinate himself, a "virtuous man" in Hankow! He finally understood Director Liang's trick, which was to provoke contradictions between the revolutionary party and his immediate family and then obtain political capital from it.

Zhang Jincang stopped acting, "So what, my company's director Liang has also become a shareholder, what can you do with me?" ”

Zhang Damin smiled and said, "Of course I can't do anything to you?" But if your German boss knows that you are smuggling arms with Italy, can you tell me what he can do to you? ”

Zhang Jincang sighed, "What do you want?" ”

Delegates from all walks of life gathered at Hankow Station, and they all attached great importance to the workers' strike. You see, among them are both the oppressors of the workers and the sympathizers of the workers. How the authorities dealt with the workers' problem this time will have a very strong exemplary effect on Hankow and even the whole country. As for the journalists who were invited, they were more concerned about the breaking news. Whether it's a workers' strike or a bloody killing of workers, it's a good headline for them. Everyone was looking forward to it, and finally, the special envoy appeared.