The west is sinking, and the midsummer heat has not yet dissipated. But the streets are finally a few pedestrians, but they are all in a hurry. The shops next to the street sheltered from the still glare of the sun.

This is the Tianjin Rìben Concession, in the middle of Fukushima Street.

Tianjin Concession was established after the Sino-Japanese War, after the change of the country of disgust, with the support of the "Xinchou Treaty", the authorities of the Concession took the opportunity to expand the concession, and now the concession has covered an area of more than 2,000 acres, although it is not the largest area in the concessions of Tianjin countries, but the scope of the concession is also considerable, in order to facilitate management, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs promulgated the "Residence of the People's League Law" in the year of the Emperor, to carry out unified management of the concession in China. The establishment of the "Resident People's League" exercises a certain range of autonomy in the ancestral territory, but at the same time, as a means of control, the Concession Jǐng Procuratorate, as a parallel organization, enjoys the same status as the Residence People's League, and is directly under the consul supervision and command of the Concession.

The "Resident People's Group" in the Tianjin Rìben Concession is located on Fukushima Street, next to the Rìben Garden, and there is a "Rì Qing War Monument" and a shrine erected in the Rì Ben Garden, which is the tallest building in the Rì Ben Concession, and you can see it from a long distance, because the rì Ben Concession authorities strictly prohibit Chinese people from approaching here, so there are not a few Chinese in this rì Ben Garden and even the entire Fukushima Street, and the Chinese people would rather take a long detour than pass on Fukushima Street.

Therefore, only Rì himself can be seen on the streets of Fukushima now, except for those who wear navy blue sè uniforms and white sè bucket hats.

The name rì this concession patrol carries a root jǐng stick. Leisurely patrolling in front of the Rì Garden, when he turned his head to look at the Resident Youth League Affairs Bureau not far away, he was surprised to see several Chinese coming out of the office.

The reason why they are sure that they are Chinese is also very simple: because almost every pound of villains has a long braid on the back of their heads, but they are all men.

Although China has now declared a republic, the Constituent Assembly has also officially promulgated a law declaring that citizens have the right to decide how to dress themselves. The military zhèngfǔ in various places is also promoting the cutting of braids, but for the Chinese people who have kept this braid for more than 200 years, they seem to have become accustomed to this kind of dress, so now China can still see pigtailed men dangling everywhere, the situation in the south is better, the north is more conservative, and the pigtail men are far more than "yīn yangtou".

The history of the Tianjin rì concession is not long, and there are not many people here, and the residents are still mainly Chinese. Since they live in the concession, they are naturally under the jurisdiction of the Resident People's League, and they must go to the Affairs Bureau of the Resident People's League when handling business and land deeds. It is said that it is not a strange thing to see Chinese in the affairs bureau, but the problem is that this rì this patrol saw not only those Chinese, but also several assistants of the affairs bureau, and even the head of the resident militia group followed, whether it was the assistant or the regiment leader, they all respected those Chinese, and bowed even more.

rì himself bowed to the Chinese? This rì patrol was a little confused, blinked, indeed not mistaken, so quickly turned back, pretending not to see this scene, in order to maintain that fragile self-esteem, but still confused in his heart, I don't know what the origin of those Chinese is.

In fact, the few Chinese who are walking out of the bureau do have a great background, because they are all fugitives who have been baited, and they are arranged according to the amount of the bounty. In order, Duanjin, Guishan, Erle Dengbu, and Nishizawa Gongo, among these four people, Nishizawa Gongo is Rì himself. The other three are all fake Chinese

Although they now insist that they are not nationals of republican China, but bannermen of the Great Qing State.

The reason why Kimio Nishizawa was mistaken for a Chinese person. Just because he is completely dressed as a Chinese and has a fake braid hanging on the back of his head, in fact, the reason why the assistants and regiment leaders of those resident militia groups bow so respectfully is basically to the face of Nishizawa Gongxiong, as for Duanjin and others. is simply a lost dog, and now he is here to ask rì himself, how can he be looked down upon by rì himself

Eye?

In fact, Nishizawa Gongxiong is not much better, although he is not a lost dog, but his current status is similar to those rì people in Hualang, the reason why he was not transferred back to China is purely because he is a pound of small China Tong.

When Duanjin planned to assassinate Zhao Bei, the commander-in-chief of the Republican Army, although Duanjin was eager for revenge, there was also a reason why Nishizawa Gongxiong fanned the flames. This made Rì本zhèngfǔ very annoyed, although Nishizawa did obtain the understanding and financial support of the Rì Ben Military Department before the operation, but since the assassination operation failed, the Rì Ben Military Department naturally pushed the matter away, so Nishizawa Gongxiong was used as a scapegoat and was severely punished by Rì本zhèngfǔ, not only lost his position in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but also lost all the opportunities to continue to stay in the political circles, if it were not for the fact that several bigwigs of the Rì Ben Military Department still had some "conscience", Nishizawa may even be tried by the court.

However, whether Nishizawa "escaped" from the IRA prison may be due to him

For the sake of his outstanding ability, the military department thought that he was of good use and arranged a new job: to coordinate with the Manchu diehards in China, and to gather together the scattered eight banners of the fallen nobles, the old and the young, so that the military headquarters and zhèngfǔ could carry out the "necessary action" at the right time.

Therefore, after Nishizawa led Duanjin and others to escape from Sichuan, he went all the way north to Tianjin, where he secretly met with Fukushima Yasumasa, the intelligence chief of the Rì Honbu Military Department, to make plans for the "Manchurian Strategy" of the Rì Honbu Military Headquarters.

In the bureau just now, Duan Jin and the others had already met with Major General Fukushima Yasumasa, and through him they got in touch with the "Eight Banners outside the Guan" in the northeast region, although these Manchu relics and young people only got a verbal promise from the military department, but this has already made Duan Jin very satisfied, until he got into the carriage, he was still excited, as for the two followers around him. Guishan and Erle Dengbu are even more smiling. continues to look forward to the life of the uncle of the "Eight Banners outside the Guan".

"Master Duan, let's rescue you. If King Alcohol doesn't dare to return to the country, what can we do? Although the slave has been staying in Sichuan, he has also heard the saying that the alcohol king is timid. ”

"King Alcohol doesn't dare to restore, then we won't let him be the regent, let's ask King Gong and King Su to go out of the mountain to preside over the government.

Duanye, can you tell me, is it better for Prince Gong to be the regent, or is it better for Prince Su to be the regent? ”

Listening to the argument between Guishan and Erle Dengbu, Duanjin just smiled faintly, glanced at Nishizawa Gongxiong, who was sitting opposite, and said, "What is there to fight about?" Of course, which prince is reliable, we will support which prince, our Qing Dynasty has been in the country for more than 200 years, and there are many princes who have not become a weapon, but it is not a prince who is not competitive. But after all, he is the emperor's pro-Laozi, but we can't really ask him to stand aside. If we want to restore the country, we must clench our fists. This is the only way to fight against those chaotic parties and jiān ministers. The Huahua world in the Central Plains can't be counted on for the time being, but as long as we gain a firm foothold in the land of Longxing in Liaodong, what is there to fear from a gang of chaotic parties and ministers? Don't forget, this great empire is standing by our side. ”

At this point, Duanjin glanced at Nishizawa again.

"Mr. Duan is right, as long as the banner people are united, it is definitely not a dream to restore the country in Manchuria, and the Great Rì Ben Empire is watching you in Korea and Kwantung Prefecture, although it is impossible to take action directly, but as long as you flag people act quickly, Rì Ben zhèngfǔ and the military department will never sit idly by and watch your friends being attacked by the revolutionary party or the Beiyang Army. However, I think the most important thing at the moment is mutual trust. Open. ”

Nishizawa nodded, but his current attention was not on the concerns of the old and young of these bannermen, and after a while, he asked, "Mr. Duan, can you always reveal the Ran Rong of the letter handed to you by Mr. Zhao, the governor of Sichuan?" Ever since you escaped Sichuan, you have been reading that letter, but you have refused to tell me the contents of the letter, and in doing so, you have treated me as an outsider. Can't be open and honest. ”

Duan Jin took out the embroidered handkerchief and wiped his sweat, and said unhurriedly: "Mr. Nishizawa, Zhao Cishan's letter is not an ordinary letter, it is a blood letter, which is very useful to us." But you don't have to be anxious, I'll tell you when you get to the place, while it's not dark yet, let's go to Tianjin County, and I'll take you to meet someone. ”

"Master Duan, are we going to rent out the world now?"

Listening to Duanjin's words, Guishan and Erle Dengbu were stunned.

"What's wrong? Scared? I escaped from Sichuan all the way, and I didn't see you afraid Duanjin said with a sneer.

"Duanye, now that the general order of the army is posted everywhere, your head is worth 10,000 oceans." Guishan reminded. "Now we are shouldering the heavy responsibility of recovering the country, and if we can, we will not take risks."

"Duanye, what Guishan said is right, now that we have arrived in the Rì Concession, we will simply stay. When the warship comes, we will take a boat to the three eastern provinces to restore the country. Actually, according to me, we shouldn't have come to Tianjin a few days ago, we should have taken a boat directly to the Northeast. Eledemb said.

"The emperor has not been rescued, if the name is not right, it will not be good, what will be used to restore the country? You're really dreaming, kid. Duan Jin glanced at the two of them, but he was in a good mood now, but he didn't blame the two.

"Mr. Duan, since they are afraid, it is better to let them stay in the concession, and I will go to Tianjin County with you." Kimio Nishizawa said.

"Mr. Nishizawa doesn't have to worry, this is Tianjin, which is the territory of Beiyang, and the general order of the Republican Army may not be able to be posted, even if it is posted. Can Yuan Shikai really work hard for him Zhao Bei? Yuan Shikai wished we could kill that Commander-in-Chief Zhao. Just except for an opponent, we can all see Zhao Bei's domineering energy, but he Yuan Shikai can't see it? If he Yuan Shikai wants to sit firmly in the country, he must cut the domain, then Zhaobei is a strong domain! ”

At this point, Duanjin stretched out his hand and closed the curtains of the window, and the carriage immediately became dark, and these fugitives who could not see the light immediately felt much safer.

The four-wheeled carriage with the badge of the Mitsui Merchant crossed the road and headed straight to the northwest, leaving the concession in a short time. Enter Tianjin Huajie.