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After Chen Wuwei attacked, the one who stayed in the county was Li Shuping, the leader of the Chamber of Commerce and the assistant director of the Manufacturing Bureau. He is a well-known gentleman in Songjiang, he has a wide range of people on the ground, and his face is enough, and he is also quite enthusiastic about maintaining the ground and helping with food and salary.

But Chen Wuwei's kidnapping of Chen Lenghe made him very faceless, Chen Yunqing and him are very good friends, and now, even the face of old friends is not very good. What's more, the pressure from the concession made him a little breathless.

Songjiang's economy is largely dependent on exports, and the foreigners have now announced that they will terminate the contacts between Ge Mingjun's government and not recognize the legal status of the Shanghai military governor's office, which is naturally a great blow to Songjiang's economy. The people of the Chamber of Commerce either admitted that they had nothing to do with the Shanghai Military Governor's Office, or they had to terminate economic exchanges with foreigners.

The way to prove that it has nothing to do with the Governor's Mansion is that you can't quit the Songjiang Chamber of Commerce, and this time, in a short period of time, one-third of the Chamber of Commerce has withdrawn.

In the market, prices are expensive, foreigners have blocked the port, the goods from outside cannot come in, and the materials in the city cannot be delivered. As soon as the ammunition produced by the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau for the front line was loaded onto the ship, it was seized by the Albiang Navy, and Songjiang, an important port city in the southeast, fell into a blockade. As the person in charge, such a day will naturally not be comfortable. At his level, he has seen the bad impact of the blockade.

From the beginning to the end, Wu Tingfang did not give up hope for peace, and ran back and forth, hoping that the Albians would relent, or other countries would intervene to make the Albians stop punishing. However, the consuls of various countries reacted very coldly to this matter, and the Yankee consul simply closed his door, which has never happened in the past.

When Li Shuping was hesitating and was at a loss, the sound of military boots broke the dream of republication. Thousands of foreign soldiers and hundreds of Beiyang soldiers suddenly came out of the public concession and went straight into Songjiang County.

The remaining troops in Songjiang were all pulled to Jiangning by Chen Wuwei, leaving only a few police inspectors and merchant guards. Due to the withdrawal of a large number of merchants, the strength of the guard was much lower than before, and the world was difficult and the supplies were meager, so the combat effectiveness was even more insufficient. What's more, it is the foreign soldiers who are in the vanguard, and who can bear the responsibility of whether the firing of artillery against them will affect the diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Wu Tingfang rushed to the embassy to find out where the foreign soldiers belonged, but on the other side, Reinstein had already led the troops to drive straight in, control the gates of the county, and then went straight to the Daotai Yamen.

Li Shuping had the responsibility to guard the land, and there was no way to escape, so he had to grit his teeth and come out. Seeing Reinstein's dress, it is quite different from the regular armies of various countries. It wasn't until the other party reported his name that he knew that it was the foreign advisor from the Fifth Town.

The two met very politely, and Ryan said: "We are not prepared to cause death and bloodshed in Songjiang, of course, provided that you cooperate with the actions of our army and do not do anything hostile to our army. We were employed by His Excellency Zhao Guanhou, the Governor of Shandong, under the command of the Fifth Town of the Beiyang Army, not by the Dajin court. The military operation against Songjiang was an act of retaliation against Chen Wuwei, the governor of the Shanghai army, who kidnapped the side chamber of His Excellency Zhao Guanhou. As long as you publish a statement in the newspaper and dismiss Chen Wuwei from his post as governor of Songjiang, our army will guarantee that there will be no damage to Songjiang. My subordinates and I will withdraw from Songjiang County and be stationed in the suburbs. Of course, in order to show sincerity, the merchant guards and the police inspection corps had to surrender their guns, and Songjiang was changed to an undefended city. Daily law and order are maintained by the gendarmerie battalion of the fifth town of the Beiyang Army, and all military facilities are also taken over by us. ”

After hearing this, Li Shuping was able to do business with foreigners, and there was no obstacle to negotiations, but he did not rush to express his position, but asked rhetorically: "Your Excellency Reinstein, does the concession support your request?" ”

"We just took Albiang's warship, all the way from Yantai to the Huangpu River, I think, this is enough to prove the attitude of the concession." Reinstein said coldly: "We will give your Excellency twelve hours to think, and after twelve hours, if you cannot give a clear answer, our army will act freely." ”

The so-called free movement, there must be an unspeakable tragedy, the current force left in Songjiang, the armed merchant group is the largest, the fire brigade, the patrol police, and again Fan Gaotou and his gang disciples. As a gentry, Li Shuping naturally did not have any dealings with Fan Gaotou, but just sent someone to invite a few directors of the Chamber of Commerce to discuss together.

As soon as a few people sat down, someone said: "Have you heard, Fan Gaotou ran away." ”

"What is he running away for? This kind of white-faced person can be eaten by anyone, and he can't escape. ”

"I heard that the gendarmerie battalion had given the order to arrest him, and Colonel Broås of Albion also issued a warrant for his arrest. The concession and the Chinese realm were inseparable, so they had to get on the boat and run, and no one knew where they went. Shen Baosheng's death is said to be inseparable from Fan Gaotou, Zhao Guanhou and Shen Boss are good friends, this is to avenge their friends. The position of foreigners is very clear, we are not good at hard topping. Otherwise, they will directly bombard the city with foreign cannons, and we will not be able to withstand it at all. ”

In such a situation, it is impossible not to surrender, not to mention that in the city now, the strength of the Xingzhong Society is weak, and the constitutionalists and local merchants occupy the absolute main force. These people are all localists, and they don't want their interests to be lost, and no one wants to fight in Songjiang.

Song Gang, the person in charge of the police investigation corps, had already announced his surrender and handed over his weapons before the meeting and negotiations were over. In addition, several munitions warehouses controlled by the police were unconditionally handed over to the Lu army. The reversal of this force has made the tilt of the scales even more serious.

Although Wu Tingfang was a master of diplomacy in the era of Zhang Tong, under the premise that there were no chips in his hands, any master was meaningless.

In less than two hours, the five-color flag, which had just been hung up for a few days, fell, and a nondescript white flag was raised. To show that Songjiang is outside the outside and does not belong to any party. As for the newspapers, the newspaper and the Shanghai Daily issued a special issue to inform the Songjiang Consultative Bureau of the decision to remove Chen Wuwei from the post of military governor of Shanghai, and Li Tiexian temporarily took over the position.

But when everyone approached Ryanstein to negotiate, they didn't find this foreigner for a while. Soon, a call came from the manufacturing bureau, saying that foreigners had brought a group of people to move machines at the manufacturing bureau. Li Shuping was shocked and rushed over with his entourage, but saw a foreign soldier pulling up a cordon, and a large number of Songjiang locals helped to carry the machine lathe from the manufacturing bureau.

Li Shuping was anxious: "What's going on?" Your army has promised not to take a single grass or tree from Songjiang, and this kind of behavior is seriously different from your army's promise. ”

"No, I asked them to move. This Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau is the industry of the imperial court, and does not belong to the Shanghai Military Governor's Office. I am the general office of the manufacturing bureau appointed by the imperial court, so I naturally have the power to decide the ownership of its industry. Now I have ordered the manufacturing bureau to be moved to another place, and I will find a way to do official business, but you are all governors, and you have no right to stop it. ”

The one who spoke was an old man in his fifties, dressed in a satin robe and wearing citrine glasses, and his demeanor was very leisurely. This is a Songjiang celebrity, Li Shuping naturally knows, has been missing for a long time, it is said that he has left Songjiang, the general office of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, Zhang Tong's nephew Li Chubao. After the manufacturing bureau was conquered, his whereabouts are unknown, and it is said that he bought a ferry ticket to Shandong, but he didn't expect to meet here.

Li Chubao said with a smile: "This is my territory, I was driven away at that time, I didn't expect to be able to come back now, right?" A bunch of rebellious ministers and thieves, do you really think it can last a long time? These machines, as well as the medicine guns and ammunition, none of you want to take them. I'll give you another explanation, don't you think there are too few guns and ammunition in the manufacturing bureau? The actual manufacturing bureau has a lot of weapons and ammunition at all, but I have already heard the rumors, and I don't want these ammunition and ammunition to fall into the hands of you rebels, so I made preparations in advance and stored most of the arms in the warehouse in the concession, so you have pounced on it. Now it's up to me to allocate all these arms to the Fifth Town, and you don't have to worry about it. This time, I want to see how Chen Wuwei will come back after we cut off the way back. ”

Jiangning.

Thanks to the mediation of the Consul Albion, the area around the Taiping Gate was designated as a demilitarized zone, although this term sounds good. The reality is that the Fifth Town can build positions in the demilitarized zone, rectify and deal with it, and hoard baggage. Ge Ming's army could not launch an attack on the area around Taipingmen, which was equivalent to being unconditionally occupied by the Fifth Town.

The president of the Jiangning Chamber of Commerce, as well as several local gentlemen and councilors, were all outside the city tower, waiting to meet Zhao Guanhou. These gentry are all powerful figures in Jiangning, and even the governor of Liangjiang has to sell them some face. However, in the city tower, Chen Lenghe put the names of these people aside, and announced domineeringly, "Don't see you first, it's time for breakfast, tell them to wait." ”

Then, he carefully spread the butter on the bread, handed it to Zhao Guanhou's mouth, and said "Honey, open your mouth ......" like coaxing a child.

Zhao Guanhou didn't eat the bread, but grabbed her hand, took her into his arms, and smiled: "What's the matter, have you changed your character?" I remember my Mrs. Matsue, but she was never so gentle. ”

"What Mrs. Matsue...... Mrs. is Mrs., how can there be anything from Songjiang and Shandong. I was joking with you at the time, but who knew that you actually climbed down the pole, and now it's my fault. I have a temper and I know that I will change it slowly, but that doesn't mean I won't be gentle. Women, gentle and gentle, but I didn't want to be looked down upon by you before, thinking that I was just the kind of woman who pleases men with her posture. Now, you are a wounded, of course I have to be gentle with you, and when you are healed...... It's time to see how you perform. ”

Zhao Guanhou touched her a few times, but found that his hand couldn't reach in, and said in surprise: "You...... Did you sew up your clothes? ”

"Yes." Chen Lenghe whispered: "I'm not sure what the discipline of those people is, and what kind of attitude they have towards girls." At one point, I thought about killing myself to keep my innocence, but I thought it would be too stupid to at least see you before I died. Those days were really hard, I had to take a sharp weapon every day, and I was ready to work hard at any time, but fortunately nothing happened. Later, someone protected me, it was Weng Meiqian, I heard that there was a nickname, called Leopard Head Lin Chong. The person with this nickname is really lacking in morality, Sister Weng is a good person and has a very kind heart. I asked her for a needle and thread, and I sewed all the clothes so that no one could hurt me. And I never take a bath, and I am very careful with my food, so I can finally keep myself clean. But...... The smell must be bad to death. ”

"I don't think so, but I think you're always so fragrant. According to Jingci, his Songjiang mother is a fairy, and there will be no taste on the fairy. ”

"Little hairy, you know how to please girls at such a young age, how can you get it when you grow up." Chen Lenghe's face flushed slightly, and he continued to feed the bread to Zhao Guanhou, "When we finish this battle, I'll take a good bath...... And then ...... Let's get married again. Our last wedding was too hasty, and it was still my sister-in-law's church, which was too unfair to me. I want a wedding, it doesn't have to be big, but it has to be both of us, it's warm enough. I'm going to hold another ceremony to marry you solemnly. Her face became redder and redder, even though she had become husband and wife, such intimacy still made her very shy.

"Sister Weng helped me a lot this time, although I know that they have something to ask for, but this favor also has to be recognized. I think that after returning to Songjiang, I will prepare a sum of money to lend her, and only make bad debts, and I don't want her to pay it back. ”

"It's up to you to make up your own mind, I won't interfere."

"No, you are my husband, the bank is yours after all, and I must get your consent to do this, otherwise it can't be arranged like that. I know that I used to be very willful and a little unwilling, after all, our union is different from the scene I imagined. But...... But I must admit that I am really in love with you now. Those telegrams you have sent me are my most precious treasure...... But he was lost by Chen Wuwei's gang of bastards, and sooner or later he wanted them to look good. If I had to choose again, I would still marry you and be your wife. ”

She said again: "Chen Wuwei told me that Shanxi was recovered, Yan Yishan became the governor, and the sixth and twentieth towns formed the Yan-Jin coalition army, how is this good? If they go to Shandong, won't Sister Hanzhi be very dangerous? If...... If it weren't for me, you wouldn't be like this. ”

"Not only you, but every one of my wives is in danger, I will use all my strength to save her, there is nothing to say about this. As for Shandong, you don't have to worry, although I didn't expect Shanxi and Wu Dingzhen to be opposed, but I also thought of the possibility of an accident. In Shandong, the garrison I stayed behind was enough to solve these problems, and besides, Wu Dingzhen...... Not necessarily a problem. ”

In military matters, Chen Lenghe is a layman, there is no need to explain too much, as long as he has this attitude, Chen Lenghe will be relieved. Zhao Guanhou said again:

"Ryanstein has occupied Songjiang, now there is no problem in Shandong, Songjiang has been lost, the front of the army is directed at Jiangyin, the coalition army in Jiangning City, like a turtle in an urn, even has no way back. On the river, there are Albiang's warships, and if they dare to go by water, they have to wait to go down to the river to feed the turtles, and if they want to fight with me, I want to see what they can do. ”

During this time, more than 2,000 soldiers had been surrendered near Taipingmen, and some soldiers refused to participate in the battle, although they did not surrender. What's even more terrifying is that Zhao Guanhou's guard battalion, carrying out special operations missions in Jiangning City, flickered like a ghost. The burning down of military supply warehouses, cutting telephone lines, and fabricating false news have seriously affected the morale and spirit of the defenders. In terms of materials, there is also a serious shortage.

Although the defenders still numbered thousands in terms of strength, if they were fired, the most optimistic scenario would be to prevent the Fifth Town from further expanding the results of the battle, and the two sides fought fiercely in the area of Taipingmen. This is naturally bad news for the defenders, and the local gentry will not allow this to happen.

It was after nine o'clock that several gentry were able to pay their respects, and at the same time knelt down on the ground and said: "Marshal, since you have come for your wife, and now that your wife is fine, please raise your noble hand, and pity the creatures of this city." ”

Zhao Guanhou sneered and looked at Chen Lenghe beside him, "You can't say that, my wife is doing business in a good manner, and she was taken captive from Songjiang to Jiangning, and then said that if someone is rescued, forget it, is there such a cheap thing in the world?" When I entered the city, I had to go out a lot, and I want to give you face, as long as my wife can breathe this out, I can do anything. A few people don't have to worry too much, even if we want to fight, we will be measured, try to avoid accidental injuries, and don't let a few people suffer too much loss. If I really can't attack it, I will retreat, and let Zhang Yuan come when the time comes, he has been stationed in Jiangning for a long time, and he is familiar with both people and places, and I believe that after he comes, he will be able to solve this matter satisfactorily, and everyone will be happy. (To be continued.) )