Chapter 291: Guangzhou

1900 is a common year, the year of the rat in the lunar calendar, and the twenty-sixth year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, which is a year of chaos and an unforgettable year of shame for the children of China. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

From the beginning of the year, the Boxers rebelled, shouting the slogan of "helping the Qing Dynasty to destroy the foreigners", which led to the rapid deterioration of Sino-foreign relations, and the inaction of the Qing government, also made the Boxers grow rapidly, and soon spread to most of China.

Due to fate, various reasons, led to the invasion of China by the Eight-Nation Alliance, and finally the Qing court was defeated, the Boxers were abandoned, and the main battle faction was given death or handed over to foreigners to deal with, and the most humiliating treaty in Chinese history was about to be born.

In addition to the memorabilia of the invasion of China by the Eight-Nation Alliance, many things happened in 1900 in Chinese history, such as the anti-German road blocking movement in Gaomi County, Shandong Province in January, which also had a great impact, and of course, in the end, it was the Gaomi people who paid the price of countless lives.

For another example, in the Hailanpao tragedy and the Jiangdong 64 Tun tragedy in July, more than 10,000 people were slaughtered, countless Chinese property was confiscated, and at the same time, as many as 100,000 or 200,000 Chinese people died in the invasion of the three eastern provinces by Tsarist Russia.

Of course, the birth of our Black Dragon Army will not be mentioned here for the time being.

In addition, there is another thing that must be mentioned in 1900, and that is the Huizhou Uprising.

Sun Yat-sen once said: The Chinese revolution began after the First Wu Dynasty, flourished in Gengzi, and became successful in Xinhai, and finally subverted the military and government.

The prosperity of Gengzi actually refers to the Huizhou Uprising, which shows the importance of the historical position of the Gengzi Huizhou Uprising in the Chinese democratic revolution.

Although in the end, due to the setback of fundraising, the food and guns did not arrive, and after several victories, the team had to be "disbanded", but the Huizhou Uprising really fired the first shot of the Chinese revolution in the 20th century.

Sun Yat-sen once recalled this period of history and lamented that it was precisely because of the Huizhou Uprising that the Chinese people began to gradually understand and sympathize with the revolution, and knew that the dreams of the Chinese people had gradually awakened.

In fact, some people regard the Huizhou Uprising as a prelude to the Xinhai Revolution, which had a strong momentum and great influence, boosted the confidence of Sun Yat-sen and other revolutionaries, made outstanding contributions to the final overthrow of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and laid a solid foundation for the success of the Wuchang Uprising.

Of course, these things are all written in history textbooks, and they are all positive things, as for the facts, or what is hidden behind history, it may be difficult for others to know, but Yue Weihua is fortunate to be able to participate in this historical event.

Walking in the streets and alleys of Guangzhou City, looking at those flag-men with long braids flying, wearing robes and horse coats, Han people, and foreigners of all colors mixed in, Yue Weihua couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "When I came to this world, I didn't feel like I had crossed through until today. ”

No way, Yue Weihua has been in battle before, and they are all in the ravines, although he has also been to provincial capitals like Qihar, but most of them are also in the suburbs, and most of them will only act at night, and like now, looking at the world purely from the perspective of a traveler, it naturally feels completely different.

Guangzhou, also known as Yangcheng and Huacheng, was known as Qicheng, Chuting and Panyu in ancient times.

Since the Qin Dynasty, Guangzhou has been the administrative center of county, state, and government governance.

For more than 2,000 years, it has been the political, military, economic, cultural, scientific and educational center of South China.

Guangzhou became the main port of the Maritime Silk Road from the thirties of the 3rd century, the largest port in China in the Tang and Song dynasties, and the only foreign trade port in China in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the most important port in the history of the Chinese Maritime Silk Road.

It is known as the "thousand-year-old commercial capital", coupled with the large number of foreigners in Guangzhou, so it is also known as the "third world capital", and its prosperity is absolutely second to none in China at this point in time.

It should be said that Guangzhou is a typical representative of the south, and the difference between it and the north is really obvious, this difference is reflected in all aspects, whether it is customs, customs, or the style of the city, of course, now for Yue Weihua, the biggest difference is language.

"Forget it, let's go find Miao An."

After a little stroll, Yue Weihua looked at the time and found that it was close to noon, originally wanted to enter the restaurant to eat something, but after walking through several restaurants, Yue Weihua walked out helplessly, the language is not clear, it is difficult to even order food, of course, more importantly, Yue Weihua really doesn't want to eat Cantonese food, but this year's Sichuan restaurant, Hunan restaurant and Northeast restaurant, if you want to find one in Guangzhou City, I'm afraid it's not easy.

Miao An, the current head of the Black Dragon Army's intelligence station in Guangzhou, was born in the original wolf's tooth special combat team, before joining the Black Dragon Army, his family was the common people of the second station town, his parents were tenants of Su Ma's family, and there were younger brothers and sisters below, of course, these Miao An's family members have now moved to the headquarters of the third surname, and they can serve as the heads of the intelligence stations of the Black Dragon Army in various places, so they are naturally loyal and reliable people.

Passing through several alleys and entering a crowded alley, full of dirty water and filth, it is obvious that this is a slum, the residents here live in dilapidated and simple shantytowns, crowded, and the density of people is also very high, Miao An set up the intelligence station here, it can be regarded as painstaking.

"Boss, you're finally here."

As soon as Yue Weihua appeared at the mouth of the alley, Miao An rushed out, obviously, he had been waiting here for a long time, because when Yue Weihua left from Xiaoshan Fishing Village, Yue Weiyun sent a telegram to Miao An, and informed Yue Weihua of the approximate arrival time, so that Miao An must do a good job of safe reception and so on.

Who would have thought that Yue Weihua was actually interested, and it was more than an hour to walk around the streets and alleys, and the anxious Miao An was turning around, the safety of the commander-in-chief, where could he take care of Miao An's little arms and legs.

"Let's go in and talk." Yue Weihua smiled and patted Miao An's shoulder and said.

"Yes, Boss first, please."

Soon, Yue Weihua was led by Miao An to the depths of the alley, there is a single courtyard here, in this slum, it seems to stand out quite a lot, after entering the small courtyard, Yue Weihua found that this small courtyard, the outside looks small, there is a hole inside, covering an area of hundreds of square meters.

"Commander-in-Chief."

"Hello Commander-in-Chief."

"Well, you've worked hard."

After entering the inner hall, two other intelligence officers who also came out of the wolf domain also followed, and after closing the door of the inner hall, the three of them showed unconcealable excited looks on their faces, and they all stood up straight and saluted Yue Weihua.

After a period of greetings, Miao An served a sumptuous Northeast meal, and then chatted while eating together, of course, at this time, they were talking about trivial things, listening to Miao An's complaints, for example, when he came, he didn't understand the language, let alone carry out his work, if he didn't have money in his hand, I was afraid it would be difficult to live.

During the chat, Yue Weihua also asked how he lived in a slum, and since he lived in a slum, why did he live in this small courtyard that stood out from the crowd, because wouldn't it be easier to attract attention in doing so?

Speaking of this problem, Miao An's eyes were also slightly red, because of this courtyard, they died two comrades-in-arms who came from the wolf domain, Yue Weihua spread out the intelligence in an all-round way, and a total of more than a dozen intelligence groups were established, each intelligence group was led by two special combat members, and eight ordinary soldiers were selected, a total of ten people.

The Guangzhou Intelligence Group was also composed of ten people, but because of the problem of the Huizhou Uprising, Yue Weihua was worried about it very early, so the Guangzhou Intelligence Department was divided into two groups, one group was led by the leader Miao An, and the other group went to Huizhou under the leadership of the deputy leader Shuai Hong.

The two of them each took four subordinates, from the northernmost part of China to the southernmost part of the war intelligence work, none of the ten people could speak Cantonese, how difficult it is to carry out this work, even if they have sufficient funds, good skills, and a lot of guns, but in Guangzhou, where gangs are prevalent and xenophobia is powerful, it is still difficult to move an inch.

Miao An's side, after several entanglements and thoughts, finally chose to come to this slum to develop, because this slum is far from the lives of many northerners, and also set up a gang composed of northerners - the North Yankee Association, at first Miao An They also lived in a few small shantytowns, and finally settled down.

But within a few days, several gang members of the Beiyan Association discovered that Miao An and they were actually very rich and had a large number of guns hidden (all of them were box guns brought out of the wolf domain, a total of fifty), and then Miao An and a few of them were worried.

By chance, Miao An learned that the main family members of the Beiyan Society were calculating themselves, so Miao An chose to strike first, and the five of them eliminated the main gang members of the Beiyan Association overnight, but Miao An also paid the price of two brothers for this.

Hearing what Miao An said, Yue Weihua was also embarrassed, in fact, Miao An reported this matter to the Ministry of Intelligence at that time, but this matter is an internal affair of the Ministry of Intelligence, and it is not a big deal, so Liu Liren, the Minister of Intelligence, did not report to Yue Weihua, naturally, Yue Weihua is not very clear.

"Now you've taken the place of the Beikee Society?" Yue Weihua asked.

"Well, although it's a little different from what I thought when I first came, with my current identity, it's relatively easy to start intelligence work." Miao An said helplessly.

Originally, he came to Guangzhou to develop the intelligence work of the Black Dragon Army, which was to hide behind the scenes and develop secretly, but he did not expect that now he has embarked on the road of developing gangs on the surface, of course, the scale of the Beiyan Association is very small, and the slum in charge is also relatively remote and the scale is not large, so it is not eye-catching, and it is somewhat helpful for the secret development of intelligence work.

"Hehe, you have embarked on the same path as Qin Haiji in Shanghai." Yue Weihua smiled and said: "Actually, there is nothing wrong with this, this can also be called a big hidden in the city, of course, if you want to be on the **** (in fact, the gang forces are just the brothers of the **** to make themselves more legitimate. If you only develop intelligence work under the guise of gangs, then you have to control the scale of your Beiyan club to a certain extent. ”

"I haven't really thought about it." Miao An scratched his head and said a little embarrassed.

This is also something that can't be helped, although it has been more than two months since I came out of the wolf domain, but it took a month and a half on the road to come to Guangzhou, and it was not smooth after coming to Guangzhou, until I gained a firm foothold, and it was only ten days since I really controlled the Beiyan Society.

"Well, this is not in a hurry, you can just think about it slowly."

"I will."

Yue Weihua nodded, and began to get to the point: "What is the situation in Guangzhou now?" ”

The reason why Yue Weihua asked this is because the Huizhou Uprising was originally just an auxiliary battlefield, and the original uprising, in fact, Guangzhou was the main army, in history, the reason why Guangzhou was not able to launch an uprising in this time, mainly because the team was pulled up, but the ordnance and food were not ready, so in the end, they could only give up and prepare to do it at a later date, and the reason why the Huizhou Uprising was able to fire the first shot was mainly because of the leak, and it was rumored that the Qing army had besieged these rebel armies, so, The rebel army will be launched in a hurry under the leadership of Zheng Shiliang.

"The situation in Guangzhou is still relatively stable, of course, the Qing army is now vigorously arresting those revolutionaries, but it should have no effect, as for those members of the Hui Party who were originally going to participate in the incident, most of them are also temporarily hidden, and when the rumor passes, they are still them, there will be no difference." Miao An said bluntly.

What Miao An said, as Yue Weihua expected, is indeed a repeat offender of the imperial court, and the imperial court will hunt down at all costs, but for those members of the Hui Party, the court really does not have so much strength to care, because to put it mildly, most of the Hui members are actually hooligans and ruffians, and there is no threat to the imperial court.

"Well, let you find the person in charge of the revolutionary party who revolted in Guangzhou, did you find it, is it called Shi Jianru?" Yue Weihua asked.

In history, Shi Jianru was called "the second warrior martyred for the republic" by Sun Yat-sen, "the heroic spirit lasts forever, enough to be a model for the deceased", and after the establishment of the Republic of China, he was posthumously named a general, he should be regarded as a character, and such a character died young, so Yue Weihua wanted to see if it was possible to change his fate.

"The person has not been found for the time being, but the news has been inquired about some, this time in Guangzhou to personally contact the Eastern, West, and North Sanjiang Green Forest Association Party organization to cause trouble, is indeed a young man in his twenties, his name is also Shi Jianru, if it is correct, he should be the person the commander-in-chief is looking for." Miao An said bluntly.

"That's right." Yue Weihua nodded, and then said: "Recently, you will focus on this aspect, no matter what means you use, even if you pay more money, I also hope that you can find Shi Jianru before the 28th, and befriend him, if possible, absorb him into us, of course, this kind of thing can't be forced, just let it be." ”

"Commander-in-chief, this person is very dangerous now, he is wanted in the whole of Guangzhou, if you get close to him, it is very likely that you will catch fire, once the Qing court mistakenly thinks that we are also a revolutionary party, then it will be very unfavorable for our future development in Guangzhou, so, I want to remind the commander-in-chief a little, this Shi Jianru, is it worth the risk we take so much?" Miao An asked.

"Is it worth it?"

Yue Weihua also fell into thought, history is history after all, but what the facts are, I'm afraid it still needs to be verified, Miao An is also right, let the intelligence station that has been established to take risks, it is indeed necessary to see if it is worth it first, and after pondering for a long time, he ordered: "That's it, find it first, don't rush to contact, tell me when you find it, I will find an opportunity to contact it." ”

"Commander-in-Chief, isn't that appropriate?" Miao An said depressedly, it was better not to say it if he knew earlier.

"Obey orders." Yue Weihua glared at Miao An, and then said: "Don't make your own opinions, have you heard, I'll wait for your news, I'll go to Huizhou first, and then I'll see Shuai Hong." ”

"Yes."

Miao An's smile was more ugly than crying, but he made up his mind in his heart that even if he went into battle in person, he would have to contact it first.

…… (To be continued.) )