Chapter 459: Sacrifice

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This is the name of the local people, and another one thinks it is Zhifu.

Here there are three negative mountains, one facing the sea; Zhifu Mountain is surrounded by the northwest, Yantai Mountain is in the southeast, Kongtong Island is barrierd in the eastern sea, and the water in the harbor is deep and quiet, which is the best place to moor the giant boat. Since the opening of the port, it has become a large market town where merchants gather and all over the world are mixed. In Yantai, there is a customs road, a yamen, and a garrison, and a fort is built, and a huge cannon is placed as a coastal defense.

Even at night, there are lights on the pier. Those coolies who have worked hard all day will use the money they earn to go to the nearby tavern or the broken wooden house to find the lowliest Ji Nu for fun.

The smell of inferior fat powder, the smell of the mixture's inferior liquor, the excrement of people and animals, and even anything else, wrapped in the sea breeze, makes people sick. In the corner of the wharf, where the light does not shine, is a nest for the low-class coolies to have fun.

It is a complex of wooden planks of small wooden houses, each of which is very rudimentary, and is neither sheltered from the wind nor rain. The people who live here are like garbage in the gutter, waiting to rot slowly...... Moldy.

The moonlight does not shine here, nor does the bright lights of the docks, and this place is always shrouded in darkness. The Ji girl inside was distressed about money, and in order to cover her appearance, few people lit the lamp. Of course, there are occasional exceptions. In a small wooden house, a dim oil lamp was lit, and in the flickering of the lamp, the woman who couldn't hide the ruthlessness of the years could not hide the ruthlessness of the years, lowered her head, and handed a dozen copper coins in her hand to the man in front of her.

This man is a man in his thirties, with a beard on his face, tall and sturdy, and his demeanor and movements have a very heavy Jianghu atmosphere. Behind him were a dozen shrewd and capable young men, dressed in Fuso-style school uniforms. They all have different appearances, different heights, but they have one thing in common, each of them has bright eyes. In this dark night, in the dark corners, their eyes seemed to be two lit fires, full of enthusiasm and hope.

"Sister-in-law Axiu...... We can't take this money. It's already embarrassing to eat and drink yours and live in your house for the past two days, but we can only pay you Ge Ming bonds and can't pay cash......"

But the woman refused to stop: "Dirty? I know that this money is not clean, but I am a widow, and there is no way to make money except by this method. ”

"No, absolutely not, we mean, your life is also difficult, we raise salaries...... There will always be a way. ”

The woman smiled bitterly, "It's nothing, I'll take one or two more guests, just work hard." Master Li, your Ge Ming bonds make me happier than giving me gold bars. With this bond, I feel that I am a person all the way with you, and everyone is doing great things together, even when I accompany a man, I also think, this is not selling, it is saving the country, no matter how hard it is, I can endure it. You can work hard for the country, what is the point of sending a few dollars? As long as...... As soon as I thought of you taking Yantai, I would say at that time that my sister-in-law A Xiu also made a comeback, and she felt that she had face when she died. ”

Dahan no longer shirked, took the copper coin, and instructed the deep humanitarian: "Xiao Wu, you write it down for me, and today I received a donation of seventeen wen from Axiu's sister-in-law Ge Ming." After taking Yantai and occupying the customs yamen, it must be returned with a hundred times the tariff. Whoever dares to forget this, I want his life! ”

"No...... Brother Li, I don't want anything to pay back a hundredfold, I just want to see what a good world is like when I see officials and don't kneel, and I have food and eat together, as long as one day passes, I will admit it. ”

Originally, the focus of development was on the Huguang area in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, but Shandong's recovery was an unexpected joy, and it never gave up the truth of such a rich province. In addition to sending the 4e telegram, Sun Dixiang also sent an urgent telegram to Yankee to mobilize the resources at hand of the Xingzhong Society to provide assistance to Shandong.

First, it is necessary to ensure the success of the uprising, and second, it is also necessary to ensure that Shandong's military salaries can be used to meet the funds of other regions in a timely manner, so as to solve the most serious financial problems.

The leader of this team, Li Fengtong, is a well-known tycoon in the rivers and lakes, who has studied military affairs and has some subordinates who are not afraid of death. He is very good friends with Tan Renfeng, the owner of Wolong Mountain, and the plan to attack Yantai this time is that he came up with it and served as the person in charge of the operation.

Yantai is not a county seat, there is no city wall, and all the armed forces are the defenders of the fort. As long as they are solved, it will not be difficult to seize Yantai. The silver stored in the customs treasury can be used as military salaries, and troops can also be recruited on the spot, and arms can also be purchased from foreign companies.

His team, with a total of less than 20 people, is very different from the strength of the Yantai defenders, and it can almost be called an egg hitting a stone. But Ah Xiu's sister-in-law said: "The soldiers here are all arrogant with silver, and they can't fight." Moreover, today, it is the birthday of the defenders of the fort, and they called dozens of our sisters to the fort, and they must be to accompany the officers and soldiers. At this time, people have long fallen asleep, and they can't fight at all. As long as you have the guts, things can be done. And with my dirty money, bring one more brother to you, as if I were able to slay your enemies with you. I was happy in my heart. As long as it's with you...... I...... No money can be charged. ”

Li Fengtong said: "If you can't do it, you won't be qualified to see Sister-in-law A Xiu again." Although we have few people, I have friends in the Cao Gang, and the people in the gang promised me that as long as we succeed at the beginning, the Cao Gang will help. Brothers, for the sake of Sister-in-law Axiu, we also have to do things beautifully, prepare, and go! ”

Walking out of this area and looking at the distant fort, you can see the faint lights there, and one of the subordinates said: "Boss, we have too little medicine in our hands, and there are only twenty people in total, and there are more than 100 defenders on the fort." ”

"What are you afraid of, we have weapons. Prepare the weapons I have given you, and don't give me half-baked. If you are bold, you will win. With the batteries in control, our big ships can transport weapons and personnel over, and then there will be no need to be afraid. ”

Each of his subordinates had four cloth bags wrapped in round things, which were their secret weapon for taking down the fort. The fort in Yantai was empty, but it didn't make much sense for the sneak attack. If the shore defense artillery on the fort wants to turn the muzzle of the gun to bombard the Jin soldiers, twenty people may not be able to do it in a month. Their target was not the artillery tower, but the barracks where the batteries were stationed.

The barracks were lit by lights, but there were no defenders standing guard, and it was easy to reach the barracks. Outside the doors of those dormitories, there was the sound of shouting and gambling coming from inside, and the sound of sleeping in some rooms. The smell of wine can be seen through the door panel.

"Do it!"

Li Fengtong touched the door of the barracks in the middle, this is the largest house in the entire barracks, and it must be the residence of the barracks control belt. He flew up and kicked on the door, the wooden door made a loud noise, and then fell, Li Fengtong raised the revolver in his hand, ready to fire.

But what appeared in front of him was not the barracks band, but a man in his early twenties, dressed in military uniform, holding a revolver in each hand, sitting in the middle of the house and waiting, as if he was inviting the king into the urn. Beside him, there was a jar of liquor, and the spirits in it were emitting the smell of wine.

Li Fengtong's hand felt the trigger, but the opponent's gun was significantly faster. In the sound of a gunshot, Li Fengtong's body fell backwards, and the pistol and the dozen copper coins rolled around on the ground, and in front of his eyes, it seemed that Sister-in-law Axiu's expectant eyes appeared again.

In the barracks, there was a complete chaos, and with the sound of gunshots, the doors of the rooms opened, and the bullets rained down on the attackers. More than a dozen people were surrounded inside, and they were immediately disrupted.

He could only desperately flee out, but finally retreated to the camp gate, and in the dark night, a few horses were torn, and more than ten tall Albiang war horses, like ghosts, came out of the dark night. The knight on horseback wields his saber and sets off on his own hunting journey. Before these fugitives could think of a way, the saber had already drawn an arc in the air, and then flew up with blood, and the dead bodies fell weakly.

Ten minutes later, Sun Meiyao listened to the report of her subordinates in the barracks, her face was not happy or angry, and she said coldly: "You have been too delicate in the past two years, and from tomorrow onwards, all of you will strengthen your training." I want you to be stronger, faster. We didn't catch up with the Huai Shang Army, and we ate eighteen small shrimps, which is nothing to be proud of. When I went to Jinan this time, I had to tell the marshal, add some burden to us, our cavalry standard, not the pension standard! ”

"My lord, that's actually pretty good. These thieves are very bold, and they actually want to attack the fort with an apple. ”

Although I don't know the true relationship between Sun Meiyao and Zhao Guanhou, I have heard that this artillery standard gang commander is better than the assistant commander when he says a word in front of the commander. What's more, this time I was caught and hurt by my own unfavorable work, how dare I not flatter. As he spoke, he poured out the secret weapon in the cloth bag, which was one of Shandong's special products: apples.

Sun Meiyao snorted, "You feel your conscience and think about it, if we didn't come, these people would have held the eggs with apples and said they were fried eggs, would your fort be defended." More than 100 people against 20 people, is it sure! Bring the soldiers like this, I won't say anything, I can only play back according to the truth, please make a decision! ”

The pipe band knew that it was going to be bad, so he hurriedly said good things to be careful, and hurriedly handed over a silver ticket, and then took the seized notebook as if offering a treasure, "My lord, this is from the chaotic party, and it has funded the military expenses of the chaotic party." Look at this last article, A Xiu's sister-in-law, seventeen texts...... I know this cousin, she lives on the dock, you send a word, and the little one will arrest her......"

A slap in the face of the pipe band. As soon as Sun Meiyao's body moved, a dagger was put against the throat of the pipe belt, "Listen to me, my name is Sun Meiyao, I was born in Yimeng Mountain, who dares to move a finger from the person above, I will kill his whole family!" Get lost! ”

kicked people out, her face was still ugly, and the amount of donations in the book did not exceed 100 wen at most. A group of discipline girls and coolies, there is no gentry and old age. They don't have much money, but they are willing to support these chaotic parties, which makes her heart inexplicably panicked. Fortunately, the leader of the local Cao Gang took the initiative to sell the news because of the affection of the Cao Gang, otherwise this battle would not have gone so smoothly. She called Sun Guiliang again

"Uncle, I asked the people of the Cao Gang to deceive the follow-up reinforcements of the chaotic party and serve him a pot. We are in this cavalry battalion, and there will be no more than 200 people from the chaotic party, and we will not be able to eat anything. I want to go to Jinan tomorrow, the things on this little book, I have to let Guanhou take a look, this time the chaotic party, and the long hair, look at it but become a climate. ”

Sun Guiliang nodded and said, "That's to hurry, it's good to have me here, you have to be careful." ”

What Sun Meiyao didn't know was that the next day, when the bodies of Li Fengtong and others were displayed by the officials and soldiers, a prostitute named A Xiu's sister-in-law knelt on the ground and kowtowed, asked for eighteen reed mats, and wrapped all the bodies of the activists. and he himself dug pits and buried them in mass graves.

From beginning to end, she didn't shed a single tear, just mechanically digging pits, burying corpses, digging pits and burying corpses. By the time the last body was buried, it was already dark. Some wild dogs, which specialize in eating dead people, begin to roam the neighborhood. Those dogs are very big and not afraid of people, and a woman like A Xiu's sister-in-law was originally afraid to death when she saw these wild dogs. But today, she was not afraid, but dragged the shovel and walked forward. The wild dog barked a few times, but when she was about to approach, the wild dog ran away quickly.

In the night, Ah Xiu's sister-in-law staggered like this, walked out of the mass grave, walked to the fort, and finally walked to the sea.

When Sun Meiyao arrived in Jinan, it was the day when Naqin Xuan and his entourage went to Shandong to investigate the case, Zhao Guanhou picked her up and did not let her go home, but ordered her to come with him on an errand.

With them, one is Shige Yuqing, one is Cao Zhongying, and the other is Wang Hexuan, a staff member. The latter two are both experts in eating, drinking and having fun, and it is appropriate to accompany these three people, and it is the most appropriate to use people. Taking advantage of the fact that the train did not arrive, Sun Meiyao handed over the notebook first, and Yuqing glanced at it a few times, and was also a little worried

"These people are so powerful, they actually made some trouble in Yantai, Yantai's county order is really unbearable, this time I want to join him."

"Ginseng is to participate, but it's useless, and whoever comes will not be too good. can compare with the officials of Ge Ming's party, which is already rare, and there are many more. If we compare the big members, Ge Ming's ability is not as good as ours, but when it comes to the prefecture and county level, most of us will suffer. Unless we wait until the Ge Ming Party occupies the world and uses our own people as the prefecture and county, we can hope to compete with them. ”

Yuqing was silent, and only after a long time did he say: "Fortunately, I left the flag land first......

When the train arrived at the station, the first to come down was Hu Cong, and the last to come down was a group of three people. When they met each other, without waiting for Zhao Guanhou to participate in it, then Qin Xuan grabbed him, "Guanhou, don't come to this set of etiquette." If you want to talk about this, I have to call you handsome, we are asking for this errand, just because our relationship is different, we are unrestrained when we meet, we can say whatever we want, and we will not be able to handle it when you see this ceremony. Let's go to the yamen first, read the will, give it down, and then talk about other things. ”

Cheng Zhen asked about his sister's body, and Yin Sheng talked about how he was an ambassador in Prussia and drank and had fun with Emperor Wilhelm every day, and Na Qinxuan was on the side to fill in the gap. These three people are all good at socializing, and they don't have to worry about having no topics to talk about, and they won't be cold.

After reading the holy decree, Zhao Guanhou invited a few people to the bedroom of the signing room, and Cao Zhongying and Wang Hexuan accompanied them to smoke. Although Zhao Guanhou doesn't smoke, the smoking utensils are extremely fine and high-quality, and the soil is also the best public class soil. Ah Jiu is a good smoker, and her life is more beautiful, served by her, the most popular Changsan in Songjiang, so that the three of them are quite comfortable.

After smoking twenty-four cigarettes in a row, Qin Xuan let out a sigh of relief, "Happy!" This soil is really good soil, and the people are also wonderful people, and the crown marquis knows how to enjoy it, and he didn't live in vain. This curb long knife was used to kill people in the past, but when it came to the Wenzong Dynasty, it could only be used to scare people, but now it can neither be cut nor frightened, and it has completely become a useless thing. But this is a heart, a little meaning of the Queen Mother, and it is also a relief of doubts. The unpleasantness before, Guanhou, you can't go to your heart, the two of you have to fight in your life, not to mention the court and the governor of the Jiangchen, it is normal for some bumps. If you hurt the feelings of the monarch and the minister for this trivial matter, it is your fault. ”

Yin Sheng also said: "Yes, in fact, this time, according to my ideas, I will ensure that you are the squire of the War Department and supervise the training of soldiers." It's a pity, I handed this book over, and let Qingdi give it to it. Now put a military training errand on my head, where can I do it? Or are you lucky, overseas genius, at ease. ”

Cheng Zhen's gaze fell on Ah Jiu, holding Ah Jiu's hand and groping gently, looking at the latter's face crimson, and hiding straight back. Cheng Zhen smiled and asked, "Does this girl have a master?" ”

"If there is a master, don't worry about Brother Zhen, brother, the people in my room will not be sent out. If you like anything else, I'll get it for you. ”

Cheng Zhen hurriedly smiled, "Don't, you misunderstood, I mean if there is no owner, I will be a matchmaker for her." If there is a master, forget it, and don't mention her. To be honest, this pearl spring in Jinan, I have never heard of it, so take me out to see. Fourth Master Cao, Mr. Wang, don't be idle, don't you play a few handfuls after smoking? This girl, hurry up and prepare the cards, and whoever wins will have to reward you with a few. ”

The two of them glanced at each other, and they both knew that the play meat had arrived, and they would not be in the way of the eyes, so they hurriedly made a fuss about playing cards. Zhao Guanhou also knows that visiting the spring is fake, I am afraid that Cheng Zhen also has some confidential words, and he wants to say it to himself, and most of these words are conveyed to himself by King Qing through his mouth, and he must listen to it. (To be continued.) )