With the pace of spring, Qingdao became lively again, and the Prussians, who had changed from the host to the status of guests, were pleasantly surprised to find that their business was doing well. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

A large number of Chinese poured into Qingdao, bringing huge business opportunities and large sums of cash. Most of these people have a certain net worth, carry their families, carry large bags and small bags of luggage, and as soon as they arrive in Qingdao, they are busy renting a house, and then buying land and buying a house. The arrival of the inhabitants of Prussia, whose livelihood was becoming increasingly difficult, was greatly improved.

Even a stubborn racist like Aunt Nova has to bow his head in the face of the pressure of reality to survive. In order to make ends meet, they had to rent out their houses to Chinese for rent. Relatively speaking, these gentlemen who have certain assets and pay attention to decency are naturally the best tenants.

The widow of Qianjin has also become extremely busy, visiting guests, banquets, poetry clocks, and entertainment. It seems that overnight, the clock has been reversed several times, and it has returned to the time period when the Golden Room had just abdicated and everyone had just arrived in Qingdao to avoid disaster.

Those who came to Qingdao were all government office workers left over from the pre-Jin era, including some members of the clan and former Jin loyal ministers who had cut their braids but still cherished their old masters. They could accept themselves as officials of the republic, but they would not accept themselves as subservient to another emperor.

With Yuan Weiting's official announcement of the change of Yuan Hongxian, these people abandoned their officials and went to Qingdao to defect to another group of outcasts of the era.

The bereaved are full of sympathy for their companions, but they are rarely able to lend a hand, after all, the friendship between the two is limited to the incense love of the pre-Jin Age, and this kind of affection can be taken care of, and if you want to settle down and buy a home for them, it is inevitable to ask too much.

The price of land in Qingdao is not cheap, especially a large amount of military land occupies a limited space, and it is a big expense to build houses in the rest of the place. For the time being, renting a house is the inevitable choice for most escapees. The second floor of Nova's small building was rented by a Chinese who had some property, and the whole family moved to the first floor.

The tenant was clearly very sociable, and as soon as the house was furnished, he invited a large number of guests to a party for a feast. Living on the ground floor, Nova had to endure the tenant's constant listening to open the door for visitors and lead strangers upstairs to her house. When she did so for the fifth time, she couldn't help but curse loudly in Prussian.

Her husband, who works in the Qingdao Zhengfu Agency, is as strict and uninteresting as the principal of a Prussian rural primary school. As a gentleman, he was not allowed to scold, and only struck the ground with his cane when the visitor crunched on the stairs of his house. It is a pity that there are few gentlemen who come to visit, and they still turn a blind eye to this means of protest.

"Next time, we should write in the rental agreement that no banquets are allowed."

"Then we will lose all our guests. These Chinese are just those who like to hold banquets, and Chinese who can't afford to hold banquets usually can't afford to pay rent. Damn it! If Hannah Ken had secured that road expansion project for us, we wouldn't have to put up with these damn yellow-skinned monkeys. ”

"It doesn't make sense to say that now, since you want to live here, you have to learn to adapt. Well, they speak loudly, and we should listen to them. ”

Nova knows that under her husband's stereotypical face, what is hidden is actually an unusually fiery spy heart with an extraordinary obsession with eavesdropping. Looking at her husband's efforts to listen, Nova thought with some regret, "I should let Hannah get a listening device, so her uncle can save some effort." ”

The soundproofing of the building is not very good, and the sound can be heard even without the use of soundproofing equipment. Someone stepped on the floor so hard that the dust scattered in the air and danced like an elf.

"The monkey head is self-defeating this time. was bold enough to dare to usurp the throne, and he said that he was a living Cao Cao at the beginning, and it seems that he was right. This time, we have to be loyal, right? ”

"Of course, we have to compare with the two sages of Shang Boyi and Shuqi. is waiting for the emperor to take charge of the country again in the future, and everyone will have to be crowned officials, at least at the same level. ”

"You say, can these ten grids say that the commander will send troops? She is flattered, but she is not the only woman in the family, a lot of aunts and wives, she said that she is a little mother-in-law......"

"Shut up! What is a little mother-in-law, now they are all together, husband and wife are equal, wives and concubines have equal rights, and live in Shandong, this slogan has to be learned. Let me tell you, I think it will probably work out. You don't see it, Shandong's soldiers are everywhere, which is called entering a state of combat readiness and being ready to attack at any time. Think about it, even if Zhao Guanhou doesn't save face, doesn't he think about himself? Who can compare with the merits of support? When the emperor ascended the throne, he didn't run away. The emperor was still young, and before he ascended the throne, he was not allowed to take charge of the dynasty. When the time comes, let a girl enter the palace to be the queen, in this world, it is not up to him to have the final say. ”

"Wait a minute, he is Han, how can his daughter enter the palace?"

"Nonsense, the monkey head is also Han, and his daughter is worried about entering the palace as a queen, why can't the marshal? He has soldiers! said that his daughter can be a girl, who can stop it. The old rules, you can't hold on to it, you should be flexible, you have to be flexible. Hurry up tomorrow, let's hand the handbook to the Shuaifu first, our future in the future, are pinched in the hands of the marshal, don't burn the cold stove now, when do you wait? In the future, we will have to point to him for promotion. ”

The above discussion gradually shifted from cursing Yuan Weiting to analyzing the possibility of Zhao Guanhou becoming Cao Cao. Nova and her husband looked at each other, and the latter suddenly realized that her current behavior did not match her status as a gentleman. The gentleman, who was condemned by his conscience, decided to use the method of whistleblowing, washed away his crimes, put on a top hat, rushed out of the gate in a few steps, and rushed towards the garrison.

Nova looked at her husband's back and muttered to herself, "Spreading rumors that are not conducive to social stability, such a person is arrested, and the rent and security deposit for half a year do not have to be returned, I should consider it and prepare for the next wave of tenants." ”

Among the clan members in Shandong, the best one to mix is Wang Bincheng. During the Battle of Weifang, he made some military achievements, and more importantly, the Fusang people sent agents to do his work, but he handed over the money to Zhao Guanhou. Relying on this merit, he replaced Yang Futian and was appointed commander-in-chief of the Qingdao Fortress and commander of the Second Infantry Brigade of the First Division of the Provincial Army. It can be regarded as the one with the highest military rank and the most soldiers among the Shandong bannermen.

After getting the report, he didn't mean to deal with it, and thought for a while before he said: "Send a telegram to Jinan and ask the marshal for instructions." ”

In the Jinan Marshal's Mansion, Jing Ci was standing obediently in front of a middle-aged man, shaking his head and reciting Tang poems. The man nodded, complimenting him incessantly

"Okay! The child is so smart, I can't understand a word of the stuff I memorize, this is Tang poetry. Fourth, your child is better than my child, you see, how about our two families get married? This kid belongs to me, and I will be an aunt. My daughter is with her mother, she is beautiful, and she promises not to be wronged and merciful. How about it, Jingci, uncle found you a little daughter-in-law, are you happy? ”

Zhao Guanhou said with a smile: "Big brother, I have no opinion on this matter, but the problem is, this little rabbit cub is still young, if he grows up and becomes a crooked melon and cracked date, won't it hurt our girl?" Wait, let's talk about it when it's bigger, let the two little ones be together first, and see what the two of them want. ”

Cao Zhongkun shook his head and said: "You, I don't know where to learn this problem, marriage is a big matter of parents' orders, you have to let the juniors make their own decisions, what do our parents do." I can't afford to be in such a hurry with you, go back and ask your sister-in-law to be a matchmaker, you dare to use this set of words, it's strange to see if she doesn't scold you. That Guangxi Lu Manzi, I heard that he also wants to marry you? ”

"Yes, I didn't agree. Although he is a brother, but the friendship is better than our buddies, there is this matter, and we have to do it ourselves. Tonight, I'm in for a treat, and our brothers have a good gathering. It's a pity that the third brother didn't come, if he came, we would have made it up. ”

Cao Zhongkun said with a smile: "The third brother opened a province and a province, and he can't move when he is idle, so let's have a few drinks tonight." Tell me, this time Cai Feng swore independence in Yunnan, but it was just a ringworm problem, why did he make such a big fanfare and enter Sichuan? Cai Feng's soldiers and horses are only more than 3,000, to put it mildly, that is, bandits on a larger scale, why is this so? ”

"Big brother, Cai Feng, the co-ordination Xiao Zhou Lang, is not a mediocre person, and it is not appropriate to calculate the strength or weakness by the strength of the army. Moreover, more importantly, your army is not simply targeting Cai Feng. Yunnan and Guizhou must be fought, but Sichuan is also not peaceful. A strong force is needed to deter the local forces and keep them from disagreeing. I think that's what the president has in mind. ”

Cao Zhongkun raised his big finger, "Fourth, your ability is really not blown." My subordinate Ziyu said the same thing. Saying that we are entering Sichuan this time is a plan to destroy the country by false means. Not only to defeat Cai Feng, but also to take down Sichuan. Chen Er'an is also an old fighter, why is he so bad in Sichuan, and he can't even deal with Cai Feng, an old student? In my opinion, in the end, we have to count on the Dragon Lord to send troops. ”

Chen Guan in Sichuan could not stabilize the situation, and among the three brigades under his command, although Feng Huanzhang's brigade was relatively obedient, its troops were too poor, its equipment was extremely poor, its military salaries were scarce, and its uniforms were in tatters. The Beiyang Army is the most heavily betrayed, and as soon as this unit got off the train, it was regarded as an armed refugee by Chen Er'an and disdained. Li Bingzhi's brigade refused to obey the dispatch, and only Wu Xiang could use one brigade.

But Wu Xiang himself is Cai Feng's old subordinate, and using him to fight against Cai Feng makes it hard to believe that he will go all out. When the Yunnan army entered Sichuan, the momentum was like a bamboo, and Wu Xiang's brigade began to retreat, taking the initiative to give up the danger of Lushui and retreat to the artesian well, which made people feel that it was deliberately sold.

The local forces in Sichuan don't buy Chen Er'an either. He once served as the general office of the lecture hall in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, and the officers of Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, most of whom were his disciples. However, Yuan Weiting's practice of excluding dissidents made the local military leaders deeply jealous, and they were afraid that the Beiyang army, like Uncle Liu Huang back then, would refuse to leave again as soon as they entered Xichuan, and their own land, money, and grain would not all be returned to Beiyang?

Accompanying Cai Feng's uprising, including Xiong Wu, the main general of the Wuchang uprising, he was very prestigious in the robe brother, and most of the army in Sichuan were the children of the robe brother. As long as you say the right thing, you can let it go, and even those who surrender with guns are there.

As soon as the troops in Yunnan were dispatched, Liu Shixian, the overseer of Guizhou, immediately turned his face after receiving Yuan Weiting's 300,000 yuan military salary, and raised troops to support independence. Yuan Weiting was asked to abolish the imperial system, return to the republic, and punish the culprits, otherwise he would defend the republican system to the death. Immediately afterwards, in order to express their resolute opposition to Yuan Zhengfu, the Yunnan-Guizhou Communist Alliance resolutely decided to enter Hunan and Guangdong, dealing a heavy blow to Yuan and the thief.

Li Xiaru waved his army to take Guangzhou, Liu Shixian's noble army invaded Hunan, and the local volunteers in Hunan also began to support the communist army. Because Cai Feng is a native of Hunan and has some influence in the local area, your army played the banner of Cai Feng's group and entered Hunan with a partial division, not only was it not blocked by local forces, but someone took the initiative to cooperate with them, which is also a rare anecdote in the world.

Liu Houcun, commander of the First Division of the Sichuan Army, raised troops against Yuan Yicai, and the local Pao brother forces in Sichuan adopted a hostile attitude towards the Beiyang Army because of Xiong Wu's relationship. Yuan Weiting's formation of the Yunnan army to enter Sichuan can be regarded as far-sighted, at least it can be seen that the plan to control Cai Songpo with Chen Er'an is doomed to failure.

Cao Zhongkun was appointed commander-in-chief of the First and Second Route Armies, and commanded the three joint divisions of the 3rd, 8th, and 23rd Divisions stationed in Sichuan. Ma Jizeng was also the commander of the Second Route Army, and the 6th and 7th Divisions and Tang Tianxi's 7th Mixed Brigade entered Hunan to fight. At the same time, he ordered the two Guangxi to patrol and was crowned the first-class county king, so Long Qiguang, who was nicknamed the Dragon King, took Guizhou with the Liangguang troops, entered Yunnan in the middle of the road, and took Cai Feng's back, that is, the Third Route Army.

The trumpet sounded, and the battle began, but it was different from the Battle of Shandong. The newspapers waved the flag and shouted for the Yuan family very little, and the fundraising held was crowded. Guaranteed by the proceeds of the Jinghan Railway, the Hongxian 6% public bonds issued had extremely poor sales results. Even though it was discounted, no one subscribed.

The attitude of the provincial overseers was unclear, and although no one responded to Cai Feng by telegram, few people telegraphed to support the emperor and apply for war. On the contrary, some newspapers talked a lot about peaceful development, bitterly denounced the situation of the people of the Republic of China running out of money, and desperately hoped that the two sides would stop the war and resolve the issue through negotiations. Xinhua News also published a modern poem signed "Wang Lu", entitled: Farewell to weapons.

When the banquet was set up in the proud building, and Cao, Meng, and Zhao raised their glasses and drank together, Gao Sheng sent a telegram from Qingdao from outside. Zhao Guanhou only glanced at it, and then transferred it to Cao Zhongkun, "It's getting more and more lively." It seems that there are more and more people who are not optimistic about His Majesty, and you yourself, with military power in your hands, have to think twice about what to do. ”