(1st Update)

"What? The good governor got on the warship? Shen Shoukun was shocked when he heard the news that Ye Kai went to sea, and he paced back and forth in the station in a hurry, it was not for fun, in case it was wiped and snatched, it would be a major event between the two countries, don't look at yourself as the supreme commander of the Yangtze River Fleet, then you can't afford this responsibility. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Quickly, report to the Admiralty, and say that Liangjiang Governor Liangbi will lead a warship to defend against the enemy, and ask the imperial court to support..."

After thinking for a while, Shen Shoukun pressed down the telegram again, and his heart was entangled, against the enemy, against what enemy? If that's the case, wouldn't it be tantamount to a war between the two countries? He didn't know anything about the situation outside, and he naturally didn't dare to put out the words "resist the enemy", in short, this matter was so big that the whole country might be involved.

"Good Governor, Good Governor, you have a problem for me!"

Shen Shoukun was angry and sullen, constantly scolding his subordinates to inquire about the news, and stopped for a long time before sitting down, he roughly reviewed what happened in the past month or so that Ye Kai arrived in Shanghai for more than a month, first promulgated a state of emergency, then blocked the waters near Shanghai, and finally searched for foreign criminals, and even sent warships to board the ship for inspection, which does require extraordinary courage, but the bad is in this courage, being an official can't just rely on courage, and foreigners can also be provoked casually, how about it? Now you've hit a wall, right?

"Shen Commandery, Emergency Military Intelligence!"

A sudden voice interrupted his thoughts.

"Speak!" Shen Shoukun hurriedly said.

"The cabinet sent a report asking Liangjiang Governor Liangbi and the Jiangfang Fleet to control Shen Shoukun, do their best to avoid war, wait and watch the situation, and never go to sea to disturb them, so as not to rekindle the war between China and foreign countries..."

Try your best to avoid the war and wait and see what happens. When he heard these words, the bitter water in Shen Shoukun's heart was already overflowing, and the governor had already led the ship to sea, isn't this cabinet telegram a waste paper...

Shen Shoukun frowned, and almost collapsed on the seat.

"Sending the "Jiang Yuan" and "Jiang Heng" to the sea to listen to the news, not only the British, but also the French are our warships. ”

Things have developed to such a field, and Shen Shoukun can only remedy it like this, but a few hours have passed, and he still hasn't gotten any news.

"Shen Commandery?" The herald stepped quietly and whispered.

"What's wrong?" Shen Shoukun raised his heavy head.

"Someone came from outside, saying that the governor of Liangjiang, Lord Chang, was here."

"Governor of the Two Rivers! Cheng Dequan? Shen Shoukun stood up suddenly.

Cheng Dequan is the governor of Liangjiang of the Qing court, stationed in Suzhou, more than 100 miles away from the Shanghai concession, how did he come to Shanghai at this time, it's broken, he must know something, Shen Shoukun sighed greatly, the British and French troops arrived in Shanghai, this secret information that he tried every possible means to keep is now known to the whole country.

"Call someone and come out with me." Shen Shoukun commanded.

The governor of the two rivers and the commander of the river defense fleet, these two positions are equal in rank and not subordinate to each other, so naturally it is impossible to say who will meet whom, but since one party is here, there is a distinction between host and guest, Shen Shoukun went out of the yamen of the station, and sure enough, he saw Jiang Fu Cheng Dequan.

Not only Chang Dequan came alone, but he was also followed by a team of soldiers, some were getting off the boat, and some were lining up in a line, scattered, almost more than a thousand people.

"Master Cheng, why are you here?" Shen Shoukun arched his hand and asked.

"I heard about the warship of the British legal person, I am the governor of Liangjiang, and I can't stand idly by." Cheng Dequan has thick eyebrows and big hair, wide face and big ears, and he is also a half-life character of Rong Ma, and he seems to be full of words when he speaks, although he sounds polite, but the current meaning is that Shen Shoukun is pretending to be confused.

Cheng Dequan learned that this news was really not someone above who told him, it was an accident, the news of Ye Kai's oath to go to sea can be described as explosive, he had already seen the newspaper, Cheng Dequan had the habit of reading "Declaration", and was taken aback when he heard it, this time he hurriedly led his subordinates and came by water as soon as possible.

Shen Shoukun's face was embarrassed, he didn't know how to answer, he had naturally heard of Cheng Dequan's name, that was a ruthless character who fought with the Russians in the northeast, and now the situation on the governor's side is still unclear, and now there is another main battle faction, how can this be good?

After thinking for a moment, Shen Shoukun had no choice but to prevaricate: "The cabinet has issued an order to ask the good governor and me to try their best to avoid war, this matter involves the diplomatic relations between the two countries, what to do is solved by the above, Lord Cheng, I am sorry, you should go home." ”

"The foreigners are calling, you told me to get out of the way?" Cheng Dequan was furious.

Shen Shoukun's face was red, and he said, "But the cabinet.."

Without waiting for Shen Shoukun to finish speaking, Cheng Dequan immediately attacked, "Grandma's, what kind of bullshit cabinet order, Lao Tzu doesn't recognize it!" ”

Shen Shoukun was stunned.

"My ferry is not running fast, I am afraid that I will miss the hour when I arrive in Shanghai, I came to borrow your warship, if your ship does not carry my soldiers, then from now on, on the boundary of these two rivers, there will be you without me."

Cheng Dequan put down the cruel words, and Shen Shoukun was speechless for a while, he was not a soft bone, purely because the comparison of the strength of the two sides was too great, if this was a fight, he would only lose, and he was so excited by Cheng Dequan's words, his brain suddenly heated, grandma, the governor has already gone first, let's just do it to the end.

"Master Cheng, wait a moment, I will send someone to give orders to the ships."

"Humph! I was waiting on the boat. Cheng Dequan strode away.

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The news of the imminent arrival of the British and French troops spread throughout Shanghai, and the people were instantly excited, and under the encouragement of patriotic feelings, a huge rally was soon set off, and more and more people spontaneously took to the streets in both the Chinese and the concession areas.

"Is this guy crazy?"

On this day, Huang Jinrong's police guard never stopped, and the procession of protests poured into the center of the French Concession one after another, which has not been seen in several lifetimes.

"Inspector Huang, the public board of directors asked you to send someone over quickly, the procession has already crowded to the gate of the city hall."

"Send someone? You see, can people pass? ”

Looking at the tide of people, Huang Jinrong shivered in his heart, the police in the entire French Concession were only a few hundred people, and it was strange that they could stop the huge team of tens of thousands.

Although the French Concession and the Anglo-American Concession are under the jurisdiction of foreigners, most of the people who can live there are Chinese, and in the face of national sentiment, that little bit of superiority and privilege has long disappeared without a trace.

Not to mention the situation in the Chinese border, as soon as they heard that the British and French were "fighting", the fire in their hearts suddenly jumped up, and they were already dissatisfied with the bravado of those people in the concession, and then they heard that the governor led a warship to the sea to meet the enemy, and they were even more emotional, and a large number of people took to the streets and marched to the dock in unison, some of them brought hoes and wooden sticks.

Aren't you foreign devils coming, then look at it, the Chinese are poor, poor, but this backbone is also straight! (To be continued.) )