Xiao Yiming's sincere remarks on the high platform of the Sichuan Lecture Hall and the subsequent rapid replenishment of guns and quilts spread throughout the streets and alleys of Chengdu overnight, arousing strong resonance and support from countless officers and soldiers, especially young students, and becoming the focus of conversation among people from all walks of life in Sichuan for several consecutive days, and Xiao Yiming's image of "sincerity and benevolence" became more vivid and distinct.

Some people love and naturally there will be resentment, this world is as simple as that, it is estimated that the one who hates Xiao Yiming the most is Zhu Qinglan, the commander of the 17th Town, it is rumored that he broke two teacups and a teapot the night he heard the news, and it is also a top grade from Jingdezhen.

Hate to hate, Zhu Qinglan is helpless against Xiao Yiming, who holds real power, not to mention that the purchase of large quantities of weapons and equipment must have Xiao Yiming's signature and consent, only to say that the guns and ammunition, horses and carriages, military uniforms and leather goods and other military supplies that the new army needs to receive in peacetime do not need Xiao Yiming's signature and consent, if you really tear your face, there will be absolutely no good fruit to eat.

Not everyone in the army has a good relationship with Xiao Yiming like Zhu Qinglan, Wu Zhongyong, Jiang Dengxuan, Xu Xiaogang, Hu Jingyi and other officers at or above the standard level get along well with Xiao Yiming, most of the middle and low-level officers of the New Army and the border army have a good relationship with the polite and generous Xiao Yiming, and even Zhou Daogang, who has a rough surname, talks and laughs with Xiao Yiming, if Zhu Qinglan openly targets Xiao Yiming, I am afraid that it will seriously affect his image, and it is not certain whether he can win the fight.

From the day the army was founded, the Sichuan New Army did not have its own definite goal of struggle, still less a firm belief, and could not talk about its own objective positioning; under the onslaught of various new ideas and trends of thought wave after wave, all officers and men fell into helplessness and confusion.

Last year, the "Guang'an Uprising" led by Xiong Kewu, the leader of the Sichuan League, and Zhou Daogang, the acting co-commander of the 33rd Association, executed Wu An'an, a member of the League in the army, which exacerbated the contradictions and crisis of faith in the army.

Although the "Guang'an Uprising" was quickly extinguished within two days, and Xiong Kewu fled far away, the League gained an opportunity to spread and develop in the land of northern Sichuan; Although Zhou Daogang, who executed the "chaotic party" in the army, was quickly suspended, temporarily eliminating the crisis of mutiny in the army, the accumulated contradictions will not disappear because of the disappearance of a young life, but will quietly pile up, become bigger and bigger, and may erupt at any time.

After the beginning of summer, there was a strange atmosphere of restlessness in Chengdu's military and academic circles, and Xiao Yiming and his brothers, who had been prepared for a long time, watched all this nervously almost every day.

In the northwest of the city, the headquarters of the Huaxi Group, the metal products company that produces and assembles weapons, the residential area, and the power plant, foundry, and steel mill outside the northern city that have been officially put into operation, have quietly built strong walls and hidden defensive fire points, and the six German MG08 water-cooled heavy machine guns secretly purchased can be dragged out and fired at any time, and the number of security teams formed by the Huaxi Group with the approval of political axes at all levels has increased sharply, and the number of security teams in the two places far away in Dayi and Ya'an has also doubled to more than 700 people. He is currently undergoing intense rotation training in the Ya'an Heavy Camp.

Within the scope of Chengdu, under the convening of Wu Dachuan, the ladles of the various halls of Hongmen held three secret meetings, and reached a consensus of "cleaning oneself and sitting and watching the changes". In the case of not being able to see who wins and who loses, no one wants to wade into this troubled water.

From time to time, Xiao Yiming went to the British, German and French consulates as a guest, and sat with several consuls and officials to exchange views frankly.

The new German Consulate at the intersection of Hanjiang Road and Qinglong North Street has just been completed, and the cautious Germans immediately left the bustling and crowded Jinma Street and moved into a spacious and beautiful new location with complete facilities.

The Americans who only set up business offices in Chengdu have also moved, they have rented an office area of 200 square meters on the west side of the second floor of the office building of Huaxi Group, as well as a two-story Western-style residential building in the compound, plus the Chengdu branch of the German Deutsche Hua Bank, the British Standard Chartered Bank, and well-known commercial banks and offices in various countries have been stationed one after another, Hanjiang Road has finally become an important political, diplomatic and financial center in Chengdu, and Huaxi Company has not only made a lot of money in real estate sales and rental, but also promoted the prosperity and development of Chengdu's industry and commerce. Moreover, it has strengthened the relationship and cooperation in all aspects, adding a solid insurance for itself in the troubled times.

Xiao Yiming, who contributed to all this, did not have time to breathe a sigh of relief, and a sudden shooting in the East Campus Barracks of the New Army ignited a powder keg, and the irreconcilable contradictions in the New Army finally broke out, which in turn caused a huge chaos that affected the whole city.

On 1 June, in accordance with the spirit of the latest instructions of the Yanjing Military Department and under the orders of Zhu Qinglan, the commander-in-chief of the New Army, the commanders at all levels raided the barracks of the 33rd Association and the 66th Standard Barracks of the 33rd New Army, and in one fell swoop found dozens of illegal (forbidden) books of the revolutionary party and more than 10 emblems of members of the League.

Before Ma Zhaotang fell into a coma, he resolutely swallowed the list of members of the alliance with blood, and was beaten severely by the gendarmes who caught up, digging his throat and beating his stomach, and almost killed Ma Zhaotang on the spot.

The non-commissioned officer on duty in the new army battalion couldn't bear to see Pao Ze die, gathered more than ten brothers to snatch out Ma Zhaotang, who had fallen into a coma, and urgently sent him to Zhenxing Ludehua Hospital for rescue.

The soldiers of the 66th standard were extremely grateful and trusted by Xiao Yiming, and when they saw that Xiao Yiming begged for a doctor for their brother, they ordered the elite guards to strictly protect and drive away the gendarmes, so they returned to the camp under Xiao Yiming's words.

Xiao Yiming temporarily eased the conflict, sat in the dean's office to wipe sweat and drink coffee, two hours later the operation was successfully completed, Xiao Yiming learned that the warhead in Ma Zhaotang's lung had been removed, and there was no danger to life, and he couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief.

Xiao Yiming was just about to return to the governor's yamen to report, and the adjutant Zheng Changze sweated profusely and ran to report urgently:

"The soldiers of the 66th and 65th standards mutinied, the teachers and students of the Provincial School of Law and Political Science, the Higher Normal School, and more than a dozen private colleges showed solidarity, and more and more students and citizens took to the streets to march (march) (demonstrate), and at this moment they are advancing towards the tightly sealed East School Field."

Before Zheng Changze's words fell, Xiao Yiming's sworn brother, Ma Gang, the captain of the Beizheng Bureau of the Chengdu Police Bureau, arrived: "The army lecture hall and the army primary school cadets mutinied, and Jiang Dengxuan, the general office of Lu Xiao, personally led the gendarmerie to rush to the bomb suppression. ”

Xiao Yiming was not in a hurry at this time, and left the hospital after thanking the dean and several chief surgeons, and instructed Ma Gang to immediately inform all the brothers and Old Man Wu to be more careful, and then rode on his horse and slowly returned to the governor's yamen.

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ps: Recommend my old book "Regeneration Legend", which is a novel that started from the beginning of the entertainment stream, although it is young and immature, but it represents a writing process of the Son of Heaven!

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