The address of the Chinese Yamen is still located in the Wubei Academy, and Wang Song and Tan Shaobai are originally in the government class, so they simply serve as the general office and deputy office of the Chinese Yamen, responsible for maintaining the ground security of Jinmen. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The trainees of the Martial Arts Academy, because they all have basic cultural knowledge and can read and write, are fully competent to serve as subordinates in this temporary institution.

According to the results of the meeting of the commanders of various countries, this provisional administrative body was named the Metropolitan Yamen, and the supreme administrative body composed of military officers from various countries was called the Tsumen Provisional Management Committee, and it had an armed force of 300 people, most of whom were Fuso soldiers. Because Tiele was extremely dissatisfied with the establishment of this institution, he did not send officers and soldiers to participate, but the whole army went straight to the capital, intending to enter the city first and loot the goods.

The part in charge of the Chinese is named the Dutong Yamen, which is under the jurisdiction of Ryanstein's mercenary group, with a total of more than 730 foreign gun teams and equipped with students from the Armed Forces Academy as translators and assistants. In addition, there are institutions for food, finance, health, private property management, patrol and arrest, and issuance and examination. In addition, some believers and missionaries were hired as co-organizers, and it was a group that could take into account all kinds of forces.

At Reinstein's request, all mercenaries wore the same uniform and had their own flags, and Mrs. Jenson bribed several quartermasters of the coalition army to get out 800 new uniforms and distribute them, making the army even more decent to wear than the regular army.

At the rank of officer, all new revolvers and command knives were issued, and except for the absence of epaulettes, they were no different from the regular army. In addition, they hired foreign band members from the concession to serve as military musicians, beat drums and wave flags, and patrol around the city, but the soldiers of various countries also looked at it.

In terms of funding, the 150,000 silver deposited by the Wubei Academy is the initial fund, and the subsequent part is borrowed from Huabi Bank.

At present, the first thing that foreigners need is food, followed by ammunition and military needs, and the people are also inseparable from food. Since the Flying Tiger Regiment was born in chaos, the grain stores in Jinmen were mostly closed for business, and later the war was urgent, and the food in the city was less. At present, the food must be guaranteed to be eaten by the coalition forces, and the price of grain in Tianjin changes three times a day, and rice is as expensive as a pearl. After the establishment of the Metropolitan Yamen, the price of rice could be stabilized, porridge and rice could be distributed, and the number of people dying of starvation could be minimized.

In addition, the foreigners asked the people to deliver supplies, and they wanted to recruit women to serve as military discipline, and demanded that the Flying Tigers be hunted down. Under the pretext of searching for the Flying Tiger Regiment, Tie Lebing has already slaughtered in the Beitang area. Villages were ablaze and people fled with screams, but they were greeted by a dense volley of guns.

The silver torture of women is often accompanied by massacres. Smoke and fire erupted from village to village, which eventually reduced to rubble. Villages where none of the villagers had ever practiced boxing were mercilessly slaughtered, simply because they looked like the village might have money, or because they had some old feud with the people.

In the past, when the Flying Tiger Regiment was prosperous, Yu Ermaozi and Sanmaozi killed what they saw, but now the foreign soldiers, under the leadership of the disciples, retaliated in a more savage and brutal way, playing the role they once hated.

When it became more and more difficult for the residents of the countryside to survive, a news also spread among them, and there was a way to survive in the city of Jinmen. The Dutong Yamen set up a porridge field and distributed gruel every day. Although there is very little porridge and rice, it can finally hang a life and not starve to death. Moreover, there are foreign soldiers and guards there, and soldiers from various countries will not go over to kill people for no reason.

In addition, the Metropolitan Yamen will also select Ding Zhuang from the crowd to deliver military food and ordnance to the coalition army, and every day he works, he will get wages and food. In order to survive, people began to gather in the city to fight for a glimmer of life.

In the city, after Zhao Guanhou arranged Ryanstein's troops, the second person he wanted to find was Hou Xing and Li Rongqing. The Li family was not killed in this military disaster, in fact, they have always had contacts with foreigners, and they are also prepared for the entry of foreign soldiers into the city. As soon as the guns rang out, the Li family hung out a few Taixi flags, although the house suffered two shells, but the vitality was not injured, and there were not many dead and injured, just a sum of money to the foreigner ****.

Hou Xing's people are much more miserable in comparison, the small shoe shop is poor land, and the foreign soldiers are not interested in robbing, so they directly set a fire and burned the house to the ground. Hou Xing and the others had no place to live, and they also knew that foreigners could not afford to provoke them, so they had to take refuge in Li's house on the water ladder.

Speaking of this incident, both of them have feelings for the rest of their lives, Hou Xing said: "We are still good, but Ma Da's nose is miserable." The two foreign soldiers wanted to harm his friend, but he stopped him, and let the foreign soldiers pick it with a knife, and the intestines came out. This is also a tragic death. and Second Master Meng, who is also very downcast now. ”

Zhao Guanhou was stunned for a moment, after he entered the Jinmen, he didn't hear the news of Meng Siyuan, plus the things here were one after another, and he didn't care about him, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with my second brother?" ”

"The second master's factory was burned down by the Flying Tiger Group. You also know that it was his hard work, and if he said no, it would be gone, who would have suffered it? People are in their hearts in one breath, sick on the kang, and foreign soldiers are grabbing the door of the mansion, if it weren't for a few servants to protect him, he wouldn't be able to get better. Now I don't even have a home.,Stay with a bunch of flowers.。 Tell me, he's a rich son, why did he end up like this? Old Man Li sent someone to pick him up once, but he didn't move, this person is poor and upright, and he doesn't eat the food that others reward. But in this situation, it is useless to be so upright, he has to live. Don't rob the money, the factory burned down, and a very good businessman almost turned upside down, what is this called the world. We went to see him every few days, and secretly asked people to bring him something to eat, he was the child of the head of the broad family, when did he suffer this sin, and it made people pickle when he saw it. ”

Zhao Guanhou asked Meng Siyuan's whereabouts, first kept it in mind, and then instructed, "The establishment of the Dutong Yamen, and the security of the ground in Jinmen depends on everyone." Let's eat the bowl of rice of the pot guy, usually eat and drink the street, and when it comes to employing people, we have to top it. Provoke foreigners and provoke the Flying Tiger Group, we are not one, but tidy up the ground and fight those petty thieves who take advantage of the fire to rob, this is our business. From now on, we have to move to maintain order in Jinmen, and whoever dares to take advantage of the fire to rob will not be spared. If you dare to be tough, ask foreign soldiers for help. ”

Li Rongqing nodded, "Don't worry, the more than 100 guns in my Li family are not vegetarians, whoever dares to take advantage of the chaos will be killed." ”

"There is another one, let's put porridge and rice, everyone rushes to eat, there will inevitably be fights, we must maintain order, and ensure that the old and weak women and children are not squeezed behind. There are good people and bad people among the refugees, and it depends on a few of you to bother. If there are bad guys, they will be arrested and sent to the front line to sell coolies to foreigners. and if he does not obey, he will be killed. There is only one thing I want, there can be no more big troubles on the ground of Jinmen, and the people will not be offended again. Also, the people of the Flying Tigers...... After the visit, persuade them to leave. Whoever has robbed something, get out what he has robbed, and if he still wants to make trouble with foreigners, he can't keep it. If you can deal with it yourself, you can deal with it yourself, and don't use foreigners easily. ”

Li Rongqing and Hou Xing also knew in their hearts that whoever killed the foreigner again at this moment would inevitably be strongly retaliated against by the foreigner. It is very difficult to negotiate alone. In addition, neither party has a favorable opinion of the Flying Tiger Regiment, so there is no conflict with this order.

Hou Xing said: "Foreigners are looking for us to ask for women, how can this be good?" The daughters of good families can't give them harm, right? ”

"This is natural, so I have to go to the Tuchang in the lower third class and the white house, and I have to go if I am willing to go, and if I don't want to go, I have to go, and I can't talk so much at this time. In addition, in this regard, he asked ten women to give at most six, a little bit of stuffing, and he would give more next time. Rest assured, we also have foreigners behind us, and when we should be soft with them, we have to lose our temper when we should have a temper. ”

These gangsters are all ghosts in the field, and at this time, after the war, the order collapsed, and they came out to maintain law and order, and the effect was better than that of ordinary troops. Li Rongqing took out a part of the grain stockpiles and distributed them, and Mrs. Jensen hoarded a large amount of grain before the war, and at this time, part of it was sold to the coalition forces at a high price, and a small part was also taken out for relief.

In the afternoon, an acquaintance came to the door, but it was the Yankee businessman Hoover. Zhao Guanhou is very familiar with him, and he still has business cooperation in Shandong, so he was very surprised when he came, "You are not in Shandong, why did you come here?" ”

Hoover smiled and opened his arms and hugged Zhao Guanhou, "Actually, I came earlier than you thought, I want to thank you and my friend, if it weren't for you ****** I found so many items, I might still be living in Jinmen, and then I might have been hit by artillery fire, or killed by the Flying Tigers." As for me coming back now, I came to look for an opportunity, and it turned out that the opportunity came. I hope to participate in your Metropolitan Yamen and jointly maintain the law and order of Jinmen. ”

Zhao Guanhou naturally would not object to one more foreigner in the yamen, and if there was one more foreigner on his side, it would be easier to negotiate a few points. When the time comes, foreigners can come forward to deal with foreigners, not to mention that Hoover is not a nobody, but a businessman with certain assets, similar to the golden gentry, in negotiations, is a very good arm. It's just that he didn't understand why Hoover had to join the yamen.

Hoover did not hide that "my business in the Golden Kingdom is going very well, and I have accumulated a certain amount of wealth, but my ambition is not to simply become a rich man." I hope that I can also achieve some development in integrity. However, I don't have the qualifications, so if I can take on some of the work in the Metropolitan Yamen, it will be easier for me to get some government positions in the future...... It may be difficult for you to understand that the government system in our country is completely different from yours. ”

Zhao Guanhou said: "No, I understand your system very well, and I already understand what you said." If you have money, you want to be an official, a congressman, a governor, or a president, right? ”

"Oh...... I didn't think about the president, it's just too far away. Hoover smiled, "I just think I can work hard." ”

"No problem, believe me, the experience of the Dutong Yamen must be very suitable for you. You just need to find a reporter to help you pack it up, and turn the experience of the Dutong Yamen into a humanitarian rescue operation, which can get you an excellent reputation. After all, there are not many people in your country in Jinmen, the mysterious and distant East, war and salvation, this theme is very good. ”

Hoover's eyes lit up when he Zhao Guanhou said, and the two almost hit it off, and he became a member of the Dutong Yamen without any resistance. They also have contacts in the concession, and they can also get some of the scarce materials such as food and medicine. In particular, he played the sign of humanitarian rescue, in the name of charity, under this guise, he could do many things that were inconvenient for Jenson.

With such a foreign devil in the yamen, Wang and Gu both sighed that in the future, if the coalition management agency wants food and goods, Hoover can mediate. In order to gain fame for himself, he will definitely ease his cheeks for Dajin within a certain range, and use each other to make use of each other, so that the people of Tianjin can finally get a bite to eat.

The sky gradually darkened, and in a ruined temple, more than twenty unkempt flowers returned from everywhere, and the broken sand pots and broken bowls in their arms contained today's achievements. Jinmen suffered a great disaster, and it was basically impossible for Hanako to get food, so what they could do was to go to the porridge shed set up by the Dutong Yamen and ask for a bowl of porridge to drink.

The leader of Hanako was a beggar in his thirties, very strong, and it was said that he was a deserter, and his men were very good, and three or five people were not his opponents. In this chaotic situation, human life is not valuable, and this kind of person is the most terrible. A bunch of flowers made up half a pot of saved gruel and brought it to the leader.

The leader looked at it, but pointed to Hanako curled up in the corner, "Get him a bowl, don't let him starve to death." ”

This flower is the outlier of all the flowers. The raw skin and tender meat are not from poor people at first glance, and they have not suffered. Although the clothes on his body were torn, if he looked closely, he could see that it was an excellent robe, but it was not in shape.

He never opened his mouth to ask for food, nor did he kneel on the ground to expose his upper body like they did, and then slam a brick into his chest to win sympathy. At most, he followed the back of the team and stretched out his hand to someone's house, but then he simply didn't even go out. People like this belong to the worst kind of work skills among beggars, if it weren't for the food and money sent every once in a while, I am afraid that they would have starved to death a long time ago.

A flower child flattered: "Master Pole, you drink this porridge first, and then give it to him after drinking the rest." ”

"Get out!" The leader kicked the flower child, "Hurry up and serve him a bowl, he is starving to death, and there will be no one to bring us food!" The people who deliver the food are all pot guys, and they still have guns in their hands, so they are not easy to mess with at first glance. This person has a background, don't recruit him, understand! ”

The beggar who had been kicked didn't dare to say any more, so he quickly poured the porridge into the broken bowl and put it in front of his eyes with his back to the flower child, "Master, can you open your eyes and drink the porridge?" Like you, who don't move every day and don't do anything but lie down, you have a credit. If you want to come, you have to honor you first, and you will be burdened again, so drink it. ”

The beggar, whose face was covered with mud, did not speak, but opened his eyes and looked at it, raised the bowl of porridge, and waited to drink it. At the gate of the temple, someone suddenly shouted: "What kind of person is my second brother, can he drink this porridge?" Second brother, brother, I'm a step late, come with me now, let's eat well! ”

The Hanako looked up and saw a young and tall military attache standing at the entrance of the temple, and behind him, there was a team of guards. The usually majestic Hanako was taken aback, and suddenly stepped forward, knelt down and kowtowed first: "Lord Zhao! You are Lord Zhao Guanhou Zhao! You don't know the small one, the small one is Gao Sheng! You gave you a small piece of gold watch with a spring, do you remember? ”

Zhao Guanhou looked at him, "Gao Sheng? It's a coincidence that you're here too. You get up first, I'm going to talk to my second brother." ”

The beggar with his back to everyone heard Zhao Guanhou's voice, Huo Ran stood up, drank all the gruel in the bowl, stood up with great difficulty, held a broken wooden stick in one hand, lowered his head, and ran outside the temple gate. It's just that he just ran a few steps before he was grabbed by Zhao Guanhou's arm, "Second brother, can you, a literati, run past me?" Don't hide it, there's nothing to be embarrassed about, isn't it just down? Is this also called a thing? When no one was a little unlucky, when our brother and I met, I was not like you, second brother. Even if you ignore me, there are still second sisters-in-law and old ladies in Shandong, you are comfortable as a flower in Jinmen, don't you care about them? (To be continued.) )