When Zhao Guanhou and his entourage arrived near Jinmen, they had already received two pieces of news, one was that the imperial court had 300,000 yuan, 100,000 taels to reward the Tiger God Camp, 100,000 taels to reward the Wuwei rear army, and another 100,000 taels to reward the Flying Tiger Regiment in Jinmen, but there was no copper coin to reward the Wuwei front army.

At the same time, Cheng Gongting was originally blamed by the imperial court for killing the Flying Tiger Regiment, and he was dismissed as the commander of Yipin, and he was dismissed from his post to stay in office to see the after-effects. It is said that this time he made military exploits, the punishment should be removed, and the official should be reinstated, but the imperial court did not make this arrangement, obviously drowning out the merits of the former army of Wuwei.

For this kind of disposition, many soldiers in the former army complained that the morale of the soldiers of the two battalions was also extremely low. Fortunately, Ren Sheng has some strategies for leading the troops, which can restrain the soldiers and not make a big fuss. When he arrived at the ground of Jinmen, Dong Jun also said goodbye to Zhao Guanhou and returned to the capital with some of Siheng's men to guard the number. The rest of the guys will go to Shandong with the female dependents, open a semicolon, and avoid the fire.

The one who is in charge of the female dependents is Dong Jun's biological mother's dowry maid, and she was also accepted by Master Dong and promoted to be his aunt's wife. She only has a nickname called Jin'er, known as Aunt Jin. In his early Chinese New Year's Eve, he has a pair of peach blossom eyes, which are very charming. She is very methodical, and she has become a close friend with Xu during these days, and she also talks and laughs with Jensen. He is shrewd in his business methods and is well-known in his family. With her at the helm, it is not difficult to open a money bank in Shandong.

Zhao Guanhou is now a shareholder of Siheng, and with him to take care of him, Siheng has nothing to worry about. Especially along the way, I was worried about the attack of the Flying Tiger Regiment, and when I saw the hearts of everyone in Jinmen, I relaxed a little. That Mrs. Ru was not afraid to meet outsiders, and took the initiative to lift the curtain and talk to Zhao Guanhou.

"This way, but thanks to Lord Zhao's care, we women and silver carts have made you tired. Now we are a family, I will not say kind words, in the future in Shandong, we will take care of each other. If Lord Zhao is in need, the four constants should do their best to serve. ”

She speaks with a strong Shanxi accent, but her voice is very beautiful. "I've been to Jinmen a few times before, but it's all with my lord, and I'm going back to Jinmen to rest for a few days and buy some things. With so many female dependents, there is a lot of demand for things to be used in Shandong, so buy more here, and you can't buy them in the province. I don't hide it from adults, I actually like to use foreign goods, if I let the Flying Tigers see it, they have to say that I am a second hair. ”

"Madame is polite, everyone does business together and helps each other, as it should be. Besides, I didn't do anything along the way. If you like foreign goods, don't buy them here, now the foreign goods in Texas are guaranteed to be more complete and cheaper than those in Tianjin. ”

That Mrs. Ru smiled and was about to say something more, but it could be seen that Zhao Guanhou's face suddenly changed, and she knew that the situation was wrong, so she quickly retracted her head and lowered the curtain. Ren Sheng also felt that there was something wrong at this time, and frowned and said: "How did you do it, how did you close the city gate, there are so many soldiers in the city, and the Flying Tiger Regiment, why do you seem to be going to war?" ”

Jinmen as a four-way rush, water and dry docks, the city gate has never been closed during the day. Only when there is a major case or a military accident, the city will be closed and guarded. At this time, the red sun hangs high, the gate of Tianjin Gate is closed, the flag flutters on the head of the city, and a large number of officers and soldiers wearing uniforms and the people of the Flying Tiger Regiment with red scarves on their heads are on guard with weapons.

Among the guards of the official army, the former army of Wuwei accounted for more than sixty percent, and as soon as Ren Sheng arrived, he could immediately call Kaicheng, and there was no obstacle to entering the city. When he entered the city pass, he asked two acquaintances in a row, and finally learned the reason for the vigilance.

The situation took a turn for the worse, the imperial court declared war with the powers of various countries at the same time, and challenged the whole world with a poor and weak country, after Ren Sheng heard the news, the only reaction in his mind was: Lafayette is crazy.

Subsequently, he heard another news, the Dagukou Fort, had been lost.

The loss of the Dagu Fort was before the imperial court issued a declaration of war, and it was a continuation of the Battle of Langfang. In retaliation for the ambush of Seymour in Langfang, the foreign powers sent a note to Luo Rong, the current Khalkha governor of the former Jinmen general army guarding Dagukou, asking him to hand over the fort and retreat back to the city.

This requirement is neither inconsistent with the public law of the nations nor justifiably unfounded. Luo Rong has guarded the Dagu Fort for many years, won the hearts of the army, and is also extremely strong, and will not obey the note. He conveyed the request of the foreigner to Fenglu and asked Fenglu for instructions, but he did not receive a response. In desperation, he could only strike first and preemptively order the battery to open fire and attack.

Although the artillery of the Dagukou Fort is advanced, the cannons on the fort are all dead guns and cannot be moved. Its range and range of fire have long been mastered by the great powers, and the warships are moored at a safe distance, and the artillery is difficult to damage.

Luo Rong's subordinates only have 2,000 men, and the rest are the Flying Tiger Regiment. Tiele soldiers and horses attacked in a big way, the strength and weakness were different, and it was actually reasonable to lose the fort. Now Luo Rong led the remnants into the city, and joined Fenglu's men and horses, preparing to defend the Jinmen to the death. On the foreign side, they only mastered the fort and had no intention of attacking further, so the two were temporarily peaceful.

And the Zizhulin Concession in the city is naturally also on high alert to prevent attacks, although Fenglu here received the imperial court's declaration of war will, but did not order an attack on the concession. The current purple bamboo forest, which was calm before the storm, seemed to be safe and sound, and everything that happened in the capital had nothing to do with it.

But looking at the Flying Tigers in the streets, swaggering through the city with knives and guns in hand, everyone knows that this so-called calm is just an illusion. I don't know when, the powder keg will explode and the whole city will be drawn into the war.

Zhao Guanhou went to Cheng's house to visit Cheng Gongting, and he was greeted by the old enemy Pang Yulou. He was originally an assistant teacher in the Martial Arts Academy, and under the training of being a soldier in the former army, his heart was greatly mature, and he was just lukewarm when he saw Zhao Guanhou, but he did not have too much hostility.

"The military gate is not at home, in the barracks, and now that the imperial court has declared war, I don't know when the fight will start. At this time, the military gate will not be at home. ”

"What about the family? I mean, send General Cheng's family to a safe place first, and then take care of it. ”

"General Cheng has long said that he will not move away from his family, and his family is here, which can inspire the soldiers to serve the dead, which is to put them to death and live later. I didn't have time to teach you this truth when I was in school, so I had to tell you today. ”

At this time, Pang Yulou didn't seem to care much about the festival between the two families, and his expression was very indifferent. "The foreigners have more soldiers than us, they have guns and cannons, and all we can rely on in the front army is to fight hard. If everyone has nothing to care about, then as soon as the guns go off, I don't know how many people will turn around and flee, and this battle will not be fought. The purpose of leaving family members is to make people not want to run away and dare not escape. As long as everyone dares to fight, no matter how many foreigners there are, we are not afraid. ”

Zhao Guanhou nodded, "Since it is the meaning of the old military gate, I can't say anything." But Assistant Teacher Pang, I want to remind you of one thing, when I entered the city, I saw some brothers from the former army, kowtowing in front of the altar of the Flying Tiger Altar, why, they also practiced boxing? ”

"There's no way, the current food and salary of the Flying Tiger Regiment is better than that of our former army. In addition, the foreigners are powerful in guns, so everyone either wants to ask for an invulnerability, or wants to ask for a piece of money and food to leave at home, so they go there to take a law and enter the door. You don't have to worry, they are in the regiment, their hearts are still in the front army, and the old army is in charge. ”

With his words, Zhao Guanhou didn't say much, so he had to say goodbye and leave, Mrs. Jensen went to the purple bamboo forest to contact Seymour, the commander of the coalition army, and Zhao Guanhou took people and began to dig up Siheng's hidden gold in Jinmen. Now there are so many Tuanmen people on the ground in Jinmen, and the excavation work must also be cautious, otherwise it will attract Tuanmin to loot, and the situation will be out of control.

He first looked for Hou Xing, contacted a few reliable people in the small shoe shop, and then took the next step to find Jiang Fengzhi and ask her to protect her red light license. Jiang Fengzhi also became very excited, wearing the same outfit as Mu Guiying on the stage, and two pheasant feathers floating around on his head, which made Zhao Guanhou want to pull it off.

According to his thoughts, this time he returned to Shandong, he wanted to bring Jiang Fengzhi back, no matter whether the other party was easy or not, he had to keep up with strong means if necessary. I don't know her reasons, and it's also sufficient.

"My father stayed in Jinmen, if I go back to Shandong with you, won't it become unfilial? In the future, people will say that your woman only has a husband in her heart, but no father, isn't this even a shame on you? I am your aunt's wife, which is enough to disgrace my father, and if I leave his old man behind, I am not worthy of being his old man's daughter. ”

Her words were righteous, and Zhao Guanhou couldn't refute them, so he had to say, "Then what if I persuade the master to go together?" ”

"Don't persuade, it's useless to persuade, my father is determined this time, and he wants to stay and touch the foreigners. That's right, Dad and I promised you not to mess around with the Flying Tigers. When Zhang Decheng and them killed people, set fire to and robbed money, our Taigongtan never participated. But this time it's different, it's the foreigners who take the initiative to bully us, if we don't fight with them, the foreigners will laugh at us, saying that there is no one in our Jinguo. Lafayette's holy decree has been said, and the big tart is cut down, and the heroes and heroines will be duel! This time, we have to see if they are ruthless or we are ruthless. Over the years, we have been fed up with foreigners, and we have to settle a general account with them! ”

When she spoke, her willow eyebrows were upside down, and her apricot eyes were angry, like a female general, but it made Zhao Guanhou's heart move, and she couldn't help but kiss her pretty face. Jiang Fengzhi blushed and took half a step back, "You...... You're such a badass! ”

Zhao Guanhou took her hand, "Senior sister, I can understand your feelings, but I have to tell you that you can't win this battle." Galeries Lafayette declared war on the whole world, do you know how big this world is? This kind of battle is destined to be lost. This is a stupid war, and I don't want you and Master to fall victim to this kind of battle. ”

"Although the world is big, they are limited in the number of soldiers they can come. If we fight with foreign devils this time, even if we lose, we must let them know that we are not easy to provoke, and they will not dare to make a threat to us in the future. I know you care about me, and I'm glad, but I can't go with you. Don't worry, we'll protect ourselves and nothing will happen. According to Uncle Decheng, this is like a stubble frame between two gangsters, if one side is instigated first, it will definitely be beaten to the death. If both sides are well prepared and the number of people invited is about the same, then the biggest possibility of this fight is that it can't be fought. We are on guard every day, and foreigners will not be able to bargain, so they will not attack. When everyone sits down and has something to do, I will go to Shandong, and when the time comes, I will not shine at the red light, and I will be your aunt's wife and give birth to a son......"

Speaking of which, her waist had been hugged by Zhao Guanhou, she struggled lightly twice, and muttered in a low voice, "Is there anyone outside...... and then, let Zhao Guanhou exert his hands and feet on her.

Zhao Guanhou said again: "In this case, how about you help me set a fire?" ”

"Set fire...... This is our business, who do you say burn. Jiang Fengzhi now felt that she was about to burn, in Zhao Guanhou's arms, the person was as hot as if she was on fire, even if he let himself burn the Yamen of the Governor of Zhili, she would not frown.

"Yaizumon Machine Manufacturing Bureau!"

"Dongjuzi? Okay, when will it be burned. ”

"Wait until I bury the machine. Those machines and equipment can't fall into the hands of foreigners, it's too late to transport them away now, so you can only hide them, and then you set fire to destroy the evidence, and this thing must be done steadily. Also, help me find some boats. ”

Most of the guns and ammunition transported from the Xigu and Beiyang arsenals, most of which were smoothbore guns and ammunition, were sold by Jensen to the Zizhulin Embassy, and many materials thrown by the trading houses were hoarded with the dug up silver and the proceeds from the transaction. Most of those materials were not directly related to the war, and the merchants were worried that the war would break out, the concession would not be secured, and the goods would be robbed, so they were sold at the price of jumping off buildings.

Although these materials cannot be sold at a good price in Beijing and Tianjin, they can make extremely high profits when they are pulled to Shandong. Along with rifled guns and ammunition, they were all loaded onto ships and transported to Shandong. As for the equipment of the East Bureau, part of it was transferred to Jensen's arsenal in the Zizhulin Concession, and the other part was temporarily buried underground.

Jensen's arms business has become a big one, and the concession is in dire need of a large number of mines and ammunition, and her arsenal is non-stop day and night, and no one will check the equipment brought in. And the Dong family's digging for silver, also relied on the red light and the help of the gangsters, and it went very smoothly.

It is precisely because of this that she has to stay in Jinmen to dispatch and operate, and she cannot return to Shandong with Zhao Guanhou. But she had already negotiated with Seymour to lease two large ships of Swire for Zhao Guanhou to ensure that everyone was sent back to Shandong safely.

In terms of the situation, although the imperial court has issued an edict declaring war, on the other hand, the war is not active, and the declaration of war on the mainland is instead on the defensive. At the same time, it was decreed that Fenglu, the governor of Zhili, would be dismissed from his post and replaced by Zhang Tong, the governor of Liangguang, and ordered him to take the Tiele military ship to the north from the starry night of the sea channel, which was particularly eagerly awaited. Otherwise, it is important to come by land and not to delay it for a while.

This telegram is made in the form of Mingfa, so it is known to the subjects and can be grasped by foreigners. Among them, the phrase renting a Tiele warship is worth playing. Since he waged war against Tiele, why did he rent his warships, and why did he so eagerly urge Zhang Tong to enter Beijing? It can be seen that the determination of the imperial court to start a war is not sufficient, and it is still hoped that Zhang Tong will enter Beijing as soon as possible to promote peace talks, and with the help of his friendship with Tiele, he will create differences among the great powers and achieve the goal of defeating the country with razing.

For now, at least, there was hope for peace, and the concession was not a military target, and the embassy would not be attacked unless it was mad. Jensen stayed in the concession and was not in much danger, and Zhao Guanhou had no choice but to rely on her.

The docks in Tanggu have been controlled by foreign soldiers, but Jenson has the pass issued by Seymour, and the road is unimpeded. As the silver box and the ladies boarded the ship, the two big ships untied the cable and sailed away from the dock. On the deck, Zhao Guanhou looked out from the railing, but saw that the warships were densely packed, and the huge ships as tall as a hill were lined up, and the double eagle battle flags were particularly eye-catching.

Yuqing still changed into men's clothes, standing beside him, her good-looking eyebrows furrowed, "There are so many Tiele warships, this is definitely not a temporary transfer." Regardless of whether the imperial court has issued an edict to declare war or not, I think the Tiele people will do it, so many soldiers and horses are not a trivial matter, even if Zhang Tong enters Beijing, he can be persuaded to live by relying on friendship? ”

"If I'm not wrong, Zhang Tong won't enter Beijing at all. He is in Maguan, his reputation has been ruined, and if he comes again this time, he is afraid that he will take his own life. The only chance now is to strike first and wipe out all the Flying Tiger Regiments, and then put aside Tiele and Fusang to negotiate with foreigners, and use foreigners to contain foreigners, or lose a little less. Otherwise, I am afraid that when I return to Jinmen, the water of the Haihe River will turn red. (To be continued.) )