In the simple and spacious study, the fragrance of tea is permeated, green smoke is filled, Liu Bingxian, who has learned to smoke, and Zou Wenhan, an old pipe, sit opposite each other.

Xiao Yimin didn't care, he made tea for the three of them with a smile on his face, Yang Shukan's small body was choked, and he waved his sleeves and coughed from time to time, loudly protesting against smoking and staying away.

Everyone laughed and laughed, Yang Shukan went to the toilet and came back, so he stopped playing haha now, and went straight to the point:

"I've drunk three cups of tea, let's stop talking first, otherwise my stomach will be suffocated. Zou Lao, Yiming, everyone is so familiar with me, you're welcome, today is indeed something to come. ”

Zou Wenhan chattered about Liu Bingxian's cigarette, and said coldly: "When have you been polite?" Every time you come here, you eat the most and take the most, are you embarrassed to say this? ”

Xiao Yimin and Liu Bingxian couldn't help laughing, Yang Shukan could only roll his eyes and ignore it, knowing in his heart that this was the old Jianghu Zou Wenhan using this to beat him and ask him not to go too far.

But Yang Shukan came on order, not to mention that it was really not good, so he could only ask stubbornly: "Yiming, what do you think about the joint formation of the Sichuan New Deal Axe by Yucheng and Chengdu?" ”

Xiao Yimin put down the small porcelain cup in his hand, raised his head, and replied seriously:

"Two words - support! However, the younger brother stated that in addition to the post of deputy minister of military and political affairs granted to me when the first Sichuan Dahan military and political axe was established, the younger brother will not hold any position in the new political axe, nor will he interfere in the civil affairs of the new political axe as a soldier. ”

Yang Shukan opened his mouth wide in shock, he never thought that Xiao Yimin, who had the initiative in hand and was well respected by the people, would be so free and easy, he had no ambition to seize power at a young age, and he didn't even have the most basic bargaining, he was only satisfied with the false name of the deputy minister of military and political affairs who didn't know where to go.

As a result, Yang Shukan, who was full of confidence and came with a generous promise from the highest organization of the Alliance, was at a loss.

Liu Bingxian was quite anxious: "Yiming, you won't give up like this, right?" You have made great contributions to the revolution in Sichuan, and the people of Sichuan have very much identification with you, support you, and want to see a revolutionary political axe representing the broad masses of the people. ”

Xiao Yimin smiled slightly: "Second brother, can you tell the younger brother about your position in the alliance?" ”

A look of guilt appeared on Liu Bingxian's face: "The foolish brother was spurred by Mr. Zhongshan, and when he returned to China, he was trusted by General Huang Xing and was appointed as the military commissar of the Sichuan Alliance. ”

Xiao Yimin nodded: "This is a good thing!" The original military commissars Jiang Dengxuan, Zhu Qinglan and other four people all ran away, not only did they run away, but mainstays such as Wu Zhongyong, Cheng Qian, Zhu Xiangxi, and Wang Kaichen all left Sichuan one after another before and after the mutiny, and the remaining dozen or so middle-level officers from other provinces also left, and the Sichuan army almost became its own family

"It's just that, in this way, the military commissar of the entire alliance seems to be gone, and it is estimated that the second brother will be ranked either first or second this time, by the way! I almost forgot to lead 3,000 recruits to be stationed in Xiong Kewu in the eastern suburbs, and it is estimated that he ranks ahead of the second brother. ”

Liu Bingxian didn't expect Xiao Yimin to say this, and Fangzheng's face turned even redder: "Yiming, can you not be so mean?" After all these years, you still haven't gotten rid of this stinky problem. ”

Xiao Yimin smiled apologetically: "I'm sorry, second brother, I'm teasing you, but what the younger brother said is the truth, it seems that you have a long way to go!" Do you plan to stay in Chengdu or return to Chongqing? ”

"Back in Yucheng, thousands of officers and soldiers under the leadership of the Yucheng military and political axe are seriously lacking in training, to put it mildly, it is simply a group of rabble, many soldiers still carry iron forks on their shoulders and wear straw sandals on their feet, and they don't even know how to salute a military salute, which is chilling!" Liu Bingxian was very frank and worried.

Xiao Yimin nodded thoughtfully:

"It seems that the brothers in Yucheng have given Xiong Kewu their guns, I wonder how the penniless Xiong Kewu only ran back with a few hundred recruits recruited from Hubei, how can he have 3,000 guns in a blink of an eye? The 2,000 new rifles that the Yucheng League had just quietly bought from the Hanyang Arsenal were probably also given to Xiong Kewu, the commander-in-chief of the Sichuan Army appointed by the Nanjing Political Axe, otherwise where would Xiong Kewu have the courage to come to Chengdu? ”

Yang Shukan was taken aback: "Yiming, how do you know about our internal secrets?" Do we have your people on our team? ”

"Do you need it? If you have time, you can ask Xiong Kewu and you will know that if he hadn't brought you and my second brother out, I wouldn't have sold him 30,000 rounds of rifle ammunition at all. Thinking about it, I admire him, most of his 3,000 officers and soldiers only learned to put guns on the road, and each gun only had a dozen bullets, so he dared to kill Chengdu, which was really powerful! ”

After Xiao Yimin finished speaking, he deliberately wiped his forehead exaggeratedly and made a sweaty appearance, which made Zou Wenhan laugh, while Yang Shukan and Liu Bingxian were embarrassed.

Liu Bingxian looked at Xiao Yimin with some shame: "Yiming, this time the foolish brother is not only here to drink, but also to ask for your help." ”

Xiao Yimin put away his smile, sat down next to Liu Bingxian, and said sincerely: "Second brother, don't say the word 'begging', you and my brother have drunk blood wine, say it, as long as the younger brother can do it, he will definitely help." ”

Liu Bingxian patted Xiao Yimin's arm, closed his eyes suddenly, raised his head and shouted: "I want a battalion of guns and ammunition!" ”

Zou Wenhan and Yang Shukan were startled and looked at Xiao Yimin nervously.

Xiao Yimin couldn't help but say:

"The second brother is too petty, it's a shame that you have also gone abroad and seen the world! But there are really no new rifles, there are 1,000 refurbished Mauser 98 rifles and Hanyang rifles, all of which were captured by the younger brother in the Chengdu mutiny, slightly repaired, it looks no different from the new one, and the surname can be good, if the second brother can take it all, give the second brother 50,000 rounds of ammunition and a hundred 'Leopard' barge guns, I hope the second brother is not too little. ”

Liu Bingxian was extremely moved, stood up and wanted to bow, but was pulled to the sofa by Xiao Yimin, and he was not polite to him, which made Liu Bingxian almost cry.

Yang Shukan was deeply moved, and raised his hand to thank Xiao Yimin:

"Yiming, we thank you for your great support! Don't worry, I will go to Commander Xiong Kewu's barracks tomorrow morning and tell him about this, even if I can't join hands with you to reorganize the Sichuan army, I will seek more benefits for your border army and the Huaxi clique, and both you and the Huaxi clique are heroes of the revolution. ”

"Thank you, Brother Pale! This is exactly what the younger brother thinks in his heart, and the younger brother also has a proposal, no matter how the parties negotiate, do not use force, and millions of people inside and outside Chengdu can no longer be frightened and lost. Xiao Yimin returned the salute sincerely.

Zou Wenhan on the side was also very happy: "Look, isn't this good?" In fact, you can come by yourself, Yiming's temper and what you have done in the past few years are also clear to you, and you don't need to drag the old man over to join in the fun. ”

Yang Shukan smiled: "It's not okay if you're old, you're not around, I'm embarrassed to beg him." ”

Everyone laughed amusefully, and all the knots and embarrassments seemed to disappear at once.

Liu Bingxian sighed: "Yiming, foolish brother really didn't expect you to take up the position of Yanjing political axe, this is very incomprehensible, you have always opposed the Manchu court, why did you accept their appointment this time?" ”

Xiao Yimin asked rhetorically: "Second brother, why does Mr. Zhongshan keep clamoring to abdicate and ask Yuan Shikai to come out to unify the country?" ”

"This ...... These are two different things. Liu Bingxian hurriedly argued.

Xiao Yimin shook his head: "It's the same thing! The younger brother accepted the appointment of Yuan Shikai and the Prime Minister's cabinet, not the Manchu court, didn't Yin Changheng also accept Yuan Shikai's appointment as the governor of Sichuan? Why did the Nanjing Provisional Political Axe agree with it in a high-profile manner, but when it came to the little brother, the commander of the small border army and the school reviewer, he objected? ”

Yang Shukan hurriedly came out to play a round: "Bingxian has just come back from Yueben, and it is estimated that he still doesn't know the progress of the peace talks between the north and the south. But Yiming, you have to stand firm, like the blatant occupation of the Governor's Mansion and the grand memorial, it can't happen anymore, the impact is very bad! ”

Xiao Yimin immediately sank his face: "Brother Pale, let's talk about things openly and honestly, if someone kills your teacher for their own selfishness, will you accept it?" Maybe your revolutionary party can laugh and grudge for the sake of great faith, but I, Xiao Yimin, can't do such a dirty thing!

"I'm a simple-minded person, I only know who wants to touch my teacher and my relatives, and offend my interests, he is my enemy! Whoever dares to cut off the heads of my relatives, friends, and brothers, I will cut off the heads of their entire family members to honor my relatives, friends and brothers, it's as simple as that, and has nothing to do with any revolution! ”

There was silence in the study, and after a long while, Zou Wenhan raised his head and sighed, and then nodded slightly.

Yang Shukan and Liu Bingxian looked at each other, turned to look at Xiao Yimin, and were surprised to find that the murderous aura on Xiao Yimin's face turned into a smile like a spring breeze, as if what he said just now was not what he said, and he was elegantly pouring new tea for everyone.

Yang Shukan didn't dare to touch Xiao Yimin's mold again, so he had to sigh according to his meaning:

"Yiming, it's a blessing to be your friend! I hope that we will always be good friends in the future, and we will never go to the opposite side of each other. ”

"Hehe, how could it be? In fact, our goal is the same, hasn't the League been vigorously promoting Mr. Nakayama's Sanming Cooking Righteousness recently? I also have great admiration for Dr. Sun Yat-sen's san cooking. ”

Xiao Yimin paused slightly, took out a piece of "Huaxi Times" from under the coffee table on the side, and handed it to Yang Shukan:

"Brother Pale, why do so many members of the League and representatives of various provinces oppose it, and the top leaders of the League still ignore the will of the people and insist on going their own way? Is it necessary to sell China's largest iron and steel company for 3 million yuan to the wolf's ambition to maintain the survival of the alliance?

"Come and see, you even invited Sheng Xuanhuai, who was scolded by the people, to come forward and be the agent of this misleading country and misguided people's business, aren't you smashing your own signboard?"

Yang Shukan took the newspaper, glanced at it hurriedly, raised his head and was shocked: "Where did your newspaper get the news?" ”

Xiao Yimin smiled bitterly and stopped talking, and Zou Wenhan said with annoyance:

"Don't look down on our newspaper people in the interior, you may not know a lot of things we know! It doesn't hurt to tell you, our newspaper cooperated with the British "Zilin Xi Bao" half a year ago and reached a cooperation agreement on news exchange and information sharing, and now our four young reporters are working as intern reporters at the "Zilin Xi Bao", and the news from Beijing, Beijing and Shanghai and other places naturally spread to our newspaper.

"What's more, this time your parliamentarians of the Provisional Political Axe are in an uproar, I heard that the members and representatives of the alliance in Hubei and several northern provinces have successively announced their separation from the Nanjing Provisional Political Axe in the past few days, do you still want to hide it from the people?"

Yang Shukan smiled bitterly: "Zou Lao, Yiming, in fact, I am personally very opposed to this matter, when Brother Bingxian was in Nanjing, he also quarreled with Huang Keqiang for this, and finally broke up unhappily, and we couldn't speak, so we could only rush to Chengdu with the instructions above." ”

Liu Bingxian met Xiao Yimin's smiling eyes:

"Don't look at me like that, I am as resolute as you are against anything that betrays the interests of the country and the nation, and my four-year study experience in Yueben has made me completely see my hypocrisy and greed. You know, I dare to make any mistakes, but I will never make mistakes that harm the interests of the country and the nation, and this has been the case before, is the case now, and will be like this in the future! ”

"Well said! Second brother, you are worthy of being my second brother, and you are worthy of being a real Chinese [***] person! The younger brother supports you, as long as you feel tired one day, come back to the younger brother, the younger brother will always have a big chair for the second brother! ”

Xiao Yimin shouted excitedly.

Yang Shukan hurriedly stood up, waved his hands, and asked Xiao Yimin: "Yiming, it doesn't matter if you don't make a revolution, it's too unkind to dig the foot of the revolutionary wall, right?" ”

Xiao Yimin laughed, pulled Yang Shukan over, and pressed him on the sofa:

"Brother Pale, I can tell you, no matter what big deal the alliance has to do in the future, you have to report to the younger brother first, and the younger brother will naturally not lose your share, if you don't say a word and quietly do business with others, be careful that the younger brother will make things yellow for you, haha!"

Yang Shukan struggled hard, and wanted to hit Xiao Yimin a few times but had no strength, so he had to shout at Zou Wenhan:

"Old Zou, why don't you care about this stubborn man? The whole person is in the style of the underworld, and I still praised him like a flower in Nanjing, I knew that he was such a scoundrel, so I hid far away! ”

Zou Wenhan said with a fluttering eyebrow:

"Pale, you're right, Yiming has officially opened the hall with the support of a group of veterans in Hongmen, Chengdu, he is now the scoop of Hongmen's 'righteous characters', in addition to thousands of officers and soldiers, there are five or six thousand righteous brothers in the rivers and lakes, if you are afraid of him, you will hide from it on the street in the future, you know......"

(To be continued)