At the end of 1911, Han Zheng and others finally arrived in Shanghai after more than a month of sea voyages on a merchant ship, which was their first stop on China.

Because Han Zheng and they were returning from studying in Germany, the German side had already informed the Baoding Military Academy of the news of their students' return as usual, but because the Baoding Military Academy could not know the exact time, coupled with the turbulent domestic situation, Shanghai was occupied by the revolutionary Chen Qimei, so the personnel who came to meet them naturally came later.

Until now, after Han Zheng and the others got off the ship and landed on land, the other party had not arrived.

Han Zheng and the others arrived in Shanghai on a merchant ship at around 3 p.m. on December 26. After receiving the notice from the crew of the merchant ship, all the people were in mixed moods, and they couldn't help but be happy and apprehensive and stepped off the ship, which is the so-called hometown timidity.

Everyone spent so much time in the cramped cabin, coupled with the long sea voyage merchant ships traveling at sea for so long, Han Zheng was already very tired physically and mentally, but when they stepped off the ship, everyone still looked energetic, and they couldn't see the exhaustion on their bodies at all.

The German side was also responsible, after Han Zheng and everyone got off the ship, more than a dozen German seriously ill people wearing constitutional uniforms and fully equipped came forward to salute everyone, because Han Zheng and others had received the rank of non-commissioned officer when they were in Berlin, although it was a false position, but these German soldiers who had always been strict still showed due respect.

Then the other party sent an invitation to Han Zheng and others, asking if the other party was willing to enter the German embassy as a German ** person to seek temporary protection.

In fact, Han Zheng was willing, after all, it was Chen Qimei who occupied Shanghai at this time, and I don't know what kind of disturbance this person would make if he knew that he and his people were here, but the other classmates were not particularly worried about these things, and politely refused the other party's protection, for this, Han Zheng had to sigh......

The German gendarmes were gone, leaving alone the crowd standing on the docks, full of interest.

Looking at the lively wharf on the Bund in Shanghai and the porters in ragged clothes with tired faces, and looking at the most prosperous city and port in the East, Han Zheng sighed with a complicated face: Motherland, I'm still back.

For the rest of the time, it was impossible for everyone to stand here all the time, and everyone could only stop and go, wanting to feel the changes after the transformation of China here, at least in Shanghai.

However, after everyone got off the boat and walked for a while, they were disappointed to find that the only change was that there were probably a lot of people on the docks on the Bund who had cut their braids, and the Qing army who used to eat and take cards changed their clothes, and the pain was still painful, and the pleasure was still enjoyable......

A group of them walked and stopped, kept looking at them and sighed with emotion, not realizing that they were in foreign military uniforms and full of energy, exuding a heroic atmosphere, and how conspicuous they were when they were out of place, especially after they got off the ship, the attitude shown to them by the soldiers of the German embassy made the people around them look sideways.

Therefore, before Han Zheng and the others left the dock, a group of people gathered around them to watch the excitement, those people pointed at them, whispering something from time to time, and once they found that Han Zheng and the others looked over, they quickly bowed their heads.

At this time, when Han Zheng and the others were a little unaccustomed and embarrassed, a large group of people wearing revolutionary army uniforms suddenly came from behind the crowd, surrounded a man about 30 years old, dispersed the crowd, and cleared a road, and then came straight to Han Zheng and the others.

Han Zheng and the others glanced at each other, and then held the pistols on their waists in unison, before they came, no one in the military academy was issued a small non-commissioned officer pistol, and it was equipped with twenty rounds of ammunition. Although it is not as delicate as the one in Han Zheng's hand, it is powerful enough in a small area of fire!

When the other soldier saw the vigilant posture of Han Zheng and the others, he wanted to step forward and scold, but was stopped by the person next to him.

The middle-aged man and Han Zheng and the others, after the two sides glanced at each other, the man waved his hand to let the soldiers and guards scatter around, as if he didn't see the vigilance of Han Zheng and the others, and smiled at Han Zheng and the others: "Welcome back to China!" How did you go all the way? The contemptible person is Chen Qimei, the current governor of the Shanghai Army, you can just call me Mr. Chen, hahaha. After speaking, he laughed heartily a few times.

When everyone heard this, they were a little surprised to see this man who was obviously overly enthusiastic and didn't know him, especially when they heard that he thought he was the current governor of the Shanghai Army, which made them even more confused, but their spirits were even more nervous, everyone knew the one in front of them, but they were deeply feared by the north, how could they say that they were also from the north at this time, at least for now, the other party came over at this time, how could they not be nervous?! couldn't help but look at Han Zheng next to him.

In fact, hearing Chen Qimei's name, Han Zheng was still very surprised, he didn't expect the other party to come here, it seems that the other party has a plan.

Seeing the classmates around him looking at him, Han Zheng shook his head imperceptibly, these people were not the opponents of the other party now, and he didn't believe that the other party would make a move at this time, so he could only wait and see.

However, Han Zheng's action was still seen by Chen Qimei, and she was thoughtful.

It turned out that on the evening of November 3, 1911, after a long period of preparations, Shanghai finally couldn't bear it anymore and launched an uprising in Chen Qimei and others in conjunction with the local party and police station.

On the afternoon of 3 November, Chen Hanqin, a police officer from Zhabei who had been the first to be contacted by the Shanghai revolutionaries, led his people to occupy the Patrol Police Bureau. On the afternoon of the same day, the merchant group, students, and death squads also pledged to work on nine acres of land in western Shanghai, and in the early morning of the 4th, they finally occupied the manufacturing bureau.

On November 6, the Shanghai Revolutionary Government established the Shanghai Military Governor's Office in Shanghai, and Chen Qimei was also elected as the Shanghai Military Governor. At this point, the Qing government's largest source of tax revenue finally got rid of the rule of the Qing court, cut off the Qing court's rule over the south, and established its own military government, creating certain favorable conditions for the victory of the revolution in the southern provinces. Shanghai also became another far-reaching independence after the Wuchang Uprising. Most importantly, it directly threatened the Qing government's dominance south of the Yangtze River.

In fact, when Han Zheng and the others just got off the ship, they were seen by the people of the Governor's Mansion, but first, they didn't know their true identities and came down from a foreign merchant ship to wear foreign military uniforms, and the most important thing was that they were greeted by the gendarmerie of the German Embassy, all of which surprised them, and they didn't dare to rush forward, so they had to arrange for someone to monitor here, and at the same time arrange for someone to go to the Governor's Mansion to inform Chen Qimei.

Chen Qimei was very busy at this stage, because Shanghai had just become independent, and he was still facing pressure from the Qing court in the north, and at the same time he had to receive uprisings in some provinces south of the river, so he was eager to form a strong army to consolidate his status as a new governor.

But in the last years of the Qing court, real talents were rare.

But fortunately, some time ago, he got the news that such a group of outstanding overseas graduates had returned to China and landed in Shanghai, which made him excited for a long time, and then he was ready to plan to see how to take these people under his command.

However, because this matter involved Yuan Shikai in the north, he could only send a telegram to inform Sun Yat-sen first and ask Sun Yat-sen's opinion. Sun Yat-sen was also very happy about these graduates, and of course hoped that they would stay in the revolutionary camp. Therefore, in reply to him, he asked to try his best to keep these students in Shanghai and give them the greatest possible preferential treatment.

However, because the revolutionaries were secretly in contact with Yuan Shikai and were preparing to overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Sun Yat-sen did not want to make Yuan Shikai unhappy and affect the overall situation because of this incident, so he only let Chen Qimei persuade him, rather than forcibly keep people. Although Chen Qimei did not care about Sun Yat-sen's caution in her heart, she did not intend to go against Sun Yat-sen's opinion.

However, in order to prevent leakage of information, he still arranged for some people to keep watch at the docks at all times, so that they could pay attention to a group of people who had disembarked from the German ship.

Therefore, as soon as the news reached Chen Qimei, he put down his work and came here to win over these foreign students.

Wang Xian and the others looked at the soldiers around them and the very energetic man in front of them, and after hearing the other party's words, they didn't know what to do for a while.

Although they had heard about the liberation of Shanghai on the ship, they were still very confused and at a loss when they arrived at the moment, and they had not yet figured out the situation in China......

Chen Qimei naturally thought of this, but he was not worried, just looked at the dozen or so people in front of him dressed in straight soldiers, standing energetically, obviously different from other officers in the country, the more he looked at it, the happier he became. If you can get these people under your subordinates, are you worried about whether you can train a group of strong troops? He thought excitedly.

Han Zheng looked at the joy hidden in the smile on the other party's face and the classmates around him who had not yet figured out the situation, and probably knew something about this Chen Dudu's heart, and it was estimated that at most he was just thinking about how to keep them.

Habitually saluted a military salute, and then waved his hand to the classmates around him, everyone relaxed and put their hands down from their bodies, Han Zheng bowed to the other party again, and said: "It turned out to be Chen Dudu, who has admired the name for a long time, in Xia Han Zheng, these are my friend Wang Xian and others, but we students have just returned to China and don't know the specific situation in China and Shanghai, so we are a little presumptuous, please forgive me." ”

Chen Qimei heard the other party say Jiuyang, but she didn't care, the other party has been out of the country for two years, and the news is not clear, how can you talk about Jiuyang? Chen Qimei just regarded it as a polite remark from the other party. He didn't know that Han Zheng had really admired him for a long time.

Chen Qimei said: "It's all to blame for not making it clear, I was a little too happy to see you pillars of the country for a while, but I forgot about it, let's go, talk while walking." ”

Chen Qimei pulled Han Zheng's package to hand it to the guards next to her, and then Wang Xian and the others reacted, looking at the soldiers next to them who wanted to help with the luggage, they were not embarrassed to let the other party take the luggage, after all, they are all soldiers, and no one is so squeamish, right?

Seeing them like this, Chen Qimei didn't ask for much anymore. just asked the soldiers to escort Han Zheng and the others to the Governor's Mansion, and arranged for the soldiers to book rooms for them. He also saw that it was estimated that the young man in front of him who called himself Han Zheng was the core of these students: "This requires a little more effort on him." Chen Qimei thought secretly.

"About Shanghai, that's the case, just a while ago Shanghai was just -- " Chen Qimei talked about the events that had happened in Shanghai and China in the past two years while walking, and when she talked about the recovery of Shanghai, she peeked at these international students, and did not see disgust or anger in the eyes of the other party, so she breathed a sigh of relief and figured out the attitude of these student soldiers, and the next thing was easy to do.

At the same time, Chen Qimei vaguely revealed some secret contact with Yuan Shikai, probably because she wanted them to stay. Regarding the recovery of Shanghai led by himself, after knowing the attitude of Han Zheng and others, his words became full of pride.

After talking along the way, Han Zheng and these people finally understood some of the situation in China, although it may not be all true, but they can always get some clues from it.

In fact, when everyone knew that the hero in front of them was the hero of Shanghai's recovery, they were still grateful and admired that he could come to pick them up in person, and gradually their minds slowly relaxed.

Chen Qimei didn't put on the shelf of the governor, asked them about the situation abroad, and said a few words with emotion.

Han Zheng remained silent all the way, except for Chen Qimei who took the initiative to ask him a few words during this period, he rarely took the initiative to speak, or Chen Qimei inquired about some news about Han Zheng from other students, and then he knew why Han Zheng could become the core of this group of people, this is a real high-talent student. This made him pay more attention to Han Zheng, but Han Zheng rarely spoke, which also made him feel a little unable to speak, so he had to go back and find a way.

When she returned to the residence arranged by the Governor's Mansion, Chen Qimei didn't say anything anymore, and explained very intimately to let them rest well, and talk about it tomorrow.

It's good that he didn't see it, but when he saw these students today, he didn't want to let them go.

After Han Zheng and the others simply ate some food, they each went back to their respective rooms to rest, and before Han Zheng could lie down, Wang Xian walked in and said, "Brother Han, it seems that this governor wants to keep us, I don't know what you think?" ”

Han Zheng said lazily: "What can you think?" You've seen the situation on the docks, and I'm going to go back first, and I'll go back to school first, and then I'll talk about it, and as for the others, everyone has their own aspirations, so let them go. ”

Wang Xian: "Then what if this Governor Chen forces us to stay?" ”

Han Zheng: "That's not it, haven't you heard that Chen Dudu himself said that the revolutionary party wants to cooperate with Lord Yuan?" Since cooperation always has to buy Lord Yuan's face, we don't want to be here, he will persuade us at most, so as not to tear our faces with Lord Yuan for this matter. ”

"However, I think we should try to be as careful as possible these two days, and don't talk about some things." Han Zheng pondered for a moment, and then said again.

Wang Xian was stunned for a moment, then seemed to remember something, and nodded with a somewhat ugly face. "That's right, it's up to him tomorrow." Wang Xian received.

"Well, I'll sleep first, you can go rest too, and I'll talk about the rest tomorrow, it's really tiring to take a boat all the way." Saying this, Han Zheng was already lying on the bed with his eyes squinted.

Wang Xian looked at his friend like this, so he didn't say anything, and walked out quietly, he was indeed too tired, let's talk about it tomorrow.