Chen Liqing's side.

After staying at home for nearly a month, Chen Liqing left Guizhou again and rushed to Fangcheng. And this time on the departure, Chen Liqing brought a horse team's cigarettes like before. Originally, he came back this time to get the air transport line and transport cigarettes from the air. However, it takes at least a year for the griffin to be cultivated, and before that, he wants to bring cigarettes to Fangcheng, but he has to adopt a more primitive method, picking horses and camels.

A group of more than 1,000 horses and more than 1,000 people once again marched towards Guangxi, and naturally aroused the curious eyes of many Guangxi people along the way.

Of course, curiosity is curiosity, the checkpoints on this road have basically been touched by Chen Liqing and them, and the group is still unimpeded in Guangxi. However, this time Guangxi is not the same as the previous Guangxi. There was no problem passing through Nandan, Hechi and other counties and cities all the way, but when their group arrived in Liuzhou, their team was intercepted.

At this time, Guangxi was in power by Liu Guxiang, who was a revolutionary defender, and before the Wuchang Uprising, he had responded to the uprising of Huang Xing and others and also launched an uprising in Liuzhou, but their personnel were small, and the uprising failed. However, after the Wuchang Uprising, on November 13, 1911, he was ordered to be sent back to Liuzhou, Guangxi, first as the chief of the Guangxi Youjiang Military and Political Branch, creating a new political situation in Liuzhou, and then as the commander of the Fifth Army of the Guangxi Army. At this time, he was regarded as the only person in Liuzhou, and he served as the magistrate of Liuzhou.

He is a revolutionary defender, his character and the like are okay, and he didn't feel much embarrassed when Chen Liqing and them passed by at the beginning of the previous year, but actively recruited Chen Liqing to do business in Liuzhou, and he can be regarded as a knowledgeable and high-quality county magistrate. Naturally, he would not embarrass Chen Liqing and them, and the person who embarrassed Chen Liqing and them was a bandit leader named Shen Hongying under him.

Shen Hongying, a famous figure in the old Gui family.

His rise also depends on the wind of the Wuchang Uprising.

After the Wuchang Uprising, the revolutionary party in Liuzhou was also ready to respond positively, but their situation was the same as that of Zhang Bailin and others in Guizhou, and they did not have decent armed forces. At that time, Shen Hongying was a relatively well-known bandit in this area, and those revolutionaries continued to be powerful, so they hit it off, and Shen Hongying became the armed force of the revolution at the moment.

After the recovery of Liuzhou, he became the leader and supervisor of the Liuzhou militia, and he was also a powerful figure in Liuzhou County. But after all, he was born as a bandit, he was cunning and fierce, greedy, and fierce, and when he was a bandit, in order not to be caught by the government, he changed eight places a night to sleep. **After the establishment, because of the military power in the small land of Liuzhou, he was more arrogant and domineering, and often blackmailed military salaries to merchants in Liuzhou in the name of suppressing bandits, which was also regarded as a hegemon in Liuzhou.

At this time, Chen Liqing and their caravan, which seemed to have a lot of oil and water, passed through Liuzhou, how could a greedy person like Shen Hongying, who had plucked his feathers, let go of this piece of fat. When Chen Liqing and they passed by before, Shen Hongying was still going to suppress bandits, and this time they passed by, Shen Hongying happened to be in Liuzhou.

Before they entered the county seat, at the gate of Liuzhou, Chen Liqing and his group were stopped by Shen Hongying.

"If you want to go to the past, we are in Liuzhou recently, and the county magistrate issued a decree that whoever does business in Liuzhou will raise the tax rate to 30% of the goods in the future, which can be regarded as a contribution to the construction of our Liuzhou." Sancheng, as long as you leave Sancheng of the goods, or Sancheng of the cost of the goods, we can let you go, otherwise we will not welcome you in Liuzhou. ”

At the gate of the city, a man in his thirties said loudly to Chen Liqing and the leader of their group. This man is Shen Hongying, he is wearing a folk ** suit, with a stout figure, and his eyes are shining, and he is a shrewd character at first glance. Next to him, behind him, there was a vicious-looking soldier.

When the other people at the city gate saw Shen Hongying like this, they hesitated and didn't dare to approach.

"Sancheng, this military master, we are just a poor family doing business, Sancheng goods are going to be given to you, you are going to kill us, can you be less, you see if a thousand silver dollars are not, we have just a thousand people here, we give a thousand silver dollars to sponsor the construction of Liuzhou." In front of Shen Hongying is Zhao Yong, who has been in the Chen family for three years, at this time he is already a figure who can take charge alone, even in the face of the strong Shen Hongying, he is also trying to be in **.

"A thousand silver dollars?" Hearing that Zhao Yong was so happy to take out a thousand silver dollars for the toll, Shen Hongying's eyes quickly lit up. But soon he snorted coldly: "So little, you are calling Hanako." See, our road in Liuzhou was originally good, just because so many of you horses came over, and now it needs to be built urgently, the gap is big, there is no negotiation, it is thirty percent! No less! ”

When it comes to horses, Shen Hongying can't help but glance at the horses of this caravan, Chen Liqing Every horse of theirs is a good breed of horse, in the early days when the car has not yet been popularized, a good horse can still bring a lot of eyeballs. And Chen Liqing and they were a thousand high-quality horses as soon as they came out, and Shen Hongying, who was born as a bandit, looked at the scene of this loser, and wanted to find an opportunity to leave these horses behind.

As for the goods, although he didn't know what it was, could he use the goods carried by Maxima or ordinary goods, looking at the square box, Shen Hongying couldn't help but guess that maybe this was still a batch of arms.

Arms, thinking of the word arms, Shen Hongying's eyes flashed sharply.

"Also, what are you all carrying, is it a dangerous thing, recently those Manchu remnants intend to restore the country, are you transporting weapons to them, intending to subvert **!"

"Quick, open all your things for me, I want to check!" Shen Hongying's face changed all of a sudden, and he actually had to check Chen Liqing's cigarettes.

Hearing this, Chen Liqing's face was already very ugly.

After knowing Shen Hongying's name, he knew that it would definitely not be easy to pass Liuzhou today, but he still underestimated Shen Hongying's greed and shamelessness.

"What do you want, what do you want to do? We're serious businessmen, and it's just some tobacco! Seeing Shen Hongying's face change five times in three seconds, Zhao Yong's face changed and he quickly retreated, and at the same time, the people of the horse team saw that Shen Hongying actually wanted to make a move, and they immediately took out the big knife on the horse's back one by one.

"What? Okay, you still dare to resist, I want to tell the county magistrate, you are definitely the accomplices of those Manchu widows, come on, go and inform the county magistrate, someone is going to rebel! Seeing Zhao Yong and their actions, Shen Hongying's face also changed, and he didn't give Zhao Yong a chance to explain at all, he also took out his gun and shot a few shots into the sky.

Shots rang out, and a soldier with a gun quickly ran from the other side of the city gate.

"What? Do? ”

On the side of the city gate, there was tension all of a sudden.

As soon as Shen Hongying saw his own people coming, he looked at Zhao Yong and his party fiercely.

"These are Manchu accomplices who are trying to ** us, and today they intend to capture our Liuzhou, go and inform the military commander that the enemy is coming!

Shen Hongying looked like he was on the bar with Chen Liqing, and the black cauldron was buckled to Chen Liqing's heads one after another, just now they still wanted to rebel, and in just a few seconds, they were about to attack the city.

"Brother Yong, stand down for the time being, everyone put down their weapons for the time being." Seeing this situation, Chen Liqing, who had a gloomy face, finally couldn't help but speak. (To be continued.) )