On March 21, Sun Yat-sen, who had stepped down from the presidency, was accompanying Kaoru Otsuki on a visit to Tokyo. Although Sun Yat-sen was no longer the president at this time, as the leader of the Alliance and the first president in Chinese history, Sun Yat-sen had a high prestige in China, Yuben and other regions after all, and Sun Yat-sen himself had excellent personal relations with important cadres such as Ryohei Uchida and Toyama Man, the president of the Black Dragon Society, so Sun Yat-sen and his entourage also received quite good courtesies in Yuben.

"Mr. Sun, what do you think of the street scene in Tokyo?"

Walking on the fairly modern streets, Toushan, who volunteered to act as a guide, smiled at Sun Yat-sen.

Although Shanghai is the real largest city in the Far East at this time, looking at the spotless streets of Tokyo and thinking back to Shanghai, which is bustling but extremely dirty, Sun Yat-sen has to nod.

"It's not as prosperous as Shanghai, but there's a lot to learn from in Tokyo..."

At this time, it was not as good as after the "May Fourth", although the First Sino-Japanese War had been experienced, there were not many people in China who had a bad feeling for Yueben, and there were also many people within the League who had a good impression of Yueben, such as Wang Jingwei, who was an outright pro-Japanese person, so in this case, Sun Yat-sen did not need to have any worries.

After listening to Sun Yat-sen's words, Tou Shanman smiled at first, and then led Sun Yat-sen and his party to a tavern on the side of the street.

Although Tou Shanman just casually took Sun Yat-sen and a few people into a tavern, the owner of the tavern knew who Tou Shanman was, so after seeing Tou Shanman leading a few people in, he hurriedly put down the guests at hand and stepped forward to greet him.

Toushan was accustomed to the respectful attitude of the tavern owner, so he just beckoned Sun Yat-sen and the others to sit down.

After Sun Yat-sen sat down, Tou Shanman said with a smile.

"Mr. Sun doesn't need to praise too much, as far as I know, there are two other cities in China that are also very good today."

There is no need for Toushan Mandu to say more, Sun Yat-sen already knows which city he wants to talk about...

Really...

"I heard that Sichuan Province developed very well under the management of the governor of Yan Guang, and the Qijiang Iron Works, the Yucheng Arsenal and the world's first expressway, the Chengqing Highway, are extremely famous even in the capital. There are also two cities, Chengdu and Chongqing, although there are still many deficiencies compared to Tokyo, but I heard that they are changing very quickly, and I believe it will not take many years to be able to compete with Tokyo..."

That being said, Tokyo is not slow to grow, and it has the convenience of being a port city, so although Chengdu and Chongqing are not slow, it is still difficult to catch up with Tokyo.

Unless Yan Guang can build a whole bunch of B-29s and build a super air fortress now, and then bomb Tokyo on a massive scale for many years until Tokyo is in ruins. Or they may have suppressed and blockaded the city for many years, otherwise it would be difficult for Chengdu and Chongqing, as inland cities, to surpass Tokyo.

However, although it cannot be compared with cities with special advantages such as Shanghai and Tokyo, as the provincial capital and second most important town of Sichuan, it is not impossible for Chengdu and Chongqing to reach or surpass cities like Tianjin and Guangzhou according to the current development speed. Of course, the premise is that Tianjin and Guangzhou do not open like Chengdu and Chongqing...

Although Sichuan's achievements are well known, such as the exemption of land tax, the Qijiang Iron Works, the Sichuan Arsenal, and the Chengqing Highway, as long as anyone who cares about current affairs can tell them (as the "official newspaper" of the Kuomintang Socialist Party, Deng Xiaoke's Shu Bao often published changes in Chengdu and Chongqing, and reporters from other newspapers often came to Sichuan), but hearing these from Toushanman's mouth, Sun Yat-sen's face still became a little ugly.

The reason why this is the case is because Sun Yat-sen has great dissatisfaction with Yan Guang in his heart.

Of course, it wasn't because of Kaoru Otsuki's incident, in fact, until now Sun Yat-sen thought that the incident was just an accident. After all, in today's China, it is completely legal and reasonable to take a concubine or something.

Sun Yat-sen would be dissatisfied with Yan Guang simply because when he was still president in Nanjing, he was anxious about financial problems. At this time, Yan Guang was buying arms and building a large number of buildings in Sichuan, seeing that Yan Guang was spending money lavishly there, Sun Yat-sen naturally hoped that Yan Guang, a well-known rich man in the country, could support the temporary political axe, not much, and deal with it with 2 or 3 million yuan first. Of course, after the 2 or 3 million are used up, the political axe will need Yan Guang to contribute more.

It's just that what Sun Yat-sen and Huang Xing didn't expect was that after receiving the telegram asking for money, Yan Guang directly refused without saying a word. Not only that, Yan Guang also put forward a request that the military and political axe spend too much money and hope that the temporary political axe will provide a little support.

The question is, if the temporary political axe had money, would it still ask you for it?

Later, Sun Yat-sen, Song Jiaoren and others called Yao Quan, the representative of the Sichuan military and political axe in Nanjing, but no matter what Sun Yat-sen said, Yao Quan, who had already received Yan Guang's order, just gritted his teeth and did not let go. In this way, the relationship between the Nanjing political axe and the Sichuan military political axe became very stiff, and even with the political axe, many people were dissatisfied with Yan Guang.

After noticing that Sun Yat-sen's expression had become a little ugly, Tou Shanman chuckled twice in his heart.

Unlike Sun Yat-sen, who can only learn about Sichuan through Shu newspapers most of the time, Tou Shanman, who has many secret agents of the Black Dragon Society in Sichuan, has a more intuitive understanding of the development of Sichuan. Although because of the relationship between the Military Defense Bureau, the Black Dragon Society's secret agents have not been able to enter some important organs, but through the photos taken by the secret agents, when comparing Chengdu and Sichuan two years ago, Toushan Man knows that if this continues, Yan Guang and his National Socialist Party will be a very troublesome enemy.

Although Sun Yat-sen is no longer China's interim president, he still wields great influence in China and other Chinese-speaking areas. In addition, it is not a secret that Sun Yat-sen is dissatisfied with Yan Guang, so if Sun Yat-sen can be asked to cause some trouble to Yan Guang

, Tou Shan Man is still very happy.

At this time, the owner of the tavern also came up with sake and side dishes. After picking up the cup and toasting Sun Yat-sen twice, the atmosphere in the tavern gradually became lively.

However, just as the atmosphere in the tavern was getting more and more enthusiastic, the two young men suddenly walked quickly in the direction of the tavern.

It's just that maybe it's because the posture is too menacing, and before they can reach the door of the tavern, they have been stopped by Toushanman's entourage.

Originally, if the two of them could be calmer and calmly explain to Tou Shanman's subordinates, they might soon be able to see Sun Yat-sen inside. It's just that because something big happened just now, the result was that he couldn't speak in a hurry, and the two of them were at the level of two knives, and finally had a conflict with Toushanman's men.

Fortunately, the tavern where Sun Yat-sen and them were located was not big, and what was happening outside could be easily heard inside, so after the two people outside clashed with Tou Shanman's men, Sun Yat-sen and the others inside heard it.

"What's wrong?!"

Tou Shanman, who was drinking wine, said with some dissatisfaction.

Hearing Toushan's unhappy voice, a subordinate from outside soon ran in.

"It's two Chinese, I don't know why they have to break into the tavern, and they ended up clashing with our people." said that his subordinates looked at Tou Shanman's face. "I'm going to get rid of the two of them..."

Hearing his subordinates say this, Tou Shanman just waved his hand and signaled them to solve it by themselves.

However, just as Tou Shanman's men were about to go out and drive the two people away, one of the two people outside saw Sun Yat-sen sitting inside.

"Sir! Mr! ”

Holding the wine glass, Sun Yat-sen, who turned around, was somewhat confused.

"Who are you?"

Looking at the two young people, Sun Yat-sen asked a little strangely, I don't know why, he always felt that looking at the two people was a little familiar.

"The two of us are from the Tokyo branch of the Kuomintang," said one of the young men, who took out a telegram. Sir, this is an urgent telegram from Shanghai. As he spoke, he handed over the telegram.

Sun Yat-sen, who finally understood why he looked at them, opened the telegram and examined it carefully.

However, after half a ring, Sun Yat-sen put the telegram aside, and his face was gloomy...

"What's going on?"

Looking at Sun Yat-sen's hazy face, Tou Shanman on the side frowned and asked.

After a moment of silence, Sun Yat-sen replied slowly. "Someone assassinated him at the beginning..."

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News of Song Jiaoren's assassination soon spread throughout China, and the first object of suspicion was Yuan Shikai in Yanjing.

At this time, after learning the news of the assassination of Song Jiaoren, Sun Yat-sen also canceled his visit to Yueben and returned to China by ship with his wife and daughter.

It's just surprising that Sun Yat-sen, who had just returned to China, held a meeting in Shanghai, and when Huang Xing and even Chen Qimei believed that they should use peaceful means to fight without breaking the provisional law, Sun Yat-sen advocated an armed crusade against Yuan Shikai...

While the Kuomintang was also fighting over whether to use the law or take military action against Yuan Shikai, Lin Qing and Zhao Shengping had already embarked on the road back to Sichuan on the pre-arranged river steamer.

As for the "real murderer" or something? Not long after Song Jiaoren was assassinated, he was already arrested in the Shanghai Public Concession, and on the body of the "real murderer" named Ying Guixin, they also found the "real murderer" and the correspondence between Premier Zhao Bingjun and Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Hong Shuzu.

It's just strange that it seems that even the real murderer named Ying Guixin and Wu Shiying doesn't know who poisoned Song Jiaoren...

(To be continued)