Xu Yanzhuo and his party were arranged to rest in Zhuangzi.

Waiting for Liu Shirui and the others to retreat, the intelligence officer was surprised: "This is too happy, isn't it?" They don't doubt our origin at all? ”

Xu Yanzhuo shook his head: "It's not that simple. That leader Liu can incite thousands of people to make trouble with him, and he is by no means a simple-minded person. I guess he had an idea in his heart, but he didn't have the means to do it systematically. Now, he accepts our things openly, and he will definitely go to the government to inquire about the news behind his back. ”

The intelligence officer smacked his lips in disappointment: "Hey, if I knew this, then why don't we send someone to contact them first, and then send weapons after we are sure?" If they repent, we may be in trouble. ”

Xu Yanzhuo smiled slightly: "Liu Shirui is a scholar. The so-called Xiucai rebellion has not been successful for three years, and there are too many things in their minds, and they look forward and backward. If you rub with them little by little, you don't know if it will drag on until the Year of the Monkey. With such a sudden blow, he was forced to give him a bunch of things that he couldn't get rid of, and when the time came, the people next to him would make another noise, and he couldn't help but not move forward. ”

This is the proper duck to the shelf!

Liu Shirui and the Dadao Society, as well as a series of civil armed forces such as the Golden Bell Jar, the Iron Cloth Shirt, and the Red Gun Society initiated by him, have a strong feudal Taoist color. They did not have any idea of overthrowing the imperial court and rebelling against the revolution, and at first they were looking for a reason to pull some armed forces to protect their interests.

Before leaving, Xu Yanzhuo got a lot of materials from Yang Hao, and also knew the reasons for the rise of various civilian armed forces here.

Caozhou Prefecture is at the junction of Henan, Jiangsu and Shandong provinces, and between the old road of the Yellow River and the current mainstream, the folk customs have been fierce since ancient times. Fierce and good at fighting. For almost two decades. Because of the surge in opium smokers in the country. At least one-tenth of the land in this area is poppy cultivation.

And because of the flooding of the Yellow River for many years, the ordinary people are miserable, but the land annexation is extremely strict. Up to now, large clan-based households occupy the vast majority of land units and live luxuriously. However, the poor, who had a larger population, had no food or clothing, and the government did not take care of them, so law and order deteriorated, and thieves swarmed. Last year was the most tense time. Gangs of bandits openly run rampant on the streets, and it is common to break into homes and rob and kill people during the day.

When the big families had no way to ask for help, they began to arm themselves to protect their property. The poor people, who had no food to eat, no money, and were very aggressive, gave them a moment of bewitchment by pretending to be gods and ghosts, and they were attracted to them lightly. In just a few months, the power of the Great Sword Society in Caozhou Mansion has increased dramatically to several thousand.

If you change to a competent official, you may be very vigilant about killing them. But today's Caozhou prefect Yuxian is a self-righteous fool, I heard that the big knife will not cost the government a penny, so he has exterminated several groups of bandits one after another, and thinks this thing is very good. I also heard that they were all dissatisfied with the foreign missionaries and believers who were rampant in all directions, and they liked it even more.

He didn't care. With few troops around, it's no surprise that broadsword will flourish quickly.

However, the broadsword will be the survival of this organization. For the revolutionary party headed by Yang Hao, it is a sectarian force that must be eliminated. Their practice of using feudal superstition to lure ignorant civilians to follow them down the evil path is meaningless, but in the end it will inevitably lead to a catastrophe and consume the vitality of the country in vain, and will inevitably become a blocking force for sweeping away the world and reforming politics in the future.

In another time and space, a few years later, these people will become the backbone and basic force of the "Boxer Rebellion", and they will continue to sweep through millions of people throughout Zhili, staging a big absurd farce.

This kind of power still has a great influence on the people, and if we can't nip them in the bud, we have to try to guide them on the right path.

When the intelligence department headed by Xu Yanzhuo learned of the Qing court's actions, they didn't dare to believe it completely, who knows if they really came to suppress the bandits after they transferred their troops to Shandong, or if they secretly killed Chen Cang's sudden killing in Yizhou? These uncertainties cannot be dealt with passively.

After thinking about it again and again, Xu Yanzhuo proposed a more risky plan and personally led the team to try to force Liu Shirui to go on the road. As long as something happens on their side, the Qing court will have to make the fake come true, and when the time comes, take advantage of the chaos, maybe it will have a miraculous effect.

Before coming here, Yang Hao repeatedly told him to ensure his own safety. With the strength of the revolutionary army today, steady progress can also sweep away any resistance, and there is no risk.

Xu Yanzhuo is even more courageous, and he thinks this is a great opportunity. Taking advantage of the Qing court's weakest control over the people, he took advantage of the situation to turn the people's ignorant and simple behavior of resisting foreigners and lawless forces to the great cause of truly awakening and resisting the entire old ideology and old system. With a more violent and swift means, the stubborn old forces that have shrouded the Chinese for thousands of years will be destroyed like a storm!

Caozhou Mansion is an excellent entry point, and the social atmosphere has taken shape.

Xu Yanzhuo earnestly exhorted everyone: "We must take this opportunity to practice how to lead the people out of ignorance and pursue light." In the right way and in the right way, replace the wrong course of the Huidaomen forces. If it can be done well, it will bring immeasurable and tremendous impetus to the entire revolutionary cause! ”

The relationship is so important that he can't help but experience it for himself. The pieces have been played, and it is up to the opponent to respond.

Liu Shirui happily accepted the dozens of carts of gifts, pushed them into the courtyard and opened the box to see that the rifles and yellow bullets were full of bullets, which stabbed everyone's eyes and couldn't close.

"Guns! That's a lot of guns! Hahaha, big boss, we're rich! ”

A whole thousand guns, 100,000 bullets! Even the black gown is complete. After being washed and dressed, they even looked more regular than most Qing troops.

The leaders of the Big Knife Society were so happy that their mouths grinned to the back molars, but Liu Shirui's face was gloomy as if it was a June day, and he gritted his teeth and shouted: "Shut the fuck!" We're in trouble, do you know?! ”

"Huh?! Where's the trouble? With these muskets, don't just make our soldiers strong, and when the time comes, which group of strongmen in the entire Caozhou Mansion will dare to come out to find trouble? Destroy him with a backhand! ”

"That's it! In the past, the knives, guns and sticks will be dealt with, and some stubble will come out. Now it's a real foreign gun, who do we have to be afraid of? ”

The Big Knife Club is not a business for Liu Shirui's family. It's true that he is the leader of the initiators. The others who were the first to join were also the wealthy people in the surrounding area. They know each other well. You can't be fooled just by drinking runic water. In essence, they are associations and mutual protection, and if they really encounter a fatal matter, they still have to discuss.

Liu Shirui saw that these people were all carried away by foreign guns, and he was depressed for a while, and explained in annoyance: "With such a big pie falling from the sky, you are not afraid of being smashed through your head?" We usually use knives, guns and sticks to protect our homes and stabilize our neighbors, that is our duty. You can make so many foreign guns. What will the imperial court think? Maybe we'll be killed as the Taiping Army and bandits! ”

With that, everyone's clamor and excitement finally cooled down a lot. They still have a clear idea of what kind of mentality the court has. Civilian armed forces must certainly not be allowed to become too strong, unless there is an uncontrollable war.

I dared to toss before, because I felt that the imperial court couldn't even pick up Japan, and the world was going to be chaotic, so I gathered people to protect myself. Now that Japan is about to hold peace talks, it is really hard to say whether it will re-strengthen its internal rule.

But after all, there are many who have seen the world, and they shout: "Don't be afraid! Now the court can't take care of us. Outsiders don't all say that Yang Datou wants to rebel. forced the emperor to change the rules of his ancestors, what kind of changes did he make? Our Caozhou Mountain is high and the emperor is far away. Love what's the matter, not afraid of anyone! ”

"That's right! Right! That's it! The imperial court can't even send out soldiers, so why can't we! ”

"Now that the Caozhou Mansion can't even get together a sentry and horse, we don't maintain it, I'm afraid that the prefect's life will be unstable."

"If you want me to say, just occupy the territory and live your own life, whoever they love to fight and go, just ignore his pickles!"

…… It's all a fluke mentality.

Liu Shirui really responded to Xu Yanzhuo's words, the true character of a scholar, once the amount of information is too large, his brain will immediately disobey the call. The noise in his ears made him unable to think calmly, and he even forgot about the initial plan to figure out if there was a conspiracy to give him a bunch of weapons for nothing.

In addition, he understood it, and the big guy refused to put back the gun he had in hand, and he waved his sleeves irritably: "Okay, okay!" Then put it away first. Each family hurriedly selected men and summoned all the foreign guns. In addition, ask someone to go to Caozhou Mansion to find out the news, don't really kill the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, we don't know any movement. ”

"Don't worry, big boss, you can't make a mistake in keeping it!"

Chao agreed one after another, and a group of people began to talk about how to divide the spoils. This is a serious 800 foreign gun, a copper-shelled bullet as thick as a finger, a good thing that money can't buy.

Liu Shirui took a few steps, then turned back and said: "But don't let people try these guns, they are very powerful!" ”

He gave people talisman water all day long, claiming that he was invulnerable to drinking knives and guns, but in fact, he really used such foreign guns to beat him, ensuring that he could not die again if he pierced his eyes.

The leaders are not stupid, who of them doesn't know what Fu Shui is? If you really follow the methods taught by the master, swallow qi and practice, keep platooning and beating, plus the washing of potions, it will take a few years of hard work to be able to slightly withstand a blunt knife cut. Drink some runic water and you will be invulnerable, fooling the ghost!

Liu Shirui felt that he had been very careful, but he didn't expect Xu Yanzhuo's gang to be so black! The front foot only got a bunch of tattered 11mm breech guns from the battlefield against Japan, and someone on the back foot reported the news to the prefect Yuxian.

Among the officials at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the so-called clean officials were more hateful than corrupt officials, and Yuxian and Gangyi were the most typical, which were written into "The Travels of the Old Remnant". They are all representatives who have been poisoned by reading Confucian books, and they only have the discipline of the monarchs and ministers in their heads, and they hate the knowledge of advanced technology and other schools. For the foreign religions that knew that they were going to dig up the foundation of Confucian rule, they hated it even more.

Caozhou Mansion was the focus of the German missionary work, and the confrontation with Yuxian was naturally fierce. The prefect didn't do anything else all day, just thinking about how to deal with foreign devils. The rise of the Great Sword Society is even a good thing in his eyes, and those who can oppose foreign religions are good people and deserve praise.

But suddenly there was news that they had obtained a large number of foreign guns, and there was also a telegram from Kyori asking them to pay attention to the movements of the people and be ready to quell the rebellion at any time. What the hell is going on? Why did you write such a mess in the blink of an eye?

Being able to donate to the prefect as a prisoner is also a real shortage, and his background in the Han Army of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is directly related to the Yellow Banner. He was loyal to the Great Qing Dynasty, and anyone who tried to undermine the stability of the Great Qing Dynasty was his greatest enemy in life.

The little appreciation of the Great Sword Society before was left behind by Yuxian, and he immediately ordered someone to be sent to investigate the situation and report back quickly.

Liu Shirui and his gang had no sense of secrecy at all, and for the distribution of foreign guns, it became a pot of porridge, and soon the entire Cao County knew about it. Even before the prefect's yamen spies came, some county officials had already sent the letter quickly.

When Yuxian heard this, his eyebrows were raised, and he issued an order without saying a word: "Investigate with all your strength, prepare to kill!" ”

Subsequently, an urgent telegram was sent to Governor Li Bingheng.

It was convenient to have a telegram, and a few hours later, the capital knew the news. At this time, Tianjin's training of the new army had not yet taken action.

Emperor Guangxu was furious. What does it mean, I feel that the Qing Kingdom is going to be finished, and people and non-people want to make a fuss? He gave a sharp order, so that Yuan Shikai quickly marched into the army, Li Bingheng transferred people from Dengzhou, and the army pressed the border, killing this rebellion in one fell swoop! (To be continued......)