Not long after Liu Zhensheng left the legal arrest room, a gunshot suddenly rang out from the detention room of the legal arrest room, and then a scream was heard, and soon a man in tattered clothes and covered in blood rushed out of the detention room. He rushed out of the office of the patrol room and into the courtyard, and just as this man rushed out to the gate of the patrol room, he suddenly fired several gunshots from both sides, and the prisoner was shot in the body and in the head, and fell to the ground motionless.

A patrol commander slowly stepped forward with a pistol and shot twice more at the head of the corpse, the leader of the corpse was already unrecognizable, the inspector took back the pistol and stepped forward to check the body, and only after confirming that the prisoner who tried to abscond was dead, he got up and said loudly: "The murderer Liu Zhensheng tried to abscond, and in the process of escaping, he injured several people in my patrol room, and was killed by my patrol officers, carried the body to the morgue, and notified the relatives of the other party and the Japanese consulate tomorrow morning, so that the relatives of the deceased can come and take the body!" ”

"Yes, Inspector!"

At this time, in the Xiao Mansion, Xiao Zhenlei had already negotiated with Liu Zhensheng and arranged for Liu Zhensheng to go to the 23rd Mixed Formation of the New Army to serve as the 50th Chief Instructor, but Liu Zhensheng could not tell anyone about his whereabouts, including Nong Jinsun.

After talking to Liu Zhensheng, Xiao Zhenlei called Nong Jinsun in and asked: "Brother Jinsun, I talked to Zhensheng just now and arranged a place for him to go, this place is absolutely safe, he also agreed, I specially told you!" ”

Nong Jinsun frowned and said, "Huanyu, where did you arrange for him to go?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, Brother Jinsun, I can't sue you for this, but I can assure you that it is absolutely safe for him to go there, maybe in a few years, you will be able to meet again!" Brother Jinsun won't disbelieve me, will he? ”

Nong Jinsun was squeezed by Xiao Zhenlei like this, and hurriedly waved his hand and said: "How come, how come, with your person, I absolutely believe it, so it's okay, even I don't know where Zhensheng went, and others don't know, this is beneficial to his safety, Huanyu, please take care of him, even if you don't look at my face, you have to see it in Brother Junqing's face, Zhensheng will be entrusted to you!" ”

"Brother Jinsun, please rest assured!" Xiao Zhenlei agreed, and said: "It's getting late now, I have a lot of guest rooms here, Brother Jinsun and Zhensheng will stay here first, and when I send someone to take care of the details of the Black Dragon Society that monitors here, you can leave tomorrow morning, but you have to be more careful in the future!" ”

Seeing that Xiao Zhenlei said so strictly, Nong Jinsun didn't have to leave, and hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Then I'll bother you tonight!" ”

After Nong Jinsun and Liu Zhensheng went upstairs to the guest room to rest, Xiao Zhenlei ordered a few guards to go out and clean up the people of the Japanese Black Dragon Society who were watching.

Soon, a guard came in and reported to Xiao Zhenlei that there were a total of two Japanese Black Dragon Society details monitoring Xiao Mansion, all of which were disposed of, and one person on the guard's side was seriously injured.

Nong Jinsun left the next morning. On October 15, Xiao Zhenlei rushed back to the headquarters of the 23rd Mixed Association in Suzhou, and Liu Zhensheng went with him, and after arriving at the 23rd Mixed Association, he appointed Liu Zhensheng as the chief instructor of martial arts in the whole army, but Liu Zhensheng first had to receive military skills training, but only after passing the training could he take up the post of chief instructor of martial arts.

After a few days, Cai Guodong sent a telegram from the 21st Town of Hangzhou, he and Sun Chuandong and other officers who went south all gained a firm foothold in the 21st Town, and now each of them has a satisfactory position, Zeng Yun still attaches great importance to the talents of these officers, each of them has basically been promoted to two levels, the officers who were originally deputy squad leaders have become platoon commanders in the 21st Town, and the deputy platoon commanders have now become company commanders, and the deputy company commanders have become battalion commanders. Zhou Chuandong is now the post of the 82nd standard commander of the 21st Town 41st Association, Cai Guodong is the 21st Town 42nd Association Commander, and some other officers have also disrupted the establishment of posts, which is also Zeng Yun's order to prevent them from being all officers from the 23rd Mixed Association of the New Army from engaging in tandem, but this has no impact on Cai Guodong and others, what should he do.

Cai Guodong said in the telegram that the 21st Town has now been fully recruited, and the troops have also entered the training period, and that Lu Benyuan, the commander of the 21st Town, is an old-style officer, and this person does not understand the new training of the new army at all, and this person has recently fallen ill, so he handed over all the training of the new army in the 21st Town to the commanders of the various units under his jurisdiction to carry out independently, which also facilitates Cai Guodong to train the 42nd Association according to his own intentions.

The 42nd Association has nearly 4,000 people, which is nearly half less than the 23rd Mixed Association of the New Army, but the Mixed Association is a separate military establishment, and there are no military units at the town level, and the 42nd Association is an infantry association, only infantry, cavalry, artillery, engineers, and baggage troops, all of which are under the direct jurisdiction of the 21st Town.

It was much easier for Cai Guodong to train only the infantry, he used his outstanding military talent to subdue the hearts of the officers of the All-China Association in only half a month, and established the military soul for this army, the military soul of an army is not easy to establish, once an army has a military soul, it is difficult for this army to be defeated, and the military soul is generally related to the first commander of the army that established it.

After reading the telegram sent by Cai Guodong, Xiao Zhenlei was relieved. He began to continue to worry about the affairs of the army, and on this day he went to the 46th standard to inspect the training of the troops, and the 46th standard commander is now Wu Shiyou, and after Cai Guodong was transferred to the 21st town to serve as the 42nd assistant commander, he took over the post of the 46th standard commander.

During the inspection, Wu Shiyou saw that Xiao Zhenlei had something on his mind, but he didn't ask it on the spot, and after the inspection was over, Xiao Zhenlei and others came to Wu Shiyou's office to rest, and Wu Shiyou took the time to spend everyone else, and asked: "Sir, I see that you have a lot of worries today, not just to inspect the training of the troops, right?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei didn't make a sound when he heard this, took out a cigarette, took out a cigarette, took out a little bit and took a few puffs before saying: "Yes, now the shape of the country is getting more and more nervous, you can't see it if you stay here, you can see it when you stay here, you know that the situation outside is very complicated, the Qing court is now in internal troubles and external difficulties, I got the news, the Qing court is secretly in contact with the foreign powers, and is ready to borrow money from the foreign powers."

"Another loan? What is the collateral this time? Wu Shiyou's face was a little ugly, under the influence of Xiao Zhenlei and others, Wu Shiyou and others had a firm heart to fight against the Qing court, and they were extremely indignant at some of the traitorous acts made by the Qing court.

Xiao Zhenlei said: "It's not clear for the time being, I guess it may be the reason for this rubber stock boom, which has caused the Qing court's financial losses heavily, and only by borrowing from the foreign powers can it get through the difficulties, otherwise the salaries of the court officials will not be paid, who will be loyal to the king?" The loan amount this time is about 16 million pounds, about 100 million taels of silver. ”

Wu Shiyou smacked his tongue: "So much? ”

Xiao Zhenlei took a puff of cigarette and continued: "According to the Qing court's method, I estimate that within two years at most, the Qing court will collapse. If this situation continues, once the plague spreads, the number of deaths in our country will be difficult to count with the current medical conditions in our country! ”

"The plague?" Wu Shiyou's face turned pale when he heard this, this disease is simply terrible in this era, as long as you are infected with the plague, it is difficult to survive, and the infection rate of this disease is quite high.

"It's almost winter now, how can there be a plague?"

Xiao Zhenlei shook his head and said: "Since the information we got from the members of the Northeast is not very detailed, we can only speculate approximately, it is estimated that it was transmitted to the Northeast from the Eastern Railway through Manchuria, fortunately it is winter, due to the weather, the growth of germs will also be inhibited, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable, although the local government is not very careful, but it is worried that this matter will spread and affect the political performance, so the news is blocked, and the media and newspapers have not been informed of the relevant situation!" In a few days, we will hold a high-level meeting within the organization to discuss the disaster relief, not only to prevent this plague incident, but also to prevent this plague incident, and now in northern Jiangsu, due to the flooding in September, hundreds of thousands of people have been left homeless and have no food to eat, and many victims are on the line of life and death poverty, and the purpose of our organization is to save the country and save the people, and we cannot sit idly by, so we must organize disaster relief."

Wu Shiyou couldn't help but be a little moved when he looked at Xiao Zhenlei, thinking that only a person like the chief would put the people in his heart, from ancient times to the present, who has so much wealth and has a heavy army in his hands and has always put the people first?

"Is that what the chief is worried about? No matter what kind of decision you have, I, Wu Shiyou, will resolutely support your decision, since you want to help the disaster, if the money is not enough, I can mobilize the officers and soldiers to donate some, our parents and relatives are ordinary people, we should take the money out to support them! ”

Xiao Zhenlei smiled when he heard this, and at the same time his heart moved, maybe this is a way to improve the cohesion of the officers and soldiers of the army, and said: "There is no shortage of money, but you just said that you can mobilize the officers and soldiers to donate some, this is a very good way, the purpose is not to care about how much money to be raised, it is to let the officers and soldiers understand their responsibilities, let them know that they are from the common people, their parents, brothers and sisters are ordinary people, and we can only get the support of the people when we stand with the people. Now that our parents, brothers and sisters are all affected by the disaster, can we eat white rice and white flour steamed buns here? ”

"Of course not, I will immediately organize the officers and soldiers to raise donations, and the donation is voluntary, and it will never be forced!" Wu Shiyou said that he was about to get up and make arrangements.

Xiao Zhenlei stopped him and said, "Wait, this matter is not in a hurry, and it will not be at this time and a half to raise donations, you sit down first, I still have something to tell you!" ”

"Oh, yes, sir!"

Xiao Zhenlei continued: "As I said just now, it is estimated that the Qing court will collapse within two years at most, and what will happen to the political structure after the fall of the Qing court?" At present, in addition to the crumbling regime of the Qing court, there are also constitutionalists, royalists, and reformers in the political forces of the DPRK and China, and the political forces in the opposition also include the League Society, the Liberation Society, and our Iron and Blood National Salvation Society, as well as some other relatively small political forces.

We are a political organization with the purpose of saving the country and the people, if we want to realize our concept of governance, we must first grasp a certain political discourse, otherwise we are empty talk, we are different from the League, the League will have a long time in business, the background is deeper than ours There are their people in all parts of the country, although our organization also has its own people throughout the country, but after all, the establishment time is too short, the development speed is not as good as the Alliance, and in the future, if you want to have a certain right to speak in politics, In addition to trying to make some deeds to save the country and the people, to improve his prestige, he also has to control more troops.

Now we organize and control the regular army with combat effectiveness is also our 23rd mixed association, as well as Cai Guodong's 42nd association of the 21st town of Zhejiang, only these two associations are regular troops, completely controlled by ourselves, we are different from the League and the Guangfu Association Those ** party members, they only rely on breaking into the Qing army to plot against the Qing officers and soldiers, and our two associations are completely under our command of the army, at that time there were only two associations of the army was too few, once an incident started, the army of the two associations was far from enough, Therefore, it is necessary to recruit and train more troops.

If you want to recruit more troops, you must have enough military spending, we are not worried about this, we have enough money, the key is the lack of enough officers, so now we have to do two things, the first is to send people to recruit, the second is to set up an officer school, I am ready to let your forty-six standards to do the recruitment, Liu Zhijie and Zhu Xi of the forty-five standards are not the people of our organization, I can not rest assured about them, for the sake of prudence, this matter has to be carried out in private, and you are responsible for the forty-sixth standard, It just so happens that your barracks here are big enough, even if you recruit one more association, you can live in it, if the houses are not enough, then continue to build some more houses, anyway, there is land. From now on, what do you think of re-recruiting the troops of a town within half a year and training them into an army in half a year? Do you have the confidence to complete the task? ”

Wu Shiyi was a little excited, stood up and said, "Please rest assured, sir, I promise to complete the task!" ”R1152