Pan Yucheng, the richest man in Shaxian County, opened a warehouse in Fuzhou City, which was crowded with people dressed as gang members. Some people look like they're five big and three thick, and their waists are bulging, so they probably have something to carry. Some of them had smoky faces and sat there yawning for days. There are even some people who are dressed in tatters, as if they are beggars, and they are holding snow-white meat steamed buns in their hands and munching there. These gang members who don't know where they came from get together, and naturally they have a chat with each other.

"This time the deal sounds fresh, someone actually paid us to march and protest, as if opposing the military affairs supervisor Chang Ruiqing! I don't know if it will annoy the surname Chang and go on a killing spree in Fuzhou City? ”

"Afraid of a bird! Now it's the Republic of China, and it's the right of the people to march and protest, and public opinion across the country is watching! His surname is Chang, so he is not afraid of drowning in the spit stars of the people of the whole country? ”

"Hey! This is what you mountain lord who joined the revolutionary party can say...... He has three divisions on his hands, surnamed Chang! If you really want to do it, what will the people of the whole country dare to do? Besides, why did those people give us a head? Just rely on us to gamble and prostitute and sell big cigarettes? ”

"Then we're not afraid! Just do it, our brothers are all coming to Fuzhou with guys! Who is afraid of whom in a real fight? His surname is Chang Bing in the Ming, and our people are ...... in the dark."

Pan Yucheng and Yang Lizhong were also in this warehouse at the moment, and the two of them stood side by side on the balcony, looking at the noisy gang members in the yard, and they couldn't help frowning.

During this time, those local snakes who were determined to go against Chang Ruiqing ran around in tandem, saying that they wanted to mobilize the people to rise up against Chang Ruiqing's dictatorship! However, those people are not the votes of the local tyrants and gentry that can be mobilized casually, they have no trade unions, no peasant unions, not even student unions, only the chamber of commerce, but it is impossible for the chamber of commerce to initiate a strike...... That's not going to get along with money! In the end, the only way to do this is to rely on the gang. Those leaders and hall masters of Hongmen, the leaders of the Bagua Society and the Big Knife Society are all masters who see money. When 120,000 went down to the ocean, a congregation of 20,000 was mobilized! In the past two days, they have entered Fuzhou City one after another. Of course, this number must have moisture, according to Pan Yucheng and Yang Lizhong, it is estimated that it is about 10,000 people. But it's not less.

A few days ago, the petition group also boarded a steamer to Tianjin, and there were more than 100 people in total, all of whom were squires from various counties in Fujian, and many of them had served as county magistrates and chairmen of county councils. is a real celebrity, and he has connections with Fujianese bigwigs in Beijing, so he should be able to stir up some trends.

But the most important thing is not the marchers and the petitioners, but the usual force! This aspect can be regarded as progress, under the almost paranoid running contact of Wang Rongguang and Xu Zhuoran. Many officers of the Third Division from the Fujian People's Army have already been contacted, and now they are about to send funds for their activities. Today, Pan Yucheng made an appointment with Yang Lizhong to meet at this warehouse for the sake of funds.

At this time, there was a sound of stairs, and a middle-aged man dressed as a businessman ran up and bowed respectfully to Pan Yucheng: "Master, Mr. Liu, Mr. Huang and Mr. Chen from Nanyang have all called to say that the money is ready!" ”

Pan Yucheng nodded his head and looked at Yang Lizhong again: "Brother Zhong, it's time to come." Whether you do it or not is your word! ”

Yang took a deep breath. He said in a deep voice: "Of course I did!" Commander Du has already said that he can meet them in the Mawei Ship Master School at any time! The receipt stamped by the Sading Gong is also ready. As he spoke, he accentuated his tone: "There is no problem with the three rich businessmen you contacted, right?" Won't ......"

"What could be the problem?" Pan Yucheng sneered: "People paid 1 million!" I'm afraid I'm more anxious than you and me, right? It's just that after the matter is successful, you are not allowed to regret not doing it to other officials! ”

"You can rest assured!" Yang Lizhong sighed lightly and said with a smile: "The official always has someone to do it, as long as he understands the reason, he doesn't do it against us." It's not all the same for everyone! ”

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"Yaoru, Yaoru brother. Do you have to go to Shanghai? Now the situation in Fuzhou City is unstable...... Why don't you let me go to Shanghai for you? ”

On September 15, 1917, Chang Ruiqing received a telegram from Zhang Gongquan, the manager of the Bank of China. Zhang Jian, the owner of Nantong Dasheng Yarn Factory, wanted to ask him to meet in Shanghai to discuss the construction of a steel plant in Nanjing, and this time, Zhang Jian also represented Li Chun, the overseer of Jiangsu!

After receiving the telegram, Chang Ruiqing immediately convened his subordinates to discuss the matter, and after a hasty discussion, he made the decision to leave for Shanghai immediately.

However, Chang Ruiqing's deputy, Wu Shi, raised objections at the meeting.

Wu Shi is a native of Fujian, and their Wu family is also a famous Minhou family, of course, they are well-informed, and they have long learned through various channels that some local forces in Fujian are planning a trend against Chang Ruiqing! Moreover, the 3rd Division he led was also unstable, and there were constantly officers of the former People's Army who secretly defected to Wu Shi to report that their commanders were in contact with the revolutionary party or local forces, and it seemed that they were suspected of launching a mutiny......

In this case, Chang Ruiqing should of course sit in Fuzhou City, and he can't leave a single step! Not to mention going all the way to Shanghai to do business, in case something happens here in Fujian, Chang Ruiqing, who is far away in Shanghai, is beyond the reach of the whip!

Chang Ruiqing's mind seemed to have flown to Shanghai at this time, and after making the decision, he stood up and prepared to leave, and when he heard Wu Shi's advice, he just hummed, turned his face and said to him: "Brother Yu Xun, you sit in charge of Fuzhou City for me here, and I will give an order to the War Bureau to let you temporarily act as the director." ”

Wu Shi's expression was a little anxious, he stepped forward and leaned into Chang Ruiqing's ear, and said in a low voice: "Brother Yaoru, junior brother has received a lot of secret reports, it seems that someone is preparing to deal with us!" You can't leave Fuzhou at this time. ”

Chang Ruiqing smiled and said: "Some clowns who jump off the beam, the Gendarmerie Bureau and the Fuxing Society have already arranged for safekeeping, Yu Xun, you don't have to worry about these things, just make a town in Fuzhou City." ”

Seeing that Chang Ruiqing was still breezy and calm, Wu Shi's brain sweated out: "Yaoru, it's not a few clowns who jump off the beam, my 3rd Division is also unstable now, and there are several regiment commanders ......"

"It's okay, it's okay." Chang Ruiqing waved his hand and said with a smile: "I already know everything, and I have made arrangements, you don't have to worry, just stay in Fuzhou." This time I went to Shanghai on a Japanese ship. I can be back in about 10 days, and if anything happens in the meantime, we can still contact him by telegram. Yu Xun. You can rest assured. After saying that, he patted Wu Shi on the shoulder, and then strode out of the conference room.

A.D. 1917, September 16.

Fujian Provincial City, Fuzhou.

The sky is just getting dark. When the shopkeepers of the shops on the streets of Fuzhou were beckoning their apprentices to get off the panmen and prepare to start their day's business, they saw that many people had gathered inside and outside the teahouses that doubled as gang halls in the streets and alleys, all of them were dressed in short clothes, and they looked like hooligans. There are also men in long shirts who are handing out placards to these gangsters!

Really, it's a placard, it's certainly not a machete stick!

The early risers, traders, and Fuzhou citizens were almost stunned by what they saw with their own eyes! When did the Fuzhou gang grab the land not use a fight, but a demonstration and protest? It's a strange thing that happens every year, and this year is especially weird!

Today, these gang members are considered to be rules, and they do not provoke the surrounding shops, and after distributing the placards, another banner is spread. Slogans were written on it with cinnabar pens.

"Down with the warlord Chang Ruiqing!"

"Expelling the warlords! Fujian people rule Fujian! ”

"Embrace the Republic! Defend democracy! Against dictatorship! ”

Then a person who looked like a gang leader stood on the Eight Immortals table prepared in advance. Loud mobilization: "Brothers, the big dragon head (hall master) said that today we are marching on the streets to protest against the independent warlord Chang Ruiqing!" Each person will have a piece of ocean every day, and they will be distributed when they return to the hall after the parade is over. The big dragon head (hall master) also said, don't be afraid! Now it's the Republic of China. He Chang Ruiqing didn't dare to do anything about our peaceful demonstration, that is our right as citizens, and there are Fujian celebrities in Beijing who will support us. Newspapers around the world will also help us speak! Brothers, just shout the slogan and let's go. Target, Fujian Military Affairs Supervision Office! ”

Then the marchers, who had gathered somehow, held their slogans, flags, and shouted slogans loudly, and gathered from the teahouses scattered in all corners of Fuzhou City to the Military Affairs Supervision Office in the center of Fuzhou City!

"Down with the warlord Chang Ruiqing! Maintain the autonomy of the Min people! ”

"All Min people unite and expel the rule of foreign warlords!"

"The Min people govern Fujian and oppose foreign oppression!"

The slogans shook the earth, and the procession became larger and larger, and finally formed a torrent. Countless Fuzhou citizens stood on the side of the street with their mouths open, and from time to time some people were inspired by this "revolutionary atmosphere" to join in, and as for the police in Fuzhou and the army loyal to Chang Ruiqing, it seemed that they disappeared overnight! In a short time, these processions flocked to the entrance of the school in the center of Fuzhou City, where they gathered into a sea of people, as if they were about to level the Governor's Office, which symbolized the dictatorship of the Beiyang warlords!

The Fujian Military Supervision Office, the Fuzhou Provincial Government, and Chang Ruiqing's Fujian Military Supervision Office are actually co-located, and they are all in the original Li Houji's office.

It's like it's wartime now! There are Beiyang soldiers from the brigade everywhere, all of whom are officers and soldiers of the First Division of the Beiyang Army to which Chang Ruiqing belongs. Fortifications had been set up in front of the gate of the Governor's Office, and countless young soldiers were holding rifles with bayonets and looking at the qiē in front of them with nervous expressions.

Wu Shi, who stayed behind in Fujian to preside over the overall situation, stood in the open gate of the Supervision Office with a blue face, surrounded by Lu Yixuan, chief of the General Staff Bureau, Ren Yijiang, director of the Military Police, and Jin Yongyan, the head of the Fujian Army Martial Arts Hall, who rushed to hear the news. Wu Shi and Lu Yixuan were already sweating at the moment, and they looked back in the direction of the telegraph room of the Supervision Office from time to time, as if they were waiting for the instruction telegram from Chang Ruiqing!

However, the telegram did not wait, but saw Sa Zhenbing rushing over in a hurry, and before he could stand still, he shouted there: "Don't shoot!" Don't shoot! ”

Wu Shi frowned, not knowing what to say to this nominal number one in Fujian. Ren Yijiang, the director of the gendarmerie bureau on the side, replied coldly: "Ding Gong, as long as they don't pass that red line, our people won't fire!" ”

As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed to a "red line" drawn in red paint less than twenty meters outside the door of the Supervision Office. The marching crowd seemed to know what this "red line" meant, and they all shouted slogans outside the red line, and they had no intention of crossing it.

Seeing that the scene was not out of control, Sa Zhenbing breathed a sigh of relief, and turned his head to look at Wu Shi again: "Yu Xun, what's going on here?" What are you going to do about it? ”

"What's going on?" Wu Shi smiled bitterly and looked at Ren Yijiang, who had a calm complexion: "Brother Yichen, it's up to you to answer this question." ”

Ren Yijiang respectfully gave Wu Shi a military salute. said loudly: "Report to Deputy Supervisor Wu, the current situation seems to be that someone is marching and protesting. ”

"It seems?" Sa Zhenbing glared at Ren Yijiang with old eyes, and said coldly: "Then what are you going to do?" ”

Ren Yijiang shrugged. smiled: "Of course we are doing things according to the rules, if those people are peacefully protesting, then we must also respect it, it is the right of the people!" If they are going to engage in violent robbery in the name of peaceful protest. If we destroy the stability of Fuzhou City, of course we will send troops to suppress and maintain order! ”

"That's it?" Sa Zhenbing was stunned when he heard this, and looked at the young people in front of him suspiciously.

Ren Yijiang nodded with a smile and replied affirmatively: "That's it!" ”

"Sister Ru! Sister Ru! The brethren have already mixed in. are all dressed up as gossip meetings from Fujian. ”

A young man in his twenties, dressed in tatters like a flower child, quickly ran into a restaurant in the commercial area near the entrance of the school, and when he saw Zhen Xiaoru wearing a blue velvet cheongsam, he reported loudly.

Zhen Xiaoru was originally sitting behind a table of eight immortals, but when she heard this, she stood up and looked around.

This restaurant, which is the seat of one of the secret agencies of the Renaissance Society, is not open for business today, and it is full of members of the Renaissance Society's action team. Most of them are dressed up as marching gang congregations.

"Xiao Chen. Go and give the order, the first team starts to act, the target is the Pan family pawnshop! Zhen Xiaoru coldly gave the order to act.

"Sister Ru, do you really want to do it? We don't have an order to supervise it! The young man hesitated and asked rhetorically.

Zhen Xiaoru sneered: "You can't let the superintendent know about this, he won't agree to us doing this." But we have to do it! Otherwise, we will supervise how to step down! She snorted softly, "You obey my orders, and you are not responsible." I'm going to be held accountable afterwards! Go ahead! ”

"Sister Ru!" Several small leaders of the action team of the Fuxing Society shouted in unison, but at the same time they saw Zhen Xiaoru's cold eyes. I don't dare to persuade any further.

This woman has a bit of a fierce reputation in the rivers and lakes of Shanghai, almost like the ten sisters of the Green Gang, known as "Spicy Hand Ah Zhen". It was trained by Wang Yaqiao, and his temper is a bit like that killer king, don't look charming, but he is very irritable! When he followed Wang Yaqiao, he did several big cases, and was later introduced to Chang Ruiqing by Wang Yaqiao, probably because he was confused by the appearance and temperament of Chang Da's warlord, and now he is loyal and willing to help do any bad things!

"Don't go yet!" Zhen Xiaoru saw that several of his subordinates were still hesitating, and there was already murderous aura in her tone!

These few little bosses didn't dare to hesitate anymore and ran out like a gust of wind, you "Spicy Ah Zhen" have sold yourself to Chang Ruiqing, what are we doing? In the future, whether you will be a lady or a scapegoat is your own life!

Seeing that several of his subordinates obeyed his orders, Zhen Xiaoru was also relieved in her heart. Today's matter, Chang Ruiqing did not give any written order! However, the night before leaving Fuzhou, he verbally assigned her a task and was in bed. Although Zhen Xiaoru also knows that today's matter is risky, if the matter is exposed, she will have to take the responsibility!

However, Ah Zhen, who already thinks she is a woman who is Chang Ruiqing, has also let go, as long as today's thing is done, she will be Chang Ruiqing's lover and number one confidant in the future, and her status is not under Zhao Xianger, as for failure, since she did the killer business, failure is equivalent to death.

And at this very moment, this event, which was supposed to be a peaceful petition, was already a little chaotic! There is nothing surprising that this situation should occur, and the people who came to participate in the march today were not progressive youths in the first place, but gang members who were hired for money. Moreover, the police, who were supposed to maintain order, did not know where to go, and as for the "pickets" of the parade organizers themselves, no one thought of organizing them at all, so the order of the parade gradually began to get out of control!

"Bang la la"

This is the sound of ocean money landing! The eyes of the gossip congregation who were shouting slogans on a commercial street next to the entrance of the school were immediately attracted by this pleasant sound.

What everyone saw was at the door of a pawnshop, as if a box full of silver dollars had been knocked over to the ground, and a large piece of silver glittering was covered with silver dollars!

"Rob!" I don't know who shouted like that, and then I saw a dozen ragged gossip congregations pounce on them. Dispel a few pawnshop guys who are probably carrying silver dollars, and then take a lot of silver dollars into your arms!

"Grab it! Grab it! A few more shouts, and more people joined the crowd. At this moment, a middle-aged man who seemed to be the shopkeeper of the pawnshop rushed out in a hurry, still holding a **** in his hand, and when he came up, he shot at the crowd, and then ran into the pawnshop again.

As a result, I heard someone shouting, "Murder!" Brothers, get in and take revenge! ”

The gossip congregation, which was already a little hot-headed, rushed towards this pawnshop under the bewitchment and stimulation of this! What started as a peaceful protest turned into a riot and a riot from now on

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