Nanjing ().

At the end of February, it was still difficult to feel the warmth of Nanjing, the revolution, the blood and the hustle and bustle gradually faded with the passage of time, and the people who calmed down looked around Siye in a daze, and found that everything seemed to have not changed much except for the change of name, the taxes that should be paid were still being paid, and the rent of the party was still being apportioned. On the contrary, life has fallen into difficulty due to the shutdown of the factories, the docks are much more deserted than before, the days of facing the loess with their backs to the sky have not changed much, and the city is becoming more and more restless and restless because of the influx of troops.

Looking at a team of soldiers dressed in military uniforms, with an accent that they don't know where it is, and carrying a gun on their backs, it is obvious that they are high drinkers, Xie Sheng carefully avoided the side and did not dare to make a sound, and during this time, he didn't know which evil he had committed, these soldiers who kept talking about revolution were all gone, neither exercising nor training, and carrying guns on their backs every day. It is polite to report to the presidential palace to investigate, but who else can be investigated if no one can find it? Therefore, the people of Nanjing now hate these soldiers and wish they would leave early.

The soldier also saw Xie Sheng, and when he saw that he looked frightened and panicked, he deliberately pointed his gun at him, and only after his face turned white with fright did he laugh triumphantly and carry a few wild ducks that had been captured from there with a bayonet and walked towards the city.

"Bastard!" Xie Sheng spat at the backs of these soldiers, if it weren't for the fact that the family now relies on him to earn money, they must have learned from others to smash a brick.

Fortunately, it is not far from the wharf, there are only a few river boats on the wharf to unload their goods, many brothers in the gang sit in the canopy where they usually rest, sighing, a strong man smoking a hookah looks at the empty river, and his expression is distressed: "It seems that this is in vain." ”

The coolie who was still wearing braids next to him scolded and scolded: "Damn, I used to be able to chew grain at least every day, but now the Mantar Emperors have fallen, but there is no business, how can people live?" ”

"You're okay, one person can feed the whole family, and I still have four people in my family."

"Who let the fourth child hug his daughter-in-law and arch when you are fine? You're comfortable, but all at once the three cubs have to eat and drink, and now you know it's bitter. ”

"Hehe..."

The meat talk made the canopy lively・Seeing the coolie who tied the pigtails after Xie Sheng, he hurriedly gave up his seat and said with a smile: "Boss Xie is here, is it bringing us life?" ”

Xie Sheng is the head of the Yangtze River Gang wharf coolies, usually in addition to management, he is also responsible for contacting large and small warehouses and shops in Nanjing City, contracting some hard work, seeing everyone's expectant eyes, sighing and shaking his head: "The shopkeeper Wang said that there was no ship to come recently, and said that we are afraid of Nanjing. ()。 ”

"I'm afraid of what? Don't say half-tones! Everyone was anxious and hurriedly asked. Xie Sheng continued: "The shopkeeper Wang said that recently someone said that the position of the president of Nanjing is going to be handed over to the north, and we are afraid that Nanjing City will return to the past. ”

"What?" A coolie from northern Anhui jumped up, wiped his bare head and said, "North? Could it be that the Mantars are coming to power again? It's late, Lao Tzu's braid was only twisted yesterday. ”

"What's the hurry, it's not full of tartars." Xie Sheng beckoned him to sit down and said, "It's the big president who is going to give up the position to that living Cao Cao." ”

"What!" As soon as he said this, everyone was even more moved, and they all expressed their puzzlement, and the strong man who smoked the hookah almost even dropped his cigarette bottle, and asked, "Why?" Didn't you say the Republic of China? Why give way to the north? It's hard to get through to Nanjing again, why do you still let those barbarians in the north sit in the world? ”

Xie Sheng shook his head: "How do I know, I only heard that President Sun Da is going to give up his seat to Yuan Shikai, so everyone has been vigilant these days, and those soldiers in the city are not good, and they are all red-eyed and want to get a vote back." ”

"! I knew this was the case, what were you doing with life and death. The pigtailed coolie took the tea bowl and drank it in one gulp, and shouted: "Forget it, Lao Tzu doesn't want to stay in Nanjing anymore, Hankou is too busy every day, so I can just wait for a boat to come." ”

Speaking of upstream, everyone was also envious, completely forgetting what had just happened, and asked, "Boss Xie, I heard that there is work done every day over there, is it true?" ”

"I know that." The bald man said: "A few days ago, the steward in Shanghai passed by and said that now there are more than a dozen boats going to Hankou every day, and the brothers who do a good job can earn ten yuan of silver every month. He also heard from the fourth master that our Yangtze River Gang was about to change to a foreigner-like transportation company, and Commander Yang also helped buy seven or eight big ships. ”

"Ten pieces? ()！ ”

"Don't believe it! A lot of people got it.

I also heard that the gang leader was moved to the small courtyard in Wuchang after blocking a shot for Commander Yang last time. In my opinion, it is estimated that in another year and a half, our gang leader will have a small commander. ”

"Son, don't talk nonsense." Xie Sheng kicked away the bald man and said with a smile: "The fourth master said, after we change to a company in the future, everyone will be serious employees, no longer need to watch the sky to eat, and in the future, we will buy dozens of big ships to run the Yangtze River, and we will be the largest Yangtze River freight company except for foreigners." ”

"Damn, why are you the biggest foreigner? According to me, it should be slaughtered even with foreign hair, the helper has treated me well all these years, we should wrap up the Yangtze River for the helper as a dowry, and save her from falling out of favor on Commander Yang's side in the future, brothers, don't you say? ”

"Hehe, you dare to think about it."

While everyone was laughing, a three-masted sailboat slowly approached, seeing that the work was coming, everyone closed their mouths and rushed to the dock to prepare to unload, and suddenly saw a group of soldiers in sand yellow sè military uniforms running over and hurriedly getting out of the way.

During this time, whenever the Northern Expedition Pioneer Brigade of the National Defense Force wanted to unload goods, they were looking for the Yangtze River Gang, so Xie Sheng was very familiar with the officer who led the troops, and walked over with a smile and asked, "Company Commander Tang, is this your ship?" ”

The company commander took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and handed it to Xie Sheng: "It's the military rations and ammunition sent by the logistics department, but be careful not to spill it, and give me more money if I do a good job." Xie Sheng took the cigarette with a smile and slapped his chest into a bang: "Whatever Company Commander Tang says, leave it to us and you will put ten thousand hearts." After finishing speaking, he turned around and shouted: "This time it's the food and ammunition of the Wehrmacht brothers, and they are all working hard for me." ”

The coolies nodded again and again, the pioneer brigade had been in the Pioneer Brigade for so long, and that time the work was not paid a lot, so everyone rolled up their sleeves and pushed the carts, ready to transfer grain and ammunition. After the ship stopped, a second lieutenant of the logistics department jumped down and completed the handover procedures, Xie Sheng immediately beckoned everyone to start unloading.

Bags of rice and canned food were carried down, and there were a lot of bacon and dried fish, and soon there were more than two dozen carts. Originally, everything was fine, but unexpectedly, a coolie accidentally knocked over a box, which happened to contain the subsidy allowance of the Second Brigade. Due to the fact that many places did not accept the Minyuan banknotes issued by the troops stationed outside the southwest line, the expatriate troops would issue some silver dollars for the soldiers to use, so the silver dollars of white flowers suddenly rolled to the ground.

Xie Sheng scolded a few words and hurriedly led everyone to clean up, but the news that the pioneer brigade had brought a large amount of silver still spread, and within a while, soldiers from all over the country with guns on their backs and red eyes came to see the excitement, and when they saw the supplies full of carts and the two carriages protected in the middle, a few people with meaty faces shouted with hatred: "Fuck! Lao Tzu was born and died to overthrow the Mantars, but he couldn't even eat hot rice. Do you see them? There is no, there is fish and meat, and silver hair, what a person is more popular than a dead person! ”

"That's right! The old word fights the world for the party, and the brothers are dead one bo after another, and now they are going to give up the president to Yuan Shikai without saying a damn word! I didn't even pay the settling-in allowance when I was in the future, and Lao Tzu was not convinced. ”

"me, we'll join the Wehrmacht too."

"Add a fart! Lao Tzu can see it, these fucking masters are all assholeless, Lao Tzu doesn't want to do it, and it's better to go back to be a bandit than to stay here. ”

"To be a bandit? Okay, there's a sheep in front of you, do you dare to grab a vote? ”

Seeing that there were more and more people around, Company Commander Tang felt a little bad and immediately ordered the establishment of a cordon. Don't blame him for being careful, the city of Nanjing has been really not peaceful recently, and various armies often break out in infighting in order to grab things, not to mention that there are three Han and one type machine guns in this supply, which is the equipment that the headquarters strictly requires to keep secrets, and he also took the initiative to step forward and arch his hand: "The national defense army transports supplies, and you brothers give way." ”

"Fuck you! I haven't eaten or drunk for almost half a month, why do you have to eat and drink spicy food in the Wehrmacht? Why don't you do anything and take the silver for nothing? But let us return the northwest wind? We don't want much, leave half for the brothers to chew the grain, what's the matter? ”

The company commander is also a veteran officer who has fought in the defense war, and he looks down on these ruffians very unpleasantly, but he is afraid that things will be great, so he persuaded him with good words: "I also know that your brothers have difficulties, but everyone is a soldier who belongs to each other, and if you have difficulties, you can find the government, why bother us ()." ”

"Who are you looking for? We're going to eat, we're going home. a. Brethren, let's not say, whoever grabs whom. ”

"Rush."

I don't know who shouted, and there was a sudden chaos on the dock, and some of the fastest ruffians immediately controlled the two carriages and were about to drag them back, and the rest were all red-eyed. The company commander Gao was afraid that the matter would be too big to give the order to shoot, so he had to ask the soldiers to protect the ammunition, and he rushed forward to stop it: "Brothers, this is the rations of thousands of brothers in our brigade, don't rob it, don't do it." ”

The company commander persuaded him with good words, but unexpectedly, in the confusion, a bullet slammed over, and because the distance was too close, the company commander, who had made great contributions in the defense of Hubei, suddenly turned red.

"Company commander? Captain! ”

"My a**!"

"Machine guns, machine guns stand up one.." The gunfire completely disrupted the dock, Xie Sheng was so frightened that he and the coolies did not hide, and the soldiers who came to transport supplies saw that the company commander was hit by a bullet, and all of them shot with red eyes, and the machine gunners used the carriage as a cover to shoot fiercely in the direction of the shots, and after a while, the box containing three Han Yi light machine guns was also immediately pried open, and the magazine was inserted and roared.

In an instant, flesh and blood flew on the dock in Nanjing, and seeing that there were few people on his side, the logistics ensign on the transport ship, who had not yet left, immediately ordered the 25-mm machine gun on the ship to be lifted. The cannon had been removed from the patrol boat, and had been specially installed on the transport ship to prevent trouble, but the second lieutenant immediately ordered the cannon to be opened at the sight of the danger of being devoured by thousands of soldiers.

"Knock knock one."

After a lapse of more than a month, the city of Nanjing once again resounded with the rumbling of cannons. Because of the dissatisfaction with the change of ownership of the president, coupled with the chaotic management, the delay in the payment of military salaries finally caused the most serious tragedy of looting. After the fact, it was learned that in addition to the sacrifice of one company commander, 11 soldiers of the Wehrmacht's Northern Expedition Pioneer Brigade were killed or wounded, and more than 200 troops from various places who were looting grain and straw were killed or wounded.