Chapter 9 Bandit
"That means that as long as the court agrees, the railway from Xinmintun to Fengtian will be repaired if it wants to be repaired?" Yang Rui turned the topic back to reality and continued to focus on the railway.
Zhong Guanguang asked, "Do you want the imperial court to build this section of railway? Or do we build this section of railway by ourselves? I have been in Beijing for so long. According to the Zuo Cheng of the Ministry of Commerce, the imperial court had long wanted to build the railway from Xinmintun to Fengtian, but the Russians used the different track systems and never allowed this section of railway to be repaired. In fact, this hundred miles of road does not cost much, and the iron bridge on the Liaohe River is not a difficult task. It is said that the Yellow River iron bridge must be built, and the Liaohe River is even less difficult. If it can be built, I think the imperial court must have wanted to build this road."
Yang Rui said: "It is best for us to build it. If the court repairs it, it will definitely be delayed. Moreover, the materials we built on the road can only be transported from the railway inside and outside the pass. If this section is not repaired as soon as possible, it will delay the railway construction period from Fengtian to Fushun."
Zhong Guangui Qidao: "Why not transport supplies from the Dongqing Railway? This way you can go directly to Fengtian and save the trouble of turning around."
"This is impossible," Yang Rui denied his idea. "No matter who owns the East Qing Railway, it will only transport military supplies during the war. When it can transport road construction materials, it is the end of the war. But at that time, Russia and Japan, no matter who wins, will not like to have a railway that does not belong to them in the northeast. Moreover, this railway is connected to the sea in the east and the west, which is not about robbing business. Now they do not strongly oppose it, because the war has not been completed, and no one knows the outcome. If it opposes, it is a waste of opposition. Maybe it is for others to marry. Once the war is over, then this railway will be the first goal."
Zhong Guanguang said: "What you said was wrong. According to my negotiations with the American Minister, he expressed that he would do his best to ensure the smooth construction of this railway. Besides, according to your view that Japan will win, isn't this the United States an ally of the Japanese?"
Yang Rui smiled bitterly, and what he said earlier put him in, "Oh, don't believe that Americans, especially those in the US government, are all bitches. The United States' strength in the Far East cannot compete with Japan at all. If Japan really wins, then Japan's navy will be stronger after victory, and it is an ally with Britain. It really conflicts. Americans can't take what the Japanese are like. Only it bullies the United States, and there is no share in bullying it. Besides, even if the Japanese are afraid of the United States
People, as long as Japan says to the Americans, 'What are you doing to build the Antongfeng Railway? We will sell it to you.' By then, the meaning of the United States to support this railway is not great. After all, almost all its goods are landed from Niuzhuang. To be honest, at the beginning, I felt that the hope was very high for this railway to be agreed upon by the Qing court, but the more I went back, I felt that the hope was smaller, but who knew it was finally approved. At that time, I was so happy to see the railway's approval telegram in New York."
Thinking of the fact that the railway was approved last year, Zhong Guanguang laughed. He was also very happy with the Shangfang sword at that time. It was so bright. But thinking of the situation Yang Rui said, he calmed down and said, "Then what should we do?"
"This time I went to the United States to attend the World Expo, I must ask Hanzhang and others to visit the American Cotton Spinning Association and Mobil Petroleum Company, especially Mobil Petroleum Company. The forces behind it should not be underestimated. Aren't they pushing kerosene in China? The distribution channels we established in the country through MSG are very valuable to it. We can let Hanzhang make some private promises to it." I really don't know if this will work, Yang Rui suppressed his mind, took out the sketch he drew, and said firmly to Zhong Guanguang, "There is also our own! We must go from it from
The two ends of the railway are started, and they need to be repaired very quickly! Taking advantage of the stability of the war, but Japan and Russia have not yet signed a contract, we must repair both ends. Even if the quality of the repair is poor, even if we return to work after the repair, we must take up the roadbeds of these two sections. After these two ends are repaired, the middle one can slowly take action. If anyone dares to make trouble, then wait and get the gun." According to the understanding of the Russo-Japanese War materials, the gap time is only three months, which is far from enough. We need to find a way to make a few more months.
Looking at the sketches drawn by Yang Rui, the small section of railways at both ends were clear at a glance. This is indeed very important. Once these two ends were cut off, it would be like a big dragon having its vein cut off. There was no use in the middle. "After I go back, I write a letter to Lord Wang of the Ministry of Commerce to see if the section from Xinmintun to Fengtian can be repaired first in the name of Tao. In this way, we will be able to practice the section across Fengtian soon."
Yang Rui nodded and said, "This is the best. Hey, in China, doing things is a bit like a martial arts practitioner, and every step is important. Once you step wrong, you will fall off. It's really difficult. By the way, how about those people from the United States doing surveying and mapping for railways? It seems that Mr. Chen's son has also come?" Yang Rui remembered that Chen Yixi sent a lot of people to the Northeast at that time.
Speaking of Chen Yixi's son, Zhong Guangui laughed. Yang Rui looked at him strangely, and he smiled, "Do you know what his son's name?"
Yang Rui shook his head. He didn't know him because he was not on the same boat as these.
He said, "Call Chen Dafa." After that, he laughed.
Yang Rui also laughed. The name was interesting, but it wasn't funny. He said, "What's so funny? You can't make a fortune. Okay, stop laughing. What are their people doing now?"
Zhong Guanguang laughed for a while before stopping, and said, "They are so afraid of the cold. They are so sick that they are several times when they first come, but after getting used to it, they are all idle and they clamor to go out to explore the way. I don't understand what they say, so it's strange. However, these people are very ruthless in doing things. After a few days, the people who are not sick have mapped the railways between several factories and mines. After the third day of the New Year, they said they were going out and asked me to send someone to lead them. I didn't agree, so they ran out by themselves. There was no way behind me, so I had to ask Liu Jianyun to send someone to take them there. I haven't come back since I went out for the New Year."
He was really desperate! Yang Rui couldn't help but think of Chen Yixi's poisonous oath when he was in the United States: Brother Yang, don't worry, this is the first railway we Chinese built, I will not lose face as Chinese. If it cannot be repaired properly, I will not go to the ancestral grave. "Did they go there?" Yang Rui asked.
Zhong Guanguang also admired these overseas Chinese very much, "Don't worry, according to what you told me, I won't go to Anton, but to Fushun. There are more than 100 patrol guards who can't do anything big."
"That's good. That's good." Yang Rui nodded thoughtfully. Chinese overseas Chinese are all full of passion.
The next day, Zhong Guan left. Although he had only been here for one day, many things could not be left in Tonghua, especially the first batch of base staff were about to arrive, and there were too many things to prepare. Seeing Zhong Guanguan leaving with a heavy expression, Yang Rui was also worried about him. Sitting in Tonghua, there were too many things to do. Not only did he have to be responsible for the railway and mines, but he also had to manage factory business. Now Yang Rui added a rural job to him, which really made him busy. The tribe was in trouble, and our generation was destined to sacrifice for the nation. Yang Rui said this to himself in his heart.
After Zhong Guanguang left, Yang Rui, with the help of Master Ma, improved the power map of the East Road. Lin Qi, who was in the east, had been knocked out, leaving only Old Lady Yang and Old Dao. Yang Rui asked, "What is the origin of Old Lady Yang and Old Dao Dong?"
Master Ma is now a bit like a former master, but because he has just gotten this beard, he doesn't know much about the situation inside. At the same time, he found that Yang Rui was a master of literature and literature. These two points made him restrain his past style. In addition, he found that Yang Rui, as a master, had no privileges in food, clothing and use like soldiers after living in a larger place, had no privileges. Even the previous group of prostitutes did not send anyone to serve him. There was only a service soldier, but the service soldier was only helping with official duties. In particular, once he saw Yang Rui singing the strange song of "Scrubing" and was washing clothes by himself, and was rubbing them quickly. If he hadn't known his identity, Master Ma would have thought that this person was a servant. He really couldn't understand such a master. For this reason, he tried to do things perfectly so that the master could value himself.
Seeing the boss' question, he coughed twice and said, "This old lady Yang, it was in the year of Xinmao..." He was meticulous and suddenly saw Yang Rui frowning when he heard this, and immediately knew the reason, and changed his words, "It was in the 17th year of Guangxu, when he was engaged in the Jindan Dao in western Liaoning, the leader Yang Yuechun and Li Guozhen captured the Beizi Mansion of Aohan and immediately built the founding government, intending to fight to the end with the Qing Dynasty. Yang Yuechun was promoted to the chief teacher by everyone, known as the "Sacrifice of the Sweeping Beiwu". This old lady Yang is Yang Yuechun's wife, who learned Liuhequan and had high martial arts skills. Later, the Qing army suppressed, and the rebel army was outnumbered, and the cause was defeated. Yang Yuechun and other leaders were killed by the court, so she took the escaped rebels' children and scattered everywhere. Later, she didn't know why she arrived in the Linjiang area."
It turned out that there was such a story. Yang Rui couldn't help but think of the vigorous peasant uprising. He asked again: "Where is Old Master Dong, why did he get mixed up with this Old Mrs. Yang again?"
Master Ma said, "This old man Dong was originally from Shandong. Later, he came to Liaodong to open the altar to teach boxing and presided over a temple in Gushanzi, Tonghua. Later, Yihe broke out, and he worked in Hailong with another boxer named Wang Heda. At that time, the Russians invaded, and the momentum was too great. They joined forces with Liu Danzi's Zhongyi Army and Yang Yulin's Zhendong Army to fight against Russia. However, the three rebels fought each other, and the Russians had quick guns and cannons, and they fought with the official army. The coalition was defeated in less than a year. Seeing that it was difficult to support themselves, Dong Dao Dong led his men and old lady Yang in Linjiang.
It was too much. However, Wang Heda was brave but not wise. Later, he did not listen to advice and was surrounded by the official army in Wudaojiang with his men and was defeated by the death-death battle, and the entire army was completely destroyed. After this battle, all the elite troops of the rebel army were lost, and the rebels from all over the country were already buried. This old Taoist Dong and Mrs. Yang were nestled in Maoer Mountain, Linjiang." Seeing that Yang Rui was so impressed, Master Ma said again: "When Dajiangdong attacked the county town the previous time, he also contacted Dajiangdong to fight together, but Dajiangdong sent someone to push him away. Later, Dajiangdong went to find Dajiangdong to ask for reinforcements to attack the village, but Dajiangdong did not agree."
There was such a thing, Yang Rui asked: "Aren’t Mrs. Yang and Mr. Dong? Why did they push such good things back?"
Master Ma said, "The boss, Mrs. Yang and Mrs. Dong are really not beards. They don't bother the people on weekdays and work on their own. If you count, they should be traitors. But now the female is lying on Maoer Mountain, waiting for the opportunity to make a comeback in the future."
Yang Rui understood the plan of this force. Isn’t this the same as himself? How to deal with them? Recruitment and merger? It seems that they are not suitable. If they really join, they must be in a group. The scale of them is too small, and it will be a big problem to not lose the end at that time.
Master Ma saw that Yang Rui was tempted and thought he wanted to join forces with this force. He spoke out: "Master, should you bring them in?"
Yang Rui shook his head and asked again: "They are in Linjiang, aren't the Russians there too? Why haven't they been wiped out by the Russians and Lin Qi together?"
Master Ma said: "Although Wang Heda was defeated, there were still many boxers in Maoer Mountain. Although Lin Qi had been a Qing army sentry officer, his fighting skills were very loose. In addition, Maoer Mountain was in a dangerous terrain, and the boxers were not afraid of death. After two suppression, they could not be suppressed.
Yang Rui said oh and stopped talking. Let's put the group of people first. He said, "Since they don't disturb the people and don't offend us, let them stay there first. Everyone will not violate the river."
The master Ma had nothing to say. After saying it east, Yang Rui asked several other questions. The master Ma just said thirsty, but the master asked the question: "The south of Tonghua is Huairen, Kuandian, Fenghuang, Andong; the west is Xingjing and Fushun. These two big beards have not been there at that time, but the local village gang, and the patrol police are a force. For example, Ma Lianrui, Kuandian, Yang Guodong, the commander of Yangmen Patrol in Phoenix City, Yang Erhu, and Leng Zhendong, Fushun, are quite powerful in the local area. Although they are not bandits, they are just an official hat. However, no matter what, they are all homes and land. In order to win the name of benevolence and righteousness, they will not do anything. The most powerful enemy is still in the north. Although there are no large groups of Hu bandits from Hailong to Tonghua, there are dozens of people and dozens of people.
Chapter completed!