Chapter 21 Decision Making
The May sunshine fell from the rain clouds and was sunny on both sides of the Huangpu River. The boats came and went on the river. The foreign ships and Chinese sailboats squeezed the entire river densely. Yu Ziyi ignored the strong sunshine above his head and did not take the crowded passengers on the pier seriously. He just put on a pergola and looked at the direction where the river was going, looking for the boat to be waiting for.
He was looking at him, and the little Hu next to him jumped up, pointed to the front and shouted loudly, "Where are you, there. They are here!"
Following the direction Xiao Hu pointed, Yu Ziyi finally saw the boat he was waiting for. It was just a small boat of only 500 tons. It seemed very short next to the large foreign ship. But although it was short, it still tried hard, spitting smoke, and staggering towards Huangpu Beach. Yu Ziyi couldn't help but jump up excitedly. He didn't care whether the people on the ship could hear it, and waved his hands and shouted for a moment. It had been two years, and he didn't know what they had become.
In anxiety, Yu Ziyi shouted for a while and finally waited for the ship to dock. While he was looking at the passengers on the ship, several voices shouted, "Quobing...Quobing..."
"Ah...Bu Cen...Bu Cen, Zhuzhai... Zhuzhai..." Several former classmates all came out. Yu Ziyi kept shouting and rushed to the exit more vigorously, but when he arrived at the exit, he was stopped by several men in charge. Although it was the dock of his own shipping company, these men in charge did not let him in, so he had to wave outside the railing.
The classmates who had not seen each other for a long time finally got together again. Yu Ziyi felt hot and felt as if he was sucking opium. Just like him, Zhong Mei, Mu Xiangyao, Fei Yugui, Zhong Guangao, and Shan Yunian were also very happy. As soon as the few met, they hugged each other and spoke for a long time. Yu Ziyi looked at their outfits, and his braids were cut off. He was wearing Western-style clothes similar to military uniforms. With the long-standing killing scene, he exuded a sense of ability and confidence. He completely compared himself to his thin and weak clothes. He couldn't help but sigh: "I would have gone with you if I had known."
As soon as he said this, these people laughed. I remember when he went abroad, the gentleman said, "The life and death are uncertain. Everyone must arrange their funeral before they can set off." Although everyone is determined to revolution, they still startled, but this sentence still scared everyone. The classmates who were originally happy that they passed the physical examination were a little envious of the people who stayed. However, seeing Yu Ziyi sighing like this, several people felt that the original choice was correct and the efforts were worth it.
Zhong Mei, the leader, said: "Quobing, don't envy us. If you take your body to practice, it will not be possible for half a year. If you kill foreigners, you won't be too bad for us."
Zhong Mei said that he killed foreigners loudly, and Mu Xiangyao next to him immediately reminded: "Bu Cen, this is not outside the pass. Speak to ban sounds. Speak to ban sounds."
Zhong Mei ignored it. He took over Qi Qingyuan and led the Liaoxi guerrillas. Over the past six months, he killed many Russians and had long regarded killing as simple as eating. Moreover, if he killed too many Russians, he would not be as awe-inspiring as before. He just felt that these white-skinned pigs were not as painful as the Chinese when they fought. Looking at the foreigners coming and going on the dock, he couldn't help licking his tongue and said, "How many foreigners!"
Others don’t know, but Fei Yugui, Shan Yunian, Zhong Guangao and others who have worked with him for a long time have known that this is his catchphrase before killing people, and they all laughed. Fei Yugui smiled and said, “It’s over, there are too many foreigners, and we don’t seem to be enough bullets.”
Shan Yunian felt that what he said was wrong, so he said, "You use bullets to these foreigners, Zi Yi. You are stunned by the boat, and you will get rid of it with a bayonet."
Zhong Guangao next to him felt that they were wrong and said loudly: "Never use war to support the war! This is too uneconomical. If I were to surround me first, then throw a few knives in and let them kill each other, and the remaining ones will be reorganized, which is definitely a good use."
As soon as he got ashore, he said how to kill people, and how many tricks there were to kill people. Yu Ziyi felt his heart trembled as he heard it. He finally knew why they were so confident. It turned out that they were all killed. He just waited for them to laugh and said, "Everyone, hurry up and go. Sir, are waiting for everyone."
He said to leave, Mu Xiangyao said, "We still have people on the boat. And... and Yongfan and others did not get off the boat..." It is a tradition for the Chinese people to return to the roots of fallen leaves, so with this time, all the bones of the students who had sacrificed earlier were transported back to the pass.
"Xiao Hu will make arrangements, just follow me." Yu Ziyi said. He had known this situation for a long time and everything was arranged.
"No. I want to watch them get off the boat and protect them to the place." Zhong Mei and others said in unison.
Feeling their determination, Yu Ziyi stopped insisting and hung up the black veil he had brought earlier. At this time, all the passengers had already gotten off. The boatman carefully transported the coffin in the ship under the command of the escort. Seeing the coffin coming out, Zhong Mei seemed to have forgotten that he was already in Shanghai and thought he was still in the vast land in the northeast. He shouted loudly: "Salute!"
When he shouted, Mu Xiangyao, Fei Yugui, Shan Yunian, and Zhong Guangao all stood at the corner and saluted, extremely solemnly. Yu Ziyi, who was standing on the side, looked at the darkness on the coffin, and his originally bright heart couldn't help but become dark. He was in his prime in his twenties, but he could only leave in his memory forever.
He escorted the coffin to Siming Office. When he returned to Longmen Inn, Wang Jitong had already been waiting there. Zhong Mei and his friends also saluted Wang Xiaoxu, and then sat down to speak. Wang Jitong couldn't help but feel relieved when he saw their behavior. He smiled and said, "When I see you, I feel that it is much more majestic than the police officers of the Ministry of Industry."
Yu Ziyi laughed when he heard this. He had learned about their murderous intention at the dock. The police officers of the Ministry of Works were not enough for them to kill. He laughed, and Zhong Mei and others laughed. They couldn't say that Wang Jitong had not praised him. He just felt that this gentleman had never been on the battlefield after all, and could not separate the soldiers who had seen blood from soldiers who had not seen blood.
"Sir, I've been waiting for you for a long time." Mu Xiangyao, the most gentle of the five people who came back, said politely.
"I'm not in a hurry. I'm not in a hurry. Thank you for your hard work. Let's sit down. It's thousands of miles from outside the pass to get here." Wang Jitong looked at them very happy and said with a smile.
A few people sat down at Wang Jitong's greeting. Wang Jitong said, "I originally wanted you to rest first, but the situation is very bad now. The Ministry of Industry and Technology has colluded with the Qing Dynasty and has already taken action the day before yesterday. I guess what they will do in the past two or three days. Although our headquarters in the Revival Association is in Shanghai, the power here has always been very weak. There are only some hidden lines and packages to inquire about this area. In addition, we have controlled a few of the rickshaw shops, most of them are Su.
People from the North are obedient, but these people have never been on the battlefield, nor have they ever taken guns. They may not win against the police and the Qing Dynasty constables. Now, I will send you back. The main task is to help the headquarters gain a foothold in the Shanghai Concession, and then to join Wang Jinfa, Zhu Shaokang, Ao Jiaxiong and others to go to Zhejiang to open up the situation. These two things are not easy. There are many gangs in the concession, and there are many gangs in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas. How to start is what we need to think about the most."
Before boarding the ship, several people basically made arrangements: Mu Xiangyao was from Shanghai. His task was mainly to strengthen the power of Shanghai and expand his own power; Zhong Mei and Zhong Guangao were from Hangzhou and Ningbo, Zhong Mei was in charge of western Zhejiang and Zhong Guangao was in charge of eastern Zhejiang; as for Shan Yunian and Fei Yugui, both were from Changshu, southern Jiangsu, and were in charge of southern Jiangsu. Therefore, there were also people who had been Wang Jinfa and Zhu Shaokang who would only arrive tomorrow, as well as those backbone of the Pingyang Party and the Wudai Party. They would be arranged to return to Zhejiang, and this army would be the only armed forces of the Revival Association in the Pass. The previous arrangement was like this, but Wang Jitong's affairs proved that the Shanghai headquarters was actually very unsafe, especially because of the leak of Wang Jitong's appearance, the spies of the Qing Dynasty were probably always watching everywhere in the concession. Therefore, the plan still needs to be adjusted.
After Wang Jitong said something, Yu Ziyi distributed the prepared briefing to everyone to understand the situation. After everyone looked through it, they saw that Wang Jitong was almost tied up. Zhong Mei slapped the handrail, licked her tongue, and smiled in a silence: "Haha, so many Tartars!"
The room at the meeting was very soundproof. When everyone was quietly reading the briefing, he made Yu Ziyi feel that the room was three times cold. However, after he finished speaking, he didn't say anything anymore. After a while, everyone finished reading it. Wang Ji said, "I don't understand the battle. You should talk about how to plan."
The few of them looked at each other, and the "military advisor" Mu Xiangyao said first, "There are actually three places we need to pay attention to now. One is Jiangsu. Xu Baoshan has a great influence over there. Jianghuai Si, who was from the Qing Gang, is considered to be a Li generation by generation. Although he had brothers with Ren Chunshan, Hongmen, Taizhou, earlier, he has been recruited by the Qing court. In order to compete with the Qing Dynasty and expand his power, all the Hongmen factions were wiped out by him. The Yangtze River south of the Huai River are his sphere of influence, so the united front of Jiangsu is the most important. However, while uniting him, we must also strengthen our consolidation of our power."
The united front is a noun that Mu Xiangyao had just learned. Although it was difficult to speak, he understood his meaning. Everyone agreed with his opinions. This kind of salt owl was not in the same way as the Qing Dynasty. His revenge was nothing more than his own plan. As long as he could not harm his interests and the two sides had friendship, they could develop their own power in the future. Even after understanding Xu Baoshan's selfish nature, follow his selfish nature and find ways to recruit him or instigate him to rebel against him in the later stage.
After Jiangsu said that, Mu Xiangyao said again: "After Xu Baoshan recruited the pacification, he killed the Hongmen brothers. He had lost his heart and virtue in the world. If we can enter the Hongmen and gain a relatively high position, it will be very smooth to recover the Hongmen congregation that he broke up by him. After that, we will not go north and go south. The Chaohu Gang in western Zhejiang is the most prosperous. Although Comrade Yu Mengting was imprisoned, Comrade Ao Jiaxiong was there, and in eastern Zhejiang, Wang Jinfa, Zhu Shaokang and others cooperated to occupy and consolidate Zhejiang.
By that time, it will be time to advance north." After saying that, Mu Xiangyao immediately said to Shanghai, "Although Shanghai is in chaos, they are all small gangs. The most important thing is that we should gain a foothold here is that we are not as good as them. Moreover, the powers and the Qing Dynasty are intertwined in this place, so a bad foreigner and the Qing Dynasty will be involved, so here is intelligence first and military force second. The briefing said that it is extremely feasible to have a comrade join the Qing gang and get a higher seniority in it."
Mu Xiangyao's strategy is very operational. Wang Xiaoxu nodded and said, "Zhang Shanting from Xingwu Liu has already said that he will not meet us. Zhuzhai, what should I do?"
Mu Xiangyao said: "This is not the most important thing. My first task when I come back is to protect my husband's safety. As for the Qingbang, you can do it when the time is right, and it will be fatal when it is done."
Yu Ziyi said: "Xingwu Liu and Xingwu Si are quite a few people, but if we add the Hongmen people in Zhabei..."
"No!" The person who spoke was Zhong Mei. After reading the briefing, he did not think about the incident in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but saw that the Qing Dynasty dared to kidnap Wang Jitong. He hated him very much. "The relationship between the San and Xingwu Si in Huzhou is not good, but this time our target can only be aimed at Xingwu Liu. Mr. had an accident in the British concession. After several dressing up, he could catch it with Manren's pig brain. It was like a bullet killing three Russians. This matter must be Xingwu Liu, at least their people were informing him. But we can't use this excuse. In fact, it doesn't matter. The most important thing is to find out their details."
Fei Yugui also said: "Yes, the information has been cleared, and then the snipers can even kill their big boss, and the other minions will disperse. The main theme of the Hongmen is to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. It is not good to move. Especially in Shanghai, our fight with Xingwu Liu is best to publicize it to the outside world as internal fire. After all, the Qing Gang was called An Qinghui earlier. An Qing, An Qing, An Qing, how could the Qing Dynasty feel at ease?"
"Yes. We have to hang Anqing's sign to sell anti-Qing dog meat." Shan Yunian said it was fun. Everyone laughed. The atmosphere in the room became warm for a moment.
Yu Ziyi smiled and asked again: "Then how should I prepare here and what ammunitions are needed?"
"We need more than a dozen pistols, but there are many bullets. We have already brought some rifles. It is best to have hundreds of explosives..." The person who spoke was Zhong Guangao. Yu Ziyi was shocked and hurriedly said, "Hengzang. Shanghai is not the Northeast, where is there much explosive?"
Zhong Guangao still did not fully recover from the state of Northeast China. He still regarded Xingwu Liu as a Russian. He laughed after hearing Yu Ziyi's words, "Oh, I forgot, just see if there is any guy. However, Xingwu Liu can gain a foothold in the British Concession. It is impossible to have nothing to do with the foreigners in the police station. After we figured out their background, it is very important to disagree with their relationship with the Ministry of Industry. I am stupid. If you have a good disagreement plan, you can tell it."
What Zhong Guangao said was reasonable, but no one understood the actual situation. So he couldn't think of anything. Seeing that everyone had no good opinions, Wang Jitong said, "The matters on Xingwu Liu are already being investigated, and they will report them whenever there is any situation."
"This is the best. Only by understanding the details can we get rid of the Ministry of Works and Xingwu Liu." Zhong Guangao thought for a while and said, "But in a few days, Wang Jinfa and Zhu Shaokang's troops will arrive at the port on a Tianjin ship. As soon as these hundreds of people arrive, Xingwu Liu will be alert. Therefore, we will check the halls and backbones of Xingwu Liu in the next few days. If they do anything, we can do it immediately. We don't have many weapons with the ship this time, and the guns are too exposed in the city. We should prepare some cold weapons."
What weapons should hundreds of people prepare? Just as Yu Ziyi was thinking, Zhong Mei said, "It's enough to kill people, don't be so particular. I think the axe is good, whether it's buying, or hiding, chopping people..."
Before Zhong Mei finished speaking, she was pulled by Mu Xiangyao next to her. He meant that Mr. Wang Jitong and Yang Rui were different. After all, he had never seen blood before, so it would be better to be tactful.
Zhong Mei was pulled by him and immediately understood, but he had to smile at Wang Jitong, but Wang Jitong didn't care. He said, "Actually, there is another situation in the briefing. The comrades who were caught that night were found, and their bodies floated to the other side of the Luxing. Although they were bitten to death by poisonous snakes during the inspection, how could both of them be bitten to death by poisonous snakes? And they were bitten to the waist. This was a completely trick that the Qing Dynasty wanted to cover up."
Wang Jitong said that the arrested comrade was dead. Yu Ziyi was shocked, and blood surged in his head, and he felt dizzy. He was not like Zhong Mei and others who had seen blood. It took him a while to return to normal. He shouted: "I want to kill the Tartars too!"
"You can't go!" Wang Ji Tongdao. Several other classmates also told him not to go. Although Yu Ziyi was stubborn, he persuaded him and knew that even if he went, he would cause trouble for everyone, so he had to give up.
Everyone has finished discussing, and Mu Xiangyao began to assign tasks and said, "Sir, you can see that this arrangement is good. Qi Zhong and Zi Yi returned to Jiangsu first, one was responsible for investigating the situation in various places, and the other was responsible for contacting Xu Baoshan; Bu Cen and Hengzang stayed in Shanghai first, waiting to meet with Wang Jinfa and others. Bu Cen found a way to join the Hongmen, gathered the collapsed Hongmen congregation in Jiangsu, and then moved to join the association party in eastern Zhejiang. Hengzang was with Wang Jinfa and others, and established himself in western Zhejiang. I was responsible for Shanghai. In addition to protecting the headquarters, I was also driving Xingwu Liu out of the British Concession."
Chapter completed!