"The book continues from the previous chapter. It is said that it is unfavorable for Changsheng to attack the city. Brothers Wu offered a plan: 'Let's lure the tiger out of the hole. First, lure their leader out and get rid of him. By then, the Yuan soldiers will be Headless flies, we will take another opportunity to seize the platform.'..."
At noon, in the large market of Fuldan City, a tall wooden house was filled with all kinds of people.
Under the stage of this bookstore are rows of wooden benches with backrests, made of yellow pine. Although it has dried, because there are so many people in the bookstore and it is warm, it gives off a smell of pine resin.
In the center of the innermost part is a six-foot-square wooden platform, with a table and a chair placed on the platform more than a foot high. A bald man in his forties with slightly chubby cheeks was sitting on it and talking with great joy. Today he was talking about "The Heroes of the Ming Dynasty".
In addition to the Han people from Beihai Town, the people listening to the book in the audience also included Manchus, Hezhe people, Feyaka people, and Oroqen people. Those who understood the Mandarin language listened attentively; those who did not understand were smoking tobacco leaves bought from the market outside the door and looking around curiously to see what was new.
The storyteller, whose surname is Gao, used to be a storyteller in Zhucheng, Shandong. After the Beihai Town's legal propaganda team was established, this man answered the call and signed up. As required, there will be a paragraph explaining the regulations of Beihai Town.
"Who said that, who is this female general? It is Meng Yuhuan, the daughter of Meng Jiugong... Meng Yuhuan smiled, lit up two hundred female soldiers, carrying three-pointed two-edged swords, and just came out of Taiping. , seeing that her father was injured and her brother was defeated. This time, the girl was angered, and she said in her heart, Hey! Who are you? I must chop you into eight pieces to avenge my father and brother! So, I urged the pink horse, Only then did we arrive in front of the two armies’ formations.”
"Bang!" The storyteller woke up with a slap, and a few people who were familiar with it knew that it was time for intermission and intermission of regulations.
At this time, a young man came onto the stage carrying a tray containing hot towels and an enamel cup filled with tea.
At this time, the auditorium below began to become noisy. People were talking loudly, asking for tea, and buying cigarettes. The noise was so loud that it could almost knock off the roof.
The storyteller surnamed Gao wiped his hands with a hot towel first, then picked up the teapot and took a sip, and then said thank you to the young man.
The bookstore is run by the Beihai Town government, and nominally belongs to the "Laws and Regulations Drafting Group" that Deli is responsible for. Lao Gao and several staff here are considered to be public servants.
Lao Gao lit a cigarette for himself, then clapped the wood in his hand, bang! The room suddenly became much quieter.
"The purpose of talking about storytelling is to popularize the law and let everyone know what we must abide by in Beihai Town. As the leaders said before, we must understand what rights are and what responsibilities are..."
After a while, while Lao Gao was drinking water, someone asked: "Lao Gao, you say everything I own is mine, but what are the special regulations?"
"That's a good question!" Lao Gao nodded with satisfaction and explained to everyone: "Let me talk about these special regulations. First of all, you can't serve as a spy for the Manchu government and you can't betray Beihai; secondly, you can't kill anyone. If you set a fire, you can't be like a thief who cuts a path into a house.
Think about it, is this the truth? If you commit murder and arson, you have to pay compensation to others. If it’s wood money, then you can’t auction the property and exchange it for money to compensate others? "
The old man cleared his throat and continued: "Let's talk about this person who is a spy and helps the southern court spy on our military situation in Beihai Town. His conscience will be eaten by dogs!
You all know what kind of life we have been living in the past two years. What did you eat and wear in your hometown? What did you eat and wear when you came to Beihai?
The leaders' living conditions are no better than ours. They eat in the same canteen and wear similar clothes. Each of our households was given fifty acres of good, fertile land for free. What are you trying to do? I don’t want poor people like us to be fed and clothed so that we will no longer be bullied by the officials in the south! "
There was a few sparse applause. In fact, most of the people here were confused, thinking that this is nonsense!
"Okay! Let's continue the story..."
At this time, a middle-aged man with three inches of short hair on the top of his head and a small braid hanging from the back, wrapped in a sheepskin jacket, stood up, walked through the crowd of listeners expressionlessly, and walked out of this "bookstore" ".
Because of the cold weather, the houses in Fuldan City all have two doors. The middle-aged man stood in the short aisle between the two doors, put on his otter fur hat, and then opened the door and went out.
The howling north wind blew by, and the middle-aged man shivered; there were two worlds inside and outside the door. But even so, the dozen or so wooden houses around the bookstore were crowded with border residents of all ethnic groups who came here to buy goods.
Right now, the most popular items in Fuldan City’s market are grain, salt, cloth, and various aluminum pots and pans. Compared with iron pots, aluminum pots are light, easy to use, and not expensive. They are very popular among border residents.
Beihai Town can make aluminum products by itself, just like in another time and space. A stove, a pile of river sand, and several molds form a local aluminum product workshop; and used aluminum products can be taken back and recast. .
As for the sales of various weapons, the most popular ones at the moment are the Qing army's standard bows and arrows, of which a large number have been seized. However, it is currently only open to two or three tribes such as the Zaksulu tribe. Considering security issues, border residents cannot pick up the bows and arrows directly after buying them. Instead, they will receive a pick-up card and can only pick up the goods when they leave Fuldan City and return.
The middle-aged man walked around several shops, then entered a restaurant. He glanced around and saw his companion sitting in a corner, then went over and sat down.
The middle-aged man ordered a bowl of noodles. After it was served, he asked the person on the left in a low voice in Mongolian: "Have you written down the prices of the goods?"
"Remember it." The man, who also spoke Mongolian, whispered: "The things here are cheaper than Ninggu Pagoda, and I don't know where they got the food."
"Where are the bows, arrows, swords and guns?"
"I don't want to sell it. It's our first time here and it's a stranger. We need to come a few more times before it can be opened."
The middle-aged man nodded: "Have you seen it in Jurgen City?"
One of the people present was eating, shaking his head slightly and saying, "I heard someone say this morning that the inspection there is very strict, and everyone who goes in has a white card hanging around their neck. Without that, you can't get in."
The middle-aged man rubbed his forehead worriedly, thinking that the city of Fuldan was like a turtle shell inside and outside, and he had no idea what to say. At present, except for the price of the goods, we don't know anything about the number of troops stationed or the configuration of weapons.
They went north from Ninggu Pagoda more than two months ago, took a long circuit, and went south disguised as a Daur caravan. I originally wanted to visit Fuldan City and then go to Beihai Town. But when I got here, I realized that Beihai Town did not allow outsiders to go at all.
The middle-aged man sullenly ate half a bowl of noodles and then said: "That won't work. You have to stay to know more details. I'm going to look for work tomorrow. When people ask, they say it's too far to go home. I want to earn some money to buy more food." .”
In another corner of the restaurant, a young man wearing a ragged cotton-padded jacket stood up and paid the bill with the waiter. He put on his hat, put his hands in his hands, and got up and went out.
Coming out of the warm restaurant, young Yonejiro was shocked by the cold wind outside. Just as I was thinking about where to go, a bearded man came over.
"Sir, a spy was captured in Jurgen City and has been sent to us."
Yonejiro's eyes flashed and he said to the man: "Let's go!"
The two passed through the bustling crowd and entered the city from the south gate of Fuldan City. After turning around and around, they came to a very quiet courtyard.
This is Beihai Town's police station in Fuldan City. Yonejiro, the former security policeman of Beihai Town, was dispatched here to serve as the leader of the local security police. At present, Zhao Xin's own "gold medal spies" have not yet surfaced, so the security police have become a semi-open counterintelligence department.
Yonejiro led his men into the courtyard, walked to the second entrance, and opened a thick door.
Under the bright lights, several security policemen were using pine sticks to deal with the spy sent by the Qing government. The spy was hung with his hands on the beam, only on his toes, and his upper body clothes were stripped naked; two security policemen One behind the other, they were beating the man on the abdomen and back with a wooden stick.
"How many rounds has it been?" Yonejiro found a chair to sit down and asked the person in charge of the interrogation.
"Two rounds, very tough talk, but I won't fight."
"How did you catch him?"
"This guy mingled among the people at work and wanted to enter Jurgen City, but when he entered, he used a stolen card to swipe his card. After that, his fingerprints couldn't pass, so he was taken away!"
The spy had been beaten until his mouth was full of blood and he was panting violently. His face was bruised and swollen with sweat and blood stains. He rested his head on his hanging arm and looked at Yonejiro and the others with a look of fear on his face.
"Tell me, I'll give you a treat! Who sent you here? What is the mission? How many more of you are there?"
Yonejiro saw the man's hesitant expression and decided to try harder.
"Don't think you can deceive Beihai Town. The methods here are unimaginable to outsiders. If you fall into our hands, you won't be able to survive even a day! Give him an electric baton!"
Several security policemen in charge of the interrogation laughed ferociously upon hearing this, and then one of them took out a black rubber stick wrapped with metal wire from the drawer. On the top of the stick, two metal electrode heads that looked like nail tips shone brightly.
Along with the heart-rending screams, the room was suddenly filled with a stench. While he was dripping with excrement and urine, the spy wailed: "The villain has done it! The villain has done it!"
Yonejiro stopped his men and said to the spy: "Be careful, if you dare to say a word nonsense, I will have someone carry you out and bury you in a snowdrift!"
The fear of facing death appeared on the spy's face, and he said tremblingly: "The villain was sent here from Hunchun Camp."
"How many people are here? Who do you report to? How do you usually contact them?"
"There are fifteen of us here. The leader is Mr. Ulehing'a. This time we are pretending to be an Oroqen caravan."
"Who is Ule Hing'a?"
"It's a co-leader, Geshiha under Qingzhongtang."
"Where do the rest of you live?"
"It's in the inn in the market outside the city."
At nightfall, a company of Beihai Town soldiers and security police suddenly surrounded the inn located in the Fuldan City Market. Four security police armed with revolvers and a squad of soldiers went straight to the two guest rooms in the northwest corner of the second floor.
The leading security policeman raised his foot and hit the door with a "bang" kick. The door inside the house could not withstand such a strong force. The door leaf hit the wall hard, and the upper half of the glass was shattered by the impact. At the same time, several Beihai Town soldiers smashed the glass on the window with their rifle butts, and then five or six guns were placed on the window, with the black muzzles pointing into the house.
"Hold your head with your hands! Everyone squat down!"
"Don't move, anyone who does will be killed on the spot!"
Several men in the room shouted loudly, took out the daggers in their arms and were about to pounce on him. At the same time, a man had opened the back window and was about to jump out. But when this person looked out the window, he saw the lights outside were bright, and under the illumination of several clusters of light beams, a dozen Beihai Town soldiers were aiming their guns at him.
It was too late for him to turn back and call out the knife-wielding men. He only heard several loud "bang bang" sounds, and all of his men either fell to the ground dead or screamed on the ground.
After these people were tied up with ropes, the spies who had been captured before were brought up by a security policeman.
The security police pointed to a captured man and asked the spy: "Is it him?"
"Yes, it's him."
"Take them all away!"
At this time, everyone in the inn was awakened and didn't know what happened. Several border residents pressed their hands on the handles of short knives in their arms, looking at the noise in front of them with horrified expressions.
"Excuse me for disturbing your rest. These people are spies of the Qing court. We are carrying out arrest operations. Sorry, sorry!" The person who spoke was thought to be a security policeman in his forties. He cupped his fists and raised his hands, pointing at other people in the inn. Apologizes.
When everyone saw that it was a government action, they stopped talking and went back to their houses, closed the door, and drew the curtains.
In a room on the first floor, the middle-aged man and his men returned to the house during the day. After locking the door, they quickly turned off the lights and listened carefully to what was going on outside. It wasn't until the noise faded away that one of his men opened the curtains slightly, looked at the movement outside for a while, then stepped forward and whispered: "Sir, they are gone."
The middle-aged man took out a pack of cigarettes from Beihai Town, lit them and took a few puffs. The red cigarette butts flashed in the room.
One of the men said: "Sir, what should we do?"
The middle-aged man said: "Let's do our thing. If we don't find out clearly, we will eat Gua Luo'er when we go back!"
Early the next morning, when Zhao Xin received the news from Fuldan City, he immediately returned to Beihai Town from the training base with dozens of people on ice sledges.
Two hours later, except for Chen Qingsong, who arrived early, the other time-travel workers were called to Zhao Xin's office in confusion. The most unhappy person was Fang Hua, who rarely came to the West Bank; and the eight teachers who were called out of class were even more upset.
"Everyone, I received news from Liu Sheng last night that the Qing government sent a large number of spies to us. For your safety, starting from today, each of you will be assigned two guards to be responsible for your safety 24 hours a day! "
Everyone present listened and opened their mouths.
Chen Qingsong was the first to speak: "Everyone's safety comes first, and caution comes first. It's always safer to have guards."
Lao You said in shock: "Are there two guards standing next to us during class?"
Zhao Xindao: "They are standing at the door and will not enter the classroom. The main thing is that you must be followed by guards when you go out. Don't worry about the dormitory. The security police cooperate with the cameras to set up strict security. In addition to cooking at home, you can only eat in the cafeteria. No Let outsiders intervene. Fingerprint identification systems will be installed in the cafeteria and school tomorrow, and those whose fingerprints do not pass will not be allowed in."
After hearing this, everyone said it was okay.
Zhao Liang's eyes flashed and he said: "Now that the mountains are blocked by heavy snow, it's okay for us here, mainly for Fuldan City."
Zhao Xin nodded and said: "I have already arranged this matter, don't worry."
After the meeting was over, not only all the time-travelers, but also Shen Xuan, Zhinao, the cafeteria and Beihai Town Hospital were surrounded by additional security personnel.
In the afternoon of the same day, Lu Shoushan and Katabei, who received the order, took a team of people and rode horse-drawn sledges to Fuldan City. Among the people accompanying him, in addition to Chen Jishan, there were also more than a dozen Cao gang members who had accompanied him to Guangdong before.
After arriving in Beihai Town, these people were quickly recruited into the army and lived in the training base. After months of hard work, their weapons have changed from swords, guns and clubs to daggers and revolvers.
It is said that Chen Jishan, who has been practicing martial arts for twenty years, couldn't help but feel frustrated after seeing the firearms in Beihai Town. I thought to myself that after studying hard for so many years, a guy with no boxing skills could kill me with a revolver. What's the purpose of this martial arts training?
But later Wang Yuanfang comforted him and said: "A gun is a tool after all, and the key is the person who uses it. Things from our ancestors are always useful, and that spirit must be passed on!"
Entering late November, Zhao Xin was counting the days. Lin Shuangwen in Taiwan should have started to cause chaos. In this way, Beihai Town can win at least more than one year.
In Zhao Xin's view, Lin Shuangwen's "uprising" was just a gang of gangster proletarians causing rebellion and had nothing to do with justice!
According to the information at hand, Lin Shuangwen immigrated to Taiwan with his father in the 38th year of Qianlong's reign. At first, he worked as a policeman in Changhua County. Later, he concealed his identity by driving a carriage and made a living mainly by robbing and being a thief. The so-called "old thief".
Although corruption was indeed rampant in Taiwan's officialdom at this time, Lin Shuangwen's rebellion had nothing to do with the oppression of corrupt officials; this guy attracted the attention of the local government because he was a den of thieves and gathered gangsters to stealthily plunder.
Don't believe in "anti-Qing and restoration of Ming", Tiandihui never wanted to do this from the beginning. This is a mutual aid association composed of a group of low-level workers, similar to Luo Jiao.
In a small-scale peasant economy, people mainly rely on blood ties to form cooperation, and it is often difficult for people living in a foreign land to establish themselves. Heaven and Earth will establish a virtual blood relationship between strangers through blood-based alliances between people of different surnames.
For example, a certain opera singer fell in love with a family's maid and wanted to marry her as his wife, but he didn't know how to marry her. So one day a hero from the Heaven and Earth Society said to the opera singer, if you join the Heaven and Earth Society, we will help you organize your wedding. So the opera singer swore a blood oath and joined the society.
The so-called "Ten Thousand Dragons" and "Five Ancestors" only appeared slowly after Lin Shuangwen's uprising, and eventually formed the "Book of Associations" of the Tiandi Society seen by future generations.
That’s all! Really lose.
