Chapter 224 Shadow Movement

Above the sky, the dark clouds are getting thicker and thicker. Everyone knows that the first snow eye this winter is approaching.

Before the Russians stood firm, the Pacific Army followed them to take over Changchun. In just two months, they were like walking around, making the ancient city change three owners in a row.

I thought that the arrival of the Pacific Army would cause a shock, but no one expected that after they came, they not only did not change their politics significantly. In addition to sending hundreds of officials to take over, they continued to maintain their original state, and even retained a lot of officials at the bottom.

After the life was calm, there were many more passers-by on the street. The hawkers also took advantage of the last good weather to walk through the streets and alleys, and the teahouses and restaurants were full of people. Everyone hoped to take advantage of the heavy snowy days to go out and get some winter goods by the way, which made the ancient city particularly prosperous.

The pub is noisy and lively. Most of them are talking about the new Pacific Army. There are also several eight fairy tables on the street corner in front of the door. Several ox carts are parked there. A group of footmen and idle men are chatting there.

"Good boy, you don't know. When the Pacific Army surrounded Changchun City that day, dozens of cannons were put up at a time, and the sound scared my family so much that I almost peed my pants." A footman took a sip of burnt knife wine, and his mouth foamed to describe the Pacific Army's bombardment of Changchun's attack on the Russian army, as if he had seen it with his own eyes.

"That's good. Isn't it just a bargain for you if you don't wear trousers!"

"Yes! If the third brother can't do it, I don't mind helping my sister-in-law.

"Haha..."

After the joke, a burst of laughter broke out.

"Bah! Son of a bitch." The footman scolded and continued, "Later, I climbed on the roof and took a look. Good boy, this is amazing!" Speaking of this, the footman also patted his thighs and deliberately spun his lips.

"Oh? What's wrong with it?" Seeing the footman holding up the teacup, he suddenly closed his mouth, and the rest of the people asked one after another.

"I said, third brother, don't sell your money. I'll pay for the wine today. Tell me quickly." The person who was familiar with the footman said quickly.

As soon as the footman heard that someone was paying for the wine, his eyes lit up and he quickly put down the cup and said, "After I climbed into the house, I saw that the Russian camp was like the Fire Dragon King. I was scared to death! The stone mud splashed seven or eight feet high, and the sound was louder than thunder. Don't mention how scary it is!"

The footman said while drawing, describing the scene at that time.

"Yes, yesterday I passed through the barracks where the Russian Maozi soldiers were stationed. Now it is full of dense pits, each of which is one or two feet wide. People can only see their necks when they jump down. I heard that these are all shells falling and smashed." Another footman echoed.

"Hist, no wonder Russia's Maozi surrendered after only a few days. Even the emperor of Yanjing City didn't care. The Pacific Army was so powerful! Why don't I look at those soldiers with guns that are not scary?

"Isn't it scary? Humph, that's because you didn't commit a crime!" The footman hummed and raised all the tea in the cup.

"A few days ago, I went to their military camp to deliver goods and passed by the sentry card. It should be said that they were soldiers. Beifengtian still stood guard with guns and stood there motionless. I heard that I had to stand outside for half an hour before I changed shifts!" Someone sighed.

"Bullshit, if it's not powerful, how can I even be stunned by myself and the big hairy soldiers! It's just that their short hair is a little unpleasant.

"Well, what's wrong with you?" He snorted coldly, "Our ancestors are Han people, and they are not full of people. I don't like this braid for a long time. If my mother-in-law hadn't refused, I would have gone to be a soldier!" I heard that you can get ten taels of silver a month!"

"Ten taels of silver a month? Is it true or not?

"Bullshit, did I tell a lie? A few days ago, a few of our kids in Donggou secretly twisted their braids to sign up for the army! I heard that they are now assigned to the recruit training camp, with five taels of silver per month, and white-faced steamed buns. After half a year of qualification, they will be officially transferred to the regular army, with a salary of ten taels of silver per month!"

"So many! Why don't all of us go to the army!"

"It's beautiful to think about it. Not everyone will accept it! It can be said on the notice that only young men between the ages of 18 and 20 are accepted, and they don't accept them if they have a family and a room!"

"Ten taels of silver is nothing. This time, they are still the soldiers of the navy. I heard that the warship is larger than that of the foreigners, and as long as it can be selected, this number is less every month." A man who seemed to have some news raised two fingers.

"Two taels of silver? Less than the infantry?

"Wrong, two pounds!"

"Poundsterling? What is the pound?

"I said, you're too rustic. Don't always cover the quilt with your big buttocks. This pound is the money of Great Britain. According to the silver of our Qing Dynasty, it's almost twenty taels of snowflake silver, a month!"

"What! Twenty taels!" Several footers present immediately jumped up, twenty taels! They can't earn so much in half a year!

"I'm not talking nonsense. Didn't you see that the people running boats in Yingkou, Jinzhou are crazy? They rushed to apply for the recruitment one by one, but the selection of people is too strict, and there are really few people who can choose."

"I said, brothers, don't be jealous. This money is a lot, but they all get their lives. If you really want to get rich, I have a way."

"What's the way?"

The footmen were already bragging and farting. Although they were jealous of the salary of the Pacific Army, they also knew that that kind of money could not be earned by themselves. At this moment, when they heard that there was a chance to get rich, they twisted their necks and widened their eyes.

"As long as you have strength, you can have five taels of silver every month." The talking man slapped proudly.

"Where is it? What kind of business? So much money?" The footmen asked.

"Liaodong!" The man suddenly lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "I have heard that Liaodong is building railways, factories and mines, so it is recruiting on a large scale. It is said that Fengtian has blown up for this matter. Every family has caught up to apply for the recruitment, and now they are collecting as much as they want, and some places have Work has started, and there will be an extra one or two pieces of silver winter subsidy every month after winter!"

"Winter subsidy?" Although the men don't understand what this means, the years have been getting worse and worse in the past few years. The good things of five taels of silver a month do not meet at all, let alone a subsidy of one taels of silver.

"You can think about it slowly. I've figured it out. After the Spring Year, the whole family will go together. Anyway, they also need female workers there. My mother-in-law is still idle at home, and I'm going to let her try it."

"Do you still want female workers?"

After saying that, the man did not reply. After getting up and drinking tea, he took out a few copper plates and threw them on the table, leading the ox cart. The rest of the footman looked at his companions around him. Somehow, a fire suddenly rose from the bottom of his heart, hoping to go to Liaodong to have a look.

It was not until the footmen slowly dispersed and You Shanren, who had been sitting on the corner of the teahouse near the street, slowly got up. He heard all the words just now, but the more he listened, the more solemn his face became.

Akashi Yuan Erlang is really right. The people of Honolulu have begun to take action in Liaodong. With the deepening of development, Jilin will be affected sooner or later. I believe that soon the whole three northeastern provinces will be shrouded in the shadow of the Honolulu people, but now the empire has no extra power to interfere here. North Korea has It involves too much energy of the empire, and the inaction of Britain, Germany and other countries in the negotiations not only contributes to the arrogance of Honolulu, but also chills the empire. In the final analysis, if the empire no longer takes action, it will be bitten by the powers!

Now that Honolulu has taken control of the three northeastern provinces, coupled with Hawaii and Ryukyu, the empire is almost surrounded, which is really bad for those who are extremely dependent on the sea, but the navy has just returned a few small warships, and it is not enough to protect themselves, let alone fight against the Pacific Fleet with high morale. I'm afraid it will even go to sea training. It's extremely difficult to practice!

I hope it can't all be placed on the reconstruction of the navy!

Yu Shanren remembered the words of Mingshijun, and his cold eyes flashed away. After putting down the wine money, he quickly walked out of the city--

In the backyard of a village in Wuli outside Changchun City, the crackling sound of slashing kept coming. In the garden, two men with upper bodies held wooden knives and fought happily.

As the two figures leaped in the yard, the backlog of snowflakes on the treetops fell one after another, and the garden, which was cleaned up in a moment, became messy again.

Looking at you and me playing with these two men called Kendo, Liu Zhiquan's body trembled and his heart was getting colder and colder.

At this moment, he is extremely regretful. As the largest grain merchant in Jilin and the president of the Chamber of Commerce, how could he be fascinated a few years ago and quietly conveyed a message to him to report the deployment of the Qing army? Now I didn't fight, but let the Pacific Army pick peaches.

I thought that the Pacific Army was coming, and I'm afraid I would no longer hold these words in the northeast. Maybe this matter would be so heavy, but who would have thought that I would have come back a few days ago. I not only came back, but also brought a large number of soldiers. If it hadn't been for the secluded village and there were many granaries, I'm afraid I would have been as water. The fire of the Pacific Army came in the morning.

But do you still have any regret medicine now? The wife and children are already under the control of others. As long as they show a little dissent, I'm afraid that these people will immediately sneak out the news to Japan a few years ago. At that time, I'm afraid that their end will be even worse.

Since I got on the thief's boat, I can only look at it step by step now. Liu Zhi sighed from the bottom of his heart. Just then, a man who practiced kendo finished his movements and looked at him. His eyes were so scared that he quickly lowered his head again.

His fear made the man very satisfied. After throwing the wooden sword to another person, he turned his back to get the robe. As he turned around, the tattoo on his back became clear. It was a black dragon with teeth and claws.

Looking at the ferocious tattoo, Liu Zhiquan's chest jumped up, and even if he stayed in the north wind, he still sweated coldly on his forehead.

"Liu Jun, are you interested in playing our Japanese kendo with Tou Shanman?" The man put on his robe and walked to Liu Zhiquan's side. He looked at him and laughed jokingly.

"Mr. Uchida joked. I'm just a businessman. How can he be Mr. Toyamaman's opponent?" Liu Zhiquan shook his head quickly and complimented, "The two gentlemen are still good at playing swords so well. I think they are more powerful than those bragging rangers."

"Haha." Hearing the compliment, the man looked up and laughed. The bald man next to him also stared at his triangular eyes and said, "Liu Jun, your mouth is getting smoother and smoother. I hope your heart doesn't miss your mouth like that."

The words made Liu Zhiquan shiver again and laugh dryly: "Mr. Tou Shanman said and laughed, but he has always been Japan's best friend."

"Yes, best friend." At this time, the man who called Uchida stopped laughing, and two sharp lights suddenly locked Liu Zhiquan. Before the latter could react, the head of the mountain next to him took out a short knife from somewhere and crossed his neck.

Xue Liang's blade almost made Liu Zhiquan collapse to the ground. Tou Shanman hugged him when he saw this. At this time, Uchida asked with a gloomy face, "Liu Jun, you are very dishonest."

"I'm wronged, Mr. Uchida, I'm wronged, I've never done it."

Before Liu finished shouting, the mountain was full of hands with a little force. The short knife cut a thin line on his neck in an end. At the same time, he asked coldly, "Liu Jun, don't think we don't know. The one in the double castle should be your brother!"

As soon as Tou Shanman finished his words, Liu could not even take care of the pain in his neck. His eyes widened and began to tremble all over. He didn't expect that the other party even knew such a secret thing.

"Liu Jun, I don't like others lying to me. Bring your brother to see me, otherwise." Uchida looked at Liu Zhiquan, who was trembling all over, paused for a moment and then sneered, "You will know the consequences!"

Tou Shanman beside him originally wanted to threaten a few words, but at this time, a ronin suddenly came outside the door and reported, "Mr. Uchida, Mr. Shanren is coming."

"Ap him to wait for me in the living room, and I'll change my clothes and come out immediately." Uchida has regarded himself as the owner of this. As soon as he took two steps, he suddenly stopped beside Liu Zhiquan and said with a smile, "Liu Jun, don't be nervous. As long as you can help us do this thing well, I promise that I will arrange someone to send your family to the south and give you a thousand taels of gold!"

One thousand taels of gold!

Liu Zhiquan's throat knot moved twice. As soon as he raised his head, he saw two cold eyes, which made him excited again, and his face was white and sweaty! ——

In the double castles, Liu Zhiquan wrapped a circle of white gauze around his neck, looked at the big man sitting opposite him with two muskets in his waist, and pleaded nervously, "Liang, I'm all up to you this time. Otherwise, my family will die!"

"Fuck him, he's my grandma!" The big man scolded, picked up the wine bowl and took a sip fiercely. He said fiercely, "Brother, don't worry. I'll order all the brothers in a while and kill these little ones."

Liu Zhiquan knew that his brother had some ability. He not only pulled up a team of more than 500 people, but also took advantage of the last Pacific Army's attack on Changchun to get a batch of long guns left by Russian soldiers, which has become the largest horse gang of this generation. Over the years, the two brothers have only one by one. Today, I was a little relieved to hear that my brother agreed to help, but I couldn't help but hesitate when I thought of the past and said, "Liang, if I shake out the previous incident?"

The big man glanced sideways at Liu Zhiquan and said with a smile, "Brother, I'm not talking about you. What's the point of a broken thing? His Pacific Army is not three heads and six arms. At worst, he comes to my cottage. Our brother is free to care about him!"

Before he finished speaking, there was a dense gunshot suddenly outside the door. The man's face suddenly stood up. As soon as his hand touched the handle of the gun and rushed to the door, several muzzles in front of him made his whole body stiff.

Liu Zhiquan was also scared. Just as he was to see who it was, he saw Uchida Liangping, Shantou Man and a person who had never seen before came in under the support of a team of soldiers. After the soldier quickly dropped the man's gun, Uchida narrowed his eyes and sneered at the corners of his mouth and said, "Liu Jun, I think we should have a good talk."

"No, Mr. Uchida, please listen to me."

Uchida? Say it myself!

Hearing the voice, the big man finally knew who the guys who touched the cottage in the middle of the night were. His eyes swept at the soldiers with braids next to him. Somehow, he suddenly felt a chill in his heart and immediately asked, "What on earth do you want to do when you track my brother and touch the cottage in the middle of the night?"

Shantou just wanted to teach the big man a lesson, but he was stopped by Uchida and said with a smile, "Please don't get me wrong. I just want to talk about business with Liu Jun, so I'm a little anxious, so I came here overnight."

Talking about business?!

The big man snorted coldly from the bottom of his heart, but at this time, he was pointed at his head by several guns under the fence of others, and he could only ask, "What kind of business?"

"It's very simple. I want to borrow it from those people outside." Uchida slowly got up, pushed open the window and looked at the starry fight. The sneer at the corners of his mouth became more and more stiff.

"Borrower? That counts." After the big man finished speaking, Liu Zhiquan suddenly stood up: "You want to attack the Pacific Army with horse bandits!"

"Attack the Pacific Army?" The mountain tilted the corners of his mouth and smiled, "Do you think Liu Jun can do it?"

"Then you, I know! You want it!" Before Liu Zhiquan finished speaking, Tou Shanman punched him and looked at the big man with a smile: "Now your brother's whole family and the life and death of those people outside depend on one sentence."

"Please think about it before you answer." Uchida's quiet voice floated, and the big man swallowed his saliva suddenly, and sweat dripped on his forehead for the first time.

Watching Uchida play with the two Chinese brothers in the palm of his hand, Yamato Zanpei next to him nodded, worthy of Uchida Ryohei, a name that made many people headaches and fear in Japan. He and the Xuanyang Society behind him almost became the idols of the ronin of the whole Dazhi Empire!

But there is one thing that Shanren doesn't like, because that guy's surname is too gloomy and not easy to deal with. That kind of vicious means alone makes everyone's scalp numb. No one likes to be with such a person who is looking forward to it. Maybe he can deal with him and become a good friend, only the short and strong head on the side is full.

But perhaps it is because of this surname that Mr. Mingshi took a fancy to him to carry out this task. This time, many soldiers should have more opportunities to go home, right?

(to be continued)