Chapter 079 Sun Wen is here

Xiong Mantang was originally the helmsman of the Lao Association. He had a group of brothers. He used to have his own territory on the Bund, and he was also well-known in Shanghai. In recent years, the Youth Gang has emerged in Shanghai and gradually become the leader of Shanghai Beach. Xiong Mantang's elder brother has been expelled from the Bund by the Youth Gang, and the days are getting sadder day by day.

Later, after being introduced by a friend, Xiong Mantang met Shi Zhongji, the owner of the Jixian Inn. After Shi Zhongji joined the Revolutionary Party, he followed the strategy of the revolutionaries and took the inn as a cover to Luo Zhi heroes from all sides. After Shi Zhongji saw Xiong Mantang, the two saw each other as old and worshiped them as brothers. Shi Zhongji did not hide anything from Xiong Mantang, confiding his identity and ideas, and invited Xiong Mantang to join the group.

Xiong Mantang agreed. However, he still kept an eye on it.

Most of the revolutionaries in Shizhongji are scholars and have simple thoughts. They thought that the Jianghu Gang, like the Revolutionary Party, was a sworn in the Qing court, and naturally the two sides should cooperate sincerely.

And Xiong Mantang knew very well that although the Lao Society and the Revolutionary Party were the objects of the Qing Dynasty, there was an essential difference in the eyes of the government.

In the view of the government, the revolutionaries are a great problem. They endanger the regime of the Qing Dynasty and must be killed. And these Jianghu gangs of the Lao Association are just a group of criminals who steal chickens and dogs. At most, they endanger local security and will never endanger the existence of the court.

Therefore, the government's attitude towards revolutionaries and Jianghu gangs is completely different.

Xiong Mantang cooperated with Shi Zhongji, but in fact, he wanted to get money from Shi Zhongji. Therefore, on the surface, he vowed to be auspicious to the teacher, but secretly, he kept a distance from the revolutionaries and tried to leave a way for himself.

Shi Zhongji was unaware of this. He thought that he had united another group of Jianghu brothers and strengthened the strength of the Revolutionary Party. Shi Zhongji trusted Xiong Mantang and let him participate in the secrets of the revolutionary party. Xiong Mantang also boasted to Shi Zhongji, saying that he had contacted more than 10,000 brothers of the Lianghu Brothers Association to join the revolutionary party. Shi Zhongji gave him a lot of money as funds for the activity.

Xiong Mantang took the silver, but he did not change his bad habits. He ran to the most famous Da Le Gate in Shanghai to look for flowers and Liu. He met a top lady there and spent all the funds for the activities given to him by Shi Zhongji.

Three days ago, the boy was rolling with the top lady in the big music gate and was taken straight by the patrol battalion.

The patrol battalion has been staring at Xiong Mantang for a long time. Xiong Mantang's brother was expelled from the Bund by the youth gang. He should have been depressed, but this boy spent a lot of money, which attracted the attention of the patrol camp.

Xiong Mantang was caught in the patrol camp, received only two whips, and handed over the matter of Shi Zhongji in one breath. Originally, Xiong Mantang did not take the revolutionaries such as Shi Zhongji seriously. Now he spent his money and made such a big loss. He simply betrayed Shi Zhongji. Naturally, the money was written off in a lump sum. Moreover, he can also ask for credit from the government and take a sum of money from the government. This kind of business, Thousands of values.

Yan Qionglin heard that Xiong Mantang had recruited, and that what he recruited was a big fish. He was overjoyed and immediately reported to Liu Kunyi, the governor of Liangjiang. Liu Kun did not dare to neglect and instructed Yan Qionglin to act immediately and catch all the revolutionaries gathered in the virtuous inn. For Xiong Mantang, Liu Kun instructed Yan Qionglin that this guy must have something to say yet. Be sure to get more things from Xiong Mantang's mouth!

Liu Kunyi's judgment is completely correct! What Xiong Mantang knows is not just a teacher!

Yan Qionglin waved his hand to Xiong Mantang: "Mr. Xiong, please. Lord Liu said that he originally wanted to protect Mr. Yang to guard Shanghai. However, the court believes that although Mr. Yang has made such a great contribution, his credit is not enough to promote the position of guard. Mr. Xiong, this guard is a fifth-grade position, and the court will not easily grant it!"

"This..." Xiong Mantang's heart jumped. Being the garrison of Shanghai Road, he is the most powerful person in Shanghai. He has soldiers and guns in his hand, and even Shanghai Daotai has to give him three points. As for the Qing Gang and Hongmen, that's not a problem.

Yan Qionglin smiled and said, "Of course, if Mr. Xiong can continue to work hard and establish meritorious deeds for the court, I think Mr. Xiong is the only guard position! You know, Lord Liu Kunyi attaches great importance to you.

Xiong Mantang gritted his teeth and said, "Lord Yan, Xiong still has confidential reports."

"Oh, are there any secrets?" Yan Qionglin looked disbelieving, brushed his beard and said, "Mr. Xiong, if you want to make achievements, you don't have to be in such a hurry. There are still many opportunities in the future. I think Mr. Xiong has worked hard tonight, so we'd better go back to rest first."

Yan Qionglin is really old and spicy, which is eager to capture.

Sure enough, Xiong Mantang was impatient: "Lord Yan, Xiong really has a confidential report. This matter is related to my Qing Dynasty. Please be sure to tell Lord Liu."

"It's so serious. Let's talk about it." Yan Qionglin was excited, but his face was silent.

"Lord Yan, Sun Wen has returned to China, and he is in Shanghai!"

As soon as Xiong Mantang said this, Yan Qionglin was shocked and almost fell off the handsome chair. Even Zhou Charter, which was pickled on the back window, was trembling.

How can the Zhou Charter, who crossed from the 21st century, not know Sun Wen's great name! He will be the father of China!

In November 1894, Sun Wen organized a meeting in Honolulu and officially put forward the slogan of "exorcising the people of the people, restoring China, and establishing a united government", which opened the prelude to the violent overthrow of the Manchurian regime by revolutionaries.

At the call of Sun Wen, the revolutionaries returned from overseas to plan an armed uprising. Although there has been no official uprising so far, that is, at the beginning of 1895, there have been frequent assassinations of important officials in various places. Behind the scenes of these cases is the Xingzhong Association led by Sun Wen.

The Qing court realized that the day when the revolutionaries launched armed riots across the country was getting closer and closer! Sun Wen was the leader of the revolutionary party. In order to stop the riots, the Qing court even sent assassins to Honolulu to assassinate Sun Wen, but failed.

In the eyes of the imperial court, Sun Wen is the number one enemy of the Qing Dynasty! He is even more dangerous than the Japanese.

All the Japanese want is the land of the Qing Dynasty, the land of their ancestors, the court is still the court, and the princes and nobles are still princes and nobles. And Sun Wen wants to overthrow the Qing court! The court collapsed, and those princes and nobles had nothing left.

Now, Sun Wen has thrown himself into the net and returned to Shanghai!

There is only one explanation that the revolutionary party is about to launch a riot in Shanghai!

"Is this true?" Yan Qionglin asked urgently.

"It's true!" Xiong Mantang said, "Just half a month ago, Sun Wen smuggled from Japan to Shanghai on a freighter."

"How do you know? Why don't we have any news?

Xiong Mantang said, "Lord Yan, the one who helped Sun Wen smuggle is Zeng Guozhang, the commander of Chongming of the Youth Gang! This Zeng Guozhang's work is extremely secretive. In order to avoid my Qing Dynasty's maritime patrol, they risked the destruction of the ship and death. They actually smuggled from the Zhoushan Islands to Chongming Island at the risk of a typhoon.

Zhou Charter outside the window was shocked. Half a month ago, he and Guo Erzhuan were rescued by Zeng Guochang and boarded the ship in Zhoushan Sea. At that time, he doubted how Zeng Guochang drilled into the typhoon. It turned out that there was not only arms, but also Sun Wen on the ship!

Only Sun Wen is worth risking his life!

"Zeng Guozhang!" Yan Qionglin gritted his teeth and said, "I had long expected that this Zeng Guozhang would make a big deal one day!" Lord Liu is worried about raising a tiger!"

Zeng Guozhang became the king on Chongming Island, claiming to be the commander-in-chief, holding hundreds of human guns in his hand. However, Liu Kunyi, the governor of the two rivers, has not solved him for a long time. This is mainly because after more than a year of fighting in the Qing-Japanese War, he was overwhelmed by himself on the northern battlefield of the Qing Dynasty. Liu Kunyi was transferred to the prime minister of war and had no time to take care of Zeng Guochang. Moreover, in Liu Kunyi's view, Zeng Guozhang is nothing more than a party leader and an overseas Chongming island, which will not pose much threat to the Qing Dynasty.

However, this Zeng Guozhang actually joined hands with Sun Wen!

"Where is Sun Wen now?" Yan Qionglin asked.

"I don't know." Xiong Mantang said, "But he is definitely not on Chongming Island."

"Why?"

"A week ago, Shi Zhongji said that on the day Sun Wen arrived on Chongming Island, Zeng Guozhang sent his confidant Zhang Xiaolin to escort Sun Wen away from Chongming Island, sneaked into Shanghai, and met with the Shanghai revolutionaries to discuss the uprising... No, the riot, even Shi Zhongji himself did not know where it was. It's just the subordinate leader of the revolutionaries, and he has not participated in many major premeditation.

"When did they start the riot?" Yan Qionglin asked urgently.

"I don't know that either. However, there should be some days left." Xiong Mantang said, "The biggest problem with the revolutionaries' riots is weapons. They bought a batch of arms from Japan. However, due to the strict coastal defense, these arms cannot be delivered at one time. They can only be turned into zero and transported in batches. In this way, it will take a long time to transport weapons alone."

Yan Qionglin breathed a sigh of relief.

Compared with Sun Wen, Shi Zhongji's group are just some shrimps!

"Come on!" Yan Qionglin shouted loudly.

A deputy came in outside the door.

"You immediately go to the Governor's Office of the Two Rivers in Nanjing, meet Lord Liu, and ask Lord Liu to send troops. First, strengthen the defense of Shanghai and strictly prevent the revolutionaries from riots. Second, attack Chongming Island and destroy Zeng Guochang!"

"Yes!" The deputy general turned around and left.

Yan Qionglin turned around and said to Xiong Mantang, "Now, those chaotic parties don't know that you have abandoned the secret. Please go back immediately and continue to keep in touch with the revolutionary party members to find out about Sun Wen's whereabouts. If there is any news, report it immediately! If I can catch Sun Wen, I will report to Lord Liu and grant Mr. Xiong the title of magistrate!"

"Thank you, Lord Yan, for your cultivation!" Xiong Mantang was overjoyed, kowtowed to Yan Qionglin and got up and left the lobby.