228 retreat down

In the three towns of Wuhan, where government buildings and private residences of dignitaries are gathered, and scenic spots and historical sites are everywhere. Against the contrast of the verdant Luojia Mountain, the verdant East Lake water and elegant and pleasant scenic spots, there is an extraordinary atmosphere of the first place.

Jiangbei Hankou is famous for its prosperity and noise. As a big commercial port in old China, its fame is only below Greater Shanghai, so it closely attracts the attention of passers-by from south to north.

Hanyang at the foot of Guishan Mountain is also extraordinary. There is a large-scale arms city in the country, which gathers the essence of the arms industry of the Qing Dynasty. "Made in Hanyang" is mentioned a hundred years later, and people are familiar with it. Han Yeping Company is even more ambitious in Asia, and even Xiao Dongyang is jealous and coveted.

The fact is that since Feng Guozhang took over, he immediately suffered a workers' strike hosted by the World Council, and raw materials were out of stock. During this chaotic period, Hanyang Arsenal did not produce a gun or a bullet. However, when Feng Guozhang eliminated the bandit party from the terrorists in Hankou and prepared to rectify these unruly people, he had already received an order from Yuan Shikai to withdraw his troops...

When the cold wind of 1911 shrouded the land of the three towns of Wuhan and the flowers and trees withered, the great victory of Qianjialing made the restless Wuhan again be incited by the charm of the revolution and the revolutionary **. **Burning, like a fire in winter, the blazing flames the three towns of Wuhan!

The people of Hankou are overjoyed. In the teahouses on each street, the three words that are called the loudest these days are Li Dashuai! The people are crazy, and finally a mainstay came out to turn the tide!

At the beginning, Beiyang went south, on the road and in the fields, a group of business officials with gold and silver, desperate and helpless refugees, like a depressing and chaotic tide, poured into the gate of Wuhan. Wuhan became the first place of national attention at that time. The "Land of First Righteousness" put an unbearable burden on the three towns of Wuhan. Private houses and hotels, as long as they are a place to shelter from the wind and rain, are full of people, and the streets and alleys are also overcrowded. The rent, grain, rice and vegetable prices, with the swarming of people, are also like spring seedlings emerging after the rain, rushing up. Greater Wuhan has never been as crowded as it is today. A war inadvertently made Wuhan grow into a metropolis with millions of people!

The Beiyang army has not been in Hankou for a long time. The Beiyang army soldiers who usually show off their power have restrained, and there are already bold people hanging the five-star red flag on the street. The foreign lords blocked the concession and had no contact with the Chinese world.

Schools and non-governmental organizations also naturally began to publicize activities in Hankou, and leaflets promoting the revolution were pasted all over the streets and alleys like ringworm. The factory in Hanyang emitted smoke again, the shops opened one door after another, and some military and political organs of the Wuchang government also began to operate.

After Tang Shaoyi arrived in Hankou, she had a panoramic view of everything, but Li Xiang, who wanted to turn the situation in Hubei with one hand for a while. But reason told him that it was best not to get involved with this madman.

Tang Shaoyi originally hoped to meet with Li Yuanhong in the British concession, but the revolutionary army disagreed, and the revolutionary army already had the courage to say no. Therefore, according to the traditional Chinese custom, Tang Shaoyi, accompanied by the British acting Consul General and the British captain, crossed the river to Wuchang to meet with Li Yuanhong.

In the early winter of Wuchang, the wind is cold, but the people on the street are bustling. The sound of selling dumplings, wontons, Jingdian, roast duck, roast chicken, pancakes, beef and mutton soup, and stinky tofu is mixed with the sound of children's falling cannons and the fun of chasing and hide-and-seek. Laughter. Wuchang has presented a peaceful scene, and no one realizes that there is any danger in the middle.

But Tang Shaoyi and his party muttered in their hearts that although there were ten bodyguards sent by Feng Guozhang pretending to be the people behind, who can imagine what it would be like when thousands of people rioted, and how to ensure that the ambassador could get out safely? I was scared all the way, and the more I thought about it, the more scared I became.

A warm breeze blew, and Tang Shaoyi praised loudly, "Good wind!"

Yang Du and Yang Shiqi shivered.

Entering the inconspicuous layout of Wuchang Weaving, the man on the door was dressed in a Western-style military uniform, and the armed belt killed his waist energetically, like a sheathed sword, the same Western-style military uniform as the Beiyang army soldiers, but he wore a completely different temperament. He was secretly surprised to see the group.

Only foreigners like Ge Fu and Pan En know that these revolutionary army soldiers are not Li Yuanhong's subordinates, but soldiers who saw Li Madman in Hankou!

The soldier wanted to communicate, but was stopped by Tang Shaoyi. He was led by the soldiers on the door and went straight to the back hall through the narrow corridor.

It was dark and wet all the way, and the moss was mottled. Pan En and Gefu, one left and one right, quietly touched Brauning at their waist. Tang Shaoyi also felt that the mansion was really strangely built, and she was afraid that someone would suddenly come out of the black house. Only Yang Du didn't seem to care. He swaggered behind him. Every time he crossed the road, he had to look forward to it curiously.

When he came to the back hall, the soldier went in and looked at it. He came out and smiled and said, "Li Du is not in the back hall. He must be in Hao Chunxuan in the garden. Let me report it!"

This revolutionary soldier seems to be polite to them, but he lacks the inferiority of the Union Army.

"Let's go together!" Yang Shiqi did not allow the notification. This courtyard is too strange to see Li Yuanhong and can't let this person leave. Although the madman Li is still in Anlu, he is also afraid that these guys are as crazy as the madman Li... So he smiled and said, "Although we are representatives of the north, we are very familiar with Li Du, and there is no need for those politeness at all."

The soldier smiled, gave up his hand to the west, and took them to the garden and said, "This is a weaving layout. It's too stuffy inside. Li Du must be Hao Chunxuan in the back garden."

Out of the Moon Cave Gate, I suddenly felt cheerful. The Yingmen was two sparse branches of acacia trees. In the middle, a thin stone placed a flower corridor, all the way forward, and it was also an exquisite Taihu Stone Mountain. Next to the gazebo, the bamboo trees surrounded by a high platform, which was the "stargazing platform". There are ten or twenty bonsai scattered around the rockery. There are four Xieshan-style houses with three eaves in the north, a small door in the east, and more than a dozen weeping willow trees in the south. There is nothing else. Although the garden is not big, it is well arranged. In spring and autumn, it is very interesting to come here to read and play chess.

"Go back!" Yang Shiqi didn't care to look at the scenery at all. At a glance, he saw that Li Yuanhong was playing with a person under the bean shed in front of Haochunxuan. On the sidelines are the general manager of the Xinhua consortium, Li Xiang's god of wealth Tie Gongqi, and Liu Xinsheng, the richest man in Hankou and the boss of the old brother association. Yang Shiqi was relieved, and the two foreigners were also relieved and sent the soldiers back.

Liu Xinsheng saw five people walking slowly from afar, and saw Li Yuanhong bowing his head and playing chess indifferently. He hurriedly drew a chessboard with his fingers and whispered, "Li Du, Hankou Consul Ge Fu and Pan En, president of the World Chamber of Commerce, came with a peace ambassador."

In fact, Li Yuanhong had already seen it. He grabbed the chess pieces and pretended to be meditated. Hearing Liu Xinsheng's words, he said without looking back, "Are you an old acquaintance? Why are you polite?"

In the past, for the sake of fame and power, I asked them, and naturally I was extremely careful of them for fear of being rudeness. Nowadays, putting aside everything, he lives more freely. Even Yuan Shikai is still sitting!

"Li Duzhen will arrange the layout." Tang Shaoyi gradually approached and said with a smile, "I can't see that there are two worlds in the weaving layout!"

Feng Xiaoyu, who was in the game with Li Yuanhong, looked up. Except for the two foreigners, he didn't know any of the representatives of the north. He got up and asked Li Yuanhong, "These three are..."

"Mr. Tang Shaoyi, Mr. Yang Shiqi, Mr. Yang Du." Li Yuanhong smiled carelessly and said that he is now a member of the Democratic Party. He is not an imperial envoy, but a gentleman. The weaving layout is not my mansion, not to mention the layout.

Tang Shaoyi's face was full of spring breeze, and she also held hands one by one like foreigners. Then she said, "That's right, if it weren't for the corruption of the imperial officials and the people, how could the civilian army rebel? The brothers went south this time for peace and for the republic. If Yuan Gongbao is elected as president, it will not be a problem to abdic from the throne.

Tang Shaoyi leaked as soon as she opened her mouth. This is also his thoughtful plan. Li Madman is not saying that he wants to carry out the revolution to the end and establish a republic! He made it clear first. Yuan Shikai promised the republican and the abdication of the Qing emperor. You, Li madman, don't go crazy about the peace talks.