These businessmen continued to digest the meaning of Qiao Yu's words, and they also realized a little bit. Businessmen have been a humble industry in China since ancient times. Even now, these big businessmen already hold the lifeblood of the local economy, but they still have to rely on collusion.
The bureaucracy protects itself and has never thought of using its own power to force the court to surrender, and it does not have the strength. If you want capital to influence social change, you must enter the industrial age. However, Qiao Yu pointed out the direction of the trend.
Once this concept changed, their vision and thinking became completely different, and they all expressed admiration for Qiao Yu's ambition.
"Shun Qing, is this the purpose of this armed force?"
"Boss Wang knows clearly that there are electoral systems in foreign countries, and capitalists can manipulate elections with huge funds. But without the tool of elections, we can only use real swords and guns to scare the court!"
Soon the businessmen present unanimously agreed to establish an armed force, and the recruitment and training work was handed over to Qiao Yu. In addition, in the name of the Chongqing Chamber of Commerce, an arms order of 400,000 taels of silver was placed with Bushit, including two thousand Mauser rifles and ten Maxims.
machine guns, ten Madsen light machine guns, four 75mm mountain cannons, and some ammunition.
Zhu Youji of Dongchuan Road handed over the evidence of the activities of the Revolutionary Party to the hands of Sichuan Governor Zhao Erxun. This old governor with a history of hardships was also frightened. Chongqing is the head of the southwest and has a strategic location on land and water. Once there is any shock, the world will be shaken.
There was great chaos, and Zhao Erxun had been in a high position for a long time and had a thorough understanding of various situations. The Qing Dynasty was now in a precarious situation and its future was in danger.
Shu was in chaos before the world was in chaos. Sichuan is now full of party members and there are countless mountain bandits and water bandits. In addition, with the instigation of the Revolutionary Party, it looks like a storm is about to come. Moreover, Zhao Erxun also knows that the imperial court is preparing to invade Sichuan.
The nationalization of the Han Railway will undoubtedly stir up a hornet's nest again. The old man has devoted his life to the Qing Dynasty and is loyal to the Qing Dynasty.
Now the imperial court is about to transfer the old man to be the governor of the three eastern provinces. Zhao Erxun has already explained the crisis in Sichuan in the memorial, and at the same time recommended his brother Zhao Erfeng to take over as the governor of Sichuan. This is not to say that he does not avoid relatives when promoting talents, but that the old man knows
When it comes to military strategy, no governor in the Qing Dynasty can compare with his brothers. If Sichuan is in chaos, he will have to rely on an iron fist to stabilize the place. The old man is completely considering the Qing Dynasty, but he doesn't know this.
Recommended, pushed his brother into the pit of fire.
Zhao Erxun was already preparing to leave Sichuan. After receiving Zhu Youji's report, the old man sent another telegram to his brother, explaining the situation in Chongqing and asking him not to just focus on Chengdu and ignore Chongqing. It would be best if he could dispatch
A strong army stabilized Chongqing.
Not to mention that Mr. Zhao is preparing to leave Sichuan and go to the three northeastern provinces to take up a post. Moreover, in Chongqing today, it is precisely because of the incident in Tiangang Village that officials in Chongqing are extremely nervous. They are no longer at ease with the old troops such as the patrol camp and confiscated them.
Weapons, and at the same time stepped up the search for the Tongmenghui, and the government officials in the yamen also attacked everywhere, but not many real Tongmenghui were arrested, but many innocent wealthy businessmen were arrested.
People were arrested here and released with money there, ranging from one hundred taels to one thousand taels. The atmosphere in Chongqing became more and more tense day by day. Qiao Yu saw everything and was already aware of the corruption and incompetence of the Qing government.
They have a very deep understanding, but they always surprise people. They know clearly that the revolutionary party wants to overthrow the Qing government, but the Qing government does not dare to kill the real revolutionary party when it catches them. They even want to reform, such as Wang Zhaoming, and wantonly
Arresting some innocent good people, but asking the lion to open its mouth, doesn't this force everyone in the world to vote for the revolutionary party? Only in this kind of apocalypse can such a strange thing happen. If this court is not destroyed, it will not be tolerated...
After the large-scale arrests, the pockets of many government officials were bulging. Qiao Yu was unwilling to interfere. He could only watch it as a show of excitement and secretly stepped up the training of patrol officers. Fortunately, Zhu Youji promised another hundred thousand taels of silver, and Qiao Yu
Yu has devoted all his efforts to these patrols. The amount of training has exceeded that of the army by a lot, especially in live ammunition shooting. Even the latest batch of patrols recruited can shoot more than a hundred rounds.
Gradually, two thousand patrol officers have come into combat effectiveness. Qiao Yu has drawn out a hundred people from the Youth Guard to join them as officers. The Chamber of Commerce Armed Forces are also recruiting. Qiao Yu has drawn out another hundred guards to prepare to become the members of this armed force.
The backbone force, the vanguard squad, was also pulled out to prepare to become the special forces team in the future, and the rest became the personal guards. At this point, the guard, which had existed for more than three months, was disbanded, but it became a major faction of the Sichuan Army in the future.
Strong strength and special status.
For reasons of concealment, the original school ground was placed in the east of Chongqing, which was a little far from the city center. It was difficult to mobilize in case of an accident. Now Qiao Yu has become more courageous, so he chose a military camp near the city.
, the original school ground was used as a training ground for new recruits.
Now that the school grounds are being cleaned up, Qiao Yu thought of some chores and asked to see Shi Dingzhong. When he thought of Shi Dingzhong, Qiao Yu suddenly realized that he had not seen this old man for two or three days. Some time ago, he said that he would recommend his nephew to him, and now he also
No more news.
"Tianhe, do you know where Secretary Shi lives? This old man must be sick. I'll go check on him!"
Wang Tianhe naturally knew where Shi Dingzhong lived, so he simply had nothing to do right now, so he accompanied Qiao Yu and went straight to Shi Dingzhong's home. The Shi home was in a deep alley, surrounded by many osmanthus and willow trees, and it was now in full swing.
It's spring, the trees are flourishing, the flowers and plants are fragrant, and it feels like a paradise in a trance.
"Bookstore Shi is a person who enjoys himself. The yard is not big or small. The key is that it must be well designed and interesting. In the future, he will have to worry about things like building a house!"
While Qiao Yu and Wang Tianhe were talking, they arrived in front of the small courtyard and were about to knock on the door when they suddenly heard a quarrel coming from the house. Although they were a bit far away, they could faintly hear a young man talking about revolution, lackeys and the like.
, and an old voice kept saying that he was ignorant and disobedient.
It seemed that the two men were quarreling. Driven by curiosity, Qiao Yu came to the door and heard more clearly.
"Dad, I am an adult, not a child anymore. I don't care about the Queen of Wings. I have my own ideals. You can't make the decision for me! That Qiao Yu is not a good guy. He framed a revolutionary martyr and was duplicitous. He is a Qing dynasty.
Ting's lackey, following him will not end well!"
"You evil son, I eat more salt than you eat rice. Don't forget how the Kingdom of Heaven failed. It was because it offended the powerful landlords. Without Zeng Guofan and other Han ministers, Manchuria would have perished long ago. Now Qiao Yu
He is already the leader of Chongqing's industrial community. He wants people and power, he is alert, and he is knowledgeable. He is no better than your revolutionary party who has no shadow! Are you going to piss me off to death?"
"Uncle, I think Brother Yi is right. No hot-blooded man today is willing to be a lackey for the Manchu Qing Dynasty. You told us that Qiao Yu is not a lackey for the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Then why did he arrest the righteous Gu Jinlong and wantonly arrest the revolutionaries in Chongqing?
, the facts are all there, how can you ask us to believe him!"
Shi Dingzhong just felt that he couldn't make sense with these three little bastards. He was so angry that the old man's face turned red. Suddenly he heard a burst of laughter coming from outside the door: "Shi Shunqing, why is it so lively? Qiao Shunqing is here to see you!"
Who really said it? Shi Dingzhong was at a loss. Shi Yi said to the side: "Dad, you see how good his nose is. He came over immediately. Don't be afraid of him. I don't believe he dares to catch us!"...
"Shut up!" Shi Dingzhong was really afraid that these reckless children would conflict with Qiao Yu. The old man was anxious, so he suddenly raised his foot, kicked Shi Yi on the butt, and shouted: "Just stay still.
go!"
Shi Dingzhong managed to calm down and hurriedly opened the door, feeling guilty: "Master, I'm rude and I made you laugh. The child is not sensible. Please don't take offense. I will discipline him strictly!"
"It's your fault, Secretary Shi. It's not like I didn't hear it. As the saying goes, you can't help yourself. Can you control it?"
Shi Dingzhong was ashamed. Qiao Yu walked into the room with a smile. There were three young people in the room, all looking at him with lawsuits on their foreheads. Qiao Yu didn't care and found a chair to sit down.
"Book Office Shi says I'm not qualified to take care of your family affairs, but since it involves me, it's best to explain the matter clearly in person to avoid any misunderstandings!"
"My boss, you are so ignorant, don't be offended!"
"Don't worry, I just want to talk to a few friends. I believe that as long as we are honest and honest, there will be no misunderstandings that cannot be resolved!"
"Hmph, whoever wants to talk to you, a lackey, will arrest us if you can!"