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    Nanjing.

    In the city of Nanjing at the end of February, it was still difficult to feel the warmth. The revolution, blood and noise gradually faded away as time went by. People who had calmed down looked around blankly and found that except for the change of names, everything in their lives did not seem to have changed much.  Taxes are still being paid, and the faction¡¯s rent is still being apportioned.  On the contrary, life has become difficult because of the shutdown of factories, and the docks are much deserted than before. The days of facing the loess and back to the sky have not changed much. Moreover, because of the influx of too many troops, the city is becoming more and more restless.  disturbed.

    Looking at a group of soldiers dressed in military uniforms, speaking with unknown accents and staggering around with guns on their backs, they were obviously drunk. Jie Sheng carefully avoided the side and did not dare to make a sound. During this time, he did not know what kind of evil he had committed.  These soldiers who keep talking about being revolutionary are all in disgrace. They neither go out for drills nor train. They wander around with guns on their backs every day. I heard that many girls have been raped, and they can't even find the person who did it.  When I reported to the Presidential Palace, I politely wanted to investigate, but if I couldn't find him, who would I investigate?  Therefore, the people of Nanjing now hate these soldiers and wish they would leave as soon as possible.

    The soldier also saw Jie Sheng. Seeing his frightened and panic-stricken look, he deliberately pointed his gun at him. His face turned pale with fright, then he laughed triumphantly and picked up a few robbed animals from unknown sources with his bayonet.  The wild duck walked towards the city.

    "Son of a bitch!" Jie Sheng spat fiercely at the backs of these soldiers. If the family hadn't relied on him to make a living, he would have followed the example of others and smashed a brick.

    Fortunately, there is a pier not far away. On the pier, there are only a few river ships docking to unload. Many brothers from the gang sit in the awning where they usually rest and sigh. A strong man smoking a hookah looks at nothing.  On the river's surface, he looked distressed: "It seems that this trip has been in vain again."

    The coolie sitting next to him with pigtails cursed: "What a shame, at least I could still chew grain every day, but now the Tatar emperors have fallen, and there is no business. How can people live like this?"  ?¡±

    "It's good for you. If one person has enough to eat, the whole family won't have to worry about it. I still have four people at home."

    "Who told you, fourth child, to hug your daughter-in-law and have sex with her when you have nothing to do? You feel comfortable, but all of a sudden the three cubs have to eat and drink. Now you know how hard it is."

    "Hehehe"

    The dirty talk made the awning lively. Seeing the coolie with pigtails after Jie was born, he quickly gave up his seat and said with a smile: "Boss Jie is here, will he bring us a job?"

    Jie Sheng is the head of the coolies at the Yangtze Gang's wharf. In addition to management, he is also responsible for liaising with large and small warehouses and shops in Nanjing City to undertake some hard work. Seeing everyone's expectant eyes, he sighed and shook his head: "Shopkeeper Wang and the others are all here."  He said that there are no ships coming recently, and he also said that we might be in Nanjing"

    "What are you afraid of? Don't talk half-heartedly!" Everyone was anxious and asked quickly.  Jie Sheng continued: "Shopkeeper Wang and others said that recently some people said that the position of Nanjing President will be handed over to the north, and our Nanjing city may return to the past."

    "What?" A coolie from northern Anhui jumped up and wiped his bald head excitedly and said: "North? Are the Manchu Tatars coming to power again? It's too late, I just had my braid cut off yesterday."

    "What are you so anxious about? It's not the Manchu Tatars." Jie Sheng waved to him to sit down and said, "The position of president is going to be given to that living Cao Cao."

    "What!" When he said this, everyone became even more excited and expressed confusion. The strong man smoking hookah almost dropped his pipe and asked: "Why? Didn't it mean the Republic of China? Why?  Why should we give it to the north? After all the hard work, Nanjing has regained its glory, so why should we let those barbarians from the north dominate the world?"

    Jie Sheng shook his head: "I didn't know. I only heard that President Sun was going to give up his seat to Yuan Shikai, so everyone has been alert these days. The bad soldiers in the city are all trying to get a vote.  Going back."

    "Damn it! If I had known this, why would I be fighting for life or death?" The braided coolie picked up the tea bowl and drank it in one gulp, shouting: "Forget it, I don't want to stay in Nanjing anymore. There are people in Hankou every day.  I¡¯m too busy, so I might as well wait for the ship to arrive and I¡¯ll go over there.¡±

    Speaking of Upstream, everyone was filled with envy. They completely forgot about what happened just now and asked: "Boss Xie, I heard that there is work there every day, is it true?"

    "I know that." The bald man said: "A few days ago, the steward from Shanghai passed by and said that there are now more than a dozen boats to Hankou every day, and brothers who do well can earn ten silver dollars a month. He also heard  Fourth Master said: Our Yangtze Gang will soon transform into a transportation company like foreigners, and Commander Yang also helped buy seven or eight large ships."

    ¡°Ten dollars?!¡±

    "Don't believe it! Many people have gotten it.

    I also heard that the gang leader was moved to a small courtyard in Wuchang after taking a shot for Commander Yang last time.  The way I see it, I think it will be another year.Now, our gang leader has a little commander.  "

    "You bastard, don't talk nonsense." Jie Sheng kicked the bald man away and said with a smile: "The fourth master said that after we change our company into a company in the future, everyone will be serious employees and no longer have to depend on the weather.  , in the future we will buy dozens of large ships to run on the Yangtze River, and we will be the largest Yangtze River freight company besides foreigners."

    "Damn it, why do you think you are the biggest among foreigners? According to me, you should kill the foreigners as well. The gang leader has treated me badly over the years, so we should take over the Yangtze River and give it to the gang leader as a dowry to save money.  She will fall out of favor with Commander Yang in the future, do you guys think so?"

    "Haha, you dare to think about it."

    While everyone was laughing, a three-masted sailboat slowly came over. Seeing that the job was about to come, everyone shut their mouths and rushed to the dock to unload the cargo. Suddenly, they saw a group of soldiers in sand yellow military uniforms running over and hurriedly  Get out of the way.

    During this period, whenever the National Defense Force¡¯s Northern Expedition Pioneer Brigade wanted to unload cargo, they always approached the Yangtze Gang. Therefore, Jie Sheng was very familiar with the officers leading the troops. He walked over with a smile and asked, ¡°Company Commander Tang, is this your ship?¡±

    The company commander took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and handed it to Jiesheng: "These are military rations and ammunition sent by the Logistics Department. Please be careful not to spill them. If you do well, I will pay you more." Jiesheng took the cigarette with a smile.  , and slapped his chest loudly: "Whatever Company Commander Tang said, just leave it to us, so you can rest assured." After saying that, he turned around and shouted: "This time it's food and food for our brothers in the National Defense Forces.  Bullets, work hard for me."

    The coolies nodded repeatedly. The vanguard brigade had been here for so long, and the wages for that trip were not large, so everyone rolled up their sleeves and pushed the carts to prepare for the transfer of grain and ammunition.  When the ship stopped, a second lieutenant from the logistics department jumped out and completed the handover procedures. Jie Sheng immediately called on everyone to start unloading the cargo.

    Bags of rice and cans were carried down, as well as a lot of bacon and dried fish, and more than 20 carts were quickly piled up.  Everything was fine at first, but unexpectedly, a coolie accidentally knocked over a box, which happened to contain the subsidies for the Second Brigade.  Since the troops stationed abroad, many places did not recognize the RMB banknotes issued by the Southwest Bank. The overseas troops would issue some silver coins to the soldiers for use, so the white silver coins suddenly rolled everywhere.

    After Jie Sheng cursed a few words, he quickly led everyone to pack up, but the news that the Pioneer Brigade had brought a large amount of money spread, and within a short time, soldiers from all over the country arrived in twos and threes with guns on their backs and green faces but red eyes.  Watching the excitement, when they saw the cart full of supplies and the two carriages protected in the middle, a few of them with angry faces shouted angrily: "Damn it! I went through life and death to overthrow the Tatars, but I can't even speak  They can¡¯t even get hot meals. Look at them? They¡¯ve got fish, meat, and money for nothing. It¡¯s so damn infuriating!¡±

    "Yes! I fought for the party and conquered the world. Brothers died one after another. Now, without saying a damn word, I will hand over the president to Yuan Shikai! I won't even pay the settling-in allowance. I don't accept it.  .¡±

    "Gan Zhen, let's just join the National Defense Force."

    "What the hell! I've figured it out. All of these fucking masters have no buttholes. I don't want to do it anymore. It's better to go back and be a bandit than to stay here."

    "Being a bandit? Okay. There is a sheep in front of you. Do you dare to grab a vote?"

    Seeing more and more people around, Captain Tang sensed something was wrong and immediately ordered the establishment of a warning circle.  Don't blame him for being cautious. The city of Nanjing has been really uneasy recently. Various armies often break out infighting to grab things. What's more, this time the supplies include a Santinghan Type 1 machine gun. This is equipment that the headquarters strictly requires to keep secrets. He also took the initiative to  He stepped forward and cupped his hands and said: "The National Defense Force is transporting supplies, brothers, please step aside."

    "Fuck you! I haven't eaten or drunk for almost half a month. Why do you, the National Defense Force, enjoy the hot and spicy food? Why do you get so much money for nothing? But you ask us to pay back the northwest wind? We don't either  If you want more, how about leaving half for the brothers to chew?"

    The company commander was also an old officer who had fought in the defense war. He disliked these ruffians, but he was afraid that things would go badly. He tried to persuade them with good words: "I know that brothers have difficulties, but we are all soldiers with their own belongings. If you have difficulties, you can help me."  Go to the government, why go to us.¡±

    "Who are you looking for if I don't look for you? We want to eat, we want to go home. Brothers, let's not talk about it. Whoever grabs it belongs to whom."

    "Go ahead."

    I don¡¯t know who shouted, and there was a chaos on the dock. Some of the fastest soldiers immediately took control of the two carriages and started to drag them back. The rest of them were also anxious and their eyes were red.  Company Commander Gao did not dare to order the shooting for fear of causing trouble, so he had to ask the soldiers to protect the ammunition, and rushed forward to stop him: "Brothers, this is the ration for thousands of brothers in our brigade, don't grab it, don't take it."  "

    The company commander tried to persuade him with good words, but unexpectedly, a bullet was fired suddenly in the chaos., because the distance was too close, the chest of the company commander who had made great contributions in the defense of Hubei suddenly turned bright red.

    "Company commander? Company commander!"

    "mine!"

    "Machine gun, set up the machine gun" The sound of gunfire completely disrupted the dock. Jie Sheng and the coolies were so frightened that they had not yet taken shelter. The soldiers of the National Defense Force who came to transport supplies saw the company commander being hit by a bullet. They all fired with red eyes.  Shooting, the machine gunner used the carriage as a cover and fired violently in the direction of the shooting. A moment later, the box containing three Han-1 light machine guns was immediately pried open, the magazines were inserted and roared.

    In an instant, flesh and blood flew everywhere on the Nanjing dock. Seeing that there were few people on his side suffering a loss, the logistics lieutenant on the transport ship who had not yet left immediately ordered to turn on the 25mm machine gun on the ship.  This cannon was removed from the patrol boat and was originally installed on the transport ship to prevent trouble. Seeing that Paoze was in danger of being swallowed up by thousands of soldiers, the second lieutenant immediately ordered the cannon to be fired.

    "Dong dong dong one"

    More than a month later, the rumble of cannons rang out again in Nanjing.  Due to dissatisfaction with the change of ownership of the president and chaotic management, military pay was delayed, resulting in the most serious tragedy of looting.  Afterwards, it was learned that in addition to one company commander of the Northern Expedition Pioneer Brigade of the National Defense Force, there were also 11 casualties and casualties among soldiers. The number of casualties among troops from various places who were looting food was more than 200.  !  .

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