Sichuan Governor Yin Changheng has been living a very painful life recently. He finally found a leading figure in all aspects and reached a verbal reconciliation with Xiao Yimin with difficulty. The old classmate Liu Cunhou, who was eyeing outside the city, and the jijin gentry hero Xiong Kewu, both of whom both attacked him, were in a desperate situation, and he would never give up if he didn't get a share of the pie.

In addition, Yuan Shikai, who had just been sworn in as interim president, and inspectors sent by the Army Department, have been questioning the Governor's Office all day long. Yin Changheng doesn't even have the chance to sleep peacefully. His highly nervous nerves are tense day and night. When will this kind of life end?

The first spring rain started outside the window. The drizzle was very annoying, but it couldn't stop the carriages from Mingyuan Tower from all directions.

In another hour, the first military and political meeting of the Sichuan Provincial Government will be held after the Spring Festival. In addition to the deputy governor Zhang Peijue from Chongqing, the three commanders of the newly formed Sichuan Army's First to Third Divisions, Xiong Kewu, who grabbed the number of the Fifth Division of the Sichuan Army, and Liu Cunhou, who was satisfied with taking over the number of the Fourth Division of the Sichuan Army, there were also provincial council speaker Zhang Lan and the heads of various departments and bureaus such as civil affairs, transportation, taxation and police. Everyone should gather together to discuss how to restore taxes in the province. To put it bluntly: There is no tax payment for most of the year, and the hard life will never be able to survive.

In front of the governor's office on the top floor of Mingyuan Building, Sun Zhaoluan, the new chief of staff of the Sichuan Army, pushed open the door of the empty cover, entered quickly, and handed Yin Changheng a message: "I just received the Shanghai emergency telegram."

"Remember to knock on the door next time!"

Yin Changheng put down the brush in his hand, looked at Sun Zhaoluan unhappily, took the message and slowly checked it. Suddenly, Yin Changheng jumped up and roared at Sun Zhaoluan: "Why is this? Ah?! Why is this happening? Ah, don't you say confidently that Xiao Yimin will take the overall situation into consideration and will not take revenge again? Why doesn't he give up, and even Xie Jiong, who escaped to Shanghai to hide? Why?!"

People. Xie Jiong did it too out of line at that time, and even Xu Weiyue’s pregnant concubine was not spared..."

"Shut up!"

Yin Changheng kicked the chair away: "Xie Jiong is guilty. I have no objection to Xiao Yimin killing Xie Jiong. But why did he kill all the 70 or 80 people in Xie Jiong's family? It's not enough to kill them after the killing. He even hung all his heads on the telephone poles in the Shanghai Public Concession. This is not something that humans can do. This is a beast! It's a madman, a crazy beast!"

Yin Changheng's roar was heard in an instant and spread throughout the Mingyuan Tower, scaring all the officers passing by at the door, and no one wanted to touch his bad temper at this time.

Sun Zhaoluan smiled miserably, wiped away the foam from her face, took a step back, and saluted Yin Changheng with a righteous military salute: "Sir, my mother in my family is seriously ill and cannot continue to join the army. Sun took off her armor and returned home to do her filial piety. Please take good care of her, please!"

Yin Changheng stared blankly at Sun Zhaoluan who left without hesitation. He screamed in anger and swept everything on the huge desktop. A sound of brokenness suddenly sounded in the wide office, and the flying manuscript paper floated around and never fell down for a long time.

Downstairs of Mingyuan in the imperial city, pairs of eyes looked upstairs in shock. Liu Cunhou, who had a smile on his face, walked to Xiong Kewu with frown, smiled kindly, and then asked in a low voice: "Brother Jinfan is here so fast? I heard that he had just gone to the North School Farm, why did he come back so soon?"

Xiong Kewu snorted coldly, then laughed mockingly, "I am not at home, I deliberately hide from us and don't want to attend the meeting. Brother, I won't come back quickly. Are you still sitting there waiting for tea?"

"Oh! However, Liu heard that Brother Yiming personally sent the big masters from Beijing out of the east gate early in the morning. The carriages that accompanied him were filled with local specialties such as Shu embroidery and antelope skin. It was probably delayed by sending people and there was no time to come for a meeting." Liu Cun had a gentle smile on his face.

Xiong Kewu may have been a little tired of muscles on his face, so he put away his smile and asked strangely: "Could it be that Brother Jizhi also attended the farewell feast of Xiao Mansion last night?"

Liu Cunhou smiled and shook his head: "I don't have that blessing! But Brother Yiming is also very helpful. He sold Liu 500 'Leopard's Pindle guns and 100,000 bullets yesterday afternoon. He was very supportive of Liu's fourth brother. Now, Liu stolen the blame and finally formed the pistol battalion, haha!"

Xiong Kewu's eyes twitched a few times, and on the excuse of an old friend in front of him, he hurriedly bowed and turned around and left. He didn't know how many times he cursed Liu Cunhou's mother who disgusted him.

Liu Cunhou was proud and smiled happily, and turned to the deputy governor Zhang Peijue who had just walked over: "Governor, why are you not in a good mood?"

The thin deputy governor Zhang Peijue helped his glasses of myopia, took off his big cap, took out his handkerchief, and sighed while wiping his sweat: "The governor suddenly felt unwell. The meeting was held until tomorrow. I have to go back and take a look first. The broken yard I live in is full of water. If I don't go back, I won't have to sleep tonight."

After Zhang Peijue finished speaking, he loudly announced the news that the meeting was rescheduled. More than a hundred officials who were dividing into piles of conversation in the hall were shocked and chattered for a while. Finally, he could only leave one after another with dejected expression. The wide hall soon disappeared, leaving only dirty footprints and water stains on the ground.

On the north gate wall, Xiao Yimin, who refused to hold an umbrella, was having a cordial conversation with the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate. From the straight bodies and eager eyes of the officers and soldiers, it was easy to see their respect and love for commander Xiao Yimin.

Xiao Yimin returned after seeing off Yuan Shikai and the special envoy of the Army Department. After entering the city, he suddenly remembered the notice sent by the parliament the day before yesterday, so he temporarily decided to climb up the city wall to visit his brothers. From tomorrow, the defense at the North Gate will be officially handed over to the Chengdu Police Station to take over.

After talking with the officers and soldiers, the intriguing Xiao Yimin walked west along the city wall, smiling and said that he would walk to the west gate before going down. A group of officers behind him were happy to walk around the city wall. After all, there were not many opportunities. You could walk and enjoy the Chengdu city in the endless spring rain.

The scenery outside the city wall is very mimi-human, and it is fascinating, but the city wall is not good-looking. From the east to the west of the city, from the south to the north of the city, there are dug roads and demolished walls everywhere. The whole city is muddy, with a section of the city wall between the east gate and the west gate and the west gate. At the same time, three new city gates were added, and the names were all given.

The reason why this huge urban renovation project has received support from the people was due to the huge losses caused by the Chengdu mutiny. Dozens of bustling streets were burned out, and more than 100,000 people lived in temporary ruins, hoping that the government would quickly renovate the city. It would also allow them to expand the streets by selling the foundation to obtain subsidies for building new houses and rebuild a new home that would sleep at night without leaking wind and rain.

The provincial government and newly appointed officials at all levels also need a major measure to win the hearts of the people and to declare the government's legality and dominance. Therefore, ten days before the Spring Festival, the proposal jointly submitted by the provincial government, the Ministry of Military Affairs and the newly established Chengdu Municipal Government was easily approved by more than half of the provincial parliament members, and the construction began the next day.

Xiao Yimin walked to the city wall above the northern end of Zhenxing Road and stopped, looking at the wide asphalt road in the city and the tall buildings neatly arranged on both sides. More than ten brothers accompanied him thought that Xiao Yimin was admiring his achievements, and they all pointed to the south with a spring breeze in their faces and discussed: The building in the school is very spacious, and the newly built in the hospital is better than the church, etc.

Only Bao Jiqing, the new chief of staff of the border army, who was tall and full of vicissitudes, did not join in the fun. He looked carefully at several large factories outside the city, then walked to the edge of the city wall and leaned down. After observing for a long time, he returned to Xiao Yimin, half-closed his deep concave eyes and pointed at his feet: "Commander, dig from here!"

The brothers turned around in surprise and looked at the Chief of Staff with a knife-cut face. Bao Jiqing was still looking at the straight Zhenxing Road in the south, without any expression on his face.

Xiao Yimin was very happy, pointed to the brothers around him and said loudly, "See? This is where the Chief of Staff's gaze is high. You all take a quick look. Have you ever noticed that this place is the key point that concerns our survival? As long as we open a passage from our feet and build a bridge, the three important factories outside the city can be connected with the entire northwest area of ​​the city. In addition, the land adjacent to the Daying outside the West City Wall we bought has formed a complete defense zone. To put it bluntly, it is a ** Kingdom that cannot be poured into it."

The brothers suddenly realized and looked at Bao Jiqing differently.

"Commander, can you not pass the provincial parliament?"

Adjutant Zheng Changze asked in a low voice, and the brothers looked at Xiao Yimin with concern.

Xiao Yimin was about to ask Bao Jiqing to explain, but Bao Jiqing snorted disdainfully, tightly used the collar of the raincoat, and walked slowly west without saying a word. It seemed that this question was not worth his explanation at all.

Xiao Yimin was not at all unhappy, but instead asked Zheng Changze with an ambiguous look on his face: "Changze, you said we don't care about any of us. If we build a city gate ourselves, what will happen to all walks of life in Chengdu?"

Zheng Changze and his brothers were thinking, and Wei Yi said carelessly: "Who dares to react? He will dig it. Does anyone dare to come and bite our follicles?"

The brothers burst into laughter, and Xiao Yimin couldn't help laughing and scolding, making everyone want to go.

Bao Jiqing, who walked more than ten steps west, was also happy. He stopped and turned around, waved to Wei Yi. Wei Yi hurried over and walked slowly with him. He lowered his eyebrows and asked the Chief of Staff to tell him carefully and see if there were other good tricks besides working hard.

Bao Jiqing likes the brave, capable, loyal and loyal Wei Yi very much. At that time, Bao Jiqing's wife was carried by Wei Yi from the fire, so Bao Jiqing patiently explained to Wei Yi: "Don't think that the commander is a hot-headed moment. I guess he has already made up his mind. The reason why he asked you is that he hopes you can use your brain more. In addition to charging into battle, an excellent general must learn to deal with various complex issues, including military and civil affairs related to himself. Do you understand?"

Wei Yi scratched his head: "I understand a little, but I don't know what the commander will do?"

Bao Jiqing smiled and said, "What should I do? He will definitely dig the city wall within three days, and no one can stop it. This is not recklessness, but a declaration of power and majesty!

"The reason why the commander gave up all his interests in this huge old city renovation and did not take on any project, except to see the new government at a glance, he was to use his strength in this place and the cavalry camp that was preparing to start construction on the west side of the camp.

"Secondly, in less than a month, the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver that the new government finally got back will definitely be used up. The merchants who contracted the project will have no money and will stop working. The government has taken homesteads to use for street expansion and more than 100,000 people who will not get the money to buy houses. They will definitely unite to cause trouble. Who can solve this big problem at that time?"

"Of course it's our commander! I can't think of anyone who can take it on the charge except the commander... Chief of Staff, I completely understand what you said!" Wei Yi was very impressed.

Bao Jiqing smiled and said, "Also, you have also seen these days that officials at all levels of the new government and major merchants in Chengdu are eager to visit the commander. The commander is so kind to everyone. I think that the area opposite our camp will soon belong to us.

"Xiyi, don't think it's as simple as just opening a city gate and occupying a piece of land. It's very complicated. It not only involves a competition for the highest power in Sichuan, but also affects the future of various groups. It can be said that it will affect the whole body with one move!"

After thinking about this idea, Wei Yi finally didn't think of the key point. He opened his mouth wide and said, "Yes! The government has no money and can only survive by selling land! By the way, the two hosts of Qingyang Palace and Wenshu Temple have also sent people here these days, and they all came quietly after nightfall. I wonder what they discussed with the commander?"

"It's very simple. As long as you pay attention to the rumors all over the city, you will know the commander's foresight."

Bao Jiqing sighed at this point, stopped, looked back at Xiao Yimin, who was chatting and laughing with his brothers behind, pulled Xiao Yi's arm, and continued to move forward: "Xiyi, from now on, you must learn more, learn more, follow the commander, pay attention to how he treats people and things and makes decisions, and if he learns well, you will benefit for life! Speaking of which, we are both blessed people. When we meet a talent like the commander, God treats us well..."

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