Xinglongkui of the Fan family in Qi County is a big business in Shanxi. Even Russians have heard of Xinglongkui's name. Axiang is a Russian-speaking business (a business refers to a businessman who speaks Mongolian). This time, Axiang is preparing to go to Urkantun, northeast of Yaques to collect the fur of Russian merchants. Axiang arrived north of the capital from the capital and planned to go from here to Qiqihar through Aihui and Yaques to Urkantun.

The afternoon of the first day, Axiang entered Shengjing City, and the city seemed to be different from usual. He rested in the branch of Shengjing in Xinglong Kui. In the morning, Axiang was washing up. The shopkeeper of the branch of Shengjing, who was in Shengjing, suddenly ran over and told him that the "flag protection army" in the northeast had reached Shengjing. Axiang was stunned for a while, and asked several times before he realized that the flag protection army that Manager Li said was the rebels led by the general of Heilongjiang and Jilin. This news surprised Axiang. After he hurriedly had breakfast, he rushed to the home of the guard Wei and Ke in Shengjing City.

There were a lot fewer people on the street than usual, with teams of patrols and mobilized soldiers. Axiang was investigated from time to time along the way. Axiang was walking on this line for a long time, and the procedures for closure were complete, and he was not afraid of these investigations. What made Axiang worried was that the roads in Heilongjiang might have been closed. Even if the war was not closed, no one dared to walk on this road. So can the furry be collected this year?

Finally, I arrived near Fujinmen. The city gate was tightly closed, and there were soldiers guarding the city gate. There were many new soldiers on the city wall. These soldiers were wearing green military uniforms that Axiang had never seen before. They looked strange and strange, which made Axiang stare at them for a few more times. Axiang felt that the outfit was so strange. It looked a bit like the Russian military uniform, but the two were somewhat different. Is this the new army that the emperor rumored to be trained? Axiang was watching, and a man came over and shouted loudly, "What are you doing?"

"Xiaomin is Xinglongkui's businessman, coming to find Lord Heke."

“Certificate is available.”

"Yes, yes, villains have the road guide from General Shengjing's mansion, and the trust of the governor of Shanxi." Axiang said, taking out the documents one by one.

This man seemed to be in the same group as the Xinjun on the city wall. When he got closer, A Xiang discovered that the Xinjun uniform had two rows of copper buttons on his chest, and had patterns on his cuffs and collar. He felt that it was a bit pleasing to the eye when he saw it, but it always made A Xiang feel awkward.

When Axiang saw the other party looking at the letter and returning it to him, the officer with a pretty good attitude reminded him: "Don't go around, the city gate has been closed now."

"Yes, sir."

Axiang waited for the man to leave, and he looked around.

The gray walls, gray bricks, and gray tiles are still the familiar Shengjing City. The difference is that there is a tense smell in the air.

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"I won't see you today with the adults, so go back."

Axiang stood in front of the official residence of the City Guardian in a little disappointed manner and slowly turned around. He looked up at the sky. The sky was gloomy, making people feel that the wind and rain were uncertain. Two stone lions at the door squatted there indifferently, as if mocking Axiang. Axiang glared at the stone lion angrily. He originally wanted to kick it, but the soap servant in front of the official residence was looking at him, so Axiang changed his mind temporarily.

"That's not Xiangzi, where to go?"

When Axiang heard this enthusiastic greeting, the haze in his heart was swept away. He looked up and saw who this was not Lord He Ke.

"I came to look for the adults, but I didn't expect that the people in the adults' mansion would not be allowed to enter."

"This group of boys don't know brothers, so I will teach them a lesson now."

Axiang quickly dissuaded He Ke. He knew that the City God was good to meet and the little ghost was difficult to deal with. If he offended these villains, he might have to do something to do something that would cause trouble. It would not be a good thing for those who do business like this.

After entering the door, Axiang quickly handed over the banknotes of the Bank of China that he had prepared long ago, and took them over and stuffed them into his clothes. This inadvertent little action made the relationship between the two closer. Seeing that the time was coming, Axiang asked quietly: "Do you want to fight recently?"

He Ke waved his hand to let the personal soldiers behind him retreat, and Wuren from Sigu whispered: "It's not that recently, the rebels have surrounded the city and are about to start the attack."

"What!"

"Brother, you should not make this a fuss about it."

"Sir, who will win this battle?"

"My adults have always been very knowledgeable. He has not followed the flag guards. I think the emperor may win."

"What is the "my adult" in the mouth of the adult population... refers to?"

"Mr. Mashan, General Shengjing."

"Oh! Yes, he has always been resourceful and has always been very skillful in the problems he sees."

"Sir, when will the villain go to Urkantun?"

"Why don't you go to the Army Minister Gong Zizhen. You are familiar with the terrain and know Russian. You are not sure, and you have a future in fur business than you do."

"The adults are joking, how can a villain be an official as a businessman?"

"You don't know this. The emperor today does not value false reputations, but is pragmatic first, and treats merchants with great lenient treatment. If you are valued by the emperor and can enter the business owned by the royal family, it is not as ten times better than you now."

Axiang laughed and said with some longing, "Below, that's the greatest wish to be able to do business under the boss Lei Lutai, but being able to do business under the boss Lei Da is to be calm."

"Okay, I won't talk to you anymore. Follow me to get a guide from the General's Mansion and leave by yourself. Stay in the house and don't walk around. Then you can't be eye-catching, be careful."

Axiang thanked him gratefully and went to the mansion to take the road and lead him away.

Passers-by, He Ke, also sent his guards to see him off.

Back at Xinglongkui's business, Li Zhang came out to meet Axiang and asked, "Do you want to fight today?"

Thanks to He Ke’s guards, A Xiang, Zhang Manager and the shopkeeper in the store returned to the shop.

Everyone gave Axiang to the upper seat and sat down, staring at Axiang one by one. Manager Li also specially asked someone to make a pot of good tea to serve.

Axiang sipped tea under the attention of everyone, and then said slowly: "There has been surrounded by rebels outside the city and it is impossible to escape."

"Ah! Is there still a way out?"

"What are you calling? I don't see whose army is guarding the city."

"Who's it!"

"You think the people of General Gong, the Minister of Army, grew up eating cabbage." A Xiang shouted a fussy guy and continued: "I told you that the new army's firearms were the best firearms in the world at that time. Everyone should stay at home with confidence. After three or two days, the rebels will naturally be eliminated."

As if it was confirming Axiang's words, the Dongcheng Gate suddenly roared, and the house trembled, and the dust from the beams shook the faces of the people in the house. The people in the house looked at each other, and no one dared to speak for a while, but just listened quietly to the increasingly dense explosions at the Dongcheng Gate. The sound of gongs, like raindrops, was shaking between the sound of thunder-like cannons, shaking the roof.
Chapter completed!