.Chapter 263 The awakening of a nation (please give me a monthly vote!)

Dalian Grand Theater, in the Chinese population of Dalian, is mostly called Jifengtai Grand Theater. Ji Fengtai was born in Huangxian, Shandong Province. He settled in Vladivostok with his father since he was a child and became a Russian nationality. His father is the best among local Chinese businessmen and has a high reputation. Ji Fengtai once studied at Vladivostok Business College. After graduation, he was hired as a general interpreter by the Russian army.

Seventeen years ago, when Tsarist Russia occupied Luda, Ji Fengtai followed the Russian army to Lushunkou and served as the chief interpreter of the Russian army stationed in Lushun. During his tenure, he took advantage of his position and with the support of his father, he engaged in trafficking from Russia, North Manchuria to Liaodong, and made huge profits. In a short period of time, his wealth increased rapidly and became a comprador who was both an official and a businessman. Later, he regarded Lushun as a large timber wholesale market between various merchants and ports along the Yellow Sea coast, and the timber was sold to Liaoning, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Anhui and other provinces, and obtained huge wealth.

After becoming rich in Ji Fengtai, he was rich and wealthy. He built a large theater in Songshan Street and Lushun, Dalian, which had a bar, club, casino, and dance hall for Russian officers, officials and Chinese wealthy businessmen to have fun. He loved drama and music and used a lot of money to hire famous Peking Opera actors in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Liaoning, and famous Ping Opera actors to perform. Therefore, citizens called the theater in Dalian the "Ji Fengtai Grand Theater".

Ten years ago, after Japan occupied Dalian, Ji Fengtai retreated north with the Russian army. Ji Fengtai's Grand Theater and other industries were confiscated by the Japanese army. Later, after several twists and turns, they were finally defeated by Chinese merchants. Although Ji Fengtai Grand Theater had long disappeared from its glory, it was still the first choice for Chinese merchants in Dalian.

As time went by, when night was about to fall, the neon lights outside the Grand Theater building lit up Songshan Street, and carriages and cars stopped in front of the theater one after another. For people in Dalian, this Grand Theater has always been a rare place to entertain, but in just a short while, the Grand Theater was filled with people.

However, today, there are different things here. Although the play starts, the troupe has not started singing yet, but there is a white banner on the stage, which clearly states.

"Donate money to save the country"

Today is the day when Dalian's business community "dedicates money to save the country". Unlike the past, the famous "Eight Great Masters" in Dalian's business community did not attend. The Eight Great Masters were born in Japan to facilitate management of Chinese businessmen. Naturally, they would not participate in this kind of occasion. However, in addition to the Eight Great Masters, there are some "real and unnamed" masters.

"...East Asia is now in Jiaoao. In order to protect the country's interests, all the soldiers of Jiaoao Jiangsu fought bravely and did not retreat even if they died. The Jiaoao Incident awakened that the people of the country must know that justice must rely on iron blood. He used iron blood to bully people. I only rely on red blood but did not have black iron Jiaoao front line. Our soldiers of our army used their blood to fight against the enemy's artillery fire. Only the Great Wall built with blood to fight for the vitality of the country and the nation's frontline..."

Standing on the stage, Zhou Wengui, the richest man in Dalian, delivered a speech.

In Dalian, Zhou Wengui of Shunxing Iron Factory is undoubtedly a legend. Unlike the eight great masters in Dalian, in 7 years, Zhou Wenfu and his brothers raised 10 yuan to open a blacksmith shop in Xiaogangzi, Xigang District, Dalian, and set up a blacksmith shop, mainly manufacturing parts for repairing carriages. The people call it Zhou Jialu. After the shop opened, the business was booming, and many people came to my great master and others to repair carriages and order carriages. The next year, the number of blacksmith shops increased from two to six. By the third year of Xuantong, Zhou Jialu, which had been renamed Shunxing Iron Factory, had more than 130 machines and more than 700 workers. In just four years, Zhou Jialu quickly developed from a handicraft workshop to a large mechanized factory, which is a miracle.

Zhou Jialu's early leap was due to two opportunities. The first opportunity was to cast horseshoes for people and nail horseshoes to build horseshoes. The most popular carriage tool at that time was very popular. Zhou Wengui had been engaged in driving horseshoes and knew everything about horseshoes, so he took on many carriage orders. Of course, the profit was not comparable to that of horseshoes, which allowed them to get their first pot of gold.

The second opportunity was to learn the production technology of hydraulic presses from the Japanese. This was a complete coincidence. Although Zhou Jialu people have independently developed human spiral oil presses, mechanical powered turbulent oil presses and other equipment, the oil yield rate is not as good as that of Santai Oil Floor, the Japanese-funded oil presses.

Once, the oil press of the Japanese-funded Santai Oil Floor broke down and no one could repair it in Dalian. The Japanese factory owner was forced to ask the Zhou Jialumen to repair it. The smart Zhou Jialumen recorded the structure of the oil press while repairing it. After returning, they actually made it possible to manufacture this hydraulic oil press, which completely broke the monopoly of Japanese industry on oil presses. More Chinese factory owners ordered oil presses from Shunxing Factory.

By the second year of the Republic of China, Shunxing Iron Factory had wood sample factories, sand turning plants, car factory, vis factory, riveting factory, iron factory, iron factory, iron factory, etc. It could manufacture complete sets of equipment such as 15-ton cranes, hoisting machines for mining, ventilation machines and water machines, and first used advanced technologies such as electric welding and gas welding in the Northeast.

In Dalian, Shunxing Iron Factory has formed the "three major factories in Dalian" with Japan's Kawasaki Shipyard and Mantelshakawakou Railway Factory, which has overwhelmed two Japanese-funded enterprises in terms of momentum.

At this time, Zhou Jialu already owned many industries such as Fushun Coal Mine, Harbin Binjiang Zhenxing Iron Factory, Yingkou Zhenxing Iron Factory, Fuzhou Wuhuzui Zhenxing Coal Mine, etc., integrating various business forms such as steel manufacturing, mining, machinery manufacturing, and ship manufacturing.

However, in Dalian, everyone knows that Zhou Wengui is hard-working. Although Dalian is the territory of the Japanese, he does not cooperate with the Japanese and even fights against the Japanese everywhere. It can be said that Shunxing Iron Factory has always been the target of the political suppression of Dalian. In the past two years, Shunxing Iron Factory has been investing in and setting up factories outside Dalian, which is because of the Japanese's suppression that it has to be done.

"Those who save the country and donate money, all our compatriots can transfer one tenth of their property to the bank, integrate huge sums of money, and then do things that are beneficial to the country. Just like training military troops, the most important thing now is to transfer it to Lianyun to help military funds."

After a brief pause, he glanced at the Japanese people on the corner. Zhou Wengui felt a hint of mockery on his face and continued.

"In order to protect our Shandong and China, people in Jiangsu don't even want their lives. If we say that we are Shandong people, but we can't bear to give up the little money, we Shandong people still have the face to say that we are the descendants of Confucius and Mencius, and we educate people."

The voice of answering his words sank.

"In recent years, how many of us who do business in Dalian have not been exploited and suppressed by the Japanese. If the country is strong, how could this be? Twenty years ago, when the Japanese conquered Lushun, the whole city was killed with only a few dozen living people. If the country is weak, how can we fight to the death?"

As he said that, Zhou Wengui walked to the donation platform, took out a steel knife, and in the surprise of everyone, he cut off his ring finger on the spot, and blood suddenly surged out. Although it was painful, Zhou Wengui wrote the eight-character blood book "Don't save the country, don't forget the national humiliation" on the white cloth that had been prepared, and then stretched out the blood book in his hand and shouted loudly.

"Today, Zhou Wengui, I, did not indicate my ambition. As long as the Japanese army does not withdraw from Jiaoao for one day, they recognize Jiaoao as our country's territory. Shunxing Iron Factory will have 10% of the daily profits, and will all support the Jiangsu Army's military funds."

The white cloth blood letter was written and the intention was cut off. Zhou Wengui's actions exceeded all expectations. The cheers sounded instantly, and Dalian merchants stood up and shouted loudly.

"Okay, Boss Zhou, including our Xinghehao. Although Xinghehao is small, you can still donate hundreds of bullets a month."

"Including Dequan..."

For a moment, the entire theater started to make a fuss. Not only did the man generously donate money, but also donated earrings, rings and other accessories, and even the actors in the backstage also took out silver dollars and stuffed them into the donation box.

Yutaro, the Fuchang Company, looked at the scene in front of him, and looked at the Chinese merchants who were rushing to offer money. He came to Dalian eight years ago and served as a job in Yu Mandroit. He had contacted too many Chinese people. They had no idea about the country or the nation, especially the Chinese merchants, and they were even "pigtail slaves" who had no country or race and only had money and interests. Now, only looking at the actions of these Chinese merchants, Yutaro couldn't help but sigh.

"The Chinese people have really changed."

"It seems that Japan has fought a stupid war"

When leaving the Jifengtai Grand Theater, Yutaro Aoi told Keiichi Takahashi beside him that he was working in the investigation department and that he suggested to come to the Grand Theater. It was helpless to say that the anti-Japanese rally was "within the scope of the law" and that they were not Japanese. The Kanto Prefecture Act did not restrict anti-Japanese rally, and the assembly was not restricted, not to mention that it was still in the theater, so the police station could not come forward to stop it, and at most only a few police officers were sent to maintain order.

"Yes, the Jiaoao Incident awakened the Chinese people. The Chinese people are no longer a dolphin-tail slave who has no national conception. They are a country that is struggling to fight under the national banner. This nation may take the most decisive step towards the road of nationalization through the baptism of this national war. It can be said that in the future, we will not only not be able to obtain Jiaoao, but we will even lose the benefits we have obtained in China for ten years, maybe longer."

The two walked thoughtfully, and anyone could see through the street lights that their faces were full of thoughtful appearances, but more were worried about the future.

Tianjin City, Hebei Park, was already full of people. This was the second donation conference in Tianjin's business and academic circles. The number of people attending the meeting was as high as 100,000. The venue was set up with a "speaking platform" and the speakers on stage were emotionally moved. Some people cried loudly when they mentioned state affairs during their speeches. The students of Shenggong School sang their own money for saving the country while selling homemade silk.

"It's dangerous in China, and the spirit is not raised. The people have the responsibility to think about it themselves... I hope my compatriots will be loyal to one's virtue and strive for self-improvement... Each person will do the same..."

The boiling people, Wei Yang, who was in it, felt a gas in his heart. In the past ten days, from the capital to Tianjin, every gathering and every donation, his heart was shocked. He walked to the propaganda window, and there were large photos of the battlefield posted on the propaganda window, and his simple faces were dyed black by the smoke of gunpowder. The photos of the dead soldiers and their suicide notes all shocked his heart.

Suddenly a photo attracted him. He looked at the corpse torn into two pieces by shrapnel, and looked at a full-blown photo next to him.

"Wu Guoqin, from Huaihai, Jiangsu Province, was born in 1891, battalion commander of the 9th battalion commander of the Third Regiment of the 1st Division of the Jiangsu Army, was killed in the 356th Highland of Laoshan Front on September 23, 3rd of the Republic of China..."

Tears instantly flowed down Wei Yang's face. They were friends when they were studying in the Zhenwu School in Japan, but later they went their separate ways due to their different beliefs and had no contact.

"I am a Han, and I only have China in my eyes"

"It's worth dying for the Chinese even if one day is..."

Wei Yang, wearing a military uniform, was red and tears flowed. He listened to the students singing patriotic songs that had recently emanated from the radio.

"The flag is fluttering, the horse is fluttering, the gun is on the shoulder and knife is on the waist, the blood is like crazy, the flag is fluttering, the horse is fluttering, the good man is good man is serving the country today. Let's rise up quickly and don't be old and sick husbands, let's rise up quickly and don't be old and sick husbands, let's rise up quickly and don't be old and sick husbands, let's unite, let's unite, let's unite, let's unite, let's unite, let's unite..."

Listening to the singing, looking at the face dyed black by gunpowder in the photo, that is the face of a soldier, and that is what a soldier should do. He looked down at his military uniform, stretched out his hands, and then turned his head to look at the young man who was giving a speech on the podium, and walked over resolutely. When he squeezed to the side of the stage, the young man on the stage had already finished the speech with applause. As everyone watched, he walked onto the podium.

"Shame to the Chinese people"

As soon as he came on stage, he said something, and his words only stunned everyone in the audience.

"I am ashamed of the support of the people and the military uniform. When the country is used today, we are sitting here and we are truly ashamed of the kindness of the support of the people. We are ashamed of the country, ashamed of the people, ashamed of the people, ashamed of the ancestors and martyrs in the middle."

When the words of self-blame were spit out of his mouth, the tears in his eyes were like rain.

"Recently, I saw my compatriots donating money to help the country, and by the window, I saw the loyal and martyrs of the Jiangsu Army by the window. I saw my friends loyal to the country in the future and killed themselves to be kind. I looked at my colleagues in the military uniform and saw my colleagues in Jiangsu who had been killed and be kind, and I was so ashamed that I was so sad that I was so sad that I was so sad that I was so sad that I was so sad that I was so sad that I was so sad that I was so sad that I was so sad that I was so sad that I was so sad that I was so sad that I was so sad that I was so sad that I was so brave that I was so brave that I was so brave that I was so brave that I was so brave that I was so brave that I was so loyal to my ancestors and martyrs? "

At this time, the Hebei Park became quiet and everyone was squeezing towards this side. They looked at the soldier in military uniforms on the stage and the lieutenant colonel. They did not know the officer, but his words and sentences came to everyone's hearts.

"We are interested in serving the country in Jiaoao, uniting with the Jiangsu Army, jointly defending the strong enemy and defending our country's territory. However... the military orders are there, and the country's orders are difficult to violate, so we cannot abandon it lightly. We are here to donate money to help the army. Although my brothers have no money, they have just received a monthly salary of 130 yuan, and now they donate all of them to the military. I only hope that the Jiangsu Army brothers can kill two Japanese soldiers for me in the future. My brothers have spirits underground and make a decision to repay..."

Is there a spirit under the spring?

Everyone was stunned when they looked at the officers on the stage. At this moment, Wei Yang, who was standing on the stage, murmured softly.

"I am alive and die, but I am alive and die... I hope that my colleagues will not ruin the country. I hope that all compatriots will unite and seek victory to help the country strengthen their position. I dare not give up. However, I am ashamed of the country and the people. It is really difficult to survive in this world. I should show my ambitions by death. I only hope that our lives can awaken the country and wish that we can kill the enemy and serve the country and die."

After saying that, Wei Yang, who had already left the military uniform, came out the sword on his waist, and the sword was crossed to the neck with people's screams. His right hand slashed through the neck. The sharp Western sabre instantly cut his neck and cut his artery. The mist-like blood gushed out. The pillar sword knelt on the stage, and the blood was gushing. Amid the people's screams, his left hand was stained with blood on the military uniform.

"Kill the enemy and serve the country..."

Before the Chinese character was finished, the person fell down heavily.

quiet

In Ju Ren Hall, it was surprisingly quiet. Yuan Shikai sat there without saying a word. Wang Shizhen, Duan Qirui, Duan Zhigui and others were all sitting upright on the chair, and everyone said nothing.

Yuan Shikai sat there, with the generals of the 19 provinces jointly sending a telegram, asking for troops to support Jiaoao and be tough on Japan.

"Don't lose his mother and fight with the Japanese."

Finally, this surprising silence was broken by Duan Qirui's rude words, and then he looked at the President who said in a difficult face without saying a word.

"The Jiangsu Army is fighting hard on the front line. Let's watch from behind. The people do not point to our backbone. Whose backbone is? People live forever? Now all the generals in the army say that they will kill the enemy and serve the country. The president, the people's hearts are available, and the morale of the army is available. Now the battle in Jiaoao is getting worse. There is also news that the Japanese people sent the first ship to Lianyun. Li Zhiyuan has transferred the troops originally planned to aid Jiaoao back to Lianyun. Now it has reached the last gate. If we do not mobilize the troops, we will all be the country's sinners."

After saying this sentence almost like a cannon, Duan Qirui still looked directly at the president. It was him who led the generals of the 19 provinces to send telegrams to the central government, demanding the mobilization of the army and being tough on Japan. Now the national public opinion has brought the political fubi to a corner.

"this……"

Yuan Shikai was embarrassed, his face was extremely ugly. After seeing a soldier in Tianjin commit suicide and left a piece of bloody clothes, he knew that this matter was becoming more and more complicated.

"It's not impossible to mobilize the army, but if a war is caused, the war will not be limited to Jiaoao. Besides, the Japanese have not yet left our country to set up a war zone. If they rashly mobilize the army, they are afraid that Japan will think that our country declares war on Japan. By then, it will be too late to say anything."

When he said this, Yuan Shikai felt bitter. Li Zhiyuan was the Huaihai Strategic Inspector. He only had to consider Jiangsu well, but he was the president. He had to consider the overall situation of the country. It was easy to mobilize the army. But if the overall situation collapsed, everything would be over. It was precisely because of this that he refused Li Zhiyuan's request to send a central government to aid.

"Apart from that, now, it's not that time. Moreover, there is no mediation between Britain and the United States. Wait, wait, wait..."

"The President, I can't wait"

Looking directly at the president, Duan Qirui spoke resolutely.

"I don't know what kind of luàn will come again,"

Duan Qirui said in a deep voice.

"Now, an officer has made his own decision to express his ambitions, and has expressed his intentions and the will of the people, and also expressed his morale to... the will of the army."

Duan Qirui's last four words only made Yuan Shikai's heart beat. He looked at Duan Qirui and instantly understood the meaning of his words.

The officer's self-destruction fully demonstrates the current morale of the army. It can be said that the morale of the army is towards Jiaoao. Going to Jiaoao is equivalent to facing him. Li Zhiyuan. Li Zhiyuan has money and soldiers. If someone in the Central Army is interested in him, I don't know what other people will provoke him in the future.

Yuan Shikai, who started his army, naturally knew that his greatest support was the Central Army, so almost after becoming the interim president, he immediately began to implement centralized unification with his favorable and legal status. The focus was on "military unity" and "administrative unity". If there was an army, he had power. Therefore, when he was in the interim president, he immediately used the military complexity and saving money as an excuse to use the ** army to settle the land and defend himself, disturb the order, and so on to disarmament of the southern provinces controlled by the ** party members. While laying off the ** party army in large quantities, Yuan Shikai was expanding the direct armed forces. During the 1911, there were many casualties in the six towns in Beiyang. By two years ago, "the two towns have 6,000, the three towns have 4,000, and the four towns have 3,000."

But then Yuan Shikai ordered the recruitment of troops, and the commanders of each division formed a brigade to expand their strength. As of now, the Beiyang Army and the old-style troops and local troops that depended on Yuan Shikai exceeded 200,000.

"The world is about military commandership. No matter what kind of virtue and knowledge is, it is not qualified at that time, but military power is qualified." Yuan Shikai knew this principle better than anyone else. Because of this, when Duan Qirui mentioned the military's morale, he sensitively realized that if he did not take any action, the things he least wanted to see would happen.

The commanders of the division and brigades only ask for promotion and wealth, but those young and energetic officers are different. They are very likely to be encouraged. In fact, the young and middle-aged and middle-aged officers of the Central Army have different intentions because of the inaction of the central government. At that time, if the Japanese are not waiting for the Japanese to come, they will be afraid that the morale of the army will be unstable first.

"But, it's hard to send troops"

After a moment of silence, Yuan Shikai said with some embarrassment that he regarded the Beiyang Army as the Si Army, and his five generals under him also regarded the army as the Si Army. He knew better than anyone else that those supervisors had telegrams to prepare for war, but in fact, if they really asked them to send troops, how many people were really willing to send troops?

"No matter how bad the troops are, they must be sent to them. In any case, the central government must express their opinions. Only in this way can we maintain the hearts of the military and civilians internally and establish China's prestige externally."

After saying that, Duan Qirui continued to say a look at the President.

"You can transfer a brigade from each division to northern Jiangsu, and cooperate with the Jiangsu Army to guard northern Jiangsu when appropriate..."
To be continued...