Chapter 12 Chapter 12 Uproar

At Huang Lansheng's house, the incident of the people in Peng County angrily attacking the Economic and Confiscation Bureau was treated as a dragon gate array.But within the second hall of Zhitai Yamen, a great change is brewing precisely because of this incident. As soon as Tang Yutong's wife, Ms. Tian, ​​came back to the province from Peng County, she teased her father, Tian Zhengkui, the head of the camp affairs office, and asked her father to immediately mobilize the army and go to Peng County to kill some people to avenge her shame.According to Tian Zhengkui's temperament alone, this matter could have been done.But he still thought about it: "The road protection trend is so serious now, the provincial capital is nothing but the city, and the power of the gentry and the people are rampant. If you don't ask a big question, the old man may not agree? If the old man agrees, just It doesn’t seem possible for him to talk about it alone, right?” So he sent his daughter to the Zhitai Yamen to find the godmother and two godbrothers, added salt and vinegar, and insisted that the raid on the Conservation Bureau was a conscious rebellion by the people of Peng County. .

Ms. Tian cried like this, Tang Yutongfei reported to the province, and also framed Anfutang, the county magistrate of Pengxian County, saying that the people robbed the Economic Expropriation Bureau for no reason, and the county magistrate’s security order ignored it, causing the overall situation to be destroyed. From the looks of it, it seems that An Ling, obviously dissatisfied, colluded with the evil gentry and ruffians to make this terrible plan. Mrs. Zhao Erfeng's wife, Mrs. Li, of course clamored to punish some people severely.Because the Fourth Young Master was friendly with An Futang, he was entrusted by Fantai Yinliang; at the same time, he received a secret report from Peng County and a private letter from An Futang, and he was generally clear about the whole story; It is advocated that some people should be severely punished.The Fourth Young Master then discussed with Tian Zhengkui and Wang Lou a clever plan to move the corpses and cheat. They simply decided that the act of destroying the Peng County Economic Expropriation Bureau was entirely done by the Peng County Baolu Comrade Association, and they used it to send emissaries. Yes, needless to say, it was the Baolu Comrade Association in the provincial capital and a group of people in the railway company who presided over the disturbance.In this way, Anzhi County can be exonerated, and the arrogance of comrades' associations, shareholders' meetings and others can be suppressed by this.If a few people can be taken care of, maybe the wave of road protection can be subdued, and the problem of strikes and school strikes will be solved together.

Zhao Erfeng called a group of confidants to discuss it.Yang Jiashen was in favor of using serious measures to deal with it, and believed that it was necessary to implement the secret telegram instructing the policy sent by the supervisory minister Duan Fang.If the unreasonable threat of the Sichuan gentry and people does not immediately adopt serious measures, it will definitely turn into a dangerous situation, and it will be even more difficult to deal with it at that time.However, he did not agree to start with the incident in Peng County: "Peng County is only a county seat after all, and it is hundreds of miles away from the provincial capital. If there are any illegal actions by comrades, why don't they start in the provincial capital? What's more, the Economic Expropriation Bureau is in the county. In the yamen, the Economic Expropriation Bureau was destroyed, but the county yamen was safe and sound. Why did the Comrade Association want to make trouble, but why did it save the administrative yamen instead? Secondly, the matter has been settled for a few days, the person who made the move has been arrested, and the security order has been issued Reporting to the province, it seems inappropriate to reopen the old case."

Zhao Erfeng also because the layout is not ready yet, the most important thing is that there are still eight battalions of patrols not in order, so he nodded. Tian Zhengkui is nicknamed Mangzi, and he doesn't know how to use his thoughts.Immediately, he said resentfully: "According to you, don't we have to wait until they really do it before we can do it?" Yang Jiashen smiled slyly and said: "According to reason, it should be so." "How do we know when they will do it? If it takes a year and a half, do we have to wait?" "It won't be that long, will it?"

Sure enough, when the market strike lasted for twelve days, the situation suddenly intensified. After twelve days, the gentlemen—especially the responsible gentlemen of the railway company and the shareholder meeting became anxious and asked every day if there was any reply from Beijing.The head office of the Telegraph Bureau was also a half-official, half-gentry Hu Rong from Sichuan. He was dismissed by the Ministry of Posts and Communications in late May because he participated in the road struggle movement.But because the staff of the bureau unanimously refused the new director to take over the job, so he and the bureau are still disconnected.According to a confidential report from the radio operator, the recent telegrams sent from Beijing, Wuchang, and even Fengtian to Zhao Zhitai were all coded telegrams, but there were no official cabinet telegrams.There is no official cabinet telegram, which means that Beijing does not care about the strike in Chengdu.He also has no intention of adopting the report that was played by the civil, military, Manchu and Han officials in the city to turn around and end it quickly.So, what to do?Many are too anxious to sleep well.But you still have to say some hard words in front of people. If you don’t, even your best friends on weekdays will scold you for not being discouraged halfway.

On the afternoon of July 12th, it was time for another representative meeting.When all the officials arrived, they all rested in the West Flower Hall.A group of responsible gentlemen were chatting with them.Luo Lun said to the Envoy Zhou Shanpei with a sad face, "Mr. Xiaohuai, let's talk about the current situation as a personal friend, shall we?" "Okay. I also know that it's hard for you to ride a tiger. But you have to find a way to open the market first." Luo Lun rubbed his hands together and said, "We just can't think of a prescription!" Zhou Shanpei looked around, and among the officials, apart from Xu Yue, the patrol officer, and Hu Sifen, the Quanye leader, Yin Liang, the chief minister, and Yang Jiashen, the salt transport envoy, were not present.Then he pondered for a while, turned his eyes and said: "Didn't you propose it before, as it is, it's not enough to stir up the imperial court, as if you want to promote something?"

The former prime minister of the Sichuan Chamber of Commerce, Fan Kongzhou, the manager of a large-scale printing company, Changfu Company, was younger after all, and said from the side: "I remember, it seems that Mr. Deng Mulu proposed that the annual donations be used to deduct dividends. , no longer pay treasury." Although Liao Yongzhi, the Prime Minister of the Chamber of Commerce, is a dwarf, he is not as scheming as most people say, and he went on to say: "Not only this, but he also said that he didn't even pay for the land, food, and miscellaneous donations. The counties collected it. It is temporarily kept in the counties, and there is no need to transport it to the provincial treasury. The people will not pay a penny until the road affairs are satisfactorily resolved. It is said that this is what Western constitutional civilized countries did when they fought for civil rights."

Zhou Shanpei smiled very interestingly and said: "As officials, I certainly don't approve of you using this trump card. But it's a gimmick to draw everyone's attention to another direction, just to open the market." , don’t take it seriously, it’s not a bad idea to come here. Ziqing, think it over.” A rather spacious flower hall suddenly became silent.Many people were deep in thought, and although some people were talking, they were whispering. Fan Kongzhou shook his head at Luo Ziqing and said, "Stop donating and taxing, isn't that too important?" "Of course, if there is no great relationship, it will not be able to divert everyone's attention. The current human heart is like a wild horse without a bridle. If you don't have a rein in your hand, you have no ability to control it."

"Can this be considered a rein?" Fan Kongzhou's face was very gloomy. "It's not counted as a rein, but a handful of fodder. I just hope it doesn't drag us down the steep cliffs, and I just hope it can turn back into Pingchuan because of the fodder. Let's think of a solution." "Is there no other way?" Zhou Xiaohuai was already asking them: "Have you discussed it?" Luo Ziqing frowned and said, "That's the way it is! But someone has to come up with a suggestion. In my opinion, Mr. Xiaohuai, today's meeting requires you to speak first."

"How can this be!" "The purpose of today's meeting was to persuade them to open the market and start classes. If your officials don't give a speech first, how can we speak?" Xu Yue, Hu Sifen, the envoy Liu Jiachen, and the prefect of Chengdu Yu Zongtong also said that the common people admired him and were willing to listen to him. Last time they went to the court to petition, if he hadn't come out to speak, who would have stopped him?Today everyone is called to open the market, of course he has to give a speech.What's more, if the purpose is diverted, as long as he mentions it and doesn't ask him to advocate it, what worries are there?And he was recommended by everyone.

As soon as he was happy, he forgot the doubts and dissatisfaction of Zhao Erfeng, Yin Liang, and Yang Jiashen towards him, and said: "Then, let me make a point. After my speech, Zi Qing, come and talk about the future. The land tax is deducted from the annual interest. You are the representative of the shareholders and the vice chairman of the Advisory Bureau. It is the most appropriate level for you to talk about. As for the refusal of donations and taxes, we thought it was called Kong Zhou. He is a person in the business world. Taxation has vital interests for them, he must have talked about it thoroughly, what do you think?" He thought that Luo Ziqing was his friend, and Fan Kongzhou was his student, and now they came to beg him again. Isn't it right for him to dominate like this?And seeing that everyone nodded, he walked into the meeting place with everyone confidently when the time came. The atmosphere of today's venue is the same as the previous one, except that there are more delegates, the weather is muggy, and there are more fans. Zhou Xiaohuai walked up to the podium, and said unhurriedly: "Everyone, it has been twelve days since the market strike! These twelve days are really difficult! I say it is difficult, and I don't just mean the bad weather. Okay, everyone is troubled. I mean, for the past twelve days, everyone closed their shops and did not do business. There is no income, but they still have to eat. Since they are not profitable, they have to eat what they have. Eat a little today, and eat a little tomorrow. Eat a little, you are all friends in the business world who do business, don’t you have an abacus in mind? You must be able to figure out how much money you have eaten in the past twelve days. People who do business make a lot of money, so this day is naturally not good. It's better..." More than half of the people in the venue lowered their heads.Obviously, his opening remarks have touched everyone's hearts. "You know that a market strike is a difficult and painful thing. Why did you persist for twelve days, and you still haven't let up? Naturally, your purpose is to boycott the Ministry of Posts and Communications, just to impress The imperial court moved the government, and hoped that the government would adopt everyone’s wishes and hand over the loan contract that had been disputed for several months to the Senior Advisory Council and the Advisory Council for review. But the government is far away in Beijing, thousands of miles away from Chengdu, and it has not seen it in person. Seeing this painful situation, it seems not very moved; it has been more than a week since our civil and military officials played the telegram, and we have not received a reply until today; Well, the strike doesn’t seem to be a weapon that can move the government. In my opinion, everyone’s previous thinking was wrong!…” Although there was no sound of slaps in the venue, it could be seen from the faces of everyone that he was right. "It's amazing that everyone can maintain order after twelve days. Even foreigners are making do with it..." His words are well-founded. On the eighth day of the strike, the British Consul General in Chengdu paid a special visit to Zhou Shanpei.When talking about the market strike at the beginning, the British Consul General praised Chengdu for its good order. He said: "We often have market strikes in the UK. But after only three days, the order will be difficult to maintain." Strike?Zhou Shanpei briefly told him about the road dispute incident, emphasizing that the loan contract was too harsh and the people of Sichuan firmly opposed it.The British Consul General said that because the loan contract was not well concluded, the British Minister could intervene and revise it.Because the Chinese government only borrows from banks, not through the governments of the four countries, diplomats can find ways to do so.He asked Zhou Shanpei to inform the railway company to bring up some areas that could not be agreed, and asked him to call the British Minister in Beijing.Zhou Shanpei believed that since the British Consul General volunteered to help, things must have turned for the better.Immediately notified the railway company, checked out ten items that should be revised overnight, and translated them into English. On the tenth day of July, Zhou Shanpei sent the translation to the British Consulate General by official letter.The next day, I received a reply saying: "After receiving the letter, I will immediately sign and reject all the articles of the railway company, and call the country's minister in Beijing for the summary. Please inform the colleagues of the railway company, and there will be a reply within a week. I hope that the colleagues of the company will pass it to Chengdu. People, stay at ease and don't worry too much." Zhou Shanpei went to Zhitai Yamen on July 11th to tell Zhao Erfeng face to face what happened; Send a telegram to the cabinet, specifically mentioning that the British Consul General solicited public opinion and called the minister, and hoped that the cabinet would make a decision as soon as possible.Zhao Erfeng and everyone originally hoped that the market would open one day earlier, so of course they all agreed to send another joint telegram. However, at the meeting at this time, he only repeated what the British Consul General said about the maintenance of order since the strike, and then said: "Everyone has endured for twelve days. It is not easy. If we continue to strike , everyone eats up all their capital, and it will be a long time to live a difficult life! At that time, who can guarantee the order in the market? Please think carefully, since the weapon of strike is ineffective, in order to impress the government , should we change a weapon?" He stopped.The meeting place also became extremely quiet, and it seemed that there was no sound of fans waving. He looked at Luo Ziqing and Fan Kongzhou, the two of them were still pushing me and pushing you, as if neither of them wanted to speak first. It was the first time since May 21st that there was such a quiet atmosphere in the venue today.A group of officials happily put on a smile, and a few of them whispered, "Zhou Faxian is really eloquent! Looking at the situation, everyone has already been persuaded by him. As long as Luo Ziqing works harder, the market will probably open tomorrow. " The patrolman said that Xu Yue was just assuming this in his mind, when he suddenly saw a middle-aged man with a short body and a face covered with opium smoke, walking from the venue to the podium, walking around from behind Zhou Shanpei, like Like a shadow, with a pair of long sleeves that covered the back of his hands, he stood neatly in a row with him.The man opened his mouth at once, his voice was not loud, but every word spread throughout the venue. He said: "Compatriots, the railway is gone, and Sichuan is gone! If the railway cannot be restored, we will not open the market!" Immediately the whole venue responded: "Yes! The railway won't come back, so we won't open the market!..." "Yes! Why did we stop the market? It's a good thing, and the market will open!..." Chu Yong was taken aback when the bone-shaved face first came on stage, and when he slipped off the stage, he remembered and said, "Ah! This smoker, he was the one who made trouble by signing his signature on the day the Comrade Association was established!" Just as he got up to look for that bone-cut face, Fan Kongzhou had already stepped onto the podium. "My fellow citizens..." The hall was no longer as quiet as before. "Master Zhou just said to adjust a weapon. This weapon... is the method that the shareholders' meeting once decided!..." He was a little flustered and forgot to make an appointment in the flower hall: he should just say stop paying taxes.However, he was the first to bring up the fact that Luo Ziqing was assigned to use the land tax to deduct the dividends, and he talked vigorously for several minutes.Zhou Xiaohuai and Luo Ziqing were very anxious, but they could only stare at him blankly. "...Second, the kind of perennial donations that have been raised since the Jiaqing period because of beating the Bailian sect bandits have been more than a hundred years old. Other provinces are exempted when the sect bandits are tied. Only we Sichuanese still donate money. The money is being paid every year; and the amount has increased every year, and it has been added to be larger than the official land tax. We should not pay such extra donations!..." He spoke so strongly, and of course the whole audience shouted their approval.The third is to inform the counties that everyone should stop buying and selling land and houses from now on, and cut off the sources of tax collection in the counties.Fourth, from this year onwards, no matter how much the government borrows from others, we Sichuan people will never bear a penny or even a penny. "... My compatriots, as long as we implement these four methods, do you think that with how powerful the government is, can they still suppress us? Isn't this weapon more powerful than a strike? My fellow citizens..." The venue is already full of voices. Luo Lun stepped onto the podium and said a few words: "My compatriots, since we agree to change one weapon to boycott Sheng Xuanhuai and move the government, then we can put down the first weapon and stop using it!..." There was a roaring voice: "Do you want us to open the market?...No! We will not open the market even if we die!...Why can't the two weapons be used at the same time? We decided: If the railway cannot be won, we will not do it." Business! Don’t study! Don’t pay money! Don’t pay taxes! That’s it, no more to say! The one who told us to open the market is a traitor, and I beat him to death!…” The faces of the officials and gentlemen turned pale.Some people stamped their feet and sighed, "It's even worse!" There are worse things!That is, at the shareholders' meeting the next day, a "Sichuan People's Self-protection Discussion Book" printed on Lianshi paper in No. 4 type was suddenly discovered. The beginning of "Sichuan People's Self-protection Discussion Book" is as follows: "In China's current situation, we have to make up for it, and survive from death. Railways, postal services, ordnance manufacturing, employment and administration, and all the capitals of the country and the people's lives were long ago signed by the government and transferred to outsiders without authorization. The provinces were secretly divided and demarcated: such as Jiangsu, Jiangxi, The six provinces of Anhui, Hubei, Hunan, and Sichuan made a treaty with the United Kingdom and shall not transfer to other countries; the two provinces of Fujian and Zhejiang made a treaty with Japan and shall not transfer to other countries; the four provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, and Guizhou made a treaty with France and shall not transfer With other countries; the province of Shandong has made a treaty with Germany and shall not be transferred to other countries. Since the Japanese-Russian War peace talks, it has also made a treaty with Britain and shall not be transferred to other countries. The three provinces of Tibet and Manchuria are secretly divided by Japan and Russia; Russia also invaded Mongolia, Xinjiang will invade Gansu and Shaanxi from Xinjiang; Germany will invade Shanxi and Henan in order to defend Shandong. The rest of Zhili, although the capital is located, Japan will enter through Fengtian to invade. The most terrifying one is at the mouth of Lushun , Russia in Siberia, Germany in Jiaozhou Bay, Britain in Weihaiwei and Hong Kong, France in Guangzhou Bay and Annan, has long been used as the base of war in China: erecting forts, building barracks, mooring warships, manufacturing guns and pellets, stationing generals and soldiers, and perilous At this point, the government should work hard and try to save it. It is anti-bribery and acts of betrayal of the country. As for the people, it still does not allow the establishment of the National Army and the manufacture of ordnance to protect itself. The reason for this is, The government is deeply afraid that if the people become stronger, they will become maggots attached to their bones, and it seems that they will die together with the Chinese people! Outsiders who hold China's life and do not divide it up are not benevolent, nor are they incapable; one is the internal situation of European and American countries. If China has a vast land and a large number of people, it is necessary to go deep into the interior, invade railways, financial power, choke my throat, and suck my essence. Europe and the United States are at war with each other. The government's doubts are difficult to resolve, causing endless aggression by outsiders, so the 5,000-year-old country has been sunk under the Jiuyuan! However, Sichuan is connected to two lakes in the east, Wei and Tibet in the west, and Yun and Gui in the south. , connecting Shaanxi and Gansu in the north, Kuimen and Jiange, known as natural barriers in ancient times, railways and ships have not yet been connected, so compared with other provinces, outsiders' involvement is still relatively small, and their influence is also weak. And the land is 56000 square miles, with a population of 70 million , the climate is mild, and there are all kinds of products, even compared with Japan, it is far worse than Sichuan. Today, because the government robbed roads and robbed money and sent it to outsiders, 70 million of my compatriots were awakened. In the past two months, unity and perseverance , Order power, rarely seen in China and abroad, I feel that people's hearts are not dead, there is still something to do. When it's time, rush to take advantage of nature, supplement it with personnel, wholeheartedly work together to protect ourselves, and do our best to help the government, the government You must forgive me, get rid of your doubts, and work with the people to save the crisis of the current situation. The emperor is based on the safety of the world! I would like to list the conditions of self-protection below. I hope that my 70 million compatriots and people with lofty ideals will be put in the parliament. The first thing to discuss is to designate a policy, or just in case!" At the end of this explanation, which is quite problematic in terms of literature and theory, four specific methods of A, B, C and D are listed in parallel: (A) Current self-insurance conditions: (1) Protection of the Chief.The councils of the towns and villages are notified by the county councils of the various halls, prefectures, and township councils to discuss: select strong and strong children, as many as a hundred, and as few as sixty, as the old regiment members, who will practice in rotation in different seasons. Changchuan will be stationed in the official office for protection. (2) Maintain law and order.Now the whole Sichuan is on strike.In the unfortunate event that the rioters take the opportunity to harass, it should be agreed by the Baolu Comrade Association and the Advisory Bureau. After the resolution, the rioters must first show their righteousness. , Harm compatriots. (3) The market, classes and work shall all be opened.Strikes, school strikes, and strikes only show that comrades from Sichuan have actually done a lot of damage.Therefore, it is necessary to consider the current situation, and agree to open the market, start classes, and start work, and must not be inconsistent, so that the order cannot always be consistent. (4) Tax collection.The councils of the halls, states, and counties will notify the councils of the towns and villages to discuss: that is, the city board of directors will collect money, grain, allowances, and various taxes, and store them properly for disbursement. (B) Will self-insurance conditions: (1) Please purchase Tun Iron and Steel, Artillery Factory and Machine Factory (still transforming guns and guns), process them day and night, and manufacture guns and guns.Explanation: Nowadays, every country in the world survives with iron and blood.Just like Japan, not only defeated the strong Russia, but also feared to cause wars between Japan, the United States, China, and Japan. The artillery factories in the east and the west were working day and night, as if they were facing a war.The current situation in China is extremely critical, and the artillery factory is extremely weak, and must be processed day and night to prepare for foreign aggression. (2) Ironworks. (3) Sulfuric acid factories. (4) Mechanical iron factories. (5) Lumber factories. (6) Alcohol factories. (7) Hydropower.Explanation: Ironworks, mechanical iron factories, and timber factories are the foundation of guns and guns, and all kinds of mechanical industries rely on them.Sulfuric acid and alcohol factories are the basis for manufacturing projectiles, and hundreds of chemical industries rely on them.Both the mechanical and chemical industries rely on electricity for their excellence, especially in warfare.The great source of electricity comes from the slanting and surging water power, and Sichuan is not suitable for any land. The so-called rich country and strong army of the Eastern and Western powers are nothing more than this. (8) Training the National Army. (9) Set up the Artillery Factory of the National Army (attached to the Artillery Workshop and Experimental Institute).Explanation: The country is based on the people. In all countries in the world today, the people are all soldiers, and they will put the country and the people at risk.The base of the militia, especially the artillery factory and artillery production, should be more than double that of the national army.And the improvement and progress of artillery, especially in the self-made lectures and experiments of the people.Moreover, foreign aggression is looming day by day, even though there are old artillery factories, they will certainly fall short.Therefore, it should be subsidized by the people. (When foreign countries are about to go to war, all national iron factories manufacture guns as subsidies.) (10) Railways.Explanation: The Chengdu-Chongqing railway was built first, supplemented by Sichuan trains, which made the transportation in Sichuan a little easier and avoided the risk of robbers.If you want to start a section, you should measure the potential gradually.As for the materials needed for the railway, Sichuan is rich and abundant, such as rails, wooden sleepers, coal, etc., and two factories for iron and materials can be established, so that they can gradually not be purchased outside. Sichuan is the cheapest manpower, and even less Or you can work for relief. (11) Ships. (12) Build forts in border areas.Explanation: Although Sichuan is a natural danger, it has to be supplemented by manpower, and it cannot be relied on to build a large fort. (13) Industry and education.Explanation: Industry and education, especially self-preservation fundamentals, should gather comrades from all walks of life to agree on a policy for rapid improvement and implementation, so that the people will be in the same direction.However, there are many types of industries in agriculture, industry, industry and mining. It is necessary to select the urgent ones, and make the outline and simple methods clear, so that everyone knows the benefits.As for all kinds of textbooks, a bureau should be set up to compile them by themselves, without waiting for the government to issue them. (14) Giving preferential treatment to soldiers.Explanation: Soldiers sacrifice their lives to protect their families and lives, and protect the lives of citizens. Their pay is too low. It is not because of the current situation that the citizens should raise their pay and increase it to the soldiers. (15) Preferential treatment for family members of compatriots in the military and police circles.Explanation: Compatriots in the military and police circles defend the people, and the family population should be checked and compiled by the township and township councils of the departments, prefectures, counties, and stored in the councils.When there are funerals and difficulties in the family, the neighbors should notify the meeting, pay special condolences, and discuss assistance and support.If compatriots in the military and police circles commit acts of cruelty to the citizens, the council will decide to question their families. (C) Preparation of self-insurance funds: (1) Suspension of donations. (2) Cessation of co-payment. (For Tibet, it should be allocated as appropriate) (3) Negotiating the payment of tax deeds. (4) Reducing the salaries of clerks. (5) Depending on the funds used for self-insurance, the population and land rights shall be calculated, and the burdens of the rich and the poor shall be divided. There may be 5,000 yuan of voters' discretionary burden, and the increase shall be increased accordingly.Explanation: Given Sichuan's vast land, large population, and abundance of products, if everyone knows that peril is imminent and their property is in danger, even though the finances are in dire straits, the unused funds will be stopped every year, and all bad financial regulations will be carefully investigated, and then the people will be held accountable. to bear.On the one hand to revitalize the industry, on the other hand to make an agreement not to buy goods and materials that are not urgently needed from outside, and it is not difficult to raise 20 million annual funds to carry out the above self-protection. (Sichuan has a total of 70 million people. If 40 million people are counted, and each person pays five qian per year, the annual annual expenditure of 20 million taels of silver can be raised. From this, it can be extended for ten years. Only in Sichuan and Han, that is, in Sichuan and Tibet, there may be more than enough.) (D) Remove barriers to self-preservation.Explanation: In order to protect oneself from foreign aggression and protect one's family and life, it is really a last resort.Among the self-protection conditions, it is approved by the majority of Sichuan people. If any traitorous officials and gentry obstruct it, they should go to it with righteous heroes and vow not to stand between heaven and earth! The above-mentioned conditions may not be appropriate due to changes in times and personnel.However, the reason why the country survives, the reason why the people are protected, and the reason why the royal family lasts forever is nothing more than this. I am willing to discuss it for the people of Sichuan first, and encourage it! As soon as this printed matter was distributed to the shareholders' meeting, everyone talked about it.Some people agree with it: "That's right! China looks like it is going to be divided up by the big powers. The imperial court only knows how to suppress our people, ask us for money every day, but auction off China piecemeal to foreigners every day. Long If things go on like this, soon everyone will become subjugated slaves, even Goryeo will be inferior! For the current plan, really, apart from self-protection, we have nothing to do to survive!" But there are also those who oppose it: "According to the self-protection method it said, shouldn't Sichuan be an independent country? What's wrong with it!" Although everyone talked about it, they didn't pay attention to it. Wang Wenbing took one to ask Hao Yousan for his opinion.Hao Yousan smiled lightly and said, "Recently, freedom of speech is extremely developed! How often do you receive several printed materials like this, and there are even more violent hand-copied things, have you seen them?" Many people have the same opinion as Hao Yousan, that is to say, they are not interested in the suggestion that Sichuanese should protect themselves.Quite a few gentlemen who thought they were proficient writers ridiculed it for being unreasonable word by word. They pointed out that the two sentences were "compared with Japan, but far worse than Sichuan" and said: "Such unreasonable sentences, if my students If I write it out, I will hit him forty hands." Among them, only Luo Lun was very surprised and said: "At this time, it is the people's hearts that are floating to the extreme to distribute this kind of thing. It cannot be regarded as ordinary printed matter. The person who wrote this must have ulterior motives." Yes, how can we study it exclusively from the text? We only need to look at the first article of its item A, which on the surface says to protect the officials. But instead of using personal soldiers, courageous, and serious troops, and appointing regiments from all townships, that’s not the case. It is said that the officials who are close to the people should be completely monitored? Others, such as taking over military power, finance, manufacturing arms, developing transportation, and compiling textbooks by themselves, are more obvious to be independent. If it is carried out according to the terms it proposes, why should we Still fighting for the way with the government? Why do we need to ask the government to abide by the law and keep its word? We might as well raise the flag of rebellion directly!" At that time, he asked all the people in the company to quickly find out who distributed the discussion book? I searched all over, but couldn't find the hall of fame.Everyone said it looked like an ordinary person, and it was distributed outside the gate. Hao Yousan smacked on a cigarette, and said leisurely, "Forget it! As far as I know, it doesn't matter much. I've carefully checked it out, and many people just throw it away after seeing it. Zuoxing understood the intention, and there's nothing wrong with it." People pay attention to it. Regardless of it, it will naturally disappear.” Luo Lun thought about it for a while, and it made sense, so he didn't pursue it any further. No one in the shareholder meeting expected that this discussion book seemed to be printed a lot, and the person who distributed it seemed to have ulterior motives. He took thousands of copies and distributed them among railway companies, railway schools, various corporations, and various schools. In addition, a few copies were also distributed in each yamen.Although the railway company was just like a pool of spring water with slight ripples, at seven o'clock in the afternoon that day, when it was almost dusk, the flower hall of the Fantai Yamen was hot and noisy. This was the second day when Sun Yatang had lunch at Huang Lansheng's house, and he used it as a conversation material, and relayed it. The 14th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is the day when Huang Lansheng's Zhongyuan ancestors burn burdens. In the Sichuan custom at that time, ancestor worship was a family event, and its significance seemed to be more important than tomb-sweeping and winter clothes during the Qingming Festival and the Winter Solstice.Because of this, Chu Yong has not gone to school for three days, and has been staying at Huang's house to help tear up money paper and write burdens. The money paper in Chengdu, because the iron stamps are carefully stamped, not only the money seals are tight, but also the money seals on each stack are pierced.To burn it, to tear it carefully and patiently.It's not good to tear it apart. It is said that it is broken money if it is burnt.Every bundle of ten catties of money paper requires quite a lot of people and a lot of time to tear it.In the past, it was taboo for women to tear money papers, saying that women are yin people, similar to ghosts, and the money papers they handle are still money papers when burned, which cannot be turned into money and cannot deceive ghosts; Even if it is burnt into money, ghosts still think it is dirty. Since the Restoration, in recent years, the theory of breaking superstition and advocating women's rights has become more and more powerful.Huang Lansheng already had doubts about burning money paper to deceive ghosts, but he said: "It's okay not to believe in ghosts and gods. Worshiping one's ancestors is the Confucian principle of prudently chasing after the end. It is a kind of etiquette.” Since it is only a kind of etiquette, he is not as sophisticated as before: first of all, every time he sacrifices to the ancestors, he does not necessarily have to buy a few bundles of money paper, which makes everyone tear up dizzily Secondly, if Mrs. Huang, Wan Gu, Ju Hua, Mrs. He and others are coming to help, he can also respect women's rights and no longer have taboos like before. There is another kind of etiquette in offering sacrifices to ancestors in Zhongyuan.That is the incinerated paper money. You cannot use loose money paper that is torn and burned. You must tear the money paper, count out the same number, and fold it into several stacks. Each stack must use a special kind of paper shop. Wrap the paper with patterns and patterns on it, and stick it with glue, so that it is called a bundle; then you must be dignified and dignified, and write clearly on the cover of the bundle paper in lower case characters according to the format: Dedicated to the old Fengzheng doctor of the Qing Dynasty The ancestral test □□Gong Ming received it, and the grandson Huang Jiongmu hand tools.There are also those under the name of the ancestral concubine, and those under the name of Kao and concubine, all of which must be written one by one.For example, dedicating one hundred burden letters under the name of Zu Kao, one hundred letters under the name of ancestral concubine, and eighty letters each under the name of Kao and concubine, then three hundred and sixty letters of respect will be obtained.Coupled with the men and women of a few side relatives, the annual burden is always more than 400 letters, and the number of characters in lower case is more than 10,000. For those who do not write often, this is really not a light job.In previous years, of course, only Huang Lansheng did it alone. This year, the business is so tight that he can't even take a day off.On July 12th, when Chu Yong gave a report at school and came back to have a midnight snack, Mrs. Huang suggested that Chu Yong be a ghostwriter.Huang Lansheng was very happy, and for the sake of respect, he gave him three long bows.And lighted the foreign lamp, sweating, sitting in front of the desk in the study, first wrote a few pieces of model paper, and repeatedly asked not to write broken calligraphy, not to write cursive, for fear that the ancestors have spirits, and blame the future generations for their hearts. Dishonesty, meaning disrespect. It is also the custom in Chengdu to worship the ancestors at three o'clock in the afternoon and burn the burden when it is dark.Although the city is closed this year, from July 11th, there are still many people offering sacrifices to ancestors and burning burdens in every street.Monks in various temples are still doing Yu Lan Hui.Just no singing. For the convenience of the master, the Huang family moved the ancestor worship to five o'clock in the afternoon.As usual, the eight dishes served are cooked by the hostess herself.Until six o'clock, three offerings and three offerings, the hostess and hostess put on makeup, even Zhenbang and Wangu were all dressed up. After kowtowing to the gods, everyone changed into plain clothes before withdrawing the dishes to the sitting room to share the blessings . The family sacrifice is not a treat at all.However, Chu Yong was a frequent visitor, and he had helped a lot, and even kowtowed when he made offerings, of course he was an exception.Sun Yatang, because he didn't know that Huang's family was worshiping their ancestors today, and he didn't expect to have lunch like this today, he happened to meet by chance, of course it was an exception. As soon as Sun Yatang held his wine glass, he asked Huang Lansheng: "Is there any special news from the Zatai Yamen?" "Not today. It's just that in the past two days, Master Rao of our department has been transferred to work inside, so it's hard to come to the department. I went in several times to report official business and deliver manuscripts, and I saw him busy writing. Not far away It's Ji Shuai's signing room. I saw Yin Xingwu, Tian Mengqing, Yang Yanru, Wang Yinbo, and one or two other adults coming in and out a little differently than usual. Oh! Remember, I went in and out of the signing room, and I heard that In the past two days, I have become surprisingly close to the four young masters, and Lu Zishan, the precious venerable. That's all I know, you are running around the feudal government office every day, and your noble friend is someone behind the scenes, or Do you have any special news?" "Because I got some special news, I want to confirm it with you. You don't know that your eyes and ears are so short!" Huang Lansheng grinned and said, "Don't boast like that! If you didn't sneak into the signing room of the Fantai Yamen for your boss's affairs, you might not have good eyes and ears." 黄太太不知为了什么，这次却站在她丈夫这面来了，说道：“真的，把你们两个调换一下，恐怕孙大哥还赶不上澜生哩。不过，就这样，我已经觉得太麻烦。最近五六天客来得才稀疏了些，前一向，你没看见，澜生刚一回家，客就来了，几乎连晌午饭都没有畅畅神神吃一顿。耳目若果再长一点，那只好不睡觉了。” 黄澜生接着说道：“却也怪，连郝家父子也好几天没来了。夜里有空，我倒想去看看他们。……话又打岔了，且说说你的特别消息。是不是尹惺吾又在抽王采帅的底火？不然，就是在骂蒲伯英、罗梓青这班人！” “王采臣既然微服而行，拿日子算来，恐已走过广元，要到陕西境内了，尹惺吾为啥还要抽他的底火？对同志会那班人，这回倒不只是骂，还几乎要动他们的手了。” “咦！真是特别消息啦！快说，快说。” “且不要忙，我先问你，有一种《川人自保商榷书》，可看见过？” 黄澜生正自沉吟，他又掉头去问楚用：“你总看见的？听说学堂里也散了去。” “他几天都在我们这里帮忙，一直没有回学堂，他咋个看得见？”黄太太抢着代楚用回答了，并说，“澜生一定没看见。不然的话，他昨天夜里就告诉我们了。到底是怎样的，你一直说下去不好吗？何必这样一吞一吐呢？” “哈，哈，二妹就是这样性急。那么，我告诉你们。……” 据说：在昨天下午七点钟的时候，尹藩台用电话邀约的重要官员到齐之后，他来不及寒暄如谊，便从手边拿起那份接到不久的《川人自保商榷书》，向着大家扬了扬，瞪起眼睛，翘起两撇不算长的乌黑八字须，说道：“这个传单，想来大家都看过了。好家伙！简直元神毕露了！他们一开始闹争路，我就曾说过，四川人是坏透了顶的东西，闹争路是借口话，暗地里定藏有别的文章。那时，大家不信我的话。今天，有了证据，总该明白了！……你们看，他们要抓财政，抓兵权，要自己办实业，自己开兵工厂，自己办教育。一句话说完，就是要造反！要割地自雄！……这且不说。他们还要派团丁把我们连衙门连人都看管起来！……我们都是朝廷钦命官吏，难道我们就不想个法子，听这班狂徒把我们看管起来吗？” 大家都瞠目相视，也有垂着头沉吟的。 还是他的气愤话：“怎么样？这样束手待毙，总不对呀！大家别再认为他们是虚声恫喝了，这些无法无天的东西，什么事都做得出的！” 又沉默了一会，提学使刘嘉琛才轻言细语说了两句：“这自保商榷书，还不确知是什么人散发的，先得调查一下的好。” 尹良一下就叫唤起来道：“何须调查！除了那班鼓动争路风潮，鼓动罢市罢课的人，还有何人胆敢有此异图？大凡谋反叛逆的歹徒，起初都还胆怯，纵有奸谋，也还不敢当众昌言；及至官吏姑息纵容，羽翼已成，自然就无所顾忌。大家应该记得从前长毛贼在广西金田起事，不就是这样吗？我看，闹同志会那班人现在已经得意忘形了。及此不图，我们的身家性命都不能保了。他们要练兵练团来整治我们，我们也就应该先下手为强！” 他遂掉头向着陆军第十七镇统制官朱庆澜问道：“今后全要你这个掌兵权的人来负责，来保护我们文官！你的兵，到底怎样？能不能打仗？凭你一句话，我们再来定办法。” 朱庆澜虽然生就那么一大堆，毕竟宦海沉浮已久而又是文职出身，对于事情的利害，不管怎么说，也比尹良高明。当下便皱紧眉头，背着双手，在花厅里踱起方步。 全花厅的官员都沉默而紧张地等着他的答话。并且一大部分人都知道，尹良召集有陆军统制官并有参谋处总办吴璧华这两个手握兵权的人来参加的会议，当然早打好了主意，只要朱庆澜说是全镇陆军一万多人都可靠，看起来，便要用兵无疑。用官兵来打纯良百姓，四川是有过前例的。光绪元年东乡县百姓因为抗缴苛捐杂税，被官兵洗剿的大案，虽然已是三十七年前的事情，但在四川人的记忆中，还新得像昨天一样。那时，统兵大员是在湘军里立过汗马功劳、升到四川提督的李有恒，就因服从了当时护理总督、也是一个满洲八旗出身的人、叫文格的调遣，大打出手，冤枉杀了好几千人，后来事情闹大了，闹到北京，不可收拾，清朝的太后、皇帝才派出两次钦差来查办。结果，把提督李有恒斫了头，才把民愤稍稍平复。但是主张用兵的文格，仅只得了个革职留任。朱庆澜这时的头脑当中，是不是想到了李有恒与文格之同罪异罚？是不是害怕钻进尹良的圈套？是不是看清了现在是宣统三年，不比光绪元年的时代？他在事后自己没有说过，或许他来四川的年岁不久，还不晓得有这个前例。总之，事情的利害，他是深思熟虑到了。所以在踌躇了好一会后，他才站在当地，一字一句、结结实实地说道：“今天的新军不比绿营。我听他们的议论，似都赞成争路。看样子，叫他们去打土匪，他们一定服从，如果叫他们去打同志会，恐怕指挥不动。” “唉！这不完了吗？”尹良好像吹涨的皮人一下泄了气，把两只手一摊。 花厅里又鸦雀无声了。 一会之后，巡警道徐樾才说道：“确实应该想个办法，把这风潮平息了才好。若再这样罢市下去，要不了几天，城内城外的秩序一定维持不了。听说彭县业已出了乱子，新繁、温江都有不稳情形，光靠省城这点巡警力量，是不行的。” 尹良也显得有些焦灼起来，搓着两手道：“怎么办？大家多想几个方法嘛！” 周善培迟迟疑疑地说道：“我有个主意，看使得不？” “有主意就好，大家商量嘛！” “我想，事到而今，只有请政府让步，事情才有转机，如其不然，谁也没法挽回。” “如何让步？” “大家想想，这次风潮怎么闹到罢市？还不是为了邮传部奏请钦命李稷勋为宜昌路工总理，四川人不服，认为他们越是请愿，朝廷倒越是和他们作对。如今只是再由我们地方官吏联名出奏，说明原委，老老实实请朝廷把钦派李稷勋为宜昌路工总理的成命收回，顺一顺人民的请求，大家就可开市了。” 一部分人不说话，但从神色上看得出来是赞成的。 尹良道：“除此之外，还有更好一点的主意没有？” 大家讲了起来。朱庆澜、吴璧华两个都没资格出名字的人，倒乐得帮助周善培。都说：“原来罢市才为了钦派李稷勋当总理一件事，这和反对国有铁路政策就大相径庭了。奏请收回成命，并不有损朝廷威信。我们看，倒是可以办的。” 尹良只好点头说：“既然如此，那就烦孝怀把稿拟出来，我们一齐上院去面禀季帅好了。” 据说，稿子不长，只有三几百字，最重要是末后几句话：“事机已到万分危急，务望三日内复电俞允。三日不复，只好矫旨为之。但求大局得以义安，臣等不辞死罪！” 大家没有话说，只有尹良摇着头道：“真不成话！真不成话！” 但也只得先打了一个电话到督院去说：“司道们有重要事情面禀，即刻上院来，务望大帅赐见。” 这时是十点半钟，赵尔丰已经睡了。到底天气还热，容易起来，也容易穿戴。 尹良赶在前头，一见面就气急败坏地说：“大帅看见《川人自保商榷书》没有？” 众人从灯光中间看见他很为安详地摸着花白胡子笑道：“看见了。也不过在罢市之外，又添一桩捣乱方法罢咧！全是一些浑话，不必管他的。” 这一来倒把大家说怔了。 还是尹良首先表示了惊诧的神态，大睁着两眼道：“怎么？大人的意思是……” 赵尔丰点了点头道：“嗯！我的意思，就是目前让他们暂时闹去。” 他又向众人问道：“听说你们会商了许久，有什么结果吗？” 大家依次把会议情形谈了一番，并把周善培所拟的电奏稿子恭恭敬敬递了过去。 据说，他就着灯光仔仔细细地把这三百多字的稿子看了好一会，又指着“矫旨办理”几个字说道：“这句话是不可以随便说的，你们斟酌过了没有？” 周善培赶紧引古证今把这“矫旨”的利害说了一番。 赵尔丰只随随便便地点头说道：“好吧！现在夜深了，等明早拍发出去。” 孙雅堂接着说道：“尹惺吾昨夜回到衙门，已经十一点半过钟。今天吃过早饭，据我那个朋友说，他就到院上去了。临行时，叫我那朋友四处打电话，通知各位官绅说，今天没有事情，每天的例会不开了。我那朋友问他，昨天商定的联衔电奏，是不是今天拍发了？他喜笑颜开地说，季帅已有绝妙办法，可以把闹了几个月的风潮彻头彻尾地平息下去。他这时上院，就是去商量这件事。我本打算明天回彭县去的，敝东连天来信催我回去，说应办公事已经积压得不少了。但我那朋友偏要留我再耽搁几天，说，不如等到争路风潮平息了再走。依他估计，今天制台衙门里一定有什么重要消息。因为尹惺吾对于最近几天挨近各大宪衙门的先皇台子越搭越多，越搭越矮，害得他出行一回，不知要上下轿子好多次，他每天出衙门前，总要发一顿脾气，骂一通王八羔子。今天也不同啦！门稿大爷进来禀称，挨近藩台衙门的福兴街口，今天一早又新搭了一座先皇台。他却哈哈笑说，让他们搭吧！尽管搭！看他们搭得上几天！这样看来，这风潮似乎真可平息。所以我特别跑来问你一声。” 黄太太首先说道：“阿弥陀佛！也平息得了！这么多天来，闹得人心惶惶，别的不说，把幺妹的姻亲大事都几乎耽误了。” 黄澜生也觉欣然道：“衙门里只管听不到消息，我相信雅堂的那个朋友所说断非虚语。大概那通联衔电奏打出去后，定有好结果的。” 楚用插嘴道：“这倒亏了那张《川人自保商榷书》。可惜我没有看见，明天等我到铁路公司去打听一下，到底是哪个人搞的？内容说些啥？” 秋老虎过完了，还是威风凛凛，咬得人在竹席上老是流汗，睡不着觉。 天才蒙蒙亮，傅隆盛老头就翻身起了床，去摸他那生牛皮做的装叶子烟的盒子。 他那二十年来白首相依的老婆闭着眼睛咕哝道：“早嘛！就起来了？” “热得睡不得，不如起来吃竿烟。……你说今年的年成该怪嘛！今天七月十五日，加上闰月，足抵平常年成的中秋节啦，还通夜地热！” 一阵纸壳扇子哗啦哗啦地响。 “妈哟！秋蚊子嘴有骨头，叮得人生痛！” 接着窸窸窣窣一根红头洋火划燃。一股刺鼻的硫磺气味从绿黄色火头上进出，透进印花蓝麻布的蚊帐。 傅掌柜娘连打两个喷嚏，也只好睁大眼睛，翻身坐起。因为晴了好多天，到处干燥，房间里又放了许多引火东西：纸啦，竹签啦，光油啦，老头子笨手笨脚的，若是把没有熄灭的洋火随便一丢，那还了得！她从不反对老头子吃叶子烟，却从来反对老头子在房间里擦洋火。 “为啥不到外头铺面上去吃？” “出去吵人吗？” “难道我不是人，就该受你的吵？” “今天十五，又是中元日子，莫要大清早晨就找着我鬼吵！” “！鬼？……晓得是个大日子，下床就抬快！……老糊涂了！若是今天出了啥子事，你担当？我担当？” 老头子被问着了，连忙噘起嘴巴，来不及把鞋后跟拔上，便几步走进铺面。伙计王师已经起来，正在卷草席和棉被。 掌柜问道：“昨夜开了几回铺门，是你吗？” “唔！”王师照例点了点头。 掌柜因为刚才抬了快，心里有个疙瘩，遂故意开了个玩笑说：“莫非昨天吃供饭，多捡了两筷子回锅肉？嘿嘿！明天的牙祭不打了吧！本来，这一向买肉也艰难，省一顿，算一顿。” 王师毫不理会掌柜的玩笑。把草席和棉被抱到角落里安顿妥当后，方搔着头皮道：“我开门出去，并不是上茅房，我是去看过队伍。” “过队伍？”叶子烟杆一下就离开了傅隆盛的略略有些胡子碴儿的嘴。 “硬是过队伍。过了一伙，又是一伙。” “啥子队伍？该不是换班的警察兵？” “那才不是哩！头上打的包头，脚下草鞋，肩头还扛着洋枪，好多哟！” 徒弟小四从地铺上翘起一颗乱发蓬蓬的脑袋搭话说：“我问了田街正，说是巡防兵。” “你也去看了？为啥我就没听见一点响动？” 傅隆盛想了想，遂趁着王师开门出去——这一回当真去上茅房，他也走到街上来。 街上很清静，只有一些担尿水和大粪的挑子急忙走着。每担粪桶虽都加了木盖，——也是几年以前周善培兴办警察时候才兴起的善政之一，可也只能把洋溢的臭气遏制得不那么厉害罢了。 田街正也叼着一根长叶子烟杆，打从空荡荡的街上走来。 “傅掌柜早啰！走！耗子洞吃茶去。” “正打算问你一件事。说是昨夜街上过了很多巡防兵……” 傅隆盛的话没落脚，田街正已接过口去说道：“你才晓得么！我从我的老表那里——他在南门一巷子开机房，听说前天夜里就特别开了两次城门，开进了好几百人，也是巡防兵。” 他向街的两头一看，还是除了一些挑粪尿出城的担子，便是一些挑河水进城的担子，连卖小菜的尚没有上街。他好像解除了顾虑，把声音略为放低一点，继续说道：“那些巡防兵，再也不像警察兵和新军那样驯善。光看样子，就野得很。一个个横眉劣眼，仿佛连亲生娘老子都认不得的光景。傅掌柜，你说，赵制台把这些莽家伙从川边调到成都省来，是啥意思？” 傅隆盛不假思索地把叶子烟杆向石板上一敲道：“还有啥别的意思？不过想估逼我们开门做生意罢咧！” “若果只是叫我们开市，那也罢了。” “怎么叫罢了？莫非你就饿不得了吗？饿不得，去吃天主教嘛！” “我倒饿得。你就没想到好多手艺人户，挣一天吃一天，本钱哩，只有那么一撮，吃光了咋办？” 傅隆盛不说什么。默了一下，遂问：“昨天夜里你看见巡防兵是向哪一头开走的？” “是向皮房街那头开走。” “是不是才开进城来的？” “这就不晓得啦！听说好多热闹街口都驻扎了一些，你要看，试着到街口上转一转。” 傅隆盛果然听话，连早茶都牺牲了，拄着叶子烟杆，便向皮房街那头走去。 皮房街口和平常一样，只有一个警察在站岗。他遂按照平日到铁路公司去的那条走惯了的路线，向东一拐，走入提督街，剐到大什字，果然看见暑袜街北口随随便便站有一二十个巡防兵。一色青布包头，身上是不很整齐的黄土布军装，两只脚肚打的是灰布裹缠，光脚板登着麻耳草鞋。光这装束，就显得和新军与警察不同。新军与警察全是遮阳帽、细斜纹布制服、黄皮鞋、黄皮腰带、有肩章、有领章，虽也雄赳赳的，可是看起来总觉得文质彬彬。而且平日看见的新军，不过腰带上悬一柄插在鞘子里的短刺刀。只有最近才时常看见的宪兵，拖着一柄长刀，说是指挥刀，又叫东洋刀，配着长勒马靴和靴跟上钉的刺马锥，的确威武。但是也不像这些巡防兵，手上提一支沉甸甸的、使用旧了的九子洋枪，腰间系的不是皮带，是布做的子弹带，小指粗的黄铜药筒和半寸长的灰黑铅弹头，排得密密地插在子弹带里。一个身材又横又矮的巡防兵，不知是为了练习还是为了骇人。斜靠在一家铺板上，把九子枪横挺着，右手握住机柄的圆球，哗啦一声把机柄拉开，从子弹带里迅速取出一枚子弹，使劲按入枪膛，又嗒的一声推上机柄；并且把枪平举起来，枪托抵在右肩胛上，偏着头，眯着一只眼睛，做了个瞄准姿势。那枪尖先还向着行人不多的暑袜北街那头，渐渐就移到几个站着看热闹的闲人的头上，并且移到傅隆盛的眼睛跟前——因为老头子站得太近了。 眼光一接触到那个小小的、冷冰冰的乌黑圆管，老头子满身汗毛都森立起来。他不害怕那个巡防兵安心打死他，他只担心那个不知天有多高、地有多厚的浑小子开玩笑地把手指一搐。——他早就听说过，九子枪的子弹打中人，是进口小，不过小指大个眼，出口却比饭碗还大。那么，要是从额头上打进去，啊也！还了得！恰好别几个