Chapter 43 Chapter Forty-Three

After Shicheng was captured, Tuan Zhang Qian and thousands of soldiers in gray uniforms entered the city overnight to grab territory. Brigadier Wang was not in a hurry to enter the city, nor was he in a hurry to grab Shicheng's territory. Brigadier Wang has even greater ambitions, not only staring at a stone city, but also wanting to be the supervisor of the whole province, so he first recruited the defeated troops of Liu Zhenshou envoy outside the city, turning his mixed brigade into an independent division, and then He returned to Qincheng and carried out political activities nervously.

Brigadier Wang met with the representative of Marshal Zhang from Fengtian, and held a private meeting with the representative of Marshal Zhang for two days. He also held a meeting for the gentlemen and elders from all walks of life to talk about peace and democracy. On the third day, he was ordered by Marshal Zhang and got his wish as the new supervisor of the Fengtian Department. . On the day he took office, Brigadier Wang issued a strongly worded telegram, announcing that Governor Zhao, appointed by the Beijing government and stationed in the provincial capital, was "the accomplice of Cao Wu's civil strife, and the public enemy of the people of this province," demanding that the entire province's army and civilians work together to defeat the enemy. its expulsion.

Superintendent Wang is busy in Qincheng, while Tuanzhang Qian is busy in Shicheng. After occupying the territory, in the name of arresting gangsters, Tuan Zhang went around looting and killing many people.The dead people were hanging from the telegraph poles on both sides of Daguan Road every day, and the air in the city became very smelly, and the people in the city were frightened to death. On the fourth day, the new identities of Brigadier Wang's Lieutenant General, Independent Commander and Superintendent were announced, and Tuan Commander Qian became the brigade commander and guardian envoy as a matter of course.

Only then did Qian Zhenshou sealed the sword, and invited President Tang of the General Chamber of Commerce and a meeting of the gentry and celebrities of the city, saying that the Wang Supervisor will enter the city the day after tomorrow, and everyone from all walks of life will be very happy. There must be a grand welcome ceremony. President Tang and the elites dared not say no, they nodded repeatedly, saying that it was Wang Duban and Qian Zhenshou who relieved the people of the city from the fire and water, and regained Shicheng. Condolences are also welcome. As the owner of a sedan chair in a city, Bu Shouru was naturally among those invited by Qian Zhenshou, so he also came and scolded Liu Zhenshou, saying that Liu Zhenshou was indeed a disaster to the people, and even robbed the envoy when he fled. Of the 1,700 to 800 sedan chairs she took in "Wan Chengxing", more than half of them were broken, and many of them were burned by the soldiers of Qian Zhenshou after returning to the city, so Bu Shouru dared not say.

Chairman Tang who was sitting across from him was really bad. Seeing what Bu Shouru said, he sneered and said, "Whether your sedan chair was robbed or was it given by your Aunt Bu? The relationship between the surname Liu is not ordinary, and the adults and children in Shicheng don't know it!" Bu Shouru didn't like it, so he retorted on the spot and said, "The relationship between President Tang and the surname Liu is not so good, but why do you always raise money for the surname Liu? I'm afraid you can't tell how much you have raised in the past ten years." Bar?"

President Tang said: "I was forced to pay." Bu Shouru said: "Your chamber of commerce celebrates Liu's birthday, but no one forces you? Why did you cast a golden birthday star for Liu?" President Tang was in a hurry: "How do you know you didn't force me? The surname Liu let it go, I...we can't do it..." The envoy Qian Zhen heard the name, waved his hands again and again and said: "Okay, okay! Don't talk about the past in advance, you just need to put half of your heart in the past to me, and to the supervisor Wang." Looking at President Tang, Qian Zhenshou said again: "I will ask you Lao Tang for the 100,000 yuan from the Chamber of Commerce. If your Lao Tang can raise funds and celebrate birthdays for Liu, you can naturally raise money for me. If you can't I'll do it for you!"

Turning his face, his eyes fell on Bu Shouru: "Grandma Bu, I know about you, even if Chairman Tang doesn't tell me, I would know too! Don't forget, I was the leader of the patrol battalion back then, and your father , and Ma Erye are familiar! For the sake of your father and Ma Erye back then, I will not accuse you of collaborating with the bandit, but I will also say clearly: what trouble happened at the welcome ceremony? I'm the only one asking! You have to tell your bastards to be careful! Also, the donation you share must not be less, and if you lose a penny, I will seal your car number..."

On the seventh day, after everything was ready, Supervisor Wang finally entered the city through the Jubao Gate in the west of the city. The ceremony of entering the city was grand. At the front of the mighty team are military bands and infantry, followed by cavalry and artillery, and then the pistol guards supervised by Wang.There was not even a sedan chair in the entire marching team, which was very different from Liu Zhenshi. Supervisor Wang was sitting in a black car, very old, with tin patches on the body, like a big coffin struggling to crawl. A guard stood on each side of the cart.

The two guards held the handle of the car in one hand, and the box cannon with a large mechanism in the other... Standing on the bluestone steps in front of the "Old Tongda", Bu Shouru was surprised to see the car run by Supervisor Wang from a distance. I also don't understand that the black iron coffin has no horse and no one to carry it, so why would it go by itself? Bu Shouru then asked the third master Qiu beside him: "Third master, what does this car mean?" Mr. Chou shook his head, and said again and again: "I don't understand, I don't understand..." The car brought by Supervisor Wang was the first car in Shicheng, and it was only later that I found out that it was given by Zhang Dashuai. "Mercedes-Benz", the name sounds nice.

According to Jin Shifu, the Office of the Government Affairs Committee, the car did not belong to Marshal Zhang, but it belonged to the commander of the direct army that Marshal Zhang paid. The "Benz" supervised by Wang did not run on the day it entered the city. It crawled like a snail, so tired that the rear of the car emitted black smoke and the front of the car emitted white steam. Mashi Road is not easy for a car to drive, and when it goes uphill for a while and then goes downhill for a while, the car is even more tiring, and finally collapsed in front of the "Old Tongda".

Seeing the car bang, Bu Shouru stopped. The car stopped, and the military band, infantry, and cavalry in front didn't know it, and they continued to move forward, and the people on both sides who were gunned down looked at the people who came to welcome them and laughed... Now Supervisor Wang got angry and got out of the car. He took out the young coachman in military uniform and slapped him in the street, and also scolded his mother for fucking his grandma, thinking that he had humiliated himself. The corner of the coachman's mouth was bleeding, and he didn't dare to wipe it off, so he hurriedly got under the car to get the car, which made his military uniform wrinkled and his face covered in black oil. Bu Shouru decided that the thing called "Benz" was no match for the sedan chair, and he really wanted to see Supervisor Wang continue to make a fool of himself, but because of his identity as the owner of the sedan chair and the convenience of using the sedan chair in the future, he asked Mr. Qiu to tell Supervisor Wang that "from " "Old Tongda" took out the eight-carried sedan chair and gave it to Wang Duan to sit in. Mr. Qiu was already too old to look good, and the guards of Supervisor Wang did not suspect that Mr. Qiu would murder Mr. Wang, so they sent Mr. Qiu to Mr. Wang. Bu Shouru looked at Third Master Chou from afar, nodding and bowing to talk to Supervisor Wang, and he had already called the "very knowledgeable" Guanshi Zhao to prepare the sedan chair. Bu Shouru believed that Duan Wang had no way out of the predicament other than sitting in her sedan chair. Unexpectedly, the third master Qiu came back and said that the supervisor Wang has a backbone, only rides in a car, not a sedan chair, and claims to be a new supervisor who advocates science and democracy, not the feudal remnants of Liu Zhenshou. Bu Shouru laughed, and said something to Mr. Qiu: "Then let's leave it alone and see how his black coffin of science and democracy climbs back!" The coachman messed with it for a long time, but the cart was still not ready, so the guards had to carry it all the way to the gate of the governor's mansion... This matter made Wang Duban feel ashamed, and spread throughout the city the next day. Those with good deeds also compiled a song: The supervisor's car is really fast, with one person sitting and twenty people carrying it. Pedestrians in the past should be careful, you will be fined 8,000 yuan for bumping and breaking. This song reached Wang Duban's ears at some time, and Wang Duban became popular. At the government affairs meeting half a month later, Supervisor Wang slapped the table and lectured: "Damn it, why is my car not broken outside the city, but only in the city? Is it because the car is not good? No! Lao Tzu My car was whining outside the city! Dashuai Zhang gave me my car, would he give me a bad car? Damn, let me explain it to everyone, young and old: who wants If you dare to say that my car is not good, I will make him a bandit! This is the first rule." "Second, scientific democracy must be implemented, and the whole city has to pay for Lao Tzu to pave the way. This is the first step towards science in Shicheng." "The third one is democracy. The Republic of China has been established for more than ten years. Don't you know? Why are those who carry sedan chairs carry sedan chairs, and those who sit in sedan chairs sit in sedan chairs? What is this shit that is not a feudal remnant? Ah The car number has to be sealed by Lao Tzu, and no one is allowed to go in the sedan chair, whoever dares to leave will be arrested, and whoever dares to sit in the sedan chair because of his mother, I will put him under the wheel of the car like a fuck..." At the meeting, Governor Wang handed over the paving of the road and the sealing of sedan chairs to Jin Shibo, the office of the Political Affairs Committee, to take charge of it, and asked Qian Zhenshou and the officers and soldiers of the city to cooperate with each other. He also said that he would follow the advice of his Japanese friend Mr. Buy some very scientific Toyo cars from Shanghai and come in, and set up a "Dafa Yangche Co., Ltd." to run foreign cars on the paved streets in the future. Jin Shifu, the head of the government affairs committee, had been to England and France, and he also advocated science and democracy, so he went to do it immediately. He first called President Tang and the relevant gentry in the city to have a talk meeting, and deliberately did not invite the famous city chair owner Bu Shouru. Jin Shifu was afraid that if Bu Shouru knew that the seizure of the sedan chair guild would bring four thousand bearers to their deaths, it would affect his plan. Jin Shifu knew at that time that Bu Shouru and the four thousand bearers would not let it go, they must fight, and he hoped to fight later. At the meeting, Jin Shifu explained all the meaning of the king's supervision of scientific democracy, asking everyone to contribute money and efforts, and pave the way with the officers and soldiers in the city. President Tang and all the gentlemen were stunned, and no one made a sound for the entire time of a bag of cigarettes. Jin Shifu got angry and said: "What's the matter, everyone? Are you reluctant to spend money to build roads, or do you want to be a remnant of feudalism? Why do you work so hard to raise money for that remnant surnamed Liu back then, and keep silent for doing such a good deed? gone?" President Tang saw that Jin Shifu still seemed to be reasonable, so he stammered and said: "Jin will do it, we...we can't let the stone road in the city get in the way...to get in the way of Wang Supervisor's walking...take the car, just...just I have to pave the road, in fact, this...the stone road in this city is quite good, although it is a bit broken, but...it can be regarded as a scene in our city!" Jin Shifu said: "What scene? Is it a scientific scene? No! My brother has been to London in England, Paris in France, and many places in other countries. To make progress, we must first build roads. Today we build Baihui Road, tomorrow we will build Mintu Road, and the next day we will build railways. This is the only way to rejuvenate our stone city and strengthen our Republic. This... It has nothing to do with whether the Wang Supervisor can walk or not. Wang Supervisor Whether you walk or take a car, the road must be repaired." President Tang said again: "Just... even if it is repaired, it... has to be done slowly. You can't say that the wind is the rain. It is... Shall we think about it in the long run?" Only then did Jin Shifu throw his pistol on the table, and said sharply: "Don't discuss it, China's affairs are always discussed and discussed! The North and the South have negotiated peace, how many years have they been negotiated, and has it been resolved? No! Brothers like to be straightforward when doing things. In the past, the brothers launched revolutions everywhere with such vigor, but now, they have to do so! Whoever dares to disobey will be subject to military law!" President Tang dared not speak any more. Jin Shifu sighed again and said: "You people really don't understand reason. If you give you democracy and discuss with you, you will play tricks. It is obviously a good thing, but you just don't want to do it!" At this moment, Boss Bai, who runs the silk shop, stood up and said tremblingly, "This...it's a good thing, who doesn't want to do it? Who...doesn't want to study...science, science? Only...only I don’t know if Jin will do it with... and our king’s supervisor, have you thought about it? After repairing the road and leaving the car, what about... the sedan chairs in this city? What do four or five thousand bearers eat?" Jin Shifu nodded: "That's a good question. The livelihood of four or five thousand bearers is indeed a problem. Brothers have already thought about it. Young ones can serve as soldiers in the army of our king's supervisor and eat food. Older ones, Just go pull the Toyo cart." Boss Bai said again: "Then... the sedan chair owner, Grandma Bu, just... I'm afraid it's not easy to handle. The whole city's sedan chairs belong to her. She... how many years did she fight to get it? The sedan does not even recognize its own father, so it will be released easily? No...won't fight with you? What will Jin do? ..." Jin Shifu smiled and said: "This has nothing to do with you. Brothers will deal with grandma Bu and help. This woman will be knocked down in the future. I really don't know her. Brother and Wang Duban will punish her according to the law. Brother has long I heard about this woman collaborating with bandits! On the day Liu ran away, wasn’t she sending thousands of people in sedan chairs to take away so many soldiers? You don’t want to tell her about this, brothers just wait for her to make a fuss Come here and punish her for the death penalty of being a bandit and causing trouble!" After the talk was over, several respectable gentlemen still refused to pay the frighteningly large sum of money for road construction, so they invited them to Mr. Tang's house to ask Mr. Tang for advice. President Tang didn't come up with any idea, so he just asked everyone to delay for three days, and said, if after three days, the Jinhui Office changed its mind and still wanted to build this road, then it would have to pay for it honestly. That night, President Tang put aside his old grudges, went to Ma's house in a lonely sedan chair, met Bu Shouru, and gave Bu Shouru all the scientific plans of Jinhui for the gentry talk meeting, which made Bu Shouru silent for a long time. It was shot. President Tang said: "Grandma Bu, don't be in a daze. You have to make up your mind early, and everything will be over later." Bu Shouru nodded: "I know." President Tang said: "I'm afraid it's not enough to fight hard. It's better to petition. It's the most fashionable right now." Bu Shouru nodded again: "I know..."