From Chief to Ball

At this time, there is no place for the personalized capital to run. The Mo party can run away because they have never made profit as their first goal. Their personalities are still ideals and beliefs for the time being...

It took nearly ten years from Nan'an to see the present, and the pervasive corrosion finally turned Yeyuan Mountain into a "worm" of the old empire.

The power of the old empire has nothing to do with him, he already has the most important things in the power of the new era - capital and fame.

The constant gunshots and noise from outside diverted Yuanshan's gaze away from the few propaganda pamphlets of the Mexican Party and the Progressive Alliance party, and a few people rushed in to report: "The sheriff, the Mincheng Citizens and people from the Mexican Party want to meet you. There are more than 400 people from the Mexican Party with guns and three cannons.”

When it comes to cannons, the person who returned them twisted their cheeks slightly, and handed over the paperwork that the Mok Party handed over just now, saying: "They said that these cannons have legal procedures. In name, the military entrusted Chen Jian to help measure the ballistics. There is a seal of the military on it; one is Chen Jian’s application to try to use a new boring machine to drill the gun barrel to withstand glycerin explosives as propellants, and the Ministry of Industry has approved it, and it is a legal procedure; the other is in the name of testing Can you try to launch it directly with glycerin explosives without a boring machine..."

He Yuanshan took the document and threw it aside without even looking at it.

Usually there are guns, and no one can say anything. At this juncture, whether the three documents are shown to me is legal or not depends not on these documents, but on what I will say.

legitimate?Will the group of people in the Mexican party who never deny that rebellion is justified take the old law seriously?

Ye Yuanshan laughed angrily, this was the second joke he heard this year.The previous one was that at the beginning of the year, I listened to a few people petitioning and preaching to teach the world to believe in religion, so that the world will be peaceful and there will be no disputes.

Chapter 97 Transformation

Outside the sheriff's mansion.

The agitated citizens and the armed forces of the Mexican Party made a lot of noise there, singing the republican song of the Chinese people, and the orators shouted and questioned there.

"Citizens! Citizens! What kind of law did the council break so that it would be slaughtered? We want an explanation. Now everything is fine in Mincheng, and life is much better than before. Is there anyone who can't stand it?" ?Could it be that we just discussed the matter of buying the franchise, and those people with fat stomachs and brains who sucked up our flesh and blood are going to kill everyone who discusses it?"

"Who did it? We don't know yet, and we can't convict anyone. But, citizens, let us think about whose interests we have touched by buying the franchise and asking for rent and interest reductions?"

"Just like many necessities of life, what do these franchisees do? Labor creates value, do they dry salt in the salt field? Or transport the salt away? They don't do anything, they rely on bribes to get it They can make a fortune just by sitting there. But they didn’t even invest in capital, they only rely on those complicated relationships and gangs who are running around... However, they sucked our flesh and blood, but asked them to give a copper coin to relieve those The unemployed would not."

"Now they are still raising the butcher's knife to our elected representatives, and the army has also participated in the rebellion. It has always been a tradition that in non-Gyeonggi areas, the army can only enter the city unless it is ordered by the council or the county guard. Now, the council You can be sure that there is no such request, so could it be an order from the sheriff?"

"We don't believe that the county guard can issue such an order, because the county guard has always been fair and just, and the development of Mincheng and the smiles on the faces of the Chinese people are obvious to all. But just like all incredible things in science are always real. In that way, the reality we see now is that the army is marching into Mincheng, threatening to kill all the people who voted for the council representatives, and saying that they have obtained the request of the county guard."

"They say that reducing rent and interest is unconventional; they say that buying franchises and improving the lives of citizens is contrary to the traditions of the republic; they say that as long as the people of the country are raised as cows that can be milked at any time, they don't need to participate in state affairs at all. ;They say anyone who supports rent and interest rate cuts and buyout franchises and change poll tax reform should be hanged on the gallows...or be hacked to death with an ax...see, isn't there already in the council now Are they doing it? Aren’t the representatives of the people of the country just elected by us? Are they just killing those representatives? Citizens! Who are they trying to kill? Isn’t it clear now? When the representatives are hacked to death Afterwards, whoever dares to stand up and say justice and fairness and the real republic of the Chinese people will be hacked to death until no one dares to speak..."

The inciting speech attracted more and more panicked citizens. They didn't know what was going on, but now they knew it, and it was the first time that the army wanted to massacre all of Mincheng and give it to the second council A message from those who voted.

In fact, this is not the case. There are also many people who don't believe it, but not believing it doesn't mean not being angry, especially the few council representatives who were hacked to death were usually doing charity relief work.

The details about the profits from various franchises were also narrated by the propaganda team of the Mexican Party in the most ironic terms. Coupled with the tragic situation of the tenant farmers who had been instigated for more than half a year, these citizens felt extremely angry.

The shiny cannon was still drawn by horses, and street speakers stood on the cannon and shouted loudly. The power of this cannon combined with justice and truth ignited the passion of more people.

People suspected that it was an order from the sheriff. Under the instigation of some people, someone had thrown sticks and stones towards the door of the sheriff's mansion. The soldiers guarding the door were sweating, but they had to carry their guns on their backs They were afraid that if the gun fired, the three cannons and more than 400 flintlock guns on the opposite side would fire a volley.

Amid the scolding and uproar, Ye Yuanshan had already made a decision that would affect the rest of his life.

He stepped up to the front of the crowd and said loudly: "Citizens! I can assure you that I have never made such a request. Besides, don't forget that I am the honorary chairman of the Second Council elected by you. Say the council is a rebellion, then I am the leader of the rebellion! Am I going to kill myself?"

"Now, I will send someone over there to question whose order it is. If it is from the capital...then I will fight for it, and I will not hesitate to carry the coffin to the capital and convey everything to the king. I believe our The Republic will not issue such an order, there must be some treacherous villains who have done something unspeakable!"

"Citizens! If it is neither the king's order, nor the council's request, nor my request, then I can declare: whether it is the army's entry into the city or the previous attack on the council, it is a rebellion! A rebellion that threatens the Republic!"

"If that's the case, I beg you, the citizens of Mincheng, the people of the great republic! Fight like our ancestors defended the republic, and suppress this rebellion!"

"This is my request from Yuanshan. I am not only the governor of Min County, but also the honorary chairman of the council, and it is my request as an ordinary citizen of the Republic!"

"I swear to Tianmeng here that I will not do anything against the interests of the people of Mincheng. And until this rebellion subsides, I will stand here until the rebellion is subdued!"

"Before this, if I made any move to back off, you could all regard me as running away and colluding with those rebels. You can kill me with your guns at any time!"

"Republic of China! Long live!"

While shouting loudly, Yuanshan knew that he had no way to retreat, and his name would definitely be left in the history books.

If this cry fails, he will be the first sheriff to be executed for "rebellion".

If this cry is successful, he will be the first spiritual leader who has transformed from a bureaucrat in the old system into a spiritual leader who protects the interests of the people of the country.

As for the choice, it is actually not exciting:

If this was an order from above, but he didn't receive it, it would have proved that he was no longer his own in the eyes of the above.

If this is a conspiracy by some people, then the three cannons pulled by the Mo Party to the Sheriff’s Mansion prove that the conspiracy will inevitably fail—the uprising at the bottom has always been cutting trees into soldiers, and reading books, Yuanshan feels that he has already opened Eyes, the first time I saw that the artillery and grassroots officers of the suppressed were stronger than the suppressors, and the first time I saw the flintlock guns used by the suppressed and the suppressors still had a lot of matchlock guns. It was the first time I saw a young man who was suppressed use a hot air balloon and a telescope to observe the enemy's situation and draw a blueprint. It was the first time to see the corpse of the suppressed person who cleared the chaos in the city within two hours of the chaos. Loaded the wagon.

In his opinion, as long as Mincheng is not completely controlled by the army within half a month, and the Mo party is not completely wiped out, the other side will die.Even if it is really an order from above, the Mo party will never let the participants go, even if they can't beat all the old forces, but in the last fight in Mincheng... the gallows will be placed all the way from the county guard's mansion to the pier .

When it got to that point, the Mo party didn't bother to show others the legal documents of Cannon, he was sure of it.

After the impassioned speech, some members of the Mexican Party took the lead and rushed to Ye Yuanshan's side. Several strong men lifted him up and shouted loudly: "Long live democracy! Long live the republic!"

More than 400 organized members of the Mexican Party also shouted together, motivating the nearby citizens to shout together.

He Yuanshan, who was lifted up high, felt a chill in his heart, and said to himself, how can this be supported by all the people?

This is clearly the courage to use me as a crowd!

Amidst the loud shouts of the crowd, a temporary member of the Mok Party immediately took three pieces of paper and asked He Yuanshan to sign and seal the letter.

"If it is found that the other party is a rebellion and there is no official order, request the requisition of a nearby carriage to transport the people of the country who are fighting the rebellion to support the counter-rebellion battlefield."

"If it is found that the other party is a rebellion and there is no official order, ask the county guard to order all military training and retired soldiers in Mincheng to take up arms and assemble in front of the county guard's mansion."

"Find out that the other party is a rebel and there is no official order, and request the county guard to order the requisition of the Nanyang Company and all armed ships to strictly prevent the rebels from attempting to land from the sea."

Ye Yuanshan is also a decisive person, so there is no need to think too much about it now, he can't just sign his name with a swipe of a pen, and stamp it with the seal of the governor of Fujian County.

Immediately afterwards, he wrote another handwritten letter, asking someone to go to the army to inquire about the situation.

It takes time to ask clearly, or to ask clearly.

The Mo party didn't care about these procedures at all. The group of armed men who were planning to bombard the sheriff's mansion under extreme circumstances did not wait to find out the situation and the three documents came into effect, and directly formed a team in front of the sheriff's mansion.

Stepping into those rented carriages, pulling cannons and [-] armed men, stepping on the smooth road, rushed towards the place where the gunshots were the most intense.

The three documents signed and stamped by Yuanshan were quickly copied for several minutes, and spread quickly according to different neighborhoods and their understanding of Mincheng.

More and more excited citizens, members of the Mexican Party, radical young people from the other parties of the Progressive Alliance, and some former unemployed who benefited from the construction of asylum factories gathered in front of the Sheriff's Office, and more and more.

Many, but not messy.

The organizational ability of the Mexican party was at its limit at this time. Those young people who graduated from surveying and mapping schools began to organize these passionate citizens. Those who had organized charity societies, textile cooperatives, and relief societies became natural Acquaintances; those who had organized miners' petitions, canal building, Turtle Island struvite mining, and lighthouse construction, became natural organizers.

Several horse-drawn carriages came rumblingly, a large number of wooden boxes were split open, bundles of flintlock guns and matching lead ammunition gunpowder packs were taken out, and those citizens and party members who had military training were given priority.

The rest of the citizens distributed a large number of tools for building canals and roads. They didn't need to directly exchange fire with each other, but built barricades according to the map that had been drawn a long time ago. Obviously, they had already prepared for it.

Next to it, a drum and flute team was playing ancient ballads such as "A Big River" or the recently popular Chinese republican song. Someone kept preaching there, which attracted a burst of enthusiastic applause.