1855 United States Tycoon

The arrest of Mr. Sun did not go smoothly. Just like the organization of the Revolutionary Party was full of loopholes, the organization of the Qing government was also a puddle of mud. In terms of business, he was even more unskilled. After receiving the order, the superintendent of the Governor's Mansion immediately set out to arrest Sun Wen. However, when Mr. Sun moved after the uprising entered the planning stage, the Supervisory Standards were naturally emptied, and their actions were not covered up in the slightest. In this way, the Xingzhonghui people naturally knew that something went wrong.

"Mr. Sun, Tarzi went to your original residence to arrest people just now. It seems that the plan of the uprising has been exposed. What should I do?" Chen Shaobai, one of Mr. Sun's right and left hands, said to Mr. Sun.

"I didn't expect Chen Guang senior to say it. It really made a traitor among us. I just don't know how much the traitor said." Mr. Sun said bitterly.

"No matter how much we expose, we must make a decision immediately. Obviously, we can no longer wait for Li Chongguang and their team now. Whether it is to revolt or retreat immediately, we must make a decision immediately." Lu Haodong said.

"Since the plan has been exposed, the Manchus must be prepared. At this time of the uprising, most of them are hitting the gun. I think that at this time, the uprising is just letting our people go to death for nothing. I think we should arrange for everyone now. Retreat quickly." Chen Shaobai thought for a while and said.

"But now that Manqing knows the plan, he will definitely block the water and land terminals. It is not so easy to take so many people out of Guangzhou safely." Mr. Sun thought for a while and said.

"It's true, this is really a big problem." Lu Haodong also sighed, and stood up at the same time, and went around the room a few times. Finally, he stopped abruptly, as if he had made a big determination.

"Brother Sun, Brother Chen, I think this is the way to do it." Lu Haodong said, "We will find some truly brave and loyal people who dare to die. We will prepare tonight. We will attack the Government of Guangdong and Guangxi at dawn tomorrow. This will happen. , Then Guangzhou’s Tarzi is naturally headless and is in chaos. Even if it fails, the attention of the Manchus will be drawn to the protection of the official government, so that it can cover the retreat of the comrades."

After Lu Haodong finished talking about this plan, everyone fell silent. Obviously, this plan is obviously better than the recklessness of a direct uprising and the unconspiracy of a direct retreat. It is just that in this plan, the part of the people who participated in the attack on the Government of Guangdong and Guangxi basically have no possibility of surviving. The plan is to use their sacrifices in exchange for more people to retreat. So how many people are willing to participate in such a mortal operation, and such an operation also needs a firm and courageous person to command, and who should be allowed to take on this mortal task?

"Since I proposed this plan, I will lead the team for this action." Lu Haodong said.

"Hao Dong!" Mr. Sun stood up, but couldn't say anything extra, just pressed his shoulders tightly with both hands.

"Okay, we don’t have more time. Mr. Sun, Wen Shao (Chen Shaobai’s words), we are about to start preparing for this operation right away. Wen Shao, you go to the Hong Kong side, Mr. Sun, we immediately When the comrades arrived, they contacted, arranged the retreat, and selected the death fighters."

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Two hours later, Chen Shaobai returned to the temporary headquarters, and the three began to exchange preparations.

"Mr. Sun, Brother Lu, how are you preparing?" Chen Shaobai asked first.

"Most of the things about the ruling comrades have been notified." Lu Haodong said, "In addition, the relevant materials have basically been destroyed."

"How about the death squad?" Chen Shaobai asked again.

"There are not many people, I am willing to join the death squad, plus I have only 20 people." Lu Haodong said, but he immediately realized that his tone was a little too depressed, and then said with a smile, "But they are all good guys who can trust the life and death. By the way, Shaobai, how is your connection with Hong Kong?"

"A telegram has been sent to Hong Kong. In addition, there is good news to tell everyone. After learning about the matter, Chen Guang senior immediately sent us a telegram through the internal telegram in the United States Bank. Said it was if there was any Those who are difficult to retreat can take refuge in the United States consulate first. However, the number of people cannot exceed five."

"This is good news." Mr. Sun said immediately, "We can let some people who have been exposed, such as me, deliberately show up in other places, attract the attention of Manchu, and cover the evacuation of other comrades, and these comrades will directly Just hide in the United States consulate. However, the United States consulate actually gave Chen Guangsenior’s Face like this, which is really unexpected."

Of course, the United States Consulate in Guangzhou is willing to do such a thing. It is by no means Chen Guang’s face, but the Macdonald Consortium’s face. In fact, there is a tradition in United States that many of the diplomats he sends abroad, especially chief officials such as ambassadors and consuls, are direct spokespersons for large consortia. In many cases, the president took the money from the consortium during the election, and often gave some key positions directly to the people of the consortium. In addition to positions such as ministers and vice ministers in the government, diplomatic envoys are also a particularly favorite position for people from large consortia. For one thing, such a position involves a lot of business dealings, and there are many opportunities for fake public welfare. Secondly, the work of this position is complicated but unremarkable. Most of the time, the people of United States will not notice such a position at all. The big consortium has always believed in the idea of ​​making money by silence and always like to hide themselves behind the scenes. Such a position can be used to exercise the own person. In addition, apart from a limited number of ambassadors and consuls sent to some important countries, diplomats sent to other countries will not be able to cause any major trouble no matter what they do. Generally speaking, for a weak country, "diplomacy is no small matter", but for a strong country, going can be called "diplomatic no major matter". Anyway, the close relationship between major powers is the decisive role of interest. Diplomats and other things cannot change the basic interest pattern, so natural diplomacy is nothing big to speak of. Anyway, even if a certain diplomat gets frustrated and utters some messy nonsense like a convulsion, generally speaking, it won't really cause any major trouble, at most everyone pretends to have not heard it. It is as if the bald eagle's ambassador to the Chitu country was carrying jasmine flowers all over the street, and the Chitu country had not seen it, and the ambassador of the Chitu country took advantage of the Texas National Self-Defense Force's suspicion that the federal army wanted "Invaded" Texas and began to closely monitor federal agencies. I went to Texas and said to those Texas red necks that "Texas is the state of Texas". It seemed like a bad intention to fan the flames. Bald Eagle Only if I didn't hear it. As for photographs of ambassadors and consuls of general countries, there is no trouble making any trouble. At that time, China was really the so-called "general country". Compared with other consortia, the Macdonald Consortium has the earliest layout in China and has the most investment. Therefore, the ministers and consuls of United States in China are traditionally held by members of the Macdonald Consortium.

"Mr. Sun, this is not feasible. Senior Chen made it clear that people who enter the United States consulate should not cause too much trouble to United States. If these people show up everywhere and attract attention, then enter the United States consulate again. Bringing trouble to the consulate. It hurts the goodwill of United States friends. But it is always good to have this retreat. Mr. Sun, Senior Chen also said that he also asked a friend to rent a small western-style building next to the United States consulate. It’s better for the husband to move there first. Then the husband can organize the retreat with peace of mind, and in case of trouble, he can quickly retreat to the consulate."

"Comrades are all risking, how can I?" Mr. Sun still hesitated.

"Mr. Sun, there is no dead, no way to awaken the world; no life, no hope for the future. The ancients said: We will do something. Sir, don't hesitate." Mr. Lu Haodong said, "Cheng Yingjujiu, who is easy to follow? Difficult? Someone chooses the easy ones, and entrusts the difficult things to Mr., who is the world’s rise and fall, and he should take care of himself."

"Yes, today, there is no Chen Shaobai, but Lu brother, but Mr. Sun. Mr. Sun must never do dangerous things." Chen Shaobai also persuaded.

"Oh, since you said that, I will first..." Mr. Sun sighed again....

"Heavenly Stems are dry, watch out for fire candles." At this time, it was approaching the fourth watch, and the voice of the watchman calling the watch came from the street outside. As there were no street lights, the night in Guangzhou was completely dark. Only when the moon shines, people can faintly see that there is a road on the ground.

The door panels of the shops facing the street have long been up, but some shops that do early have already turned on the lights, and people are already busy.

Not everyone in the shop where the lights are on is busy with tomorrow's business. In a teahouse called "Wang Jianghe", a group of people are busy with other things.

"Everyone should check the guy in their hands again, wipe the gun clean, remember the grenades, and pull off the ignition ring before throwing it away, eh, it's not asking you to pull it now!"

"Mr. Lu, don't worry, I just look at it, I won't really pull it. Although I'm not afraid of death, I don't want to die so stupid." The person who just made a ring of fire smiled and lightened the grenade. Lightly hung it on the belt, and then carefully fiddled with the submachine gun that looked like several tubes welded together.

"Mr. Lu, just such a broken thing, is it so expensive?"

"It looks ugly, but it's easy to use. You've seen it before." Lu Haodong said, "But you remember one thing. This gun is not very safe and easy to fire. Do not pull the bolt up or install it. Put up the magazine... Forget it and talk about what you usually do. We will start the fight later, but be careful not to point the barrel of the gun at your own person. If you are not sure, this thing will go wrong."

Having said that, Mr. Lu looked at the time, and it was almost dawn. At this time there were some voices in the streets.

"Well, it's time. We are going to set off." Lu Haodong said.

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