Volume Two Chapter 286: The guest is coming
Northeast, Fuyuan.
This is a remote area in the northeast of China, located in the triangle area where the Heilongjiang and the Ussuri River meet. In the Qing Dynasty, there was often a saying that "depart to Ningguta and the armored people are slaves", while Fuyuan is more northerly than Ningguta. This is already the border between China and Russia. In addition to a small Fuyuan County, there are several villages in Fuyuan area. In addition to these, there are beards hidden in the dense forests of mountains.
As a border area of China, a unit was stationed in Fuyuan City during the Qing Dynasty. After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the local troops were organized into local security teams, saying they were security teams, which were actually similar to militia organizations. Because in addition to beards, there were also Russians who came from the Russian border around Fuyuan, so most of the local situation was half peasants and half soldiers, and they formed troops to protect themselves.
This situation continued until the spring of 1918. One day in the beginning of spring, residents of Fuyuan County suddenly discovered that an army was coming. Fear suddenly enveloped all the people in Fuyuan. The security team hurriedly closed the city gate under the command of the county magistrate and sent people to find out if it was the beard that ran over.
When the person who asked about the news came back, Fuyuanren panickedly finally relieved his heart. It was not the beards or the old soldiers who ran over from the Russian border. These people were dressed in neatly defense uniforms. In order to dispel Fuyuanren's concerns, the troops also sent a liaison officer to the county town and showed their identity certificates to the county magistrate.
When they learned that the National Defense Forces had sent troops to Fuyuan, the whole city of Fuyuan was relieved, but at the same time they were worried that the small Fuyuan city was already in a remote area. If this army did not abide by discipline and frantically plundered people's wealth, their lives would probably be even more difficult.
However, this concern was quickly dispelled. After arriving in Fuyuan, this army of hundreds of people not only did not harass the local residents, but instead set up a military camp outside Fuyuan County. Apart from a few officials, ordinary soldiers almost did not leave the military camp. Every day, standing on the city wall, you can see the soldiers in the military camp practicing on time, line up, etc. This is the first time that such an army has seen Fuyuan people since the Qing Dynasty.
Not only that, the army was harmonious from top to bottom, from officers to soldiers. Whether it was buying things or asking the county to help build barracks for them, they all took out white silver dollars. The price was very fair. After a while, Fuyuan gradually felt relieved of the army, and when he mentioned this team, he gave a thumbs up and praised him for saying that he was a mighty army.
With the troops stationed, and the troops were generous, they brought many business opportunities to the sparse and depressed Fuyuan City. Some flexible-minded merchants brought a large amount of food, meat and other supplies from other places and sold them to the army, making a lot of money. In addition, small merchants gradually gathered, and in less than a month, the entire Fuyuan City was full of traffic and a vaguely prosperous atmosphere.
Fuyuan's prosperity soon attracted a lot of attention. However, there were not many people who wanted to make Fuyuan. At first, a bearded man with more than 300 people planned to come and grab a ticket while the garrison was unprepared. However, he unexpectedly beat him in less than half an hour and fled in a panic. Not only that, the garrison also sent a pursuit troops to chase the beard, until the bearded leader "Golden Eagle" was beaten to death in the chaos. All his subordinates were captured, and then the bearded lair was removed, and the army was then proudly retreated.
With this first list, how could the beard dare to make Fuyuan? You should know that the "Golden Eye Eagle" is the most powerful beard in a radius of hundreds of miles. There are nearly 500 men and women in the parable. There are more than 100 fast guns, and there are more than ten short guns and three old-fashioned bronze cannons, which are scattered over a hundred miles. It is famous. Such strength will be destroyed by the garrison. Who would have any idea of being tired of living and going to attack Fuyuan County without eyes?
As Fuyuan stabilized, Fuyuan people gradually got used to the existence of this army. Some people even felt that their lives were safer and better with this army. Even the county magistrate, who was not satisfied with the arrival of this army, felt that it was a good thing for Fuyuan to have them.
But something shocking happened soon after. Shortly after the extermination of the "Golden Eagle", a group of Russian soldiers came from Russia. The people of Fuyuan, who were so scared that they ran away from afar, ran away. After receiving the news, the county magistrate Fuyuan hurriedly asked someone to notify the garrison and made plans to close the city gate to hold on. This old Russian soldier is no better than a beard. He can only steal things, unless the other party resists fiercely and generally does not kill people. However, the old Russian soldiers burn, kill, rob, rape and rape, and even often rise up after robbing all the village, and set fire and burn all the people to death. Since the Qing Dynasty, such things have been seen many times around Fuyuan. There is an old saying among the locals, "If you are not afraid of beards, you are afraid of the Russians", which refers to these old Russian soldiers.
After receiving the news, the garrison immediately dispatched. Soon after, the hundreds of Russian soldiers met the dispatched garrison on the outskirts of Fuyuan City. Standing on the top of the city, watching the handover between the two armies in fear. The war was about to break out, and the county magistrate secretly prayed that the Buddha would bless him to win.
Who would have thought that the two armies stopped a few hundred meters away from each other. A man who looked like an officer came out on horseback and shouted a few words at the top of his voice. The garrison soon came out, and he looked at the general who seemed to be the highest-ranking military rank in the garrison. He rode forward and shouted at the other party. The following scene made the county magistrate stunned and couldn't believe his eyes.
The two of them who came out got off the horse at the same time, walked to each other and laughed, hugged each other and beat their chests and slapped their backs. What was going on? Everyone on the top of the city looked at each other and was stunned for a moment.
I watched the old Russian army be taken into the barracks by the garrison. Soon after, the news came from the garrison that the Russian soldiers were their own people, which made the people of Fuyuan feel at ease. Although this was said, who would dare to feel at ease? Especially the county magistrate couldn't understand, why did these people become their own people? What was the garrison thinking about?
What is even more surprising is that these Russian soldiers stayed in the military camp for a few days, and then entered the county town under the leadership of the garrison. At first, the people of Fuyuan were a little worried about these Russians, but after a long time, they felt that these Russians were a little different from the Russian soldiers who came to loot before. In addition to looking different from the Chinese, these people were usually well-behaved and generous in buying things. Apart from liking alcohol and being drunk and going crazy after getting drunk, there was nothing else. After getting along for a long time, everyone gradually accepted these Russians.
After a few days, several groups of old men came one after another, but some of them were Russian soldiers, some of them were Russians, young men and female men. With the experience of the previous group of Russians, Fuyuan people was not too nervous this time, but so many Russians appeared together and pointed and pointed at the comments for a few words. This was inevitable, especially some female men, who were wearing clothes that were completely different from Chinese people, with their waists, breasts, and white legs. They looked at Fuyuan men's eyes straight, and some old scholars shook their heads in front of them to scold them for being intoxicated, but the desire behind them was hard to suppress. On the night when these female men arrived, there were countless families in Fuyuan City and couples tossed for a full night. Ten months later, many babies were suddenly added to Fuyuan City.
By late May, Fuyuan County, the small border town, was no longer the same as last year. With more and more Russians coming to Fuyuan, the entire Fuyuan County could not accommodate so many people. Under the resettlement of the garrison, dense houses were built around Fuyuan County like mushrooms after a rain. By early June, the total number of Russians in Fuyuan had exceeded 100,000. You could see Russians with blond hair, blue eyes and big noses everywhere on the street. If you didn’t know that this was Fuyuan, you might have thought you had arrived at the territory of the Russians.
"General, will Fuyuan or Fuyuan continue like this? There are so many Russians in the city, and I can't afford to take on anything if something happens!" County government, county magistrate Zhu Guanglian said to a general sitting in the upper position, the commander of the garrison, with a deep lingering worry hidden in his expression.
Zhang Zongchang smiled disapprovingly: "Don't worry, Zhu Weng, these Russians are fine in the city. Apart from their appearance, they are not different from those of Chinese. Zhu Weng just treats them as the people under his rule, and they should manage them or how to manage them."
"I said that, but what if something goes wrong if I really want to do this? You must know that there are more Russian soldiers outside the city than General. If you cause trouble, the general will not be able to suppress the entire Fuyuan will be destroyed in the war!"
Zhu Guanglian said worriedly, it would be fine if there were fewer Russians at the beginning, but now there are more and more Russians. Zhu Guanglian looked at the Russians coming and going in and out of the city every day, and his heart had already been mentioned to his throat. If so many Russians start to cause trouble, even Zhang Zongchang's troops would not be able to suppress them. Wouldn't he be afraid of something wrong?
After hearing Zhu Guanglian's question, Zhang Zongchang certainly knew what he was worried about. He smiled and waved his hand and said, "I'm going to hide it from Zhu Weng. In the future, these old Russian soldiers Zhang will take him away from Fuyuan. In addition to my company's garrison, there are some female Russians, little Russians, etc. These people should be managed with Zhu Weng's ability, right? In this way, can Zhu Weng rest assured?"
"It's good, it's good!" Zhu Guanglian's goatee whisper that was twisting his chin and smiled and nodded repeatedly. With Zhang Zongchang's promise, he could breathe a sigh of relief.
Just as he asked Zhang Zongchang what had happened to take these Russian soldiers away, suddenly there were cheers like a sea of cheers outside. The sounds seemed to be full of Russians shouting. The "Wu La" that almost scared Zhu Guanglian to the point of falling.
"It's bad! General! Something happened... something happened..." Zhu Guanglian said in horror. His first reaction was that the Russians had rebelled. A wave of despair enveloped his heart. Zhu Guanglian's face turned gray and he couldn't help but mutter: "I would have known this if I had known this... I would have known this if I had...
Chapter completed!