Chapter 2 Return to Sichuan
This is not the first time Qin Bing has invited Qiao Yu to join the Tongmenghui. Qiao Yu has never officially agreed in the past, but seeing today's attitude, Qin Bing is very sincere, Yu Peilun is full of hope.
Qiao Yu couldn't help thinking that when he came to the late Qing Dynasty, he would inevitably have to deal with these revolutionary parties. It would be nice to be able to temporarily bear the hat of the revolutionary party. Anyway, this is just a cloak. You can put it aside at any time. As long as you don't go to the Huanghuagang Uprising with Qin Bing, you will make up your mind. Qiao Yu smiled and said, "Brother Qin, I traveled in Europe and the United States, and I am very clear about the corruption of the Qing Dynasty. It is my honor to be able to do something for our nation!"
"Brother Shunqing, are you willing to join us?"
"That's natural. Please take care of me in the future!"
"Shunqing, don't worry, you are a talented person. Our Tongmenghui lacks military talents like you, so that several uprisings have failed. Mr. is already preparing for a new uprising. I must recommend you to Mr. and let you command us!"
Qiao Yu's head grew a few times as soon as he heard this. The uprising we are preparing for now is the Huanghuagang Uprising. Isn't this letting himself be a martyr?
"I am certainly willing to save the country, but I still have some ideas. I still have some ideas. I still hide something from my two brothers. My father has served as an official in the Qing Dynasty and has become the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue. His family is still quite powerful. China is too big. I am afraid that one or two uprisings cannot completely overthrow the Qing Dynasty. After all, there are still hundreds of years of accumulated power and the people's wisdom has not yet been opened. If we want to completely succeed in the uprising, it is not enough to rely on us alone. Therefore, I want to try to convince my family that as long as my family can support it, it is not difficult to launch an uprising in Sichuan."
Qin Bing and Yu Peilun both opened their eyes wide and were very surprised. They were all from Sichuan and still had some understanding of the name of the Qiao family. Unexpectedly, the young man in front of him was actually the son of the Qiao family. They knew that the power of the Qiao family could be won over. Tongmenghui's strength in Chongqing would definitely skyrocket.
"Brother Qiao, you're so hard for us to hide it!"
"Two brothers, real men should be self-reliant and can't always rely on their homes!" Qiao Yu had to find such a reason that was not a reason, and Yu Peilun gave a thumbs up instead.
"My brother is a capable and ambitious person. It would be best if he could launch an uprising in Sichuan. The deep inland Bashu has a great influence. Moreover, many of our brothers are in Sichuan, especially the leader Mr. Yang Cangbai, who is a great hero. He is a real hero. I can contact Mr. Yang Cangbai. I think Sichuan will soon change the day."
Qiao Yu looked at Yu Peilun who was in a very high mood and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, is the revolution so easy? The Qing court's hundreds of years of prestige can be overthrown in one sentence. There is no possibility of success without careful arrangements. If it weren't for the tide launched by the road protection movement, I was afraid that the Xinhai Revolution would be a few years later. Moreover, even if the Qing court was overthrown, it would be only the first step in the journey of thousands of miles. The sufferings would only be more, but this could not be said to Yu Peilun.
"Who is this Mr. Yang Cangbai and how should I contact you?"
"Yang Cang Bai's name is Yang Shukan. He is the leader of the Sichuan Tongmenghui. He has prestige and insight, and is a person who does major tasks. He has been working for the Sichuan revolutionary cause. Brother, please go back to Sichuan first. We will ask Mr. Yang to take the initiative to contact you."
Qiao Yu nodded and said yes, isn’t Yang Shu the future governor of Sichuan? Several people talked about a lot of things about how to overthrow the Qing court. Although Qiao Yu was perfunctory, the little things he said were enough to make Qin Bing and Yu Peilun admire him. He was naturally happy to win over such talents. Jiro Miki also interrupted from time to time. Qiao Yu really hated the Japanese's sense of superiority inadvertently, so he had to say goodbye...
"Two brothers, Mr. Sanmu, it's not time to go to Shanghai first, then take a boat back to Sichuan, prepare as soon as possible, and delay a minute, the Qing Dynasty will do more evil!" Qin Bing and Yu Peilun didn't think much at all, but instead thought that Qiao Yu was sincere. After a few words of encouragement, they separated for a while.
The next day, Qiao Yu went to buy a boat ticket and was about to return to China. Qin Bing still had something to do, so he didn't send Qiao Yu, while Yu Peilun came to send Qiao Yu. Yu Peilun seemed very moved.
"Shunqing, after leaving my hometown for many years, it is a great blessing to be able to reunite with my relatives. I only hope that the revolution will succeed so that I can do my best to be a filial son. Now I can only be an unfilial son. I have a letter from my family. Please take it home for me. If I have time, I will see my parents and elders for me. I will forget my family for the country, and I will be sorry to them!"
Qiao Yu took the thin letter from home and sighed in his heart. Yu Peilun didn't know that he would die before he could succeed, and he would never be able to see his family. "Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety are difficult to achieve both loyalty and filial piety, I will definitely send the letter, but Brother Yu still needs to take care of his own safety."
"I have long put my life and death aside when choosing a revolution. Brother, I am about to go to Hong Kong to plan the uprising. I just hope that the uprising will be successful and the world will be back in the hands of the Han family. We brothers will still have time to meet."
Yu Peilun is indeed a passionate patriot. Qiao Yu knew that he was good at making bombs and made more than 300 bombs for the Huanghuagang Uprising. However, his efforts did not change the result of failure. Looking at the tragic hero, Qiao Yu suddenly felt sour in his heart.
"Brother Yu, have you ever thought about what kind of country should we build after the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty? Can we be self-reliant without the emperor? Are the so-called leaders really as selfless as you imagined? Is the revolution just overthrow a court? Can those people establish a new China?"
Qiao Yu suddenly asked a question, like a cannon, which made Yu Peilun speechless. He never expected that Qiao Yu would change his caliber, his face turned red, and he was about to argue.
"Brother Yun Ji, I don't want to argue with you. I just want to persuade you not to make useless sacrifices. I will say that, we will have a date later!" After that, Qiao Yu headed straight to the passenger ship. He didn't want to interfere with the progress of history. Since Yu Peilun is on the list of martyrs, there is no need to save him. However, after a while, Yu Peilun is a good person and talented person. Qiao Yu really doesn't want to see him die like this, so he reminded him, but it seems that this person didn't listen.
Sitting on the passenger ship and crossing the ocean, Qiao Yu headed straight to the devil capital Shanghai. The ship was not fast and it took nearly four days to arrive in Shanghai. Qiao Yu happened to be hiding in the cabin and thinking about the future.
The country of Sichuan Tianfu is an excellent place. It has great potential in terms of resources and location. The most important thing is that it is inland and can avoid interference from the great powers, develop behind closed doors, run factories, raise military agents, seize power, promote civil rights, fight for sovereignty outside, and eliminate bad policies inside. There are really many things to do if you want to change this old empire. Qiao Yu kept drawing plans in his mind. China during the Republic of China period was extremely complex, with the powers rampant, and countless heroes rose and then fell down. Behind this is the shadow of the great powers.
At this time, China was just a piece of meat, and anyone could eat a piece of meat. These great powers did not want bones to be found in the meat, so they always kept playing with balance methods. Whether it was Yuan Shikai, Duan Qirui, Zhang Zuolin and even Sun Yat-sen, they were inevitably controlled by the great powers.
It can be said that without the ability to compete with the great powers, you will never change the situation of the Republic of China. Qiao Yu kept thinking in his heart that he would inevitably become a chess piece in the future, but he must have the ability to change his destiny and become a chess player...
Getting off the boat from Shanghai, Qiao Yu felt that he was full of energy. He was no longer a half-dead white-collar worker, but an ambitious young man. God sent him to this era of heroes, which means he had great love for himself and he must let this era dance to his own rhythm.
After lingering in the Magic City for two days, the rubber stock market crash is now raging in Shanghai, making Shanghai feel sad, and the ten-mile foreign market has no longer had its former prosperity. Qiao Yu also paid attention to it. During the late Qing Dynasty, many things were linked together. The stock market crash greatly consumed the wealth of the Qing Dynasty. Because of the need to deal with this loophole, Sheng Xuanhuai wanted to nationalize the railway, which triggered the road protection movement. The wheel of history was leveraged, and eventually the Qing government was completely buried.
However, Qiao Yu is not able to change anything now, but he feels more urgent, so he boarded the boat and headed straight to Sichuan. At this time, the traffic was really impossible to compare with later generations. The speed was extremely slow and it was extremely uncomfortable. Taking the boat made Qiao Yu almost vomit. Just when he could hardly bear it, the passenger ship arrived in Chongqing.
As soon as he got off the passenger ship, Qiao Yu saw several family members surrounded by a man in his thirties and was waving to him. Qiao Yu recognized that it was his elder brother Qiao Cheng who came to pick him up, so he hurriedly ran a few steps.
"San, you're back!"
Qiao Cheng is less than 30 years old, but he is very mature and persistent. He really loves his brothers and saves Qiao Yu in one go.
"Brother, how are your parents?"
"The two elders are all good, they just keep thinking about you. It will take five years to leave. When I receive the telegram, don't mention that the two elders are so happy. If you don't urge me to pick you up! Let's go to my uncle's house first, and then we will go home!"
Qiao Yu's uncle is Bai Kuan, who is a famous businessman in Dongchuan. He has dozens of pawn shops, money shops, hotels, and cloth shops. His family is rich and lives in Chongqing. Bai Kuan has no son, so he treats the Qiao brothers best and treats them as parents and children.
"Why didn't my uncle come? Do you hate me, my nephew?"
"How do you talk? My uncle talks about you all day long, but he is too busy now. Our uncle is preparing to open a factory!"
Opening a factory? Qiao Yu suddenly felt a sudden change in his heart. He was planning to build several factories, which could make money and win over people. It was easy to deal with it in the 1911 period.
"What factory is my uncle going to build?"
"Textile factory, foreign cloth has been booming in the past two years, and the local cloth has become more and more difficult. My uncle's shop is excluded by his opponent. Isn't he going to open a factory by himself? I've been busy for more than half a year, and now I'm talking about machines with foreigners again."
I really want to eat hail after ice. Don’t I also want to run a factory? Can I use the foundation of my uncle? "Brother, have you never thought about running a factory?"
Qiao Cheng was obviously a little surprised. The Qiao family was much more conservative than the Bai family and had no intention of operating an industry. Qiao Cheng obviously did not expect that his third brother would propose to run a factory himself.
"Third brother, this factory requires talents, technology, venue, machinery, and money. It's hard to start a factory. Besides, our old man is determined to farm and study and pass on his family. Will he allow us to run a factory?"
"Brother, in recent years, the slogan of saving the country by industrial industry has been very loud, and many factories have appeared in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. To be honest, some make money and some are not. There are no decent factories in Sichuan. If we can be the first to try it out, we are definitely sure to make a lot of money. The difficult things you just said are not difficult!" Qiao Yu found a good opportunity and came to his eyes. He must do his job well.
"We don't lack money. As for talents, I'm willing to arrange it. I'll just spend money to recruit some more. Machine land and other things will take some effort. However, we can work with our uncle and use the foundation he lays!"
"Is this my job? Why do I think we are taking advantage of my uncle!"
"How can it be called taking advantage? My uncle has certainly had many difficulties in running a factory alone. If we work together, we will definitely save a lot of trouble. If we hand over the big head to my uncle, it will be over. This is called a win-win!"
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Chapter completed!