"This idea is not bad, the handmaid of a large family is indeed a good choice, not only has a considerable number of sources, but is at least more reliable than the children of the landlord. ”

"I read it, this must be Wang Sheng, this kid fell in love with the maid in that batch of coats, so he came up with such a suggestion. ”

"That's also normal, Wang Sheng is also 30 years old, and he should become a family, only with a family can he have a sense of responsibility, and he can better devote himself to work. ”

As soon as Xia Bohai, Qin Zheng, Xiao Jianjun and others returned to Tianjin, they received Wang Sheng's suggestion from Qingdao and the purchase of Yuan Shikai's house. Originally, the Qingdao side could make a decision, after all, the crossing group originally intended to buy and sell real estate in Jinan, and the amount of 30,000 taels of silver was not a large amount for the Qingdao headquarters, so there was no need to ask the Tianjin side for instructions. However, Wang Sheng's proposal to accommodate more handmaids of large landlords and large households, and to educate them to solve the marriage problem of the traverser, is a major event related to the important needs of the traversal group, because the executive committee decided to solve the marital problem of the traverser during the inspection of Qingdao, as one of the major problems that the traversal group urgently needs to solve, so Wang Sheng's suggestion is very important, so Qingdao naturally has to forward it to Tianjin.

After receiving Wang Sheng's suggestion, Xia Bohai and Qin Zheng agreed very much, anyway, this provides a solution to the marriage problem of the traverser, and it is quite feasible.

However, Xu Jichao has some different views on this, because now there are not many handmaidens and maids controlled by the crossing group, and the handmaids and maids in Wangjiazhai have basically been used up in the past, and now they are mainly 16 landlords suppressed in the land reform of Jiaozhou, Gaomi and Jimo counties, and the number of handmaids and maids is not more than 200 people.

Qin Zheng smiled: " This is not too much to worry about, because our land reform work has not been fully carried out, and after the land reform is fully launched, there will definitely be a lot of bully type of landlords, in this era, such landlords have never been lacking, so the source of the maid is also guaranteed, in addition, Beijing has just experienced the plundering of the Eight-Nation Alliance, there should be relatively rich resources to dig up, but we didn't pay attention to this piece at all before, and when I arrived in Beijing, I negotiated with Li Songchen, and estimated to get another 2, 300 people is no problem. In addition, I have another source, that is, there are a lot of girls' schools in Shanghai, and we still have some influence in Shanghai, so if we think of some targeted methods, we should be able to attract some female students, so that the total number is not small. ”

Xia Bohai said: "Even if you can't solve all of the time-travelers' marriages at once, you can always solve some of them first, so that at least the time-travelers can see that we are working hard to solve the marriage problem, and other time-travelers can see hope, so that they can rest assured and buy time for us to further cultivate a suitable marriage partner, after all, this problem cannot be solved all at once." ”

Xiao Jianjun interjected: "I don't care what method you use, but if there is a candidate, you must give priority to solving the marriage of the soldiers, the army is the cornerstone of our entire crossing group, if the personal problems of the soldiers are not solved, there is no way to ensure combat effectiveness." ”

Xu Jichao frowned and said, "Chief of Staff, I recognize the importance of the army, but I can't completely ignore the interests of the other traversers, after all, most of the traversers are working hard for this group." ”

Xia Bohai said: "Let's make a ratio, and take into account the interests of soldiers and ordinary traversers at the same time, but the proportion of soldiers is higher, after all, the situation of soldiers is special." ”

Xiao Jianjun has no objection to this, although he is trying his best to protect the interests of the army, but he also knows that it is impossible for the army to occupy all the resources, so it is a good result to be able to get a high proportion of marriage objects, but Xiao Jianjun considered another problem, and said: "But if the education of the maids is really reformed and distributed proportionally, but how to make them and the army cross into a family, you can't do random matching." ”

Qin Zheng said with a smile: "This is easy to do, first of all, arrange the personnel assigned to the army to work in the army, let them get along with the soldiers for a long time, so that they can naturally slowly cultivate feelings, and you can also carry out some activities to increase the opportunities for the soldiers to communicate with them, and you can also arrange special departments to introduce each other, if you can't find a wife after this step, then you really can't blame the government." In my opinion, the real difficulty is not how to form a family, but how to educate and transform these handmaidens and maids, so that they should give prominence to ideological and political education, because although they are also oppressed people, after all, they are born in landlord families, and it is difficult to say what position they hold. ”

Xia Bohai said: "Lao Qin, what you said reminded me that although we have an imbalance in the ratio of men and women, there are more than 800 female traversers, and more than 600 unmarried women of school age, and so far, there are no more than 100 couples of marriage registered internally, that is to say, there are at least 500 unmarried women of school age, which is a huge waste of resources, and it also shows that within our crossing group, there are still many resources that have not been fully explored." Of course, our government has not done enough in this regard in the past, and we should arrange more opportunities for crossers to communicate and understand each other, and introduce them to each other. Moreover, they are absolutely politically qualified, and they are suitable to form a family with the military, if the army can really exhaust these domestic needs, it can not only greatly alleviate the marriage problem, but also ensure the stability of the army. ”

When Qin Zheng heard this, he was also thoughtful, and did not respond for a while. But Xiao Jianjun was quite excited and said, "Yes, this is really a good way." ”

At this time, Qin Zheng came back to his senses and said: "Let's do it, let's go two-pronged, on the one hand, we will educate and transform the maids, and on the other hand, we will also promote the internal combination of the crossing group, and after we fully control Shandong, there will be a period of steady development, at that time, we can arrange more friendship activities, increase the opportunities for mutual communication between the travelers, and try our best to promote internal marriage." ”

Xia Bohai nodded and said, "Okay, let's decide like this, Director Xu, you are responsible for this matter, first of all, organize the political education and ideological transformation of the maid, and deal with it as soon as possible." ”

Xu Jichao nodded and said, "Okay, tomorrow I will recruit relevant departments, hold a meeting to study it, and come up with a plan as soon as possible." ”

Xia Bohai turned to Qin Zheng again and said, "Old Qin, when are you going to leave for Xi'an." ”

Qin Zheng said: "I will arrange the matter at hand, and I will leave in the last two or three days, and I will have to delay a few days to get to Beijing first, and then I will go to Xi'an, and strive to be able to rush back before November to participate in the organizational election of the new government." ”

Xia Bohai said: "Okay, but this time to Xi'an, not an area under our control, so you have to be careful, to ensure your own safety as the first priority, the situation of the body does not need me to teach you, you can be flexible, when you should say soft words, it doesn't matter if you are soft, you can even sacrifice some interests verbally, and when you come back, you can turn your face and not admit it, in short, come back safely, more important than anything else." ”

Qin Zheng knew that Xia Bohai was concerned about his own safety, and said with a smile: "Old Xia, don't worry, I'll be fine." The first time I went to Shanghai, wasn't it also out of our control? As a result, I didn't come back safely, and now the Qing court has asked for us, so we don't need to be afraid at all, and we don't need to deal with the Qing court with confidence. ”

Xia Bohai nodded, of course he knew that Qin Zheng was much better at dealing with the Qing court than himself, but he and Qin Zheng had been comrades-in-arms for many years, and this time Qin Zheng went to Xi'an to a large extent on his behalf, so Xia Bohai couldn't help but be a little worried.

At this time, Xiao Jianjun said: "Lao Qin, you went to Xi'an this time and saw Cixi and Guangxu, do you still want to bow to them three times and bow nine times?" ”

Qin Zheng said with a smile: "That's also a matter of no choice, just pay homage to historical celebrities, and kowtow a few heads." ”

Xu Jichao also smiled: "Maybe when Lafayette is happy, he will reward the political commissar with a few night pearls or something." ”

Qin Zheng said: "What's the use of appreciating the night pearl, even if it's rewarded, it has to be handed over to the public, it's better not to do it?"

Xia Bohai also came to make fun and said: "It's better to find Cixi and Guangxu to ask for a few words and a painting, I heard that Cixi's painting is still good, this can be handed over to the public, and it will definitely be worth money in the future." ”

Xu Jichao said: "It doesn't matter whether the calligraphy and painting are good or not, as long as it is the name of Cixi and Guangxu, it will definitely be valuable, but don't forget to let them stamp it to be effective." ”

Xiao Jianjun said: "It's best to take a photo with Cixi and Guangxu, and then enlarge and print it out." And Lao Qin is still pretending to be an official uniform, this is not the kind of copycat that acting, but a genuine court dress. The Qing court should also issue Lao Qin with a set of official uniforms. ”

Qin Zheng said with a smile: "There will definitely be official uniforms, not only me, but all of you have a share, don't forget that you are all officials now, Lao Xia and Lao Xiao are both admirals, and Director Xu is also an envoy, it is estimated that I will bring it back to you, and when the time comes, everyone will take a photo together in official uniforms, which is a commemoration." ”