At the stage of the three sessions, Nanjing was very lively. The arrival of nearly 10,000 deputies and accompanying staff members from all walks of life from 50 provinces to Nanjing is not a major event for Nanjing, which has a population of 5 million, in theory, but in fact it is quite an impact.

In Wei Xiu's feeling, Nanjing is not more lively, but much more deserted. Big brother Wei Rui went to North America again, and it seems that he should not be able to meet in a few years. The second, third, and fourth brothers have not been at home much in the past few years, but they often go home. Now the second and third brothers are lively and have brought books and clothes and moved them away completely, and only furniture is left in the empty room. Wei Xue, her younger sister who originally went home every day, was also busy decorating all day long, and after following her sister to see the new house, Wei Xiu had to admit the fact that her sister was about to move out.

Originally, there were only five people left in a family of nine, and then they cut out the fourth brother Wei Li, who was doing an internship in the hospital, probably because there was no shortage of beautiful female doctors and little nurses surrounded by them, and the Wei family, which was always lively, was left with a lot of empty rooms and four people who were not lively at all. Such a change made Wei Xiu feel very uncomfortable.

Not only was Wei Xiu in a bad mood, but the two mothers also seemed to be stimulated a lot. But at this time, they didn't want to say that someone was at home with them, and as soon as they saw Wei Xiu, they talked about her getting married in unison. What "I was less than 20 years old when I married your father", "I gave birth to you before I was much older......"

Wei Xiuxin said that my father was the king of Qi when he got married, and he was a famous big man during the civil war. What were the identities of the two of you back then? Especially her mother, Li Yifang, was married as an in-law bond between Huishang Group and Wei Ze, and she couldn't marry if she didn't want to. I'm also considered the eldest princess now, why am I in such a hurry to find a man to marry?

couldn't stay at home, Wei Xiu could only find her best friend Yue Lin to eat and go shopping. However, Wei Xiu found that Yue Lin seemed to have lost the problem of being tight recently. Wei Xiu didn't dare to ask this question yet, and there were a lot of things to say between girlfriends. The brotherhood between girlfriends and those men is different, and the brothers say things that look like they attack each other, but they are expressing friendship in an immature way. But girlfriends are girlfriends after all, which is to take into account the other party's self-esteem to the greatest extent.

However, Yue Lin is not that kind of little woman, she herself talked about the changes in her family. "My wife's fourth brother has already gone to North America, and when I wrote the letter, I said that I should have gone to North America a long time ago. There are so many job opportunities that you can choose from, and as long as you have skills, income is not a problem at all. He and some new friends with skills simply set up a farm, and sent more than 10,000 yuan to his family in a few months. ”

"Oh? That's a lot! Wei Xiu was also a little surprised. In Nanjing, technical personnel generally earn more than 10,000 yuan a year, and if the unit is better, they can only have 20,000 yuan with the year-end bonus. In the imperial capital of Nanjing, it is not easy for white dwellers. I didn't expect that the income in North America, which was considered desolate, was so high.

"Your brother is right, the price of cheese has dropped a lot. My husband's fourth brother said that there are a lot of cows on their farm, and now they have to rely on machines to milk their cows, and there are not enough people to milk them. In order for the milking machine to work, he spent more than ten days with the cows. Now I get dizzy when I smell milk. Yue Lin smiled and spoke, and while sticking a yellow peach with a fork, he dipped it in the hot pot.

"My brother is a soldier who still understands economics." Wei Xiu couldn't help but laugh.

"I also told my two younger brothers about it, but I didn't expect them both to go to North America." While eating yellow peaches wrapped in a thick layer of cheese, Yue Lin did not forget to talk about the new changes in her family. "I didn't expect these two boys to learn smartly, they are not short of jobs in mechanical production, and they have sent 600 yuan to my sister every month in the past two months. Haven't told my parents yet. Just privately let my sister come home more often to take care of my parents. My sister's original salary was less than 800, but now she has money in her hands, and she has already told my brother-in-law about buying a house together. So she has been able to visit my parents' house a lot lately. Alas! My sister just can't hold her breath! ”

"That means that if your sister buys a house in half a year, can your two younger brothers still go to help?" Wei Xiu was also quite surprised by this. There are some things that she can't say directly, Yue Lin is not a strong person, but she is a very self-respecting person. Wei Xiu can only use this statement to determine the possibility that Yue Lin and his wife can finally be liberated from the heavy family pressure.

Yue Lin frowned slightly, "I really hope so. As long as the houses of these people in the family can be solved, life is not a problem now. I've heard my brothers on both sides of my flank say that North America simply can't run out of food. After the grain is harvested, it is transported to the port by train, and it is shipped to Asia by ship. Food is getting cheaper and cheaper, I have my own house, I have a serious job, and I can save some money in my hands, and life is always good. They're fine, and I'm not under that much pressure. But now that North America is at war, I can't help but worry about them. ”

"What is there to be afraid of foreign devils?" Wei Xiu chuckled. The Battle of Foshan, which broke out before Wei Xiu's birth, has turned from a disastrous victory into a great victory in propaganda. After that, China will win every battle against foreign devils, including the current North America, which is also obtained from foreign devils. The war against foreign devils has never been a problem, not to mention that girls don't really care about war, and that kind of bloody battlefield is too far away and unimaginable for women.

"I'm not afraid. I always feel uncomfortable though. Yue Lin sighed.

"My brother is in North America, if he hadn't fallen out of love, I would have seen him set off in high spirits." Wei Xiu said with a smile.

"Broken love?" Yue Lin couldn't help but widen her eyes, it was too surprising that someone actually rejected the prince.

"Nothing. My brother is very stupid at this kind of thing, and I don't think he has ever put his mind on such things. That girl is about the same age as my brother, and people can't wait for him to understand. "Wei Xiu doesn't have any special inclinations towards his brother.

"But......" Yue Lin still couldn't quite understand that someone would refuse Wei Rui.

"You've worked with my brother, and he's like that. My brother didn't want to put anything in his heart but himself. In fact, I don't think it's easy for him to like others. When complaining about his brother, Wei Xiu didn't feel any pressure at all.

Although he didn't hate it when he worked with Qi Rui, when Wei Rui quietly listened to Yue Lin talk about the mathematical model, all the muscles in his face were completely relaxed, revealing a kind of coldness from his bones that was quite similar to Wei Xiu. It's completely confusing to figure out what he's thinking. Yue Lin applied this attitude to her husband, and then imagined her husband who was like this every day, ...... Yue Lin couldn't help but shudder. It would be terrible if life became like this.

"Ahh Qi Rui let out a loud sneeze. There was a cold light rain in the sky, and the thick smoke mixed in it, which couldn't help but irritate the membranes in the nasal cavity.

Casually wiping his nose with the back of his hand, Qi Rui continued to direct the work of unloading the truck. At this time, the city of Portland was already in flames. In the tradition of Yankee wooden houses, the city was already on fire under the heavy artillery bombardment of the Liberation Army.

It did not take much time for the Liberation Army to seize the port of Portland, the transport ships carrying troops had already left, and the ships transporting heavy equipment docked to unload their equipment. The crane rotates the boom to unload the trucks from the ship one by one. This also thanks to the experience of transporting trucks from Asia to North America, and the efficiency is quite good.

In the last few days of the exercise in Asia, a regiment-sized motorized force attack was finally carried out, and although more than half of the officers at that time were not involved, Shen Xin also made a big deal to form a reinforced regiment of motorized infantry with 36 people in North America as the core. Naturally, there is no shortage of trucks, and those that are transferred directly from the construction site can arm at least two divisions. There is no shortage of drivers either. In addition to three battalions, the motorized rifle regiment was equipped with an additional cavalry battalion.

Ma Xiaoming is the head of the regiment, and Qi Rui is the political commissar of the regiment. In accordance with the glorious tradition of the Liberation Army, a command system with the party committee as the core was quickly established. Qi Rui found that the wisdom of the people is infinite, at least in North America, trucks are on canvas canopies. If it is time for Xinxiang City to snow at this time. The temperature in Portland is just below 10 degrees. Canopies can provide very effective shelter. This thing is useless against bullets, but it is very useful to protect from the wind and rain. The bad weather had a big impact on the Liberation Army, and even more so on the Yankees who did not have these equipment. The first battle of the motorized infantry will take place in Oregon in the winter.

The telegram soon crossed thousands of miles to Nanjing, and Wei Ze took the telegram handed by his secretary and glanced at it. "Our army has taken control of the Port of Portland and will soon launch an offensive against the enemy."

Picking up the pen, Wei Ze instructed to "keep up the good work". The secretary withdrew with the telegram and hurried to reply.

The news was not shared with the provincial delegates who were making the government's summary report, and Weese did not want to make a fuss at the meeting. At the government work summary meeting, the faces of government leaders who did a good job were as usual, but those who performed average did not matter. And the government leaders of several provinces have a rather unsightly face, and using the news of the war to influence the summary meeting is not the result that Wei Ze wants to see.

In faraway Washington, the Senate, the Senate, of the U.S. Congress is hotly discussing how to wage war with China. Whether to carry out a national mobilization, how many troops to mobilize. How much military expenses do the states have to bear, and how many troops do they have to contribute. These problems all represent the interests of the states, and the princes of this gang of partisans want the other states to bear more and their own states to work less. Two senators from Oregon who are more excited, China has specifically stated that it wants to strike Oregon, and the two naturally hope to be able to rally the entire United States of America to the rescue of their state.

The legislators in the southern states, on the other hand, are rather lukewarm, and if it weren't for a basic American interest, they'd be tempted to question that Oregon is causing trouble.

The lawmakers in Washington are clearly in a state of irritation, and Oregon has no intention of calling China across the state. As a result, the war was one, and Huasheng Dunzhou bore the brunt of it. This is simply a calamity.

Because of the problem of communication tools, the Senate did not know that the Chinese army was divided into two routes, the army was moving south rapidly, and the navy was starting from Portland and entering Oregon. The flames of war raged in this winter. The all-out war that the United States generally believed would not break out until the spring of 1889 began now.