On December 1, 1884, the railway from west to east from Zhenglan Port, which was formerly Prince Rupert, finally intersected with the railway embankment from north to south from Da Nu Lake. In the cold wind, the young people worked almost with a kind of fanaticism.

Last year and this year, the weather was good, and there wasn't too much snow, which made the railroad laying a lot easier. The reason why everyone is so desperate is that the army said that as long as these two railways are connected, not only will this year's work be completed, but next year's railway buses will be handed over to the railway soldiers to complete, and the troops will also let everyone have a good rest. Thinking about the rest in the coming months, and thinking that there is a possibility of family leave in the future, all the personnel worked hard to complete the project as soon as possible.

In the evening, everyone finished work, and the comrades discussed whether to eat clear soup hot pot or spicy hot pot in the evening. The fatty beef in the United States Province tastes so good that the meat can be sliced very thinly when the beef is shaved on a machine. The problem is that after eating something good for more than a year, even if it is not annoying, it will not have the freshness of the beginning, but pork and lamb have become the more priority. If you eat pork, everyone thinks that spicy hot pot is more appetizing.

When they arrived at the cafeteria, they sat down, and the comrades talked about the meaning of work while waiting for the soup of the hot pot to roll. Just as he was about to start eating, Li Guangzu, who was at the same table as Captain Qi Rui, suddenly stared at the gate of the cafeteria in a daze. The comrades-in-arms at the same table looked over together, but saw a pair of men and women standing inside the cotton curtain at the gate, they looked quite young, dressed in peasant clothes, and they didn't look like soldiers. Next to him stood a military man, somewhat like a receptionist.

"That guy is a bit like you!" A comrade-in-arms next to him said. This reminder is very good, everyone originally just felt a little, but now they all look at the young man at the door who is very similar to Li Guangzu.

"That's my brother, right?" Li Guangzu said in a skeptical tone.

"When did your brother say he was coming here?" Captain Qi Rui asked.

"He never said he was coming to North America." Li Guangzu became more and more puzzled, and he even wondered if he was dazzled, or if he missed his hometown too much, and he had a delusion. Li Guangzu's family, like ordinary people on the outskirts of the county, has been to the county seat at most. Expecting them to cross the ocean to North America is beyond the limits of imagination.

Li Guangzu was restless, he simply stood up and said to his comrades: "I'll go and see first, if it's not my brother, I'll come back." ”

A group of comrades-in-arms sat at the table and continued to eat hot pot, and everyone estimated that Li Guangzu had recognized the wrong person, and the span from Asia to the Americas without knowing it was too big. No one went to see Li Guangzu, and everyone buried their heads in eating. According to the latest progress, the railroad track will be laid in about five or six days, but it will take some time for the urban area to be built. You don't have to be in the middle of the field, it's a good thing, and it's a good winter to have a warm house and a stove in the city.

As for whether family leave can be revised, everyone is not too optimistic. Family leave is only one month a year, and it takes a month to travel back and forth from the Americas to Asia. Ordinary soldiers are waiting for retirement, and officers are waiting for a triennial break.

"It would be nice to have a faster means of transportation, and if the speed could be twice as fast, even if it was twice as expensive." Even the instructor sighed.

Captain Qi Rui was silently eating hot pot, he himself was more optimistic about this matter, he was born in a family with a unique view on shipbuilding, and Wei Ze once tried to let his eldest son do shipbuilding. A large ocean liner with a speed of more than 22 knots is not a dream, it is the way of the future.

While eating and chatting, everyone was half-full, only to find that Li Guangzu had not come back at all. Looking at it again, Li Guangzu was not even at the door. The men and women in the peasant attire and the receptionists were also missing.

"So what's going on? Why is Lee Kwangjo gone? The instructor asked suspiciously.

Everyone also thought it was strange, but at this time, no one wanted to move, and what they wanted most when they were half full was to eat quickly. At this time, everyone was also tired, and only thought about going back to sleep after eating. As for Li Guangzu's safety, no one was worried, and North America at this time was a place where the number of soldiers was much higher than that of ordinary civilians, and it was impossible to be unsafe in such a large military camp. As a result, the meal was almost over, and Li Guangzu came back with a straight face. Everyone asked him what was going on, but Li Guangzu did not answer. He just poured a few plates of meat into the hot pot with his head down, and then began to eat violently.

Captain Qi Rui felt that something was wrong, and he asked tentatively, "That should be your brother." ”

"He's not my brother, I don't have such a brother." Li Guangzu said angrily.

Captain Qi Rui did not continue to ask, but the instructor was ready to continue to ask. Captain Qi Rui touched the instructor with his leg and signaled him not to be in such a hurry, and to wait until he finished eating. During the evening rounds, Captain Qi Rui and the instructor called Li Guangzu out, "What the hell is going on, you can tell me about it." If there is something in my heart, I can only panic. ”

Li Guangzu is really blocked in his heart first, and he can't avoid it when he sees it. "The bunnies are so bold now!" With an angry scolding as Lee Kwangjo's opening remarks.

The man and woman were Lee Kwang-zu's younger brother and his sister-in-law. But the problem lies with this brother-in-law. Li Guangzu recognized that it was from another family that had some feuds with the Li family, and Li Guangzu's younger brother Li Yaozu was a junior high school classmate and a high school classmate. The two didn't know how to get along, and more importantly, the two eloped to North America. Now that the state encourages immigration to North America, the private relationship of these two children is obviously not recognized by the families on both sides, and they secretly signed up for the immigration group after graduating from high school and followed the team to North America.

The instructor didn't know what to do for a while after listening to it, but there are a lot of things about elopement in novels and dramas, and stories related to elopement in the story club are even more common. Elopement in those works is a very interesting thing to look at, but when you really encounter elopement in reality, all the romantic feelings disappear cleanly. Not to mention how the party who eloped felt, the family members of the elopement were in a bad mood like Lee Kwangjo.

Captain Qi Rui exchanged glances with the political commissar, and he asked, "How old are your brother and that woman this year?" ”

"My brother ......, nineteen this year, that woman is half a year younger than him." Li Guangzu also doesn't remember very well.

"You say they're married with the government?" Captain Qi Rui continued to ask.

Hearing this question, Li Guangzu couldn't help but scold again, "This rabbit cub is really guts!" They themselves dare to say that they will get married! He still has the face to see my brother, if it wasn't for the reception staff to stop him, I would beat this bastard to death today! ”

"But you can't hit anyone!" The instructor hurriedly said. If the army beats the people, it is a violation of discipline.

Knowing the ins and outs of this matter, Captain Qi Rui and the political commissar could only let Li Guangzu go to sleep first, but these two people couldn't sleep as if they had nothing to do.

The instructor was very unhappy and said, "This thing is not easy to do." Immigration work is the most important job in North America, and the immigration bureau is very protective of immigrants. Li Guangzu wants to get his brother back, but I don't think it's a good thing. But Li Guangzu was afraid that he just wanted to bring his younger brother back. ”

Captain Qi Rui frowned and said, "His younger brother is legally married, why did Li Guangzu bring his younger brother back?" ”

"Legally married?" The instructor obviously didn't agree too much with this, he looked at Captain Qi Rui in surprise for a while before saying, "Listening to Li Guangzu's words, his brother's marriage is not agreed to by his family, how can this be legal?" ”

Captain Qi Rui also didn't understand what the political commissar said, and he also said in surprise: "There is a marriage law for marriage, and it is clear in the popularization of the marriage law, it doesn't matter whether the family is willing to get married." As long as you meet the national marriage requirements, you can get married. Marriage is also protected by national law. What's wrong with this? ”

The political commissar opened his mouth and stammered for a while, and sorted out his thoughts for a while before continuing: "This is legal and unreasonable! ”

Captain Qi Rui shook his head again and again, "As long as this matter is legal, then the people's reason can't care about Li Guangzu's younger brother." Oh, I should say that I can't manage other couples anymore. And everyone has come to North America, what else are you going to do? ”

In this regard, the political commissar's opinion is the same as that of Captain Qi Rui, he sighed, "This matter, the immigration bureau doesn't care so much, as long as it is legal, as long as it is a voluntary immigration to North America, they have to protect everything." That's why let's take a closer look at Li Guangzu recently, don't let him cause trouble. It's a rating right away, and if something happens, we can't stand it. ”

The rating is a big deal, and the commanders and political personnel of the various units have been working hard for more than a year. Building railways is not an ordinary hard work, everyone is scattered along the entire line, engaged in surveying and mapping, repairing roadbeds, and only a handful of people are engaged in surveying and mapping, and there are only a handful of people on more than ten miles and dozens of miles. Now there are finally thousands of people distributed on the boundary of more than ten square kilometers, which is why there is a long-lost liveliness. Human beings are really social animals, and it is really against human nature to live alone.

But as soon as people get together, accidents happen, especially these young boys with strong blood, who are not afraid to live in the army. There are things that happen because of women and migrant farms along the way, and people die in fights. The soldiers who killed the people were shot, not to mention, and the commanders and political commissars of the troops were even more pushed to the end.

Li Guangzu's matter is of course a family matter, but if the family matter is big, the company commander and the instructor will not be able to get out of it. Family matters are no excuse for not being able to solve problems. For the army, discipline is the highest criterion, and if you don't solve problems, it means that you don't have the ability to solve problems, and the various systems of the army should ensure that the incompetent are eliminated and make room and place for those who are capable. At this time, none of these cadres at the rank of captain are willing to make way for others with their own withdrawal.