Chapter Eighty-Four: Suzhou is recovering
The wine is a high degree of wine made from dried potatoes sold by Lao Zhang, and the six men drank it, and a cup of strong wine fell into their stomachs, and the words in their mouths came out involuntarily. After the neighbor left, he cleaned up the dining table, hummed a little song, washed the pots and dishes, made a cup of tea again after tidying up, sat at the table of the Eight Immortals, and read the newspaper during this time.
The south was still in chaos, and Sun Cannon was busy integrating the various warlords in the south. The dispute between the north and Anhui has become white-hot, and Britain and the United States are the direct backstage, and Japan is the backstage of Anhui and Feng. Liang Shiyi resigned and left Beijing on 25 January, and Zhang Zuolin's mobilization of more than 100,000 troops from the northeast was already pressing on the front line in Beijing, and a major war was about to break out.
The most published in newspapers and periodicals is Hu Wenkai's commentary on the book "Ruling for the People, Establishing the Party for the Public." In the second edition, a column was opened to explain the epoch-making significance of the book, and contributions from well-known people were published.
Yang Du wrote an article last week through southern Jiangsu to witness the spirit of ruling for the people, building the party and serving the public, from the 15th day of the first lunar month, accompanied by someone from Haimen County to Nantong County, Shanghai County, and Jiading. He wrote a lot of words, and finally concluded that the Republic of China only has the Restoration Party as the most advanced concept party, such as the bright moon in the sky.
This Yang Du couldn't figure out how he could change so much, although he didn't conspire with him, but he was still a little satisfied when he saw him write an article praising the Fujin Party. The third and fourth editions are all advertisements, and the advertisements of products related to Xingye Industry account for one-half.
Early in the morning, I bought osmanthus saplings, wisteria, plum blossoms and other plants, and used the shovels produced by Tianfen to plant flowers and plants in the yard. Holding a shovel and wiping the sweat on his forehead, fantasizing about wisteria covering the courtyard, he lay on a rattan chair and held a purple sand teapot in his hand to enjoy the breeze.
The staff of the bookstore pushed a trolley to bring his books in the bookstore* and helped to sort the books into the bookcase. It is also rare for a bookstore to meet a person like Hu Wenkai who buys books like Hu Wenkai, who buys four or five hundred books of various types without looking at the price.
In the afternoon, he dragged Mr. Wang to Shantang Street to listen to the Suzhou commentary, "Smoke and smoke, smoke and clouds; The moon is hazy, and the moon is dim. haze, a Xiaoxiang Pavilion; Cold and miserable, a few blue screen windows ...... "Wu Nong whispered softly, chanted and sang, a table and two chairs in the middle of the stage, decorated with Suzhou embroidery with peony blossom rich patterns, the overall layout is simple and gorgeous. The storyteller is dressed in a robe, holding a three-string string, and has a graceful demeanor. The female actor holding the pipa is wearing a hand-embroidered cheongsam, with beautiful makeup and graceful appearance. The two sat upright, plucking the strings, or complaining, or romantic, or grieving, and singing. The singing voice is sometimes tactful and clear, the aftersound is lingering, sometimes the grievances are lingering, such as crying and complaining, sometimes the combination of rigidity and softness, crisp and loud, sometimes desolate and agitated, ups and downs.
Small bowl of tea, melon seeds, a plate of Suzhou-style pastries to kill the afternoon. Listening to Wu Nong's soft words for an afternoon, there is a real love for life and a love for life in his mentality. This is the ordinary life he wants most, and Hu Wenkai has a desire to stay in Suzhou and not leave.
At night, I flipped through the purchased Zizhi Tongjian, and followed Liang Qichao's literary and classical Chinese level to read the Zizhi Tongjian. He had never read this book with a sinking heart, and he felt as fascinated as the serials that later generations loved, and he fell asleep from 7 p.m. to 4 a.m.
There is an indescribable tranquility in the ancient city, and in the thick ancient rhyme, it is a kind of thick and unstirring tranquility. The sound of paddling in the river behind the bedroom, farmers rowing from the countryside in the morning to buy vegetables. The wind blew through the bed with the window open, and he could feel the roots of the flowers and trees he had planted with his hands relaxing.
I slept very deeply, woke up at noon, resumed the routine of the afterlife, and did not get up until noon. After continuing to read the book for a while, he picked up his briefcase, quietly locked the courtyard door, and asked for a rickshaw to go to the train station, and the short vacation was over.
Qi Xieyuan, the former governor of Liangjiang in Nanjing, was anxiously holding the telegram in his office and carefully scrutinizing it word by word, and smashed his fist on the desk with hatred. This demand was simply unacceptable, and Anhui and Jiangxi actually offered to give one-third of the cost of sending troops and Japan's 20 million yuan loan after the completion of the event, and Lu Yongxiang made the condition that it was the cost of sending troops and the territory of Shanghai.
Qi Xieyuan's bottom line is the cost of sending troops to all parties, the Japanese loans and the territory of Shanghai are the meat of his heart, especially the Shanghai territory, which is a cornucopia, without the Shanghai territory, he will collude with the Japanese. But how could two brigades, with only more than 10,000 people in their hands, attack southern Jiangsu, Haimen, and Nantong. His backstage direct cousin Cao Kun has indirectly indicated that he will not help him recover from the status quo.
Let him deal with the Southern Jiangsu Restoration Party alone, he has been thinking for a long time and has come to the conclusion that there is no chance of winning. His three brigades were eaten within a few days, and the strength of the other party was beyond his imagination. Knowing that the Japanese were uneasy and kind, he involuntarily took the bait thrown by the other party. The secret agreement was signed, and now it is too late to regret it, so I can only negotiate with the Anhui Department and Lu Yongxiang to bargain for the least loss, especially the Shanghai territory cannot be lost.
The more I thought about it, the more annoyed I became, and I actually had an idea in my heart to join the forces of southern Jiangsu, make some money, and live a rich life. Shaking his head, Qi Xieyuan's career as a horse in his life cannot just disappear silently.
hurriedly walked into the conference room and arranged for the think tank that had been waiting for him for a long time: The bottom line for continuing to negotiate with Lu Yongxiang is to give one-third of the loan amount of 20 million, and the Shanghai site is not negotiable. For the Anhui system, the bottom line is a quarter of the loan amount of 20 million, and we will bear the cost of sending troops to the two sides. In addition, we need more than a thousand Japanese soldiers, otherwise the agreement will be null and void.
A staff officer reported that Governor Wang Shan was going to lead a delegation to Shanghai County to participate in the March 8 Women's Celebration, Qi Xieyuan sneered: Let him go, at this time, we must not provoke contradictions, we must show our love for the provincial government, do not interfere in the governor's affairs, and give him power, what can he do if he tosses again?
Tell everyone to negotiate with all parties as soon as possible, see that there is a big war about the situation, and take advantage of Cao Wu's time to interfere in the dispute in Jiangsu to solve the problem of southern Jiangsu and Haimen, and act before May. After explaining, the heavy pressure and hesitation in my heart immediately disappeared.
Lao Yi of the espionage center in the factory on Yatian South Road was wearing a sweater and holding a cigar in his mouth, flipping through the telegrams one by one, and hundreds of intelligence analysts in a building sorted out the intelligence of Qi Xieyuan, Lu Yongxiang, Anhui and the Japanese troops stationed in China.
While watching, he said: "You have to get a judgment from the clues, the amount of food supply, the nearby residents can know the discipline of this army, the use of salt, recent transfers, and so on, in order to synthesize the approximate size and combat effectiveness of this army." ”
The entire spy center is at the first level of combat readiness, and all the analysts are working overtime to analyze the intelligence coming from various places, and Lao Yi has not had a day off since Hu Wenkai issued the internal mobilization order. The prerequisite for war is to find out the specific situation of the opponent and take the lead in activating the natural digital espionage center in the wartime state.
From the deciphered messages from several parties, it can be preliminarily determined that Qi Xieyuan was contacting Lu Yongxiang and the Anhui Department to prepare for an attack on southern Jiangsu. Lao Yi focused on the two brigades under Qi Xieyuan.
"For nearly fifteen days, I was transcribed from the Japanese Consulate and from all the Japanese institutions in Shanghai."
Lao Yi had no way to decipher the Japanese telegrams, so he had to transcribe all the messages to Hu Wenkai as Hu Wenkai requested.
On the one hand, it is necessary to produce Turkey's munitions, and on the other hand, it is necessary to produce enough guns and ammunition for the upcoming war. The military factory has been expanding, but the pace of production has not kept up with demand,
A carriage on the railroad tracks that extended into the munitions factory slowly left the factory under the impetus of horses and manpower to be transported out of Tianfen, and the first batch of 20 million munitions from Turkey* began to be shipped. Rubbing his bloodshot eyes, he asked: "How many wagons can be transported to Lusi Port today, you have to be careful and be careful not to make mistakes." ”
The deputy said thoughtfully: "The factory director can complete the shipment tonight, you can go back and rest first." ”
"If only we could rest in peace, it's difficult, tonight we have to produce 500 rounds of artillery shells and machine-gun ammunition, and the Third Brigade will conduct a brigade-wide live-fire exercise the day after tomorrow." For many days in a row, Li Congshan ate and lived in a military factory to supervise production.
Hu Wenkai stayed in the laboratory of the electronics R&D center in Shanghai County, leading a group of half-hangers to try out the walkie-talkie according to the drawings, holding an electric soldering iron and carefully soldering a capacitor. muttered in my heart that a group of half-people, if they had a little foundation, it would be worth Lao Tzu to go into battle in person.
After soldering the transmission part of the circuit, he put down the soldering iron and said, "You will do the rest, and after assembly, you will have to carry out a durability test." ”
Now the circuit is too complicated, or to engage in the circuit board, otherwise the whole product is too large and consumes power, and the power consumption at this stage directly affects the use.
"The boss's phone call is from Manager Yin."
Lao Yi called and said that the US Counselor Cal had met this afternoon, and he couldn't remember what Karl was looking for him. Put down what was at hand and rushed back to No. 3, Lane 181 to wash and change clothes, wearing cotton pajamas Ge You was lying on the sofa, and Mother Liu was cooking in the kitchen for a long time and didn't see the young master at home.
"What's Mom Liu's dish at noon?"
"Young master, I didn't know that you came back today and according to Miss's arrangement, you will have three dishes: braised fish, mushrooms and greens, and braised venison."
"Well, Mother Liu will make two more dishes, and it is estimated that Lao Yi will come to eat at noon."
"Young master, that Russian Lao Yi is too good to eat, I'll go buy a few catties of meat and come back to make braised pork." Liu's mother walked out with a basket.
Reclining on the couch and snoring, the living room ticks the flywheel of a table clock, and the goldfish in the fish tank at the corner of the staircase occasionally makes a splash. In his dream, Master Hu was directing the planes to bomb the tanks in a roundabout assault in great depth.
How there is a scent, moist warmth. With a blanket on her body, Carrotta leaned down and kissed him on the lips.
"Wen Kai, what kind of dream do you have, see you clench your fists for a while, and frown for a while."
"Well, baby, it's a good dream, and you're commanding the troops to annihilate the enemy, and you've interrupted it."
Carrotta unbuttoned his coat and sat beside him and said reproachfully: "You men like to fight and kill, Chen Yongcheng has asked me many times to help him talk about whether he can go to the army." ”