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Zhang Zuolin asked Sun Chuanfang to deal with Nanjing alone, and sent Zhang Xueliang to lead the army to engage Yan Xishan, while Zhang Zongchang and Chu Yupu went to fight Feng Yuxiang.

This time, Zhang Zuolin was serious, he didn't even care about his own nest, transferred several troops that remained in the northeast to guard against the Japanese into Guanzhong, and made up his mind to eliminate Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang.

While Hebei, Henan and Jiangsu were fighting each other, the Haihe River improvement project in Tianjin finally began.

Qujiadian, an ordinary small village. In the past, it was poor and peaceful, but today it is particularly lively, and the crackling of firecrackers is heard early in the morning.

There are three major projects in the Haihe River Improvement Project, one of which is the "Qujiadian Water Conservancy Project". Dams and sluices need to be built, and channels are dug to divert water from the Yongding River into the dredging area.

Thanks to Zhou Hexuan's efforts, the entire project is four years ahead of schedule and is expected to be completed by next fall. This is not only good for commercial transportation at the port of Tianjin, but also good for the villages around Tianjin, where the annual silting of the Haihe River leads to the salinization of many fertile fields and the decline of farmers' grain harvests.

"I announce that the Qujiadian Water Conservancy Project is now officially started!" Chu Yufeng stood on the high platform and shouted loudly into the microphone. His face was beaming with joy and complacency, as if the water conservancy project had been successfully started under his command.

Since he sent someone to assassinate Zhou Hexuan last year, and as a result, he provoked foreigners, Chu Yufeng was severely reprimanded by his brother and restrained himself for a few months.

However, Chu Yufeng is not a master who can stop, and this year he ran out to make trouble again. He acted like a good man and went to the disaster relief, but donated hundreds of oceans, but forcibly occupied a few good-looking disaster victim women, and also called it "relief to the people".

Especially in May, Chu Yufeng forced the Tianjin Mint to issue commemorative coins, which were printed with the head of his brother Chu Yupu, to commemorate the first anniversary of Chu Yupu's tenure as governor of Zhili.

This move made Chu Yupu very happy, thinking that his younger brother was finally sensible.

Not long ago, when I heard that foreigners were going to carry out a project to control the Haihe River, Chu Yufeng ran in again and became the chief person in charge of the project of the Tianjin local government. This guy is nothing more than the idea of wanting to pay for the project, but unfortunately the foreigner is not a vegetarian, so he will not be given the opportunity to eat and get a card at all.

Zhou Hexuan stood behind the foreigner officials, sneering and listening to Chu Yufeng's commencement speech, completely treating this person as a man who likes to be in the limelight.

After Chu Yufeng finished speaking, he greeted the foreigners one by one, and then came to Zhou Hexuan and smiled enthusiastically: "Brother Zhou, you are still so good, even foreigners listen to you." ”

"Second Brother Chu has won the award, I'm just a matchmaker." Zhou Hexuan said.

Chu Yufeng and Zhou Hexuan hooked their shoulders: "Let's go, the second brother invites you to listen to the play and drink." ”

"Thank you for your kindness, but I still have to get down to business today, another day." Zhou Hexuan politely refused.

Looking at their affectionate appearance, the brothers and the second brother shouted, where do they look like enemies?

The construction site was in full swing, and in addition to the victims stranded in Tianjin, many local civilians were also recruited. They were beaming with joy on their faces, and the reason was very simple, they didn't have to worry about not getting paid for working for Mr. Yang.

Zhou Hexuan was also happy to see nature, his efforts were finally not in vain, not only the water conservancy project is beneficial to the country, but also can save many victims. He is not a person who does big things, and he is already very satisfied if he can do something for the common people.

Returning to the concession in a foreigner's car, Zhou Hexuan took a rickshaw to the newspaper office. Just as he got out of the car, a girl suddenly ran out of the road and shouted, "Mr. Zhou, Mr. Zhou, wait a minute!" ”

"What's the matter?" Zhou Hexuan asked.

The girl said, "Hello Mr. Zhou, my name is Liao Yaquan. I fled from Shandong with my mother and uncle, but lost contact with them on the way. I'm going to go to the newspaper to look for my relatives, but I don't have any money......"

Zhou Hexuan looked at this girl carefully, and saw that she had a good face, a slender figure, and was wearing a shabby student uniform, looking pitiful. He immediately comforted: "It's okay, I'll help you register the search notice for free." ”

"Thank you, thank you, Mr. Zhou," Liao Yaquan said gratefully, "Everyone says that you are a good person, you are really right, I will work hard to make money to pay you back in the future." ”

Zhou Hexuan asked: "Look at your appearance, are you a student?" ”

Liao Yaquan said: "I studied in middle school in Shanghai, but after my father died, I went to Shandong with my mother to join my uncle, and fortunately I was admitted to Shandong University. However, Shandong is very bad now, my uncle's house was ransacked by bandits, and we had to flee to Tianjin for refuge. ”

"Alas, it's Zhang Zongchang's sin again." Zhou Hexuan said with emotion.

Liao Yaquan looked at Zhou Hexuan with a look of hope: "Mr. Zhou, I can read and write, and I can also speak English." Is there a shortage of people in your newspaper? I can do all the chores, I haven't eaten for a day, and I only drank a bowl of good porridge yesterday. The porridge was full of water, and there were not even a few grains of rice. ”

Zhou Hexuan thought for a while and said, "That's it, since you can speak English, I recommend you to go and sort out the Haihe River Committee." There are a lot of foreigners there, and there is a need for translators. ”

"Ah...... Thank you, thank you Mr. Zhou. The disappointment in Liao Yaquan's eyes flashed, and then he showed a happy expression. She originally wanted to work in the newspaper and then slowly approach Zhou Hexuan, but now she was thrown by Zhou Hexuan as a translator, completely deviating from her plan.

Zhou Hexuan said to Sun Yonghao: "Go buy a few steamed buns and give them to this Miss Liao." ”

Sun Yonghao acted immediately, and Liao Yaquan bowed again and again: "Thank you, thank you, Mr. Zhou, I will repay you." ”

"It's just a meal, there's no need for that," Zhou Hexuan said with a smile, "Let's go, go to the newspaper office first." ”

Where would Liao Yaquan refuse, and followed behind Zhou Hexuan step by step.

As soon as she returned to the newspaper, Zhang Leyi walked quickly and said, "Brother Zhou, Mr. Yan Yangchu from the Association for the Promotion of Civilian Education sent a telegram, saying that he wanted to get financial support from the Hope Education Foundation. ”

"Why did you come to me again? Let him contact the Foundation Secretariat directly. Zhou Hexuan said.

Zhang Leyi said: "He has contacted him, but the foundation does not agree, saying that this kind of thing is only subject to the orders of the young marshal." ”

Zhou Hexuan thought for a while and said, "Let him come to Tianjin to talk to me in detail." ”

"Okay," Zhang Leyi noticed Liao Yaquan's existence at this time, and asked with some surprise, "Who is this young lady?" ”

Zhou Hexuan explained: "I just met her on the road, she is a disaster victim who fled from Shandong, she was separated from her relatives, and she wanted to publish a newspaper to find someone but had no money. ”

"Oh." Zhang Leyi glanced at Liao Yaquan and helped Zhou Hexuan return the telegram.

Zhou Hexuan smiled and said to Liao Yaquan: "You sit down for a while, I still have something to do." ”

"Mr. Zhou, please don't worry about me." Liao Yaquan smiled softly.

Zhou Hexuan returned to his office, opened today's manuscript and carefully reviewed it, only read a few lines, and muttered to himself: "Liao Yaquan? This name is so familiar, is it a historical celebrity? ”

Zhou Hexuan really didn't think about spies.

If it was Yoshiko Kawashima, he would have been able to react at once, because "Jin Bihui" is too famous.

But Liao Yaquan, this woman is even suspicious, and she didn't even leave a photo in later generations.