Lin Sen, the chairman of the Republic of China, also lived in Liziba at this time, about two miles away from the Zhou Mansion.

Unlike the luxury and high-end of the Zhou Mansion, Lin Sen lived in an ordinary house, and there were not many servants and guards at home. If there are really ill-intentioned people, sending a few gunmen can solve Lin Sen, which is much simpler than assassinating today's ministerial-level high-ranking officials.

In the officialdom of the entire Republic of China, Lin Sen can be regarded as a maverick. This old gentleman has no wife and no children, he is alone, he does not smoke, drink, or play cards, and he usually goes out with a driver without a guard, and his only hobby is to collect antiques, and he also believes in Buddhism.

At the beginning, Chang Kaishen, Wang Zhaoming and Hu Hanmin fought fiercely, and Wang and Hu joined forces to force Chang Kaishen to step down.

Before Chang Kaishen went into the wilderness, he wanted to arrange a reassuring head of state, and there were two standby candidates at that time, namely Cai Yuanpei and Yu Youren.

Lao Jiang was relatively satisfied with the right appointment, but unfortunately Hu Hanmin resolutely disagreed, and there were many opponents of Cai Yuanpei as chairman. In the end, Chen Mingshu recommended Lin Sen, because Lin Sen did not belong to any faction in the Kuomintang Party, and he had deep qualifications, and he liked to be idle and did not like to seize power.

Such a figure is the best puppet candidate, and Chang Kaishen, Wang Zhaoming and Hu Hanmin are very recognized.

As a result, Lin Sen became the head of state of China until he died in a car accident.

Today's breakfast for Mr. President is a bowl of millet porridge and a plate of pickles. He had no special requirements for food, drink and clothing, and when he first came to Chongqing, he stipulated that the government could buy one pound of meat every day. Later, when prices skyrocketed, he could only buy meat for two dimes a day - the chef was very distressed by this, because in the middle of the Anti-Japanese War, two dimes could only be bought for two fingers wide, and there was too little meat to know how to cook.

In many literatures, it should be wrong to say that Lin Sen does not eat meat, he just doesn't eat much.

A few days ago, he received a telegram from Lao Jiang, asking Lin Sen to appoint Zhou Hexuan as a special envoy to visit Britain. Chairman Lin knew that Zhou Hexuan was not easy to invite, so he did not appoint him directly, but personally wrote a pair of ink treasures with "Victory in the War of Resistance" to be gifted.

Lin Sen now has only such a role, chanting slogans everywhere to encourage the Chinese people, his New Year's Day speech half a month ago was like this: "What we are asking for is the final victory, and we must fight for a long time...... We must delay the enemy's war, consume the enemy's military and financial resources, and cause the enemy's economic institutions and military situation to collapse at the same time. The relocation of the national capital to Chongqing is our determination to resist the war for a long time...... Achieve the final victory from the War of Resistance! ”

Packing the ink treasure that had just been framed yesterday, Lin Sen did not go out immediately, but poured a stick of incense into the Buddhist shrine at home, and then walked into his private antique collection room.

Among all kinds of antiques, real and fake, there is a skeleton on display, which can scare the unknowing.

Lin Sen picked up a silk handkerchief, walked to the bones, and carefully wiped every bone, his wrinkled old face full of tenderness.

The owner of this skeleton is Lin Sen's childhood sweetheart's cousin.

Because of the arranged marriage, Lin Sen married a woman who had never lived in his life when he was young, and the relationship between the husband and wife was relatively dull after marriage. He and his cousin are in love, but they are helpless, they can only sigh that they are inseparable.

Who knew that Lin Sen's wife died of illness, and the love between the two finally saw the light of day. At this moment, my cousin was arranged by her family to marry the son of a wealthy overseas Chinese businessman, and my cousin begged Lin Sen to take her to elope.

At that time, Lin Sen was about to follow Sun Yat-sen to make a revolution, which was very dangerous, and it was even more inconvenient to bring a woman, so he refused. The tragedy happened, the cousin chose to commit suicide by hanging the beam, Lin Sen regretted it, never married, and collected the cousin's bones to this day.

Perhaps it was because the emotional wound was too deep that Lin Sen lost his desire for life, and thus became a rare clean official in the political arena of the Republic of China. He was so clear that he didn't even fight for official positions, and he never formed gangs, but instead became the head of state.

After wiping his cousin's bones, Lin Sen was on crutches in one hand and Mobao in the other, and Shi Shiran walked towards the Zhou Mansion.

When he was in Nanjing, Lin Sen only took a driver when he went out, and now he even saves the driver, because Li Ziba is really not suitable for driving. If he had lived in Liziba all the time, he might have lived longer, because he would not have been in a car accident, but unfortunately he moved later - Lao Jiang thought that Lin Sen's Liziba house was too shabby.

The spring rain is like silk, and the clothes are not wet.

Lin Sen walked on the mountain road on crutches, listening to the sound of the wind shaking the leaves, looking at the Yangtze River shrouded in smoke and rain in the distance, he couldn't help but touch the scene, and chanted loudly: "Don't listen to the sound of the forest beating the leaves, why not chant and walk slowly." Bamboo cane shoes are lighter than horses, who is afraid? A cloud of smoke and rain is ...... in his life"

Two or three miles of mountain roads, Lin Sen walked slowly for half a morning, and when he arrived at the Zhou Mansion, it was almost lunch.

Well, it's just a good time to eat.

The porter of the Zhou Mansion didn't know Lin Sen, but seeing that he had an extraordinary bearing, he asked respectfully, "What's the matter with the old gentleman?" ”

Lin Sen put Mobao under his armpit, leaned on crutches and replied with a smile: "If you are tired of reporting, you will say that Lin Sen is visiting." ”

"Wait a minute." The porter hurriedly ran to report the news.

After a while, Zhou Hexuan personally greeted him, took Lin Sen's hand and walked in: "Chairman Lin, please quickly, I should have gone to your mansion to meet me, why did you come in person?" ”

Lin Sen took out the handwritten "Victory in the War of Resistance" Mobao, handed it to Zhou Hexuan and said: "Mingcheng's recent article is well written, I have to take it out every day and appreciate it repeatedly." You and I have the same opinion, that is, the war of resistance will be won, and the aggressor will inevitably end miserably! ”

"Chairman Lin's eyes are like torches, China will indeed win," Zhou Hexuan carefully accepted the framed ink treasure and said, "Has Chairman Lin had lunch?" Please also sit down and drink two glasses. ”

"I don't drink, just add a pair of chopsticks." Lin Sen was also not polite, and followed Zhou Hexuan into the dining room with a swagger.

Zhang Leyi, Meng Xiaodong, Wanrong, Vivien Li, Liao Yaquan, Cui Huifu, and Yu Peichen all got up to greet each other, and several children also obediently called Grandpa Lin hello.

Zhou Hexuan hurriedly introduced his wife and children, housekeeper, and secretary to Lin Sen, and Lin Sen couldn't help but glance at Wanrong and Vivien Liduo. Without him, he is very interested in the identities of the two women, a former Qing queen, a foreigner movie star, it is really rare enough, he smiled: "Mingcheng, your big family is very lively." ”

"The family and everything are prosperous, and so is the country." Zhou Hexuan punned on a word.

Lin Sen used to be very hateful of the Communist Party, because he opposed the first cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and was expelled from the Kuomintang. He nodded and said, "Yes, home and everything is prosperous." No matter how fierce the struggle between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party is, it is just a wall of brothers. Ming Cheng, the central government first came to Chongqing, and he was not very familiar with the place. You are highly respected in Chongqing, and you are the chairman of the Senate, do you have any suggestions to put forward? ”

Lin Sen was just talking about the scene, but Zhou Hexuan took the opportunity to say: "Chongqing's air defense force is very weak, and now that the central government has moved, Chongqing will inevitably become the target of Japanese bombing." Chairman Lin, I hope that the central government will organize the construction of air defense tunnels as soon as possible and strengthen air defense drills for the people. ”

Due to the southwestern location of Sichuan, Liu Xiang did not train civil air defense at all during his rule. So much so that when Chongqing was bombed for the first time, many ordinary people actually rushed out to watch and judge the planes that could lay eggs.

Lin Sen, the head of state, was just an empty shelf, and he was a little embarrassed: "Organizing air defense drills and building air defense tunnels is the work of the Military Commission. However, the Military Council was personally commanded by Chairman Chiang and had not yet moved to Chongqing. ”

Zhou Hexuan said: "China is so big, if you have to bother the chairman in everything, how can he be busy? Please also ask Chairman Lin not to slack off, this is a matter of thousands of people's lives! ”

"That'...... I'm going to have a meeting for everyone to discuss. Lin Sen didn't dare to say it to death, because he couldn't be the master.

Zhou Hexuan hit the railway while it was hot: "In September last year, the Central Military Commission set up camp in Chongqing and appointed Li Gengu as the commander of Chongqing's air defense. However, Li Gengu had financial difficulties and could not afford to build an air defense tunnel, so he also asked Chairman Lin to allocate corresponding air defense funds. As for air defense propaganda, I'm already helping with it, and the government can come forward to organize large-scale air defense exercises. ”

Whether it is to organize air defense exercises or build air defense tunnels, it costs a lot of money, and Lin Sen has no financial power in his hands.

Lin Sen said embarrassedly: "The national government is also very difficult. To tell you the truth, the real purpose of my trip is to ask Mingcheng to go to Britain and help the whole country to get some international loans. I heard Minister Kong say that Mingcheng has a close relationship with King George VI of England, and he also has a relationship with the governor of the Bank of England, so he must have gained something from this trip. ”

Zhou Hexuan laughed angrily: "The Bank of England is not opened by my family, how can you say that you will borrow money if you borrow money?" Minister Kong issued tens of millions of pounds in bonds in London last year, which were pledged against several railways in China. Now that there is a railway that has been taken up by Japan, the British still want to regret it, how can they borrow money again? ”

"Eh," Lin Sen was speechless and said with a wry smile, "It's really difficult." Since Mingcheng doesn't want to go to the UK, then forget it, I won't force it. ”

Zhou Hexuan's eyes rolled, and he suddenly said, "I don't go to the UK, but I can go to the United States." ”

Lin Sen said happily: "Then I will appoint you as a special envoy to visit the United States!" ”

Of course, Zhou Hexuan went to the United States not to borrow money, but for American military aircraft. Feng Yong has already taken a lot of telegrams back, hoping to return to China with the club's plane to participate in the war, and Zhou Hexuan must go to solve it in person.