Zhang Leyi came unfortunately, when she arrived in Tianjin, it was just in time for a heavy rainstorm. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The long-standing drought has finally eased, but floods have followed. Since the dredging of the Haihe River in 1924, it has not been treated for three years, and the silt in many places is higher than the zero point of the Dagu level.

The torrential rain brought more silt, and the river spread everywhere, even flooding into the city of Tianjin. The port was seriously silted, and the port of Tianjin had almost become an abandoned port, and ships with a slightly larger displacement could not enter at all.

"Woo~~~~~~"

The whistle blew, and the crew knocked on the door from room to room, shouting: "Get off the ship, get off the ship!" All wear life jackets. ”

Zhang Leyi didn't have much luggage, and even bought a change of clothes halfway, and went out with a small bag. When she went to the deck, she found that the ship had not entered the harbor at all, and was surrounded by sea water.

"Why don't you drive into the dock?" Zhang Leyi grabbed the crew and asked.

The crew explained: "I can't get in, the port is silted. But don't worry, Miss, the dock has already sent a small boat over, so you should put on your life jacket first. ”

Sure enough, in less than a moment, hundreds of sampans approached the passenger ship in an orderly manner.

Zhang Leyi put on a life jacket (only available in first and second class), was tied around her waist by the crew with ropes, slowly descended to the sampan, and slowly entered the port in a small boat.

Dredgers can be seen everywhere in the harbor, dredging the river channel day and night, but to no avail. Fortunately, the passenger ship could be used to carry passengers in small boats, but the merchant ship was tragic, and the cargo could not be unloaded at all, and the losses were extremely heavy.

Zhang Leyi boarded the dock and found that the situation here was also very bad. There are traces of mud everywhere, and the cleaners hired by the dock are hard at work, and it is estimated that it will be cleaned up tomorrow.

Zhang Leyi carried the hem of her skirt and moved forward carefully, but her shoes were still stained and soaked. I finally took a car to the concession, but the concession near the river was flooded with ankles, and I could go boating on the street while sitting in a wooden basin.

The rickshaw driver stepped on the muddy water and walked forward with great difficulty. Zhang Leyi couldn't help asking: "Tianjin has been flooded?" ”

"Actually, there wasn't much flooding, mainly because there was too much silt in the river." The coachman replied.

Zhang Leyi asked again: "Doesn't the government send people to clean up the river?" ”

The coachman sneered: "Tianjin is now ruled by Chu Dashuai, and his old man is busy fighting wars and collecting taxes, so he can't control such things as cleaning up the river." ”

Zhang Leyi said: "Then you run slower, don't fall." ”

The coachman smiled: "You are a friend of Mr. Zhou, right?" ”

"How do you know?" Zhang Leyi was quite surprised.

The coachman said as he walked, "The address you gave me just now is Mr. Zhou's house." He is a good man, who doesn't know the rickshaw puller in Tianjin? ”

Zhang Leyi asked: "Because he runs Hope Primary School?" ”

"It's not just Yixue, these days, the victims of the disaster in Tianjin, thanks to Mr. Zhou's donations," the coachman turned around and gave a thumbs up, "Mr. Zhou is this, if it weren't for him, I don't know how many people would have starved to death." Everyone said that Mr. Zhou was the reincarnation of the Bodhisattva, a literate victim, and he also set up an immortal tablet for Mr. Zhou at the porridge shed, and worshiped every morning and evening. ”

Zhang Leyi was surprised: "How can he raise so much money?" ”

The coachman said, "The masters of the Green Gang have helped out and set up a Jimin Association." But we all know in our hearts that Mr. Zhou has made a lot of efforts in it. In previous years, when Mr. Zhou was away, why didn't those Qinggang uncles come out to rescue the disaster? ”

I was right!

Zhang Leyi's heart was like eating honey, and a sweet smile appeared on her face. She asked about things related to Zhou Hexuan all the way, and she didn't go far, and suddenly saw three rickshaws in front of her, which were Zhou Hexuan and the Sun brothers.

"Brother Zhou!" Zhang Leyi waved happily.

"Le Yi, why did you come to Tianjin?" Zhou Hexuan was surprised.

Zhang Leyi said: "It's not good to stay at home, come out and walk casually." Where are you going? ”

"At the French Consul General's house," Zhou Hexuan didn't care about asking too much, and said, "Let's go together, explain slowly on the way." ”

Zhang Leyi asked curiously: "Can I also go to see the French consul?" ”

"No problem, just say it's my secretary." Zhou Hexuan said.

The two traveled together, and Zhang Leyi quickly asked about the situation, and it turned out that Zhou Hexuan was going to contact the consuls of various countries and take advantage of the opportunity of the port blockage to provide relief through work.

Historically, the siltation of the Haihe River was not solved until Chu Yupu was finished.

At the end of next year, the Tianjin local government formally established the Haihe River Control Committee, and it was not until October of the following year that the plan for the Haihe River was approved, and the construction of the Haihe River finally started in 1931, which was delayed for five years.

During these five years, the siltation problem at the port of Tianjin could only be solved by dredging vessels. Whenever the summer flood comes, everyone from the dock to the steamship company is anxious.

The French Consul General in Tianjin, Hervé Jacques, had a headache at the moment, and from morning to noon, he received more than 10 phone calls in half a day, all from French businessmen in Tianjin.

The businessmen urged the consulate to solve the problem, but the consulate had to contact the local government in Tianjin. But the officials of the local government are all dry meals and can't manage things at all, and Chu Yupu, who can call the shots, is now fighting again.

"My dear, Mr. Zhou is here." His wife, Marion, smiled.

"No see, no see, let him come back another day." Elway didn't have a good air, he only looked at Zhou Hexuan as a scholar, he usually played to relieve boredom, but he was not in the mood to pay attention to it at a critical time.

"He said it could solve the problem of port congestion. ”

"Just him?" Hervé clearly didn't believe it.

"I think you can meet him." Marion suggested.

Elway frowned, the dead horse was a live horse doctor, and said dejectedly, "Please let him in." ”

The door soon opened again, and Zhou Hexuan took Zhang Leyi inside, while the Sun brothers stayed outside to rest.

When Elvé met, he asked, "You say it can solve the problem of silting?" ”

"Of course." Zhou Hexuan smiled confidently.

"You're an expert in the water?" Hervé asked again.

"I'm not, I don't know anything about water conservancy." Zhou Hexuan said.

Elvé was speechless, "Then what are you going to do?" ”

Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "Water conservancy experts are everywhere, and there are not so many of them. At present, dredgers can be used to clean up the silt in the port, but if we want to solve the problem completely, we must unite the local government of Tianjin and the concessions of various countries. ”

"Do you still need to say it?" Elway shrugged.

Zhou Hexuan swaggered to the sofa, crossed Erlang's legs and said, "I can communicate from it." ”

"Communication is not a problem, the difficulty is who pays for it. It stands to reason that this is the Tianjin government's part, but your Chu Dashuai doesn't care about it at all. I called the front line, and he only talked nonsense to me. ”

"Money is easy to do." Zhou Hexuan tilted his head and smiled.

"Okay? You're joking. "Elvé seems to be listening to the Arabian Nights.