Shanghai wharf is crowded with people.

Human-powered cranes unload bags of grain onto the shore, and porters line up in long lines for transfer. Not far away, there were countless onlookers, and they were even beating gongs and encouraging lions to celebrate.

Situ Juncong, the representative of Wuzhou Hongmen in China, walked off the deck with his head held high, and his attendants behind him held a megaphone and shouted: "Hongmen Zhigongtang and all Chinese Americans donated 200,000 tons of corn to the Chinese compatriots affected by the disaster, and Mr. Zhou Hexuan personally donated 150,000 tons of corn!" The first batch of 90,000 tons of grain has arrived in Shanghai, and I wish our Chinese country peace and security, and the affected compatriots will survive the disaster as soon as possible! ”

"Good!"

The crowd of onlookers applauded.

Du Yuesheng, Huang Jinrong, Zhang Xiaolin and others greeted him, and Lao Du held Situ Junliang's hand and said, "Mr. Situ, on behalf of the victims of the disaster, I thank you, Hongmen Zhigong and Mr. Zhou!" ”

"Mr. Du is polite, this is my responsibility as sons and daughters of China," Situ Juncong asked, "What about the people of the Flood Relief Committee?" ”

Du Yuesheng explained with a smile: "The person in charge of the Shanghai area is almost here, and I also took a telegram from Minister Song Ziwen and Song, and he is now coming to Shanghai by train." ”

Due to Du Yuesheng's active philanthropy efforts, he is now the president of the Shanghai branch of the Red Cross Society of China, and will serve as the vice president of the Red Cross Society of China (the Federation) in two years. It is absolutely impossible for this youth gang boss to embezzle disaster relief funds, and over the years, all the gifts Du Yuesheng receives on his birthday have been donated to charity.

People are not short of money, what they lack is social recognition.

Huang Jinrong and Zhang Xiaolin also shook hands with Situ Juncong one after another, full of admiration and praise.

Countless grains were unloaded from ocean-going freighters, piled up as if they could never be transported, and the onlookers were amazed.

"How much food is this!"

"Didn't you hear that? Mr. Hongmen and Mr. Zhou donated a total of 350,000 tons, and this is only the first batch, which is enough to have 90,000 tons! ”

"God, a donation is hundreds of thousands of tons, Hongmen and Mr. Zhou are really rich."

"There are many rich people, and I don't see how much they donate, but Mr. Zhou is still enthusiastic."

"Mr. Zhou is a good person, the reincarnation of the Bodhisattva, Amitabha."

"Now the victims have been saved."

"It's difficult, hundreds of thousands of tons of grain are distributed to the whole country, and it's not enough to eat for two days."

"Alas, the way of this world!"

“……”

In fact, Zhou Hexuan didn't spend much money to buy grain, he bought the cheapest corn. Due to the large volume purchase, the unit price per kilogram is only 0.001 US dollars, and 150,000 tons of corn cost a total of 150,000 US dollars. On the contrary, the transportation and storage costs are expensive (American farmers are reluctant to pay for freight and need to come to the door to buy), and the total cost of domestic purchase and transshipment in the United States, plus transportation to China, is as high as 30,000 US dollars.

Therefore, the officials of the Nanjing government are not bright-minded, and if they buy a fart of wheat, they can buy more than 40 catties of corn for a pound of wheat in the United States. Corn is so cheap that farmers are too lazy to harvest it, and many farms are burned to the ground.

The same scene took place at the Tianjin wharf, where the next day a second batch of 60,000 tons of corn arrived in Tianjin to help the victims in the northern region. The amount of corn donated to the north is not as large as that in the south, and it is Zhou Hexuan out of practical considerations, after all, the hardest-hit area this time is in the Jianghuai generation.

In the following days, major newspapers across the country reported one after another, causing a violent sensation in public opinion.

Song Ziwen also immediately issued a public announcement, announcing that the Flood Relief Committee had purchased 450,000 tons of wheat on credit from the US government, and that the victims of the disaster in various places should be patient for the time being, and a large amount of relief grain would be delivered immediately.

This announcement made many people despise, and the United States Hongmen and Zhou Hexuan jointly donated 350,000 tons of grain, and the central government actually ordered 450,000 tons.

"Declaration" did not hesitate to praise: "China today suffered a major flood that is rare in a century, all walks of life have generously donated, Mr. Zhou personally donated 150,000 tons of grain, as the first righteous hero in China!" ”

After Yu Youren saw the news report, he even wrote a special couplet and sent it to Zhou Hexuan from the south to Tianjin, the content is: Learn from China and the West, full of splendid pillars; There are countless living people, and there is a hot-blooded bodhisattva heart.

……

Nanjing, resting house.

Song Meiling's mother has just passed away, and she has already returned to her hometown to mourn, but Chang Kaishen can't leave.

Chang Kaishen put down the newspaper in his hand and asked, "Zhou Mingcheng and Hongmen in the United States really donated hundreds of thousands of tons of grain?" ”

"This is true," Song Ziwen said, "I have specially asked people to check that they are all high-quality corn, which can temporarily alleviate the famine in the Jianghuai disaster area." ”

"Alas, natural disasters continue, and thieves rise again," Chang Kaishen cursed depressedly, "Niang Xipi, this Chen Jitang and Bai Chongxi will really pick the time!" Ziwen, you put down your work for the time being, go to Guangzhou, and try to win Wang Zhaoming over. How much money does he want, I will give, he wants to be the executive president, I will give it too! ”

Song Ziwen hesitated: "Wang Zhaoming is now the leader of the puppet government in Guangzhou, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for high-ranking officials to convince him, right?" ”

"As for him, Wang Zhaoming still wants to be a leader? Haha," Chang Kaishen smiled disdainfully, "He's just a signboard in front of Chen Jitang." ”

Now that Guangzhou and Nanjing are in a hostile relationship, Song Ziwen is not willing to take risks, he shirked and said: "The disaster relief work is busy, I should go again after a while, at least I have to repel the Guangdong-Guizhou coalition army first." ”

Chang Kaishen thought about it carefully, and also felt that the time to win over Wang Zhaoming was still a little immature, so he nodded and said, "It's okay." By the way, in the name of the National Government Flood Relief Committee, you issued a commendation order to Zhou Mingcheng. He likes to collect celebrity calligraphy, last time he was missing the word "Bearded Weng" (Yu Youren), you now ask Bearded Weng to write another pair for Zhou Mingcheng. ”

Wang Zhaoming was ordered to leave immediately, he was very busy.

Chang Kaishen sat on the sofa, rubbing his temples tiredly, he had become a water dog shouted at by everyone in the Kuomintang.

Nowadays, the flood disaster in the whole country is serious, but the Guangzhou Nationalist Government actually disregarded the disaster situation and chose to send troops to war at this time. Just yesterday, under the supervision of Wang Zhaoming, the generals of Guangdong and Guizhou, with Chen Jitang as the commander and Bai Chongxi as the vanguard officer, led Tang Shengzhi and other troops to the north to attack Hunan with 50,000 troops.

The rebellious Cantonese army has joined forces with the Gui army, and the Hunan garrison is He Jian. Chang Kaishen was very uneasy about He Jian, and the army under He Jian was Tang Shengzhi's old army, and it was likely that the three armies of Guangdong, Guangxi, and Hunan would unite against Chiang.

At this time, it was the beginning of September, and the Guangdong-Guizhou coalition army was marching north, and the Hunan army was in danger, and all parts of the country were flooded again. Chang Kaishen wants to raise funds for disaster relief on the one hand, and he wants to raise funds to send troops on the other, and he is already so poor that he smashes pots and sells iron.

Not only that, but Chang Kaishen is also very politically unstable. Many factions of the Kuomintang are secretly engaged in preparing to convene the Fourth National Congress of the Kuomintang and use political means to force Chang Kaishen to step down.

At this moment, Yan Xishan also flew back to Laowo Shanxi from Dalian on a Japanese plane.

The subordinates were worried about Yan Xishan's safety and asked, "Commander, are you going back to Shanxi, aren't you afraid of being oppressed by Chang Kaishen and Zhang Xueliang?" ”

Yan Xishan replied with a smile: "They can't take care of me." ”

really didn't care about natural disasters, civil strife, and foreign invasions, Yan Xishan chose a good time to make a comeback.

918 is coming!