Wang He stood on an inland steam-deck barge, and in the past few days he has followed the grain fleet of the Yangtze River Fleet all the way to the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

Although the Central Plains Campaign Command made urgent arrangements, mobilized all the ships of the Yellow River Fleet and the Canal Fleet, and a large number of troops quickly went south to support and transport a large amount of grain from Jiangnan to Jiangbei, it immediately encountered the problem of grain storage and transportation.

The company has just entered the Central Plains and has not yet established a perfect grain reserve system, so it has to make use of Daming's many granaries in Jiangbei.

The garrisons of the Far Eastern Army in Huai'an, Xuzhou, Dezhou, and Linqing along the canal, all of which received telegrams two days earlier, were in a hurry.

Wang He followed the grain fleet of the Yangtze River Fleet to Huai'an Fengji Warehouse and Xuzhou Guangyun Warehouse respectively, and found that the local garrison was not fully prepared at all, and they also requisitioned a large number of local people to load and unload grain at the wharf, but because of the rush of time, the organizational work was not satisfactory and very chaotic.

Of course, when such a situation occurs, Wang He also understands, after all, there are only two days, and the local garrison troops can respond so quickly, it can be said that they have done their best.

In front of him is Wang He's next destination, and it is also the largest canal in the Ming Dynasty to transport grain and store grain. Although the situation in Huai'an Fengji Warehouse and Xuzhou Guangyun Warehouse is not very good, as long as they survive the initial chaos, they will slowly become better.

But the clearance is different, this is the largest of the four warehouses in the canal. More than half of all grains are stored every year. The Far Eastern garrison stationed in Linqing Prefecture had only half a regiment and more than 1,000 people.

A considerable part of the grain of the Yangtze River Fleet's northward journey will be stored in Linqingzhou. If Linqing Prefecture is not prepared to receive a large amount of grain, it is bound to cause great chaos.

"Chief, Linqingzhou has arrived ......"

The shout of a non-commissioned officer of the Far East Army at the bow of the ship interrupted Wang He's thoughts. He came to the bow of the ship and picked up a telescope to observe the situation at the Lincheongju pier in the distance.

It was early in the morning, and the visibility on the river was not good. But you can still faintly see the busy scene on the dock in the distance. To Wang He's surprise, Linqing Wharf didn't seem to be chaotic.

As the fleet got closer and closer to the dock, Wang He also clearly saw the specific situation of the dock. Countless laborers dressed in uniform and wearing yellow vests were busy on the docks in an orderly manner. Although there is a large fleet of ships moored here, the work on the dock is very well organized and efficient.

Wang He looked at the scene on the dock, and his face was also full of surprise. At that time, he stepped into a leadership position step by step from the grassroots level, and he had rich experience in grassroots management, and he also believed that he had a relatively strong work ability.

But now the Linqing garrison area can mobilize so many local laborers in such a short period of time, and organize the work of receiving grain so perfectly, it can definitely be described as a miracle.

This kind of work ability and efficiency, even Wang He himself, led by the best employees of the Far Eastern Nationalities Committee, could not achieve such a perfect degree. This also aroused Wang He's interest, and he really wanted to see how the Linqing Prefecture garrison could do it.

"Bang ......"

With a dull sound, dozens of boats dragged by Wang He's inland steam deck barge slowly leaned against the Linqing wharf.

Wang He jumped out of the boat first and came to the dock under the protection of two guards. He did not inform the local garrison in advance along the way, but personally rushed to the wharf and granary to inspect it.

At this time, there was a hot scene on the dock. Countless laborers of the labor service detachment carried the grain bags on the boats and delivered the grain to a row of horse-drawn carts parked on the docks.

Although there were a lot of people on the dock, it was very well organized and there was not the slightest confusion. There is no such chaotic phenomenon that many people are piled up together at Huai'an Fengji Warehouse and Xuzhou Guangyun Warehouse Wharf, which seriously affects work efficiency.

At this time, a company commander of the Far Eastern Army on the dock saw Wang He, although he did not recognize this member of the Standing Committee of the Far East Board of Directors, but he guessed that the person in front of him must be a senior head of the company.

He hurriedly ran to Wang He's front and saluted, and shouted, "Good ...... chief"

Wang He smiled and said, "What about the leaders of your garrison area?" ”

"Report to the chief, several commanders are directing the grain to be stored at the granary, and I will arrange for someone to take you there."

Wang He waved his hand and said, "You go and get busy, don't worry about me, I want to go around the dock by myself......"

Although Wang He said so, how dare that company commander. He hurriedly glanced at a clever non-commissioned officer next to him, and then followed closely behind Wang He.

Wang He looked back at the company commander with a nervous face, shook his head with a wry smile and said, "You guys...... Since you have to follow me, show me about the docks. ”

The company commander of the Far Eastern Army listened to Wang He's words, and hurriedly pointed to the laborers on the dock and said: "Chief, this is the laborers of the newly formed labor service company detachment in our Linqing garrison area, and they are all homeless people from all over the world who work as porters at the Lincheng dock all year round......

With the introduction of the company commander of the Far Eastern Army, Wang He also had a general understanding of the preparations for the Linqing garrison. Of course, he finally figured out why the organization on the docks was so orderly.

He also secretly admired that it seems that several responsible persons in the Linqing garrison area are very capable, and the most important thing is that they did not wait or rely on the arrival of the working group of the Ethnic Affairs Committee, and they actually took the lead in carrying out the work of the masses at the grassroots level, and the breakthrough point was also well chosen.

"You've trained these laborers in the labor detachment, right?"

"The chief of the report, all the laborers of the labor service detachment, were registered, screened and purified, and participated in ten days of intensive basic training and preliminary political and ideological work."

Wang He nodded, didn't say anything, and continued to patrol back and forth on the dock. The company commander in the Linqing garrison area also had no bottom in his heart, because the chief did not praise or criticize, and there was no expression on his face, so he was really not sure what the chief thought of the Linqing garrison.

Several people in charge of the Linqing garrison area received the report from the subordinates, and thought that a certain head of the Ethnic Affairs Committee was coming, and the granary was too busy to open it, so they asked Qin Ergou to come over alone to greet him.

When Qin Ergou ran to the dock to take a look, he was almost scared to death. He had met Wang He twice in the Hetao base area before, and of course he knew Wang He's weight in the Far East Company, which was equivalent to the head of the Ming Cabinet.

He hurriedly ran a few steps and reported to Wang He in the most standard military posture.

Wang He glanced at Qin Ergou, who was full of nervousness, smiled and said, "I just took a look here, it's good...... Your work in the Linqing garrison area has been very good, and it is worth spreading to all the troops in the theater. ”

(To be continued.) )