War has changed the lives of many people, and it is also changing China. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

As soon as the war broke out, all industrial units involved in production received a large number of orders, and among them, shipyards were the most; in addition to the state-owned Wuchang, Huangpu, Jiangnan, and Dalian, four large factories that could build armored ships, dozens of private shipyards of various sizes in China also ushered in their own spring.

Because it is an overseas war, a large number of transport ships are needed, and these transport ships can not be iron-hulled ships, but the most ordinary wood-hulled iron-ribbed ships, and the officials of the navy and even the army and the transportation department of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce directly placed orders, and the representatives of various shipping companies carried a large amount of cash, and came to those shipyards that they did not even take a look at in the past, and constantly tried to buy merchant ships at higher prices.

This is true of shipyards, as well as other factories, the war stimulates the economy, and after the injection of more than one billion yuan of special military spending into the market, it immediately stimulates the development of the market, and overnight, investing in factories has become a profitable business. I don't know how many people are looking around for machinery, equipment and technicians to try to set up factories in a short period of time, and for those original factory owners, they are also expanding their own factories.

Although there is no moon, the night sky is dotted with stars. The night sky in winter is very thorough, and the cold wind rustles through the trees, blowing on the night walkers, which shows the wet and cold of winter in the south of the Yangtze River. There was a street lamp on both sides of the road, and the street lamp emitted a dim light, and the few pedestrians in padded jackets on the road hurried away, not noticing the street scene on both sides of the road.

The houses on both sides of the road are different from other places, and they are lined with high walls made of blue bricks, and when you look through the walls, you can see buildings of different styles inside. At night, only the silhouette can be faintly seen through the shadows. Occasionally, a dog barked or two from the deep courtyards. Maybe it's too cold, and even the dogs bark so desolate under the night sky.

This is the rich area of Changsha, not that only the rich can live here, and the poor will be driven away when they come in. In this place near the Xiangjiang River, after the first garden was built by the Li family, a group of wealthy people slowly gathered to build garden villas here.

The prosperous times live in the countryside, and the troubled times live in the city.

For thousands of years, the Chinese gentry have adhered to the way of living in the countryside, the prosperity of the countryside is because the environment in the countryside is better than the city, as for the troubled times, the countryside where bandits are rampant is naturally not as good as the city, but now, all this has changed, and now no one wants to return to the countryside, because the countryside has too many inconveniences, that is, there are no roads, and there are no electric lights.

Of course, more importantly, the environment of the city is better than that of the countryside, and even more so in the suburbs, and now it is also a prosperous age, there is no danger of banditry, and living in the chic gardens on the outskirts of the city is naturally the first choice of the rich.

Almost every provincial town has such a wealthy area nearby, but it's just a matter of size. And the biggest thing they have in common is probably that they are different from the gentry of the old days, most of them are no longer landlords with 10,000 acres of fertile land, but business owners.

Often the first to build a private garden, but also the most successful factory owner, just like Li Guansen, who built the Li family garden, is the founder of the first silk factory in Changsha, relying on tens of thousands of taels of silver to set up a silk factory, and later set up a yarn factory, the yarn factory has been run to Guangzhou, and the weaving factory to Tianjin's "textile king".

And just three years ago, Li Guansen, who was known as the "textile king" in Changsha, sold the first silk factory in the surprise of everyone, set up Changsha Xinxing Machinery Factory, and then invested in coal mines and set up Changsha shipyards.

Li Guansen is crazy!

Someone in Changsha said this about him, but Li Guansen just laughed at it, no one knew why he did it, not even his father. But after the outbreak of the war, in the face of the official and corporate representatives who lined up in front of the shipyards and machine factories to rush to pay, everyone put back all the ridicule and looked at the machine factories and shipyards with a kind of envy.

In the middle of the night, the sound of horses' hooves came slowly from far and near, and at the gate of the Li Mansion over there, a servant listened to the sound of horses' hooves, and hurriedly opened the small door and looked in the direction where the sound of horses' hooves came.

The sound of horses' hooves became louder and louder, and the carriage drove towards the Li family's mansion, and it was getting brighter and brighter outside, and the servants in the mansion looked towards the gate in full swing, and then a carriage drove directly into the mansion. A carriage drawn by two horses came in from outside, and the carriage stopped in front of the western-style building. Several servants lined up in front of the stairs, the door of the carriage opened, Li Guansen walked out of it, walked around the front of the car to the right rear door, opened the door, and respectfully asked Li Guansen, who was wearing a black top hat and fur coat, to bow his head and get out of it.

Seeing Li Guansen coming, the servants bowed their heads and said in unison.

"I've worked hard, sir."

Li Guansen just nodded, and saw that Da Xiaoqi had been standing in front with his own Mama Li, stepped forward to support Mama Li, and blamed with concern:

"Mama Li, why don't you rest so late? Didn't I say it, if it's too late, you don't have to wait for me, Mom Li, you can rest first, so as not to get tired. ”

"It's not too late, it's not too late, what time is it? I'm getting older, and I can't sleep well, but you, young master, don't be tired. ”

Li's mother has been to Li's house for almost forty years, she is Li Guansen's mother's dowry girl, watching Li Guansen grow up and then marry a wife and have children, after the old man died the year before last, the young master naturally became the master, but because the old lady is still there, in Li's mother's mouth, he is still called "young master". And Li Guansen treats Li's mother like an ordinary servant, he treats her family as a family, and Li's mother also regards this place as her own home.

Entering the living room, Li Guansen sat on the sofa, his eyes closed and his fingers rubbed the location of his temples vigorously. Mama Li made a cup of tea and gently placed it on the coffee table in front of Li Guansen, took a step back and carefully looked at the young master who was nearly forty years old. The current young master seems to have lost his life yesterday, his black hair used to be mixed with some gray hair now, and the same as the old man, he has gray hair in his thirties, and the Li family has so much business because he is alone, so much care, how can he not be old.

Hearing the soft sound of the teacup touching the coffee table, Li Guansen opened his eyes and stretched out his hand to take the teacup, and when he raised his eyes, he saw Li's mother standing in front of him, the teacup was brought to his lips and he didn't drink it, and asked in his somewhat hoarse voice.

"What's wrong? What's the matter? ”

“…… That's right, sir...... In the afternoon, the second young master called to find the master. ”

Li's mother didn't know what to say for a while, the second young master in his mouth was not Li Guansen's son, his two sons are now in high school.

"Oh, Kangawa, what did he say? Are you doing well in your studies now, and is your training hard? …… Counting the days, he should graduate in June this year, and when the time comes, let him go to the machine factory to help first, and the Li family's business will also have his share ......"

Li Guansen lowered his head and tasted tea, and said slowly with half-closed eyes.

For this younger brother who is more than a teenager younger than himself, he can be said to be very fond of him, after all, it is his only younger brother, not to mention that his father is old and has a son, even so, this younger brother is not only extremely smart, but also extremely competitive, he was admitted to Wenshan Yishu College three years ago, and for Li Guansen, he naturally hopes that his younger brother will graduate as soon as possible so that he can help himself.

The words of the eldest young master made Mama Li say with some hesitation.

"Second, the second young master said on the phone......"

For a while, Li's mother didn't even know what to say.

"I know how to make a phone call all the time, but I don't know how to call the company? It's been a long time since I've been back......"

Li Guansen said with some dissatisfaction that he hadn't seen his brother for several months.

Mama Li, who hesitated for a while, replied after a while.

"The eldest young master, the second young master said that he had been drafted four months ago, and he had been training for the past few months, so he couldn't come back, and now, he is already a second lieutenant officer in the army......"

What the!

Mama Li's words made Li Guansen stand up violently, his eyes widened, and he looked at Mama Li in surprise, and said for a while.

"Business, business school, no, isn't it not not called? How, how ......"

After the outbreak of the war, with the mobilization of the army, not only soldiers are needed, but also a large number of officers, so many students in colleges and universities, most of them have received reserve officer training, and naturally received a call-up order, but not all students will be drafted, in addition to engineering students, normal students are not among the conscripts, such as law and business students and other disciplines, are also not on the list, which makes Li Guansen breathe a sigh of relief, after all, his younger brother is in the business school, but now the younger brother has already been conscripted The reality, He couldn't accept it at all.

"Second, the second young master is a ...... who volunteered to join the army"

"Voluntary ......"

This bastard, doesn't he know that his mother's health is not good?

"Sir...... The young master said...... The young master said......"

Li Guansen saw that Mama Li wanted to speak and stopped, and raised his bloodshot eyes to look at Mama Li. Said a little unhappily.

"What else did that bastard say?"

Looking at the bloodshot and pale young master, Mama Li's lips trembled slightly for a while, and she trembled and whispered, "The young master said...... Their troops will set sail for the battlefield tomorrow. ”

With a "bang", Li Guansen's hands trembled, and the teacup in his hand fell to the ground and shattered. Although Mama Li's voice was small, it was like a thunderbolt when it got into Li Guansen's ears, making his face turn white in an instant, and he didn't even react when the teacup dropped, and sat on the sofa in a daze, and the whole person stayed there.

"Guanchuan, he's going to battle......"

Li Guansen muttered to himself.

"Guanchuan is going to war? He, how old is he! How can you go to war? He's not married, ......he's not married."

Li Guansen said a little nervously.

Li Guansen didn't know how dangerous the war was, but he knew very well that fighting a war would kill people, and on the battlefield, guns and cannons had no eyes, so what if a bullet fell on him? Besides, this time it was not the Manchus who were fighting, but now it was the British who were going to fight, and those British were not going to be defeated after a series of guns, they would fight desperately, although this newspaper said all day long that the army was going from one victory to another, but the newspaper never said how many people died, although many people said that more people died of disease than were killed by guns on the battlefield, but who knows?

And now, his younger brother, his only younger brother, is actually going to the battlefield, and as an elder brother, he doesn't even know, if he does...... If you know, what can you do? Pull him back? Although he has a certain amount of influence as a representative of public opinion in Hunan Province, Li Guansen knows very well that his influence cannot affect the army at all.

There's no way around it anymore!

There is no way!

Tomorrow, tomorrow will be gone, this bastard boy, why did you only know to call back at this time, why before leaving, I don't know how to go home and take a look, see my mother......

Slowly, Li Guansen gradually eased up, stared at the window, listened to the cold wind whistling outside, and asked a little bitterly:

"Did he say where they were going?"

Mother Li shook her head silently, and after a while, she said with some sadness:

"I asked, and the second young master said that this is a military secret, and no one can tell it...... Young Master, your body matters. ”

"Military secrets?"

Li Guansen said with a wry smile.

"This kid...... Alas, it's all fate, let him go. ”

In the end, Li Guansen felt discouraged, lazily finished, stood up and walked towards his bedroom with heavy steps.

Now, for him, he didn't even know how to tell his mother, could he tell his mother that her favorite little son was going to war tomorrow?

Can't say, can't say......

Thinking of this, he looked back at Mama Li and said in a serious tone.

"Mother Li, don't let your mother know about this matter!"

"Young Master, I know,"

Li's mother nodded, and Li Guansen sighed again, as he walked towards the bedroom, suddenly, as if he remembered something, he thought of his two sons, and also thought of this war that brought him too much wealth and opportunities, although he had cheered for the war, he supported the war, but when the war involved his relatives, he showed his selfish side.

My son must not be drafted!

When he thought this in his heart, he even thought about whether his sons would join the army on a whim like their uncle, and he must find a way to stop this.

War, for Li Guansen, is just an opportunity, an opportunity to earn wealth, but war, you must stay away from your family.

As for the sacrifice...... Let others die!

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