As soon as Chu Yunfei said this, Li Yunlong, who was sitting next to him, changed his face for a while, and he looked at Zhang Mingyu with some worry for Chu Yunfei, but fortunately, Zhang Mingyu's face was quite calm.

However, although Zhang Mingyu did not speak, Zhang Biao and Ling Tianbao, who had been sitting on the side and silently accompanying the wine, were unwilling, Zhang Biao immediately said: "What Commander Chu said is a little wrong, it is not wrong to say this, it is not bad that Taiyuan is under the jurisdiction of Governor Yan of the Second War Zone, but please don't forget, the Second War Zone is also under the jurisdiction of the National Political Axe, and our Reading Force is the same as the Jin Sui Army is also an army under the jurisdiction of the National Political Axe, who stipulates that our Reading Force Army cannot be stationed in Taiyuan?" ”

"That is, all the [***] teams have the right to be stationed in any area of their own land." Ling Tianbao would not follow the path kindly.

At this time, Zhang Mingyu coughed twice and said: "Zhang Biao, Heavenly Leopard, don't be unreasonable." Then he picked up his wine glass and said: "Come, Brother Yunlong, Brother Yunfei, today we will only continue the old relationship, not talk about politics." With that, he raised his head and drank it all.

Li Yunlong also hurriedly smiled and picked up his wine glass, and said, "Come to Brother Chu, brother, I'll do it first as respect!" After speaking, he raised his neck and drank it all.

Chu Yunfei was helpless, so he could only sigh lightly, pick up the wine glass, and finish to the end.

After sending Li Yunlong and Chu Yunfei away, the time was already nearly evening, although Zhang Mingyu drank a lot of wine, but his mind was still very clear at this time, he took Tie Niu to get into a jeep, and drove to the vicinity of the Dongshan prisoner of war camp under construction, after getting out of the car, Zhang Mingyu strode to the outside of the prisoner of war camp surrounded by Tie Niu and several soldiers.

Since the prisoner of war camp had not yet been repaired, all the devil prisoners lived in makeshift huts made of trees and dead grass, while the soldiers who guarded them lived in tents with slightly better conditions.

At this time, all the devil captives, including the wounded soldiers, were all caught up at the construction site by the soldiers of the Reading Army, some of the devils were moving stones, and some of the devils were digging holes in the stones.

Several wounded soldiers who were walking a little slower were suddenly whipped up by the soldiers of the Reading Army who were following behind, and scolded while smoking: "Dog, hurry up and work, you want to be lazy!" Kill your dog! ”

Although the wounded soldier was all wounded and had difficulty moving, the supervising Reading Army soldier did not have the slightest sympathy, and kept whipping the beast lying on the ground with a leather whip until he was dying, and a low-ranking officer waved his hand and said: "Come on, throw him to the back mountain to feed the dogs!" Don't fucking dirty our land! ”

"Yes!" The four wolf-like warriors gladly accepted the order, dragged the devil away.

At this time, a ghost soldier who looked like an officer stood up and said in stiff Chinese: "Wait, he is about to die, you can't do this to him, we are prisoners of war, not slaves, you can't do this to us." This is a violation of the Neiva Convention. ”

The officer was immediately annoyed when he heard this, raised his right foot wearing big leather boots, kicked the devil officer on the chest fiercely, and scolded: "Fuck your little devil, Lao Tzu told you that since the day you were captured, you are no longer human, you are all slaves of our Chinese, you have to pay off your debts for the sins you have done, tell you to work well for Lao Tzu, so that you can save your dog's life, otherwise he will be your role model!" "Talking about the value of which devil wounded soldier was thrown behind the cliff.

Among those devil captives, although some people were dissatisfied, gritted their teeth and angry, but no one dared to stand up and resist, the reason is very simple, that is, they are also human beings, and they have the ability to survive, when they are held with bayonets, they can only choose to submit.

After watching this scene, Zhang Mingyu walked straight to Niu Tiangui's command post with the guards.

Far away, Zhang Mingyu saw a very obvious big tent, needless to say that this must be Niu Tiangui's headquarters, Zhang Mingyu strode over, and when he walked to the door, the two soldiers who were in charge of standing guard saluted in unison: "Military seat." ”

"Hmm!" After Zhang Mingyu returned the salute, he didn't stop, and walked directly into the big tent, Niu Tiangui, who had already heard the movement, just stood up, saw Zhang Mingyu come in, and stood up and saluted: "Military seat!" You're coming. ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Mingyu walked into the middle of the tent and sat down next to the stove, and said with a smile: "You kid is very good at enjoying it, this stove burns warmer than the military headquarters."

"Hey, hey." Niu Tiangui scratched his head and said with a smile: "This is all done by the staff officer, this mountain is much colder than in Taiyuan City, and it is really unbearable not to raise the furnace." ”

"Hmm." Zhang Mingyu nodded and said, "How is the construction of the prisoner of war camp?" ”

"The four prisoner of war camps have been selected and will soon start construction, but now the weather is cold, the stones and soil are very difficult to dig, and some of those devil prisoners of war have frozen to the ground in the cold temperature, do you think you should give them some cotton clothes and other warm clothing, so that they will not freeze to death, they are not worth it to freeze to death, but when they die, there will be no one to work as coolies for us."

Zhang Mingyu thought about it, on such a cold day, it may be difficult to recruit strong forces from ordinary people's homes, after all, it is such a cold weather, and the New Year is approaching, and some people want to have a reunion for the New Year. And Zhang Mingyu didn't want to ask the people to help, not because he was reluctant to pay the salary, but because Zhang Mingyu could hope that each of their families could have a happy Spring Festival.

Thinking of this, Zhang Mingyu said happily: "Well, I agree with this, I will ask the logistics department to send it over when I go back, and give each of those devil prisoners of war a set of cotton clothes, in addition, on such a cold day, give them a little better food, and give them more cold food to eat, such as chili peppers or something, after all, we still need these coolies for the time being, and when the spring opens next year, we will not be afraid, and there will be more and more prisoners at that time, so we will treat it very much in this extraordinary period." ”

"Yes!"

"By the way, Tian Gui, the security work of these prisoners of war must be done well, they must not be allowed to escape or some other circumstances, once they find that someone has escaped, they will be killed immediately, so as to set an example!" Zhang Mingyu instructed.

"Yes, rest assured, the military seat must be carefully arranged." Ushida Takamichi.

When Zhang Mingyu returned to Taiyuan City from the prisoner of war camp construction site, Taiyuan City was already brightly lit at this time, because the Spring Festival was approaching, and he was driven away, the people of Taiyuan were particularly happy, and all walks of life in the city began to gradually resume business, and the entire Taiyuan City can be described in four words, that is, thriving.

Jin merchants since ancient times is the richest in the sea since ancient times, speaking of Jin merchants, but also can be traced back to the Sui and Tang dynasties of the samurai Mi, the end of the Sui Dynasty, Li Yuan father and son from Taiyuan troops, at that time as a timber merchant of the samurai Mi poured out their wealth to help, Li father and son is by virtue of the original hero in the world of the elite soldiers and the samurai's money and strong support from then began to unify the rivers and mountains of the great cause.

It can be imagined from this that at that time, Li Yuan got a lot of property from the warrior Qian, of course, the Wushi Mian also got a rich return, after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, he was named the prince of the country, and his status was equal to Qin Qiong, Cheng Yanjin, etc. Later, the warrior also gave birth to an unprecedented generation of empresses in Chinese history - Wu Zetian.

The root of the success of Jin Shang lies in the "integrity" and united business policy. However, the glory of the Jin merchants only lasted until the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the Jin merchants gradually declined in the late Qing Dynasty and the late Republic of China, and the Jin merchant culture was not preserved due to years of warlord warfare, so that Shanxi was still backward in the country in the 21st century.

But now the history is different, Taiyuan was recovered earlier than the original history, said that he was driven away, Taiyuan and even Shanxi Jin merchants can develop business again, history will not repeat itself, not only Taiyuan will change, here will become China's largest set of commercialization, light and heavy industry and many other high-tech in one of the developed advanced cities. Of course, that's all for later.

As he passed through the center of the city, Zhang Mingyu asked the driver to stop the car, and then walked along the main street with Tie Niu and three guards all the way inside.

Although Zhang Mingyu was wearing military uniforms and loaded with live ammunition, they did not scare the surrounding Taiyuan people, but some young men involuntarily saluted Zhang Mingyu and them in a non-standard posture, Taiyuan people are not afraid of being soldiers, it does not mean that they are bold, but they know that this army is the [***] team! The Chinese are not afraid of their own army.

There is a good saying, they are the people's soldiers, all of them are true heroes who defend the country, the people respect them in addition to admiration, their army is a different force from other [***], although the Jin Sui army was okay with them at the beginning, but the officials have official frames, and the soldiers have ruffians, and bullying ordinary people also happens from time to time.

But this unit in front of them is different, they never disturb the people, and as long as the people have something, as long as the people have something, the officers and soldiers of this unit will definitely do everything they can to help, and then they will quietly leave without even drinking saliva.

To paraphrase the words of the people of Taiyuan, this army is a force worthy of our support, and those young men are like our own children.

Zhang Mingyu and others walked and walked to a section equivalent to a vegetable market, because it was already evening at this time, some vegetable sellers all closed their stalls and went home, the whole street seemed empty, Zhang Mingyu walked for a while, saw two emaciated figures from a distance, and took everyone closer to see clearly, this is an old grandmother with a tattered basket on her back and a child about three years old next to her, she is holding a little boy with one hand, while bending down to pick up the leftovers that others have thrown away from the ground that have been inedible.

The old woman muttered as she picked it up, "Little Bao, grandma will cook you vegetable soup tonight." ”

The boy named Xiaobao asked in a crisp voice, "Grandma, when will my father and second uncle come back?" ”

The grandmother looked at the child in front of her with kind eyes, gently touched the child's head and said, "Child, your father and your second uncle have gone to serve as soldiers, they are going to fight me, and I will come back when the fight is over." ”

"Grandma, is it true that our neighbor Chubby said that my father and second uncle are Han Jian, not good people?" Xiaobao asked innocently.

"Nonsense! Xiaobao must remember that your father and your second uncle are both men who stand up to the sky and the earth, and they are big heroes! They will never be Han Jian! Do you understand? The old lady said with a slight emotion.

"Hmm!" Xiaobao nodded as if he didn't understand, and then took the old grandmother's left hand like a dead leaf and said, "Grandma, let's go home, I'm hungry." ”

"Good... Let's go home and grandma will cook for you. Let Xiaobao eat to his heart's content. The old woman took Xiaobao's hand and walked in the direction of home.

"Grandma Xiaobao wants to eat more, Xiaobao wants to grow up quickly, when I grow up, I want to join the army, I also want to go to Dayue myself, I also want to be a big hero! ..............." The figures of the child and the old man gradually faded away, but none of them noticed that the old grandmother's cloudy eyes were already moist, and tears slipped down the old man's emaciated face silently.

Her two sons participated in the Jin Sui Army and the Central Army respectively before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, and Xiaobao's father and uncle had already died heroically in Xin's mouth. The old man had long received the death notice from the national axe.

When she received the bad news that her two sons both sacrificed their lives for the country, the old man was grief-stricken, and she worked hard to pull her two sons up, but at this time he both died in battle and died in the national disaster. The old man endured his grief and looked at his grandson, who was less than a year old, his eyes were already filled with fog.

Now the only thing that can give the old man the courage to survive is this grandson, and the old man now has only one wish, that is, to raise his grandson Chengren, and continue to fight himself when he grows up, and continue the mission that his father did not complete - to protect the family and defend the country.

After the old man left, Zhang Mingyu said coldly to Tie Niu: "Send someone to send five hundred oceans to this old lady." ”

"Yes!" Iron Bull stands up.

Zhang Mingyu sighed and said: "I don't know how many orphans and widows like them are in the world, the war has caused too many families to be destroyed, and too many people have been displaced, but as the invaded party, the Chinese people can only take up arms and resist."

As the country provoked by the war, Zhang Mingyu secretly swore that he would definitely let you pay for your blood debts!

………………………………………… Fenyang, Second Theater Command.

Chu Yunfei truthfully reported the results of this trip to Taiyuan to Yan Xishan, and after listening to it, Yan Xishan sighed again and again: "This Zhang Mingyu is really a difficult master, he doesn't eat soft and hard, he really annoys me Bochuan." ”

"Commander, I think that the matter of Taiyuan should not be rushed, and we can only wait for the opportunity in Taiyuan City, and we cannot force it." Chu Yunfei persuaded.

"Oh, when will this have to wait, the longer he Zhang Mingyu stays in Taiyuan, the more difficult it will be for us to go back to Taiyuan!" Yan Xishan frowned.

"Commander, don't be anxious, conjecture from humble duty, with Zhang Mingyu's person, he will inevitably go north to attack Pingjin in the future, and when the main force of the Reading Force moves north, maybe it will be our opportunity." Chu Yunfei said with a hint of fierceness in his eyes.

(To be continued)