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The disaster in northern Shaanxi is far more serious than An Yi estimated, and the terrible plague has spread in Ningxian and Pengyang on the border of Xunyi and Gansu and Ningxia in northern Shaanxi, according to Alley's rough statistics. The death toll was no less than 50,000, and everywhere he went, new graves had just been erected, and corpses were scattered among them that had not had time to be buried and could not be buried. People don't know how to prevent it. In northern Shaanxi, many villages along the way are empty and full of desolation, tens of thousands of infected people are sitting or lying in the courtyard or in front of their homes, helplessly waiting for death, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, they have fled their homes, so the people who fled the epidemic area with their families out of fear are heading south in groups, with no end in sight. Wherever the flow of people passed, more and more bodies were thrown on both sides of the road. Most of them are old people and children,"

Alley swallowed hard, waved his arms, his face turned red, and he was excited: "The sad thing is that the vast majority of people don't have any money in their hands, nor do they have any valuable items to exchange for medicine and food, and they have become worthless with the vouchers and military vouchers of the Northwest Military Government in their hands.

In the past two years, various departments of the armed forces have used these poorly printed bills with huge denominations, as well as these self-printed banknotes, which are insecure and cannot be cashed in gold, silver, and other currencies, to buy grain, cattle, sheep, and even seeds in the hands of the people on a large scale, and have also formulated strict laws to punish those who refuse to receive and use these banknotes, and the punishment has ranged from detention to long-term detention to confiscation of family property and even beheading, and there are more and more banknotes worth 50 yuan or even 100 yuan on the market. The purchasing power is getting weaker and weaker, and finally it is reduced to waste paper.

General, if you think about it, when these banknotes are used as 50 oceans or 100 oceans, in the current poor and backward China, such a large amount of banknotes circulating in the market is simply an unbelievable thing, and the income of ordinary people in the northwest is not five silver dollars a month for a family of five. It's totally naked plunder!

Beginning in March of this year, this resentful military behavior intensified, depriving large numbers of people of the minimum guarantee of thriving. As a result, there were tragic incidents of selling fields, children, and even wives in exchange for food to ensure their survival, and the army's reason seemed to be very strong, saying that it was to protect the territory and defend the people, and unify the great northwest, so that thousands of people could live a happy and comfortable new life.

Mr. Edgar Snow and I were in Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningbo for two months, and last week we were forcibly evicted by the army on the grounds of blockade and fatigue, and had to return south to Xi'an. The original green is almost invisible, and everywhere the fleeing victims pass, like locusts passing by, a large number of trees have withered because they have been harvested by the hungry people, and all the roots, weeds and young leaves that can be swallowed are gone, and the drought of the past month has passed, and everywhere is a lifeless withered yellow everywhere, and there are corpses that are rotting or about to rot and no one wants to look at them more, and the crying that was heard at the beginning has become less and less, more numbness, despair and resignation to the fate of the difficult trek"... General, tens of millions of people in the entire northwest are currently walking on the verge of death, and they are so pitiful. So helpless, if you don't get basic rescue, there will be a hell on earth! Up to three months. Maybe in less than three months, the plague will spread everywhere with the infected people who have fled their homes, and more and more hungry people will die in batches, what kind of catastrophe will it be An Yi couldn't sit still, stood up and walked anxiously, but finally could only sit down in pain and express his gratitude to Alley: "Thank you." Mr. Alley, thank you" To Brother Zhai, I suggest you send a telegram to He Jing. It was suggested that he go to Nanchang immediately or invite Mr. Zhou Chongan to Shanghai. Discuss what to do.

At this time, we can only rely on the influence of your news agency to awaken the people, and we can only rely on the people with conscience across the country to work together to tide over the difficulties. ”

Zhang Zhizhai knew the relationship between An Yi and He Jing, and saw An Yi's attitude from the deep grief in An Yi's eyes and the clenched cheeks. Zhang Zhizhai nodded lightly, then shook his head and said helplessly:

"General, I'm afraid that my junior brother can't inform President He that now that the Henan, Shaanxi, and Gansu regions where the Northwest Army is entrenched are under military control, and the entire Shaanxi telegraph office is not allowed to send news from the disaster area to the outside world, especially for us reporters. Many of his colleagues had their manuscripts and interview records confiscated at the Telegraph Office. The younger brother has been here for more than a month and has visited eight counties in northern and southern Shaanxi, and more than 200,000 words of interview records and communication comments are still on his body. ”

An Yi was stunned for a moment, thought for a while and said, "Then I'll come." I came to inform He Jing that this time our delegation also brought a radio station, and I will personally do it in the evening. ”

"Great! When does the general plan to return to Nanjing? Zhang Zhizhai asked.

"I'll leave the day after tomorrow at the latest, and we'll go together if you plan to go back." An Yi looked at Zhang Zhizhai.

"Nope! I want to stay, for the time being, and ask the general to help the younger brother send back the interview materials of more than 200,000 words and publish them as soon as possible, including a few comments by Mr. Alley and Mr. Snow, please bring them with me. Let more people across the country understand the truth of this disaster born in North China and Northwest China, and understand that in addition to natural disasters, there are more **. Zhang Zhizhai was also quite excited.

An Yi sighed, nodded and said, "Okay, leave it to me now, I will deliver it to He Jing in time." ”

"Not yet, tomorrow. I also need to sort it out and ask Mr. Alley for his opinion. Let him send his documentary report back and publish it, not only in the newspapers and periodicals in China, but also in the newspapers and periodicals of the whole world, so that the people of the country can be awakened to supervise the government and the army. to fight for their own minimum right to live. Zhang Zhizhai explained.

Alley understood the two of them conversing in Chinese. Standing up and politely suggesting: "I agree, and I am willing to do my best to do this, and we will delete the table and sort it out." The news of the Northwest Army's meeting in Huayin tomorrow afternoon can be handed over to the general. ”

An Yi was very surprised and asked, "How did Mr. know so clearly?" ”

"General. In fact, I can know many things in advance, General Feng Yuxiang is a very"

A very interesting person, who has an extraordinary understanding of public opinion propaganda, informed me and two British journalists this morning, telling us that the news that is about to be released is the news of how to resolve the crisis of mistrust between the Northwest and the center. I guess the general will also participate at that time, right? Alley looked at An Yi with a smile.

An Yi nodded with relief: "That's right, as the deputy envoy of the Fengyang delegation, I will naturally attend this press conference with General Feng, and tomorrow morning we will go to General Feng Yuxiang's temporary camp Huayin to visit." Determine the extent of the disaster and comfort the local people.

During today's talks, several major generals of the Northwest Army described the disaster in far less detail than Mr. Alley's. I have concealed many problems and only mentioned the need for assistance, and I myself have promised to send 150 boxes of medicines as soon as possible, and at the same time to try to get the support of the central government and the railway department. I will deliver 3,000 tons of rice, biscuits, and cooking oil to the disaster area within half a month, and at the same time return to Nanjing as soon as possible, and ask the central government to urgently convene a disaster relief meeting to do something for the people in the northwest. ”

Alley stepped forward and shook Shi Yi's hand and said movingly, "General." Please accept my high respect, you are the most benevolent and loving soldier I have seen in China in the past two years, and you have made me see the hope of the China Exhibition! ”

An Yi smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Your praise makes me feel guilty, an army and a government, if you don't treat your own people and your comrades well, this government has no hope, and this army is not worthy of being called the army of the country and the people." Although I An Yi is a soldier, I am a Chinese first, and all my compatriots are my food and clothing, parents, and my relatives! Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Alley! ”

"General, then we'll see you tomorrow!"

Alley caught a glimpse of Sun Liangcheng and the others coming over, and knew that it was time for him to leave, so he politely said goodbye.

"See you tomorrow, General!" Zhang Zhizhai was very clever not to show more affection, and together with Alley, he thanked Sun Liangcheng and the others.

After sending off the two reporters, An Yi was full of sorrow, but he pretended to be okay and came to the restaurant together accompanied by Sun Liangcheng and several people, and most of the members of the central delegation arrived to attend the simple and grand reception dinner held by General Feng Yuxiang.

Throughout the dinner, An Yi, who was full of concerns, clinked glasses with several generals of the Northwest Army. I almost couldn't eat anything, and I met and talked politely with the generals of the Northwest Army who came to visit, drank a bowl of rice porridge indiscriminately to suppress the full stomach of wine, tried my best to squeeze out a hypocritical smile, and struggled to survive the whole process.

Late at night, everything is silent. He Yaozu was the only one in He Yaozu's spacious room, and An Yi was inside. After listening to An Yi's report, He Yaozu sat on the sand. I didn't want to move for a long time, and it took a long time to take the teacup offered by An Yi, and sighed faintly:

Xiao Yi, I'm afraid we can't do anything! Every natural disaster since the Republic of China**, I have either personally experienced it or know a little, judging from the current situation in the northwest, you just can't do your best, just like the two trains of grain that were detained before, no matter how many disaster relief materials come, they will eventually be forcibly occupied by the army, and the Northwest Army is absolutely unwilling to let our officials and necessary gendarmes participate in the distribution of disaster relief materials, so in today's negotiations, I didn't let the scholarly Commissioner Zhao talk more, so as not to make things deadlocked, Rather, it affects the main purpose for which we are here.

I know your feelings, and I know your strength and good deeds, but what would you do if the large amount of food and medicine you donated ended up in the pockets of the Northwest Army, which strengthened its strength and expanded its ambitions to confront the central government? What about the helpless victims? ”

An Yi felt unspeakably uncomfortable in his heart. Suddenly, he saw something subtle on He Yaozu's face, and he was stunned in his heart, and asked in a low voice, "Uncle He, do you mean that we have come here for nothing?" ”

He Yaozu nodded helplessly: "Eighty percent is like this." Don't think that it will be okay if you reach an understanding and clarify the misunderstanding, you look at the recent situation, Li Delin was quickly defeated, and then the nest was surrounded on three sides, Tang Mengxiao responded to the call of the central government and led his troops south to Shandong along the Jinpu line, General Yan Baichuan was silent about all the rumors, but secretly gathered troops, everything was extremely unfavorable to the Northwest Army, especially this westward expedition to Hubei, General Huanzhang's two military temptations were skillfully resolved by the commander-in-chief, and the Northwest Army had to withdraw from Hubei without any gain. Attempts to take advantage of the opportunity to occupy Wuhan were shattered. Under the internal and external troubles, it suffered from natural disasters one after another. Years of poor soldiers and silent martial arts have made the heavens angry and resentful!

Tell me, what should the Northwest Army do to resolve its own crisis in such an embarrassing situation? General Huanzhang seems to have thought of this day for a long time, so he will make a large amount of his own paper money after the Spring Festival to raise the cost of the war and food. I'm afraid this battle is about to start. The commander-in-chief wants to take this opportunity to take Henan, and then occupy Xi'an, and General Huanzhang is ready to transfer the contradiction and get out of the predicament, you won't see this, right?

This battle is imminent, how else can you help millions of victims in Henan and Northwest China? What's more, even if you are rich, you can't stand this toss! How many can you save? 10,000, 20,000? Even if you take off your pants and save 100,000 people, right? But what are these 100,000 people compared to the tens of millions of victims in the entire disaster area? ”

An Yi looked at He Yaozu in astonishment, his handsome face was red and blue, and he kept changing. After a while, An Yi let out a long breath of turbidity, turned to He Yaozu, and said firmly:

"Uncle He, the little nephew knows that his ability is limited, but as long as there is a glimmer of hope, the little nephew will not give up! Uncle He's little nephew is willing to do everything for this, provided that you have to help me, Uncle He. ”

He Yaozu looked at An Yi in surprise, and asked in a woman's voice for a long time, "Say it, as long as I can do it." ”

The little nephew only wanted to ask for a piece of land temporarily, and then asked Uncle He to send all the transportation forces of the Scraping and Training Department to support the little nephew. An Yi said.

"Which territory?" He Yaozu asked.

"Jing Xiang!"

"Hmm" what a great idea! I've got you covered. You can implement a plan and leave it to me as soon as possible. ”

"Thank you, Uncle He!"