Hearing the bell ringing on time for the porridge, a thought immediately popped into Hua Xiongmao's mind - when is the time to give food to these victims? But if you think so in your heart, you can't say it on your lips. It is not because the ideal of "saving the country and saving the people" reminds Hua Xiongmao that he should treat the people well. It's that there are some things that make it inconvenient for Hua Xiongmao to say such things. The eyes of everyone in the room fell on Shang Yuan, since Shang Yuan said that Chen Ke handed over the matter to him to deal with, everyone must respect Shang Yuan's authority at this time.

From the outset, Hua Xiongmao advocated a military background to quell the riots, a statement that did not receive general and unequivocal support. Zhang Yu, the head of the water detachment, did not directly oppose it, but the "attitude of the people in the outside areas in the future" he put forward was clearly opposed to pacification by force. As soon as this speech came out, none of the military cadres who had rushed to the conference room stopped speaking.

In the long run, these victims are a good source of soldiers. The expansion of the BJP's troops has been put on the agenda, and the expansion of the ranks requires the supply of troops. These victims who are struggling on the line of death dare to do anything in order to have enough to eat. If there were 30,000 or 40,000 troops who dared to fight, it would be easy to sweep through Anhui. It's a bit more than worth the loss to offend them now. This is the reason why military cadres are reluctant to speak.

Shang Yuan had already seen the eyes of his comrades, and he also knew that this was not the time to delay time. "I'm going to talk to the victims right now. The various units guarded the key departments, but the troops that blocked the meal were transferred first, and we stopped the victims from going to eat while saying that we had no other meaning. It doesn't make sense. ”

After speaking, Shang Yuan stood up. "Comrade Dai Enze, you go with me and transfer the police force first."

Dai Enze glanced at Hua Xiongmao with a little uneasiness, and then stood up.

Although he was very unhappy in his heart, Hua Xiongmao still stopped him, "Wait, let's determine the location of each unit first." If something happens, it's easy to transfer. ”

Making such a request is not that Hua Xiongmao wants to contradict him, on the contrary, it is a real support for Shang Yuan. If Shang Yuan doesn't say it, Hua Xiongmao will do nothing, and that's the way to dismantle the stage. Now that there are so many troops from outside, it is far from possible to directly mobilize troops. Something is going to go wrong. Although he was very unhappy with such an approach, Hua Xiongmao still had to choose cooperation.

Of course, there are other reasons for this. This kind of non-cooperation will never fool Chen Ke, if Hua Xiongmao does not cooperate, when the matter is over, Chen Ke will definitely not be invisible. In addition, the top leader of the army in the conference room is Hua Xiongmao, and everyone is silent because they want to respect Hua Xiongmao, and the more this time, the more Hua Xiongmao can't make any personal will.

Shang Yuan heard Hua Xiongmao's words, and his serious face flushed slightly. He was negligent in this matter, thinking only about the police system, but forgetting that these comrades from the army definitely did not come alone. They definitely brought their respective troops to help. After settling down, Shang Yuan asked the guards to take out the map of the county seat of Fengtai County. This is a military map of 1:500, and it can be said that there was absolutely no such detailed map of Fengtai County in China in 1906. Chen Ke's wife, He Ying, in addition to being a probationary member of the People's Party, is also one of the leaders of the drawing department. Under her leadership, maps of Fengtai County, Fengyang Prefecture, Anhui Province, and even the whole of China were being drawn.

After the map was spread out on the table, a box containing special glass chess pieces was served. The troops don't have the money to scribble on the map. Comrades from the troops gathered around and each picked up one or more glass chess pieces of different colors. Then place a piece on the map to indicate the location of your troops.

To the west and north were the main forces of the troops led by Hua Xiongmao. The water detachment was blocked on the banks of the Huai River to the south, and the water detachment contingent was to the southwest. The police force, on the other hand, surrounded the refugees in the county in an incomplete circle. The rest of the barracks were responsible for defending the barracks with the waterworks and the testing grounds of the newly built machine industry.

When you look at it this way, the situation is clear. With the introduction of the comrades, everyone, including Shang Yuan, breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts. The commotion of the victims began in a hurry, and in such a situation, the various units arranged their positions almost instinctively. The deployment of various units has been achieved to prevent the victims from impacting farmland areas and important sites. Even if things can't be resolved peacefully, the damage can be minimized. As long as important facilities can be saved, it doesn't matter if the victims demolish Fengtai County.

After determining the location of each unit and the task of guarding, Shang Yuan finally had a sense of relief, and he stood up after identifying the liaison officer. "I will go with Comrade Dai Enze to persuade the people now." Shang Yuan was about to leave after speaking, he suddenly remembered something, and stopped again and asked, "Which comrade is ringing the porridge bell outside?" ”

The comrades of the troops looked at each other, and no one informed them about the ringing of the bell. Hua Xiongmao looked left and right, and suddenly smiled: "If the one who rings the bell is not Wen Qing, it is He Zudao." ”

After hearing this, Shang Yuan felt that this news was really not helpful to him, and he hurried away with Dai Enze.

After Shang Yuan left, the comrades of the army had nowhere else to go for the time being, so they simply sat down around the table. No one was the first to speak, everyone had their own thoughts, and there was no way to say them for the time being. Under normal circumstances, at this time, Chen Ke is in charge of giving orders, and at that time, everyone will definitely speak freely and cooperate sincerely. Now Chen Ke suddenly picked his pick, although Shang Yuan's status is not low, he can be temporarily in charge of the right to act, and everyone may not be convinced. It is the discipline that has been cultivated over the past few days, and nothing else. As a result, in the face of such a big problem, the mood of the comrades was not so high.

Hua Xiongmao has always been Chen Ke's sworn friend, and although the People's Party was small in Shanghai, Qi Huishen, who was engaged in political work, appeared and formed a certain "opposite" situation with Hua Xiongmao. After arriving in Anhui, Qi Huishen stayed in Shanghai, but Shang Yuan took over Qi Huishen's position. Although he has always been in charge of the vital force in the People's Party, Hua Xiongmao has never been able to become the second-in-command in the political sequence. This is one thing that Hua Xiongmao is very depressed.

Zhang Yu's situation is much simpler, although theoretically he belongs to the army system. However, the water detachment has always been under the direct command of the party committee, and Hua Xiongmao's order is not so absolute. Now is the time for the water detachment to show its talents, even if Hua Xiongmao, as a veteran, has a higher status in the future, Zhang Yu has at least established his own contacts and has grassroots influence. As a revolutionary from a small family, Zhang Yu knows better than anyone what it means to have connections at the grassroots level. Although he is not really supportive of Shang Yuan at all, he must be able to ensure that there will be no new problems in the future work. What is the significance of creating tens of thousands of people who hold grudges to Zhang Yu? So he had to oppose Hua Xiongmao's tough attitude.

Other comrades are not in enough status, and now they are even more suitable to speak. There was silence in the room.

The silence did not last long, the other comrades who had been notified had already begun to rush back, Xu Dian hurriedly broke in from outside, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw a bunch of cadres of the army sitting here, and he was stunned.

"What about Secretary Chen? Why didn't the troops do the vigilance? Xu Dian asked in surprise.

No one answered immediately, and everyone looked at Xu Dian's surprised look. This statement has already indicated Xu Dian's position, and the university student who graduated from the law department of the University of Tokyo is in favor of strong action. Hua Xiongmao once worked with Xu Dian to capture Zhang Youliang in Zhang Youliang's enclosure and fight a bloody way. It was also a friend of life and death, so Hua Xiongmao didn't let Xu Dian stand stupidly, he opened his mouth to relieve the siege and said: "Secretary Shang Yuan is responsible for this matter." Secretary Shang Yuan is now going to persuade the victims, let us stand by here before leaving. ”

"Huh?" Xu Dian was a little puzzled, "This matter is obviously provoked by bad people, stealing things, and destroying crops, do these victims still feel justified?" ”

"Then Secretary Xu, what do you think should be done?" Zhang Yu asked. Xu Dian is not the secretary of the Politburo, but the secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, and he is also in charge of discipline. The title of Zhang Yu was originally a bit provocative.

Xu Dian obviously didn't hear the subtle feeling in these words, and he immediately replied, "What should I do?" I think now is the time to make the rules, and these victims should be brought under the banner of our revolution. Now are troubled times, and no rules will work. The troops surrounded the victims and told them that there were bad people among them. If you blindly accommodate, I'm afraid it will become connivance. And if you don't say it clearly, it seems that we are not close to people. ”

After Xu Dian finished speaking passionately and generously, the conference room fell silent again. This way of solving the problem is also an option. At least Hua Xiongmao himself supported it, and the first thing he thought of was such a solution. And Hua Xiongmao's choice is not only for these reasons said by Xu Dian. As one of the top commanders in the insurance group, Hua Xiongmao is also worried about the emotions of the people. The theft and destruction of crops by the victims had a very bad impact on the people. The people were already very dissatisfied with the victims eating their own food, but they didn't want to cause more trouble. Now that the harvest season has arrived, the people have not shown the slightest tolerance because the harvest is in sight. It is precisely because they know that they have real hope that they cannot accept any act that destroys their future lives.

No matter how quickly Shang Yuan's actions can solve the problem of the commotion of the victims, if this matter cannot be explained to the people, not to mention that the people cannot accept it, the soldiers in the army cannot accept it either. In Hua Xiongmao's view, the prestige of the People's Party in Fengtai County was achieved not only by benevolence, but by absolute force strong enough to easily eliminate Zhang Youliang and suppress the landlords from spitting out their land. Once the people question the force of the insurance group, then there are many unpredictable things.

If the victims of the disaster can get improper profits by making trouble, can't the people of Fengtai County make trouble? The insurance group dared to suppress the victims, but did the insurance group really dare to suppress their own villagers?

Thinking of this, Hua Xiongmao felt a burst of irritability in his heart, he let out a long breath, and then stood up. "I'll go to the troops."

No one dared to stop Hua Xiongmao from leaving, and everyone watched Hua Xiongmao stride out of the conference room, and no one said a word.

"Brigadier Hua." Xu Dian suddenly shouted, and then chased out. Soon he caught up with Hua Xiongmao.

Hua Xiongmao didn't stop, just asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Xu Dian quickened his pace to keep up with Hua Xiongmao, and said eagerly: "Brigade Commander Hua, we are going to implement the judicial system, this matter is a good time to establish power, and no one can do anything wrong in Fengtai County." Let's think about what the people think about this. ”

These words cut into Hua Xiongmao's psychology, but he did not agree. Whatever the end of the day, repression, deterrence, or retreat after the matter is over. Hua Xiongmao had to let the troops have a mental preparation. Just knowing that the victims were making trouble, but without any orders, the troops parked outside the county town did not know what would become of them now.

Xu Dian mistakenly thought that Hua Xiongmao did not agree with his ideas, and he then said: "If the people have no trust, they will not stand, let's just say that the People's Party and the insurance group are the people's team, and now when the people need the insurance group to protect, this matter is so easy to put down?" How to explain this to the troops? ”

Hearing this, Hua Xiongmao stopped his pace violently. Xu Dian didn't expect Hua Xiongmao to stand so simply, he couldn't hold his feet for a while, and took one or two more steps forward before stopping. Turning around, Xu Dian simply stood in front of Hua Xiongmao, "Even if you can't stand up now, once the commotion of the victims subsides, you have to use some heads to stand up." In troubled times, we blindly show goodwill, which is definitely not good. ”

Hua Xiongmao stared at Xu Dian, and Xu Dian looked back at Hua Xiongmao without flinching, and saw Hua Xiongmao frowning and speaking, "Do you think Wen Qing can't think of this?" ”

"Huh?" Xu Dian didn't immediately understand what Hua Xiongmao meant.

"Secretary Chen is much smarter than you and me, if you can think of it, he can definitely think of it. Now it's just that Secretary Shang Yuan is in charge of the matter, and if the matter calms down for the time being, we still have to have a meeting. After speaking, Hua Xiongmao pushed aside Xu Dian, who was blocking in front of him, and walked towards the back door of the barracks far away from the county seat.

There were people coming and going in the barracks, everyone was very anxious, and the speed of walking was obviously much faster, and Hua Xiongmao's figure quickly disappeared into the hurried crowd. Xu Power Station thought about it for a while, and then suddenly understood. Hua Xiongmao's words have actually expressed support for himself, but this support will not be fulfilled now, but will appear at the party committee meeting after "if things calm down for the time being".

With the support of such a clear statement, Xu Dian immediately felt a lot more relaxed. He didn't chase after Hua Xiongmao, but turned around and walked back towards the conference room.

Things subsided much faster than they did when they erupted. As soon as the bell rang for the porridge, the victims reflexively felt the urge to go out and receive the porridge. At this time, the Shangyuan county order appeared, and the victims saw the county commander wearing official uniforms appear. The prefectural commander only brought two policemen into the area where the victims were most concentrated, which made everyone feel a lot more relieved.

Shang Yuan stood on a stool, the number of victims near him was uncountable, how could there be tens of thousands of people. Dai Enze next to him was relatively well, and the other policeman who was the escort had never been surrounded by so many people, and his face was a little pale. Shang Yuan didn't feel afraid, or his fear had long since been replaced by a sense of frustration. After Chen Ke picked up, Shang Yuan faced the opposition of Hua Xiongmao again. Now that this burden is completely borne by him alone, Shang Yuan only feels a pressure in his heart that he has never felt before. This is facing tens of thousands of people, and if he can't solve the problem, it may lead to a big brawl with a scale of more than 100,000 people.

The victims of the disaster had very little to eat on weekdays, and the People's Party consciously controlled the amount of food they ate in order to avoid trouble. Hunger has greatly reduced the physical strength of the victims, and the insurance corps and police forces are well fed and trained. Thousands of people and horses came to kill, and these nearly 100,000 disaster victims were no opponents at all, and they would definitely be beaten to the ground.

But Shang Yuan didn't want to take such a drastic approach at all, so he couldn't afford to go wrong. The victims were silent, they didn't know what to say, and questioned the county order? But what do you have to ask? Do you beg the county magistrate not to drive them away? But it was clear that the prefectural order did not mean to drive them away. Therefore, although the victims were muttering below, they did not dare to say anything to Shang Yuan directly.

Due to the large number of victims, Shang Yuan tried his best, almost hoarsely shouting: "Folks, there are bad people who have infiltrated us and spread rumors everywhere. Now they are about to receive porridge, and the purpose of spreading rumors is to make everyone hungry. No matter what the bad guys say, let's all eat first. Let's talk about it after eating. ”

The victims of the disaster did not really encounter any unbearable bad treatment, but now when they heard the words of the prefectural commander, the content of the message was still for everyone to eat, and immediately some people turned around to get the food, but the people behind them wanted to hear what the prefectural magistrate said, and they desperately squeezed forward, blocking the way of those who wanted to leave. The dense crowd immediately erupted into a riot.

Shang Yuan knew that the insurance group had brought pork to comfort the troops, but it caused a commotion in the reclamation brigade, resulting in a situation where people were trampled to death. Seeing that the situation was going to be chaotic, the experience summary of the people's party's internal summary meeting on this stampede incident immediately had an effect, Shang Yuan hurriedly ordered Dai Enze a few words, and Dai Enze took the order and left. Shang Yuan gave a few more orders to the other policeman, and then shouted together: "Don't move yet, everyone." The place where the porridge was put was changed. Don't move, everybody. The place where the porridge was put was changed. ”

As soon as the people heard that the place where the porridge was put had changed, the people who were going to get the porridge immediately went back again. The flow of people in the opposite direction has finally returned to the same direction. Everyone is going to listen to the prefectural magistrate tell you about the new place to put porridge. But I heard Shang Yuan shouting: "Don't squeeze everyone, there are so many people, just squeeze it casually, I'm afraid that someone will die." We put porridge to save everyone. Putting porridge to get out the people, isn't this hurting everyone? ”

This shouting was far less anxious than Fang Cai, Shang Yuan waited for the crowd to release the news by themselves, and then continued to shout, the content of the shouting was just that everyone should not be crowded and not have an accident.

It wasn't long before the police force was also shouting around, asking everyone not to crowd and to eat when it was time to eat. They shouted and persuaded the victims who refused to move to eat.

"Brother, aren't you hungry if you don't eat?"

"It's time to eat, but you have to eat."

The people had never had enough to eat, and everyone refused to move on weekdays, just to reduce the feeling of hunger. After such a meaningless tossing all morning, my stomach was already empty. The police did not beat anyone, but only persuaded everyone to go to dinner. Some people have long been running towards the place where the porridge is kept, and others who are not so relieved have finally succumbed to hunger. The police force evacuated the victims while maintaining order. It took more than an hour for the victims who had gathered together to finally disperse.