Zhu Cunshui's life these days is very delicate, on the one hand, he is cautious to hide in the most inconspicuous places, blending in with the victims, not letting others notice him. On the other hand, the pride in his heart is indescribable. After the last time the potato stealing was revealed, Zhu Cunshui couldn't dissipate the evil breath in his chest, so he ran to destroy the crops and vent his anger. Then he spread the news among the victims that Fengtai County was going to drive all the victims away. The result was truly an unexpected success. Relying on his own strength, he actually set off a huge momentum in Fengtai County. It directly led to a full-scale confrontation between the victims and the Fengtai County police. Something that almost led to a big brawl.

It stands to reason that if such a big thing happens, Zhu Cunshui should run away quickly. However, Fengtai County blocked all the ships, and the weather was cold, and the water was too cold. Zhu Cunshui refused to swim into the water. Of course, the biggest reason is that even if he runs back to Shouzhou, Zhu Cunshui will not be able to find any place to eat. So I thought about leaving every day, but I always thought about eating the next meal before leaving. So Zhu Cunshui was always in a situation of waiting for the next meal.

He could wait, but the police system in Fengtai County did not. Dai Enze received a direct appointment from Chen Ke and temporarily took full responsibility for the police system in the base area. And Dai Enze got a deputy, Lin Shenhe, who was born in Shanghai to patrol and arrest. Lin Shenhe was a revolutionary comrade recruited by Qi Huishen in Shanghai. The reason for his devotion to the revolution was very simple, the heroic Lin Shenhe went to a foreign country to patrol the wife of a certain leader. Later, the lady told Lin Shenhe that she was pregnant. The reason why Lin Shenhe can cuckold the patrol leader is very ordinary, the patrol has not touched that lady for a long time, and Lin Shenhe is also a real handsome patrol cadre who has the opportunity to enter and exit foreign patrol houses. After learning the news of his life, Lin Shenhe had to make some plans for his future. In the end, he was thrown into the Huangpu River with ropes covered in ropes after the incident, or Lin Shenhe took the initiative to leave his hometown.

But Lin Shenhe is a young man after all, according to his thoughts, Lao Tzu doesn't pay for the restaurant on weekdays, and if he sleeps with a foreign woman, he will pay for his life? This foreign devil is inevitably too deceitful. Full of dissatisfaction with foreigners, Lin Shenhe made a major decision to defect to the "suspicious organization" registered in the Shanghai Concession, Huangpu Publishing House.

As a letter of nomination, Lin Shenhe not only gave full account of the concession's investigation and views on the Whampoa Publishing House, but also provided a lot of internal information to Qi Huishen. The main work of the Shanghai branch of the People's Party is to recruit comrades and to make money. The information provided by Lin Shenhe is of great significance.

And Comrade Lin Shenhe did not just pay without asking for anything in return, his demand was very simple and very serious. It is hoped that the Whampoa Publishing House will provide him with asylum and give him the opportunity to change the humiliating reality of foreigners having privileges in China.

This kind of brazen attitude made Qi Huishen very speechless, in fact, Mo said that Lin Shenhe slept with the wife of the foreign patrol, that is, he had a relationship with an ordinary Chinese married woman, and in the countryside, these two people would also be sentenced by the clan elders to be immersed in the pig cage. For such accusations, Lin Shenhe has no guilt. He said that foreign devils have a marriage law, and in this case, it is a big deal for the two to divorce. Lin Shenhe will certainly be criticized by the world, but he will not die. However, the main contradiction at present is that the social status quo in which foreigners have many improper privileges in China is unreasonable. Then the overthrow of this unreasonable system is the immediate priority.

The consciousness that can elevate civil disputes to the level of contradictions in the social system cannot but be admired even by the revolutionary party members. Of course, in order to repay Lin Shenhe's frankness, Qi Huishen asked Lin Shenhe two things, "First, why does Lin Shenhe not reflect on his bad behavior, but blindly blames the social status quo?" Second, the Huangpu Publishing House is not a place to hide filth and dirt, how can Lin Shenhe prove that he really wants to join the revolution, not just to make a living. ”

If ordinary people encounter such merciless questioning, they will either be blushing and shameless, or they will simply become angry. And Lin Shenhe is not an ordinary person, this handsome guy replied with a frank attitude that goes beyond brazenness, Lin Shenhe's mistakes can be compensated in a normal way, such as waiting for this lady to marry her after divorce, and compensating her husband for her sadness with money. However, the current social system and current situation do not allow for such a legitimate form of compensation. Then, it is absolutely incorrect to use Lin Shenhe's mistakes to defend the current unreasonable social system. Lin Shenhe was willing to devote himself to the revolution that overthrew this irrational social system.

After a while, Qi Huishen continued to ask another key question, "Does Lin Shenhe know what kind of reasonable marriage system the Whampoa Publishing House wants to establish?" ”

Lin Shenhe immediately took out a volume of "The Rise of Materialism and the Inheritance of Chinese Culture", which contained Chen Ke's views on the marriage system. He said that Chen Ke's views on the marriage system were strongly agreed with by Lin Shenhe. Marriage should not be a transaction, but a social family relationship formed by citizens out of their own free will.

I have to say that even Qi Huishen, who is an important cadre of the People's Party, has not read that chapter well. And a patrol who was born under the old system can read the revolutionary theory from this book with reasonable evidence, and Qi Hui is really convinced.

Therefore, this time, when Lin Shenhe arrived at the Fengtai County base with Qi Huishen, he also took the foreign lady whose lower abdomen began to bulge. Chen Ke was a little surprised by Lin Shenhe's actions, but he was a little relieved after seeing the lady. This lady is Italian, and her Mediterranean-style appearance is quite oriental.

Chen Ke asked Lin Shenhe why he didn't use abortion to solve the problem, and Lin Shenhe replied with great religious knowledge that this lady was a Catholic. Hearing the answer based on deep religious knowledge, even Chen Ke did not simply mention the matter again.

Then Lin Shenhe was assigned to the police department in urgent need of personnel in accordance with the principle of matching work.

As soon as the connoisseur makes a move, he will know if there is one. Lin Shenhe's addition immediately injected new strength into the police system. Police Inspector General Dai Enze knows the mentality of ordinary victims, but he doesn't know how to break into the victims' organizations. Lin Shenhe has a lot of experience in this area. Any disaster victim organization has its own internal factions. How to deal with these factions is one of the skills that Lin Shenhe learned in Shanghai. Dai Enze was responsible for recruiting and training police officers from the disaster victims, while Lin Shenhe quickly mastered the factional relations within the disaster victims and successfully connected with these underground forces.

For Chen Kexia's task, "find out the cause of the last riot and arrest those responsible." Lin Shenhe did his best. On the one hand, he has arranged for the children of these faction leaders to be included in the reserve police force, and has been bribed. On the other hand, an in-depth investigation was carried out quietly. Lin Shenhe, who has rich experience in practical work, is very appreciative of Chen Ke's criminal investigation theory. To investigate, do not directly ask the person responsible, but investigate the details that seem to have nothing to do with the matter. For example, it is much easier to find out who is emotionally unstable and who runs around first, in short, to single out people with abnormal behaviors and conduct a focused investigation of these people.

After five or six days of hard work, Zhu Cunshui's crime was completely grasped. An arrest plan has also been drawn up.

Zhu Cunshui thinks that it is very difficult to find himself out of nearly 100,000 people, let alone find himself in this disaster camp where everyone does not know each other. Although I was still nervous in my heart, I thought it would be better to leave as soon as possible. But when it was time to eat, Zhu Cunshui still took a broken bowl and went to eat. Although the number of police officers has not increased, the number of "vigilantes" among the victims has increased. Everyone said that as long as you become a "vigilante", you will be able to eat enough immediately. This rumor does not need to be specifically confirmed, for these people are indeed red-faced, and although they can still see signs of emaciation, they are very different from the other victims.

Seeing these people wearing black clothes and leaving the team to patrol the disaster victims, Zhu Cunshui scolded in his heart. "You eat stuff inside and out." But scolding in his heart, Zhu Cunshui lowered his head slightly and avoided his gaze. Fortunately, there are not many "vigilantes" on their side,

There are still so many people in line today, probably because the police did not come, and some people started to cut the line. even inserted in front of Zhu Cunshui, if it was on weekdays, Zhu Cunshui would definitely not let go, but now the last thing he wants is to cause trouble. However, the other victims couldn't stand this, and some people immediately made noise. The person who cut in line also seemed to be a thorn, and immediately ridiculed each other. After such a fuss, the police also gathered around. Zhu Cun subconsciously prepared to avoid the police, but was grabbed by the arm. Zhu Cunshui looked up at the person who was looking for fault, who was also an ordinary victim in rags, but for some reason this person didn't look right. As soon as it was delayed, the police had already pounced and surrounded and arrested those people, including Zhu Cunshui.

Zhu Cunshui's heart was not good, and he struggled to get out. But suddenly understood why those people looked wrong, it turned out that in addition to the ragged clothes, the improvement of these people was completely different from the "vigilantes". didn't wait for Zhu Cunshui to shout: "The police are going to kill someone." Those ragged people had already rushed up and choked Zhu Cunshui's throat, making him unable to scream. The police were also very cooperative, and they gagged Zhu Cunshui's mouth with rags, and took him away with those people with ropes. The ranks of the victims saw that these rule-breaking people were forcefully "suppressed" and taken away, and they quickly restored order. In the eyes of the victims, this was just an ordinary disturbance, and they did not understand what was happening.

Xu Dian, the secretary in charge of justice, was half happy and half sad when he learned of this, and he always felt that it was a needle in a haystack to find the person responsible for the last riot among the victims of the disaster, who could almost be seen as enemies. I didn't expect the police department to actually do it. With a kind of doubt that "the police system is grasping food and making mistakes", Xu Dian personally acted as a prosecutor to try a group of criminals and witnesses. I found that the facts explained by everyone were clear, the human and material evidence was quite comprehensive, and the logical chain was impeccable. Except for Zhu Cunshui's stubborn bite and refusal to let go, the suspect's crime can already be determined.

Zhu Cunshui knew very well that the person who caught stealing things was killed in the disaster year, which was not a special thing in the countryside at all. The other party lined up in such a big formation, it was absolutely necessary to cut off his own head. If you don't admit it, I'm afraid that there is still a way to live, and if you admit it, there is only a dead end.

For such diehards, even Xu Dian felt the need to use punishment. The facts are already so clear, Zhu Cunshui is still trying to deny it, which is simply asking for hardship. He found it strange that Chen Ke had sent some strange people to watch the whole interrogation process, and that the execution was not allowed. When the human and material evidence is complete, because Zhu Cunshui resolutely does not confess and does not use the punishment, the matter is deadlocked here.

Lin Shenhe, who became a sensation soon after taking office, did not make a fuss about this, Lin Shenhe was actually not interested in torture, in the days when he was a patrol, Lin Shenhe knew very well that the effect of the suffering was only to get the confession he wanted, and if he wanted to really solve the case, what he needed was to be able to break through the psychological defense line of the prisoner. Lin Shenhe is actually very happy to meet someone who shares his views, and when this person is still the top leader of the base area, it means that Lin Shenhe will have a considerable future in the future.

After arriving at the base area, Lin Shenhe came into contact with a small number of revolutionary comrades. As far as he is concerned, there are only two people worthy of respect in the base area so far, one is Chen Ke, and the other is Dai Enze, the top boss. Although Dai Enze doesn't know much about reading and writing, and his background is not good, he is honest and willing to work. As the saying goes, diligence can make up for clumsiness, Dai Enze is not a stupid person, but he has seen few things before and has not led so many people. And the biggest advantage of Dai Enze is that he is willing to listen to persuasion, and he will do what Chairman Chen Ke asks him to do. If you don't understand, you can ask, and you won't learn. Although he is relatively unfamiliar with the police business now, he will not be an ordinary person in the future.

And the character of Chen Ke made Lin Shenhe almost awe-inspired, although he didn't know Chen Ke's origin, but the documents sent by Chen Ke, as well as simple exchanges, all made Lin Shenhe understand one thing, Chen Ke knew everything about all departments. In other words, Chen Ke knows what these departments are for, and Chen Ke can give guiding opinions on the functions and powers of various departments, including working methods.

This is by no means comparable to ordinary people, even those Manchu court officials and those foreign bureaucrats in the Shanghai Concession can know what departments are in the government and what they are used for, which is already very remarkable. These days, Lin Shenhe judged through the situation of various base areas that these departments in the base areas were created by Chen Ke and guided the operation of these departments. If Chen Ke is fifty or sixty years old this year, it can also be said that he has experienced a lot. And Chen Ke is only in his twenties this year, and he can do such a thing at this age, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Lin Shenhe would never have believed it.

So in Zhu Cunshui's case, Lin Shenhe finished the work that the police should do, and handed over the case to Xu Dian, who acted as the prosecutor, and then he started to work on the next things. Chen Ke handed over another important task to Lin Shenhe, conducting a preliminary household registration count of the victims.

This kind of thing is difficult for Lin Shenhe, because a large number of people outside the Shanghai Concession have moved into the concession in order to enjoy the relatively regulated system of the concession, so the issue of household registration has always been a major issue in the concession. It's not that foreign devils have any natural love for "building a better home", but that they can better collect taxes through household registration management. Chen Ke's statistics on the household registration of the victims of the disaster are definitely not for the purpose of collecting taxes, but Lin Shenhe did not say a word about this, but just concentrated on his work.

In his work, Lin Shenhe found a lot of interesting problems in the base area, one of which was compulsory education. In the police system, cultural education is compulsory, and one of the results of cultural education is that everyone can write and do arithmetic. In the countryside, the significance of this kind of learning is limited. However, when it comes to household registration statistics, the significance of recording and calculation cannot be overpraised. You must know that even the Chinese policemen in the concession do not know how to read, and not most of the foreign devils can write and count. Although I don't know what the purpose of Chen Ke's original compulsory education was, with hundreds of subordinates who can write and calculate, Lin Shenhe's work is very effective. When he received a new order from the police station to convene a public trial, the rough household registration count was actually half completed.

For this reason, Chen Ke specially called Lin Shenhe to verbally commend him.

When the two of them met, there was no pretense, Chen Ke said: "Good job! Lin Shenhe replied: "Thank you for the compliment, this is my job." There was a brief silence in the room.

Chen Ke rarely saw someone talk to him like this, and ordinary comrades either didn't know what to say, and after falling silent, they were at a loss. Either three years before the start and five years after the start of saying a bunch of things that don't make sense. And Lin Shenhe showed a capable style. I know what I have to do, and I don't have the slightest nonsense. It has the demeanor of a professional bureaucrat and a free and unrestrained style.

What the People's Party lacks most now is this kind of sophisticated bureaucracy, and although Chen Ke is trying to make his comrades mature, he himself is afraid that his comrades have lost their revolutionary enthusiasm and become a group of difficult bureaucrats. Moreover, before the comrades followed Chen Kelai to the revolution, they had no practical experience, and it was also a very good thing to occasionally see a guy like Lin Shenhe in a group of raw melon eggs. Chen Ke actually liked Lin Shenhe very much, so he hesitated for a moment, and then continued: "Comrade Lin Shenhe, the program of our People's Party is to serve the people, so it is unlikely that we will talk about the treatment of party members. I hope you are mentally prepared for this. ”

"Yes, Chairman Chen." Lin Shenhe still answered simply.

Chen Ke waved his hand, and Lin Shenhe left the office obediently.

The so-called treatment problem is nothing more than not allowing extra money, if you change someone else, you may have a lot of worries, or worry that you won't be able to make money, or worry that you will be found after making money. What Lin Shenhe heard from Chen Ke's words was that Chen Ke valued himself. This made Lin Shenhe very happy. Soon after coming here, he was taken seriously, which means that his future will be bright. Such opportunities are hard to come by for a newcomer to the group. If it weren't for those incompetent colleagues to reflect Lin Shenhe's ability, he would be extremely difficult to notice.

As for the issue of making money, although Lin Shenhe is a master who does not give money for food in Shanghai, this kind of performance is more of a kind of self-protection. If Lin Shenhe had been honest and honest, it is estimated that he would have been killed behind his colleagues. Although he is not a good person, he is not a very vicious person in essence. Lin Shenhe has lived for 27 years now, and he has never known what he wants to do in this world. Being a patrol is just to make a living, for this world, although Lin Shenhe is obedient, but from the heart, he actually hopes to be able to smash this muddy world. And this impulse is not for destruction, but Lin Shenhe really wants to be able to see a new world, a new world that can be accepted by people like him who are lazy and can see part of the world as it is.

And here in the People's Party, Lin Shenhe feels very satisfied.

Seeing Lin Shenhe away, Chen Ke also got up quickly. He went to the drawing department to call his wife He Ying, and then rushed to the dock with the guards. There are not many people who can greet Chen Ke in person without lining up in a big line, and Yan Fu, who is Chen Ke's "teacher", is undoubtedly the most suitable person. The news from Shanghai is that Yan Fu personally came to Fengtai County to visit Chen Ke. Of course, Yan Fu did not simply come to visit, he personally went to the Hanyang Iron and Steel Plant to negotiate a deal of 6,000 tons of iron for Chen Ke. If an attack on Anqing is launched, it will be impossible for the base area to get iron from Hanyang on a large scale. Therefore, the significance of this transaction to the base area is extremely important. With these 6,000 tons of iron, the agricultural implements and a large part of the machinery in the base area will be settled within a year.

Chen Ke actually didn't want to trouble Yan Fu at first, but the effect of preparing a little more before the full-scale launch of the revolutionary war was of great significance. Personal ideas must be conceded to the revolutionary cause, and even if Yan Fu suffers misfortune for this, Chen Ke must get these 6,000 tons of iron.

Chen stood on the dock with He Ying's hand, He Ying, who has been married for nearly a year, is already very accustomed to this kind of intimacy. The husband and wife don't get together much on weekdays, and neither of them is the kind of person who loves to talk at home. In addition to doing housework very tacitly, the rest is to eat and sleep. It stands to reason that this kind of life is very emotional, but every time the two hold each other's hands, there is an indescribable sense of tacit understanding. It's as if they were silently saying to each other, I'm beside you. Both felt that if they said anything about the matter, it would be superfluous.

So they stood there hand in hand, shoulder to shoulder, and were silent until the boat carrying Yan Fu came to shore.

The old handsome guy Yan Fu doesn't look much different from a year ago, Chen Ke was not willing to be Yan Fu's disciple, but for more than a year, relying on the name of Yan Fu's disciple, Chen Ke has lost a lot of trouble. He already knew Yan Fu's hard work back then. Seeing Yan Fu ashore, Chen Ke walked up quickly and shouted, "Mr. Yan Fu, hello. Welcome to Fengtai County. ”

Yan Fu still had the kind of majestic demeanor he had cultivated in the Beiyang Naval Academy, and he stared at Chen Ke for a while, and then nodded slightly. "Wen Qing looks very good. I'm relieved. ”

Chen Ke led the way, and Yan Fu said as he walked: "I have already negotiated the matter of steel this time, and Wen Qing will send a ship to transport it." But I don't understand one thing, why did Wen Qing buy those inferior irons? ”

I didn't expect the handsome old guy Yan Fu to talk about business as soon as he came up, Chen Ke was still really moved, he smiled and said: "Mr. Yan, we also have to build an iron-making furnace here, steel-making furnace, no matter how bad the iron is, it is much more convenient than we transported iron ore to smelt." ”

"I see." Yan Fu nodded approvingly, "Then when I go to talk this time, I will gain a lot more." There are still seven or eight thousand tons of scrapped iron in Hanyang. I negotiated it at a very low price. Wen Qing's letter mentioned that he must get it, I was worried that it would be useless to ship it, and I was afraid that Wen Qing would waste money in vain. Now I'm relieved. ”

Seven or eight thousand tons? Chen Ke was taken aback. Yan Fuzhen didn't know that firewood and rice were expensive, and the price of more than 10,000 tons of iron was not low. Chen Ke hurriedly asked eagerly: "Does Hanyang collect pounds over there?" ”

Yan Fu was taken aback by Chen Ke's eager expression, and he asked a little puzzled: "Wen Qing explained it in the letter, and I have already asked." Hanyang collects pounds. ”

Hearing the news, Chen Ke couldn't help but exhale.

Yan Fu looked at Chen Ke in surprise and smiled slightly, but did not comment on it. He brought up something else, "That's right, Wen Qing. I have an old acquaintance in Shouzhou, Mr. Shen Zengzhi, a university scholar. Before I came here, I heard that he was temporarily transferred to Shouzhou as a general judge. I'd like to visit with you. I think it's good for you. ”

When it came to Shen Zengzhi, Chen Ke felt that the name was very familiar, and after thinking about it, he figured out why it felt so familiar. He was a little embarrassed and said, "Mr. Yan, I have already started the revolution. A few days ago, we captured Shouzhou City, and now this Mr. Shen Zengzhi is in our prison. If you want to see him, you don't need to go to Shouzhou. ”

As Chen Ke thought, Yan Fu stood still at that time.