After a while, Cai Zhong walked in.

Liu Yimin saw that Cai Zhong had lost weight all over the place, and he looked more and more black and thin, and he knew that in the past few days of the Chinese New Year, he almost had an accident in Huaqingchi, and this old guy was also suffering at home, and I am afraid that Luo Ronghuan would not have a good time. hurriedly asked Cai Zhong to sit down, poured a glass of water, and handed it to Cai Zhong.

Cai Zhong's hand holding the water cup trembled slightly, and he said in a low voice: "I know that my method is a bit rough, I should tell you alone, I shouldn't fight you at the party committee." But I really don't want to see you in trouble. ”

Liu Yimin hurriedly went over and shook Cai Zhong's hand and said: "Lao Cai, the two of us have fought all the way, I know your thoughts, it is all for my good and for the good of the army." I don't blame you, it's me who is not good, just thinking that Ni Hua saved me and saved so many soldiers, everyone should not care about her life experience, and think about things simply. ”

Cai Zhong asked: "Then now that Ni Hua is gone, what are you going to do?" ”

Liu Yimin said: "Ni Hua and I have come to this point, no one blames it, only blame this era is not good, and people's fate cannot be decided by themselves." I want to meet Tang Xingying now and tell her about me and Ni Hua. If Tang Xingying doesn't care about me and Ni Hua's affairs, and is willing to marry me, then get married in these two days, the sooner the better, I don't have the time and energy to dwell on this. If Tang Xingying refuses to forgive me, then forget it. In the future, no one will talk about my marriage anymore. I will wait for Ni Hua to come back in the future, and if everyone recognizes her at that time, we will get married and live with her wholeheartedly. If everyone still does not approve of her, it means that the ideological realm of our cadres needs to be improved, and it is also because I have not done a good job. If Ni Hua doesn't come back, I won't have emotional entanglements with people in this life, and I'll live a single life. Don't worry, there are so many devils waiting for me to kill, there are so many things, I don't have time to think about the relationship between children and daughters. ”

Cai Zhong pondered for a long time and said: "There is another situation that may also occur, that is, both people love you deeply. Tang Xingying and you got married, but Ni Hua came back three years later, so what should I do? I worry about you when you think about it. ”

Liu Yimin said: "This situation is nothing, one is to make it clear to them that I can't have two wives, just leave one behind." The second is that the two of them are really unwilling to give up, so they won't let the two of them meet. When we defeated the devils and Chiang Kai-shek, we established New China. The main task of our generation has been accomplished. When the time comes, I will apply to the central government and take them out of China and live a civilian life in a small beautiful country. ”

Cai Zhong listened to Liu Yimin's pitiful, and his heart was also very sad, so he said, "You are so capable, you are very important to the construction of New China in the future, and the central government will not let you take them away." Forget it, that's three years later, and it doesn't make any sense to talk about this now. Maybe three years later, Ni Hua will win everyone's support with her efforts! ”

As the two of them were talking, they heard Zeng Zhongsheng say outside the door: "Xiao Tang, why don't you go in?" ”

Liu Yimin knew that it was bad as soon as he heard it, and Tang Xingying heard what he and Cai Zhong said.

Sure enough, Zeng Zhongsheng, Wu Zheng and Tang Xingying walked in with a few bottles of wine.

As soon as Liu Yimin saw that Tang Xingying's eyes were swollen like peaches, and they were still black and blue, he knew that he had hurt this girl deeply.

Liu Yimin was about to beckon everyone to sit down and drink, when Tang Xingying said, "Report to the corps commander, I want to transfer out of the Seventh Army Corps and work in other units." ”

Liu Yimin knew that although Tang Xingying was gentle and lovely, she was extremely strong inside. But he couldn't have imagined that this girl would be dismounted as soon as they met.

Without waiting for a few people to react, Tang Xingying continued: "Now that several leaders are here, I want to make some things clear." First, I thank you for your concern for me. The second is that I have been thinking a lot about it these days. I was very fond of the Legion Commander and dreamed of being his wife. However, my dream was torn apart by the Legion Commander. No one is to blame for this, but only myself. I've had many opportunities to make things clear, but I've always wanted to move him slowly, hoping that one day he will propose to me in person and satisfy my self-esteem as a girl. However, in the end, the Legion Commander chose Dr. Ni. I know that Dr. Ni is a very good person, and he has saved the Legion Commander, and he is a good match. Just now, I heard the words of the corps commander and Director Cai, I don't want to wronged the corps commander to marry me against my heart, and I don't want to wronged myself to marry a negative person, let alone anything that makes me love a man at the same time with others, it's a dream! On the evening of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the regiment commander still walked with me affectionately, and by the first year of junior high school, he liked Dr. Ni wholeheartedly. Even if such a man is descended from heaven and earth, I don't want it. Although I, Tang Xingying, do not have such a prominent family background, such a high level of education, and such an elegant temperament as others, I am also a glorious female soldier of the Red Army. I don't need anyone to have pity on me. Please ask the corps commander to approve my request and transfer me to another unit to work. ”

Wu Zheng hurriedly pulled Tang Xingying and said, "Xiao Tang, don't be excited, sit down and rest for a while." ”

Several others also persuaded him.

Liu Yimin listened to Tang Xingying's words, knew that he was indeed sorry for people, thinking of Tang Xingying's various benefits, he felt that his thoughts were simply ridiculous and shameless, a girl who dared to disguise Deng Xihou's cousin to capture the commander of the enemy cavalry, would she suffer that kind of humiliation?

Liu Yimin opened the wine bottle, poured a big bowl with a bang, took it up and drank it dry in one go, wiped his mouth in the surprised eyes of several people, and then said: "Xiao Tang, it's me who is sorry for you, it's me who has let down your deep affection." I thought we'd get married in the next two days if you wanted to. Now look at it, I was wrong. You are a good girl, I bless you and hope that you can find your ideal lover in the future. As for the matter of your transfer, I agree, and when the commissar comes back in the evening, we will discuss it. I would like to put forward three suggestions for your reference, one is to go to the area controlled by my regiment to be the director of the county military management committee, that is, the future county magistrate. Draw a company from the guard regiment to protect your security, and second, you use this company as a foundation to develop the county's armed forces and political power. The second is that you really don't want to have anything to do with the Seventh Army Corps, so you can be transferred to work at the Red Army Headquarters, and the other Army Corps should not go, because there are few female comrades there, and there is not even anyone to talk to. Third, you can also be transferred to work in the soon-to-be-established Shaanxi Province to fight against the Ming Dynasty and cook the political axe, they must be very short of female cadres there, and you can play a role if you go. You think about it, think about it, and if you don't want to see me, you can tell Director Cai or the political commissar directly. As for the question of whether I am a negative person, it is not interesting to talk about it now, in short, it is a creation to make people. However, I want to tell you that my shortcomings are not negative intentions, but too unsatisfactory to make the current situation where you suffer and I suffer. Okay, you go and think about it, if you go to work in the provincial political axe, let Li Chengyi send you there tomorrow, if you go to the headquarters of the Red Army, let Hu Laohu send a cavalry company to escort you to Guangyuan. If you want to go to the county, take away a battalion and a company of guards, this company is familiar to you. ”

After hearing this, Tang Xingying covered her face and ran out crying.

Liu Yimin didn't care about the looks of Cai Zhong's people, and said in his mouth: "It's boring not to drink for the New Year." Come, all drink! "I kept in my hand, and I poured a bowl again and drank it all.

Cai Zhong hurriedly came to grab the wine bowl, Liu Yimin smiled and said: "It's okay, you also drink, can you do it if you don't drink for the New Year?" Come, pour them all up. ”

Several people were helpless, so they all poured wine and drank with him.

After drinking, Liu Yimin said: "Do you know, my master is a Taoist priest with strong martial arts, and I learned martial arts from him." He has been an apprentice of mine all his life, and maybe I will be like my master in the future, and I will be a master of the world. When the time comes, if you want to drink with me again, you have to find me first. Hahaha! ”

Cai Zhong saw that Liu Yimin felt uncomfortable, greedy for a cup of drunk, and felt uncomfortable, so he said: "The corps commander has drunk too much, and he has to greet Vice Chairman Zhou at night, let the corps commander rest for a while, and let's go." ”

Liu Yimin grabbed him, picked up the bowl and touched him, and drank it all again. After drinking, he couldn't support it anymore, and fell to the ground with a bang, and fell asleep.

When I woke up, it was already night, and I had a splitting headache, so I climbed out of bed and poured water to wash my face. I don't turn on the lights, I sit stupidly in a chair and think about my thoughts.

After thinking about it, I took the proposal I wrote for the construction of the base area, and opened the door to meet Vice Chairman Zhou.

Vice Chairman Zhou lived in the backyard of the Corps Headquarters, which was the backyard of the Shaanxi Pacification Office of Yang Hucheng.

When Liu Yimin went, Vice Chairman Zhou had just eaten dinner and was talking with Zhang Wentian and Luo Ronghuan. Sister Deng and Zhang Wentian's wife Liu Ying were also present.

Without waiting for Liu Yimin to salute, Vice Chairman Zhou walked up quickly and took Liu Yimin's hand and said, "You little guy, you are afraid that I will drink your wine, so you deliberately pretend to be drunk." How's it going, it's a little better now, right? ”

Liu Yimin scratched his head embarrassedly, and said with a smile: "Vice Chairman Zhou, I didn't mean to, but we haven't seen each other for a few days during the Chinese New Year, and we drank too much." Tomorrow, I will invite Vice Chairman Zhou, Comrade Luo Fu, Sister Deng and Sister Liu to eat Xi'an Lao Sun's mutton bubble to make up for today's mistakes. ”

Vice Chairman Zhou naturally wouldn't expose him because he was injured and drunk, so he said that he would eat the mutton after soaking, and asked him if he had dinner at night.

Liu Yimin said: "I'm not hungry, I don't need to eat." I have here a copy of the Shaanxi Anti-Japanese Base Area Construction Plan, and I would like to ask Vice Chairman Zhou and Comrade Luo Fu to look at it, and I would like to ask [***], Commander-in-Chief Zhu, and Comrade Chen Yun to take a look at it. ”

After speaking, Liu Yimin took out the plan he wrote and handed it to Zhou Enlai. Zhou Enlai only read one page, then hurriedly walked into the suite inside and read it carefully. After a short time, Zhou Enlai called Zhang Wentian to go in and watch together, and only Liu Yimin, Luo Ronghuan, Deng Yingchao, and Liu Ying were left outside.

Deng Yingchao called the guards to tell the gang to give Liu Yimin a bowl of noodles. Then he said: "Comrade Liu Yimin, I said two words to you, don't be angry." Tang Xingying, that girl is so good, beautiful, knowledgeable, and considerate, what do you think of it, why are you so unenlightened? No matter how good Ni Hua is, even if the central government agrees to you marrying her, won't it have to be said in 3 years? What about her family, even if her parents agree, you can guarantee that Chiang Kai-shek and his wife will let her marry you in the future? Isn't that tantamount to inciting Chiang Kai-shek's face? If you want me to say it, you will cut off your mind about Ni Hua, and honestly talk to Tang Xingying. Look at Comrade Luo Fu, after marrying Liu Ying, he has become fat and energetic. Look at you again, you're so drunk that no one even knows to serve you a bowl of noodles. Your guard battalion commanders and company commanders are all some warlords, how can they be so careful as Tang Xingying. ”

Liu Ying said: "That is, the last time we had dinner in Chengdu, how clever and likable that girl was?" I think she's a blessed life. If you have something to worry about, you don't need to come forward, Sister Deng and I will help you do the work. ”

Liu Yimin couldn't sit still, and said: "Political commissar, you sit with the two eldest sisters, I have something to do, go first." ”

After speaking, he ignored Deng Yingchao's voice calling him, and walked away.

When I returned to the office, I filtered my thoughts and felt that Chiang Kai-shek's deployment could not be in place in the short term, and there would be no war for the time being. Zhang Guotao's problem is not something that he can ask, and seeing that the current chairman is stopping in Guangyuan and not going to Xi'an, it must be to solve Zhang Guotao's problem in Guangyuan. The Red Army of Northern Shaanxi and the Red 25th Army have already been contacted, and it doesn't matter if they see it or not, Vice Chairman Zhou is here, and his role is much greater than his own.

Think about what Shaanxi urgently needs to do now, there are several things, one is to prepare for spring ploughing to ensure this year's food supply; the second is to engage in cash-for-work and mobilize migrant workers to build roads; the third is to seize the time to prospect and prepare for the next step of development; Fourth, it is suggested that the central authorities get in touch with the Soviet Union as soon as possible and strive to get them to support a number of basic industrial equipment, even if it is to buy it with money.

Prospecting for these few things must be kept secret, and the scale of mining must not be large, otherwise, in the future, the military will take Shaanxi as the focus of its attack from the perspective of energy.

Several other things should be considered by the political axe, and they are also in their own proposals, so they will naturally refer to them.

Calculating the time, the Kuomintang negotiators will not arrive until the end of the month, and the first half of the negotiation will be nearly 40 days, which is a vacancy, although he was appointed by the Central Committee as the deputy negotiator, but for such a negotiation that Chiang Kai-shek has no sincerity, let the Central Committee choose someone to participate, where will he have time to accompany Zhang Qun to fool around. Why not take this time to visit Beiping and Tianjin? One is to get a sum of money so that Ni Hua can buy equipment in the United States, and the other is to take a detour to the customs outside the customs to directly observe the army.

As soon as this idea came out, Liu Yimin couldn't sit still and began to think about how to get to Beiping and Tianjin. The most important problem is how to obtain the consent of the central government, and I don't know whether the central government will approve it. It is definitely not possible to leave without asking the central authorities for instructions. Let's try it, first send a sealed telegram to [***], report the situation of the company I arranged for Ni Hua to set up a company in the United States, and then ask for instructions to go to Beiping to get money and observe the affairs of the army. As long as you plan carefully, have a feasible surname, and have the talent of [***], you should agree to go.

Thinking about it, Liu Yimin began to sit down and formulate a plan of action. It wasn't until dawn that I was more satisfied. went directly to He Xinghua, asked him to immediately send a report to Mao and Zhu, and asked He Xinghua to hand over the manuscript to Vice Chairman Zhou to watch after dawn, and He Xinghua was responsible for retracting it on the spot after reading it.

After sending the telegram, Liu Yimin felt that staying in the corps headquarters was simply guilty. Ni Hua left, and Tang Xingying was so determined to leave, feeling that the office was cold. Liu Yimin realized that Ni Hua was important to him, but Tang Xingying seemed to be more important to him, he didn't realize it before, and now he realized how precious it was to have Tang Xingying's coquettish greeting when he returned to the office. It's a pity that everything is in the past, and the girl didn't come to her last night and all night, so she should have really decided to break up. Without that beautiful figure and smiling, this office is not alive at all.

Besides, because of the incident between Ni Hua and Tang Xingying, Luo Ronghuan, Cai Zhong, and Wu Zheng were not in a good mood, and the original harmonious and high-spirited atmosphere of the army headquarters was gone, and he was naturally not in the mood, and the others were all drooping. Instead of sitting here and suffering, it is better to go to the special combat team to see how their language is learning, and see if they can pull it up.

Thinking of this, Liu Yimin didn't even call Li Chengyi, and directly asked the guards Li Xiaoshuai and Huang Wenhu to take out their war horses, beat the horses and rushed to the special combat team.

When Luo Ronghuan got up in the morning, he went to knock on Liu Yimin's door, but no one opened the door, and asked the guards and soldiers, only to know that the commander of the regiment took the guard Li Xiaoshuai to the special combat team tomorrow. Luo Ronghuan was furious, and called Li Chengyi, who was in charge of the guards, to criticize him.

Li Chengyi said: "Report to the political commissar, I beg you to stop forcing the commander of the regiment, he can do whatever he wants, otherwise something will happen." ”

Luo Ronghuan immediately asked what was going on, and Li Chengyi made up another thing about Liu Yimin's confusion in Huaqingchi, of course, if he couldn't say it, Li Chengyi would naturally not say it.

After Luo Ronghuan heard this, he sighed, feeling as if something should not have appeared between himself and the legion commander. This guy hasn't talked to himself in detail since he came back, first he was drunk all afternoon yesterday afternoon, and when he went to Vice Chairman Zhou in the evening, he taught Deng Yingchao a lesson, and left without eating noodles. I still don't know if he has eaten, so he went to the special combat team again. It seems that the Legion Commander is consciously avoiding himself.

If he hadn't come to the Seventh Army to be the political commissar, where would he know that this famous legion commander was also a young man's surname. What if this matter were left to the other commanders? Ni Hua or Tang Xingying, marry or not, there are many good women in the world, where can you put yourself under so much pressure!

It seems that he has to be persuaded well, otherwise, the original Seventh Army will become a sick cat, and it will really be impossible to explain to the central government.

Luo Ronghuan did not hesitate, called Li Chengyi, and also rushed to the special combat team.

When Liu Yimin arrived at the special combat team, the soldiers had finished their morning training and were having breakfast.

Seeing the commander of the army coming, Li Lingfeng and Wang Tongsheng left their jobs and came to greet them. Liu Yimin said: "Let me eat first, I drank too much yesterday, and now my stomach is still empty." ”

Li Lingfeng hurriedly asked the soldiers to bring a bowl of millet porridge, and took two steamed buns and a plate of pickles.

Liu Yimin was also not polite, and he finished eating like a cloud. Wang Laohu, who was on the side, saw Liu Yimin's eating appearance, and said: "This Li Chengyi is becoming more and more useless, and if he can't protect people, it doesn't matter, it's not his ability." Now I don't even know how to get food, it looks like I want to starve people to death! ”

Li Lingfeng hurriedly said: "Wang Laohu, what are you talking nonsense? Didn't you hear the regiment commander say that he was drunk yesterday? ”

Wang Laohu's eyes glared: "I just said it, what's wrong?" The legion commander can marry whoever he wants, and get in the way of other people's! It's to marry ten or eight, that's the ability. Isn't my Wang Laohu unmarried? I don't even speak, what are the others talking about? Annoyed Lao Tzu, I went to arrest the daughters of Emperor Yumoto and give them as the wife of the army commander, and I coveted them to death! ”

Liu Yimin coughed and said, "It turns out that Wang Laohu wants to marry a wife." This is easy to do, when the task is down, we will go and leave you in Xi'an to talk to the object. But let's talk about it first, we'll have a wedding drink when we get back! ”

Wang Laohu was dumbfounded, and just as he was about to speak, he heard Liu Yimin say: "Let me tell you again, the current Emperor Samoto is Emperor Hirohito, who was born on April 29, 1901 and ascended the throne in 1926. His eldest daughter was given the name Terumiya when she was a child, and now she is called Higashikure Chengzi, who was born in December 1925, when she was only nine years old. I don't like such a young girl to be my wife, so please don't talk about taking the emperor's daughter as my wife in the future, I'm afraid of being offended. ”

Wang Laohu said nothing.

Liu Yimin paused for a moment and said to Wang Laohu seriously: "I know you care about me. However, you are now a regimental cadre, so you should pay attention to the way you speak. Don't take rudeness as beauty, Confucius said, polite, and then gentlemanly. I hope that you can not only be a master of special operations and a pioneer, but also a gentleman who sets an example. Do you understand? ”

Wang Laohu immediately saluted: "Please rest assured, the commander of the regiment, I want to be a gentleman with good manners." ”

Liu Yimin nodded, glanced at the soldiers around him, and said, "Something has happened in the past few days, everyone may have heard about it." It's nothing, it's just my personal matter, and it's not handled well. In the future, don't talk about this anymore. Now, I'm not going to marry anyone, and I'm not going to have any lesbians around me. I'm going to lead everyone to be heroes on the battlefield. Did you hear me clearly? ”

The fighters did not know what the corps commander meant and did not dare to answer out loud, only a few answered.

Liu Yimin didn't care either, and turned around and asked Li Lingfeng how the language of the troops was doing.

Li Lingfeng was a little embarrassed, and said in a snort: "The teachers recruited in Chengdu are also very serious about learning. But it doesn't work well, just some simple sessions. ”

Liu Yimin said: "Starting today, stop all training and concentrate on learning Chinese. Let's go, I'll learn with everyone. ”

The teacher invited by the special combat team is a teacher from Sichuan University, named Zhou Xun, who is white and clean, wears glasses, and has studied abroad in Yuben for many years.

Hearing that the regiment commander came to learn the Chinese language, Zhou Xun was very excited, so he set up a blackboard in the courtyard and started class. Some of the soldiers carried stools, some carried bricks, and sat neatly in the courtyard.

Liu Yimin listened to it for a while, and felt that Zhou Xun's level of speaking was really high, but the key was that his speech was relatively rigid and could not arouse the interest of the soldiers. He stood up and asked Zhou Xun to pause, and went up to say: "Comrades, the purpose of learning Chinese is to fight devils, and I have decided that if this action plan is approved, some soldiers with a high level of Chinese will be selected from among you to participate in the war, and those who do not learn well cannot go." ”

As soon as Liu Yimin said this, a soldier raised his hand and reported: "Report to the commander of the regiment, I can speak Chinese." ”

As soon as Liu Yimin heard this, he said, "You stand up and say a few words, let everyone listen." ”

The soldier immediately stood up and said in a Chinese language: "My name is Sui Xiaofeng, I am from Huang County, Longkou, Shandong, I have crossed the Guandong region, and I am very familiar with Fushun. Because he killed a man called Benronin, he fled to the south and joined the Red Army in the passage. Thank you for your kind attention! ”

When Liu Yimin heard this, he asked, "Who did you learn from this Tokyo accent?"

Sui Xiaofeng replied in Chinese: "My teacher is my second uncle, he came back from studying in Yueben, but unfortunately he was killed by Yue, I joined the Red Army to take revenge." ”

Liu Yimin immediately said in Chinese: "Okay, I'll take you to revenge." Then he said in Chinese: "Please sit down, come down and help Teacher Zhou Xun teach the soldiers." ”

After Sui Xiaofeng sat down, Liu Yimin said: "This is an island country, when the ancient dynasty of our country was strong, they often sent envoys to our country to learn culture and art, so the language was developed on the basis of Chinese. Up to now, many cultural people in this book can speak Chinese and write calligraphy. When you learn the language, you have to have this kind of mentality, that is, we are the father, I am the son, the father is very ashamed to learn, but you can't help but learn, because the father has to teach his son a lesson! If you don't learn, your son will secretly scold you, and you won't understand. ”

The fighters burst into laughter!

After the soldiers finished laughing, Liu Yimin asked Zhou Xun to continue the lecture. He walked towards Commissar Luo, who had been waiting at the door for a while.

shook hands with Luo Ronghuan, and Liu Yimin said, "How did the political commissar find here, is there something wrong?" ”

Luo Ronghuan said: "There is nothing wrong. I'm not worried about you, so I'm going to come and see. You led the soldiers to learn the language, did you take any action? ”

Liu Yimin said: "There is no action for the time being. I'm here to check how well they're learning the language. ”

Luo Ronghuan saw that the soldiers of the special combat team were still studying seriously, so he said: "Vice Chairman Zhou is looking for you, maybe some of the contents of your suggestions yesterday need you to explain. Let's go! ”

Liu Yimin really didn't want to go back to the army headquarters, but Vice Chairman Zhou couldn't help but go. I had to get on the horse and go back with Luo Ronghuan.

Back at the corps headquarters, the two of them went to see Vice Chairman Zhou together. After sitting down, Zhou Enlai said: "Comrade Liu Yimin, I already criticized you Sister Deng last night. You see that you haven't eaten all day, and when you see that the noodles are about to be served, you let her tell you to run away. However, what your eldest sister Deng said is also the truth, there are some things that should be let go, and you can't do it rashly. Just now, Comrade He Xinghua sent you a draft of your telegram. I read it, [***], Mr. Zhu hasn't called back yet. We have to think carefully, don't be in a hurry. ”

Liu Yimin was just about to call Vice Chairman Zhou, but Zhou Enlai interrupted him with a wave of his hand: "In this way, I see that you have worked too hard these days, so don't go anywhere, rest and rest at the corps headquarters, and deal with the affairs of the Seventh Legion." Other questions will be discussed when the chairman calls them back. ”

Liu Yimin had no choice but to say goodbye sullenly and returned to his office.

(To be continued)