Chapter XXXI
You Wei is a very interesting girl, Chen Ke has always thought so. If he had seen You Yu slap the boy in the face, he would have thought he had foresight. The boy was younger than Youyu. But he is a northern man. You Wei and Chen Ke learned to fight for a while. In the courtyard of the workshop, a humanoid target was set up, and Chen Ke taught some basic fighting techniques to the target. Chen Ke believes that instead of letting You Yu do any fighting techniques, slapping is a simpler technique. After pumping, it's a heart-warming foot, and it works better than anything else. In general, men have a weak sense of precaution towards women. This move is much easier to achieve.
After the crisp slap was drawn, You Wei felt in a good mood. You Gou herself made the same humanoid target at home, and every night she took an hour back to punch and kick the target wrapped in thick cotton. I am quite familiar with a few basic routines. He was about to kick his foot over, when he was suddenly pulled away. Turning his head, it was Qi Huishen who made the shot. Qi Huishen stepped forward, pointed at the one who was beaten, and shouted, "You just talk to Teacher You like this?" What is a dog comprador called? Lao Tzu, I am also a comprador! ”
The one who was beaten was really stunned by this slap, and he was just talking to the two classmates next to him with an extremely disdainful smile to ridicule the "dog compradors" as a group of people who had forgotten their ancestors. It was interspersed with vicious ridicule of You Wei personally. What they didn't expect was that in the room next to them, You Wei and Qi Huishen were talking in a low voice. As soon as the dormitory building of the school was repaired, the Huangpu Publishing House had a big move, and all of them were moved to the dormitory. Probably accustomed to the kind of place in the workshop, the students spoke so loudly that they didn't notice that the object of their ridicule was just a wall away.
Hearing the quarrel, people from other dormitories and offices already appeared at the door curiously. You Wei saw that this fight couldn't be fought, so he simply shouted to the people outside: "Prepare for a meeting to discuss group issues." ”
Since the first democratically voted resolution was reached at the party meeting, Qi Huishen had to follow the resolution. Chen Ke ordered the party to reaffirm the party's discipline and resolutely obey the organization's decisions. Qi Huishen didn't dare to disobey the yang. After that, at the convened meeting, everyone began to talk about Chen Ke's judgments on China's economic situation.
Regarding the issue of cotton, it was You Wei who told it himself. The number of professional cotton farmers in China is extremely low, even in Shanghai and Songjiang, where the textile industry is developed. With the rapid development of China's textile industry, the demand for cotton is growing, which directly leads to the rise of cotton prices, and the rise in cotton prices has led to the textile industry to begin to buy cheap veils from foreign countries. This kind of purchase greatly affected the interests of the landlords in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The landlords, who had hoped to make a fortune from the rise in cotton, were naturally extremely dissatisfied. Moreover, the landlords who ran some handicrafts were also extremely dissatisfied with the impact of cheap foreign goods. In Shanghai, there was a movement of all kinds of foreign goods.
It wasn't just Shanghai, but as China was forced to open its doors, the landlords everywhere were equally dissatisfied, and in 1905 there was a movement of local merchants* and foreign goods in all trade regions except Guangdong.
Chen Ke still analyzes this issue very thoroughly, but for China in the 21st century, the benefits of free trade are great, and after the recession of the United States, China has carried the banner of globalization without hesitation and has become the first country to advocate and lead free trade. So Chen Ke himself is not against free trade, he is only against free trade that is not beneficial to China. Therefore, when analyzing this issue, Chen Ke is quite pertinent.
You Wei and Qi Huishen's family are compradors, and they can accept Chen Ke's attitude very well. Unfortunately, the classmates of the Huangpu Publishing Society were mainly landlords and officials. As for the landlords, they are naturally firmly opposed to the impact of industrialization, and for the officials, the menacing foreign devils are absolutely disgusted by them. Although these two kinds of people are dissatisfied, they don't dare to directly attack foreign devils after all. So the object of anger became the comprador who was attached to the foreign devil.
What is even more ironic is that after You Mao, a comprador woman, explained to everyone the cotton problem and the deep truth of the economy, these students hated compradors even more. Even with it, he was very unkind to Youyi.
Hearing You Wei's order, the person at the door immediately ran away. They called the rest of the students and ran towards the room that served as a conference room. After another moment, You Wei walked into the classroom in high spirits, and as soon as he stood on the podium, You Wei wrote four big words on the blackboard, "Seek truth from facts." ”
Turning her head, she said emotionally, "Some people say that women have long hair and short knowledge. I will now officially tell you, we compare our hair, and you are longer than mine. "In order to go to the countryside, You Mu just cut his hair a few days ago. The short bangs, the shoulder-length hair, and the suit, You Mu looks like a handsome boy.
"Be honest, so, I don't want to hear you say anything disrespectful to women in the future." You Yi made a concluding speech.
The boys below looked at each other, which sounded ridiculous, but there was no way to refute it. There aren't too many people who cut their braids these days. Even if they cut their braids, most of them have foreign parted hair and long hair, or many people simply have long ponytails. The biggest difference is that the front of the head no longer shows such a light scoop. But compared to You's hair, these people are really long-haired. In fact, many people don't like this female gentleman very much, but compared to knowledge, especially foreign knowledge, they know that they are far from it. These people are "daring to complain but not daring to speak." Seeing You Yu speaking so arrogantly, the students looked left and right.
"The day after tomorrow, we will go to the countryside to conduct an actual investigation, are you all ready?" You asked him.
"Mr. You is also going with us?" Someone asked.
"That's right."
"Living together?" The guy asked without knowing whether he was alive or dead.
"Separate lives." You Yu was not intimidated by such ridicule.
The people below are also students, and taking advantage of them verbally is their limit, and they can't do it if they play hooligans in public. Hearing You Yu say this, no one dared to talk more.
"Everyone has got the task this time, what is our purpose?"
Xiong Mingyang replied in Sichuanese: "Investigate how foreign industrial products have crushed the smallholder economy." ”
During the Mid-Autumn Festival a month ago, Xiong Mingyang had a seizure against Chen Ke. After that, he even spread bad words about Chen Ke in Fudan Public School. After a few days, he calmed down, and he also felt that he had gone too far. The reason why China is really backward is not what Chen Ke explained to everyone. Since Chen Ke can explain these things clearly, there may not be more practical actions in the future.
Sure enough, continuing to attend the lectures, I got a more profound analysis of China's current situation from You Gui. Now that he is going to conduct a social survey again, Xiong Mingyang is not as excited as before. After all, he was born in a bureaucratic family, and he has traveled from south to north over the years, so he finally knows some of the world. If we want to reverse the impact of foreign textiles, the best way is for China to be able to produce products that are cheaper than foreign textiles. If he hadn't attended the lecture, Xiong Mingyang still felt that this kind of thing should be very simple, but after listening to the class, he didn't feel that way. Things in this world are not as simple as imagined.
"We want to investigate the rural areas around Shanghai, which are the hardest hit by industrial products. The time period is also relatively long, so the changes in the rural structure are very different from those in other rural areas. We will divide the survey into 12 groups according to the distance of the water communication line. ”
"Why follow the waterway?" An Rushan asked. He has been busy with his homework lately and has missed many Whampoa Book Club meetings. The reason why I participated in today's meeting is because Fudan Public School has given the green light to social investigation. Mr. Ma Xiangbo is also a relatively enlightened person, and many of the students who participated in the Huangpu Book Club in Fudan Public School asked for leave from the school in order to participate in this social survey. After learning about this investigation, Mr. Ma Xiangbo called Qi Huishen to inquire, and later discussed the matter with Yan Fu. After discussion, they simply allowed the students to take leave, and a group of students were selected to join the investigation team. Although these people are not members of the Whampoa Publishing House, they also attend lectures and are also interested in social investigations. Instead of making them uneasy all day thinking about the classmates who went out to investigate, it is better to let them participate in this matter.
Now that the school agreed, An Rushan, who had been hesitant to participate, naturally participated. Since he had not attended the previous meetings, he naturally did not know the rationale for such a distribution.
"Waterways are the cheapest means of transport around Shanghai. Most of the foreign goods from abroad are transferred and sold in other places by water. Therefore, we can draw a comparative result by investigating the radiation range of water transport. ”
An Rushan didn't know what the word "radiation" meant. He simply asked. After You Yu explained the literal meaning of the word, he looked at An Rushan with a puzzled face. "To put it bluntly, the farther you ship, the more expensive it is," she said. Do you understand this? ”
An Rushan nodded.
"The higher the price of the goods, the fewer people come to buy. The lower the price of the goods, the more people will come to buy them. Do you understand this? ”
An Rushan continued to nod.
"So, we're going to look at the different prices, the sales volume in each region. As well as the different sales of these foreign goods, the change of the local social structure. ”
This explanation is clear enough, and An Rushan finally understands.
"Mr. You. I have a question. Lu Huitian raised his hand and asked to speak.
"Say."
"So what is this for?"
"Some places have become new distribution centers because of the influx of goods. There were more people who specialized in the transportation and sale of goods, and more people went there to work. Changes in ports and shipping routes are a direct indication of the activity of commodity trading in these regions. If you encounter areas that have changed a lot, you will study the changes in those areas. You'll find a lot of interesting things. ”
You Gou believes that these students will find a lot of interesting things, and You Gou's family started as compradors. Her grandfather started as a small landowner in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, selling iron nails and lamp oil, and made a fortune step by step. Like everyone else in this era, You Wei didn't like to tell others about his family history. But since she was born in a comprador family, she is not ignorant of business matters. Since starting a career with Chen Ke and them, You Yu himself has learned so many things, and he has a comprehensive understanding of the truth that was only vaguely understood before, from theory to practice. Those "business classics" that once annoyed You Wei now have theoretical explanations as clear and clear as chemical equations. You Wei felt that he had really benefited a lot.
No matter what dissatisfaction the students in the audience had with the female gentleman, under such a clear explanation and distribution, they also knew that they had absolutely no such knowledge. After asking a few more questions, You announced that it was time for free discussion. She stepped off the podium and out the classroom door. smiled and said to Qiu Jin, who had been standing outside the door for a while, "Sister Qiu, why didn't you come in just now?" ”
"There's no point in bothering you. I also listen very well outside. Qiu Jin replied with a smile.
"Go sit in my office." You Wei said as he pulled Qiu Jin to the other end of the corridor.
Qiu Jin came to participate in the social survey, and Yu Youren, as a teacher at Fudan Public School, was very clear about this social survey. He also came to Chen Ke and Qi Huishen's school, and he was quite envious when he saw such a large campus. Qiu Jin and Yu Youren have always had plans to run a school, but they lack resources. After discussing it, the two felt that it was better to run a school with Chen Ke. Chen Ke is not in Shanghai now, and directly made this request to Qi Huishen, and it is estimated that Qi Huishen will also see what Chen Ke means. So when Qiu Jin learned that a girl from You Wei was going to participate in this social survey, she expressed her willingness to go with You You.
Of course, You Yu would not refuse, and in order to be able to go to the society for investigation this time, she also bought a dagger and a pistol. Old Man You was already so angry that he ignored You Wei when his daughter practiced martial arts at home. In the past few days, You Wei has practiced daggers against targets, and her brother does not dare to come and talk to her again. You Zhen really didn't have the courage to show the pistol. Practicing pistols at home, it is estimated that the old man will lock You Yu in the house and prevent her from coming out. Qiu Jin claimed to be proficient in martial arts, and You Mu made an appointment with Qiu Jin, and the two practiced pistol shooting in the open space of the school.
Carefully closing the door and inserting the latch, You Yu unlocked the drawer and took out a pistol carefully wrapped in cloth. This is a Mauser military pistol (mausermilitarypistol). The Mauser factory was patented on December 11, 1895, and production began the following year. Since its holster is a wooden box, it is also known as a box gun in China; If it is equipped with a 20-round magazine, it is called a pot-bellied magazine. The body of the gun is wide, so it is also called the large mirror. It was fully automatic, also known as a fast and slow machine, and the Mauser factory called it a rapid-fire type (Schnellfeuer), and was mass-produced in May 1931.
This pistol on the table, naturally, was not a rapid-fire version mass-produced in 1931. But the body of the gun and the beautiful wooden handle are really ugly and cute. The pistol was purchased by Wang Bin. It cost 38 taels of silver. As soon as he saw the gun, Qiu Jin immediately picked it up, the body of the gun weighed two catties, and it was heavy in his hand, but it made Qiu Jin feel unexpectedly relieved. She grabbed her pistol and started aiming around. Such a violent move frightened You Wei. She hurriedly pressed Qiu Jin's arm, "Sister Qiu, Wen Qing said the first point of using a gun. Under no circumstances should you ever turn a gun on your own people. ”
Hearing You Wei say this, and seeing You Yan's nervous look again, Qiu Jin laughed and put the pistol back on the table.
"And what's the second point?"
"Second, don't learn to shoot if you don't learn how to disassemble and assemble guns."
"Haha, you remember Wen Qing's words clearly." Qiu Jin said jokingly.
You Yu didn't think much of this, she took out a yellow-orange bullet and began to disassemble the gun. Chen Ke repeatedly emphasized that gun maintenance means the first element to save one's life in battle. Watch as You Wu clumsily but effectively takes the pistol apart and wipes the barrel, spring, and other parts with a set of tools that are apparently of his own making. While helping, she asked, "When will Wen Qing come back from Beijing?" ”
He didn't say either. It is estimated that it will be the Spring Festival. ”
"Wenqing's family is from the north, so I guess I'll go home for the Spring Festival."
"He said no, he didn't think about it." You Xiao lowered his head and concentrated on wiping the parts. After all, he was born in chemical engineering, and You Mu knew that the gun oil attached to the gun could be embalmed. Although the grease stains on her hands were not pleasant, she carefully applied grease to each part that needed to be preserved. Then he was very unskilled in loading the pistol. As soon as it was installed, I saw that Qiu Jin was still holding a part in his hand.
"Sister Qiu, you ......" snatched the parts, You Yu unloaded the pistol again, took out the manual, checked them one by one, and saw that there was nothing missing. You Mo continued to load the pistol.
"Wen Qing has been gone for so long, and I don't know what happened."
"Hmm." You Yu said absentmindedly.
"He's been gone for so long, and you don't want him?"
"Huh? Why? You Yu asked casually as he concentrated on assembling the pistol.
"Some say you two ......"
"Huh." You Wei deliberately laughed sarcastically, but still concentrated on loading the gun, "Let them go." Wen Qing and I are just comrades, and we have nothing else to do with it. ”
Qiu Jin was a little surprised, she and Chen Ke saw You Wei together, but she felt that Chen Ke and You Wei were quite in love. Later, I heard some rumors. In recent years, everyone has been saying that "I would rather believe in the wrong than imitate it." Even if he is a famous revolutionary, Qiu Jin is not exempt from vulgarity. So she wanted to get some of Chen Ke's recent situation from You Wei. Looking at the performance of You Wei, Qiu Jin was a little strange.
"Then why is my sister not married at this age?" Qiu Jin was ready to attack in a curve.
"What's so good about getting married?" You Wei finally loaded the pistol, "If I marry a hero, I will not be at the mercy of him." If you marry someone who is useless, I don't bother to deal with him. Wen Qing said that it is better to have a father and a mother than to have oneself. I just have to do my own thing, and I don't have time to take care of my husband. ”
As he spoke, he raised his pistol and aimed at the wall in front of him. Qiu Jin looked at You Wei with a gun in a very unusual posture, and the Mauser pistol lay horizontally. She asked curiously, "Why are you holding a gun like this?" ”
Wen Qing said that this kind of gun has a lot of recoil, and when shooting, the muzzle of the gun will be raised sharply. Therefore, it must be taken like this to be able to hit accurately. ”
Qiu Jin was really puzzled, although You Wei insisted that he had nothing to do with Chen Ke, he always mentioned Chen Ke when he spoke. He was about to speak, but he heard footsteps outside. Soon there was a knock on the door. You Gu was not in a hurry, and carefully put away the pistol and bullets. Put the cloth bag back inside the table and lock it. Then he got up and opened the door.
Outside the door was Qi Huishen, it seemed that he was also waiting a little anxious, as soon as he opened the door, Qi Huishen came in with a piece of paper. Seeing Qiu Jin, he was stunned, and after saying hello. Qi Huishen handed a letter to You Wei. The letter is very simple, greetings to everyone. And let Xie Mingxian bring 400 doses of medicine into Beijing. As for his recent situation, Chen Ke only said that he is developing party members. looked at Qi Huishen, and then looked at Qiu Jin. You Yu decided that it would be better to practice with Qiu Jin first.