"We are Chinese!"

"We are Chinese!"

"China is my motherland!"

"China is my motherland!"

"I love my homeland!"

"I love my homeland!"

In a primary school in Beijing, children read their textbooks aloud along with their teachers. All schools under the People's Party (PPP) have been scheduled for the 21st century, and although the war in Beijing did not end for long, the education system ranks extremely high among the various orders that have been restored or created with the highest priority.

Li Hongqi is now a Chinese teacher at a primary school in Beijing, where he also serves as the principal. This old man did not shirk the People's Party's request to ask him to come out to work, nor did he make any twists and turns in the matter of being the principal. He just told the cadres who came, "I'm too old to be an official at all." I appreciate your kindness, but I've always taught, and if I am asked to teach, I know how to manage my time and energy. Let me be an official, I won't know anything, and when the time comes, I will mess around like a headless fly, which will not be good for you, and it will not be good for me. ”

As soon as the text is finished, the bell rings, and elementary school students of all ages are excited, and no matter what era or year, the end of class can always make children happy.

Li Hongqi first cleaned up the books spread out on the podium, and then said calmly: "Class!" ”

"Stand up!" The squad leader shouted.

In the rumbling sound of tables and chairs, the children all stood up, and under the leadership of the class leader, everyone shouted in unison: "Goodbye, teacher!" ”

"Goodbye, classmates!" Li Hongqi replied.

Then came an even more intense bang, and the students almost rushed outside.

Li Hongqi picked up his lesson plan and books, returned to the teacher's office and sat down, and then beat his waist with his hand slightly. In December, the temperature plummeted, and there was no fire in the classroom. He felt tired just standing like this for 45 minutes.

The young teachers immediately came up with tea, "Principal Li, drink water!" ”

The schools in Beijing were already very quiet compared to the outside, and even so, the most common discussion among teachers was not how to teach books well, but the war that was going on in Tianjin, more than 200 miles away.

"Will this time be the same as last time?" A teacher in his forties asked. He is a former talent in the capital, and he is still a flag man with a red flag. Regarding the entry of the Eight-Nation Coalition into Beijing more than 10 years ago, he was obviously quite jealous. Since the fall of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, no one likes to take care of the flag man, and although this person can't talk about "walking defeatist remarks", he is worried every day, so that the young teachers in the same school are very unsightly.

"I said Master Jin, your surname has changed to Han, why do you care about this? The state gives you food, why do you always say such frustrating words? The director of teaching is Ma Han, who speaks fluently in Beijing accent and gives Jin Xiucai a mockery. Ma Han is a local in Beijing, and this is actually a flag man. A few years ago, when he was dying of hunger, he joined the People's Party and worked as an accountant in a factory in Beijing. When the People's Party withdrew, this dead and alive person had to go with the People's Party. After serving as an engineer for a while, this time he returned to Beijing with the People's Party and was assigned to teach at a school.

Jin Xiucai looked at Ma Han, who had also changed his Han surname, and there was a look of disapproval on his face. But there is no way to do it if you don't change your Han surname these days, just like Ma Han has a good job after changing his Han surname. Before this Jin Ye changed his surname to Han, he couldn't find a job for several years, and he relied on the family's savings to survive. Not only the two of them, but also the flag people who stayed in Beijing were basically the same. The guy who does not change his surname and insists on his identity as a banner person, whether it is during the Yuan Shikai period or when the People's Party seized Beijing, can only eat himself at home.

"But this foreigner is powerful, even if it is ......," Jin Ye couldn't help but say.

"Smack!" Ma Han slapped his hands on the table, he glared at Jin Xiucai and shouted: "Teacher Jin, I am telling you this time for the last time, if you are afraid, resign now, and then go wherever you want." As long as you eat the government's food, you can teach here! You teach whatever the government tells you to teach. What you didn't teach, you go back to your own house and say it! ”

Poof! Several young teachers couldn't help but snicker. In fact, no one is not worried about the current battle situation, and seeing someone being scolded has relieved the tension in the hearts of these teachers.

Ma Han looked at Jin Xiucai and lowered his head, he glanced at the other teachers, "If there is anyone in us who is afraid, let's leave quickly." If you want to kill the enemy and serve the country, you can apply to join the army. But those who stay in it will teach well. People say that the rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband, and when everyone becomes a teacher, they concentrate on teaching books well and managing students well! For other things, there are naturally other departments to take care of! ”

After listening to Ma Han's reprimand, the teachers were silent. One-third of them were temporary teachers from the army, and the other two-thirds were recruited from society. Naturally, those who come from the military know that war is not decided by discussion, and others do not have much sense of belonging to the People's Party, the new master of Beijing.

Li Hongqi never said a word, and he didn't even care what these people would think. In the whole city of Beijing, he is perhaps the one who has the deepest relationship with the People's Party. His apprentice Shang Yuan is already in the top ten positions in the People's Party, and from the traditional teacher-student model, Chen Ke can be regarded as a disciple who has listened to his classes in a sense. However, Li Hongqi never cared about this, and Li Hongqi only had a sense of surprise from an outsider that the People's Party could have such a scale and strength in less than ten years. The old man never thought of using his relationship with Shang Yuan and Chen Ke to gain anything. The People's Party quickly established Beijing's education system, allowing Li Hongqi to find a way to eat and earn a living for a considerable period of time, which was what he was most satisfied with.

As for the outcome of the war, Li Hongqi had his own ideas. But Li Hongqi does not see any need to discuss this very personal matter with others. Looking up at the sky outside the window, it was already full of clouds, Li Hongqi said: "It's going to snow, the snow is not cold, let's quickly find a way to make a fire in the classroom." ”

The teachers in the office didn't quite understand what Li Hongqi meant by this, and everyone was wondering what this old man who gave up his position as deputy director of the National Library and was willing to become a primary school principal and teacher wanted to say.

Li Hongqi didn't let these people guess, he said: "If there is a fire, someone has to take care of it, how do we arrange this class?" ”

"Huh?" Hearing this question that is entirely related to making a fire for heating, most people don't understand what is going on.

"Commander Pu, should we send engineers to build a few temporary railways to transport coal?" The logistics minister broke into the headquarters and made a request, "It will snow soon, and if there is no coal, I am afraid that many of the victims evacuated from Tianjin will freeze to death, and Beijing will also need to burn coal." ”

In fact, there is no shortage of coal in Beijing, there are coal mines in Muchengjian, Qianjuntai, Da'anshan, and even Mentougou. After the exploration of the seized Beiyang materials and the exploration unit of the engineering corps of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, the coal mines in Mentougou were even very high-quality anthracite.

In terms of reserves and quality, the abundant coal resources can completely solve the fuel supply of Beijing and Tianjin. The only problem is the lack of a dedicated railway for coal transport. During the Manchu and Beiyang dynasties, the control of water and coal fuel was an excellent way for the government to make money. Of course, the People's Party has no such intentions, but it is a huge project to provide universal heating fuel to the Beijing and Tianjin areas, and even further afield.

The logistics minister looked hesitant when he saw Pu Guanshui, and he immediately followed up and explained, "Handan Iron and Steel Plant has already produced iron. As far as we know, they themselves have used rails in the mines. We now only need to lay a railway track from the area of Mentougou, instead of steel rails, we only need to build a simple railway. It can transport one or two thousand tons a day. When there are steel rails, let's replace this simple railway with a standard railway. ”

Pu Guanshui nodded slightly, this idea is very good. But......

The logistics minister continued: "There is not enough manpower, so we will continue to use those in the prisoner of war camps. And it also recruits people from Beijing. In any case, with this simple railway, this battle will be much easier! ”

While he was talking, the phone rang, and Pu Guanshui picked up the phone, "What's the matter!" ”

"Report, the troops from Qinhuangdao called and the Japanese army landed in Qinhuangdao on a large scale. The troops hope that we will be able to send reinforcements. The telegram will be sent to the command immediately! ”