The days of Puguan Water are indeed like sitting on pins and needles. The direct result of the great victory of the conquest of Beijing was "lack of food" and "lack of water". How pragmatic foreigners are, Pu Guanshui now completely understands. On the day of the conquest of Beijing, ministers from various countries sent people to "ask" why the People's Party was besieging the legation area.

The young comrades of the People's Party have received a "national" education in recent years. Chen is not too worried about what extremist ideologies will prevail in China's modern nation-state education. This is something that history has proven, and China's cultural concept of a central state, as well as its extremely pragmatic folk traditions, can in itself stifle the development of extremism. Historically, extremism has been that countries cannot solve their internal problems, so they have to solve their internal problems externally. Ordinary people simply have no passion to work for the interests of the ruling class. The United States experienced 911, and the national mood boiled, and as a result, the ten years of law and order wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were still out of mood. As long as China's own policies are fine, extremist attitudes will certainly exist, but they will never develop to the point of dominating national policy.

The comrades of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army received such education every day as "I am Chinese, China is my motherland, and I love my motherland." When foreign devils came to "inquire" with great vigour, they were all angry from top to bottom.

"I want to ask, why are you foreigners stationed in China?" Pu Guanshui and several senior commanders called the foreign minister's messenger to the front and asked rhetorically in an extremely disdainful tone.

"We have a treaty!" The representatives of the legation listened to the translation, looked at Pu Guanshui's extremely disdainful look, and replied menacingly.

"Fuck you! Whoever signed the treaty with you, you go to! Pu Guanshui didn't say anything, and the chief of staff had already shouted.

Before the interpreter could translate this, the French delegate was already angry, and he said in a foreign voice: "You dare to insult me!" ”

These words couldn't scare the chief of staff at all, and the chief of staff got up from the stool, "Lao Tzu insulted you? I still want to beat you! ”

As soon as these words came out, the guards hulabao surrounded them.

Pu Guanshui hurriedly pulled the chief of staff away, "What are you going to do with a group of unarmed people?" Where did your sense of honor go? At this time, don't pretend to be arrogant, lose your share! ”

When the chief of staff sat back in his chair in a huff, Pu Guanshui turned around, "The chief of staff scolded you, this is because he has no self-cultivation." However, I firmly support the words of the chief of staff. You go to the Manchus to negotiate this treaty, but our Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army has nothing to do with this treaty. ”

The French representative originally thought that Pu Guanshui, who was persuaded to fight, would bow his head and admit his mistake, but he did not expect that Pu Guanshui's attitude was even tougher than that of the chief of staff. He threatened: "Are you going to start a war? ”

Pu Guanshui stared at the eyes of the French representative and said word by word: "If it causes a war, I can't be the master." But now this Beijing is my decision, and I will now officially tell you that tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock, I will send someone to draw a line for you, and whoever goes out of this line will be killed immediately. Any of you will shoot me a bullet from this line, and we will return fire in full in no time! It seems to us that all the people in this line are combatants! You can go back and report now! ”

"You're so daring!" The representative of France howled.

Pu Guanshui pointed his left hand at the tip of the French representative's nose, "Don't fucking give a shame!" I don't want to beat you, but it doesn't mean I can't beat you! You get out of here now, and I'll throw you out if you don't! ”

Where have the foreign devils been so angry in China, but seeing the Chinese soldiers around them with their hands pressed on the handle of their guns, their murderous eyes converged, and they really felt empty-hearted. The British delegates left without saying a word, the delegates of other countries followed suit, and the French delegates were scolded and wanted to get back on the field. However, seeing that Pu Guanshui had no intention of showing weakness at all, he also felt that it was pointless for him to leave alone. Cursing in French, the French representative also left.

That night, the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army was heavily defended. And the concession area did not dare to use force at all. Early the next morning, Puguanshui sent troops to draw a circle of eye-catching white lines in Dongjiaomin Lane and other areas with white ash. The soldiers of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army pressed the border, and the captured Beiyang artillery was ready to stop, and no one from the foreign devils dared to come out to provoke.

After first deterring the foreign devils, Pu Guanshui immediately began to work hard to solve the people's livelihood problems in Beijing. There has always been a shortage of water in Beijing, and the water delivery industry is a big industry in Beijing. The reason why there are so many bathhouses in Beijing is that most people buy enough drinking water to bathe at home. The high price of a bucket of water is simply a big joke in the eyes of the BJP,

In the past few days, the siege of the city has made Beijing's water supply extremely tight, the military management has brought the dung industry to a standstill, and the weather is hot, and the whole Beijing has become stinky.

There is no shortage of engineers in the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, and the combat engineers have also received a lot of engineering training and have sufficient experience in municipal construction. It happened that the troops seized a batch of cement from Tangshan, and with this good thing, the troops started to build an overhead canal to temporarily supply drinking water to Beijing from the 14th. After considering the green space of the road and all kinds of redundancy, the troops immediately carried out the construction in the characteristic fortitude style of the army, and the sweet water wells were immediately requisitioned, and the army built simple water towers, water pipelines, and water storage places at a very high speed. On the 16th, Beijing residents in water-scarce areas found that they could get water with water tickets near their homes.

As for the food issue, the troops copied the local population data in Beijing, and residents of various areas could receive a temporary household registration book as long as they reported to the People's Party, and they could receive food stamps by virtue of the household registration book. The masses in Beijing can first go to the "bank exchange office" of the People's Party to exchange silver dollars and copper coins for renminbi. With the help of daily food stamps, we can buy enough food to make ends meet at a low price in RMB.

The People's Party's military control was still severe, but the lives of the masses in Beijing quickly recovered, especially the factories that the People's Party once opened in Beijing, which were once confiscated by Beiyang. Factories that are now able to operate continue to operate, and with the help of rosters, factory workers can continue to work. Most of the People's Party's factories are in the south of the city, and the people living in the south of the city are the poorer people in Beijing. As long as you can go to work and earn money, although you receive RMB, it is better than starving to death at home. After many of the tried and tested military and civil tactics in the BJP bases, Beijing quickly regained calm, if not normalcy.

By August 18, the Beiyang Army in Handan and Xingtai had received Duan Qirui's order, knowing that Beijing had been conquered by the People's Party, and the Beiyang Army had left the wounded and retreated on a large scale towards Shanxi. The troops of the Henan Military Region under the command of Chai Qingguo also did not pursue strongly. The flight of so many Beiyang troops to Shanxi is bound to create great pressure on Shanxi, so why waste human lives in vain at this time?

The troops of the Henan Military Region followed the Beiyang Army to prevent them from playing any tricks. At the same time, an urgent reorganization of the railways began.

On August 20, a train loaded with grain arrived in Beijing. The movement of grain wagons was carried with great fanfare, and the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army not only restored many civil facilities, but also restored the police stations and courts. Chang Siye, a person who had a fairly good cooperation with the People's Party, was confiscated a large number of things during the short period of control. If you can find it, you can find it and return it, and if you can't find it, you can only tell Chang Siye about them, the People's Party has done its best, and everyone can only think that they are unlucky.

As a major transporter in Beijing, Chang Siye, who was in tears, raised his arms and exclaimed, and the news of a large amount of grain entering Beijing spread throughout Beijing. This not only stabilized the hearts of the people of Beijing, but also gave the renminbi solid support. Originally, when each family exchanged for the purchase of grain, it was carefully calculated, and the amount of grain purchased each day was exchanged for the amount of RMB. Nowadays, many families dare to exchange at least two or three days at a time. As for the masses in the south of the city, there is no income in the first place, and the People's Party distributes renminbi, so they can only use renminbi.

On the 21st, Chen Tianhua, acting secretary of the Hebei Provincial Party Committee, entered Beijing. However, he stayed in Beijing for a day, and then continued to the liberated areas of Hebei. Pu Guanshui was very puzzled by this, Chen Tianhua said with a smile: "My family knows my own affairs, I am a person with strong inertia, and I will live a comfortable life in the city for two days, and it will be difficult to go down again." I'd rather get the rest of the work done before I get to the city. The work in Beijing is entrusted to Commander Pu. ”

Pu Guanshui certainly knew that this was a joke, not to mention that Beijing was likely to change the battlefield immediately. The People's Party's land reform in Hebei must also be from the south to the north, and Chen Tianhua squatted in Beijing and actually couldn't do anything. Moreover, Pu Guanshui couldn't even open his mouth to ask Chen Tianhua for local cadres. If the local government can ask for cadres from the army, the futon water must be burned with high incense.

Holding Chen Tianhua's hand, Pu Guanshui said from the bottom of his heart: "Secretary Chen, if you can complete Hebei's land reform as soon as possible, it is the greatest support for our military work!" ”

On August 22, the Beijing legation finally couldn't help but send someone to negotiate with Pu Guanshui again. Among the people who came this time was none of the French representatives from last time, and the leader was Sir Humphrey of England. Sir Humphrey, of course, took it very calmly, congratulating the People's Party on the seizure of Peking, and then did not say anything about the treaty. He just asked Pu Guanshui, "I have talked to Chairman Chen Ke of your party many times, and he has always insisted on maintaining the status quo. I think that His Excellency the General's attitude is clearly not about maintaining the status quo. ”

Pu Guanshui smiled: "How is this not maintaining the status quo?" We did not send a single soldier into the field. Of course, in a war situation, everything changes. There's nothing we can do about that. ”

Sir Humphrey did not seem to hear the flavor of Puguanshui's words at all, and he still said politely: "But the external communication between the concession and the embassy district has been completely cut off, and I think it is necessary for His Excellency the General to improve this situation." ”

Pu Guanshui said sincerely: "The interruption of external communication in the embassy area is really to protect you. After all, it's wartime, and if someone sneaks into your area to cause trouble and deliberately misfires, it won't be a problem. On the contrary, the technical means of the current high-pressure situation can be more able to control the situation. ”

Sir Humphrey had long been taught the style of the BJP, and he even knew why he hated it. Because this was a sovereign state that could only be carried out by a great power, in Sir Humphrey's mind, China was not qualified to do so to the British Empire.

"Your Excellency General, since you also admit that this is a war zone, we demand that the overseas Chinese be evacuated." Sir Humphrey said.

"I agree to the evacuation, and we will protect your evacuation." Pu Guanshui immediately expressed his support for Sir Humphrey's request.

Without waiting for Sir Humphrey to be satisfied, Pu Guanshui continued: "However, expatriates are not allowed to bear arms. Valuables other than clothing and foreign currency are not allowed. All baggage must be inspected by us before it can be released. ”

Sir Humphrey couldn't hold back any longer, and he lowered his face and asked, "Why did you do this?" ”

"Because by the time the city of Beijing was breached, many people had already fled into the concession and the embassy area. They carry a large number of valuables with them. And they had to exchange these valuables for food and water in the concession. Many of these valuables were stolen from our country. For us, we have an obligation to protect China's interests and not let these things go to foreign countries. Moreover, in the concession, there must have been a large number of forced buying and selling, and even murdering for money. We the People's Party also have an obligation to protect our Chinese people. We will never doubt your clothing or foreign currency. What piano violin, you want to take away, we will let you take it too. But for other valuables, we have to inspect them before we can release them. Those items that are seriously suspicious will be temporarily seized. When you can prove to our court that your property rights are legitimate, we will release the items for you to take away. Please rest assured that we, the People's Party, absolutely stress the legal system. ”

After hearing this, Sir Humphrey wanted to reach out and strangle Pu Guanshui to death. No one in China dared to talk to Sir Humphrey about China's laws, China's national and national interests, so calmly.

And Sir Humphrey also knew that the Puguanshui in front of him was very different from the Chinese soldiers in the past. In the past, Chinese soldiers may have dared to confront foreign countries on some trivial matters by chance due to personal reasons, and as long as foreign ministers protested to the Chinese government at that time, the Chinese government at that time would suppress these Chinese soldiers. Behind Pu Guan Shui stands the People's Party, and what Pu Guan Shui implements is the policies of the People's Party. Even if Sir Humphrey now asked the Queen of England to write a letter of protest to Chen Ke, he would definitely not be able to help a single hair of Pu Guanshui.

Is all that Britain has painstakingly and painstakingly sustained in China about to begin to crumble now? An ominous thought crossed Sir Humphrey's mind.