Back in Wuhe County, it was already evening after An Yi finished inspecting the camps of each regiment, and he wanted to have dinner and exchange feelings with the newly joined soldiers in Chen Zhibiao's second regiment, Yin Jinan rode a horse and asked An Yi to rush back to the division headquarters as soon as possible, there were important telegrams that An Yi needed to handle, and the four Chinese and foreign reporters had been waiting for a long time.

An Yi had no choice but to whisper a few words to Chen Zhibiao, and then left the second regiment station, and when he returned to the courtyard of the county government, he saw He Jing, Zhou Chongan, Kaplan and French reporter Dawit standing at the gate and smiling at each other.

An Yi enthusiastically stepped forward to say hello, invited four reporters to dine together, and talked while eating, and followed Yin Jinan back to his big bedroom in the backyard, Hu Jialin and Yang Bin stopped talking and handed the two telegrams to An Yi, joking that he didn't expect An Yi to become more and more famous now.

An Yi put the finished message on the table, and said with some annoyance: "What's the name...... It seems that Lao Tzu is going to be punished, and the big war is about to ask me to rush back to Nanjing immediately to report on my work, obviously ordering Lao Tzu to go back to be interrogated, even if Senior Brother Yu doesn't quietly send me a telegram, I also know that the big men who worship foreign people in Nanjing will find a way to clean me up for the sake of my own face. ”

"There should be nothing wrong, Senior Brother Yu, Senior Brother Hu, Chief Gu, and Jiang Ming are all interceding for you, I guess it's okay to be scolded, isn't it just a few words of counter-argument? In fact, Xiao Yueben is just like you said, tyrannical and ill-intentioned, otherwise how could they have such a strong reaction and shelled Hankou for just a few words? Isn't this a thief with a weak heart? Yin Jinan said worriedly.

Hu Jialin was quite angry: "Xiao Yi has far-reaching vision, what did he miss from the judgment since the Northern Expedition?" If you feel something, why don't you say it? If you change Lao Tzu, you will do the same! Some people are deceiving themselves by thinking that they will be fine if they do not bring up the impending crisis. I think the big men in Nanjing probably also saw the crisis, but they all pretended not to know because they were worried about their own revenge for their own positions, which is good, but they want to harm their own people, the central party department of the dog! ”

An Yi instead comforted Hu Jialin: "Huzi, don't get excited, aren't you just going back to Nanjing?" At most, he will scold the old grandsons in the central government. Senior brother Sun Yuanliang threw down his troops in the battle to attack Nanchang and fled for his life, and was later ordered to be shot by the principal, Liu Zhi, Wang Jun and other commanders interceded for him at that time and finally avoided death, just to calm the righteous indignation of the soldiers of the Sixth Army who fought together, and let him quietly go to study in this book. ”

Yin Jinan was taken aback: "Senior Brother Sun Yuanliang actually studied abroad in Yueben? I wonder why you didn't tell me that I hadn't heard from him all this time? ”

"How did I know before? If it weren't for Wang Yingyu, the chief of staff of the Seventh Army, who told me when he was chatting, I still thought that Senior Brother Sun was missing, this guy was really dead, but in this way, the prestige of the principal would be affected, and so many brothers died after escaping from the battle, but he didn't have anything to do, and he would never be polite if he changed Lao Tzu.

Forget it, let's not talk about these things, let's go and have a meal with a few reporters, since the things have been poked out, Lao Tzu Suo's surname is broken and broken, not only will he be greatly damaged, but also say some shocking predictions, and let the European and American powers be more vigilant against Xiao Yueben.

These countries in Europe and the United States, including the Soviet Union, do not have a good thing, if we fight with Yuben, they will definitely see death and will not be saved, and one day they will suddenly wake up when they die. Especially the Yankees, who are forgetful of profit, they do everything for money, and they have no credit at all. Lao Tzu heard that the Yankees are now lending large sums of money to Yueben and selling many special materials for the production of aircraft cannons to Yueben, and I am afraid that the Yankees are eager for Xiaoyueben to fight with us tomorrow, so that they can make a lot of war money. ”

An Yi said a lot of things in annoyance, which made Yang Bin stunned when he heard it.

The atmosphere of the dinner was very good, Dawit and Kaplan liked the light steamed fish very much, and repeatedly thanked An Yi for the dry roasted potatoes that he specially explained to the kitchen.

An Yi humorously asked Dawit why he wasn't annoyed by his offense. Dawit honestly replied that he was a little angry at first, but considering that he had never heard such honest and frank language in China for a long time, he was not angry, but on the contrary, he was happy. As soon as he stopped speaking, everyone laughed good-naturedly, and An Yi's affection for the bearded Dawit increased.

Kaplan remembered something and congratulated An Yi: "I have good news to tell the general, with the generous help of the general, the Nanchang political axe has officially agreed to the Christian Association to build a church in Nanchang County, south of the country, and under the attention of the Holy See, more than 30 church volunteers from Germany, France, the United States and Britain will arrive in China within a month to fulfill the promise made to the general."

These are experienced and caring medical personnel who will teach for five years at the general's hospital. ”

An Yi was pleasantly surprised when he heard it: "It's really good! Thank you, Miss Kaplan, for bringing me the good news, we need medical assistance and education so much, and this news is more gratifying than winning ten battles. ”

Zhou Chongan saw An Yi so excited, and laughed in a low voice: "It seems that your ability to make money is not lower than your ability to fight!" ”

"Go and go, don't look at me so badly, the most fundamental reason why the old Nanchang Hospital was opened is to train batches of qualified doctors and nurses for our people.

Let me tell you the truth, this hospital will not make the people's money, in addition to the normal medical costs and drug costs, we will not charge a penny more, we will also treat the disabled soldiers and their families, and the local poor people for free, all this money will be paid by me. An Yi said with a smile on his face.

Kaplan and Dawit were quite surprised, the two looked at each other, and Dawit stepped forward and asked, "General, do you really think so?" Such a hospital not only cannot make a profit, but has to pay a lot of money! ”

"Not only do I think so, but I do it."

An Yi said solemnly: "As for the source of this large expense, we already have a set of plans, which is to pay from the profits of the pharmaceutical factory that is about to be established.

Presumably everyone knows that China lacks medical treatment and medicines, and also knows that many drugs rely on imports, but the manufacturing process of these drugs is not very complicated, according to my understanding, many countries are producing special drugs for the treatment of gunshot wounds and knife wounds, especially in Germany, which has developed medicine, has a large output and excellent drug quality.

At present, my collaborator, Mr. Ou Yaoting, has opened a pharmaceutical factory in Nanyang that produces injections and oral medicines for the treatment of dysentery and malaria, as well as anti-inflammatory drugs, and many Chinese medicines in China can be used to extract plant active ingredients to synthesize tablets that are very easy to take orally, and at most this time next year, our pharmaceutical factory in Lao Nanchang will be able to produce more than 30 kinds of Chinese patent medicines.

This is already being done, and the progress is much faster than I expected, and I am very grateful to those masters of Chinese medicine in Taoism, it is their fraternity and dedication that has made such rapid progress.

I am very confident in the prospects of hospitals, medical schools and pharmaceutical companies. ”

He Jing nodded and told Dawit: "What General An said is the truth, at the beginning of the month, I went to Lao Nanchang for an on-the-spot interview, and found that the construction of the hospital is nearing completion, and the construction of the medical school is just halfway through, and the entire investment is quite large, with a total of 900,000 yuan, which is 300,000 yuan more than the best Yongji hospital in Shanghai."

The hospital covers an area of tens of thousands of square meters, there are 25 large and small buildings and classrooms, sports fields and staff apartments, the designer is Mr. Douglas, the architect of the French Concession in Shanghai, the construction department is a famous construction enterprise in Shanghai, the layout of the hospital is quite beautiful, and it is also very advanced, according to the evaluation of our Shanghai counterparts, it will be the best hospital and medical school in the country after completion. ”

"Yes, I was also present at the interview, and I completely agree with Mr. He's opinion, but I didn't know that General An intended to operate it as a charity, and this love and mind are awe-inspiring."

After Zhou Chongan finished speaking, he smiled admiringly at An Yi.

Kaplan smiled, his smile was full of natural flattery, and he generously asked An Yi: "General An, if my sister and her husband Alfred are willing to go to Nanchang County to teach, do you agree?" ”

Taken by Kaplan's bright light, An Yi's heart trembled, and he secretly muttered in his heart that he really couldn't smell femininity for a long time, and his resistance became so weak, but his face replied very expectantly: "Of course I agree, Alfred is a person with superb medical skills and very cultivation, if he can pass, it will be my honor, and he will see that he has many friends in Lao Nanchang, and each of them is full of gratitude and respect for him." ”

"Hey, Alfred didn't say he had friends in old Nanchang, he hadn't even been to Nanchang." Kaplan looked at An Yi suspiciously.

An Yi smiled and motioned for Yin Jinan to answer, Yin Jinan politely briefly introduced the Battle of Quzhou at the beginning of the year, and then explained to Kaplan:

“…… It is precisely because of the full help of Alfred and the local church that more than 300 of our light and serious wounded have been treated in time, and more than 100 of them have subsequently returned to Lao Nanchang to recuperate, and most of them have been discharged from the army and entered our local factories and commercial enterprises. ”

"I know, in fact, these are described in detail in the book "Model Camp", but I didn't remember it for a while." Kaplan shrugged his shoulders in self-deprecation, then laughed happily.

Dawit asked An Yi apologetically, "General, where did you get so much money?" ”

An Yi asked rhetorically: "I seem to have heard that Europeans don't take the initiative to inquire about other people's income, otherwise it would be rude, right?" ”

Everyone laughed, Dawit also laughed a little embarrassedly, and An Yi then answered the question:

"Part of this money comes from battlefield seizures, which Mr. Zhou and Mr. Ho can understand, and there is also the fact that our army often wins battles and is often rewarded by the General Headquarters and the military headquarters of the first army where it is located, which is a large amount, and part of it is my own business income, which is managed by Mr. Ou Yiuting, an industrialist and financial investor living in Hong Kong.

Maybe Mr. Dawit didn't know that before I joined the army, I was a staff member of Mr. Ou Yaoting's company, and I was familiar with machinery, so with the help of Mr. Ou, I gradually made profits through product improvement, and then used the money to invest in new business fields, so I had a relatively fixed and growing profit.

Sometimes I wonder if I could have been a great businessman or an industrialist or an inventor if it hadn't been for the war years. ”

Dawit nodded in agreement: "So, why didn't the general quit the army?" Forgive me for being frank, I may have asked this abruptly. ”

An Yi smiled: "It doesn't matter, the reason why I chose the path of joining the army is precisely because of this endless war, after figuring out that only after eliminating the war through war, and figuring out that only a unified country free from foreign oppression can fully protect my property from infringement, I resolutely chose the path of joining the army."

Presumably everyone has seen the crimes committed by the British warships along the Yangtze River during this period of time, they openly shelled the ships of our Northern Expeditionary Army, killed our fishermen, crashed into the boats, constantly increased troops in the concessions, and exerted pressure on our political axe, as well as your French political axe, secretly funding the northern warlords who are dark and talented, in exchange for French interests in China, and the United States, which seems to be open-minded, while launching a nine-year arms embargo against China, uses private importers and exporters to transfer shiploads of American-made weapons. Ammunition, cotton cloth, cigarettes, and so on are dumped into the Chinese market, and while concealing tariffs and wantonly smuggling, they also point fingers at China's internal affairs and interfere with China's tariff autonomy.

This is a flagrant violation of a sovereign country and a great insult to the human rights, right to subsistence and national dignity of more than 400 million Chinese people. The combination of these reasons prompted me, like thousands of people who are worried about the country and the nation, to choose to embark on the path of joining the army.

I may not accept Mr. Dawit and Miss Kaplan by saying this, but these are irrefutable facts, and you have been in China for several years, and you should feel that the Chinese people's hatred for the warlords and the invaders is getting deeper and deeper, and this hatred has almost reached the critical point of outbreak, and the next few years will go to the final intensification, which will lead to the arrival of war after war, and then not only China, but also Europe, which you are most proud of, will be involved in a huge war. ”

"It's horrible! The general's point of view is terrible! I can't agree with you, although I know that after the Opium War, the defeated China went into decline, but I never believe that Europe will break out again like the East, not long after the First World War, all Europeans know that peace is not easy to come by, and mankind is constantly progressing, constantly moving towards civilization, and there will be no more world war as the general said, I think it will not be at least within 50 years, I firmly believe this! ”

Dawit was very sure and very firm about his attitude.

An Yi smiled, waved his hand and said, "Everyone can have their own thoughts and opinions on everything in the world, and I respect your opinion." However, I personally think that the great France will not have a second Napoleon for at least a hundred years, and no matter how hard the French political axe tries and how confident the French are, they will involuntarily get involved in the Second World War, no more than fifteen years, or less.

Mr. Dawit, you may think that my words are groundless, or that they are purely vain, but I would like to ask you to remember what I said today, where there is oppression, there will be resistance, although France won the First World War, but the excessive oppression of other countries and nations will provoke strong resistance, France will not be able to escape the fate of being invaded and occupied, you will lose the vast majority of the world's colonies, and Britain will be the same, and it will be the Americans who will replace Europe and stand on top of the world. This is my opinion, you can take my words as a kind of boundless prophecy, and time will tell...... Speaking of this, An Yi glanced at the stunned everyone: "What's wrong?" Why do people look at me like that? Well, let's not talk about this unpleasant issue anymore, gentlemen reporters, what do you have to say, you have risked your life to go to the front in person, there must be many questions you want to understand, so I will not waste your precious time, and let me tell you that tomorrow morning I will be ordered to return to Nanjing to report on my work, and it is estimated that what impact my remarks at the press conference have caused, and the officials of the Political Training Department of our Central Party Department and the General Headquarters cannot sit still, and they do not even go through the General Headquarters of the Second Route Army and the Military Headquarters of the First Army to which I belong, I was given the order to return to Nanking to report on my work, so I can't help but leave tomorrow morning, and I beg your pardon! ”

Everyone had not yet recovered from An Yi's astonishing prediction, and when they heard An Yi explain that he would return to Nanjing early to report on his work, they immediately realized the reason, so they hurriedly finished dinner and began interviewing An Yi and the chief officers of the reading master.

To the great surprise of Dawit and Kaplan, the entire Reading Division had an absolute admiration and obedience to An Yi from top to bottom, and it seemed that every officer and soldier hated the invaders incomparably, and they were very firm in believing that they were engaged in a great revolutionary war, and that the ultimate goal was to unify the whole of China and achieve national rejuvenation.

Only Zhou Chongan could see the heavy melancholy and anger in his heart from behind An Yi's hearty smile, and Zhou Chongan vaguely felt that the young and straightforward general in front of him was likely to encounter a huge setback in his life soon.

(To be continued)