After Liu Yimin reported the results of the negotiations with Ma Hongkui to the Central Committee, he handed over the jade watermelon and the Jade Butterfly to the Central Committee after Qin Shi Huang and Tang Xuanzong's Taishan Feng Zen Message.

Zhou Enlai is a person who knows the goods, so he naturally knows that this is a national treasure among national treasures, and he happily asked Liu Yimin to take Luo Ronghuan, Cai Zhong, Zeng Zhongsheng, Wu Zheng, Qian Zhuangfei, and Hu Di to the headquarters as guests.

While drinking, Cai Zhong took the opportunity to ask [***], how much are these two things worth?

[***] said with a smile: "Comrade Cai Zhong, this is a priceless treasure that cannot be measured by money. These are the times of war, and the warlords have stolen and sold our treasures in order to satisfy their own selfish desires. Now that the things are in our hands, we have to take good care of them. If we really want to talk about the price, in my opinion, after the victory of our revolution, even if someone pays 100 million, we will not sell it. ”

Cai Zhong, who listened to it, was speechless, and Wu Zheng said: "It's over, Director Cai's wife is going to wash the clothes of the corps commander for six months." ”

When Mr. Zhu heard this, he asked, "Doesn't Cai Zhong have no wife?" How can you wash Liu Yimin's clothes? ”

Luo Ronghuan hurriedly told the two of them about the bet, [***], Zhou Enlai, and Zhu De all laughed.

[***] excited, taking advantage of the wine, splashed ink, and put his 1920 "Qinyuan Spring. Changsha" was written again, and the title was given to Comrade Liu Yimin, handed it to him, and asked him to take it back for fun.

Liu Yimin saw that the chairman wrote very carefully, and he took advantage of the wine to splash ink, which is definitely a treasure. Put it away happily and take it back for Tang Xingying to collect carefully, and never lose it.

For the next period of time, the headquarters of the Red Seventh Army was very busy.

Hu Di was busy negotiating with Ma De, who was sent by Ma Bufang, and Li Qing was busy negotiating with Chen Jingtang, who was sent by Yan Xishan.

Wu Zheng's logistics headquarters was busy urging all units to accept war horses, cattle and sheep, to cultivate land and set up breeding farms, and was also preparing to open training courses for driving and repairing automobiles and motorcycles.

Zeng Zhongsheng led the staff office to open the first staff training course of the Seventh Army of the Red Army, and at the same time organized forces to draw a map of Shaanxi, and began to organize troops to train militia backbones in various localities.

Cai Zhong led the Political Department to hold a training course for political work cadres, and dispatched personnel to continue to participate in the task force of the Shaanxi Anti-Ming Cooking Political Axe Organization.

Luo Ronghuan found Yang Dalin, and the two of them worked together to study and draft the Red Army military law regulations confessed by Liu Yimin, and prepare to prepare for the establishment of the military tribunal of the Red Seventh Army Corps.

Liu Yimin set about revising the current national education textbooks and preparing to popularize primary and secondary education throughout the army.

According to the course of historical development, the all-out war of resistance did not break out until 37 years. During this period of two years, Liu Yimin wanted to seize the time to improve the cultural level of cadres and soldiers, and when the cultural level went up, so did his ability to master and use weapons and understand tactics. However, after Liu Yimin read the primary school textbooks and middle school textbooks in Xi'an, he felt that it was too simple, so he decided to combine the textbooks and add some content to make the surname stronger.

After several days of hard work, the Chinese and arithmetic of the primary school textbooks had been improved, and Liu Yimin gathered the university-educated cadres of the army headquarters for discussion, and then solicited the opinions of the relevant personnel of the former Shaanxi Provincial Department of Education, and organized the opinions of some teachers from various schools in Xi'an City, and finally the draft was finalized. The title of the book is "Elementary School Education Textbook of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army", and the name of the compiler is Liu Yimin, commander of the Red Seventh Army.

As soon as the book was compiled, it was printed and distributed to all units for the soldiers to study.

In order to ensure the learning results of the soldiers, the Seventh Army Corps of the Red Army set up a special education committee, with Cai Zhong as the director, Ling Kun, political commissar of the field hospital, and Li Guoying, chief of the education section of the Political Department of the regiment, as deputy directors. Some of the college students brought from Chengdu were selected, and some were selected from various colleges and universities in Xi'an to provide instructors to each unit.

In order to meet the needs of those cadres and fighters who have a primary school education level to improve their studies, Liu Yimin also began to compile middle school textbooks, which include seven subjects: Chinese, history, geography, mathematics, physics, chemistry, and Chinese language. has been busy for more than ten days before it can be regarded as a success.

This time, Liu Yimin invited all the experts and celebrities who could be invited to Xi'an, and several people from the Red Seventh Army who had studied in the Red Seventh Army, such as Chen Tong, Zeng Zhao, Zhou Xun, Zheng Yan, Yang Dalin, and Peng Cheng, as well as Shen Qianyi, Sun Jiaqi, Jingjing, Ling Kun, Chen Zixu, Yang Wei, Wang Pengju, Tang Xingying, etc., who graduated from famous domestic schools, all participated in the discussion and gave a detailed explanation of the new knowledge that everyone did not know much about. In the end, experts, teachers and cadres have always agreed that this set of middle school textbooks is the most complete and advanced textbook in China.

After being affirmed by everyone, Liu Yimin asked Cai Zhong and Ling Kun to arrange printing immediately and send it to the troops for the soldiers to learn to use. The title of the book was set as "Textbook for Secondary Education of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army", and the compiler was of course Liu Yimin.

Considering that the cultural level of the soldiers of other Red Army units was not high, Liu Yimin asked Cai Zhong to ask the General Political Department of the Red Army for instructions on whether it was possible to send the teaching materials to other units for the soldiers to study.

The General Political Department of the Red Army was about to run out of teaching materials, and after studying them, it was decided that all units would send people to the Seventh Army Corps to learn from the experience of running night schools for the Red Army, to receive teaching materials, and to organize soldiers to study culture. He also instructed the Education Committee of the Seventh Army Corps of the Red Army to be responsible for the examination for the promotion of the Red Army's night school soldiers and the issuance of graduation certificates.

After finishing the compilation of primary and secondary education textbooks, Liu Yimin found Li Qing and Hu Di and asked about the negotiation with Ma Bufang and Yan Xishan.

Hu Di reported that the negotiations between the captured officers of Ma Bufang's unit were progressing smoothly, and they were all settled in gold, including the officers of the security regiment and the militia regiment, from the deputy division commander, brigade commander, and platoon commander, a total of 3.8 million yuan had been exchanged, and Ma Bufang had also compensated our army for the losses caused by the unauthorized attack on Tianshui, totaling 5 million yuan. All the gold has been handed over to the Logistics Command. Now these officers have returned to Yushu, Qinghai under the escort of Ma Bufang's military police, but Ma Bufang's negotiators, Ma De and Ma Pu, did not leave, they wanted to ransom those captured soldiers, the problem was that they could not accept the price set by the corps commander. In the past few days, Ma De and Ma Pu have been pestering to see the Legion Commander, because the Legion Commander is busy, I didn't bother you and left them cold there.

Li Qing reported that the negotiations with Chen Jingtang did not go well, and this old man was not easy to deal with, and he was about to commit suicide at every turn. Every day is from morning to night, and this old man comes to this hand at a critical time, which is a headache.

Liu Yimin asked Li Qing: "Is he unwilling to compensate or is it something else?" ”

Li Qing said: "It's not that he is unwilling to compensate, the problem is that the gap between the two sides is too big." The letter written by the regiment commander to Yan Xishan was to ask for 20 million money or materials, and Chen Jingtang said that his bottom line was 3 million, and if we wanted one more point, he would die here. What else did he say that he was old, and he couldn't complete the task and had no shame to return to Shanxi, and he would rather die here than go back and be embarrassed. ”

Liu Yimin felt strange and asked Li Qing: "Didn't you tell him that if we can't reach an agreement, we will go to Shanxi to get money ourselves?" ”

Li Qing smiled bitterly and said: "I have to say this kind of threat several times a day, but this old man insists that the two sides are negotiating, not that they are not sincere, but that our price is too high, if we make a move to Shanxi before reaching an agreement, he will die in Xi'an, let the world see, the Red Army will also be treacherous." ”

Liu Yimin knows that in history, Chen Jingtang died in 1938, and his family was killed after the army searched the cellar where his family was hiding, and he was one of the famous martyrs of the Three Jin Dynasty. Yan Xishan is really good at choosing people, and he actually sent this person, probably because he took a fancy to his integrity and loyalty.

After thinking about it, Liu Yimin said: "Yan Xishan is different from Ma Bufang, when Yan Xishan's father, Mr. Yan Shutang, was dying, he took out part of his family property to engage in charity, and explained that Yan Xishan was not allowed to use his inheritance to buy arms. This old gentleman is a person who is worried about the country and the people. Yan Xishan himself is not bad, although he is a warlord, although he is very reactionary, but most of his energy is spent on protecting the territory and the people and developing the people's livelihood and economy in Shanxi. This time he sent troops to Shaanxi, it is estimated that Chiang Kai-shek drew a big pie for him, and he couldn't resist the temptation to be fooled. Besides, the discipline of the Jin Suijun was not bad, and there was no deliberate destruction after crossing the river. This Chen Jingtang is a well-educated person, very cultivated, and very virtuous. Be polite to him, don't hurt him verbally, try to take care of him in life, and when you are old, if you are sick with us, you can't talk about it. ”

Li Qing and Liu Yimin have been together for a long time, they know him well, and they know that he sees people very accurately. As long as he says it's good, then this person must be good. However, Li Qing still asked, "Commander, what do you say about this matter?" Can't you drag it like this? ”

Liu Yimin looked at Li Qing's anxious appearance, and laughed after a while: "I said Li Qing, you are now the commander of the main division of the Red Army, and this little thing still bothers me?" In this way, there was no basis for me to write a letter to Yan Xishan asking for 20 million, let alone report it to the chairman. You can do it! I think about it, Yan Xishan has to get 5 million yuan. However, I don't want money for the 5 million yuan, first, I want Yan Xishan to give us a little bit of his arsenal equipment, so that we can make rifles, machine guns, mortars, mountain artillery, field artillery and ammunition. He said that he was about to start in North China, and the arsenal was very unsafe in Taiyuan, so it would be beneficial for us to do it as soon as possible. Second, let him help us open iron mines, coal mines, and build iron and steel plants and power plants, and they will provide the equipment for the power plants, and they will provide technical personnel for the rest of the iron mines, coal mines, and iron and steel plants. Third, the two sides have concluded a secret agreement to protect the smooth flow of trade routes. The equipment we bought from the United States had to pass through them and, if necessary, we had to borrow their name to pick up the goods at the port of Tianjin. If they don't want to give us equipment, it's okay to give money, but if they give money, in addition to 5 million, they have to give another 1 million or 500,000 yuan of steel. In this negotiation, you called Zeng Zhao and Shen Qianyi, and they understood. In short, the negotiations with Yan Xishan should be flexible, and the most fundamental issue is to solve the problem of our equipment and materials passing through Shanxi. Got it! ”

Li Qing thought for a while and said, "Otherwise, you can take some time to meet Chen Jingtang, he really wants to see you." ”

Liu Yimin said briskly: "Yes, it's late now, you talk about it tomorrow, and I'll see him tomorrow afternoon." ”

Seeing that Li Qing's matter was finished, Hu Di asked Ma Bufang what to do over there?

Liu Yimin said: "Ma Bufang and Yan Xishan are different, Ma De and Chen Jingtang are also different, according to my original intention, it is fundamentally different from them to do business." However, we need funds now, so if you talk to them, 300 silver dollars per ordinary soldier and 800 silver dollars for the squad leader, not a single cent will be missing. In addition, you tell them that if they dare to attack the Red Army again, then we will arrest them and shoot them in public trial, and we will not tolerate mercy. ”

Hu Di saw that Liu Yimin was in a good mood, so he said: "Do you give a little room for ups and downs, negotiation, there is always something to be paid, and the deal shall prevail." ”

Liu Yimin nodded: "You and Li Qing discussed it, since you are responsible, it means that you have the ability." Hurry up, we still have a lot to do! ”

Hu Di left Liu Yimin's office with Li Qing with satisfaction.

After dinner, Liu Yimin felt that he was dizzy and busy during this period of time, and he patronized the compilation of teaching materials, and did not bother to take a look at the troops, and he didn't know how the reclamation of various units was doing, and whether the farm was running or not, so he called Luo Ronghuan, Cai Zhong, Zeng Zhongsheng, Wu Zheng, and Tang Xingying to go to the farms of the troops directly under the suburban army to have a look.

Wu Zheng was very familiar with the cantonment points of various units, and led a few people to ride out of Xi'an City and to the farm of the artillery division.

The fields at sunset are green and look like a sea of green, which is refreshing.

The soldiers were having dinner when they saw that the corps commander was coming, and the company commander Fan Shiying and instructor Yuan Puzheng immediately gathered the team and asked the corps commander to speak.

Liu Yimin smiled and said: "How can there be so much to say, let's just come and see, everyone continues to eat." After speaking, he took a look at the soldiers' bowls, yes, millet porridge, one white-flour steamed bun and one yellow-flour nest per person, and the vegetables were pickled radish shreds and cabbage shreds.

Liu Yimin called a soldier and asked if he could eat enough?

This warrior said that it was better to be fed than to eat at home. Liu Yimin asked him what his name was and where was his home? This soldier said that his family was from Chang'an County, and he signed up for the army before the Tianshui Battle, and his name was Tian Bao.

As soon as Liu Yimin heard that he was a new soldier, he asked him why he joined the Red Army?

Tian Bao reported that his father asked him to become a Red Army, because in the past, he used to carry long-term labor for the old wealth, but when the Red Army came, he gave him land and cattle, and he said that he had hope. As soon as he heard that the Central Army was coming to fight Xi'an, and the land of the old rich had to be handed back, his father asked him to become a Red Army, kill those Central Army, and keep his family's land.

Liu Yimin was very happy when he heard this, and the peasants' active surnames rose up in this land reform, and in the future, Shaanxi would become the rear of the Red Army, and Chiang Kai-shek's Central Army would never be able to take Shaanxi back.

patted Tian Bao on the shoulder and encouraged him to work hard and make meritorious service early, and then Liu Yimin asked Fan Shiying and Yuan Puzheng to lead them to see the farm.

When I went to the farm, I saw that the troops had built a fence and built a pigsty, a sheepfold, and a cattle pen. Fan Shiying said happily: "Commander of the corps, political commissar, this cow breeds slowly, sheep and pigs are fast, and when the Chinese New Year comes, the chiefs will come to the artillery division, and you can eat meat in large pieces, and I will boil mutton soup and beef soup for you to drink when the time comes." You don't know, before I joined the army, I was a guy in a mutton soup restaurant, and I was the best at doing this. ”

When Liu Yimin heard this, he said, "Okay, I will definitely go." I didn't expect our artillery company commander to have this ability, he could kill the enemy when he went into battle, and he could cook when he got off his horse. Terrific. ”

After turning around, I was quite satisfied. Seeing that the sun had set, several people left the farm and went back to the legion headquarters.

Tang Xingying hasn't come out for a long time and wants to play for a while. Liu Yimin asked Luo Ronghuan and them to go back first, and he took Tang Xingying, Li Chengyi, Li Xiaoshuai, and Huang Wenhu to accompany Tang Xingying around the suburbs.

On a May evening, the fields are filled with the fragrance of a seedling. Tang Xingying hummed a little song in her mouth, took Liu Yimin's hand, and walked on the path, so beautiful that her face was full of smiles.

Li Chengyi and a few guards followed behind with their horses, not bothering them.

When she arrived at a stone, Tang Xingying pulled Liu Yimin and sat down.

Looking at the green eyes, Liu Yimin was very proud, and there was his own efforts and contributions in the vitality dyed by these greens. When the harvest season came, the big hoards were full of small hoards, not only did the Red Army solve the problem of military rations, but the people of Qinchuan did not have to worry about eating. If there is a few years of stable development, these 800 miles of Qinchuan will really become a rice grain river.

Seeing that Liu Yimin didn't know what he was thinking, Tang Xingying dragged a blade of grass and gently scraped Liu Yimin's nose.

Liu Yimin saw that this girl's heart was revealed, and his heart was sweet, so he reached out to scratch her nose.

Tang Xingying snorted: "There is someone next to him!" ”

Liu Yimin turned his head to see that Li Chengyi and several guard soldiers were standing in the distance with them on their backs, turned around and hugged Tang Xingying into his arms, and kissed him directly.

After a long time, Tang Xingying broke away from him, sat down on the stone, straightened her hair, and said, "Yimin, I have something to discuss with you." ”

Liu Yimin said with a smile: "There are many things that the two of them can't talk about at home, so they have to go to this wilderness to say it." ”

Tang Xingying said: "You are so busy, I dare not disturb you, for fear of affecting your mood!" ”

Liu Yimin said: "Yes, there is progress, and the new daughter-in-law will know how to love a man." Go ahead! ”

Tang Xingying took a sip of him and said, "You never asked my family, and you don't know what my parents' surnames are and what they do." I want to discuss with you, if this peace talks are successful, write to my parents to come to Xi'an, first, to meet you, and second, I have been out for so long, and I miss them. You don't know, I'm an only child, and this trip has changed so much, I don't know how anxious my parents are at home! ”

Liu Yimin thought about it, he really didn't ask Tang Xingying's family, and now that he has married all his daughters, he doesn't even know who his father-in-law is, which is a bit too much. Thinking of this, Liu Yimin hurriedly said: "It's me who is not good, just thinking that you are a Red Army soldier like me, I never thought that you are different from me, I have no relatives, and you are still the good daughter of your parents." In this way, go back and send a telegram to Bai Chongxi, and ask him to help take your parents to Luoyang by plane, and from there take the train to Xi'an. ”

Tang Xingying said strangely: "Didn't you always emphasize secrecy, and you were not even allowed to write about the hometowns of the soldiers during interviews?" Why did you suddenly change your surname, and dare to ask Bai Chongxi to send a plane to send my parents? What if he arrests my parents? Besides, what kind of person is Bai Chongxi, he will look up to you and give you face? ”

Liu Yimin smiled: "The situation is different, now that our Red Army has 200,000 elite soldiers, and occupies such a large place, even Chiang Kai-shek has to negotiate with us, will Bai Chongxi still embarrass us?" Maybe he'll be glad to know that my wife is his fellow countryman! ”

Tang Xingying thought about it and said, "Then can you hurry up, I dreamed of my mother last night, and she kept crying." ”

Liu Yimin thought for a while and said, "Don't be in a hurry first, you can send a telegram to your parents tomorrow to tell them that you are safe." As soon as the armistice was signed, they were brought in. When they come, they will no longer go back to Guilin, and stay in Xi'an to accompany you. In the future, if you have a child, I am so busy that I can't take care of you, so let them help you. ”

Tang Xingying's face immediately turned red, and she twisted Liu Yimin fiercely, pulled him to stand up, got on the horse and went back to the army headquarters.

The next morning, Tang Xingying sent a telegram to her parents, reporting their safety, and asked them to prepare and prepare, deal with the things that should be handled, and go back to pick them up for reunion.

In the afternoon, Liu Yimin met with Chen Jingtang, a representative of Yan Xishan, in his office.

Because Liu Yimin was relieved, the negotiations between Li Qing and Chen Jingtang went smoothly. The matter of normal trade between the two sides has been finalized, and the matter of inviting Shanxi to provide engineering and technical personnel has also been finalized. Chen Jingtang preferred to pay cash rather than agree to donate the equipment of the military factory to the Red Army.

Liu Yimin knew that Yan Xishan's arsenal, along with the Shenyang Arsenal and the Hanyang Arsenal, was one of the three major arsenals in China, with 15,000 workers and 3,800 machines of various types in its heyday, which could produce mountain artillery, field artillery, mortars, light and heavy machine guns, rifles, submachine guns, and various types of bullets, explosives, and grenades. In particular, the wooden-handled grenades they produce can produce dozens of fragments when they explode, claiming to be the first in the country in terms of quality. Historically, after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Yan Xishan wanted to move the arsenal to the rear of Sichuan and Shaanxi, but unfortunately it was too late, only 2% of the equipment was transferred, and the rest of the equipment was captured by the army, and most of the better machines were transferred to the Shenyang Arsenal and Yueben to manufacture weapons and ammunition for Yue.

It would be a pity if this arsenal fell into the hands of Yue himself as it did in history. We have to find a way to get it to Shaanxi and it will be safe.

When Li Qing and Chen Jingtang came, Liu Yimin was pondering how to get Yan Xishan's arsenal to Xi'an. If you really can't do it, you have to wait until the outbreak of the anti-Japanese war, and rob it before the city of Taiyuan is broken.

Seeing Chen Jingtang come in, Liu Yimin hurriedly stepped forward to shake hands and say hello, asking if the journey was good or not, whether he was used to living in Xi'an, and the food was delicious, if he needed help with anything, he could directly tell Li Qing, no need to be polite. Then she called Tang Xingying and asked her to pour tea for Mr. Chen.

Liu Yimin's diligence surprised Chen Jingtang, this is obviously a well-educated child of a family, where is the Liu Yimin who exterminated tens of thousands of people and extorted millions and millions at every turn!

Waiting for Tang Xingying to bring the tea to him, and said sweetly, "Please drink tea", Chen Jingtang woke up from the shock, this is a negotiation between the two armies, although the doll in front of him is gentle and elegant, but he is now the most famous young general, I don't know what powerful tricks he has! Don't be fooled by his appearance, he sold him and helped him count the money.

After making up his mind and taking a sip of tea, Chen Jingtang said: "Commander Liu, please forgive me for being rude, I'll just say it directly." ”

Liu Yimin nodded: "Mr. Chen, please speak!" ”

Chen Jingtang said: "After such a long period of negotiations, you and I have basically reached an agreement. It's just that Mr. Li's proposal not to ask us for cash and to ask for equipment in the arsenal is difficult to obey. You know, money, you can give quietly, others will not know. If so much equipment is transported, the people of Shanxi will know that Chairman Yan bowed to the Red Army, and the arsenal was compensated to the Red Army. Besides, now that our two provinces are at the junction of the two provinces, and the Red Army is so strong, if we give you the equipment of the arsenal, the people of Shanxi will not be able to sleep. Therefore, I insist on giving you cash. As for the other supplies you need, as long as the Red Army pays for it, we will sell it to you, and we will not charge you more than if we sold it to others. Please forgive Commander Liu! ”

Liu Yimin sighed and said: "Mr. Chen, I know that you are a well-educated person, and you have the heart to protect the locality, develop the locality, and save the country and the people, and I have great respect for you. The problem now is not that I insist on the equipment of your arsenal, but that it is too dangerous for this arsenal to be located in Taiyuan. If you think about it, now that I occupy the northeast and Shanhaiguan, the outside of the Great Wall are theirs. Recently, I said that I am very restless, and I have repeatedly provoked incidents in the 29th military defense area, and great changes are imminent! Let's imagine that if he is said to have invaded China in an all-out way, Hebei will naturally be the first to attack the front of his troops, so where will he attack after he occupies Hebei? ”

Chen Jingtang stopped talking, and kept a calm face.

Liu Yimin continued: "I judge that after I occupy Hebei, I will inevitably divide my troops into two routes, all the way south to take Shandong, all the way to attack Shanxi, and after solving the problem of defending Shanxi, I will take Henan." Why? It is said that the industry of this is developed, and they attach great importance to transportation and resources, so I will not mention the important surnames of the south to Shandong, because you are not studying military affairs. I will talk about Shanxi, why I attacked Shanxi, first, Shanxi's strategic position is important, if Shanxi is not taken, the Chinese [***] team will attack the North China Plain from Shanxi at any time, threatening the rear of the army. Second, Shanxi is rich in resources, including coal and steel, all of which the invaders are eager to obtain. With these two points, do you say that once China says that a war starts, Shanxi is not dangerous? At that time, the Yue army captured Taiyuan, used the equipment of the Taiyuan Arsenal to manufacture weapons and ammunition, and used them to massacre the Chinese. ”

Chen Jingtang's heart was shocked when he heard it, and it was really a big problem for this young man to say it. I was about to blurt out and ask what you said, but I suddenly thought that this might be the other party's statement that he wanted the arsenal equipment, wait, and see if he could say something more.

(To be continued)