Chapter 305 turns

In Beijing in September, the weather was unbearable, and the drought in the north was still severe, with only two or three light rains falling since the beginning of the Chinese New Year. The Republican Party, as the ruling party, naturally made great efforts to provide disaster relief in order to continue to govern when the drought was raging in the north.

It was nearly dusk, under the old locust tree in the yard, Fang Jianxiong, who was dressed in short casual clothes, sat on the recliner and went to his shoes and socks, in front of him was a basin of well water that had just been hit, and his feet were immersed in the basin.

......hissed, snorted comfortably, leaned back, took the wet towel handed by Qiu Ju, wiped his face and arms, and said, "Comfortable!" A pair of eyes narrowed into a slit, and Qiu Ju couldn't be happier. After the Chinese New Year, the old woman Fang Mei was reluctant to go north, so she asked her three children to go north.

When he arrived in Beijing and moved into the Marshal's Mansion, which had changed the house number to Fang Mansion, Fang Jianxiong became the shopkeeper, and all the things in the backyard were left to Qiu Ju to take the idea. Qiu Ju is simple-minded, and she knows that if she serves the man well, she will bring the child well. Dou Qingmei, who also didn't have much thought, helped manage the backyard, but Yin Ruizhi couldn't be idle, so he went to Beijing to get together with a group of feminist women and made a "Feminist Daily", and he didn't know what he was busy with when he went out early and returned late all day.

A bowl of iced sour plum soup went down to his stomach, and the cold and hot air was thrown out, and the head of the guard, Qi Erzhu, didn't dare to come over, so Fang Jianxiong saw the corner of his mouth crooked, and sighed: "Get over here." ”

Qi Erzhu trotted up, and it was embarrassing for the head of the guard on a hot day, and he didn't dare to let go of the wind and discipline button, and he didn't know how many times he was wet by Han Shui in a military uniform. Qiu Ju asked the maid to bring the sour plum soup, and she took a pu fan and fanned Fang Dashuai behind her, as long as she was free, no one could snatch it.

Qi Erzhu was not polite, and drank a bowl on his back. smiled and said, "Fu Shuai, that old boy from Yang Huizi is here." ”

Yang Du, who is obsessed with the constitutional monarchy, is the first batch of old Beiyang to join the Republican Party. One mind leaned towards Fang Dashuai's side, thinking about continuing his set of imperial doctrines. It's a pity that Fang Dashuai is unwilling to deal with this set and never gives him any chance. In the past few years, Yang Du'an has lived a lot, and he has entered the Republic of China with a republican system, and he has been prosperous in recent years. This year's floods in the south and drought in the north and south have also been handled in an orderly manner, and not too much chaos has been born.

Yang Dusu is unwilling to be subordinate. I would rather be a chicken head than an oxtail, and I had no place in the cabinet, so I took the initiative to ask Ying to accept the position of director of the northern drought fighting working group. The Republic of China is not the Qing Dynasty. Disaster relief is not a fat shortage, the two major intelligence bureaus and the Independent Commission Against Corruption, how many eyes are staring at the officials up and down, and when they find that there is corruption, they will catch one by one. Especially at this critical juncture of disaster relief, no one dares to defy the law.

Yang Du led a hard and unhurried errand. But he did it very energetically. As soon as he came back from Shanxi, he found some abnormal things in the capital, and immediately came to find Fang Dashuai. To put it mildly, whether it is the president of the Republic of China or the prime minister of the cabinet, it is not in Yang Du's eyes. There is only one Fang Dashuai whom he recognizes.

For Yang Du, Fang Jianxiong has been observing. Putting aside his set of theories, this person is very capable. Disaster relief in the North. Under his overall planning, there has been no problem in the overall situation. However, no matter how talented Yang Du is, if he doesn't give up his theory, Fang Jianxiong won't give him too many opportunities.

After waiting at the door for a while, Qi Erzhu trotted out and said with a smile: "Mr. Yang." Fushuai, please come in. ”

Yang Du smiled and arched his hand: "Hard work! After that, he strode into the door and saw Fang Jianxiong wearing shoes under the tree in the courtyard. My heart moved slightly. On this trip to disaster relief, Yang Du traveled all over the northern provinces and gained some new understanding of the Republic of China. also had the urge to have a good exchange with Fang Jianxiong.

"Fu Shuai!" Yang Du stepped forward and bowed his hand, Fang Jianxiong had already stood up and saluted back: "Huizi, it's hard work." ”

Yang Du, who has the demeanor of a famous person, was not polite, took the basin sent by the maid to wash his face and wash his hands, and went down with a bowl of sour plum soup, then sat down and said: "Fu Shuai, the price of grain on the ground in Beijing has risen by fifty percent recently, and I heard that it is still rising, and it is not normal not long after the summer harvest." ”

The matter that Yang Du said, Fang Jianxiong actually already knew, was what happened recently. The cabinet didn't know how to do it, and they didn't notice such a big thing, and they were actually preempted by Yang Du.

Seeing Fang Jianxiong's expression that didn't seem to care too much, Yang Du hurriedly said: "Fu Shuai, this matter must not be sloppy." This year's floods in the south and drought in the north have not been chaotic, relying on the effective disaster relief efforts of governments at all levels, and grain prices have been relatively stable. ”

Fang Jianxiong was pondering in his heart whether the cabinet's response to this matter was too slow, and whether a corresponding disaster relief mechanism should be developed in the future. Yang Du's words interrupted Fang Jianxiong's thoughts, and he had to look at the other side with a wry smile and said, "Huizi, don't worry." As he spoke, he turned his head to Qiu Ju and said, "Let Alice come here." ”

Yang Du didn't know what he meant, and waited patiently, Fang Jianxiong turned his head and said, "Huizi, how do you think you should deal with the matter of grain prices?" Yang Du sneered: "The cabinet should issue a decree to forcibly curb the rise in food prices." ”

"What about the grain merchants who refuse to sell on the grounds that they are sold out? When the time comes, money will not be able to buy food, so what should we do? Fang Jianxiong asked unhurriedly, Yang Du was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Catch!" Grab them all! ”

Fang Jianxiong was somewhat disappointed with this answer. The idea of official position is not so easy to eliminate. Yang Du saw him smiling and silent, and felt that he didn't say anything on the point, but this gentleman also said calmly: "With the meaning of supporting the handsome, how to deal with it?" ”

"The problems of the market should be solved by the methods of the market. It is not advisable for an executive order to intervene in the market. Because of the floods in the south, the drought in the north, and the lack of summer grain harvest, it is inevitable that grain prices will rise. It is not excluded that some unscrupulous profiteers deliberately hoard. But from a legal point of view, this is a very normal business method. What the government should do is not simply to solve problems with executive orders. Speaking of which, Alice came in and stood to the side prettyly, attracting a stupid look from Qiu Ju.

Alice is now Fang Jianxiong's confidential secretary, and other women Qiu Ju don't have any ideas, but she doesn't have a good face for this foreign woman. I'm afraid that this foreign woman will mess up the Fang family and want to plant.

"Alice, is there any news from the United States about the grain?" Fang Jianxiong noticed Qiu Ju's eyes, and when he was talking to Alice, his eyes didn't look at her. Alice, who had already practiced a mouthful of Beijing films, ignored Qiu Ju's vigilant eyes, opened the folder in her hand, and said indifferently: "Tomorrow morning, a fleet will arrive at Shanghai Port and bring 500,000 tons of rice from Southeast Asia. The day after tomorrow, 500,000 tons of flour purchased from the United States can also reach Tianjin. Throughout September, a total of 1.5 million tons of rice and one million tons of flour entered the Chinese market. ”

Yang Du was stunned when he heard this, his brain couldn't turn a little, and a thunderbolt suddenly sounded, and Yang Du looked up in shock. I don't know when the sky is overcast, dark clouds are pressing down on the city, and a cool breeze is coming, making people feel comfortable, Yang Du said unconsciously: "It's going to rain." ”

"But isn't it, it's going to be the end of the drought." Fang Jianxiong also noticed this, couldn't help but stand up happily and look at the sky, and said to himself: "Among the international students in the second half of the year, I have to arrange some people to study meteorology." ”

This thinking is too jumpy, Yang Du can't keep up, and he is still spinning around on the issue of food. Thinking that Fang Jianxiong had already brought the food in advance, he stood up happily and said, "Since there is food here, I am relieved." ”

Fang Jianxiong also came back to his senses and said: "Now is not the time to be happy, the child still has to work hard for a while." ”

Yang Du stood up with joy and said, "Take a step first." As he spoke, when Fang Jianxiong looked at his back and couldn't cry or laugh, his neck was cold, it was a drop of rain. Looking down, the raindrops began to fall sparsely on the long-dry ground, and were instantly absorbed by the thirsty earth.

"Fang, there's a telegram from France, and I'll put it in my study." Alice glanced at Qiu Ju and said this.

"Oh, I'll take a look." Fang Jianxiong said and strode out, the raindrops gradually intensified, and it was only a few minutes when he walked to the study, and the sound of the crackling raindrops was clear. Looking back, Alice followed very closely, pursing her lips with a look of displeasure.

"What's wrong?" Fang Jianxiong and this little Lori have never been able to change the negative number in the distance, and after Qiu Ju and others arrived, Alice's sense of crisis became even stronger.

"Nothing, it's a telegram." Alice took the telegram from the table and handed it over, Fang Jianxiong took it, Cai Ye said on the telegram that the European war situation was stable, the expeditionary force had all withdrawn to Marseille to recuperate, the eastern battlefield was all taken over by the US army, and the French army asked the Chinese expeditionary force to reinforce the west, but after Cai Ye refused, the attitude of the French side became much colder. Cai Yi hoped that China would first ask France to transfer a part of the expeditionary force back to China on the grounds of rotation.

Fang Jianxiong read the telegram, and said to Alice with a deep sigh: "Call back, Cai, Zhang, and Feng are three commanders, and after watching the situation of the European war, Germany is unsustainable, and surrender within a few months is inevitable." And be patient. ”

Alice hurried away after the record, and Fang Jianxiong sat in his chair, lost in thought. After the end of the European war, the next direction should be the north, the Russian civil war has been completed, and it is time to recover the territory ceded by the Qing Dynasty, and collect a little interest by the way.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, the sound of crackling raindrops was overwhelming, the sky and the earth were as if it was suddenly dark, the windows of a gust of wind were clanging, Fang Jianxiong's thoughts were interrupted, and when he got up to close the window, he saw Alice trotting over in the yard against the rain.

"It's finally raining!" Alice, who rushed into the study, was in a better mood because of the rain, completely forgetting that the rain wet the clothes that came from her body, and clinging to her body tightly, outlining a hot figure.