Chapter 39: The Night Banquet (Part II)
(A lot of people say that I'm slow to update, because I'm not full-time, so I can only find time to write books, and I update all the big chapters, more than 5,000, like this chapter has 6,000.) So a lot of it contains ha.,And,I replied in the comments about the reason for the abuse of the lord in the early stage.,You can go and find out.,I won't abuse it later.,Peace of mind)
Yu Yishan looked at Jiang Cheng and stopped, and with Jiang Cheng's gaze, he guessed three points and said, "After all, this is the south, and it is close to Shanghai, there are no bandits and robbers, although they are not rich, but the farmers here have a full bite to eat, except for 128 in recent years, there have been no military disasters, life is not bad, the north is not so good, I heard that there are old wars, and life is also hard." ”
Jiang Cheng suddenly saw a lot of beautiful flowers in the field, Jiang Cheng felt very familiar, and asked, "This flower is so familiar?" ”
Yu Yishan looked at it and said, "Oh, those should be **." ”
Jiang Cheng wondered if he had heard it wrong, these were poppies?? I walked up and took a closer look, and it was really a poppy.
Jiang Cheng asked excitedly: "These poppies are blatantly planted here." Does the government not care? ”
Yu Yishan sighed, "Why don't you care, but where can you care?" And, it's also our main source of income. ”
After all, Jiang Cheng has been in the Republic of China for a short time, and many things are still unclear, you must know that during the Republic of China, not only local warlords were planting, but even the central government was popular, and even such blatant taxes as ** taxes appeared. Jiang Cheng knew that Du Yuesheng had a conch yin business before, but he always thought that it was because he was the best person, but in fact, this business was already an illegal "legal business" in the Republic of China.
Even some local governments, in order to urge the people to plant, also charge "lazy taxes" on the people who do not plant
At that time, the ** was still the lifeblood of the warlords, and once it was controlled by others, it could only raise its hands and surrender. Because Guangxi has to rely on the transit of Yunnan and Guizhou to collect taxes, no matter whether the new Gui or the old Gui is not willing to offend Yunnan and Guizhou...... Although the Yunnan army marched into Guangxi twice, it was always the Guangxi side that sent representatives to Yunnan first to repair the situation afterwards. In 1936, after the "Liangguang Incident" for the purpose of opposing Chiang, Chiang Kai-shek banned Yunnan and Guizhou from entering Guangxi, which caused Guangxi's income to drop sharply. Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi had no choice but to compromise with Chiang.
At this time, I saw a group of people who looked like students enter the village, set up a platform, and did not know what they were talking about on it.
Jiang Cheng was a little curious and wanted to take a look, Yu Yishan also stepped forward when he saw this, only to see that there were many people around the stage, and many people were still holding stools and melon seeds as if watching a big show.
The surrounding villagers saw Jiang Cheng and Yu Yishan in strange clothes, although they didn't know what they were wearing, but at a glance, they knew that it was the home of high-ranking officials and nobles, and no one dared to approach.
I only saw the students above dancing excitedly, and when I heard it, it turned out that it was propaganda against Japan, and the students were talking about the Japanese burning, killing and looting in the Northeast, and the students seemed to be prepared, and they said very vividly, which made people involuntarily disgusted with the Japanese, and from time to time the villagers below applauded.
Jiang Cheng was a little interested in this matter, the anti-Japanese propaganda team, but he didn't know what the effect was, so he asked the uncle who was sitting next to him smoking a dry cigarette, "Uncle, how do you feel about listening?" ”
The uncle smiled and said, "That's right, it's very nice, the Oriental people are indeed not things, but I think that no matter who we are, the common people have to pay food and tribute, and foreign troops have not come in, so we don't have to care too much." ”
Jiang Cheng asked in surprise, "But the Japanese are here to burn and loot, aren't you worried?" ”
The uncle looked at Jiang Cheng and said, "Look at your appearance, it should be a rich family, and the Japanese are here to rob rich people like you, what do we have to rob our mud legs?" Besides, old man, I have lived for more than 50 years, from the Beiyang soldiers to the soldiers of the chairman, there are few people who buy things and pay for them, and there are few who don't rob the people, and not all of them are the same, what is there to worry about, hehe. It's all the same, it's all the same. ”
Jiang Cheng was said to be angry, although many people in this era began to awaken and have the consciousness of the nation-state, but more people are still numb, if the upper class people take refuge in Japan for wealth or because they can't see the future of anti-Japanese resistance, then the lower class has no concept of family and country at all, and more people think that no matter who sits in the world, they have to pay their own taxes anyway, maybe the Japanese tax is a little lower. In an era when the literacy rate is less than 5%, the vast majority of people have never been out of the county era, it is undoubtedly a dream to think that people will resolutely resist Japan only by propaganda, and more people are facing a bloody life. Even in the Red Zone, there were many hawkers who traveled between enemy-occupied areas and liberated areas to evade paying the anti-Japanese patriotic tax created by the Communist Army.
Yu Yishan saw Jiang Cheng being hit, and hurriedly comforted, "Many people don't know what to do, Brother Cheng, don't be sad, look at the students on the stage, these are the future of our country." ”
Jiang Cheng shook his head and said, "This just shows that our country really has too many shortcomings, if we let every ordinary person have enough to eat." How could the common people not support us? And there are problems with our propaganda. As for the army - there will be an army that loves the people, and it will be soon."
Saying that, Jiang Cheng walked onto the stage.
The students on the stage saw Jiang Cheng's dress, although they felt strange, but they also knew that this was not an ordinary person, and the leader was a boy who was more than 1.7 meters tall, who was already tall in this era. He asked, "I wonder what happened to Mr. on stage?" ”
Jiang Cheng smiled and said, "I see what you said happily, I also want to say a few words, is it okay?" ”
The students looked at each other, and the boy who took the lead said, "Of course, as long as it is propaganda against Japan, we welcome it." ”
Jiang Cheng looked at most of the peasants below who had more bones than meat and said, "I know, you don't feel anything when you hear that the Japanese are burning, killing and looting in the Northeast, why?" For you know, in the war, it is all like this, that we will flee into the mountains, and when we have finished the war, we will come back. But do you know that the Northeast is not only plundered, but they Japanese also want to cut off the roots of our Chinese, they do not allow our children to learn Chinese characters in the Northeast, do not let our children learn to speak Chinese, and tell us that our children should serve them Japanese and be their slaves!!
If you want your children and grandchildren to never use your surname again, and what is the surname Kameda, what is the surname of Koizumi, you will surrender when the Japanese come, if you still want to have the face to face your ancestors, and you still want your children and grandchildren to use your surname and speak our language, you will fight those little devils to the end! I hope you will remember that this time the Japanese did not come to rob things, they wanted us to destroy the country and extinct the species, but to make our ancestors no longer worship and have no incense after a hundred years! ”
After speaking, Jiang Cheng stood there and waited for everyone's reaction.
Everyone present fell silent, and at this time, an uncle wearing a robe and being supported by two maids stood up tremblingly and said, "Whoever dares to cut off my Qian family's incense, I will take his life!" If the little devil doesn't come, if he dares to come, we will fight to the end!! ”
The uncle who began to talk to Jiang Cheng also shouted, "Those little devils dare to let our children speak Japanese and call them foreign names, so I will fight with them." ”
Others, whether they were white-bearded uncles or young men, all shouted "Fight, fight." ”
The student looked at Jiang Cheng in surprise, Jiang Cheng patted him and said, "Our people have long been used to being bullied, and the only thing they still have is their ancestral surname." ”
-- On a small hill near Sheshan, Jiang Cheng and Yu Yishan sat on the ground, and Ba Shun and the others, who had been following behind, guarded from a distance.
Yu Yishan looked at Jiang Cheng's not very happy face, and couldn't help but feel a little frustrated, she finally came out to play once, and she still drooped her face, and she didn't know what this chattering guy was thinking.
Jiang Cheng looked at the green mountains and green waters in the distance, this is his country, not his country, he wants to do something and runs into walls everywhere, on the one hand, he is drunk with money, and on the other hand, he sells his sons and daughters. At first, I felt that with the help of my ability to cross, I could add a large amount of arms and equipment to the country casually, plus some future technology, I would definitely be able to defeat the Japanese devils quickly, and I didn't look for the Red Party first because the Red Party was too weak now, and even if I had it, I couldn't immediately become confrontational with the Japanese. But when I really came to this era, I found that the national war was not something that could be won with a golden finger. Other countries do not want to sell arms, and heavy industry is not willing to be engaged in heavy industry from small compradors to the leadership of the national government. Whoever dares to do this during this national war will immediately be beaten into a traitor. It seems that he only went to Yan'an and started from a young age, but in this way, this war will not be over in a few years.
Yu Yishan looked at Jiang Cheng and didn't speak for a long time, so she had to speak first, "Brother Cheng, what are you thinking?" Looking unhappy, are you still thinking about what happened in the village just now? ”
Jiang Cheng then remembered that he was here to play with Yu Yishan this time, and said embarrassedly, "It's nothing, isn't this thinking about how to make money in the future to fill the mouth of your little gluttonous cat." ”
Yu Yishanjiao shouted, "Who is the little gluttonous cat, you are." As he spoke, he turned around and ignored Jiang Cheng.
Jiang Cheng hurriedly flattered, "Okay, okay, don't be angry, let's do it, I'll bring you something delicious next time you've never eaten before." ”
When Yu Yishan heard this, her ears moved, and she said slowly, "I'm not angry because I don't look at the food." ”
Jiang Cheng stood up and patted the dust on his body, pulled Yu Yishan and said, "Okay, we should go up, otherwise we will miss the party." ”
When Jiang Cheng and Yu Yishan arrived at the church, the place had been arranged, a long table had been set up on the green grass outside the church, a lot of food and wine had been placed on it, a small Western band was on the high platform in the middle, many guests were already talking to each other with wine glasses, most of the men were wearing straight tunics or suits, and most of the women were dressed in cheongsam, the temperature of almost May had allowed everyone to wear no longer bloated, and some old gentlemen were sitting on chairs on crutches, not knowing what they were talking about. In order to prevent mosquitoes, the venue will be moved indoors after dark.
Xing Yonghao saw Jiang Cheng and Yu Yishan, who were dressed strangely, and hurriedly greeted him with a maid and said, "Mr. Jiang, eldest lady, you are here, change your clothes quickly." ”
Yu Yishan smiled and walked away with the maid first, Jiang Cheng changed into a tunic in the dressing room of the church, and when he came out, he happened to see Yu Yishan who had finished changing, Yu Yishan was dressed in a goose yellow dress, and her face was like a doll.
At this time, the music suddenly sounded, Jiang Cheng was indeed an idiot to music, but seeing that the men and women around him began to dance in pairs, he also knew that this was going to dance, Yu Yishan smiled and walked over to Jiang Cheng, it seemed that he was ready to invite Jiang Cheng to dance. Jiang Cheng also straightened his clothes and was a little nervous, this was the first time he had danced except for the college ball.
At this time, a woman wearing a blue cheongsam suddenly flashed in front of Jiang Cheng and smiled at Jiang Cheng, "I wonder if this son can enjoy his face and dance with me?" ”
Jiang Cheng saw that this woman was one meter tall and in her early sixties, with wavy hair, white skin and beautiful appearance, big eyes, and light makeup.
Jiang Cheng was a little overwhelmed, it was the first time he was invited to dance by a girl.
To tell the truth, Jiang Cheng's current appearance is indeed good, he is still tall in this era, and with a dress of exquisite clothes, he knows that he is a rich family at a glance.
Jiang Cheng looked at Yu Yishan embarrassedly, Yu Yishan looked at this feminine little mouth in blue clothes bulging, but she was well-educated, and she really couldn't do the act of robbing someone on the spot to get Jiang Cheng off the stage. took the initiative to step forward and said, "Then Brother Cheng will accompany this first, um-what do you call it?" ”
The woman in blue looked at Jiang Cheng affectionately and said, "It's not a gentleman's job to let the girl say her name first." ”
Jiang Cheng hurriedly turned his face away from her and said, "My name is Gu Gucheng, a nobody." ”
The woman in blue smiled and said, "Mr. Gu is a talent, and he will definitely soar in the future, just call me Lan Ping." ”
Jiang Cheng smiled and asked, "Are you from Harbin?" ”
Lan Ping shook her head and asked, "Do I have a Northeast accent?" I am from Shandong. Why did Childe ask that? ”
Of course, Jiang Cheng wouldn't say that it was because of the calcium in the blue bottle of Harbin Pharmaceutical No. 6 Factory.
Jiang Cheng said, "Oh, I know a person named Lan Ping, who is from the Northeast. ”
Lan Ping didn't care, and stretched out his hand to signal, Jiang Cheng shrugged his shoulders at Yu Yishan and Lan Ping jumped up.
Yu Yishan looked angry in her heart, and her little handkerchiefs were about to be torn apart, but she still kept a smile on her face.
Jiang Cheng didn't have the strength to control Yu Yishan now, he was constantly looking at his feet, trying his best to ensure that he didn't step on Lan Ping. Seeing Jiang Cheng's nervous appearance, Lan Ping couldn't help but laugh and said, "Did Mr. Gu lose his money, keep looking down." ”
Jiang Cheng smiled: "If I don't look below, I will really have to pay for your medical expenses." ”
Soon a song ended, Jiang Cheng only shook his hand at Lan Ping and walked impatiently towards Yu Yishan.
Lan Ping looked at Jiang Cheng's back and only felt extremely ashamed, such a big beauty as himself was by his side, and his heart was actually always on that eldest lady. But only a few seconds of anger and then sighing, so what? She is just a little girl from a small family, although she has a little reputation in Shanghai with her own efforts, but where can she compare with this eldest lady of the Yu family, thinking about it, she couldn't help but feel a little sorry for herself, and walked aside with the wine. Jiang Cheng naturally didn't think about this woman's caution, but smiled at Yu Yishan with a smile: "Just let go of your poor handkerchief." Come, come with me for a moment, and I'll talk to you about something. ”
Yu Yishan said a little embarrassed: "I'm worried that you will step on someone else's foot." It's not that. ”
"Okay, my good sister, Elder Yu and your brother are waiting for us." Jiang Cheng pulled Yu Yishan and said, Yu Yishan believed that Jiang Cheng really had something to say to her, and couldn't help but be a little puzzled.
When they arrived in a room in the church, Yu Qiaqing and Yu Zhimin, who was still wrapped in bandages, were talking about something, and Du Yuesheng and others were sitting on both sides. Seeing Jiang Cheng and Yu Yishan, they all smiled and said, "Okay, our protagonists are here, we can get ready to start." ”
Yu Yishan was puzzled, "Grandpa, brother, what's going on?" ”
Jiang Cheng took out a bottle of medicine from his arms and said, "It's all because of this." ”
Yu Yishan saw that it was a bottle of penicillin, and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong with penicillin?" ”
Yu Qiaqing told the plan of the three of them, and Yu Yishan couldn't help but feel a little unbearable when she heard it, "Wouldn't this be too cruel, after all, they are also living beings." ”
Jiang Cheng persuaded, "Without these medicines, they would definitely die, and now with this medicine, although there are some flaws, it can still save many people's lives, right?" So you don't need to report any bad thoughts at all. ”
Jiang Cheng's words made Yu Yishan relax a little, and Jiang Cheng asked again, "I don't know where the messenger is?" ”
Yu Qiaqing smiled, "It's already here, and I guarantee that what happened here will reach the ears of the Japanese." ”
Jiang Cheng looked at Yu Zhimin, who was tied with this bandage, and said, "It's just that it's hard for Brother Zhimin, who is the preparation for the connection with the Japanese?" ”
Lin Huaibu, who was behind Du Yuesheng, walked out, "It's me." ”
Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "Brother Lin, be careful, the Japanese are not easy to fool over there." ”
Lin Huaibu smiled, "My life is Mr. Du's, and our medicine is really, isn't it?" ”
Jiang Cheng took the medicine and weighed it, "Of course it's true, but we don't care about the side effects, is the price cheap, and the natural efficacy will be almost there." ”
-- When night fell, everyone moved to the villa next to the church to hold a ball, Yu Qiaqing looked at the guests and smiled, "Shanghai's business tycoons are basically here, let's start." ”
On the one hand, Yu Qiaqing, Du Yuesheng and others began to slowly make an appointment with some bosses who had observed in the early stage and felt that they would resolutely resist the Japanese to go upstairs to discuss the detailed rules for the unified action of all business people once the war began, especially the preparations for the relocation of industrial machinery.
On the other hand, a message began to circulate at the dance party that someone had a large amount of black market penicillin for sale, the price was 1.5 times the official listing, and they would receive any money, and most importantly, they could sell it to the Japanese!!
Everyone knows that the manager of this dance party is the shareholders of Weihua Company such as the Yu family and Boss Du, so they naturally feel that this news is eighty percent true.
asked each other again, but said that there were internal ghosts in Weihua, and if they really wanted to, they would ask Lin Huaibu to inquire.
Jiang Cheng watched the rumored dance party in the dark and smiled slightly.
Since most of the people in the dance party are business tycoons, there is no shortage of penicillin, and it is still a price that is more expensive than the market price, just talking and laughing, at most laughing at Weihua's poor management. But there was one man who was ecstatic.
This person is Chen Zemin, Chen Zemin is a native of Guangfu, Wu County, Suzhou. He studied in Japan in his early years and graduated from Nihon University with a degree in law. After returning to China, he was elected as a member of the Senate, vice chairman of the political council, and served as an adviser to the presidential office of the Beijing government. For three years after 1920, he served as chairman of the Suzhou Electric Company. Later, he worked as a practicing lawyer in Shanghai, and successively served as the president of the Lawyers Association, the president of the Shanghai Federation of Chambers of Commerce, and the director of the Taxpaying Chinese Council. It can be said that he was a top upper-class figure during the Republic of China.
But he is not only pro-Japanese, but his wife is also Japanese, and now he is still working in Suzhou Electric, which is controlled in Japan, so it can be said that he has completely fallen to the Japanese in addition to his name.
He was overjoyed when he heard that penicillin was cheap, at least for the Japanese, because although the Japanese could receive penicillin from others, it was high and low, and there was a lot of penicillin for Japan, which was a great achievement. hurriedly inquired about Lin Huaibu's whereabouts.
Jiang Cheng saw that Chen Zemin had a change, and he knew that the plan was half successful.
Just as Jiang Cheng turned around and talked to Yu Yishan about the plan, the dance party below suddenly became chaotic. The woman's screams and the man's angry scolding mingle together.
Jiang Cheng hurriedly turned around, and saw a young man in a tunic fighting with Lin Huaibu, who was maintaining order below. Chen Zemin fell to the side, and there was still some blood on the ground.
At first glance, that young man was born in a Lian family, and he played with a clear eye, and Lin Huaibu was unexpectedly disadvantaged for a while.
Yu Zhimin, who was below, hurriedly led people to separate them, Yu Qiaqing and Huang Jinrong stood in front of everyone, and Jiang Cheng hid behind the crowd to observe the situation.
Huang Jinrong asked sharply: "Nong, whose little red guy is it?" Why hit people. ”
The young man stood up and saluted and said loudly, "Report to the chief, the lower official Huangpu Ninth Zhou Weiguo, who returned to China on leave in Germany, was sent by his father to attend the party, because he heard that this traitor and this traitor were secretly discussing things that were not good for the country, so he stepped forward to stop him." ”
At this time, Huang Jinrong was still a major general of the National Government and a member of the Executive Yuan. That's why he was called a chief.
Chen Zemin was anxious when he heard this, and stepped forward to ask, "Who is the traitor?" Who do you say is a traitor? Will one of my presidents be traitors? ”
(At the request of book friends, I added an important figure in the micro battlefield in the future - Zhou Weiguo, if you want to appear, just leave a message, except for someone who is too famous and more difficult, everyone else will arrange it.) Shameless again to ask for collection, please recommend TVT)