-- Nanguan

As the name suggests, Nanguan is in the south of Luoyang, and generally the victims who fled from the Dengfeng area of Ruzhou in the southeast will come here first. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoA refugee shelter was established in 1941, so it is even more attractive to the victims.

A sedan arrived at Nanguan, and a group of black-clad policemen and thugs kept shouting to clear the way for the car. There were two people sitting in the back seat of the car, one wearing a Mao suit and a mustache, and some of the military demeanor left by the military background had not completely disappeared, and they sat straight. A person next to him was wearing a long cedar, with white temples, a thin face and little flesh, holding a folding fan in his hand, and his eyes were constantly staring at the victims around him, thinking a little.

"In front of it is the refugee shelter, Mr. Du is compassionate and compassionate, and ten thousand families are born Buddhas, which is really rare, I have heard about it when I first took over. In the past, you contributed a lot during the flood, but today there are many natural disasters, and Mr. Du needs to help me again to solve the danger in Henan. The bearded man said to Du Yuesheng with a smile, showing a hint of flattery in his smile.

Du Yuesheng hurriedly bowed his head and said humbly, "Chairman Li, where is this, you are a veteran of Xinhai, highly respected, when you were the first prime minister to fight the world, I was still working under Boss Huang." ”

Li Peiji, a native of Cangxian County, Hebei, rebelled with Shang Zhen and others during the Xinhai Revolution, when Shang Zhen was the commander-in-chief, Li Peiji was the chief of staff, and then followed Shang Zhen's footsteps into Shanxi to join the Jin Sui military system, and was appointed as the chairman of Suiyuan in the seventeenth year of the Republic of China, and then followed Shang Zhen to get rid of Yan and join Jiang, first Hebei, and then Henan, at the beginning of 1942, he re-served as the chairman of Henan Province, and his predecessor was Wei Lihuang. At this time, Wei Lihuang was selected as the commander of the expeditionary force and was on standby in Chongqing.

Li Peiji was overjoyed when he was first appointed, but he quickly reacted, the chairman of Henan at this time is not good, it is simply sitting on the stove, if anyone accidentally kicks over the stove or sits badly, it will be the result of burning alive.

In the first few months, Li Peiji did not make much action, until April and May, although it rained once, but the situation of the great drought had become a situation, Li Peiji panicked, and hurriedly sent a telegram to Chongqing, hoping to reduce some taxes, but he did not dare to say that the disaster was too serious, so that the people in Chongqing did not pay attention to the situation in Henan at this time.

In fact, at this time, most of the country was plagued by drought, if you say that the disaster, everyone is suffering, and now it is a time of war, no one pays attention to water conservancy or anything, which also makes the drought more harmful, and Henan's tax results in 1941 have buried a big hole in 1942.

In 1941, due to the yellowing area, Henan suffered from drought and floods on the one hand, but it was in such a double disaster situation that Henan actually succeeded in collecting 1.08 million quintals of wheat and purchasing 3.05 million quintals of wheat in the fields, accounting for 34% and 36% of the wheat requisitioned and purchased in all national control areas, respectively, ranking first among the rear provinces. Such a province with extremely good results in grain collection has not been able to collect grain in less than five months after you Li Peiji took office? Who are you fooling? I think it's because of your ability to work!

After all, he is only 56 years old, and he belongs to the age of climbing in the political circles, and if there is such a stain, he will never think about going up again.

Du Yuesheng and Li Peiji walked down, Du Yuesheng found that there were a lot of victims here, although there were staff members who kept shouting, but not many people were willing to enter the shelter, such a strange situation couldn't help but make Du Yuesheng puzzled, he glanced at Lin Huaibu beside him, Lin Huaibu nodded, and sneaked away to inquire about the situation.

Li Peiji wanted to ask, but Du Yuesheng rushed to say, "Chairman Li, I don't think the people seem to be interested in the shelter, is our disaster almost over?" Do ordinary people think they can live in Henan? ”

Li Peiji shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Our so-called containment, in fact, is centralized registration, sent to all parts of the west, the front is sent to the Longshan area of Shaanxi, where the land is vast and sparsely populated, but it is a good place, who would have thought that there was a sudden plague there, this scene down a lot of immigrants have been plagued to death, it is said that the cave is full of bones, after the news came, these people said that we were going to send them to death, so no matter how they said, they were not willing to be sent to Longshan, But what's interesting is that the car at Luoyang Railway Station actually goes to Shaanxi, which they are willing to do, it's really stupid..."

Du Yuesheng couldn't help frowning when he heard this, it would be difficult for this ordinary person to go if he didn't want to go, even if he Du Yuesheng couldn't force countless victims to act according to their own ideas.

Du Yuesheng said: "Then let's go to the train station to have a look, okay?" ”

Li Peiji nodded and said, "Naturally, it couldn't be better." ”

Li Peiji knew that Du Yuesheng had a special position in the White Party, and because of the large amount of grain money he had given in the Yellow Flood Area two years ago, he had become famous, and the special situation in Shanghai had made countless people need his help, which made Du Yuesheng speak much better than many high-ranking officials.

Du Yuesheng got on the train and came to Luoyang Railway Station, there were many people at the train station, there were disaster victims everywhere, and there was a feeling of suffocation in the whole air.

Since they are all disaster victims, it is naturally impossible to have any money and food to buy tickets, the national government has opened a long-term free special train on this railway to transport the disaster victims, and after the refugees arrive in Luoyang, they can get a white cloth strip stamped with the stamp of the relief committee at the refugee registration station set up at the station, and enter the station with the cloth strip to get on the train. However, for the majority of illiterate farmers, the cumbersome registration procedures on refugee registration notices are daunting. Moreover, no one at the refugee registration station ever told the refugees which time to take the bus, they all sneaked into the platform, unfortunately encountered the road police, received a few sticks or slaps, and then exited with a bitter face.

Du Yuesheng looked at so many victims and was a little discouraged, and he asked Li Peiji, "Chairman Li, how many people can we transport away this day?" ”

Where did Li Peiji know such details, he looked at the stationmaster of the railway station next to him, and the stationmaster hurriedly said, "We can transport more than 1,500 people in one car, which is already our limit." ”

Du Yuesheng said curiously, "Can we go and have a look?" ”

The stationmaster looked at Li Peiji, and after getting Li Peiji's permission, he led a group of people from the internal passage to the train ready to depart, Du Yuesheng only saw countless victims like stacks of chopping wood into the stuffy tank car, he almost didn't dare to imagine how the people in the innermost part of the carriage should ensure their breathing, and the roof of the car was also occupied by countless people in tattered clothes, these people, side by side, piled up together, surrounded by a mess of all their property - small cars, broken baskets, mats, and skinny children.

Although the train was not fast at this time, it was not uncommon for these people who had little strength to fall off the roof of the train because they could not grasp the edge.

Li Peiji looked at Du Yuesheng expectantly and said, "Boss Du, look at our current situation in Henan, you have to think of a way no matter what." ”

Du Yuesheng had great contempt for Li Peiji in his heart, if Li Peiji dared to go to Chongqing for help at the risk of not wanting an official hat, where would it become like this, and he got the news from Jiang Cheng that the disaster in Henan will not be completely over next year, and I don't know how many people will die by then.

Du Yuesheng had already seen the future trend of China at this time, Yan'an had Jiang Cheng's support, and he was good at winning the hearts of the people, and it was a matter of time before he won the world, and during this period of running in the Yellow Flood Area, he also slowly gained confidence, feeling that with his contribution to disaster relief and his relationship with Jiang Cheng, the Red Party was embarrassed to deal with himself no matter what. The butt decides the head, how does Du Yuesheng at this time see how the White Party is unpleasant, how does he see how the governance of the White Party feels low.

Du Yuesheng coughed and said, "Although I, Du, have some family wealth, I can't afford the long-term life of so many victims by myself no matter what. ”

Li Peiji naturally didn't naively think that Du Yuesheng would solve such a big problem, and the disaster relief in the Yellow Flood Area had already made Du Yuesheng a little big, and if there was another one, Du Yuesheng would become the target of public criticism.

Du Yuesheng said with a smile, "Du has an idea, please Chairman Li think twice, now the victims are gathered in Luoyang, which makes the traffic jam and the lack of food and grass, and the northwest is vast and sparsely populated, and many places need manpower, such as going further west, Tibet and other places are prevalent in serfs, these victims are no longer a burden, but wealth..."

Li Peiji's eyes widened more and more, and he continued to listen to Du Yuesheng say, "It's better for the Henan government to sell the immigration to the outside world and give a certain amount of money, and I, Du, am willing to take it, and the Henan government can set the number of immigrants a day, and I, Du, will ensure that it will be completed in full and in full, so that the government does not have to make a big move, and can save a sum of money and food, isn't it happy?" ”

Human trafficking? Li Peiji didn't believe that Du Yuesheng would really be so kind, listening to the meaning of the words, this Du Yuesheng was ready to sell these victims, but Li Peiji thought about it, what is this doing to himself? It's better to sell it and still live, than to starve to death here, right?

Li Peiji immediately said, "What Boss Du said is very reasonable, I think we can set up a Hexi transportation company, and all the foreign immigration matters of my Henan government are entrusted to the company, of course, because it is to relieve the victims, the company's taxes will be temporarily exempted." As he spoke, he raised his eyebrows at Du Yuesheng.

Du Yuesheng scolded secretly in his heart, and said in his mouth, "Chairman Li is really high-minded, by the way, I just received some local products from my family, which are not good things, just some big yellow croaker, why don't we taste one or two together in the evening?" ”

Big yellow croaker? Li Peiji's eyes lit up, this is a good thing! I'm afraid it's ten taels and one of them, Li Peiji couldn't help but wonder if this business could really make money, but he didn't bother to care, anyway, it was good.

At the same time, in the military headquarters of the 31st Group Army in Baofeng County, Tang Enbo was listening to the report of his subordinates.

"Up to now, more than 700,000 sacks of military rations have been hoarded, and the granaries in various places have been piled up, enough to serve our four army groups for eight months. At present, it is difficult to collect grain in various places, but it is still in the process of being carried out. One in a senior officer's uniform looked at Towne.

At this time, he had four group armies, namely the 15th Group Army, the 19th Group Army, the 28th Group Army, and the 31st Group Army, with a total of more than 200,000 people, and he also became the third largest Whampoa force after Chen Cheng and Hu Zongnan, and also got a nickname similar to the "King of the Northwest" - "King of the Central Plains"

Tang Enbo nodded and said, "Continue to collect grain, at this time, only if you have food in your pocket, you can speak hard." ”

The officer nodded yes, hesitated again, and seemed to have something to say.

Tang Enbo smiled and said, "Song Tao, you and I are old partners, what else can't you say?" ”

Song Tao was the chief of staff of the 31st Group Army when Tang Enbo was in charge of the 31st Group Army, but he, the chief of staff, did not care much about the war, but handled large and small trivial matters at the headquarters.

Song Tao nodded and said, "Commander, now the situation in Henan is getting worse and worse, last year's grain collection almost consumed the last trace of vitality in Henan, and this year seems to be a disaster year, do we want to prepare for the release of grain?" I heard that Jiang Dingwen was ready to call on his officers and soldiers to save two taels of food every day so that they could provide disaster relief. ”

Tang Enbo smiled and said, "This flying general, no matter how funny he is, ignore him, when the time comes, he will feel better, you don't want to think about it, where has there been a reason for military rations to relieve disasters since ancient times?" If this soldier can't eat, once the devil comes over, he can't resist it, who will bear the responsibility for losing the city and land? Don't look at the fact that we have hoarded so much grain, I think it is far from enough, the more disaster years there are, the more we must ensure the supply of our army, I think we must hoard at least 1.5 million bags! ”

Song Tao was secretly surprised in his heart, this 1.5 million bags is not a joke, this is enough for 200,000 people to eat for a year and a half, of course, so much food is not just for eating, of course, the army cannot directly levy grain, but the system is dead, people are alive, in addition to the military rations transferred by the government, it is normal to suspect that the rich are traitors and lackeys, of course, no matter how rich the rich hand over the grain, it is also a way to buy it.

In this land of Henan, everyone's head revolves around food, and what no one notices is that some small lives are slowly growing up in the wilderness, and these little lives are still lurking at this time, and when they are completed, the real catastrophe in Henan will begin.