A week later, Xiao Zhishun came home with a body of dirt, and as soon as he got home, he hugged his head and cried, Peng Tianlu passed by and saw him like this, and asked strangely, "What's wrong with you?" Give the grain grievances like this? ”

Xiao Zhishun saw Peng Tianlu and cried and said, "Chief Peng! You don't know, I went with five folks to pay the grain, we waited for three days before it was our turn, the measuring tool and the sharp bucket, I was enough to ** 2 stones and 7 buckets!! What kind of subsidy not only did not get but also borrowed the grain of others, or usury, I calculated it, it cost me a total of 3 stones and 3 buckets, how can I live this year! As he spoke, he began to cry again. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Peng Tianlu looked at Xiao Zhishun, who was constantly pounding the ground, sighed and left with his hands behind his back, and when he returned home, his mother-in-law asked, "Have you told those tenants?" We have ordered four or five hundred stone of grain, and we have to get it back from the hands of those mud legs! ”

Peng Tianlu shook his hand and said, "Don't rush... If you urge it again, you're really going to die! ”

When his mother-in-law heard this, she was anxious and said, "What dead man? If we don't raise the rent, we're really going to die! That's a good 300 stone, but we used a small 500 stone! How much is that? Even if you sell it now, you can sell it for a million! How much money do we have in our family? This is the grain tax this time! I don't know what miscellaneous taxes there are later! As he spoke, he lay on top of him and cried while beating: "You conscienceless! Who am I doing this for, not for our family, I shouldn't have married you in the first place! ....”

Peng Tianlu was upset, and pushed his mother-in-law to the ground and scolded, "Mother, you know how to cry!" Cry! Cry! There will always be something you can eat, and if you stop talking to Lao Tzu on a dog day, isn't it money? Just get more black soil, what are you afraid of! Saying that, Peng Tianlu walked out of the house panting and shouted to the family, "Go!" Call me all the people, and I'll go shopping after a while! I don't believe that people will be suffocated to death! ”

Through various means of extortion, the Nationalist Government expropriated enough grain in excess of the budget, but as a result, a large number of peasants and small landowners of the people went bankrupt, and this was only the beginning, the war continued....

--A Japanese-style teahouse in Beiping

The cold music of the shamisen wafts through the tea room, and the wind chimes outside the window bring a cool breath to the gradually hot air, and the sunlight shines in the tea room, making people full of laziness and indulgence.

"It's so quiet.," Okamura Ninji said to Yamashita as he drank his tea.

"yes, it's so quiet... Recently, there has been no movement from all sides, and they are a little unaccustomed to it. Yamashita nodded and said.

Okamura Ninji took a breath and said, "How's the recent army expansion?" Someone from Tokyo is coming to check it soon, so don't make any mistakes. ”

Yamashita Fengfu was relieved, "Commander, don't worry, now I think the most important problem is the news from Tokyo a few days ago, in principle, there will be no more troops in the Shina Pass, and no more technical troops will be replenished, which is the most fatal." ”

Okamura Ninji listened and said helplessly, "The domestic strategy has been completely changed, originally I wanted to break through from the middle of China, and then go north or south, but now the international situation is like this, it is no longer possible to wait for the end of the war in China, so I can only go south first." ”

Yamashita Fengwen Weiokamura Ninji added some tea and said, "The South China Front has begun to attack Vietnam, and the Vichy French soldiers are outnumbered, and the glory of the empire will soon shine on the South Seas." ”

Vichy France repeatedly retreated in the face of Japanese pressure, and even let Japan have basically the same power as France in Vietnam, but Japan was still greedy and insufficient, while the Japanese government and the Vichy French government were negotiating, 30,000 Japanese troops of the Japanese 5th Division under the command of Lieutenant General Nakamura Akito suddenly crossed the Sino-Vietnamese border, and the troops were divided into three routes to Lang Son, a military town in northern Vietnam. At this time, the Vichy French authorities had only 5,000 troops at their disposal. Seeing that the Japanese army really launched a brazen attack, Vichy France pulled Nazi Germany and shouted for mediation, while constantly retreating, hoping to exchange space for time for diplomatic means.

Okamura Ninji thanked Yamashita Fengwen and said, "The battlefield of China can only be solved after going south, we just need to stabilize our position now, how is Wu Peifu doing?" Honest? ”

Yamashita Fengwen said with a smile, "He is now preparing to reopen the Army Academy, I'm afraid he wants to be the principal like Jiang Zheng, he really loves to toss." ”

Okamura Ninji looked outside and said, "Love tossing, I'm afraid that these people are quiet, there is a shortage of food in the whole of China this year, we must seize the food, and the Kwantung Army has promised to send some food to us for emergency relief." ”

In 1941, when there was a shortage of food on the land of China, it gradually fell into a calm, although the three forces of the Red and White Japan attacked and defended each other in the first half of the year, but generally maintained a balanced situation, and this situation did not change until the New Fourth Army launched a new southern offensive in July, maybe there is really some kind of balance in the world, while the eastern battlefield calmed down, Europe also fell into a strange peace, at least compared with the subsequent war, at this time Europe is already a state of peace that can be said to be... Except for the UK.

—London, late June 1941

"Another airfield has basically lost its combat capability under German air raids, and I have to tell you that now we have less than a hundred planes that can take off, and the Germans have at least 1,500 planes." Dowding told the news that was extremely bad for Britain.

Churchill spat out a puff of cigarette and said, "I don't want to know how much we've lost, I just want to know how long we can hold out." ”

"Anytime," Dowding said, bowing his head.

Churchill exhaled a puff of smoke rings, picked up a phone and dialed a string of numbers, put it down again, got up and said, "Go!" Let's go see Your Majesty. ”

Dill next to him asked, "To see Your Majesty?" Is it to let His Majesty go? ”

Churchill shook his head and said, "Your Majesty will not leave, it is Princess Margaret and Princess Elizabeth who are leaving." ”

At this time, King George VI of England had only two daughters, the eldest daughter Elizabeth was only 15 years old at this time, and the second daughter Margaret was only 11 years old.

In fact, there are many other members of the British royal family, such as the original British King Edward VIII is still alive at this time, and there are some other brothers, logically speaking, if George VI's family all have an accident, the British government and the royal family will have to choose one person from his brothers to inherit the throne, and among these people, such as Edward VIII, is a secret supporter of the Nazis. Churchill did not dare to take such a risk.

"It's strange, obviously our people went to Berlin some time ago to deceive Hitler's trust, and even stopped the German bombing completely." Dowding said he was puzzled by the current situation.

Churchill lit his cigar, got dressed and said, "Who knows what Hitler's head was thinking." ”

- Berlin

Goering and Himmler walked briskly to Hitler's office, their eyes full of joy and horror, and in the office H was reporting to Hitler on the integration of Nazi Germany with the occupying powers.

"My Führer, at our current pace, we will replace all the factories in various places with German standards by the end of this month, and the French arsenals will be completely renovated by the end of this year, and 80 percent of them will start producing our weapons by August, and our Roman plan has been very successful, and the number of rebels reported by the locals in various places has exceeded 50,000."

Hitler listened to H's words, looked at the report and said with satisfaction, "Very well, to increase the production and hoarding of the military industry, especially new weapons, the great German army should be the most powerful military force in the world, so the best and latest weapons are also needed." ”

There was a knock on the door, and a guard came in and said, "Hey! Hitler, my Führer, Marshal Goering and Mr. Himmler had urgent matters to see. ”

H shrugged and looked at Hitler, who nodded and said, "Let them in, H, you go down first." ”

The three passed by, and Hitler looked at Goering and Himmler and asked, "What's wrong?" Is there any news? ”

As Himmler was about to speak, Goering replied, "My Führer, the airborne troops we sent to Britain have succeeded in stealing the information back, which is really amazing, the British have a lot of information about us, and they have studied our transmitters, and the most shocking thing is that we have a British spy by our side, and that is our deputy Führer, Mr. Hess!" ”

Hitlerton stood up and said, "Goering! Do you know what you're talking about? As he spoke, he looked at Himmler, "Himmler, you say, is this true?" ”

Himmler nodded, looked at Goering and said, "Goering has in his hand the correspondence between Hess and Britain and the analysis of Hess by the British, in which Hess has repeatedly denied your policy, and even insulted you, and expressed his yearning for Britain, hoping that Britain can coexist peacefully with Germany and jointly deal with the Soviet Union." ”

Goering took out a document bag and handed it to Hitler, Hitler opened it and looked at it, only to feel more and more angry, Hess was indeed a pro-British faction in the Nazi Party, Hitler also knew this, and even secretly encouraged Hess to communicate with Britain, after all, as a head of government, he needs to be prepared for anything, but he can't tolerate Hess's betrayal of himself!

Hitler was still calm at this time, he put down the document and said, "Himmler, you go and ask Hess at once, and if he makes any unusual moves, I will allow you to arrest him on the spot." ”

Himmler saluted and said, "Hey! Hitler! With that, he turned and left.

Goering looked at Hitler expectantly and asked, "Führer, do you want to continue to intensify your attack on Britain and prepare for the landing?" ”

Hitler shook his head and asked, "Goering, you did a good job this time, but the total annihilation of your airborne regiment this time also made me feel that Britain is not as easy to fight as we imagined, to be precise... We don't really need to put too much military power on the British, as long as we send enough submarines to surround him and trap him, so I'm not going to force a landing. ”

Saying that, Hitler took out a document from the drawer and said, "This is the new battle plan given to me by the naval Dönitz, combined with continuous air bombardment and a long-term naval blockade, to completely trap Britain to death, if Britain has been unwilling to surrender, then well, let's let them go back to the Stone Age." ”

Goering's mood was depressed, and if he said this, not to mention whether he or the navy was the main person in charge of this plan, according to Churchill's temper, such a non-landing operation would probably never end.

Goering looked at it, fortunately, Dönitz still understands things, the main person in charge of this battle plan is he who suggested himself, in fact, Dönitz's military rank has just been promoted to lieutenant general, how can it not be his turn.

As long as it's me, Goering nodded and said, "I see." I will work on this new plan with Dönitz as soon as possible. ”

When Goering left, Schroeder came in and said, "My Führer, both the Japanese and the French have been waiting for a long time, and according to the original plan, they should have met with them after h to solve the problem of the Japanese attack on France." ”

Hitler stood up and said, "Then let's go, these guys are only looking for trouble, I don't mean Japan, but also France!" It's all a bunch of guys who just make trouble! ”

——

In the conference room, Vichy French Foreign Minister Reival and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoyoki Matsuoka were sitting on opposite sides and staring at each other without saying a word.

Hitler walked in, and the two hurriedly got up to salute Hitler, who nodded and said, "Sit down, you're welcome, Matsuoka, meet again, how are you doing these days?" ”

Matsuoka got up right, bowed to Hitler, and said, "Thanks to your blessings, I'm all right." On behalf of His Majesty the Emperor, I would like to bring you the most sincere wishes and to Nazi Germany, and at the same time wish your country an early peace in Europe and eternal peace in Europe. ”

After the last Imperial Council, Matsuoka began his own round-the-world visit, he first went to the United States to meet Roosevelt, did a lot of work on the trade between the United States and Japan in the next year, and then came to Germany, only to encounter the Japanese army did not obey the government's orders, and took the initiative to attack, but for such a fait accompli, he could only swallow the bitter water and find a way to turn, because he was the foreign minister, France could only send a foreign minister of the same status to negotiate the final outcome of this matter.

Hitler looked back at Reival and said, "Everyone's time is precious, let's start, this time the conflict between France and Japan is mediated by us Germany, then there have been a lot of discussions in the early stage, I think it will be completely settled today." ”

Reival looked at Matsuoka and said to Matsuoka, "The Japanese army's undeclared war is an extremely shameful act, Vietnam is a French colony, this is a fact recognized by the whole world, and because of Japan's representations, we have been willing to give Japan the same rights and interests, but Japan still continues to attack, may I ask Japan, do you want to drive France out of Asia so that you can build your Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere?" ”

Matsuoka took a breath and said to Reival, "We are also very sorry for such a thing, but we have checked, and the main reason for this to happen is that the French army took the initiative to attack us, and we have evidence in our hands, so our troops have to take the initiative to counterattack." ”

"Is it the same as Manchuria?" Reival laughed disdainfully.

"The reason for the start is the same, but whether the result is the same, I don't know." Matsuoka Yoyo also said with a smile, in fact, in Matsuoka's eyes, this time I mainly have to talk to Hitler, what does this Reival think... Does it matter? (To be continued.) )