"Benefits..."Looking at Yan Shao, Katerina's eyes were full of puzzlement.

After all, in her opinion, there is nothing good to cooperate with the Russian Communist Party, after all, those guys are almost inseparable from them. What's more, as mentioned earlier, no matter how much the Russians fought on the Eastern Front, with Russia's vast territory and huge population, no one would dare to underestimate such a country in this era—————— and those who underestimated it had already paid the price.

And what Yan Shao is doing right now is helping the Russian Communist Party to seize control of Russia, if such a group of terrible guys are allowed to control Russia, it will be a big trouble for them, if not a disaster, so it is really difficult for Katerina to understand Yan Shao's thoughts.

"Benefits..."Reaching out and sliding over Katerina's beautiful face, Yan Shao's fair and delicate skin made Yan Shao a little in love. Don't worry, I know what I'm doing..."

After taking a deep look at Yan Shao, Caterina nodded and said no more.

Because she believed that Yan Shao knew very well what he was doing, and he was so confident, I am afraid that he already had a comprehensive plan in his heart, since this was the case, she naturally did not need to ask further.

In fact, Yan Shao's four women, each have their own characteristics when they get along with Yan Shao, Lu Ying and Da Yue Xun are blind obedience to Yan Shao, basically they listen to what Yan Shao says. Because they have no interest in Yan Shao's work at all, although the identity of Yan Shao's wife (lover) has brought them a lot of glory, and it also satisfies the vanity in their hearts. But in fact, they are just like ordinary women, but they are much more beautiful than ordinary women.

As for Elano and Katarina...

The former is very smart and did not bother, after all, a smart woman. You should know that there are some things you can ask and some things that you should not ask.

As for Katarina, it was a little different, after all, Elaline's job was mainly to help Yan Shao manage the group's business, so it didn't matter if he didn't ask. But Katerina............... Considering the special nature of the Special Agent, there were some things she had to ask.

However, just like Elainor, she knew very well that there were some things that even she had better not know too much, so after seeing Yan Shao, she seemed to have a comprehensive plan. Caterina quickly gave up on the idea of continuing to ask.

In fact, she still trusts Yan Shao very much, and believes that he will not mess things up, after all, Yan Shao has not made any big mistakes over the years—————— small mistakes have never been less...

Of course. There are some things she still has to ask to the end, such as women...

After all...

If there is one more person on the bed at home, it will seem a little cramped...

Fortunately, Yan Shao, an ordinary vulgar fan, can't look down on it at all. There are too few who can reach the level of Elaline, Caterina and Lu Ying. So for the time being, Yan Shao has no plans for another lady...

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Seeing that Caterina no longer asked, Yan Shao showed a smile on his face, and then packed up the telegram in his hand, planning to lock up all these things when he returned to the office.

As for Katarina, after seeing that there was nothing else, she chatted with Yan Shao for a few words and turned to leave.

As the head of the Secret Service, Katerina's job is very busy. What's more, the recent period happens to be in a relatively busy period. If it weren't for the importance of the information this time, Caterina wouldn't even have sent it over herself.

On the other hand. Looking at the back of Caterina leaving, Yan Shao couldn't help but sigh softly.

"Ugh..."

I found a chair and sat down. Yan Shao brought himself a glass of water, and after taking a small sip, Yan Shao's face showed a helpless expression.

For Katarina, Yan Shao naturally trusts him very much, and so does Elano and the others. In this world, if Yan Shao had to find a few of the people he trusted the most, then Elano and Caterina would definitely be among them, but even so, there were some things that they still couldn't know, after all...

They are not Chinese...

Maybe Yan Shao trusts them very much, maybe they won't betray Yan Shao, maybe they already regard China as their second motherland, but even so, there are some things that Yan Shao still can't tell them, just because they are not Chinese...

Perhaps after living in China for many years, they have gradually forgotten their country, but they are not Chinese after all. It may not be anything at the moment, but if Yan Shao wants to do something that may threaten their country, maybe they will choose Yan Shao instead of their motherland, but it may not be like this, Yan Shao can't gamble.

Just like Kaoru Otsuki, if Yan Shao told her that he might send a large number of troops to declare war on Japan in the future, and then use some large planes that she had never seen before to bomb the Japanese mainland on a large scale, during which she might even use weapons such as napalm or atomic bombs to massacre the residents there, even if Kaoru Otsuki loved Yan Shao and was afraid, she couldn't accept it, after all, she was Japanese, she had lived in Japan for many years, and she had many relatives and friends there...

By doing so, Yan Shao is tantamount to putting her relatives and friends in danger.

In addition, there are Eleno and Caterina, if Yan Shao does something that threatens their country, no one knows what choice they will make.

Fortunately, since Spain's overseas colonies were almost destroyed by the United States, there is no place for China to come into conflict with Spain, at least in the Far East, so Catalina at least has no need to worry.

Similarly, there is only one place in the Far East where France is likely to clash with China, French Indochina. This place is actually not very important to France, so even if Yan Shao clashed with France and took such a place from the French, Elano would not have much reaction. After all, Yan Shao did not directly attack the French mainland. Enslaved the French there, carried out massacres of the inhabitants there.

In fact, in Yan Shao's future plans, both Spain and France occupy a very important position. Unless there are special circumstances. Otherwise, in the vast majority of cases, China's relations with these two countries are likely to be friendly...

In this way, there is no need to worry about Mori.

However, this time Yan Shao used Soviet Russia as a target, after all, the purpose was to target all countries in Europe and the United States, and Spain and France would naturally be involved, so it is better not to say some things explicitly...

However, if it can be successful, the benefits are absolutely enormous.

"It seems that a telegram is needed to send Zhan Tianyou. Let's see if the railroad is going well, if we don't get it done before the end of the European war, I'm afraid this plan will be in vain..."muttered. Thinking of this, Yan Shao stood up from his seat and walked directly to the position of the phone.

"Correspondence room, send me a telegram to Xinjiang, yes. The content is..."

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Just when Yan Shao was thinking about getting a telegram for Zhan Tianyou. In a certain village that is still hundreds of kilometers away from Dihua, Zhan Tianyou, who has lost a lot of weight, is sitting on a chair, looking at some of the materials on the table in the sunlight outside.

This village is said to be a village, but in fact it can only be regarded as a very small village, the whole village was originally only a dozen households, and the population of the whole village was only forty or fifty people. Such a small village, coupled with its remote location, the village itself is naturally very...

In fact. According to what the head of this village told Zhan Tianyou, since the establishment of this village. Except for the time when Zhan Tianyou and them arrived, the population of the entire village has never exceeded 100 people, but now...

“………………”

Outside the tent where Zhan Tianyou was, a large number of shouts came, if someone looked out of the tent at this time, they could find that there were many people walking back and forth outside, and if they looked down from a high place, they would find that the entire village had already been surrounded by thousands of people...

This village, during the construction of the Dilan Railway, met one of the many villages, very coincidentally, this village happens to be on the railway, which is also the reason why Zhan Tianyou will put the camp here—————— there is a well in the village, at least the problem of water is much more convenient.

Of course, a single well will definitely not work, but this time there are a lot of capable people who follow the construction team, and many of them know how to drill wells, so just overnight, there are more than ten more wells in the whole village, which also makes the villagers in the village happy.

On the one hand, because there are more wells, and on the other hand...

The arrival of thousands of construction teams will always have some impact on the village, so in order to compensate for the losses of the villagers here, the construction team has provided a considerable amount of expenses. The total amount is about seventy or eighty thousand yuan...

Seventy or eighty thousand, it doesn't seem like a lot, it's only about the same as the cost of a tank, well, it's about twenty or thirty thousand. But in fact, 70,000 or 80,000 is already equivalent to a month's salary for the officers and men of at least two infantry regiments, and the total population of such a village is only forty or fifty people, how can it be unhappy to get such a large sum of money all at once, but it can also be seen from here how exaggerated the cost of those tanks is.

After all, the monthly salary of two regiments, that is, a brigade, is only 70,000 or 80,000, and the cost of one tank is equivalent to more than 100,000, if it is ten tanks, it is equivalent to the salary of ten brigades, if it is 100 vehicles...

This one is really a little scary...

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Since the village itself is very dilapidated, it is definitely impossible to make a room for thousands of people to live in, so most of the people are actually crammed into tents, including Zhan Tianyou, after all, they will not stay in this village for too long, they will move soon, there is really no need to build a house here.

However, just as Zhan Tianyou was working on the materials in the tent, there was a sudden 'knock' on the door outside, and then he saw a young man walking in from outside.

Although he didn't have a house to live in, Zhan Tianyou's tent was actually very large, not the kind of tent used for wild travel, so that person walked in from the outside very easily, and he didn't even need to bend his waist.

"Minister Zhan. Your telegram is from Beijing, a telegram from the president. "Very respectful. There was a hint of envy in the young man's eyes.

Because of Yan Shao's care, Zhan Tianyou, a talent who does not know much about political affairs, also mixed into the position of Minister of Transportation, so he is also called Minister Zhan. Of course, looking at the whole world, I am afraid that there are no ministers who will be busy with projects outside all day long like Zhan Tianyou. Fortunately, Zhan Tianyou didn't care about this, and the progress of the project has been going smoothly, so the outside world thinks that Yan Shao has the name of a knowledgeable person.

As for the young man...

No matter how those close to Yan Shao know about the real Yan Shao. At least in the eyes of those ordinary hot-blooded young people, Yan Shao is the greatest person in this world, and he is a great man who can lead the entire nation on the road to rejuvenation, to paraphrase the more vulgar words of later generations. It's no different from a beacon.

Now that I saw my idol, I actually made a special trip to send a telegram to Zhan Tianyou. Naturally, the young man became envious.

Unlike this young man, Zhan Tianyou has changed a lot about Yan Shao over the years, and at the same time, he also knows that Yan Shao is not as he appears on the surface, he is definitely just a young man who seems to be very kind, and he doesn't care much about fame and fortune, so he just nodded at the young man, and then took the telegram from his hand very casually.

It's just that after reading what was on the telegram, not even the young man could leave. Zhan Tianyou's face already showed a dissatisfied look.

"Urging and urging, you will know that you are urging. Is the railway so easy to repair, does he know how many people in the construction team have died for this railway! ”

Speaking of the most reluctant, Zhan Tianyou's face even showed a trace of indignation.

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Railways are not easy to build, especially in this era when conditions are very simple, think about those railways that are often counted in ten years in later generations, you can see how difficult it is to build the railway.

And the Dilan Railway, let's not talk about anything else for the time being, but the length of the thousands, you can imagine how difficult this railway is to repair.

However, in just over three years, Yan Shao was able to build the Dilan Railway from Lanzhou to Dihua, that is, only a few hundred kilometers away from Urumqi, which is difficult to imagine even in later generations, even if it is a golden finger, this finger seems to be a little too big...

But in fact, with Zhan Tianyou's efforts, the progress of this railway is very fast.

And in order to be able to repair the railway as quickly as possible, Zhan Tianyou even explored the terrain while repairing it. In some cases, the railroad behind it has already been repaired before the terrain has been explored.

However, the price to be paid for building a railway at such a fast speed is unimaginable to ordinary people...

Since the launch of the Dilan Railway project, this railway has surpassed all the railway projects in the country and has become the most important point of all railway projects. This was especially true after the agreement between China and the Entente powers, and in order to be able to repair the railway as quickly as possible, Zhan Tianyou not only repaired it while exploring the terrain, but even built it 24 hours a day.

The entire construction team was also divided into three batches, and the construction work was carried out in three periods.

With such a non-stop situation, there can be such a huge progress.

However...

In this era, it is not easy to build railways, and in addition, in addition to the all-weather situation, many times even in the dark night, it is necessary to carry the lights to repair. If it were somewhere else, it wouldn't be fine, but if it was in some dangerous place—————— in the past three years, the number of workers who had died because of the construction of the railroad had exceeded 1,000...

At that time, the Americans did not regard Chinese workers as human beings at all, not only did they work hard, but also ate the worst food.

Here's...

In order to repair the railway as soon as possible, Yan Shao provided all the best food, the best salary, the best supplies, and three meals were meat, if the conditions were not allowed, Yan Shao even planned to equip each tent with an air conditioner. In addition, Zhan Tianyou was originally a very generous person, and it was impossible to deduct the food of the workers, so you can imagine how good the conditions of these workers were.

Toil is exertion, but malnutrition is absolutely no match for them, let alone other railroad workers of the same period. Even though it's all day, working only eight hours a day isn't particularly tiring...

Since it's not food and overwork, the reason why it leads to such a large number of deaths. There is only one reason, that is, when the construction work in some of the more dangerous areas is carried out, it is too rushed, which leads to a large number of deaths...

In the past three years, although Zhan Tianyou has supervised and tried to ensure the safety of workers, the number of casualties has easily broken through the 1,000 mark...

Of course. Zhan Tianyou did not want to slow down the progress of the project, but the problem is that there is not only one supervisor of this project, in order to ensure the progress. At the same time, in order to ensure that Zhan Tianyou will not slow down the speed of supervision in order to sympathize with the workers, Yan Shao himself also supervised it, not only supervising the progress of the project, but also supervising Zhan Tianyou...

At the same time, when Zhan Tianyou returned to Beijing. Yan Shao had seen him in private. And told Zhan Tianyou very clearly.

He had to complete the project as quickly as possible, no matter how big the casualties were, of course, he could choose to resign in protest, but Yan Shao could easily find his replacement, and it was the kind of person who could completely spare human life for the sake of the progress of the project...

Unlike in the pre-Qing period, China at this time was not financially well-off. However, it can support multiple railway projects at the same time, and has trained many railway engineers. Among them, there are some relatively outstanding talents, and these can be Zhan Tianyou's replacements, so as Yan Shao said, even if Zhan Tianyou chooses to resign, Yan Shao can easily find someone who can replace him...

And there will never be a shortage of ambitious people in this world, those who can sacrifice the interests of others for their own ambitions...

The casualties of the Dilan Railway may seem cruel to Zhan Tianyou, but in the eyes of others, as long as they can achieve their goals, they are nothing...

And these people's abilities may not be as good as Zhan Tianyou's, but as long as they don't care about the lives of workers, the progress of the project may not be slower than Zhan Tianyou's.

Of course, Yan Shao definitely didn't want to replace Zhan Tianyou, after all, if it weren't for a bigger plan, he would never sacrifice the lives of workers as casually as he did now. Therefore, if the progress of the project can be guaranteed, Yan Shao certainly hopes that someone like Zhan Tianyou will lead it.

Therefore, in order to ensure that Zhan Tianyou continues this project, Yan Shao said the above words, and told Zhan Tianyou that if he chose to resign, then after the new engineer took office, if there were huge casualties that exceeded the past, the death of these people was entirely because of Zhan Tianyou...

During the Spring and Autumn Period, someone sent a big fish to the son of Zheng Guo, and the child was reluctant to kill and eat, so he asked someone to put the fish in the pond to raise. The man in charge of the pond secretly boiled and ate the fish, and then told the child that the fish began to be inflexible, and swam slowly, and finally swam away. Zichan said happily, and the people in charge of the pool deceived him, and he was secretly happy in his heart.

In Yan Shao's view, this allusion and this sentence mean that the gentleman is very easy to deceive, and at the same time, he can also deceive the other party through his characteristics.

Is Zhan Tianyou a gentleman? At least in this era when people's hearts are not ancient, at least in Yan Shao's opinion, none of the ministers in the cabinet is more pure than Zhan Tianyou, so in order to ensure that Zhan Tianyou will continue the railway project, Yan Shao told him this.

Because he left his job? So the extra casualties should be considered his fault? There is indeed some truth in this sentence, but the biggest fault is probably Yan Shao.

It's just that Zhan Tianyou seems to agree with this sentence, so although he is very dissatisfied with Yan Shao in his heart, in fact, Zhan Tianyou has been holding the position of chief engineer of Lanxin Railway, and has maintained it until now.

It's just that...

Although Yan Shao told Zhan Tianyou that this railway plan is related to national interests, Zhan Tianyou can't agree with Yan Shao's careless approach to human life, Yan Shao's original image of a promising young man in his eyes has gradually changed, and now, as long as he talks about Yan Shao, Zhan Tianyou will have a cold face.

Caterina has mentioned this many times, and feels that there are many people who can replace him, and he can completely change one, even if Yan Shao has to ask him to build the railway, he can also give him some lessons after the completion of the railway—————— so that Zhan Tianyou can remember the lessons for a lifetime.

However, Yan Shao rejected Katarina's proposal, because he didn't care about these at all, and he didn't care about Zhan Tianyou's attitude towards him. The only thing he cares about is the progress of the railway project, in his opinion. As long as the railroad can be completed in about 18 years, then it is easy to say anything.

Let alone...

Although it was Yan Shao's order, it didn't mean that he felt that it was the right thing to sacrifice thousands of lives for the interests of the country, so he didn't think that Zhan Tianyou said anything wrong, because he was indeed a guy who careless about people's lives...

But...

Despite this, Yan Shao did not plan to suspend the project, because Yan Shao himself knew it very well. If he had suspended the project, or had slowed down the progress of the workers because of his concern for the lives of his workers, the railway would not have been able to open in the end. Even if he can breathe a sigh of relief if no one else dies, he will definitely regret it in the future...

Because, there will never be such a good time again...

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Hearing Zhan Tianyou's disrespectful remarks to Yan Shao, the young man's face showed a look of surprise.

In the hearts of their generation. Yan Shao has become an 'idol' and even a 'god'-like figure. After all, this generation remembers what China was like a few years ago, and what China is like today, so the vast majority of Chinese people have regarded Yan Shao as hope...

If someone dared to talk about Yan Shao in this tone, I'm afraid he would have already reprimanded him angrily, but instead of Zhan Tianyou...

Not to mention that in the eyes of people in the outside world, Zhan Tianyou and Yan Shao have a very close relationship, and he himself actually respects Zhan Tianyou very much. After all, whether it is character or ability, Zhan Tianyou is a first-class level among the Chinese people of this era...

So there is no other way to do it. The young man had no choice but to pretend to be deaf and dumb, just as if he hadn't heard anything just now.

As for Zhan Tianyou. Although he was disrespectful to Yan Shao, he finally read the telegram seriously. Because he remembers very well that after returning to Beijing, Yan Shao also talked to him about some other things after threatening him...

And told him that maybe he can't understand Yan Shao's approach now, but in another three or five years, he will be able to understand the real purpose of Yan Shao's actions, and he will also know that the sacrifice of thousands of people is worth it, and even necessary...

Because he was too angry at the beginning, although Zhan Tianyou did not resign, and continued to plan, he didn't think about Yan Shao's words, but then Zhan Tianyou couldn't help but think about it carefully, and felt that Yan Shao's words must have his deep meaning...

However, no matter what Zhan Tianyou thought, he didn't feel that there was anything that could make him feel that sacrificing thousands of people was worth it, or even necessary...

After all, in Zhan Tianyou's view, the lives of thousands of people are priceless...

"Maybe I really can't understand him..."Sighing deeply, Zhan Tianyou shook his head, but he still prepared a telegram back to Yan Shao, and gave a rough time on the telegram, that is, if it continues to be carried out according to the current standards, the railway will definitely be opened to traffic around 1918...

After finishing the contents of the telegram, Zhan Tianyou handed the paper to the young man and asked him to go to the communication office to send the telegram to Yan Shao.

The young man's admiration for Yan Shao is absolutely sincere, but he has always regretted that he has not had the opportunity to contact the idol in person, and now he can actually receive such an important job, the young man suddenly took the paper from Zhan Tianyou's hand with an excited face, and then patted his chest and promised Zhan Tianyou that he would definitely be able to send the paper to the telegraph office.

Looking at the young man's excited expression, Zhan Tianyou couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Because he knows very well that there are many young people in the construction team who have such a clear understanding of Yan Shao, and he doesn't know whether this is a good thing or a bad thing.

If it was in the past, of course he would think it was a good thing, because at that time, like everyone else, he regarded Yan Shao as China's hope, and naturally hoped that those young people could gather around him—————— Zhan Tianyou at that time still had this deep affection for Yan Shao.

But after a long time, especially after experiencing the incident of the Dilan Railway, he understood that Yan Shao was by no means what he had seen, just a promising young man with a warm smile, but a ......... A true ruler...

For Yan Shao, Zhan Tianyou can only think of such a suitable evaluation.

For ordinary people, Yan Shao naturally has no lack of compassion, which can be seen from the fact that he often lowers taxes and also introduces a large number of welfare programs, such as compulsory education. As one of the many ministers in the cabinet, Zhan Tianyou knew very well that these plans were put forward by Yan Shao himself, and definitely not by any minister, and then Yan Shao agreed and so on...

Some welfare projects, the body is supported by Yan Shao out of his own pocket, and now the Invalids Plan that is being carried out across the country, that is, the plan to allow disabled veterans to have a decent job, at least to make a living, was maintained by Yan Shao himself at the beginning, and Yan Shao's reason at that time was also very simple—————— "Since those soldiers have paid for the country they have, then we must take care of their future lives, and it is their responsibility to fight for the interests of the country, And it's our responsibility to take care of them..."

These words, even now Zhan Tianyou is firmly in his heart, but now...

But he felt that he couldn't see Yan Shao clearly...

Especially I can't see Yan Shao's approach, after all, under his orders, thousands of workers have lost their lives, and even so, Yan Shao still has no intention of suspending the project, even if it is the intention of slowing down, instead of slowing down, he is constantly urging to speed up the progress, completely cold-blooded...

This kind of posture is really too far behind Yan Shao in the past.

But he didn't know what Lu Dao was for, but he often remembered what Yan Shao had said to him when he was in Beijing...

"Benefit, understanding, worth it..."After the young man left the tent, Zhan Tianyou paced back and forth in the tent, constantly whispering these words. Could it be that something will happen around 18 years..."Thinking of this, Zhan Tianyou's heart couldn't help but be stunned.

At this moment, he didn't know what to do, he had actually guessed the crux of the matter, that is, in 18 years, something big would indeed happen...

Big things...

One thing that could even change the fate of China...

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Recently caught a cold =-= (To be continued......)