After getting Wu Liande, Sun Yuanqi didn't dare to delay in Tianjin, and immediately took a car to Shanhaiguan, 300 kilometers away. No pop-up window update fast //

In order to prevent the epidemic from moving south, the train from Shanhaiguan to Tianjin has long been suspended, just to requisition to transport various disaster relief materials and personnel. Trains departed from Tianjin Railway Station one after another, and it seemed to be busier than usual. In view of the tight train capacity during the emergency period, Sun Yuanqi did not let hang an independent float, but asked for a box and sat in it to sort out various things.

Now Yang Du stayed in Beijing to collect news from the government and the opposition, Zhang Shizhao accepted food and salary personnel at Shanhaiguan, and even Liu Shipei and Lin Shu, who had never been directors, were also sent to Tianjin to be responsible for the transfer of materials and personnel. Now Sun Yuanqi only has a few guards around him, and he has to make his own decisions about many things.

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard the bustling voices of people outside the car window. When I opened the curtains, I saw young people wearing the military training uniforms of Jingshi University lined up in two rows, and they were getting on the bus one after another. There were still some traces of military personnel in the young men's movements, but they looked excited, and although some instructors or team leaders were around them to maintain order, they still whispered and laughed with the people around them. Hundreds of people whispered and laughed together, and the entire train station became a vegetable market.

Sun Yuanqi looked at it for a moment, and was about to close the curtains, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of several teenagers in the crowd. Sixteen or seventeen years old may not be clear from eighteen years old, but fourteen or fourteen years old and eighteen years old are simply clear at a glance. Sun Yuanqi dared to conclude that these teenagers were no more than 15 years old.

Isn't it a rule that only volunteers over the age of 18 are recruited? Sun Yuan frowned and couldn't help jumping. He consciously patrolled the crowd for a moment, and three or four percent of these hundreds of people were obviously inconsistent with the conditions.

Qiang pressed his doubts, and waited for the train to start, and then Sun Yuanqi came to everyone's carriage. Almost all of these young people were students of Jingshi University and the affiliated middle school, and when they recognized Sun Yuanqi, they all quickly stood up, some saluted, some bowed, and shouted: "Hello Mr. Sun!" "Hello Headmaster!"

Sun Yuanqi learned the scenes in "News Network", shook hands with the students around him one by one, and admonished them from time to time:

"Study hard and make progress every day!"

"Strengthen discipline, and the revolution will be invincible."

"Carry forward the fine tradition of the school and strive for greater glory!"

"The world is yours and ours, but in the end it's yours. You young people are full of vigor and are in a period of prosperity, like the sun at ** o'clock in the morning. Hope is in you. ”

Of course, these are all classic quotations of Taizu, and Sun Yuanqi really doesn't dare to use them indiscriminately. At most, he said to the students: "Thank you for your contribution to the country and the nation!" ”

After beckoning everyone to sit down, Sun Yuanqi saw a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy and walked straight over: "Classmate, what's your name?" How old is this year? ”

The young man quickly stood up and replied in a snort: "Mr. Report, my name is Xue Yangyue, and I am 16 years old this year. ”

"And what do you belong to?"

"......" The boy thought for a long time before he said uncertainly, "I belong to a horse?" ”

"Who told you to come?"

"I asked for it!" The young man replied neatly.

Sun Yuanqi patted him on the shoulder and asked him to sit down: "At a young age, you will be on the front line of the needs of the motherland, and you will have ambition!" It's not easy! ”

After asking a few more people, Sun Yuanqi returned to his own box. As soon as he entered the box, the horse sank like water: "It's too daring!" I asked him to recruit volunteers over the age of 18, and he actually changed it to 16 years old in private! It's just changed to 16 years old, and the control is not strict, and a large number of children in the 14th Five-Year Plan are mixed. What the hell does he eat? Cheng Ziyin, when you arrive at Shanhaiguan, you ask Zhao Jingxing to come and see me! See if I don't skin him! ”

Although it is only 300 kilometers from Tianjin to Shanhaiguan, the train takes 10 hours.

Shanhaiguan has a very good reputation, but if you want to ask where it belongs to, it is estimated that most of the people will have to be blinded. In the Qing Dynasty, Shanhaiguan was returned to Zhili Province, Yongping Prefecture and Linyu County. Don't look at Linyu is a small county, in the past, Fengjin Mountain Customs Road in Fengtian Province was sent here, which is like the Hebei Provincial Government working on the boundary of Beijing, what does it mean? It shows that Linyu is important! It was not until last year (1909) that Fengjinshan Customs Road was renamed Jinxin Yingkou Road, and it was not moved out of this place.

Hearing that Lord Qincha was coming, officials of all sizes such as the prefect of Yongping, the county of Linyu, and the deputy capital of Shanhaiguan did not dare to slack off, and they had been waiting on the platform for a long time. Sun Yuan got off the train, didn't care about greetings, and directly asked Guan Tingxian, the prefect of Yongping: "Lord Guan, has there been an epidemic on the ground of your Yongping Mansion recently?" ”

Guan Tingxian is the ninth year of Guangxu 3) Guiwei Ke Tanhua, but the career is bumpy, and he has been in the officialdom for nearly 30 years or the prefect, and when he heard Sun Yuanqi's question, he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down and replied: "If you return to Lord Qincha, the lower officials have not received reports from the counties. ”

"It's because there is no epidemic, so it didn't report? Or is there an epidemic, and it is not reported below? Sun Yuanqi was not polite at all, and asked with a scowl in his face, "Now that there is a large-scale outbreak of plague in the three eastern provinces, there must be a large number of people outside the border who have fled into Zhili in panic, and it is difficult to ensure that no one among them carries the virus." In order to defend Gyeonggi and prevent the epidemic from moving south, the North Third Hall of Zhilikou, Chengde Mansion and your Yongpyeong Mansion are the key to epidemic prevention. And Yongping's defense of the northeast and southbound roads is the top priority. You must seek truth from facts, have one thing to say, and never allow the displaced people to enter the customs. Now is a critical moment for epidemic prevention, you can't just patronize the harmony in the officialdom and hide the epidemic, otherwise don't care about Sun Mou's turn of face and not recognize people! ”

Guan Tingxian wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead and immediately responded: "Yes, yes, yes, the lower officials must strictly urge the six counties in one state under their jurisdiction to report the epidemic situation in various places in a timely manner." ”

Sun Yuanqi said: "Lord Guan, I need a list of all the dead people in Yongping Mansion from ten days ago to the present, and the cause of death, I hope you will report it as soon as possible; From now on, Yongping Prefecture will report to me every two days on the situation of the dead people on the ground under its jurisdiction. As for how it will be implemented and whether it will disturb the people, I don't need to say. You should be fine, right? ”

"No problem, no problem!" Does Guan Tingxian dare to say anything else?

"In that case, don't worry about the adults, Sun won't leave food." After Sun Yuanqi sent him away in a few words, he said to Ma Qinglin of Linyu Zhi County: "Master Ma, Linyu County, as the logistics base for this epidemic prevention and disaster relief, your duty is to ensure that the materials allocated by the imperial court are received, classified, and transported in a timely manner, and that they are reported in a timely manner, and there can be no mistakes. In case something goes wrong, don't blame Sun for being unpredictable! ”

Hearing Sun Yuanqi's murderous threat, Ma Qinglin hurriedly patted his chest and packed the ticket: "Yes, yes, the subordinate must ensure that all materials are foolproof." ”

The deputy commander is the second grade, and it seems that the grade is higher than that of Sun Yuanqi, but Sun Yuanqi is a minister of the Qincha and represents the emperor's order; Second, the officialdom of the Ming and Qing dynasties was higher than the military, and it was the officialdom practice to control from the second-rank governor to the first-rank governor. Therefore, Rulin, the deputy capital of Shanhaiguan, did not dare to hold it up, and took the initiative to come over and ask, "I don't know what Lord Sun has to say about his humble position?" ”

Sun Yuanqi was about to look for him: "Confucianism, this time I went north to prevent the epidemic, and a total of about 3,000 people were recruited. Before entering the customs, you must stay here for about 20 days for preliminary epidemic prevention knowledge training, so it is difficult for you to prepare enough accommodation and class venues. In addition, you should also worry more about the diet and other problems of these people. ”

After finding a job for the officials on the ground in Yongping Mansion, Sun Yuanqi didn't care about appreciating the majestic beauty of "the two capitals have no equals of the key, and the first pass of the Great Wall", and immediately sent someone to find Zhang Shizhao to inquire about the material preparations.

Zhang Shizhao soon arrived at the Linyu County Ya, where Sun Yuanqi was temporarily stationed, but he was followed by another person: Zhao Jingxing.

Sun Yuanqi automatically ignored Zhao Jingxing's existence and asked directly: "Strict, how is the allocation and purchase of various materials?" ”

Zhang Shizhao opened the account book he carried with him and began to report: "So far, the imperial court has allocated a total of 300,000 taels of silver and 240,000 stone of grain, and the total amount is less than half of what we asked for before. As for the gauze and kerosene purchased, they were all prepared; Firewood can be purchased after it arrives in the Northeast, so as not to be transported long distances; Medical supplies such as quicklime, hydrogen peroxide, and thermometers have only been purchased in a small part, and orders have been placed at present, and another batch will be added in half a month. The masks, rubber gloves, and protective clothing you mentioned were not produced before, and they need to be ordered temporarily, and it is estimated that samples can be obtained in 20 days. Even so, plus personnel expenses, half of the 300,000 taels of silver have been spent. ”

"The excerpt is troublesome and strict to help me draft one, and I will send it up as soon as possible. As for medical and protective equipment, it will be prepared for 100 people first, and it will be used after 5 days. Sun Yuan frowned, "The matter is already so urgent, why is the court still so procrastinating?" ”

Zhang Shizhao closed the account book and said with a smile: "The affairs of the imperial court are not so procrastinating, at least the allocation of guns is quite fast." ”

"Oh?"

The Qing government was no different from later generations, and it was extremely strict with the management of firearms. Sun Yuanqi didn't have much hope for applying for firearms, otherwise he wouldn't have given Zhao Jingxing 30 mortars first. I didn't expect this hopeless application to give people a big surprise.

Zhang Shizhao said: "I'll go to draft the fold, as for the firearms, you can ask the elder brother." ”

As soon as Zhang Shizhao walked with his front foot, Zhao Jingxing leaned in front of Sun Yuanqi with his back foot: "Humble Zhao Jingxing see Lord Qincha!" ”

In order to facilitate negotiations with the local garrison, Sun Yuanqi played Zhao Jingxing as a regular military academy before leaving Beijing. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the military system was reformed, and the army was divided into 14 ranks, from general to corporal. The regular military academy is the eighth rank, the fifth grade, which is equivalent to the garrison of the old system, and has the qualifications of supervising the officer (company commander), team officer, third-class staff officer and other officers.

With Zhao Jingxing's background of graduating from the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School, the rank of the regular military academy is not high, and the imperial court did not refute Sun Yuanqi's face, but only added the word "same" in front. That's learning. Although the officers with the word "same" have the same rank as those who do not, they cannot serve as military leaders, and can only serve as quartermasters, military doctors, military lawyers, military music, secretaries, and other positions. This fully reflects the importance that the imperial court attaches to military power as always.

Sun Yuanqi suddenly turned cold, and snorted heavily: "You still dare to come to see me?" ”

Zhao Jingxing pretended to be shocked: "What mistake did you make in your humble position?" ”

"Still pretending?" Sun Yuanqi suddenly became furious, "I asked you to recruit volunteers over the age of 18, who are you getting?" Not to mention changing to 16 years old privately, there are still many thirteen or fourteen-year-old children, how did you study in military school in the past few years? ”

Zhao Jingxing hurriedly distinguished: "What you told me at the time was so old!" I have a record. As he spoke, he took out his notebook from his body, flipped it to the day the two talked, and then pushed it to Sun Yuanqi.

Sure enough, it clearly stated that it was over the years, without the slightest alteration, and the context was exactly the same as the situation at the time. Before and after inspection, there are no signs of forgery or tearing. Sun Yuan was stunned for a moment, and he began to be unsure in his heart: Could it be that I really made a slip of the tongue at that time and said that I was 16 years old?

"As for your statement that you are thirteen or fourteen years old, it is estimated that someone inflated their age during the recruitment process, or flouted the rules and blended into the ranks. I will be severely reprimanded when I turn around! Zhao Jingxing said bitterly.

Sun Yuanqi was still a little unconvinced: "I said that I was still old? ”

"Absolutely old, if you don't believe it, you can ask Mr. Yang, who was present at the time!" Zhao Jingxing replied with great certainty.

Sun Yuanqi waved his hand weakly: "As for whether it is old or old, I will investigate." However, those under the age of 16 must be returned. Okay, so what exactly is the problem with guns? ”