May 23 and May 24, these two heart-wrenching days passed again in chaos and busyness. In the past two days, the Dahua Company, the Ningyang Town Guard Office, the Ningyang County Governor's Office, the Provincial Department of Industry, and all parties concerned have made the greatest efforts to rescue the kiln workers who were killed. The rescue failed again. The horse yard and material yard around the main shaft and the auxiliary shaft have been completely engulfed in the fire, the wellhead safety coal pillar has been violently burned, the tank cage road wood on the well wall has also been on fire, and there is no one alive where the rescue team arrived. In order to reduce the fire, the company shut down the windmill. On the same day, the provincial government sent an urgent telegram to the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce in Beijing, asking the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce to quickly send important personnel to investigate and deal with the Dahua disaster and discuss emergency measures to extinguish the underground fire. On 26 May, Liu Yunlin, a special plenipotentiary negotiator of the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce, and a group of eight people arrived at Tianjiapu. On the morning of the same day, four newspapers, Shanghai's "Minguo Daily," the provincial "Minxin Daily," the "Yishi Herald," and Beijing's "New National Daily," also sent personnel to Tianjiapu to report on the disaster.

At the same time, an unconfirmed news spread around Tianjiapu Town like a ghost: ** and the company plans to abandon the rescue plan, close the mine, and suffocate all the more than 1,000 people killed in the mine!

This is something that the feelings and reason of the people of Tianjiapu cannot tolerate, and they have no choice but to use force to fight. They are waiting to confirm the terrible news. As soon as this news is confirmed, they will pick up big knives and earth guns!

No one, no force, no ** can stop them in their just struggle for the right to exist of their compatriots!

On the afternoon of the 26th, the delegation of Tianjiapu potters led by Hu Gongye and Tian Er Ye carried out a strict organization of the subordinate potters, with a group of ten people, ten groups as a team, and ten teams as a group, and established an armed potter to deal with mutations. More than a dozen villages linked to Tianjiapu have secretly concentrated civilian weapons in Tianjiapu......

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the labor department of Dahua Company conclusively ascertained that the number of people killed in the mine was 1,021.

The first to know this accurate number was Liu Yihua, a reporter from the provincial city "Minxin Daily". After Liu Yihua learned of this figure, he immediately went to a small teahouse at the entrance of the Tianjiapu mine, and drafted a telegram on the broken square table of the teahouse:

The biggest tragedy in the industrial history of the Republic of China -- the biogas explosion in the Tianjiapu coal mine -- began to show signs today. According to the verification of the Dahua Company, which opened the mine, there were 1,000 and 21 victims, and the company and relevant departments failed to rescue them twice, and the fate of more than 1,000 victims is unknown. People here spread the news that the company and the relevant parties will give up rescue efforts in order to save the mine, and the people of Tianzhen are very angry, and have organized a union to fight, and the old, weak, women and children in the town are all calling for the emperor.

After the telegram was written, Liu Yihua asked the old man who opened the teahouse:

"Old man, is there a telegraph office in town?"

The old man does not understand:

"What telegraph office?"

"That's it...... It's the place to shoot the telegram! ”

"What is a telegram?"

"Oh, oh, it's the post office, where's the post office?"

The old man understood:

"Oil Bureau? There is a gas bureau, there is! However, our town is called the Grain Shop. The grain store sells oil, there are good soybean oil, and there is also small grinding sesame oil, but the price is a little more expensive......"

Liu Yihua couldn't cry or laugh, got up and walked out of the teahouse.

It was only when he walked to the Boundary Street that he realized his ignorance: how could there be a telegraph office in such a dilapidated and backward town? It seems that the only way to send this telegram out in this ghost place is through Dahua Company. And Dahua Company is the person responsible for this tragedy, can this pest that oppresses the toiling people allow him to send out a telegram with this kind of content? I'm afraid not.

You'll have to try that, too.

Before Liu Yihua rushed from the provincial capital to Tianjiapu, he had consulted with the chief writer of the newspaper on the issue of visiting and reporting the tragedy, and reached a consensus on comprehensively and truthfully reporting the tragedy, and the chief writer held that the Dahua tragedy was representative, and to a certain extent, it embodied the barbarism and cruelty of the current capital system of the Republic of China, so the newspaper should spare no effort to remove all obstacles and report it objectively, so as to attract the attention of Xu Shichang and all parties concerned in Beiping. The "People's Heart Daily" should reflect the will of the people and the will of the people, and should appeal for the suffering and tragic situation of the labor circles, and second, it should express solidarity......

Since its inception the year before last, Minxin Bao has been extremely concerned about the situation in the labor circles, and has successively reported on the strike of rickshaw drivers in the provincial capital, the labor dispute in the Yangtze River Machinery Factory, and the petition of the workers in the paint industry in the province. In May last year, after the Beijing students first shouted the slogan of "banning the 21 Articles," the whole country was shaken, and strikes, class boycotts, and market boycotts continued one after another, and most of them were reported in Minxin Bao. It is precisely because of this that Liu Yihua fell out with the chief writer of "Yishi Herald" in January this year and threw himself under its door.

Now, Hao Wenjin, a special correspondent of the "Yishi Herald", also came to Tianjiapu, and Liu Yihua believes that the echoes of the "Yishi Herald" are racking their brains again to cover up the truth of the Dahua tragedy and distort the living conditions of the potters, so he has to work hard, and he has to report the real situation as soon as possible! We must not let the "Yishi Herald" take the lead.

Liu Yihua left the teahouse, walked into the gate of Dahua Company along the Boundary Street, and broke into the company's official building. In the foyer of the building, he bumped into Chen Xiangyu, the company's associate who had just known him for less than six hours, and he stopped him:

"Mr. Chen, I was looking for you!"

Chen Xiangyu smiled and said:

"What's the matter?"

Liu Yihua took out the telegram that was urgently to be sent out from his suit pocket:

"I would like to borrow your company's telegraph and send this telegram to the provincial capital."

Chen Xiangyu took the telegram and looked at it, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared:

"Well, I'm afraid it won't work! Brigade Commander Zhang Guixin, the town guard envoy, sent a message: All news and telegrams related to the mine disaster must be checked by the town guard embassy office, otherwise they will not be photographed. ”

Liu Yihua smiled coldly:

"How can this be true? It is illegal and unreasonable for General Zhang to do this! I, Minxin Bao, am a legal newspaper with official permission and have the right to report on the catastrophe! ”

"Yes! Yes! Mr. Liu is reasonable, but now there is no result, the mood of the kiln people is fluctuating, and the riot is about to erupt. Envoy Zhang Zhen is the highest military and political governor in the local area, and he bears serious responsibility for the local situation, so he can't be cautious, and I beg for your forgiveness! ”

Liu Yihua was stunned for a moment, and then asked:

"Do all newspaper reporters have to check their manuscripts?"

"Yes! All checks! However, Envoy Zhang understands your distress, and he will send someone to inform you of the development of the situation every night, and you can report to the outside world through the news released by the Guardian Embassy......"

"It's a cover-up! Monopolize public opinion! Liu Yihua shouted.

"Don't make noise, Mr. Liu! Don't be noisy! You can talk to the people at the town guard office directly! ”

"I want to meet Brigade Commander Zhang!"

"Yes, as long as he wants to see you! He's in the council chamber on the second floor, if you can get there, go find him! I don't want to accompany you, I still have important things to do! ”

Chen Xiangyu turned around and left.

Liu Yihua was depressed and stuffed the telegram back into his pocket, and thought hatefully: This is how the evil capitalist class colludes with warlords, colludes with corruption, and is the enemy of the poor people in the working circles! They oppressed the working people, exploited the working people, and did not allow the people to make a painful **! This sinful kingdom is like an impenetrable iron bucket! The working people have no way out but to struggle in this bucket! Even if they die, the world doesn't know how they died! In the eyes of the world, in the eyes of those old ladies and gentlemen, it seems that nothing has happened! This will not work! He Liu Yihua has the responsibility and obligation to disclose everything that has happened here! He, Liu Yihua, is to devote his whole life to speaking out for the toiling people and breaking the monopoly of the capitalist class on public opinion!

He decided to meet with Zhang Guixin, the town guard, to protest against his illegal press control!

He straightened the satin-embroidered tie around his neck, tightened the tie to the neckline of his shirt, swept away the melancholy and unhappiness on his face, and raised his legs to step up the stairs to the second floor.

At the top of the stairs on the second floor, he was stopped by several gunmen men:

"Stop! The town guard made Brigade Commander Zhang have an order, and no one is allowed to enter the second floor! Go back! Go back! ”

Liu Yihua did not retreat. He wanted to explain his identity as a journalist, but on second thought, he felt that it was inappropriate. The town guard is now wary of reporters, and it will not help to tell his identity.

He had an idea, and said very majestically:

"I'm from the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce, and I just arrived here in the morning, and I live downstairs, don't you know each other?"

"Oh! Oh! Offend! Offend! Please! Sir please! ”

Liu Yihua didn't squint, looked at the door of the conference hall, and walked over.

The door was hidden, the meeting hall was full of people, and Liu Yunlin, a bearded old man about fifty years old, was talking about something, and Zhang Guixin, the town guard in military uniform, was sitting on the sofa next to him. Leaning on one side near the gate, sat Li Shicheng, general manager of Dahua Company, Zhao Dezhen, deputy general manager, and Wang Tianjun, chief miner, and on the other side sat a group of officials such as Li Bingchi and Chi Mingli of the Provincial Industrial Department.

As soon as he pushed open the door, Liu Yihua felt that the atmosphere here was very unusual, as if a major conspiracy was brewing here; Moreover, he instinctively felt that this problem was bound to have an important relationship with the vital interests of the toiling people of Tianjiapu, and he felt that it was necessary to completely clarify everything here!

He gave up his intention to protest to Zhang Guixin, the town guard, and calmly walked into the council hall and sat down on a row of wooden chairs behind the officials of the Provincial Industrial Department on the side of the gate. There were also some people sitting on the wooden chairs, and one of these thin men nodded to him as he sat down, and he nodded to him.

Liu Yunlin, a special negotiator of the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce, was still talking, sipping tea as he spoke. Liu Yihua felt that this minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce was like a eunuch, and his voice was soft, coupled with a northern Jiangsu dialect, it sounded quite laborious.

“…… Ladies and gentlemen, as I said earlier, we need to be rational, we must be sober, and we must face up to reality. What is the reality? The reality is that all the dead potters have died in the mine! This is not a conjecture or speculation, but a conclusion made by the rescue team after going underground twice. As for the rescue situation, you here know better than the contemptible people, so the contemptible people will not say much. Therefore, I would like to remind you that the central topic of this discussion is no longer the issue of personnel rescue, but the question of how to save the Tianjiapu coalfield and how to extinguish this underground fire! As we all know, the Tianjiapu coalfield is an infinite grade, and the excellent coal quality is recognized by the world, if we can't quickly and effectively stop the spread of the ground fire, the infinite coalfield under Tianjiapu will be completely destroyed! For this reason, the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce has sent a contemptible person to this place to show its concern, and I hope that you will take note of this when you put forward your high opinions. ”

After Liu Yunlin finished speaking, he began to light a cigarette on the sofa.

Liu Yihua was shocked. He never imagined that the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce, which represents **, would be so ruthless and ruthless, and would put the lives of more than 1,000 potters at risk in order to protect the inanimate coalfield underground! This is really a conspiracy that hurts nature and reason, the people who engage in this kind of conspiracy, and the ** who engage in this kind of conspiracy, all belong to the list of those who have been defeated!

"I ...... I'll say two words! Wang Tianjun, the chief miner of Dahua Company, stood up, "Brother, I'...... I'd like to draw ** to consideration, now...... Is it too early to give up on rescuing the underground potters? It has only been five days since the catastrophe occurred on the night of the 21st, and perhaps there are still workers alive underground? Moreover, in general, from a scientific point of view, a person cannot die of hunger within five days, and even live for more than ten days if water is available...... Can we make some more rescue efforts? ”

"Nonsense! How? How to rescue? Mr. Wang, please come up with a plan immediately! Li Bingchi, an official from the Provincial Department of Industry, interjected impatiently while sitting on the sofa.

"I ...... I...... I think, at least, that we can leave the well unsealed for the time being, leaving the mouth of the well, and if there are living potters, they will climb up......"

Li Bingchi said again:

"Then let me ask you: In the past five days, how many of the dead potters have climbed up from the mouth of the well?"

"Yes...... There are three, as far as I know there are three. ”

"What day is this?"

"It was probably the afternoon of May 23rd."

"Excuse me, what time is it today? Do you know what's going on down the ground now? Do you know what the fire looked like? ”

"Yes...... But this is more than a thousand lives! ”

Li Bingchi stood up:

"Mr. Chief Miner, you now think of more than a thousand lives! What did you do before the disaster? It's not that you treat the life of the potters as child's play, why did you cause today's catastrophe?! ”

Li Bingchi turned around slowly, and looked around at everyone with two eyes coldly:

"Ladies and gentlemen, according to the appraisal of ventilation, explosion drainage and other relevant experts, all the workers killed in the underground of Tianjiapu have died, and the direct cause of death is the two explosions of gas and coal dust and the resulting fire, and the indirect cause is the suffocation of gas after the fire burns; Therefore, the rescue of the personnel has been futile. I am deeply saddened by this, and I am deeply saddened by the death of these thousand and twenty-one brothers in the potter. The dead, the dead, but we must think for the living, for this infinite coalfield, for our disaster-stricken country. I agree with Elder Liu that we should take immediate and decisive measures to stop this devastating fire from continuing to burn. I considered three options: first, to close the main underground tunnels and separate the combustion and non-combustion areas – however, based on the second detection, this scenario seemed impossible, because most of the underground safety pillars and wellhead facilities were burning, and we had lost the opportunity; The second is to divert water from the Yellow River into the mine, so that the entire well will be flooded and the fire will be cut off fundamentally – but this plan will be very difficult to implement, requiring the excavation of a five-mile-long drainage ditch and the construction of two temporary pumping stations, a project that will not take three to five days. Therefore, we had to go with the third and only option: to close the wellhead on the surface. Including the main wellhead, auxiliary wellhead, wind wellhead, inclined wellhead, can not make a trace of air penetrate into the ground. In this way, when the air in the ground is burned, the fire will gradually be extinguished......"

Liu Yihua was in a trance and was having a terrible nightmare. For a moment, he had a very depressed feeling, as if he himself was enclosed under a deep stratum, he felt sullen, he felt suffocated, his eyes burst out, he stared at Li Bingchi's cold face with hatred, and shouted wildly through gritted teeth in his heart: Murderer! Murderer! You're all murderers!

He tried to pull out his notebook, to outline the words of these murderers, and to outline the ugly faces of these murderers—he had even put his trembling hand into the pocket of his suit, but he did not take it out; He was afraid of attracting the attention of the attendees and ruining his own big business.

The invincible Li Bingchi continued:

"It is contemptible that the work of sealing the mine cannot be delayed, and must be started immediately! This move may cause misunderstanding among the potters and even cause local riots, so we must be fully prepared and formulate effective preventive measures. First of all, during the preparation and implementation of the well sealing, it is necessary to keep it strictly confidential and not disclose the rumors; At the same time, we must do our best to do a good job in the work of the representatives of the potters and local people, and to understand them with reason, to move them with affection, and to show kindness, so as to stabilize the hearts of the people through them. Secondly, Mr. Li Shicheng and Mr. Zhao Dezhen must, on behalf of Dahua Company, immediately negotiate with the delegation of the kiln workers on the issue of compensation and compensation for the casualties of the kiln workers; In the initial stage of negotiations, it is not appropriate for the party to intervene, and if the parties cannot reach an agreement, the party will come forward to arbitrate. Again, brothers of Zhangbu, be fully prepared to stop the riots! That's all I have to say! ”

Lee Byung-chi sat down.

"What are the inconsistencies in Li's plan? Let's talk, huh? You don't have to worry about that, huh? Liu Yunlin was lying on the sofa, his head frequently looking around the left and right, and said in an inquiring tone.

"I'll say a few words!"

The county governor Zhang Heran, who was dressed in a black dark silk robe, stood up with a heavy hookah, and after standing up, he first made a modest smile on his round face very movingly, and then said quite worriedly:

"Li Zhuanban is not only a first-class official, but also a mining expert, on his opinions, lowly do not dare to comment on his opinion, but there is only one point, I want to draw your attention: although Tianjiapu is a small projectile, but it has always been eventful, the people are rough and fierce, the people like to wear swords for self-defense, and the family has a gun to prevent thieves. In the past, the two major families of Hu and Tian were killed for generations, and the dead had no plan, and then Zeng Wenzheng was judged several times before it was gradually calmed down. It has been more than seven years since he arrived in Ningyang, and he knows that the people in the territory are ruthless, so he thinks that the matter of sealing the well should be cautious and cautious! If a large-scale riot occurs due to the closure of the well, endangering local public order, you can't afford to be guilty of being a lowly person! ”

After Zhang Heran threw out the problem, he sat down peacefully. The Governor only wants the ground to be safe, and as for other things, he doesn't have to worry about other things.

"Yes, yes! Governor Zhang's concerns are not unreasonable, but the matter of sealing the well ......"

Without waiting for Liu Yunlin to finish speaking, Li Shicheng, general manager of Dahua Company, stood up, and he solemnly declared that he was unwilling to seal the well immediately, and he believed that if the kiln people could not accept it and cause a drastic change, the consequences would be unimaginable:

“…… Special Office Li and Governor Zhang are reasonable. The well was indeed to be sealed, but the brothers thought that the closure of the well should be postponed and the approval of the potters must be obtained. For this reason, I want to meet with Hu Gongye and Tian Er in the town once before sealing the well, and strive for their understanding. These two old gentlemen, who are local gentlemen, have great appeal, and if they do not agree, things will not be very easy to handle, and I am afraid that there will be chaos. ”

"Will they agree?"

"This ...... Let's talk about it, maybe ...... Maybe ......"

At this time, Li Bingchi also stood up very excitedly:

"General Manager Li, don't worry! What if the news leaks and they lead people to make trouble? Moreover, we are not talking about any distant plan, but about how to extinguish this raging fire! Fire and water are ruthless, you must remember this sentence?! We can wait, but the fire won't wait for us! I would like to remind you of a grim fact, the depth of the Tianjiapu well is only more than 100 meters, on the burning coal seam, there were many small kilns in the late Qing Dynasty, the natural sealing of the stratum was originally not good, if we do not take decisive measures immediately, the fire burns on many small kilns, we will not be able to seal the well, the fire will burn endlessly, until this coalfield is reduced to ashes! ”

Liu Yunlin was also shocked by Li Bingchi's words, he hesitated for a moment, and finally made up his mind:

"I think let's do it, and immediately carry out the preparations for sealing the well! It is the responsibility of the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce to protect the underground resources from being destroyed, and I am responsible for this matter on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce! If the stubborn kiln people don't listen to the dissuasion and gather a crowd to make trouble, it will be up to Brigade Commander Zhang to deal with it! The country's plans cannot be succumbed to the obstruction of a gang of stubborn people! The interests of the country are the interests of the people, so the interests of the country are above all else! Brigadier Zhang, what do you think! ”

Zhang Guixin stood up straight, stood up with a protruding belly and said:

"It is the duty of a soldier to obey orders! The purpose of the army is to safeguard the interests of the country! The brigade commander is willing to obey the dispatch of **, maintain local order, and suppress all possible riots! ”

"How many troops are stationed in Tianjiapu now?"

"A regiment. If the situation is critical, the brigade commander can also transfer a regiment stationed in Ningyang County. ”

"Good!" Liu Yunlin immediately said, "The matter of sealing the well will start tomorrow, and after the meeting is dismissed, all parties will immediately start preparing for ......."

At this time, Liu Yihua couldn't stay any longer, he couldn't wait to run out of the venue and cry, for the more than 1,000 unjust souls under the kiln, for the people in the labor circle who suffered deeply! He quietly left his seat, pushed the door open, and walked out.

Groggy and sank down the stairs, groggy out of the foyer on the first floor, a refreshing wind blew in front of him, his mind was somewhat clear, he suddenly thought that the top priority was not to hide somewhere to cry, but to tell the potters in the town about this criminal conspiracy of ** as soon as possible, so that they could take urgent measures to rescue their compatriots!

He quickened his pace, walked out of the gate of Dahua Company, and almost ran up the demarcation street facing the company's gate. On the Boundary Street, he met a middle-aged man dressed as a potter, and he grabbed him:

"Big brother, where does your potter representative live?"

The middle-aged man was puzzled for a while:

"What potter representative?"

"Don't you have a delegation of potters?"

"Yes! Some! Which representative are you looking for! Which cabinet is on? What is your name? ”

"Whatever, whoever you want!"

The middle-aged man suddenly became a little vigilant:

"Sir, you don't seem to be from here, do you? What are you looking for a potter representative? ”

Liu Yihua hurriedly took out his business card:

"I am a reporter for the provincial city "Minxin Daily". Have you read "People's Heart"? ”

The man shook his head.

"I have a very important matter to ask for a potter representative."

"Good! You come with me! ”

The man took Liu Yihua along the boundary street for about 100 steps, turned around and entered a small alley in Tianjia District, and stopped in front of a dilapidated courtyard in the alley:

"Sir, there is a representative living here, who is from the third cabinet, called Tian Dafu. Come, come in with me! ”

Liu Yihua followed the man into the dilapidated courtyard of Tian Dahao, and in the courtyard, the man shouted:

"Furrow! Big trouble, bro! A gentleman is looking for you! ”

The door creaked open, and Tian Da, who was sharpening his knife in the middle of the room with the door closed, stood up, still holding a large rusty blade in his hand.

Liu Yihua rushed over and grabbed Tian Dahao's shoulder and said, "Brother, you are the representative of the potters of the potters, right?" I have something important to tell you! ”

"What's the matter?"

"They...... They're ready to seal the well! ”

"Really?!"

Liu Yihua nodded.

The big knife slipped from Tian Dahao's hand, slid diagonally into the muddy ground soaked with rusty water, shook twice, and fell.

"Holy shit! How do you know that? Dafu grabbed Liu Yihua's hand with his wet hand and asked.

"This gentleman is a newspaper reporter." The man was busy introducing.

"Yes, I'm a reporter from Minxin Daily, and I attended their meeting."

"Good! Good! Sir, you ...... You may be seated! Sit here for a moment, and I'll talk to your chief representative! Look, look, the family is so poor that there is not even a chair, so you can sit on the edge of the kang! Oh, third brother, you pour a bowl of water for Mr., fuck me, I'll come when I go! ”

Tian Dahao grabbed a ragged coat from the kang and rushed out of the house......

Liu Yihua sat down on the edge of the kang covered with broken mats. Two melancholy eyes began to look at the abode of the potter's representative.

It was a semi-crypt-like hut, with two rooms in all, with no door in between, and no curtain to cover it; There was almost nothing in the room except for a kang, and it was damp and dark, and the air smelled of musty. Near the gate, there was an earthen stove, on which rested a broken pot, several large black bowls, and next to the stove was a blue-flowered cloth bag containing grain, and in the pocket was half a bag of sorghum. That's all he has.

Liu Yihua was sad for a while. He couldn't figure out how this potter, named Tian Dahao, survived in such a harsh environment that was inferior to pigs and dogs!

"Big brother, are all the families in the kiln area like this?!" Liu Yihua asked the man who was pouring water on the side.

The man nodded:

"Mostly! Otherwise, why do people call us 'kiln flowers'? The people who go down to the kiln, which one is not like 'called Hanako'! It's not uncommon for fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls to have no pants to wear! ”

"You ...... Don't you feel bitter? Don't you think that's unreasonable? Liu Yihua asked sincerely.

The man smiled bitterly and said:

"Bitter, what can be done? I don't have the ability, and my life is not good, who is to blame? Actually, if you get used to it, it doesn't matter! Compared to those brothers who died under the kiln, our blessings are not shallow! Hey! ”

Liu Yihua couldn't laugh, his eyes were moist, he never imagined that there was such a hell of extreme poverty in the huge world, and such extreme injustice!

"Alas! Miserable labor circles......"

He let out a long sigh, wiped away the tears that overflowed his eyes, and he seriously thought: what is the matter with this Republic of China! Isn't the Republic of China a country of the people? Why are people in such a desperate situation?! Are all those dignitaries and dignitaries who keep saying that they represent the Republic of China and keep saying that they want to safeguard the interests of the country are blind? What the hell is it?! **, not a good thing in the end! If there were no birds**, and the people were really allowed to run the country themselves, the country would not be so bad, and the people would not be so poor!

Let the "national interest" see the fucking hell! Only the interests of the people of the Republic of China are paramount! In Tianjiapu, only the interests of the destitute potters are the most important! He wants to watch these potters pick up big knives, operate mine axes, and fight to the death with the high-ranking officials and dignitaries who have brought disaster to the country and the people, the warlords who are raised by the **, and the evil capitalist class! He wants to stand in solidarity with them in public opinion and in action! He believed that the hope of the new world was in them!

The New World will not tolerate the existence and breeding of evil!

He thought of the Russian Revolution, of the 550,000 coal miners' strike in the United States last November, and of the ongoing nationwide general strike of French railroad workers, dock workers, miners, and seamen. The world is in turmoil, and the emerging working class is engaged in an overall struggle with the evil capitalist class, fighting to the death! The struggle of the potters in Tianjiapu is a part of this overall contest, an important part! He will drum and shout for it!

Liu Yihua's blood boiled in a passionate reverie, so much so that Tian Dahao led two gentleman-looking old men into the house and walked in front of him, he didn't even know it......

The second master was shocked.

After hearing the news of the closure of the well reported by Tian Dahao, the second master stayed for ten minutes, he never imagined that the ** side would be so ruthless! He instinctively felt that an armed conflict was inevitable! Don't talk about Hu Gongye, even his second master Tian can't tolerate this kind of evil practice! If there is no Hu Gongye, he Tian Er Master will also come forward; If Hu Gongye doesn't do it, he Tian Er Master will also have to take the lead! Fight to the death for the more than 1,000 kiln workers under the kiln, for the local people in Tianjiapu, and for those orphans and widows! With the impulse of justice for a moment, he immediately took the case and scolded endlessly. After scolding, he immediately ordered his family to cross the street to invite Hu Gongye.

While waiting for Hu Gongye, the second master gradually came to his senses, he thought about it repeatedly, pondered back and forth, and felt that he still couldn't come forward. He should still push this tribute of the Hu family to the front line, and he will lead the people of the kiln and the company to do ......

In the upper class society of Tianjiapu, Tian Er's humility and humility are famous, just like Hu Gongye's arrogance. The second old man is full of red light all day long, and his face is pleasant, and even the three sects and nine streams in the town, and the potters with miscellaneous surnames are unanimously recognized as the second master is popular. The second master easily does not refute people's face, and it is easy not to offend people, and the public welfare undertakings in the town need the help of the second master, and the second master will never refuse - no matter how difficult it is, if it can't be done for a while, the second master will never refuse. The second master is well aware of the truth that "those who win the hearts of the people win the world", and he has always attached great importance to the problems of the people's hearts.

However, there is a difference here. The second master was humble and humble to the miscellaneous potters and villagers, and to the Hu family, but he was quite dignified to the indigenous kilnmen of the Tian family, who accounted for about half of the Tianjia shop. The doctrine of the second master is: to govern the family with majesty as the foundation, and to seek the people's hearts with humility to the outside world. The second master is successful, and one of the signs of success is that the second master became the chairman of the town board of directors.

After more than 60 years of armed killings and battles with the Hu family, the second master became more and more soberly aware that it was completely impossible to expel the Hu family from this land by force! For more than 60 years, the Tian and Hu families have died and shed a lot of blood for their own interests and in order to fight for the sovereignty of this land; The more the two families fight each other, the deeper the feud becomes, and if they continue to fight regardless of everything, they can only lose both sides in the end. The second master was sympathetic to the people's feelings and understood the righteousness, and the second master decided to make a truce - as soon as Dahua Company's Dajing was established, the second master took the initiative to make peace with Hu Gongye. It is precisely because of the humility and generosity of the second master, and because of the foresight of the second master, that Tianjiapu Town has been able to maintain relative peace in recent years, and large-scale bloody arms fights have not happened again, and the second master has also obtained everything he deserves - including the position of chairman of the board of directors.

The second master is a staunch pacifist. After the second master became the president, he began to show his ability and power to Tianjiapu Town in a completely peaceful way. In the handling of any occasion and any matter, he will never take an aggressive posture or threaten with force, and he will try to convince people with reason. Five years ago, the Tianjia kiln workers and the Hu family kiln workers drank and made trouble, each gathered 10 or 20 people to fight on the boundary street, he rushed to hear the news, did not say a word, first ordered the family to twist the Tianjia kiln workers one by one, a reprimand, and then, politely persuaded the Hu family kiln workers back, so that the people who watched the excitement nodded and praised, thinking that the two old men knew the general situation, took the overall situation into account, and were broad-minded. Another time, two descendants of the Hu family bullied a very chaste little widow of the Tian family, and the little widow ran to the second master's house to cry and ask the second master to be her master. The second master naturally wants to be in charge, and the second master can tolerate fights and drunkenness, but he can't tolerate such immoral things. The second master decided to teach the two descendants of the Hu family a lesson, and the second master made a mistake - borrowed the faces of the descendants of the Tian family to send a horizontal line, instigated dozens of men of the Tian family to rush across the boundary street, and pulled the two offspring of the Hu family who deserved it out of the kennel and beat them. The people of the Hu family were not easy to mess with, and they gathered a group of people to call, and at this moment, the second master appeared with a smile - as usual, he first reprimanded the men of the Tian family, and then asked Hu Gongye to speak; What did Hu Gongye say? A good fist doesn't hit a smiling person, the second master asked him to speak with a smile, and he was so sincere and sincere, how could he fight? ! So I had to do it. Afterwards, Hu Gongye worked harder than the second master to order his family to beat up the two juniors......

Hu Gongye plays politics, the second master also plays politics, and Gongye's politics has always been unable to play the politics of the second master; The more the second master plays, the more he looks like an enlightened monarch, and the more Hu Gongye plays, the more he looks like a bandit. This is no wonder to others, this is to blame Hu Gongye himself, Gongye is too arrogant.

The second master also has a horizontal time. The second master's crossings must not be put on his face. When the second master was angry, he still maintained a touching smile on his face, and still nodded his head very earnestly, so that any angry opponent would not dare to doubt the second master's humility. When the chairman of the town board of directors was promoted, the second master had already held the hole cards in his hand beforehand, but a minute before the meeting, he still said to Hu Gongye: "Gongye, I have to promote you as the president!" Whatever you say, you have to be the president! Only you can make everyone surrender! "It's so good that the good Gong Ye is fluttering, dazed, and I don't know why. Unexpectedly, the result of the election was that the second master was elected. The second master looked humbly frightened, as if a disaster had fallen from heaven, and repeatedly claimed that he was incompetent and asked everyone to change it. Naturally, everyone was reluctant to change their move, but the second master had to be the president with great reluctance, as if he had made a great sacrifice for this. When he went out, the second master sighed and confessed to Gong Ye:

"Alas! Alas! Gong Ye, look, look, what's going on? I don't want to be the president, but everyone is forced to ......"

Gong Ye almost fainted out of breath that time.

After the catastrophe of Dahua Company, the second master saw at a glance that Hu Gongye wanted to use this disaster negotiation to create an impact, win the hearts of the people, and consolidate his position in the town; The second master felt funny, just imagine, such a serious disaster, will it not matter? **By what? Isn't it by those soldiers? This leader is not easy to be, and if you don't do it well, you have to give away your life! Therefore, from the night the whistle sounded, the second master willingly retreated to the back, and willingly became Hu Gongye's deputy - the second master didn't dare to do it, but couldn't do it! The second master must not only win the hearts of the people, but also demand stability; It is necessary to see both the immediate turmoil and the situation after the riots have subsided; The second master sees six roads, listens to all directions, and is handsome!

Hu Gongye is a reckless general at best, and it has always been difficult for a reckless general to achieve great things!

However, the second master had to instigate Hu Gongye to do it, and he had to provoke Hu Gongye to do it; The second master has no good impression of Dahua Company, nor does he have a good impression of the Hu family, since they are willing to do it, the second master has to fulfill them whatever he says, no matter what the final outcome is, it is always beneficial to him. If the Hu family defeats the Dahua Company, there will be less harm on the ground, the simple world will return to the village, the dissolute potters will return to farm in peace, and the Tianjiapu will survive peacefully in this turbulent era. If the Hu family is defeated, Hu Gongye will return to heaven with his life, which is not bad. The feud between the Tian family and the Hu family for several generations has also come to an end, and this place named after the Tian family name will really be surnamed Tian, and at that time, it will not be too late for him to gather forces to deal with Dahua Company.

The second master has always believed that there is no reason for Dahua Company and the Hu family to continue to exist on this land.

However, the decision to close the well on the part of the company fundamentally changed his perception. He began to think more seriously about how to fund Hu Gongye, how to make him lead the people of the kiln to fight this war to the end, he felt that he could no longer stand idly by, he had to support, he had to support sincerely, and he even hoped that Hu Gongye could lead the people of Tianjiapu to win this battle completely......

Thinking of the more than 1,000 lives trapped under the kiln, thinking that they would be suffocated to death in the depths of the ground, thinking that their souls could not ascend to heaven, the second master couldn't help but tremble, and when Hu Gongye walked into the door magnificently, the second master was holding his wide sleeves and wiping the tears in the corners of his eyes.

"So, the matter of sealing the well has been decided?"

Second Master Tian firmly stared at Liu Yihua's fair and square face with melancholy eyes, and asked again.

"It's decided, I've said it a few times, it can't be wrong!"

Liu Yihua was a little irritable, he didn't want to talk to these two gentleman-like people, he wanted to leave this semi-crypt-like hut several times and go outside to breathe in the cool and fresh air in the night sky. He felt that the air in the room was too bad, both damp musty and sour from the two gentlemen, which was unbearable.

Liu Yihua felt very strange, he didn't understand why Tian Dahao wanted to talk to these two gentlemen to talk to him, he concluded that these two gentlemen were not potters, and he couldn't figure out what their relationship was with the poor and miserable potters.

"Ask you again, Mr. Liu! They...... Is the time they set for the closure of the well tomorrow? ”

Tian Er was still asking there, and while asking, he also twisted the beard on his chin with his hand, which made Liu Yihua feel annoyed.

"Yes! It's tomorrow! I heard it with my own ears! ”

Second Master Tian nodded, looked at Hu Gongye again, and then sighed and said:

"Gong Ye, from this point of view, the matter of sealing the well is beyond doubt, and a few wells will be opened, and the underground potters will be finished!"

Hu Gongye was already angry, he couldn't hold it back, he stomped his feet and waved his hand:

"Gotta do it! Second master, let's do it! ”

Second Master Tian took a breath of cold air and asked meaningfully:

"What's the matter?"

Gong Ye Dao:

"We have to strike first, the first thing is to drive away Zhang Guixin's soldiers; After that, he captured the company, took the bastards and key members of the company hostage, and slowly negotiated accordingly. ”

Second Master Tian paced a few steps in the extremely limited space, paced to the door of the house, stood at the door for a while, and then turned to Gong Ye and said:

"Gong Ye, it seems inappropriate to do something to the soldiers from the beginning, this is very easy to give people a handle. The ancients said: The mourning soldiers will win. We and other villagers rose up to fight this time, but it was actually because of the more than 1,000 brothers who died, because of mourning, so we had to make a fuss about the word 'mourning'. ”

Liu Yihua was attracted by Master Tian Er's opinion, and thought to himself: This old gentleman who doesn't look amazing has a bit of a brain, and as soon as he speaks, he is extraordinary, and he can't help but blurt out praise:

"That's right! It is to make a fuss about the word 'mourning'! Everything must always be strategic, reasonable, beneficial, and responsible! ”

Second Master Tian was very proud, nodded to Liu Yihua with a spring breeze, and said:

"We can't give the appearance of a rebellious **, we can't create any repression for **, I think, without further ado, tonight we can secretly lead the kiln people to surprisingly rush into the company, occupy several large wellheads, make their plan to seal the well impossible to implement, and urge them to take the initiative to negotiate with us."

Gong Ye asked:

"What if they don't buy our account and use the bullets to suppress it?"

Tian Er said impassionedly:

"Well, they're the ones who lose! Even if we fight to the death with them and cause major incidents, they should bear all the responsibility! I don't think they have the guts! ”

Liu Yihua couldn't help but interject again:

"Mr. Tian, I'm afraid it's not good to be so confident, right? These warlords were originally lackeys raised by the capitalist class! They have always made it their profession to suppress the working people, and this time we must be more vigilant against them, and we must not take them lightly. ”

"That's right. Gongye, let's go back and find the potters for a meeting first! What do you have to say? I think we'd rather think of things as serious and complicated......"

Gong Ye looked disdainful:

"Second master, I'm afraid the potter representative doesn't have any clever opinions, let's discuss it with the old brothers, let's do it quickly! Besides, time is so tight......"

"Don't say that, Gongye, there is a saying: 'Three stinkers make one Zhuge Liang'!"

Master Tian Er insisted on his own opinion.

Gong Ye relented:

"Good! Good! According to the second master, let's have a meeting, and we will have a meeting immediately! ”

Before saying goodbye, Master Tian Er was very moved to hold Liu Yihua's hand and said:

"Mr. Liu, thank you, thank you on behalf of the people of Tianjiapu!"

Hu Gongye also said on the side:

"Mr. Liu, we won't say much kind words, we won't forget your benefits to the brothers of Tianjiapu; One day, when you're going to use me, just say hello! ”

Liu Yihua didn't say anything, he came here to report the news of the closure of the well, completely out of a sense of justice, he didn't think about getting any rewards and rewards at all, he thought, he would never use them in the future.

After Tian Er and Hu Gongye left, Liu Yihua also took his leave, he had completed his mission, and now, he could return to the residence of Dahua Company to write his newsletter.

When he returned to his residence, it was already past ten o'clock at night, and Liu Yihua did not feel the slightest sleep. He lit a cigar and sat down in the leather swivel chair for a while, then spread out the manuscript paper and began to write:

The sections of the Dahua tragedy have been layered in detail in this newspaper. On the afternoon of the 26th, more than 30 representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce of Beijing, the Provincial Department of Industry and all parties gathered in the Dahua Conference Hall to discuss the rescue...... Unexpectedly, Liu ××, Li ×× and others, who claimed to be the representative of **, actually manipulated the rescue meeting, claiming that after several investigations, 1,000 and 21 kilnmen trapped in the underground have all died, and there is no possibility of rescue; Immediately, the decision to seal the well was made!

The people of Tianzhen were shocked, they wanted to cry without tears, and they wanted to call powerlessness, which can really be said to call the heavens and the earth! That day and night, the delegation of Tianzhen kiln workers held an emergency meeting, intending to occupy the major wellheads, block the warlords' guns and bullets with their flesh and blood, and fight hard for the survivors of the kiln...... I don't know how the provincial capital and the Republic of China will deal with it?

After the article was written in one go, Liu Yihua was still interested, as if there were still many words to finish, and he couldn't help but write a free poem for the newspaper supplement "Under the Light", the title of the poem is "Crab":

Crab! You are running rampant in the mud ditch, will you not be free!

You have many spear-like feet, how fierce!

Your clamp is like a steel fork, who is not afraid of you!

But you were only brutal for a while, and you were finally caught by people!

Hey, workers,

Rampant crab, we were able to catch it,

The rampant capitalist class,

Isn't there anything we can do about it?

Catch it! Eat it!

We catch it! Let's eat it!

The new world of the future,

There is no room for things that run rampant!

That night, Liu Yihua had an exciting dream.

Also that night, more than 5,000 potters and people, under the personal leadership of Hu Gongye, suddenly flocked to Dahua Coal Mine Co., Ltd. again, and quickly occupied the main shaft wellhead, auxiliary shaft wellhead, west inclined shaft wellhead and wind shaft wellhead. Their organized and planned actions met with little effective resistance......

An earth-shattering riot began.