CHAPTER XXII

Zhou Jie, Zhou Yan's son, 22 years old this year, Zhou Ying, eldest daughter, 23 years old this year, sister and brother went to Luoyang five years ago to study, and later went to a southern province with the teacher, witnessing all kinds of ** phenomena in the Han Kingdom along the way, and saw the strong ships and cannons of the Western powers on the southern coast, and joined the revolutionary organization under the guidance of people with intentions, wanting to overthrow the old system and establish a new order. Unfortunately, their revolutionary organization was strongly suppressed by the warlords, and the organization was severely damaged, and they broke into pieces and went into the mountains to fight guerrillas.

The siblings escaped as old men, and after three months of exhaustion, they finally returned to their hometown, accompanied by more than a dozen classmates whose hometowns had been occupied by the invaders. Governor Zhou Yan is also an open-minded person, otherwise it is impossible to send his children to study in other provinces, and after listening to the analysis of his children and classmates on the Han Kingdom and the world situation, a shadow of a person appeared in his heart: Zhang Hu of Huayang County.

The next day, at the behest of Governor Zhou, Zhou Jie and others embarked on the road to Huayang County. Among their classmates, there was a classmate named Deng Huaqiang, who was not tall, 26 years old, had stayed abroad, and was a core figure in the revolutionary organization. Because Huayang County's products are very famous in the coastal provinces, even Western businessmen are rushing to buy them, and Huayang County was originally just an obscure poor county in the west, who made Huayang County have such an amazing transformation?

When the convoy left the provincial capital and arrived in Qingyang County, the students noticed that the road had become wider and smoother, and the businessmen told them that it was called an asphalt road, which was built with the help of Huayang County. ”

The students held back their curiosity and continued to hurry, and when they arrived at the first checkpoint, Deng Huaqiang saw at a glance that the rifles in the hands of the guards at the checkpoint were not ordinary goods, and his heart jumped wildly. Later, the students saw electric lights, trucks pulling goods, and radio broadcasts, and finally believed that Huayang County's technology had surpassed that of the Western powers, and that the people here were very wealthy.

The arrival of the governor's son naturally attracted Zhang Hu's attention, Deng Huaqiang was also very fortunate to meet Zhang Hu and Li Bao, after a detailed discussion, Deng Huaqiang left satisfied, and Zhou Jie also completed the governor's father's entrustment, and returned to the provincial capital with five truckloads of arms. Half a month later, Zhou Yan completely put down the governor's shelf and went to Huayang County and invited Zhang Hu to serve as the military governor of Zealand Province.

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When Deng Huaqiang returned to the organization after a lot of hardships and brought hundreds of elites from the organization to Sealand Province before the winter came, a new historical chapter began!