"Hit the bamboo board, listen to me.

Fellow citizens, from outside, toiled to Marseille;

Sitting in the number room, the heart is unhappy, and I am uncomfortable all day long;

The YMCA is good at hospitality, and Chinese workers are not outside;

At nine o'clock in the morning, open the door until four o'clock;

It's really fast to learn Mandarin, guess the words, read and memorize;

……

Sigh time, the loveliest, today and the past can no more.

Compatriots, don't wander, hurry up and learn from the family! ”

In the Chinese Workers Base, a student who obviously speaks Tianjin dialect is playing Allegro to promote the benefits of the YMCA to his fellow Chinese workers, inviting them to join the YMCA and study.

To say that this kind of allegro form of propaganda is really effective, easy to understand, catchy, and it doesn't take much effort to surround the Chinese workers.

Take off your felt hat and fan the wind, looking at it with a taste.

Originally, this student was still a little stunned in his heart, and it was inevitable that he would not have enough confidence to play Allegro.

But after seeing that it was so popular with everyone, it gradually let go, with the unique hometown culture, the more he talked, the more slippery he said, and the allegro became louder and louder.

"Pen, paper and ink, no need to buy, come at any time without hindrance;

There are newspapers, there are chess games, and many things are really strange;

There are movies, open at 2 o'clock on Tuesday and Friday;

……”

But as he fought, the student suddenly found that the audience in front of him was getting smaller and smaller, and he actually walked more than half of the effort in a few words.

Looking closely, it turned out that the group of people ran outside, and they were still shouting vigorously:

"Hurry up, hurry up, Professor Cheng is here, hurry up and see him, and the branches won't be able to climb for a while."

"Hey, Liu Tiedan'er, I remember not stomping on the ground by the sky before, swearing that Professor Cheng is a liar, why do you run faster than anyone else? Oiled soles? ”

", you're not a guy in the teahouse - which pot doesn't open and which pot? Can Professor Cheng compare with those tolerances? Bah! Can those tolerances be compared to Professor Cheng? Come to our rescue! ”

"That's you, thick-skinned like the corners of the city wall......"

The students who were originally playing allegro were still a little unconvinced when they saw the audience disperse, but after a few more hits, they suddenly reacted resolutely, jumped off the high platform, grabbed a fellow Chinese worker and asked, "Big brother, who do you say?" ”

Huagong looked the student up and down, took half a step back, and said in disbelief: "The famous Professor Cheng, you don't know?" ”

After saying this, he directly shook the student's hand back, and walked quickly towards the direction where Cheng Nuo was coming.

"Professor Cheng, Professor Cheng......" After the student muttered a few words in his mouth, he suddenly slapped his head, and his eyes lit up: "It's really Professor Cheng, this is great, no, no, no, I have to hurry over, this is my academic idol!" ”

Then the gentleman pinned the allegro to his waist and ran behind the team's buttocks.

And it's not just happening here, it's happening elsewhere as well.

When Cheng Nuo got out of the car, he looked at the group of people who were pressed by the black, and his face couldn't hide his shock, and he couldn't help but look at Shi Yixuan: "Yixuan, this is all arranged by you?" The scene is too big! ”

Shi Yixuan didn't know anything about this situation, and when he saw this scene, he was no less surprised than Cheng Nuo.

My heart said that I had arranged for someone to come to greet me, but it didn't reach this level, so today is a special day.

If you calculate the time, it's not either.

Clearing his throat, Shi Yixuan wanted to pretend, pretending that the big scene in front of him was arranged by him, but when an old brother saw the person dressed as a scholar behind Shi Yixuan, he didn't think about it, and directly defaulted to the arrival of Cheng Nuo himself.

He snorted at the top of his voice: "Professor Cheng, I heard that you brought us pancakes, where are they, why didn't we see them?" ”

Because it was too close, the elder brother's voice not only almost scared Shi Yixuan's courage away, but also spit on his face.

wiped his face, Shi Yixuan didn't have the idea of bragging, and walked up to Cheng Nuo to tell the truth: "Zhiyuan, in fact, ......"

Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, Cheng Nuo walked directly to the old brother, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Big brother, you are really well-informed, I really brought pancakes, and this pancake is ......."

deliberately sold a pass, Cheng Nuo raised the suitcase in his hand to the air and patted it, looked past the old brother and shouted to many Chinese workers: "And I brought a lot of pancakes, at least the big guys present, there is no problem with one person." ”

Afraid that the Chinese workers would not believe it, Cheng Nuo waved his hand to the back, and his subordinates understood, brought over the suitcases one by one, and signaled that they were filled with finished pancakes.

Then he opened it, put it on the table, took out a random one, and took out a roll in his hand, and Cheng Nuo immediately took a big bite.

This scene made Big Brother drool, he missed the taste of his hometown so much, he couldn't wait to ask: "Professor Cheng, how does it taste, is it delicious?" ”

Cheng Nuo swallowed the pancake and stretched out two fingers:

"Two words."

"What two words?"

"Great!"

As soon as he said this, the audience was instantly detonated, and they looked at the stack of pancakes one by one, which was long-sighted.

Cheng Nuo also stopped selling Guanzi, and waved his hand: "Yixuan, you are more familiar with this place than me, help me give these Chinese workers compatriots." ”

Things developed too fast, causing Shi Yixuan to be in a state of stunned all the time, even after being woken up by Cheng Nuo, he was still half a film slower: "Ah? Oh, okay, I'm going to arrange for the YMCA students to distribute pancakes. ”

Cheng Nuo nodded, thought of something to each other, and stopped Shi Yixuan again: "Yixuan, what did you want to say before?" ”

Shi Yixuan still had the slightest idea of pretending to be forced, and shook his head like a rattle: "No, no, you heard it wrong just now." ”

Cheng Nuo noticed that there was something strange in it, and frowned and said, "Okay, you can notify me in time if there is anything." ”

Cheng Nuo didn't continue to think about it, and in the following period, he quickly got along with this group of Chinese workers.

"Professor Cheng, don't you know, eating bread every day in France, at first I thought it was rare, but then I always felt that there was no fragrant steamed bun at home, especially the pancakes baked by my mother, that is thinking about it every day and night, but I am greedy, your pancakes this time, I like it."

"What about the pancakes?"

"It's delicious, but what's missing in your mouth?"

"Isn't there a lack of green onions?"

"Hey, Professor Cheng, how do you know me, do you bring green onions?"

"The belt is brought, but it was all broken on the road, and it was thrown away in the end, big brother, you can't eat it in your mouth for the time being."

"If you can't eat it, you can't eat it, it's as strong as an onion!"

Seeing that the big brothers were a little regretful, Cheng Nuo took out a few bottles of sauce from the last suitcase like a trick, and solemnly placed them in front of many Chinese workers: "There are no green onions, but we have sauce!" ”

As he spoke, he directly brushed the sauce for Big Brother, wrapped it in cucumber strips, and then solemnly handed it to Big Brother, and said to Big Brother, and also to all the Chinese workers present:

"With me, I will definitely not be able to treat our own people badly!"

The scene climaxed again, the Chinese workers stuffed the pancakes into their mouths, threw Cheng Nuo directly into the air, and cheered vigorously:

"Hooray!"

"Hooray!"

"Hooray......

As the night got late, Cheng Nuo sat alone by the bonfire, with the sound of firewood burning and crackling in his ears from time to time, looking at the Chinese workers singing and dancing in the distance, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.

These Chinese workers are rare workers even in Europe.

If they can join in the future, the construction of the Sichuan industrial base is just around the corner, and the situation of Qiao women who are difficult to cook without rice will also be greatly improved.

Even if these people are not allowed to return to China, and build a factory in France, the problem of manpower shortage will not occur, and it is more comfortable for their own people to use it.

Before Cheng Nuo could think about it, Liang Qichao suddenly came from outside, holding two apples in his hand, handed one to Cheng Nuo, and sat directly around the bonfire: "I just communicated a lot with those Chinese workers, listen to what they mean, this European war is about to end?" ”

Cheng Nuo took the apple, wiped it casually, put it to his mouth and clicked: "Who can guarantee the war, but with the general trend, it shouldn't last too long, even if it continues to fight, there will be no large-scale battle." ”

Liang Qichao nodded, and added a few more pieces of new firewood to the bonfire: "No wonder you suddenly came to Europe at this time, I still thought that there was a war here, and there was a risk in coming, but I didn't expect to see such a long-term vision." ”

Cheng Nuo was noncommittal, chewing the apple in his mouth slowly: "Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared." ”

For a long time afterward, there was a chat between the two, and there were also a few people who came to invite or get acquainted in the middle, and they were all cleverly avoided by the two.

When the night was getting darker, and in addition to the sound of burning firewood, there was also the sound of insects chirping, Liang Qichao suddenly asked: "It's not easy to deal with so many people, how are you going to arrange them?" It's just that our three or four factories in Sichuan can't afford so many Chinese workers. ”

Cheng Nuo propped his hands on the ground, looked at the moon and said, "Of course, part of it is to stay, and part of it is to go." ”

Liang Qichao was puzzled: "Stay? Walk? ”

In fact, France faced an even more complicated situation after the war. On the one hand, many young and middle-aged men died in France, and on the other hand, France suffered from war trauma and severe damage to its infrastructure, and needed more human resources to participate in post-war reconstruction.

Therefore, France took three ways to deal with Chinese laborers: they repatriated those who were misbehaving, wrongly behaved, and ill.

At the end of the contract, all Chinese workers who do not want to stay in France will also be repatriated.

When the contract expired, but those who were willing to stay and work in France with the consent of the factory owner re-entered into contracts, and in the end about 10,000 Chinese workers remained in France.

And Cheng Nuo's plan is to leave some of the recruited Chinese workers and take some away.

As the name suggests, to stay is to keep the workers, set up factories in the local area, use the relatively good industrial base of France, build some factories, absorb advanced industrial technology, on the one hand, use it to earn foreign exchange, and earn more scientific research funds for the Academy of Sciences.

On the other hand, it can also share the risk of setting up a factory, after all, the domestic political environment, even in Sichuan, is still not reassuring.

And go, it is easy to understand, that is, take it back to set up a factory.

In particular, the main purpose of Cheng Nuo's trip is to take away advanced steelmaking technology to support the development of domestic heavy industry.

Although the process of acquiring technology will not be easy, technology is dead, and there is always a way to obtain it.

But people are alive, especially in the excellent steel industry, which is not easier to cultivate than to tackle technical problems.

Moreover, this kind of "walking" can also bring advanced experience back to China.

After the Chinese workers returned to their hometowns, they had a certain impact on both the city and the countryside at that time.

In the cities, the experience of returning Chinese workers in Europe led them to form trade unions, organize strikes, and gain experience from revolutionary/life/old areas like France, which finally shined in the turbulent times.

In the countryside, Chinese workers can also actively spread what they have seen, heard, and learned as much as possible.

Cheng Nuo has not forgotten that Mr. Tao Xingzhi is still waiting to promote civilian education with him, and it is always the majority of the people who support the development of this country.

Liang Qichao hesitated for a moment, but still said: "Although the idea is good, it is still very difficult to implement, with the current turbulent environment, not all Chinese workers can be properly resettled after returning to China, warlords are fighting, social turmoil, and the government is often in order.

It is also very possible that some Chinese workers will not be reused, and they will embark on other crooked paths. ”

This is not that Liang Qichao is alarmist, the 1923 Shandong Lincheng carjacking case & shocked the international community, among the thousands of Chinese involved in the hijacking of the train, many can speak some simple English or French.

Based on this, one of the abducted American passengers concluded that some returned Chinese workers were involved in the incident. This proves that some Chinese workers have gone astray after returning to China because they have no support for life and have nothing to do with what they have learned.

The people of the green forest have mastered several foreign languages, and they can be reduced to the point of being bandits, and it has to be said that this is a society that can only survive by eating people.

Cheng Nuo got up and patted the grass clippings on his buttocks: "What you said is not impossible, the public can't count on it, we can try the Chamber of Commerce." ”

Liang Qichao was puzzled: "Chamber of Commerce? ”

Cheng Nuo smiled: "Of course, we said earlier that we should support the development of domestic universities, and now we naturally have to support the development of domestic industry.

Call Zhang Jian, Chen Jiageng and other old friends and go to Sichuan to build a factory together.

At that time, we will build a complete industrial chain, and we can provide support for technology, skilled workers, isn't this there? ”

After a brief break, Cheng Nuo quickly began to work on the training of Chinese workers.

Especially considering the language barrier, Chinese workers are always in a state of "aphasia", it is difficult to express their demands at work, it is extremely inconvenient to travel in life, and they are easy to be bullied.

Cheng Nuo decided to start with the language first.

(End of chapter)