Chapter 17: Changes 1 and rise (four)

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"We are only captured by some regiments, which will not affect the morale of the regular troops. As for the Guards' control line, we will not express our opinion and do not attack them." Han Fuju said in a censorship, "We can actually admit the Guards' actual control over there, but we cannot sign a formal agreement with them. Chiang Kai-shek in Nanjing is waiting to catch our handle. We cannot give him the charge of "making peace with the bandits."

Li Shu nodded and said, "The Chairman is concerned about it. I will talk to them next time I go there, hoping that they can understand our difficulties."

Han Fuju did not take the matter of replacing J in prisoners. However, Ma Hongkui, Wang Jun and Chen Yaohan's three tribes had a headache for replacing J in prisoners. In desperation, Ma, Wang, and Chen had to exchange J in the first place for the officers above the battalion, and the rest could only be found later.

In this way, when Li Shu brought the cattle and horses collected by the various troops into Fei County again, the guards had more than 40 horses and more than 60 plowing oxen. After returning officers above the camp to various troops, they still left most of the prisoners for labor.

The escorts on Shandong also began to step up various construction projects, and the hostile sides due to the battle in Fei County gradually eased down. The escorts on the escorts were temporarily settled, but Zhao Zhenzhong and others in the northwest encountered a series of changes after the reorganization of the troops and assigned tasks. Among them were political movements, natural disasters and **, and some even had a significant impact on the ongoing highway and railway construction, as well as the battle plans for the capture of Longdong and Ningxia.

From the end of March to the beginning of April, Lingchuan in Shanxi suffered two mutinies. However, the mutinies organized by the people lasted for only more than 10 days and were quickly suppressed.

Contrary to the mutiny, the political situation in Shanxi has been ups and downs due to a series of actions by Shanxi Chairman Shang Zhen, and it almost affected the ongoing construction of the Baode Highway and Tongpu Railway.

When Shang Zhen was appointed as the chairman of Hebei Province, he violated the discipline of the Kuomintang and angered Chiang Kai-shek. He also secretly bought firearms from Zhang Xueliang to establish a division in the future, and his series of training military, government and party affairs personnel were suspicious of Yan Xishan. In the end, in August 1929, Yan Xishan transferred Shang Zhen from the position of chairman of Hebei Province and replaced him as chairman of Shanxi Province. All the personnel of Shanxi Provincial Political Services were Yan Xishan's confidants. Shang Zhen was idle after arriving in Shanxi, and even during the Central Plains War, Yan Xishan was unwilling to use him.

After the Central Plains War, Yan Xishan entrusted the Shanxi Sui Army to Xu Yongchang and Yang Aiyuan, gave the remaining 30,000 family assets to Xu Yongchang, and left Shang Zhen, the chairman of Shanxi Province, aside.

In this case, Shang Zhen could only expand his financial resources to alleviate the financial difficulties of Shanxi Provincial Government and his old subordinates. Shang Zhen's idea was to misappropriate the 20,000 yuan mining rights paid by Huamei Company to Shanxi Provincial Government. However, Huamei Company's mining rights fees were not paid in one lump sum, but were paid in different proportions of fees according to mineral exploration stages, and finally within one year after it was put into production. Therefore, Shang Zhen felt that it was not enough after embezzling the 50,000 yuan payment paid by Huamei Company in the period, so he put his ideas on other aspects.

However, Shang Zhen's practice of embezzling Shanxi Province's fiscal revenue to alleviate the financial difficulties of his old subordinates made other generals of the Jinsui Army who were still tightening their belts and living a porridge feel uneasy. Wang Jingguo, Sun Chu and other Yan Xishan's direct generals were particularly dissatisfied. It is said that Fu Zuoyi even slapped the table for this. However, Shang Zhen saw that the conflict was difficult to reconcile, so he refused to do anything. He asked Chen Jingtang, director of the village affairs department, for more than 60,000 yuan of deposits from the village affairs department, as the chairman of Shanxi Province and the director of the Civil Affairs Department. Mr. Chen refused to give it to him. Shang Zhen passed the proposal to abolish the village affairs department personally decided by Yan Xishan at the meeting of the Provincial Political Committee reorganized by Jiang Jiang and Zhang Xueliang in Nanjing, and took more than 60,000 yuan of deposits from the village affairs department, and then replaced 25 county magistrates again.

Shang Zhen's reckless approach was naturally condemned by the military and political circles of Shanxi. With so many county magistrates all at once, the counties along the Jin-Pu Railway were inevitably affected. Fortunately, Zhao Zhenzhong and others did not start construction from Taiyuan to both sides as they built the Tongpu Railway in history, but instead built the North Line first, extending from Datong to Taiyuan and Pukou, so the impact was not too great.

By the end of April, the political fluctuations in Shanxi temporarily subsided. Just when Zhao Zhenzhong thought he could speed up the road construction project and set up the battles in Longdong and Ningxia, a new change of 1 emerged.

One night at the end of April, Zhao Zhenzhong received an emergency telegram from Yang Tianming, who was active in Yanchi, Ningxia and Dingbian, northern Shaanxi at a hidden place near Baode Yaowa Cement Factory. In the telegram, Yang Tianming claimed that when the reconnaissance personnel of the department were in northern Shaanxi, there were currently epidemics in Hengshan, northern Shaanxi and Anding counties, and requested Zhao Zhenzhong to temporarily suspend Huamei Company's entry into northern Shaanxi.

After receiving the telegram, Zhao Zhenzhong became nervous immediately. The border between northern Shaanxi and Hedong in Ningxia and Longdong in Gansu, and across the river from Baode in Shanxi and other places. If the plague broke out in northern Shaanxi at this time, the impact would be too great. Not only did the construction of highways, but the railway affairs would be affected, but the movements of the Ningxia battle would also be affected.

Zhao Zhenzhong did not dare to neglect, so he asked Li Yuntian overnight to discuss the matters related to J: "Tianming said that there was signs of an epidemic in northern Shaanxi, and I want to go over and confirm it. I will give you the work here. If others ask, you will say that I have gone to Dongsheng."

"In order to prevent possible epidemics, you should focus on several things here: First, start tomorrow, open a special place to take in migrant workers from northern Shaanxi. Do you still remember the matter of Huo 1 in Qingdao? Just refer to that method, but more strictly take measures such as isolation, sanitation, cleaning, and disinfection; Second, strictly control the working hours of road construction workers to avoid overdrawing; Third, strictly ensure the dietary hygiene of migrant workers, do not drink raw water, and cannot contact unknown people from outside; Fourth, ask Chief Xu of the Shanxi Sui Army to provide assistance; Fifth, inform Qingdao, let Ma Renming prepare some sulfadic acid from Zhongchengyao and Xiaotian from the United States to transport them for later use; Sixth, strengthen the management of construction workers, and explain and publicize them some common sense of epidemic prevention to avoid large-scale panic when there is a real epidemic in the future."

"I only think of these for the time being. If there are any incomplete things, you can add them in time. I will cross the river to Dongsheng tonight, and then go to Yang Tianming to find out the relevant situation as soon as possible."

When Li Yuntian learned that the epidemic might have exploded, he looked solemn. After writing down what Zhao Zhenzhong said, he asked: "Uncle Master, the measures you just said are all good. However, should we mobilize so many people before the epidemic has been confirmed? Also, what Uncle Master mentioned just now does not involve medical staff. Do we need to hire some doctors?"

"You think it makes sense. However, there is an old saying that 'There will be a major epidemic after a major disaster'. Shaanxi has suffered various serious disasters for several consecutive years. It is not surprising that there will be an epidemic. I think they should not read it wrong in Tianming, but they just cannot confirm what kind of epidemic it is." After thinking about it, Zhao Zhenzhong said, "Then we will strengthen all aspects of prevention measures first. In addition to Chief Xu and Chief Engineer Lao, we will not disclose the real situation to everyone for now. We will only say that summer is coming and some measures to prevent the epidemic. As for medical staff, we will not be in a hurry for now. After the news is confirmed, we will hire a doctor. If it is really not possible, we can also let teachers and students of Qingdao University Medical College come to help."

"Okay, I'll call Ma Renming overnight. I'll start making arrangements tomorrow morning." Li Yuntian also knew that this matter could not be delayed.

After J finished his work, Zhao Zhenzhong prepared to cross the Yellow River overnight and rushed to Dongsheng through Fugu.

Although the Yellow River has never crossed overnight since ancient times, Zhao Zhenzhong was eager to confirm what kind of epidemic it was, so he didn't care. Fortunately, after the opening, the Yellow River Wharfs in Tokto and Baode had been built, and for the convenience of material transportation, 5 15-ton sailboats were added. It was not difficult to get from Baode to the other side of the river.

But after arriving at Fugu, the person in charge of Sihai Industrial here told Zhao Zhenzhong that there is no car leading to Dongsheng now, and it is too unsafe to ride there at night. In addition, it is easy to migrate the edge of the desert, so it is better to wait until dawn before going. Zhao Zhenzhong heard what he said make sense, so he said helplessly, "Yu is not reachable", and then he found a place to rest for a night with the young man named Dong Cheng.

The next morning, Zhao Zhenzhong got up early. After eating something, after Dongsheng arrived at Fugu, the car that was transporting supplies from the goods arrived, Zhao Zhenzhong followed the car back to Dongsheng. After that, Zhao Zhenzhong learned about the situation from Wu Mingshan, and then rode a horse with several people from the special column waiting here to Yang Tianming's command center.

After several twists and turns, in the evening, Zhao Zhenzhong and Yang Tianming and others met in a valley southwest of Dingbian.

"What's going on? Who is going to reconnaissance here? Tell me about the situation in detail." After Zhao Zhenzhong dismounted, he asked anxiously without caring about saying hello to Yang Tianming.

"It was Zheng Jiantao and the reconnaissance team." Yang Tianming looked serious. "After they came back, I isolated them according to the epidemic prevention common sense that my husband had told us before. I asked them to take some yao products on time every day. Fortunately, they are in good health and there are no signs of infection yet."

In a simple adobe thatched house, Zhao Zhenzhong met Zheng Jiantao and others.

"Sir, why are you here? We are in quarantine!" As soon as we saw Zhao Zhenzhong coming in, Zheng Jiantao became anxious, "Why didn't Tianming stop you?"

"Don't worry, you have learned your epidemic prevention knowledge from me. I will definitely protect myself." Zhao Zhenzhong said seriously, "I came here this time to specifically understand what the epidemic you have seen is. This is related to our subsequent series of actions. I cannot joke about my brothers' lives. I must understand what the impact this epidemic will have on us before deciding whether to launch relevant actions on time."

"The epidemic was when I led a few brothers to reconnaissance." Zheng Jiantao thought about it and replied, "A few days ago, I led a team to explore the situation from the mountainous area of ​​Dingbian to the Bailang City area of ​​Hengshan. Along the way, many people died of illness in the Hengshan area. At first, we all thought it was a normal death, but when I saw several men who kept coughing, even churning out bloody foam and blood-colored phlegm, I realized that things were going to be bad. Then, I asked other people around who looked better, and I realized that after contracting this disease, I would breathe rapidly, and there would also be purple marks on the lips, nose, cheeks, ear roots, etc., and I would constantly cough until I couldn't stop coughing up blood. But I had only two or three days to live with this disease."

"From this, we judged that this must be a very serious epidemic and quickly stopped the reconnaissance mission. After returning here, we consciously asked Tianming to isolate us. However, more than two days have passed, and it seems that we have not had the symptoms of that epidemic."

Zhao Zhenzhong breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "It's a good thing to have no symptoms. I will take you to continue working hard in the future. Don't think about giving up halfway."

Zheng Jiantao also smiled and said, "The happiest thing in his life is meeting a gentleman. We also want to follow him and see the day when we Chinese are proud of us in the future."

"I will definitely see it." Zhao Zhenzhong smiled and then asked again: "Do you know with the local people how they got sick?"

"The local people don't seem to know this problem," Zheng Jiantao scratched his head and said, "They only know that recently, many people in the Hengshan area have this disease. Moreover, this disease is very contagious."

If you can't figure out the cause of the disease, it will be difficult to quickly determine the type of the disease, and it will be difficult to get the right symptoms. Zhao Zhenzhong became embarrassed for a while.
Chapter completed!