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After severely hurting Sun Baiwan bandits, Zhao Zhenzhong and others devoted themselves to the intense autumn harvest and autumn seeds. Then, Zhao Zhenzhong and others concentrated their men to build a house with a capacity of 600 people near Nanyao Yixue, and were preparing to take in orphans this winter.

This year, the number of refugees caused by natural disasters in Shandong is still extremely large.

The most serious disaster is still the losses caused by the Yellow River breach. Last year, the Yellow River broke in Lijin until the first month of this year before initially blocking the gap in the dry season. However, in the spring of 1922, the Lijin River section flooded three times in autumn, and the wheat seedlings and autumn crops in the disaster area were flooded again. The lives and property of the people in the disaster area were incalculable. The number of people drowned alone was about hundreds of thousands, and more than three million people were without clothes or food.

In addition to the disasters caused by the Yellow River, the losses caused by other natural disasters are also extremely astonishing.

In addition to abnormal drought from spring to summer, other areas in Shandong suffered heavy rain and hail at the end of April in Qufu, Zou County and Changqing County. The hail attack lasted for more than an hour, and the flat ground was about a foot thick. The hail was as big as a plate, the second was like eggs, and the smallest was like walnuts, which damaged countless houses. More than a dozen people died because they could not hide.

In September, the epidemic was spreading along Jiaoji and the Yellow River Flood. At the end of September, the Ta Kung Pao reported continuously: "A sudden hulera was reported from Shanghai. It was only discovered in Jinpu and Jiaoji and then infected nearby residents." The so-called Hulerara is cholera, and most of the infected people died of illness in the absence of medicine. Subsequently, epidemics were also found in the Yellow River disaster area in Lijin, and "around it is more than a hundred miles, and it was almost everywhere."

During this year, the continuous disasters in various parts of Shandong caused extremely shocking losses. A large number of people were displaced, mourning everywhere, and starving all over the road is by no means exaggerated, but a living reality!

After learning about this series of disaster news from the newspaper, Zhao Zhenzhong, Li Laodao and others sighed, but they could only try their best to purchase more food and build more houses before winter comes, so as to retain as many orphans as possible and rescue some refugees.

In early winter, the grain purchased by Li Laodao and others, coupled with the income from Zhao Zhenzhong's robbery of Sun Baiwan and the harvest in this summer and autumn, was enough to support the consumption of 1,500 people in one year. This also gave Zhao Zhenzhong and others confidence.

While busy, Zhao Zhenzhong brought some seasonal specialties from time to time to gather with Lord. Lord was very excited about Zhao Zhenzhong every time he came. In addition to Zhao's wonderful ideas that could benefit him, he would show his skills every time Zhao came, so that Lord would enjoy the joy.

Of course, Lord was particularly interested in Zhao's suggestions that would allow him to gain more benefits. Especially after Zhao Zhenzhong's creativity obtained patent rights and corresponding commercial operations gained generous returns, Lord became more enthusiastic about Zhao Zhenzhong.

According to Zhao Zhenzhong's relevant suggestions, Lord and BMW signed an agreement to use a patent license and exclusively distribute motorcycles in Lulin in China. Lulin also signed an agreement to produce and sell three-wheeled bicycle patent licenses. According to the achievements of Lord and Qingdao Lulin, Lulin's headquarters granted Lord the position of general manager of the Northern China region, and he was stationed in Qingdao to develop business in North China, Northeast China and other places.

Lulin Foreign Company has become the exclusive dealer of motorcycles and three-wheeled bicycles in China. According to Zhao Zhenzhong's suggestion, Qingdao Lulin is mainly engaged in the wholesale of these two vehicles, and mass-produced motorcycles and three-wheeled bicycles to dealers in other regions of Lulin in China and other foreign companies. Although the technical content of three-wheeled bicycles is low and can easily be copied by other businesses, it still brings considerable benefits to Lulin. As for motorcycles, it is even more exclusive in the Chinese market. However, motorcycles are high-end luxury goods in China today, and the sales situation is still difficult to satisfy at present. However, the patent rights obtained from BMW's good market performance in Europe and North America are enough to make Lord laugh in his dreams.

When Zhao Zhenzhong and Lord met in mid-November, Lord reminded kindly: "Zhao, according to the agreement between China and Japan on the Qingdao issue, they are about to evacuate. But I heard that the Japanese are unwilling to give up, and are now preparing to make trouble near Qingdao through some bandits. You should be careful."

"Thank you for your reminder, Mr. Lord, our country is in too much trouble now, and there are many vicious bandits around us. This is why I once asked you to help you buy weapons and ammunition. In this chaotic era, at least we must have the strength to defend ourselves in order to survive better."

"As for the Japanese, I think they will not succeed. The pressure from the Chinese government is now likely to not care about the Japanese, but if the Japanese occupy Shandong and stay in Qingdao for a long time, it is not in line with the interests of Britain, the United States and other countries in China. Britain and the United States will definitely intervene. The Washington Conference restricted the tonnage and quantity of naval ships of various powerful powers, which shows that Britain and the United States do not want to see Japan being too powerful in Asia and in the Pacific." Zhao Zhenzhong said affirmatively.

"Zhao, I didn't expect that you have researched international relations and saw the problems so thoroughly. It's incredible." Lord was surprised that Zhao Zhenzhong had such an understanding at such an age.

"Realistically speaking, I shouldn't think of these things at this age. But my experience and my family's teachings made me know that Western powers speak according to their strength and decide on the distribution of interests according to their strength. It is not surprising that they can have some opinions based on some news in the newspaper." Zhao Zhenzhong changed the topic and said, "However, thank you Mr. Lord for your reminder. Although the Japanese will not succeed, I still have to be careful about those pirates and bandits who are unreasonable when I go back."

After returning, Zhao Zhenzhong discussed with Li Laodao and others and secretly sold the 340 used half-new Hanyang-making rifles and some bullets seized from Sun Baiwan through Lin Haishan and several others. Later, Lin Haishan said that they were basically bought by some nearby villages to establish a village protection team. In addition, the bill worth more than 200,000 yuan was secretly exchanged for more than 90,000 US dollars and stored in Citibank.

Afterwards, Zhao Zhenzhong paid attention to the handover in Qingdao, while strengthening winter training for the Rangers.

After Sun Baiwan returned to Xuejia Island last time, the Japanese sent someone to contact him. After learning that Sun's tribe had suffered heavy losses, the Japanese were also surprised by the unidentified power that appeared in secret. After providing some weapons and money and food for the Sun's bandits, Sun Baiwan was worried, but he still acted according to the Japanese's instructions.

Just in November, Sun Baiwan's bandits increased the number of bandits in the nest of Wanggezhuang in the north of Laoshan, and sent some bandits to Sanyizhan and Zhonghezhan in Qingdao. Someone ran to the nearby Japanese military police station to report, but received a reply: That was not a bandit, but an agency established by the guerrillas in the city!

Citizens, who were already panicked by bandits, were all in danger and went out to take refuge with their families.

Sui Shiqing, the president of the Qingdao Chamber of Commerce and the chairman of the Qingdao Autonomous Preparatory Committee, convened Feng Xiyuan, Bao Youqing, Ding Jingchen, Fu Bingzhao, Song Yuting, Zhang Zi'an and other chamber directors to discuss countermeasures, and then cooperated with Mao Shaofu, the private representative of Shandong Governor Tanakayu, to negotiate with the bandits, but was detained by the bandits.

After the news of Sui Shiqing and Mao Shaofu being kidnapped spread, Wang Zhengting, who was responsible for negotiating with the Japanese side about the handover of Shandong and Qingdao, was promoted to Minister of Foreign Affairs. After hearing about kidnaps in Jinan, Wang Zhengting used the conference hall of the Shandong Provincial Administration to hold a press conference to publicize the truth that the Japanese garrison troops stationed in Qingdao were instigated by the Japanese ronin to collude with bandits and burn and plunder Qingdao, and also showed photos of the bandits setting up "organizations" and burning and plundering shops in Qingdao city.

At the suggestion of an American journalist, Chinese and foreign journalists unanimously agreed to form a team of reporters to go to Qingdao to conduct a news investigation.

Wang Zhengting immediately expressed his support and asked international public opinion to pay attention to every step of China's acceptance of Qingdao.

When Wang Zhengting arrived in Qingdao, although the Japanese government was intimidated by the pressure of Chinese and foreign public opinion, it had issued harsh orders to the commander of the garrison army, the Japanese army stationed in Qingdao still adopted a discooperational attitude.

Faced with this situation, Wang Zhengting could only prepare for both suppression and pacification. On the one hand, he sent people to the mountains to seek hostages, and on the other hand, he ordered the 2,000 military and police stationed in Qingdao to prepare. If the recruitment failed, he would immediately go to the mountains to fight for the suppression.

Just when Wang Zhengting was busy, Sun Baiwan also stared at the lines of vermilion-red letters on the flying knife book he found in his residence: "Traitors to seek refuge in the Japanese pirates! Be accomplices for tigers, be careful of the heads! - The robbers are."

Later, some subordinates found that the bandits who were responsible for contacting the Japanese, who were known as the master, had a hole in their foreheads. They lay in the room, and there was a letter with the same content beside them. But no suspicious clues were found around them. Thinking about the more than 80 subordinates who were killed by a knife two months ago, and looking at the tragic appearance of the master in front of them, Sun Baiwan's scalp was numb and his heart was tight.

At this moment, a minion outside reported that it was the government who came.

After negotiations with the personnel sent by Wang Zhengting, Sun Baiwan finally released the detained personnel and accepted the recruitment. His men were adapted into the "Jiaodong Guerrilla Corps" and stationed in Qingdao, setting up an "Inspection Office" in the city.

The handover in Qingdao will be carried out as scheduled according to the original schedule.

On December 10, 1922, the ceremony for returning Qingdao was held in front of the Jiaoao Commercial Port Supervisory Office. Sun Baiwan, dressed in military uniform, also appeared at the reception ceremony, and his former rebelliousness had already restrained himself.

This was once the German Governor's Office and the Japanese Qingdao Garrison Command, but starting today, it will become the Supervisory Office of the Chinese Government's Jiaoao Commercial Port.

At about 12 noon, when the noon cannon sounded, the Japanese flag was lowered, and the Chinese flag slowly rose against the sound of military music. The Chinese government was occupied by Germany in Qingdao and occupied by Japan for 25 years, and finally resumed its exercise of sovereignty!
Chapter completed!