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On the afternoon of August 8, Zhao Zhenzhong sent White, Chen Juefu and others to the pier to take a boat south.

In the second half of this day, lightning and thunder were heard in Laoshan, and heavy rain began to rain. In summer, it was normal to have a lot of rain, but the weather symbols in Shandong this year are very abnormal.

Since the beginning of winter last year, there has been little snowfall in Shandong Province, which has mostly dried up in the winter wheat in the fields. Since the beginning of spring this year, there have been only scattered light snow in the counties along the Jinpu Road between March 18 and 23. There is only Fushan in Jiaodong, and the two places of Huangxian have rained. Other areas have sunny and droughts for several days, causing sand to fly all over the sky.

The drought in recent days has caused some large livestock such as plowing cattle from farmers to be infected with diseases and many deaths, among which Quji and Sishui in the southern part of Mount Tai are particularly serious. Many farmers are afraid that their plowing cattle will be infected with diseases, so they sell them at a low price.

In some areas that suffered disasters last year and are now facing severe drought, a large number of people have gone out to famine and even sold their children.

However, in the face of this severe drought, some officials of the Shandong Provincial Government did not want to organize the people to fight drought and disaster relief, and even prayed to the sky for rain.

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It is precisely because of the severe drought that grain production cuts this year have become a foregone conclusion that Zhao Zhenzhong would buy more than 4,000 tons of wheat when he returned to China and this time he asked White to buy another 4,500 tons. You should know that the price of wheat in the United States is much higher now than during the 29-year crisis. One US dollar is 1.2 bushels, which is more than 32.6 kilograms, which costs US$30 per ton, and 9,500 tons of wheat costs a total of US$255,000.

At noon on August 9, Zhao Zhenzhong couldn't help but worry when it was still raining outside the house. After lunch, he called Li Tongsheng, Li Yuntian, Zhang Gongyuan, Ding Yicheng, Han Tiezhu and others to start arranging disaster prevention matters: "The rain outside started falling from the second half of the night, and it has not stopped yet. There is a very likely flood disaster. Now I'll ask everyone to arrange manpower and take precautions in advance. Yuntian, I'll gather all the others in the business group except on duty, and take responsibility in the company. Senior brother,

You and Ma Renming took a company's people to the Shanli Master and others to prepare for prevention of mountain torrents; Yuntian, you took a company to patrol factories and docks and other places, and took precautions; Zhang Gongyuan, you took a company to Yixue to patrol and prevent; Ding Yicheng, you took a company to Sihai School to patrol and prevent; Han Tiezhu, you took a company to be responsible for on duty and the defense measures of the entire Nanyao; Wu Mingshan, you led a row to stay, responsible for preparing ginger soup and drying clothes for everyone to return and apply. Others will be led by me to patrol the barracks and warehouses at the foot of Dading Mountain."

"Every team must carry a certain number of tools to prepare for disaster relief, and at the same time, they must protect themselves in heavy rain. Senior brother, you who come to the mountains should pay more attention to safety."

"Zhenzhong, don't worry, this road is very mature all day long." Li Tongsheng agreed.

After the arrangement was made, hundreds of people began to act. Although raincoats had appeared in this era, people like Zhao Zhenzhong were not prepared. The original rain gear was just a small number of umbrellas. Now so many people in the business group were not enough to act, so everyone had to act in the rain. Fortunately, it is summer now, and the rain is not cold, so there is no need to worry about large-scale colds and colds.

Zhao Zhenzhong didn't know what the rain would cause, and he didn't know that from now on, Shandong would go from drought to a period of frequent floods and disasters.

On August 10, continuous rainfall finally led to a mountain torrent. Fortunately, Zhao Zhenzhong and others took precautions in advance, and the Qingliu River near the mountains were rocks on both sides. Apart from washing away several acres of land in Qingliu River Village near the estuary, it basically did not cause much disaster.

But in the area near Shazikou, not far from Nanyao, due to the outbreak of mountain torrents, the Han River overflowed, 31 villages of all sizes along the river were affected, killing 69 people, more than 760 houses collapsed, and more than 3,600 acres of farmland were destroyed. The Han River is a Season River, commonly known as Han River and Zhuwo River. Later generations named it Nanjiushui River during the place name census in 1980. Its process is 14.5 kilometers, the basin area is 36 square kilometers, and there are villages of all sizes along the river banks. Because it is Season River, it inevitably becomes a channel for people to come and go when the river water is cut off, and a lot of accumulations were discarded in the river channel. When the sudden outbreak of mountain torrents flows smoothly, it naturally overflows everywhere, causing the nearby villages and people to suffer greatly.

By the morning of August 12, the rain had stopped. Zhao Zhenzhong hurriedly arranged personnel to check the losses in various places, clean up trees that fell due to wind and rain, and repair the roads washed away by the rain. After learning about the disasters suffered by villages near Shazikou and Hanhe in the west, Zhao Zhenzhong arranged for Li Tongsheng to take out some food and clothing in the name of Sihai Industry to help the affected people, and reminded Li Tongsheng to remind the people not to drink raw water and pay attention to epidemic prevention after they arrived there.

After arranging all the matters, Zhao Zhenzhong went to the mountains to visit Li Laodao, Chen Jingxian and others. Seeing that there was no problem with everyone during the disaster, he felt relieved. After chatting for a while, Zhao Zhenzhong stood up and said goodbye, and went to Qingdao to find Sui Shiqing. Liu Quanfa and the others learned about the situation in Qingdao and Shandong during their stay in the United States.

It has been 10 days since I returned to China on August 3. During this period, except for meeting Sui Shiqing and Liu Quanfa on the same day as he came back, Zhao Zhenzhong was busy transporting equipment and other supplies. After a few days of heavy rain, he had no time to talk to the two in detail.

At noon that day, Zhao Zhenzhong invited Sui Shiqing and Liu Quanfa to a private room in Sihai Restaurant to have a meal and chat.

"Brother Liu, I didn't have time to understand the school situation on the day I came back. I went to the United States for a holiday in May. There was no problem with the school during this period, right?" During the meal, Zhao Zhenzhong learned about the situation from Liu Quanfa.

After hearing Zhao Zhenzhong's question, Liu Quanfa stopped chopsticks and said with a sigh: "Brother Sui used to say that Zhenzhong has extraordinary vision, but this time I have experienced it myself."

"You took a boat to the United States on May 16. Not long after you left, on May 18, the Japanese Marine Corps in Qingdao shot and killed eight Chinese workers. After the news came out, I knew that it would be difficult to stop the students from going to the streets. So, according to the arrangement you and me in advance, the whole school was notified to start the holiday in advance from May 20, and all teachers and students in the school were required to leave the school within 5 days. Of course, the name of "the school should renovate the student dormitory and build a new school building" was disclosed to everyone at the beginning of the month. At the same time, the students were assigned homework and told everyone that the exam would be taken after school starts in September. I hope they can review their homework with peace of mind during the holidays."

"Just shortly after the students left school, larger strikes and conflicts occurred. On May 25, due to the failure of the director of the Jiaoao Police Department Chen Tao, the director of the Jiaoao Police Department, failed to disband the cotton mill union, the Japanese factory owner announced a power outage, which led to the cotton mill union ordering the second alliance strike."

"On May 27, when the Japanese government dispatched warships to Qingdao and fired fire and intimidate, the Jiaoao Commercial Port Supervisor Wen Shude urgently sent Zhang Zongchang. Zhang Zongchang, who had just been in charge of Shandong at that time, in order to please the Japanese and take the opportunity to control Qingdao, he telegraphed and said, "If necessary, you can fire the gun." At the same time, he transferred Zhang Shuxun's voyage eastward."

"In order to protect this land in Qingdao and please Zhang Zongchang and the Japanese, Wen Shude arranged to suppress the workers' strike by force after receiving the telegram from Zhang Zongchang. In the early morning of May 29, nearly 3,000 military and police officers entered the strait mill to disperse the strike workers. The workers did not withdraw, and Wen Shude actually ordered the shooting. The Japanese living in the factory also shot upstairs. The military and police rushed into the factory chased workers everywhere. On that day, 8 workers were killed and 17 seriously injured. Child workers and female workers hiding in the factory fled into cotton bags and were found to be shot or suffocated in the ditch. There were no exact numbers of people who were found to be shot or suffocated."

"After this strike was suppressed, the factory reopened on June 10. However, the Japanese exploitation of workers became even worse. On July 22, a 12-year-old child laborer named Li from Dakang Spinning Mill was seriously injured by the Japanese for no reason and was unconscious. The workers made some requests to the factory, but the Japanese turned a deaf ear. The workers of Dakang Spinning Mill immediately went on strike, and several other spinning Mills responded to the news and started the third general strike."

"The Japanese side asked Zhang Zongchang to suppress again, and Zhang was willing to serve. He personally rushed from Jinan to Qingdao on July 25. At the banquet for Zhang Xichen that night, the Japanese factory owner and some pro-Japanese gentry merchants in Qingdao offered 300,000 oceans as "payment" on the spot, demanding that Zhang Zongchang suppress the strike as soon as possible. Zhang Zongchang ordered his subordinate Yin Deshan to command a brigade of military and police on the 26th to block traffic at three Japanese yarn mills and workers' dormitories, and raided dozens of Communist Party, Kuomintang, workers, students, and patriots, hundreds of wanted people, more than 600 fugitives were afraid, and those who were beaten and humiliated were not counted, and property losses were not counted. The whole city was martial law and terrifying. The third strike was suppressed again."

After telling these things, Liu Quanfa said with emotion: "If we hadn't put more than 300 teachers and students of Qingdao University on holiday in advance in the name of building school buildings and repairing student dormitories, the students of our school would definitely be indispensable among the people who were hurt in the two suppression."

"As long as there is no problem with the school and the students." Zhao Zhenzhong sighed and said, "We are not able to take care of other things now. In such a chaotic era, it would be nice to be able to do our best in everything we have and be worthy of our conscience. So how is the construction of the school building now? Will it be put into use after school starts in September?"

"The new school buildings are all 4-story buildings, built with prefabricated concrete slabs, and the speed is also fast. Since the construction started in early May, the main project has been completed and internal renovation has been completed. It is expected that all construction will be completed by early September, and will not affect the use of school starts."

"As long as it does not affect the use of school starts."

Immediately, Zhao Zhenzhong turned around and asked Sui Shiqing: "Brother Sui was not affected this time, right?"

"Brother Sui has gained a good reputation during this period of turmoil, but it also made Chief Zhang a little dissatisfied." Liu Quanfa interrupted.

"I would rather not have that good reputation." Sui Shiqing smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying, "It is said that the rabbit dies and the fox is sad. I am deeply touched now."

"I should have heard of some grudges between Hu Xinzhi and me. In the first year of the Republic of China, I heard Sun Yat-sen's speech from Qingdao at the YMCA, and also developed the ambition to save the country through industry. Then I donated money to support the "Morning Bell Magazine" founded by the Tongmenghui in Shandong to open a branch in Qingdao. Later, I saw that the three Chinese newspapers in Qingdao at that time, none of them spoke for the people, so I had the idea of ​​starting a newspaper by myself. In 1923, I established the "Qingdao Morning News" and served as the president of myself, and hired Hu Xinzhi as the editor-in-chief. I knew that Hu Xinzhi was a member of the Southern Sun Party. I knew that Hu Xinzhi was a member of the Southern Party. In 1923, I had the same proprietorship to establish the "Qingdao Morning News" and served as the president of myself, and hired Hu Xinzhi as the editor-in-chief. I knew that Hu Xinzhi was a member of the Southern Party in the South.

, I also hope that he could use this newspaper to promote people's wisdom and improve people's livelihood. But he actually promoted revolutionary ideas in the newspaper and claimed to overthrow the Beiyang government. This was contrary to my original intention, so I argued with him. As a result, we had an argument due to the argument, and he scolded me for being unprofitable, conservatives and diehards, and they wanted to defeat them. I also scolded him for being unrealistic and confused at that time. Later, because the newspaper promoted radical ideas, it was seized by the authorities in 1924, and I was also warned. It was from that time that a considerable conflict between me and Hu Xinzhi."

"Later, Hu Xinzhi founded the Qingdao Citizen Daily in September 1924. He also often published some articles in the newspapers that satirized me, the president of the Qingdao Chamber of Commerce. It was not until I repeatedly issued statements promoting domestic products in the Chamber of Commerce under the reminder of Zhenzhong that he praised me a few times in the newspapers."

"This time, Hu Xinzhi praised the workers' movement in the newspaper and exposed the crime of colluding with the Japanese and Zhang Zongchang to suppress workers, and also offended both sides. After Zhang Zongchang came to Qingdao in late July, he even ordered him to be arrested and shot."

"I was arrested on July 26th, and he was shot on Tuan Island on the 29th, and it was already the 30th when I got the news. When I heard the news of Hu Xinzhi being killed, I was really worried at that time, and I felt sad that the rabbit died and the fox was sad. A person who had a lot of entanglement with me went like this."

"Later, I came forward to collect my body for Hu Xinzhi, handled the funeral, and helped his family return to his hometown in Northeast China. Because of this, some good people in Qingdao promoted me to be righteous, ignore past grudges, and repay grievances with kindness."
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