Old Shadow of the Republic of China 5

After saying that, the Fourth Master went to the study room. When he came back, he had a stack of things in his hand. "This is a briefing I collected recently, please take a look."

Lin Yutong turned on the desk lamp on the head of the bed. The briefing started in February. She looked through one by one. From February to May, she said that the river water surged. But the corresponding people's livelihood was that during this period, the Kuomintang sent 200,000 troops to encircle the Jiangxi base area. This was the second encircle.

In June, I saw a small block report that it was reinforced by Wuhan's embankment, which required 330,000 yuan. This amount of money was nothing for a country. Correspondingly, on June 21, Chiang personally arrived in Nanchang to preside over the third encirclement and suppression of the central base. At the same time, most of the newspapers still had information on the suppression of the Communist Party. Only a small number of newspapers reported in a brief text that the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River basin were being hit by floods. On August 17, the whole city of Hankou was flooded.

. However, Jiang flew from Nanchang to Shanghai for personal reasons, but He Yingqin's telegram urged to go to Jiangxi to suppress the bandits and returned to Nanchang again. The public opinion on this matter was one-sided requesting disaster relief. The more he asked the government for active disaster relief, the more intense the voices were. But until August 28, under pressure from public opinion, Chiang arrived in Hankou by ship from Nanchang, but because he was worried about safety, he did not go ashore and only listened to work reports on the ship. It was September 1st, and Chiang issued a telegram calling for chaos and disaster relief in Hankou.

Lin Yutong looked at the telegram collected by the Fourth Master, "Zhongzheng only has one Su Zhi to suppress Chi, regardless of other floods, and it is not human-power to resist." She suddenly closed the briefing, "It is not human-power to resist? There are really hundreds of thousands of troops that cannot be saved at all? A Wuhan only costs 330,000! Where can I get 330,000? Even if it is locally raised in Wuhan, it is enough." The National Government always charges hundreds of thousands of clothing equipment, which is only part of the logistics expenditure. "Not to say anything else, at least Wuhan can be saved."

The Fourth Master snorted and said, "There are all taxes in Wuhan. However, this money was embezzled by Chiang as military expenditures for the Central Plains War. The rest was embezzled by all over the country, and nothing left. Now this relief committee is a temporary organization, from personnel to money, and they are temporarily collected. The people inside are either not good at business or have ulterior motives, and there are no shortage of people with great disasters at any time. Therefore, they have more management, but they may not have a good effect. If you want to prevent and control the plague, it is impossible to do everything yourself. You tell Mrs. Gui, Mrs. Gui will report it. I believe that the disaster area still has a complete underground organizational structure. They are closer to the lower level, otherwise the disaster area is so big. How to deal with it? Where can they organize so many people? Even if there are people, they have to believe us?"

That's the truth.

The two talked about food again, and the Fourth Master said: "The National Government had originally planned to remit the surplus grain in the Northeast to the disaster area. However, September 18th was obviously not the case. However, in September, Song Ziwen signed a loan contract with the United States on behalf of the government, but not only the price was extremely high, but the interest rate was also very high. Of course, this is food for life-saving, and the price is not the most important thing."

Lin Yutong then opened the briefing and read, "These local governments have played a certain role in disaster relief and life, whether for their own interests or other purposes. Food is only allowed to be in and out, and they are opposed to hoarding." She looked and sighed, "But this execution is afraid that the grain prices will continue to grow rapidly next year."

"Not only that, the food provided by the United States is less than one-third of the losses in the disaster area. In other words, two-thirds of the food rations of the victims are a gap, and this has to be ensured that all of these foods are used for disaster relief. Therefore, there is no guess at all that the food price will definitely grow." The Fourth Master lay on the bed, "So, I was anxious to find a way to import food again."

How much can be saved?

However, the contract signed by the government and the United States is extremely expensive. If you want to negotiate, it will not be able to give them more benefits. In addition, people may not be able to take out so much food at once. This is the real difficulty.

Lin Yutong turned to another briefing, which was the news that the National Government issued a treasury bill for disaster relief. "Didn't this say 80 million yuan? It was 30 million yuan before, and 50 million yuan in December, so there is no news yet."

The Fourth Master shook his head: "No one can buy it, so he can only leave it alone. What else can I do?"

The two of them talked about it for half a night, and they felt that they were not so safe when they fell asleep.

When she was making breakfast the next day, Lin Yutong talked to Mrs. Gui about preventing and controlling the plague. While she took the chopsticks and pulled out the sour beans from the jar, she chatted with Mrs. Gui: "I heard that more than 100,000 people have died in this flood. But the root of the disaster is still there. If it is not handled properly, tens of thousands may even die."

Gui Sao's hand movements of chopping meat became slower and slower. Later, the more she heard it, the more she understood it in her heart. Then she let go: "Don't worry, Xiaolin, I'll go out today."

Lin Yutong smiled: "I'm not in a hurry to come back to cook. We're going out for social engagements today, so you and Hanzai just have to do yours."

Lin Yutong said that there are social engagements, but there are social engagements. Today is Chen Xiangdong's father, Mr. Chen, who has a birthday of 60 years, and they have to go to celebrate the birthday. The birthday gift is simple, so Lin Yutong directly found a jade statue of Guanyin and put it in a box, which is enough.

Mr. Chen is a very elegant person, and he is a first generation of international students. He is very grand. When he saw the Fourth Master, he pulled the Fourth Master to talk. Lin Yutong followed Li Liuli to meet Mrs. Chen.

I went up to see the old lady Chen, and then I saw a woman standing behind the old lady. This woman was not the woman who was following Chen Xiangdong on the train. Seeing that her belly was slightly bulging, she must have been pregnant.

Mrs. Chen was very embarrassed and asked Lin Yutong to sit down, and said embarrassedly: "I'll tell you to make a joke."

Lin Yutong was not easy to respond, but Li Liuli didn't have much embarrassment on her face. She continued, "It's not an outsider, there's nothing to laugh or not." Then she glanced at the woman and introduced Lin Yutong, "You have seen it, so I won't say much. She is Shangguan Feixia, the second wife of our husband."

"Madam Yin." Shangguan Feixia held her waist with one hand and touched her stomach with the other, nodding at Lin Yutong.

Lin Yutong smiled slightly, as if she was returning the gift.

Mrs. Chen touched the rosary in her hand and said to Shangguan Feixia: "Since you are here and you are pregnant, let's go and rest first. You don't need to be here."

It seems that this mother-in-law may not like this person.

Shangguan Feixia was very tactful and didn't dare to make trouble anymore. She hurriedly followed the old mother who had been waiting.

Mrs. Chen pulled Lin Yutong to sit beside her: "No one invited her! She came here by herself. You said that this person was coming and going, and she stood at the gate, and she looked like she was. This is because we were sorry for Liuli. People say that family shame is not exposed, and I don't treat you as an outsider, so I won't hide this from you. It's really annoying to see people. I think it's just because I went abroad to stay. I haven't made friends seriously over the years, but it's rare to get along with you couples. You are all good children, and we feel at ease when we interact with you."

Lin Yutong said a few words of moderation, and saw that the guest came over 66 and was waiting to talk to the old lady. Lin Yutong followed Li Liuli and walked to the side.

"You go and entertain guests. I'll just stay by myself." Lin Yutong urged her, and there was no one who occupied the master.

Li Liuli stayed on Lin Yutong and went to the balcony, "There are so many people waiting to see me laughing today. Why do I have to come over and ask people to sympathize with me?"

"Hey, who would laugh at whom?" Lin Yutong said, changing the subject, "However, if you want to be so embarrassed about your family, your good life will be over. I don't think Mr. Chen is just a person who just indulges her."

"Don't care." Li Liuli was a little discouraged, "If you love, just do whatever you want. I heard that you don't want to live abroad, you can still get divorced. But what about us now? Should I also go to divorce in the newspaper? Let's just live like this."

Lin Yutong suddenly didn't know how to answer the conversation. The fact that she could say such words proved that Li Liuli had really thought about divorce in her heart. She had thought about it more than once.

I heard her say, "In this world, if you divorce, life is even harder than now. Then let's make a living."

Without a strong heart and under external pressure, you cannot easily say divorce. Even Lin Yutong dares not persuade others to say, "Die, it's no big deal."

Before she could speak, she saw the servant calling Li Liuli: "Madam, several ladies are here, the old lady asks you to see you."

Li Liuli took a deep breath, "You play by yourself, I'll come when I go."

Lin Yutong sighed and was about to go out to get a glass of water when a woman walked up to her side.

"Is it a little doctor?" The woman's voice sounded a little strange. Lin Yutong looked at the man and suddenly widened her eyes. She really knew this woman, "Miss Lu? Why are you here?"

This woman is Miss Lu, the second wife of the rich medicinal merchant who was detained by bandit Liu Sanhe on the mountain. But she didn't expect that after going around, she would meet again one day.

Miss Lu looked at Lin Yutong again, "I almost didn't dare to admit it."

Lin Yutong smiled: "You"

"I have to thank you and Mr. Yin." Miss Lu said embarrassedly, "Liu Sanhe is very polite to me. I also know that it must be you who spoke for me."

"I'd like to ask your husband to pay a lot of money." Lin Yutong took a glass of water, sipped it before asking.

Miss Lu looked scared, "Fortunately, my husband didn't have a stubborn temper, otherwise it would be really miserable. The background of the Liuzi Gang is not simple. It's not just a close relationship with the police, but also a garrison." As she said, she paused, "There will be mistakes when speaking too much! There will be mistakes when speaking too much! I've said something that shouldn't be said again."

Lin Yutong waved his hand, "This is not a secret. At that time, the mountain was only one or two hours away from the nearest police station. If it weren't for the police, would they dare to stay blatantly on the mountain? Besides, Mrs. Guo is the wife of the commander of the city defense, but Liu Sanhe may not be able to be polite? Behind this, you can know without guessing that their background is that the commander of the city defense dares not offend easily. If Mrs. Guo doesn't understand this truth, can she throw away her furniture for half her life to the bandits? Everyone can't tell me."

If a person cannot guarantee that they will slap them to death with one slap, don't offend them easily. But the wife of this rich businessman is also confused enough. So if you dare to tease these people for a little money, you will be the one who causes trouble yourself. If the rich businessman doesn't keep a second house, you will not make the wife dissatisfied. If the wife is not dissatisfied, there will be no such thing as contacting the bandits. By the same token, if this lady is not a concubine for someone, she is not good enough to be an outdoor room, and she still wants to enter the house, she will not have such a frightened experience. Good fortune and misfortune will be caused by this.

Miss Lu nodded awkwardly: "Mr. Yin and the little doctor are both knowledgeable. Last time I told my husband about the doctor's medical skills. My husband also said that you must get to know the little doctor if you have the opportunity. You know, you are engaged in medicinal materials business, and you really need to ask the doctor's opinions on some medicinal materials."

This is far-fetched. It is probably because Miss Lu saw that she had a close relationship with the Chen family and wanted to climb up to the Chen family by herself. She looked back at Ms. Lu, and she needed a lot of medicinal herbs. It would be a good thing to have such a way. So she smiled and said, "You're so polite. You're going to play at home when you have time." As for her location, I think they can always find out. You can't seem too anxious, otherwise this business would be impossible.

It was only after having a birthday party at the Chen family. When it came out, it was already past four o'clock in the afternoon.

"Go out for a walk?" The Fourth Master asked Lin Yutong for his opinion, "Or why go to see a movie?"

The two of them didn't think that the movie was novel, they just wanted to see what the movie was like at this time. When they arrived at the cinema, they could watch the only singer Red Peony. One cent per ticket. There were dozens of benches inside. There were not many people inside, and the attendance rate was less than half. The black and white films, the dubbing and mouth shape were basically incompatible. The plot also made people feel frustrated. Therefore, Lin Yutong himself didn't know how he watched it.

After watching a movie, it was already evening when it came out.

Snowflakes floated in the sky, and Lin Yutong stamped her feet: "Let's go home for dinner."

The Fourth Master responded and wanted to call a rickshaw, but he found that the rickshaws nearby had been called away at this moment. It was snowing now, and they were in a hurry to go home.

Lin Yutong held the Fourth Master's arm, "Then let's walk forward, it's been a long time since we took a walk together."

The two walked along the road, and occasionally looked at the various signs with colorful neon lights on the edges, as well as the very conspicuous advertising paintings posted everywhere. Lin Yutong felt that in fact, people in this era tended to be more beautiful than women with round faces and slightly plump faces. Advertising models are the best explanation.

Lin Yutong pointed at this and called the Fourth Master to see, and then pointed at the Fourth Master to see. Just as she was interested, she heard the fork in front of her roaring and heard someone shouting: "Sir, don't lie here, why are you drunk like this? Do you want to send it to the hospital? Or I'll call you a car and let us go to the hospital. Everyone asks everyone to let me go over and I'll call a taxi."

Lin Yutong looked up and couldn't see the human face clearly, but she saw a man wearing a short jacket and a black hat pushing out of the crowd with a hard work, and then hurriedly walked towards this side, passing by Lin Yutong and the Fourth Master.

The Fourth Master turned around and looked at the man, then frowned and looked at Lin Yutong, as if asking something. Lin Yutong nodded affirmatively, and she also smelled the smell of blood.

The man ran up suddenly and heard a scream from the crowd: "Kill me, kill me."

Before the two of them could get up to them, they heard someone say, "It's a Japanese ronin, I don't know why someone stabbed him in the stomach."

"This Japanese deserves to be killed."

"These Japanese ronin get drunk and make trouble on the street, deserve it!"

It was not until the police whistle sounded in the street that everyone was about to scatter.

"No, no, no, no." The police officers there shouted, staying here for me. The evil things are a errand in the police room.

Yes! These are really impossible to leave.

But when the Fourth Master turned around, he saw the man with bloody smell on his body. For some reason, he didn't get through and was blocked in the alley not far ahead.

There are not a hundred or eighty people watching the fun nearby, and they are all gathered together.

In a short while, a small truck came down from above and surrounded everyone present. Someone whispered, "Just died, but if you die, you will die. What should I do?" So many Chinese people died in the Northeast, so who has given an explanation.

In a short while, a policeman came over, looked at the Fourth Master, and asked, "What did you see just now?"

The Fourth Master looked around and said, "Just just now," he seemed to be thinking, "Just across the road, I saw two Japanese entering the alley. When we came through the middle of the road, we heard a voice asking who was lying on the ground and whether he was drunk. He said he wanted to find a car to take someone to the hospital."

"You said you saw two Japanese entering the alley together?" The policeman asked again.

The Fourth Master was very sure: "Yes! The sound of Japanese clogs and walking figures are not necessarily what people can learn if they want to learn."

The man not far from the Fourth Master and Lin Yutong looked at the two in surprise.

Lin Yutong walked towards him, arrived in front of him, and pointed, "Isn't this the young man who wants to save people?" As he said that, he put his hand down. When he was wiping the man's clothes, the dagger he hid on his body came to Lin Yutong's hand, and she immediately put it away.

The man touched his waist and the dagger disappeared. Lin Yutong glanced at him deeply and retreated to the Fourth Master.

The policeman immediately went over and asked the murderer, "What did you see in the alley?"

"I didn't see anything." The man was not stupid, and immediately said, "I came from the alley on the other side and heard a clattering sound. Then when I turned around and walked a few steps, I saw a gentleman lying on the ground. I helped him and felt his hands sticky. I realized it was blood when I saw it." As he said that, he only showed the blood marks on his clothes to the police. "I was frightened, so I was anxious to find someone to take him to the hospital."

None of the people watching over there could hear the voices of the speech here.

"It seems that I saw two people entering the alley together. Now I think they should be two Japanese."

"I just heard the sound of the clogs and mixed. Now that I think about it, isn't it just because they are two people?"

Seeing and hearing this is the most likely to be influenced by the people around you.

The left middle corner of my mouth, who had been using flashlights to survey the scene, wasn't this obvious nonsense? There was a little snow today, and although the footprints on the ground were damaged, clues could still be found. From beginning to end, there were only traces of a pair of clogs, and they were not stepped on, but caused by being dragged. Looking in the alley, I would definitely not find anything. There were two Japanese people, and they heard the sound of clogs? The word "multiple" is the same as it is.

Yang Tian, ​​who was following him, whispered: "Head! What should I do now? There are still a few well-known figures in this person today, and I can't always hold people like this."
To be continued...