Lost and Spy

Chapter 2073 A Delicious Food

(First of all, I wish all the readers a happy new year in 2022, a lot of money, and a happy family. Then, everyone knows that last year, um, the chapters of last year were in the wrong order, and this is the chapter that should be published yesterday. The apology and compensation plan are in end of article.)
"what happened to him?"

"It's my fault for being hungry." Steward Qiu glanced at Xiang Caigui: "He came to Chongqing hungry all the way begging. When he found me, I arranged a meal for him, but I was also negligent. He is so hungry now , I can’t stand overeating at all, once I open my mouth to eat, I’m easy to be stuffed to death. Fortunately, I remembered early and tried my best to prevent him from continuing to eat.”

This sentence is true.

Meng Shaoyuan was like a mirror in his heart.

At that time, it was very rare to be overwhelmed.

But at this time, it is easier to starve to death than to starve to death.

There are only two kinds of people who are overwhelmed:
One is that they are extremely hungry. They sell everything that can be exchanged for food, and eat a big meal recklessly, and end up being stuffed to death.

There is also a kind of barley that has been boiled until the barley is about to mature. They pick the young barley ears and make a kind of "twisted" food. In the end, he was strangled to death!

The reason for this is that the stomach has become extremely weak due to long-term hunger.

"Stick to death" is not a joke, but the most real and saddest existence.

Xiang Caigui was like that.

Begging all the way from Henan to Chongqing, his stomach was often empty, but housekeeper Qiu prepared delicious food for him. As soon as he saw it, he immediately started to eat it crazily.

Fortunately, Steward Qiu responded, and even though Xiang Caigui begged all the way, there was still something in his stomach after all, so he wouldn't die immediately.

Even so, Xiang Caigui's stomach couldn't take it anymore, and the pain lasted for two days, and when it was the worst, he rolled all over the floor.

Butler Qiu hurriedly called a doctor for him, and prescribed medicine to regulate his stomach, which relieved him a lot.

"My lord, my lord Qingtian, help me." Xiang Caigui was still crying.

"Get up and say, Steward Qiu, help him up."

"Yes."

Butler Qiu helped Xiang Caigui up and asked him to sit in the guest seat:
"If you have anything to do, tell our master, and the master will help you decide."

"Yes." Xiang Caigui wiped away his tears and said, "My lord, the disaster in Henan is serious. In spring and summer, most areas in Henan have no harvest in summer. The common people can't live anymore!"

In 1942, the Great Famine in Henan!
Meng Shaoyuan guessed what was going on as soon as Xiang Caigui came in.

The Henan Great Famine had already appeared in the spring and summer of 1942, but it was not contained at all. As a result, it intensified and finally turned into a human tragedy.

George Bernard Shaw said, "The lessons of history tell us that human beings will not learn from the experience of history!"

The Great Famine in Henan is the best historical lesson!

In 1940, the government moved the capital to Chongqing. In order to keep up with the supply of military rations during the war, the provinces implemented a "truth collection" system, and stipulated that those who falsely reported the disaster situation would be severely punished, and those who contributed to the ration of food would be rewarded.

It is precisely because of this system that local officials have many concerns about reporting disasters.

In the spring of 1942, disasters in Henan had already occurred.Many counties reported disaster situations and asked for help.However, Li Peiji, the provincial chairman at the time, did not dare to truthfully report the disaster situation to the chairman of the committee, and watched the disaster situation in Henan getting worse.

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Henan, as the main battlefield of the confrontation between China and Japan, was devastated by the war and its agriculture was seriously damaged.

In 1942, the Japanese invaders frequently bombed the central and western regions of Henan, Henan. At that time, the army of millions of troops stationed in Henan adopted the principle of "getting local materials" for the military rations, horse grass and even the supply of troops. In order to reduce transportation consumption.

This undoubtedly made the disaster-stricken people of Henan worse.

Before the outbreak of the Great Famine in 1942, Henan had been squeezed for five consecutive years. During this period, the conscription and food requisitions were the highest in the country.

Even in the era of good weather and good weather, after paying a large amount of grain and taxes continuously, the farmers hardly have any grain reserves left.

In 1942, the wheat harvest in Henan was only [-]-[-]%, and the autumn grain crops were cut off. Faced with such a predicament, Henan still ranked first among all provinces in terms of grain expropriated and procured at that time!

In 1942, during the emergency of the Anti-Japanese War and disaster relief, Tang Enbo took the opportunity to make a fortune from the national crisis. Faced with a large number of victims, he did not open warehouses to help. It even drove a large number of victims to build new embankments of the Yellow River, causing countless people to die of exhaustion and starvation.

"Water and drought locust soup, the four pests in Henan" was a popular folk song in Henan at that time, and "soup" refers to Tang Enbo.

Under these pressures, the tragic situation of super famine in Henan was created step by step.

As the disaster became more and more serious, some domestic newspapers also carried out related reports.Among them, a report in "Ta Kung Pao" made the chairman of the committee particularly angry.

In an editorial, Wang Yunsheng, the editor-in-chief, exposed the brutality of the Nationalist government in requisitioning food for the disaster victims in Henan, and also condemned the extravagance of the upper class in Chongqing.

After seeing it, the chairman was angry and ordered Ta Kung Pao to suspend publication for three days.

But at this time the chairman still did not believe in the disaster situation in Henan.

"My lord, the common people can't hold on any longer, and some people have already started fleeing the famine." Xiang Caigui began to cry again: "However, the local officials did not allow us to flee the famine, saying that everyone has left, so what about this year's grain requisition?
They sent people to block the exit of the village, demanding that the summer harvest and autumn grain tax must be completed on time, but where is there a grain of grain in the field?

The people in the village really couldn't help it. The fourth uncle suddenly remembered that Mr. Qiu was the housekeeper of a high-ranking official's house in Chongqing. Maybe he could have a way.Seeing that I was clever, he covered me and slipped out of the village to Chongqing. "

Meng Shaoyuan's face sank like water: "How far has the famine reached?"

"There is no food. Every household is out of food. When I came out, the whole village gathered together a piece of pancake and two handfuls of millet for me."

There was despair in Xiang Caigui's voice: "Right now, everyone is digging wild vegetables and peeling the bark to eat, but if there is no other way, and the government doesn't provide disaster relief, the bark of wild vegetables will be eaten up soon.

The old people in the village said that they have not seen such a famine for many years. Those who are officials only need to conscript soldiers and food. No one cares about whether we have food or starve to death.

I have never been out of the village, and I don’t know where Chongqing is. I asked all the way, and I couldn’t hold on a few times along the way, but I told myself not to fall down. The whole village is waiting for me. Woolen cloth. "

Meng Shaoyuan was silent.

After a long time, he finally said, "What's the use of you looking for me about this matter."

Yes, what's the use of looking for me.

I am a secret agent, not an official in charge of the local area.

I don't have this right.

"master."

Butler Qiu fell to his knees with a "plop": "I was sorry for you in the past, it doesn't matter if you beat me and scold me, and I will admit it if you drive me away, but I beg you, save them, I beg you. "

As he spoke, Steward Qiu kowtowed repeatedly.

"Get up, get up." Meng Shaoyuan murmured, "A way? Really, I really have no way!"

(Well, spiders belong to the kind of people who go crazy as soon as they have a manuscript. Yesterday’s chapter was uploaded wrong for some reason. Now that it has been revised, this chapter should have been published yesterday. Yesterday’s 2061 Chapter, should be the last chapter published today. The spider is wrong.

I originally wanted to make up for it today, but, well, the manuscript has been sent out.Well, to be honest, code at home, no more than the 15th of this month, and the spider will definitely explode another 5 chapters as compensation.

Another year has passed, and the spider is very grateful to all the readers for accompanying the spider all the way this year, thank you.Spider is a person who knows how to be grateful. Once again, I wish you all the best in the new year, and everyone can achieve what they want. )
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