The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Jiang Cheng raised his chin slightly:

After I spoke in a way that was almost gentle and persuasive, I didn't expect that someone would stand up and continue to express their dissatisfaction.

Facing the soldiers who had surrounded them from all sides, and the fact that he was facing the governor of a province, he still made such a speech. He must have been greatly dissatisfied with the injustice of the Paris Peace Conference...

His courage made Jiang Cheng unable to help but take a closer look:
The black Zhongshan suit he was wearing had been washed to a pale color. It was the uniform he wore at Jilin Guanghan University. He was probably the same age as Jiang Cheng, and he looked very fair and clean.

He just had an angry expression on his face, standing in front of the crowd with a righteous look and looking at Jiang Cheng.

But he was still a little young after all, and when he looked into the eyes of the provincial governor, his eyes quickly gave way to defeat.

Jiang Cheng smiled faintly.

But he did not speak, instead he signaled the civil servant Yang Yucheng beside him to express his opinion: "My classmate, Master Jiang knows your patriotism very well——"

"But Master Jiang just said: the so-called patriotic enthusiasm is far from enough just by shouting slogans or sending troops to Shandong."

"Think about it. There is a drought in the interior of China right now. There are starving people everywhere... and there is also an invasion by foreign enemies. How can the weakened national strength be made up overnight?"

"We in Jilin are now building water conservancy projects and developing agriculture and industry. There are fewer and fewer people suffering from hunger... plus the development of factories, everyone will have a job, people your age will be able to go to school, and the elderly will be well cared for. If we continue to develop like this, we will have a chance to confront the great powers head-on."

What a scholar's arrogance. Will it really be useful to tell these things to some ordinary people now?

Just as Jiang Cheng was about to order the crowd to disperse, someone suddenly shouted, "Master Jiang, we are not here to cause trouble today!"

It sounded like a girl's voice, and this one sounded incredibly familiar.

He turned around immediately and saw a girl in a navy blue Republic of China student uniform squeezing out of the crowd...The two thick braids looked very familiar to Jiang Cheng.

This person is...

Before he could remember who this girl was, she ran up and knelt on the ground, ignoring the guards' attempts to stop her: "Master Jiang, it's me, Xiaoshan!"

Xiaoshan...Yang Shan?
I remembered it now - it was the girl who was captured and raped by Ding Chunxi and rescued by Ji Jun.

Her father, Yang Fuchang, was the first to step forward and try penicillin himself when the epidemic broke out in Changchun.

Even though the unit dosage of penicillin in this era is very low, there is absolutely no cure if you encounter an allergic reaction.

"How did you..."

Before Jiang Cheng could speak, Yang Shan burst into tears and said that it was Madam Jiang who arranged a school for her and made sure her injured father had a doctor. Later, after her injuries healed, she worked at a construction site in Jilin Prefecture, building a wall. They, father and daughter, never went hungry again, and it was all thanks to you, Mr. Jiang.

The surroundings quickly became quiet, but soon someone shouted again: "Yeah, think about it now...Except for our Northeast, where else has not been affected? Heilongjiang Province and Fengtian Province have all suffered a great disaster."

"That's what they say. I heard from people in the interior that there is drought everywhere in Zhili, Shandong, Shanxi, and Anhui, and many people have starved to death - some families have even started to feed their children instead."

"Oh, I heard about it, it's so tragic..."

Soon, these people who had become indignant because of the Paris Peace Conference gradually began to sing praises for Jiang Cheng.

Since the beginning of spring, not only has there been drought in the interior of the country, but there has been almost no rain in the northeast.

Heilongjiang's spring season came a little later, but Jilin and Feng Province had already reached the spring ploughing season... In an era when people still depended on the weather for food, if the weather didn't rain, it would be fatal. Jilin was different from the provinces that suffered from the disaster:
As early as three years ago, Jiang Cheng began to build Changping warehouses in various places one after another.

In addition to stockpiling Jilin's own grain, he also asked Zhang Tinghui and Yu Fengzhi to contact American grain traders to import large quantities of various agricultural products.

He knew very well that in times of famine, whoever controlled the food would be able to control humanity.

In addition to stockpiling food, Jilin is dredging waterways and digging wells everywhere - Yang Yucheng's scientific research team has also recently been studying how to tame swamps.

There is no shortage of arable land or food, and they are still cultivating farmland and building water conservancy projects... Of course, Jilin has successfully cultivated fertile land.

Compared with the poor people affected by the disaster, the life of the lower classes in Jilin can be considered as a leisurely one.

Seeing that the incident had ended like this, Jiang Cheng made another speech to disperse the crowd, and asked Han Ming to help Yang Shan up. He then walked forward and confronted the university student who had spoken out for justice: "What's your name?"

Facing Jiang Cheng's question, the university student answered calmly, "My last name is Ren, and my given name is Daoyuan."

Jiang Cheng looked around and immediately smiled with narrowed eyes: "The road ahead is long and arduous - this is a really good name!"

We chatted a few more sentences: It turned out that he was similar to many people, a student who came to the outside of the Great Wall because of the development in Jilin, and his ancestral home was in Shandong... That's why he was extremely angry about the Paris Peace Conference.

Knowing that he was studying agriculture and forestry, Jiang Cheng turned around and called Yang Yucheng, saying, "I see that you are greedy for elegance and have a passion to serve the country, so just follow our Minister Yang."

Ren Daoyuan was confused for a moment, but then he understood something and immediately responded: "I... brought people here to cause trouble, you still..."

Jiang Cheng shook his head and smiled: "It's just a patriotic movement, what kind of trouble is that? But in the future, don't do this kind of messy actions again--"

"In reality, although a movement can stir up a stir and resonate with many people, it is the army that really needs to drive out the enemy and defend the country."

After saying this, he patted the other person on the shoulder and handed him over to Yang Yucheng.

Just as Jiang Cheng stepped into the gate of the Governor's Mansion, Sun Zhengnan reported: "Master Jiang, there is an urgent message from the Marshal's Mansion!"

Jiang Cheng cursed inwardly that he was really wasting my time, and quickly took the telegram from him:

Something happened in Shandong.

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Just when Jilin was at a critical juncture in attracting population, something big happened in Jinan Prefecture.

After the White Russian Regiment successfully captured Jinan Prefecture, Jiang Cheng arranged for Duan Zhigui to go there... Unexpectedly, when the young marshal went there to "grab the credit", he encountered this massive protest.

The shrewd Duan Zhigui simply hid in the old house and became a dead dog. Anyway, when Young Marshal Zhang came, he stripped his power and military authority within a few days. He was basically a "nominal garrison commander" appointed by the Beiyang government and had no control over anything.

Want him to deal with protests in Jinan Prefecture and even Shandong, and quell the unrest throughout the country?

How is this possible? Now you treat me, a garrison officer, as a garrison officer?

However, Duan Zhigui was just pretending to be stupid, and the old guy was very evil. When the movement started in Jinan Prefecture, he pretended to stand out and let several of his recruited aides spread the word:

It is said that in the face of foreign invasion and high-level corruption, Jinan is willing to stand up - drive out the foreign powers and revitalize China! (End of this chapter)