Respectfully

The fifth year of the Republic of China, mid-March

The second peace talks between the North and South governments officially resumed. The governors and commanders of various provinces headed by Sima Jun, Song Zhou, and Lou Shengfeng gathered in the capital. The important officials of the North and South governments who participated in the peace talks also showed up one by one, including the eyes of democratic progressives and patriots from all walks of life in the country. to this peace talks.

Major newspapers in Beijing, Tianjin and Tang Dynasty, the six southern provinces, the six northern provinces, and Guangdong and Guangxi sent reporters to the capital one after another. Some newspapers even had their presidents and editors personally. press kit.

The first press release to be sent back was the list of key officials from the North and South governments and governors-general of various provinces who had come to Beijing. The schedule of the peace talks was still kept secret for the time being.After Li Jinyan saw it, he immediately asked Boss Wen to send a reporter in charge of the "Celebrity" supplement to the capital.

"There are so many domestic celebrities from all walks of life, they are almost waiting in line for our interview." Li Jinyan's eyes lit up with excitement, "It's like a cornucopia, how much travel expenses can this trip save?"

After reporting on the military government and military dignitaries in the six northern provinces for several consecutive issues, "Celebrity" has become more and more famous. Li Jinyan has already discussed with Boss Wen and the editor-in-chief of "Celebrity", and is no longer limited to the six northern provinces. Putting it all over the country, the presidents of the North and South University, important officials of the North and South governments, and the governors of various provinces are all ready-made materials.

During the peace talks, Marshal Lou was the subject of the most important interview in the "Celebrity" issue, and Marshal Lou's interview will be re-published at the same time, including important officials from various ministries of the military government of the six northern provinces will also be mentioned in the publication.This issue of "Celebrity" will not only be released in the six northern provinces, but will also be distributed in large numbers in the Tianjin branch and the Beijing temporary branch, creating momentum for the military government of the six northern provinces and Marshal Lou during the peace talks.

"These superintendents usually stay in their own one-acre three-point land. If you want them to move, there is only this peace talk besides fighting." Li Jinyan said to the reporter who was about to board the train: "The future of our newspaper office, The future of "Celebrity" depends entirely on the two of you!"

Boss Wen also chimed in and said, "If you perform outstandingly this time, when the newspaper opens a branch, the two will be the backbone of the branch."

Excited by being fooled, the flushed reporter boarded the train excitedly, not forgetting to stretch out his arms from the window and wave his arms, like a soldier about to go to the battlefield.Li Sanshao and Boss Wen watched the train leave the station on the platform, and gained a new understanding of each other's ability to fool.

During the peace talks, the ministers from Britain, France, Germany and the United States came again uninvited. The guards at the venue had already been ordered. These ministers did not need to stop them.

The annoyed Japanese and the guards with their arms crossed and saying "You are not welcome here!" stared at each other, and there was nothing they could do.As a minister of a country, it is impossible for him to argue loudly with a guard in such a public place.

There was contempt and pity in the eyes of the ministers from various countries who were walking ahead, and most of them seemed to be watching a good show.Who doesn't know that Japan was beaten twice by the six northern provinces before, and almost lost its temper. It was only thanks to the British loan and mediation that Japan could breathe a sigh of relief and wanted to sit on an equal footing with them again?Hardly impossible.

If Japan, which defeated the Qing Dynasty and Russia one after another, can still be regarded as a second-rate country in the eyes of the great powers, the current Japan may not even be able to touch the second-rate tail.

Not only did the attitudes of these great powers change, but after the battle between the South Manchuria Railway and Fengcheng, the military governments and people under their rule in other provinces were no longer so "polite" to the Japanese.In the past, wearing wooden clogs and carrying a saber, the Japanese ronin who used to bully others in the land of China had to restrain themselves now, otherwise they would be dragged into the alley and beaten violently at some point.Especially in the six northern provinces and nearby Hebei and other places, the consular jurisdiction of the Japanese is useless. If there is a conflict between the Japanese expats and the Chinese people, the police will no longer shy away from the extraterritorial rights of the Japanese. You Sanqi 21, catch it!

After they were caught, they were all locked up with the habitual gangsters and murderous beards, and they could be repaired every time to make these beards extremely comfortable.

These bearded bandits are villains, but they are also Chinese!Now that I know that I can't get out alive, why don't I do a few "good things" before I die, and when I get to Grandpa Hades, it will be considered a crime, and I can give it a good time when I put the oil in the pan.

At this time, as soon as Japan's domestic loans from the United Kingdom eased, the cabinet and the army and military department were in a quarrel, and it developed to the point where it was almost incompatible.

Gonbei Yamamoto, the cabinet prime minister who was born in the navy, is old and cunning. He has a very high reputation in the country. If Yamamoto's pigtails are caught, this cabinet will undoubtedly fall.

Japan is busy fighting for power in the country, and the "protection" of the overseas Chinese can only rely on the Japanese ministers in China and consuls in various places. However, in the two previous defeats, even if the Japanese put on an arrogant posture, they will not Someone will be intimidated by them again.

Exercising consular jurisdiction to get out of the prisons often does not help. When they are sent in, their limbs are still intact, and when they come out, they have more gas and less gas.

Protest, no use.

It's no use continuing to protest.

The Chinese people's thousands of years of officialdom methods used in diplomacy will also make opponents scratch their heads.

After coming down several times, the Japanese expatriates and ronin finally realized that they must shrink their necks in China. As for how long the necks will be stretched...it is still unknown.

On March [-], the second peace talks between the North and South governments was officially launched, and the eyes of the whole country were focused on this place. When the important officials of the North and South governments and the governors-in-chief of the provinces got out of the car and walked into the venue in suits, gowns and military uniforms, the spotlights rang Together, the white smoke almost formed a long chain, and the scene was very spectacular.

Marshal Lou went to the capital to participate in the peace talks, and Zhan Changqing, Bai Baoqi and others accompanied him. Once again, the important military and political affairs of the six northern provinces fell on the shoulders of Marshal Lou.Compared with the hasty takeover before, Young Marshal Lou has already gained experience this time, and he works very efficiently, and rarely stays up late at night.

Li Jinyan also finally met the legendary Ding Zhao who Qiao Leshan said could change the face of Marshal Lou.

First impression, tall and handsome.Looking at him again, he has an intellectual elite aura, and at the third glance, this elite suddenly "conjured" a rose from his coat pocket, and exaggeratedly saluted him in the nobleman's salute of the nineteenth-century French court, " Ah, I am so honored to meet you, you are as beautiful as a rose!"

The handsome elite image collapsed in an instant, the corner of Li Jinyan's mouth twitched uncontrollably, is this a scumbag or a scumbag?

Qiao Leshan turned his head slowly, covered his mouth, and kept shrugging his shoulders. Was he snickering?Must be snickering!

Li Jinyan suddenly understood why when he mentioned Ding Zhao, Marshal Lou would be so cold.If he had told Young Marshal Lou about Beauty Rose, it would have been his luck if he hadn't been shot.

"Ding Zhao."

Just as Ding was about to kneel down on one knee and continue to chant the serenade, the door of the room was pushed open, and the cold Marshal Lou stood by the door, his big hands in white gloves clenched into fists, his joints screaming. There was a clicking sound.

Seeing Lou Xiao, Ding Zhao's bum expression immediately changed, and he returned to an elite style in an instant, "Lou, I haven't seen you for three years, and you still look like this."

In addition to being proficient in chemistry and pharmacology, Ding is also a language genius. Wherever he has been, he can mingle with the locals within three months.Although the Ding family moved to Nanyang since his great-grandfather, Ding Zhao was able to speak Chinese fluently since he was a child.

Qiao Leshan leaned over to Li Jinyan, and said to Li Jinyan in his half-familiar Chinese with English: "The three of us met when we were in Germany. When we met for the first time, Ding was beaten by Lou so that he couldn't see anyone for half a month. After he was able to get out of bed, the first thing he did was not to go to class, but to go to Lou to settle accounts, but he was beaten until he could not get out of bed for half a month, when Lou was 16 years old. But then Ding gave Lou a medicine , made him almost hit a zero ring in the shooting class." In fact, when Ding Zhao was beaten up until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, Qiao Leshan took the opportunity to sprinkle salt on his wounds. revenge.

"Qiao Leshan," Li Jinyan said in amazement, "You can speak such a long Chinese language!"

"..." Should the focus be on this?

The two were whispering at the side, Lou Xiao and Ding Zhao looked over at the same time, Li Jinyan approached Young Marshal Lou knowingly, "Young Marshal, Qiao Leshan is telling me about your time in Germany."

Qiao Leshan was stabbed by Lou Xiao's cold gaze, and he wiped his finger on the side of his mouth, signaling himself to shut up immediately.

Regardless of Lou Xiao's cold face, Ding Zhao pulled out a box of chocolates from his pocket and handed it to Li Jinyan, "I'll give it to you as a token of my heart."

Marshal Lou said coldly; "He is my wife."

"I'm just expressing goodwill." Ding Zhao spread his hands, "Also, the things I give to the beauty are absolutely safe."

After the words fell, Li Jinyan blinked at Li Jinyan. Li Jinyan rubbed the goosebumps on his arms that were scrambling to stand up and salute, and wondered if he should tell the young commander Lou to beat this guy up again?

In the end, in order to avoid the murder of the young marshal who shot and killed the overseas Chinese in Nanyang, and also for his own money, Li Jinyan dragged the young marshal Lou away.

When the two left, Qiao Leshan reminded Ding Zhao with rare kindness: "Lou attaches great importance to his wife, you'd better not go too far."

Ding Zhao shrugged his shoulders, "Lou's luck is always so good. When he was in Germany, he was always favored by beauties. It's really enviable."

"It's useless to be jealous." Qiao Leshan put his arms around Ding Zhao's shoulders, "He has no words for the Duke, but Li is completely different to him, so this is the advice of a friend, enough is enough , otherwise I will regret calling you here."

"Okay." Ding Zhao nodded, "I accept your advice, but are you sure you want to continue like this?"

Realizing what Ding Zhao was implying, Qiao Leshan quickly withdrew his hand and laughed dryly, "Ding, we are friends."

"Of course it's a friend," Ding Zhao grinned, "so I didn't cripple your hand out of mercy."

"..."

Ding Zhao started to work in the laboratory the second day after he arrived in Guanbei. The research on penicillin has already made progress, and the only thing that is missing is a finishing touch. Qiao Leshan despised the progress of the experiment, and immediately threw himself into the next experiment.

Once he started to work, Ding Zhao was like a completely different person. Li Jinyan was surprised by his concentration on this experiment.

Thinking of the previous conversation with Young Marshal Lou, he couldn't help but feel relieved.

Obviously, Young Marshal Lou hates this person, especially his character and behavior, but he told Li Jinyan that Ding Zhao can be trusted, and his ability is definitely not inferior to Qiao Leshan.

Standing at the door of the laboratory, Li Jinyan looked at Qiao Leshan and Ding Zhao who were concentrating on their work, and once again sighed, besides not being good at playing tricks, he is definitely not an official or political material.If he hates a person so much that he would punch him, he will never trust him and let him participate in such an important job.

"Don't disturb them." Li Jinyan said to the assistant standing aside: "When they come out, tell Ding Zhao that his salary will be the same as that of Qiao Leshan."

"Ok."

Near the end of March, the construction site in the industrial zone outside Guanbei City became busy again.

Since spring plowing has started, most of the workers on the construction site are from shelters.Meng Bo and Meng Tao approached Li Jinyan and told him that there was a serious shortage of labor on the construction site. If they could not make up for it as soon as possible, it might affect the progress of the project.

Li Jinyan is also anxious, but he is more aware of how important spring plowing is. Even if industry can strengthen the country, the foundation of people's livelihood is food.But the lack of people on the construction site is indeed a problem. There are still people in the shelter, but he will never let the elderly and children under ten years old go to work on the construction site.

"In this way, I will publish the recruitment notice in the newspaper." Li Jinyan said to the Meng brothers: "You can also go to other provinces to recruit people. Our six northern provinces are sparsely populated, but many places in other provinces have more people and less land. There will definitely be people who are willing to go north to work.”

At present, it is only a light industrial zone, with an area of ​​several thousand mu. When a heavy industrial zone is established in Benxi, Anshan, more manpower will be needed, and labor will be a big problem at that time.The factory is open, and the number of workers needed is not small. Maybe he should find a way to speed up the immigration wave in the northeast?

It's not just Li Jinyan who is worried about the labor force problem, the army in the six northern provinces is also having a headache about recruiting troops.

The border guards in Manchuria also sent back a telegram saying that the territory of East Siberia seems not to be peaceful recently, and requested to send more troops to maintain the stability of the border.

Andrei, who succeeded Mikhailov as the commander-in-chief of the border army, finally began his high-handed rule. The lives of some Muslim minorities and some Mongolians living in Eastern Siberia became difficult.Andrei not only raised taxes, took back the land that the government promised to distribute to these immigrants who migrated to Siberia, but also condoned the Cossack cavalry to rob the residents of these territories, and occasionally there were even bloody incidents, but they were quickly covered up.

The border guards saw Cossack cavalry chasing civilians in the west of the Erguna River more than once, killed him with rifles and sabers, and robbed them of property. More than 70.00% of these chased people were yellow races, and some Tatars people, and a small number of Jews and other nationalities.

"It's hard to say whether this situation is good or bad." Xiao Youde, who has already arrived in Baikal, will not see the same scene next time. The Cossack cavalry once harassed this small town, but they were used by the residents after leaving three dead bodies. The rifles and broadswords were driven away, and now these Cossack cavalrymen know that the Chinese people living in Transbaikal are completely different from the Chinese people they bullied before.Even Andre had heard of it.

This is not a group of lambs waiting to be slaughtered, but a group of wild wolves with fangs.

After the post-Baikal incident spread, some desperate Russians came here. They knew how to work, paid food and property, and only hoped to get the protection of the Chinese living here.

"It's terrible." A Tatar girl with the same disheveled hair and clothes bit the bread and said while eating, "They are not humans, but a group of beasts!"

The girl's family members were all killed, she fled here alone, passed out outside the town and was rescued by Chang Danian.The necks of the two Russian soldiers chasing after her were broken by Meng Erhu, and their bodies were also buried.

"The tax has suddenly increased, and more than half of the land allocated to us has been taken back. The family's cattle and sheep can't make up the amount, so we can only run away."

The girl spoke intermittently, and when she finished speaking, she grabbed Second Sister Xu's clothes as if grabbing the last life-saving straw: "Help me, leave me! I'm 15 years old, I can work, I can still live child!"

These people living in Post-Baikal have long forgotten what kind of emotion pity is, but they are all pitying this little girl.The means that the Russians used to plunder and kill the Chinese were now used on their own people.

The girl named Mirsha was left behind. She was arranged to live in a vacant house in the town. She lived with another pair of brothers and sisters under the age of 14. The elder brother was Xie Sha and the younger sister was Huo Na. , all Tatars.

Second Sister Xu and the others did not intend to hide what they were doing from these children, and the three children did not disappoint them. When they wounded a few Russian soldiers who broke into the town by mistake, the three children rushed out together. He came out and beat the three Russian soldiers to death with sticks, fists and stones.Their faces were stained with blood, tears were flowing, and they were crying words that most people could not understand. They were venting their anger. These soldiers who were supposed to protect them killed their parents and family members. They are their enemies!

More people came to Transbaikal, but not all of them were taken in.In order to prevent Mikhailov from being discovered, Xiao Youde brought him back to Manchuria overnight, and notified the frontier army to send a company into Transbaikal. Too much, and they are hard to deal with.

These Russians who have lost their relatives and property are indeed pitiful, but it is impossible for Trans-Baikal to take them all.When the Chinese people in Hailanpao and Jiangdong 64 villages were expelled and massacred, there was not a single Russian who extended a helping hand!

Second Sister Xu and the others were able to take in Mirsha's children, which was considered as the best of humanity.If they don't want to die, they can only resist by themselves.Resist these oppressive armies by yourself and fight for a way out for yourself.

East Siberia is bound to experience turmoil.

Liao Xiwu of the border guards applied to increase troops to the border, perhaps not just to protect border security, but also to take advantage of the opportunity.The upper echelons of the military government also saw that it was profitable, and no one was willing to give up the meat delivered to their mouths easily.There is no delay in increasing the number of troops on the border, and the old Maozi's advantage must be taken if it should be taken!

Who can I send?A few division commanders got together and checked carefully. It is useless if there are fewer people, but it is difficult to mobilize troops if there are too many.Can't the No.11 division in Shandong be transferred back?Isn't that just giving the occupied territory to the south?

There was no other choice but to send a regiment each from the Sixth Division and the No.60 First Division, which were still resting, to increase troops to the frontier.But this is not a long-term solution. When the peace talks are over, I am afraid that their territory will expand, and at least half of Shandong will fall into their pockets.

After Young Marshal Lou communicated with Marshal Lou in the capital, the six northern provinces posted recruitment notices, and recruiting offices were also set up in the six provinces.

Li Jinyan simply joined in the fun, and simultaneously published news about the recruitment of workers and soldiers in the six northern provinces in the newspaper.The news spread almost throughout the northern provinces.

The generous salary and military pay have made countless people excited.

Shandong was the first to take action. The famine has already made people here unable to live happily.

Some of the young and strong men who picked up the train sent back news that they were all accepted. The monthly military salary was six yuan, two sets of military uniforms, three meals a day were dry, and they could still eat meat every two or three days. This is still the treatment in the new barracks. When you carry a gun and officially go to the battlefield, you can have at least 15 yuan in military pay plus subsidies!There are additional allowances for good performance. For those young and strong who sent letters back, the family members also received at least three oceans, which they saved from the first month's military pay.

They also said in the letter that the six northern provinces are now recruiting workers and soldiers, and that the family members cannot survive in Shandong, but there is still a way to survive in the six northern provinces.

The people who received the letter started to pack their parcels, and then used the returned Dayang to buy food and make dry food for the road. Those who had money to spare took the train, and those who had no money to go on the road on two legs.

They have only one purpose, to go to the six northern provinces and survive!