Chairman Chen Ke was also uneasy, which surprised the staff around him, especially Chen Ke's wife He Ying. He Ying has been in charge of the mapping work for more than a year, and in order to avoid trouble, Chen Ke did not dare to show his hiking atlas to his comrades. Husband and wife are good at this, and Chen Ke can trust He Ying on this point. has completed the confidentiality work, and secondly, he has also found a job for He Ying.

At the beginning of the Hefei campaign, He Ying also went to Hefei as a cadre of the drawing department. After the battle, He Ying stayed in Hefei. When the drawing department decided to stay in Hefei, it was natural to assign He Ying to Hefei. He Ying went to work on time and was very prepared to get off work. The comrades didn't say a word about this, if He Ying followed them to work overtime, these people would really be surprised.

is similar to everyone in this era, although He Ying is young, she doesn't like to talk much, which is why Chen Ke wants to marry a lady. His ancestors once praised the style of Yan Xishan's family, a huge family can't hear any sound on weekdays, and a big family of dozens of people is even quieter than a small family of a few people. Although this kind of strict door style sounds very harsh, in Chen Ke's opinion, it is not.

If a person can be his own master, know what he should do, and have the work that he must do seriously, he has to talk to people at work alone, and he has worked hard to complete the work. The warmth of the family is that the family members know that this home is their own resting place, and the relatives at home are the closest people who spend their lives together. I have to be reasonable outside, and where is there any reason to talk at home. Take on your own work at home and make your family happy together. That's family life.

He Ying is such a girl, she doesn't say much, and she has a lot to say. For example, when washing vegetables and cooking with Chen Ke, the two will also communicate about how to cook, but when they eat, they will eat without saying a word. When the housework was not done, He Ying and Chen Ke did the housework together. After the housework is done, she is always with Chen Ke, whether it is married life, whether it is taking a bath together, she is never cowardly. In short, she is such a seemingly simple, but never perfunctory woman.

Chen Ke couldn't figure it out, his old father-in-law He Ruming didn't look good, and the daughter he educated was so good. This is something that cannot be explained by genetics. Chen Ke and He Ying don't like to accumulate any "belongings". When I went from Beijing to Shanghai, I was in a hurry, and He Ying didn't bring anything superfluous. There are not many clothes and luggage that you have with you. After arriving in Anhui, He Ying didn't buy any clothes, and looked clean and simple in a dark blue military uniform. The husband and wife had nothing else at home except for a few things they carried with them, simple clothes and bedding. Chen Ke once joked that if a thief came here to steal something, he would be disappointed. He Ying didn't understand what was so funny about this joke. Her beautiful big eyes looked at Chen Ke suspiciously, trying to figure out what Chen Ke meant by this, and Chen Ke never dared to make such a boring joke at home again.

Not only does she not like to accumulate belongings, He Ying never cares about the so-called face. She has always been in a military uniform when she goes out, no different from others. He Ying has always been rigorously dressed outside, no matter how hot the weather is, the wind and discipline buttons are always tightly buttoned, and she would rather wear her sleeves than roll up her sleeves. Outsiders would never have imagined that her underwear was made from the clothes she brought. What silk satin, the cut of the cut, the cut of the cut. Completely pursue your own comfort. This attitude to life made Chen Ke extremely praised. As a result, after he said the words of praise, He Ying smiled slightly out of politeness. Chen Ke could see that his sycophants were definitely not in the right place, and from then on, he no longer dared to say meaningless nonsense at home.

But this does not mean that He Ying is not enthusiastic about family life, at least He Ying can really relax at home. When she leans on Chen Ke, she always chooses the position that she feels most comfortable in. If she gets tired of a snuggling position, she will also lean against each other in a different way. In short, the two of them just live an almost ordinary life, as if this life is eternal.

Chen Ke knows that such a blandness is based on how self-discipline and high quality it is. The vast majority of people will pursue external stimuli, the eyes are good to see the five colors, the ears are good to smell the five sounds, the mouth is good to taste the five flavors, if you can't make yourself your own master through your own cultivation, then you will be destined to become a slave of desire. It's a war of self that is fundamentally unrelenting. In terms of self-discipline, Chen Ke didn't dare to say that he could surpass He Ying, which was why Chen Ke liked He Ying very much. He Ying is not only Chen Ke's wife, life partner, but also a mirror of Chen Ke, Chen Ke feels that he can learn a lot from He Ying what he has always wanted to do, but has not been able to notice.

So when the two snuggled together quietly, He Ying actually asked Chen Ke for the first time if he was bothered, Chen Ke's first reaction was not that he felt that someone could talk to him, he moved his body a little uneasily, "Can you see it?" Is it obvious? ”

"Hmm." He Ying answered, but did not ask.

Chen Ke didn't mention his worries at all, but just said, "It seems that my cultivation is not yet there." ”

He Ying was silent for a while, and finally said calmly: "As long as you feel at ease." ”

Chen Ke did not respond to his wife's words, and he did feel very uneasy. But I couldn't find a way to put myself at ease.

There are pyrite and magnetite near Hefei, or more precisely near the Chaohu area, and Chen Ke even knows where they are. In the 21st century, he loved to go out to visit friends and also went to Hefei. Everyone has also talked about industrial development and other issues in various places, and friends in Hefei happened to talk about this matter. For Chen Ke now, it may feel better if he doesn't know about it.

China lacks prospectors, and Chen Ke can imagine the difficulty of prospecting. He has done his best on this issue. As early as the Shanghai era, Chen Ke relied on Shanghai Renxin Medical College to help build a prospecting school, and the person in charge of this major was Yao Hongye.

Yao Hongye is a native of Xiameitang, Yiyang, Hunan. Historically, this brother Taiwan went to Japan to study in 1904, set up a road and mine school, advocated the protection of the sovereignty of roads and mines, joined the League in 1905, and returned to China in 1906 because of the protest against the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, and Culture, which aimed to prohibit the activities of Chinese students. Later, due to difficulties in funds and school buildings, as well as slanderous rumors, Chen Tianhua's coffin arrived in Shanghai on Qingming Day (March 7) and died in the Huangpu River.

For such an unknown little person, Chen Ke naturally didn't know these stories. He only knew that after Chen Tianhua joined the People's Party, he would naturally not have the problem of suicide again. History also changed, and Yao Hongye did not follow the old path of history, and he returned to Shanghai in December 1905. At this time, Chen Ke and Chen Tianhua were both active in Beijing, and Yao Hongye first participated in the social survey activities launched by the People's Party with Qiu Jin. In the social investigation activities, he lobbied Qi Huishen to fund the establishment of a mining university. Qi Huishen was very interested in his plan, but it was naturally inconvenient for Qi Huishen to make a decision on such a major matter. After Chen Ke returned to Shanghai from Beijing, Yao Hongye met Chen Ke in person and continued to lobby Chen Ke to open the school. Chen Ke's reply was very simple, it was natural to open a school if he wanted to, but the main school of this school must be located in Anhui. Only one branch school can be opened in Shanghai.

Yao Hongye's enthusiasm was poured with cold water on his head, and he originally wanted to open a school in Shanghai. Chen Ke wanted to take them to the poor countryside of Anhui, and of course he couldn't accept it. However, the situation is stronger than people, and Yao Hongye finally agreed to Chen Ke's request. The plan could not catch up with the changes, Chen Ke did not expect to encounter floods after arriving in Anhui, and the plan to move the prospecting school to Anhui was completely ruined, and Yao Hongye got his wish and set up a mining school in Shanghai.

Now is the time to see if the mining school can help the nascent BJP with iron ore exploration. Long before the Battle of Hefei, Chen Ke had already sent people to rule the Shanghai Party branch and quickly organized the students of the mining school to Hefei. Chen Ke was also reluctant to run back and forth between Fengtai County and Hefei, which was a newly liberated area, and Chen Ke was able to take care of the construction of the local base area while sitting in Hefei.

Pyrite is an important raw material for the preparation of sulfuric acid in triacids. The desulphurized slag can be used as a raw material for iron smelting. The main component of magnetite is ferric tetroxide, which is an excellent material for iron smelting and steelmaking. At present, the base area does not have the capacity to smelt iron and steel on a large scale, even if it is a million-ton iron ore, the estimated smelting capacity of the base area can allow the entire base area to be mined for at least several years. What's more, Chen Ke's friend in Anhui said that the Lujiang area is a large ore vein area, and the ore that can be provided is by no means so.

This is the first time that Chen Ke has faced a field that he does not know at all, and he must leave the work to others. This also made Chen Ke very uneasy. Once the prospecting is successful, the base site can completely get rid of the need for external steel. This will be a huge change, and with steel you can start building a lot of your own machinery, and what this means for the future doesn't need to be overemphasized.

Chen Ke didn't have much experience in dealing with people like Yao Hongwen. He didn't know how capable Yao Hongwen was, and he didn't believe that this person could really try his best to prospect. Yao Hongwen and others are the traditional petty bourgeoisie, and their actions are extremely arbitrary, and they may have the passion to die recklessly, but they do not have the perseverance to endure long-term hard work. In the face of hardship, these people are definitely the first to desert. For the petty bourgeoisie, Chen Ke has always stayed away. This is not only Chen Ke's cognition, Chen Ke himself used to be such a big bastard, although the bastard things he has done cannot be said to be exhaustive, but Chen Ke looks back on his past, and he has not found a few things that he can have a clear conscience.

The simplicity of the common people is due to the fact that they have devoted all their energies to life and cannot guarantee food and clothing, and the focus of the big bourgeoisie and the big landlords is because their family has a big business, and if they play any boring tricks, their family business will definitely fail. The fanaticism of the petty bourgeoisie is that they don't care much about life, so they don't care about life at all, but blindly pursue the pursuit of desire in the name of "making meritorious contributions". If a person doesn't talk about life at all, then he will do anything evil. Faced with a group of bastards who were very likely to be the same as himself, Chen Ke was not at all at ease about entrusting such an important prospecting work to these people. But there is no other way in the near future. He really has no one in his hands who can be trusted.

"Sleep." Chen Ke said. There is still work to be done tomorrow, and if you can't have a good rest, where can you talk about working well.

"Hmm." He Ying responded, and the two first took off their clothes and neatly put them on the stool next to the bed. I looked at the room again and saw that there was nothing in the room that needed special attention, blew out the candle and went to sleep.

The facts did not disappoint Chen Ke. At the end of August, Yao Hongwen took more than a dozen students to the base area, and after the meeting, Yao Hongwen talked about his admiration for Chen Ke, what defeated the Qing army in a row, and his prestige was great. If Chen Ke really cared about this kind of nonsense before, now he was upset when he heard this nonsense. Chen Ke asked Yao Hongwen to come to the base area for the purpose of prospecting, not to listen to Yao Hongwen's endless chatter about revolution.

Holding back his unhappiness, Chen Ke turned the topic to prospecting, "Mr. Yao, we reached an agreement to run a school before. Now is the time for Mr. Yao to help. ”

"Don't worry, Mr. Chen. I can definitely find big mines, good mines. Yao Hong's text was full of enthusiasm, and when he heard Chen Ke talk about the school, he was even more proud. Immediately, after three years and five years, he confided in Chen Ke about his hard work in running a school. Chen Ke was still extremely unhappy in his heart, but after listening to it for a while, his mood became cheerful, and he laughed with Yao Hongwen.

It's not that Chen Ke agrees with Yao Hongwen's approach, Chen Ke listened to this at first, how awkward it sounded. Later, I found out that what Mr. Yao Hongwen said was Chen Ke's favorite words before, the content was empty, and the whole core was not only to prove how hard he worked hard, but also intentionally or unintentionally repeatedly emphasized how he was better than others and how to be more capable than others.

"So that's what I used to do." When he discovered this fact, it happened that Yao Hongwen said that he was "wonderful", and he was proud in his heart, Chen Ke was already a little reluctant, and seeing that Yao Hongwen also wanted to laugh proudly at this time, he simply took this opportunity to laugh out loud. Both of them laughed, Chen Ke laughed from the heart, and the laughter was extremely happy and simple. And Yao Hongwen's laughter was completely self-righteous feelings. Compared with Chen Ke's laughter, the feeling of twisting is revealed.

The dozen or so students who came with him were mostly seventeen or eighteen half-grown teenagers, and most of them didn't understand what Chen Ke and their principal were laughing at. Chen Ke's gaze swept over very casually, and he saw that there were two teenagers who were different. One of them had a perfunctory smile on his face, but his eyes were full of worry. The other teenager didn't smile at all, he just looked up at Chen Ke with a thoughtful look in his eyes.

Chen Ke is very satisfied, at least these two people should not be inactive. After rescuing his smile, Chen Ke began to ask what he really cared about. First of all, the school's textbooks and tutorials, Chen Ke could not accept Yao Hongwen as the principal in the base area. When such an unprofessional guy becomes the principal, there can be no righteousness in this style of study. Therefore, Chen Ke must get his hands on the teaching materials and tutorials.

Yao Hongwen didn't understand what Chen Ke meant at all, he said that he had brought them all, and on the other hand, he boasted about how advanced these tutorials were and how hard it was to get them.

Chen Ke nodded calmly, and then asked if he had brought all the ore specimens, and Yao Hongwen was even more proud when he heard this. He talked about the hardships of the journey, and the first time the box containing the ore specimens had fallen into the water. It's a shame that everyone hurried into the water to save it, otherwise it would be terrible.

When it came to fishing for ore specimens, Yao Hongwen's voice paused slightly. Chen Ke saw that several of the dozen or so students looked at the two students who were different. Chen Ke didn't set his eyes on the two students, he said with a smile: "The students taught by Mr. Yao are just not ordinary. Rare, rare. ”

Yao Hongwen was extremely excited, he turned around and pointed to the student with a fake smile on his face, "This is my student Cheng Xuhu, the box he took the lead in fishing." After saying this, Yao Hongwen pointed to another thoughtful student, "This is my student Ling Huguang, and he has also helped a lot." ”

"Hello two classmates." Chen Ke said with a smile to the two.

Listening to Chen Ke speak to them, Cheng Xuhu and Ling Huguang stood up at the same time, and said one after another, neither humble nor arrogant: "Hello Chairman Chen. "Listening to the accent Chengxuhu turned out to be the accent of southern Anhui, and almost all of the Linghu family gathered in Shanxi, and it was indeed a Shanxi Taiyuan dialect.

Chen Ke waved them to sit down and asked about the school's field trip program. As Chen Ke thought, the school has not conducted field trips at all so far. Originally, Chen Ke was very disappointed in Yao Hongwen, but seeing these two students who might be good, although Chen Ke did not change his opinion of Yao Hongwen, the disgust in his heart also subsided a lot.

Before Chen Ke was ready to let the students of the mining school go to the base area, Chen Ke wrote a special letter to Qi Huishen in order to understand the situation of the school. Qi Huishen returned the situation of the school and his own feelings to Chen Ke, and his evaluation of Yao Hongwen was only four words, "It can be used". Because the disgust has been reduced a lot, Chen Ke's mentality has also returned to his usual level, and he feels that no matter how many problems Yao Hongwen has, this pioneering work cannot be erased. The real reason for Chen Ke's dissatisfaction is simply that Yao Hongwen did not live up to Chen Ke's expectations. The tutorial that should be written Yao Hongwen was also written, and the ore specimens that should be collected Yao Hongwen also prepared some, as the principal of the China Mining School in 1907, Yao Hongwen could not be said to be unqualified.

Thinking of this, Chen Ke breathed a sigh of relief. Although Yao Hongwen could not become the dean of the local mining institute in the future, he could at least continue to stay in Shanghai as the principal of the mining school.

After talking about work, Chen Ke asked the reception staff to receive the group. After the students went out first, Yao Hongwen suddenly showed a strange look that had taken on a major mission and said to Chen Ke: "Mr. Chen, I have something else to tell you. ”

"What's the matter?" Chen Ke felt that it would definitely not be a good thing.

"My classmates studying in Japan were entrusted by Mr. Sun Yat-sen to send you a letter." After Yao Hong finished speaking, he took out a letter from his arms, and the excited expression on his face proved that he thought this letter was an extremely important thing.

Chen Ke took the letter, didn't open it, he asked, "Mr. Yao, will you bring my reply when you are going back?" ”

Yao Hongwen saw that Chen Ke's expression was very gentle, and he hurriedly said: "Yes, my classmates in Japan said in a letter to me that Mr. Sun greatly admires Mr. Chen's revolutionary feats and wants to join hands with you to promote the revolutionary cause. Once you've written a reply, I'd like to hear back to my classmates as soon as possible. ”

Chen Ke smiled: "Let's not talk about such a big thing." I'll go to dinner first, I'll read this letter in the evening. ”

Yao Hongwen saw that Chen Ke's words called Sun Yat-sen's matter a major event, and he was also happy in his heart. "Good, good. Eat and eat. ”

After settling Yao Hongwen and his entourage, it was late when Chen Ke returned to the office. He greeted He Ying in advance and didn't go back to eat. He Ying said that since this was the case, she would go to the cafeteria to eat. When Chen Ke returned home, He Ying was already at home. Chen Ke sat down and began to read the letter, and after reading it, he went back and read the key places in the letter several times. Throwing the letter paper on the table, Chen Ke began to ponder the contents of the letter.

He Ying naturally walked over, put the letter paper neatly, and put it on Chen Ke's left hand side. Then he asked, "Do you do the laundry?" "Today is Laundry Day, and according to custom, Chen Ke's military uniform needs to be washed. He took off his military uniform, and He Ying took it and left. He didn't say a word about Chen Ke's official business.

"I'm still out of shape." Chen Ke himself made self-criticism in his heart. It's useless to be angry, it doesn't mean anything other than to leak your emotions. He warned himself that after reading the letter, he must put it on the left very seriously. Even if this letter is full of nonsense, you can't disturb your emotions. After doing the self-criticism, Chen Ke felt that his emotions had recovered a lot, and he continued to think about the contents of the letter.

Sun Yat-sen's letter was very polite, first bringing Chen Ke a few high hats, and then talking about Chen Tianhua's relationship with the Alliance. In the end, he invited Chen Ke to join the League and participate in the revolutionary event. Grandpa Mao has never "participated" with anyone in any major event. He has always advocated "self-centeredness", and Chen Ke is extremely praised for this attitude.

According to the information provided by Chen Ke's intelligence network, there is now a big problem within the Alliance. The contradictions between the Liberation Society and the Alliance were almost completely made public. There is even news that the Liberation Society will withdraw from the League. The People's Party has never had anything to do with the leadership of the League, and the Yue Wanghui in Anhui claims to have joined the League, but this so-called "joining" has no practical meaning. The People's Party has cooperated with the Liberation Society many times, and since the Liberation Society is about to fall out with the Alliance, Chen Ke has no intention of cooperating with the Alliance, and at this time, the Liberation Party will not be dissatisfied with the People's Party.

There is no need to think much about what to do with Sun Yat-sen's invitation, just write a letter to praise the other party, but you can't send a letter back with the slightest substantive significance. But when I think about it, with the virtue of the Hui Party, any opportunity and truth given to them will be used by the Hui Party to death. Don't just show favor and end up making something else. Now that Chen Ke himself is in Hefei, he can handle the "external affairs" of the League by himself, which is not a big deal in the first place. However, if there is any trouble, Chen Ke will not be able to explain it to his comrades.

Or don't reply? Chen Ke thought. But this method obviously doesn't work, Chen Ke doesn't need to make things so stiff. How can all parties be balanced? Chen Ke felt that his handling was obviously inappropriate. Chen Ke picked up a piece of paper and pressed it according to the "main contradiction, secondary contradiction, who is the enemy and who is the friend." By dividing the interests of all parties on paper, Chen Ke already understood where his original mistakes were.

From the perspective of the interests of the BJP, the BJP and the League are in a state of actual semi-hostility, while the BJP and the Liberation Society are semi-cooperative. In reality, the Alliance and the Restoration Society are semi-hostile. Then it is not right for Chen Ke to put aside the Restoration Society and contact the Alliance Society alone.

Thinking of this, Chen Ke already had the final idea. The first is to write a courtesy letter full of empty and empty courtesy to the League. It is not possible not to reply to the League, and since the League has begun to pay attention to the People's Party, they will not give up after just one rejection. Thankfully, let them show it.

At the same time, write a letter to the Restoration Society, informing the Liberation Society of the letter from the Alliance. Moreover, the Liberation Association was invited to the base area to discuss the second anti-encirclement and suppression matter.

Third, write a letter explaining this arrangement and the reasons for it to several principal cadres.

After thinking of a solution, Chen Ke felt relaxed. As for who will deliver the letters to the League. Then wait for these two days to see if Yao Hongwen has the ability to prospect on the spot, and if not, you can let Yao Hongwen send a letter. The two advantages of this are: first, it satisfies Yao Hongwen's desire to act as a liaison between the People's Party and the League. Second, by separating Yao Hongwen from the students of the mining school, Chen Ke could use a more scientific method to direct these students to prospect.

After determining the general steps, Chen Ke considered the interests of all parties again, and felt that he had not made any fundamental mistakes, so he began to write a draft of the letter to all parties.

At this time, He Ying had already finished washing her clothes and came back. Chen Ke knew that He Ying didn't have much experience in washing clothes, but it was a little too fast to come back so soon. He glanced at He Ying, but didn't say anything. He Ying knew what Chen Ke meant, she didn't want to say anything, but in the end, in order to reassure Chen Ke, she said: "If the washing is not clean enough, let's try to reduce the interval between washing clothes by one day next time." ”

Chen Ke was really convinced of his wife's attitude. Since Chen Ke couldn't guarantee that he would do his own laundry, he knew that he could never blame He Ying. So Chen Ke nodded, "It's hard work." After saying that, Chen Ke began to write letters.