Zhou Bai is easy to find, just in a group of refugees who followed him in Nanjing. Some of the refugees who had been treated no longer trusted the authorities who had abandoned the city, but instead had a sense of dependence on the vanguard army that had saved them, and even went north to Shandong with the 41st Division. Even though he knew that Shandong was also facing the pressure of devils, he still insisted.

Zhou Bai, who was confident that he had several European university diplomas, would not be disturbed by himself, and planned to stay to help the refugees affected by the war. After he suppressed the soldiers who smashed the door with a long list of French in his suit and leather shoes, a Chinese word that asked his subordinates to close the door provoked a blow from the butt of the devil who rushed into the door.

Fortunately, Zhou Bai stayed behind in advance, and his family and most of the money were transferred early, but the old housekeeper's corpse told him that his luck was shattered. What he saw during his deportation to the concentration camp had made him forget the boundaries between civilization and barbarism, and he had been reduced to a refugee when he intended to save the world.

Although he was only a scholar in the world, he was quite disappointed with the situation in China, but the tragic scene of the devil after entering the city pierced his other dream. It will not work to change the fate of this country with the help of external forces, and if it is not my race, its heart will be different. There has never been a savior, and it is better to ask for others than for yourself.

After thinking about it for a few days, he laughed and read these words maniacally, until the second devil who was guarded smashed his head with a wooden stick and fainted.

When I woke up, I had already been rescued. It was the youngest son of the old housekeeper, and he had been carrying him across the Yangtze River.

After great changes, Zhou Bai was in a daze for a few days, and it was not until the vanguard army recruited soldiers that he actively signed up. Although he was not admitted because of his weak health, he followed him to Jinan, claiming that he wanted to go to the front line to fight devils in person. After the ordeal of the concentration camp, it was difficult to let go of that scene of hell on earth.

In an entanglement with local recruiters some time ago, he was seen by one of Xiong Xiling's subordinates and informed Xiong Xiling. Although Xiong Xiling has no longer taken care of political affairs, he is quite familiar with this rising star. After thinking about it for a while, he recommended Zhou Bai.

Zhou Bai was in Jinan at this time, and the housekeeper's son Zhou Fugui followed him closely.

What made Meng Xiang's jaw drop was that without Meng Xiang having to look twice, and without him having to invite him personally, Zhou Bai himself had already sat in the living room specially arranged by Meng Xiang. Unlike the military, the military can sit at the monotonous conference table all day, but the literati's gathering should pay attention to the atmosphere. Therefore, Meng Xiang's very modern living room is at least different in terms of concept.

But after Zhou Bai came in, he turned a blind eye to this, and just lowered his head and tasted the Biluochun that Meng Xiang had specially scavenged. Even when Meng Xiang deliberately entered the conference room one step late, Zhou Bai still didn't say anything.

"I have admired Mr. Zhou's name for a long time, and there are places where I can't take care of it, and I hope Mr. will take care of it!" Meng Xiang himself comprehended some half-literate and half-vulgar polite words at that time, and said them around his mouth, not noticing a trace of a smile on the face of Tang Yaoshi in the back hall of the living room.

Zhou Bai carefully tasted the fragrant tea again, and then muttered to himself: "I just want to kill a devil with my own hands, killing one is enough!"

After muttering a few words, he suddenly raised his head and stared at Meng Xiang and said, "Since you are looking for me, I also roughly know what you mean, I guess you also inquired about my request, right?" ”

"Request?" Meng Xiang couldn't help but be stunned, the corners of Pharmacist Tang's mouth twitched, and then he smiled and shook his fan and walked out of the back hall.

"I haven't seen you for a long time, Brother Taibai has always been good?" Pharmacist Tang also seems to know this Zhou Bai.

"Is that you? However, as you know, if I don't meet the requirements I said, I won't be out of office, and no one can force me! Zhou Bai also seemed to know Tang Yaoshi, he paused and said, "I am willing to be a soldier on the front line." Please also send me a gun and let me go to the front! ”

"Although the vanguard army has a life-saving grace for Mr., they will not repay the favor! Brother Taibai, don't worry!" Pharmacist Tang chuckled.

Zhou Bai was speechless for a while when he heard this, and his face turned a little red and said: "I also signed up to join the army to kill devils, which is worth a life!" "Let's say it, I also feel that there are some strong words, and I am silent.

Meng Xiang saw that Pharmacist Tang was smiling and looking at him silently, and he also knew that it was time for him to interject. said casually: "In this way, I just wronged Mr.'s talent!" ”

When Zhou Bai heard this, he pointed at Tang Yaoshi and said, "You are only allowed to keep the straight hook for ten years, but you are not allowed to pick chrysanthemums in Nanshan?" ”

Pharmacist Tang's face darkened, and he turned his head. Zhou Bai also knew that he was a little speechless, and he was silent.

Meng Xiang watched for a while, and he couldn't figure out the relationship between the two, and finally saw that it was cold, and hurriedly asked, "I don't know what the conditions are for Mr. Zhou's appearance?" ”

Hearing Meng Xiang ask Zhou Bai about the conditions for his appearance, Zhou Bai looked at Pharmacist Tang, and Pharmacist Tang smiled and said: "Brother Taibai set up three conditions at the beginning, if anyone can meet his conditions, he will come out to assist." ”

Meng Xiang was a little curious when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Which three conditions?" He had already heard Xiong Xiling introduce Zhou Bai, and he had never heard of the talent with three doctorate titles before, except that he might have been buried in Nanjing City in history, and his three conditions also limited his appearance.

"These three conditions are really a little difficult, Brother Taibai is almost unconfused, can't he see through this world? Still confused? Pharmacist Tang asked Zhou Bai rhetorically.

"Can you let go of what is on your mind? If you put it down, I can put it down! Zhou Bai said bluntly.

Pharmacist Tang shook his head slightly, and said, "It's just that some of your three conditions are too incomprehensible." Without waiting for Zhou Bai to refute, he said directly to Meng Xiang: "This first condition, there is not much that can be done. ”

Seeing that Meng Xiang wanted to ask, he shook his fan and said with a smile: "He asked that the person who promised him to become a leader should first build a hundred primary schools, ten middle schools, and one university within three years. Within 10 years, that number had multiplied tenfold. ”

"What's so hard about that? Education is the foundation of the country, without education, where are the available talents, where can we talk about construction and development, and the country's prosperity and strength? Zhou Bai couldn't help but interject.

"There are people who can do this, but the conditions behind it are embarrassing." Pharmacist Tang said with a smile, "He actually asked that all the primary school education fees under his jurisdiction be exempted, and even the cost of books should be waived." Think about what he said about how much money is needed for the investment of three years of junior primary school, three years of high school, and six years? Who in the country can give him such a bottomless unjust money? Western countries have compulsory education, but they can't afford it in China, and no one can afford to raise it in this chaotic world! ”

Zhou Bai listened to Pharmacist Tang's words and wanted to refute it, but he only opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything.

"Compulsory education should be! Without education, the country has no future. It's just that if the economy can't develop, it will be impossible to have a large amount of financial support! ”

As a later generation, it took a lot of money to understand this truth, Meng Xiang naturally agreed with compulsory education, but after listening to Tang Yaoshi's words about the cost, he swallowed half of the words that slipped to his mouth and agreed.

"The first condition is good to say, after all, many countries in the Western world are doing it, and some countries already have nine or even eleven years of compulsory education. But the second condition does make it harder. Pharmacist Tang sighed and said again.

"Oh?" Meng Xiang was very curious, the first condition restricts a lot of people, what is the difficulty of this second condition.

"The second condition is that no one in the territory under his administration will be starved to death!"

"It's a bit difficult, and there are some natural disasters that can't be achieved by manpower. Under normal circumstances, it is easy to say that people do not starve to death, but it is inevitable that people will starve to death in some unexpected situations, and it is difficult to starve to death without starving to death. Meng Xiang couldn't help but say, it was too common for people to starve to death in this era at this time, even if there was an unexpected situation in the later prosperous era, there were people who starved to death.

Over there, Zhou Bai heard it, and said to Tang Yaoshi: "What I said is that under the excellent system, the guarantee that manpower can achieve will not starve a person to death, and it is force majeure in unexpected circumstances, which can be forgiven." ”

"A good system? Where is there a good system that does not leak? Pharmacist Tang smiled, but his eyes quickly skimmed Meng Xiang.

"Under the current conditions, a system that is better than others is a good system. As long as the state implements a minimum guarantee system, it can ensure that no one dies of hunger to the greatest extent. Zhou Bai's face was a little excited, it seems that he has been thinking about this minimum guarantee system for a long time.

Meng Xiang was also secretly surprised, this country's minimum security system was only slowly developed and improved after World War II. In the past, there have been similar experiments, but because of the sensitive words related to river crabs, few people have carried them out. Besides, if it is really going to be implemented, this part of the burden is not small.

However, Meng Xiang has also discussed this kind of issue with others on the forum, and he has long had this intention, but it is not mature under the existing conditions.

So, Meng Xiang said slowly: "I can only control this side of the land, but I can give it a try." It's just that the economy can't get up, and it's just empty talk to say this. ”

Zhou Bai was overjoyed when he heard that Meng Xiang was willing to give it a try, and was about to say something, but he saw Pharmacist Tang smile and said, "There is also this third condition, which is also very embarrassing." He went so far as to demand that they not be dependent on foreign powers, and that they should reclaim the land they had lost under the previous unequal treaties. ”

Meng Xiang was happy in his heart, it turned out that this was still an old and angry young man.

"Well, that's as it should be!" Meng Xiang felt that he also had some potential for resentment, so he naturally supported it.

"Oh?" Tang Yaoshi and Zhou Bai were both stunned, they didn't expect Meng Xiang to agree so easily, the hands of external forces are everywhere in this era, either the West interferes or the East supports, and it is difficult for a force to survive in the cracks. Not to mention the reconquest.

The reason why Zhou Bai set the conditions so high was just a helpless move after having no way to serve the country. Originally, Meng Xiang agreed with his first two conditions, and he was already tempted. I didn't expect Meng Xiang to agree with this third condition, but I didn't know how to say it for a while.

was stunned for a moment, and then said slightly angrily: "If it was just a perfunctory verb, I wouldn't agree!" Originally, seeing that Meng Xiang agreed so happily, he suspected that Meng Xiang was just verbally perfunctory.

"Haha, who doesn't know, you've been left three times!" Pharmacist Tang laughed busily beside him.

"What I said is true!" Meng Xiang said with a serious expression, "What Mr. said, let the people educate the young, support the old, and maintain the integrity of the territory is a national power. Otherwise, what's the use of wanting this country? ”

(There is another chapter in the evening, today's Mother's Day, may all mothers in the world be healthy and enjoy the joy of family!) ）