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Leng Jie has a prominent family background.

His father, Leng Yuqiu, was the commander of the 13th Division of the National Defense Army, and his maternal grandfather was the Qing Dynasty Jiangsu Supervision Envoy. But this arrogance did not destroy his talent and talent, in 1915 with excellent grades admitted to the Hubei Institute of Technology, within three years not only completed his own studies, but also completed the entire curriculum of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, so at the end of the year was selected by the Ministry of Education as one of the 13 mathematics and physics students who went abroad to continue their studies, and became a national key training object.

Before leaving, he was about to come out to relax, and happened to hear that Peking University was engaged in the northwest wind collection activities, so he joined the northwest trip and came here, and also wanted to take this opportunity to see with his own eyes how much the country has changed in the past eight years.

Before he could see much change, the colorful ocean at the foot of the Qinling Mountains made him feel as if something had pierced his heart. Previously, he also agreed that Hu Shi should not compromise with Europe and the United States, and should fight for national interests with a tough counterattack, restrict foreign investment and protect the long-term interests of national enterprises, but the picture in front of him made him understand why Zhan Tianyou said that there is the answer he is looking for.

After 8 years of thrilling and 8 years of magnificent waves, in fact, many things have not completely changed.

In this sea of colorful tents, there are groups of ordinary people who have been displaced by the earthquake. When their gaze turned to themselves, it was clearly written about hunger and the struggle for survival. What big country? What great victory? What kind of conspiracy calculations! None of this moment is real. It does not solve the basic livelihood security of the people. All fantasies are just pavilions built on the sand, so when a pair of blank eyes look at it. Even Zhan Tianyou sighed fiercely. This is the real reason for the compromise between Yang Qiu and Nanjing, after eight years of continuous fighting. Both the country and the people have reached a stage where they urgently need to recuperate.

Soldiers with guns on their backs patrolled back and forth in the sea of tents to ensure tranquility. There are long queues at the entrance to the humble health room, and every narrow passage is sprinkled with quicklime. Second-hand boilers removed from trains to provide drinking water are evidence that the military and government are doing everything they can to prevent the worst of the post-disaster plagues.

The victims waited in line to receive relief food while holding bowls, and the earthquake took away their lifelong wealth, and they were very happy to get a single shirt issued by the army. The big gray-brown hand covered with calluses that can't be washed clean is holding the rice bowl. Looking ahead, I just hope that it will be my turn sooner and bring some rice back to make porridge for my family.

Inside the open tarpaulin tent, tall bags of rice are piled high. The soldiers who distributed the grain used only a small bamboo tube to measure the rice, and if the full tube was over, it would only flatten the bottom of the bowl. "How can this be? How can you eat enough rice with this little bit! The female college student who came to collect the wind burst into tears, turned her head and saw that the soldiers actually used such a small bamboo tube to distribute food, and rushed to the front regardless of the overflow of love, snatched the rice tube and sent a spoonful of white rice to the victims, while wiping her tears and scolding: "Isn't there a lot of rice here!" Why don't you send it down? You are committing a crime and disregard for human life! ”

"Stop."

The soldier was being disturbed by the female students and was not knowing what to do, and the major in charge of the security of the refugee camp rushed over, pointed to a few victims who were about to leave with rice in their arms, and shouted: "What are you doing in a daze? Get the rice back! ”

The soldiers were ordered to hold down several of the victims who were trying to flee. Seeing this, the students immediately came up to obstruct them, and the soldiers immediately squeezed away from each other with their guns crossed. Seeing this, Hu Shi also hurriedly rushed up to put forward the qualification theory of a teacher at Peking University, and when he saw him come out to support him, the students were even more fearless, and even thought that the major was deliberately making things difficult for the victims of the disaster and deducting food to take advantage of the opportunity. All kinds of shouts and scolding stirred up the queue, and seeing that there would be chaos if there was any more trouble, the assistant hurriedly looked at Zhan Tianyou: "Minister, do you want it?" ”

Zhan Tianyou shook his head. Free education in the Republic of China has just begun, and even the earliest southwest is only 7 years old. Therefore, most of these students are still the children of eunuchs and merchants, and they have been in the ivory tower for too long! He didn't know the real situation of the country at all, so Hu Shicai was praised by them and criticized national policies at every turn.

The major in charge of the camp did not dare to use force, but he was afraid that the situation would be big, so he gritted his teeth and fired a warning shot at the sky.

The crisp sound of gunfire made the pushing and fighting stop suddenly, and the soldiers and victims who were patrolling also gathered around, and many of the victims thought that someone was grabbing food, so they spontaneously picked up sticks and rushed over to protect them, and the atmosphere suddenly became solemn.

Seeing this, Hu Shi hurriedly stood up and played a round: "Under Hu Shi, a teacher at Peking University." I'm so sorry, but it's my students who are so excited. But you shouldn't withhold food either! The victims are in poor health and should be fed to avoid getting sick. ”

Seeing that the situation had finally stabilized, the major also quietly wiped his sweat and inserted the gun, walked up to Hu Shi and saluted and said, "This teacher, you should take care of your students!" Now the northwest is in chaos, please don't make trouble for the country, as for whether the amount is full, we are all in accordance with the regulations, I dare not say anything else, but no one here dares to deduct a tael of disaster relief food! ”

"Nonsense, and said that there was no deduction! Such a small bamboo tube can't be eaten by anyone. Don't be afraid, take more, if they dare to deduct again, I will tell my father and let the people from the newspaper come and expose them. The schoolgirl, who was still clutching the spoon of rice in her hand, looked like she had a good family background, and as she spoke, she kept stuffing the rice into the bowl of a middle-aged man holding a child in front of her, not taking the major and the soldier seriously.

But unexpectedly, the middle-aged man in a neat green shirt poured a bowl full of rice back into the rice bag, and then grabbed a handful of rice that was about the same size as a rice tube and put it into the bowl. This strange behavior surprised several students, who thought that he was afraid of the soldiers' obscenity, and shouted for him to take more, even though it would be okay to eat.

After the man got his share, he handed the bowl to his son and patted his head, and instructed him to go back first before he stepped forward and saluted Hu Shi: "Under Chen Biao, he is a teacher in the primary school for the victims here." We can all understand the thoughts of Mr. Hu and all the students. Thank you as well, but we really can't take more of this food. ”

"Why?" The schoolgirls were puzzled.

Teacher Chen Biao shook his sleeves. Si Tiao slowly picked up the excess and pointed to the rice warehouse: "After the disaster last year. Every household has no food. There are now no less than 100,000 people who have gathered here! There are millions of mouths waiting to be fed to the west! It's only April, and the seeds will not be planted until the end of May, and the grain will be harvested in September. We still have 5 months to go! If you finish the relief food early, what will you eat? Is it grass root bark or Guanyin soil? Or do you learn from the former Qing Dynasty and cannibalize each other every time there is a disaster? We are already homeless, and the central government rescued us. The whole country has sent grain and cotton clothes, this is already a great favor, how can you be insatiable? It is better to eat less every day than to be a wanderer wandering the wilderness after three days of full meals. ”

Teacher Chen Biao's words were very light. The movements are soothing and the rhythm is slow, but the words reveal the freedom and arrogance of traditional Chinese literati. Tell the students that disaster relief food is not unlimited, and if you eat it early, you may only trigger a greater famine later.

When the people around heard this, they all expressed their willingness to eat less, and even the few victims who wanted to take a shortcut and carry the rice away took the initiative to pour the extra rice back into the rice bag, and walked out of the crowd.

Hu Shi was stunned, and the students' faces turned red all of a sudden, they only thought about feeding the victims, but they forgot that the relief food was also limited. Even if there is still grain coming in from the southeast, millions of mouths will have to eat until the grain harvest comes up at the end of September. I don't know how much manpower and specialized vehicles will be used.

Zhan Tianyou smiled when he saw this, his eyes turned to Leng Jie and a few others who had not joined the small riot, and walked over and patted them with a smile: "This is the answer you want." Nation-building is not an empty word, it requires everyone's efforts! I just heard from you in the car that you're going to leave the country soon, right? Seize this opportunity, and hope to see you come back in a few years, and work with us and these people to build our country well, so that everyone can have no worries about food and clothing, and become a real great country! ”

Leng Jie's eyes were slightly red. Nod vigorously.

"I'm leaving! Don't be discouraged, boys, continue westward, and you will see good and hope over the disaster. Zhan Tianyou finally pointed to the west, said goodbye to everyone, took assistants and technicians, and rode into the vast Qinling Mountains.

What will be in the west? Leng Jie looked at his distant back, and his newly cooled heart burned again.

The west that Zhan Tianyou is talking about is Xinjiang and eastern Kazakhstan, where immigrants are gradually increasing. Especially in East Kazakhstan, after the official announcement of the return of the East Kazakhstan, as many as hundreds of thousands of displaced people were forcibly resettled here, coupled with the successive withdrawal of Chinese businessmen from Russia, the former deserted town of Karakum has changed greatly, and the problem of manpower shortage that plagued the local area has also been solved. The construction of the Circum-Northwest Railway has intensified, and the simple narrow gauge has been paved south from here to the broken leaves, and is being extended to Andijan.

The Karakum Fortress, which is the defense support point in the northwest, has finally entered a period of rapid construction, and a large amount of materials have been transported from the interior to Barnaul via the Baoku railway, and then transported here by narrow gauge connection. In accordance with the draft military reform, the Ministry of Defense formalized the creation of the North-Western Ring Defense Belt. This defensive belt has seven main fortresses of Irkutsk, Sayanling, Karakum, Aksu (on the dividing line between Zhambyl and Almaty in the southern section of Balkhash Lake), seven main fortresses of Shaye, Andijan and Gorno (Kyrgyzstan), as well as more than 1,000 large and small auxiliary fortresses and 11 airports. According to the plan, the entire defensive belt will be built by 1933, which will become the first gate to stabilize the northwest.

There were already many Chinese shops in the fortress city, mainly selling salt, iron, tea, and buying wool and leather goods in the Kazakh steppe. To the east, on the banks of the Ayaguz River, a small industrial zone has been built, with metallurgical plants, cement plants, small steel mills and thermal power plants, as well as several leather and woollen mills. The lead-zinc and copper mines left over from Russia in the Kalba Mountains to the north have also resumed production, and can supply at least 10,000 tons of finished products to the country every year. In addition, Murong Han also took advantage of Dutov's actual control to sign an agreement to develop the Karaganda large manganese iron mine, according to his idea, he got it first, and then discussed it when negotiations with Moscow continued in the future.

Compared with the first stable Beihai province (Irkutsk), the newly divided Uriya Sutai Province and Zaisangpo and other front-line Krai facing Russia are still not tranquil and need to ensure domestic ties at all times. However, due to the distance from Nanjing, the radio was often interrupted, so the telegraph operator came up with a note to move the radio receiver to the reconnaissance balloon, so that people living here could see a huge floating balloon hanging over the fortress city as long as they opened their eyes.

As soon as Leng Jie and the other students entered the fortress city, they were attracted by its prosperity and huge scale, but the students were excited to know that a series of hurried footsteps like a drum had once again broken the calm of the northwest.

The adjutant knocked on the door of Wu Peifu's office vigorously, and immediately saluted and brought an important order from Nanjing: "Report, the commander-in-chief has an urgent telegram!" Ask us to immediately carry out the plan to return to the east! ”…… (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. )