Talking to women is no different from fishing for the moon in the water, they want to be cared for and valued more often, rather than explaining the truth. Even if it is a very reasonable reason, it will not make sense to them, because it does not matter whether the reason is unreasonable or not, whether it is the most important thing to treat them for a while. Obviously, because Yang Rui refused to support the Alliance, Cheng Ying felt that she was ignored, because her mention was not valued by Yang Rui, but, on the other hand, she felt that Yang Rui did not have the right to decide to support the Alliance because of her own request, although he was the president of the Revival Association, but the Revival Society was not him alone, it belonged to everyone.

With such a contradiction, she went all the way to Anton, and Yang Rui also knew that she was angry, but he didn't persuade her, he actually had a problem that made all women in later generations hate the disease, that is: if a woman cries because of anger, he not only does not persuade her, but laughs. According to his logic, whether a woman is angry, crying, or hanging, it is a weapon to make a man compromise. At this time, what you have to do is not to coax, what to do if you are in a good mood, then laugh and ridicule if you are in a bad mood, and when she is tired of crying enough, things will naturally pass.

The cruise ship did not stop at Langtou Port near the county seat of Andong as usual, but stopped at Zhaoshigou Port at the mouth of the Yalu River, which is the seaport planned by Andong, the port construction conditions are excellent, the minimum water depth is not less than seven meters at low tide, the water depth is twelve or thirteen meters at high tide, and the giant ship can be docked with a little cleanup, so the starting point of the Antongmei Railway falls here. Although it has been nearly three years, the construction of the port has not stopped. The area to the south of the wharf is still being renovated, the storage yard to the west does not seem to be completed, and the industrial area to the north is connected to the port. Similar to the industrial park of later generations, there are construction sites everywhere, the houses are densely built, and you can see the half-up walls of the houses and the scaffolding surrounding the walls from a distance, which has a taste of large construction sites in later generations.

Xu Yining, the person in charge of the Andong Station of the Military Intelligence Bureau, who came to greet him, saw Yang Rui looking at the construction site over there, and explained: "That is the Andong Industrial Park, and the land was bought out after the first phase of the park opened. One-third were bought by Americans and people from other countries, and one-third were bought by Japanese. ”

"Oh. What did they buy it for? He wasn't surprised that foreigners bought the land, he wondered what they were doing with it.

"There are a lot of Japanese people who buy them to open textile factories. There were also oil mills, flour mills, and silk reeling mills, and the Americans mainly used as warehouses for cotton and cotton cloth, as well as kerosene and flour. "When Yang Rui went out of the Northeast the year before last. Xu Yining met Yang Rui. But he couldn't imagine why the Elder would be so young, even if he saw him a second time.

"Oh, then the Americans must not be able to get the Japanese," Yang Rui heard the purpose of the two countries' businessmen buying land, and felt that the Americans would definitely be killed by the Japanese, which is good, only in this way can his own importance be reflected. "Don't we have our own silk reeling factory?"

"We didn't, but the other merchants did it the year before last." Xu Yining really didn't know much about economic matters, but just said a rough idea. However, Yang Rui didn't ask anything more. Just as he walked towards the train station of the port.

The port railway station is very large and has eight tracks. The rails simply bypassed the improvised wooden platform and then turned around to the west, where there were rows of large warehouses built and dozens of soccer fields, and piles of lumber were piled up there, but they only took up a small spot. On the wooden platform of No. 1, a **-long train has been waiting there for a long time, and the boiler seems to have been lit, and it is bubbling white. The train is supposed to be imported from the United States, and the European-style windows and the English on the outside of the carriage are very conspicuous, and only the four big Chinese characters of 'Tonghua Railway' can make people think that this is a Chinese train.

Zhaoshigou has been away from Andong City for a long time, and the train will arrive at Andong Station after more than half an hour. Although the station is newly opened, the whole road is only to Kuandian and no longer go in, but there are still a lot of people who take the car, the train has not yet arrived at the station, Yang Rui saw a large number of people waiting on the platform, there are many foreigners, more are big bags of traders and travelers, but they are all in the second-class carriage behind, only those foreigners and a few gentry dressed up in the first-class carriage behind Yang Rui. Seeing this, Yang Rui asked, "How much is the ticket to Kuandian?" ”

"Ordinary eight coins, the first-class ones will cost two taels." Xu Yining just reported on the various situations on Anton's side, but it seems that Yang Rui is more interested in some small details that are not touched. In fact, Yang Rui is not worried about the various actions of the Japanese on the Tonghua Railway, but wants to know the survival of the railway itself.

The train departs from Andong in the afternoon, and arrives at Kuandian in the evening, after removing the last few carriages, the train continues to go north, only to go to more than eight o'clock in the night, only to arrive at the Dalinggou Tunnel, through this tunnel is Huairen, now the whole section of the road is not completed here, and other places have long been good.

Waiting for Yang Rui here there are Du Yaquan, Chen Da and others, Chen Yixi, who just came from the United States some time ago, is also there, this is the second time he came to the Northeast, the last time he came was O4 years, when Yang Rui was busy with military affairs, so he did not see it, this time the railway was about to be completed, he came to participate in the completion ceremony.

As soon as Yang Rui got off the train, he saw them standing on the temporary platform, and after meeting everyone warmly, Cheng Ying beside Yang Rui was also introduced to everyone. Du Yaquan just greeted her quietly, but Chen Yixi, who had been prepared, gave her something. The current Chen Yixi is not like four years ago, he only thinks that Yang Rui is an enthusiastic person who helps his friends find a railway construction company, but concludes that Yang Rui is behind Tianzihao, and even a person from the Fuxing Association.

There was no change in the few of them, only Chen Da was extremely thin, and his expression was even more haggard, no longer the beautiful and confident appearance of the past. The tunnel was impassable, and he was under great pressure. When the line was first chosen, there were two plans, one was to go directly to the northeast along the road, cross the Qingshan Valley, pass back to Longshan, follow the Wangtian Cave, and finally go to Huairen County; The other is to follow the ancient official road, turn north in Qingshan Valley, and dig a tunnel in Daling Ditch to lead to the mountain after going up the mountain. At that time, Chen Da chose the latter because although the former plan did not dig large tunnels, there were still many small tunnels. The total amount of construction is not less than that of the Dalinggou Tunnel, and the railway goes around the foot of Wangtiandong Mountain, and once it collapses, the whole line will be interrupted. Therefore, regardless of cost or safety considerations, Dalinggou is the best choice. It's just that the tunnel that should have been opened was not opened on time, which made some local shareholders start to complain, and some people said that this Dalinggou has a mountain god. It was disrespectful to dig a tunnel from here, and in the year of the First Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese who drove in here got lost in the mountains. In the end, he was beaten to death by the brave of the township. Anyway, the project has been delayed again and again, and there is nothing to say.

Yang Rui didn't blame Chen Da when he saw it, who can know what the situation is inside the mountain, choosing a road is like gambling many times. A lot of times it's a matter of luck. It's not a technical issue.

"Good work." Yang Rui didn't give up his hand, but held Chen Da's hand and shook it vigorously, "Take your time, don't rush." He laughs.

Yang Rui was not in a hurry, which made Chen Da look stunned, now there seems to be no one in the Northeast who is not in a hurry, the local shareholders of the railway company do not mention it, and Du Yaquan has a lot of urging him. And his father, who just came and gave him a beating. The old man didn't care whether the tunnel was difficult to dig or not, but thought that as a chief engineer, any difficulties should be considered in advance. Failure to take into account is his dereliction of duty. He listened to Yang Rui's impatience at this time, Chen Da wanted to say anything but didn't say anything, just forced a smile, and then let go of Yang Rui's hand.

The Northeast is the old nest of the Revival Society, Cheng Ying knows it, but she thinks it is from the west of Liaoning, not from the east of Liaoning. Moreover, although she is responsible for arranging some of Yang Rui's schedules, she can't touch some important things. As for the situation in Tonghua, she has heard of it, but she doesn't know the actual situation, including the relationship between Tianzihao and the Fuxing Society. She originally thought the same way, but looking at the posture of the railway company today, it was as if the railway company was opened by the revival meeting. There was also something Chen Yixi gave her, which was a European-style jewelry necklace, and she was startled when she saw the diamonds on it. This is actually a gift that Chen Yixi brought from the United States to prepare for the activities of the powerful in the capital, China is now building railways everywhere, he wants to take on more projects, so he brought a lot of high-end gifts.

While Cheng Ying was amazed in the room, Yang Rui was discussing some things on the railway with Du Yaquan.

"The Japanese have approached me several times, because they want to buy shares in the company, and I don't agree to sell other people's shares at a high price...... "In the office of the tunnel construction department, Du Yaquan mainly talks about the actions of the Japanese.

"Does anyone sell it?" In order to win over the local people, a lot of damn stocks of the Tonghua Railway were sold to the people along the line.

"There are some, but not many, and they don't make much difference." Du Yaquan said, "At that time, in order to let the people buy, our people preached 'when the train sounds, the silver is ten thousand taels', but until now, the tunnel has not been opened, and some people have begun to spread rumors, saying that this mountain will never be dug through, and some people who believe in God will sell their stocks." ”

Hearing Du Yaquan say, 'When the train rings, there are 10,000 taels of silver', Yang Rui couldn't help but think that later generations seemed to have this advertising slogan, but the difference was that silver was replaced with gold. "There aren't many shares on the people's side, so did the local shareholders sell their shares privately? Although they can't do this according to the charter, if they do, it will be a headache for the Japanese to ask us to redeem our shares. ”

"The shareholders didn't sell it, and there doesn't seem to be one in Shanghai. Now we are worried that the Japanese will change the narrow gauge of the Antong Railway to the broad gauge, and once the Manchus agree, then even if we buy some land, they will change the line, or change it on the original line, so we can't stop it. Du Yaquan said.

"What is the attitude of the Americans, and what do their consuls say?" Yang Rui also has a headache for the Antong Railway, according to history, the entire railway is still there, how can it be stopped?

"The Americans have a lot of complaints against the Japanese, especially since the end of last year, the import of American goods has dropped sharply, and now many American businessmen have come to Liaodong, waiting for the tunnel to be opened to transport goods to Meihekou, where the highway goes directly to Jilin and Changchun, not much slower than taking the South Manchurian Railway, and last year some Americans came to talk to me about building the railway to Changchun or Jilin, but I did not respond." After Du Yaquan finished talking about the Americans, he still shifted the topic to the most important thing, "What should be done about the last section of the railway, and when will it start?" Now the materials are ready. Just wait for ......"

"This is the most difficult thing to do, there is no problem on the Russian side, and the United States should not talk about it. It is now Guangxu out of the mountain. There were many pro-Japanese ministers in the imperial court, especially Prince Su and Japan, and he was now extremely famous, if he opposed Guangxu's approval of the entire railway, or postponed the approval until next year, the situation would be different. Now we can only rely on Zai Zeli, and Liang Qi and Zhirui are also sending people to help. Manchu affairs. It's easy to do without messing with foreigners, but if you mess with foreigners, you can't do it even if you spend money. Yang Rui said. Now the ** of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is deep in the bone marrow. Even if Guangxu advocates honesty and honesty, the situation is not much better.

"What about us?" When Du Yaquan saw that Yang Rui had made it difficult to talk about the matter, his heart was raised, and the Americans did not lease the railway. He was very disappointed. Now that this 150 kilometers cannot be connected to the Dongqing Railway, the value and income of the entire road will be greatly affected, "Don't they know that this is the Chinese's own railway, and once it is repaired, then this piece of Liaodong will be stable." Now the Japanese are constantly driving the Korean people to come to reclaim the colony, I am afraid that they are thinking about Liaodong. ”

Hearing that Han Min crossed the border to reclaim, Yang Rui said: "Haven't you arranged it before?" Border, Yalu River River Heart Island. Arrange for someone to go in advance. Didn't you do that? ”

"In so many, but like Antu, the place is huge, Andong used to be far away, it was difficult for us to transport people, the Korean people on the North Korean side came easily, and those officials of the Reclamation Bureau, they sold the land when they saw the money, there was no railway, the transportation was inconvenient, and many immigrants were not willing to go." In many things in Liaodong, Du Yaquan can give full marks to himself, but immigration is at most passing. Even if the agricultural reclamation company is well prepared, there will always be mistakes, after all, he is just a businessman, not a Manchu official, even if he is a Manchu official, there are governors and the like, so the stumbling of immigration makes him very dissatisfied with himself.

"If the transportation is inconvenient, the railway is built, and to the outside world, it is said that it is a small forest railway that cuts wood, not a commercial railway. This excuse is enough to beat the Japanese with those rice buckets in Beijing. Yang Rui said urgently. 、。

"Is this okay?" Du Yaquan asked.

"It's not going to work. I'm in a hurry. Yang Rui shook his head and said, although the small forest railway can be built, but it has no commercial value, and there will be too many things to revive that require money, except for commercial operations, it is not advisable to invest in a railway. Let's see the move. Let's take the railway to Changchun first. This should be the last few months. ”

"So what are I going to do here?" Yang Rui said that the time was so close, Du Yaquan was only afraid that he had a lot of things to prepare.

"Don't be prepared, just pay attention to the personal safety of the railway company personnel during this time, and the patrol team should also be careful. The Japanese themselves will not come forward to do things, they will only find other people to do it, Liaodong has been almost cleared by us, the only thing to worry about is the North Korean side, when the time comes, some Korean bandits will come and intercept one of our cars, then the matter will be big. Anyway, for Japanese people, everything has to be thought of for the worst. Yang Rui admonished.

The two were talking, and suddenly there was a rush of noise outside, the two men were arguing in the vernacular, Yang Rui couldn't understand what they were saying, he asked, "Who is arguing where?" ”

"Who else can there be, Yaozhai's side. Now everyone is waiting for the tunnel to be completed, but the tunnel just won't work. The 465-meter tunnel has been dug for 466 meters now, one meter, but it just doesn't work, it's really a hell of a collision. Du Yaquan was also very helpless when he said this, he just dared to tell the truth in front of Yang Rui, and he didn't dare to say anything outside.

Hearing that the tunnel has been dug for 466 meters, Yang Ruiqi said: "How do you hear that the length seems to have been dug through?" ”

"Yes, it's strange here, and it makes sense to dig it up, but it's still digging now. We didn't dare to tell the workers that they had dug 466 meters, or they would have hit the wall as soon as they heard about it. Du Yaquan shook his head, he had never believed in ghosts and gods, but this time he seemed to believe a little.

"Is it possible that the digging is wrong?" Things were really weird, and Yang Rui was also surprised.

"Well, it's possible. Now the Cantonese people are also arguing about this matter. But we were afraid of making mistakes, so we had already drilled two shafts on the top of the hill and then excavated from the shafts to both sides. "The railroad is all right, and the crux of the matter now is this tunnel, and Du Yaquan is now bent on it.

"It's good to be able to get through this month." Yang Rui said with relief. However, he knew in his heart that if he really dug it off, it would not be a good thing in this half a month, and it might not be opened until next year.

The brief conversation with Dua Quan ended quickly. After Yang Rui went back, Cheng Ying hadn't slept yet, and when she saw Yang Rui, she asked, "Is the railway company a revival company?" ”

Yang Rui was strange and said, "Where did you hear that?" ”

"The two men were arguing just now, one of them said. They said that if the tunnel was cut off, they would be sorry for the revolutionary party. He also said that this railway was to deal with the Japanese, and once it was delayed, it would ...... "Cheng Ying was originally from Guangdong, and he understood the vernacular very clearly."

See her ask. Yang Rui didn't know how to answer, and with her expression to the Alliance on the steamer, Yang Rui now regretted bringing her to the northeast. Because there are too many secrets here, once she knows it, it is not a good thing, but a bad thing. I really want the secret to leak out of her. That's according to the regulations...... Thinking of this, Yang Rui asked: "The Revival Society has a lot of secrets in the Northeast, do you think you can keep these secrets?" ”

Yang Rui's question made Cheng Ying very stunned, she suddenly had a feeling of not being trusted, and she said angrily: "Then I'll go back tomorrow." ”

"Okay. I've thought so for a long time, and I'll send you back early tomorrow morning. After Yang Rui finished speaking, he sneered, and then went back to his tent to sleep. He brought too many people and not enough houses. I had to sleep in a tent set up outside.

Yang Rui slept soundly this night, and he didn't seem to be worried about Cheng Ying's return. He is now more and more impatient with this woman, this impatience lies in the fact that she needs constant attention and recognition, as if if she doesn't say she loves her for a day, she won't be at ease for a day, he is busy now, how can he have time to say these love words? He didn't understand, what was she worried about? In fact, it is difficult for any character like Yang Rui to make a normal woman feel at ease. The greater the strength of the Fuxing Society, the heavier this insecurity becomes, for an ordinary but self-aware woman, the more ordinary the man, the more relieved she is, but the current situation is that the man she likes is too good, even better than Mr. Nakayama, whom she respects in her heart, so she begins to be at a loss. What does such a man like about her?

Yang Rui woke up in a noise the next day, shouting everywhere, and when he clenched his gun hard, he heard someone outside shouting, "It's through!" It's done! ……”

Hearing this, he suddenly thought that it was estimated that the tunnel was open, and as soon as he got together, Chen Guangshou came in with a smile, and he said, "Sir, the tunnel is dug through, and the workers outside are very happy." ”

"Hmmm! It's all right. Yang Rui said in a loud voice, it's good news as soon as he wakes up, "Then wait for the last paragraph." He muttered to himself.

It didn't take long for the joy outside to stop, and when Yang Rui got up, the people who had gathered near the construction site had dispersed, and Yang Rui was about to ask, but Du Yaquan ran over in a panic: "Yaozhai is gone!" ”

"Why is he gone?" Yang Rui suddenly had an ominous premonition, afraid that something would happen to Chen Da.

"This ...... I was fine before I went to bed last night, but when I woke up, I was gone. The tunnel opened and everyone went to look for him, but he was gone. Du Yaquan also felt very bad, but it was not easy to guess anything.

"Let's find someone first." Yang Rui didn't know what to say, he just wanted to find someone first. All the people from the construction department were sent out, and Yang Rui's guards were also sent out, but the people here hadn't gone far before they saw a group of workers carrying something, Chen Guangshou looked at it with a telescope and said, "Sir, they are carrying a person." ”

"Hmm." Yang Rui's heart began to sink, and the thing he was most worried about seemed to be born.

Chen Da, the chief engineer of the Antongmei Railway, died on the eve of the completion of the railway, because of everyone's doubts and anxiety, he ran to the cliff of Dalinggou in the middle of the night and jumped down. looked at the old tears but kept saying, "It's right to die!" Chen Yixi, Yang Rui didn't know how to comfort him, and he was depressed in his heart, regardless of the obstacles, and insisted on walking through the tunnel. The tunnel was knee-deep, full of wooden stakes, and the walls were carved and chiseled, concave and protruding, like strange human faces.

"Yesterday, ninety-one people died here." The workers accompanying him didn't understand Yang Rui's origins, and they didn't care about his origins, but they just said silently in front, his voice was dark and dark, echoing in this slightly translucent tunnel. (To be continued......)

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