On the streets of Beijing, several rickshaws are running down the streets.

Although China is now thriving, motor vehicles such as automobiles are gradually driving on the streets, especially trams and buses, which make it much easier for people to travel, especially in large cities such as Beijing and Shanghai, and even taxis...

However, rickshaws, a very traditional means of transportation, still have a large market in China.

After all, taxis or something, as long as you drive, you need to have a starting price, and this is still a bit too expensive for ordinary citizens after all, on the other hand, although the rickshaw is slower, but the price is low, and environmental protection―――――― Well, there seems to be no concept of environmental protection in this era.

All in all, there is still a market for rickshaws in China today.

And on the streets today, there are quite a few rickshaws speeding around. The smooth road not only makes the car very smooth, but also allows the driver in front of the car to move with less effort...

Just when one of the cars was speeding away, and a middle-aged man in a robe and a horse coat was looking at the brand-new building on the side of the street and didn't know what to think about anymore, the sound of a newsboy suddenly came out of the street.

"Selling newspapers and selling newspapers, early this morning, the Wehrmacht sent 200,000 troops to the north to recover the lost territory in the Outer Northeast..."

"Come and see the newspaper, President Yan Da issued a statement declaring that he would eradicate the communist foothold in the Far East, and the British and American governments were silent about it..."

Hearing such news, the middle-aged man in the car was taken aback. Hurriedly asked the driver pulling the car in front to stop temporarily. At this time, the coachman seemed to understand what the middle-aged man meant, and hurriedly pulled the car to the newsboy.

At this time, on the streets. There were already a large number of pedestrians attracted by the content of the newsboy's bidding, and when the car pulled over, there were at least twenty or thirty people around the newsboy, and the middle-aged man finally bought the newspaper from the newsboy's hand.

After spreading out the newspaper, soon the middle-aged man saw the news he wanted to read on the front page...

On the first page of the newspaper, there were several large letters printed on it, and a line of small letters underneath.

Since at this time, photo fax technology had not yet been invented. Therefore, it is unlikely that the photos of the Wehrmacht going north will be sent, but even so, just look at the dense small print under the newspaper. The middle-aged man still felt a little frightened.

On the other side, the driver pulling the cart didn't seem to want to continue working, but leaned over to the middle-aged man's side and looked at the contents.

After noticing this. The middle-aged man said with a little smirk. "Are you literate?" Between words. It has a little bit of Sichuan flavor.

In these four words, there is no meaning to look down on the coachman, although these four words literally seem to be saying that the coachman is illiterate and what to do, but in fact this is a question sentence, just want to know if the coachman is literate?

As for the loss of laughter...

The way the coachman was sweating profusely but still trying to get up always made people feel a little funny.

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Listened to the words of the middle-aged man. The coachman didn't pay much attention, just stood there and smiled. "I'm illiterate. So I hope you can tell me about it, sir..."

"How?" Looking at the coachman with a smile, the middle-aged man asked with a smile. "You care about it, too..."

"Of course, the rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband." Speaking of this, the coachman looked at the middle-aged man with some embarrassment, and then touched his head. "The students who run out on the street often say this, and I hear it so much that my ears are almost calloused..."

Nodding, the middle-aged man looked at the newspaper, and then read a little bit. "In the early morning of November 1, 1917, our heroic Chinese National Defense Forces marched into the Outer Northeast―――――― the purpose of this military operation was not only to nip communism in the bud, but also to eliminate the possibility of its development in the Far East, and then to maintain peace in the Far East, and also to recover the lost territory in the Outer Northeast that had been lost for decades. As we all know, the Outer Northeast has been China's territory since ancient times, and it used to be the birthplace of northern ethnic minorities such as Sushen, Donghu, Xianbei, Fuyu, etc., and has been under the direct or indirect rule of the Central Plains Dynasty, and their history is also an important part of Chinese history. In the Tang Dynasty, after pacifying Murowei and Beji, most of the outer northeast (except Sakhalin Island) belonged to the Heishui Prefecture and the Bohai Prefecture. Liao belonged to Shangjing Dao, most of the Yuan Dynasty belonged to Liaoyang Province, and the Ming Dynasty belonged to the Nuergan Dusi and the Jurchen people. During the Qing Dynasty, part of it belonged to Heilongjiang Province and part of it belonged to Jilin Province..."

"In the 16th century, Russia crossed the Ural Mountains and invaded Siberia in Asia, in the early 17th century, the Russians invaded the Outer Northeast, the ethnic minorities in the Outer Northeast refused to pay tribute to the Tsar, the Russians brutally suppressed, the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty organized the military and the people to resist it, and signed the first treaty on the border in the history of China and Russia with Tsarist Russia in 1689, the Treaty of Nebuchu, which clearly stated that the entire Outer Northeast is Chinese territory..."

"However, due to the corruption and incompetence of the Manchu government, the Qing government signed the Treaty of Aihui and the Treaty of Beijing with Russia, the former with Heilongjiang as the border and Jiangdong 64tun under the joint administration of China and Russia, and the latter under the joint management of the entire Outer Northeast to Tsarist Russia."

"Due to the corruption and incompetence of the Manchu government, after the Treaty of Beijing, our country lost at least 600,000 square kilometers of territory, and now the civil strife in Russia is the best time for our country to regain the lost territory..."

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Reading and reading, the middle-aged man in the car couldn't help but smile bitterly.

At the beginning, the newspapers were still saying that the Wehrmacht was going to eliminate the possibility of communism in the Far East, but when it came to the end, all they said was that this was a good opportunity to regain lost territory, and at the same time they talked about how the Outer Northeast was lost...

Although the middle-aged man was not opposed to sending troops to regain lost territory, he was opposed to doing so now.

In the eyes of middle-aged people. Although the original provisional government had been overthrown, the British and American powers did not recognize this result, and the power of Tsarist Russia was still very strong in Russia. And with the support of the British and American powers, even if Soviet Russia occupies the top now, no one knows who will die in the end...

In other words, Russia is still an ally of China, at least for now.

And now, as soon as the allies are mired in civil strife, the government has sent troops to the northeast, which is somewhat suspicious of taking advantage of the fire. It's easy to give a very bad influence, especially to worry about the opinion of the British and American powers...

It is clear that the British and American powers would not necessarily approve of such a move by the Wehrmacht. Thinking of this, the middle-aged man couldn't help but sigh.

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Looking at the middle-aged man's sigh, the coachman frowned, and then said. "How. Mr. Is there anything wrong? Although he frowned, the coachman's attitude was very polite, because he could see that this middle-aged man seemed to be very powerful, at least he had seen a lot of things...

Listening to the coachman's words, the middle-aged man smiled bitterly.

"Now the country is sending troops to Europe, and the domestic financial pressure is very high, and now it is sending troops to the northeast. This is really—" At this point, the middle-aged man smiled bitterly again.

And yet hear his words. But the coachman disagreed. "I don't agree with this, sir, what is more important in this world than the Reconquista? As for the financial pressure you mentioned, it's a big deal to raise more taxes, and this will be solved! ”

"This—" Listening to the coachman's words, the middle-aged man looked a little surprised. If taxes are raised for this, won't the people's lives be much harder..."

"What are you afraid of, anyway, wait until the lost land is recovered, and then let the government reduce the tax back..."patting his chest, the coachman said heartily. Perhaps because he was sweating, the driver opened his chest and showed his strong muscles.

"This—" hesitated, and the middle-aged man glanced at the coachman. Aren't you worried that after the government raises taxes, it won't come back? ”

"How is that possible?" said the coachman, who laughed this time. The president still takes good care of us people, otherwise he would not have been able to reduce so many taxes, and now our lives have become so good, all thanks to the president..."

The previous words, middle-aged people still believe a little, but the latter words...

looked at the driver tired and sweaty, but the middle-aged man's heart was a little...

It seemed that he saw the middle-aged man's thoughts, and the coachman suddenly said with some dissatisfaction. "Sir, don't look down on me, although I am tired of this job, but I earn a lot of money, and there are benefits and guarantees, etc., it is no problem to eat well..."

"But......... Just now you said that you made a lot of money, why is it okay to eat enough now? ”

"This—" The coachman looked a little embarrassed. It's not that my mother-in-law is too good to give birth, she actually gave birth to 5 daughters and 3 sons, although the government has exempted the children's tuition fees, but the cost of books or something......... And after counting the eight children, plus me and my mother-in-law, there are ten people in the whole family..."

"Originally, my mother-in-law wanted me to go to the factory to find a job, but after all, it was still so bad compared to this job, for the sake of my wife and children, I had to be tired, but to be honest, compared with the factory, in fact, my job is not particularly tired, so I can rest when I want to rest, the only headache is that there is no security, especially in winter..."

When he said this, the coachman was also full of helplessness.

Listening to the words of the coachman, the middle-aged man was completely dumbfounded.

However, the driver's words are right, although there are more and more factories nowadays, but not every factory can make a lot of money, and some factories only pay 1 dime a day―――――― of course, usually this is a relatively black-hearted factory.

As a result, many workers only paid 3 yuan a month.

As for him, although he looks tired, he at least rests when he wants, goes home when he wants, does whatever he wants, and does not need to pay a share of the money like the taxi drivers of later generations. As long as you're lucky, it's okay to earn about two dimes a day.

The most important thing is...

In this era, a considerable number of factories still have a 10-hour working system, and only a small number of factories are 8-hour hours, most of which are still owned by Yushi Group.

With the conditions of the coachman, it is basically impossible to enter the rain stone, in this case, instead of going to those black-hearted factories, it is better to pull the rickshaw by yourself, although tired, but also free, and there is no need to worry about the black-hearted factory owners deducting wages or something―――――― although the civil government and the Ministry of Justice have begun to formulate a constitution specifically for the protection of workers, but after all, there are loopholes in this kind of law, and there is collusion between power and money in that era, and the money usually refers to large landowners and businessmen...

In such a primitive capitalist situation, it is unrealistic to expect the law alone to defend the rights of workers...

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As if remembering their original purpose, the coachman and the middle-aged man continued to drive towards their destination, and finally arrived at a residential area that seemed to be relatively upscale.

After parking the car on the side of the street, the middle-aged man took out some change and gave it to the driver, and then walked off the car, just looking at the back of the driver leaving, the middle-aged man's heart seemed a little shocked.

"I didn't expect that Yan Shao had so much public support among the people, and even a coachman trusted him so much..."

muttered, since it was now, the middle-aged man was also a little incredulous in his heart.

After half a ring, the middle-aged man shook his head and walked to the door of a building in the residential area, and then walked to the door and knocked on the door...

After a while, someone opened the door from the inside, and it was also a middle-aged man who came out, and when he saw this middle-aged man, a smile appeared on the face of the previous person.

"Zhang Lan, I'm here to take refuge with you this time..."

At the same time, looking at Zhang Lan, Cai Yuanpei's face also showed a look of surprise.

Obviously, Cai Yuanpei didn't expect Zhang Lan to appear in front of him, at least not so, because...

"Didn't I send someone to pick you up..."

"I went to pick it up, but I didn't seem to have received it..."patting his body, Zhang Lan smiled bitterly. So I had no choice but to come by rickshaw, and I was educated by the driver on the way..."

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"Of course, this also opened my eyes and gave me some insight into the situation in Beijing today........."