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On the train to Peiping, Zhao Zhen was planning the gains of this trip to Tianjin: he didn't expect that he would visit Cui Tingxian for a while and had such a happy result. Not only did he meet Fu Zuoyi, but he also got a letter of recommendation from Cui Tingxian. With the opportunity to meet two celebrities, Zhu Qinglan and Yan Xishan, it was a good start. If he could get Zhu Qinglan's help, this disaster relief activity would definitely be much easier; and if he could obtain Yan Xishan's permission, the establishment of a bridgehead in northwest Shanxi would be much smoother in the future.

Needless to say, Yan Xishan was in charge of Shanxi for nearly 40 years after Xinhai. He was a great man in the Republic of China who was known as a tumbler in troubled times. Zhu Qinglan was also an extraordinary figure.

Zhu Qinglan, whose courtesy name was Ziqiao, was born in Shaoxing. He was born in Jinan, Shandong in 1874. He lost his father when he was young. When he was young, he went to the northeast and joined the army. He became the subordinate of Zhao Erxun, the governor of the three eastern provinces at that time. Later, he followed Zhao Erxun into Sichuan and was promoted to the commander of the 17th Town of the Army. He organized a new army with Cheng Qian. During the 1911 period, in response to the Wuchang Uprising, he declared Sichuan independence and was promoted to the deputy governor of the Sichuan Han Military Government. Later, he served as the General of Heilongjiang Province and the Governor of Guangdong, and made many achievements.

In the 14th year of the Republic of China, Zhu Qinglan's old subordinate Guo Songling rose up to rebel against Feng, and another old subordinate Jiang Dengxuan was detained by Guo when he passed by. Later, in order to vent his personal anger, Guo Songling actually killed his colleague Jiang Dengxuan, who had been for many years. Jiang Dengxuan once followed Zhu Qinglan from Northeast China to Sichuan and then to Guangdong. The two got along very deeply. At that time, they said that Zhu Jiang and Jiang were like father and son. Jiang Dengxuan was killed. Zhu Qinglan was extremely sad. When he was killed and was killed, he ignored his personal safety and buryed Jiang Dengxuan. Guo Songling's killing Jiang Dengxuan also completely angered Zhang Zuolin, Wu Junsheng and other veterans of the Northeast Army, and finally ended up being defeated and killed.

Stimulated by the murder of Jiang Dengxuan by Guo Songling, Zhu Qinglan felt deeply cold and frustrated, and was disheartened. From then on, he left the military and political circles and became a civilian. No matter how the Zhang father and son repeatedly invited him or the appointment of the Beijing government, Zhu Qinglan did not agree, but embarked on the charity road of relief and disaster relief and poverty alleviation, and was determined.

In the original world, when Zhao Zhen was living with his mother in Xi'an when he was a child, he also heard his grandfather introduce Zhu Qinglan to protect the underground palace of Famen Temple and the countless deeds of rescuing disaster victims in Shaanxi during the Republic of China. It was just a few years later, and with Cui Tingxian's previous name, Zhao Zhenzhong didn't remember it for a while.

Zhao Zhenzhong was secretly happy for a good start, but Li Yuntian asked with some concern: "Uncle Master, we have to transport grain to save disasters, and we have to start industries near the disaster area, and we have to build a dock. If we build a railway, will the stall be too big? Even with Huamei Company's financial support, we can absorb the disaster victims' work, but we, Sihai Industrial, probably can't take care of so many things, right? Besides, we don't have engineering and technical personnel to build the railway."

"Haha, there are indeed many of these things, but do you think we can get approval from the Suiyuan authorities in Shanxi and Suiyuan to start our industry so easily? The construction of a wharf in Tianjin may be relatively easy, and it is not a big problem to rescue disaster victims. But if you want to start an industry in Shanxi and Suiyuan, there is still some grinding." Zhao Zhenzhong smiled, "That Chief Yan is smart. Even if he wants to get a sand, he will want to get two taels of oil. If we propose to start an industry, he will definitely take the opportunity to get a hand. Even if everything goes well, it will only take the substantive results in the second half of this year. In the first half of this year, what we can do is mainly to rescue disaster victims and build a wharf. As for the others, it would be good to reach a cooperation intention."

"As for engineering and technical personnel, there are a large number of engineering and technical personnel in the United States who are unemployed, and our overseas students in the United States are gradually learning. When various industries enter the substantial opening stage next year, there will definitely be enough professionals to guide the construction."

"Building a railway is not easy, you must prepare it in advance." Li Yuntian was still a little lacking in confidence.

"That's natural." Zhao Zhenzhong smiled.

In original history, the Tongpu Railway started construction in May 1933, and by August 1935, it began to open to traffic in sections. By December 1935, all 513 kilometers of railways in the southern section of the Tongpu Railway were completed. When the northern section of the Tongpu Road fell from Datong, it was only 8 kilometers away from the distance to the entire line to pave the tracks. Later, in March 1939, the Japanese army forced migrant workers to complete the construction of the northern section of the Tongpu Road, so that the railway began to serve the Japanese army.

Although Zhao Zhenzhong did not know the exact completion date of the Tongpu Railway in history, he remembered that some anti-Japanese war materials he had read before mentioned that the Tongpu Railway had already been put into use during the Anti-Japanese War. In this case, instead of waiting for Yan Xishan to slowly build it, it would be better for Huamei Company to build this railway a few years in advance. In this way, with the Tongpu Railway that was built in advance and the existing Pingsui Road, various overseas materials can also be transported to the second base as soon as possible. Northwest Shanxi will also play the role of a bridgehead like Dazhushan and become another material transit station. At the same time, Shanxi Province can also use the Tongpu Road that was built in advance to accumulate a solid foundation before the Anti-Japanese War.

When he arrived in Peking, it was already late at night. After dawn, Zhao Zhenzhong took out a Citibank check and handed it to the battalion commander of the car, asking him to buy some food for the soldiers of the car, and told him that he might have to stay at the station for one more day. The battalion commander Zhang was happy after receiving the check and agreed to Zhao Zhenzhong's orders.

Afterwards, Zhao Zhenzhong and Li Yuntian left the station, found a small restaurant to eat something, and then visited Zhu Qinglan according to the place where Cui Tingxian was in advance. Unfortunately, when the two arrived at Guanghua Temple near Shichahai to see Zhu Qinglan, who was temporarily living here, the temple's host, Master Yushan, told the two that Zhu Qinglan went out to visit Tang Mufen of Xiaohui Academy early in the morning.

"Uncle Master, let's transport the grain to the disaster area first. Let's leave him a message here." Li Yuntian said anxiously, "That grain cannot be kept on the train station for too long. Besides, there are still hundreds of Jinsui troops waiting."

"If Mr. Zhu can lead the North China Charity Federation to participate in disaster relief, we will reduce a lot of unnecessary trouble. After all, he knows the disaster situation in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Suiyuan and other places." Zhao Zhenzhong was a little hesitant.

After talking to Zhao Zhenzhong, Master Yushan, who had not left yet, heard that the two people were looking for Zhu Qinglan to help the victims, and said, "Two gentlemen, the place where Zhu Tan went is also near this Shichahai, and it is not far from this 'Haiya Jingshe'. If you want to go, I can ask someone to take you there."

Zhao Zhenzhong said happily: "Thank you, Master."

Under the leadership of a monk, Zhao Zhenzhong and his two met Zhu Qinglan, Tang Mufen, Zhang Yuanshan, Rao Fenghuang and others from the Xiaohui Academy Society Relief Committee in the "Haiya Monastery" built by Tang Mufen.

After everyone met, they naturally had to make some polite things. Afterwards, Zhao Zhenzhong expressed his intention and took out the recommendation letter written by Cui Tingxian and handed it to Zhu Qinglan, and said, "This time I came to visit Mr. Zhu and all the gentlemen. I really have something to ask for. I have been in the United States for more than half a year. I heard that the natural disasters and man-made disasters in China were causing serious consequences, so I cooperated with some Chinese in the United States and bought a large amount of food. When I returned to China, I brought some back with the ship to help the victims. However, Sihai Industry and I had only engaged in disaster relief in Shandong before and did not involve other provinces. In order to enable the food transported back to enter the victims as soon as possible, I would like to ask Mr. Zhu and the North China Charity Federation to come forward, and we both cooperate to help the victims as soon as possible."

The North China Charity Federation was a charity joint organization established by Zhu Qinglan in 1929 to help this unprecedented famine. In order to relieve this unprecedented disaster, Zhu Qinglan organized the China Charity Association, the China Jisheng Association, the Xiaohui Academy, as well as the Liao, Ji, Hei and Re Province Charity Association, the All-China Moral Society, and the Wutaishan Shanxi Buddhist Association to provide relief. It was precisely because of the wide coverage and effective organization of this charity organization, Zhao Zhenzhong wanted to cooperate with the disaster relief. This was twice the result with half the effort.

After reading Cui Tingxian's letter of recommendation, he saw Zhao Zhenzhong's sincere words, Zhu Qinglan smiled and said, "This is a great thing. We are worried about how to raise more food here. Coincidentally, Mr. Zhao, you came here. However, Mayor Cui only said in the letter that Mr. Zhao had a large amount of food transported, I wonder how much is it?"

"Now there are two trains with nearly 3,000 tons of grain parked at the station in Beijing. After Mr. Zhu arranged the matter, we can take the Pingsui Line to Suiyuan." Zhao Zhenzhong said, "However, the timely dispatch of two trains is the result of the strong assistance of Mayor Cui and Commander Fu in Tianjin. If the food comes one after another in the future, we may not always let Commander Fu send troops to escort it. It is best to find a way to get assistance from the government along the way."

Zhu Qinglan pondered and said, "Mr. Zhao is right. Let's do this. I'll take Mr. Zhao to the provincial government and discuss with Governor Xu to see if Hebei Province can provide assistance. Zong Guo, arrange some manpower and set off for Suiyuan after I come back."

Tang Mufen smiled and said, "Don't worry, President Zhu, I will definitely arrange the effective staff."

"Mr. Tang, this is a big holiday, which has caused trouble for you." Zhao Zhenzhong said a little apologetically.

"Everyone is all about the same purpose of helping the victims, so Mr. Zhao should not be polite." Tang Mufen said seriously, "Besides, Mr. Zhao brought back food from abroad and tried his best to deliver it to the disaster area. Isn't that the same?"

"Mr. Zhao doesn't have to be polite to Brother Tang. From the deceased Mr. Tang, his Tang family has been providing relief to the victims for decades. Mr. Tang is the number one person in China's charity before the Republic of China." Zhu Qinglan sighed, "The old man is the role model for us."
Chapter completed!