In Hahausen's view, this was a successful negotiation. In Fang Jianxiong's view, this was also a successful deception. For Fang Jianxiong, as long as he gets the benefits and delays, the initiative in the future will definitely be in his hands.

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When Harhausen mentioned this meeting in a telegram to the country, he said in an optimistic tone: Through various contacts, we came to a conclusion. The actual controller of the squadron has power similar to that of the emperor.

. Compared with the nominal president’s avoidance and evasiveness on the issue of Sino-German alliance, Fang Jianxiong gave a more convincing answer. Fang Jianxiong, a young military leader, has extraordinary

His peers have a lot of political wisdom and courage. It is under his promotion that the Empire has made great progress in the Far East market. It is obvious that Fang Jianxiong has a better impression of the Empire than ordinary Chinese people. This is probably the same as that of Fang Jianxiong.

It is related to his experience in Germany. (It is said that a German lady saved his life.) All of the above, combined with the current situation in China, makes it difficult for Fang Jianxiong to make a decision. The country does not fully agree, and the construction of the political system

Fang Jianxiong was not on the right track, and there was huge pressure from external powers, among other reasons, which led to Fang Jianxiong's hesitation. I think this hesitation is a performance that a qualified politician should have. As for the two years he mentioned, it should be a

As a rough estimate, the possibility of advance is very high.

Fang Jianxiong had no experience in how to govern a country, but he knew the general trajectory of history and could make targeted decisions. There was still more than a year left before the First World War, and there was not much that could be done in this year, so it must be fully

Use this year to get some important things done as quickly as possible.

As the sun reached overhead, each foreman on the crowded construction site held up his loudspeaker and shouted: "It's time to eat. It's time to eat. Move faster. Eat early and you can rest for half an hour at noon. Don't delay your afternoon work."

The noisy construction site quieted down, and people stopped their work one after another and walked to the work sheds on the roadside. The large pots set up were beside them. In the steamer were steamed buns, and the rolling paste was boiled from various bones.

Spicy soup, and there is a big bamboo basket on the side, which contains salted fish cut into sections and fried in oil. Faced with the temptation of the food, even though many people are already swallowing their saliva, they still queue up obediently.

Team, this is the rule. Anyone who is unwilling to abide by the rules has been kicked out of the construction site. In the words of the official in charge of this section of the construction site, they are called "black sheep."

Lunch is collected according to the work badge, and is handed in when eating, and the worker returns it later. Both men and women are working. For lunch, the men are given three steamed buns, a bowl of soup, and a piece of salted fish, and the women are given two steamed buns and soup.

One bowl, one piece of salted fish. These steamed buns are said to be made from American flour, and each one can weigh two ounces. Even if you are doing physical work, you can still be half full. Adding a bowl of soup can make you seven points.

Li Quan is thirty-five years old this year and is from Wuyang. War and banditry have brought endless disasters to the people of Henan. Li Quan's family has survived the bandits. Last year was a famine year. This life could not go on anymore.

Bai Lang broke the county seat and had to flee famine. In previous years, people fleeing famine would go north, to Zhengzhou or Luoyang. If that didn't work, they would cross the Yellow River and go to the capital. At the foot of the emperor, the most benign place, it was easier to beg for food, and those who were willing to give alms.

There are also many wealthy families.

Last winter, fleeing famine was just the opposite. You couldn't go north because of the Bailang banditry. The bandits didn't care whether you were fleeing famine or not. If you were caught dragging your family with you, they would first plunder you and then harm the women in your family.

If you are more unlucky and meet a soldier who is crazy, the consequences will be worse than the bandits.

Li Quan heard someone say that Hubei was not affected by the disaster last year. He caught up with Marshal Fang and defeated the Beiyang soldiers and treated the people very well. So he made the last bit of cornmeal noodles at home into dry food, pushed it into a wheelbarrow, and carried his mother with the child.

, followed by his wife carrying her only belongings, heading south along the railway. Refugees from all over the country are constantly gathering together, walking along the railway to Hubei. It is not fun to escape from famine along the way. It is just a common thing to die on the road and be buried in a ditch. Just take Li

As for the whole family, there were five people in one car, and they made the long journey all the way to Wu Xinyang. If Li Quan had been in any bad condition, gotten sick or injured, the whole family would have been ruined.

When they arrived in Xinyang, there were officers and soldiers in green clothes setting up checkpoints outside the city, stopping all the people fleeing south. Instead of preventing them from going south, they gathered these people who were fleeing, gave them food and clothing, and forced them to go.

After cleaning up in a temporary bathhouse and resting for two days, the soldiers were loaded onto the train, and the journey south became more relaxed. When we arrived at Huangpi, we found out that they were asked to build the road. We started on the road.

At that time, the family was undoubtedly worried, but no one dared to resist in front of the soldiers' guns.

When they arrived at Huangpi, government officials asked each one what their name was, who they were, and how old they were. After asking, they wrote it on a bamboo sign and handed it to Li Quan's family. They also explained that when they arrived at the construction site to work, they would have three meals to feed them, but

You must not be lazy, everything must be done according to the rules, and you must listen to the foreman. The so-called foremans are all locals from Huangpi, who turned out to be petty officials.

It is hard to leave the homeland, and fleeing from famine is an option with no hope. After surviving the winter, and then returning home when spring comes, this is probably the plan of every fleer. Li Quan also thought so at first, waiting for his family

When people arrived at the construction site, this idea quickly became less strong.

First of all, there are three meals a day, a steamed bun in the morning and gruel as you like. Although the gruel is quite thin, a large bowl is about half a meter long at most, which can be used as a mirror, but isn’t there a steamed bun? One at noon.

The meal is very real, either a bowl of rice and a piece of meat, or steamed buns and bone soup, which is almost the same as noon. How full you can eat is hard to say. Anyway, don’t expect to starve to death in this world. The key is,

Women can also work. I take care of the children in the work shed, and I can also get some needlework and thread for shoe soles. Ten pairs of shoe soles are paid fifty cents. Men who work on the construction site earn five cents a day, and women three cents. (Sorry for the error in the previous article.

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Li Quan was given three meals and wages. At first, Li Quan couldn't believe it. After he had worked for seven days regardless of rain or shine, the foreman called a team of 100 people together. According to the number of times of work per day, Li Quan and his wife

The two received full-time wages and fifty-six cent banknotes. The foreman told everyone that this money has the same use as Dayang and Tongyuan throughout Hubei. There is a small shop in the work shed area where they can buy some miscellaneous things. I am not very sure about the world.

Li Quan, who was excited about such a good thing, went to a small shop. After much hesitation, he took out his money and expressed that he wanted to buy a five-cent mung bean cake.

The worker in the shop smiled and was weighed and bagged, and he was charged five cents. Before leaving, he said to him with a smile: "Come back next time!"

When he actually used money to buy mung bean cake, Li Quan was devastated. He returned to the work shed where he lived, slapped himself hard and cursed: "Prodigal, five cents! Half a copper yuan."

Woolen cloth!".

That night, under the dim oil lamp, the old woman picked up the soles of her shoes, the children happily ate cakes, and the old woman mended clothes with a smile on her face. The family, unexpectedly, saw the hope of a better life.

The Chinese people are like weeds. When the spring breeze blows, the most vitality in the wilderness is the weeds. As long as they see the hope of life, the Chinese people can persevere with the most tenacious national characteristics and move forward towards the even vague hope in their hearts.

, go slowly, step by step.

The couple walked in tandem, packed their own rice and soup, and walked to the work shed where the family lived. The work shed the family stayed in was not big, just a shed of six or seven square meters, with straw on the ground, a straw mat, and an adobe base.

The wall was topped with bamboo and thatch. When he first came here, there was no door. Later, Li Quan used his three-day holiday every month to weave a door from dead branches found in the fields.

Lunch for two people was eaten as a family. Thinking that the children must be hungry at home, the couple walked a little hastily. There was a small bump on the ground without paying attention. The mother-in-law stumbled and dropped the porcelain bowl in her hand, just as she was walking towards them.

There were three people, and a bowl of porridge was poured all over one of the young people.

Two of the three young men's eyes flashed fiercely, and they moved forward with murderous intent. The couple were so frightened that they couldn't care less about the bowl of porridge on the ground. The young man in front of them was neatly dressed, and I really didn't know what to bring.

I'm sorry for my clothes.

This very handsome young man stretched out his hands, stopped the two followers who were about to step forward, and said calmly: "It's okay!" As he spoke, he ignored the porridge on his body, squatted down, picked up the bowl on the ground, and handed it to Li

Quan's mother-in-law said: "Sister-in-law, I'm sorry, I didn't pay attention when I was walking, and I blocked your way."

Before the couple could figure out what was going on, the young man had already given the bowl to Li Quan's mother-in-law, turned around and said to the young man next to him: "Give them a dollar as compensation for their lunch today." As he spoke, the young man said

They had already passed the couple and continued to walk forward. The couple didn't notice at all, and the young man's face turned livid. He didn't clean up the place in front of him where porridge had been spilled.

"Prodigal mother-in-law, was he the one who hit you just now?" When Li Quan came back to his senses, the three of them had already walked away, as if they were dreaming, and there was still a dollar in their hands. Look carefully, it's true.

Li Quan exchanged the change for a one-dollar note from the foreman and asked his mother-in-law to save it.

"I don't dare to tell lies that are unconscionable. It was indeed my feet that tripped me just now." This woman was sincere and did not tell lies. It probably had something to do with the fact that the young man looked awe-inspiring.

Walking out of this work shed, the young man's face became more and more ugly. The two young men who caught up with him didn't say anything when they saw this. After walking for a while, Qi Erzhu stepped forward and said: "Fu Shuai, what happened just now." (To be completed.)
Chapter completed!