Zhang Zuolin asked Sun Chuanfang to deal with Nanjing alone, and sent Zhang Xueliang to lead the army to fight Yan Xishan, while Zhang Zongchang and Chu Yupu went to fight Feng Yuxiang.
This time Zhang Zuolin was serious about it. He even ignored his hometown and transferred several troops who had stayed in the Northeast to defend against the Japanese into Guanzhong, determined to eliminate Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang.
While Hebei, Henan and Jiangsu were fighting endlessly, Tianjin's Haihe River regulation project finally started.
Qujiadian is an ordinary small village. It used to be poor and peaceful, but today it is extremely lively. The sound of crackling firecrackers can be heard early in the morning.
There are three major projects in the Haihe River Improvement Project, one of which is the "Qujiadian Water Conservancy Project". Dams and sluices need to be built here, and river channels must be dug to divert water from the Yongding River into the desilting area.
Thanks to Zhou Hexuan's hard work, the entire project is four years ahead of schedule and is expected to be completed by next autumn. This move is not only beneficial to the commercial transportation of Tianjin Port, but also beneficial to the villages around Tianjin. Every year, the Haihe River siltates, causing many
Fertile fields are becoming salinized and farmers' grain harvests are declining.
"I announce that the Qujiadian Water Conservancy Project is now officially started!" Chu Yufeng stood on the high platform and shouted into the microphone. His face was beaming with satisfaction, as if the water conservancy project was under his command.
Construction started smoothly.
Ever since he sent someone to assassinate Zhou Hexuan last year and ended up provoking foreigners, Chu Yufeng was severely reprimanded by her brother and restrained herself for a few months.
However, Chu Yufeng is not a man who can calm down, and he came out to cause trouble again this year. He pretended to be a good person and ran to provide disaster relief, but he donated hundreds of thousands of dollars, but he forcibly occupied a few beautiful women from the victims, and they were still beautiful.
It is called "rescuing the people".
Especially in May, Chu Yufeng forced the Tianjin Mint to issue commemorative coins with the portrait of his brother Chu Yupu to commemorate the first anniversary of Chu Yupu's appointment as governor of Zhili Province.
This move made Chu Yupu very happy, thinking that his brother was finally sensible.
Not long ago, I heard that foreigners were planning to carry out a Haihe River management project, and Chu Yufeng came in to get involved and became the general project manager of the Tianjin local government. This guy just wanted to get money for the project. Unfortunately, foreigners are not vegetarians either.
Don't give him a chance to get the card.
Zhou Hexuan stood behind the foreign officials and sneered as he listened to Chu Yufeng's opening speech, completely treating this man as a pushy charlatan.
After Chu Yufeng finished her speech, she exchanged greetings with the foreigners one by one, and then came to Zhou Hexuan and smiled warmly: "Brother Zhou, you are still awesome, even foreigners listen to you."
"Second Brother Chu deserves the award, I'm just a matchmaker," Zhou Hexuan said.
Chu Yufeng and Zhou Hexuan put their arms around each other: "Let's go, my second brother will treat you to a show and a drink."
"Thank you for your kindness, second brother, but I have to do business today, let's wait for another day." Zhou Hexuan declined politely.
Look at how affectionate they are, "brother," calling the second brother, how do they look like enemies?
The construction site is in full swing. In addition to the victims stranded in Tianjin, many local civilians have also been recruited. Their faces are all beaming with joy. The reason is very simple. They don't have to worry about not getting paid for working for Mr. Yang.
Zhou Hexuan was naturally happy to see him. His efforts were finally in vain. Not only did the water conservancy project benefit the country, but it also saved many victims. He is not a person who does big things, so he is very satisfied if he can write some novels for the common people.
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After taking a foreigner's car back to the concession, Zhou Hexuan took a rickshaw to the newspaper office. Just as he got off the car, a girl suddenly ran out from the roadside and shouted: "Mr. Zhou, Mr. Zhou, wait a moment!"
"What's the matter?" Zhou Hexuan asked.
The girl said: "Hello, Mr. Zhou, my name is Liao Yaquan. I escaped from Shandong with my mother and uncle, but lost contact with them on the way. I plan to publish a newspaper to find my relatives, but I have no money...
"
Zhou Hexuan looked at the girl carefully and saw that she had a pretty face, a slender figure, and was wearing a shabby student uniform. She looked pitiful. He immediately comforted her: "It's okay, I will help you post the missing person notice for free."
"Thank you, thank you Mr. Zhou," Liao Yaquan said with tears of gratitude, "Everyone says you are a good person, and you are right. I will work hard to make money to pay you back."
Zhou Hexuan asked: "Looking at you, are you a student?"
Liao Yaquan said: "I went to middle school in Shanghai, but after my father passed away, I went to Shandong with my mother to join my uncle. Fortunately, I was admitted to Shandong University. But Shandong is in a bad situation now. My uncle's house was looted by bandits, so we had no choice but to flee to Tianjin.
Take refuge.”
"Alas, it was Zhang Zongchang's fault again." Zhou Hexuan said with emotion.
Liao Yaquan looked at Zhou Hexuan with hope: "Mr. Zhou, I can read and write, and I can also speak English. Is your newspaper office still short of people? I can do any odd jobs. I haven't eaten all day, and I only drank yesterday.
I had a bowl of good porridge. The porridge was all water, and there were not even a few grains of rice in it."
Zhou Hexuan thought for a while and said: "Well, since you can speak English, I recommend you to organize the Haihe Committee. There are many foreigners there and they are in need of translators."
"Ah...Thank you, thank you Mr. Zhou." The disappointment in Liao Yaquan's eyes flashed away, and then she showed an expression of joy. She originally wanted to work in a newspaper, and then slowly get closer to Zhou Hexuan, but now she was thrown into being a translator by Zhou Hexuan
, completely deviating from her plan.
Zhou Hexuan said to Sun Yonghao: "Go and buy some steamed buns for this Miss Liao to eat."
Sun Yonghao acted immediately, and Liao Yaquan bowed repeatedly: "Thank you, thank you Mr. Zhou, I will repay you."
"It's just a meal, there's no need," Zhou Hexuan said with a smile, "Let's go and sit at the newspaper office first."
How could Liao Yaquan refuse, and followed Zhou Hexuan step by step.
Just after returning to the newspaper office, Zhang Leyi walked quickly and said: "Brother Zhou, Mr. Yan Yangchu from the Civilian Education Promotion Association sent a telegram saying that he would like to obtain financial support from the Hope Education Foundation."
"Why are you looking for me again? Let him contact the foundation secretariat directly." Zhou Hexuan said.
Zhang Leyi said: "He has contacted me, but the foundation did not agree. He said that he only obeys the young commander's orders for this kind of thing."
Zhou Hexuan thought for a while and said, "Let him come to Tianjin to talk with me in detail."
"Okay," Zhang Leyi noticed Liao Yaquan's presence and asked with some amusement, "Who is this lady?"
Zhou Hexuan explained: "I just met her on the road. She is a refugee from Shandong. She is separated from her relatives. She wants to find someone in the newspaper but has no money."
"Oh." Zhang Leyi glanced at Liao Yaquan and then helped Zhou Hexuan return the telegram.
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said to Liao Yaquan: "You sit down for a while, I have something else to do."
"Mr. Zhou, please don't worry about me." Liao Yaquan said with a gentle smile.
Zhou Hexuan returned to his office, opened today's manuscript and reviewed it carefully. After reading only a few lines, he muttered to himself: "Liao Yaquan? This name sounds so familiar. Could it be another historical celebrity?"
Zhou Hexuan really didn't think about being a spy.
If it was Kawashima Yoshiko, he would be able to react immediately, because "Jinbihui" is so famous.
But Liao Yaquan, this woman was even suspicious and didn't even leave a photo for posterity.
