(ps: Regarding Wang Geng’s arrest, some friends said that he went to discuss the war with the military attache stationed in China instead of visiting his ex-wife Lu Xiaoman. Lao Wang can’t figure out which statement is true, but no matter what the truth is, Wang Geng should not
Carrying military materials into the public concession is a complete loss.)
The road from Zhou's home to the city is still under construction, so Zhou Hexuan and his family basically go out by boat.
In the golden autumn of October, the drought is still there.
In the morning, the small river boat departs from the private pier and sails down the river to Chaotianmen Pier.
Siblings Zhou Lingjun and Zhou Weilie stood on the bow of the boat with small schoolbags on their backs, enjoying the coolness brought by the river breeze.
At this time, there were no very good primary schools in Chongqing, so Zhou Hexuan could only send them to the public No. 1 primary school. At least it was more formal and the teachers' salaries were directly allocated from Chongqing's sugar tax.
"Dad, look!" Xiao Lingjun pointed to the river in the distance.
Zhou Hexuan looked up and saw dozens or hundreds of victims floating in the river upstream. These victims were in ragged clothes, with sunken faces and protruding cheekbones. They were holding vehicles such as wooden boards and floating along the river.
Down.
In fact, Chongqing was not severely affected by the disaster. The reason why people starved to death every day was because too many people fled from other places.
It was a little better at this time, but it was even worse in winter. Thousands of hungry people slept on both sides of the Yangtze River and Jialing River every day, and passing ships did not dare to dock at will.
There was a news article at the end of 1936 that reported in detail how hungry people robbed the ship. It was a small river ship transporting radishes. Hundreds of hungry people, wearing single clothes, jumped into the freezing water, swam to the center of the river and surrounded the freighter. The crew and
The escorts did not dare to stop them at all, and were so frightened that they jumped off the ship and ran away. The hungry people climbed on the ship, grabbed the radishes and ate them raw. They even gnawed all the radishes on the ship on the spot. The number of people who drowned because they were exhausted during the journey was floating everywhere in the river.
with the body of the deceased.
Xiao Lingjun watched for a while and asked curiously: "Dad, are they practicing swimming?"
Zhou Hexuan gently patted his daughter on the head and sighed: "They have no food and no money to take a boat, so they can only take the risk and come to Chongqing to seek life."
"Then why don't they have anything to eat?" Little Wei Lie was extremely puzzled by this.
Zhou Hexuan explained patiently: "Because their hometown was hit by a disaster, it never rained, and the food in the fields was not harvested, so there was no food."
Xiao Lingjun pouted and complained: "God is so bad."
But little Wei Lie asked: "Dad, how can we keep everyone from hungry?"
Zhou Hexuan said: "There are two ways. One is that the country does not go to war and the society is stable and prosperous, so that the government can have the energy to provide disaster relief. The second is to develop science and technology and build water conservancy projects. Regardless of God's face, we can increase food production.
Do you want to see everyone living a good life and everyone having enough to eat?"
"Yes!" The siblings nodded in unison.
Zhou Hexuan educated: "Then you should study hard and master knowledge and skills, so that you can help more people when you grow up."
"Oh." Xiao Weilie said oh, then calmed down and continued to observe the victims.
Xiao Lingjun looked like an adult, solemnly nodded and said: "Dad, I understand, I will definitely study hard!"
In a blink of an eye, we arrived at Chaotianmen Pier. The place was heavily guarded and there were security guards stationed at all times. This was to ensure the safety of the pier. Otherwise, merchant ships would not dare to dock. The starving people would be too frightened.
"boom!"
A security team member fired into the air, and his partner shouted nervously: "Don't come over, I'll shoot you if you dare to go to the pier! I'm talking about you guys, don't come over, hurry up, hurry up!"
Some hungry people left in despair, while others hesitated.
"Master Jun, please take pity on me. I haven't eaten for four days and my baby is starving. Please give me a sip of rice. I don't have to eat it to save my baby." A woman said.
He knelt down and kowtowed, and beside him lay a four or five-year-old child. The child's eyes were closed tightly and his breathing was weak. He was probably in serious danger.
In normal times, the security team members may still feel sympathy, but now they dare not care at all, and they dare not give charity even if they have money and food. Otherwise, once the news spreads, more hungry people will be attracted to the dock, and the consequences will be unimaginable.
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"Dad..." Little Wei Lie tugged on his father's clothes, obviously wanting to help.
Zhou Hexuan and the security team members agreed that they must not save people at Chaotianmen Pier. He waved to a security team member: "Come here!"
"Mr. Zhou, what's going on?" The security team member came over respectfully.
Zhou Hexuan ordered in a low voice: "Guard the Chaotianmen Pier, you can't just drive them away. You go back and report to Commander Li and ask him to prepare a boat to transport all the hungry people in Chaotianmen to Liujiatai. I will urge the next batch of disaster relief."
The food will be shipped as soon as possible."
"Okay, I'll report it right away!" The guard stood at attention, saluted, and ran quickly to report the message.
Liujiatai is also a small wharf, and the municipal government has set up a soup kitchen there and also built Chongqing's first crematorium.
The disaster relief grain purchased from the United States is still drifting in the Pacific Ocean, while three batches of grain purchased from the Hunan and Jiangxi provinces, totaling 280 tons, have arrived in Chongqing. However, in the face of more and more hungry people, these grains are nothing more than a drop in the bucket.
, can’t even make all the victims hang their lives.
Disaster-stricken people from counties in eastern Sichuan are rushing to Chongqing in droves. Roads and rivers along the way are full of corpses. The most terrifying thing is that the corpses are often mutilated and almost all have been eaten by living people.
Wild dogs have long been extinct.
Chongqing Mayor Li Hongkun has been struggling all day. He no longer expects to achieve any political achievements, but only hopes that Chongqing will not be caused into a big mess.
Zhou Hexuan took his children and bodyguards slowly up the stone road at the dock, and the porters along the way greeted them one after another.
"Mr. Zhou, why don't you have breakfast?"
"Zhou Shenxian, you, the old man, will personally send your child to study?"
"Zhou Shenxian, how long will it take for the next batch of grain to be shipped?"
"..."
It is obvious that Zhou Hexuan has become a famous celebrity in Chongqing, and even ordinary people in the city, traffickers and lackeys can recognize him.
Even in teahouses in Chongqing, people tell stories every day, often in a style like this:
"Hey, you don't know. At three o'clock that night, the anti-smuggling captain Qin Fenlu and the loser Pan Donggua seized Zhou Shenxian's grain transport ship at the head of the river without saying a word. Who is Zhou Shenxian? He is the Emperor of Donghua.
Descend to earth..."
"What kind of god is Emperor Donghua?"
"Hey, you little melon, even Emperor Donghua doesn't know about it. Who knows about Liu Shenxian? Liu Shenxian is the White Crane Immortal who descended to earth. When he sees Zhou Shenxian, he has to call him uncle! Do you think Mr. Zhou is evil?
fierce?"
"It's so fierce."
"Don't interrupt, just listen to me slowly. In other words, Zhou Shenxian was dozing off with his mother-in-law in his arms at the end of the house. Suddenly he counted with his fingers and figured out what was going on. Zhou Shenxian sacrificed a
I blew on the crane made of talisman paper and blew on it. The crane immediately flapped its wings and went to report to the garrison commander. As for Zhou Shenxian himself, he waved his hand to attract an auspicious cloud and arrived at Chaotianmen Pier in the blink of an eye!"
"Zhou Shenxian is so shocked, why don't you let the Dragon King make it rain?"
"That's a matter for the gods. I heard that the Dragon King is angry with the Jade Emperor. No one can try to persuade him."
"Why is the Dragon King so angry? If it's a nice day and it doesn't rain, the Jade Emperor should remove him from his post!"
"This has nothing to do with Mr. Zhou. Hey...where did I just say it?"
"You said Mr. Zhou set up Xiangyun and arrived at Chaotianmen Pier."
"Yes, when Zhou Shenxian arrived at Chaotianmen Pier, he raised his hand and cast a immobilizing spell, and the anti-smuggling team members were immediately immobilized. Zhou Shenxian shouted loudly and recited a spell to knock the other party back to its original shape. Qin Fenlu turned into a pig.
Pan Donggua turned into a dog. Zhou Shenxian said, Qin Fenlu, you are a melon. The pig demon has become a spirit and came to Chongqing to harm the people. See if I don't accept you! With a bang, Zhou Shenxian hit Qin Fenlu with a thunder in his palm.
The pig’s head was fried to pieces!”
"It's so fierce, more powerful than a machine gun."
"What's the point of a machine gun? Zhou Shenxian's palm mines can blow up planes. His old man blew up more than ten Japanese planes in Shanghai."
"Then why doesn't he stay in the north to fight against Japan?"
"There are masters in Japan too. You must not have read the newspapers. Last year, Zhou Shenxian was invited by the British emperor to cast a spell. Japan sent dozens of monsters to kill Zhou Shenxian in the UK. What is the capital of the UK called London?
At that time, Mr. Zhou set up an altar in London to cast spells, and dozens of Japanese monsters flew over from the sea. There were thunders, lightnings, and monsters that could breathe fire, and they surrounded Zhou Shenxian and attacked him. Zhou Shenxian’s face did not change, and a
The thunder from the palm of his hand blasted over and directly smashed more than a dozen Japanese monsters into rubbish. Zhou Shenxian only used three moves, and dozens of Japanese monsters died. The corpses of the monsters fell down and killed many British people."