In May of that year, the Mei family boarded a large ship, intending to transfer along the Gan River to the Yangtze River, and then change the ship from the unfinished Shanghai Port to go to Japan, and then change to a large ship to reach the west coast of North America. Doctor Mei led
The family watched the ship go away and returned home without any help, when they saw the man from Jia's Horse Shop arriving.
The waiter led the man, and Dr. Mei felt that this man was unusual - he looked so ordinary that no one would take a second look at him among the crowd, and his eyes were very bright. The waiter introduced him: "This is Comrade Pan Xigui from the capital.
"Pan Xigui stepped forward and shook hands with Dr. Mei. The three of them then entered Dr. Mei's study, and the maid made tea.
The clerk continued: "Comrade Xigui is going to Dajiala, Taiwan to learn the new trade union operation model. After completing his studies, he will be stationed in Jiangxi to work. I came here to ask you if you want to go with us."
Doctor Mei thought for a while: "I would like to go to Dajiala to visit, but I can't leave right now. There will be floods in the next two months. Since I promised Miss Su, I must help resettle the victims."
The waiter looked at Pan Xigui with a smile: "What did I say?"
Pan Xigui said: "I don't want to leave too early. I have stayed in Beijing and Ping'an Prefecture and organized trade union activities. I can help you when the time comes."
The clerk said: "The trade union in Ping'an Prefecture was founded by Comrade Xigui. The organization feels that the banditry in Jiangxi has just been eradicated, and the Maitreya religion that has been hidden among the people has also been uprooted. This is a period of religious vacancy, and it is the best time for the revolutionary party.
.If it develops well, it can become our base. Therefore, Comrade Xigui is sent to take charge of the work."
Pan Xigui said: "The work in Beijing, Ping'an Prefecture, Wu State and other places will be dominated by urban trade unions, with cities leading the countryside. Here in Jiangxi, we want to focus on rural areas, with rural areas surrounding cities. We will first choose one county as an experiment, and conduct experiments throughout the country.
The county promotes and publicizes the revolution.”
Doctor Mei thought for a moment and asked: "Where do you plan to establish the base...?"
Pan Xigui said: "Comrade Shi Qiusheng said it would be built in Ruijin County, Ganzhou Prefecture. When I asked him why, he said it was auspicious. I always feel that auspiciousness is a cover and there must be other reasons."
Doctor Mei asked: "How about the county magistrate of Ruijin?"
Pan Xigui said: "The bandits were scared away four or five years ago. Now it is managed by a few big family elders. If they want to file a lawsuit, they go to Ganzhou Prefecture to file a complaint."
Doctor Mei nodded: "In that case, Comrade Xigui is preparing for the trade union in Nanchang Prefecture, and I will go to Ruijin County."
The waiter and Pan Xigui looked at each other: "Why? Are you familiar with it there?"
Dr. Mei said: "Most of the people over there are Hakkas. My late wife was a Hakka from Ganzhou Prefecture, and I can speak some Hakkas. Besides." He said with a smile, "Wan Sheng passed the college entrance examination more than ten years ago and was a serious student.
Because I had to keep up with the two important duties of filial piety, I delayed the provincial examination. Later, I didn't bother to take the exam again. I will take the exam this autumn. I am talented and learned, and I helped the Su Prefecture settle the victims. It is not difficult to get a job.
"
The clerk said inexplicably: "Doctor Mei, you are so good, why do you want to take the imperial examination again?"
Pan Xigui said hurriedly: "I understand." Nai gave a thumbs up, "Mr. Mei is so wise. In this case, Ruijin will be entrusted to you." Nai explained to the waiter, "Mr. Mei intends to plot against the Ruijin County Magistrate."
Dr. Mei said with a smile: "Since the big family members are in control there, it is difficult to pour water in for no reason. We hold the county magistrate's black gauze in our hands, and everything will be much easier to handle."
The waiter nodded repeatedly: "You scholars are full of ideas." Nai then added, "It just requires the help of soldiers and horses."
Pan Xigui said: "No problem. I guarantee that both the chief and deputy chiefs will help us."
Dr. Mei said happily: "Seriously?" Pan Xigui nodded. Dr. Mei said, "I dare say that I am very sure." The three of them looked at each other and smiled.
Dr. Mei simply invited the two of them to have dinner at home. During the dinner, Pan Xigui talked about establishing a trade union in Ping'an Prefecture, and he was quite enthusiastic. The waiter asked unconsciously: "Are Comrade Xigui's family members still in Ping'an Prefecture?"
Pan Xigui was startled, and said with a wry smile: "I picked up someone else's daughter-in-law in my early years, and I thought I could live a safe life. But unexpectedly, a serious husband came to visit me. Fortunately, I already recognized Comrade Shi Qiusheng at that time, and I had something to do.
"Later...my daughter..." He shook his head and laughed again, and after a while he said, "My daughter is a good child."
When Liu Mingyi caught her mother having an affair with her biological father, she ran away from home in a rage. Later, she, Jia Gui and others encountered danger in Qin State. After the Taiwanese government's special battalion rescued them, Liu Mingyi seemed to have grown up a lot. Little adults
Ban said: "I already understand. People can only control themselves, but they cannot control others."
That time I went to rescue Chen Ruijin in person. After hearing this, he said curiously: "You even understand this? It's really not easy."
Liu Mingyi nodded solemnly and said: "I really understand. Not to mention that my parents are neither in my control nor in my control. I can't control them, and they can't control me."
The special battalion returned to Taiwan from Qin State, passed through the capital, and sent Liu Mingyi back home. Liu Mingyi insisted on changing her surname to Pan, but her mother-in-law naturally refused to agree. Pan Xigui was very embarrassed. He had given up on the Qi family, but Qiao Shi Qiusheng
They negotiated with him to send someone to establish a trade union in Ping'an Prefecture, so they volunteered. At that time, Pan Xigui was already a very important backbone of the Revolutionary Freemasonry in the capital. If he left, he would not be able to find anyone to take over his work for the time being.
Shi Qiusheng was a little hesitant.
Shi Qiusheng's wife Jin Yuanyang was a strong-tempered person. When she heard about the troubles between them in the early years, she fought for Pan Xigui. It wasn't until Liu Mingyi came back that she found out about Qi's affair. She was angry and went to Qi's house to find out about it under the pretense of buying embroidery.
, In fact, he wanted to ridicule her to vent her anger. Unexpectedly, before Yuanyang had time to get to the point, Mrs. Qi suddenly started retching. A person like Yuanyang, he immediately understood that Ms. Qi must be pregnant. He ignored the sarcasm and found an excuse.
Go and rush back to discuss with Shi Qiusheng.
Shi Qiusheng immediately said: "Old Pan still doesn't know about this."
Yuanyang said: "I don't know what's best. Hurry up and trick him into going to Ping'an Prefecture. Don't let him know." Shi Qiusheng then hesitated no longer and hurriedly drove Pan Xigui to Ping'an Prefecture.
Pan Xigui really didn't know that Mrs. Qi was pregnant. He thought that he could just go somewhere else to settle the matter. He didn't tell his family when he left. He only held his daughter to give instructions for most of the day. Liu Mingyi was very smart and often went to help the revolution.
While playing in the office, listening to Shi Qiusheng and the others talking, she overheard the couple discussing whether to send her father to Ping'an Prefecture. After listening to Pan Xigui's instructions that day, she immediately understood. She said to Pan Xigui seriously: "Dad, I am now
I'm still a little too young to be my own boss. Our teacher said that young people can be independent when they reach the age of sixteen. I will go to the Yamen to change my surname by then, and I will never let my father raise me in vain." Pan Xigui.
He immediately hugged her in his arms and shed tears. The next day, while the sky was still dark, he jumped on his horse with his baggage on his back and headed out of the city gate through the first snow to Ping'an Prefecture.
When he arrived in Ping'an Prefecture, Pan Xigui contacted several local revolutionary party leaders and started a trade union based on the experience of the capital city. Half a month later, he received a letter from Shi Qiusheng, saying that Liu Si and Qi were married. Pan Xigui suddenly felt relieved.
As if a heavy burden had been lifted off him, he devoted himself to his career. Liu Mingyi sent him letters every month. Each letter was extremely thick and the words written in them were all nonsense. Mr. Liu Mingyi taught him what to eat and what to play every day.
What, quarrels and fights with classmates and other trivial matters were written in them. Pan Xigui loved to read them, and every letter seemed to be treasured.
In the first six or seven letters, Liu Mingyi didn't mention her mother at all. In the eighth letter, she added a few words. She said that she went to Tianqi Temple with her classmates, and everyone else burned incense and worshiped Buddha. She is the successor of the proletariat. I don't believe it.
That one, I didn’t want to worship her, but suddenly I remembered that the doctor said that her mother seemed to be born prematurely, and her mother believed in gods and Buddhas, so she worshiped on her mother’s behalf. Pan Xigui just learned that Qi was pregnant, and calculated the days.
It was after he left the capital. Later, Shi Qiusheng mentioned in a letter that Qi had given birth to a son earlier, less than eight months ago. Pan Xigui was very busy in those days. Although he felt uncomfortable, he had no time to think too much.
.So the whole family in the capital was completely concealed, and they didn’t even notice it at all.
Shi Qiusheng, on the other hand, thought that Liu Mingyi's cooperation was so clever that he wrote a letter to Chen Ruijin of the Taiwan government to praise her. Chen Ruijin was very pleased and discussed with Jia Cong for two years to bring this young apprentice to Dajiala to study. Jia Cong said: "Her father
If the bride has a son, will she be treated less calmly? Why don't we take him in now to avoid the child's discomfort?" Chen Ruijin said: "I just thought it was possible, so I had to take him two years later."
After having a new son, Mrs. Qi obviously valued her son more, and Liu Si still loved her daughter as much as she loved her. Although Liu Mingyi was a little disappointed, she accepted her biological father.
After the banditry in Jiangxi gradually subsided, Jia Cong felt that this was the hinterland of the south of the Yangtze River and the cradle of revolution in another time and space. It was the most suitable place to promote revolutionary ideas to ordinary people, so he asked Shi Qiusheng to send a useful person there, and also asked that person first
I came to Dajiala to study for a while. Shi Qiusheng felt that no one else could bear the burden, so he went to Ping'an Prefecture personally to ask Pan Xigui if he was willing to go. Pan Xigui did an excellent job as a trade union in Ping'an Prefecture, but he knew that Ping'an Prefecture
It was originally the territory of the Rongguo Mansion, so everything would be easy. If we go to Jiangxi, the newly appointed prefect there, although related to the Rongguo Mansion, is not a revolutionary party. Moreover, banditry has been in progress for many years, and the situation is complicated, so it will definitely be difficult to handle things. I also think of my daughter.
I am about to go to Dajiala to study. Jiangxi is much closer to Taiwan than Ping'an Prefecture. I hesitated for a few days and agreed.
When he arrived at Nanchang Mansion, he contacted local comrades. Shopkeeper Zhou of Jia's Horse Racing Company highly recommended Dr. Mei and came to visit him. Today, Pan Xigui is no longer the little eunuch he was back then, and he and Dr. Mei talked very happily. Dr. Mei also
Even though I'm a good person, I can't figure out his origin at all.
In late that month, there were continuous heavy rains in Jiangxi, and the water level of the Gan River surged.
Su Tao had already borrowed a doctor from the Ministry of Water Resources from the Ministry of Industry in the capital to help him think of ideas. Unexpectedly, the man was just an armchair talker. He talked in vain for a long time, but Su Tao didn't think it was appropriate. That day, Su Tao was in a bad mood.
Yu, leading his master and bodyguard Liu Hu were walking on the river. He happened to hear two old river workers talking. He suddenly felt that they were much more reasonable than the doctor from the Ministry of Water Resources, so he hurriedly stepped forward to ask for advice. He was not wearing official robes, and the old river workers didn't know
He was the magistrate, and he thought he was just a scholar who was interested in asking about water control, so he pointed to the river and started talking. The two of them couldn't read a single Chinese character, but they had worked on the Ganjiang River for most of their lives and knew everything. When would the river flow?
It will rise. Why does it rise? It is clear where the dams are well repaired and where they are like rubbish. Finally, the two of them said: "There is an old official in Anyi County, Mr. Xiong, who knows this best. It's a pity that the water rose last year and the embankments burst.
The prefect dismissed him."
Su Tao was overjoyed and asked: "Where is Mr. Xiong now?"
Lao Hegong said: "I don't know, probably at home."
Su Tao immediately rushed to Anyi County. After inquiring, it turned out that although Xie Jing had dismissed him from his position last year, the county magistrate was an official with a 250-feet donation, and he relied on Mr. Xiong for everything, and could not do anything without him.
As soon as Xie Jing left, the county magistrate immediately invited him back. Su Tao was amused and found Mr. Xiong easily. This man didn't know he was the prefect at first, so he just thought he was a studious person who came to ask for advice on water control. He sighed: "This year
This water can no longer be cured." Su Tao hurriedly asked why. Mr. Xiong said, "It's too late."
He took a branch and drew a diagram of the flow of the Gan River on the ground, and pointed out: "Last year, a big hole opened up here, and a large area was flooded. When the flood subsided, I was the one who frightened us with the theory of ghosts and gods.
Master, he had people patch up the crack in the dike. It was only patched up slightly, and it was not strong. This year's weather, the water is only bigger than last year, not less than last year. What was washed away in the old year was the repair done by the imperial court earlier.
The old embankment! If the old embankment is a stone, the new patch is just a piece of cloth. The stone can't stop the water from the old year, how can the piece of cloth stop this year's water?"
After hearing this, Su Tao suddenly became worried, clasped his fists and said, "Sir, if you want to save a group of people, what should you do?"
Mr. Xiong shook his head: "There is no way. Baba'er will be flooded."
“Is there anywhere else I can open my mouth to release the flood?”
Mr. Xiong sighed: "No matter what I do, it's too late."
Liu Hu had been following Su Tao, and he remembered that Su Cheng had talked with Zhenming in Tianning a few days ago about many methods of water control, which Jia Cong had heard from the news of later generations. He said: "Master, I have heard about some methods.
." Then he repeated what Su Cheng said according to the gourd painting method.
Mr. Xiong listened with great interest and nodded: "You can really try it, but you have to leave it to fate whether it works or not."
Su Tao was overjoyed and took Liu Hu's hand: "General Liu, I didn't expect you to be able to control floods!"
Liu Hu said: "The villain dare not be greedy for merit. These are what Zhang Daguan from Xiaolongzhai and Cixiang Village told Taoist Zhenming. The villain is just imitating parrots."
Su Tao was stunned. He was stunned for a long time and still didn't believe it: "Did she say that?" Liu Hu nodded.
Mr. Xiong thought: "Time is urgent. The two most useful ideas of hers are to cast cement concrete embankments and to use soldiers to build embankments for river workers."
Liu Hu thought for a while and said: "I think the most useful thing Zhang Daguan said is: calculate defeat before calculating success, regardless of whether the people who may be affected by the disaster will be sent away, and those who are unwilling to leave will be forcibly driven away."
Let’s go. Even if the embankment is not breached in the end, it will probably be called a nuisance to the people, so we can’t gamble with people’s lives.”
Su Tao couldn't help but nodded repeatedly: "That's right. According to her words, even if I imitate the bandits and kidnap them, I have to kidnap them and leave."
Mr. Xiong looked at them for a long time and said hesitantly: "May I ask who this gentleman is..."
Su Tao smiled, stroked his beard and bowed: "I am the magistrate of Jiangxi. I sincerely ask Mr. Xiong to help me control the flood."