Sure enough, the big guys were all late. With the arrival of Fan Xudong, a group of big guys gradually appeared. Some opened steel plants, which are rare things in this era, some opened cigarette factories, and some opened flour mills.
There were also people who worked in cotton yarn factories like Boss Ji. What surprised Liu Lang was that there was one who ran a rubber factory.
In fact, the economy of the Republic of China was not as bad as Liu Lang imagined. Since 1925, the development of China's national industry has grown significantly, and it has continued to grow. This is only in Peking, a commercial capital like Shanghai. Originally,
By the 1930s, there were already more than a dozen rare rubber factories.
It was only in 1937, due to the war with the Japanese army, that China's industry completely collapsed and fell back to the level of the 1920s.
After it was confirmed that no one was coming and everyone was seated, Liu Lang also sat back at the wine table. The seat assigned to him was exactly the table where a group of factory bosses headed by Fan Xudong sat.
In addition to Boss Ji, who is the master of Tian, who is accompanying him at this table, Liu Lang, who holds the title of anti-Japanese hero, is also barely qualified. As for the military rank of colonel, it is not comparable to these wealthy people.
Among them, who are wealthy and wealthy, who is not closely related to the generals guarding one side? Those who are not closely related, I am afraid they are not qualified to sit here.
There is still an important guest here who has not arrived, so naturally he can only wait. The food has already begun to be served at the flowing banquet over there, and the first wave of thousands of people have already taken their seats. There is no traditional eight bowls and eight dishes at all, Liu
Lang's request for the dishes is just one word - enough, plenty of portions, and plenty of oil and water.
Not only roasted chicken, roasted goose, big elbows in sauce, fresh meatballs, stewed big fish...the rich aroma permeates the wide venue and goes straight into people's noses, just the oil sloshing around
All make people have a strong appetite.
In addition to food, there is also wine.
Liu Lang originally thought that since he wanted to drink, he had to drink liquor. Liu Lang didn't know much about the wines of this era, but he still remembered Erguotou, which has a long history in Peking. The "Red Star Erguotou" that Liu Lang blurted out really made several major restaurants
The person in charge was stunned for a while.
Everyone knows that Erguotou is also called Erleizi, but where does this "Red Star Erguotou" come from? Liu Lang then remembered that Red Star Erguotou was a winery established after the founding of the Republic. At this time, the Red Stars were still in the base area and bald
The principals are working hard on the issue of survival!
When they heard that Liu Lang was going to Erguotou, the people in charge remembered that Boss Ji's uncle was from the south and probably didn't know the drinking habits here in Beiping.
Although Erguotou is a good liquor, it cannot be compared with high-end liquor. It is drunk by ordinary people at the bottom. In Peiping, if you want to drink upscale, you have to drink rice wine.
When a wealthy and famous family entertains guests, it is always necessary to use Shaoxing rice wine. When the Ji family entertains guests, the dishes are no longer exquisite, so the wine must not be omitted, so as not to make people laugh.
As a result, a jar of Shaoxing yellow wine was placed on the table. Once hundreds of jars of Shaoxing old yellow wine were opened, the intoxicating aroma of the wine was so strong that it almost made people drunk.
Liu Lang invited today not only the Chengde people in the temporary settlement, but also all the people who fled from the north because of the Japanese invasion of the three eastern provinces and Rehe, can come here today to feast.
It can be said that in addition to the nearly 30,000 people in Chengde who are still staying in temporary settlements, there are also 30,000 to 40,000 refugees in ragged clothes who came with their families after receiving the news. For this reason, the Peking Police Department also
Hundreds of military police were specially dispatched to help maintain order.
The first batch of people to be served were the refugees who had fled from the north.
They hadn't had a full meal for a long time, and they hadn't seen such delicacies for a long time, but they could still hold back and munched happily.
Everyone just did the same thing, eat, and immersed themselves in eating. Because they were so engrossed in eating, there was not much noise among the thousands of people, and there was even some weird silence.
The strong aroma of wine and meat filled the whole place.
The excitement was so great that the wealthy businessmen who were already seated couldn't help but look at the scene of thousands of people enjoying a feast a hundred meters away.
"Everyone, you all came here after breakfast, right?" Fan Xudong suddenly asked with a smile.
Although the wealthy businessmen at the table didn't know what Fan Xudong wanted to do, they naturally didn't think that Boss Fan had any idea, so they all smiled and nodded in agreement.
"Since everyone's stomachs are not empty, there is no need to sit here. Brother Ji, I wonder if we can go over there and see what the guests are eating, so that they eat so deliciously?" Fan Xudong asked with a smile as he sat aside.
Boss Ji said.
Since it was Boss Fan who was speaking, Ji Lianrong would object, not to mention that it was also a kind act to invite the Chengde people and fellow Northeasterners who had fled from the Northeast to have a meal. Who heard this and didn’t give him, Boss Fan, a thumbs up?
Liu Lang immediately stood up and left the table, greeting each other with solemn hands, showing a vigorous and resolute military style.
If we don’t hurry up, what will happen if these bosses don’t leave?
Fan Ziran, who was sitting at the table next to him and was still hesitating about how to organize his words, was stunned. What kind of story is this? Why did the story continue before I even started speaking?
That's right, if Fan Xudong didn't mention going to see the people on the flowing water mat, Mr. Fan would also have suggested coming according to Liu Lang's instructions, but before he had time, his uncle had to bring it up.
The big bosses got up and left, and the small bosses had to follow them whether they wanted to go or not.
A team of more than thirty people followed Liu Lang to the large-scale flowing water mat area.
This wine and meat! If you smell it a little, you will think it is fragrant, but if it is too strong, the smell mixed with it is actually not very good.
Especially for these bosses who are accustomed to living in fine clothes, eating food is not only about the taste, but also the color and aroma. The rich mixed taste of meat and wine makes many people frown.
Especially when looking at those big fish and meat that are a bit boring to look at, many bosses secretly prayed in their hearts that Boss Ji would not be so vulgar and serve them all these big meats. Their eyes were filled with oil as they watched.
They are all full.
"Brother, how does today's meal taste?" Fan Xudong's face remained unchanged, and he asked with a smile an old man in his fifties with some gray hair who was closest to him and was holding a chicken leg to feed his little grandson.
The old man turned his head and saw a group of well-dressed people looking at him. He couldn't help but panic. His hands shook, and the oily fat chicken drumstick fell to the ground. He just took a bite of the drumstick, but the little boy of four or five years old suddenly became stunned.
Wow wow burst into tears.
"Good boy, don't cry. I'll pick it up for you." The old man didn't care about being stared at by a bunch of big shots. While comforting his crying grandson, he leaned over to pick up the chicken legs and wiped them with his dirty sleeves.
After a few clicks, he was ready to stuff it into the child's mouth again.
"Brother, the chicken legs are dirty. My baby will have a stomachache if he eats them." Fan Xudong shook his head, reached out to take the chicken legs, carefully took out his handkerchief and tore off a large piece of meat from the dust on the chicken legs, and then handed the chicken legs to the tearful boy.
The little boy kept staring at the chicken drumstick in his hand.
Just when he wanted to throw away the dusty piece of chicken leg meat, Fan Xudong found that the old man's eyes were looking straight at him. Just when he was about to ask a question, the old man swallowed hard: "Master, don't throw it away. The baby can't eat it. I
It’s okay to eat.”
Everyone was silent for a while.
The people present were all old men. They didn't know what the old man meant. He couldn't bear to have this piece of chicken thrown away in vain, even if it was a dirty piece of chicken.
Fan Xudong was stunned, a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes, but a smile broke out on his face, and he said: "If I am hungry and there is still food on the table, then this piece of chicken belongs to me!" After that,
He threw the piece of meat into his mouth, chewed it and swallowed it in one gulp, "This way, I won't say that Fan was wasting food!"
"This, this..." The old man was confused by Fan Xudong's move.
Looking at his embarrassed look, he almost knelt down to Fan Xudong.
"Brother, can you tell us how many members of your family are there and where they come from?" Fan Xudong took the initiative to hold the old man's hand and asked gently.
"We..." The old man's somewhat panicked face gradually calmed down, and his eyes swept over his little grandson who was holding a chicken leg and gnawing at it, with a trace of tears in his eyes, "When the Japanese came over, Kuwa's
My father and mother were beaten to death, and my daughter-in-law has lost one child in her belly, so now it’s just me and Kuwa.”
Speaking of the death of his son, daughter-in-law, and an unborn grandson, the old man burst into tears, but he did not cry. Perhaps he had already dried up his tears!
"From Heilongjiang to Liaoning, then from Liaoning to Rehe, and finally from Rehe to Peiping, we finally couldn't see the shadow of the Japanese. If it weren't for the good-hearted gentlemen and ladies in Peking who always appreciate the food, Ku and I would
I'm afraid the baby will starve to death on the streets long ago. I haven't eaten chicken for a long time, and I'm a little greedy. People in our hometown are cheap, and we are not afraid of a little bit of ash, but let the master..." the old man continued.
"Brother, don't talk anymore. Today, you can eat as much as you want for the whole day, but be careful not to be too greedy and burst your belly." A trace of sadness flashed across Fan Xudong's face, and he patted the old man's hand to comfort him.
road.
Until the old man thanked him profusely and sat down at the table to continue eating, Fan Xudong silently glanced at the large flowing banquet. As far as he could see, all the people sitting there were ragged people, and not far away, there was a group of dark people waiting to eat.
They were all made of coarse cloth.
Wei Ran sighed, and Fan Xudong raised his feet and left.
Whoever has more money is the boss. The wealthy businessmen naturally follow Boss Fan as their leader. Seeing him leave, they naturally want to leave this place as soon as possible. The smell of wine and meat mixed together makes the air a bit turbid.
Looking at this scene, Liu Lang, who had been accompanying him all the time, his eyes flashed, and he seemed to have a clue.
Sure enough, Fan Xudong found Liu Lang as soon as he left here, "I heard that it was Captain Liu who made it possible for the people returning from the north to eat on the flowing water table?"
"Yes, the people in Chengde followed our army all the way back north and did not want to be slaves to the subjugation of the country. I feel really bad for not inviting them to a meal when I got engaged." Liu Lang answered honestly.
"Well, Captain Liu is interested." Fan Xudong nodded, his eyes full of approval.
"But, Commander Liu, have you ever thought that what these people lack is not just a meal, but a life and work in peace and contentment." Fan Xudong said again.
Liu Lang suddenly felt happy. As long as you, Boss Fan, ask this question, then the matter will be 100% done.