"Old Zhu, how much longer do we have to get there?”
"Li Gong, can't you slow down? It's only four o'clock now, we have plenty of time.”Secretary Zhu shouted as he lowered the horse.
"This is only a small piece. Even this horse can't stand it.”Although he said that, Li Yan still slowed down and walked side by side with the secretary. As for the accompanying personnel, they did not have enough horses, so they rushed to the base before the two of them set off.
"There's no other way. Our horse is not a military horse after all. It's boring if it doesn't eat well. Speaking of which, I really didn't expect you to ride a horse so well. You've learned it before.”This sentence was true. After they left the city gate, Secretary Zhu led the way for a while. When they were far away from the city gate, Li Yan asked for directions, and Secretary Zhu did not overtake him again. Secretary Zhu wanted to lead the way, but he did not expect that he would not be able to catch up.
"Is there a need to learn how to ride a horse? In fact, I was able to ride a horse when I was four years old. At that time, I was riding a very small female horse. At the age of eleven, I had my own horse. I remember that I was only about 1.2 meters tall at that time. I was not even as tall as a horse and I learned to ride a horse and drive a cow.”
"Really? It's great that you can ride a horse at such a young age.”In this regard, Secretary Zhu could only express his envy. After all, in China, if one was not born in special areas such as Inner Mongolia, most people would never have seen a horse in their entire lives.
"What's so good about it? We didn't have any money at that time. My four brothers and one sister were all in university at that time, and the tuition fees were especially high every year. Although our family could afford the tuition fees, they were also very tight. I was just in junior high school at that time. Every day when I went home, I had to help the family cook and drive the cows. In autumn, I had to cut the grass. I was exhausted every day.”
"Did your brothers and sisters go to university together? If that's the case, there's really no other way. As someone who has never been to the United States, I know that the tuition fees of American universities are very expensive.”
"Yes, the tuition fees are high, and it's far from home. By the way, what river did we cross just now?”
"That's the Wen River, also known as the Dongwen River. It flows through Yinan and enters the Yi River. It's the main tributary of the Yi River, and the flow is quite large.”
"The Wen River?" Li Yan turned his head and thought about something.
"Yes, Wenhe. However, the locals still used to call it the Dongwen River because there was another Wen River in Shandong called the Dawen River. It flowed through Laiwu County, Tai 'an City, and Dongping County before entering Dongping Lake. In Shandong, the Dawen River was much more famous than the Dongwen River. Guess why.”
"Is there a need to guess? The Dawen River is big.”
"It's definitely bigger, but it's not famous because it's big.”
"Then why? Isn't the main factor of a river flow? Could it be because of minerals or famous mountains?”
"In terms of mines, there is indeed a bit. Laiwu County, where the Dawen River flows, has rich reserves of coal and iron ore, especially iron ore. According to historical records, it was already mined during the Tang Dynasty. As for the famous mountains, Tai 'an City, which it passed through, had Mount Tai. To a large extent, Tai' an City was not as famous as Mount Tai. After all, it was the revered mountain of the five mountains. But what truly made the Dawen River famous was its flow.”
"Flowing direction? Aren't all the rivers in China flowing from west to east? This is a geographical question.”
"Yes, the rivers of the Celestial Empire should indeed flow from west to east, but the Dawen River is not. It flows from east to west.”
" From east to west? Are you sure?"
"Of course I'm sure. In fact, sometimes I think that we're really like the Dawen River. Others flow eastward, but we flow westward.”
"Perhaps. I really don't have any opinions on this question. After all, I don't know much about China. However, I can be sure that in the current world, whoever gives up industry will give up the right to survive. Other countries can really defeat or even replace this country with a small price.”
"Yeah, the world now is like a forest. The weak will become the strong's dinner. So, Li Gong, do you think we can become stronger?”
"Honestly, I don't know. Really, I can only say that I will do my best to do what I should do. As for whether I will succeed or not, who can guarantee it?”
"As long as you can do your best. In fact, your arrival is the best news I've heard since the new year. Even if developing the industry requires a lot of money, in fact, even if you don't come, I plan to secretly intercept a portion of the gold that needs to be handed over every month to change the current situation of the base.”
"D * mn, did I hear wrongly? You're courting death.”
"I have no choice. If I don't do this, the losses of the Shandong base will be too great.”
"Stop. You didn't say anything. I didn't hear anything. This matter ends here. Alright then." After saying this, Li Yan did not wait for Secretary Zhu to say anything else." Oh right, how long will it take for us to arrive? We've been gone for a while.”
"Soon, we will reach Green Camel Town after passing the cultural village in front.”Seeing that Li Yan didn't want to talk too much about this topic, Secretary Zhu didn't ask him about the source of the funds in detail. In fact, he had been discussing with Chief of Staff He what Li Yan meant when he said that he would be in charge of the funds.
In the end, after discussing for the entire morning, Chief of Staff He still did not come up with a good explanation when he returned to Junan County in the afternoon. He had originally planned to ask on the way, but he did not expect Li Yan to be so tight-lipped. He did not get anything out of him.
When the two of them arrived at the entrance of Green Camel Town, they saw a few people waiting for them at the entrance. After the two of them got off their horses, Secretary Zhu introduced them to Li Yan.
"This is Li Yan, a senior engineer who came back from the United States. According to Yan 'an's opinion, Li Yan will take up the position of industrial commissioner of the Shandong base. He will be mainly responsible for the industrial development of the base and will soon join the Shandong Military and Political Committee.”
Secretary Zhu first introduced what everyone already knew. After all, when Xiao Liu came back yesterday, he had already asked Xiao Liu to report to several members of the Shandong Military and Political Committee in Qingtuo Town. He did not let Xiao Liu hide Yan 'an's call back, so everyone standing here should already know about Li Yan's situation.
"Li Gong, come, let me introduce you. This is Commander Zhao, a member of the Shandong Military and Political Committee. Commander Zhao was currently mainly responsible for the work of the Shandong Brigade. His main job now was to reorganize the Shandong Brigade. It could be foreseen that after the reorganization, the Shandong Brigade would have a huge increase in combat effectiveness.”Commander Zhao was a skinny man, about 1.77 meters tall.
"Hello, Commander Zhao."
"This is Director Guo, a member of the Shandong Military and Political Committee. He used to be the secretary of the Yan 'an Shandong Branch. It can be said that the establishment of the Shandong Base was the result of the joint efforts of Director Guo and Governor Li. He is mainly responsible for the party building work in the Shandong Base.”
"Hello, Chief Physician Guo."
"This is Governor Li, a member of the Shandong Military and Political Committee. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Li Yu led the Shandong Provincial Party Committee to launch the Anti-Japanese Armed Uprising in various parts of Shandong. He also personally led the Yayu Mountain Uprising. Later, he served as a member of the Shandong Branch and the Political Commissar of the Eighth Route Army's Shandong column.”
"Hello, Governor Li."
"Commissioner Li, we've been waiting for you for a long time.”When he shook hands with Councilman Li, he was very enthusiastic, unlike Commander Zhao and Councilman Guo who only greeted each other briefly.
However, contrary to everyone's expectations, Li Yan did not respond to him with the same enthusiasm. Instead, he turned his head and looked at Secretary Zhu gloomily.
" Mr. Li, you might not..." Li Yan interrupted Secretary Zhu before he could finish.
"Let's not talk about this for now. It's already past three o'clock. I've already wasted at least a month's time.”Li Yan looked at the watch on his left hand and said to Secretary Zhu.
"One question, three requests. One question, where is my office? The first request is that I need to see the current mineral distribution map, topographic map, military distribution map, and population distribution map of Shandong as soon as possible. Second, I need someone to send me a meal at seven o'clock in the evening. Just steamed buns will do. The last request is that I need to see the military and political officials of your Shandong base at around nine o'clock tomorrow morning. I have several documents that need their signature. Do you understand?"
"Of course, your office is in the Green Camel Temple in the west of Green Camel Town. Our Shandong Military and Political Committee works there. I'll let Xiao Xu take you there first. As for the documents you want, Xiao Xu will send them to your office and get them for you. Xiao Xu will be in charge of meals.”Although Li Yan spoke very quickly, Secretary Zhu still understood what he meant. After calling Xu Chang over and instructing him to send Li Yan to his office, Secretary Zhu, who was about to say something, realized that Li Yan had already dragged Xu Chang to his office.
"What kind of method is this?" After Li Yan left, Commander Zhao and the others finally reacted.
"What else can it be? She's angry.”
" Angry? Who provoked him?" Li Yu was also a little puzzled. They had put aside their work and came here to welcome Li Yan, but in the end, they were humiliated.
"He doesn't like others to call him 'you'. He likes others to call him' you'.”Secretary Zhu also felt that Li Yan had gone too far. After all, other than Chen Guang and Luo Rongheng who had to stay in Junan, the rest of the Shandong Military and Political Committee were here. However, Li Yan treated them like this. It was really too much.
"This small matter is worth Li Yan doing this.”Commander Zhao also felt that it was a bit too much. According to Yan 'an, they would be controlled by Li Yan in their future work. If Li Yan was really the kind of person who would throw a tantrum over a small matter, it was certain that few of them would be able to bear it.
"By the way, Li Yan, this American engineer, is quite capable.”Guo Hongtao, who had been silent, pointed out the most important thing. A capable person was not afraid of a big temper, but if it was a person without ability, then the damage to the Shandong base would be
It was too big.
"There should be a little. The calls from Nanjing and Shanghai haven't come yet, but based on my analysis with Old Luo, at least Li Yan shouldn't be a spy from Chongqing or Japan.”Zhu Shu was certain of this.
"So what if he's not from Chongqing or Japan? He personally admitted that he's an American spy.”Guo Hongtao retorted. The few of them had already seen the conversation records that Liu Xin had brought back. They already knew that Li Yan had joined the US Navy Intelligence Bureau.
"Let's not discuss this for now. Let's wait for Xiao Xu's report tonight. I told Xiao Xu in the morning to find an opportunity to get information from Li Yan.”Secretary Zhu did not ask Xu Chang to come over from Luo Rongheng just because Xu Chang had studied abroad and knew English.
"What about the banquet tonight? In order to welcome Li Yan, I specially instructed the cook to get a wild boar. From what he said just now, he planned to eat it alone.”Li Yu added. The few of them had originally planned to force Li Yan to drink some wine and wait for him to relax before asking him.
"Then we'll eat it ourselves. It's a waste not to eat it anyway.”Secretary Zhu decided to wait for Xu Chang's report before making his next move.
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