"Commissioner Li, this is your office.”While they were discussing, Li Yan was brought to his office by Xu Chang. This office was located in a temple. It faced east and was about 15 square meters. There was a relatively large desk with an oil lamp on it. There was a short table and a few stools in front of the desk. There was also a washbasin and towel at the door.
"If you're not my assistant, then pretend that I didn't say anything. If you're going to be my assistant in the future, I hope you can remember this. I personally hate it when people call me 'you', so I personally hope that you can use that title.”After entering, he placed his suitcase at the door and said solemnly.
"Of course, if you insist.”Xu Chang stood at the door and did not follow Li Yan into the office.
"Then you can sort it out first. I'll go to the confidential room and get the documents you want.”Seeing that Li Yan had no other requests, Xu Chang rushed to the confidential room.
Li Yan, who was in the office, began to tidy up his things. He first took out more than ten bottles of Jack Daniels from his suitcase. He wanted to put them in the drawer of the desk, but he realized that there was no drawer on the desk. He had no choice but to put the wine back into the suitcase. Li Yan was not overboard enough to put the wine directly on the table.
The Bible was the same. After all, he knew that Yan 'an was against religion. As for the gun, after looking at it for a long time, Li Yan realized that he could not take out the things he had brought. He had no choice but to sit on the chair and wait for Xu Chang to bring the documents he wanted to see.
"Commissioner Li, the documents you wanted." Not long after, Xu Chang came in with a large stack of documents.
"This is the distribution of the mines, this is the distribution of the population, this is the distribution of the main forces of the Japanese army, this is the map of the areas occupied by the enemy and ourselves, and this is the topographic map of Shandong.”Xu Chang placed the documents on the table and introduced them to Li Yan.
"Alright, I'll take a look myself.”Li Yan casually picked up the distribution of the minerals on the table and looked at it.
"By the way, Commissioner Li, I haven't introduced myself. I'm Xu Chang, and I studied at the University of Houston in the United States.”As he spoke, Xu Chang extended his right hand to Li Yan.
"Hello, Xu Chang." Li Yan also stood up and extended his hand. "University of Houston, is your principal called Lil 'Rick? Perry." Speaking of which, two of Li Yan's four brothers were studying at the University of Houston. A few years ago, they seemed to have donated a sum of money to the University of Houston.
"No, Rick. Mr. Perry used to be our headmaster, and my headmaster was Mark. Perry." Recalling Secretary Zhu's previous instructions, Xu Chang was sure that Li Yan was definitely not a so-called spy from Chongqing or Japan. First of all, a spy from Chongqing would not specially understand the president of an unknown university in the United States. As for Japan, he rarely heard of Japanese living there when he was in Texas.
"By the way, what's your major? Mechanical engineering or electrical engineering?”If Xu Chang had studied these two majors in the United States, his job would undoubtedly be much easier. After letting Xu Chang sit on the bench beside the low table, Li Yan turned around and went to his suitcase to get some wine.
"Neither. I studied geography at that time.”
" Geology? No way. Why did you want to study it? The University of Houston's geologist major is very bad. It's not an advantage of the University of Houston. Moreover, it's not easy for graduates of the geologist major to find a job in the United States. If you want to study geologist, you have to go to England or Switzerland and have a Jack Daniels.”If it wasn't for the fact that the wine had already been taken out, Li Yan really wanted to put the wine back now. He had originally planned to celebrate that he wouldn't be so tired in the future, but he miscalculated. However, the wine had already been taken out, so Li Yan filled Xu Chang's teacup with half a cup of wine.
"Thank you. " This is mainly because back then, my score was still a little low. If I didn't choose the University of Houston's geologist major, I might have to study for another year. Commissioner Li, you also know that the current situation in the world is changing three times a day. Previously, China's relationship with Germany was so good. Germany even helped China reorganize its army. In the end, it turned to Japan. So even though the teacher told me that if I continued to learn English, my grades would probably improve, I really didn't dare to wait anymore.”
Speaking of which, Xu Chang was also very depressed. It was one thing for him to suddenly catch a cold when the exam was approaching, but who would have thought that he would have to take the oral English test during the English test? His English was completely based on memorization. He did not learn it from a young age like others. He had only come into contact with English since high school. How could he have gotten high marks?
"That's true. It's only an opportunity when you catch it. "After that, there should be very few people who have studied abroad in China. Then why are you here? If you go to any high school in Shanghai or Chongqing to teach English, your income won't be low, right?"”
As far as Li Yan knew, due to economic and international reasons, China was in great need of some English talents. They did not need to be very professional in other aspects. As long as they were fluent in English, they could find a job with a good salary in some big cities. Moreover, their personal safety was much better than in Shandong.
"My hometown is Nanjing." Xu Chang, who was sitting, covered his face with his hands as if he was wiping away the tears that were about to fall.
"Nanjing, so?" Li Yan, who was sitting at the side, did not understand. After all, Li Yan did not know much about what had happened in China.
"I'm sorry, I didn't know Commissioner Li didn't know much about China. Nanjing was occupied by the Japanese army three years ago. During the occupation, large-scale organized massacres took place. The population of Nanjing decreased from 1.1 million to about 300,000. It was reported that more than 300,000 people were brutally murdered, including captured soldiers and innocent people.”
It could be seen that Xu Chang had spent a great deal of effort to mention this matter. This effort was more of a mental one. If it was not necessary, Xu Chang really did not want to mention this matter to others.
Nanjing was the place where he grew up. Whether it was the Zhongshan Hospital where he and his sister were born, or the Mr. Jin's clinic where he had to go once a month because of his weak body when he was young.
Whether it was the boulevards that he and his classmates had to pass every time they went to and from school when he was young, the Little Wugong Mountain that he and his classmates had to go to every holiday when he was in middle school, or the Purple Mountain that he went to with his classmates when he was in middle school,
He also remembered that he had gone to the Qinhuai River with his classmates after he was admitted to the University of Houston, and when his parents found out that he had been admitted, they had invited their neighbors and manufacturers to Nanjing Huaqiao Hotel. He remembered that the meal at Huaqiao Hotel had cost his family half a year's income.
In the end, other than his sister, he and his parents didn't eat much. They couldn't go back and eat a few bowls of porridge. It was also that night that his father talked to him in detail for half a night, asking him to take good care of his sister when he came back.
However, when she came back, she found that everything was gone. The business district, the Huaqiao Hotel, the Qinhuai River, everything that had accompanied her growing up was gone. Her parents did not escape and were killed. Her sister could not be found either. Some said that she was lucky enough to escape, while others said that she had been captured by the Japanese army. As for the exact news, no one knew.
"300,000 people were killed. Are you sure?”Li Yan was also shocked, but not by the number. After all, the number of people who died during the American Civil War was much higher than this number. Moreover, he heard that Germany was currently building a concentration camp. According to the newspaper, there had always been countless Jewry entering the concentration camp, but not a single person had ever come out.
However, it should be noted that during the American Civil War, the acceptance of slaughter was very high. After all, prisoners of war were a burden. It was not like now, where there were countless jobs that ordinary workers were unwilling to do, such as repairing the railway or mining. These jobs were simple but dangerous, physical, and low-paying. They were tailor-made for prisoners of war.
As for Germany, it was more of a plundering of political jobs and job opportunities. The political proposition of the German Nazi-led government was anti-Semitism, and the Arabs occupied many high-income opportunities. There was also a German who was more stubborn, just like the German people he met in the United States.
Therefore, it was not that he could not understand what was happening in Germany. However, he really couldn't understand what had happened in China. Why would they waste so much labor? This was all wealth, not to mention that no matter what, the blood of the Chinese flowed in his body.
"Of course, I saw it with my own eyes.”If someone else asked this question, Xu Chang would definitely argue with him. However, he understood Li Yan's doubts about this matter. After all, it was difficult for Li Yan to find out about this matter through newspapers or radio stations in a country with serious isolation.
"I'm sorry, I'm not doubting the authenticity of what you said. I'm just doubting that in this era, in 1940, such a cruel and incomprehensible thing could still happen. I'm just doubting whether the so-called Japanese army can still be called an army, or whether they can still be called humans.”
Li Yan also knew that Xu Chang was very emotional now. After all, he couldn't imagine that if Mexico suddenly started a war with the United States, perhaps the result would be that Mexico would be defeated. After all, the gap in industrial capacity was too big. Whether it was power generation, steel production, railway kilometers, or car ownership, Mexico was too inferior.
However, there was no doubt that the main battlefield of the US-Mexico war would be Texas. Then, when he faced his hometown that was destroyed by the war, what attitude would he have towards Mexico? Perhaps he would be like Xu Chang, who hated everyone in Mexico, whether it was the politicians who started the war, the main army of the war, or the innocent Mexican people. He would hate everyone.
"Perhaps. Sorry for bringing this up so suddenly. I'll go and get busy first. If there's anything, you can call me, Commissioner Li.”Perhaps he felt that he had crossed the line with Li Yan, so Xu Chang stood up and bid farewell to Li Yan.
"Okay, remember to send me a meal around seven o'clock. There's no need for meat or anything. Just steamed buns will do.”Li Yan also stood up to send him out.
"Got it. I'll definitely send it over at seven.”
After sending Xu Chang off, Li Yan looked at the various data on the desk. "D * mn, looks like I can't sleep tonight. After reading these things, I still have to write a report.”
After saying this, Li Yan threw himself into the glorious sea of papers and meetings.
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