Era: Beginning from the Modu Translation Studio

Chapter 424: A travelogue brings disaster
In May 1980, Yuan Longping, a researcher at the Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, was ordered to lead a team to the United States to teach hybrid rice seed production technology.

Before leaving, he said to his wife with great anticipation: "It seems that our poor life will end soon.
I worked in the United States for 4 months. I received my domestic salary as usual, and the American company also paid me $3000 per month.

With this trip to the United States, we will become millionaires!"

In early September, Yuan Longping returned to Yanjing after completing his mission.

All the wages he brought back were handed over to the Ministry of Agriculture, and he only received a living allowance of 20 yuan a day, totaling more than 2000 yuan.

But even so, Yuan Longping was still as happy as if it were New Year's Day.

“Thousand Yuan Household” is not bad either!

He immediately took his salary and went to the Wangfujing department store the night before returning to Hunan and bought some beautiful clothes for his wife.

At this moment, Jiangshan and Chen Peisi were carrying their luggage and equipment and happily entered a sea view villa.

"There are so many rooms in this building, why don't you two stay here too."

As soon as she entered the room and took a look around, Jiangshan started to be polite to the comrades from the Foreign Trade Department like an old woman.

"Oh no no no,"

Unexpectedly, he is a person of rules and dare not violate the rules:
"This building is the resting place designated by Li's department for you. We have our own designated residence."

"We have caused such a small matter that we have already alerted the organization?"

Jiang Shan and Chen Peisi looked at each other and said, "How sorry."

The two of them couldn't stop smiling for a moment, they were so embarrassed.

……

After waving vigorously at the back of the van, Jiangshan and Chen Peisi rushed back to the small building.

At this time in the small building, Huang Yongyu, Wang Shixiang, Wang Fulin, and Ren Dahui had already disappeared.

"Wang Shixiang, come up to the second floor and take a look. This room is hexagonal."

"My house is amazing. It has eight windows."

"Fulin, come and look at this, the sea is right outside the window!"

"Look, the furniture here is actually from the Republic of China."

"This room on the second floor is mine, don't fight with me for it!"

"Who are you?"

"I'm Huang Yongyu!"

"..."

The lights in the entire villa were turned on one by one, and comrades ran around visiting and reporting good news one after another.

"Jiangshan, come up quickly!"

Until a woman's scream came from above.

Jiang Shan and Chen Peisi then quickly rushed up the spiral staircase.

"I go!"

"Oh my God!"

Pushing open a wooden door on the third floor, an extra-large platform comes into view.

The sea, the beach, the evening breeze, the ferry... everything is in sight.

"Hey, this place is nice!"

“It’s so relaxing just looking at it!”

At this moment, everyone came up.

Several people lay on the fence of the platform, enjoying the evening breeze and gazing at the vast ocean.

"It's so beautiful,"

After watching the last drop of sunset sink into the sea level, Wang Fulin couldn't help but exclaim: "Luckily I came along this time."

Ren Dahui: "Fortunately you brought me along."

"I want to paint," Huang Yongyu shouted into the sea breeze, "I'll set up my stall tomorrow morning!"

"Xiaojiang,"

The more Wang Shixiang looked at it, the more he liked it: "I feel that living here is more comfortable than Diaoyutai!"

The rooftop terrace facing the sea is so comfortable.

There is tranquility everywhere.

It seems that the whole world is centered around this.

“This is the Diaoyutai of Qingdao.”

Jiangshan looked at the sea in the distance, grinning happily.

I remember that in my previous life, I paid for a ticket to visit this building. Was it five or eight dollars?

"Do you know who has lived in this building?" Jiang Shan said.

“Who has lived here?”

"Marshal Ye, General Chen," Jiang Shan counted them one by one:

"Before liberation, this was the refuge of Chiang Kai-shek and his wife. It is said that this building was built with funds from a newspaper tycoon during the White Russian era."

Some also say it was built by Germans.

The Cultural Relics Bureau and the Tourism Bureau each have their own reasons and neither one agrees with the other.

Therefore, they erected two historical statements with different contents in front of the Huashi Tower in later generations.

It looks so lively.

But no matter who paid for it, the building is really well built.

……

The accommodation that Li Bu arranged for Jiangshan's location crew this time was Qingdao Badaguan, which is known as one of the "five most beautiful areas" in the country.

The so-called "Eight Great Passes" refers to a dozen roads in the south of Qingdao city named after famous passes.

Such as: Shanhaiguan Road, Jiayuguan Road...

The building where Jiangshan and his friends are staying now is a small ancient Roman-style building at the southernmost cape of the "Badaguan" area.

It is also one of the more distinctive buildings among the more than 300 buildings in "Badaguan".

Because the outer wall is made of granite, it is simply called "Huashilou".

This building has five floors including the basement.

When the war in Northeast China was tense, Chiang Kai-shek and his wife hid here.

Locals also call it Jiang Mansion.

Even after the liberation, when the house was confiscated, the furniture inside was never moved.

"No wonder it looks different," Chen Peisi said, "It's built like a castle."

"I think I've seen a photo of this house in your teacher Shen's home."

Huang Yongyu now recalled: "A long time ago, comrades from the Federation of Literary and Art Circles invited him to Qingdao to create works. It seems that he lived in this area at that time."

“I was just about to say this,” Yu Sigui looked in the direction he came from:
"Where on earth did we get here? Have you noticed that the small buildings here are more beautiful than the other. I can hardly take in all of them!"

"You're right, it's a very unique place."

"Tomorrow during the day, we must take a good walk around the area."

……

Because the city of Qingdao has an unusual history.

So there are many unusual traces left here.

For example, the Laoshan Soda Factory and Tsingtao Brewery built by the Germans... and the unique "International Architecture" in "Badaguan".

In 1898, the Qing government signed the Jiaozhou Bay Lease Treaty with Germany.

The following year, German Emperor Wilhelm II ordered that the "Jiaoao" coastline be renamed Qingdao.

After arriving in Qingdao, the Germans immediately developed a series of urban plans for Qingdao.

One of the bays surrounded by mountains was given a very familiar name: Victoria Harbour.

And they define that as their "comfort zone".

To put it simply, it is a seaside resort in later generations.

Since then, dignitaries from Germany, Russia, Britain and China have built a number of exotic seaside villas here.

When the Beiyang government took back Qingdao in 1922, they saw that it was quite nicely built.

So he ordered that the area be renamed Taiping Mountain and Taiping Bay, and then stipulated: continue to build and beautify.

However, buildings of the same style shall not be constructed on the same road.

Not only that, there are also detailed regulations on the building height, density, green space, etc. in this area.

In this way, Badaguan, which is located on the sea and the bay, has become a "complex of buildings from all over the world" with pleasant and quiet scenery and famous buildings lined up one after another.

Nowadays, when walking in this area of ​​villas, you will find that some of the villas were once lived by the commander of the US Seventh Fleet, Sihanouk, Ba Jin, Cao Yu, and Shen Congwen...

Now, it is finally Jiangshan’s turn.

……

Yu Sigui didn't react until this moment: "So the protest of 'Give me back Qingdao, give me back my sovereignty' is about this city?"

At this moment, they were on their way out to find food along the way.

"That's exactly what it is,"

When Wang Shixiang was learning German, he also studied:

"Do you know when the Germans started to target Qingdao?"

Facing a circle of people whose pace was obviously slowing down, Wang Shixiang walked steadily with his hands behind his back:
"In the mid-19th century, they sent a geographer to China to conduct a survey.

This old man named Richthofen came to our place seven times. After he returned, he wrote a travel book about China and suddenly became a traveler.

But did you know that while he was writing this travelogue, he also submitted a survey report on the geographical environment and mineral resources of Shandong, China to the German government.

And strongly suggested that Germany seize the right to build railways around Jiaozhou Bay to defend their interests in North China. "

"This is too much for him!" Huang Yongyu immediately got angry.

Jiang Shan: "Isn't this a war criminal?"

Wang Fulin: "These fascists just can't stand seeing other people have something good..."

It was precisely because of this geological report that Germany chose Qingdao from such a large area.

"Lu Xun once said..."

Wang Shixiang also liked this: "Since Li's travels, Jiaozhou has long been not ours."

In fact, after learning about this, Xu Jingcheng, the then minister to France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Austria, suggested to the Qing government that a military port should be opened and a navy stationed in Jiaozhou in a timely manner.

Although this matter did attract the attention of the Qing government, Ding Ruchang was sent to Qingdao for an on-site investigation.

However, due to insufficient funds, the construction of the city and military port in Qingdao was not started until 1892.

Unexpectedly, before they could fully deploy their forces, they were taken down by the Germans.

……

"Everyone has heard of aircraft carriers, right?"

They were the only ones sitting in a state-owned noodle restaurant on the street.

At this moment, Jiangshan revealed another purpose of coming to Qingdao.

Wang Fulin nodded when he heard it. "It's the kind of large warship that can hold many planes, right?"

"A ship that can accommodate airplanes?" Chen Peisi was surprised: "How many?"

"Yes, that's about it," Jiang Shan nodded.

In May this year, Jiangshan and his party just returned from New York.

General Liu immediately boarded the U.S. "Raider".

The photo that moved the whole nation was taken at that time.

Jiang Shan ate and chatted: "In fact, an aircraft carrier came to Qingdao Port a long time ago."

"I heard that a large military port was built in Qingdao," Wang Fulin said, "and it seems to have been under construction for quite a few years."

"The military port you mentioned was just completed this year," Jiang Shan said.

"The aircraft carrier I'm talking about is actually an aircraft carrier that the Japanese army sent here during World War I to compete with Germany for the fat piece of meat in Qingdao."

Although Japan has always refused to admit it, this ship is actually a quasi-aircraft carrier.

"The Japanese already had an aircraft carrier so early?" Wang Fulin was quite surprised.

"For this battle, the Japanese sent a total of 66 warships of various sizes," Jiang Shan shook his head and said:
"Who could have imagined that the only full-scale sea, land and air battle between Japan and Germany would actually take place in our country."

Huang Yongyu: "Just to fight for Qingdao?"

Jiang Shan: “Of course not!”

Wang Fulin: "That's why they shamelessly insisted on Qingdao at the Paris talks."

Yu Sigui: "Then the May Fourth Movement happened." Now, Miss Yu finally understood.

"In 1945, when Japan surrendered, the United States sent one of its aircraft carriers to Qingdao Port in the name of accepting the surrender."

"Really?" Wang Fulin said, "So Qingdao Port is really a battleground."

“So,” Jiang Shan: “our country also ordered the expansion of Qingdao Port in 1971.

However, due to various reasons, the project has been progressing slowly.

It was not until 1975 that Duke Zhou personally transferred three regiments and four independent battalions to start the construction work.”

When I think about Jiangshan carefully, I find that it seems that the figure of Zhou Gong can be seen in everything.

Afterwards, this ancient town port was built and upgraded again in later generations and became an aircraft carrier port in my country specifically for docking aircraft carriers.

"Has the naval port been built now?" Chen Peisite wanted to take a look: "How about we go and take a look tomorrow?"

"That's exactly what I meant," Jiang Shan said.

"Also, I have good news for you all. Our aerial photography mission this time will be completed by our country's first carrier-based helicopter unit."

Wang Fulin, Ren Dahui and Chen Peisi's eyes immediately lit up.

"So awesome?"

"That's fine."

"We can see Qingdao by land, sea and air."

"It seems like everyone likes it very much," Jiang Shan smiled sweetly, "Then I'll leave this matter to you all."

"What's the matter?" Wang Fulin was the first to react: "Xiao Jiang, you're not going up?"

Jiang Shan buried his head in eating noodles: "No, no, no."

"It's a military aircraft," Chen Peisi couldn't wait any longer: "Where can I find such an opportunity?"

"I'll give you this opportunity."

What is Jiangshan most afraid of?
high!
The plane can still stand, but the helicopter can't.

"Xiao Jiang is afraid of heights, you know that,"

Fortunately, Huang Yongyu still remembered: "When we lived in the Waldorf Astoria in New York, he would feel dizzy if he looked downstairs for too long."

"It's just this model, don't drag him on the plane,"

Wang Shixiang also remembered: "Otherwise, we won't be able to aim at the machine."

"Then..."

Wang Fulin looked at Ren Dahui and said, "Let's go up and take the photo."

"I am quite familiar with this machine in Jiangshan,"

Yu Sigui raised his hand and said, "Let me go up with you!"

"you sure?"

Jiang Shan finally finished pulling the noodles: "Do you dare to go up?"

"What's there to be afraid of?"

Yu Sigui smiled and glanced at Jiang Shan: "Besides, how can a helicopter flown by the People's Liberation Army be unstable?"

"That's right," Wang Fulin nodded, "Xiao Yu is right, we will go up together tomorrow."

"If there is enough space, take me with you," Chen Peisi said, "Lao Mao will be on a fighter plane soon, so I have to get on a military helicopter!"

"That's true," Jiang Shan was a little moved when he heard it:

"This is a helicopter unit that salvaged the data cabin of the Pacific Launch Vehicle... Otherwise, I'll go there myself tomorrow!"

After hearing this, the other party immediately became more positive.

"You stay aside,"

Wang Fulin called Yu Sigui and Chen Peisi and said, "Come on, let's discuss this..."

After the discussion, Jiangshan finally had the opportunity to continue speaking after returning to the "Huashi Tower" and spreading out the map of Qingdao City...

(End of this chapter)