Crimson Dawn

Chapter 181 no_name

The Fengtai County Wharf is in the south of the county seat, next to the Huaihe River. At the beginning of 1906, it was a very ordinary small stone pier, but when Qi Huishen arrived in Fengtai County with the large fleet at the end of October 1906, he could hardly fail to see the original appearance of the pier.The pier has been doubled in size, and the new part made of large blue bricks and stones with cement slurry looks thick and strong.It just looks very reliable.Although the pier is quite busy here, with many people coming and going, the ground is very clean.

In the correspondence, Qi Huishen had long known that Chen Ke and the others were doing well in Fengtai County.However, Qi Huishen also experienced the social survey in 1905. He grew up in Shanghai and was used to the environment of so many people.Compared with Shanghai, the surrounding villages, towns and villages, including the surrounding cities, have very small populations.So after the fleet docked, Qi Huishen really didn't expect that the wharf in Fengtai County was not as big as Shanghai, but it would be so neat and tidy.And the density of people on the pier is no less than that of Shanghai.

As soon as the fleet approached the pier, red and green lights had already been hung on many poles.This really surprised Qi Hui, and such a standardized treatment is by no means lagging behind compared with Shanghai Wharf.

"What's going on here?" Qi Hui asked the signalman beside him deeply.Since boarding this ship and entering the insurance group's water sphere of influence, the signalmen have come in handy frequently.For signal communication on land and water, these signalmen can always come up with methods that seem strange in Qi Huishen.

"Mr. Qi, the horizontal row of lights above each pole indicates the number of berths. The vertical row of lights below tells how many ships can be parked in each berth. The small boat we sent out not long ago It’s the pilot. They have already told the dock the number and size of our fleet. These lights tell us how many boats we can park. Soon there will be small boats coming to tell us how to park.”

"Isn't it enough to stop the boats in order?" Qi Hui asked curiously.

"This also involves some unloading issues. Some berths can be unloaded, and some berths are only used to park ships. This must be arranged properly? Otherwise, it will be chaotic." The signalman explained seriously.

It turns out that there is such a complicated set of management, Qi Huishen felt a little bit suddenly realized, he smiled and said: "Thank you, Comrade Zhao. I only understand after you said it."

"Mr. Qi, you're welcome. This is my job." The signalman replied very seriously.

Qi Hui could hear deeply that there was a sense of pride in the signalman's voice.He could also understand that the signalman had been told a long time ago that Qi Huishen was a big figure in the People's Party, he came from Shanghai, and it was his first visit to Fengtai County.And such a complex water management system does have something to be proud of the signalman.

Sure enough, as the signalman said, two small boats approached the convoy from the dock.But not quite close.Red and green lights were lit up on the boat, and the lights were constantly changing.The signalmen on each ship also communicated with signals that Qi Huishen could not understand at all.No chant, no shouting, just the sound of the paddles hitting the water.Under the command of the signalman, the fleet entered their respective berths in an orderly manner.

"Comrades disembarking, please take your belongings and disembark as soon as possible." As soon as the fleet docked, someone on the berth began to shout with a microphone.As early as an hour before the ship docked, the people on the fleet had already notified this matter.Wang Qinian and his uncle Wang Yuelong quickly picked up their suitcases and followed the stream of people with their backpacks ashore.

"Qinian, the People's Party really looks like that." Wang Yuelong praised, "Just looking at the rules of the pier, the pier in Manila is nothing more than that."

"Uncle, Mr. Chen Ke is indeed not an ordinary person. Now, isn't there no imitator of the medicine from Shanghai in Nanyang?" Wang Qinian said with a smile.

Wang Yuelong was obviously very satisfied with his nephew's choice, and he also said with a smile: "Foreign devils dye flowers and willows a lot. A year ago, I thought that as soon as the formula of this medicine was announced, a large number of European foreign medicines would enter Nanyang. I didn't expect it. This year, European foreign medicines not only did not enter Nanyang, but I did a resale business, selling medicines to Europe and India, and actually made a lot of money."

Wang Qinian didn't care much about his uncle's praise, he looked around, and suddenly he pointed to the group of reception people on the pier and said, "Look, uncle. That tall man on the pier is Mr. Chen Kechen."

Wang Yuelong looked in the direction of his nephew's fingers, only to see some tall and short people on the pier, before he could tell which one was the Chen Ke his nephew was talking about.Because of the angle of looking up, he couldn't even tell which was the tallest one.But he saw that Qi Huishen had already stepped forward quickly, and a tall man on the pier also stepped forward to meet him, and the two held hands tightly.Wang Yuelong knew that Qi Huishen was the top leader of the Shanghai Branch of the People's Party, so he thought that the tall young man with short hair opposite him was Chen Ke, whom his nephew had always admired very much.

After being separated for nearly a year, when Qi Huishen saw Chen Ke again, he was very excited when he saw this companion who once led comrades to swear to create a brand new China.Since Chen Ke left, Qi Huishen led the party branch in Shanghai to work hard and put his mind to it.After the flood in Anhui, the communication between the two sides was interrupted for a while.But at this time, many Anhui victims had already fled to Jiangsu and Zhejiang.Qi Huishen conducted a special survey with the victims. When these victims talked about the floods they experienced, they were really crying blood.Death, death, death, apart from all kinds of hunger and death, what the victims narrated had nothing else at all.Hearing the first-hand accounts of this terrible disaster, Qi Hui felt deeply chilled to the bone.Those who can reach Anhui are no longer victims of the hardest-hit areas.Qi Huishen couldn't even imagine what Fengtai County, which was at the core of the disaster area, would look like.

Just when Qi Huishen was in a state of desperation but couldn't think about it, he finally received the small team sent by Chen Ke.Chen Ke's letter didn't contain the slightest bit of complaining, but it kept telling how the revolution was advancing tenaciously.He asked Shanghai to provide ships and supplies, and this fleet will return to Fengtai County with these life-saving supplies.

Except that the comrades of the People's Party fought hard to rescue the disaster under the leadership of Chen Ke, the news brought by this team was basically the same as what the victims said.Qi Hui knew Chen Ke's personality very well. This young man who looked gentle on weekdays had an indescribable ruthlessness in his bones. As long as Chen Ke made up his mind to do something, he must do it to the end.Although he knew that the flood was terrible, Qi Huishen didn't say anything that could shake the morale of the army.He just followed Chen Ke's arrangement, exhausted all the connections of comrades in the Shanghai branch, and even used the strength of Yan Fu, the principal of Fudan Public School Ma Xiangbo, and the gentry they knew to gather the ships and supplies Chen Ke needed, and confirmed the fleet Free from harassment as much as possible.When sending the fleet away, Qi Huishen could even smile and send the comrades aboard.But in fact, Qi Hui was extremely anxious in his heart.

In the following months, the correspondence between the two parties has been barely maintained.On the one hand, there are news that various bases are thriving brought by the fleet, and on the other hand, there are even more terrible conditions in the disaster area brought by more victims.Qi Huishen couldn't figure out whether what was being said there was the truth.

Today he personally saw the wharf in Fengtai County and met Chen Ke. He finally believed that the founder of the People's Party in front of him, the top leader of the People's Party, had realized what he said in the letter to establish a new base.Needless to say, the ability to build a new dock in a disaster year is enough to prove the strength of the base.

"Wen Qing, Wen Qing..." Qi Huishen was full of words, but he didn't know how to say it when he reached his mouth.He could only hold Chen Ke's hand tightly and shake it vigorously.

"Huishen, welcome to Fengtai County Base." Chen Ke was not as excited as Qi Huishen.Compared with a year ago, Qi Huishen has changed a lot.Originally, although Qi Huishen had a revolutionary youthful drive, after all, he came from a wealthy family and had received a lot of education, so he was quite refined overall.But after being separated for nearly a year, Qi Huishen's temperament has changed a lot. He has to lead the work of the Shanghai branch and prepare various materials. Qi Huishen has experienced so many things, and he has become a lot more mature.But it can be seen that Qi Huishen has been very worried these days, and there is an indescribably dark feeling between his brows.That's what happens to people who worry and worry all day long.

And Qi Hui looked deeply at Chen Ke, only half of it was happy, and the other emotion was mixed with a kind of worry that he couldn't believe the facts in front of him.

"Wen Qing, hello everyone." Qi Huishen finally choked out the first question.

"It's all good, Zheng Lan, Zu Dao, everyone. Your side is also good. The British didn't continue to trouble us?" Chen Ke laughed.

"Nothing happened in Shanghai. I'm just worried about you. The flood in Anhui this time has caused many victims to starve to death every day in Shanghai. I'm worried every day." Qi Huishen said. , the eye circles were red, and he couldn't help but choked up.

Chen Ke can think of how anxious Qi Huishen is these days, as long as he sees one thing, that is, every time he goes to Shanghai to receive new fleets and new supplies, they are all in the maximum amount, and he can know how much energy Qi Huishen has put into it. .Thinking of this, Chen Ke couldn't help but said: "Huishen, for the work of you and the Shanghai branch comrades, I thank you from the organization. You saved the people and the party."

Qi Huishen never expected that Chen Ke would hold back such a sentence. Although such half-public and half-private words were neither fish nor fowl, they didn't sound fake at all, and he couldn't help laughing through his tears.Wiping away his tears, Qi Huishen asked, "Have Zhenglan and the others come?"

"Zhenglan is at the Yuezhang Insurance Group's residence, and they are busy with work there, so I haven't informed them yet." Chen Ke also laughed.While talking, he suddenly saw Qi Huishen's eyes fall behind him, and then he heard Qi Huishen asked in surprise: "Isn't the one behind you Zheng Lan?"

Chen Ke turned his head, and saw Hua Xiongmao was pushing through the crowd, striding over behind him.Although he didn't know why Hua Xiongmao suddenly appeared here, Chen Ke said with a smile: "Cao Cao Cao Cao is here. Zheng Lan is here."

While talking, Hua Xiongmao had already come to him, he and Qi Huishen shook hands tightly, "Huishen, miss me so much."

Although everyone has reunited after a long absence, after all, they have done a lot of important things in the past year. Although they are excited, they all know that they should do the things they have to do right now.This time the fleet not only transported a large number of materials and machinery, but more importantly, many comrades from Beijing and Shanghai finally arrived.Qi Huishen hurriedly took Chen Ke to meet everyone.

Qin Tongren and Xu Erba of the Beijing branch, the technicians of these honeycomb farms, Wang Qinian, Xie Mingxian and others from Shanghai, and many new party members who developed in Shanghai have already disembarked.After a brief meeting, Chen Ke led the team and led these new comrades towards the military camp of the insurance regiment.

Among the new comrades, it is the first time to Fengtai County, and most of them are the first time to Anhui.Everyone already knew about this flood, although it was heard that Chen Ke and others had made a big difference in Fengtai County, and even defeated the flood.But no one believed it until they saw it with their own eyes.Now that they have seen the order of the wharf with their own eyes, many people believe that Chen Ke and the others have really created a real situation.But when they followed Chen Ke and the others to the military camp, they saw many camps of victims of the floods along the way, and they didn't quite believe Chen Ke's words that he had overcome the flood.

It was already evening, and it was impossible to have a big feast.Qi Huishen has given Chen Ke the list of visitors this time, and the logistics department has divided the dormitories.Everyone first lined up on the playground to roll their rolls to make sure that everyone was not lost.Then the comrades from the logistics department took everyone to their own dormitories.The luggage was put down and the bed was made.Everyone was gathered again to recognize the canteen, water room, bathhouse, and toilet.Then we have dinner.

The potato-based food filled the stomachs of these comrades who came from a long distance, and everyone was rushed to take a bath.Then I was arranged to go to the dormitory to rest.

Because the dormitories were temporarily divided according to the region, Qin Tongren, Xu Erba and others were arranged in a dormitory.There are eight people crammed into a room.Many of us have never slept in bunk beds, and the straw mats are not so comfortable.In addition, northerners are not very used to taking a boat, so Xu Erba couldn't sleep on the upper bunk, so he just started talking. "Mr. Qin, what do you think of Fengtai County now? I don't think the disaster has subsided as I said."

"Hmph, Wen Qing's ability is very strong. Don't talk nonsense." Qin Tongren replied calmly.

"Why do you say that?" Xu Erba felt very puzzled.

Not only Xu Erba, but other northern comrades who came with him were also a little puzzled.In addition, many comrades have not fully recovered from seasickness. Although they are dizzy, they are not sleepy. After listening to Mr. Qin Tongren Qin, who is not very talkative on weekdays, several people in the room simply sat up, "Mr. Qin , Tell me. Why do you say that Mr. Chen is very capable." These people have cooperated with Chen Ke in the briquette field in Beijing before. Although they know that Chen Ke is capable, they always feel that Chen Ke is not very capable.

Qin Tongren actually didn't feel well, and didn't feel much sleepiness.Moreover, he is very discerning and has noticed many details that his colleagues in the same industry did not notice.Although he didn't really want to show off, but he changed his mind, if he didn't explain the truth clearly to these colleagues, if they started talking nonsense, they would only be underestimated.He simply sat up and explained, "Did you notice the smell of the water when you took a shower?"

The showers in the bath are equipment that can run water with just a twist of the switch. Those comrades who are engaged in machinery can know the principle at a glance.In fact, the northern concessions have running water, and the iron faucets are much better than those made of bamboo like Anhui.Everyone didn't care too much.But when it comes to the taste of water, everyone feels that there is no impression.

"The water has no taste," someone said.

"That's right, it's just because it doesn't taste like Wen Qing is a great person. This is tap water." Qin Tongren explained.

"Tap water?" Everyone felt a little puzzled, "This Fengtai County is near the water, so there will be no shortage of water."

Qin Tongren was very disappointed with these companions who had no basic observation ability, "We took the boat along the way, what did you smell all day long? The fishy smell is very strong. This tap water is treated water, and there is no fishy smell at all. .Build a water plant to treat water. How much effort will be spent on this alone? This is a disaster area, and it is not a city like Beijing or Tianjin. A small Fengtai County has tap water, and Beijing and Tianjin use tap water. How many people can there be? They are all rich people. We use well water for water, but here is a military camp, and tap water is already used. If you say that Wenqing is incompetent and let people who understand hear it, don’t you laugh? Big tooth?"

Everyone thought for a while, and then suddenly realized. "I see."

But Xu Erba didn't believe it, "This tap water is so expensive, how much money would be wasted if Mr. Chen uses it like this?"

Qin Tongren felt very speechless after hearing this, and he didn't bother to explain to this kind of elm head.Qin Tongren went on to talk about his views on what he saw during this short journey.

Although there are many victims in Fengtai County, there is no such situation as selling children and selling women, let alone crying and wiping away tears, and the dead are everywhere.The disaster victims just looked curiously at the large group of people holding torches.Qin Tongren observed that, in addition to his own brigade, there were many people in a team of five who wore clothes similar to Chen Ke's, and they also held torches to patrol the gathering areas of the victims.Although there was a very vigilant posture, there was no disturbance at all.As far as the security situation is concerned, although it is not a matter of living and working in peace and contentment, at least it can be sworn to be orderly.It is not easy to manage a disaster-stricken area into such a state.

After talking about what they observed, everyone recalled these details.Everyone savored Qin Tongren's words over and over again, and then they felt that it made a lot of sense.Moreover, Mr. Qin can see so many things, and everyone's admiration immediately overflowed.

Seeing that everyone has accepted his point of view, Qin Tongren then continued: "Fengtai County belongs to Fengyang Mansion. Fengyang Huagu sang, since Zhu Yuanzhang came out, there have been nine years of famine in ten years. This was originally It’s not a rich place. Wenqing came here, and it’s only been a year since he’s been here, and this flood. According to what Fengyang Huagu said, even if there is no flood, it’s still full of disasters. It’s definitely not comparable to the rich places in the south of the Yangtze River. .Now there is a catastrophe here, but order is on the contrary. And although the food we eat is not very delicious, we can still eat enough. If Wenqing only cares about his own food, and the victims outside have no food, Do you think they can be so quiet?"

Everyone stopped talking, just nodded silently in the dark.

"Wen Qing can bring the disaster area to this extent. I think he must have a lot of things that we haven't seen. Let's rest quickly, and there will be more things to do starting tomorrow. Don't delay the rest. Tomorrow one by one Yawning all the time. It's just that people underestimate us." After Qin Tongren finished speaking, he lay down and fell asleep first.

No one dared to disturb Mr. Qin's sleep anymore, regardless of whether he could fall asleep or not.They all lay down quietly.After a while, everyone slowly fell asleep.

Chapter 181 no_name

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