The Republic of Heroes

The impact of the Lunan War soon spread to Linzi County, and refugees from the south began to appear near the county seat. Wu Xiaoliang immediately ordered the county magistrate Zhu Wusheng to organize the appeasement work for the victims. Have a house to live in.

Zhu Wusheng and Wu Xiaoliang immediately cried about being poor, "It's not that you don't know the financial situation of Linzi County. If it’s not for them, it’s only early autumn, although it’s a bit colder, but it won’t freeze to death.”

The number of refugees is increasing day by day, and they want to help the victims according to the requirement that everyone has food to eat and everyone has a house to live in. The financial situation of Linzi County is indeed not bad, no wonder Zhu Wusheng cried poorly.However, Wu Xiaoliang acted as if he had been prepared, picked up a pen and wrote a few words on a piece of letter paper, signed it, and handed it to Zhu Wusheng.

"Use this note to go to Director Tantai at the material supply department, and he will allocate all the funds and materials you need to you."

The county magistrate Zhu, who took the letter, was stunned. Money is not such a toss, isn't it? The victims will sing praises to the local government if they are hungry.He still wanted to say something, but when he thought of Chairman Wu's uncompromising style in front of him, he had no choice but to take the note and go to the newly established department of the provincial government, the Material Supply Department.

It was the first time for County Magistrate Zhu to come to the material supply department. This is a small western-style two-story building that went up in a month, and it seemed out of place with the surrounding traditional buildings.He was just about to enter the gate, but was stopped by the guard on guard.

"Back! Military restricted area, idlers are not allowed to enter!"

County Magistrate Zhu trembled in fright, glanced at the big eye-catching sign in the middle of the road, and then suddenly took out the pass that Wu Xiaoliang gave him, a small blue booklet from his pocket.The guard carefully checked the pass, and after confirming that it was correct, handed it back to him, then stood at attention and saluted, and walked away from the road leading to the courtyard.County Magistrate Zhu wiped the sweat off his face, thinking that this small supply office is stricter than the gate post of the provincial government compound, and there is a sense of incompatibility everywhere.

Unfortunately, Director Tantai was not there, but he had to complete the coordination of materials and arrears on the same day, so he had to sit down on the bench in the corridor on the first floor.But seeing people coming and going, no one paid any attention to him, the very popular county magistrate in Linzi city, he couldn't help feeling disappointed.He muttered to himself, where is the material supply office, and why is it so arrogant?

Waiting until sunset, a large group of people flocked into the small western-style building. The leader of the crowd was about 50 years old, wearing a double-breasted woolen coat. Although it was early autumn in early October, the tail of the autumn tiger was still there. This person is dressed in early winter clothes, which is really weird.One mouth actually tasted like old Shanxi vinegar.

"Major Zhu County is here, and the supplies are in full bloom. Tantai Jize is still looking at Haihan when he arrives a step late. Come in, come in." He said as he took off his double-breasted woolen coat and threw it to The staff following behind stretched out their hands to grab Zhu Wusheng's arm and warmly invited him into the room.

Zhu Wusheng saw that Director Tantai, although he was dressed strangely, was full of enthusiasm for people and had no airs of power in his hands. The little unhappiness in his heart disappeared immediately, and he followed him into the office.

Director Tantai was none other than Tantai Jize who took refuge in Wu Xiaoliang in Qinhuangdao back then, and followed him from Suidong to Outer Mongolia.After Wu Xiaoliang resigned from the field, he also left China and followed him to travel around the world. Now that the Shandong Provincial Government was founded, Tantai Jize was immediately entrusted with important tasks and started his old business again.He looked at the letterhead Zhu Wusheng handed over, and frowned slightly, apparently disapproving of Wu Xiaoliang's move, but he hesitated for a moment, and said cheerfully:

"County Zhu is hardworking and dedicated, so I will allocate funds and supplies, and they will be in place tomorrow."

Zhu Wusheng didn't expect this person to be so eloquent, so he left after thanking him.Now that the money and food were in place, he immediately felt confident, got into his jeep, and ordered the driver to drive directly to the refugee gathering place outside the city. As soon as he left the city, he was stunned by the scene in front of him. There were hungry people everywhere, and the sound of desperate crying lingered in the sky. I just feel that my heart is panicked for no reason. Is this a sign of a catastrophe?How could the common people be implicated in the Lunan War?

Immediately, people were asked to allocate funds from the county government to buy rice and noodles, and distribute the food first, so as to fill their stomachs first, wait for the prefab housing area to be built, and then move in collectively.On the way back to the county mansion, a confidant patted on the horse and said: "The magistrate is serious about the matter beforehand. If so many disaster victims are not handled properly and cause trouble, our Linzi County may also be a disaster."

Zhu Wusheng heard that subordinate's flattery, and his heart moved. These victims may have come here because the provincial government is in Linzi. It seems that Chairman Wu's order to treat the victims preferentially was not a whim. This move should win the hearts of Shandong people. .It's just that we need to guard against people with ulterior motives from making troubles in Shandong.

"Send the Chief of Police to see me at once."

It is necessary to prevent accidents in advance. It is not appropriate to gather so many people together. We should study a plan to manage these fragments.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the front foot arrived at the county government, someone delivered the official document of the provincial government. Zhu Wusheng opened it and saw that it was Wu Xiaoliang's own handwritten refugee disposal plan, one of which made his eyes shine.

"It's good to use work for relief. In this way, it not only solves the problem of labor shortage, but also solves the livelihood problem of the victims. It's like killing two birds with one stone!"

Zhu Wusheng immediately leaned over his desk and wrote vigorously.

……

The Lunan War went on until the end of October, and both sides were exhausted from fighting. The few elite troops that Zhang Zongchang fought with all their strengths all fell apart.Han Fuju was alright, but his strength was greatly damaged.He suffered from Zhang Zongchang's scorched-earth strategy in the south of the road. Mengyin, Yishui, and Zhucheng were almost uninhabited by Zhang Zongchang, and the rice and wheat that were about to be harvested were burned for thousands of miles.Originally, Han Fuju's military rations were beyond his means, but later he fell out with Feng Yuxiang and was cut off from supplies. He originally planned to collect Lunan's rations to solve his urgent needs, but he never thought that he would be allowed seven inches by Zhang Zongchang, and his situation became more and more difficult.

However, Zhang Zongchang's move also brought extremely serious damage to the local area in southern Shandong. Nearly a million people were homeless. In the original bumper harvest year, the fertile fields were burned all of a sudden, and almost their families were destroyed. Laiwu, Boshan, and Zichuan went straight to Linzi.

Word of mouth spread among the victims that going to Linzi provided food, clothing and work.

"I heard that Chairman Wu of the Provincial Government has arranged housing and jobs for the victims who fled to Linzi earlier. Let's try our luck too..."

"That's right, Mr. Qingtian, Chairman Wu, is a rare and honest official. I heard that the old man took out his own property..."