248 happiness

The sky in Wuhan is still covered with sporadic snowflakes, frozen land, and the ditches on the street are frozen like a mirror.

Li Xiang said while horseling, "I'm going to pluck hair on the iron rooster today... Don't you hear Du Fu say that Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road?"

Medy listened with a smile and said, "There are still several good people with conscience in Hankou, and there are several porridges. The old man of Zhao Youcheng's family is a good man, and his family is the most grandied. The foreign church is also serving porridge, but they preach by the way..."

Li Xiangqing said with a blue face, "But there are people who froze to death every day." Say it quickly.

Song Que and others hurried along and stood outside the Dazhi Gate waiting for the Hankou gentry business.

Li Ziyun received the news that Li wanted them to inspect the disaster together. Early in the morning, he led the representatives of the gentry and merchant family in the city to wait for more than an hour in the ice and snow. The representatives exhaled white air and stamped their feet to the sound of a mountain with cold. Looking at it eagerly, he saw a team of fast horses running from afar. Li Ziyun was in a hurry: "Play the music!"

For a moment, Huang Zhong Dalu and silk bamboo made a thunderstorm. In the sound of the salute, more than 100 representatives knelt down and kowtowed to the mountain and shouted: "Welcome the general!"

Li wanted to tighten the reins. The horse circled in place and was restlessly digging the geographical snow. Li wanted to shout fiercely, "It's the Republic of China, and you are still kneeling!" I'm still alive. I don't want you to kneel! Kneel down and kneel to those who froze to death under your eyes!"

Li Xiang scolded, and everyone couldn't raise their heads.

Li wanted to jump off the horse, gently stamped his feet, glanced at the crowd, and said for a long time, "Get up! Today, you will accompany me to see what kind of suffering the refugees have suffered - why don't you see Mr. Zhao, Mr. Ma, Cai Fuqing, general manager of the Hankou Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Sun Difu, general assistant, and Yi Dong Song Weichen... Are these people here?"

"If you go back to the general! My father, Cai Fuqing, has been unwell since the twelfth year. The Beiyang Army made trouble, and his health was even worse. Today, after the heavy snow, he added an unknown fever, so that he could not sleep in bed..."

"My father is lying in bed, coughing blood..."

"My father vomited..."

"Father..."

Li wanted to listen and nodded silently. A cold wind came, and he felt a little forgetful, so he smiled and said, "It's hard for you to meet the cold weather. Your father is so sick that they don't have to worry about the Hankou Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Li Xiang's tone suddenly became colder than the air around him. "The general manager of Hankou Chinese Business Association is represented by Li Ziyun! From now on, the general manager of Hankou Chinese Business Association will still be elected by Hankou Chinese businessmen themselves, but the election results must be reported to the military and political committee, and the military and political officials will issue a license before it can take effect!"

-I'm gorgeous-the dividing line-

Under the eaves of the shops west of Dazhi Gate, the ruined temple is full of people. A family and a nest set up broken huts and thatched huts at the root of the city wall, which actually meant to live for a long time. Fortunately, since this military disaster, there has been a lot of rubble inside and outside Hankou, and there are many free places, otherwise it will be really overcrowded.

The Zhao family set up a shed outside the wharf of the Dragon King Temple twice a day. There are four porridge houses around the Dragon King Temple. In addition to the Zhao family's porridge shed, there is also a foreigner who comes to Hankou to do business. The Ma family also has a porridge shed, and another one is Liu Xinsheng.

Four porridge shops are lined up, and the flags hanging are "Zhao", "Ma", "Liu" and "Cheng". Those fleeing farmers who spend the winter in the simple shed built by the household department, although they are ragged and skinny, think they have adapted to the cold winter weather, but rarely get sick.

Several foreigners in missionary clothes walked around the refugees, prescribed medicine for several sick elderly people, and preached the gospel of Emperor Ye.

Meidi looked left and right at Yang Ling and said, "Sai, the surname of the left head is Cheng. I heard that the Cheng brothers are the famous king of the yarn factory in Hubei."

Li wanted to look around. As for the representatives of the children sent by the gentry family, they had already been bombarded back and looked at him. If you want to deal with them, you have to think about other folds.

Medi said that Li wanted to know. The Cheng family hanging on the left is said to be a huge rich man in Hubei. The owner is two brothers, Cheng Bolan and Cheng Dongchen, who are known as the first yarn factory in China. There are 44,000 optical yarn ingots in the yarn factory, 600 cloth machines, 8,000 workers, and 3 million yuan raised.

The Cheng brothers entered Hankou this time, just to think about it. With the restoration of Hankou, Li wanted to issue a series of decrees conducive to industry and commerce, and strongly withdraw Hankou Customs, so the two brothers believed that this was a good time to make the family business bigger and stronger.

When they entered Hankou, they immediately sent their families to give porridge relief here. Their family was rich, and they actually gave porridge three times a day. At this time, it was noon, and the refugees lined up in front of the Cheng family's shack waiting for charity.

Li Xiangsui said, "Uh-huh. Lao Liu, Lao Li, it seems that they are going to open the yarn factory into Hankou. Your Chinese Chamber of Commerce should help them as much as they can.

Li Ziyun, who has just been promoted to the general manager of the Chamber of Commerce, smiled and said, "It goes without saying that my position as the general manager is not stable. It is they who are such a strong person to join, and I will not let them go."

Liu Xinsheng smiled and said, "You can rest assured. There is a marshal behind your back, and you sit very steadily. Those ignorant guys will only lose them.

Li Ziyun thinks so, is there anything that can't be done with the barrel of the gun?

Li wanted to look at Mei Di. In Liu Xinsheng's porridge shed, she was snuggling up in front of the porridge pot where the fire was fading, so she walked over and smiled and said, "It's true that as you said, there is nothing terrible as I imagined."

Meddy's nose was red with cold, and her cheeks were woody. She sucked her nose and said, "It's really cold here. It's hard for me to roast the fire. I really can't imagine how those people spend the winter. The marshal mobilized more rich families to come forward to the disaster. It's too much, but no matter how tough the means are, it's not too much. Those families have a huge wealth, and it is easy for a family to help dozens of people through the winter. In addition. Although these people are poor and pitiful, most of them have the strength, and there are many of them who are lazy to be apprentices. They are not raised by others for a few months. They can still be foots and servants. They might as well organize some young and strong people to allow them to work in the city. On the one-time, they can earn some salary, and on the other, they don't have to do anything. They have to do something sneaky on their birthday for a long time.

Li Xiang laughed and said, "What is said is that for those gentry merchants, they can't be soft!" That's a good idea. Hankou is in ruins. I don't know how many people will be needed to rebuild it? In fact, the revolutionary army has always carried out work for vibration. I will discuss with Tie Gong Qishi again and ask the military government to register these disaster victims, and then assign work according to their personal ability.

After he said that, he saw Meddie swung up next to the stove like a little quail, and couldn't help laughing, "Is it so cold? Why don't you wrap it in my big bag to warm up?

He just said, and suddenly saw a green-robed scholar flashing out of the Zhao family's porridge shed in the distance. He turned around and said a few words to an old man who came out, and then arched his hand and walked towards the Dragon King Temple.

Li wants to recognize that the man is Zhao Youcheng's sister Zhao Youyu in men's clothes. As long as she is a beautiful woman he has seen, he will not forget. I couldn't help but feel moved.

Zhao Youyu obviously saw Li Xiang standing under the shed of the Liu family. Obviously, she still recognized his appearance and looked a little surprised. When she saw the Liu flag hanging on the shed, she couldn't help smiling and nodded slightly to Li Xiang.

Meadowy held his chin in his hand and turned his eyes and said, "Is this Miss Zhao who is dressed as a man? Does the marshal know her?

Li Xiang nodded and said, "Zhao Youcheng's old sister, when she beat Zhang Xiyuan in Xiaogan City, she took the Lin family and the people of Xiaogan to help the revolutionary army. "Women's heroes!"

Medi suddenly sat up straight and muttered, "I remember, Master Lin's wife, a feudal arranged marriage... Master Lin has run away from home for this, and he hasn't been married yet."

Li Xiang smiled and said, "You have inquired too much."

Medi frowned and said suspiciously, "You are a handsome man, won't you like her?"

"Meddy, go to hell!"

Zhao Youyu saw Li Xiang, and there was a trace of surprise on her face. She hesitated for a moment before she came forward and smiled, "I've seen the general."

Li Xiang's eyes condensed and said, "Why did you... come back to Hankou? You don't care about the Xiaogan Lin family..."

Zhao Youyu's panicked look had disappeared. She calmed down and said with a gentle smile, "My marriage with Lin Tiechang was originally a mistake. Nothing has happened between me and him. Can't you still rely on the Lin family? Ha ha, ha ha..."

Li wanted to smile awkwardly and said, "This is my negligence. In the Republic of China, women can also pursue their own happiness.

Zhao Youyu bit his lip, and two rows of neat white jade-like teeth appeared between his cherry lips. Suddenly, he said delicately, "What is happiness?"

Zhao Youyu said it and said to him. The water color provoked pity, and the light makeup was beautiful. This smile in the sun was actually charming that he had never seen before.

Li Xiang said with a smile, "Happiness is that I'm hungry. Looking at others holding a meat bun in their hands, he is happier than me; when I'm cold, I see others wearing a thick cotton-padded jacket, he is happier than me; I want to go to the hut, there is just a pit. If you squat there, you are happier than me."

Zhao Youyu couldn't help laughing when he heard his words. A shallow smile on his cheeks flashed, and then he quickly restrained his smile. Zhao Youyu's hat was a little crooked, his hair was exposed, and the wind blew. Occasionally, there was a trace of brushing on Li Xiang's face, itchy and fragrant...

Meddy next to him sucked his nose and said sourly, "I think happiness is that cats have fish to eat and dogs have bones to eat!"

(The second update is over. Rolling all over the ground, asking for tickets and collecting!)