Republic of China small businessman

Each round began to release water, and the hull slowly sank.

The crew members stared at the strange or familiar ships on the river with tears in their eyes, until a small boat came to pick them up and boarded the warship, their eyes still did not leave the rolling river.

The sky will be bright, and the shipwreck mission is finally completed.

In the Shanghai stock market, the atmosphere in a temporary meeting room is tense.

He Dongting frowned and sat on the right side, his face sank like water, without saying a word.

The three leaders at the conference table were all wearing military uniforms. A few people were standing or sitting opposite Boss He. Everyone had angry expressions on their faces. A bearded man slapped the table directly, shaking the glass of water. His eyes were bloodshot, his voice was even hoarse, and he repeatedly reprimanded and asked: "Boss He was brave and righteous yesterday, and Su respected you as a person, but what happened today is too biased. Whose shipyard did not sacrifice? Why did our ship Can it sink, the boat of Fuquanzhuang can't sink?!"

The people on the side were also full of exhaustion, apparently having not slept well all night: "Yes, everyone sacrificed for the national war, there is no reason to just slack off one company, alas, please give me an explanation..."

"Boss He, my Wang family received the news, but without a word, three ships sank!"

There was a lot of discussion among the people, and it was originally a heart-to-heart, but the slightest injustice at this moment was immediately magnified infinitely. For a while, some people questioned the relationship between He Dongting and the Xie family in Shu, which seemed to be a trend of condemnation.

He Dongting still insisted on shaking his head, and said in a deep voice: "The boat in Fuquan Village cannot sink."

The man surnamed Su stared and said: "Why is that! His ships in Shu are more expensive than ours. Can you still resist after receiving the war order?!"

He Dongting said: "It is precisely because it is a ship from Shu that it cannot sink."

Someone sneered: "I'm afraid I'm related to Boss He, so excuse me for my nephew!"

Some of them had business competition with He Dongting on weekdays, and their words were not very polite, while most of them respected He Dongting as a person, the more they were like this, the more disappointed they were, and they were looking up at what he had to say.

"Because of the current crisis, the military and political administration is about to urge to relocate. Not to mention the tens of thousands of tons of military supplies, that is, the transportation of industrial and mining, sand factories and other equipment, all need ships. It is okay for me and you to travel to the Xiangjiang River Basin, but if you enter Chuanjiang must be a boat from Fuquanzhuang! Chuanjiang is fast-moving, and the road is dangerous and narrow. Xie’s boats go back and forth all the year round, so the boats are narrow and long, which is completely different from our boats. Not to mention the riverboats of your Su family, even if it’s me The current Jiang Anlun did not dare to enter easily. After September, the water conditions will be severe. At that time, even if there is an old leader, he must operate cautiously. The river channel is narrow and it is difficult to get off the beach..." He Dongting looked at everyone present, and looked around, " If you want to keep the spark of industry, the Xie family's ship must not sink!"

"The military order is like a mountain, and the task of sinking the ship across the river..."

He Dongting replied in a deep voice: "The boat will come from the He family."

A few days later, the boat that blocked the waterway in Tianjia Town was indeed from the He family, or it could be said that the two Bai and He families worked together.

Bai Jiuye undertook the construction of four large steel-framed concrete ships to replace the steamships. This action saved the next [-] large ships, ensured the ability of the South Crossing route, and made the most critical contribution.

Time was running out, and the number of steel-framed cement ships was not enough, so He Dongting sank the old ships of Hejia Shipping Company into the river, forming the third route on the river.During this mission, China Merchants sank a total of seven ships, eight naval warships, and eighteen private seagoing vessels.

The defense line on the river was initially completed.

In the shipwreck mission, the He family took on the most ships.

At the end of the same month, He Dongting retired, and the post of wartime water transportation dispatcher fell to the younger Bai Jiu.

Jiu Ye was dressed in plain onyx, he was thin and thin, and he was ordered in the face of danger.

When he received the letter of appointment, his expression remained unchanged as usual, and he only said in a low voice: "I will definitely live up to my trust."

As fast as soldiers are, so is the evacuation of factories.As soon as the war broke out, factories in Shanghai and other places became the focus of enemy bombing. The river could still be intercepted for a while, but the planes overhead didn't care about it. The bombs just dropped on the densely packed buildings and factories. I don't know how many innocent people died.

Amidst the sound of bombing, ships loaded with ammunition and machines were busy and silently driving on the river.

August.

The weather was sweltering, but the man waiting in front of the office didn't even bother to wipe his sweat. He looked anxiously towards the door, and immediately stood up as soon as someone came in or out, but he couldn't enter for a while before the secretary summoned him. Being able to sit back on the bench over and over again.

When it was finally his turn, the man stood up quickly, the cuffs of his long gown were all curled up by the fire, he didn't pay attention to his clothes at the moment, he just tidied them up a few times before striding in. He came here this time to visit this Mr. Bai specially. Now that boats are in short supply, he came here just to ask for a boat.

"Bai, Mr. Bai, I know your time is precious. Let me make a long story short. I came here this time to ask for a boat...even a wooden boat is fine. Nowadays, there are many children who have lost their parents in the school due to the war. There are children begging everywhere. I used to be the principal of a primary school, but now I don’t know whether it’s better to call it a school or an orphanage.” The man muttered a few times and smiled wryly, “Mr. For the sake of hope, I have managed to get a sum of money from all walks of life, but I can’t buy a boat ticket anywhere, so I have nowhere to go, so I can only beg you.”

Jiu Ye sat behind the table, with all kinds of books and official documents in his hand, and he didn't look up when he heard him say it. After a while, he finished his work, and then called someone to come, and told him: "You and this ..." He looked up at the other party, and the man standing in front quickly said, "My surname is Chen!"

Master Jiu said again: "Go and see with this Mr. Chen, calculate how many children are still in the school, and arrange the cabin seats. There should be some vacant seats on the cabins going to Hankou in the past two days. Let them Get on board. In addition, from today on, on all water-borne passenger ships, children are half priced, and babies and young children in your arms will not be charged a penny, go."

That Principal Chen was overjoyed, and even thanked him, his voice choked up.He asked all the shipping companies, only here the ticket price has not increased, and if calculated at half price for children, there is still a surplus of donations he received, enough to pick up another group of children and settle them down for a short time.He bowed deeply to the Mr. Bai in front, and then hurried away with the others.

When Xie Jing came in, he happened to pass by Principal Chen. He took a step aside, knocked on the door twice hastily after he left, and walked in.

Master Jiu looked up and saw him, with a slightly relaxed expression, beckoning him to come over.

The secretary at the side was from the East Yard, who recognized Xie Jing, brought them two cups of tea, and quickly closed the door and went out.

Master Jiu asked, "Didn't you go to Hankou with the boat, why did you come back so soon?"

Xie Jing stood behind him, raised her hand to gently rub his temples, and said in a low voice, "I'm worried, I didn't get off the pier, and my uncle's boat turned back overnight."

Master Jiu held his hand, lowered his eyes slightly: "There is no need to rush, there will be a boat going south in two days, you can go with him, stay there, don't come back."

Xie Jing shook his head: "Master, let me stay with you, there are uncle and Mr. Huang over there, they..."

"They're not you. Only you can do this." Master Jiu said slowly, "I'll give you the few people who have stayed abroad. Hankou is not the last stop. I'm afraid that after a while, they will go to Shu."

Xie Jing opened her mouth and closed it again.

The mountains and rivers are dilapidated and devastated, retreating again and again.

Xie Jing didn't refute, and after a while, said hoarsely: "Okay."

They didn't speak to each other, the room was quiet, Xie Jing knew that he couldn't persuade Master Jiu, and all he could say was "yes".

Master Jiu said to him: "Xie's family has many piers in Sichuan, and they have developed rapidly in recent years. The boats at Fuquanzhuang are also obvious to all. They pass through the Three Gorges, which is the road you are most familiar with. Bai, He, Xie No one of the three families can do this alone, and only you can move the boat of the three families..." He smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth, raised his hand and patted the back of Xie Jing's hand, "Jinger, You are really my lucky star."

Xie Jing touched his hair, bowed his head and kissed him.

It is his good fortune that this person is here.