Rebirth of the Northern Giants

Qian San looked around, and then said softly: "Don't look at Madam's calm appearance, she actually understands, I will send you a word, just do things with your heart."

The closer we get to Qiqihar, the busier the road becomes.

"Miss, look quickly, there are many long-haired devils over there." Xiaolu screamed, pointing to groups of Russians in chains and shouting.

Sheng Huiyi looked into the distance and saw hundreds of Russians carrying rails or gravel to build the railway, with Chinese soldiers armed with live ammunition guarding them.

With so many Russian captives, the military government will naturally not keep them in vain. Mining and building roads have become their best choice.

When the Chinese army monitoring the Russians saw the horse team passing by, they all turned around and looked carefully. When they saw the flag of Habayashi Guards, they were all surprised and quickly raised their hands in salute.

"Captain Li, isn't that Xiao Linzi?" A shed leader pointed to Zhang Zuolin, who was arrogant in front of the horse team, and said to his team officer with a smile.

Captain Li smiled and replied: "Xiao Linzi is a bitch, he found a good job then, do you know who is in the carriage?"

The shed chief curiously asked his triumphant team officer, "Who?"

"Madame Grand Marshal"

"Madam Grand Marshal has come to our Northeast?"

Team Li said cheerfully: "This is not new news. The officials in the Supervision Office have been very busy these days."

The shed leader replied knowingly: "No wonder the streets of Qiqihar have been cleaned three times."

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Qiqihar, in the governor's mansion of the three provinces, Zhang Zhidong is constantly correcting official documents. He has been very busy since he called in the northeast. Fortunately, he has rich experience and has brought a large number of cronies over. .

In Zhang Zhidong's view, the Northeast is a waste of a thousand things waiting for a new one. The first thing to solve is the population problem. After the Manchus entered the customs, in order to prevent the Han people from overthrowing their rule, the Manchu nobles had no place to stay and tried their best to prevent the Han people from entering. In the Northeast, until the military government overthrew the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Northeast has not been banned.

As soon as Zhang Zhidong took office, he began to count the population of the three provinces in the Northeast. After more than a month, he roughly knew how many people there were in the Northeast. The three huge provinces were only about 600 million. He couldn't help being dumbfounded.

After finding out the crux of the problem, of course it is necessary to prescribe the right medicine. Zhang Zhidong opened his mouth and reported to the military government, demanding that Shandong, Hebei, even Henan, Anhui and other places immigrate to the Northeast at a rate of 500 million people per year.

Zhang Zhidong stared at this undeveloped virgin land with burning eyes. There were no intricate relationships, no deep-rooted and leafy forces, and he could do whatever he wanted. Can you not be excited?

Therefore, it is ready to join forces with the national defense forces of the three provinces, reorganize the army, make every effort to govern, open mines, build railways, build banks, and run schools.

The immigration policy has already started, but Zhang Zhidong is too slow to idle, and these people are good citizens, not easy to be exploited. In order to speed up the development, Zhang Zhidong asked the military government for a large number of people serving prison and reform to fill the coolies. Exile was popular in the past Criminals went to Hainan, and now it is popular to exile criminals to the Northeast.

Zhang Zhidong formulated a plan to build the east and west trunk lines of the railway running through the three provinces in Northeast China, and finally connected with the main railway line from Beijing to Jinan that the military government is currently starting to construct.

"Xiang Shuai, that guy is coming soon, do you want to go out of the city to meet him?" Zhao Fengchang, Zhang Zhidong's confidant and aide, appeared in front of him at some point, reminding him with a smile.

Zhang Zhidong frowned, "Who is that? Who is it?"

Zhao Fengchang gave a wry smile, this handsome man was probably obsessed with his grand plans: In the development of Northeast China, he wished that one day could be used as two days, and he even forgot such an important thing.

"Xiang Shuai forgot, the generalissimo's wife is almost here."

Zhang Zhidong's eyelids twitched, and he said with a smile: "That's not necessary, Sheng Xuanhuai and this old man know each other, and his daughter is still my junior."

Zhao Fengchang coughed and reminded: "She is now the wife of the Generalissimo, not your descendant."

Zhang Zhidong curled his lips, and said impatiently: "You find the old man to get a wife and ask her to go instead. If Ye Zhikui can replace him with his wife to reward the army, of course the old man can also go to greet him with his wife."

It seems that Zhang Zhidong is very arrogant and can't let go of his figure. It is estimated that he will go to greet Ye Zhikui only if he comes personally.

Seeing this, Zhao Fengchang shook his head helplessly, so he had to report it to Mrs. Zhang in the Houfu.

At this time, Sheng Huiyi and the others were about to reach Qiqihar City, and the road became more and more prosperous, and the people who came and went the most were some soldiers who were busy with military affairs.

Qiqihar, originally the capital of Heilongjiang, was the logistics supply base of the North Route Army and the Northeast Route Army. The reinforcements of the National Defense Forces were dispatched here, and the disabled soldiers who needed rescue were also sent to the rear, not to mention the days before. Refugees fled to this city, which caused Qiqihar's deformed prosperity for a while.

On the outskirts of the city, Sheng Huiyi saw countless temporary shacks rising from the ground to build a temporary shelter for those refugees.

Some houses have not yet been completed, and there are soldiers and civilians in military uniforms, shouting cheering slogans, and moving huge wooden foundation stones, a fiery scene.

"Miss, these people are so pitiful." Looking at the ragged refugees, the little girl couldn't help feeling sympathetic.

Zhang Zuolin had already rode beside Sheng Huiyi's carriage at some point, this kid looked rough, but in fact he was cunning inside, knowing that the wife of the Generalissimo would definitely have questions and ask some local experts.

Sure enough, when Sheng Huiyi saw the refugee camp, he couldn't help asking: "Little General, what do the refugees here do for a living?"

Zhang Zuolin made some preparations before he came, and he replied calmly at this time: "Returning to the wife of the Generalissimo, these people can now do some physical work, fight for a job to support their families, new policies for the three provinces, road construction , Building a house requires manpower, so they won’t starve them.”

"What about those orphans and widowed mothers? Don't they have to work to earn a living?" Sheng Huiyi asked with a frown.

Zhang Zuolin quickly replied: "That's not necessary, the city will provide these people with two meals of porridge every day."

"Really?" Sheng Huiyi pondered for a moment, then smiled and said: "It should be dinner time now, why don't we go and have a look first."

A female soldier hurriedly called Qian Sanlai

"General Qian, I intend to go ahead to see the situation of the refugees. Why don't you go ahead and transport the ordnance into the city? I'll be there later, and the guards are enough." Sheng Huiyi ordered.

Qian San looked at the 100-strong female guards with slight contempt, and persuaded with a smile: "Why don't I leave [-] troops, plus Captain Zhang's welcome troops, and guard the safety of the generalissimo's wife together with the personal guards?" how?"

The female soldier captain gave Qian San a vicious look, but he was afraid that something would happen, so he didn't object.

Sheng Huiyi was kind, and he would not let others worry, so he nodded in agreement.

The most gorgeous carriage in the middle stopped, Xiaolu carefully supported Sheng Huiyi and walked down.

Several female soldiers immediately stepped forward, covering the front and back

Zhang Zuolin bent over and led the way

Some ordinary people had been watching the majestic cavalry from a distance, but now they saw a team of 300 people walking towards the refugee camp, they were even more curious and looked sideways.

People around started muttering.

"It's so beautiful, which family's eldest lady is it? Why are you coming to our refugee camp?"

"Shh, shut up quickly, didn't you see that it was Habayashi guarding by the side?" the knowledgeable person in the crowd quickly silenced.

"Habayashi Wei, where is the Generalissimo?" Heilongjiang was raging with war, and even ordinary people were more concerned about the military system of the military government, not to mention having more contacts with those soldiers of the National Defense Forces, it was not uncommon to understand them.

"Why did the Generalissimo come here? Did you see the decent woman in the middle? It was rumored a few days ago that the Generalissimo's wife will come to our Northeast, so it should be."

"Madam Marshal, isn't that the Empress? Are we going to kneel down?"

"The military government has abolished the ritual of kneeling a long time ago, but it's better not to say too much."

Sheng Huiyi did not reveal his identity, but as the news spread, more and more people learned that these ordinary people all stood on the side of the road with their heads bowed to salute. The government also actively helped the people of the three provinces, which naturally won the hearts of the people.

Not far away, there were more than a dozen cauldrons that were steaming, and the sergeant was stirring them with a large spoon. In front of the cauldron, there were more than ten long queues, all of whom were old people and children. It is not the first time to receive porridge.