Back to the Republic of China to open a department store

However..."

Gu Hanlin looked up to the sky and sighed, while wiping away the same tears that kept falling, he shook his head helplessly, "It is indeed something that kid can do."

"Third Master, he will come back alive, won't he?"

Leaning his head on Lu Xiazhi's shoulder, Li Ye sobbed and asked softly, "So I want to protect his property here, right? We will all be alive and wait for him to come back alive."

"Yes...he is right, he will come back alive, and we will all be alive."

"In a few more years, we will be victorious. Whether it is the Eastern devils or the Western devils, they will all be kicked out. There will be no more concessions in Shanghai by then, and China will be the China of the Chinese. Believe it Me! Believe in the third master!"

This is not consolation, this is the reality of light!

"We have to work hard to survive and wait for him to come back."

Luo Xiazhi raised his head, put his hands on Li Ye's shoulders, and showed a smile.

"Did you know? The darkest moment before the dawn is the only moment when the sea and the sky blend together. The sea and the sky are a pair of lovers, they are not separated, they are just waiting for the next encounter."

Thinking of what Gu Hanlin said to him on the cruise that day, Luo Xiazhi said to Li Ye firmly.

"Rebellion is the beginning of the dawn, and we will meet at the place of victory."

"Will we meet?"

Li Ye asked.

"Yes! One day! We will meet again!"

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Three days later, Luo Yunze and Bai Fenghuang arrived in Guangzhou, and they had grown into the graceful smiles of young girls, standing at the Guangzhou Railway Station looking forward to it.

At the moment when she saw her long-lost father, the young strong woman who alone supported Shimai Department Store Hong Kong Company finally shed tears and threw herself into the arms of her no longer young father.

At the same time, Luo Hehe and Abao, who was about to pass the middle school entrance exam, came to meet them at the station.

This family has really experienced the aftermath of the brothers and sisters, and now they only hope that Luo Xiazhi can reunite with them as soon as possible.

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Luo Xiazhi, who chose to stay in Shanghai, guards the future of the city together with Gu Hanlin and Li Ye.

Fighting side by side with them was Xiao Feiyan.

As the sole heir mother of the Sun family, she returned to her husband's "Yangtze River Cruise Company", rejected all suitors, and continued to develop Sun Xiaokai's unfinished business wholeheartedly.

She wants to keep this company, for Sun Xiaokai, and for her daughter!

Her daughter is going to be the future Chinese ship queen!

The Yangtze River route of the Sun family and the coastal route of the Luo family are not only commercial arteries, but also transportation arteries for military supplies.

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Four years later, the Pacific War broke out, the Japanese completely occupied the Shanghai Concession, Shanghai fell, and entered the "isolated island period".

This most prosperous city in the Far East has ushered in the darkest moment since its opening.

Before the Japanese ordered the closure of major factories and shops, and issued an embargo on waterways and landways, Luo Xiazhi and Xiao Feiyan had spent several years continuously sending the industrial seeds planted in these years to the safe place.

Except that the garment factories and rubber shoe factories still need to continue to produce military supplies and deliver them to the frontline soldiers, so they cannot be moved.

Rorschach first moved the rubber factory to Liuzhou, which is relatively safe, to ensure that tire production can continue.

Before the flames of war spread to the north, Fan Dongli, who received the Rorschach telegram, gave up the factory in Tanggu, Tianjin ahead of time, and sent all the machines and equipment that could be dismantled to the Luo family's cruise ship to Guangzhou.

Then he set fire to the factory - he would not leave a single part to the Japanese!

The fertilizer factory in Nanjing was bombed by the Japanese army the day after the machine was dismantled.

After threatening Fan Dongli and Luo Xiazhi to hand over the factory several times but failed, the Japanese chose to destroy it completely.

Fortunately, although the factories and docks were bombed, the machines were successfully boarded and transported along the Yangtze River to the rear of Chongqing.

These chemical equipment will soon be able to produce explosives in large quantities and send them to the frontline battlefields.

At this time, there are still four years before the victory of the Anti-Japanese War...

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Four years later, amidst the joyful and desolate singing of "Congratulations", the people who have struggled in the dark for nearly 14 years finally ushered in the news of victory.

"Winter is coming to an end, which is really good news, the warm spring breeze is about to wake up the earth.

The vast ice and snow melted, and the plum blossoms spit out their pistils. After a long night, I heard a rooster crowing.

Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations, congratulations! "

Luo Xiazhi only found out not long ago that this New Year's Brainwashing Divine Comedy, which is played on a loop at the entrances of all supermarkets and canteens during the New Year, was composed to celebrate the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.

Holding the colorful flags handed over by the students on the side of the road, Luo Xiazhi held Li Ye in one arm and Gu Hanlin in the other, standing on the train, looking at the train that was about to come from the north.

On that fire, there are their loved ones, the family they have been looking forward to for a long time.

After a long whistle, the train spit out a mouthful of white mist and stopped firmly on the rails.

People holding flowers and waving flags flocked up to welcome these heroes who returned triumphantly from the front line.

Supporting Li Ye's trembling arm, Luo Xiazhi took off his glasses, and looked at the middle-aged man wearing a yellow military uniform and carrying a backpack, slowly getting off the train.

"Xiaoye! Xiaoxia! Cousin! I'm back!"

He was thinner, almost out of shape, and there was even a scar running through his face from left to right, but Liang Shaolong still used his cynical expression, waved his arms vigorously at them, and ran away with a big stride come over.

Luo Xiazhi, Gu Hanlin and Li Ye also spread their legs and ran towards him with open arms.

Will we meet again?

Yes!

As long as we are still on this land, as long as there is one person guarding her—our motherland,

One day!We will meet again!

The author has something to say: Ah, I was so uncomfortable writing this, I cried all day. . .

Until I wrote the last few lines, I was still considering whether to write Liang Shaolong to death.

Originally, I wanted to kill a supporting character to sacrifice to the heavens, but at first I decided on Luo Yunze, but later I thought it would be nice if Liang Shaolong died, but in the end I didn't kill any of them. . .I'm so cowardly!

This book will be serialized from September 2020 until the end of the text on December 9th.This is my reconstruction work for N years after I almost gave up writing. There are many shortcomings. Thank you for your company for so many months.

Tomorrow I will post at least one side story (maybe two), and then I will finish this work completely.

According to the previous agreement, I will post a reference book list, and friends who are interested in old Shanghai can also refer to it.

"Atmosphere in the Early Republic of China", "Light and Shadow Shanghai: From the Late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China", "The Tone of the Republic of China", "A Study of Modern Movie Posters", "Business in the Republic of China", "Love "Buy" Shanghai: Old Department Stores on Nanjing Road", "Shanghai Eighteen Aspects", "Shanghai Ten "Eight Elements", "Shanghai Sketch", that's about it!

Well, if you want to watch the friends in Fanwai, let’s meet again tomorrow. Fanwai will mainly write back to Luo Xiazhi 100 years later.Everyone still remember that he was reborn after a fall while grabbing a lucky bag, right?What will happen to Rorschach 100 years later when he wakes up?

See you tomorrow!

感谢在2020-12-0722:21:01~2020-12-0821:50:10期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel of irrigation nutrient solution: 12 bottles of purple mist;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!