Rebirth of the Flying Era

Chapter 1408 Special Municipalities

 As the news of the compensation agreement with Dongyang spread back to China, the people suddenly rejoiced.

This is undoubtedly a great victory. It is not just an indemnity, but marks the end of an era.

 Since 1840, land has been ceded and compensation payments have been made one after another.

 Although it has won several key wars in recent years, it has not received a penny in compensation.

 Until this time, I finally saw the money back!

Although the mere billions of dollars are incomparable to the losses caused by the Japanese devils who have been wreaking havoc on the land of flowers and fruits for decades, this is indeed a landmark event.

From now on, the hard-talking old and young people in the East will no longer be able to say nonsense like "losing Ami but not losing flowers and fruits".

What is even more encouraging is that our soldiers stood on the soil of the East and spiritually washed away a hundred years of humiliation.

 Although this is far from enough in Du Fei's opinion, it is already the best result that can be achieved at present.

 If you want to get more, the current flowers and fruits are not strong enough.

 On that day, a grand celebration was held from day to night.

Even the old people who were old and in poor health made an exception and drank a few more drinks that night.

At the same time, Zahuang was far away in Hokkaido.

 Nagano Toban and Yamada Kenjiro also received the news that Huaguo had reached an agreement with Toyo.

 The two of them didn’t react much.

At this time, Hokkaido has entered winter. Because of the humid climate, it snowed early.

 The two men were dressed in traditional clothes and sat under the porch, with a small table in the middle and wine heating on the clay stove.

“Nagano-kun, you feel bad~” Yamada Kenjiro picked up the wine pot and filled the two glasses.

Nagano Toban has indeed matured. He looked at the snow-capped mountains in the distance and said calmly: "It's a result that was expected a long time ago. There's nothing unpleasant about it." After saying that, he withdrew his gaze and looked at Yamada Kenjiro: "Does Yamada-kun think that now we have the ability to be independent?" conditions of?"

Yamada Kenjiro smiled bitterly and drank a glass of wine by himself: "Yeah~ after all, we are still too weak. But I didn't expect those people in Tokyo would agree to such harsh conditions. It's really..."

Nagano Toban said: "They are all living puppets. The value of flowers and fruits to America now is much greater than that of Tokyo."

Yamada Kenjiro was silent, his mood was very complicated.

Although he was happy to see Tokyo suffering, he felt uncomfortable with the indemnity for the garrison.

But objectively speaking, this result is good news for Hokkaido.

 Only the closer Huaguo and America are, the greater the value of Hokkaido to Moscow, and they can receive more assistance.

 On the other hand, there is Pingyang in North Gaoli.

 Pu Zhe was inspecting the farm with his father when he heard the news.

  Thanks to the cheap energy obtained from Sulian, North Gaoli has realized agricultural modernization early, and its grain output has been good in recent years.

Coupled with the fact that Du Fei's line from Nanyang to Eastern Europe was transited here, he reaped another wave of dividends, and the situation was excellent.

 But upon receiving the news, Park's father frowned and sighed: "We have finally come to this point."

Pu Zhe frowned. He understood that this was not just a matter between Huaguo and Dongyang, but the most important thing was actually America behind the scenes.

 The reaching of this agreement marks that Hua Mei has moved from mutual testing to a new stage.

America spent real money, and Huaguo will definitely treat her with sincerity in the next step.

 As for how to treat each other with sincerity, everyone knows it well.

 Huaguo and America were old enemies, but now they can get together thanks to Su Lian’s help.

Northern Gaoli is sandwiched between the two sides, so I'm afraid it will be difficult.

Pu Zhe thought for a while and suggested: "Father, how about I go find Du Fei and talk about the situation there?"

 Pu's father thought for a while and nodded slowly. Now he really needed to confirm Huaguo's attitude.

Although in the general direction, it is definitely Hua Mei who joins forces to deal with Su Lian, there are a lot of considerations on how to deal with them.

Is it a direct conflict or an indirect conflict, a head-on confrontation or a soft knife stabbing someone.

 At the same time, Hanoi City, more than 2,800 kilometers southwest of Pyongyang.

 In the old colonial governor's palace, Li Zhu looked at the telegram in his hand with a gloomy face.

As a politician with broad vision and ambition, he certainly understands what this means.

 In the future, even if he drives America away, he will face a more complex and changeable situation.

Last time, after he had a fierce quarrel with Wu Ting, he had taken the opportunity to deprive Wu Ting of his command authority. However, this could not completely resolve their internal differences.

 …

 As Huaguo and Dongyang reached a final agreement, the two parties began to enter into negotiations to normalize relations.

 It came to an end in 1974 amid close concern from surrounding areas.

 A few months have passed in the blink of an eye, and the Spring Festival will be celebrated in a few days.

 Du Fei got off work that day and was playing with his children at home after dinner.

Little Zhengze already looks like a little adult. Zhu Tingsheng’s second child, whose nickname is Dudu, can now crawl.

 At this time, the phone suddenly rang.

Zhu Ting came out of the kitchen after washing the dishes, picked them up, and immediately her expression changed.

“What happened?” Du Fei asked.

 Zhu Ting said: "There's an earthquake! Liao Province, level 7+~"

Du Fei felt a chill in his heart, and suddenly remembered the famous earthquake that killed more than 200,000 people.

 I didn’t realize it until the next moment, because the time and place didn’t match.

Du Fei immediately stood up and took the phone: "Okay, I'll arrange it right away... No problem... We can take off at any time..."

 The call was to Du Fei, hoping to dispatch some transport planes for disaster relief.

 It just so happened that the aircraft manufacturer had a batch of Y-8 transport aircraft and ten gunships that had not yet been delivered.

Du Fei quickly got dressed. In this situation, he definitely couldn't sit at home. It was a matter of attitude.

 What’s more, people’s phone calls are all coming to my home.

Du Fei kissed Zhu Ting: "Wait at home, I'll go over and take a look."

The joy that I promised on the phone just now, the chain must not be dropped, the plane created there, and except Du Fei did not dare to make the master.

Du Fei called a car and rushed straight to the plane.

 Before I came out just now, I had already called the factory and immediately asked the workers after get off work to come back and resume work urgently.

By the time Du Fei arrived, the aircraft factory was already brightly lit.

 The door that is usually closed is open, and trucks are driving in, transporting relief supplies.

In addition, there are also pilots who were dispatched urgently.

 The aircraft manufacturer has a total of 15 Y-8 transport aircraft and 10 gunships.

 Coupled with a total of twenty planes drawn from the army, they can arrive at the disaster area within 40 minutes after taking off.

Du Fei frowned as he looked at the people who were busy loading relief supplies to the plane, always feeling that something was missing.

 Suddenly he thought: "Director Wang!"

Wang Changyou was nearby and responded immediately.

Du Fei shouted: "Searchlight! There's an earthquake. There will be no water or electricity. It's going to be dark. How can we save people if there's no light?"

Wang Changyou slapped his forehead. He was also confused. It was the first time he encountered this situation. He had just answered the phone and had not recovered yet. He quickly said: "I'll ask someone to install it right now."

Du Fei said: "The transport plane can go first, and the gunship will stay behind to install the searchlight."

  In the disaster area of ​​Liao Province, the earthquake occurred at around 7 o'clock. It is now almost 9 o'clock.

 Due to the power outage, the entire disaster area was dark, with only a few places where flashlights emitted faint light.

 Fortunately, scientists made predictions before the earthquake, and provincial leaders issued a “disaster avoidance” order.

 Most people are relatively safe when a strong earthquake occurs.

This is also the only example in the world where an earthquake was accurately predicted before an earthquake and disaster evacuation orders were issued, effectively reducing casualties.

 But at this time, the disaster area was still in a mess, and most of the city was in ruins.

Although nearby troops mobilized quickly to carry out rescue operations, they lacked experience and equipment and were working in vain. The efficiency can be imagined.

At this moment, there was a sudden "thud" movement from the south.

 A fleet of more than a dozen Y-8 transport aircraft arrived and had been contacted in advance.

Although the nearby airport was severely damaged, immediate repairs were carried out to meet the requirements for Y-8 takeoff and landing.

Not far ahead, after radio contact, searchlights were turned on on both sides of the airport's runway to guide the aircraft to land.

About ten minutes after this batch of planes passed, there was another movement.

This time, the planes did not go to the airport, but spread out and circled over the earthquake area.

In the next moment, almost at the same time, dozens of dazzling white light beams pierced the dark night sky. The heavy machine guns originally installed on both sides of the gunship were all replaced by high-power searchlights. It seemed that there were more than twenty little suns in the sky in an instant. .

 After the earthquake, the ruins on the ground were clearly visible under the searchlights.

 Looking down from above, there are almost no intact houses.

 …

 Early the next morning, Du Fei stayed at the aircraft factory all night. He did not sleep for a while until after four o'clock in the morning, and woke up again at dawn.

 After a night of rescue, the situation in the earthquake area was reported back.

Although the magnitude of the earthquake was very high and the destructive power was very strong, the number of direct deaths was not too many because of advance prediction and mobilization of evacuation.

 Preliminary estimates are about several thousand people.

 Compared to an earthquake of this magnitude and occurring in a densely populated industrial area, if there is no advance forecast, the number of casualties is likely to exceed 100,000.

Du Fei washed his face and sat in the office thinking about the even greater disaster next year.

Even he has no way to prevent this kind of natural disaster, he can only try to minimize the losses.

 Imitating this experience may have some effect.

Thinking of this, Du Fei couldn't help but let out a long sigh. He could only do his best and obey fate.

 Follow-up disaster relief went very smoothly. Although the earthquake damage was considerable, the number of dead was not many. According to the final count, there were only more than 2,000 people.

　　　Two months have passed.

 In April, Principal Chang died of illness.

This matter originally had nothing to do with Du Fei, but he didn't expect that just a few days later, he received a letter.

 The letter was sent by Ms. Yu from America.

　In addition to some pleasantries, thanks to Du Fei's previous help, her property has been unfrozen.

 Then the matter of rescuing her husband was mentioned again.

Du Fei mentioned it last time. It was not the right time at that time, and Principal Chang had to be away in order to care about it.

Now a few months have passed, and Principal Chang has left as expected.

Not only that, Ms. Yu once again increased her stakes. As long as her husband could be released, in addition to the previously promised reward of 30 million US dollars, she was also willing to give out a large number of precious antiques. In short, she wanted to save people at any cost.

Du Fei felt a little emotional after reading the letter.

That Zhang Jiangjun is so virtuous and capable that he can marry such a woman.

 But aside from these factors, how to deal with this matter needs to be carefully considered.

Moreover, Yizhou is still having a funeral, so it would be bad to come to the door at this time to seek bad luck and become angry out of humiliation.

 A month later, after celebrating May Day in the capital, Du Fei left for Xiangjiang.

 Previously, because of the so-called "Carnation" outbreak in Portugal, Portugal voluntarily gave up all its overseas territories, including Omen.

 It is different from the world before Du Fei traveled through.

Before Du Fei traveled through the city, due to some objective reasons, he did not directly take back Omen. But now that the economic and political environment is good, there is no reason to shut out his children anymore.

 After more than half a year of handover, Omen has now restored its sovereignty.

 However, the local way of life has not changed much, and it is called a "special municipality".

 With this precedent, the adjacent Xiangjiang River was greatly shaken.

 Some people in Xiangjiang have always been resistant and have a kind of taken-for-granted fear.

 Coupled with the deliberate vilification propaganda carried out by the British people, this fear has been further strengthened.

 Until this time, seeing the situation in Omen, many people’s worries were relieved.

It seems to be a good idea if we can follow the same example and become a special autonomous municipality.

 At least you don’t have to be a second class person.

Du Fei went there this time because he was ordered to see the real situation in Xiangjiang and to find out the real thoughts of people in the business community.

 No one else can do this, only Du Fei can do it.

However, the first person Du Fei met when he came to Xiangjiang was not the people from the big families in Xiangjiang, but another old friend.

 It’s still the same tea restaurant.

 Time seems to have left no mark here, and the place is still the same after two or three years.

Zhou Peng's appearance changed, and his hair was obviously much thinner. When he saw Du Fei, he laughed loudly and gave him another bear hug: "Brother, I miss you so much!"

Du Fei also smiled and patted him on the back.

After hugging, the two sat down. Zhou Peng looked at Du Fei: "You are still the same, you haven't changed~ I can't do it, my hair is falling out in handfuls."

Du Fei said: "Don't stay up too hard at night, or you won't be able to think about it in two years."

Zhou Peng didn't care either. The two of them talked to each other and talked about old times while eating.

 At this time, another person came up from downstairs.

Zhou Peng had sharp eyes and immediately waved: "Old Zheng, where is this~"

Du Fei also discovered that this person was Zheng Maoqing!

Since establishing a relationship with Zheng Maoqing through the 'Qian Jin Mi Jing Wan', Du Fei has not met with him many times and has mainly contacted him through Zhou Peng.

Zheng Maoqing had a smile on his face, and a flash of surprise flashed across his face when he saw Du Fei.

 He didn't know in advance that Du Fei would come, but he came anyway.

 What's more, the place was arranged by Zhou Peng, so there must be no problem in terms of safety.

It's just that he had a hunch that it was definitely not a good thing for Du Fei to come to him personally this time.

 (End of this chapter)