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Text Chapter 416 The ignited flame!

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    While Yang Qiu was thinking about how to re-capture the pulse of the Far East, which was increasingly deviating from history, St. Petersburg still arrived at this day according to inertia.

    The day started as usual.  In the Embassy of the Republic of China in St. Petersburg to Russia, the chef placed brown bread mixed with sawdust and a small jar of nearly bottomed butter on the table. The milk and eggs before the war had completely disappeared from the table, even the ambassador of a country had already  Unable to get regular rations.  In order to make the breakfast look more substantial, the chef thought about opening the last bucket of lunch meat.  This ten-pound package of lunch meat was specially sent by the Second Expeditionary Force of the Russian Army. However, he still did not dare to waste it and cut the meat into thin slices and put it on everyone's plate.

    Chen Shijie and his partners frowned at this breakfast after arriving at the restaurant.  Of course, they were not doing it for themselves, but for Mrs. Peide who had just recovered: "Brother Liu, are there no eggs? Today is Women's Day. My wife has a foot injury and I can boil some eggs for her." The chef named Brother Liu is the embassy's chef.  The local old overseas Chinese employed, but it is difficult for a clever woman to make a living without rice, so when faced with this problem, Sixth Brother could only shrug his shoulders: "I finished eating it the day before yesterday. Now it is difficult to buy even this kind of black bread in the market outside. If this continues  I¡¯m afraid we¡¯re all going to be hungry.¡±

    "Isn't there some rice in the cellar? It's better to cook a bowl of porridge for Madam than to eat this sawdust."

    "Nothe grain in the cellar cannot be moved for the time being!" The counselor was about to ask Brother Six to go to the cellar to get the grain reserves to make porridge, when Wang Zhengting's voice rang from the stairs.  Seeing Mrs. Peide coming down with her, Chen Shijie hurriedly walked over to help her and said, "Sir, why can't you use the food reserves? How can Madam eat these things with her injured foot?"

    More than two dozen embassy staff gathered around the small dining table. Since the Russian food shortage, the embassy has abolished the distinction between large canteens and small restaurants. Everyone eats together in this way to avoid waste.  Wang Zhengting asked everyone to sit down and then said: "This year's heavy snow is very different from previous years. There will definitely be flooding after the snow, so the food reserves need to be reserved for emergencies. How can it be eaten so early."

    Mrs. Peide also smiled and picked up the hard black bread. She picked up a little butter about the size of a soybean with the tip of a table knife, spread it on the bread and said: "Zixin is right. This year's wars and natural disasters will definitely be very serious. Food needs  Save it for the most critical moment. Besides I think these breads are also very delicious." Under everyone's gaze.  The wife of a diplomat who was married to China broke open the bread, dipped it in the boiling water in front of her and stuffed it into her mouth.  Seeing her struggling to chew the hard bread mixed with sawdust, Wang Zhengting smiled slightly and picked up the bread and started to bite it.  Although everyone can't bear it, the food shortage in Russia is serious now, even if you have money, you can buy food.  The food reserves must be kept until the most critical moment, so Brother Six and everyone could only sigh helplessly.

    Chen Shijie felt bad and thought about it and said, "How about I go to the Urals. Li Liejun should have a lot of bacon and salty bones on hand. I can bring some back for Madam to replenish her health." Mrs. Peide shook her head and said with a smile.  : "Shijie, thank you. But my injury has healed, please rest assured. There are also snow disasters in China now, and melting snow will cause floods, so this summer's grain harvest will definitely be severely harvested! And there will be serious shortages along the Siberian Railway line.  There were some rebels. Train transportation is very vulnerable to attack, so the food stored in the Urals needs to be reserved for workers and soldiers. In fact, compared with the soldiers on the front line, I am very happy."

    Seeing her say this, Chen Shijie could only nod his head in agreement, thinking to himself that he would just send someone to go quietly after a while.  After everyone had finished eating, Wang Zhengting asked about the situation of the expeditionary force and Ural as usual, and asked everyone to pay attention to the outside before helping Mrs. Peide back upstairs to rest.  After seeing the two people leaving, Chen Shijie immediately greeted everyone, and first sent two people to try to find a way to hitchhike to the Urals to bring back some meat. Then he grabbed the chef Liu Ge and asked, "Brother Liu, do you know where I can buy some food?"  ?¡±

    Brother Liu has lived in St. Petersburg for 30 years and is one of the oldest overseas Chinese in the embassy.  But this was the first time I encountered this situation. After thinking for a long time, he said: "It must be gone in the market. Now the only people who can have good food are the nobles. I know a few servants, but they  "

    "I know, wait for me." After Chen Shijie understood what he meant, he immediately went back to the house and took out a stack of dollars. These were originally the activity funds given to him by the Security Bureau, but now they don't care about so much.  He also asked someone to find a large bag and just as he was about to go out, Sixth Brother grabbed him and said, "Bring a gun. Yesterday Zhang Yuan and I went to buy black bread and saw someone robbed with a gun."

    Chen Shijie smiled and patted his waist, indicating that he was ready. After that, the two put on their hoods and pushed the two bicycles out to find food.  After seeing the backs of the two people from upstairs, Wang Zhengting sighed: "Hey I don't know how long this day will last. I heard that there is a big parade today It's really nerve-wracking."

    Mrs. Peide also sighed.  St. Petersburg has had her since Rasputin was killed late last yearThe atmosphere felt tense.  City-wide marches in January, clashes in February when thousands of workers were laid off, and constant bad news from the front lines put the city and the country on the verge of explosion.  She stood up and walked to her side, her eyes also full of uneasiness: "Zixin. Do you think if Russia can we win the final victory?" Although she married far away from China, Mrs. Peide still loved her.  Belgium, under the iron heel of the German army, misses him deeply.  Whenever I think of the fall of the motherland and the people being enslaved, tears fall uncontrollably.  Lu Zhengxiang hugged his wife distressedly and comforted him: "Don't worry, this is an expedition specially sent by the Vice President! Since he dares to invest so much, I believe he must be somewhat sure of the final victory."

    "Yes." Mrs. Peide nodded, but the worry in her eyes still could not be dispelled.

    Sixth Brother and Chen Shijie quickly rushed to the backyard of Grand Duke Petrovich's luxurious villa.  Nicholas II's cousin was obviously not among those starving.  When Chen Shijie waved the dollar, the two servants quickly moved out several boxes of food, including two cans of fine caviar and a large cod.  After stuffing these into the cloth bag, Sixth Brother couldn't be happy, and said bitterly: "Look! The common people are starving, and the soldiers eat chaff and drink water every day to fight on hungry stomachs, but they eat a lot of fish and meat and use military vehicles to carry them home.  Food! All the food provided by the British has been misappropriated by these nobles. If this continues, it will be damned if we don¡¯t cause trouble."

    Chen Shijie smiled slightly and said nothing. As an agent deployed by the Security Bureau in Russia, he knew the current situation in Russia better than anyone else.  When the two of them pushed their bicycles back along the same route, they suddenly encountered a small group of soldiers armed with weapons!  This made Sixth Brother nervous. There have been a lot of incidents of soldiers robbing things in St. Petersburg recently.  Fortunately, this group of soldiers seemed to be performing some urgent mission, and they hurried towards the square without even looking at them.

    Looking at the direction they left, Chen Shijie frowned and suddenly felt the urge to take a look.  But thinking that these foods were very important to everyone, I could only suppress my curiosity and continue walking back.  But when they walked out of this wealthy residential area, the sight in front of them immediately stunned them.

    "Oh my God! There must be tens of thousands of people" Brother Six opened his mouth so wide that he unconsciously let go of his hand holding the bicycle, only to see that the street that was empty just now had been completely crowded.  .  Countless workers in blue denim uniforms rushed past like a flood, and what was even more surprising was that there were actually many women among them rushing towards the palace.  Almost subconsciously, Chen Shijie suddenly hugged the cloth bag full of food tightly and pulled Sixth Brother to the roof of the building next to him.  When the two of them reached the top of the building, they felt like their scalps were going to explode!

    Workers, countless workers!  Women countless women too!  There were also Bolsheviks wearing identification armbands, and even many anti-war soldiers with weapons!  Everywhere!  Crowds of people!  It was as if there was an inaudible magic flute calling.  The whole of St. Petersburg gathered under the sound of the flute, and no matter which direction you looked, there were densely packed heads of people.  Even though the streets were packed, people still flowed out of the alleys and merged into the flood peak to sweep towards the square in front of the palace!  Although there had been many large demonstrations in St. Petersburg since the war, neither of them had seen such a large scale, and  "Brother Sixcan you hear the meaning? The slogans they used this time seem to be a little different."

    "Wait, let me listen" Brother Six pricked up his ears, but after a while he no longer needed to listen because there were only two voices left in the world.

    "End the war! End the dictatorship!"

    When the two were surrounded by a surging crowd of demonstrators.  When Chen Shijie began to chew on the word "end the dictatorship", which was rarely used in previous protest marches, gunfire rang out in the square in the distance.

    It¡¯s chaos!  Total chaos!

    The sound of gunshots made Wang Zhengting, who was also paying attention with binoculars, suddenly feel heartbroken. Mrs. Peide secretly prayed that the conflict would not intensify.  In order to allow Russia to continue fighting until it defeats Germany and liberates Belgium, their wishes were completely buried after a plume of black smoke rose.  Shortly after the excited demonstrators clashed with the military and police, the St. Petersburg police station building was set on fire. Immediately afterwards, a large number of cavalry loyal to the tsar began to appear and trampled the demonstrators with iron hooves.

    "Zixin" After the police station was set on fire, Mrs. Peide's last extravagant hope came to nothing. She grabbed Wang Zhengting's clothes with trembling hands: "Do you think this is like six years ago  "

    six years ago?  Wang Zhengting was stunned at first, and then quickly remembered a scene that happened in China six years ago.  Lien Zhan suffered a series of defeats with countless casualties, turmoil, hunger and cold, economic collapse and the runaway power of the powerful!  After nearly three years of war, Tsarist Russia was completely and completely crushed by a team of 300,000 strikers!

    The flame of revolution was finally ignited by the angry proletariat on International Women¡¯s Day.  The whole world has been swept away by the Russian hot air.?Burned.

    "No, I have to see the queen! I have to see Grand Duke Alexandro. Come, prepare a car" Wang Zhengting understood what must be done at this time.  Even if it is not for the country, not for the tens of thousands of soldiers who are still fighting fiercely in Ukraine and the Urals, and not for the hundreds of thousands of Russian-Chinese workers, he at least wants to think about his wife, so he is determined to prevent the situation from deteriorating further so as not to endanger the Eastern Front battlefield.  But he just walked downstairs.  Suddenly, a dozen men in cotton robes carrying dozens of large and small bags rushed in, looking like ordinary traders.

    "The hunter team was ordered to protect the ambassador and his wife." (To be continued)

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