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    Amidst the buzzing sound of the engine, a large three-engine biplane slowly landed at the military airport in the northern suburbs of Xuzhou.  ././

    The airport was built during the Sino-Japanese War. As aircraft became more and more important, the Ministry of National Defense began to build airports all over the country, especially along the coast and in northern Xinjiang.  Especially after the military support from Britain and France arrived one after another, the Ministry of National Defense, which became rich overnight, immediately set the ambitious goal of completing the construction of 100 airports within five years.  You must know that the airport is not only for parking planes, but also requires supporting ground handling and fuel. Without the sky-high military expenditures from Britain and France, even Yang Qiu would not be able to part with it.

    While ground facilities are improving, the aviation industry has also made great breakthroughs two years after pilots went to the Western Front to fight fiercely.  The plane that landed at this time was designed by Wang Zhu, Bayuzao, Zhou Houkun and others who had returned from studying in the United States.  It must be mentioned that the design team also includes aircraft designer Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky, who was invited from Russia last year.  The father of helicopters in the parallel world was hired by Chongqing Aviation Research Institute at the beginning of last year with a high salary of US$1,500 per month, and brought his family to China to take root.  This large three-engine biplane named Albatross is the result of this international design team.  The Albatross 1918 transport aircraft was based on the Dapeng bomber. The design work began in October 1916, and it flew in May 1917. It was finalized in October and entered low-speed production.  It adopts a tube-frame body structure, with three 12-cylinder water-cooled engines produced in Shushan, Chongqing, installed on the nose and wings respectively. Each engine has a power of 360 horsepower. The landing gear and wings have been reinforced to ensure that it can operate at field airports or flat grasslands.  Up and down.  The most important thing is that it adopts a closed cockpit and cockpit design for the first time. With 2 pilots and 5 passengers, it can fly continuously for 7 hours at a speed of 180 kilometers per hour, or carry one ton of cargo directly from Nanjing to Chongqing.

    Whether in terms of load or range, the Albatross is currently one of the best long-range aircraft in the world, second only to a four-engine water monster equipped by the Republic of China Navy and the British twin-engine Handley Page bomber.  But the former is a test machine, and the latter has just begun production, so the Albatross is well-deserved the best in the world.  It's a bit of a pity.  Although there are no problems in the design of domestic engines and airframes because of data machines, the materials and processing accuracy are always not as good as those in Europe. Many accessories need to be purchased from abroad, and many of the workers are experienced skilled workers from Europe.  But as more and more young people enter the mechanical field.  The shortcomings in this area will be quickly made up in the next ten years.  Although the production capacity cannot be as abnormal as in Europe, in order to promote the aviation industry and promote domestic aircraft research and development, the Ministry of National Defense, which is now rich and wealthy, has ordered 68 aircraft for military personnel and transportation, and at the same time, it has given the opportunity to the second generation of larger transport aircraft.  contract.  The government also cooperated and placed an order for 12 aircraft for railway construction, government personnel exchanges and other important tasks.  The most amazing thing is that the newly established Postal Department also bought 12 aircraft, and also purchased 26 second-hand Sparrow training aircraft from the military. It also poached people from aviation schools and aviation teams to learn from the United States and formed a specially designed air mail flying team.

    The Ministry of National Defense was originally very angry about poaching.  But now there are four major aviation schools in China: Chongqing, Changsha, Xinyang and Fengtian. There are more than 2,000 young people enrolled in flight training. The military has more than 1,000 pilots and various types of aircraft after five years of training. So as long as you don't touch those aces  Even the top ones turn a blind eye.

    Tang Juedun is a member of Congress and the mayor of Xuzhou, so he came to the airport early to wait after receiving the telegram. He was even a little dizzy when the huge albatross landed.  As a congressman, he was well-informed, but he was still shocked by such a large aircraft.  It wasn't until Dai Jitao and Dong Yongwei got off the plane that they came back to their senses and greeted them.

    "Sorry, we took off late when we set off, so I kept Tangshi waiting for a long time." Dong Yongwei extended his hand politely.  As one of the first batch of southwest government-sponsored overseas students in 1913.  He studied literature in the United States for three years and then switched to law. He did not return to China until the beginning of the year.  The first batch of graduates from the National Social Society Xiangong were re-employed after returning to China. He himself also entered the Ministry of Justice and served as the local legal affairs commissioner of the Republic of China.

    Tang Juedun had heard of Dong Yongwei and knew that he was Yang Qiu's second secretary, but that was all he knew.  Ever since the gentry in Xuzhou and Jiangsu and Anhui used their sharecropping contracts to resist the immigration land law a few days ago, the Republican Party has been worried.  But he didn't expect that the other party would actually send these two people after worrying for a long time.  The Commissioner of the Ministry of Justice and the National Socialist Society, Dai Jitao, Director of the General Information Administration of the Republic of China What is this idea?  Although both of them are central government officials, their seniority is only on the fringes. Is it necessary to stir up public opinion and use the law to solve the problem?

    If that¡¯s the case, don¡¯t worry too much.  After all, the contract was real and the central government of the Republic of China publicly recognized it.

    What¡¯s more, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui are different from other provinces in the country. Not only do the three areas have a population of over 100 million, they are also the areas with the highest concentration of gentry and landlords. Most of the land in the entire Jiangnan is in the hands of the gentry.  More importantly, the three provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui are traditional cultural areas in China.  The power of the literati clan is far beyond imagination, and the folk customs are more conservative than many southwest mountainous areas.  When Yang Qiu unified the country, the Southwest, Central Plains, Northeast and even Guangdong and Guangdong were all affected.The three provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui have not used troops except to get rid of Ni Sichong. They have also adopted a soft policy towards important officials in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui such as Zhang Jizhi and Xu Guqing. The former is the Minister of Agriculture and the latter is still the governor of Jiangsu Province.  Yang Qiu visited all parts of the country, but Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui were spared. Why?  It is because he knows that there is a gentry class here that accounts for half of the country. More than half of the current government officials of the Republic of China are gentry class, and 70 to 80% of the returned students are children of the gentry.  When the dragon's head is moved, the dragon's body will at least shake a few times!

    Thinking of this, Tang Jueden felt somewhat emboldened. He greeted the two of them to get into the car and said with a smile: "Look at the fuss, it's all my fault for not doing things well and causing trouble for the central government."

    "Mayor Tang, you're welcome. Tianqiu and I are not important members of the central government. We are just here to see what disputes everyone has. Now is a good time for the whole country to work together to develop national strength. Don't let the foreigners laugh at you.  "Dong Yongwei seemed kind but his tone was sharp. Tang Juedun was secretly interested in Dong Yongwei's idea of ??making concerted efforts to develop national strength. He looked at him with admiration and also wondered what Yang Qiu had in mind.  He smiled and said: "Yes, the president, vice president and prime minister have worked hard to achieve today's prosperous situation. We people can't help and we shouldn't cause trouble."

    Dai Ji looked at it and asked: "I heard that Mayor Tang once studied in Japan to study politics and economics? He also taught at Yokohama Datong School Tianqiu admires that a Chinese can teach in Japan  .¡±

    Tang Juedun was secretly pleased with himself when he talked about this past incident, and he quickly said a few polite and humble words.

    The car arrived at the city hall soon.  Because this place was originally the county government office of Xuzhou during the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, many old people still call it the county government office.  When I arrived at the door, I found that the surroundings were already crowded with long-term tenant farmers who came from all over the country. Most of these people wanted to participate in the immigration gamble and change their poor lives. However, a contract prevented them from owning their own land, so many people  All with angry faces.  After hearing the news that Nanjing sent people, they immediately surrounded the city hall. When they saw Dai Jitao and Dong Yongwei getting out of the car, several old people took the lead and knelt down on the ground in tears: "Your Majesty, the Imperial Envoy, wants to make the decision for us!"

    "Please make the decision, sir."

    The darkness of the heads kneeling on the ground made Tang Jueden's scalp numb.  Although this matter has nothing to do with him, and he actually supports the "Immigration Land Law", after all, the matter happened in the area where he is an official.  And kneeling down like this means that the National Society and the Republican Party are all going strong. Thinking of the National Society in its heyday, Yang Qiu's decisive character, and the Democratic Party that was at its peak, it almost collapsed, and it couldn't be saved for a while.  Know what to do.

    "Get up, everyone, get up!" Dong Yongwei didn't expect that the situation would reach this level. This shows how tempting the word "land" is to farmers, so after he and Dai Jitao helped a few old people up, they immediately stood on the stone pier at the door.  He shouted: "Everyone, get up! This is the Republic of China, and it is not the time to kneel and worship. Nanjing already knows the recent events, so we have been sent to understand the situation first. We will definitely give everyone a satisfactory answer to this matter, so get up."

    Hao Chongwen also stood up with everyone.  Since the third son of the Hao family served in the army, everyone elected him as a representative.  Firstly, he wanted to have a military backer, and secondly, Hao Chongwen himself was generally praised by his neighbors, but his legs were a little shaky.  This is a senior official in Nanjing!  Although the third brother is in the army, what if someone doesn't give him face?  In panic, he and a dozen tenant representatives were invited into the city hall, but when he saw his employer, Mr. Chen, and the squire representatives saluting the Nanjing officials, chatting and laughing, his heart suddenly sank.

    The meeting took place in the former county government lobby. After several tables were put together, Dong Yongwei and the other three sat down first. After both parties were seated, they slowly scooped out paper and pen and put them on the table.  Seeing his careless appearance, all the gentry representatives looked happy, thinking that this was a deliberate attempt to minimize a big deal.  Hao Chongwen's heart sank even more. Now, in Shandong, which is just across the border, news has spread that hundreds of thousands of people have pressed their fingerprints and traveled north to the northeast. Who among them in northern Jiangsu is not anxious!  What if I was split up by Shandong people because I went to Wadian?  But he didn't dare to speak directly, so he had to wait patiently.

    After Dong Yongwei was ready, he looked at Dai Jitao. When the latter nodded, he didn't ask about the confrontation and directly spread his hands: "I want to read the contract first."

    The gentry didn't dare to neglect, and they scooped out the deeds of ownership, tenant leases and other contracts they had brought.  Dong Yongwei studied law in the United States, Dai Jitao also studied law deeply, and even Tang Juedun studied law, so he sighed secretly after reading these contracts.  This is no longer more than six years ago. The Republic of China has gradually got on the right track. Picking up the barrel of a gun rashly will only lead to more instability.  Besides, all contracts are valid. The only thing that is unreasonable is the long time limit and the huge amount of compensation after breach of contract.  To put it simply, the most basic long-term employment contract lasts for decades. Except for birth, old age, illness and death, it is basically impossible to leave the employer midway. As for leaving midway,Compensation If you could scoop up this money, who would be willing to go to the Northeast to fight for your life?

    Originally, the two of them wanted to find something fishy from this, but now it seems that this path is not feasible. After all, the contracts were signed voluntarily.  So the two of them looked at each other quickly, and Yang Qiu's words before leaving sounded in their ears at the same time.

    "I'm not asking you to resolve disputes, I'm asking you to lay a century-old foundation for the country".

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