Chapter 775 774 [The Legend of Zhou Immortal]

(PS: Regarding Wang Geng’s arrest, some friends said that he went to see the military attache stationed in China to discuss the war, rather than to visit his ex-wife Lu Xiaoman. Lao Wang can’t figure out which statement is true, but no matter what the truth is, Wang Geng should not Carrying military materials into the public settlement is simply mind-numbing.)

The road from Zhou's home to the city is still under construction, so Zhou Hexuan and his family basically go out by boat.

In the golden autumn of October, the drought is still there.

In the morning, the small river boat departs from the private pier and sails down the river to Chaotianmen Pier.

Siblings Zhou Lingjun and Zhou Weilie stood on the bow of the boat with small schoolbags on their backs, enjoying the coolness brought by the river breeze.

At this time, there were no very good primary schools in Chongqing, so Zhou Hexuan could only send them to the public No. 1 primary school. At least it was more formal and the teachers' salaries were directly allocated from Chongqing's sugar tax.

"Dad, look!" Xiao Lingjun pointed to the river in the distance.

Zhou Hexuan looked up and saw dozens or hundreds of victims floating in the river upstream. These victims were in ragged clothes, with sunken faces and protruding cheekbones. They carried wooden boards and other vehicles and drifted down the river.

In fact, the extent of the disaster in Chongqing was not great. The reason why people starved to death every day was because there were too many people fleeing from other places.

It was a little better at this time, but it was even worse in winter. Thousands of hungry people slept on both sides of the Yangtze River and Jialing River every day, and passing ships did not dare to dock at will.

There was a news article at the end of 1936 that reported in detail how hungry people were robbing ships. It was a small river ship transporting radishes. Hundreds of hungry people wearing single clothes jumped into the freezing water and swam to the center of the river to surround the freighter. The crew and escort did not dare to stop them at all, and were so frightened that they jumped off the ship and ran away. The hungry people climbed on the ship, grabbed the radishes and ate them raw. They actually ate all the radishes on the ship on the spot. I don’t know how many people drowned because they were exhausted during the journey, and the bodies of the deceased were floating everywhere in the river.

Xiao Lingjun watched for a while and asked curiously: "Dad, are they practicing swimming?"

Zhou Hexuan patted his daughter's head gently and sighed: "They have no food and no money to take a boat, so they can only take the risk and come to Chongqing to make a living."

"Then why don't they have anything to eat?" Xiao Weilie was extremely confused about this.

Zhou Hexuan explained patiently: "Because their hometown was hit by a disaster, it never rained, and the food in the fields was not harvested, so there was no food."

Xiao Lingjun pouted and complained: "God is so bad."

But little Wei Lie asked: "Dad, how can we keep everyone from hungry?"

Zhou Hexuan said: "There are two ways. One is that the country does not go to war and the society is stable and prosperous, so that the government can have the energy to provide disaster relief. The second is to develop science and technology and build water conservancy projects. Regardless of God's face, we can increase food production. Do you want to see everyone living a good life and everyone having enough to eat?"

"I think!" The siblings nodded in unison.

Zhou Hexuan educated: "Then you should study hard and master knowledge and skills, so that you can help more people when you grow up."

"Oh." Xiao Weilie said oh, then calmed down and continued to observe the victims.

Xiao Lingjun looked like an adult, solemnly nodded and said: "Dad, I understand, I will definitely study hard!"

In a blink of an eye, we arrived at Chaotianmen Pier, which was heavily guarded and had guards stationed at all times. This is to ensure the safety of the dock, otherwise the merchant ships would not dare to dock. The hungry people going crazy would be really terrible.

"boom!"

A security team member fired into the air, and his partner shouted nervously: "Don't come over, I'll shoot you if you dare to go to the pier! I'm talking about you guys, don't come over, hurry up, hurry up!"

Some hungry people left in despair, while others lingered undecided.

"Master Jun, please take pity on me. I haven't eaten for four days and my baby is starving. Please give me a sip of rice. I don't care if I don't eat it. Please save my baby." A woman He knelt down and kowtowed, with a four or five-year-old child lying next to him. The child's eyes were closed tightly and his breathing was weak. He was probably in serious danger.

In normal times, the security team members may still feel sympathy, but now they dare not care at all, and they dare not give charity even if they have money or food. Otherwise, once the news spreads, it will inevitably attract more hungry people to the dock, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

"Dad..." Little Wei Lie tugged on his father's clothes, obviously wanting to help.

Zhou Hexuan and the security team members agreed that they must not save people at Chaotianmen Pier. He waved to a security member: "Come here!"

"Mr. Zhou, what's going on?" The security team member came over respectfully.

Zhou Hexuan ordered in a low voice: "Guard the Chaotianmen Pier, you can't just drive them away. Go back and report to Commander Li and ask him to prepare a boat to transport all the hungry people in Chaotianmen to Liujiatai. I will urge the next batch of disaster relief." The food will be shipped as soon as possible."

"Okay, I'll report it right away!" The guard stood at attention, saluted, and ran quickly to report the message.

Liujiatai is also a small wharf, and the city government has set up a soup kitchen there and also built Chongqing's first crematorium.

The disaster relief grain purchased from the United States is still drifting in the Pacific Ocean at this time, while the grain purchased from the two lakes and Jiangxi has arrived in Chongqing in three batches, totaling 280 tons. But in the face of more and more hungry people, these grains are nothing more than a drop in the bucket, and they can't even make all the victims hang their lives.

People affected by the disaster from counties in eastern Sichuan are rushing to Chongqing in droves. Along the way, roads and rivers are littered with dead bodies. The most terrifying thing is that the corpses are often mutilated and almost all eaten by living people - the wild dogs have long since disappeared.

Chongqing Mayor Li Hongkun has been struggling all day. He no longer expects to achieve any political achievements, but only hopes that Chongqing will not be caused into a big mess.

Zhou Hexuan took his children and bodyguards slowly up the stone road at the dock, and the porters along the way greeted them one after another.

"Mr. Zhou, why don't you have breakfast?"

"Zhou Shenxian, will you personally send your child to study?"

"Zhou Shenxian, how long will it take for the next batch of food to be shipped?"

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It is obvious that Zhou Hexuan has become a famous celebrity in Chongqing, and even common people, traffickers and lackeys can recognize him.

Even in teahouses in Chongqing, people tell stories every day, often in a style like this:

"Hey, you don't know. At three o'clock that night, the anti-smuggling captain Qin Fenlu and the loser Pan Donggua seized Zhou Shenxian's grain transport ship at the head of the river without saying a word. Who is Zhou Shenxian? He is the Emperor of Donghua. Descend to earth..."

"What kind of god is Emperor Donghua?"

"Hey, you little melon, even Emperor Donghua doesn't know about it. Who knows about Liu Shenxian? Liu Shenxian is the White Crane Immortal who descended to earth. When he sees Zhou Shenxian, he calls him uncle! Do you think Mr. Zhou is evil? fierce?"

"It's so fierce."

"Don't interrupt, just listen to me slowly. In other words, Zhou Shenxian was dozing off with his mother-in-law in his arms at the end of the house. Suddenly he counted with his fingers and figured out what was going on. I saw Zhou Shenxian sacrificed a I blew on the crane made of folded talisman paper, and the crane immediately flapped its wings to report to the garrison commander. As for Zhou Shenxian himself, he waved his hand to attract an auspicious cloud, and arrived at Chaotianmen Pier in the blink of an eye!"

"Zhou Shenxian is so shocked, why don't you let the Dragon King make it rain?"

"That's the matter of the gods. I heard that the Dragon King is angry with the Jade Emperor. No one can try to persuade him."

"Why is the Dragon King so angry? If it's a nice day and it doesn't rain, the Jade Emperor should remove him from his post!"

"This has nothing to do with Zhou Shenxian. Hey...where did I just say it?"

"You said that Zhou Shenxian set up Xiangyun and arrived at Chaotianmen Pier."

"Yes, when Zhou Shenxian arrived at Chaotianmen Pier, he raised his hand and cast a immobilizing spell, and those members of the anti-smuggling team were immediately immobilized. Zhou Shenxian shouted loudly and recited a spell to knock the opponent back to his original shape. Qin Fenlu turned into a pig. Pan Donggua turned into a dog. Zhou Shenxian said, Qin Fenlu, you are a melon. You have become a pig demon and come to Chongqing to harm the people. See if I don't accept you! With a bang, Zhou Shenxian struck a thunderbolt in the palm of his hand and hit Qin Fenlu's body. The pig’s head was fried to pieces!”

"It's so fierce, more powerful than a machine gun."

"What's the point of a machine gun? Zhou Shenxian's palm mines can blow up planes. His old man blew up more than ten Japanese planes in Shanghai."

"Then why doesn't he stay in the north and fight against Japan?"

"There are masters in Japan too. You must not have read the newspapers. Last year, Zhou Shenxian was invited by the British emperor to cast a spell. Japan sent dozens of monsters to kill Zhou Shenxian in the UK. What is the name of the British capital, London? At that time, Zhou Shenxian set up an altar in London to cast spells, and dozens of Japanese monsters flew over from the sea. There was thunder, lightning, and monsters that could breathe fire, and they surrounded Zhou Shenxian and attacked in a group. Zhou Shenxian’s face did not change, and a The thunder from the palm of his hand blasted over and directly smashed more than a dozen Japanese monsters into rubbish. Zhou Shenxian only used three moves, and dozens of Japanese monsters died. The corpses of the monsters fell down and killed many British people."

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