Chen Shaowen still remembers that his grandfather had a box that he liked and cherished the most. The box was not big, just the size of a palm. The shell made of sandalwood always emitted a faint fragrance. There was no huge bank certificate of deposit, nor precious gold, silver and jewelry in the box. There was only a small bag wrapped in very ordinary red silk, and the bag contained only a handful of loess. This is not ordinary loess. According to my grandfather, this handful of loess was brought from home when his great-grandfather and grandfather was sent from the mainland. My grandfather was so terrifying that he did not give anyone a look at this bag of soil. He only carefully celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th every year.

Take it out, put it on the altar and put it together with the ancestor's spiritual seats for the whole family to kneel down. The people at home also have a deep affection for this bag of ordinary loess. No matter who gets married and gets married, the grandfather always slowly takes out the bag of soil with his trembling hands, picking out a small handful from inside with three fingers in front of everyone, and splitting a small bag to bring it with the newlyweds. My father said that the bag of soil brought by the motherland has a special power. No matter where people wander outside, as long as they carry a bag of soil on their bodies, they will always find their way home. Even if they die, their souls will fly back to the motherland and back to their hometown with this bag of soil.

(This book was first published at Qidian)

This bunch of soil also has a magical power. When people get sick, it is still a good medicine. Chen Shaowen clearly remembers that when he was a child, he fell ill once. The high fever did not recover for several days, and the medicine did not work. When the whole family was so anxious that they were at a loss, their grandfather picked up a little of the precious loess from the little red cloth bag and put it in the soup for him to drink. It was strange that his fever subsided the next day. His grandfather held the bunch of soil and cried and said repeatedly that this time it was the divine soil that saved the life of his family.

As he grew up, Chen Shaowen realized that this was called Tang soil. Basically, every Chinese in Nanyang would enshrine such a bag of soil. It was brought by the ancestors of every Chinese family from their hometown when they came out of mainland China. Whether they were separated or married, the elderly would separate part of it to their families and bring it to their families. In their words, this is the ancestor, and everyone in the family must have a portion. When the elderly passed away and were buried, their descendants would also put the soil that belonged to them in the coffin to bring them. The elderly said that as long as they had this bag of soil, they could distinguish their identity and find their own home.

During the Chinese New Year and holidays, the elderly always cook a pot of sugar ginger water, and they always put a little loess in the water. If such water is drunk, all diseases will not be affected. When the family is sick, they must put a little soil in the medicine, so that it will be better. Chen Shaowen's grandmother used to be cured by drinking the decoction mixed with the loess. This soil is the life of the whole family!

(This book was first published at Qidian)

"We are Chinese, Chinese. This is a fact that no one can change. Although we are wandering outside, one day we will go home." Grandfather's words before his death echoed in Chen Shaowen's ears again. Since the Chinese government's Foreign Trade Department visited him a few days ago, he knew that the family's opportunity had come and we could finally go home. Although the Chen family has Malaysian nationality and has a certain influence on the local government in terms of trade, it has never been respected by the Malaysian government. After all, he is an outsider after all, especially the locals' behaviors of "outsiders" that sometimes make him unbearable. It's not easy to live under someone else's roof! After thinking about it, Chen Shaowen finally decided to follow him to Beijing.

Zhongnanhai, West Flower Hall.

Seeing the dozens of Nanyang Chinese businessmen present, Chen Shaowen was shocked. He had been struggling in the shopping mall for decades. Although they didn’t know all of these people in front of him, at least they had heard of their names. These are all very famous Chinese businessmen in the Nanyang area! The funds they controlled were more than enough to subvert any Nanyang country. What exactly did the central government want to summon us to do?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at the people on both sides, and saw that they were like him, their eyes were full of thoughts and questions. It seemed that no one knew what was going on. Chen Shaowen couldn't help but smile bitterly, so he had to wait for the answer to appear. Thinking of this, he felt relieved, leaned his body on the sofa, and slowly savored the tea.

Soon, in the surprise and excitement of everyone, Chairman Wang Zengyi and Premier Tang Rong appeared in the West Flower Hall.

Although currencies with extremely high depreciation rates such as Vietnamese Dong, Philippine peso, Malaysian Jilint, and Indonesian rupee are not common internationally. However, in the Chinese government's foreign exchange reserve database, their quantity still accounts for a large part. Although no one can use these scaryly high currencies in the international market, and are not as popular as foreign currencies such as the US dollar and RMB in their original countries, they still fall into the category of money. If it is money, it must be spent and must not be wasted. Even if you can only buy very few things, you must buy it back. Because this is money, we exchange it for things we have worked hard to produce.

It is natural for locals to use banknotes issued by local governments. These Nanyang Chinese merchants are locals who can use this money.

If strategic materials such as rubber, manganese and copper are purchased in the international market, they must use common currency. No one is an idiot. Everyone wants their things to be sold at a good price, and it is best to have real money.

Depreciating currency? You should keep it as toilet paper to wipe your butt.

These Nanyang Chinese businessmen selected by the Prime Minister and the Economic Group of the State Council have been strictly investigated by our lurking overseas personnel. They are the best choices in terms of family background, political trends, economic manipulation or nationality. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, their ancestors donated money to the country. In peacetime, they themselves contributed to the construction of the motherland. Although they were only behind the scenes, their appeal, financial resources and influence should not be ignored. These contributions to the motherland and the people are selfless and without any reward. They are a group of patriots, a group of real patriots wearing gorgeous clothes and the name of a business giant on their heads.

During the Anti-Japanese War, they sold all their property just to apply a good medicine to the already scarred and dying motherland that was filled with all their blood and sweat. Many people even donated the money they had accumulated over the years and devoted their precious lives to the torrent of war.

During the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, they once again contributed their accumulated wealth to the motherland that was reborn. They just wanted to buy one more plane and one more tank for the most lovely people on the battlefield. The country can get the necessary strength to grow during the rebirth. Many people even made themselves penniless because of donating all their property, and eventually had to die on the streets.

In peaceful times, there is no disaster. In the face of many floods and droughts in China, they once again donated generously to save their compatriots from danger.

Selfless dedication to the country is a touching patriotic act.

It is unreasonable to just give no rewards. That's what I think.

We must never let the devotees down.

Our country will never let them down, either.
Chapter completed!