The next day, it was clear, so Chang Qingde and Lu Chengping, with more than 20 followers, pushed three carts, brought 500,200 silver, two pigs, 20 silk and 20 jars of wine, and rushed to Sanshigang to repay the People's Army.

The gift prepared by Luzhou Prefecture is indeed quite large, but considering that East China ** helped Luzhou transport grain without charging freight, it saved at least 12,000 taels of silver. Moreover, this batch of grain was indeed urgent for Luzhou Prefecture, so it is reasonable to prepare such a generous gift.

A group of people walked along the river embankment of Feishui. They saw that the water level was rolling, and the water level was obviously much higher than usual. The water level in some river sections had already approached the top of the river embankment. If it weren't for the fact that Luzhou Prefecture had indeed spent some effort to strengthen the river embankment of Feishui after the flood receded last year, it would have been really dangerous.

After walking along the river embankment for more than 20 miles, I saw a post on the river embankment and blocked the road with a horse. Two small wooden towers were also built on both sides of the river embankment, with several tents behind it. More than 10 soldiers stood guarding here before the horse embankment.

Only their group of people came over, and immediately several soldiers came forward and blocked the way. A soldier who looked like a leader said, "Stop, what are you doing?"

When Lu Chengping was on the boat, he had dealt with the soldiers of the People's Army. He was familiar with them. He knew that the post-schoolers of the People's Army were more reasonable and did not charge any "hard work fees" or "tea money" or other things. He was indeed much better than the officers and soldiers of the court. Seeing that these soldiers were wearing the same gray-blue floral uniforms as the soldiers on the boat, they were obviously the same group of people, so he didn't panic. He ordered the personnel to stop the carriage and horses, then got off the horse and bowed and said, "A few comrades, thank you for your hard work. Lu Chengping came from Luzhou Prefecture. A few days ago, he helped me transport food to Luzhou to provide relief to the victims of the disaster. I solved my urgent need. I prepared some gifts today and came to thank you for your kindness, but it was not intentional."

A soldier nodded and said, "You wait a moment, we will report to the command center."

Lu Chengping gave another bow, retreated, and said, "They have reported, everyone can wait a moment."

Chang Qingde frowned and said, "Chengping, I think you didn't manage them, why is this?" According to the rules of conduct of the Qing Dynasty, people who informed people would have to hand over money, let alone deal with the army. It was almost impossible to move without money. Because of these people below, it is said that "the king of hell is easy to see, but the little ghost is difficult to deal with." If you don't manage them well, you will really not do anything well.

Lu Chengping said: "Mr. Chang, you don't know that the People's Army is different from the army of the court. I spent several days with them on the ship. According to the soldiers on the ship, there is no such rule in East China. Their leaders, the Chinese overseas, hate this set of Chinese people. As long as they are found out, no matter how big the official they are, they will be dismissed and will never be hired. Not to mention anything else, there are several officers in the army who have become battalion commanders and have made many military achievements before. As a result, they were forced to retire because of the charges for handling. So I taught me that I should never use this set of rule when I met them in the future."

When Chang Qingde heard this, he became a little worried because this set of rules had been implemented in China for hundreds of years and had even become a matter of course. It was not regarded as a bad habit at all. Can East China ** change it just by saying something? He also heard of some people who do not understand the rules. Because they did not pay the money, although others did not say anything, they did not report it at all, and they could only wait. But after looking around, they saw a soldier pulling out a horse from behind the tent, flying up, and leaving, seemingly, it seemed that he had really reported it. Therefore, he was not only a little bit skeptical, could it be that East China ** really didn't have these rules? But no matter how I said that, after reaching this point, I can only wait before talking.

About 20 minutes later, the soldier came back on a horse, said a few words to the squad leader, and handed the squad leader a letter.

After seeing it, the squad leader walked over and said, "The Chief Instruction can let you in, but the vehicle things you brought will be placed here."

Lu Chengping hurriedly said, "Okay, okay." He turned to Chang Qingde and said, "Mr. Chang, let's leave the things here, go first."

Only then did Chang Qingde really believe it. The soldiers of the People's Army who did not send money would really report it. The behavior of the East China ** was indeed a bit strange. So he ordered the followers to look forward to the vehicle and items, and dismounted with Lu Chengping, and only brought two followers and walked over. The soldiers of the People's Army moved away and turned them in. The soldiers who reported it said, "Come with me."

Chang Qingde, Lu Chengping and others followed the soldier along the river bank and saw that the road on the river bank was paved with a layer of cinder and was compacted and flattened. It was much more convenient than the road he had when he walked. After walking a short distance, he could see that two trestles had been built on the river bank, and all ships were docked, one trestles were unloading goods, while the other was a servant. Chang Qingde looked carefully and saw that the people who were disembarking were all wearing blankets, their hair was scattered, and their expressions were haggard, probably the victims who were rescued. On the inside of the river bank, someone was stacking sand bags along the river bank, which was obviously strengthening the river bank. At the same time, along the river bank, there were soldiers from the People's Army guarding, with people and vehicles coming and going. It looked very lively.

After walking about 6 or 7 miles away, you can see a campsite in the distance inside the river bank, rows of gray-green tents. So everyone walked down the river bank, and walked about 1 or 2 miles away before they arrived at the camp. They saw a camp wall being set up on the outside of the camp. Where the walls were not built, they were temporarily stopped by a horse.

After entering the camp, Chang Qingde saw clearly that all the tents were hung up. At the bottom was a stone squat of more than 1 foot high. Each stone squat was about 1 meter apart. On the stone squat, there were steel bones with "gong" shapes, and wooden boards were laid on the steel bones. The tents were all set on the wooden boards, about 2 feet high from the ground; each tent was about 2 meters wide, with doors in the middle, and there were stone steps to be raised; by lifting the tent door, you could vaguely see bed cabinets and other items placed in the tent; 6 tents were in a row, with each row of tents being about 1 meter apart, and 4 rows were in a group, with each group being about 1 meter apart and five feet apart; the roads were compacted and flat, and there were shoulder stones and drainage ditches on both sides, horizontally and vertically, very neat.

In fact, the stone squats that Chang Qingde saw were prefabricated reinforced concrete abutments in East China, with a height of 0.75 meters, a bottom side length of 0.6 meters, a thickness of 0.25 meters, a upper side length of 0.4 meters and a height of 0.5 meters. Half of them were put into the soil, which was used as the foundation of the entire tent. This would prevent the tent from sinking after being laid down, and the tent would not be placed on the ground, so as not to overturn the moisture on the ground. The abutment was arranged at 3.3 meters apart, with the length of I-shaped steel and the length of the tent was 6.6 meters, leaving it in a fixed construction space of 0.3 meters. Each tent could have 8 double-layer or three-story high-bottom beds, which would live in 16-24 people.

There are four groups of such tents now, and 2 or 3 groups are under construction. Chang Qingde observed carefully that the construction personnel were wearing a gray-green long-sleeved vest and a gray-blue vest, but they all had bald heads, monks and not monks, and not vulgar. However, the entire camp was orderly and the personnel were mixed but not messy.

Chang Qingde didn't ask much, and followed the soldier who led the way to a tent with four guards at the door. The soldier said at the door of the tent: "Report to the leader, he has brought it."

I heard someone inside say, "Please come in."

The soldier turned to Lu Chengping and said, "Chief, please come in."

Lu Chengping nodded and asked the two followers to stay outside, and he and Chang Qingde to make an account.

I saw two long tables on one side of the tent, with books, paper and other items placed on the table. One person sat behind each table, and the other was a chair and coffee table, which was in the shape of a "small" and there were several cabinets placed against the wall of the tent.

The soldier said: "This is our Chief Xie, Chief Zhu."

Lu Chengping knew that the "Chief" was the respectful title of overseas Chinese by East China **, so he hurriedly bowed and said, "I have met two chiefs in Luzhou Prefecture, Lu Chengping."

Chang Qingde also came over to show his salute, but seeing that these two people were not old, one was only in his early 30s, and the other seemed to be not even 30 years old, he felt a little dissatisfied.

Since this was the first batch of refugee camps, each camp sent two veterans to command. These two veterans were Xie Tao and Zhu Nanzhen, both of them were staff members of Shanghai. However, their qualifications and levels were relatively low, so they were sent to the refugee camp to command. Although it was a hard work, they also asked them to gain more experience. In fact, both of them were over 30 years old, and Xie Tao was 36 years old. They were well maintained and had no beards, so they looked a few years younger.

Xie Tao said: "Two people sit down and talk first."

So the four of them sat on the chair on one side. Zhu Nanzhen took the boiled water bottle and poured tea for the two of them, saying, "The conditions in the camp are simple, please give me more letters."

The two hurriedly said, "I dare not." Chang Qingde complained in his heart, were these two people not successful among overseas Chinese and had no servants to serve? They also had to pour water themselves. But even if these two people were able to manage such a large camp, they were definitely not powerless people. Perhaps the rules and dramas of overseas Chinese were different.

Xie Tao said: "I wonder what positions the two hold in Luzhou Prefecture? What do you call them?"

Lu Chengping hurriedly said, "I dare not, I am the family of Mr. Lu, the governor of Luzhou. Mr. Chang is a guest hired by Mr. Lu, and neither of us has any official positions. This time, we are on the order of Mr. Lu, and we come to thank you for helping Luzhou transport grain a few days ago. Therefore, Mr. Lu prepares a little gift to show our innocence." As he said that, he presented the gift list.
Chapter completed!