Kong Fanjin was surprised to learn that Guguan had fallen. Although he only left a thousand Gansu troops, the terrain of Guguan was dangerous. According to past experience, even if he encountered thousands of Northwest troops, he could last for several days. The People's Liberation Army even took down in less than two hours. How could this be possible? The telegram was unclear. He did not know that the People's Liberation Army attacking Guguan not only had more than 5,000 troops, but its weapons and equipment were far from comparable to the Northwest Army.

He asked Zhang Zhaoguan depressedly: "How many soldiers does Wu Anping have? Not to mention Pingliang, even Guguan has been occupied by the black People's Liberation Army. This is not something ordinary rebels can do." Zhang Zhaoguan couldn't answer at all, so he could only say: "It probably won't be too many. Even if he has the money to raise soldiers, where can he do guns and cannons?"

Kong Fanjin couldn't think of any other possibility, so he could only accept this statement.

On the afternoon of June 15, after the People's Liberation Army in Pingliang completed the preparation and mobilization, Zuo Chun'an's first division and Yu Tiepeng's second division took the lead in moving towards Longde and Jingning. Then Li Zhang's fourth division also attacked Jingyuan. After conquering Jingyuan, he would rush to Jingning to join the First Division and the Second Division. The Fifth Division of Anbing also headed south and attacked towards Huating. After he and Yu Dacheng's second division, he would approach Kong Fanjin's old nest along the Gansu-Shaanxi border.

As for Wu Anping, he still needs to stay in Pingliang for two or three days. The guard division will be divided into two parts. After capturing Jingchuan and Chongxin, he will return to Pingliang to meet him, and then move westward to the Jingning front line. Doing this will not affect the war ahead. Calculate the time. When the guard division arrives at Jingning, the 20,000 Gansu troops in Dingxi are still on the march. After all, the PLA's mobility is not a little stronger than the Gansu army.

Jingning is the first battlefield preset by the People's Liberation Army on the Middle Route. Only after the enemy from Dingxi and Tongwei east of Tongwei will be eliminated, the People's Liberation Army will follow the trend and fight decisively with Zhang Zhaoke's main force in Dingxi. Depending on the development of the battle situation, they may divide their troops to go south and work with Yu Dacheng and Anbingchao of the South Route to encircle and annihilate Kong Fanjin's troops near Tongwei.

After the various ministries set off, Wu Anping rarely had some free time, so he discussed with Xia Tingbai some of his ideas for changing the Republic of China. Although Xia Tingbai was not born in this era, he had developed information in the future and had far surpassed Wu Anping's knowledge. Some of her views, especially those with historical basis, were still very inspiring to Wu Anping.

It is said that Wu Anping also lived in later generations for a while, but after all, having to fully understand a time is a project that cannot be completed in a short period of time. Therefore, even if he knows the same thing, he cannot preach well with the same evidence as Xia Tingbai.

At 4:30, Wu Anping originally planned to go to Baimiao Airport to take a look, but Xiao Lan came over and reported that someone was visiting him.

Wu Anping asked, "Have you asked about the identity of the person coming?"

Xiao Lan said: "I asked clearly. It's an old man named Zhang Chenshu, the principal of the Provincial No. 7 Normal School."

Wu Anping then remembered that there was a normal school in Pingliang City. Education is the foundation of the country and the root of a strong country. Since Wu Anping planned the school when he was building a foundation in Xifeng, he never relaxed in training technical workers and literacy, so he naturally would not misunderstand this truth. Moreover, he had heard of Zhang Chenshu and had a very good reputation, so he had to see him. So he said to Xiao Lan: "Take me to pay homage to this gentleman."

Xia Tingbai had just been out of the police academy for less than a year, and his memory of the school was still vivid and vivid. At this time, he heard that the principal of the Normal School of the Republic of China came, so he was naturally very interested, so he followed Wu Anping in a few steps. Regarding Xia Tingbai, Wu Anping felt that he didn't have to hide any secrets, because those secrets had no meaning to her. When he saw her following, he just smiled and did not stop him.

After entering the reception hall of the office, Wu Anping saw an old man in his sixties looking at the four central halls on the wall behind his back. He coughed lightly. When the old man turned around, he smiled and said, "I should have gone to visit the teacher. Who would have thought that the military affairs were busy and it was not done. It was really not necessary for the teacher to come here in person."

The old man was Zhang Chenshu, but he probably didn't expect that the person he was looking for was so young. He shook his beard and asked in confusion: "What are you?"

Xiao Lan hurriedly introduced: "Sir, this is the commander-in-chief of our People's Liberation Army, the person you are going to visit."

Zhang Chenshu was shocked and quickly accused him of the crime, "It turns out that it is the Grand Marshal. I am really rude."

Wu Anping blushed and hurriedly stopped him and said, "Principal Zhang, please don't call him that. I can't afford to be a person. I am also from Longdong and my home is in Xifeng, Qingyang. If it weren't for a mistake, I might have entered the Seventh Normal School a few years ago. Maybe I'm still taught you now. No matter what, I'm all a junior. My name is Wu Anping, so you'd better call me Anping."

Zhang Chenshu was even more surprised when he heard this: "Wu Anping? So you are Wu Anping from Longdong Group?"

Wu Anping said respectfully: "That's right."

Zhang Chenshu said happily at this time: "Since this is the case, then this matter will be easier."

Wu Anping didn't understand what was going on, so he said, "Sir, why not sit down and say slowly. As long as I can help, I will do my best."

After taking the seat, Zhang Chenshu's intentions were made to show that he came for the grant from the Seventh Normal School.

In 1917, under the commission of the Jingyuan Daoyin at that time, Zhang Chenshu, 52 years old, began to prepare for the "Longdong Normal School", and the campus site was selected to be located west of the Confucian Temple in Pingliang County. In February 1918, the Gansu Provincial Department of Education named Longdong Normal School "Gansu Provincial Seventh Normal School", and Zhang Chenshu served as the principal. In the early stages of school operation, the Seventh Normal School recruited only one class of students, more than 50 people, and seven staff members. Since the atmosphere of women's education has not yet been formed, all students are boys, without girls, and no female teachers are there.

Most of the students of the Seventh Normal School come from all counties in Longdong. Due to inconvenient transportation, they always carry luggage, climb mountains and wading, and hike for several days before they can get to school. The school does not charge tuition fees, but there is no scholarship. Students are vegetarian and cook by themselves. Although the school is not responsible for the allocation of work, due to the large number of professional courses, teaching and education administration are involved, students do not have the pressure to find employment.

Zhang Chenshu is rigorous in his academic discipline and good at teaching. He is devoted to the school's government affairs. However, due to the chaotic situation, it is quite difficult to maintain the Seventh Normal School. The school's operating funds mainly rely on government funding. Although there were many shortcomings in the past few years and it could only be managed by its own multiple raising efforts, it has been different in the past one or two years. Gansu's government affairs are chaotic and sometimes there are no funds, which has led to the Seventh Normal School reaching a difficult point.

When Zhang Zhaoke was in charge of Pingliang, he was reluctant to do so, but as long as Zhang Chenshu came to him, he would still approve some silver dollars. After the security division conquered Pingliang, although he cleaned up the office and various institutions and promoted some officials and clerks with good reputations, he had a short time to understand it. Some people were still afraid of the People's Liberation Army.

In the past two days, the Seventh Normal School happened to have a silver dollar to be allocated. This is a good thing. The official in charge of this matter would do it directly, but who would have thought that as soon as this person came up, he didn't dare to make decisions on his own about money, so he pushed Zhang Chenshu, who came to Wu Anping.

After hearing Zhang Chenshu's words, Wu Anping felt a little embarrassed, but this incident also shows that the Longdong Group and the People's Liberation Army have not yet gained the general trust of the people. He thought for a while and said to Zhang Chenshu: "Sir, this situation is caused by our inadequate consideration. Don't worry, the silver dollar can be allocated immediately."

Zhang Chenshu hurriedly thanked.

Wu Anping also said: "In fact, Longdong Group has always regarded education as its top priority. It has run several schools in Xifeng before, and the scale of skill training and literacy is even larger. In this uprising, we have already had many plans for Gansu education after the warlords were cleared. The twelve years of compulsory education have been known to everyone. However, the war has not yet ended and the local area is unstable, so it cannot be promoted and implemented for the time being. The Seventh Normal School is the only vocational school in Longdong. As I think, it is better to start the new education plan first. What do you think?"

Zhang Chenshu wondered: "New education plan?"

Wu Anping smiled and said, "In fact, it's just running education at all costs. For example, from today on, the Seventh Normal University will no longer have to worry about funding. As long as the faculty can keep up, you can recruit as many students as you want; and the monthly salary of faculty and staff will also start from 30 silver dollars. Scholarships and scholarships can also be set up, and students do not have to bring their own food and clothing. They can also be provided by the school. They can also plan a new high-standard campus. It can be said that as long as it is necessary, all relevant requirements will be met."

Zhang Chenshu said happily: "Of course this is the best. In this way, we can concentrate on the school government affairs and no longer have to worry about the influence of trivial matters in the current situation." In his mind, whether it was Beiyang, Zhang Zhaoguan, or the current People's Liberation Army, Wu Anping, the city's flag was irresistible, but as long as those in power really pay attention to education, it would be an unexpected joy for him.

So, this matter was decided. However, for the time being, only if the funds and food are sufficient, the preparation and planning of the new campus will be carried out after the people from Xifeng Construction arrive in Pingliang. Moreover, there will be many things involved in expanding the scale of the school and improving the level of the school, and it will not be possible in a short time.

Wu Anping is very happy. The Seventh Normal School will become a model, showing the Longdong Group's ambition and determination for Gansu education. With the direct or indirect publicity of Zhang Chenshu and others, this ambition and determination will inevitably be paid attention to the academic community in Gansu and even Northwest, and will even be widely recognized by 100%. This will definitely have a great help to the implementation of the new education policy in the future.

Zhang Chenshu no longer cared about the allocation of the Seventh Normal School. What he got from Wu Anping was countless times more than he expected. In terms of silver dollars alone, Wu Anping gave him 100,000 yuan from Pingliang's seizure, and also allocated 50,000 kilograms of grain from the mountain warehouse. In addition, the young commander-in-chief also gave the Seventh Normal School two American-made cars and three trucks, and specifically instructed several soldiers to go to school to teach driving skills.

Zhang Chenshu was a little disgusted. He had never received such high treatment. Even if the rulers were kind in the past, they would always act like "please forgive me" whenever they met him to ask for money. To put it bluntly, education is actually just a tool for self-commendation for these people. For encouraging men, urging taxes, and forcing donations, their enthusiasm is far higher than running schools and engaging in education.

To express gratitude, Zhang Chenshu invited Wu Anping to inspect the Seventh Normal School.

Seeing that it was getting late, Wu Anping wanted to refuse. What's more, since the People's Liberation Army is now controlling Pingliang, it has become his responsibility to develop education. He actually does not want to accept his gratitude to Zhang Chenshu.

However, Xia Tingbai said from the side: "Since you value the Seventh Normal School so much, it will be bad if you don't go over and take a look."

Wu Anping knew that Xia Tingbai was very interested in the school in the Republic of China, and felt that her words were reasonable, so he changed his mind and agreed to Zhang Chenshu's invitation.

In fact, from the perspective of environment alone, the Seventh Normal School is even better than the several schools in Xifeng.

This school is located in Liuhu Lake west of the Confucian Temple, with picturesque scenery. It was once the King of Han Garden in the Ming Dynasty. It not only has warm springs that are not frozen in the severe winter and clear lake water, but also has pavilions, platforms, buildings and pavilions with flying eaves. There are the lake-surrounded willows planted by Zuo Zongtang before. Every March, the catkins fly white and the snow falls heavily.

There are four classes in the Seventh Normal School, with a total of less than 200 teachers and students. When students attend classes, they choose to choose several courtyard pavilions such as Hanxu Hall, Nuanquan Pavilion, Penghu Pavilion, etc. As long as you turn your sights, you can see group fish, eels, pikes, and shrimps playing in the lake. You will also see red lotus reflecting the sun and the green lake waving, which is refreshing and pleasant.

Wu Anping, Xia Tingbai and Zhang Chenshu were riding in the same car, and a guard division soldier served as the driver. The car was the first to be followed by a convoy of more than a dozen cars, including five cars given to the Seventh Normal School, as well as vehicles for transporting grain and guards.

When the convoy entered the school, it caused a huge sensation.

Even though cars are not common in Pingliang, they are definitely rare, especially those who have formed a team of more than a dozen cars like this. Except for the PLA who have been seen in this past or two days, they have never appeared on the streets before. Now the convoy has entered the Seventh Normal School. A sharp-eyed person sees the principal in the first car and immediately surrounded him inexplicably. Soon, students walking in the distance flocked in.

Seeing this, Wu Anping simply stopped the convoy and signaled Zhang Chenshu to come forward and say hello to the students first. He and Xia Tingbai got off the car afterwards.

After getting off the car, Zhang Chenshu first introduced Wu Anping's identity, and then he told the Longdong Group's support for the Seventh Normal School amid the exclamations of hundreds of students. This series of good news immediately caused cheers from the teachers and students present, and then applause rang out like thunder.

At this time, Zhang Chenshu asked Wu Anping to say a few words to everyone.

Wu Anping did not refuse. He stood among hundreds of students, looking at faces that were full of vitality and enthusiasm, and his eyes swept over those uniforms that were washed white and even patched. He suddenly remembered that he was like them before last year, looking for ideals in the desolation. The more suffering, the tougher he was, the more youthful he was.

He suddenly didn't want to say many things he had thought about. As he had done at Lanzhou Political and Law School, he suddenly raised one arm and loudly declared: "Students, our era has arrived!"
Chapter completed!