Chapter 377 On the other side of the sea (fourth update, please subscribe)
The next morning, Li Yian returned home feeling physically and mentally comfortable.
No, it should be said to be an official residence now.
To a certain extent, this three-story Victorian building is not his home, just an official residence. Decades ago, it was the official residence of the Commissioner of the North Borneo Company. Now it is the Presidential Palace of the Republic of Nanyang. Of course, it is also the official residence of the Commissioner of the Company and the palace of the King.
From this perspective, Li Yian is still very frugal.
But in fact, the design of the new presidential palace has already begun. Of course, the new presidential palace will definitely not be Victorian. For this reason, the relevant departments have specially recruited architectural designers from Tangshan.
It’s just that... the presidential palace is still on the drawing board.
I have just returned to the official residence here. The affairs that have been backlogged for several days are coming one after another. There is hardly a moment of relaxation.
Domestic and foreign affairs, many things, are reported one by one. , processed and made decisions, and when everything was over, it was almost one o'clock in the afternoon.
It was only then that Li Yian suddenly realized that he had not eaten yet. When he was about to have someone prepare lunch, there was an emergency over there.
"...There are about 7,000 young teachers and students currently stranded in Zhifu. They just contacted our office in Zhifu this morning, hoping to temporarily evacuate to Nanyang. At that time, there were only a few left-behind staff in the office. The final aftermath is being dealt with, and they asked what should be done."
Listening to Lin Jiachao's report, Li Yian frowned and said.
"Do we have a ship nearby?"
The answer is no, it is in the Bohai Sea, and there are really no ships nearby.
“Pick them over. If we don’t have a ship, then ask if there are ships from other countries or shipping companies nearby.”
Li Yian said directly,
“Don’t be afraid of spending money, what I need is people!”
What I need is people!
After all, for Borneo, the most important thing is the people. In this final window period, a few thousand people are still human beings.
In the next few hours, from the official residence secretariat to the shipping company, we constantly contacted various shipping companies through phone calls and telegrams. Finally, in the evening of that day, good news came.
"Sir, there is a Canadian cargo ship that has just arrived at Incheon Port, but it is loaded with cargo..."
Li Yian said before Xu Wenzhi finished speaking.
“Buy the goods, let the ship sail to Zhifu, unload the goods directly to the port, and then bring the people back.”
“Sir, what’s on the ship is arms. It was shipped from Incheon by a Canadian arms dealer..."
Hmm...
Hearing this, Li Yian couldn't help being stunned and said.
"What I need is people."
It doesn't matter whether it is arms or not. What is important is that the ship is needed to bring people over. This is the last window period.
7,000 young people are not only labor force, but also fertility. These 7,000 people, their descendants can reproduce tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands. For Borneo, nothing is more important than this Yes.
“Yes, I understand!”
After Xu Wenzhi exited, he looked at the time and saw that it was already 6:43 pm. Li Yian couldn't help but lean on the back of the soft chair and raised his eyebrows lightly. "Arms..."
The seemingly solemn expression, but with a hint of... enlightenment. Who said that you can't abandon something under special circumstances?
Sometimes, if you have to, you can leave something behind, like this situation now.
……
From the time of 1948, as the war spread, ships full of immigrants transported hundreds of thousands of immigrants from coastal and river ports to Southeast Asia. On these immigrant ships, there were many people fleeing the war. student.
The "Fox Rice" is the last ship to set off from Zhifu. The decks and cabins of this 5,700-ton Canadian freighter are full of people standing anywhere they can stay. There are more than 7,000 passengers, all young teachers and students from all over Jiaodong. Except for a few teachers who lead the team, most of them are students. The oldest is only about twenty years old, and the youngest is only eight or nine years old. , everyone looked a little confused.
In order to escape the war, they ran all the way and finally boarded the ship heading to the South Seas.
“It’s not easy!”
Standing in the corridor beside the bridge, Zhang Muwu couldn’t help but wipe the sweat from his forehead with a towel.
"If there hadn't been a Nanyang ship at sea, we would have been doomed."
The reason why he said this was because there was no ship. Later, as the principal, he personally went to the dock to communicate with Nanyang. People from the labor service company contacted and said that thousands of famous teachers and students needed to leave Zhifu.
“No, we were lucky. When we went there, there were only a few people in the labor service company burning documents, and the others had evacuated. If we had gone an hour later, we might have left. No."
"Hey, I didn't expect that Nanyang would be so kind, just dumping a ship full of supplies at the dock, and then adding more decks just to take us away."< br>
When mentioning the materials discarded at the dock, everyone was filled with emotion. So many materials were thrown away in vain, and who would be heartbroken if they replaced them.
But over there in Nanyang, there was no heartache at all. They were willing to exchange supplies for people!
"This is a Canadian ship, not a Nanyang ship,"
Someone reminded on the side.
“That’s right! This ship was hired by Nanyang with real money and silver!”
“I heard from Section Chief Xu of the labor service company that this Canadian ship and the people on it were The supplies were purchased by Nanyang. I heard that President Li personally ordered them. They spent more than four million U.S. dollars!”
When they heard this number, everyone was stunned. This huge sum of money did not represent money, but the kindness of Nanyang to them.
How can such a benevolent and righteous act not make people sigh?
“I just don’t know when I can return to my hometown after this exile in Nanyang!”
Some people shook their heads and sighed, and then the expressions of other people also changed. Dignified, they just looked in the direction of the land, and they seemed to be able to vaguely see the mountain shadows of the land. They looked very close, but also seemed very far away. There were the mountains and water of their hometown.
After leaving, I don’t know how long it will take before I can go home again.
The next morning, the Fox Rice joined a fleet of six ships. The fleet set out from Jiaozhou Bay. Unlike this temporary cargo ship at the dock, the two ships were LST tank landing ships that could grab beaches in ordinary ports or even beaches. The ships were also crowded with refugees from all over the country, many of whom were in exile. There are students, including college students, middle school students, and even many elementary school students.
All boats are the same... they are crowded with people, people are crowded together, and people are next to each other. Although the sun is high, there are so many young people together, but the minds of young people will always change. Forgetting the sorrow, soon there was laughter and laughter on the deck, and they were singing songs there. It seemed that for them, this trip was just like the seniors in their early years. This was just a temporary farewell, and they could go home in a few years. .
Home is behind them, and the mountains and rivers of their hometown are also behind them.
The boat went all the way from the Yellow River across the East China Sea, through the Taiwan Strait into the South China Sea, and arrived at the other side of the sea...
(End of this chapter)