Bright Sword: Starting from the Improved Grenade

At first, when Dingwen was on his way to Henan, he didn't quite understand what Baldy meant when he asked him to investigate the disaster in Henan.

But when he arrived in Henan and learned about the situation there, his expression immediately turned grim.

"Don't worry, Commander!"

The subordinate standing by thought that he was worried about the problem of military rations this year, and immediately comforted him.

"Although Henan's autumn harvest has decreased this year, there is still no problem in collecting some military rations!"

If the bald man was unaware of what his subordinates said, Dingwen would pretend not to see it even if he felt guilty about it.

After all, without military rations, what could he use to fight Japan?

But now!

With a "bang", Ding Wen threw the information he had just obtained to the ground.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Do you have the heart to snatch the last life-saving food from the people who are suffering from the disaster?"

"what!"

The subordinate scratched his head in confusion and said uncertainly: "You can't bear it!"

"I can't bear it. Why don't you go and investigate how many people are affected and how serious the drought is!"

Ding Wen urged impatiently.

"Yes!"

In mid-December, Baldy came to Xi'an, Wangqu.

"Sir, this is what I have collected about the disaster in Henan these days!"

Dingwen put a report in front of the bald man.

"Ok!"

The bald man picked up the report and started reading it. His expression became uglier as he read on. “What is this Li Peiji doing?”

"Don't worry, sir. Maybe the weather will get better next year!"

Ding Wen whispered comfortingly.

"You're right!"

The bald man fantasized that as long as it started raining in February next year, the disaster in Henan would be over.

Just as Baldy was fantasizing that next year would be better, several reporters also came to several counties in Henan that were hardest hit by the disaster.

They took photos and sent the findings back to the mountain city via a commercial radio station overnight.

A day later, the Chongqing edition of Ta Kung Pao published some information about the disaster in Henan.

This attracted the attention of some ordinary people and members of the public, and five days later a reporter returned to the mountain city with a camera.

The next day, Ta Kung Pao published an editorial by the newspaper's host Wang Yunsheng entitled "Looking at Chongqing, Thinking of Central Plains", which caused an uproar.

This made the bald man, who had originally wanted to be a coward, very angry. He immediately ordered the Ta Kung Pao to suspend publication for three days as a punishment on the grounds of criticizing the government.

Before the bald man could breathe a sigh of relief, the Xinhua Daily began reporting on the disaster situation in Henan, publishing more than 40 reports in three consecutive days.

Now, university students began to march and people began to petition, hoping that the Nationalist government would allocate funds for disaster relief.

There was no other choice but for the bald man to announce publicly that he would send important officials to Henan to investigate, and at the same time promised to order a reduction in Henan’s land tax.

At the same time, an American journalist named Theodore White sent reports on the disaster in Henan to New York via commercial radio.

So a report titled "Until the next harvest season comes" was first published in Time magazine.

After the news was published, it caused a great response in the United States. People across the country were very dissatisfied with the Chinese government's disregard for the lives of the people.

The Americans' gossip and contempt made Miss Song, who was visiting the United States, very angry.

Believing that the report damaged the image of the Chinese government, he immediately found Henry Luce, the owner of Time magazine, and strongly demanded that Luce fire Theodore White.

However, Henry Luce rejected it outright.

What a joke! Because of this report, his Time magazine is so popular now. He will only fire Theodore White if he gets hit on the head!

............

Soon, amid the discussions of the people and the investigation of the Nationalist government, the time came to January 1942, 1.

At this time, the drought situation in Henan Province had not improved, and the newly planted winter wheat was still dying. Even then, Baldy was still looking forward to the spring rain in February.

However, due to food shortages caused by drought, food prices remain high.

The price of wheat increased from 0.6 yuan per bushel to 20 yuan per bushel. The high price made the already poor people even worse off.

Soon one, two, three, and until February 3rd, groups of victims appeared at the gates of various counties.

The officials of the National Government finally realized that a disaster was coming!

Until this time, the bald man, who could not fight against the sky, finally calmed down and began to ask government officials to come up with a disaster relief plan.

At the same time, an order was issued to Li Peiji, chairman of the Henan Provincial Government, to carry out disaster relief on his own.

Under pressure from the bald man, Li Peiji formally established the Henan Provincial Disaster Relief Committee.

On the second day, he gave a speech proposing that "from now on, this government has decided to make disaster relief a central task."

Since then, the entire Henan Provincial Government has completely switched to disaster relief mode.

As the disaster relief work unfolded, the Henan Provincial Disaster Relief Committee successively formulated policies and regulations such as the "Emergency Disaster Relief Implementation Measures", the "Measures to Reward the Gentry, Merchants and Wealthy Households in Each County for Voluntary Disaster Relief", and the "Diet Relief Measures".

Refugee shelters were also set up, which to a great extent alleviated the disorderly escape of refugees.

The efforts of the Henan Provincial Government have further alleviated the damage caused by the disaster.

At the same time, the National Government finally came up with a disaster relief plan, allocated 2 million yuan in advance for disaster relief, purchased 2000 million kilograms of grain, and shipped it to Henan.

Then he ordered the Henan Provincial Disaster Relief Committee to set up porridge factories in important places along the Longhai Line to provide relief to the victims.

Finally, the four types of household registration, namely "sufficient, self-sufficient, insufficient, and waiting for rescue", were redistributed to the disaster-stricken people in Henan to make a distinction.

Just as the people of Henan breathed a sigh of relief because of the actions of the National Government, a disaster report was urgently sent to Yan'an.

"According to reports, the spring drought in Shanxi continues to develop, affecting more than a dozen counties."

"It seems that the drought is not only in Henan, but also in Shanxi!"

The dignified man sighed and ordered, "Give orders to complete the food absorption and adjustment work within a time limit, provide relief to the disaster-stricken areas, and ensure spring farming."

"We will also exempt taxes, rush to plant crops, and provide relief to the people who really can't make ends meet through work-for-relief."

The elegant man added: "While the disaster is not too serious, we should transport 30 tons of food to Shanxi to stabilize the people's hearts!"

"Thirty tons!"

The majestic man was startled and looked at the elegant man: "Guan Sheng, isn't thirty tons of food a bit too much?"

"Can we get it out?"

"of course can!"

The elegant man said confidently: "Zhuxi, you don't know that our agricultural reclamation corps reclaimed a lot of land in Xinjiang, Hexi Corridor, Ningxia and other places last year."

"Because of the sufficient fertilizer, we had a bumper harvest last year. Now our warehouse is full of corn, sweet potatoes and other food."

"Don't even mention 30 tons. Even 50 tons or 100 tons can be taken out, but it may take a little longer."

"Haha, no wonder my food has become dry recently!"

The majestic man smiled, and the heavy stone in his heart fell to the ground.