Chapter 351: General Niu
Siming looked at them and asked, "Do you have any thoughts on people who want to learn how to fly airplanes?"
Adjutant Qi immediately became interested when he heard this: "General, I, I can go."
"You just got married, and it's hard to say when you will be able to come back. Besides, learning to fly is dangerous. I don't recommend you to go." Siming looked at Adjutant Qi.
"She won't have any objections." Adjutant Qi still wanted to fight for it.
"Let's wait until she agrees." Siming looked at him and said.
Miao Jiu thought for a moment and said, "Hu Zi can go."
"Hu Zi?" Siming knew that this was the person arranged by Miao Jiu to protect the two children.
"Well, Hu Zi is very loyal, and his parents are here." Miao Jiu's meaning was very clear.
"If you're not in a hurry, I think Hu Zi is a good candidate." Si Gu said.
Several people turned to look at him, wanting to hear his opinion.
"Hu Zi has been learning to read with the other three children. When I was teaching them foreign languages, he was also learning alongside me. He has a good learning ability."
"I think if he were to learn to fly, he would be able to pick it up quickly."
"If he can wait a little longer, even if he can't hold a conversation, he can at least understand what the foreigners are saying. That will make learning much more efficient."
Si Gu gave his own opinion.
"That's true. Although He Huaizheng is leading the team, there is no guarantee that he will always be there. In the end, they still have to rely on themselves." Si Tian agreed.
"Hu Zi learned to drive quickly and he shouldn't let us down." Miao Jiu looked at Siming.
"Okay, Hu Zi counts as one, we still need four more people." Siming looked at them.
Adjutant Qi was extremely anxious, but he had just gotten married and couldn't just leave.
I don’t know if there will be such an opportunity again in the future.
Siming looked up and saw that he was getting a little restless: "I'll give you half a day off."
"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief." Adjutant Qi immediately stood up and ran towards the door.
Si Tian raised his eyebrows and looked at the person who ran out: "Will his wife agree?"
"To be honest, I don't want him to go." Siming shook his head helplessly.
"There is one position left vacant for now. You can choose the other three from the army!" Miao Jiu has no better candidates now.
"There's still some time, let's wait and see." As soon as Si Ming finished speaking, the phone in the office rang.
"Ding-ling-ling."
He stood up and answered the phone: "General Niu, why are you calling me?"
"General Si, I won't beat around the bush. There was a storm here the past few days, and all the food in my warehouse was soaked."
"I want to buy some food from you. You name the price. I also want to buy some medicine, both Chinese and Western medicine."
"There are too many sick people in the city right now, and I'm really stressed out here. Your Beiyang City is the closest to me, so I can only ask for your help."
Governor Niu was holding the phone, his clothes were wrinkled.
The storm they experienced happened a few days earlier than Beiyang City, and the telephone lines were cut off there, which had only just been repaired to allow them to contact other places.
Siming didn't agree immediately: "Have you experienced storms anywhere?"
"What do you mean? Has your Beiyang City also experienced a storm?" Governor Niu felt a pang in his heart when he understood the meaning of his words.
Siming: "It just passed today."
"What the hell! The sky was clear the day before, but a storm came in the afternoon. I didn't have time to take any precautions."
"People in the city are injured or dead, and most of the houses are damaged. Now we have problems with food and medicine. I'm overwhelmed."
"General Si, how are things going over there? Can you help me?" General Niu said this with some uncertainty.
It would be fine if Beiyang City had not experienced the storm, but if it had, I'm afraid they would not be able to protect themselves.
Siming remembered that there were coal mines in the area under the jurisdiction of Governor Niu, and he wouldn't be too picky about having too much of it. "I can help, but you know we're in a period of transition right now."
"I can't help much even if I want to. I can only do my best."
"Thank you anyway. If you need money or anything, just let me know. As long as I have it, it's no problem." Governor Niu was very straightforward.
"Okay, wait for me for a moment. I'll count what I can give you and call you back later." Siming said with a smile.
"Okay, okay, I'll be waiting for your call." Governor Niu said and hung up the phone.
"Brother, what does Commander Niu want you to do?" Si Tian asked after he hung up the phone.
"They experienced a storm there, probably a few days before us. The food was soaked by the rain, and the city is also short of medicinal materials. They want to seek help from us."
Sima Ming looked at the few people and said.
"If I remember correctly, there is an open-pit coal mine in the area under the jurisdiction of Governor Niu." Miao Jiu raised his eyebrows and looked at the few people.
"Indeed, many machines in the factory are powered by steam, including the trains on the railway. It would be great if we could replace them with large quantities of coal."
"It won't do any harm for us to establish good relationships." Si Tian looked at several people.
"What I want is also coal, but I don't know when we can find coal here." Si Ming sighed after saying this.
"We will find it eventually." Miao Jiu still had some confidence.
"Then we will exchange food and medicine for coal?" Si Gu looked at them.
"Yeah. Medicine and food are expensive to them now, but coal is not that important." Si Ming looked at Si Tian.
Si Tian immediately understood, took out a few pieces of paper from the table beside him, and began to calculate the amount of food and medicine exchanged.
Then the maximum amount of coal that they may agree to.
"By the way, bring back their soaked food." Miao Jiu suddenly said.
"What's the point of pulling it back?" Si Gu was a little confused.
"Wait, ask them if they're moldy. If they are, throw them away. If they're just soaked in water, take them back after they've dried them."
"The animals outside the city are still short of food. This is just right. They don't eat it anyway." Miao Jiu thought clearly.
"Okay, I'll ask when I call later. Any vegetables we grow this season can be fed to them, or we can store them for the winter."
After Si Ming and Si Tian had finished their calculations, they got up and called General Niu to negotiate.
General Niu readily agreed to their exchange and had no objection to the food he wanted to soak in water, so he gave it all to Siming.
When food and medicine are delivered, they can bring them back together.
After the two sides reached an agreement, Si Tian asked people to prepare food and medicine. Bao Bao had no idea where he had gone, so they chose to transport them by train.
I prepared the things that day, took them to the train station and delivered them to him overnight.
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