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Chapter 56 Expensive Air Ticket

Zhou Changfeng returned to Lingzhi on the [-]th. His rib injury should be operated on within three days. Since the medical conditions here are not good, a middle-aged military doctor with a Chinese face asked him to leave the army and take a job. Shunfeng directly back.

So Zhou Changfeng came to the nearby improvised alternate landing airport. It happened that a Type [-] service plane was about to transport four seriously injured people to Chengdu. After discussing with the pilot, the latter reluctantly agreed to let him board the plane.

The hammocks on the left and right sides of the cabin have been put away. There are four seriously wounded people lying on stretchers on both sides, and another medical soldier is in charge of taking care of them; while Zhou Changfeng sits with his back against the cockpit.

The load of the aircraft at high altitudes is greatly reduced, and the impact of one more person is obvious, so this is why the previous pilots were very reluctant.

The long voyage was boring, and the medical soldiers had to take care of the four seriously wounded. Zhou Changfeng could only read the newspapers, and then went to help from time to time.

Through the on-board radio and newspapers, Zhou Changfeng learned that the Battle of Demaji had become famous, and more than a dozen newspapers had issued special accounts. The "extras" that are often heard in later generations of film and television dramas are actually important news that newspapers report first. Ad hoc newspapers.

When the plane landed to refuel the plane, the taciturn pilot suddenly asked, "Speaking of which, sir, you belong to the third brigade. Do you know your first battalion commander? The one who killed people in the battle of Demaji."

"Uh... I am."

"..."

After a short period of surprise and embarrassment, the pilot, who didn't talk much all the way, suddenly seemed to have opened up a chatterbox.

"Fortunately, fortunately, this is too coincidental, sir, are you going to the rear for treatment? That's right, the fight was so fierce, how could it be unscathed?"

"It was really fierce. I had a battalion plus a team that was strengthened before the battle. There were a total of [-] casualties, [-] serious injuries, and [-] casualties excluding minor injuries."

The casualties of the first team were close to [-]%, the casualties of the second team were more than [-]%, and the casualties of the third team were [-]%. The team that was temporarily strengthened also suffered [-]%.

The pilot nodded solemnly, smoked for a while, and said with a smile: "You will be famous when you get back."

Zhou Changfeng, who didn't know why, asked suspiciously: "No way? The name was not clearly stated in the newspaper, who knows?"

"Isn't that easy? I already know the number, it's easy~"

That night, the service plane finally landed at Chengdu Airport.

Several seriously injured were quickly picked up, while the pilot said he was hungry and wanted to go to a restaurant to enjoy Bashu food, leaving Zhou Changfeng alone in the wind...

This was originally a civilian airport, so he immediately walked into the terminal building not far away.

Because the pilot suggested that he take a plane back to Nanjing directly. The reason is that he will have to rest for a few days after the surgery.

This suggestion does make sense, so Zhou Changfeng came.

Then he was shocked by the price of the air ticket, and once thought it was a two-way ticket.

"Uh... three hundred yuan, one way?"

The female conductor at the front desk of the hall nodded and said seriously: "Yes, sir, this flight stops in Chongqing, Wuhan, Beijing, and Shanghai. If you are going to the capital, it only costs 260 yuan."

just? !
My monthly salary is only [-] yuan!
Zhou Changfeng found sadly that even though he could beat the British to death on the battlefield, he was still hesitant to pay the price of the air ticket.

Moreover, his income is really not low. He is still aware of the current prices. For example, in Nanjing, a brand-name bicycle is only [-] yuan, a pair of mid-cut leather boots is only a little over [-] yuan, and one yuan can buy five catties of pork. Or two movie tickets!

Even though the aviation industry is developing rapidly, in the 30s, air travel is still a truly top-notch way, and passengers are either wealthy businessmen, famous families, or officials.

Although Zhou Changfeng was embarrassed, the conductor lady did not and did not dare to underestimate him, but asked him if he was traveling on business.

Although theoretically this is indeed a business trip, but... the injury is not particularly urgent. He said that he can go back by train. The military doctor explained that it would be three days, so there is time.

Hearing this, the conductor lady couldn't help laughing, "You are so honest, this plane is rarely fully loaded, so why not take you if there are vacant seats?"

In fact, the current atmosphere of Ming Dynasty is still relatively friendly to soldiers, anyway, it is much stronger than it was decades ago.

At that time, on the one hand, the Ming army did not live up to expectations, and the style and discipline of the feudal army were obviously not flattering.Military-civilian relations are not broken in a day, and naturally they cannot be repaired in a day.

On the other hand, since the Song Dynasty, there has been an ethos of emphasizing literature over military affairs-"a good man should not be a soldier" and "enlisting in the army is not what the people want, and those with a little ambition are despised and disdainful."

For the former, with the establishment of the constitutional government and the regularization of various aspects on the right track, the morale of the Ming army has improved significantly in the past 30 years. At least now people have naturally regarded "my fellow, I will borrow your head for use" as a joke. said.

The latter, in order to change this untimely atmosphere, the court can be said to have made great efforts. For example, the current Emperor Zhichang issued an edict in his early years-"Chongwu Edict", which was named after the ancient city of Chongwu in Quanzhou , whichever it means, calls on the subjects of the world to respect martial arts.

But it is meaningless to just shout slogans. Based on the emperor's edict, various measures that are conducive to correcting the style of emphasizing literature over martial arts have also been implemented one after another.

For example, the reform of the military rank system is the most typical measure. The grades corresponding to the determined military ranks at that time were relatively high, which can be said to be a strong medicine.

A warrant officer is at the eighth rank, a second lieutenant is at the seventh rank, and a lieutenant is at the seventh rank. Just a lieutenant is equivalent to a county magistrate.

The major is fifth rank and the middle rank is fourth rank. The rank of a major officer jumps two ranks every time he is promoted. The ranks of major and lieutenant colonel are respectively higher than that of prefect and prefect.

In addition to this, there are a series of encouragement and special preferential treatment. With a multi-pronged approach, the atmosphere of gentlemen and martial arts has changed significantly after more than [-] years.

At that time, the Ming army was very short of talents, and the modern army must have officers with sufficient education level. Fortunately, in the second year of Zhichang, the imperial examination system underwent a major change, and the traditional way of becoming an official was greatly reduced. Some scholars chose to join the army and signed up to go to military academies in various places to continue to display their talents.

"The plane will take off in about two quarters of an hour, hurry up."

"it is good."

In a word, Zhou Changfeng also took advantage of the imperial government's policy, and used the extravagant transportation that would have cost more than a month's salary for free.

Since the flight of Jiannan Airlines has already taken off in the afternoon, and the flight of Yongning Airlines has to wait until tomorrow morning, there is only one flight left by Lufthansa.

Lufthansa's branch in Daming has just been established, and there are only a few major city routes, mainly flights with stopovers, and very few direct flights, because the former can cover more passengers.

(End of this chapter)