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The two negotiators of the British Navy were very patient, and the two staff members of HSBC almost acted as intermediaries, very relaxed and leisurely, only the stressed Zheng Yi and the four British lawyers he hired with high salaries felt a headache and had to ask for a moratorium on the negotiations and a resumption at 9 a.m. tomorrow.

The two colonels and four lieutenants who served as clerks of the British Navy immediately agreed, and walked out of the conference room on the sixth floor of the Garden Hotel with Zheng Yi with a smile on their faces, discussing with Zheng Yi the M1928 submachine guns and new steel helmets that the Marines were successively equipped with, and praised Zheng Yi's talent.

Zheng Yi could only force a happy face, and casually said that his latest design of a semi-automatic rifle and an automatic rifle had been completed, and he was about to apply for a patent with the London Patent Office.

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At the same moment, thousands of miles away in an ordinary two-story blue-brick building on Huanlong Road in the Huhai Concession, Chairman Zhou of the Central Military Commission (Zhongyangjunshiweiyuanhui) was carefully reading the secret telegram he had just received.

Li Lisan lifted his glasses, and after reading the telegram, he was very surprised: "Where did the Hong Kong Liaison Office get the huge sum of $150,000? ”

Chairman Zhou rubbed his swollen temples: "If my guess is correct, this money should be handed over by the Hong Kong Huafeng Company in charge of Comrade Zheng Yi." ”

"Ten days ago, Jiang Jieshi Shi and the Nanjing government were outraged by the Gui arms procurement case, and the mysterious supplier was the Huafeng Company led by Comrade Zheng Yi."

"The two bullet reloading machines and a large amount of military supplies received by the Special Committee of the Western Fujian Revolutionary Base Area half a month ago were also secretly sent to Putian by Comrade Zheng Yi on a British cargo ship, and then sent to the Western Fujian Base Area in batches by the comrades of the Putian Transportation Station."

"Before these two things were implemented, Comrade Zheng Yi's intelligence officer had already reported to me in advance."

"Did you report to you about selling arms to the Gui family?" Li Lisan quickly grasped the crux of the matter.

Chairman Zhou shook his head: "The sale of arms has not been reported to me, I am just speculating...... Such a large arms deal also involved German and Swedish cargo ships and foreign companies, which passed through the Jiangyin checkpoint and went directly to Wuhan without realizing it, which is not something that ordinary people can do. ”

Li Lisan breathed a sigh of relief: "It scared me a lot, where does Comrade Zheng Yi have such great ability?" It is already remarkable that he was able to smuggle weapons and materials to the revolutionary base area in western Fujian......"

"It's just that where did this huge amount of $150,000 come from? The message did not elaborate, and the comrades of the Hong Kong Liaison Office were really careless. ”

"No, I asked them to do this, in order to prevent the telegram from being deciphered by the enemy, the Hong Kong Liaison Office cannot involve other departments and individuals in all telegrams, and even if it does, it can only be a code name, but I did not arrange a code name for Huafeng Company and Comrade Zheng Yi, I was negligent."

Chairman Zhou humbly explained.

Li Lisan thought for a while: "Forget it, let's wait for Comrade Cao Mancheng to bring the check to Huhai and then inquire in detail." ”

Chairman Zhou nodded again: "Comrade Lisan, if Comrade Zheng Yi is transferred to the Central Committee, will he be able to play a greater role?" ”

Li Lisan thought for a moment: "Let's wait for now, his punishment decision has not been made for less than half a year, and it is a bit unreasonable to rush him back......

"I don't care, I'm afraid that other committee members will have opinions, it's better to be cautious, not to mention that Comrade Zheng Yi has done a very good job in Hong Kong, let's maintain the status quo for the time being."

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Hong Kong is cold and damp in winter, the sea is often misty in the early morning, the withered grass on the pier condenses a fine layer of hoarfrost, and the moored hull is always wet, making people feel extra cold.

The newly painted patrol speedboat is docked on the pier, and above the cockpit is the British "M" flag, which is indispensable in this era.

The slender dark blue hull swayed gently with the waves, the 75-mm rapid-fire guns mounted on the foredeck were wrapped in thick gun jackets, and the two 20-mm twin machine guns in the front and rear were covered in a new canvas along with the shields.

More than a dozen Chinese mechanics took turns carrying brand-new wooden crates containing M1928 submachine guns and military pistols onto the deck, and from the deck into the cramped cabins below.

The refurbished patrol speedboat already belongs to Zheng Yi's property, and today is the first trial voyage of the speedboat after its completion, but the destination is a little far away from the Shanghai Sea, and it needs to be refueled twice on the way to arrive.

Inside and outside the three docks to the west of the patrol speedboats, five decommissioned British transport ships were parked just yesterday.

These carriers will need to be converted at the shipyard and then re-registered, and will not be put into operation until at least after the Chinese New Year.

The sea in the east was gradually dyed red by the rising sun, more than a dozen mechanics loaded with goods had left, and four retired British Navy personnel in military uniforms had boarded the patrol speedboat and were making preparations before the voyage, but Zheng Yi did not seem to be in a hurry at all, still standing in the leeward above the pier, talking in a low voice with Xu Maofu and Cao Mancheng, who were about to take a patrol speedboat to Shanghai.

Cao Mancheng pointed to the circular building and the wide factory building under construction on the east side of the wharf, and asked curiously, "What are those things?" ”

Zheng Yi didn't even look at it, threw away the cigarette butt that he had smoked most of it and stepped on it: "That's a thermal power plant under construction...... After completion, it will be able to provide electricity for most of Hong Kong Island. ”

"The two 8,000-ton transport ships outside the dock on the west side will be converted into coal carriers to transport coal from Vietnam's Hongji to the power plant to generate electricity, and the other three will be converted into ocean-going cargo ships, which will often travel between the mainland and Hong Kong in the future.

Cao Mancheng was very surprised: "So, it's all your ship?" ”

"It's not the big brother, is it yours? Let me tell you, these ocean-going cargo ships belong to the Hong Kong Ocean Shipping Company, which is owned by the Cheng family, and is registered in the United Kingdom, not the property of Huafeng. Xu Maofu said unhappily.

Zheng Yi glared at Xu Maofu: "Don't talk nonsense, if you have an opinion, you can quit Huafeng Company and do it yourself." ”

Cao Mancheng hurriedly smiled and said: "Boss, don't be angry, Xiaofu is angry in his heart, I can understand, whoever has worked hard to earn back hundreds of thousands of dollars will be sent out in a blink of an eye, and he will feel uncomfortable, and it is not a big deal to complain." ”

Zheng Yi sighed and told Cao Mancheng again: "See Chairman Zhou and say hello for me......"

"Although I asked you to bring me a summary of the work I wrote, but some words cannot be put on paper, after you arrive in Shanghai, you will truthfully report my current situation to the central government, whether it is good or bad, you will tell the truth, don't have any worries."

"In addition, please tell Chairman Zhou that Huafeng Company is basically on the right track at present, but the Hong Kong Ocean Transport Company, which is closely related to Huafeng Company, has just started, and a large number of workers need to be recruited, and a lot of work needs to be done by me, so I can't leave for a while."