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When passing through Xiamen Port, Xu Maofu disembarked alone and rushed to Putian with the two old brothers who came to meet him, while Zheng Yi and his second uncle continued to take the boat to Hong Kong.

Zheng Yi, who was like an arrow, returned to Hong Kong, immediately rushed home, and saw that his wife, who was in labor with a big belly, was in good spirits, and couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, and briefly reported to his father Zheng Lanting that night on his trip to Nanjing, which caused Zheng Lanting's great attention and contemplation.

Zheng Yi did not have so much time to accompany his father to analyze and review together, and after accompanying his beloved wife for a night, he hurried to HSBC the next morning to handle the exchange business of the grain business, and immediately rushed to Swire to discuss many matters related to the arms and cloud trade with a group of British Yankees who ate people and did not spit out bones.

The meeting lasted from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Swire and Jardine Matheson were very satisfied with Zheng Yi's rigorous and pragmatic attitude and the fruitful results of the trip to Shanghai, especially after Zheng Yi took the initiative to pay 200,000 pounds in advance, they not only gladly agreed to Zheng Yi's arms sales plan, giving Zheng Yi the biggest discount, but also gave Zheng Yi strong support in terms of specific implementation and transportation safety.

After the signing of the rigorous and meticulous cooperation agreement, the shareholders of the two companies pulled Zheng Yi to the club on the sixth floor of the Garden Hotel, and invited the heads of the two major partners of HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank and the garrison generals to hold a grand celebration dinner.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Zheng Yi, who was full of alcohol, returned home, because his beloved wife Liu Yu was becoming more and more sensitive to the smell of smoke and alcohol, Zheng Yi could only quietly go to the room of his two younger brothers to take a hot bath, dry his hair in the gloating laughter of his younger siblings, and go to his father's study to talk behind closed doors.

Because Zheng Lanting was very disgusted with the evil cloud business, and greatly offended the officials in charge of trade in the colonial government, Zheng Yi did not dare to mention this matter in front of him, but only reported in detail the arms trade part of the agreement signed today.

After listening to his son's report, Zheng Lanting was deeply satisfied: "The two major companies of Jardine Matheson and Swire have a huge backlog of weapons and ammunition, just the guns and ammunition, four types of artillery and a large number of military supplies piled up in the port storage area in front of the Central Street barracks, with a total value of 1.5 million pounds. ”

"If you count the inventory in India, the total value is not under five million pounds, which is why they are so happy to give you a good deal on credit."

"As far as I know, about half of the rifles and artillery in the batch of weapons and equipment in the port reservoir area are old goods left over from the refitting of the colonial garrison, you just need to pay more attention."

"I know this, they didn't deliberately hide it from me, the agreement signed with each other does not include this part of the old weapons that have been replaced, they only hope that I can sell these old weapons, the price is set very low, only 40% of the price of similar weapons, I did not agree to them, I can only say that I will do my best to sell them." Zheng Yi explained in detail.

Zheng Lanting nodded slightly: "Who are you going to sell the weapons and equipment of Taigu and Yihe to?" ”

Zheng Yi did not hide it: "It is mainly sold to the Gui department, there are also customers in Fujian Province, the quality of British weapons and equipment is still good, the only trouble is the caliber problem......

"The caliber of the Enfield rifle is .303 inches, that is, 7.7 mm, and the M1914 rapid-fire cannon and the M1915 howitzer are both 76.2 mm caliber, which is different from the existing guns and guns of warlords across the country, but the problem is not big, as long as the number of guns and shells is sufficient, and the price is a little lower, it can still be sold."

Zheng Lanting knew that after Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, the commanders of the Gui system who had suffered heavy losses, retreated from Lianghu to Gui Province, they not only withstood the attack of Lao Chiang's 120,000 troops, but also launched a fierce attack on the Cantonese army in Guangdong Province that had been attached to Lao Chiang.

But Zheng Lanting didn't know that the biggest demander among the customers in Fujian Province was his son's old army, and he didn't know that his son was quietly getting in touch with the Red Army, and wanted to quietly send more than 20 lightweight British M1915 howitzers and tens of thousands of shells to the booming Red Army, and was also preparing to prepare two divisions of weapons and equipment and a large amount of ammunition for the Red Army before the end of the year.

Zheng Lanting lit a big cigar and analyzed it unhurriedly: "Regarding your trip to Nanjing, I have thought about it for a long time, and I feel that the situation is not as bad as you think. ”

"Although Commander-in-Chief Chiang did not give you a clear answer, he also did not express his dissatisfaction with you, and your Zhou Shishu's concern should be out of love, not because you are too close to the British."

"Regardless of whether Commander-in-Chief Chiang is happy or not, he does not dare to offend Britain, the number one power in the world today, and the status quo of his getting closer and closer to the Germans has already offended the diplomats of Britain, the United States, and France, and recently he has to frequently send representatives to explain to the consular officials of the three countries again and again, so you don't have to worry about this."

Zheng Yi nodded thoughtfully: "Understood." ”

Zheng Lanting continued: "At the latest you mentioned that there were three people from the Songhu Garrison Command who went to the French Concession Company to make trouble, I thought about it for a long time, and felt that this matter had nothing to do with Commander-in-Chief Jiang, and there was no need for him to make such a shoddy little move. ”

"So I think that if it weren't for those lawless soldiers who didn't know who they were trying to blackmail, it would be the Kong family or the Song family who issued a warning to you."

"Although your eldest brother-in-law is a good person, he has not changed the unnecessary arrogance of the gentleman, he is too sharp and lacks consideration, he is far inferior to you in this regard, just leave it to him to have a headache, if he and his old man can't solve it, it's not too late for me to come forward."

Zheng Yi was very grateful in his heart, and after carefully recalling it, he could only humbly review: "I didn't do it carefully enough, I knew that Kong Xiangxi was insatiable, but I didn't correct my mentality in time and have a friendly discussion with him. ”

Zheng Lanting was very appreciative of her son's comprehension: "If you think about it like this, I can rest assured, you should also take a good rest during this time, take time to spend more time with Liu Yu, and another week is her due date, at this time she needs you very much." ”

Zheng Yi nodded with a smile: "Tomorrow I need to go to the arsenal to inspect the production of light machine guns and bullets, and hand over the order brought back to Branson for overall arrangement, and the day after tomorrow I will go to Huafeng Company and the wharf to take a look, urge the construction party to speed up the construction progress of the storage and transportation warehouse, check the work of the dock union in the past two months, and the morning after tomorrow It is estimated that I will go to target with Colonel Edmund, and the British army has decided to buy our Branson light machine gun patent. It is estimated that 50 light machine guns will be purchased for the garrisons in the Shanghai and Tianjin concessions. ”

Zheng Lanting nodded with satisfaction: "Then arrange it as soon as possible, come back when you finish the matter, and accompany Liu Yu well, okay, it's late at night, you can go back......"