Zheng Yi's movements were fast, and before noon, he came to Zhou Junyan's office with a thick pile of manuscripts and three English textbooks, and gently placed them on the table between the two under the meaningful gaze of Zhou Junyan and Yu Feipeng. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Zhou Junyan smiled and began to flip through: "It seems that you really did it...... These two English manuscripts full of drawings are what design patents you are talking about, right? ”

"Yes, once it passes the patent examination in the UK, it's all in pounds." Zheng Yi replied.

Zhou Junyan and Yu Feipeng were amused, Yu Feipeng took a translation manuscript handed over by Zhou Junyan, and immediately flipped through it after reading the cover title, Zhou Junyan also began to read another translation manuscript, with a focused expression that attached great importance to it.

Adjutant Zhou Junruo smiled and explained in a low voice, Zheng Yi nodded, respectfully addressed "Brother Shi", put down the teacup and followed Zhou Junruo to the big office next door.

The two tailors who had been waiting for a long time greeted him attentively and began to measure Zheng Yi, even taking care of the circumference of his head, and asked Zheng Yi in a low voice how many sizes of shoes he was wearing.

After the two tailors took their leave, Zheng Yi immediately consulted Zhou Junyan's nephew Zhou Junruo: "Brother Shi, are the uniforms and shoes of each instructor in the military academy tailor-made?" ”

"At the beginning, only the chief instructor and the officers above the head and deputy minister of various ministries were qualified to tailor, and the clothing of the rest of the officers and soldiers was ordered in bulk from Shanghai, with the gradual expansion of the military academy, the clothing, shoes and hats of the senior officers were too late to be customized in Shanghai, and it was also very troublesome, so they had to solve it on the spot in Guangzhou."

"The technology of many garment factories and shoe factories in Guangzhou is still good, not necessarily worse than that in Shanghai. We have a small number of people in the quartermaster department, so far there are only six people, and the two uncles have an accountant and a gold cabinet (cashier) under the seat in addition to you and me, so we are close to the water tower and get the moon first. ”

Zhou Junruo, who wore a pair of myopic glasses, explained in a crepe.

Zheng Yi nodded frequently, chatted with Zhou Junruo for a while, heard the dense footsteps around and downstairs, and the laughter sounded, knowing that all departments were off work and lunch time had arrived, so they returned to the minister's office next door.

Zhou Junyan happened to end the discussion with Yu Feipeng, and when he saw Zheng Yi, he immediately called him over, pointed to the two complete translated manuscripts, and said happily:

"We roughly flipped through it, I feel that the level is not low, after lunch, we will help you present to Principal Jiang, you can put away the rest, this unfinished "French Army Artillery Drill Code" hurry up and finish, at present, there is a shortage of professional textbooks in military schools, and there are only three military textbooks that the instructors hastily compiled for the first phase of students who are studying, and the textbooks promised by the Russian consultants have not yet been delivered, even if they are delivered, they have to organize people to translate them into Chinese characters, so your three textbooks came at the right time, and you did a good job."

"I guess that's where your confidence lies, right? It seems that you would like to enter our Whampoa Military Academy. Yu Feipeng quipped.

Zheng Yi smiled, put away the two patent manuscripts and the unfinished "French Army Artillery Drill Code" and put them in the briefcase: "Although the little nephew made a fuss, he never gave up, so he set a deadline for himself, if he can't get the qualification to apply for the fourth phase of enrollment in the military academy, the little nephew will give up, so he insists on self-study for several months." ”

"There are more than 10 people in Swire & Co. and the shipyard who are retired officers and soldiers of the British Royal Navy and the Army, and these three military textbooks were commissioned by the little nephew to get them back from the United Kingdom, and there are more than a dozen military books from various European countries, and the little nephew has been reading them, and he usually practices with the shipyard guards, and has done several live firings, so he is quite familiar with firearms."

Zhou Junyan asked curiously: "If you still can't enter the military academy by the fourth period, what are you going to do?" ”

Zheng Yi replied half-jokingly and half-seriously: "Then I will leave Guangzhou and go to the north to join a powerful warlord, whether it is Duan Qirui or Wu Peifu, as long as I am willing to accept me, I will work hard for them. ”

Zhou Junyan and Yu Feipeng looked at each other, then shook their heads again and again, staring at Zheng Yi and admonishing again, if it weren't for Zhou Junruo's low reminder that lunch time was almost over, the two officials who talked endlessly would probably continue to criticize Zheng Yi's reactionary thoughts.

Zheng Yi and Zhou Junruo followed the two officers downstairs, and when they came to the officer canteen at the back, they found that there were not many people, and Principal Jiang and Director Zhou, who Zheng Yi was familiar with, were nowhere to be seen, but more than ten middle-level officers who were still dining were quite surprised to see Zheng Yi, and then showed a smile, probably because they had a deep memory of Zheng Yi jumping into the river without hanging up.

After lunch, Zhou Junyan and Yu Feipeng took Zheng Yi's manuscript to the principal's office, and Zhou Junruo accompanied Zheng Yi back to the quartermaster department to drink tea and chat.

"The officers don't rest at noon?" Zheng Yi asked.

Zhou Junruo pointed to the schedule of work and rest on the wall: "Originally, there were two hours of rest at noon, but the military school was newly established, and everything was waiting to be enjoyed, including the principal, everyone was racing against time and working hard, and the schedule of work and rest became an ornament. ”

Zheng Yi nodded: "It's okay, I don't have a lunch break habit, I want to go crazy to enter the Whampoa Military Academy in the past few months, I work during the day and work overtime from time to time to repair the ship, and I have to hurry up at night to design and translate materials, I have to participate in the military training of the shipyard guard every other day, basically I only sleep six hours a day, and I haven't taken a nap for a long time." ”

"The shipyard also conducts military training?" Zhou Junruo asked in surprise.

Zheng Yi sighed: "Everyone knows that the British are behind the Guangzhou business group, and the British are worried that the business group and Mr. Zhongshan's revolutionary army will affect themselves, so they started to guard against ...... more than a month ago."

"In fact, it is not only the Swire Shipyard that does this, all the British-funded enterprises issue weapons to their employees, even I, the chief technician of Chinese nationality, also issued a Browning M1910 and two boxes of ammunition, and later gave me an Enfield rifle, and the British clearly told me that if I shoot in danger, all the consequences will be borne by the company."

Zhou Junruo was silent, holding a cup and slowly walking to the low cabinet next to the wall to pour tea.

Zheng Yi shook his head slightly, and after thinking about it for a while, he decided to postpone his position for a period of time and then resign from the Swire Shipyard, if he left the Swire Shipyard without saying hello, it would not only offend the British and leave a bad reputation, but also affect his patent income, which was a huge amount of money!

Secondly, after repairing the old traffic ship for the military academy, Zheng Yi set his sights on the shipyard's inland river passenger ship that was half-built and rested on the slipway, the novel design of the steel-hulled ship is six meters long and two meters wide than the military academy's traffic boat, as long as it is slightly modified, equipped with two 500-horsepower diesel engines of good quality, and then find a way to get back a few 20mm machine guns and install them, it can be used as an armed patrol ship, and there is no problem in transporting the troops and equipment of a battalion, and it will definitely play a greater role in the future Eastern Crusade.

Zheng Yi was worried about how to convince the military academy that if the military academy bought this ship, it would definitely be cost-effective to invest a little, not only to improve the combat effectiveness and mobility of the military academy, but also to revitalize the funds of the Swire Shipyard where he had worked for several months, and it could be regarded as worthy of hiring and trusting Mr. White.

Zheng Yi estimates that the ship on the slipway will not exceed 150,000 Hong Kong dollars after it is built, and even if it is equipped with ten or eight machine guns, heavy machine guns and other weapons, the price will be much lower than that of the traffic boats currently in use in military schools, and the quality and efficiency are several times higher.

"Xiao Zheng, come with me, the principal wants to see you."

Yu Feipeng, who came back in a hurry, interrupted Zheng Yi's thoughts, took Zheng Yi around the corridor on the second floor, and instructed Zheng Yi to tidy up his instrument as he walked.

The two came to the door of the open principal's office, and Yu Feipeng pulled Zheng Yi in without saying a word: "Principal, someone brought it, haha!" ”

Zheng Yi hurriedly stepped forward, glanced at Zhou Junyan, who was sitting on the side of Principal Jiang and smiled, and bowed to Principal Jiang.

Principal Jiang seemed to be in a good mood, and kindly instructed Zheng Yi to sit down and speak, and casually picked up the two neat stacks of manuscripts on the table and raised them:

"I didn't expect your English level to be so high, I was surprised and very happy, and then I heard your Uncle Zhou Shi say, you think the official I gave you is too small to be worthy of you, right?"

Zheng Yi hurriedly stood up and explained in a panic: "Don't take it seriously, the little nephew is joking with Uncle Zhou Shi." ”

Principal Jiang and Zhou Junyan were stunned for a moment and then laughed in unison, Zhou Junyan laughed and scolded, "Boy, you also know that you are afraid", which made Zheng Yi depressed, thinking that you Lao Zhou didn't say that at that time.

When the laughter stopped, Principal Jiang took out a handkerchief to wipe away the fine beads of sweat on his forehead, and said to Zheng Yi cordially: "I admire your talent very much, and I believe that you have the ability to serve as a special officer of the Quartermaster Department and a cultural instructor of the military academy at the same time, and I hope that after a year, you can bring out a group of skilled ordnance repair personnel for the military academy......"

"However, you are not yet nineteen years old this year, if I give you the rank of major, people who don't know the inside story will definitely give birth to a lot of criticism, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, you better start with the rank of captain, how about it? Satisfied? ”

"Thank you, Principal, for cultivating!" Zheng Yi opened his mouth and came, and he was a little surprised when he finished, although this sentence was very familiar, he had never said it.

Principal Jiang was very satisfied with Zheng Yi's respect and obedience, and turned to Zhou Junyan and Yu Feipeng with a pleasant face: "What do you think of the two brothers?" ”

"Very good, this arrangement is very good, Xiao Zheng is younger, but his contribution is obvious to all, I believe everyone can understand the principal's love for talent." Yu Feipeng's words are just right.

Zhou Junyan smiled with satisfaction: "Cheap this kid, haha!" ”

Zheng Yi saw that Principal Jiang was about to serve a teacup, and hurriedly reported in detail his idea of getting a good ship back for the military academy.

The three of them were quite moved when they heard this, Zhou Junyan and Yu Feipeng looked at each other and looked at Principal Jiang, who thought for a moment and asked cautiously: "Such a good ship, is it really no more than 150,000 Hong Kong dollars?" ”

Zheng Yi immediately explained in detail: "Yes, principal, the subordinates are still very confident in their calculations, the current economic recession in the world, the price of steel and machinery and equipment has fallen again and again, and now there are no less than 200 ships sold at low prices in Hong Kong, and the subordinates have checked the information of the Taikoo Shipyard, the construction cost of this shelved steel-hulled ship is about 120,000 Hong Kong dollars, and the deposit of 100,000 Hong Kong dollars that has been received from Xijiang Shipping Company will not be returned, so the loss is not big for the shipyard, as long as the construction is completed and sold, the shipyard will earn." ”

"Swire Shipyard is in a difficult situation right now, so my subordinates think that Manager White will agree. If the military academy is in financial difficulties, and the subordinates are willing to buy the ship for the military academy out of their own pockets, but the first installment of the patent transfer money can only be obtained at the end of the year, and if Zhou Shishu or Chief Yu originally intended to guarantee the bank for their subordinates, then there would be no problem. ”

Principal Jiang and others never expected Zheng Yi to be so generous and so loving to the military academy, and after being moved, Principal Jiang nodded frequently: "It seems that you are very confident in your two patents, I want to ask, what will you do if your patent application fails?" ”

Zheng Yi replied confidently: "My subordinates have thought about this possibility more than once, if such a situation occurs, it must be that the British are not trustworthy, and Manager White, as a partner, has bad intentions and wants to swallow my interests......"

"However, after a few months of getting along, I think that although Mr. White has an arrogant personality and a rough style, he is still very trustworthy, and as long as you have real skills, he respects you, so his subordinates are not worried about this."

"Take a step back, even if things get to the worst, no matter how shameless Manager White is, he has to take care of his reputation, and he will spend some money to send me away, and if he doesn't dare to say more, there will definitely be ten thousand pounds, otherwise he will probably not sleep well."

Principal Jiang looked at each other several times, and they all heard Zheng Yi's worst plan.

Zhou Junyan couldn't help but ask: "If you are deceived, you will kill someone?" ”

Zheng Yi smiled: "There is a saying that cutting off people's financial routes is like killing parents, if Mr. White dares to be greedy for money that belongs to me, it will be more hateful than cutting off people's financial routes, what's the big deal if I kill him, at most wandering the world for a few years." ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhou Junyan and Yu Feipeng were a little uneasy, but Principal Jiang's eyes lit up and nodded very appreciatively, as if he saw in Zheng Yi that he was fearless in carrying out assassination.