Chapter 386: Prophecy
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Zheng Yi passed the street in front of the door many times, but he didn't notice the wide courtyard hidden in the greenery.
Because the sky was too dark, and Chen Jiongming had already come out of the car in front of him, Zheng Yi didn't have time to observe on his own, got out of the car and closed the car door casually, walked a few steps, and entered the luxuriously decorated, spacious and bright living room with Chen Jiongming with a smile.
The astute servants had already begun to gather up, Zheng Yi had just sat down humbly, and Chen Jiongming had already waved off the surrounding servants and bodyguards, and began to brew kung fu tea with Chaoshan characteristics.
"The virtuous nephew has been in Guangzhou for more than two years, so I guess I can get used to kung fu tea, right?" Chen Jiongming asked with a gentle smile.
Zheng Yi leaned on the back of the sour branch wooden chair with a kapok backrest and smiled slightly: "Trouble Uncle Shi, kung fu tea is very good, I like to drink it very much, but I can't brew it." ”
Chen Jiongming smiled slightly: "It's good to like it, haha!" I really didn't expect that your father and several families would give you full management of such a large shipping company, I thought it was your father or a representative of the Rochester family as the chairman, and after learning that you are the manager of the famous precision machinery manufacturing company and the designer of the M1928 submachine gun, I suddenly realized, virtuous nephew and talent! ”
"Uncle Shi praised it, in fact, the M1928 submachine gun does not have much innovative technology, strictly speaking, it still can't get rid of the shadow of the German flower machine gun, the little nephew just made some technical improvements and local optimizations, it seems to be a new submachine gun that has never been there, in fact, it is just like that." Zheng Yi humbly explained.
Chen Jiongming saw that Zheng Yi was so humble and polite, not arrogant or impatient, and his good impression of Zheng Yi increased greatly, so he sent the brewed kung fu tea to Zheng Yi with a few polite words, told Zheng Yi not to be polite, and then drank a cup comfortably, and continued to pick up the exquisite celadon pot to refill the tea for Zheng Yi.
Zheng Yi thanked him in a low voice, and when he saw Chen Jiongming's leisurely appearance, he thought for a while and asked, "Uncle Shi, the little nephew wants to ask you about someone." ”
"Oh!?"
Chen Jiongming immediately put down the teapot, and his face showed surprise.
Zheng Yi didn't beat around the bush either: "There is a man named Song Jiaxiong who led nearly 100 coolies to fight for territory at the Kowloon Freight Terminal, and there was a fierce weapon fight with the Zhangzhou Gang in Fujian Province some time ago, and many people were killed and injured ...... each other."
"This Song Jiaxiong has some friendship with one of my foremen, and suddenly came to ask to join our shipping company, hoping to make a living at several of our docks."
"After I inquired, I learned that this Song Jiaxiong was originally the bodyguard captain of the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce, I think things don't seem to be so simple, and the little nephew has just arrived in Hong Kong, and he is very unfamiliar with the local gang, so he doesn't dare to take him in."
Chen Jiongming recalled for a long time, and finally had a trace of impression: "I remember that there is such a person, it seems to be a native of Xuwen County on the Leizhou Peninsula, and after the reorganization of the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce a year ago, he will no longer be employed......
"I usually don't ask about this kind of trivial matter, if the virtuous nephew needs to inquire about the details of this person, I will ask the following people to help check it out."
As soon as Zheng Yi heard it, he knew that Song Jiaxiong had nothing to do with the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce, but for the sake of prudence, Zheng Yi still deliberately asked: "I think there are a lot of gangs from Fujian Province here in Hong Kong, but I don't know what is the background of the Zhangzhou gang that clashed with Song Jiaxiong?" ”
Chen Jiongming said with a smile: "There are indeed many gangs in Fujian Province who come to Hong Kong to make a living, and the relationship between gangs is extremely complicated, but the largest gangs in Hong Kong are from Chaoshan and Huizhou, and most of them are my Hongmen children, and there are many contradictions with the gangs from Fujian Province. ”
"The Guangdong Chamber of Commerce has to come forward from time to time to mediate the conflicts between each other, and in general, they can still get along with each other...... The virtuous nephew asked the Fujian Provincial Gang if he was harassed by them? ”
"Not for the time being, I just want to find out, and I have a good bottom in my heart." Zheng Yi got the result he wanted, and there was no longer any need to continue this topic.
Chen Jiongming nodded thoughtfully: "I also have a question here to ask my nephew, is the precision machinery manufacturing company where you are the general manager and designer an arsenal specializing in the manufacture of weapons and equipment?" ”
Zheng Yi answered truthfully, telling in detail the composition, scale and development direction of the precision machinery manufacturing company, the two automatic rifles that have been successfully patented, the manufacturing equipment shipped from Britain and the advanced machine tools ordered from Germany, and finally told Chen Jiongming without concealment:
"In the past three months, we have sold a large number of weapons and ammunition to the Gui department twice, and there are 8,000 M1928 submachine guns and imitation 9mm Colt military pistols alone, and my eldest brother-in-law in Shanghai has also purchased a lot of M1928 submachine guns and military pistols from me.
Chen Jiongming was stunned, and only laughed after a while: "Well done, virtuous nephew, well done!" Ha ha! Once machinery purchased from Britain and Germany arrives, it may not be long before the precision machinery manufacturing company run by the virtuous nephew becomes a well-known arsenal in the Far East. ”
Zheng Yi smiled and shook his head: "It's not so fast, even if the machinery and equipment arrive, it still needs to be installed and commissioned, recruit technicians, technical training, raw material procurement, etc., and it will take half a year to put into production at the earliest." ”
"And our precision machinery manufacturing company only produces rifles, submachine guns and pistols, at most plus some new steel helmets and sapper shovels, which cannot be compared with the domestic Hanyang Arsenal, the Northeast Army's Fengtian Arsenal, the Northwest Army's Gongxian Arsenal, the Guangdong Army's Shijing Arsenal and the Jin Sui Army's Taiyuan Arsenal!"
Chen Jiongming shook his head frequently: "The virtuous nephew is really too modest, the domestic arsenal is flashy, you have a greater advantage than them, over time, you will definitely be able to catch up, maybe I will trouble you at that time." ”
Zheng Yi's eyes lit up, and then he laughed: "Uncle Shi is polite to me again, if Uncle Shi really needs it, he only needs a phone call at that time, and his family doesn't have to talk to each other." ”
Chen Jiongming was very satisfied with Zheng Yi's attitude, groaned slightly, and asked with a smile: "What does the virtuous nephew think of the current situation in China?" ”
Zheng Yi thought about it for a while, and said his opinion very simply: "Little nephew, let's speculate......"
"At the latest next spring, there will be a battle between Jiang and Gui, otherwise General Li Delin would not be in such a hurry to buy weapons and ammunition, and Lao Jiang and the Nanjing government would not have frequently put pressure on the Gui family and lashed out at it."
"The reason why the two sides haven't fought yet is entirely because Lao Jiang still can't see the position of Feng Huanzhang and Yan Baichuan clearly, but judging from Lao Jiang's ambition and cunning methods, he will definitely secretly woo and lure the major forces while hyping up and seeking to occupy the moral high ground, and even resort to despicable means to put the Gui family in an isolated and helpless situation, and then launch a sudden attack on the Gui family."
Chen Jiongming was completely shocked, looking at Zheng Yi with a calm expression, and didn't know what to say for a while.