Zheng Yi's heartfelt remarks had a major impact on the entire military and technical inspection group, so that everyone was in a heavy mood, and the afternoon visit hurriedly went through the motions, and then collectively returned to the Garden Hotel for a closed-door meeting. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The reactions of the Nanjing government's military and technical inspection team not only had no impact on Zheng Yi, but had more benefits, and the more Yu Feipeng and others were touched, the more things they needed Zheng Yi's help with, and Zheng Yi would be able to take this opportunity to obtain greater benefits.

At the same time, Zheng Yi did not relax the surveillance of Dai Li and others, and when he visited in the morning, the second uncle who was hiding in the shadows and Song Jiaxiong, who was temporarily transferred, had already remembered the target of surveillance, and at this time there were at least four brothers of different ages and hidden identities squatting around the Garden Hotel.

At dinner, Zheng Yi still accompanied Yu Feipeng on behalf of the Zheng family, and readily agreed to the request made by Yu Feipeng and Song Jiyao, promising to hand over all the design drawings of the M1929 submachine gun and the Mauser 1924 rifle to the delegation after the inspection tomorrow morning.

In order to thank the Zheng family for their generous help, Yu Feipeng officially handed Zheng Yi a purchase order for weapons and equipment worth 850,000 oceans, including 500 Bayi mortars and 50,000 shells produced by the Precision Machinery Manufacturing Company, 3,000 M1929 submachine guns, 1,000 imitation Colt military pistols and 20,000 steel helmets, plus 1 million rounds of 9-millimeter Balabem rounds.

After dinner, Zheng Yi immediately returned to the Zheng family's mansion and reported in detail to his father Zheng Lanting about the inspection and the contents of the arms order.

Zheng Lanting just smiled after hearing this, and did not comment, but asked Zheng Yi if he mentioned the grain business to Yu Feipeng? After receiving an affirmative answer, Zheng Lanting finally showed a satisfied smile: "Very good!" As long as this step is taken, the cooperation between each other can be considered on the right track. ”

"Judging from the domestic situation, at least five years there will be no worries about grain sales, and the three converted 5,000-ton cargo ships have already sailed to Mindanao and Surabaya, and 10,000 tons of rice will be transported to Shanghai by the middle of next month at the latest."

"The two 8,000-ton freighters in the dock will be refitted in half a month, and then they will go to Calcutta and San Francisco respectively, and tens of thousands of tons of flour will be transported to China by the end of June, and during this period, the first three 5,000-ton freighters will be able to run at least one round trip between Nanyang and Shanghai." Zheng Yi introduced with a very optimistic smile.

Zheng Lanting also showed a happy smile: "Did your Uncle Yu Shi reveal some domestic situation?" ”

Zheng Yi shook his head: "I didn't ask, he didn't say, but Brother Zhou quietly told me that he expected to fight with the Gui family soon, and I think it may be clearer for you to ask my eldest sister about the specific situation, her Oriental News Agency has at least ten reporters waiting in Nanjing and Wuhan for a long time, and every move of the Huangpu and Gui troops is the focus of their attention, and some intelligence is estimated to be earlier than Yu Shishu knows." ”

Zheng Lanting laughed, turned to Zheng Heng on the side and ordered: "Your second brother may not be able to leave for a while, it seems that you have to go back to Wuhan first, once the fight starts, those British people in the embassy and consulates need you to mediate...... You should take this opportunity to accumulate some capital, and then I will transfer you to Hong Kong through the Governor-General, and take up a part-time position in the Governor's Mansion or other institutions, which will be more helpful to your future career. ”

"Okay, I'll call the shipping company."

Zheng Heng didn't dare to disturb his father's conversation with Zheng Yi, and immediately walked out of the study after speaking, and went to the small living room upstairs to arrange things.

Zheng Lanting extinguished the cigarette butt and looked at Zheng Yi who was sitting opposite with a smile: "You really don't plan to help the domestic arsenal?" ”

Zheng Yi pouted: "I don't have time, and I don't want to set foot in that pool of sewage, you don't know my temper, and when I get serious, I don't recognize my six relatives, and few people can stand it." ”

"That's right!"

Zheng Lanting sighed and no longer mentioned the matter of helping the country: "After the news of the establishment of the Kowloon Wharf Trade Union was published in our newspaper, it attracted strong attention from all walks of life, and the He family and the Gao family came to ask what inside information they had, and I told them truthfully that you did it single-handedly, whether these big families believe it or not, their children and nephews will often contact you in the future, and even strengthen cooperation in some aspects, you must be prepared in your heart." ”

Zheng Yi is very cautious about this: "At present, it seems that the direction of our Zheng family's business has no conflict with the local families, and I can give a good explanation in Hong Kong, even if a few shareholders of the Jardine Matheson Group who operate the grain can explain it clearly, after all, all our grain is sold into the country, and there is not much conflict with them." ”

"On the contrary, there is some trouble on the side of a few elders of the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce, and our dock union will definitely have an impact on their traditional forces, at least they have to give up five blocks to meet my requirements, fortunately, the cooperation between Uncle Chen and us is getting deeper and deeper, and the Zhigong Court can mediate in the middle, so there should not be too much conflict."

Zheng Lanting's face was relaxed: "Don't have so many worries, you do it boldly, with me sitting behind you, the people of the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce don't dare to act rashly." ”

Zheng Yile said: "I said it earlier, I've been restrained, for fear of causing trouble for you, it will affect the progress too much!" ”

Zheng Lanting laughed, saw the fourth aunt coming in a dignified manner, pointed to the vacant seat beside him, and continued to ask Zheng Yi: "I heard that your recruitment office has stopped recruiting workers...... Is there enough people or is there something else? ”

Zheng Yi had already stood up, and after the fourth aunt sat down, he slowly sat down: "It's full, this recruitment is divided into two places, Hong Kong recruits 50 technicians and 200 apprentices, Guangzhou is responsible for two old technicians who had a good relationship when I worked in Guangzhou Shipyard before, and the 300 people recruited are all apprentices, nearly half of them can basically write and calculate, plus the 100 young people that the dock union needs to place, the personnel are enough, at least two years do not have to worry about the shortage of manpower." ”

Seeing that his father and fourth aunt nodded too satisfied, Zheng Yi thought for a while and said: "There is one thing I cut first, in order to let the dock union play a role as soon as possible, I will use the resettlement area in the back street of Kowloon Park as a housing for trade union members......"

"We already know this, you did the right thing, the rent of ten yuan a month is not low." The fourth aunt said with a smile.

Zheng Yi was stunned for a moment, and explained again: "No, no! What I said was that I had promised again, and I had the two responsible persons tell the brothers in the union that as long as they had worked in our Huafeng company for five consecutive years, the rented house would be their own property. ”

The fourth aunt was taken aback, but Zheng Lanting didn't react much, and laughed in a low voice after a moment of mental arithmetic: "It's a bit of a loser, but I can still accept it, and the rent for five years can almost recover half of the cost...... It's just that I can't be so generous in the future! ”

"Although you want to solve the housing difficulties for your brothers, you must also do what you can, consider the cost of investment, we can't do a loss-making business, otherwise it will affect the healthy operation of the entire industry, and I will not be able to explain it to others at that time."

"Thank you, father, for making it happen." Zheng Yi secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The fourth aunt smiled kindly again: "Listen to Liu Yu, you don't want to become a British citizen, why?" ”

Zheng Yi patiently explained: "Our old Zheng family has all joined the British nationality except me, I think it's enough......"

"Besides, although I am not a British citizen now, I have a passport from a British colony, and it will not affect my business...... For now, someone in the family has a national identity and is better able to work in the country. ”