On the way to the Xu family compound to prepare the gifts, Zheng Yi always felt a little uneasy, and his increasingly keen instinct made him have a strange feeling, as if he felt a pair of peeping eyes in the dark, and he didn't know what was wrong, until he came to the Xu family compound and entered the main building to sit down and talk with his father-in-law and mother-in-law, the strange feeling in his mind quietly disappeared. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Xu Maofu, who came back early, had already arranged a banquet.

The second uncle, who entered the back room to prepare gifts, was also idle, and under the cheerful greeting of Xu's father, they sat around the dining table together, and toasted together to celebrate the festive reunion.

The Xu family compound, which has almost tripled in size in the past two years, is no longer what it used to be.

In addition to the two-storey main building where Xu's father, Xu's mother and Xu Maofu's family lived, a two-storey Western-style building was built on the side.

Half a year ago, Xu Maofu spent money to buy a three-acre courtyard facing the street in the north to open a martial arts hall, the wall between the two courtyards was immediately dismantled, in addition to building a basketball court and a martial arts training ground in the open area, two rows of two-story arcades were added, the inner row of arcades was used by nearly 100 martial arts disciples to live, and the outer row of arcades became a school for martial arts disciples to read and write.

As a result, the entire Xu family compound has tripled in size, with four teachers who teach Chinese and mathematics, and three martial arts masters led by Xu's father, and the wide courtyard is lively and full of life every day, and the aborigines of several neighborhoods have also come to the door one after another, asking for their children to enter the martial arts hall and practice martial arts, and even the University of Hong Kong next door often has students come to ask to learn martial arts.

In addition, the Xu family compound has also become a meeting point for immigrants from the Lianghu area and the Liangjiang area, and Xu's father and mother have not only opened a martial arts hall, but also enthusiastically solved problems for the mainland villagers who immigrated to Hong Kong.

Among them, more than 200 illiterate men were able to enter the well-known and well-paid Far East Machinery Manufacturing Company as workers because of the relationship between Xu's father and Xu's mother, and more than 10 children of immigrants with strong physique and extraordinary skills entered the security team that the Zheng family valued most, and each of them could easily support a family of five with a monthly salary, and school-age children could enjoy the preferential treatment of free admission to church schools.

Therefore, Xu's father and mother naturally became the backbone of mainland immigrants, and they established a high prestige in the past year or so.

Xu's father and Xu's mother lived happily and lived a fulfilling life, and Zheng Yi and Xu Maofu, as sons, were relieved.

Especially Xu Maofu, who had two sons at a young age, made Xu's father and mother extremely satisfied, and they hugged their grandsons all day long.

Because they were going to visit Chen Jiongming at the Chen Mansion in the south in the afternoon, Zheng Yi and Xu Maofu didn't dare to drink more, and the second uncle, who had made up his mind to serve as Zheng Yi's personal bodyguard, also picked up the rice bowl after three cups, which made Xu's father, who was in high spirits, quite disappointed, and forced Zheng Yi to promise to come back in two days and have a good drink before smiling.

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At three o'clock in the afternoon, Zheng Yi led Xu Maofu and his second uncle to arrive at Chen's Mansion on time, and was surprised to find that there were as many as five dignitaries who came out to greet Chen Jiongming, each face was filled with an amiable smile, and every pair of eyes revealed a complicated look.

The second uncle, who had just changed into a suit and leather shoes, glanced around, quietly retreated to the car, took out the book and read it with taste.

Zheng Yi had no choice but to step forward with Xu Maofu, perform the gift of the juniors, and respectfully greet Chen Jiongming and several dignitaries, the extraordinary temperament and humble attitude of the two made Chen Jiongming and others very happy, and immediately introduced the two into the main hall with a few polite words.

Chen Jiongming said a few polite words, and then introduced several extraordinary guests to Zheng Yi one by one, two of whom were important members of the Cantonese Chamber of Commerce from Guangzhou and Huizhou, and the other three were more prominent, namely Xie Jiahua, the leader of the Hongmen from Mindanao, and Huang Zhimian and Tang Jinchang from the North American Zhigongtang.

After Zheng Yi finished saluting, he respectfully asked Huang Zhimian, who was about forty years old and elegant-looking next to Chen Jianming: "Please forgive the juniors for being presumptuous, does Mr. have anything to do with Mr. Huang Sande, the leader of the American Zhi Gong Court?" ”

Huang Zhimian returned the salute with a smile: "Zheng Shao is not polite, the head of the San Francisco Zhigong Court Huang is the contemptible uncle, and the contemptible and senior brother Tang came to Hong Kong to meet Zheng Shao on the order of his uncle this time, if he can, I hope to get Zheng Shao's recommendation and visit Sir Zheng Lanting, the helmsman of the Zheng family." ”

Everyone laughed, Zheng Yi suddenly understood it, and immediately agreed politely, with a little humility, and sat generously on the guest seat where Chen Jiongming started.

Chen Jiongming's preparation is very meticulous, as soon as the guests sit down, a group of people will serve fragrant coffee and precious tea, and a variety of fruits and vegetables snacks will be served, each of which is very exquisite and delicious.

After a period of greetings, Chen Jiongming asked about Zheng Yi's trip to Shanghai.

Zheng Yi hurriedly put down the coffee cup, briefly introduced his real estate investment and trade layout in Shanghai and Hong Kong, and finally said quite sincerely:

"Before the younger generation returned to Hong Kong, the Feng family in Huhai had come up with a detailed dock warehouse, customs declaration and tax declaration and distribution plan, and through the old man Feng and the Jiangbei Su family, Ningbo wealthy businessman Yu family reached an agreement, starting from March this year, the monthly joint operation of 20,000 tons of imported rice and 3,000 tons of edible oil business, other businesses are still under further negotiation, need to wait until after the Spring Festival to implement."

"There is something I need to inform my seniors here, and the Kong family is likely to join in."

Chen Jiongming and the others glanced at each other, as if they were quite surprised by the joining of the Kong family.

Huang Zhimian asked the two elders of the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce in a low voice, and discussed a few words with Xie Jiahua in Mindanao, then turned to Zheng Yi and asked politely: "Virtuous nephew, can you tell me about the relationship between the Feng family in Huhai and the Kong family?" ”

Zheng Yi replied truthfully: "Old Man Feng is a veteran of the Green Gang who has been in seclusion for many years, and his family background is not much worse than a certain family in the chaebol of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but the Kong family has a high opinion of himself, and he is just a general friend of the Feng family. ”

"To put it quite arrogantly, if it weren't for the rapid improvement in the status of my Zheng family after moving to Hong Kong, I'm afraid the Kong family would not have taken the initiative to establish a cooperative relationship with the Feng family."

Huang Zhimian and Chen Jiongming nodded frequently, and the other three looked at each other and smiled, and their expressions became relaxed.

Where does Zheng Yi not know the filth and grudge between the Zhigong Court and the People's Party? But he didn't want to waste time in beating around the bush, so he revealed another bombshell news:

Ten days later, representatives of the Ordnance Industry Administration, the Ministry of Munitions and the Jinling Arsenal under the Nanjing Government will come to Hong Kong to visit and inspect the precision machinery manufacturing company managed by the younger generation for a period of five days, and it is estimated that some orders will be signed at that time."

Chen Jiongming, Huang Zhimian and others finally couldn't sit still, and after a little discussion, Chen Jiongming asked Zheng Yi to visit the arsenal.

Zheng Yi readily agreed, and Huang Zhimian later made another request that shocked everyone: Can you take a stake in the arsenal?