After returning from the principal's office, Zheng Yi carefully filled out the entry registration form, resume and an application form for officers' items listing daily necessities under the guidance of Zhou Junruo. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After getting the check, Felt and the workers thanked him, and even took a day off collectively, and Felt, who had a bulging pocket, entrusted Zheng Yi to be on duty for him for a day, and led a group of his subordinates to drive a truck into the city to carnival, and the teachers left in groups of three or five and rushed home happily.

Zheng Yi had planned to go into the city to take a standard portrait, but he could only stay after Sao Bao's Feldt left, so he changed into his overalls and went to check the last cargo ship in the dockyard that had been repaired and was being tested.

Two days later, Zheng Yi still did not receive the notice from the military school, and he couldn't help but feel a little strange in his heart, thinking of President Jiang's caution in the purchase of the ship, Zheng Yi suddenly woke up:

Today's Principal Jiang is not the famous Commander-in-Chief Jiang during the Northern Expedition, and now he has no real power in the entire Guangzhou revolutionary camp except for the title of principal of the Whampoa Military Academy, even if he has seen the opportunity in front of him and wants to buy a good ship for the military academy, he does not have the right to make a decision, let alone the ability to get this money, it is the mayor Sun Ke and the finance minister Song Ziwen who grabbed the money bag of the Guangzhou Revolutionary Government, Sun Ke has never been a bird to Principal Jiang, and Song Ziwen's sister has not yet known Principal Jiang!

After thinking hard, Zheng Yi, who had figured out the reality, could only give up his efforts to buy a ship for the military academy, borrowed a bicycle from the British guard early the next morning and went into the city alone, took two standard portraits in the largest photo studio in Xiguan, and rushed to the Shamian Concession.

"Thank God, all the maintenance business is over for the time being, you can relax for a few days, if you have nowhere to go, you can come to me as a translator, during this time many merchants north of Guangdong came to us to buy arms and machinery and equipment." Manager White handed Zheng Yi a cup of coffee.

After Zheng Yi thanked him, he asked curiously, "Didn't Swire Trading House already give up the arms business?" ”

White lit a large cigar and took two sharp puffs: "The whole world is in a long period of economic recession, if we do not resume the arms business, and let the Americans, Japanese, Germans, Belgians and even Danes eat away at our living space little by little, it will not be long before we will be driven out of China." ”

Zheng Yi nodded thoughtfully, put down the coffee cup and said sincerely: "Mr. White, thank you for your care and trust in me all the time, your straightforward character, your unique charm and noble professionalism have changed my negative opinion of British businessmen, and even made me feel that you are my elder, however, I have to tell you honestly, driven by my ideals in life, I need to apply to you for permission to resign from my current position." ”

White was stunned for a while before snuffing out his cigar, and asked coldly with a sinking face, "Can you tell me where your life ideals are?" ”

"On the lower reaches of this great river, twenty kilometers down the south bank, that place is far away from the Taikoo shipyard on the north bank." Zheng Yi tried to be as tactful as possible.

White stood up suddenly: "You bastard! I take such care of you and trust you, but you go to the revolutionary army on the other side, and the salary I give you is sorry for your efforts? I unreservedly encourage you to use your ingenuity and give money to support your patent application, but it still doesn't satisfy your desires? ”

"Why do you want to leave your promising job and waste your time in the camp of the revolutionary army, which has no integrity and is disgusting? Have you been kicked in the head by a donkey? ”

Zheng Yi stood up helplessly: "Dear Mr. White, please give me five minutes to say my reasons, can you be angry again after listening?" ”

White exhaled a turbid breath and slowly sat down and stared at Zheng Yi's eyes.

Zheng Yi rubbed his faintly aching temples, and told his background and the ups and downs of falling out with his family in order to apply for the Whampoa Military Academy.

As Zheng Yi spoke, White's tense expression slowly changed, and a look of surprise appeared in his eyes from time to time.

"In this way, the original hard pursuit but suffered setbacks again and again suddenly the desire to achieve, and not as a cadet to enter the Whampoa Military Academy, but as a captain quartermaster to become a military academy instructor, although I have not yet gone to the official duty, but I cherish this opportunity very much, if I lose, I will regret it for the rest of my life."

After Zheng Yi finished speaking, he leaned back in his chair with relief.

White was really moved, exhaled a long breath, and shook his shiny bald head again: "Okay, I respect your choice, but one thing must be clear: what to do with the patent we applied for together?" ”

Zheng Yi smiled and asked, "Is it okay to handle it according to the contract signed before?" ”

White hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded: "Zheng, what are your plans for the future?" ”

"Not for the time being, oh yes, there is one thing I almost forgot to tell you, General Zhou Junyan, the quartermaster of the Whampoa Military Academy, is good to me, he and my father have been friends for many years, and he intends to make me his special assistant, and he told me a few days ago that he is applying for a special grant to buy two hundred pistols and one hundred Zeiss binoculars for the instructors of the military academy." Zheng Yi replied calmly.

White's eyes lit up, and then they dimmed again: "Even ten thousand pistols can't compare to your talent that is about to be wasted, alas! ”

Zheng Yi said with a smile: "I plan to design a three-phase motor and a micro motor for ordinary machine tools after completing the translation of the textbook at hand. ”

"Are you serious?" White was in good spirits.

Zheng Yi pointed to his head and replied very solemnly: "The calculation formula and design scheme are already available, if you want, I will hand over the drawings to you within three months, and attach the calculation steps and theoretical analysis." ”

White finally smiled: "Everything is the same as before?" ”

Zheng Yi nodded: "Everything is the same as before, as long as I have time, I will not stop the research and exploration in the field of electromechanical." ”

White stood up again, happily extending his big hand: "I'm looking forward to it, if you need any help, you can bring it up." ”

Zheng Yi shook White's hand: "There is only one request: as long as there is no large-scale war between our two countries, our cooperation will continue." ”

White laughed: "Even if there is a war between our two countries, it will not affect our cooperation, but there is an important thing that I must tell you, due to your resignation, I have suffered a huge loss, and your salary this month will be deducted to make up for the loss, considering the friendship between us, I have decided to open a special account for you in HSBC Hong Kong." ”

Zheng Yi was completely relieved: "I accept, as long as I have time in the future, I will come to consult you as before, you had better prepare more professional books and publications published in Europe for me, and pay more attention to the cutting-edge industrial technology in the United States, okay, dear Mr. White, goodbye!" ”

"Wait......"

White took out a delicate flat wooden box from the drawer: "A gift for you, and another thing to tell you, the first mate of the 'Sin Chew'. Forrester is my wife's younger brother and he likes you a lot because you love the Liverpool football team as much as he does. ”

Zheng Yi's eyes widened, and it took a while to react: "You must have known it a long time ago, right?" ”

"Yes, half a month after you entered the shipyard, you just left me that afternoon, and Bart arrived at the dock in front of you by boat, and you were already far away after you came ashore." White smiled warmly, perhaps only when he mentioned his own family.

Zheng Yi finally understood why White cared so much about himself: "Thank you for the gift!" I wish I could see Bart again. ”

"I'll tell him for you...... If you can, try to win the weapons order of the broken military school. White immediately showed the face of a profiteer.

Zheng Yi thought for a while: "I will work hard, if I can get an order for you, how much sales commission can I have?" ”

White replied, "Eight percent, it can't be any higher." ”

"Well, can you give me another pair of military binoculars? Preferably a Navy Commemorative Edition from Zeiss. Zheng Yi asked with a smile.

White feigned rage: "Get out of here with me, you insatiable little bastard......"

At night, Zheng Yi silently checked the personal belongings that had been packed and the books, magazines, and drawing tools in three cartons, and felt that there was nothing missing, so he returned to the small desk and sat down slowly, opened the delicate flat wooden box on the desk again, and took out the Colt M1911 pistol with a faint blue cold glow, and couldn't help but sigh again.

I remember when White handed over a Browning M1910 pistol, he just said "Colt M1911 is better to use", and the bald White remembered it.

Suddenly, there were a few eager shouts from outside the dormitory, Zheng Yi listened, quickly put away the pistol and the wooden box and stuffed it into the cardboard box, took out the Browning pistol from under the pillow and inserted it into his waist, and then grabbed the Enfield rifle behind the door and quickly went out, following the more than a dozen guards of the shipyard to the dock.

"The Norwegian freighter that was brutally seized by the revolutionary army in Guangzhou was escorted to the other side."

"Is it our freighter or the Norwegian?"

"Are you blind? Don't see the flag flying under the lights? ”

Zheng Yi quickened his pace and ran to Felt's side: "What's the matter?" Is anyone going to attack the shipyard? ”

Felt handed the telescope to Zheng Yi: "Look for yourself, two warships of the revolutionary army escorted a Norwegian freighter to stop at the opposite wharf, Mr. White called, ordered us to be on strict guard, and said that sporadic gunfire rang out in the urban area, and the wharf along the river until the wharf of our concession has been occupied by the barbaric revolutionary army, and it is estimated that martial law has been imposed on the entire city of Guangzhou. ”

Zheng Yi immediately raised his binoculars to observe intently, and saw the dense torches in front of the military academy and the Norwegian freighter docked at the edge of the dock, and two naval ships cruising outside the dock, as if the entire military academy had entered a state of imminent battle.

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