With less than 200 kilometers from Zhangping to Putian, Zheng Yi rode slowly on horseback with a caravan that had doubled in size, and it still took four full days to reach his destination Putian through Yongchun and Xianyou counties. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After returning to Putian, the first thing Shangguan Yong did was to send 250,000 yuan of cash to the HSBC bank opened by the British, and then convert it into pounds sterling and transfer it to Xu Maofu's special account at the HSBC head office in Hong Kong.

Zheng Yi did not go to the bank with Shangguan Yong to handle the deposit and transfer of funds, but accompanied by Uncle Jiu, a monk of wine and meat, he visited Shangguan Yong's uncle and the patriarch of the Shangguan family, Shangguan Xi, and was warmly welcomed and entertained by the Shangguan family.

Who knew that in the middle of the dinner, Li Depei, a wealthy businessman who had been active in Fujian Province all the year round, suddenly visited, and several principals of the Shangguan family looked at each other, not knowing what they were doing when they came to the door.

Twenty minutes later, Shangguan Rui's fourth uncle came back from the front hall, sat down on his seat, whispered a few words to the patriarch eldest brother on the main seat, and then explained to Zheng Yi apologetically:

"I don't know how the people from Ben Taiping Company found out about Xiao Yong's deposit of a huge sum of money in HSBC, Li Depei hurriedly came to the door and asked if our Second Security Regiment needed to increase the purchase of weapons. I could only explain to him that this money was used by several old customers in western Fujian and eastern Gandong to buy German special drugs, so he did not continue to entangle. ”

Zheng Yi didn't expect that his influence in Putian was so big, and he could even inquire about such a private matter as a deposit so quickly, and then wanted to get a piece of the pie, so he couldn't help but ask curiously: "What is the background of this Taiping Company?" ”

Shangguan Yong's third uncle smiled helplessly: "The background of this company is very deep, it is said that behind it is several major consortia and the military, the gun and artillery procurement business of the local army in Fujian Province in the past two years has basically been taken over by this company, and even the Putian security forces reorganized by our major families are also under heavy pressure, and they have to give up better German weapons and buy weapons produced by Yueben instead, otherwise they are likely to suffer resentment and revenge from themselves." ”

"According to reliable sources, two months ago, the Nanjing Nationalist Government ordered 1.5 million yuan worth of arms from the Taiping Company, and later purchased two inland river anti-smuggling boats with an additional 400,000 yuan." Shangguan Xi on the main throne smiled casually.

"That's right...... It seems that the Japanese are all over the southeast coast, and their hands are indeed stretched out! Zheng Yi nodded thoughtfully, and simply sighed and stopped dwelling on this topic. The members of the Shangguan family also understood, and happily raised their glasses to toast Zheng Yi.

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It was late at night when the banquet ended, Zheng Yi returned to his residence to take a bath, and saw that Shangguan Yong had changed into a soft silk and linen fabric casual clothes, and was skillfully brewing kung fu tea waiting for him.

Zheng Yi smiled, went over and sat opposite Shangguan Yong, picked up the cigarette case from the rosewood tea table, and quickly pulled out one: "I didn't expect your Shangguan family to be so huge, and your two cousins would actually mix into the Provincial Security Department to hold important positions, no wonder you can get a number of a security regiment...... The family is really amazing! ”

Shangguan Yong lit a match and lit a cigarette for Zheng Yi: "Actually, it's nothing, behind every big family is deep-rooted, but ordinary people can't see it, as far as I'm concerned, it's not that the family arranged to devote myself to the revolutionary cause, but I think that our suffering country needs to change, otherwise I will never be able to straighten my waist." ”

Zheng Yi nodded: "I believe that your family is still very enlightened, otherwise it is absolutely impossible to allow you to embark on a road full of thorns and dangers, let alone let me, a person who is called a Gongfei gangster by the Kuomintang government, enter the house." ”

Shangguan Yong smiled: "Actually, my uncle has met your father, and he told me that the last time I went to Hong Kong, I had a very pleasant conversation with your father. ”

Zheng Yi was quite surprised: "In this case, wouldn't it be better for you to let your fourth uncle go directly to Hong Kong to open a shipping company, and then buy a cargo ship and hang the British rice flag to travel between Fujian Province and Nanyang than to find Xu Maofu through me?" ”

Shangguan Yong replied truthfully: "It's not that I haven't thought about it, but I can't do it at all...... British nationality is very difficult to get, and hiring a British as captain and first mate is not something that can be done just with money, but Maofu through your old man, not only successfully obtained a British passport, but also set up a shipping company in just three months, and no one dared to take a second look at the arms shipped to Putian several times. ”

"A group of elders in my family and the principals of the Lin family and the Huang family were deeply touched, so I had the intention to further increase cooperation...... According to the elders, we are not short of people and money, but we lack power and influence, and if we do not work hard to change the status quo, our family business will soon be hit by opponents, and the prestige accumulated over the past hundred years will soon decline in this troubled era. ”

Zheng Yi smiled: "What do you think about this?" ”

Shangguan Yong straightened up and said truthfully: "I remember what you said to me the night before I left the army: Our team is still very weak, so we must unite all the forces that can be united, and seize every opportunity to continuously strengthen and develop ourselves!" That's what I've done in the past few months, and it's worth trying as long as it's good for the revolutionary cause. ”

Zheng Yi's eyes showed appreciation, and he nodded and encouraged: "You have done a good job, at least in my opinion, the results are huge and impeccable." ”

"Intelligence work and killing the enemy on the battlefield are two completely different fronts, and dealing with everything requires greater wisdom and more flexible means. However, in the future, you must pay more attention to your identity and never expose the existence of the Putian Intelligence Station, this is the bottom line I give you. ”

"Don't worry, boss, except for me and instructor Cheng Zhibiao, no one knows about the existence of the Putian Intelligence Station. Until now, the brothers in the task force thought that they were a member of the Putian Intelligence Station, but they did not know that the Putian Intelligence Station was an independent and confidential unit, and it was not in the security group that we were about to set up. Shangguan Yong replied in a low voice.

"I won't mind!"

Zheng Yi smiled with satisfaction: "My identity is actually nothing, I expected this result before I set off, and I believe in you as if I were my own brother." ”

"In my mind, you and Xu Maofu are my inseparable good brothers, if it weren't for the construction of the intelligence station, I really don't want to release you...... If the two of you have stayed in the base area, you will at least be the commander of the main regiment now. ”

"Boss...... Thank you! ”

Shangguan Yong's eyes instantly flushed, and the hand holding the teapot trembled slightly.

Zheng Yi took a hard puff of his cigarette and slowly exhaled blue-gray smoke: "I won't go to see the security regiment station, I will have a good talk with a few elders of your family tomorrow morning about business matters, and then rush to Huhai as soon as possible." ”

Shangguan Yong nodded: "Okay!" Tomorrow at 9 o'clock in the evening, there will be a passenger ferry, and we will take this steamer directly to Huangpu Port in Shanghai. ”

"I'll send a telegram to the Hong Kong station later, and tell them our itinerary."

"Understood!" (To be continued.) )