The five cars ordered by Zheng Yi were sent to Huhai half a month ago, except for the two British Rover limousines presented to his brother-in-law and eldest sister, the other three were left in the garage of the Huafeng Company in the French Concession, all of which were high-end sedans put into the market in 1928 by the American Buick Motor Company with wide carriages and high chassis. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Considering that it would be very inconvenient to go to Nanjing for a period of time without a car, Zheng Yi took his second uncle and drove a Buick sedan to Nanjing after obtaining Zhou Junruo's consent.

The length of the highway from Shanghai to Nanjing is about 315 kilometers, except for a section of asphalt pavement in Suzhou, the rest is uneven sand and gravel road.

Zheng Yi and the others left Huhai at 8 a.m. and traveled westward, and it was not until 10 o'clock in the evening that they saw the majestic silhouette of Nanjing City illuminated by the dim light, and the whole journey took up to 14 hours.

Zhou Junruo, who was sore all over, asked Zheng Yi to drive the car to Yu Feipeng's mansion for a night, but Zheng Yi didn't want to disturb Yu Feipeng in the middle of the night, so he drove directly to Jinling Hotel, a famous foreign-related hotel in Nanjing, and quickly completed the check-in procedures under the courteous hospitality of the waiters.

Zhou Junruo didn't want to stay overnight, and after getting Zheng Yi's room number, he immediately took a rickshaw to Yu Feipeng's mansion on the shore of Xuanwu Lake to report.

Yu Feipeng was extremely busy during this period, and he only returned from inspecting the Jiujiang munitions warehouse in the early hours of this morning, and then went to the general headquarters to continue his work.

Hearing the report of Zhou Junruo's arrival, Yu Feipeng immediately put down the affairs at hand and ordered Zhou Junruo to be called in.

Zhou Junruo, who was sweating profusely, followed the guards to the study, and hurriedly reported before he had time to sit down: "Report to Uncle Shi, the little nephew rushed back from Huhai in an American car driven by Xiao Yi early this morning, and not long after he arrived in the city, Xiao Yi said that he didn't dare to disturb Uncle Shi and his family late at night, and stayed directly in the Jinling Hotel. ”

Yu Feipeng's eyes widened: "More than 300 kilometers!" What car did he drive so fast? ”

"Xiao Yi drove a Buick sedan that he specially ordered from the United States, a new brand-new, wide and large very luxurious, but the road is not good, potholes, and he can walk up to 20 kilometers per hour.

Zhou Junruo took the tea and wet towel handed by the guard, sat on the chair next to him and hurriedly wiped his sweat.

Yu Feipeng asked a few more words, and learned that Zhou Junruo had dinner in Zhenjiang, so he instructed the guards to bring some pastries, put on slippers, and walked to sit down opposite Zhou Junyan: "When did Xiao Yi arrive in Huhai?" ”

"Late the night before yesterday, at the same time with his company's freighter came over, yesterday morning and was busy with customs clearance and unloading, in the afternoon back to Huafeng company to meet me, this morning drove over, accompanied by his housekeeper Uncle Zhang."

Zhou Junruo put a towel around his neck, picked up the teacup and drank it in a big gulp.

Yu Feipeng thought for a moment, then turned his head sideways and asked, "What kind of goods did he bring back this time?" ”

Zhou Junruo was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head: "I didn't ask, and he didn't say it, why don't I ask him tomorrow morning?" ”

Yu Feipeng waved his hand slightly: "Forget it, since he didn't say it, don't ask, how did he answer the incident I asked you to tell him?" ”

Zhou Junruo hurriedly put down the teacup: "This kid doesn't want to return to the army, saying that there is no problem with coming back to help you for a while, but you can't stay for a long time, his three ocean-going cargo ships will go to Shanghai in the second half of this month, and the ships are full of Nanyang rice and edible oil, I heard him say that there are 15,000 tons in total, and they all have buyers......"

"Oh, yes! Xiao Yi said that in the middle of next month, he would ship nearly 10,000 tons of copper for the production of bullets, medium-carbon nickel-chromium steel for the manufacture of submachine guns and light machine guns, and steel pipes for the manufacture of mortars purchased from Britain to Hong Kong, and he would have to rush back to finalize the production plan. ”

Yu Feipeng thought about it for a long time, told Zhou Junruo to take a shower and rest early, then picked up the phone and called Principal Jiang's house directly, and briefly reported the news of Zheng Yi's arrival and his reluctance to accept the appointment.

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In the early morning of the next day, the second uncle, who was accustomed to getting up early, had already gone downstairs for a walk, Zheng Yi was still washing with sleepy eyes, and there was a knock on the door of the luxury suite.

Zheng Yi, who was wearing short-sleeved pajamas, listened intently for a while, hurriedly picked up the bath towel, wiped the toothpaste foam off his mouth, compared it to the mirror, combed his long hair that had not been repaired for two months, and casually threw away the bath towel and went out to open the door: "Brother Yu, what wind blew you here?" Come on, inside please! ”

Yu Jishi, who was in a straight military uniform, stepped inside, came to a circle of sofas in front of the window, and immediately introduced his companion to Zheng Yi: "This is Zheng Jiemin, the adjutant of the chamberlain, from the second phase of Huangpu, I don't know if you still have an impression?" ”

Zheng Jiemin immediately stepped forward and greeted respectfully: "Hello Instructor Zheng!" ”

Zheng Yi stretched out his right hand and shook it lightly with Zheng Jiemin: "I remember you, it seems that you and Caichang Song are fellow countrymen, right?" ”

"I don't dare to climb high, although the hometown of Finance Minister Song is Wenchang, Qiongdao, his family has long left his hometown and settled in Huhai." Zheng Jiemin replied politely.

Zheng Yi motioned for everyone to sit down: "Please sit down, you will arrive before I finish washing, Brother Yu Shi will sit for a while, I will go in and wash my face and change my clothes, there is no tea here, let's go to the restaurant on the first floor for breakfast later." ”

Yu Jishi smiled, sat down with Zheng Jiemin, looked around for a moment, and sighed: "This room is big enough and luxurious, it's no problem to live six people, it's not the same if you have money." ”

Zheng Jiemin lowered his voice: "Is Instructor Zheng rich?" ”

Yu Jishi nodded slightly: "He has an arsenal, a shipyard, a power plant, three large wharves in Hong Kong, and a shipping company with more than a dozen ocean-going freighters of more than 5,000 tons, and a number of real estate projects in the Shanghai Concession and a Huafeng Trading Company specializing in grain business, not counting the largest news newspaper group in Asia, Radio Asia, Shanghai Oriental News Agency, and the third largest real estate company in Hong Kong owned by his family, do you say he has any money?" ”

Zheng Jiemin was shocked: "Speaking of which, he is even more powerful than Minister Kong!" ”

Yu Jishi smiled and stopped talking, and after a while, Zheng Yi, who had changed into trousers and a white shirt, came out with a pair of leather shoes, sat opposite the two and began to put on socks.

Yu Jishi suddenly let out a regretful sigh: "I always think you look better in a military uniform, every time I think of you, your image is the same as when you were at the Whampoa Military Academy!" ”

Zheng Yi paused for a moment, and then sped up the speed of putting on his shoes: "When I trimmed my beard just now, I was still wondering, why didn't you Brother Yu follow the principal and suddenly appear in front of me, an idler, would there be any conspiracy?" Now it seems that this is the case, let's say, money or death? ”

Yu Jishi laughed, Zheng Jiemin was also happy, just when the second uncle came back from a walk, the two hurriedly stood up and said hello, Zheng Yi also stood up and stomped his feet, raised his head and told the second uncle not to check out first, clean up and wait for a while to eat together in the restaurant downstairs.