Zheng Yi drove away from Nanjing and headed east without any nostalgia, walking very crisply and easily, talking and laughing with his second uncle along the way, and his mood was not ordinarily good.

The second uncle, who has deep experience and is shrewd, can understand Zheng Yi's mood at the moment, and faintly feels that Zheng Yi may not come to Nanjing again from now on.

After listening to Zheng Yi's detailed briefing, the second uncle was also happy that Zheng Yi could stay away from Nanjing, a place of right and wrong, even if he had to transport 120,000 tons of grain and edible oil to the Nanjing government and the Central Army within two months, it would be a hundred times easier than being bound in Nanjing.

Zheng Yi also had a hunch.

After this trip to Nanjing, President Jiang would not solicit him again, otherwise he would definitely not have been summoned for eight days.

Similarly, Yu Feipeng and Zhou Junyan, the two predecessors in Hangzhou, may have completely lost this heart, and Zheng Yi has gained real freedom.

On the way back, the sun was shining.

The road is dusty, and although the road is still potholed, there is no flat road for two kilometers in a row, but there are no pools of water of unknown depth.

When night fell, Zheng Yi had already driven into the bustling city of Shanghai, returned to his residence in the French Concession to take a shower and change clothes, and then brewed a pot of fragrant tea and lit a mellow cigar, and the time was not yet ten o'clock in the evening.

Perhaps it was the excitement after solving a big problem, Zheng Yi was still full of energy, but the second uncle, who had been cultivating for nearly thirty years, lost his spirit, took a bath, changed clothes, drank a cup of tea, yawned, and returned to his room to sleep.

Since the company's existing employees were all transferred from Feng Jingzhai, Zheng Yi, who had to escort a shipload of important goods to Shanghai, did not bring a radio station and intelligence personnel, so it was impossible to make radio contact with Hong Kong, so Zheng Yi could only write down the many affairs that needed to be handled, mark them with special matches, and wait for them to be sent to Hong Kong one by one through the concession telegraph office tomorrow morning.

After five consecutive days, Zheng Yi was busy with the trading of Huafeng Company, three of which were pulled by Feng Jingzhai to the banquet held by celebrities in Shanghai, and met with the grateful Du Yuesheng, and had a cordial conversation alone for more than an hour, Zheng Yi's reputation was gradually familiar with all walks of life in Shanghai with the heated discussion and praise of many business celebrities.

There is an interesting story that spreads along with Zheng Yi's fame, and it has become a talking point among Shanghai citizens overnight:

On the evening of June 15, Zheng Yi, accompanied by his brother-in-law Feng Jingzhai, drove three of the most luxurious cars in Huangpu Beach to the west foot of Yu Garden with sumptuous and expensive gifts.

To the admiration of hundreds of onlookers, Zheng Yi, who was famous and mighty-looking, not only did not get angry, but stood in front of the door and admitted his mistake loudly, begging his father-in-law to forgive him in every possible way, but the old master Liu not only did not forgive, but also threw a few bricks from the yard and immediately smashed the windshield of the limousine parked in front of the door, so frightened that Feng Jingzhai immediately pulled Zheng Yi into the carriage and fled, making more and more onlookers and neighbors laugh......

Zheng Yi, who sighed, slipped back to Feng's mansion, and the eldest sister Zheng Xuan saw half of his swollen face at a glance, complaining that Old Master Liu was not human, and went to get a wet towel for Zheng Yi to wipe his face.

Feng Jingzhai was lying on the sofa, happy and happy, thinking to himself, you kid is smart, this time I finally let me see you deflated, right?

Zheng Yi knew that it would be difficult to untie this knot for a while, so he simply let it be natural and didn't think about him, so when he saw Feng Jingzhai's gloating appearance, he didn't get angry, smiled and asked the eldest sister with a worried face: "What valuable news did the newspaper receive today?" ”

Zheng Xuan picked up a melon and peeled it for Zheng Yi: "The biggest news is still the resolutions that the Second Plenum of the Central Committee continues to announce, two of which have aroused heated discussions in the press, one is to officially propose to ban cloud tablets, and the other is to unify the currency, I just want to ask you what you think about this." ”

Feng Jingzhai smiled: "Those people in Nanjing still have the face to mention what forbidden cloud tablets?" Who doesn't know that more than eighty percent of China's cloud chips are in their hands? ”

"Even Lao Jiang's henchmen and generals are running the cloud slice business, not to mention the big and small princes all over the country!"

"As for the unified currency, it is even more wishful thinking, and this matter ultimately depends on the faces of the British and American powers, as the second brother said before, it is great to have a clue within three or five years."

Zheng Xuan saw his younger brother shaking his head again and again, knowing that these two pieces of news were of little use to him, so he thought about it and told Zheng Yi the news he had just received in the morning:

"Didn't you admire Xiao Zhuge Bai Chongxi before? In the morning, I had just received a telegram from the Changsha reporter station, saying that after the three divisions of the Fourth Route Army under the command of He Jian had occupied Guilin, they had taken advantage of the victory to pursue the attack, and on the afternoon of the last day, they had broken through the last line of defense set up by the Gui army 20 kilometers north of Liuzhou. ”

Zheng Yi was stunned, pondered for a moment, and asked carefully, "How can the three divisions of the Fourth Route Army have such a powerful attack power?" Who are the specific generals in command? ”

"The telegram didn't say it, but I remember that the commanders of these three divisions were Liu Jianxu, Wu Shang and Zhou Lan, the famous generals of the Hunan Army, all of whom were the main divisions of the Hunan Army that had just completed their redressing." Zheng Xuan has a good memory.

Zheng Yi immediately smiled: "Eldest sister, I estimate that tomorrow you will receive the news of the defeat of the Fourth Route Army!" ”

"How is that possible?"

Zheng Xuan's face was full of doubts, and Feng Jingzhai on the side also sat up.

Zheng Yi said his analysis: "If I remember correctly, Liu Jianxu and Wu Shang are both from the Baoding Military Academy, Liu Jianxu and Bai Chongxi are classmates and friends of the third phase of the Baoding Military Academy, and they are very familiar with each other. ”

"Looking at the Gui army again, although under the pursuit and interception of Lao Jiang's Central Army and He Jian's Hunan Army, a total of 120,000 troops, they retreated to the old nest of Gui Province in embarrassment, but its main force was not injured, the officers and soldiers have experienced a hundred battles, they have always been brave, and they have also been supplemented by a large number of advanced weapons and equipment."

"If the loss of Guilin is because the Gui army has retreated all the way and has not gained a stable foothold, then it makes no sense to lose the last line of defense in the north of Liuzhou, and there is definitely fraud in it!"

"Why?" Zheng Xuan hurriedly asked.

Zheng Yi patiently explained: "Because the distance from Guilin to Liuzhou is at least 120 kilometers, and the mountain roads are long and the rivers are crisscrossed, how can the three divisions of the Hunan Army chase 20 kilometers north of Liuzhou in only one day?" Even if it can be done, the officers and men will be tired and half dead. ”

"Secondly, who is Bai Chongxi? An excellent commander who commanded hundreds of thousands of troops, and who resisted the invaders in his own home, how could he make the Hunan army of three divisions so rampant? You must know that Liuzhou is the only important city in Guizhou Province with an industrial base, and it is an important source of tax revenue and a cloud transshipment center of the Guizhou system. ”

"Therefore, I don't need to think too much about it, but I can come to two conclusions: First, the reporters you sent to Hunan Province did not find out the situation of the war, or the Hunan Army Command ignored the facts and made high-profile propaganda in order to boost the people's morale and encourage morale, so as to gain the attention of the Nanjing government and all walks of life in the whole country; Second, it was Bai Chongxi who deliberately showed weakness to the enemy, lured the enemy to go deeper, and then laid a big pocket to give the three divisions of the Hunan army a fatal blow! ”

Zheng Xuan and Feng Jingzhai were dumbfounded, looking at each other for a moment, the more they thought about it, the more it made sense, Zheng Yi smiled, and went back to the room with a teacup.