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When Li Zongren heard Xu Maofu's reply of "everyone gets rich together", he couldn't help but smile slightly, and quipped: "You are quite good at thinking, not bad, not bad, haha!" ”

"Oh yes, there is something I want to inquire with you, according to the latest battle report sent by the local army of Hunan Province, your original old commander, General Zheng Yi, suddenly disappeared, and the three communist armies on the border of southern Jiangxi and Jiangxi and Fujian now seem to be showing signs of convergence, do you know this news?"

Xu Maofu shook his head and smiled bitterly, explaining: "Degong, I really don't know the specific situation of General Zheng Yi, since I left the Communist army at the end of last year, I haven't received any news from General Zheng Yi. ”

"However, when I was attending a social banquet in Shanghai a few days ago, I heard some people talking about the frequent local battles between the communist army in southern Jiangxi and the local army of the Nationalist Government, but I did not receive any news about General Zheng Yi, and even the news newspapers in the past few months rarely published this content."

Li Zongren thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Yes!" At present, the focus of domestic news is concentrated on the Nanjing government, Beiping, Huhai and other places, and no one seems to pay attention to the gradually growing communist army. ”

Xu Maofu smiled in agreement when he heard this, and when he saw Li Zongren picking up the teacup and blowing a few green tea leaves on the surface, he immediately stood up and politely said goodbye:

"Degong has a lot of opportunities, and time is precious, so I won't bother much here."

"At about six o'clock tomorrow morning, our Swedish freighter carrying the first batch of supplies will arrive at the Hankou terminal, and we will ask Degong to be ready to receive the goods."

Li Zongren stood up with a smile and sent Xu Maofu out of the door: "Don't worry, we are ready to receive the goods at any time, if it is convenient for you, please go to the quartermaster office on the second floor after the handover is completed tomorrow, we still have a batch of medicines and military shoes that need to be entrusted to you to purchase." ”

Xu Maofu hurriedly replied: "Understood! I'll be ready in advance, please stay. ”

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Two hours later, Xu Maofu's telegram reached Hong Kong.

Zheng Yi personally translated the new cipher that had just been put into use, and then instructed Lu Yuanji, the new secretary of the 20-year-old, to call Lai Dingbang to his office.

Lai Dingbang, who was cleaning, hurriedly came after washing his hands, took the telegram sent by Zheng Yi and read it immediately, and then issued a heartfelt admiration:

"Great! It went even better than we imagined, and Xiaofu really lived up to expectations. ”

Zheng Yi was still writing: "Has the second batch of arms all been put into storage?" ”

"At present, there are still 50 Bayi mortars left, and Mr. Schmidt of the Lulin Company promises to deliver them within three days."

Lai Dingbang has gradually become familiar with his current work, but his wife, under Zheng Yi's suggestion, temporarily stays at home to raise the baby with peace of mind, and will not return to the company to work after giving birth to a child, so at present, Lai Dingbang needs to do the work of two people by himself.

"Did Mr. Schmidt urge us to settle the bill as soon as possible?" Zheng Yi finally finished the work at hand, put away the notebook, and unhurriedly turned on the pen cover.

Lai Dingbang said with a smile: "No, I didn't mention it, I guess he also knows that we can make up the purchase money in half a month at the latest." ”

Zheng Yi frowned, and had a headache for a while: "Alas, we owe more and more money to Lu Lin's company, I roughly calculated, it is almost 250,000 US dollars, alas...... Is there an echo from Fujian Province? ”

"Not yet, but Mr. Feng from Huhai has sent him a letter, asking to send him 500 M1928 military pistols first, and each gun requires the distribution of 200 rounds of ammunition." Lai Dingbang replied.

Zheng Yi thought for a moment and thoughtfully: "My brother-in-law must be quietly selling arms, otherwise he wouldn't need so many military pistols." ”

Lai Dingbang said with a smile: "It is estimated that the gift gun you gave him has worked." ”

Zheng Yi nodded, and patiently expressed his judgment to Lai Dingbang: "This matter is very likely, I heard that there are more than 100,000 children of the Qing Gang in Huhai, nearly half of whom rely on smuggling and drug trafficking to open brothels to make ends meet, and conflicts with other gangs are becoming more and more frequent, and there is hardly a day when there are no brawls." ”

"The British and French are worried about the sharp deterioration of the security situation in the Shanghai Concession, and have announced that they will stop selling weapons and equipment to non-military organizations, and the Yankees do not dare to sell them openly, but Xiao Yueben is still constantly smuggling and selling weapons and ammunition, but Xiao Yueben is too greedy, and the price offered is much higher than the retail price of European and American foreign companies, so there is a lot of profit in the middle, and my brother-in-law is probably moved."

"That's a great opportunity for us to get involved!" Lai Dingbang immediately showed the face of a businessman, and it was this that made him deeply appreciated by Zheng Yi.

Zheng Yi smiled and nodded: "It seems that we have to add more fire to him...... Send 3,000 pistols and 100,000 rounds of 9mm barabam bullets to Huhai, and let my brother-in-law sell them first, anyway, there is a surplus of military pistols produced in the factory, and the British army has no intention of ordering them so far. ”

Lai Dingbang hesitated for a moment, and suggested in a low voice: "In that case, should you send a batch to the base area as well?" ”

Zheng Yi immediately agreed: "That's what I mean, you get in touch with Shangguan as soon as possible, and we are responsible for sending it to Putian Port by short-distance cargo ship, and he is responsible for picking up the goods and sending them to the base area." ”

"In addition to military pistols, send another 20,000 pairs of Zhongbang rubber-soled military shoes, the money is not enough to spend from my personal account first, and then return it ......to me when I receive the payment from the Gui family."

"Alas! Seeing that winter was approaching, the brothers in the base area could no longer march and fight in straw sandals. ”

Lai Dingbang shook his head slightly, and said with a wry smile: "All the departments in the base area have changed their communication passwords, and we can't get in touch with the troops...... The central government did not issue us a new cipher code, and I was embarrassed to ask Lao Cao and Xiao Song for it, for fear of making a mistake. ”

Zheng Yi was also helpless about this, and when he was thinking about how to get out of the embarrassing situation, Xu Maolin, a young brother in charge of the janitorial work, hurriedly sent a letter to Zheng Yi and immediately returned to his post.

Zheng Yi looked at the letter, which was only on the letterhead and not the payment, and thought about it for a while, so he simply took out a paper cutter from the drawer, cut open the seal, took out the neatly folded letter paper and read it carefully, quickly raised his head, and asked Lai Dingbang suspiciously: "Has anyone come to ask to join our company in the past two days?" ”

"Not only that, but there are many more, mostly young adults from the mainland who have been displaced to Hong Kong, and two groups of people from Guangdong Province who are asking if they can work at the construction site next door. I explained that it had been contracted to a specialized construction company, and they left in frustration. ”

Lai Dingbang paused, and finally made a bold suggestion: "Boss, I think we can appropriately increase the number of recruiters and quietly form the dock trade union, and now the attention at home and abroad is focused on the disputes between the four major military groups, so it doesn't matter if we move a little faster." ”

Zheng Yi immediately vetoed: "Don't worry about it first, I'd rather lack than excess, but the person who wrote the letter is indeed very brainy, you can talk to him if you have time." ”

Lai Dingbang took the letter and read it, and immediately smiled: "I know the person who wrote the letter, he was born in Jiangbei, he has good skills, and his prestige among dock workers is very high. ”