On 1 June, a particularly big news spread throughout the country caught the attention of countless people. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Sun Yat-sen's coffin, who was welcomed back from Beiping, was buried in the Purple Mountain in Nanjing, and members of various ministries and special envoys of various countries sent him off, and funeral commemorative meetings were held all over the country, and the prosperous Shanghai and Haihai were much depressed because of this.

On the night of the same day, a 5,000-ton freighter stopped at Houdai Island outside the mouth of the Yangtze River in the drizzle and dropped anchor.

Forty minutes later, 2,800 kilograms of high-grade cloud chips, hundreds of boxes of Duandin, and 200 boxes of M1929 submachine guns from India were successfully transferred.

The two wooden ships quickly departed under the roar of vulgar diesel engines, rounded the north side of the island, and soon disappeared without a trace, and the 5,000-ton freighter with the hatch covered, carrying most of the ship's weapons and equipment, continued to set off, two miles north into the main channel, and under the light of the navigation lights, raised the rice flag again.

Zheng Yi returned to the door of the captain's room in the shaking of the hull, took off the heavy raincoat on his body, handed it to the smiling and solemn British first mate, casually glanced at the two Swire employees sitting at the square table and playing cards, entered the room and sat down beside the two, picked up the half bottle of whiskey on the table and poured three sips, only then did he feel that the damp and cold on his body was dispelled a lot.

The two Brits quickly put away the pokers, and the bearded Best turned to Zheng Yi: "Dear Paul, how do you feel?" ”

Zheng Yi put the wine bottle on the table: "I'm just curious, after reading the specific operation of the sea barge, I found that it is similar to the situation of the small dock in Hong Kong, and it is not fun at all." ”

The two Brits and the British first mate who had just come in laughed, and the senior staff of Swire Pacific, who was docile and humble, and named Jason gave Zheng Yi a clean wine glass, and while pouring wine for Zheng Yi, he asked with a smile: "Paul, is the destination of those two small wooden boats in Yangshupu or the Pudong countryside in the reeds?" ”

Zheng Yi nodded slightly to express his gratitude: "I don't know, it should be somewhere in Pudong...... I heard that the situation along the Yangshupu coast is extremely complicated, and there has been no investigation into the incident that occurred in the middle of last month between the anti-smuggling military police and local gangs. ”

"The value of this transaction is very high, and it cannot be overly cautious." The eldest Best appreciated Zheng Yi's cautious attitude, and knew that the person who came to pick up the goods tonight was a member of the largest gang in Huhai, but he had never been able to figure out the true relationship between Zheng Yi and the forces on the Huhai Road.

Jason immediately proposed: "Cheers to a smooth delivery!" ”

"Jingle Bell—"

The four glasses were raised together with a few crisp clicks.

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At 11:40 p.m., the 5,000-ton freighter, guided by the customs pilot ship, slowly approached the special wharf of the British Swire Pacific Company.

Zheng Yi and the second uncle followed Best to get off the ship, walked straight through the wide and quiet dock, walked to the two cars parked in front of the warehouse above, shook hands with each other and said goodbye, and then got into their respective cars and drove away.

"It's going well, isn't it?"

Feng Jingzhaile, who was sitting next to Zheng Yi, asked.

Zheng Yi took his eyes back from the car window: "It's very smooth, the waves are not high tonight, the crane on my freighter is very good, and it will be done in more than forty minutes." Your men are also good, diligent and capable, and have sweet mouths. ”

Feng Jingzhai laughed, his face full of pride: "They are all elite soldiers who have followed me for many years, and the leading Ajie is also familiar with you, and he has always admired you very much." ”

Zheng Yi asked, "Have you finished unloading the two boats of flour?" ”

"I was trying to tell you about it...... Four days ago, your Uncle Yu Shi suddenly sent someone to the door, demanding that one of the ships be sold to their quartermaster department, and that the ship should not be unloaded at the port on this side of the Shanghai Sea, but directly driven to the special wharf in Jiujiang for delivery. How dare I call the shots for such a big thing, you just left Hong Kong and can't be contacted, so you can only call the old man for advice, the old man only took three hours to call me back, and told me to promise to come down, and the quartermaster department sent someone to pick up the ship that night, and it is estimated that it should be unloading at Jiujiang Wharf at this time. ”

Feng Jingzhai complained rather dissatisfied.

Zheng Yi was silent for a long time, shook his head, and sighed: "It seems that a large-scale war will break out soon!" ”

Feng Jingzhai had already seen the pre-war clouds from various signs, so he did not doubt Zheng Yi's judgment: "Yes! In the past half a month, your eldest sister has obtained confidential information from all sides one after another, including the frequent movements of Lao Jiang's troops and the Northwest Army, and this big battle seems to be inevitable...... You probably got a lot of inside information in Hong Kong, right? ”

Zheng Yi bowed slightly: "Not only did I receive the news, but the British and French had already made accurate inferences that during this period, diplomats and world-famous journalists from various countries left Hong Kong one after another and rushed to key areas such as Beiping and Nanjing, and the envoys of the two major opposition parties of the Republic of China went south to Guangzhou one after another, and heard that they were going to form another central committee to fight against Lao Chiang, and the Americans were secretly stepping up their support for Lao Chiang, hoping to sell arms and materials and large loans to Lao Chiang...... Oh yes, who was the last weapon and ammunition order you sent me? Can the payment of up to more than 3 million oceans be guaranteed? ”

"Let's talk about it when we go back, you take a bath first, and I'll let the next person fry two dishes and talk while eating." Feng Jingzhai said with a smile.

Zheng Yi immediately realized that this matter was not simple, and Feng Jingzhai was afraid that he would not be able to speak clearly, so he did not continue to ask, but he did not intend to tell him about the arms business between himself and the Gui family.

When they returned to Feng's house, Zheng Yi and his second uncle continued to live in the two guest rooms on the east side of the first floor, and when Zheng Yi came out in casual clothes after taking a shower, he was surprised to find that the eldest sister Zheng Xuan was sitting in the living room waiting, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet her, and Feng Jingzhai also came down from upstairs with two bottles of good wine.

Zheng Xuan is much thinner than a month ago, but she is in good spirits, her big charming eyes are full of smiles, and the whole person looks more charming. She first congratulated Zheng Yi on getting a noble son, and then asked Liu Yu about his physical recovery, and then she was satisfied to introduce the topic: "How long can you stay in Huhai this time?" ”

"If there are no special circumstances, it is estimated that we will have to stay here in Shanghai for a month, and then there will be two batches of 30,000 tons of Nanyang rice and miscellaneous grains shipped to Shanghai, and we will have a good talk with Mr. White of Yinghua Company and Mr. Huddle of Lulin Company, and maybe we will go to Wuhan."

Zheng Yi has a lot to do.

Zheng Xuan immediately made a request: "As long as you are in Shanghai, how about taking time out every day to help me review the manuscript and come up with some ideas?" It would be better if I could write a few military commentaries and political forecasts, no one in our newspaper is inferior to you in this regard, especially in the military aspect, you are more proficient than anyone else, without your help I have no bottom in my heart! ”

Zheng Yi asked, "Huh!?" Isn't Han Zixu your subordinate as the editor-in-chief of current affairs? With so many senior seniors working for you, and the Oriental News Agency signing cooperation agreements with The Times and Yankee's news agencies in China, what are you worried about? ”

"It's different! Anyway, I don't think it's enough, so you're going to have to help me anyway. Zheng Xuan said unrelentingly.

Zheng Yi thought for a moment: "In this way, if I have time, I can write one or two reviews, and I can't do anything about reviewing the manuscript, first, I don't have so much energy, and second, I can't grasp other people's manuscripts accurately, and I don't want to do wrong things with good intentions." ”

Zheng Xuan immediately showed a happy smile: "Okay, I'll wait for your manuscript, in order to express my gratitude, I'll give you three cups later!" ”

"It's all this time, why don't you go to bed early? Women who stay up late are easy to get old! Zheng Yi didn't want to drink with his eldest sister in his heart, who knows what tricks she would come up with halfway through drinking.

Zheng Xuan grabbed her husband's arm: "I haven't seen each other for so long, I'll drink two glasses with you, and I'll go up to pee on the baby when I'm done, and then go to sleep, so it's okay, right?" ”

Feng Jingzhai laughed, his wife was happy, Zheng Yi didn't have any opinion when he saw this, went to the guest room to call the second uncle who had taken a bath, and entered the small restaurant at the back together.