Chapter 42: Reunion after a long absence

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Xie Yuru is not dissatisfied with the revolutionary army, but he clearly knows whose rice he serves, and the little emperor is still alive at the moment, although it is stormy, but in the end it is still the Qing Dynasty.

If you put it more clearly, Ma Fuhua's position at the moment is his position, and he does not need to choose which team to stand on in the near future.

"Captain Xie."

Xie Yuru heard him call himself like this, and he also corrected his attitude and responded succinctly and neatly with a "yes".

"There are a batch of guns in Tianjin, you can bring someone to transport them back in the next two days."

Xie Yuru hadn't even seen his own soldiers, so Ma Fuhua asked him to take people out? I don't know if Ma Fuhua trusts him too much, or if this task is not difficult.

Since he had a task in his body, Xie Yuru couldn't delay, so he left with Ma Fuhua that day and immediately went to the training camp.

But on the way back, he figured out that something was wrong.

Tianjin is not without a garrison, this Ma Fuhua has no intention of greeting others, does he take a thousand people directly outside the city? This is clearly inappropriate.

Ma Fuhua didn't say what he was hiding, and Xie Yuru couldn't see his eyebrows for a while, but in this matter, he chose Xie Yuru, who had just arrived in Baoding, and there must be a reason.

He couldn't go with great fanfare, so he only selected a reorganization class, counting himself, a total of ten people. The group was all in civilian clothes, and they were divided into three teams, as if they were strange travelers, and got on the same boat to Tianjin.

He had two classmates in Tianjin who had a good relationship, and he contacted them before he left, and the three of them had already drunk warm wine in Tianjin City at night.

"Norwegian merchant marine? You have to ask Wanwen about this. ”

The young man who spoke was the one who lived in the bed opposite Xie Yuru, his surname was Lu, his name was Yongxing, and Xie Tangru used to call him Dazhi.

After graduating from the Sailor School, Jiang Wanwen was reluctant to join the army, because of his family, he was arranged to the Construction Department and became the chief of the inspection section of the Jingfeng Railway.

"Do you really ask, I'm a railroadman, can I reach out to the port?" Jiang Wanwen took a sip of water and burst his stomach, chewed it carefully, and after swallowing it, he drank a glass of wine to moisten his throat, "I think you were cheated by the old horse." ”

Xie Tang had already drunk about two or three taels of wine at this time, but his eyes were still very clear, "What do you say?" ”

"Even if there is a Norwegian merchant ship, if there are guns, it must be smuggling ordnance."

Jiang Wanwen's meaning, Xie Yuru understood, he was also suspicious when he saw the name of the merchant ship and the cargo number written to him by Ma Fuhua at that time.

If it is a legal ordnance, it is naturally escorted by a military ship, and there is no need to sneak around. At the moment, since he is dressed up in disguise and has specially arranged a foreign merchant ship, he should not want some people to know about this thing.

Five thousand guns is not a small number.

He had no way of knowing who Ma Fuhua was guarding against, but what he was certain of now was that he must have been ready to push him out as a scapegoat by calling him to pick up the goods.

A newly promoted regiment commander who has just arrived in Baoding has privately purchased 5,000 guns, and if he is held accountable, the matter is really big or small.

Xie Yuru had something in his heart, and he was not very happy when he drank, and the two friends knew that his visit to Tianjin was difficult to do, and they also thought about him.

One meal, the three of them ate tastelessly.

The next day, at about eight o'clock, Xie Tang was woken up by Jiang Wanwen's phone call, and he helped him make an appointment with a colleague who was also working in the construction department, but was in charge of port construction.

Xie Yuru cleaned himself up, in order to be more like a businessman doing business, he also deliberately brought a pair of silver-rimmed glasses, and the whole person looked bookish and polite.

He lived on the fourth floor, and not far from the room, saw that there were people queuing up for the elevator, so he simply took the stairs instead. The staircase was at eleven o'clock in the lobby on the first floor, and he slowly descended the stairs while habitually observing his surroundings.

Feng Zhiqing got up very early, he was born in the countryside, he got up with a rooster crowing since he was a child, and later entered the army, although there was no rooster crowing, but the wake-up number was also very early, all these years, even if he had nothing to do, he still woke up by himself when the time came.

Seeing Xie Yuru coming down, Feng Zhiqing immediately stood up, walked towards him, and habitually wanted to salute when he came to him, but his hand was held down by Xie Yuru.

Feng Zhiqing smiled embarrassedly, "Get used to it." ”

"You don't have to follow me in the morning." As he spoke, he took out thirty dollars from his shirt pocket, "Eat whatever you want at noon." ”

For Feng Zhiqing, thirty yuan is his military salary for three months, but if you want to put it here for Xie Yuru, it is not enough to even eat a big meal.

At first, Feng Zhiqing was embarrassed to take it, and pursed his lips to look at Xie Yuru, which was rare to match his age. Later, Xie Yuru stuffed it in his hand, and he accepted it happily.

"Thank you...... Xie Yuru? ”

Liao Wanyu went to Tianjin a few days ago, they bought the German soap-making machine in Guangzhou, arranged the transportation and the group returned to Luzhou, and on the third day of arriving home, she received a call back from Adair.

Looking at the contents of Adair's telegram sprinkled on a large piece of paper, Liao Wanyu also felt the fact that his family had strong financial resources.

This has to ...... That's more than 3,000 words.

The formula and equipment have been in hand, and another question that Liao Wanyu and Gu Yongchou are worried about has been put on the agenda - whether to import alkali or cooperate with domestic caustic soda manufacturers.

Tianjin has the only soda factory at this time, Liao Wanyu's trip is to visit the field, after all, the alkali to make soap does not need other uses, there are still some requirements for quality, whether it can be produced, she is not too supportive.

She sat in the guest rest area on the first floor of the hotel and waited for Gu Yongchou, looked through the empty space of the newspaper and glanced at the lobby, thinking that she was dazzled.

"He ......"

Liao Wanyu put the newspaper back on the glass coffee table in front of her, took the bag in one hand, scooped up the mink coat with the other and put it on her forearm, and walked in the direction of Xie Yuru.

Xie Tang turned his back to her at this time, did not see him, was still talking to Feng Zhiqing, noticed that Feng Zhiqing's gaze moved from his face to his back, and also turned to look.

At first glance, both boxes were stunned.

Before Liao Wanyu could say the word "you", she was pulled away by Xie Yuru, leaving Feng Zhiqing alone inexplicably.

"Why are you here?"

Liao Wanyu hadn't come back to her senses yet, he answered honestly whatever he asked, "I'll talk about business." ”

He took out his pocket watch from his coat pocket and glanced at the time, "I'll make an appointment later, do you live here?" When to go? ”

Liao Wanyu was only a little more active at this time, she reached out and pinched Xie Yuru's arm, "You ......"

"Not dead, not dead." Xie Yuru was in a hurry, and he didn't have time to talk to her more, so after asking her the room number and departure time, he left her alone and left in a hurry.

Looking at Xie Yuru's distant back, Liao Wanyu had a strong, dream-like, and unreal feeling.

She did seem to have seen Xie Yuru in a dream, but she couldn't remember what the specific scene was. And the face of the man in the dream was blurred, but she knew that this person was Xie Yuru.

At that time, he thought he was dead, and he was unwilling to be lonely and ran to give her a dream, which would see a living person, so that she felt very delicate.

I can't say whether it was joy or surprise, and even Liao Wanyu felt that she was still a little sad, she stood in place for a while, until Gu Yongchou saw her and called her twice, and then she came back to her senses.

They were going to the soda factory today, Liao Wanyu didn't understand chemistry, and Gu Yongchou was not professional enough, so they invited a gentleman from Beiping who taught in the chemistry department of the university to come over and help them make a judgment.

At this time, in China, the general public eats and uses mostly "mouth alkali", which is dissolved into alkaline water by trona and then solidified into a block, and the "mouth alkali" made by this method is not of high quality, and the health condition is extremely unguaranteed, but the price is ridiculously high.

The soda plant they came to today is because after purchasing foreign equipment, the "soda ash" that is as white as winter snow is abundant, and its sodium carbonate content is said to be more than 99%.

Liao Wanyu followed behind as if she was listening carefully, but in fact, she was a little dizzy, and walked down in the morning, except for remembering that salt is used to make alkali, she didn't remember anything else.

If you want to get to the bottom of it, you have to blame Xie Yuru, after all, she was disturbed by the fact that she saw him in person this morning.

On the one hand, she felt that it was a little unfair for Xie Yuru to "resist the fate" of the Japanese, and on the other hand, she felt that everyone had to encounter a few grievances in life; On the one hand, he was a little annoyed that he had deceived her, and on the other hand, he laughed at himself that he was not familiar with him.

Yin Xuming is the founder of the soda factory, originally from Beiping to do business, heard that they were coming, specially rushed back, "you can rest assured, although everyone is different, but it is for the development of domestic industry, we must not let real money and silver flow into the pockets of foreigners." In terms of price, the contemptible person can have a slight profit. ”

The professor of the Department of Chemistry who accompanied them had known Yin Xuming a few years ago, and they were even alumni of the Department of Chemistry of Kyoto Imperial University in Japan, so they were full of praise for Yin Xuming, and Liao Wanyu reassured them.

There is nothing to negotiate too much about the price, and transportation has become the next topic, and when it comes to transportation, Yin Xuming can't help frowning.

"Luzhou is so far away, you can't get to it by rail, if you want me to see, you can only come to Shanghai like you, first to Shanghai, and then Shanghai to change ships and transport back to Luzhou." He paused here as he said, "I have suffered a lot in Jingfeng for transportation, and everyone has to knock on it. ”

The two parties decided to draw up a contract by the soda plant first, and as for how to transport it in the end, supplementary documents can be added later.

Back at the hotel, Liao Wanyu looked a little uneasy as soon as she entered the door, Gu Yongshou also found some clues when he was in the soda factory, he also thought that Liao Wanyu was nervous about soda ash, "Miss Liao, our trip is very smooth, I will take a telegram to Mr. in the afternoon, and report the price and transportation under the instructions, do you have anything to bring?" ”

Liao Wanyu shook her head, "I don't have anything to say, it's hard Manager Gu." ”

"I see that your face is not very good, is it not a good rest these days? Later, I will ask someone to bring lunch to your room, and Miss Liao will have a good rest after eating. ”

Liao Wanyu thanked him, took the stairs to the third floor, and hung up her mink coat after entering the house, and there was a knock on the door.

She wondered how the kitchen could be so neat, and when she walked over and opened the door, she suddenly didn't say a word.