After He Qiwei entered the office, the secretary quietly closed the wooden door. Mahogany doors are well insulated, and eavesdropping on other people's conversations is not a decent thing to do.

I walked to the newspaper shelf next to the door of the small hall, took a copy of the "Ao Song Daily", and walked to the window, and then looked at the oil lamp.

The front page, as usual, tells about domestic affairs, (nothing more than a song of praise for a bunch of senate princes who have done their best for the country, and after their deaths, the members of parliament have worked hard for the people without regrets)

I hurriedly flipped through it, then folded the front-page newspaper on the desk by the window and began to look at the external section.

"The Senate regrets and dissatisfaction with Yuan Chonghuan, the Jiliao Governor of the Ming Kingdom, for interfering in the legitimate business practices of the country, and has submitted a written opinion to the Ming State through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, hoping that the Ming Government will properly handle this matter in the spirit of friendship and mutual benefit......

"The Ministry of Defense recently revealed that our country will provide a batch of arms to the Kingdom of Sri Lanka and will send no less than one regiment of land forces to assist Sri Lanka in defending against Portuguese invasion."

......

After reading this, I regret He Qiwei's trip. According to the experience (of the previous life), the government uses such wording, and it is estimated that it will not increase its direct influence for a while, and I wonder whether He Qiwei's company will be able to survive until the time when the republic is in full swing.

The next edition is dominated by economic news, and the largest part of the space is the more favorable conditions for immigration in the colonies of the archipelago, not only the farmers who vigorously recruit workers, but also the announcement of the colonial governor's palace, which now allows immigrants to apply for land on a capitation lease, tax-free loans for the first five years, and a series of treatments that are much better than arriving land in the country.

I thought about it, and it seemed like it was because of an uprising in the colonies last month, and then the wolf-like army did a bit of unleashed, well, and got a lot of borderlands.

The next edition is the culture section, and my diary here doesn't write much about it, but it just mentions that "The Earl of Shuangyashan" is officially finished, and the protagonist Deng Disi repays the kindness and punishes the bad guys, and in the end everyone is happy. The author, Ma Zhongda, announced that he would continue to write a novel, which was initially titled "Three Archers".

The rest of the day was a bit boring, and I carefully observed the small hall for more than half an hour, reconstructing every detail of the small hall in my mind, so much so that now I occasionally think of the small hall that has been renovated and is now used as a meeting room.

All in all, half an hour later, He Qiwei really walked out of the office with a wry smile, nodded to me, and had no nature to speak, turned around and walked out of the small hall.

The secretary who came out beckoned to me, and I reached out to smooth out the small folds in my clothes and walked into the office.

Ming Guoke's office is large, about close to a hundred square meters, and more than a dozen staff members in white shirts are handling things at their desks. And the director of the ancient elephant was standing by the window and smoking.

I didn't bother him, just put the suitcase on his large table, opened it, and took out a packet of shredded squid wrapped in oiled paper from it and placed it in front of his place.

The ancient elephant looked at the rain flying outside the window, slowly took down the pipe in his mouth and handed it to the secretary, and then spit out a beautiful smoke ring outside the window, and then turned around.

"Oh, isn't this dear Li Ruchu!" He let out an exaggerated laugh, walked up to me, patted me on the shoulder with both hands, looked me up and down, and sighed: "I haven't seen you for almost three years, and you are a lot more handsome as before." ”

I grinned: "Teacher Gu is so ......"

He let out a louder laugh, causing the staff to turn their heads to see what their boss was up to. "Sit down, and let me see what gifts my good student has brought me."

He picked up the shredded squid on the table, tore open the package with five fingers as thick as a radish in his right hand very flexibly, grabbed a few shredded squid and threw them into his mouth, and chewed them carefully with his eyes closed, looking like he was enjoying it.

"This is the authentic Oriental Province squid shred." He said, "This kind of thing can only be drunk, and the pile of mainland products sold on the street can only be used to grind their teeth." ”

I tugged at the corners of my mouth, although my instructor who went to the internship in the fourth year of college had gained a lot of weight, his temperament was still the same as before. Fortunately, he was afraid that this was an office, and he had to pretend to be a little dignified, so he didn't just squat on a chair with one leg and start swearing.

He swallowed the shredded squid in his mouth, carefully folded the bag and put it in the drawer, and changed his face to a serious look, which was really faster than changing his face.

"Comrade Li Ruchu, Major of the Navy Reserve of the Republic of Australia and Song, do you know the reason why the country recruited you back?"

I also replied with a straight face: "Yes, Comrade Gu Xiang, Director of the Greater China Division of the Colonization Department of the Ministry of National Defense, I know. ”

Gu Xiang looked at my eyes, and finally couldn't help laughing: "You kid can, Governor Qin Xiangping of the Liaodong Governorate of the Ming State is going to retire at the end of the year, and he wrote back last month, naming you to go back, saying that you can't let the talents of the motherland continue to lie in the manor and bask in the sun, and you need to exercise." ”

I smiled bitterly, this point was not mentioned in detail in the letter, I didn't expect that it was Governor Qin who named me, and I was a little flattered at this time.

"Hey, seriously, His Excellency Viscount Qingsong is also healed now, you kid should also come out to work, you can't really be a happy manor owner for the rest of your life." He approached me and said, the two stubby black beards on his mouth shook and shook, looking at it with an inexplicable sense of joy, (reminded me of Wu Mengda)

I continued to smile wryly and said, "I know that I have been bored at home for more than two months, and I want to return to work, and my father agreed." ”

He nodded, took out a piece of paper from the folder on the table and handed it to me: "This is the opinion of the Ministry of Defense, if you have no opinion, sign it at the end, and after signing, you will return to active duty in place." ”

I was stunned, I didn't expect the Ministry of Defense to be so efficient.

I took the paper, which roughly meant that in view of the fact that my father Li Guohua had recovered from a serious illness and did not meet the conditions for further leave, he announced that he would recall me and resume active duty, and that he would go to his original place of service to continue his service within a week after signing.

Well, my place of service is in Liaodong, China, which means that soon I will be drifting from the southern hemisphere to the northern hemisphere, and by the way, I will experience the thrill of summer turning into winter.

I sign at the end. By the way, after I signed it, my rank changed from Reserve Major to Active Marine Major.

Gu Xiang took the paper, put it back in the folder, smiled and patted my arm across the wide desk, and said, "Young man, do a good job, I am most optimistic about you in the 38th class." ”

I grinned, and when I saw the ancient elephant holding a glass of water, I knew that it meant to send off guests, so I got up and prepared to leave.

The ancient elephant glared: "What are you doing, kid, sit down for me!" ”

I smiled awkwardly, sat down again, and watched Gu Xiang put the water cup on the secretary's tray, brought down two cups of chrysanthemum tea from above, and put one in front of me: "Taste, clear purpose." ”

So all that was left in the office was the sound of staff flipping through documents and whispering, oh, and the sound of two people sipping chrysanthemum tea.

After drinking, I put the teacup down and looked at the ancient elephant, waiting for him to explain what was next.

The ancient elephant looked at me with bull's eyes open again: "Is there anything else, if not, go down." ”

Me: "......?" ”