"Wen Kai, you are really a soldier, you must know that in what you Chinese say, we are grasshoppers on a rope. I want you to have as much turf as possible, but I don't want you to fail. ”

"I thank you in advance, specifically, I asked Lao Yi to negotiate with you, but I affirm that Zhejiang will definitely open its market to France on a reciprocal basis, and Ningbo Port will be open to France."

Hu Wenkai's words were exactly what Dewey needed, although he didn't know why Hu Wenkai said it bluntly, Dewey still nodded happily.

"Wenkai France will always be your strong backing."

Without a glance, the eight characters began to draw a big pie, and Westerners are all virtuous and interest-oriented. Hu Wenkai showed a satisfied expression, thinking to himself, aren't you just bullying me when I'm young, I don't understand diplomacy, so I'll play stupid to the end.

"Consul Dewey, I have a small proposal, both sides can benefit, Xuzhou we are ready to build a heavy industrial city, now the power plant and other supporting facilities have been built, France's metallurgy and mining, heavy industry manufacturing is the world's strength, so we urgently need the support of the French side."

"This is beyond my ability, the construction of a heavy industrial city is not enough without hundreds of millions of funds." Dewey didn't even think about refusing.

Dewey complained in his heart that Hu Wenkai could really talk and dare to think that the actual controller of a single province would dare to think of obtaining hundreds of millions of yuan in benefits from France, even if the Beijing government put forward this demand now, it is impossible to meet it.

"Mr. Dewey, don't rush to conclusions, I haven't finished speaking, we don't want the French side to support us free of charge, and the initial idea will be divided into three parts."

Dewey didn't answer, opened the notebook in front of him with a solemn expression, picked up the pen and looked at Hu Wenkai.

"The first step is to purchase the machinery and equipment that was sealed by France after the defeat of the former German war, and the price needs to be provided to us by the French side at a slightly higher price of scrap, and we will disassemble and transport it ourselves."

After the end of World War I, the French occupied the Ruhr area, dismantled the machines of the German factory, and shipped them back to France for storage. The occupation of the Ruhr by French and Belgian troops had already shown itself to be an outweighed action, met with opposition from Britain and the United States and passive resistance from Germany.

Now Hu Wenkai proposed that the purchase of machinery and equipment in the Ruhr area at a low price should be in line with the intention of France and Belgium to make profits as soon as possible, and these two countries have been forced to the point of having to withdraw their troops.

"I need to report this back to China, what about your second step?"

"The first step will be the second step, in short, there is no need for the French government to pay and solve the burden of the French government, this is the list of machinery and equipment we need."

Hu Wenkai handed over a thick list of catalogs, crushing machinery, grinding machinery, screening machinery, dewatering machinery, rod mills, ball mills, gravel mills and self-grinding mills, inertial vibrating screens and resonant screens, jaw crushers, jigs, heavy medium concentrators and centrifugal concentrators, shearers, scraper conveyors, transfer machines, crushers, belt tails, belt conveyors, pumping stations, power centers, hydraulic supports, transport vehicles, support handling tractors, ventilators, roadheaders, metal hot rolling mills and combined continuous rolling mills, billet mills, sheet rolling mills, steel hot continuous rolling mill, wide band cold rolling mill, billet mill, profile rolling mill, rail beam rolling mill, wire rod rolling mill, plate rolling mill, strip rolling mill, foil strip rolling mill, seamless tube rolling mill, copper plate rolling mill and other hundreds of professional terms of industrial equipment.

Dewey looked at most of the equipment for a while, had never heard of the name, frowned, and said: "I will transfer it to the relevant domestic agencies to try to meet your requirements." ”

"Consul Dewey: We are very poor now, there are not a few factories in a large area of land, as long as it is a 20th-century machine in France, I want to use it for daily use, such as cigarette factories, sugar factories, paper factories, etc."

Dewey was amused by Hu Wenkai's words, this guy is simply hungry for everything, and he has a really big appetite.

"Wen Kai, I want to know an exact time, how long it will take you to take Zhejiang, it's not easy to do it for a long time, Zhejiang is close to Shanghai, you know the importance of Zhejiang's geographical location, more than a month will definitely not work."

Hu Wenkai knew what Dewey was worried about, and he was afraid that the war in Zhejiang would affect the stability of Shanghai.

"If the war starts, I believe that the overall situation can be decided in five days, and the gunfire in the whole province will be silenced in ten days."

Dewey really didn't believe Hu Wenkai's package ticket, Lu Yongxiang's tens of thousands of horses were all done in ten days, and Hu Wenkai deceived children by talking big in order to get Zhejiang.

"No, Wen Kai, I'm serious, since you say so, then it won't take more than two weeks at the longest."

Hu Wenkai was not surprised by Dewey's reaction at all, and he would not have believed it otherwise. I regret a little that I can't say that I can't say that I have more room for maneuver in 20 days at the earliest, and now I regret that he can't do it, which will damage his reputation. He glanced at Adele and held out his hand to Dewey to shake it, indicating that there was no problem.

At this time, Adele said to Dewey: "Mr. Dewey, I think two weeks is too tight, don't make Xuan too tight and cause problems, twenty days, anyway, it will be done in a month." ”

Dewey, who was holding Hu Wenkai's hand, was amused in his heart, and the two men and women really took care of each other, and said casually: "As long as it is within a month, it doesn't matter, and there is no time limit of ten days and half a month, but we can only delay it for one month, otherwise the four countries will arrange negotiations and ask you to withdraw your troops." ”

This time, Hu Wenkai didn't praise Haikou again, smiled and nodded: "I won't let you four countries sit together to discuss the withdrawal of troops." ”

After Dewey sat down, he said, "Wen Kai is done with this matter, let's talk about business." ”

"Mr. Dewey, please."

"On behalf of the French military, I would like to see the plane you call the Sparrow, which has aroused strong interest on our side in the northern theater, and we also know the price at which you sell it to the United States, and it is estimated that you want to buy fifteen of them according to the needs of the military."

"According to the old rule, Mr. Dewey will give you the price of one of ten crosses and one free of charge, which will be counted as your and Adele's commission, do you think it's okay?"

Without waiting for Dewey to speak, Adele stood up first and held Hu Wenkai's hand: "Wenkai is generous enough this time, is it to thank Dewey for sending you a hundred sets of French naval uniforms and flags?" ”

As he spoke, his little finger wrapped his palms around Hu Wenkai's palms a few times under Dewey's eyes.

Hu Wenkai stood up and said, "Mr. Dewey and Miss Adele will pick you up tomorrow morning by the Sparrow plane to inspect the performance of the aircraft at Longwangmiao Airport, hoping to satisfy you immediately." ”

When Adele walked out of the door of the conference room, Hu Wenkai followed behind her, saw that Dewey had walked to the corridor, stretched out his hand and touched Adele's cocked buttocks, and pinched it in confusion, Adele whispered at four o'clock, wait for her to call, and then quickly follow Dewey.

Lao Yi, Wang Xihai, and Jiang Qiuming were in the fog in his office, Lao Yi's tie was torn off and half was put on his chest, the cuffs of his suit were rolled up high, and his big fluffy hands were holding cigars. Seeing Hu Wenkai push the door in, he immediately hid the cigar behind him, and asked with a wicked smile: "The boss is French?" ”

"Lao Yi, you have the guts to rummage through my cabinet and steal my cigars?"

"The boss, it's not me who turned it, but Jiang Qiuming instigated me to find cigars."

Jiang Qiuming jumped up and grabbed Lao Yi's collar and said, "Russian, you want to be shameless and frame me in front of your brother-in-law, who said that the boss's cigar smoke will mold if you don't smoke it?" ”

Hu Wenkai said angrily: "Okay, okay, don't act in front of me, sit down for me." ”

"Lao Yi, you contact Dewey, he will give you 100 sets of French naval uniforms and flags corresponding ship numbers, and then immediately go to the Longwangmiao Navy, where two 2,000-ton warships and a submarine disguised as French warships will dock in Ningbo Port tomorrow night, and I ask the soldiers to seize all the Anhui navy without blood. You don't have to take part in the action to pass my orders in. ”

"Jiang Qiuming, you can report on the situation in Ningbo."

Jiang Qiuming thought for a while and said: "Ningbo belongs to the first batch of places to take refuge in us, and the fort garrison, the police station, and the local governor are all our people who have returned to the party, so there should be no problem. ”

"Well, that's easy to do, you immediately notify the police station and the governor over there, and ask them to invite the navy stationed in Ningbo Port to dinner tomorrow night, and the labor army will detain all of them for me at eight o'clock in the evening." We have to accept all of these navies, and the training cycle of the navy is too long. ”

Jiang Qiuming asked: "The boss will only be on the 19th tomorrow, and we will not startle the snake if we set the time for the 20th operation." ”

Hu Wenkai explained: "Ningbo is one step ahead, I am afraid that the warships in Ningbo Port will fire and run away when they get the news during Operation 20th. Remember, after 8 o'clock tomorrow night, all external telephone calls and telegrams in Ningbo will be cut off. ”

Lao Yi wanted to speak and stopped, Hu Wenkai knew that he had something bad to say, so he said: "Lao Yi is sitting with his own people, don't worry about what he wants to say." ”

Lao Yi paused and was a little embarrassed, after all, he wanted to avoid Jiang Qiuming and Wang Xihai.

"It's such a boss, my subordinates got Lu Xiaojia to buy a ticket to Nagasaki, Japan the day after tomorrow."

Lu Xiaojia wants to go out to avoid the limelight, and he must be blocked.

"It's not easy for us to do anything about Lao Yi, you hand over the information to Huang Jinrong, and ask him to arrange someone for me to keep an eye on Lu Xiaojia and not be able to go out of the door tomorrow, and wait for me and Lu Yongxiang to reach an agreement before releasing him."

Jiang Qiuming was obviously not used to Hu Wenkai's words: "Boss, are you going to compromise with Lu Yongxiang?" ”

"Nonsense, Lu Yongxiang didn't do anything hurtful, there are some moral bottom lines that we can't break, for these people to defeat them, we must give them a way out, otherwise they will risk their lives to fight to the end when they meet the next warlord, we have to be right about things and not people."

"Jiang Qiuming's realm problem, if you are put in Lu Yongxiang's position, it is difficult to say that you can do better than him, what he does is in line with the environment and thoughts he is in. We must leave a good name for ourselves and treat these warlords who have not betrayed the interests of the country and harmed the rights and interests of the people, although they have different political views from us, but we must treat them kindly. ”

Hu Wenkai's words made the three people in the office fall into deep thought, and the phone rang. "Hello, I'm Hu Wenkai, it's you dear Carrotta."

"I'm fine, don't worry, Mother Wang's food is delicious."

"What? Wang Changrong brought his fiancée to be a guest? ”

"You can entertain me in the evening, I won't be home until noon tomorrow."

By the time he finished answering the phone, the three of them had already disappeared without a trace, picked up the newspaper on the table, hey, Sun Cannon had returned to Shanghai, and Chen Jiongming was still besieging the Yongfeng ship. Cao Kun and Wu Peifu demanded that the Beijing government recognize Zhang Zuolin as a rebel and demand that Zhang Zuolin accept the reorganization of the Republic of China government. Suzhou has become the back garden of Shanghai, and the Shanghai-Suzhou Highway is open to traffic, which is a travelogue of Miss Shanghai who drove to Suzhou in the morning to have morning tea and returned to Shanghai in the afternoon.

I was a little tired from fighting a few times last night, so I drank tea and fell asleep on the sofa.

"Boss, boss" Hu Wenkai opened his eyes in a daze, and Wang Xihai was calling him.

"What time is Xihai?"

"At 11:40, they're already at your house."