After dinner, Contini was acquainted with Duhei, but in fact he couldn't get acquainted with it, and there were only the three of them in the whole first-class carriage, which seemed empty, and he couldn't do anything else without chatting.

"Uncle Duhei, why don't you go out with a secretary or attaché or something?" Contini asked curiously, "Are you going to Germany this time?" ”

"Play?" Du Hei smiled and shook his head, "There's nothing fun in Germany now, I go mainly to investigate civil aviation." ”

After the end of World War I, aircraft were severely restricted in the German military, but began to develop in the field of civil aviation, partly because of the considerable prospects of civil aviation use, and partly because of Germany's consideration of retaining the technical capabilities of aviation research and development and manufacturing.

On June 25, 1919, the German Junkers company specially designed and manufactured an all-metal lower monoplane civil airliner F-13, with a 185-horsepower engine, although it can only carry 4 passengers and 2 flight crew, but it is an epoch-making precedent in the field of civil aviation, by the end of 1920, Germany's domestic civil aviation routes were basically formed, although most of the time postal transportation is the main business, but the passenger business is not completely absent. By 1921 and 1922, British and French civil aviation also began to flourish, but most of them were converted into civil aircraft from bombers retired in World War I. This situation has put pressure on Italy, a self-proclaimed aviation powerhouse, to catch up.

"Since it's official business, it's all the more important to bring an attaché...... "Contini wondered, "you can't do everything yourself, right?" ”

"What's so bad about doing it yourself? I'm not old enough to walk and rely on people to serve, am I? Sending fewer attachés can also save money, and now the budgets of various departments are generally not rich, but you kid ......" Du Hei glanced at Antonio, who was sitting a little farther away, and said sarcastically, "At a young age, you have to be followed by someone to serve, and the pomp is not small." ”

"You misunderstood, Uncle Antonio went to Germany to inspect some companies, and I happened to follow to increase my knowledge when I had time...... You see, in order to save money, you didn't bring an attaché, and my father, in order to save money, even called all the people around him to do things for the country, and this didn't go to public expense. Contini called Qu.

Antonio next to him couldn't help laughing: The young master is really leaky, the two of them obviously went to Germany to engage in speculation and visited relevant enterprises by the way, and in his mouth became free of charge for the Ministry of Transportation.

"Since you and I are both serving the country, and you dislike me for not bringing an attaché, so let's do it, you can temporarily serve as my attaché."

"Is that okay? Uncle Duhei, I'm clumsy, I haven't served anyone since I was a child. ”

Du Hei was drinking coffee, and when he heard this, he almost didn't squirt out the half of the coffee in his mouth, and said angrily: "Who asked you to serve me, I don't need anyone to serve me!" You just need to follow me to inspect the company, record the relevant situation and write a report for me to see! Speaking of which, this errand is also related to the Ministry of Communications, I was also arrested by your father on an errand, and now it is only natural that I arrest you on an errand! ”

Contini was sweating profusely, and now he finally had a deeper understanding of Du Hei: this thing's temperament and style are very similar to those professors at the University of Rome, and his sophistication and officialdom are completely incompatible, no wonder the Minister of Aviation resigned after only serving for more than half a year in history.

"Okay, okay, it's my honor to follow His Excellency the Minister to inspect, I wonder how many companies you are going to inspect?"

"Junkers, Bavarian Aircraft Factory, Dornier, Deutsche Lloyds Aviation (the predecessor of Lufthansa), ......" Duhei said in one breath 6-7 companies.

Contini quickly agreed that these were key companies related to the aviation industry, and they were also very important in his mind, and they were part of his plans for the future - as the designer of "Iron Ambition", he had a unique understanding of development and upgrading plans, and if Du Hei had taken him to investigate, he would have learned more.

Hearing that Contini no longer shirked, Du Hei's face became better, in fact, he liked this young man very much, and he was full of cleverness, and he would definitely be a good hand when he became an official in the future, but before he could praise him, Contini spoke again: "This...... Your Excellency the Chancellor...... Now that I'm a dual clerk in the Ministry of Aviation and the Ministry of Transportation, can I ask a personal question about my work? ”

It's both work and private, and this logic confuses Du Hei, so he said angrily: "Didn't you just say that you wanted to ask me?" Of course, you can ask, both professionally and personally, but I have the right to refuse to answer! ”

"This ......," Contini said with some embarrassment, rubbing his hands, "the question is harsh, you don't mind, right?" Or although you mind, but you are in a high position now, you will not take it to heart, let alone worry about me, a young man under the age of 20, right? ”

"Just say whatever you want, your father doesn't have as many tricks around as you!" Du Hei slammed the coffee cup on the table, "I have served in the army for decades, and I was swept to the end when it matters most, and now I am back to major general; I have written articles, made military advice, and spent time in prison for this, and then I was acquitted and now serves as a minister. ”

"Uncle Duhei, then I really said it......"

"Say!" Du Hei shouted angrily.

Antonio smiled slightly beside him, he had a premonition that Contini would not say anything good, but the young master's level of speaking is very good, and now he has successfully attracted Du Hei's attention, obviously the level of being a politician has improved - he doesn't believe that the young master is afraid of Du Hei's scolding and speaks like this, to be honest, he now has a deeper understanding of Contini's character, and he is very bold!

"This ......," Contini pretended to be trembling, "after reading your book, two thoughts came to my mind: first, in future wars, aviation forces are crucial, and they should be separated from the army and form a separate service, such as the air force; Second, your level and capabilities should be exerted in the field of national defense, and the Ministry of Aviation should become the base camp of the future Air Force, responsible for military strategic innovation, research and development of new technologies and equipment, and construction of new tactical ideas according to your ideas, and should not care about civil aviation - my father came to do this, and you are completely wasted...... In fact, it is not good to put a theoretical authority in charge of strategic and tactical forging in charge of the civil aviation industry. ”

The front is okay, the last half of the sentence is the real point, Antonio next to him wants to laugh but doesn't dare to laugh - the young master is holding back his badness, turning around and scolding others for being incompetent.

Du Hei's face changed and changed, and his expression was very complicated, because these few words poked at his mind and the current embarrassing situation: he was indeed planning an independent air force, and he was also verbally approved by Mussolini, of course, the army did not agree. Mussolini's decision to create an air force was not because he really understood the status of the air force in a strategic or military sense, but because he wanted to form a separate army controlled by fascist in order to compete with the traditional conservative navy and the less tame army.

Mussolini's appointment of Duhei as Minister of Aviation was partly due to his authority in this field, and on the other hand, he also relied on Duhei's ideas and relentless campaigning for an independent air force to try to get things done—in other words, he was using Duhei as a knife in political struggle. Although Du Hei is not good at officialdom, he can still see this clearly, otherwise he would not have hung up his crown soon. Now, as Contini said: although civil aviation is also under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Aviation, in reality Duhey is not interested in it, and his real interest lies in the military field.

"Is this your father's opinion?"

"No, no, no, this is my private opinion." "So I just said a personal question about work. ”

Du Hei replied angrily: "I understand your question, but I refuse to answer it now." Whether I am competent to develop civil aviation depends on how well you write your report! ”

Yes, he went around and came back again, but Contini was not in a hurry, he had already found the answer he wanted from Du Hei's demeanor and tone just now. To tell the truth, he felt that Duhei was not like a politician or a pure soldier, he was more like a scholar with a bit of naivety - this was much easier to deal with, and he had dealt with a lot of scholars, no matter how strange and out-of-the-way his temperament, as long as he wanted to, he would definitely be able to slip them around......