Hearing that the chairman of the CPPCC National Committee was going to return to Hangzhou, the citizens of Hangzhou spontaneously went to the airport to greet him.

On the morning of September 10, Xia Jun returned to Hangzhou Airport by plane, and as soon as he drove out of the airport in a special car, the crowds on both sides of the road immediately broke out into enthusiastic cheers.

People shouted slogans of 'Long live the chairman' as the convoy departed.

Xia Jun wanted to open the roof of the car and stand up and wave to the crowd, but that would be too dangerous, and he didn't want to be shot in the car like the Austro-Hungarian crown prince.

If it is like the president of the United States, any of them will be the same president, and those presidents will naturally rarely be targeted, although there are still American presidents who are shot, but after all, there are relatively few.

Xia Jun is different, he obviously has a different surname from those presidents, and he doesn't want to joke with his life.

Xia Jun took Tana home, Tana was very excited to talk to Li Shijing about the experience of going to Shandong, and the family seemed to be very harmonious.

The two little ones are more than a year old and can call Mom and Dad. Xia Mengmeng has just entered the second grade of primary school, and her surname is very lively.

Xia Jun, who is alone, has formed his own happy family at this time.

Xia Jun just got home, and he was holding his son Xia Pingqi and daughter Xia Xiaoting to tease them! Zhu Erdian came to the door and asked to see Xia Jun outside the villa.

Xia Jun's residence is not too secret, and the envoys of various countries basically know it, and they often come to see Xia Jun.

"This guy, I'm afraid I can't wait. Hehe! Xia Jun laughed and said to Zhou Shunze: "Let him come in!" ”

"I heard that Britain suffered losses on the European battlefield, with many more casualties than the Germans, and the bombers we sold to Germany performed very well." Li Shijing said to Xia Jun.

"It's a loss, otherwise it wouldn't be so urgent." Xia Jun said with a smile, and while he was talking, Zhou Shunze brought Zhu Erdian in.

Zhu Erdian elegantly behaved like a gentleman to Xia Jun, Xia Jun just nodded, stretched out his hand and said to him: "Your Excellency, please take a seat!" ”

"Okay." Zhu Erdian sat on the sofa, and Mei'er came up and poured Zhu Erdian a cup of tea, and then went back to the kitchen to help.

"I don't know what is important for Your Excellency the Ambassador to be in such a hurry to find you?" Xia Jun pretended not to know Zhu Erdian's intention, and said to Zhu Erdian knowingly.

"That's right, I'm here to ask you about the bomber." "Did you sell bombers to Germany?" ”

Zhu Erdian thought about the wording for a long time, and finally adopted a more tactful tone, the young man in front of him was obviously more careful, he didn't want to provoke this guy.

Xia Jun leaned back on the sofa, changed his comfortable position, looked at Zhu Erdian for a few seconds, and then replied: "Which country to sell bombers to, I think this has nothing to do with your country, right?" Even if we bought bombers from us before the war, we sold them the same, is there anything wrong with that? ”

"Of course, there's nothing wrong with that." Zhu Erdian waved his hand and said: "As a neutral party, this is indeed not something that we in the UK can blame. However, I think that since you maintain the principle of neutrality, you should not favor Germany, I mean, on the issue of bombers, according to our investigation, you have put into use two new types of bombers on the Shandong battlefield, the Heavy Hammer 2 and the Heavy Hammer 3. However, neither aircraft was on the list of bombers you sold to the British, but Germany bought your Hammer 2 bomber. ”

"What does this mean that these bombers were ordered from us by Germany before the war?" Xia Jun lit a cigarette, crossed Erlang's legs, and asked fearlessly.

Zhu Erdian waved his hand and said, "I think Your Excellency the Führer, you have misunderstood, this really doesn't mean anything. It's just that on the issue of selling bombers, I think that the East China Autonomous Government should not favor Germany, but should also sell advanced bombers to our Britain. ”

"The price of Hammer 2 is relatively expensive, we didn't sell this bomber to your country before, because we were afraid that your country would not accept it!" Xia Jun said nonsense.

"It's more expensive, and it's acceptable to us in the British Empire." Zhu Erdian said proudly.

The British Empire is the richest country in the world, and it is obviously possible to spend a little money to buy bombers, even if it is more expensive.

"Oh! Hehe! That's fine! How much do you want to buy? At present, our aircraft factories cannot order less than 200 aircraft for this kind of aircraft that are not sold on a large scale. Xia Jun continued to talk nonsense, anyway, the British were sent to the door to be slaughtered, so he naturally couldn't be soft.

"I don't know what the price is?" When Zhu Erdian heard Xia Jun say this, he hurriedly asked the price clearly.

"This is a new type of bomber with a bomb load of 1,000 kilograms, so the price is also relatively expensive, and the price of one is ...... Thirty thousand dollars. When it came to the price, Xia Jun paused slightly, obviously thinking about a ruthless price, and sure enough, Xia Jun soon offered a high price of 30,000 US dollars.

The price of a Hammer 2 is only $1,500, and although the aircraft is relatively large, it is made of plywood, and the engine is also very cheap, after all, the engine technology has reached the level of the thirties, and the cost has been greatly reduced.

At this price, the profit would be 2,000% terrifying.

"Thirty thousand dollars?" Zhu Erdian frowned, and asked Xia Jun, "Can't it be lower?" ”

"That's what the Germans bought with us at this price." Xia Jun replied shamelessly that when the Germans bought it, the price of the Heavy Hammer 2 was only $10,000 a piece.

"And what about the Hammer 3 bomber?" Zhu Erdian asked.

"Well, we're not going to sell it yet!" Xia Jun shook his head and said, the bomb load of the Heavy Hammer 3 has increased to 1,600 kilograms, and at this time Germany does not have fighter planes, which will bring greater air pressure to Germany, which is not conducive to the starting point of prolonging the war.

No matter what advanced weapons are sold to Britain, France, Russia, and other Allied countries, the first thing to consider is not to deal too much damage to Germany.

"Why not sell it?" Zhu Erdian asked confusedly.

"We need to guarantee the absolute superiority of the air force, especially at this stage, when we are at war with Yuben in Shandong." Xia Jun found a very nonsense reason, the aircraft factory has begun to develop more advanced bombers, and the Heavy Hammer 3 will soon lag behind.

"I think the East China Autonomous Axe should fully trust our British Empire." Zhu Erdian heard the distrust in Xia Jun's words.

Xia Jun shook his head lightly and said with a smile: "This war started because of you Britain, in China, I think Yuan Shikai will choose to trust you." ”

"I'm sorry, and I'm sorry." Zhu Erdian shrugged his shoulders and did not dwell on the issue any longer.

Britain is optimistic about Yuan Shikai, and it is Yuan Shikai who supports it, although Yuan Shikai is already at an absolute disadvantage at this time, but Britain's position has not changed because of this.

The relationship between the two sides is indeed not so good, on the surface there is no problem between the East China Autonomous Political Axe and the British, but the East China Autonomous Political Axe obviously has a great distrust of the British, and Zhu Erdian can only express regret for this.

"In terms of arms orders, tomorrow I will hold a reception to discuss arms sales with other countries." Xia Jun said at this time: "We welcome any country to come to China to buy arms, and we can provide as much as we want." ”

"Okay." Zhu Erdian nodded.

Then, the words of the two sides are a little not speculative, Zhu Erdian wants to encourage China to declare war on Germany, Xia Jun talks about him left and right, or insists on a neutral position, in short, he wants the East China Autonomous Political Axe to declare war on Germany, no way!

Historically, China declared war on Germany, and the British promised to return Jiaozhou Bay to China, and at the same time promised Jiaozhou Bay to Yueben, and finally Jiaozhou Bay was given to Yueben, and China sent 300,000 laborers to the European battlefield, and in the end nothing was gained.

Xia Jun would not be stupid enough to declare war on Germany, after all, he still had to do business with the Germans, and the two sides should maintain good relations so that trade could be carried out smoothly.

Without speculating for more than half a sentence, Zhu Erdian quickly got up to say goodbye, Xia Jun only sent him to the door, and did not leave him down to eat.

Eating is the happiest time, when the family sits and laughs together. During the meal, Tana and Xia Jun discussed returning to the United States, and now that war has broken out in Europe, she must also return to the United States to preside over the operation of the group.

Xia Jun didn't have much of an opinion on this, but asked Mei'er to send a few female bodyguards to protect Tana's safety, and Tana didn't refuse, she knew that Xia Jun was not at ease to let her go back to the United States.

After eating, Xia Mengmeng went to school, and Xia Jun held a report meeting.

In fact, Xia Jun has only been in command of the front line for a few days, and this report meeting is relatively brief, mainly reporting on the economic situation.

In fact, in the past few days, the East China Autonomous Government has not received many orders, and it is clear that the Entente has not yet reacted from the war.

In exports, there was a significant increase, and although Germany had not yet sent submarines, British commercial activity was able to proceed normally.

But French business outside Europe is on the verge of paralysis.

France's domestic exports had apparently been hit, as the war had prevented them from selling, but commerce between the colonies had barely survived.

In such a situation, the exports of the seven provinces of East China Autonomous Region have seen a significant increase.

There are not many orders, and this will change.

The next day, Xia Jun held a reception at the East China Hotel, which invited the ambassadors of the Central Powers and the Entente Powers, but Ben was excluded.

This reception was held by Xia Jun for the purpose of selling arms.

As the war in Europe continues, the need for arms on both sides will increase significantly.

Britain announced a naval blockade, which was not a problem for Xia Jun, as he could hire submarine convoys on the exchange platform.

(To be continued)