[408] The loan is too much to spend

After the successful conclusion of the award meeting in Zhongnanhai Huairen Hall, the generals immediately began to talk to each other as soon as they heard about the dissolution.

"Hello, I am Chen Shifa, commander of the 22nd Division of the 65th Army."

When the conference was over, the major general next to Xiaoqiang stood up and said with a smile.

Xiao Qiang didn't expect that someone would talk to him, he was a little dazed at the time, and looked at the general in front of him who was sitting with a straight face suddenly opened his mouth to talk to him, and he didn't know how to talk for a while, so he had to hurry up and salute first.

Chen Shifa returned a military salute and said with a smile: "Hehe, I haven't seen you before, when Mr. Chen gave you the title, I was still wondering, there are still people in Sanye who I haven't seen, little brother, how old are you this year?" Just be a major general! ”

Xiao Qiang blushed and said, "I'm from the secret unit, that, old-timer, you know." ”

Chen Shifa has participated in the old revolution of the Long March, joined the guerrillas at the age of 14, joined the party at the age of 22, started from the soldiers of the guard company of the first division and one regiment of the Red First Corps, and once served as the guard of the Zunyi Conference, because of the courage and repeated meritorious achievements, to the rank of major general at the age of 39 today, and now he has a soft nail here in Cao Xiaoqiang, he can't help but be stunned.

"Oh, the secrecy unit, and keep it secret from your own people? It's all from Sanye, what kind of secret do you keep? Can't trust me? ”

Chen Shifa is a veteran who is used to fighting, because of the long-term battle, his ears have been blown up by bombs, and he is used to speaking loudly.

"Lao Chen, what do you say? What secrecy is not secrecy? A skinny general approached and asked.

Xiaoqiang hurriedly saluted again: "Hello seniors, I am Cao Xiaoqiang, and I work in the Ministry of Defense." ”

Chen Shifa said angrily: "You and his 66th Division Commander Xie Bin can talk, but can't you talk to me?" Isn't that what the Ministry of Defense does? What a secrecy unit! ”

Xie Bin smiled: "Lao Chen, don't mess around, aren't we all in charge of the Ministry of Defense?"

Chen Shifa came back to his senses: "Oh, oh! I see, well, the secrecy unit. As he spoke, he scratched his head and prepared to leave.

At this time, Mr. Chen Yichen had not left yet, he was chatting with several lieutenant generals, and when he heard the loud talk here, he walked over and said from afar: "What are you going to do, Red Lady, do you want to scare my soldiers to death!" ”

As soon as he saw Mr. Chen coming, the surrounding generals hurriedly saluted, Mr. Chen waved his hand and said humorously: "Don't salute anymore, I've been saluting on the stage all morning, and my hands are about to cramp." ”

Everyone laughed when they heard what Mr. Chen said.

Mr. Chen has never seen anything, and now after the end of the show, the generals in the audience are introducing each other to each other, and he roughly knows what is going on before the old man comes over. He took Xiaoqiang's arm and said to everyone: "This is Cao Xiaoqiang, the secretary of Commander-in-Chief Zhu, and also the secretary of the chairman and the premier, responsible for military intelligence work, and the campaign of your 22nd Army to liberate Zhoushan, high-resolution maps and aircraft artillery are all related to him." This was supposed to be confidential, but now you're forcing me to say that you've violated discipline, what can I do? ”

As he spoke, Mr. Chen pretended to be angry.

General Chen Shifa said apologetically: "This is my bad, what can I do?" ”

Xiaoqiang is not used to bullying honest people, so he hurriedly said: "It's okay, it's okay, it's not an outsider, anyway, I can't spread it if I say it inside." ”

Mr. Chen said: "This is not good, the red man himself has expressed his position, and he will be punished for drinking in a while." ”

Seeing the excitement here, Lieutenant General Sun Jixian, the commander of the 22nd Army, who came over, said with a smile: "Mr. Chen wants to punish Shifa for wine, I must agree to this." ”

General Chen Shifa saw that everyone was joking with him, and he also laughed, and said, "Even the army commander and commander came to knock on my bamboo pole, then I can only admit punishment." ”

Mr. Chen saw that he had relieved Xiaoqiang, so he said to him: "The chairman still has something to do with you, Xiaoqiang, don't rub around here, hurry up." ”

Xiao Qiang hurriedly saluted the generals, and then slipped away.

Leaving Huairentang, Xiaoqiang did not take a car, relying on the familiar door, from Huairentang on the west bank of the Zhonghai Sea to the south of Fengze Garden, which is only more than 300 meters away, he was already familiar with the guards along the way, but document inspection is still an indispensable procedure.

Xiaoqiang was still entangled in the scene just now. He felt that he had integrated with this era, but just now he felt that although he was in the army, he was completely unfamiliar with the founders of New China.

Perhaps, it will take time, right? Xiao Qiang shook his head, not thinking about it.

When I came to the Juxiang Book House, I saw that the chairman who had just completed the title had taken off his tunic and sat at the desk in his shirt, reading official documents while blowing an electric fan, obviously sweating from the sultry weather in August in the northern capital.

Seeing Xiaoqiang coming, the chairman put down the brush, got up and said with a smile: "Xiaoqiang is here, come on, come on, don't sit down yet, let me see how you look in a military uniform."

Xiaoqiang hurriedly stood up straight.

The chairman looked up and down, and said with a joking smile: "It looks pretty good, like a qualified soldier, take off your coat, it's too hot this weather." ”

When Xiaoqiang heard this, he happily took off his stuffy cotton green military uniform and said, "Chairman, why don't you turn on the air conditioner?" Didn't the air conditioner I brought last time already installed? ”

The chairman waved his hand and said: "It's good to have an electric fan, the air conditioner is too wasteful, how good is it to use thousands of watts of electricity for production!" I told them to keep it open except for the Prime Minister's West Flower Hall. Wait until the new power plant in Beidu is built. ”

Xiao Qiangxin said that it is estimated that the prime minister is not willing to open, and it seems that his self-made procurement is redundant.

The chairman seemed to be in a good mood, and he smiled and said: "Xiaoqiang, I called you here to tell you good news, the Soviet side is very satisfied with trade relations with us."

Before, the Soviet Union asked us to purchase 5,000 tons of rubber, and we gave him 10,000 tons of natural rubber that you purchased, and the Soviet Union was very satisfied with the delivery.

Since the beginning of the Korean War, the United States imposed a comprehensive embargo on strategic goods, including rubber, against the Soviet Union and socialist countries, including our own. The Soviet Union is now very tight on rubber, and it is very happy to see that we have solved 8,000 tons for him so quickly.

We told the Soviet comrades that the trend of rubber in Southeast Asia was very rampant. As a result, Comrade Stalin very urgently issued a second request for purchasing, hoping that we would be able to purchase 50,000 tons of rubber on behalf of them again, and that we would be able to provide them with 20,000 tons of natural rubber every year in the future.

At present, the price of natural rubber in the international market is 0.88 US dollars per pound, which is equivalent to 1.94 US dollars per kilogram, and a ton is nearly 2,000 US dollars. This purchase of 50,000 tons is a hundred million US dollars. ”

Xiaoqiang saw that the chairman was elated, so he also smiled happily and said: "Chairman, this price can't be long, the United States is crazy about large-scale production of synthetic rubber factories, and in 1953, the price of natural rubber fell to 0.2 US dollars a pound, which is equivalent to only 450 US dollars a ton." However, the Soviet Union did not have an eye before and after, so it was impossible to know that there was such a change.

However, the price of natural rubber in 2011 was 34,000 per ton, which is equivalent to the current gold content of 120 US dollars. This business is not a loss. ”

The chairman pointed at Xiaoqiang with his finger and said, "You only say that you don't lose money in such a haode business, it's too black-hearted." Hehe, after the delivery of this rubber, the $100 million loan we owed to the Soviet Union was paid off in full, and we made a net profit of more than $20 million. ”

Xiaoqiang said worriedly: "But the key is that we haven't used up all the money we borrowed from the Soviet Union yet." It looks like we're going to speed up the pace of spending. ”

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