Xu Peipei's contract is not something that Li Kongrong can know, and even if he does, he has no opinion on it, because his own contract with the publishing house in later life is 20 years. His wife signed for twenty years, and it is best to tie up a company for the rest of his life, of course, the premise is that the company is the industry leader, and EMI Records obviously meets this condition, which is why he repeatedly told his wife to find EMI Records instead of other companies.

The journey to Europe is long, Li Kongrong will send a letter to Xu Peipei every time he arrives in Hong Kong, in addition to lingering thoughts, the letter is what he has seen and heard on the journey, and he hopes that she can understand everything around him. After 23 days of travel, the ship finally arrived at the destination port of Naples, and the next day, it arrived in Gena. At this time, Liu Wendao, the ambassador to Italy, and Gu Weijun, the ambassador to France, led a group of overseas Chinese and students to the railway station to greet them. Standing on the high porch of the train, seeing hundreds of people waving and waiting under the car holding palm-sized blue sky and white sun flags, and then seeing Kong Xiangxi, who got off the train first, being welcomed by these people, Li Kongrong had an indescribable feeling.

After the welcome party was the banquet, as the adjutant Lin Zhun followed closely by Kong Xiangxi's side, and after the banquet, everyone went back to the hotel, at this time Chen Shaokuan suddenly called him to call him.

Like other officers, Chen Shaokuan was also wearing a military uniform, and it was May, and the weather in Italy was very hot, and the electric fan in the living room was buzzing, sending a small wind. At this time, Chen Shaokuan's general's dress had been taken off, but the shirt was still buttoned to the top, and Lin Xianxin didn't care about so many rules, he had already changed into a loose Chinese-style silk shirt, held a newspaper, and fanned it while screaming hot.

After the report, Major Li Kongrong walked into the living room, waiting for Chen Shaokuan to speak, not wanting Chen Shaokuan to just look at him with disgust, and said for a long time: "What do you have to do with the eldest lady of the Kong family, do you want to be the son-in-law of the Kong family?" ”

The mail ship has never met, and he doesn't want to be reprimanded at first sight, Li Kongrong frowned, and he said: "Report to the minister, there is no such thing!" ”

"No?!" Chen Shaokuan stared at Li Kongrong, the more he looked at his handsome face, the more he didn't like it, and he said again: "The whole ship knows that you and Miss Kong have a close relationship, but you still say no!" Are you going to be crazy about me?! ”

"Report to the minister, Miss Kong and I are pure friends, and there is no other affection!" Li Kongrong pleaded again. This made Chen Shaokuan very dissatisfied, he thought that Li Kongrong would honestly explain his relationship with Kong Lingyi.

"Hey......" After Li Kongrong finished speaking, Lin Xianxi, who was fanning the newspaper, sneered, and said, "You really don't have anything to do with her, so why do you always meet in the bar in the middle of the night?" Don't say you all can't sleep and you're going to drink at night. ”

"Report to the sir, the lowly man went to the bar in the middle of the night to memorize German, and only at night was there little noise. As for why Miss Kong went to the bar at night, I really don't know. Li Kongrong defended again, and after he finished speaking, he went to see Zhou Yingcong, expecting him to help speak, but Zhou Yingcong only lowered his head and couldn't see his expression, let alone think about his help.

"Who you drink with and make friends with can't be controlled by the ministry, and they don't want to care." After Li Kongrong finished his confession, Chen Shaokuan spoke again, "But don't let the Kong family help you speak." There are rules in the ministry, the rules are dead, and whoever you let intercede is the same! ”

"Report to the minister, there is no such intention in a humble position! I never thought of asking the Kong family for any help. Li Kongrong said.

"It's good that I didn't think about it!" Seeing that he couldn't ask anything, Chen Shaokuan didn't want to ask, anyway, Germany sent this person back to China after something happened. With this in mind, he said again: "Hot. Naya is the last stop, tomorrow the delegation will go to France, and you will go to Germany. It is not easy to order submarines, and we are not familiar with the situation in Germany, so we sent you there first to learn about the situation of the German Navy's submarines, shipyards, and submarine fleet. Now that Japan and Germany have close relations, the matter of ordering must not be ruined by the Japanese! ”

"Yes, Minister, I will do everything I can to find out about the submarine." Finally getting down to business, Li Kongrong was a little impatient for the trip to Germany, and even more eager to become a submarine captain now.

"Shuchun, it's up to you to talk to him about the rest." Glancing at Lin Xianxi, Chen Shaokuan called Zhou Yingcong, who had been keeping his head down.

"Yes, Minister." Zhou Yingcong finally raised his head. After that, he picked up a few things he had prepared and led Li Kongrong to another room.

Li Kongrong looked at him and was silent. He didn't quite believe in the statement that 'everyone in the whole ship knew that you had a close relationship with Miss Kong', and there were only two people who could tell Minister Chen about it, one was Lin Zhun who was in the same cabin, and then Zhou Yingcong. Li Kongrong looked at Zhou Yingcong not to explain, but felt that Zhou Yingcong was difficult to trust, and he was like an old oilman in officialdom to coax and deceive.

Zhou Yingcong, who was stared at by Li Kongrong, coughed a little uncomfortably, he didn't give any explanation, only said: "The minister is very concerned about Germany's affairs, if he doesn't have to go to the United Kingdom to attend the coronation ceremony, the minister wants to go to Germany to see the submarine now, so that the contract can be finalized as soon as possible." Now that the relationship between Japan and Germany is getting closer and closer, the matter will definitely be obstructed and sabotaged by the Japanese. Fortunately, you are a newcomer, and you don't usually serve in the Admiralty, so you can be said to be a fresh face, so it is the most suitable thing to do......"

Zhou Yingcong said that the ministry attached great importance to the trip to Germany, in fact, after learning that Li Kongrong and Miss Kong had an extraordinary relationship, Chen Shaokuan, who had always paid attention to reputation and was not close to women, even had the idea of sending him back to China immediately. After saying this several times, Chen Shaokuan pinched his nose and reluctantly agreed to the previous decision: let Li Kongrong go to Germany to fight the outpost.

"Can the German embassy help?" Li Kongrong asked, "If I go out to investigate the situation, it is better for someone to help me in Berlin's affairs, otherwise I can't take care of it alone." ”

"You can talk to the embassy." Zhou Yingcong said: "You can also go to the military attaché's office, but the military attache only has the army military attaché. I don't want to talk about it, Xu Bozhou is the second phase of Huangpu, and he was probably sent here because he was not liked by the chairman. If you can tell them to help, if you can't, you'll have to find another way. ”

Zhou Yingcong said, took out another envelope and said: "Here is a hundred dollars from the minister for you to fund your activities." In addition, the allowance for the next month is 800 marks for international students, and 1,000 for naval officers. ”

"A hundred dollars?!" Li Kongrong sighed, and he said, "It's definitely not enough to rent a house." ”

"Don't rent a house, just ask about the submarine." Zhou Yingcong glanced at him, "The domestic naval cadets will leave next week, and the time for them to arrive in Germany should be in early June, when we are already in Germany, and the coronation will be on May 12, if there is nothing to do, we will soon arrive in Germany." ”

"Got it!" Li Kongrong felt the shallow rejection in Zhou Yingcong's heart, stopped talking, and only took the envelope. In addition to his subsistence allowance, the remaining 100 dollars can be exchanged for up to 400 marks at the official price, which is not enough money for an informant to have a few meals for an informant who has limited time to inquire about information.

"Shao Sheng, although the money is small, we still have to find a way to get things done." Zhou Yingcong saw that Li Kongrong didn't speak, and when he turned around, he told him - he supported Li Kongrong to go to Germany to investigate first, if he didn't get anything, he wouldn't be able to speak anywhere the minister.

"I'll do as much as I can, and if it's a big deal, I'll stick a thousand marks of my own." Li Kongrong looked back at him and said with a wry smile.

"You can't just look at the money!" Of course, Zhou Yingcong also knew that a hundred dollars couldn't do anything, but he could only say that.

"I've heard that there are only 13 people in the embassy, and a few of them are part-time interns, and there is no consulate general underneath, so it will definitely not work to ask the embassy for help. The military attaché is all in the army, and even if they ask for help, they may not be happy. Li Kongrong said another piece of news he got from Kong Lingyi, and smiled bitterly again. This is equivalent to saying that I have to inquire about confidential information by myself who is not familiar with life, and the time is only half a month, and I am short of money, and I dare not find someone to eat and make friends, which is really ......"

Li Kongrong said that Zhou Yingcong was speechless, and he had considered these difficulties before, especially the funds. In his opinion, if he wants to open up the situation, Li Kongrong is too little for a hundred dollars, no matter what his ability is. But Chen Shaokuan's temper is that if he likes a person, he will always like it, and if he hates a person, he will always hate it, and since he went abroad, Li Kongrong has not had anything that makes Chen Shaokuan look good. In this case, it is natural not to pin your hopes on him to inquire about the heavy task of German submarines, and of course the funds are limited.

"It's really ......" After Li Kongrong left, Zhou Yingcong was depressed but didn't know what to say, so he immediately lit a cigarette and began not to think about it. And Li Kongrong returned to the room and sat at the desk and smoked silently, Lin Zhun next to him didn't know what song he was humming, and he completely ignored him - for him, this annoying person was about to get out.

Early the next morning, Li Kongrong, who had packed his luggage, left the hotel and headed for the train station accompanied by Zhou Yingcong. The two didn't speak much, so they beckoned and left. Everything did not go well, fortunately, as Kong Xiangxi's adjutant, the train was set for first class, which finally made him more comfortable, and the diplomatic visa also gave him a lot of privileges and convenience, each crossing is only a license, and do not report cash and personal belongings, which made a young Italian woman who went to Germany in the same car quite surprised, after she learned that this person was Chinese and not Japanese, she lost interest in talking, and after entering Germany, she began to talk in German that she was not fluent.

"I didn't think you'd go to Berlin too!" After checking her documents in the evening, the young woman began to speak again. She was in her thirties, smelled of perfume and wore a Mussolini ring on her ring finger, and she felt that Li Kongrong was a big man and not just an ordinary officer.

"Yes, ma'am." Li Kongrong spoke German a little rustily, and looked at this Italian woman with shining eyes, she was not too beautiful, and her skin was not very white. "Ma'am, are you going to Berlin too?"

"Yes, my husband works in Berlin." The young woman's eyes flickered a little, and she held a fan tightly in her hand, and when she saw Li Kongrong looking at her and smiled, she added: "He is an employee of a large company, and I have to go to see him often." ”

"You're such a good wife." Li Kongrong couldn't find a better word to compliment, but his mind was elsewhere.

When he entered Germany, he thought of Hitler, and when he thought of Hitler, his heart inevitably became restless. It was as if he was going to the zoo to see the ancient beast, and he was finally going to see and get close to the beast for himself. Advise the Führer not to go to war? That's impossible! It is also impossible to tell the Yuan to beware of the Normandy landings and at the same time develop a nuclear bomb as soon as possible! What should he say and do? Besides, what could he squeeze out of Hitler with all the historical facts he knew? Don't think about submarines, Hitler doesn't know whether he sold submarines or not, and exchanging information with submarines is even more unheard of.

He thought about a lot of things on the ship, and came to the conclusion that he needed a lot of money, whether it was to fight the Japanese or for himself. This led him to the idea of intelligence profit-making - to inform the other party of the imminent occurrence of historical events before they happened, and then lie that there was an omniscient intelligence network behind him. In order to maintain the operation of this intelligence network, he must collect a certain amount of intelligence fees.

After thinking of this idea, Li Kongrong began to try his best to recall those historical events, weapons technology, and well-known spies. However, even though he is an unforgettable translator of military works, he still does not know much about things, especially things related to Germany, fortunately compared to foreign countries, he has a relatively complete memory of China, and it seems that the Standing Chairman is about to be ripped off, but the Standing Chairman is a poor ghost, how much can he give? And after all, it was anti-Japanese, and even if Chang bald head didn't pay the money, he had to tell the information.

Money! Money! Money!! That's what Li Kongrong thinks about these days. The house in Shanghai has been prepared for mortgage, and the information has been reported to the bank, and it is estimated that it will take two months before the money can be loaned out, but the money is Major Li Kongrong's private money, and there is no money. And the 100 dollars given by Chen Shaokuan is equivalent to slapping him in the face, which is completely to send Hanako and ask for bird information.

"Mr. Li, this is my phone call in Berlin, and I hope to see you again." The Italian woman looked at this rare handsome Chinese with bright eyes, wrote a piece of paper, and handed it over elegantly.