It's the New Year, and every household is lit up, but the Shilin Mansion is deserted.

Millions of troops on the other side of the river, and with the help of Soviet Russia, the Navy and Air Force were developed.

After Khrushchev came to power, he liquidated Stalin, causing a huge shock in the entire camp, and brazenly sent troops to Poland and Hungary to suppress the opposition, and his position in the international community and in his camp plummeted. Beijing's old rivals are in full swing, their prestige overshadows Khrushchev's, and it is said that those Eastern European countries who wrote an article were printed in a single booklet and organized to study within the party.

In the Suez Canal crisis some time ago, the aid to Egypt was as high as 20 million Swiss francs!

The strength of the two sides of the strait is declining one after another, the situation in the strait is becoming more and more tense, Taiwan is in turmoil, and there is a possibility of falling at any time.

Chinese New Year's Eve, you can't spend it like this.

Xiao Jiang racked his brains and thought for a long time, and finally came up with a lighter topic: "Father, the loans of the Bank of East Asia and the Vietnam Industrial Village Investment Company have been repaid with principal and interest, and there are a lot of things that can be done with those 10 million US dollars." ”

The other side of the bank is 20 million Swiss francs, but here it is complacent about earning 10 million dollars in interest.

Lao Jiang felt very uncomfortable, and he didn't want to ruin his son's happiness during the New Year, so he pretended to be relaxed and said: "This Li Weimin has a good reputation." ”

"The credibility is really good, and in Saigon, it is true to the word."

Not to mention that Taiwan is not as good as the mainland, and now it is not even comparable to the "difficult brother" of South Vietnam.

In terms of economy, South Vietnam was more dynamic, and they actively attracted investment and protected personal property. And the United States supports it. Last year, the United States provided more than $230 million in aid to Vietnam. On the military. The U.S. military advisory group is helping them train government forces and is said to be helping South Vietnam build a real navy and air force.

Taiwan's military expenditure is so large and the place is so small, and it is necessary to prevent the other side of the strait from infiltrating the island through Hong Kong, and it does not dare to open up easily, and it does not have as much Chinese capital and foreign aid as South Vietnam, and its economy is half-dead, and the gap has already become apparent. Over time, it will continue to grow.

Lao Jiang said gloomily: "Li Weimin has returned to Saigon?" ”

"Back to Saigon, a few days ago the annual meeting of the construction investment company invited government ministers and envoys in Vietnam to attend, at the annual meeting announced that it will start the southern development plan, after the New Year, it will develop six industrial villages of Ha Tien, Soc Trang, Can Tho, Long Trum and Kim Ou, and at the same time spend money to build four roads with a total length of about 1,800 kilometers."

"Southern development?"

"Some government ministers have complained about the focus on the development of the Jinou Peninsula, but Ngo Dinh Diem supports it, and Mr. Yuan and Mr. Chiang believe that there will be basically no variables."

"Map."

I knew that the old man was interested in this. Xiao Jiang hurriedly went out to find a map, and Lao Jiang leaned over to look at it for a while. I couldn't help laughing: "Together, Phu Quoc Island has a barrier, and the drunkard doesn't mean to drink!" ”

"Mr. Yuan said that the opposition has no opinion, but there is a lot of opposition within the government, some people claim that the industrial investment company wants to turn the lower six provinces into an 'independent kingdom', and there are already pro-French, pro-American, centrist, oppositional, and industrial investment factions in Saigon."

"Has anyone made a fuss about overseas Chinese?"

Thinking of the situations introduced by Jiang Enkai when he came back to take up his post, Xiao Jiang introduced with emotion: "Li Weimin was far-sighted and began to support the Huaqing Association in 54. In the evacuation of refugees from the south, the resettlement of refugees, the Xinyan incident, the eradication of sectarian warlords, and the construction of industrial villages, overseas Chinese have always stood on the side of the government, and no matter how bad the situation is, they have never wavered.

Many overseas Chinese actively participated in politics and signed up for the Vietnamese National Army; Some Chinese businessmen, led by shareholders of industrial investment companies, are actively engaged in public welfare; Several Chinese police chiefs and deputy chiefs on the embankment have been cracking down Chinese crimes. Coupled with Li Weimin's personal prestige and the constant publicity of the China Youth Association and the Industrial Investment Company, the locals are no longer so disgusted with overseas Chinese. ”

It is said that it is overseas Chinese, but in fact it is Chinese.

Xiao Jiang didn't know what the old man was thinking, and added: "Although he promoted the naturalization of overseas Chinese, and although he dissolved the Chinese Council and the Five Gangs Association, he still attached importance to tradition and Chinese education. Mr. Chiang has visited several industrial villages and resettlement sites in the southern part of the country, where there are Chinese schools, and there are even Confucius Temple, Guandi Temple and General Fubo Temple in Phu Quoc Special Zone.

Since most of the owners of factories in industrial villages are Chinese, many locals follow the practice of learning vernacular or Chinese, and night schools in various industrial villages teach in Vietnamese and vernacular. Children studying in the Chinese schools in Cause, Hoi An, Thi Thi and Phu Quoc are the hardest to learn, as they have to learn Chinese, Vietnamese, English, Chinese, Vietnamese, and French from an early age. ”

It is not easy to do this step under the fence.

President Chiang pondered for a moment and suddenly asked, "How much control does he have over the Nong division, the embankment police, and the Nong settlement?" ”

"The embassy personnel have secretly investigated, and on the surface he has nothing to do with the Fifth Infantry Division of the Vietnamese National Army, several police stations on the embankment, and the settlement of the Nong people in the south, and has never even been to the defense area of the Fifth Infantry Division, but it can be determined that those people all listen to him, and Mr. Jiang Enkai suspects that there is a secret Chinese organization that overrides the Chinese Youth Association."

"It's not a suspicion, it's definitely there."

President Chiang took a deep breath and said firmly: "If there were no trustworthy people, he would not have been able to come for a year. ”

In the past year, the industrial investment company has developed normally, the Nong people have lived and worked in peace and contentment, the Fifth Infantry Division has not had any problems, several police substations on the embankment have become more and more powerful in controlling the Chinese areas, and more and more overseas Chinese have passed from Laos and Cambodia, and all of them have been properly resettled.

Li Weimin's presence and absence show that the secret organization of the Chinese in South Vietnam is larger than imagined.

The authorities are confused, and the bystanders are clear.

Xiao Jiang Daigo reacted like an empowerment and blurted out: "Zhang Yinggui, Huang Duqing, and Han Shuo, the police chief of the fifth county of the embankment, must be members of the organization. The Chinese manager of the industrial village, the Chinese officer of the security team, the head of the resettlement village of the Nongren, and the chairman of the branch of the Chinese Youth Association are all estimated to be! ”

"So Father Ruan Lehua can't move an inch over there, but it's okay this way, at least those Chinese won't be pulled over by 'Hua-Yun'."

Rich, influential, and trusted by Ngo Dinh Diem. There is the support of the US government.

Now it's even more organized. There is strength.

Xiao Jiang proposed: "Father." If you don't let Mr. Yuan and Mr. Jiang get in touch with him again, although he is doing well now, he has no foundation after all, and we can secretly provide him with some military help. ”

If you can work together once, you can work together a second time.

President Chiang realized that Li Weimin could no longer be regarded as an expatriate and that he must be regarded as a political figure who could be talked to on an equal footing, and after a little weighing, he agreed: "Yes, let Zijian talk to him frankly." Tell him. No matter what changes happen in Vietnam, no matter when, no matter whether the compatriots living in Vietnam have been naturalized or not, the Nationalist Government will support it and will always support it. ”

At four o'clock in the morning on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Yuan Zijian received a telegram.

According to the usual practice, officials stationed in Saigon would go to the temples on the embankment on the first day of the new year to offer incense, and take the opportunity of offering incense to the Buddha to pay New Year's greetings to the five groups of overseas Chinese leaders.

Anyway, I'm going to the embankment. and knew that Li Weimin was at home, and he and Jiang Enkai were together. The two decided to go to the Guandi Temple first, and after the incense, they visited by the way, and at the same time paid New Year's greetings to their old friend Li Guanyun.

Drinking and chatting with his father, Liu Jinghui, Liu Jiachang, Liu Jiahui and Ah Cheng and others, he did not rest until the sound of firecrackers filled the city. When the two diplomats were ushered into the living room, Li Weimin was still asleep.

"For the people, get up quickly, there is a guest at home."

He rolled over, yawned and asked, "What kind of guests can you have on the first day of junior high school?" ”

Wu Lijun pulled him up vigorously, and while urging him to get dressed, he said with a smile: "Ambassador Yuan Zijian and Mr. Jiang Enkai, they used to be received by the gang leaders in the guild hall, but now there is no gang leader and no guild hall, the council hall is empty, and people come to our house after offering incense." Dad and Uncle Liu were drinking tea with them, as if they wanted to leave them for dinner. ”

This is no longer the case.

All the Chinese on the embankment have been naturalized, and the reputation of the Chinese is not as bad as before, so there is no need to worry about what others say, Li Weimin stretched his waist and smiled: "Okay, go and have a look." ”

After washing up and changing into new clothes, the little couple walked into the living room together.

New Year's greetings to guests, New Year's greetings to father Li Guanyun and mother Ma Sudan, and New Year's greetings to elders such as Liu Jinghui, Wang Bo, and Qian Bo. No matter how old you are, no matter what your status, no matter how much money you have, if you don't have children, you are children, and only after receiving red envelopes one by one do you sit down to talk to the guests.

As if knowing that they had something to talk about, Li Guanyun got up and said: "For the people, you accompany Mr. Yuan and Mr. Jiang on my behalf, and I will go to the Guandi Temple to offer incense, and by the way, I will pay a New Year's greeting to the neighbors." ”

"Me too, Mr. Yuan and Mr. Jiang, I'm sorry, we'll be back in a while."

Yuan Zijian hurriedly got up to send him off: "Mr. Li and Mr. Liu are too polite, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, we are embarrassed to come to the door." ”

Sending away the elders and sending away his sister who took his wife to go shopping together, Li Weimin asked bluntly: "Mr. Yuan, Mr. Jiang, the two of you came to the door in person, is there something wrong?" ”

He is very busy, and it is estimated that he will go to the Independence Palace to pay New Year's greetings to Wu Tingyan's family in a while.

Yuan Zijian didn't want to delay his time, so he said straight to the point: "Mr. Li, we are here today to express our heartfelt thanks to you for the two things of the Industrial Investment Company's loan and the promotion of diplomatic relations to the ambassadorial level, and second, to pay New Year's greetings to you and your family by the way, and second, to convey President Chiang's greetings to you. ”

"Does President Chiang know about me?"

"I don't know, it's like thunder, more than once entrusted us to invite you to Taipei as a guest, but you are too busy, we have never had the opportunity."

Yuan Zijian and Jiang Enkai glanced at each other and conveyed President Jiang's words with a sincere face.

Li Weimin was surprised, but he was relieved when he thought of Taiwan's situation. They have too deep a relationship with overseas Chinese in Nanyang, and they don't want to cut it off. And always thinking about counterattacking the mainland, it is necessary to unite all the forces that can be united.

It's good to be able to hold the island, and wanting to counterattack is tantamount to a fool's dream, but the positions on some issues are the same, at least today, after the naturalization of Vietnamese Chinese, there is no contradiction between the two sides.

A few "whatever", two "support".

People have said that Li Weimin can cooperate, in fact, he really needs their help.

He weighed it and said unhurriedly: "First of all, I would like to thank President Chiang and the Nationalist Government for their concern and support for us overseas Chinese. In fact, for a long time in the past, my father and even my grandparents have always been concerned about the motherland and have always supported the Nationalist Government. The reason why I became naturalized and why I have come to this point today is really helpless. ”

Yuan Zijian said solemnly: "The mainland has fallen, the national government has retreated to Taiwan, and overseas compatriots are in a difficult situation. ”

"Long live understanding, don't talk about the past, talk about the present."

Lee gets straight to the point: "As President Chiang expected, we do need help, especially the Phu Quoc SAR Aviation Guard and Coast Guard. If I could, I would like to ask the Nationalist Government to help us train a group of pilots, ground crews and naval personnel. I know that the national government is in a difficult situation, and we will bear all the expenses for the training. ”

Sure enough, there is a plan, otherwise this request would never have been made.

Within the authority given by Taipei, Yuan Zijian was overjoyed and agreed: "How much Mr. Li sends, how much we will receive, how much we will train, and we will be trained like the national army." ”

Jiang Enkai added in a low voice: "We will keep this strictly confidential. ”

The US military advisory group is getting more and more outrageous, and now many military officers only have US military advisers in their eyes, but there is no president and no government.

The day before yesterday at the Independence Palace, Ngo Dinh Diem complained a lot.

Just like when he cooperated with the French before, Li Weimin didn't worry about what others would associate with, and smiled casually: "Mr. Yuan, Mr. Jiang, secrecy is definitely needed, but it's not so exaggerated, the main concern is the reaction of the United States, President Yan and Mr. Yao have no problem." In addition, the personnel sent for training are not all Chinese youths, but also some local youths. ”

Yuan Zijian was skeptical: "Really...... It really doesn't matter? ”

Li Weimin said with a smile: "I don't rebel, and I don't want to be a warlord, what is there to worry about?" (To be continued.) )