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Eighty years ago, the seaside town of many inhabitants is now the second largest city in the Americas after New York, and the largest political, economic, trade and cultural center on the West Coast. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

By the end of last year, more than 1.2 million people from the United States and around the world were living in it, and 80 percent of the entire trade between the United States and Asia passed through the three major mouths of Los Angeles.

Outside the bustling Wilchery Avenue West extension at the foot of Beverly Hills was originally a lush and undulating area of ancient trees. The crystal clear lake and the wonderful scenery like a fairyland on earth have become a wealthy area with more than 300 luxury villas.

Nestled amidst giant trees and lush greenery, the elegantly landscaped Garden Villa No. 23 enters a granite cast gate filled with vines and flowers, and the two-storey stone villa inlaid with exquisite reliefs is particularly dignified against the backdrop of greenery. Next to the swing on the grass in front of the villa, a beautiful young woman is lying on the grass with a beautiful boy about two years old.

"Chengcheng, if Dad suddenly appeared in front of you, would you recognize it?"

The beautiful young woman turned around and sat on the grass, stretched out her hands as round as white jade, hugged her son to her, and plucked a small piece of grass from her son's head lovingly while asking.

The child stretches out his cute hands. Gently pulling the ribbon on his mother's long skirt, looking at his mother's smooth smiling face, he asked in his immature voice, "Dad is exactly the same as in the photo."

The beautiful mother thought for a moment and replied uncertainly: "I guess it's about the same, but there are two more three-dimensional stars on Dad's collar." ”

"Is Dad really a general? Is it a general with many, many soldiers? The child's clear eyes shone with a longing light, long eyelashes, a delicate nose and beautiful lips, as pure and kind as an angel, and almost all of his appearance and temperament inherited his mother's excellent genes.

The beautiful mother nodded: "Yes, Dad has many, many soldiers, and there are many generals and uncles who are the same as Dad are with him, and he is the greatest general in the world." In more than half a month, Dad will come to us on a big steamer, he has not seen you since you were born, and then Mom will go to the port with you to meet Dad, you have to call Dad loudly and surprise him, okay? ”

"I'm not going!" The child shook his head and stood up trying to run away.

The beautiful mother hurriedly took his little hand and asked with some puzzlement, "Why?" Didn't you keep talking about seeing Daddy? ”

"He never comes, so my mother always cries at his photos, so I ignore him!" The child complained loudly, and his little face turned red with excitement.

The beautiful mother took the child into her arms, caressed the child's face lovingly, and explained in a low voice: "Listen, son, it's not like this, you don't know a lot of things, and when you grow up, you will slowly understand, I think your father must love you very, very much, and he loves his mother."

On the balcony on the second floor of the villa, Zhang Xi let out a long sigh, withdrew his gaze from the mother and daughter on the grass, gently supported Ou Yaoting's arm, and returned to the house to sit down:

"Uncle Ou, you and your aunt should have told Xiao Yi about Chu'er's mother and son earlier, it's been two years in the blink of an eye, and the child will think, if you don't tell Xiao Yi about it, I'm worried that there will be a misunderstanding."

Ou Yaoting combed through the sideburns that had already appeared a few traces of white, and said helplessly: "This matter is also to blame me and your aunt for being careless, we only saw it six months after Chu'er was pregnant, and it was too late to rush back to China to get their marriage done, you know that our family is Christian, and we are also famous in Nanyang and California, this kind of unmarried pregnancy can't be avoided, how can you be embarrassed to say it?" Although my Ou family is not a famous family, it is also a businessman family who has accumulated some good reputation in Nanyang and the provincial and Hong Kong areas after several generations of hard work and integrity. If only I had listened to Brother Dao's words at that time, it would have been nice to let Chu'er and Xiaoyi get married in Lao Nanchang, alas,"

"Uncle Ou, don't worry, Xiao Yi is a great man who values love and righteousness, he will not make you and Chu'er's mother and son sad, but how to explain it to him clearly has to take some words, this time the little nephew rushed to Europe to meet him, and after finishing the business in Germany and the United Kingdom, he told him the original thing. Strive to come to the United States with him, if possible, simply let him and Chu'er hold the wedding here according to the Christian ceremony, and then go to Lao Nanchang to make up for it after returning to China, presumably Uncle Dao and they will get a nephew, and they will laugh from ear to ear. Zhang Xi comforted with a smile.

"Please, nephew! You are like a brother to him, and you are the sole trustee of his investment in Europe and the United States, and you tell him that you are better than me and your aunt. ”

Ou Yaoting nodded in satisfaction. Hearing the sound of a car motor outside the window, he smiled slightly: "Xudong is here, I don't know what the result of his negotiations with the Situ family is?" Don't give birth to contradictions, how can you say that Lao Situ is also a member of the Alliance, and they are all family.

This time, with your support, Xudong successively acquired two Sinotrans terminals and warehouses, plus the West Coast Voyage Company, which invested in you and the Rockefeller family, and became famous among more than 100,000 overseas Chinese in the United States. The reputation is broken. ”

Zhang Xi smiled: "This is still the result of your long-term care, Uncle Ou!" If you hadn't brought hundreds of people from their entire Lin Village to the United States two years ago, maybe they, the fierce men who had escaped the scourge of the warlords in Guangdong, would still be making small fuss in the Nanyang district.

Brother Lin is very capable, courageous and visionary, and there are a large number of talents under him, and nearly 50,000 immigrants from Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, and Qiongzhou have been crying for more than a year, and they have to go to Brother Lin and his brother Hei to receive and generously "Nearly half of the new immigrants who occupy the Chinese regard Brother Lin as their own leader, and Situ Meitang, the head of Anliangtang, has taken the initiative to seek cooperation from the original disdain to today. is the greatest recognition of Brother Lin.

The little nephew lives in New York, and the main business is concentrated there, if it weren't for Uncle Ou's painstaking management and care on the West Coast, where would there be today's good situation? Brother Lin and "Huaqing Society." Nearly 10,000 brethren are grateful to you. Without Uncle Ou's successive acquisitions of factories and storage docks, where can so many domestic villagers be employed? Without Xiao Yi's special instructors and training personnel, and the purchase of a large number of arms and weapons from the black market, where would the Chinese community that stands with the Italian and Irish gangsters exist today? Now that CYC basically controls drug and alcohol smuggling on the West Coast,1 it generates more than $100 million in profits every year, all of which are thanks to your strong support

And also. I heard that you and Brother Lin have set up a large construction company, recruited tens of thousands of construction workers from the Chinese, and bought large abandoned neighborhoods in San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego from the California government. These districts are not only able to accommodate most of the expatriates, but also have a political influence that Americans cannot ignore, and they are a major promotion to improving the treatment of bridge residents and enhancing the status of our Chinese. ”

"The virtuous nephew has a good reputation! These are all hands-on work, so why bother? I think if I hadn't met Xiao Yi at the beginning, I would still be fighting a little in Nanyang and the provincial and Hong Kong areas, and I am always worried about the changes in the domestic political situation affecting my business, where is it like now? In addition, I heard that after you acquired the United States Bank of America, you avoided the domino effect of the collapse of the U.S. banking industry by constantly merging banks to clear up each other's debts, and quickly won praise and reputation in the U.S. political and business circles, and even President Hoover hosted banquets at the White House many times, and the great achievements are commendable! Ou Yaoting said appreciatively.

Zhang Xi shook his head disapprehantly: "President Hoover has made a stupid move, and every time he introduces a policy. The Wall Street stock market and the U.S. economy are a little bleak, and re-election is impossible, and now it depends on whether the fate of early resignation can be avoided. I am optimistic about New York Governor Franklin Roosevelt, and given the fact that the acquisition of the United Nations Bank prevented the collapse of the banks of New York, I am ready to sponsor him for the next president of the United States.

Now that New York State has taken the lead in repealing the Chinese Exclusion Act, and the California government has also decided to formally repeal the Chinese Exclusion Act at the end of the year, Franklin Roosevelt promised that after he was elected, the Chinese Exclusion Act would be abolished throughout the country, and then the status of the Chinese would be truly confirmed. ”

Just when the two were communicating, a hearty voice sounded: "Uncle Ou, Brother Zhang, I've kept you waiting for a long time, haha!" ”

Lin Xudong, who was in a suit and leather shoes, walked calmly, took the teacup from his subordinates with a bright look, and sat next to Ou Yaoting with a spring breeze on his face:

The "Four Brothers' Jingwu Meeting" opened the museum, and it was a lion dance and a dragon dance, and more than 20,000 villagers participated in the opening ceremony. The little nephew was pulled to get out after the finishing touches, haha! By the way, the government of California and Los Angeles sent a basket of flowers, and Governor Roosevelt of New York also called to congratulate him. ”

Zhang Xi happily congratulated, saying that Franklin had served as the legal counsel of An Liangtang and had always had a good relationship with the Chinese community, and this call was not surprising. After talking for a while, Zhang Xi suddenly remembered something and hurriedly asked, "How is the matter of the Immigration Bureau?" ”

"That's it. Brother Yu personally sent $10,000 to the director of the Los Angeles Police Department, Woodhouse, and sandwiched the information and photos of 27 Belarusian brothers and sisters in the application form of more than 3,000 of us. It is estimated that in a month, the twenty-seven White Russians will arrive on our ocean-going freighter, stay for a few days, and then let them leave the country normally as traders and other people, with a big seal on their passports, everything is in order, and no one will doubt it. ”

Lin Yaodong replied in a low voice, he knew that Zhang Xi's wife Caiwang gave birth to a son for Zhang Xi, and the two couples took great care of the White Russian compatriots in China, and after An Yi and the brothers of the old Nanchang headquarters selected the identities of the twenty-seven White Russian elites selected by thousands of people, it would be of great help to the careers of Zhang Xi, Ou Yaoting and An Yi.

Ou Yaoting nodded: "Xudong, let you go to Europe with Zhang Xian's nephew this time, it is estimated that it will take a lot of time to go back and forth, and if there is anything else at home that you need my help with, I will wait for you to bring Xiao Yi here and then return to Nanyang, during this time." I've got time to look at a few businesses for you.1 But I don't care about smuggling. ”

"The smuggling of those who have been watched by special people, and the Italian and Irish gangs in the war for more than a year have been scared by us, and now they can sit down and work together, they can't ask for it, and there will be no problems. Now Chinatown construction in San Francisco and San Diego is progressing well. The only trouble was the naming of several roads in the Guangdong New Town in Gui Ya 1, and the plan was sent to the city government without receiving a reply. Lin Xudong took the opportunity to talk about his difficulties.

Zhang Xi laughed: "This is easy to do, leave it to me, and when you come back from Ou Yuan, I will help you run away." Now I have bought a lot of properties on the east and west coasts and arranged for hundreds of thousands of jobs, and the California government still has to sell me this face. ”

"Haha! The foolish brother is waiting for the elder brother, with the current reputation of the elder brother in the American financial and industrial circles, is it not easy to capture? Now I'm relieved! Lin Xudong smiled heartily, seeing that Ou Yaoting was in a good mood. Hurriedly asked: Did Xiao Yi send a telegram? Where is he now? ”

Ou Yaoting replied: "The telegram came, saying that the military investigation of France, Britain, and Italy would be concluded at the end of this month, and Xianxin ordered the body to come to the United States for a fifteen-day investigation. "Stranded in France and leaving for the UK next week

Lin Xudong smiled happily: "I really want to see my brother An soon, Guangzhou has been a few years in a blink of an eye, and the ninth junior brother has followed Brother An halfway and now he has become a ** colonel, remembering the days when he was stationed in Zhupaixi, Lin Village when he was the captain of the engineer district of the military academy, I still remember it vividly!" I never dreamed that we would have today, and we would form a relationship that is closer than our own brothers, to be honest, if we hadn't met Brother An and Uncle Ou, we Lin Village would have been flattened by the warlords who fought back and forth, how could nearly a thousand brothers have today's situation? ”

Ou Yaoting waved his hand and asked with concern: "The old man still doesn't want to come to the United States?" ”

Lin Xudong shook his head sadly: "Master, his old man is not willing to leave his homeland, Senior Brother Ah Hai led dozens of disciples to stay in the village to wait for his old man, but there are less than a thousand people left in Lin Village now, and most of them are elderly villagers who are unwilling to travel." Small.

"Chen Jitang didn't embarrass Lin Village anymore, did he?" Ou Yaoting continued to ask.

Lin Yaodong smiled slightly: "Now Chen Jitang is very polite to Lin Village, the taxes are not collected, and the confiscated Chengdong Fish Wharf has also been returned, Ren Gong Li Jishen has been entrusted by Uncle Ou to make a lot of efforts, plus a pair of birthday couplets written by Brother An are hung in the middle hall of the master, and on the side is a large group photo of Brother An wearing a lieutenant general's uniform and Xiao Jiu, and several officers under Chen Jitang no longer dare to embarrass Lin Village after seeing it

Ou Yaoting nodded with satisfaction: "That's good!" Ren Gong sent me telegrams several times, asking me to do Xiaoyi's work, improve relations with the Guizhou department, and lift the economic blockade of Guangxi from Guizhou and Yunnan provinces.1 Everyone lived in harmony and communicated with each other, and I agreed. After you bring Xiao Yi back, I'll talk to him well. I hope that the three provinces of Guizhou, Yunnan and Guizhou can live in harmony, and it is much better for everyone to do business calmly and develop together than to fight for life and death

It's just that Li Delin and Bai Jiansheng made Xiao Yi miserable, I don't know if Xiao Yi can let go of this grievance, Lin Xudong said worriedly.

Zhang Xi smiled slightly: "Don't worry." I know Xiao and Yi, he is not the kind of warlord who is narrow-minded and will take revenge, he has the country and the nation in his heart, and he will never let the people of the three provinces suffer from his own selfishness for his own personal grievances, which I am very confident in.

Now that the domestic situation is different, Xiao Yi has a long-term plan and decided to go all out to "south, Xiangxi on the side is led by General Zhang Hongza, Shi Zhen in Qianxi is getting bigger and bigger, and his position is becoming more and more stable, plus Zhu Yigongrong returned to his hometown to govern Yunnan, this area connected by mountains and rivers has become an economic zone for Xiao Yi to develop in the next ten years. Under the requirements of this huge plan, he will not continue to be the enemy of the pillar system, and mutual development is the right path he expects, it is estimated that the reason why he has not expressed his position until now is completely to give Uncle Ou and Ren Gong a big favor, so that the Gui family inherits the love of Uncle Ou and Ren Gong! ”

"Xiao Yi has been in officialdom for two years and has matured."

Ou Yaoting praised his son-in-law and smiled happily, seeing Zhang Xi and Lin Xudong grinning at him.1 Only then did he show his gaffe, shook his head and smiled, and then asked, "How are those auctioned cars purchased from major banks and car companies doing?"

Zhang Xi put away his smile and replied seriously: "It's being done, in order to take care of the bad debts of several old friends, this large-scale car acquisition has greatly broken through the original plan, and it is estimated that the total number will exceed 5,000, of which about one-third are heavy trucks that cannot repay the loan, and a quarter only drive a few hundred miles of cars at most 2,000 miles, and the purchase price is far below the cost price of 20 to 100 US dollars. In order to reduce the cost of imports, with Xiao Yi's consent, I can only disassemble all the vehicles into four large pieces and transport them back, and can enjoy a preferential tax rate of 7 percent, so that the old Nanchang Automobile Factory can assemble or refurbish, and the initial budget can obtain a profit equivalent to 3.8 times the total value of the goods, and at the same time, through the assembly of these vehicles, a group of skilled workers can be trained for the Southwest Automobile Factory jointly invested and built by Xiao Yi and Zhu Yigong. ”

Ou Yaoting sighed: "I don't know if Xiao Yi's prediction is accurate?" If there had been no war between China and Japan, the gains would outweigh the losses in relocating so many important enterprises6 to the southwest region. ”

Zhang Xi said: "I believe in Xiao Yi!" His predictions have always been accurate, including his predictions of the catastrophe of the American financial markets and the American political figures, which really surprised me, how did he know that Roosevelt and Kennedy were such potential politicians as he had never been to the United States before? Over the past year, I have carefully observed and confirmed one by one, and now Xiaoyi's prediction is becoming a reality little by little, which is really shocking!

From one. In vivid examples and in the mainstream media reports in Japan and the United States today, I faintly see that Japan, which is mired in the whirlpool of economic crisis, is likely to start a war of aggression against China and wantonly plunder resources to transfer crises and contradictions, as Xiao Yi feared, and several American conglomerates have also quietly increased their lending to Japan, lending to Japan through the sale of shiploads of steel and other strategic materials.

For example, if it weren't for our strong intervention, I am afraid that more than 60 large and small cargo ships with a total tonnage of 490,000 tons would have been sold to Japan by Morgan Bank as scrap steel.

Ou Yaoting and Lin Xudong listened to Zhang Xi's words. They are extremely worried, they really don't want to see the flames of war burning on the land of their motherland, and they don't want their relatives to return to the battlefield to face bloody conquests one after another.