At night, Kong Xiangxi, Ou Yaoting and Chu Er, who were tired and exhausted after a day but still in high spirits, gathered together to drink coffee in Ou Yaoting's luxurious suite.

Although in this series of huge investments, Ou Yaoting's investment ratio is less than 20% of the total, and most of them are based on An Yi's requirements to hide An Yi's assets, but in the entire construction of old Nanchang, from project approval to evaluation to the introduction of production equipment, technical training, etc., all contain Ou Yaoting's hard work and deep care for An Yi.

Therefore, An Yi's report was very detailed, and he was very calm in front of Kong Xiangxi and his assistants, and basically did not hide anything except for keeping the source of the investment secret.

Ou Yaoting asked some key questions, and said very gratified: "You have made rapid progress in the past half a month since you came back, and it can be seen that you have made a lot of efforts, and now the products of Ramie Textile Factory have successfully entered the European and American markets, with good sales and very promising prospects, but unfortunately due to the printing and dyeing technology can not keep up, although the quality is extremely good, but the profits have not been raised, I am afraid it will take a period of hard work."

The product development of the Rongjun hardware factory is better than I expected, according to the current speed of development, the scale and output value can be at least doubled before the end of the year, a single military product series of more than a dozen varieties is worthy of our increased investment, originally set up after a period of exploration and technology accumulation, from the hardware factory to set up a special agricultural machinery and agricultural tools factory plan, now can be put into action in advance.

As for grain, oil and food processing, there is no need to be too anxious, the product can be produced before the end of the year is considered a success, the current project is only rice milling, oil extraction, supporting feed mills and food factories need to be stepped up construction, equipment will come in the near future, the recruitment and training of workers must be prepared in advance, the burden on your shoulders is not light! ”

"I have a relatively good solution here, that is, to set up a vocational and technical school as soon as possible to train skilled workers in mechanical repair, casting, molding, lathe, fitter, food processing, packaging production, automobile maintenance and driving, textiles, construction, etc.

Teachers should be easy to find, now everywhere is war, Wuhan, Nanjing, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, Shanghai and Hangzhou have a lot of unemployed skilled workers and technicians, we only need to publish a week in the newspaper to advertise, first from the talent we urgently need to start recruiting, and after a year and a half to accumulate enough experience, in the old Nanchang Office of the College of Science and Technology, their own training of specialized technical personnel and research talents.

Next month, the third batch of 45 young students selected by the younger generation will leave for the United States to study, and we hope to send another batch at the end of the year, so that after four or five years, we will not have to worry about the lack of talent. An Yi said in a low voice.

Ou Yaoting nodded in agreement, and Kong Xiangxi, who had been listening silently and didn't ask, couldn't hold back any longer, and asked with interest: "Xiao Yi, I heard that you have sent two batches of nearly fifty overseas students to Germany for further study, what majors do they study?" ”

An Yi modestly replied: "It is mainly focused on the military industry, such as the improvement, manufacturing and design of weapons and ammunition, and there are also other people who study mechanical, medical and radio disciplines.

Although it was a simple study abroad without any political involvement, because our country's status in the international community was too low, it was thanks to Mr. Hans's care that it was able to carry out smoothly. Listening to Mr. Hans, these two groups of people have performed well and worked hard, and three of them have been recognized by the gun manufacturing experts of Krupp Enterprises, and have entered the second stage of in-depth study and practice. In four or five years, if one or two of them can become talents in the design and manufacture of weapons in our country, the younger generation will be satisfied. ”

"So, you're going to get involved in the weapons manufacturing industry? If this business is done, it will be a million profits! Kong Xiangxi's heart moved, and he immediately grasped the important information in it.

"That's right! To hide from our predecessors, our ordnance repair institute has been able to successfully imitate German-made flower machine guns, barge guns, and American-made light machine guns, and the quality and technical accuracy surpass that of General Yan Xishan's Taiyuan Factory.

If there is enough qualified raw materials to supply and two sets of production equipment are purchased, the younger generation will dare to guarantee that in the manufacture and improvement of light weapons, it will surpass the Gongxian Arsenal within one year, surpass Zhang Zuolin's Shenyang Arsenal within two years, and become the largest light weapons manufacturing plant in China in three years.

However, because the improvement and manufacture of guns and ammunition involves key departments such as the Ordnance Industry Administration of the Military Commission and the Ministry of Military Affairs, the younger generation is now only trying to imitate and accumulating technology, and has not yet had a complete overall plan. An Yi finally let go of the first temptation.

Kong Xiangxi turned to Ou Yaoting in surprise: "Does Brother Cheng (Ou Yaoting's name) know about this?" ”

I don't know, he never told his younger brother, but he believed that he could do it, and when he was in Guangzhou, he was known throughout the business world for his proficiency in mechanical maintenance and improvement, and Hans of Lu Lin was the first to discover and appreciate him, and they still maintain close cooperation today. As for what exactly he did, the younger brother didn't ask, and we haven't seen each other since he participated in the Northern Expedition. The younger brother had always suspected that Hans's rapid promotion had something to do with him, such as the German sewing machine, which is now a best-selling machine in the country, which was the result of his design and improvement on the original basis...... Alas! Brother Yong, now you can understand why the younger brother was reluctant to let him join the army in the first place, right? This feeling is really indescribable! Fortunately, now that he has come back safely, my hanging heart has been relieved a lot. ”

After that, Ou Yaoting sighed frequently and sighed with emotion.

Kong Xiangxi's appetite was completely aroused, but his face was silent, and he smiled slightly after taking a sip of coffee: "Tomorrow we will go to Lao Nanchang to have a look, maybe unlimited business opportunities are in front of us."

In the previous paragraph, the younger brother went to Taiyuan twice on the orders of Brother Kai-shek to contact General Yan Baichuan, and when he met for the second time, General Baichuan was very proud to lead the younger brother to visit his Taiyuan Arsenal, which made the younger brother feel a lot at that time, so that he also had an understanding of the huge profits of weapon production.

Most of the workers in General Baichuan's factory were illiterate, but they were able to rely on unsophisticated machines to imitate six kinds of long and short weapons and two kinds of artillery, which not only met the needs of his own 150,000 standing troops, but also sold them in large quantities to neighboring provinces and Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia.

According to the younger brother's calculations, the profit from the sale of weapons and ammunition accounts for about 30 percent of the total annual income, which is a remarkable achievement. ”

Ou Yaoting happily agreed, and after that, Kong Xiangxi asked An Yi a lot of questions and ideas about business with great interest, and the three of them communicated with each other and discussed with each other, and before they knew it, more than two hours had passed.

Ou Yaoting, who was fully engaged, picked up the dry coffee cup, and then remembered that his baby daughter hadn't added coffee for a while, and when he looked up, Chu Er had already leaned on the sofa and fell asleep.

Ou Yaoting sighed lowly, his face was full of love and concern, An Yi and Kong Xiangxi also stopped talking, looking at Chu Er, who showed a sweet smile in his sleep, and was incredibly beautiful, he was quite sorry in his heart, everyone talked too speculatively, and they actually forgot about Chu Chu'er, who was pitiful and tired for a day.

Ou Yaoting stepped forward and gently pushed Chu'er to wake up: "Go to sleep, sleep well, and you will be refreshed when you wake up tomorrow." ”

"Hmmm......"

Chu Er opened her tired eyes, saw An Yi's expression full of pity not far away, and couldn't help but exclaim "ah", then looked at herself, and found nothing wrong, so she smiled at An Yi embarrassedly, and then stood up and said goodbye: "I'm sorry, I'm asleep, good night Uncle Kong, good night Dad...... Brother Xiao Yi, good night! ”

"Good night!"

An Yi stood up and watched Chu'er walk into his room and close the door, with an indescribable trace of guilt and pity in his heart.

Kong Xiangxi raised his wrist and looked at it, and found that it was already late, so he politely said goodbye. Sending Kong Xiangxi away and closing the door, Ou Yaoting waved his hand to signal An Yi to sit down, sighed and said in a low voice:

"You don't know, since three days ago in Hong Kong boarding, Chu'er has never closed her eyes - she knows that she can see you in Nanchang on this trip, she is so excited that she can't sleep, after arriving in Shanghai, Mr. Yongzhi, Mr. Hans and Mr. Heinrich have also boarded the ship, and most of the topics we talked about along the way are about you, and now Chu'er can't sleep anymore, she always sits quietly beside us, adding tea and coffee for us, listening silently, as if she wants to remember every word about you in her heart.

The boat entered Poyang Lake, I thought she would be so tired that she went to sleep by herself, but I didn't expect her to be even more excited, changing her clothes and changing her clothes, and always asking me if you would like it, I felt very distressed...... I said, no matter what Chu'er wears, you like it and you will be satisfied, but she was not satisfied with my answer, thought about it again and again, and finally changed into the old dress that was a little tight. Chu'er told me that she wore this set when she went to Shamian with you to eat Western food, and you praised her for her beautiful clothes and hairstyle...... Xiao Yi, I don't know how you treat Chu'er, but I know that Chu'er loves you deeply, so much so that I and her mother are very worried, when she was studying in Hong Kong, she insisted on writing to you every week, but every time we went home and asked her if she had received your reply, she explained herself and said, you are fighting on the front line, there is no place to settle down, you may not receive it for a while, and said that it doesn't matter, as long as you keep writing, you will receive it one day......"

An Yi's heart was like a knife when he heard it, and his mind couldn't help but think of Chu Er's expectant face when he wrote the letter and the disappointed look when he couldn't receive a reply, and there was an indescribable emotion in his heart.

Ou Yaoting took a deep breath and continued: "Since the defeat of your revolutionary army in the first attack on Nanchang, her mother and I have always had a heart, and we deliberately concealed your battle situation from her, and we did not dare to take home the newspaper with the news of your First Army, because there were too many dead, and we were very worried that you would be on the list of the dead."

However, I didn't expect that in a blink of an eye, you would become a hero of the Northern Expedition, and the war became more and more ruthless, and became more and more famous, her mother and I knew that we couldn't hide it for long, so I picked out some good news to tell her, telling her that you were promoted to major battalion commander, and she was promoted to colonel regiment commander, she was extremely proud, more proud than she was the first place in the school exam, and she was more proud than winning the best performance award in the Hong Kong college concert of the year.

As your fame grows, especially with the publication of the book "Model Camp", we finally can't hide it from her anymore, she reads "Model Camp" over and over again, and tears again and again, crying and blaming us for deceiving her, blaming us for not telling her that you almost died in Wuchang City, was shot in the head and abdomen in Fengxincheng, and finally passed out with serious injuries in the defeat of Nanchang, she cried very sadly, I have never seen her so sad since she was born, and then she fell ill, In those nights, she screamed in a few dreams and woke up her mother, and when she saw her mother go in, she hugged her mother and cried, saying that she was injured again in a dream......"

Ou Yaoting wiped away his tears, sniffed to stabilize his emotions, and then said:

"What about me, for business often run around in Europe and the United States, Hong Kong, and Nanyang, every day I am very worried about Chu'er, worried about you, you know, I only have Chu'er such a daughter, you know how much I love her and her mother, you should also know, my mother and I have long regarded you as our own son, we love you, care about you, every achievement of yours makes us proud, every setback of yours makes us extremely anxious, her mother has begged me more than once to come forward, I want to use all my connections to pull you back from the front line, let you marry Chu'er, have children, and live happily as a family, but I know that I can't do it, even if I have this ability, I can't insist on pulling you back from the army regardless of your feelings, from the day you said goodbye to me, I knew that you would never be willing to be lonely in this life, your heart is very high, so high that I am deeply moved, and I am ashamed.

I once thought that I would just let Chu'er marry someone else, so that she would not have to suffer for you, but ...... But if that's the case, I'm not only sorry for you, I'm sorry for Chu'er, but I'm also sorry for my conscience, so ...... So I endured it, and I prayed every day, for you, for Chu'er, for her mother...... I hope you don't blame me for saying so much tonight, seeing Chu'er love you so much and miss you, I really can't bear the pain in my heart, I just hope that ....... I only hope you can be kind to Chu'er, I don't ask you to be like I did to her mother, I only ask you to let Chu'er have fewer tears and more laughter......"

"I will, I swear! I promise! ”

An Yi interrupted Ou Yaoting's words, got up and came to Ou Yaoting with tears in his eyes, and nodded solemnly, his eyes full of tears were full of perseverance and commitment!

(To be continued)