An Yi, who left the General Headquarters, was in a very heavy mood, he had already been mentally prepared to accept the punishment, but he didn't expect the punishment to be so severe, and it was just a matter of taking away his rank of major general, not letting An Yi on the front line be difficult to accept no matter what, he cared very much about the rank of general he had finally fought back, and he was even more concerned about the reading master he brought out, and in the blink of an eye, both were gone, which made him feel extremely aggrieved and angry.

An Yi returned to the Yangtze Hotel in a huff, and as soon as he entered the room, he took off his general's uniform without a collar badge, and drank two glasses of water in a row to calm down a little.

Lin Yaodong asked in a low voice if he still went to the party headquarters? An Yi snorted and did not speak, but changed into a colonel's uniform, put on a gun and a short sword, and led two guards to the bank in the area of Rujiangmen, transferred the check of 500,000 yuan, and withdrew 10,000 silver dollars from his account, of which 1,000 yuan was cash, and the rest were all converted into cash checks, and went out of the gate to call three rickshaws and go directly to the thick lane of the drum tower.

Entering the door of Gong Qian's house, An Yi saw two middle-aged men and a woman with dignified looks and full of bookish air standing up, and greeted An Yi politely and politely.

After greeting each other, An Yi asked to see the house, and the Zhong couple readily agreed, leading An Yi to their house and garden covering an area of 1,100 square meters to visit around, and diligently introduced to An Yi how to buy land and how to build a house.

The layout of the whole space is very reasonable, especially the garden of more than 300 square meters in the front yard is elegantly built, not luxurious but full of vitality, which is very pleasant. A row of bungalows in the backyard is about 30 meters long, with six large and small utility rooms, and the low wall of the back garden is the small garden of Gong Qian's house to the east.

An Yi quietly asked Lin Yaodong, who was following him, how about demolishing the bungalow and building a row of two-story French-style buildings for the use of the guards? Lin Yaodong nodded again and again with satisfaction, and said that it would be better if this was the case, so as not to bother you, brothers.

The owner, Zhong Zhizhai, understood An Yi's identity, saw that An Yi was polite and polite, and felt very comfortable, so he walked around and invited An Yi to the hall of the main building to serve tea, and after a few conversations, a pair of twelve or thirteen-year-old children also went downstairs.

An Yi saw the beautiful looks and good upbringing of the sisters and brothers who were about a year apart, and praised a few words, and after greeting the sisters and brothers, he took out the cash check from HSBC: "Mr. Zhong, this is a check for 6,500 yuan, I just wrote it from HSBC." ”

Zhong Zhizhai was quite moved to take the check, whispered to his wife to bring the property certificate, and asked An Yi in a low voice: "General An doesn't bargain either?" ”

"No, this house is worth the price, I think you're still at a loss." An Yi replied with a smile.

Zhong Zhizhai smiled slightly: "Thank you for the general's generosity, to be honest, if no one really buys this house, the contemptible people will also hand it over to Miss Gong and Wu Ma to take care of them, and when someone buys it and then sells it, it will be very satisfying to be able to recover the five thousand yuan." Now that the general has bought it, the contemptible people will save a lot of troubles, and there will be nothing to worry about leaving Nanjing tomorrow. ”

An Yi nodded: "Where in the United States does Mr. Zhong plan to settle down?" ”

"California, it's either San Francisco or Los Angeles, where there are relatively more Chinese, and there are a lot of contemptible Wenzhou villagers, I heard that the houses in San Francisco are cheaper than Nanjing, and you can obtain American citizenship with an industry, which is good for the children's future, and even if they come back in the future, the children can get a job with a good education." Zhong Zhizhai is a typical literati, speaking slowly and logically, always with a faint smile.

An Yi asked again, "What kind of career does Mr. Zhong plan to engage in when he gets there?" ”

Zhong Zhizhai said with a pleasant face: "I can't say, if I can, I want to try my luck at various universities in California and get a teaching errand, and my English is okay, I have translated two books on law and philosophy from Princeton University, and I have studied the Four Books and Five Classics since I was five years old, and I am confident that I have a certain study of Eastern philosophy that Americans are interested in, haha!"

I'm really not suitable to be an official, I was supposed to teach philosophy at Southeast University, but Sun Dashuai made the contemptible official addicted in a few words, and it ended up with a panicked ending, so let's study with heart! The contemptible people have a little savings, and they can't starve to death when they get there, and the two children are slowly growing up, and they will survive after a few years of hard work, thank you for your concern. ”

An Yi thought for a while and smiled: "If Mr. Zhong is interested, he will send me a letter when he settles down in the United States, if he is willing, I want to hire Mr. Zhong as my supervisor of international students, just now I saw that Mrs. Zun is generous in speech and behavior, obviously well-educated, if Mr. Zhong is too busy, you can entrust Mrs. Zun to supervise the international students I continue to send to the United States to study, and help these diligent and intelligent young people who have never seen much of the world to get the opportunity to enter various universities in the United States as soon as possible. I can also do some work for our poor and backward motherland, I will pay my salary according to the salary level of the United States, is it okay? ”

Zhong Zhizhai was so surprised that he couldn't speak, Mrs. Zhong stood aside with a leather file containing the real estate certificate, looking at An Yi incredulously, the two couples never thought that An Yi, a young and handsome soldier, would make such a suggestion.

An Yi explained: "Mr. Zhong and Mrs. Zhong, maybe you don't know, from November last year to the beginning of this year, I have sent 48 outstanding young people to study in Germany, of which 24 people who have successfully entered the Krupp Institute of Technology in Germany for further study, some of them are from their own army, they are all young people who are very rich in serving the country and have poor families, majoring in military design and manufacturing, and the other half of the young men and women are still studying German in the preparatory course of the University of Munich, which is the most difficult to enter in Germany. Once they have studied German, they can choose the subject according to their wishes.

The reason why I was able to do this is because I have a very good relationship with the two major German foreign firms in China, and many of the enterprises I set up with Mr. Ou Yaoting in Nanchang have entrusted these two foreign firms to import machinery and equipment. However, considering the diversity of academic surnames and the development advantages of American education, I plan to choose the destination of sending international students in the United States in the next step, and California Institute of Technology will be one of the key points, so we need someone to handle various affairs for our international students in the United States, and Mr. and Mrs. Zhong are the best candidates. Of course, these have to be decided by Mr. and Mrs. Zhong. ”

Zhong Zhizhai asked excitedly, "General An, this is a very large expense!" ”

"It's not low, but as long as a few of them become talents, all the investment is worth it."

An Yi said calmly: "Before joining the army, I had the ideal of saving the country through industry, and I was also engaged in the improvement and design of some commodities, and as a result, I made some money after being adopted by the Germans, so it was enough to support the study expenses of dozens of people." Later, I saw that the country was in turmoil, and the people were in dire straits under the oppression of warlords and imperialism, so I gave up business and joined the army, and planned to select some pure-hearted, hard-working patriotic young people to study in Europe and the United States every year in the next five years, I signed a contract with them, if they stayed abroad, they must return the tuition, if they came back, they had to serve me for ten years, and they could enter my own enterprise or become a research institute to continue research, and I will strongly support in terms of funds and basic conditions. If the political axe department needs them, let them go to the country, and more talents will be good for our country. ”

Zhong Zhizhai and his wife were very surprised and moved, the two discussed for a moment and resolutely decided to accept An Yi's entrustment, Zhong Zhizhai said sincerely:

"General An's mind is awe-inspiring, I have never seen a person with the deep patriotism and outstanding vision of the general, the contemptible people are willing to bear the heavy trust of the general, and will do their best to take care of every patriotic student who goes to the United States to study, but please don't mention any salary, I Zhong someone still has this awareness."

An Yi waved his hand: "No, no! It's different! Although it is the first time I have met Mr. and Mrs. Zhong, I believe in my own vision, and I also see the excellent traditional morality of Mr. and Mrs. Zhong, and the kind of temperament and emotion that naturally flows out of you, which is respectable and trustworthy.

But all work should be paid, not to mention that you yourself are not rich, if you live a better life and have better conditions, our students will receive more help, this is what I say in my heart.

Again, I am not short of money, I don't hide it, the military shoes I am wearing, as well as the shoes under the feet of your husband and wife's two children, were designed by me in the first half of last year, and the factory that produced this kind of shoes is Mr. Ou Yaoting's Nanyang factory, it is estimated that this time next year, the shoe factory I opened in Nanchang can also produce this kind of footwear, as well as bicycles that are only popular in the upper class today, and even three-wheeled motor vehicles used by the army will be produced one after another.

I am telling you this not to show off, but to reassure you that I have enough money for outstanding young people to study abroad. ”

"General Ann ......"

Zhong Zhizhai and his wife were so excited that they didn't know what to say.

An Yi stood up and took the voucher in Mrs. Zhong's hand: "Okay, I'll handle the transfer procedures, although the two of you can leave with confidence, please contact Gong Qian when you get there, she is my sister, one of the few relatives in this world, I ...... I won't send you away, and I'll have to rush to the Xiaguan barracks later, and the soldiers always have to wait for orders at any time. Goodbye, Mr. and Mrs. Zhong, goodbye, two little ones! ”

"General......

"Goodbye, uncle!"

Zhong Zhizhai watched An Yi and the two guards walk out of the door, turned to his wife, who was still at a loss, and sighed in a low voice: "I didn't expect that my wife and I would be able to meet such a wonderful General An today, his cultivation and knowledge are far above you and me!" ”

"Yes, my husband's evaluation is exactly what I want to say in my heart, General An is so young, but he has such a deep patriotic heart, so fraternity and kindness...... Strange man! Mrs. Zhong's eyes were slightly moist.

Zhong Zhizhai approached his two sensible children, bent down and asked in a low voice, "You both saw it just now, do you have any feelings?" ”

The sister of the slim and natural beauty embryo replied in a low voice with a red face: "Uncle is amazing, I know that he is a very famous general, he has never lost a battle, the teachers and classmates at the school are talking about him and praising him, I ...... I like him. ”

Zhong Zhizhai smiled slightly and turned to his admiring son: "Lin'er, what about you?" ”

"I want to be a general!"

The son said loudly, his eyes and expression were so yearning and firm.

Zhong Zhizhai and his wife looked at each other, and then let out a hearty laugh.

(To be continued)