The Spanish Legion under the command of Albert, Marquis of Santa Cruz, completed the occupation of County Cork, and the Chinese European Expeditionary Fleet brought in all kinds of much-needed civilian supplies to the war-torn city, and the Irish civilians who survived the scorched earth defense policy of the English army were comforted as much as possible.

Although the amount of aid was extremely limited, it also won the great favor of the local Irish people, especially some merchants who had been to Killarney's territory, and asked about the whereabouts of the "Baroness Killarney" who had run away silently.

The large shouker battleships built by Huamei for Spain were tested in actual combat, and the range, power and strength of the new naval guns were highly evaluated, which also made the Spanish side once again send a request to urge the remaining five ships to be completed as soon as possible. The Portuguese, who had participated in the Battle of Celtic throughout the battle, also conveyed to the Huamei side their intention to order similar warships. The Portuguese, who have been enjoying the benefits of the beautiful "Treat the Other Eye" for many years, seem to have once again regained the style of the European tyrants who were not bad for money a hundred years ago.

At a time when the procurement of armaments for the navy of the country is at its lowest, the Beiyang Shipbuilding Group should be jubilant to be able to obtain such a vast external arms market, but the fact is that with the continuous fermentation of the "huge check incident", there are some people in the entire group who are a little apprehensive.

On October 10, the first Monday after the end of the National Day holiday, Huamei Teacher's Day, the Beiyang Communication Group Shipyard located in the West District of Long Island, the third large schooner battleship "San Jordi" ordered by Spain was in the process of delivering the ribbon-cutting ceremony. However, Shi Yige, the real designer of the warship and president of the Beiyang Shipbuilding Group, was not present, but You Qi, vice president and chief designer of the group, and Zheng Quan, minister of national defense, attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony and watched the various gaffes of the officers and men sent by Spain to receive the ship on the side of the dock of the shipyard.

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The headquarters of Beiyang Shipbuilding Group is located in the urban area south of the shipyard, and although there are two people in a large conference room on the top floor at this time, the atmosphere is very tense.

Liu Baidong, a 54-year-old former captain of a fishing boat and general manager of a senator's state-run ocean shipping company, was in front of an ashtray full of cigarette butts. He was even holding a half-burned cigarette in his hand.

“…… I'll still call you a little stone, let's go so far together, in terms of relationships and feelings, what point can I Liu Baidong not be able to do with you? ! Liu Baidong anxiously pressed the cigarette that he hadn't smoked a few puffs into the ashtray, and looked at the "young man" opposite with thick eye bags and bloodshot eyes, a faint anger and helplessness alternated on his face, "I thought you really lost a huge check here, it turned out to be this kind of thing!" You just told me today, didn't you trust your brother and me in the first place? What did you do with such a dark account in the first place?! If you don't say it to me, what's in it for you?! ”

"No matter what the accounts are spent. There are a lot of financial processes involved, after all, the financial work has long been not done by me, it is all done by someone...... In fact, it's not a secret account, it's just a remark...... "Shi Yige was stubborn, regretting it in his heart, but when things came to this point, he had to show his bottom to Liu Baidong, who was the most involved, so as not to be mentally prepared in advance.

"Forget it, don't explain...... It is estimated that Lao Wei is also in the dark, right? I know. How much of these accounts can be regarded as keeping a hand, don't we Chinese do things like this? Maybe it's not just you, anyone who is not clean in his hands is estimated to have been written down a few times in private. I can only be counted as ......unlucky," Liu Baidong sneered a few times self-deprecatingly. His hands were clasped together and placed on the table, and his face became solemn, "Say, what has happened to the matter." Can you cover it? ”

The reason why Liu Baidong is like this is also because the state-owned ocean shipping company has a huge problem in ordering Chaoyang-class large-scale sail merchant ships. As the most expensive and complex large-scale sail merchant ship in China, the state-owned ocean shipping company with deep pockets is still the only user. Even if it once claimed to shorten the construction period, the moisture in the unit price of $650,000 was extremely high. Then there is the annual ship maintenance and maintenance costs, which are also full of a large number of expense misstatements.

And the old Wei in Liu Baidong's mouth is Liu Baidong's old partner in the fishing boat before the crossing, a fisherman who seems to be very honest, and now serves as the general manager of the fishery company under the state-owned agriculture, forestry, fishery and animal husbandry group.

"I've asked Liu Yun to help me check before...... Today, I came to discuss with Brother Liu, what if I can't find it...... He is also the major shareholder of the group, and it is estimated that he has the ability to help us at the moment, and he is the only one......" Shi Yige lowered his head and said in a very low tone, "I haven't dared to tell You Qi about this matter, I'm afraid that he will misunderstand us." ”

"Hey, you, you're in a hurry! Who is Liu Yun? He's thankful that he doesn't take the initiative to search for other people's privacy, and you still expect him to help hide this kind of thing? I can't let him know who the handle is! Liu Baidong was anxious when he heard this, stood up suddenly, and walked around the conference room, "No, we must let Lao Wei also know about this matter, and talk to Liu Yun again, ......no matter what."

"Hehe, Brother Liu, I ate in the same pot five hundred years ago, why did I treat my little brother so badly?" As soon as the words fell, I saw Liu Yun wearing a trench coat and smiling at the door of the conference room, with a cigarette in his mouth.

"Sorry, I came in without saying hello. Rest assured, a purely private visit wèn. Liu Yun found a place to sit down by himself, and looked at the two men with bad faces in the huge conference room with a smile.

"Hehe, Brother Liu didn't mean that...... Brother, how are things going? Shi Yige hurriedly walked over to Liu Yun and sat down, looking at the other party's side face worriedly.

"The clues are messy, but I'm stopping the investigation." Liu Yun smoked a cigarette and nodded slightly at the two.

"Why?" Liu Baidong and Shi Yige were very surprised.

"It's simple, I don't want to get involved, I don't want to know anything." Liu Yun pressed out the cigarette, stood up and stretched his arms, it seemed that he had stayed up all night before, "Maybe you think I'm sweeping the snow in front of the door, but I know that the more I know, the more I offend people." ”

"Liu Yun, I don't believe you really haven't done anything unclean in more than ten years?!" Liu Baidong suddenly became popular and slapped him the table.

"Maybe there is, maybe not. If Brother Liu is interested, he can also find someone to check. Liu Yun spread his hands and looked innocent, "But I'm not here today to be angry with your old brother Liu and Shishi." ”

"Liu Yun, for the sake of my brother's face, you have to give us an accurate number for this matter!" Shi Yige didn't go around in circles, and directly grabbed Liu Yun's arm, "Who is in the hands of the account book, has the content leaked out?" Can I get it back? ”

"I don't have a clue, but after so many days, there is no wind at all, which means that no matter who reads the content in it, they have chosen the most cautious attitude." The banter on Liu Yun's face gradually disappeared, and his expression became more and more serious, "So, I think this matter is very safe." But it's also unsafe. ”

If the thing is in the hands of "one of your own people", it doesn't matter if you want to come back or not, because the content must already be known. And in the hands of unrelated people, there will be all kinds of possibilities.

"Is it in the hands of 'your own people'?!" Shi Yige shook his head in disbelief.

"Your own people? The most powerful people in the pit are their own people! Ay. Just don't fall into the hands of those people in the SASAC, especially Bao Zitu and Liu Xin...... Others still have room to talk, and it seems that they can only wait and see. Liu Baidong took out a cigarette and lit it again, and said word by word.

"Huh. I have to attend the child's parent-teacher meeting in the afternoon, so I won't accompany you, and the two of you will continue to chat. Liu Yun was noncommittal. With a smile and quietly left the conference room, only Liu Baidong and Shi Yige were left with frowns.

……

At night, Cheng Daxiong's home ushered in a rare guest.

“…… Hey, I attended the child's parent-teacher conference for the first time today, and I realized that Twilight's stinky girl didn't do well in class, humming in front of the teacher. I'm in the second grade of elementary school, and I don't look like I have grown up. In the living room, Liu Yun sat opposite Cheng Daxiong and his wife with a smile, with a relaxed face, and the topic was still focused on family and children.

"Your Excellency, this is how hard you are, your daughter is very fond of music and is now trying to express herself, it is a gift, you should not make her feel that she is doing something wrong. It's a pity that the two children, Cheng Yuan and Cheng Dong, are not interested in music at all. Jenny smiled politely, tactfully expressing her opinion at the remarks of the Secretary of Homeland Security, who had come once.

"You think Jenny and I can help you with your child's learning attitude?" From the moment Liu Yun entered the house, Cheng Daxiong seemed to feel something. Faced with Liu Yun's obviously "off-topic" attitude, Cheng Daxiong secretly sneered in his heart.

"So, I'm here today. The child loved Jenny's sister-in-law's song and wanted to get an autograph, even better if it was a record. This will probably allow her to study with peace of mind, right? Liu Yun said, looking at Cheng Daxiong, the smile on his face did not decrease, but there were other colors in his eyes.

"Jenny, I seem to have left a few sets of your past albums in the bedroom, you choose one set for Minister Liu." Cheng Daxiong glanced at his wife, then stood up and made a gesture of invitation to Liu Yun, "It just so happens that I want to go to the study to talk to Minister Liu about something." ”

glanced at her husband's suddenly serious expression, and then looked at Liu Yun, although she didn't quite understand why the atmosphere suddenly became strange, Jenny still left with interest.

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In the study, the smile on Liu Yun's face was gone, so he sat quietly, while Cheng Daxiong in front of him was still drinking coffee slowly.

"Brother Cheng, I don't think I should come forward at this time. The stone is my brother, and today I see that he has even thrown away his work, and I am even more worried...... Actually, he's a victim, right? After looking at the clean and fresh room layout, Liu Yun resisted the urge to smoke, leaned forward slightly, and showed a frank face.

"You mean the huge check from the Beiyang Shipping Group?" Cheng Daxiong put down the coffee cup with a smile, looked into Liu Yun's eyes, and once again comprehended the skills of the famous "voyeur" in front of him, but he still remained calm on the surface, "However, what does this have to do with me?" ”

"Hey, although I'm doing national security work, some people say that I have a bad habit of peeping into other people's privacy, but over the years, who has seen me Liu Yun do anything embarrassing?" Liu Yun touched his nose and smiled, "Actually, even if I have the heart to inquire about other people's affairs, I don't have the courage to say it, let's just these people, can't we talk about everything behind closed doors?" ”

"Hehe, do you think I'm just a person who 'can't talk well'?" Cheng Daxiong stood up, pushed open the window, and took a deep breath in the night breeze, "Your Liu Yun's ability is very good, and this country relies on people like you to get to where it is now." In contrast, I seemed to have nothing to do, and I could only deal with music and dance, which could neither enrich the country nor secure the country. I finally became a member of the House of Representatives, and I had to learn how to intrigue with others before I could express my opinions correctly......"

"Actually, I'm quite envious of Brother Cheng, I have my own direction to pursue, I'm just chasing ducks to the shelves, and I'll try my best to do whatever Cheng dù can do." Liu Yun smiled self-deprecatingly, also stood up, looked at Cheng Daxiong's back and sighed slightly, "Brother Cheng, I won't go around in circles, what are we like in these people, we can roughly guess the outline after so many years of getting along." You continue to nurture artistic talent for this country, and I continue to look forward to everyone's family, and everyone does their part and is united. ”

"You're doing a terrible job as a lobbyist." Cheng Daxiong turned his head, the smile on his face was relaxed, "Unity? I want to avoid it too, but does this avoidance really make everyone feel that everything is worry-free? I guess the person in question would like to talk to me too, right? In that case, I'd like to know why they did that. ”

"I didn't intercede for them, I just felt that it was not worth it for this kind of thing, I know Brother Cheng, you are a principled person, but if you make everyone unhappy, it will really help things? You and I know exactly what the nature of this country is......" Liu Yun finished speaking, and then withdrew from the study.

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"Your Excellency, it has been arranged to protect Mr. Cheng's residence twenty-four hours a day." In the night, next to a black carriage with no markings, a civilian military officer in civilian clothes stood in front of the window and lowered his voice, "Do you need to send someone to disguise yourself as a gardener from a labor company to directly enter Mr. Cheng's house?" ”

"Well, you can do it, just don't disturb other people's normal lives." Flipping through the record with Jenny's autograph on the cover in his hand, Liu Yun sighed deeply, "In addition, no suspicious characters are allowed to get close to Mr. Cheng's family until the protection order is terminated." ”

"Yes, Your Excellency!" The internal military police stood upright and watched the carriage go away. (To be continued......)