Chapter 860: The Wine Banquet
On the first day of meeting, it is certainly impossible to say anything substantial. The two sides mostly exchanged pleasantries and talked about some trivial matters. Roosevelt asked about Ge Yuetan, an old man, and learned that the old guy was now presiding over Taoist anti-Japanese affairs in the Baiyun Temple in the imperial capital.
During this period, the two sides also talked about the current war in Europe. Roosevelt was personable, and the way he chatted with everyone and every detail was refreshing.
It was her first encounter with the American ruler, and Roosevelt always talked about everything with precision and humor. This made Mrs. Song feel extremely admired.
Roosevelt was also surprised, although he had already learned from the information that Madame Soong had joined the revolutionary movement at an early age. But when I really saw this lady, I couldn't help but be impressed by her demeanor.
The oriental elegance and sensitivity are so perfect in her. For today's meeting, Mrs. Song specially put on her favorite cheongsam.
Mrs. Song loved cheongsam. And her cheongsam is mostly plain and elegant in color, with simple patterns and decorations, but the workmanship is extremely sophisticated. Today, she is wearing a brocade long-sleeved cheongsam.
She wore a silk scarf draped over her shoulders, a silk scarf woven from the silk pressed in the Northeast. Originally, Mrs. Song didn't want to wear such an expensive silk scarf, but Tu Menghu told Mrs. Song: This is also a kind of advertising that can promote sales.
And after talking about the spokesperson of the later generations, the product trend and other matters, Mrs. Song reluctantly accepted this expensive silk scarf.
"In 1907, I was 14 years old. I came to study at the historic Wesleyan Women's College in Macon, Georgia. Mrs. Song smiled and said softly: "After six years of hard work. In 1913 I finally graduated from Wesleyan Women's College with a bachelor's degree. ”
"I've lived and studied in the U.S. for six years, and for me it's a second home away from my home country." Mrs. Song bowed and said softly: "I am full of infinite nostalgia for this hometown that once left good memories in the happy days of childhood. ”
"The moment I stepped off the plane, looking at the familiar streets and people, I felt like I had returned to my long-lost home and met my long-lost family. And all of this brings back some of my fondest memories of the United States. ”
For Mrs. Song's words, Roosevelt and Marshall and others were very happy. This lady is speaking with such sincerity, such sincerity. It made them very happy.
They know about the lady's experience in the United States and her influence in China. Undoubtedly. In both military and political circles, this lady won countless respects and admiration because of her revolutionary experience and her husband.
"Dear Madam...... No, I should probably call you Vice Chairman Song. Roosevelt smiled and said to Mrs. Song: "We have a long relationship between the United States and China, and I believe you also know that Mr. Yan Zhengqing, the vice president of your country, was the last group of young children to arrive in the United States in 1875. ”
"And you studied in the United States. We are in many fields including aviation, smelting, petrochemical ...... and other fields......
Roosevelt had a good memory, and at once he named a large number of cooperative institutions and enterprises between the two sides. At the same time, he can also list the cooperation projects between the two sides, specific investments and current conditions.
The two sides had a very happy conversation, and after chatting for more than two hours, the embassy of the coalition government in the United States took Mrs. Song, Pao Ye, and others out of the White House and sent them to their residences.
"Sugino and Kawahara have lost contact, I'm afraid that the bad luck will be ......," a middle-aged man in a suit with an oriental appearance in a suit said in a deep voice to Nomura Kichizaburo, a Japanese diplomat in the United States, and Saburo Raisu, who had come to mediate with the United States.
"There are also a large number of people with unknown purposes in the vicinity of the embassy, and although it is not clear how many of them there are, I am sure that it will be easy for them to kill anyone who tries to leave the embassy."
Nomura Kichizaburo and Kurisu Saburo interviewed, and finally Nomura Kichizaburo waved at the man. The man bowed slightly, then turned and left the office.
"The people of China have come to Washington, and the situation is more critical than we imagined!" After the man was gone. Laiqi Saburo couldn't wait to say: "Now our communication with Washington has proven to be ineffective. Then we should tell the base camp to prepare early......"
"The most serious problem is not this ......" Nomura Kichizaburo was silent for a while, and sighed helplessly: "The most serious thing is that the person we sent to observe disappeared quietly. What does this prove?! ”
"I don't believe Washington is going to be ignorant of this, but it's clear that they're trying to show that they don't know anything about it." After a pause, Kichizaburo Nomura said in a deep voice.
That is to say. This visit to Washington is likely to show its own position! And this position can be seen in their behavior - they are likely to support the government of China and the empire to go to war! ”
Tu Laohu, Mrs. Song and other envoys did not stay in other hotels, but in a hotel under the name of the Zhigong Hall near the White House.
Situ Meitang is now wealthy, and he has made a lot of money in the stock market twice under the advice of Tu Menghu before. Subsequently, the money was invested under Tu Menghu's suggestion.
Now these investments have taken root. It even increased the assets of the court by more than ten times. Situ Meitang, who has deep pockets, naturally also acquired some other properties that have been evaluated by Zhi Gongtang.
This is one of them. However, Situ Meitang knew better than anyone that he did not let the companies under Zhi Gongtang buy this place in the first place.
Instead, he transferred a good amount of corporate capital, and then acquired it. At least on the surface, this high-end hotel is controlled by a native American, but in fact, the ownership of this hotel is firmly in the hands of Zhi Gongtang.
About fifty percent of the enterprises under the name of Zhigongtang are like this. This avoids the attention that would be drawn because the power of the court was too great. At the same time, Situ Meitang also paid attention to his dealings with families including Morgan and Colt.
Plus the relationship between Szeto Meitang and Roosevelt. Now the Zhigong Court does not dare to say that it covers the sky with one hand, but it is only a matter of the palm of a few Japanese to disappear quietly.
Dinner is a wine banquet to eat at the White House, but this kind of hospitality is certainly impossible to eat full. The two sides also get to know each other, and at the same time test the bottom line with each other.
At the end of the banquet, Master Pao and Mrs. Song quietly went to the stronghold of the Zhigong Court.
"Hahaha...... Mrs. Song! It's been a long time since we've seen each other, and we didn't want to see you again, but you're already the vice chairman of the coalition government! The old man is very happy! Hahaha......"
In a manor house in the suburbs, they met Situ Meitang, whose hair was all white. The old man was in good spirits and had a loud voice.
"Three artillery, you said that you killed the North China Front?! Terrible! It's a pity that you didn't send the old man a general's saber. Otherwise, the old man will definitely give you the treasured old wine! Hahaha......"
The happiest thing about Situ Meitang every day now is listening to the radio about the Anti-Japanese War. Originally, he listened to it with great concern. But the recent news has been good.
For a while, the Wehrmacht withstood the attack of the Japanese-Chinese Central Front in Zhengzhou, Henan, and at the same time, the North China Front was tragically annihilated by the commander Terauchi Shouichi who committed suicide by disembowelment.
"That bullshit knife has been found, bring it to you next time." Pao Ye laughed, and said to Situ Meitang: "It's not easy to ask for a saber?!" Take care of yourself. When the three artillery pieces are killed in Japan, you will be given a marshal's saber when you drink the horse in Tokyo Bay! ”
Pao Ye's words once again made Situ Meitang burst into laughter like a cannon battle, but he saw the old man and said, "Okay! My old man will work hard, waiting for you to bring back the marshal's saber to the old man with three cannons! Hahaha......"
While talking, several people entered the house of the manor. In the large dining room, exquisite Shanghainese cuisine and rough and heavy Northeast cuisine have already been prepared.
"Those meals at the White House are not for eating, my old man specially prepared these for you!" The old man smiled slyly: "Come on, come on...... You're welcome! Eat! ”
After welcoming a few people in, there was no one else in the big room. They all knew that the three of them must have something important to discuss, so everyone retreated outside the house to stand on guard.
Mrs. Song smiled reservedly and sat down in her chair. She really didn't have enough to eat, and there were too many people who came to her at the banquet to test her attitude.
These people include a part of the capital merchants. Some of the congressmen even have people from the U.S. ** team.
She needed to deal with these people with grace and care. A small piece of information may cause a storm when it is delivered. She now represents the coalition government and the Wehrmacht that has lost its armor from the Japanese army that has been fighting in the land of North China.
Seeing these people testing their attitudes, Mrs. Song suddenly felt an inexplicable pride in her heart! Once upon a time, whites also needed to pay attention to the attitude of the Chinese?!
In the past, they could have stationed troops in China at will. They can trespass, kill and even rob at will in China. They will not face any punishment.
They are so unscrupulous that they can even sell out China's national interests at will. China, on the other hand, is powerless to resist this enforced hegemony.
But now it's different, when she goes abroad, what she sees is that China is gradually standing up. In the Soviet Union, she met Trotsky, the current supreme leader of the Soviet Union. Met Stalin, who had great power.
They are all observing their attitudes. They are all trying to learn from themselves about China's attitude. And when she came to the United States, Mrs. Song saw the same situation.
She knows that this is because the coalition government is no longer the country that has been defeated repeatedly. This is because hundreds of thousands of people who are lying in the martyrs' cemetery, who have lost their hands and feet, are working silently on the land of Northeast China, and the dignity that the soldiers of the National Defense Forces have earned for this country with their blood!
We are no longer the weak country that is bullied......
"My old man has been thinking about it for half his life, and he has been looking forward to it for half his life. I was thinking about one thing: when will our thousand-year-old country, this thousand-year-old nation, stand up?! ”
When the wine was drunk, Situ Meitang was a little excited. Looking at Sanpao and Mrs. Song, he said emotionally.
"We, the overseas Chinese, actually have the deepest feelings for the country...... Situ Meitang's eyes were a little red, and he said in a deep voice to the three guns: "Even if you speak English, even if you change into a suit." We are still Chinese in our bones. This will not change at any time......"
"The country is strong. Only those of us overseas wanderers can live with dignity. When the country is strong, we children who have left home can live a personal life......"
Situ Meitang's face was grim, but his eyes were red: "What are these white people talking about freedom and equality, then what is the damn "Chinese Exclusion Act"?!" ”
"When they bought us as 'piglets' to help them build the railroad, they used all kinds of methods and tricks. When they finished building the railroad and thought we were useless, they started cleaning us up! ”
"They said we were immoral, they thought we were stealing their jobs, they said we were inferior, ignorant, unhygienic, impolite, they said we should be kicked out! These white-skinned pigs, they don't mention that every stretch of the railroad sleepers across the United States weighs on our Chinese flesh and blood and lives! ”
Situ Meitang's eyes were red, and he thought of what those Americans called Chinese when he first came to the United States - "dog", which literally translates to: the opportunity of dogs. It means that there is no chance at all.
This is where the American proverb "China Man" comes from, which simply means that the hope of success is as slim as the Chinese are.
"The old man lived to be seventy years old, and was looked down upon by white people for most of his life. In the past few years, it has been the most dignified day for my old man to live......" Situ Meitang's eyes lit up, and he said in a deep voice to Sanpao and Mrs. Song: "The old man now has the opportunity to enter the White House. No one dared to point a finger at the old man's complexion. ”
"These white people know that I have given them the opportunity to work in the court and the three eastern provinces. Offended us, they didn't even have a job. After a pause, the old man grinned: "My favorite thing to do, old man, is to give something to those poor white people." Seeing their gratitude to Dade, my old man was very satisfied. ”
"Now walking on the street, as long as we say that we are Chinese, no one will discriminate against us." In the past few years, we have provided them with more than 150,000 jobs and fed a large number of Americans. They know that they can't look down on us anymore! ”
Situ Meitang said. Turning to the two of them, he said, "So to speak. The first thing the old man does when he wakes up every day is to ask himself: Am I dreaming?! My old man...... Do you really see that our Chinese nation has stood up......
Situ Meitang was drunk, and this was the first time he confided in front of people these words buried in his heart. In the hall, he is a big guy and a master. He can't show the slightest fatigue and emotion, what he needs is to stabilize the entire Zhigong court.
He is the backbone of the entire Zhigong Hall. He can't break or get tired.
Only when Sanpao and Mrs. Song came, these two high-level people from China were able to make the old man open his heart and say these words buried in his heart.
The three guns walked out of the door and asked the people in the hall to help the old man down to rest.
"Now I suddenly feel that my military son seems to be doing something very remarkable." After watching the old man being helped out. Sangun poured himself a glass of wine.
At the same time, he smiled and asked Huo Diange, the captain of the mountain guard dog who came in, to sit down with him and drink with him. Mrs. Song was also tired, so she left the banquet after the old man left, and rested under the guidance of the housekeeper.
"Meng Ben is already doing something amazing." Huo Diange smiled and didn't drink. He never drinks while on duty, that's his principle.
"I've never doubted that. In my opinion, the commander-in-chief will definitely be able to drive out the Japanese in the future, so that our country and the nation can really stand up. ”
Saying that, Huo Diange paused and said very solemnly: "It is precisely because Meng Ben and the National Defense Army have always fought for the country, and I Huo Diange Gan is the wing!" ”
San Pao smiled, and did not force Huo Diange to drink. After pouring himself a drink, he said, "Have you seen those four cubs?!" What do you think?! ”
"The ability is not bad, but the means are a little more temperamental." Huo Diange shook his head and sighed: "After all, there is no military training, and it is still a little childish. However, if a few cubs are trained well, they will be good at this business. ”
"Do you want me to talk to the old man about someone?!" The three guns smiled at Huo Diange, and the latter shook his head.
"I don't think these cubs are very determined. People who practice martial arts, the eldest of heaven and the second of them. It's normal to be unconvinced, and I will subdue them when I find an opportunity. When the time comes, they themselves will come. ”
Huo Diange didn't know the strong smell of gunpowder between the few men outside the door and the mountain guards who were guarding the light and dark. Elite, naturally has elite arrogance.
The Guardian Dogs are the elite troops of the Wehrmacht that can compete with the crows, and if it weren't for the assassination of the Japanese army, these people would definitely be thrown into the battlefield like crows.
Every mountain guard dog is a veteran who has experienced countless lives and deaths. There are 180 human lives in hand, to say the least. Some were even crows before, carrying out various assassination, sleeping, and sneak attack missions.
And since these men from the Zhigong Court can be selected, they are naturally not fuel-efficient lamps. America was not safe at this time, with shootings, gangsters, moonshine, and Chicago typewriters...... And so on, these constitute the status quo in the United States.
If you are not ruthless, it is basically difficult to gain a foothold in this chaotic region. These men who went to the court fought bloodily for the interests of the court and the Chinese.
Secretly did some of the opponent's things, and they never did less. When the elites of the two sides get together, they will naturally have a faint opposition to each other. They all want to prove that they are the strongest.
ps: I came back from a walk with my wife, and the code word was late...... I'm sorry......