The sun is rising, the morning breeze is refreshing, and the golden rice ears on both sides of the Qiantang River are swaying with the wind.

On the top deck, Zhong Changqing, the boss of the one-armed boat, and his two men lay on the temporarily erected tabletop, engrossed in watching the structure of the small inland river transport ship drawn by Wu Ming with a fountain pen, and discussed in surprise from time to time, feeling very shocked and novel.

After Wu Ming finished painting, he began to explain the reasons for this design one by one, humbly explaining that this was what he saw from a foreign magazine, and it had to be recalculated by professionals.

Zhong Changqing couldn't help but ask: "Brother, according to this drawing and your original request, why do I think this ship looks like a small armed transport ship?" ”

The other two chimed in, with one of them saying, "I'm afraid the armed transports are not as good as this one." ”

Wu Ming really wanted to say that this is what Lao Tzu wanted, but he still didn't dare to say it, he just humbly asked for everyone's opinions, okay? The three of them discussed it, and finally felt that it was feasible, that is, the money invested was probably thirty percent more than that of ordinary transport ships.

Wu Ming was overjoyed, and even said that money is not a problem, since all the old brothers are experts, and there is a way to customize in Hangzhou Qianjiang Shipyard, the diesel engine and ship steel plate imported from the United States are the same, only 22,000 yuan, the price is nearly a quarter lower than the public quotation in Shanghai, why do I have to be cheeky to trouble a few old brothers to help customize two.

The three of them were very righteous, and they admired Wu Ming's righteous act of saving the old chief's family, so they promised it very enthusiastically, and told Wu Ming not to worry, although the Hangzhou Qianjiang Shipyard is not big, but all the masters came back from the Jiangnan Shipyard before, and the several new engines and river ferries built are by no means worse than the ships built by the shipyard opened by the Shanghai Ocean people, and the engine units and steel used by everyone are the same, all of which are ordered from the United States or Europe, and the price is very real.

Wu Ming expressed his deep gratitude, and then discussed the details of the payment with everyone, etc., and Fang Youchun also participated in the discussion with the back, and discussed for more than half an hour before dispersing.

At another small table not far away, Sister-in-law Fang and Fang Zhichun sat on a rattan chair and whispered.

"It's hard to imagine that such a serious person as my brother would talk to that cunning fellow like this."

Fang Zhichun hugged the little baby, looked at the eldest brother and Wu Ming who were talking in a low voice from a distance not far away, and couldn't figure out how the two would have a temper, and they started talking early after dawn, and now a group of people finally dispersed, and the two of them still got together and talked non-stop.

Sister-in-law Fang hugged her naughty son, approached Fang Zhichun, and laughed in a low voice: "Your brother's seriousness also depends on who is right...... As for Xiao Wu, I think you haven't fully understood him, in the days when he was trapped in the bandits' den, he didn't talk much, he was very serious, and he was with those fierce bandits, neither humble nor arrogant, calm and unhurried, but he was very polite to me and my parents, and would rather be hungry for a day, and also give me and the two elders the food that the bandits treated him preferentially, which moved us...... Every time my mother cried while eating, and prayed for him after eating, alas! If you think about what he has done in the past two days, and his attitude towards us, where can such a kind person be cunning? I rarely see him laugh, and that's similar to your brother. ”

Fang Zhichun fell silent, staring at Wu Ming's back without blinking, as if he wanted to see through him.

"Girl, do you like him?" Sister-in-law Fang asked playfully.

"Nonsense! This kind of prodigal son, who will like him? Joke! Fang Zhichun blushed, and when he saw that his sister-in-law's eyes were wrong, he pinched his sister-in-law angrily.

Sister-in-law Fang covered her mouth and smiled: "If you like it, you like it, and I didn't let you marry him, what's the hurry?" But then again, you are not too young, you used to graduate from high school and didn't want to go on a blind date, you want to go to Hangzhou to go to college, your parents can't resist you, you can only do as you like, but after a few years of college, you are almost twenty-one years old, how can you delay it again? Women age fast...... Besides, you are a piece of your parents' heart, your brother has finally come out, and my parents will probably worry about your marriage when you go down. ”

"Sister-in-law, I don't want to marry yet, if I really want to marry, it must be what I like, otherwise I would rather be single for the rest of my life." Although Fang Zhichun's voice was low, he could hear the stubbornness and firmness in his words.

Sister-in-law Fang shook her head helplessly, she and her husband both loved this smart sister and did not want her to be wronged, especially the marriage events that affected her life, everything was chosen by herself, and for this reason, she often enlightened the anxious old people at home.

Fang Zhichun seemed to have forgotten what he said just now, and looked at Wu Ming's back blankly: "Sister-in-law, what do you say my brother talked about with that guy?" Uh-hhh ”

"Really? I'll take a look at ......"

Wu Ming was really excited, he didn't expect Fang Youchun to be so thin-skinned, so desperate for face, and he couldn't use it with deep connections, so he couldn't help but sigh in a low voice:

"Brother Fang, since General Jiang Dingwen, known as 'General Fei', was your tactical instructor when you entered the Zhejiang Lecture Martial Arts Hall, and General Lin Wei was your last one-year probationary bishop, both of them are now celebrities in front of Commander-in-Chief Jiang, why don't you ask them for help? Is face more important than a family being frightened and washing their faces with tears? ”

Fang Youchun's flushed face turned even redder, turned to Wu Ming, shook his head and sighed: "I'm worried that they won't remember who I am, we have a total of eighty-six people in this issue, I am not top-notch, ordinary, and my personality is not very cheerful, how dare I expect them to remember me?" What's more, they haven't been in touch for ten years, and they have never met during this period, so how can I ask for help? ”

"I really don't know what to say about you."

Wu Ming was very helpless about this guy who wanted to save face: "Such an unjust, false and wrongful case, if you have the conditions, you have to go to the court, and if you don't have the conditions, how do you know that you can't do it if you don't work hard?" By the way, when you go to Hangzhou this time, don't you plan to find these two old instructors to help you overturn the case? I read in the newspaper that General Jiang Dingwen just led two divisions into Jiangxi last month, which is more beautiful than during the Northern Expedition and the Central Plains War in previous years, and General Lin Wei was the director of the Second Department of the General Staff Headquarters the year before last, and now he is a senior staff member who is inseparable from Commander-in-Chief Chiang. ”

Fang Youchun was silent for a moment, and sighed helplessly: "I also know this news, although I am not free in prison, but those petty officials and soldiers are not bad to me, I can read the newspaper almost every day, and I basically understand the big things that happen outside, but now there are internal and external troubles, the central government has been in turmoil, the local warlords wantonly divide the territory, and the position of commander-in-chief Jiang is unstable, so he has to fly to Nanchang to avoid the party's dumping on the grounds of personally commanding and suppressing the Communist Party, Sun Ke and others went to Guangzhou to reorganize the central government and work against Nanjing, Zhejiang's military and political circles are also chickens and dogs, and at this time, I'm afraid no one will pay attention to me, a local miscellaneous military officer who has just been released from prison. ”

"I don't see it that way, but I think it's a rare opportunity." Wu Ming has his own opinions.

"I also know that there is a chance, otherwise I wouldn't have returned home, so I rushed to Hangzhou to avenge my grievances, but there are many difficulties! Once a son of heaven and a courtier, a few people who were familiar with me before, but now I am afraid that I can't even protect myself, how can I come forward to help me? Fang Youchun thought more and deeper.

Wu Ming immediately found that he was too tender, and as an outsider, how could Fang Youchun know the affairs of this province so well, not to mention that Fang Youchun had been in the army for nineteen years, and he had come from the rain of bullets several times, and he was a hundred times stronger than himself in terms of experience and experience, so what qualifications did he have to blame him?

Thinking of this, Wu Ming apologized embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, Brother Fang, maybe I thought too simply." ”

Fang Youchun grinned: "You're right, I lack the aggressiveness in you now, it's not a good thing for people to worry too much, and they don't necessarily have much maturity." Little brother, I like your temperament, right is right, wrong is wrong, frank and unrestrained, it is my luck to be able to make a brother like you! ”

"Stop, stop! I can't stand this habit of people in your time, and I'm very uncomfortable. Wu Ming waved his hand again and again.

"Huh!?"

Fang Youchun asked in surprise: "Our era? Aren't you also in our time? Is it just because you're in a different environment? ”

Wu Ming regretted it as soon as he said it, so he could only smile awkwardly, and when he saw the two women looking at him, he immediately put away his smile and suggested: "Brother Fang, we've been talking long enough, I think you should accompany your sister-in-law more." ”

"Okay, I'll go over and talk to her, alas! For me to hold a big belly for thousands of miles, day and night frightened, I was not even by her side after giving birth, I am sorry for her! ”

Fang Youchun strode towards his wife, Wu Ming beckoned to Xiao Xin, the little guy immediately ran over excitedly, Wu Ming lifted him up and turned around twice, scared the little guy and screamed.

Lu Kuiyuan and Lei Peng were still lying on the railing and looking around, pointing and pointing, as if they couldn't get enough of the scenery along the Qiantang River.