"What?" Hearing Chen Liewen's words, Huang Ke didn't fully react for a while. But looking at his hurried appearance, you can know that this matter should not be wrong.

Chen Liewen suppressed his excitement for a moment, and he said in a calm tone as much as possible: "Just now the embassy in the United States called and said that the eldest lady has negotiated with the Americans, and he has found a transport ship in the United States, and they have promised to undertake the transportation of goods from China, and said that the contract can be signed soon. ”

"Great!" Huang Ke nodded, very excited in his heart, but still maintained a calm posture on the surface: "Send a telegram to the embassy in the United States, and I want to talk to Hu Shi directly." ”

"Okay, I'll arrange it." Chen Liewen was just about to go out to arrange power generation, when the red line phone in front of Huang Ke's desk rang.

Huang Ke took the phone, and the operator asked politely: "Mr. Minister, there is a call from the Fenglin Road Mansion, saying that there is an urgent matter, do you think you need to pick it up?" ”

Fenglin Road Mansion refers to the location of Huang Ke's home, at this time, only his wife Zhao Xiaowan is at home, she usually does not call to the office, since it is said to be an urgent matter, it seems that there should be something.

"Take it in." Huang Ke said.

"Yes!" The operator immediately plugged in the phone. After a while, the phone was connected.

"Father, I am Zhengzhong." Huang Zhengzhong's voice came from the phone.

"What's the matter?" Huang Ke asked.

Huang Zhengzhong said: "Miss Su Hui has returned from the United States. She has something to report to you about sea transportation, do you think it's okay to let her go to the Ministry of Defense now? ”

Su Hui? Huang Ke thought of this girl, and heard Huang Ying say that when the Lend-Lease Act had not been officially implemented some time ago, she and Huang Ying worked together to do so. Just said that Huang Ying solved the transportation problem, and it seems that she should also be involved.

"No need, you let her wait at home, and I'll talk to her later." Huang Ke thought about it and decided to go home in person, which made him more polite and smaller.

"Okay, then I'll let her wait at home." After Huang Zhengzhong finished speaking, he hung up the phone.

After ending the call, Huang Ke said to Chen Liewen: "Arrange a vehicle, I'll go home." Are there any important arrangements for this time in the middle of the day? ”

Chen Liewen reported some arrangements after noon, and Huang Ke said after hearing this: "Delay it later, and deal with it when I come back." ”

At noon, when she returned home, Su Hui and Zhao Xiaowan were busy with the noon meal, and it seemed that she was like a little girl who came to Huang Ke's house as a guest, without the slightest sense of seriousness.

After Huang Ke returned home, Su Hui took off his apron and walked out to say hello to him.

Huang Ke smiled: "I've heard of you for a long time." I didn't expect you to be a good hand in the kitchen, if this stinky boy marries you, then he will be 'sinned'. ”

Zhao Xiaowan walked over and said: "Talking nonsense, people are so good, marrying her is simply picking up a treasure, why do you still suffer?" ”

Huang Ke spread his hands and said: "It is precisely because he is so good, if anyone marries someone who is not comparable in all aspects, don't you say that is not 'sinful'?" ”

This remark of first derogatory and then exaltation amused everyone in the room.

After hearing this, Su Hui also said playfully: "I saw in the newspaper and on the radio that the chairman of the committee has always been so serious, but I didn't expect it to be so funny in private." This is much better than Zhengzhong. ”

"Really? That's when Jeong-chung sees you nervous. Huang Ke followed. After speaking, he deliberately turned his gaze to Huang Zhengzhong, only to see that Zhengzhong was having silly fun.

After a humorous chat, the atmosphere came alive. Huang Ke invited Su Hui to sit in the living room, and everyone in the family knew that they were going to talk about business, so they all consciously went to the kitchen to work.

Su Hui handed a prepared document to Huang Kedao: "Mr. Chairman, this is a summary of the letters written by my father and the information of the ships we can provide. ”

"Oh?" Huang Ke took it: "Your father is in the shipping business?" ”

Su Hui said with a smile: "My father has a lot of business, and he has only been operating some shipping recently. Of course, ours these are insignificant. The most important thing is that Sister Huang Ying helped solve it. ”

Su Hui introduced it Kankan, it turned out that after Hu Shi informed Huang Ying of the additional conditions of the lease bill, Huang Ying and Su Hui also began to be busy with this matter.

The Americans demanded that their own country provide ships for the transport of goods. Huang Ying knew the situation in China, and it was impossible to take out a cargo ship to transport it. At first, she thought of continuing to seek help from the Corleone family, who now owned a third of the large sea vessels.

But Su Hui reminded her that the ships under the Corleone family are also American ships, and if they use their ships for transportation, will there be any difficulties they will encounter?

Huang Ying couldn't help but feel embarrassed, there was only one way to do it at the moment, but she didn't expect it to be blocked.

A few days later, Huang Ying, who was very concerned about the matter, learned that there was no way to make up the corresponding number of ships in China, and the transportation capacity greatly restricted the transportation of materials.

In desperation, Huang Ying had no choice but to treat Sima as a live horse doctor and went to the old godfather Corleone for help to see if he could introduce the freight boss he knew in other countries.

Unexpectedly, Corleone laughed when he heard this, and he said to Huang Ying: "Child, the old man has a lot of ships, why don't you use mine?" Do you have any problem with me, an old man? ”

Huang Ying sighed and said, "Godfather, of course I am very happy to use your ship, but the regulations issued by your government restrict this, otherwise I wouldn't have to worry about this matter." ”

Corleone laughed, "Kid, the old man's ships are not only in the United States, but all over the world. Of course, many ships are registered in their home country for convenience. Like Panama, the Philippines...... I will have quite a few boats registered in these places. ”

Huang Ying was naturally quite surprised after hearing this, but she didn't expect the bottleneck problem to be solved in this way.

Before Huang Ying could tell Su Hui about it, Su Hui also told her that she had also solved part of the transportation problem.

It turned out that Su Hui's father, Su Zirong, immediately began to lease some ships from the Philippines after learning about this from Su Hui, preparing to undertake transportation from China to the United States.

Of course, he has a lot of selfishness in doing this, first of all, he knows Huang Zhengzhong's family background and understands the long-term benefits that this matter will bring him; Secondly, he knows that these transactions are all safe and profitable, and it is not an exaggeration to start from the perspective of economic benefits.

In this way, a huge transport fleet was formed, mainly with the seaborne ships of the Corleone family, supplemented by Su Zirong and other Chinese ships.

The problem of how many days had been solved at once, Huang Ke felt a lot easier. He said with a smile: "Open the bottle bar at noon, Su Hui and Zhengzhong you also drink a little, this is a good wine that I have treasured for many years." ”

Zhao Xiaowan took out the wine and said with a smile: "The commander is in a good mood today, I haven't seen him smile for a long time." ”

Huang Ke picked up the wine glass and smiled: "Really? Laugh a lot after that. Here, cheers, everybody. ”

……

"Cheers!" At this time, in the southwest of the motherland, a simple and rough banquet was also underway.

Tens of thousands of officers and men of the First Group Army, which is known as the elite of the army, have changed their defenses from the northeast of the motherland to the southwestern border, nominally changing their guards, but in fact they have withdrawn to the rear for rest and recuperation, and by the way, they have begun to receive the latest American-style equipment.

After a week-long transfer, the main force of the First Group Army was basically transferred to various parts of Yunnan for garrison.

Today is the first day that the headquarters has moved here, and the units have held a dinner party to celebrate. For soldiers who have been fighting abroad for a long time, there is nothing more satisfying than a meal of good wine and meat.

Xue Boling, commander of the group army, had led the troops for many years, so he naturally knew the thoughts of the officers and men, so after arriving in Yunnan, he announced that the first meeting would be changed to a dinner, and that except for the officers and soldiers on duty, everyone else could drink a small amount of wine.

Wine and meat are a good medicine to relieve fatigue, and after this order was issued, the officers and men swept away the fatigue of the multi-day journey, and the barracks were filled with a joyful atmosphere.

The cooks in white aprons began to chop meat and stir-fry vegetables lively, and the barracks were not yet fully put into use.

After a busy morning, the officers and men had to pack up their meals. Set up the table, set up the bench, and pour the fine wine of the Yunnan-Guizhou region, which makes people drool when they look at it.

Xue Boling didn't go to eat Xiaozao, he discussed with the commanders of the group army headquarters, each of them went to a troop station, and more than a dozen people happened to be scattered, and they were lively and lively with the officers and soldiers.

Xue Boling himself came to the station of a mechanized infantry regiment. This mechanized infantry regiment is a reinforced regiment, with four mechanized infantry battalions, plus an artillery battalion and a tank company, and a full combat force of 5,000 men, which is equivalent to half a division in peacetime.

With a large number of personnel and good equipment, combat capability is naturally not simple. On the battlefield in the northeast, this regiment was once surrounded by an infantry wing of the Japanese army, and this Japanese wing was not simple, it was the main wing under the first division regiment, it was well equipped, had strong combat effectiveness, and the officers and men were not tall but very stocky.

After meeting on the battlefield, the two sides began to attack each other before they could figure out the bottom of the other at first.

The two sides fought for several days and nights, and in the end, the mechanized infantry regiment suffered more than half of the casualties, but still defeated the other side, because the Japanese wing was almost reimbursed, and if they did not withdraw from the battle, they were afraid that the whole army would be annihilated.

After Xue Boling arrived at the regiment today, the officers and men lined up to welcome him, and the swarthy and sturdy young men shouted their trumpets to the earth.

At the beginning of the banquet, Xue Boling didn't say much nonsense, he picked up the sea bowl in front of him and shouted loudly to the officers and soldiers on the school ground: "! ”

"!" The officers and soldiers shouted loudly.

After a bowl of wine, at the command of the commander, they began to move their chopsticks.

The meals are so lively, and they are really vigorous. Looking at these people, Xue Boling was actually a little uncomfortable, who knew how many of them would be left in a month?