Fang Lang never expected Marshall to say such a thing.

Although he never thought of keeping his actions in his hometown secret, as a retired American general, he knew about it, so it was too exaggerated.

And with the identity of the other party, Fang Lang didn't believe that he would say such a thing for no reason. Could it be that the purpose of the other party's coming over this time is because of this?

This is not what I expected.

However, Fang Lang quickly denied his conjecture, after all, in his current hometown, Lao Jiang is still in charge in name. The relationship between Lao Chiang and the U.S. government is quite good, and there is no reason to object to his immigration actions at this time!

Besides, his immigration actions should not have much to do with the United States! Could it be that the other party can still find trouble for himself, thinking of this, Fang Lang didn't think much about it anymore, and smiled at General Marshall:

"I can't imagine that Mr. Marshall would pay attention to such a trivial matter, hehe...... You don't need to help. I mainly watched the war in my hometown, where many innocent people were displaced.

And my industry in Brazil is in dire need of cheap labor, so I recruited workers to fill this vacancy in my hometown, which should be no problem! ”

Hearing Fang Lang's words, General Marshall waved his hand and hurriedly explained with a smile:

"Fang, don't get me wrong! I have no objection to your recruitment of workers from your hometown, on the contrary, I am very supportive. This has indeed found a new way out for those who have suffered so much from war.

As early as 1924, I was sent to work in Jinmen, and during the three years of working in Jinmen, I not only learned Chinese, but also made many friends.

Even if you were born in Brazil, you may not have spent as long as I have spent in your hometown, so it is not only your hometown, but also one of my hometowns.

As long as it is beneficial to your hometown, I will raise my hands to take it. ”

To say that General Marshall really regarded his hometown as his hometown, Fang Lang didn't believe it, after all, the other party was stationed in Jinmen as a concession garrison.

In their eyes, the Jinmenmei Concession at that time should be the same as the American colonies, which was a shame for all Chinese.

On the contrary, for the Americans, it is a very proud thing, to say that Marshall will have a sense of belonging to Jinmen because he once entered Jinmen as a concession garrison, and regard Jinmen as one of his hometowns, Fang Lang will not believe it.

But from his words, Fang Lang could also hear that the other party was looking for a common topic with him, obviously trying to show favor to himself.

In this case, of course, Fang Lang couldn't refuse the other party's overtures, and smiled as if he had never known Marshall's experience:

"Oh! Mr. Marshall has been stationed in his hometown for three years, no wonder you speak Chinese so well!

I'm ashamed to say that although I am Chinese, I have never lived in my hometown, and if I hadn't joined the Pacific War, I wouldn't even be able to figure out the specific location of my hometown.

It was also during the Pacific War that I learned a little about the situation in my hometown, and I began to wonder if I could make good use of such a huge population and resources in my hometown. That's why we started the business of recruiting laborers from our hometown.

At first, I didn't want to recruit so many people, but I didn't expect that the local manpower was so cheap that we could recruit a large number of strong workers at almost no cost.

Now the staff gap of our company in Brazil has actually been filled, but the hard-working, hard-working and hard-working character of the Chinese has also begun to be welcomed by some local Brazilian companies.

Therefore, our current labor dispatch business can create a lot of performance for the company every year.

Now that the war has broken out again, more and more people want to come to Brazil to work, and even many rich people have heard that our Brazil is sparsely populated and fertile, and they all want to immigrate to Brazil, so we have also started some immigration business. ”

No matter what Marshall's purpose was when he mentioned labor and immigration, Fang Lang still explained his purpose superficially, and whether the other party believed it or not, he had to explain these situations.

In fact, what Fang Lang said is basically close to the truth, although his purpose is to increase the proportion of the Chinese population in Brazil, but this business is indeed as he said, generating a certain amount of profit.

Especially the current immigration business, which has squeezed a lot of oil and water out of the rich people in his hometown, even if Marshall investigates, he will definitely not find anything abnormal.

After listening to Fang Lang's words, Marshall sighed softly, shook his head with a wry smile at Fang Lang and said:

"Alas! To say that this war broke out again, I am also partly responsible. ”

Fang Lang was stunned when he heard this, what is the situation? The war in my hometown, how can it be related to this old guy! I don't think I've heard of it in my own history!

Although I knew that there were Americans standing behind Lao Chiang, I didn't hear that the Americans were involved in this war! What's so hard about it?

"Oh! What do you mean by that? ”

Since General Marshall took the initiative to talk about it, Fang Lang did not continue to think, but asked directly.

Seeing Fang Lang's brows tightly knit and his puzzled expression, Marshall sighed, shook his head and said:

"It was also a coincidence that I was able to come to your party this time. If your meeting had taken place a few days earlier, I wouldn't have had a chance to attend. ”

Without waiting for Fang Lang to ask, General Marshall continued:

"Because I just came back from China. This time, I went to China because I was assigned by President Truman to mediate the relations between the two parties in China and prevent China from falling into war.

But apparently my mission failed, and China was once again plunged into war. ”

Hearing this, Fang Lang understood what was going on, but what he didn't expect was that the person in charge of mediation turned out to be Marshall, and he really didn't know this, after all, he asked people to collect Marshall's information only until he retired.

Unexpectedly, this guy was not idle after retiring, and he is still working for the United States. Fang Lang didn't care about the failure of the mediation, after all, with the old US standpoint, he would definitely give full support to the pro-American Chiang government.

The so-called mediation is better to give Lao Chiang a platform, and Lao Chiang will definitely start a war without hesitation with the support of the old platform of the United States.

Don't say that letting Marshall intervene, even if the dead Roosevelt himself intervenes, it won't do anything.

No wonder he said that he was partly responsible for the war in his hometown, so it really had something to do with him. But it would be wrong to blame him for everything.

Of course, these Fang Lang didn't care, because he knew very well what the inevitable outcome of history would be. But he certainly won't be stupid enough to say what he thinks, after all, his current identity makes him have to stand clearly on the side of the United States.

So, he sighed with pity and said:

"Alas! What a pity! Although the war has changed my business for the better, it is really sad to see my hometown fall into the war.

However, you can't be blamed for this, after all, you are only in charge of mediation, and you do not have the right to decide. I just hope that the war will end as soon as possible and that people's lives will return to peace as soon as possible. ”

In Fang Lang's heart, he didn't want to continue to talk about these gossips with Marshall, after all, the purpose of his banquet this time was to get more benefits in the European revival plan.

Today's main guests are the Rockefeller and Morgan families, and the invitation to Rockefeller to attend this banquet is to add some pressure to the ongoing negotiations with the Morgan family.

Although Marshall will be the leader of this plan in the future, he is not the future secretary of state now, and Fang Lang does not know whether he is involved in this plan now.

If he participates in it, then appearing here today must also have a certain purpose, which will bring some uncertainties to Fang Lang's banquet today.

In fact, Fang Lang hoped that Marshall had not yet participated in it, and if the other party learned about this plan through his own relationship, it would definitely be very beneficial to him.

You must know that this is the future US Secretary of State, and at the same time has unparalleled influence in the US military circles, if for his own reasons he has the opportunity to lead such a great project.

He owes himself a lot of favors, and when the time comes, it will be very convenient for him to do a lot of things, whether in the United States or in Brazil.

However, Fang Lang knew very well in his heart that he must have already known about this plan, otherwise how could the other party suddenly appear at his banquet uninvited?

Just when Fang Lang was still thinking about the other party's purpose, Marshall also sighed:

"Yes! I only hope that the war will end as soon as possible and people's lives will return to normal as soon as possible. ”

Hearing Marshall, a retired five-star admiral from the United States, discussing with himself, a Brazilian rear admiral, the hope that the war in countries far away in Asia would end soon, Fang Lang suddenly felt a little absurd.

Therefore, Fang Lang took the initiative to end the topic, and then the other party's words were tentative:

"So, Mr. Marshall's purpose here today is to let people after the war return to normal as soon as possible, right?"

This time, Marshall did not bypass the topic again, but looked at Fang Lang with an interested expression, and said with a smile:

"What! I can't be tired, come and relax with your drinking party. ”

Seeing the other party's expression, and without answering his own question, Fang Lang understood the other party's intention.

In this regard, he was not surprised, but at this time he relaxed, turned his head to his housekeeper and said:

"Help me get that box of Victory cigars, and I'm going to have a good talk with Mr. Marshall.

By the way, once you get the cigars, you go down! When the guests of the Rockefeller family and the Morgan family arrived, they were brought in directly. ”

Zolf Henry, as the butler, understood what Fang Lang meant, obviously, the topic they were going to discuss now was relatively secret, and it was definitely not suitable for him to listen to.

After all, he was just a servant who had been with his new master for less than a week.

It must be a very important thing to be able to get a retired five-star general in the United States to discuss with the Morgan family and the Rockefeller family.

If you don't get it right, it's a big event that may affect national politics. He must take it seriously and ensure that the talks are kept in absolute secrecy.

After understanding this, Zolf Henry quickly nodded respectfully, turned around and took out a box of cigars from the cabinet behind him, and put it on the low table in Fang Lang's hand.

whispered to Fang Lang:

"Then I'll wait outside the door first, and feel free to greet me if you need anything."

After seeing Fang Lang nodding, he raised his head and nodded to Marshall again before turning to leave.

Fang Lang casually opened the cigar box next to him, took out two and handed one to Marshall, before slowly speaking:

"So Mr. Marshall was invited by Mr. Morgan, right?"

"Huh....... Why did Mr. Fang say that? ”

After hearing Fang Lang's words, Marshall did not answer, but smiled and asked.

Needless to say? Those who can invite a big person like Marshall will obviously not be an ordinary person, and 90 percent of them can be excluded.

There are only Morgan and the Rockefeller family, and the people who entertained the Rockefeller family did not reveal their purpose, so the only person who knows must be the Morgan family.

Now that he knows that the other party is invited, and the person who invited him has not yet arrived, obviously, the other party will not talk too much to him at this time, so he has been talking about him left and right.

Fang Lang, who understood all this, smiled and said:

"Huh..... I guessed too! ”

Then, as if he had suddenly thought of something, he arched his hand at Marshall and said:

"Then I'll be here first, congratulations to Mr. Marshall!"

This turn obviously turned a little fast, and Marshall, who was about to hear him explain the reason, was obviously stunned for a moment, Fang Lang's gesture was familiar to her, but the other party's sudden congratulations on him made him stunned for a moment.

With a puzzled expression, he asked:

"Congratulations? Congratulations to me on what? ”

Fang Lang smiled and said:

"Of course, congratulations to Mr. Marshall on his upcoming promotion!"

These words made Marshall suddenly realize, and he smiled dumbly:

"Why does Mr. Fang think I can be promoted and make a fortune?"

Seeing that the other party was pretending to be stupid, Fang Lang didn't say much, just smiled at the other party with a look of everything under control:

"After the official implementation of the plan, please take care of Mr. Marshall!"

As soon as this sentence was said to have made everything clear, Marshall could only shake his head with a smile and say to Fang Lang:

"Mr. Fang, it really surprised me, no wonder you were able to achieve such a great achievement today in such a short period of time.

Before today, I thought it was all luck, but now it seems that I was too superficial. ”

Regarding Marshall's compliment, Fang Lang just smiled, didn't care, and bowed to Marshall:

"Mr. Marshall has won the prize, and I am indeed lucky. Unlike you, Mr. Marshall, you have gone through deep accumulation to have the current accumulation.

What you have achieved today is enough for me to look up to for the rest of my life! ”

The business blows between the two of them obviously, which makes both of them relax. Marshall no longer deliberately avoided Fang Lang's identity, but said to Fang Lang:

"I think Mr. Fang's ability, as the commander of an aircraft carrier battle group, is really a bit overkill. At the very least, he should be the Minister of the Navy! ”

These words made Fang Lang stunned, he would not believe that General Marshall's words were said casually, could it be that the other party wanted to compensate for his losses on the issue of grain exports by improving his status in the military circles.

If this is the case, Fang Lang will not be willing, to say that his current status is also hot in the Brazilian military circles, and he is a proper real power faction.