When night fell in Kunming City, Hu Shaofu was a little drowsy in a four-wheeled carriage. He had just returned from Guangzhou, and before arriving in Guangzhou, he went to the Shanghai market according to the arrangement of his father, Hu Jie, and went to the Japanese concession in Shanghai.

Although the Japanese occupied Shanghai, the movement of merchants and people was not hindered. Although we have to pass many passes, we can finally pass safely. I found a Japanese classmate in the concession, and then he introduced him to a Japanese businessman.

It's not that Hu Shaofu doesn't want to sell grain to the Chinese, but if he sells it to the government, he doesn't know how much filial piety he will be charged, so it is better to do business with Japan to save trouble. In addition, hardware for daily use, compared with European goods, is still cheaper in Japan.

Although the Japanese classmates and Japanese businessmen didn't say anything, they just didn't make any more impression on him except for a hint of annoying pride in their expressions.

The carriages run on the streets of Kunming City and the roads here are far worse than those in Shanghai. While Hu Shaofu was thinking about it, he saw a strange car overtaking his carriage in the whistle of "Didi".

"This car ......"

This is definitely not your average truck, it has no windshield and only a windshield with ventilation on all sides. The driver was amusefully wearing goggles and wrapping his head tightly with a scarf.

However, it has turning lights and headlights, and although you can't see the function of those lights, it is not difficult to figure out that it is about to turn when the left turn light is on. The two headlights at night are also very bright and conspicuous.

Other than that, there was no metal in the car at all. There is a black material of unknown material everywhere, which looks thick and bulky.

This is the urban car produced by Tang Group Kunming Industrial Park, which gives people the feeling that under a whole square board, four wheels are randomly installed, a hole is dug in the front, and a steering wheel is inserted so-so. Then I got a broken chair and put it in front, and I sat in the driver's seat and it was done.

But it can run, and it can run nearly 200 kilometers at the gas station outside Kunming, which is completely enough in the city. On top of that, such vehicles are extremely cheap and have little value other than the engine. And because the structure is extremely simple, there is no maintenance work in normal times.

Opening the carriage, Wu Shaofu stretched out his head and kept chasing the car, he found that he had never seen that kind of car, and he couldn't recognize which country produced the car.

Seeing that he could not see the concept, he closed the glass window of the carriage again, and retracted into his seat, thinking about his own behavior.

Alas, the troubles of the grain merchants in Kunming City have been relieved, but the name of the profiteer of my father can be regarded as solid. There is no need at all, because of the problem of face, ignoring the lives and deaths of tens of thousands of wounded soldiers.

It is unreasonable to give high-priced food to those who defend their homes and countries.

Until he entered the house, there were surprising figures in the living room of the house, and it seemed that something was happening, no wonder no one in the family went to the station to pick him up, only a coachman was dispatched.

Hu Shaofu, who was in a hurry, didn't care about anything else, and hurried to the living room to see his father and say goodbye. Before I could enter the hall, I heard my father's voice coming from inside the house.

"Hmph, my young man went to the Shanghai Concession far away...... No matter how long his paratrooper school's hand stretches, can it still reach the Japanese? Mr. Xu, you can rest assured that you can go home, I believe that the grain will be shipped in a few days, and it will not fall into the hands of your brothers. ”

Listening to his father's confident words, Hu Shaofu was really happy in his heart.

I used to only nest in Kunming, how did I know that the world was so big. Selling grain to the government costs a lot more, and people have to find a lot of faults. Don't look at the close relationship between the family and some government figures, in fact, everyone is just a partnership to make a fortune.

It is less important to sell grain to the Japanese early, and the price is fair. Then directly buy the daily hardware of the Japanese in the Shanghai concession, and then the ship will not return to empty, and it will kill two birds with one stone.

Hu Shaofu took two steps, and when he entered the hall, he saw that above the brightly lit hall, his father was chatting with Mr. Yu, the leader of the grain merchants in Kunming.

"Master Hu, I read in the newspaper that some people said that the price of food we sold to those wounded soldiers...... If Master Hu is put on his head in the name of sabotaging the anti-Japanese resistance......"

"Is it so easy to put it on the head and give people a crime? Besides, as long as the official does not speak out, what is the impact of the cash mentioned in the newspapers, is it because of this matter, who will not eat food? ”

What is the voice of the people, what is the voice of the newspaper. As long as the official is silent, who can take him, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, what can he do. There are officials of the public administration who walk around all the year round, and there is nothing to be afraid of.

Just as Hu Jie wanted to say a few more words, he looked up and saw Hu Shaofu coming in. Hu Jie put down the teacup in his hand,

"Shaofu, what have you seen and heard about this trip to the Shanghai Concession, since you went, your Uncle Yu has been running twice a day, for fear that our business will be affected."

Looking at his father and then at Uncle Yu, Hu Shaofu said,

"Father, Uncle Yu, this trip to the Shanghai Concession, fortunately my classmates introduced me to Mr. Pingming, the eldest man headed by the Japanese Concession, who said that all the businessmen in the entire Japanese Concession were headed by him, and he was also a director of the Ministry of Industry. According to him, grain, tung oil, silk can be exchanged for hardware, industrial products and medicines, and they can be ready to ship as long as we determine the name of the commodity category. Of course, our grain has to be shipped the same day. It's just that, as the telegram says, the price of food is lower than in our own country. ”

As soon as I heard that the grain accumulated in the store was sold so easily, although it was lower than the market price, it was easy to sell thousands of tons of grain, and it also caused a big problem in the hearts of the grain merchants.

After getting the accurate grain merchant Lao Yu, he soon said goodbye and left, and Hu Shaofu had the opportunity to ask his father,

"Father, I just saw a strange-looking car on the street, pulling a full load of goods and running fast."

When it came to the car, Hu Jie, who looked quite good just now, snorted coldly,

"Hmph, do you remember the castle we went to see before you went to the concession, and got up one day?"

The yellow, unknown material castle immediately appeared in front of Hu Shaofu's eyes, and he nodded.

"Alas, I regret it a little now, I was too tight on the land and the price of grain in the first place......"

After a pause, Hu Jie didn't speak for a while, he didn't know what he was thinking, and only said after a while,

"You said that he was a soldier, how could he know so much. Not only are the airships built, the avenues are paved quickly, and even dozens of cars are pouring out of the factories near the castle every day. ”

Hearing his father's inquiry, Hu Shaofu stopped his chopsticks and didn't know how to answer.

This time, he heard a lot of legends about Zhang Sixing in the Shanghai Concession, but he was not sure whether he should tell his father about those things, to be honest, he was afraid of scaring the old man.