Chapter 1: Cousin
July 3, 1936.
A passenger ship was moving forward on the sea, facing the port pier that could already be seen, and the people who had been drifting on the sea for a month could not help but cheer.
It's just that most of the cheers are American English with various accents, and only a few of them belong to the Chinese people.
In front of the guardrail of the aisle on the left side of the passenger ship, two white men stood beside the ship with a young Chinese in their arms.
Gazing at the port that was getting closer and closer, one of the white men asked:
"Dear Zhang, can we really expand our assets tenfold here?"
The young Chinese man smiled, looked at the city in the distance, and said, "I have said that this number is a bit low, it may be twenty times, it may be fifty times, or...... A hundredfold! ”
The white man was dumbfounded, and then quickly calculated.
He came to the far east with twenty thousand dollars, if it was a hundredfold increase, it would be ...... 2,000,000 US dollars!
2,000,000 US dollars!
Is this what Zhang often says?
The young man named York looked at Zhang Anping deeply.
He was sure that it was not a pie to draw.
Because he knows that Zhang is a magical wealth magician.
Four years ago, he was a construction worker struggling to make ends meet, because the government had a job on cash-for-work.
But now, because he sold half of the shares he held in the supermarket, he has become a huge rich man with a huge sum of 20,000 dollars and a share worth 20,000 US dollars!
And more than a month ago, Zhang told them to follow me to the mysterious China, and after fifteen years, I promise to make the 20,000 US dollars in your hands tenfold!
"I regret it, I should have sold all my shares like you!" York said regretfully.
"Yes, I regret it too—Zhang, you should have told us earlier that it might be a hundredfold, so that I would have sold all my shares." Another white young man named Bianchi also regretted it.
Zhang Anping looked at the two companions with a smile and said indifferently: "Have you forgotten what I once said: never put your eggs in one basket!" ”
"Follow me, you will have a ninety percent chance of multiplying the cash in your hands dozens of times, but there is still a one percent chance of being lost - and those shares will become a guarantee for you to have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life!"
Bianchi shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands: "Zhang, we always can't talk about you." ”
"My dear friend, if you can speak to me, then prove me wrong—well, the pearl of the Far East is about to arrive, and from now on, remember what I said before, you and I are strangers, understand?"
“OK! So we're leaving now? ”
"Yes, leave now - remember what I said, and when you get off the ship, go to the Ministry of Works, register your trading company, and the personnel you need will arrive with you when the next ship comes, and please express my heartfelt thanks to them on my behalf."
“OK!”
The two young white men left with their shoulders hooked up, looking at the backs of the two, Zhang Anping shook his head slightly.
I hope they can always remember that the reason why they are rich is because I, Zhang Anping, took them.
Zhang Anping restrained his mind and stared at the big Shanghai that was getting closer and closer.
On September 18, 1931, a day that could not be forgotten by the Chinese, he traveled through time, and his soul replaced his predecessor as a 15-year-old boy named Zhang Anping.
In September 1932, he left his homeland for the United States.
Today, four years later, one year before the outbreak of the all-out war of resistance, he returned with the wealth he had gained from four years of hard work in the United States.
Staring at the city getting closer and closer, Zhang Anping, who was expressionless, suddenly laughed and whispered:
"My dearest cousin, are you happy that your nephew is back?"
His cousin's face couldn't help but come to mind:
Thick eyebrows and big eyes, especially those bright eyes.
By the way, my cousin is ...... now He should be the director of his second division in the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, right?
The passenger ship finally docked, and a passenger who had traveled for more than a month stepped on the solid ground with curiosity, solemnity, apprehension, or excitement.
Zhang Anping pushed the suitcase that earned him the first pot of gold, and greedily breathed the air that belonged to the motherland.
Four years ago, when he left, the smoke of the 128 Songhu War of Resistance had not yet dissipated, and when he came back four years later, there was only one year left for the smoke of the August 13 Shanghai Battle!
[Mother of many calamities......
Zhang Anping's gaze became resolute.
The years of suffering are coming, and the chapter of disaster for the Chinese nation is about to begin.
As a Chinese who has crossed over, he will experience and participate in this chapter of disaster!
Drip, drip, drip
The sound of a car came from the dock, and Zhang Anping followed the sound and saw the military vehicle still honking.
Through the car window, he saw a familiar face.
Thick eyebrows and big eyes, although he wears ink-colored glasses, he can still feel the seriousness in his eyes.
"Cousin!"
Zhang Anping immediately changed his face to joy, pulled the box and trotted to the car.
"Get in the car."
The cousin glanced at Zhang Anping, who had changed a lot, and said indifferently.
Zhang Anping glanced at the driver.
Sure enough, it's Lao Zheng!
It's okay to mix, it's only been a few years, and I'm a part-time driver for my cousin.
He got into the car quietly, and said with a happy face: "Cousin, I really didn't expect you to come out to pick me up in your busy schedule!" ”
The cousin held back his joy and pretended to be angry: "Hmph! I've been buried by your mom for four whole years! I sent you to the ship four years ago, and in any case, after four years I said that I would have to get you back from the ship! ”
"Haha, cousin, you and my mother are the tip of the needle, don't pull me - cousin, this is for you, American pilots wear this, it's much more fashionable than your glasses." As he spoke, Zhang Anping took out a delicate box, opened it and took out the delicate glasses, and took the initiative to take off his cousin's glasses and bring them for him.
This is Zhang Anping's "invention", which became the standard for American pilots after being sold to Bausch & Lomb, and earned enough American knives for Bausch & Lomb after it was opened to civilian use.
Well, Zhang Anshi is a porter who carries other people's things to others in advance and makes a little money......
My cousin liked the glasses very much, but he didn't show them, but asked lightly: "In the letter, you never said where you studied or what you learned - can you tell me now?" ”
"Cousin, don't ask you about this as soon as I come, I want to eat rice cakes, fried buns, chaos, crab shell yellow ......" Zhang Anping babbled a bunch of snacks that he had been gluttonous for four years.
My cousin interrupted with a cold face: "Get down to business!" The school you found by someone asked for you, and you ran away after three days! Do you know what your dad almost got angry about? How much effort did your cousin and I make to find you a school? You ran away without saying a word! ”
Zhang Anping "didn't dare" and "sold cute", so he had to be honest:
"Cousin, I don't want to study economics at all! The Japanese have been sharpening their knives since the beginning of the First Sino-Japanese War, the Russo-Japanese War, the annexation of Korea, Jiaozhou Bay, 918, 128, the Battle of Rehe, the Great Wall War of Resistance, and the North China Incident, the Japanese wolf's ambition has reached the point where everyone knows it. At the critical moment of the country's survival, you let me study economics? Will I continue to learn? ”
The cousin waited for Zhang Anping to finish speaking, and said coldly: "So you went to learn spies?" ”
Zhang Anping pretended to be shocked: "You, you, how do you know?" ”
"Humph!" My cousin snorted coldly but didn't explain.
Zhang Anping said honestly: "I originally wanted to learn to fight, but then I thought about it, there are a lot of people in our country who can fight, but there are very few people who can engage in intelligence, plus cousin, you are engaged in intelligence, so I studied intelligence, and I can help you." ”
"Really?"
"Of course! And the role of intelligence is also very large, it is common for a piece of intelligence to save thousands of people and tens of thousands of people, and sometimes the battle situation can be changed because of a piece of intelligence - Brother Zheng, don't you say? ”
Zheng Yaoxian, who was driving, agreed: "Seat, I think Anping is right. ”
"Hmph." My cousin snorted coldly.
Of course, he also thinks so - the reason why Zhang Anping was able to successfully enter the spy school in the United States is of course also due to his contributions, otherwise in the United States, where the "Chinese Exclusion Act" is shrouded, how could Zhang Anping, a powerless foreigner, enter the spy school under the FBI. (At this time, the FBI did not have a special spy school, and the plot needed it!) )
"Cousin, don't be angry—by the way, how many did you catch the Communist Party I reported before I left? There is a bonus for reporting the Communist Party, should you give me some bonus too? Zhang Anping deliberately acted like a money obsession.
Zheng Yaoxian, who was driving, couldn't help but prick up his ears, he didn't expect that the little guy who always called him Brother Zheng in the past actually quietly reported his comrades-in-arms!
"Bonus? Hum! It's good if you don't clean up! ”
"Huh? Is it wrong to report the Communist Party? Zhang Anping's face was "shocked".
"The person you reported is not a communist! He was deliberately sent by the secret service headquarters of the Party Affairs Investigation Section to the school to find his own people from the Communist Party! Because of your report, the secret service headquarters wasted manpower and material resources in vain! ”
Zhang Anping's face was dumbfounded, and he said helplessly after a while: "I thought I had made a meritorious service." ”
My cousin said in a cold voice: "Remember, in this business, you must be happy and angry, and don't hang anything on your face - if you can't bear such a blow, don't do this business!" ”
"Yes, I wrote it down." Zhang Anping's face was listless.
The two talked a lot of gossip one after another, and after Zhang Anping's mood "improved", he opened his suitcase like a treasure and took out a bunch of instruments:
"Cousin, you see this is all the equipment I bought—guess what it's for?"
After glancing at it, my cousin said in a slightly complimenting tone, "Have you forgotten what your cousin and I do?" You have a heart and know what your cousin lacks! ”
Zhang Anping said nervously: "Huh? Cousin, you're not going to hack these treasures of mine, are you? ”
The cousin stared at Zhang Anping, his eyes could not be seen behind his sunglasses, and a meaningful word came out of his mouth: "Huh? ”
"Okay, it's all for you." Zhang Anping's face ached: "This is all the money I earned in four years in exchange for baby bumps!" ”
The cousin looked at Zhang Anping's distressed face, and couldn't help but smile in his heart, and then said magnanimously: "It won't be confiscated directly - do you have a channel to buy this thing?" ”
"Yes, my classmate is doing this, do you want it, cousin?"
"I'll ask someone from the Property Section to contact you and order 30 for each - 20 sets." My cousin wanted to order more, but considering that the secret service has been a little overwhelmed by one and three places recently, and the funds are relatively tight, considering the black face of his cousin-in-law when he paid for it, he had to cut some off.
It's going to make a lot of money!
Zhang An agreed on the plane, but he smiled happily in his heart, look, isn't his trading company business open!
Although he was happy in his heart, his face was still listless, and he pretended to say: "Cousin, this is actually the teaching equipment I prepared, don't you have a special training class for the Honggong Ancestral Hall?" Can I go to you? ”
"You want to be a student?"
"Is it good to be a teacher? At my level, being a teacher is definitely the best teacher! I'm extremely professional! Zhang Anping boasted.
The cousin thought back to Zhang Anping's achievements, but he acquiesced in his heart - his nephew learns everything quickly, and he still can't forget it.
His heart moved: "Do you really want to be a teacher?" ”
Zhang Anping said as a matter of course: "Of course! After studying for so long, you can't stuff it all in my head, right? The Japanese are getting more and more excessive, and they can't say when they will have to fight a big war, so I have to do something for our country, right? ”
"The Honggong Ancestral Hall will stop after three sessions, but I am planning to do it again, you wait first, if the new class starts, you will be a trainee instructor first."
Zhang Anping said "shamelessly": "I think I can be a class teacher." ”
My cousin laughed angrily, the special training class of the Honggong Ancestral Hall has been held for three periods, and he hasn't even mixed up with the head teacher, you still want to be the head teacher of a little kid?