After a few laughs, we got down to business.

Wen Qiang came to him this time, mainly to discuss the types of goods to be traded next.

Because of the continuous economic blockade of the Kuomintang by the Japanese army, Chongqing can now be said to be short of everything, even wax paper, ink, and newsprint for printing, and the prices of these three commodities alone are nearly five times higher than before the all-out war of resistance!

As for cloth, cotton yarn, etc., there is a shortage of them. Because of the lack of cotton yarn, a large number of cotton mills that had been relocated to the southwest before the war are now in a state of suspension; The supply of cloth is even more tight to the point of unimaginable, and now even the production of military uniforms for the army cannot be guaranteed, and ordinary people cannot buy cloth with money.

Under the huge pressure of supply and demand, even the homespun cloth produced by the mountain people was sought after, and various forces smuggled it on a large scale, either for their own use or for profit.

The batch of leading muslin that the military commander traded with Li Junhao last time made a lot of money, so this time, the military commander still wants to focus on cotton yarn and cloth; All kinds of other imports, industrial products made in Shanghai, daily necessities, etc., are needed.

Li Junhao naturally agreed to Wen Qiang's need for goods, he had already arranged for Willis to help purchase these goods, as for how much he could receive, it didn't matter, just let people know that the acquisition was done, and when the number of transactions was short, he would naturally solve it from the system mall.

As for the goods provided by the military command, they are still mainly a few strategic materials and local products from the southwestern provinces, and nothing else can be done. But this is enough for Li Junhao.

After spending some time, the two basically clarified the items and quantities traded on both sides, and agreed to trade in twenty days, and the specific method was tentatively set to the last mode.

Sending Wen Qiang away, Li Junhao was a little helpless, it seems that he still has to run in person at that time, but leaving Huhai for nearly ten days at this more sensitive time point is too delayed!

He wondered, is it something else? Alas! It would be nice if you flew the plane yourself...... Well, I think I can think about it! He began to seriously ponder the possibility of the idea

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On Saturday, July 15, Li Junhao went around the Consulate General, mainly to check the latest intelligence summary at the military attaché, so as to better understand the situation in the outside world.

On 6 July, more than 30 Japanese planes attacked Chongqing at night, dropping more than 100 bombs, and one Japanese plane was shot down by the Chinese army.

On July 7, the second anniversary of the July 7 Incident, the Yan'an Underground Party issued the "Declaration on the Current Situation to Commemorate the Second Anniversary of the Anti-Japanese War", proposing to "persist in the War of Resistance and oppose surrender; uphold unity and oppose division; adhere to the principle of progress and oppose retrogression".

On the same day, Chiang Kai-shek issued the "Letter to the Military and the People of the Whole Country", "Letter to the Japanese People", and "Letter to Friendly People", declaring that the national policy of resisting the war to the end would remain unchanged.

People from all walks of life in Chongqing gathered to commemorate the second anniversary of the Anti-Japanese War and pay tribute to the fallen soldiers and compatriots who died in the Anti-Japanese War. He Yingqin reported at the meeting: Since the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Chinese army has killed and wounded 910,000 enemy troops, captured nearly 10,000 Japanese puppet soldiers, destroyed 716 enemy planes, and sunk or damaged 644 enemy ships.

Li Junhao couldn't help but be stunned when he saw this, the Kuomintang really dared to say it!

On July 10, China Industrial Company was established in Chongqing with a capital of 12 million yuan, Kong Xiangxi as chairman, Fu Rulin as general manager, and Hu Ziang as assistant. The company was formed by the merger of the Confucius-based Hualian Iron and Steel Company, the relocated China Radio Company, and Hu Zhongshi's Huaxi Company, and the site was located in Xiangguo Temple, Jiangbei.

In Li Junhao's view, this is a typical collusion between officials and businessmen, and it is not even concealed, you must know that Kong Xiangxi is still the acting president of the Executive Yuan and the minister of finance and the president of the central bank at this time, and this is to do a monopoly business!

On July 14, the executive meeting of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang decided to permanently expel Chu Minyi, Zhou Fohai, Chen Bijun and other traitors from the party.

Li Junhao snorted: Okay, of course that's right, but why is it so long?

In addition, according to news from the United States, the War Department's proposal to expand the army by four divisions has been rejected by Congress again, and I don't know how many times it has been! This shows that isolationism is still the mainstream in the upper echelons of American politics, and it is unlikely that it will change much in the short term.

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After reading all the information, Li Junhao went to Colonel Hobbs, the military attaché, and asked whether the US military had more advanced planes in China, especially fast fighters.

Hobbs said that the U.S. military does not have fighter jets on the Chinese side, and only a few airlines have passenger planes, the most advanced being the Douglas DC-3; The closest US fighter jets to China are only available at bases in the Philippines, and the fastest is currently the F2A single-seat fighter-bomber, with a maximum speed of 517 km / h......

Dizzy, only in the Philippines, so far away! Li Junhao was a little disappointed.

Hobbes added: "By the way, F2A is also available in Hong Kong, but we sold it to the British army...... Panson, why are you interested in airplanes? ”

"I said I want to learn to fly an airplane, do you believe it?" Li Junhao said.

"Haha! You're kidding! Hobbes laughed, and then saw that he was serious, and said, "Are you serious?" ”

Li Junhao nodded and said, "I really want to learn." ”

Hobbs touched his chin and thought for a moment, and said, "If you really want to learn, go and say hello to Mr. Ayers, and if he agrees, I will help you contact the British army in Hong Kong......"

"Thank you, Colonel." Li Junhao was happy.

Then, he went to Ayers and explained the importance of learning how to fly an airplane, mainly to facilitate the travel between Shanghai and Chongqing......

Ayres scoffed at his statement and said, "I've never heard of a diplomat learning to fly an airplane, don't fool me with this reason." In fact, he was worried about the danger of flying the plane to the sky, and of course he didn't want little Ogg to fly the plane.

Li Junhao couldn't, so he could only say: "Uncle, in fact, I am doing some business with Chongqing, and sometimes I need to go there in person, but it is too far to drive, the road is not easy to walk, and the boat is too slow, and the danger of these two is also very great, only the plane is the fastest......

"In addition, we can get more strategic materials back......

"The most important thing is that the war is about to begin, and I have learned to fly an airplane, so there are many ways to run away, right?"

Trade? Smuggling! Ailes didn't bother to expose him, as for the strategic materials to come back, of course, it was good, but it didn't have to be done by Little Auge, but his last reason made him a little tempted!

It sounds like the most ridiculous reason to run away, but when you think about it, it may be the most useful!

Thinking of this, he pretended to be impatient and said, "Okay, okay, don't talk about it with me!" If you have to learn, let Hobbes arrange it for you, I don't bother to care about you......"