"Order, Meng Shaoyuan must arrive in Ningbo before May 16th, this order must not be wrong!"
An extremely harsh coded message was placed in front of Meng Shaoyuan early in the morning.
Ningbo?
do what?
What important situation happened?
Meng Shaoyuan was puzzled.
Shanghai is very close to Ningbo, and there is also a dedicated Shanghai-Ningbo route with several sailings every day. The competition among shipping companies on this route is very fierce and even cruel.
Since the Qing Dynasty, countless Ningbo people have come to Shanghai to seek life, so that a powerful Ningbo Gang was formed in Shanghai.
In Greater Shanghai, as the saying goes, people in Ningbo do finance and people in Wuxi do industry. Among the well-known financial tycoons, such as Yu Qiaqing and others, nine out of ten are from Ningbo.
The "comprador" industry was created by Ningbo people.
The earliest "comprador training institutions" recruited mostly children from Ningbo and taught them English and trade skills, giving many Ningbo people the opportunity to deal with foreign businessmen.
Moreover, Ningbo people are very smart. In order to quickly master English, Mu Bingyuan, the "ancestor of Shanghai comprador", also compiled English into a jingle in Ningbo dialect:
"Come and call ce, go and call go. One dollar of foreign money is thrown into the basket, and twenty-four copper coins are swallowed. It's called yes, don't call it no... …”.
It is precisely because of this that most of the "Ningbo Gang" fellow villagers in Shanghai can speak "Pidgin English".
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, most Ningbo businessmen showed their integrity.
For example, the Shanghai business tycoon, Yu Qiaqing, who served as president of the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce and vice president of the National Chamber of Commerce, and the famous "Barefoot God of Wealth", categorically refused to serve as mayor of the puppet government of Shanghai after the fall of Shanghai.
Risking his life, he teamed up with Italian businessman Terminazzi to organize a Sino-Italian shipping company to transport rice to Saigon, Yangon and other places to solve the crisis of refugee overcrowding and food shortage in the concession.
Meng Shaoyuan also dealt with Ningbo businessmen and helped them some overtly and covertly.
Although he didn't know the mission to Ningbo this time, Meng Shaoyuan thought about it and dialed the number of Xu Chengbo's office.
When I asked, Xu Chengbo was not in the company. He went to the International Hotel and called the International Hotel. After waiting for a long time, he heard Xu Chengbo's breathy voice coming from the other end of the phone:
"Which one?"
"I, Meng Shaoyuan."
"Boss Meng, you have called me."
Why do you seem so full of grievances?
"If you don't call me, I'm going to give it up."
Xu Chengbo almost begged: "Your father-in-law is so crazy that he actually asked me to arrange for him to go to the front line to command the army."
"Ah?" Meng Shaoyuan wondered if he heard wrongly: "What are you commanding?"
"You are the one who commands the army and fights with guns. You'd better come here. I can tolerate the weird requirements for food, housing and clothing, but there's really nothing I can do about it."
"Okay, I'll come over in a minute." Meng Shaoyuan really didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You know Yu Qiaqing, right?"
"Yes, we know each other. When our company first opened, I made a special trip to visit him. He and I are fellow villagers, both from Cixi, Ningbo."
"Well, please help me make arrangements. I want to visit him. The sooner the better."
"I know, you'd better get your father-in-law away as soon as possible."
…
"Don't get mad, don't get mad."
Meng Shaoyuan gave special instructions to Zhu Yanni.
Zhu Yanni was furious when she found out about her father's ridiculous and weird request.
This is not to see yourself, this is to cause trouble.
Why did you end up with such a father?
"calm down."
Meng Shaoyuan knocked on the door of the room.
As soon as he entered, he saw his future Taishan Zhu Ruichuan singing an opera there.
The song was "Man Jiang Hong".
Don't say it, it's a matter of course.
This reminded Meng Shaoyuan of Ji Shuang. Didn't he also love singing?
After patiently waiting for the song to finish, Zhu Ruichuan's face glowed brightly: "Oh, it's the good son-in-law who is here. Sit down quickly, sit down quickly, someone is here and serve tea."
The two sides sat down, and Zhu Ruichuan said proudly: "Xian son-in-law, how did I sing this part of Man Jiang Hong?"
"Good!" Meng Shaoyuan, who knew basically nothing about drama, gave a thumbs up: "Good singing!"
"I have studied under a famous teacher and worked hard." Zhu Ruichuan showed off: "I am really going to the Liyuan. Do those people still have food to eat?"
"Dad." Zhu Yanni interrupted him impatiently: "When will you return to Changsha?"
Zhu Ruichuan's face darkened: "It's unreasonable. It's really unfilial. How can a daughter drive her parents away? It's just for the sake of my virtuous son-in-law. Otherwise, I will have to kill you, a rebellious daughter!"
Seeing that the father and daughter were about to quarrel again, Meng Shaoyuan quickly said: "Mr. Zhu..."
"Hey, my dear son-in-law, how can we be so estranged?" Zhu Ruichuan was a little displeased: "Although you and your daughter have not yet gone to the church to get married, we are already husband and wife. I am your father-in-law. You wish me one by one. Sir, it's a joke."
Yes, you are not surprised at all.
"Yes, father-in-law." Meng Shaoyuan accompanied him with a smile: "Yanni is not driving you away. The situation in Shanghai is actually complicated. How many Japanese want to kill me. Yanni and I are really worried about the safety of you two elders. .”
"Okay, if you have a son-in-law like this, what else can I ask for?"
Zhu Ruichuan was not only not afraid, but was overjoyed: "Think of my Zhu family. It has produced high-ranking officials and important figures. Later, the descendants disdained it and gradually withered away. Today, it's better. I have such a capable son-in-law. I am half a son-in-law. You are My son. What if the Japanese take your head? If you die on the battlefield in the future, I wish your family..."
Wei Qiaoying coughed repeatedly.
Meng Shaoyuan was so angry that his nose was crooked. This was so fucking unlucky.
But in front of his future father-in-law, he couldn't let it happen: "What my father-in-law said is absolutely true. My son-in-law has long been prepared to serve the country and commit suicide... But the Japanese..."
"No need to say more, good son-in-law, I understand what you mean." Zhu Ruichuan smiled slightly: "It's just that we are afraid that the Japanese will take advantage of us. Anyway, how can a real man be restricted in doing things in the world? We will naturally not hold you back. . Besides, we have been away from home for a long time, and we are thinking of going back, but my dear son-in-law, please help me with some small things."
When he heard that his future father-in-law was finally willing to leave, Meng Shaoyuan was not happy: "Father-in-law, please tell me, there is no reason not to agree to anything that my son-in-law can do."
"Assign me a teacher to do it."
"ah?"
Meng Shaoyuan almost fell down.
Arrange a teacher?
I, your son-in-law, am the chairman of the committee?
Zhu Yanni had a straight face and was about to speak, but Zhu Ruichuan said: "I have learned the art of war since I was a child. I am familiar with the one-word long snake formation, two dragons emerging from the water formation, and three-mountain moon formation. It is not an exaggeration to be a division commander. If I had commanded the Battle of Shanghai, I would have won long ago. You see, I only used a one-word long snake formation, with the mighty Zhang Zhizhong as the forward..."
He was chatting there, completely immersed in his own world.
Smoking opium will really damage your brain.
Meng Shaoyuan pointed his gaze at Zhu Yanni, who could not bear it any longer. He waited until his future father-in-law finished speaking before saying, "My father-in-law has great ambitions, but it is too unfair to be a teacher only like this."
"A good son-in-law knows me, but I can't be too difficult for a good son-in-law."
Zhu Yanni wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl in.
Meng Shaoyuan was the one calling the shots in Shanghai, but he was just a spy. He couldn't even arrange a company commander in the army, let alone a division commander.
What kind of long snake formation is there? Cannons and planes are flying all over the sky!
Shame on you.
What he never expected was that Meng Shaoyuan actually said: "No, you are my father-in-law, I must make arrangements. Father-in-law, please forgive my son-in-law for being bold. I wish Ruichuan to obey the order."
"Wish Ruichuan is here!"
"I appoint you as the commander-in-chief of the Changsha Guerrilla Column of the Shanghai Special Office of Military Command!"
Zhu Yanni almost laughed out loud.
Why should he, a spy operating in the Shanghai area, appoint a Changsha guerrilla commander?
It was obvious that he was there to fool his father-in-law and tell him to get out of here.
Zhu Ruichuan was overjoyed: "The general will finally get his order!"
"Father-in-law, I will give you another 30,000 yuan in funding. In these two days, I will arrange for you and mother-in-law to return to Changsha. My son-in-law has other tasks, and we will not be able to see him off on that day."
"State affairs are bigger than family affairs, let's go, let's go."
…
"master."
When her husband was completely addicted to opium, Wei Qiaoying said cautiously: "You said..."
"I know what you are going to say, but what do you, a woman, know?" Zhu Ruichuan sneered: "Our son-in-law is just a military commander, how can he reach Changsha? Commander? This commander is worthless. "
"But you?"
"I've been playing a clown for half my life, so what if I do it again?" Zhu Ruichuan stood up and said, "Yanni is the real commander now. As a father, I can't do anything to help her, but at least I can make her no longer worried. What do I, a clown-like, opium-smoking and incompetent father, have to worry about? When she gives birth to a child, let her lead the troops to fight the Japanese with peace of mind.
I am incompetent, but after all, I have read the books of sages. The Japanese are fighting an unjust war, we are fighting a righteous war, and we are the teachers of kingship. The ones commanded by Yanni are the teachers of justice. What our son-in-law commands is the master of kingship. I can't carry it with my shoulders, but I can always do something, so I asked for an official.
This commander is worthless in the eyes of others, but in my eyes, it is the capital of a fake and powerful force. One day in the future, when the Japanese invade Changsha, I can still rely on this title of commander and the capital of tens of thousands of dollars. Help our government do something in a big way, so that our daughter and son-in-law will be proud when they talk about this father. "
"Master, you have been wronged."
"Why have I been wronged? For half my life, others have looked down on me and treated me as a clown. Now I have a chance. I am very happy. I hope my ancestors will also be happy for me!"
After Zhu Ruichuan finished speaking, he sang "Man Jiang Hong" again:
"Full of rage, leaning on the railing..."
