"Order, Meng Shaoyuan must arrive in Ningbo before May 16, this order must not be mistaken!"

An extremely harshly worded secret telegram was placed in front of Meng Shaoyuan early in the morning.

Ningbo?

Do what?

What's going on?

Meng Shaoyuan was puzzled.

Shanghai to Ningbo is very close, there is a special Shanghai-Ningbo route, several ships are sent every day, this route is very competitive with various shipping companies and even a little cruel.

Since the Qing Dynasty, countless Ningbo people have come to Shanghai to beg for a living, so that a powerful Ningbo gang has been formed in Shanghai.

In Shanghai, as the saying goes, Ningbo people do finance, and Wuxi people do industry. Those well-known bigwigs in the financial circle, 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 most of the children of Ningbo nationality, teaching them English and trade tricks, so that many Ningbo people had the opportunity to deal with foreign businessmen.

Moreover, Ningbo people are very smart, in order to quickly master English, "Shanghai comprador ancestor" Mu Bingyuan also compiled English into Ningbo dialect:

"Come and call Kem (ce) to call (Go), one dollar foreign money mixed with Tao Basket (one dolr), twenty four copper plate swallow (twenty four), is to call yes (yes) not to call (no) ......."

Because of this, most of the fellow villagers of the "Ningbo Gang" in Shanghai can speak "pidgin English".

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the vast majority of Ningbo merchants showed their integrity.

For example, the Shanghai Tang business tycoon, who served as the president of the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce, the vice president of the National Chamber of Commerce, and the famous "barefoot God of Wealth" Yu Qiaqing, flatly refused to serve as the mayor of the Shanghai puppet government after the fall of Shanghai.

At the risk of his life, he partnered with the Italian businessman Teminazzi to organize the Sino-Italian Steamship Company to transport rice to Saigon, Yangon and other places to solve the crisis of overcrowding and lack of food for refugees in the concession.

Meng Shaoyuan also dealt with Ningbo merchants, and helped them both openly and secretly.

Although he didn't know about the mission to Ningbo this time, Meng Shaoyuan thought about it and dialed the phone number of Xu Chengbo's office.

As a result, Xu Chengbo was not in the company, went to the International Hotel, and called the International Hotel, and waited for a long time before hearing Xu Chengbo's wheezing voice on the other end of the phone:

"Who?"

"I, Meng Shaoyuan."

"Boss Meng, you can call here."

Why does it look like it's full of grievances?

"If you don't call again, I'm going to have to pick a pick."

Xu Chengbo almost lamented there: "That old man of yours, who doesn't know which crazy he smoked, actually asked me to arrange for him to go to the front line to command the army." ”

"Huh?" Meng Shaoyuan wondered if he had misheard: "Command what?" ”

"Command the army, the army fighting with guns, you, let's take a trip, I can endure the strange requirements for food, shelter and clothing, but I really can't do it."

"It's done, I'll come over in a moment." Meng Shaoyuan really couldn't cry or laugh: "You know Yu Qiaqing, right?" ”

"Yes, I know, when our company just opened, I made a special trip to visit him, and he and I are fellow countrymen, both from Cixi, Ningbo."

"Okay, you can arrange it for me, I'm going to visit him, the sooner the better."

"Got it, you better get your father-in-law away quickly."

……

"Don't get angry, don't get angry."

Meng Shaoyuan gave a special explanation to Zhu Yanni.

Zhu Yanni knew about her father's ridiculous and strange request, and she was angry.

It's not about coming to see yourself, it's here to make trouble.

Why did you have such a father?

"Calm down, calm down."

Meng Shaoyuan knocked on the door of the room.

As soon as I entered, I saw my future old Taishan Zhu Ruichuan singing there.

sang "Man Jianghong".

Don't say it, there are discerning ones.

This reminded Meng Shaoyuan of Ji Shuang, doesn't he also love singing?

Patiently waiting for a section to finish singing, Zhu Ruichuan was full of red light: "Oh, it's the virtuous son-in-law who is here, sit down, sit down, come to someone, serve tea." ”

Sitting down on both sides, Zhu Ruichuan was triumphant: "Virtuous son-in-law, how is my Manjianghong singing this paragraph?" ”

"Good!" Meng Shaoyuan, who basically didn't know anything about drama, gave a thumbs up: "Sing well!" ”

"I've worked hard with famous teachers." Zhu Ruichuan is big show off: "I'm really going to the pear orchard, do those people still have food?" ”

"Dad." Zhu Yanni interrupted him impatiently: "When will you go back to Changsha?" ”

Zhu Ruichuan's face sank: "How can this be reasonable, if you are really unfilial, how can there be a reason for a daughter to drive her parents away?" That is, for the sake of my family's virtuous son-in-law, otherwise, I would have to kill you, a disobedient woman! ”

Seeing that the father and daughter were about to quarrel again, Meng Shaoyuan hurriedly said, "Mr. Zhu ......"

"Hey, virtuous son-in-law, how can you be so angry?" Zhu Ruichuan was a little displeased: "Although you and the little girl have not yet married in the church, they are already husband and wife, and I am your father-in-law." You have a 'Mr. Zhu' in one mouth, and it has spread out to make people laugh. ”

Well, you're not out of sight at all.

"Yes, father-in-law." Meng Shaoyuan accompanied the smiling face: "Yanni is not driving you away, the situation in Shanghai is really complicated, how many Japanese want me to be on the head, Yanni and I are really worried about the safety of your two elders." ”

"Okay, if you have a son-in-law like this, what more can you ask for?"

Zhu Ruichuan was not only not afraid, but overjoyed: "I miss my Zhu family, it was a big official, and then the descendants disdained it, and it was withering day by day, and today is good, there is such a capable son-in-law, an aunt and a half, you are my son." How do the Japanese take your head, if you die on the battlefield in the future, I wish you a ......"

Wei Qiaoying coughed repeatedly.

Meng Shaoyuan was so angry that his nose was crooked, this is fucking unlucky.

But in front of his future father-in-law, he can't have a seizure yet: "What my father-in-law said is that my son-in-law has long been ready to serve the country and kill himself...... It's just that the Japanese ......."

"Virtuous son-in-law doesn't need to say much, I understand what you mean." Zhu Ruichuan smiled slightly: "It's nothing more than being afraid that the Japanese will use us." It's okay, how can a husband be bound when he does things in the world? Naturally, we won't hold you back. Besides, we have been away from home for a long time, and we want to go back, but you can help me do something small. ”

When he heard that the future father-in-law was finally willing to leave, Meng Shaoyuan didn't like it: "Father-in-law, please say, if the son-in-law can do it, there is no reason not to agree." ”

"Arrange for me to have a division commander do it."

"Huh?"

Meng Shaoyuan almost fell.

Arrange a division commander to be in charge?

Your son-in-law, I'm the chairman?

Zhu Yanni's face was blank, and she was about to speak, but Zhu Ruichuan said: "I have learned the art of war since I was a child, and I am familiar with the long snake formation, the two dragons out of the water formation, and the three mountains and moon formations, and it is not an exaggeration to be a division commander." If the battle of Shanghai had been commanded by me, I am afraid that it would have been won long ago. You see, I only use a one-word long snake formation, with the fierce Zhang Zhizhong as the striker......"

There he was talking, completely immersed in his own world.

Smoking opium really spoils your brain.

Meng Shaoyuan looked at Zhu Yanni, who couldn't bear it, and waited until the future father-in-law finished speaking before he spoke: "My father-in-law is very ambitious because of this, but it is too aggrieved to be only a division commander in this way." ”

"The virtuous son-in-law knows me, but I can't be too difficult for the virtuous son-in-law."

Zhu Yanni couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground at this time.

Meng Shaoyuan was calling for wind and rain in Shanghai, but he was just a spy, not to mention the division commander, and he couldn't even arrange a company commander in the army.

What else is a long snake formation? Artillery planes are flying all over the sky!

Shame on you.

What he never expected was that Meng Shaoyuan actually said again: "No, you are my father-in-law, I must arrange it." Father-in-law, please forgive my son-in-law for being bold. I wish Ruichuan to listen to the order. ”

"I wish Ruichuan here!"

"I appoint you as the commander-in-chief of the Changsha guerrilla column of the Shanghai Special Office of the Military Command!"

Zhu Yanni almost laughed out loud.

He is a spy operating in the Shanghai area, why did he appoint a Changsha guerrilla commander?

This is clearly to fool my father-in-law and tell him to get out of here.

Zhu Ruichuan was overjoyed: "The last will be ordered!" ”

"Father-in-law, I will give you another 30,000 yuan, and in the next two days, I will arrange for you and your mother-in-law to return to Changsha. The son-in-law still has a task, and he can't see him off on that day. ”

"State affairs are greater than family affairs, and go, go."

……

"Sir."

When her husband was addicted to opium, Wei Qiaoying said cautiously: "You ...... say"

"I know what you're going to say, what do you know as a woman?" Zhu Ruichuan sneered: "Our son-in-law is just a military commander spy, where can his hand reach Changsha?" Commander? This commander is worthless. ”

"But you?"

"I've been playing the harlequin for half my life, so what about playing it again?" Zhu Ruichuan got up and said: "Yanni is now the real commander, I, who is a father, can't help her anything, but at least I can let her stop worrying about me, this clown-like, opium-smoking and incapable father, what is there to worry about?" When she gave birth to a child, let her lead the troops to fight the Japanese with peace of mind.

I'm not capable, but I've read the book of sages, the Japanese are unjust wars, we are righteous wars, we are the teachers of the royal road, and those commanded by Yanni are the teachers of justice. Our son-in-law commands the division of the royal road. I can't carry it on my shoulders, but I can always do something, so I asked for an official.

This commander, in the eyes of others, is worthless, in my eyes, that is the capital of the fox and the tiger, one day the Japanese will hit Changsha, I can still rely on this commander's title, with the capital of tens of thousands of yuan, to help our government do something, vigorously, let our daughter and son-in-law talk about this father, then proud. ”

"Master, you, you have been wronged."

"What grievances? Half a lifetime, others look down on me, when I am a clown, now I have a chance, I am very happy, I wish the ancestors of the family will also be happy for me! ”

After Zhu Ruichuan finished speaking, he sang "Man Jianghong" again:

"Angry hair rushes to the crown, leaning on the railing ......"