Lost and Spy

Chapter 700 A Clown

"Order, Meng Shaoyuan must arrive in Ningbo before May 5, this order must not be wrong!"

A confidential telegram with extremely strict wording was placed in front of Meng Shaoyuan early in the morning.

Ningbo?

doing what?
What happened?

Meng Shaoyuan couldn't understand it.

Shanghai is very close to Ningbo, and there is also a special Shanghai-Ningbo route, with several ships every day. The competition of various shipping companies on this route is very fierce and even cruel.

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

In Greater Shanghai, as the saying goes, Ningbo people are in finance, and Wuxi people are in business.Nine out of ten of those well-known bigwigs in the financial circle, such as Yu Qiaqing and others, are from Ningbo.

The "comprador" industry was created by Ningbo people.

Most of the earliest "comprador training institutions" recruited children from Ningbo, and taught them English and trade skills, 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, Mu Bingyuan, the "ancestor of Shanghai compradors", even compiled English into a catchphrase in Ningbo dialect:
"Come, come, go, go, one dollar, one dollar, twenty four, yes, no... ...".

It is precisely because of this that 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 businessmen showed their integrity.

For example, the big businessman in Shanghai, who served as the chairman of the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce, the vice chairman of the National Chamber of Commerce, and the famous "Barefoot God of Wealth" Yu Qiaqing, after the fall of Shanghai, categorically refused to serve as the mayor of the puppet government 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 overcrowded refugees and food shortages in the concession.

Meng Shaoyuan also dealt with businessmen in Ningbo, and he helped them a lot, both overtly and secretly.

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

As a result, when I asked, Xu Chengbo was not in the company, went to the International Hotel, and then called the International Hotel. After waiting for a long time, I heard Xu Chengbo's panting voice from the other end of the phone:
"Which one?"

"I, Meng Shaoyuan."

"Boss Meng, you may be calling."

Why do you seem to be full of grievances?
"If you don't call again, I'm going to lose my pick."

Xu Chengbo was almost begging there: "That old man of yours, who is crazy about smoking, actually asked me to arrange for him to go to the front to command the army."

"Ah?" Meng Shaoyuan wondered if he heard it wrong: "Command what?"

"Commanding the army, the army fighting with guns, you, why don't you come here, I can bear the weird requirements for food, shelter and clothing, but I really can't do anything about it."

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

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

"Well, you can arrange it for me. I want to visit him. The sooner the better."

"Understood, you should hurry up and get your old man away."

……

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

Meng Shaoyuan specifically explained to Zhu Yanni.

Zhu Yanni was furious when she found out about the absurd request made by her father.

This is not to see yourself, this is to make trouble.

How could there be such a father?

"calm down."

Meng Shaoyuan knocked on the door of the room.

As soon as he entered, he saw Zhu Ruichuan, his future Taishan, singing there.

They sang "Manjianghong".

Don't say it, it's well-organized.

This reminded Meng Shaoyuan of Ji Shuang, didn't he also love to sing?
Waiting patiently there until the end of the song, Zhu Ruichuan's face was full of red: "Oh, it's the son-in-law who came, sit down, sit down, come, let's serve tea."

Sitting on both sides, Zhu Ruichuan was triumphant: "My son-in-law, how is my song Man Jianghong?"

"Good!" Meng Shaoyuan, who basically knew nothing about drama, gave a thumbs up: "Good singing!"

"I've paid homage to a famous teacher and worked hard." Zhu Ruichuan flaunted: "I'm really going to Liyuan, do those people still have food?"

"Dad." Zhu Yanni interrupted him impatiently: "When are you going back to Changsha?"

Zhu Ruichuan's face darkened: "Is there any reason for that? If it's really unfilial, how can there be a reason for a daughter to drive her parents away? It's just for the sake of my son-in-law. Otherwise, I will kill you, a disobedient daughter!"

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 divided?" Zhu Ruichuan was a little displeased: "Although you and your daughter have not yet married, they are married. I am your father-in-law. You take one by one." Sir', it got out and it was a joke."

Well, you don't see anything out of the ordinary.

"Yes, father-in-law." Meng Shaoyuan said with a smile on his face: "Yanni is not driving you away, the situation in Shanghai is really complicated, how many Japanese want my head, and Yanni and I are really worried about the safety of your two elders." .”

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

Zhu Ruichuan was not only not afraid, but was overjoyed: "I think I wish the family, it was born with high officials and great figures, and later the descendants disdain it, and it gradually withered. Today is better, and there is such a capable son-in-law, a son-in-law, you are My son. What if the Japanese take your head? If you die in battle in the future, I wish you all..."

Wei Qiaoying coughed repeatedly.

Meng Shaoyuan was so angry that his nose was crooked, it's fucking unlucky.

But in front of my future father-in-law, I still can't get angry: "What my father-in-law said is very true, my son-in-law has long been ready to serve the country and kill himself... It's just that Japanese..."

"My son-in-law doesn't need to say much, I understand what you mean." Zhu Ruichuan smiled slightly: "It's nothing more than fear of the Japanese taking advantage of us. That's okay, how can a man be restrained 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 also want to go back, but my son-in-law, please help me with a little thing."

Hearing that the future father-in-law was finally willing to leave, Meng Shaoyuan would not be displeased: "Father-in-law, please tell me, as long as my son-in-law can do it, there is absolutely no reason not to refuse."

"Arrange a teacher to do it for me."

"what?"

Meng Shaoyuan almost fell down.

Arrange for a teacher to be Dangdang?
I am your son-in-law chairman?

Zhu Yanni's face was serious, and she was about to speak, but Zhu Ruichuan said: "I learned the art of war since I was a child, and I am very familiar with the one-word long snake formation, the two dragons emerging from the water formation, and the three-mountain moon formation by heart, and it is not too much to be a teacher. If I had been in command of the Battle of Shanghai, I’m afraid I would have won it long ago. You see, I only used a one-word long snake formation, with the mighty Zhang Zhizhong as the forward..."

He talked there, completely immersed in his own world.

Smoking opium will really damage the brain.

Meng Shaoyuan instructed Zhu Yanni, who couldn't stand it, to wait until the future father-in-law had finished speaking before saying, "My father-in-law is very ambitious because of this, but it's a shame that I can only be a teacher in this way."

"The virtuous son-in-law knows me, but I can't be too hard on my virtuous son-in-law."

At this moment, Zhu Yanni wished she could find a crack in the ground and get in.

Meng Shaoyuan called the wind and rain in Shanghai, but he was just a spy, let alone a division commander, and he couldn't even arrange a company commander in the army.

What else is a long snake array?Cannon planes are flying all over the sky!
Shame.

Unexpectedly, Meng Shaoyuan said again: "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 obeyed."

"I wish Ruichuan is 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 special agent who is active in Shanghai, why should he appoint a Changsha guerrilla commander?
It was clear that he was fooling his father-in-law and telling him to get out of here.

Zhu Ruichuan was overjoyed: "The last general will get the order!"

"Father-in-law, I will give you another 3 yuan in funding. In just these two days, I will arrange for you and your mother-in-law to return to Changsha. My son-in-law still has tasks to do, and I can't see you off on that day."

"National affairs are more important than family affairs, let's go, let's go."

……

"master."

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

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

"But you?"

"I've been playing a buffoon for half my life, so what's the point of playing it again?" Zhu Ruichuan stood up and said, "Yanni is the real commander now. As a father, I can't help her much, but at least I can make her stop worrying about her." I, this clown-like, opium-smoking and incompetent father, what is there to worry about? When she gives birth to a child, let her lead the army to fight the Japanese with peace of mind.

I am not capable, but after all, I have read the books of sages. The Japanese are fighting the unjust, we are fighting righteously, and are the teachers of the kingly way, and those commanded by Yanni are the teachers of justice.What our son-in-law commands is the teacher of the kingly way.I can't carry it on my shoulders, but I can always do something, so I asked for an officer.

This commander is worthless in the eyes of others, but in my eyes, it is the capital of a fox pretending to be a tiger. One day in the future, the Japanese will fight in Changsha. Help our government do something vigorously, so that our daughter and son-in-law will be proud when they talk about this father. "

"Master, you have been wronged."

"What wronged me? For half my life, others have looked down on me and treated me as a clown. Now that I have a chance, I am very happy. I wish the ancestors of my family will be happy for me too!"

After Zhu Ruichuan finished speaking, he sang "Manjianghong" again:
"Furious, leaning on the railing..."

(End of this chapter)