"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 people from Ningbo have come to Shanghai to make a living, so that a powerful Ningbo Gang was formed in Shanghai.

In Greater Shanghai, as the saying goes, people from Ningbo do finance and people from Wuxi do industry. Nine out of ten of the famous financial bosses, such as Yu Qiaqing and others, 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 compradors", also compiled English into a jingle in Ningbo dialect:

"Come and call come, go and call go. One dollar is thrown into the basket, and twenty-four copper coins are swallowed up. It's yes, not no."

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It is precisely because of this that most of the people from the "Ningbo Gang" 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", flatly refused to serve as mayor of the Shanghai puppet government 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 had dealings 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."

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

Meng Shaoyuan gave special instructions to Zhu Yanni.

Zhu Yanni was furious when she found out about her father's ridiculous 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 I entered, I saw my future Taishan Zhu Ruichuan singing an opera there.

The song is "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?

Waiting patiently for the song to end, Zhu Ruichuan's face glowed brightly: "Oh, it's your good husband who's here. Sit down quickly, sit down quickly, someone's here to serve you tea."

The two sides sat down, and Zhu Ruichuan said proudly: "Xian son-in-law, how did I sing this part of Manjianghong?"

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

"I have studied under famous teachers and worked hard." Zhu Ruichuan showed off: "I am really going to the Liyuan, will there be food for those people?"

"Dad." Zhu Yanni interrupted him impatiently: "When will you return to Changsha?"

Zhu Ruichuan's face darkened: "How can this be unreasonable? How can a daughter drive her parents away if she is truly unfilial? It is 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 unhappy: "Although you and my daughter have not yet gone to the church to get married, we are already married. I am your father-in-law. You wish me one by one.

Sir, it's a joke if word spreads."

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 people want to kill me. Yanni and I are really worried about the safety of you two elders.

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

Zhu Ruichuan was not only not afraid, but 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 is good, and we have such a capable son-in-law. He is half a son-in-law. You are just like me."

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 damn unlucky.

But in front of his future father-in-law, he can't get angry: "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 man be restrained when 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."

Meng Shaoyuan was not happy when he heard that his future father-in-law was finally willing to leave: "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, the two-dragon water formation, and the 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 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 had finished speaking before saying, "My father-in-law has great ambitions, but it is too unfair to be able to only be a teacher like this."

"A good son-in-law knows me, but I can't be too difficult for a good son-in-law."

At this moment, 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 for a company commander in the army, let alone a division commander.

What about a long snake formation? Cannons and planes are flying all over the sky!

Shameful.

What he never expected was that Meng Shaoyuan actually 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 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?

This is obviously just to fool my 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 I will not be able to see him off on that day."
To be continued...