After Xu Bing left, Li Yunsheng went to the public concession to find his cousin Li Yuntao. As soon as the two met, Li Yuntao said excitedly: "Thank God, you are finally safe."
Li Yunsheng said with a smile: "I am blessed with good fortune. The Japanese bullets cannot hit me. Besides, I am not on the front line, so my life is still somewhat guaranteed."
Li Yuntao sighed and said: "Ever since the war broke out and I learned that you had come to Shanghai to participate in the war, I have been worried about you and asked people to inquire about you many times. However, the war was very fierce and everyone from all walks of life was involved.
It was a mess and I couldn’t get any specific information about you. Now that I see you showing up with your arms and legs intact, I feel relieved.”
Li Yunsheng said with emotion: "I feel a little sorry for making my second brother so worried."
After that, the two of them chatted for a while, and then Li Yuntao said, "You must have come to see me this time because of something. Otherwise, the war would have been so intense that you wouldn't have had time to come to me."
Li Yunsheng said calmly: "There is one thing. Before the war, I sent a telegram to my second brother, asking you to try your best to stock up on some medicines, especially life-saving medicines like sulfa. I don't know how you did."
Three months before the war broke out, Li Yunsheng sent a telegram to his cousin Li Hongwen in Shanghai, asking him to try his best to store a large amount of medicines and daily necessities in the concession. That's why Li Yunsheng informed Zhang Hao that he had enough medicines.
, enough to treat the wounded.
Hearing Li Yunsheng's words, Li Yuntao said with a smile: "I have fully stocked two warehouses with medicines. Most of them are produced by our own pharmaceutical factory, and I also collected some from other places. As for the precious sulfa, our pharmaceutical factory
It's impossible to produce at all, and you know it's expensive, and the output is not particularly high, so I only got more than a hundred boxes, about two thousand pieces."
Although there is a lot of these medicines, enough for thousands of wounded people, they are a drop in the bucket for the whole of China. Li Yunsheng can only take care of himself first, and then help others if possible, and he can also use these medicines to make friends with some soldiers.
The lieutenant general then said: "Second brother, please arrange for a few people to transport me some medicines to the French Concession. It's enough to treat hundreds of people. As for sulfa, please bring me five boxes."
Give Li Yuntao the address in the French Concession.
Li Yuntao did not hesitate. He was the president of the Bank of America. He had many people under his command and owned a big American brand. There was no problem in doing these things. He readily agreed, then hesitated for a moment before speaking.
: "Yunsheng, the price of drugs now has increased tenfold compared to before the war, especially sulfonamides, which are as good as gold on the black market, and they are priceless but not marketable. We have enough drugs in hand. Do you want to sell some of them?"
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Li Yunsheng immediately said: "Second brother, these medicines are of great use to me, and with my current worth, I don't need to use them to make a profit, so I'd better not do it." However, he felt a little emotional in his heart, what exactly is his cousin?
Capitalists, seeing huge profits to be made, will inevitably have some thoughts, but these medicines cannot be bought now even if you have money, and they will be of great use if you keep them in your hands, so they will not agree.
Li Yuntao nodded, and then said: "Okay, since you said so, then I'll listen to you. You are the owner of these medicines anyway," and after speaking, he glanced at Li Yunsheng, with a hint of unwillingness in his tone.
Li Yunsheng couldn't help but lament the magic of money, even his cousin who was a banker felt the same, so he said: "Cousin, you have also seen big scenes, why do you care about these small profits? And in the three months before the war,
, I will inform you of the news. With your methods, you will also make a lot of profits in other places."
Li Yuntao said dissatisfiedly: "What a small profit. Half of the sale of these medicines is a profit of millions of dollars. But with your worth, I'm afraid you really don't care." Then he said with a smile: "This time, I'm trusting you."
Fortunately, I made a lot of money, especially when I purchased some real estate and biological supplies before the war, and I also made millions of dollars."
Li Yunsheng immediately said: "That's it, second brother, we have all the ways to make money, so don't make the dirty money of medicines. After all, we are all Chinese."
Liu Yuntian smiled awkwardly, then thought for a moment, and said mysteriously: "Yunsheng, I have a friend who is an officer in the U.S. Navy. He quietly found me a few days ago and said that there are currently a group of people on the Pacific Fleet.
Arms, let me find him a buyer, do you want to have a hand in this matter?"
Li Yunsheng immediately asked: "How many arms are there, and are they made in the United States or from other countries?" This is a good thing for Li Yunsheng. After all, all countries now strictly adhere to neutrality and have adopted an arms embargo against China, and the war has begun.
It has been more than a month, so the weapons in the country are now somewhat insufficient.
Li Yuntao did not play charades, and simply said: "They are all made in the United States. There is about a division's worth of equipment, but they are all small arms. If you want them, I will get you a list."
Although they were all light weapons, Li Yunsheng was very satisfied with the large number. After all, with such a large number of weapons, no matter who Li Yunsheng gave them to, it was a huge favor, so he said: "I want all the weapons."
, please give me the list as soon as possible."
Li Yuntao said simply: "Okay, I will contact him soon, but you also know that because it is wartime, the price of this batch of weapons has tripled compared to before the war."
Li Yunsheng said cheerfully: "The price is no problem, but can you guarantee that these weapons will be transported into Shanghai? And you also know that these things must be transported to the concession and fall into the hands of the national army who are fighting in the war to be valuable." Li Yunsheng is now
They are rich and don't care about the money at all. Even if the equipment is doubled, it will only cost millions of dollars, which is nothing more than drizzle.
Li Yuntao said confidently: "Don't worry, there is no problem with this. Senior officers of the Pacific Fleet are involved in this matter. Even these equipment are also in the inventory of the active US Marine Corps. As far as I know, there are several high-level officials
I wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune, so I did this, and the concession authorities would not be too troublesome at all."
Li Yunsheng's mind suddenly moved, and then he said softly: "Second brother, the war between China and Japan will last for a long time, so if there is a chance, you can contact these people more and transport more arms through them.
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Li Yuntao immediately said: "That's okay. Now the U.S. economy has recovered a bit, but it's not too good. As long as there is money to be made, there are many arms merchants who will ignore the government's ban."
Afterwards, the two discussed other matters and agreed to meet tomorrow afternoon. Li Yunsheng turned around and left.
Not long after returning to the French Concession, Li Yuntao sent someone to deliver some medicines. After putting the medicines away, Li Yunsheng told Zhang Hao: "I will leave these medicines to you. If they are not enough, I can still get them, so
There is no need to be too frugal, and don’t delay our people’s recovery just to save medicines.”
Zhang Hao said seriously: "Don't worry, Section Chief, I will make arrangements," but he felt a little emotional, thinking that Li Yunsheng had really prepared a lot of back-ups and got the medicine so quickly.
Li Yunsheng nodded, then thought for a while, and then said: "We just did a job last night, so the Japanese must be very defensive in the past two days. In addition, we are short of manpower, and the additional troops also need to be repaired."
, I plan to let the brothers repair themselves in the past two days, and wait a few days before taking action. What do you think?" Zhang Hao is the most flexible among Li Yunsheng's subordinates, so he asked for his opinion.
Zhang Hao said softly: "Section Chief, I also think it can be repaired for two days, but will the Corps Headquarters have any objections?"
Li Yunsheng said calmly: "Commander Chen now asks me to give up other goals and focus all my energy on the supply of poison gas bombs to the Japanese army. I don't think there will be any objections. I am only worried that in the past two days, the Japanese will release a large amount of poison gas during the repair period."
Transport the bombs to the front line," and then explained the mission assigned by Chen Xiucheng.
After Zhang Hao listened, he said: "Section Chief, since the Japanese gas bombs were transported from the Northeast, they must have taken the sea route, so we only need to send people to sneak into the Japanese-occupied areas to keep an eye on the Japanese."
Just the dock will do. After all, arms transportation is nothing else, especially poison gas bombs, which must be escorted by warships."
Li Yunsheng immediately said with a smile: "Fortunately, I discussed it with you, otherwise I wouldn't have thought of this for a while." He felt limited in his heart. He didn't even think of this. It seemed like he was negligent.
Zhang Hao immediately said: "Section Chief, you must be too tired these days, so you are a little careless, so you can take this opportunity to take a rest."
Li Yunsheng sighed and said: "How can it be so easy?" Then he changed the topic and said: "Since you thought of the method, I will leave this matter to you."
Zhang Hao said with a hint of embarrassment: "Section Chief, the area over the dock is now Japanese territory. Our people can easily be discovered if they pass by. After all, they don't understand Japanese. If a Japanese soldier comes to ask questions, they will be exposed."
Li Yunsheng slapped his head and sighed: "I'm confused. It seems that my energy has been a bit low these past two days. Well, you just need to arrange the wounded. I will arrange this for others." He immediately had a candidate in mind.
, it is Zhou Wei who has been lurking in Shanghai for several years. He understands Japanese and is the most suitable to do this. Moreover, tonight is the day to meet with Murakami Rokuzhu, so he can just hand over the matter to him.
Zhang Hao nodded immediately, reported some other situations to Li Yunsheng, called a few people, took some medicines and went to downtown Shanghai.