Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Chapter 213: Determined to slap the pig teammate in the face

In May 1960, summer was approaching, but it was still the coldest season in Moscow.

A meeting is underway in a larger conference room in the Kremlin office.

The person who presided over the meeting was Khrushchev, who was listening to other people's speeches at this time.

After a while, when the topic entered into one of the long-wave power station project construction, Khrushchev suddenly interrupted:
"There's still no response from Todai, right?"

"Yes, Comrade Heru, the capital has not responded to us yet. According to them, they must have completely refused."

At this moment, Sholokhov suddenly raised his hand and wanted to speak.

After getting Khrushchev's approval, Sholokhov finally spoke:
"Dear leaders, dear comrades, speaking of the long-wave power station, I need to add one thing here. That is, Beijing has purchased a lot of supplies from abroad over the past year or so."

"Logically, they're experiencing a drought and food shortage, so they should be importing more food. But they're not. Instead, they're importing a large amount of industrial machinery and equipment, most of which is produced by Sam. We found it very strange and even thought they were secretly in contact with Sam."

"We have investigated, but we have not been able to find out where these machines and equipment were imported from."

"Todai's atomic bomb research and development are progressing by leaps and bounds. They've also established numerous clothing, shoe, and paper mills around the capital and in southern China. They seem to have found export channels and are able to sell their products abroad."

"We at the KGB are still working hard to investigate, but so far, we haven't found this channel."

"Therefore, we must remind you all here that the capital will likely reject us even more forcefully and refuse to cooperate with us in building a long-wave power station."

After Sholokhov expressed his opinion, the meeting room immediately became abuzz with discussion.

Many people present had heard something about the changes at the University of Tokyo, but they did not expect that it would become so terrible.

If this situation continues to deteriorate, it will be huge bad news for Moscow.

Khrushchev remained silent, listening to everyone's comments. After a while, he finally spoke:
"Comrades, I think it's time to teach the University of East China a lesson. We are sending them another telegram, giving them a final deadline to consider their decision. If they don't agree to our proposal within that time, we will withdraw all engineers and experts from the University of East China."

As soon as these words were spoken, many people in the conference room expressed their opposition.

why?
Because this would easily push Todai to Sam's side.

There are only naked interests between countries, no real allies, and no distinction between ideologies.

Whether it is Moscow or Washington, the essence is the same.

From the interference of both Moscow and Sam in our affairs before liberation, we can see that they only care about their own interests and nothing else.

What's more, the current Todai University has obtained secret channels to export its own products such as paper towels, clothes and shoes abroad.

This also means that the economy of the University of Tokyo may really be on the verge of a new opportunity for rise.

At this time, if Moscow completely withdraws, then they in Moscow will be almost blind and will have even less understanding of the situation in the University of Tokyo.

At the same time, it will push Dongda University towards Sam.

"You underestimate Dongda. There's no way they're going to go along with Sam. Besides, Sam's not a pushover. How could he let Dongda take advantage of him?"

Khrushchev's statement was even more explicit, but it was also true.

"Besides, if we don't force it, are we really going to raise an ungrateful person?"

Everyone fell silent. Moscow had provided free assistance to the University of Tokyo, providing many key core technologies and equipment to help the University of Tokyo establish its industrial foundation.

They just wanted to build a small long-wave power station south of Dongda University, but Dongda University refused to agree no matter what. It was too stingy.

If this isn’t an ungrateful person, then what is it?
So, after some discussion, the matter was settled.

The next topic is about the rutile transaction mentioned by the mysterious man. The mysterious man has not been contacted yet, so the KGB has to wait for the time being.

European continent, Gallic Paris.

Zhao Mancang was in contact with Durand, the middleman in Paris, to confirm the details of the transaction with him.

"If you purchase 20,000 tons of rutile, then each ton of rutile costs 10,000 ounces of gold. You need to prepare half in gold, and the remaining half in US dollars in cash or industrial equipment of equivalent value."

Durand's eyes widened immediately and he exclaimed:
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

According to Zhao Mancang, the Gauls need to pay 100 million ounces of gold, which is equivalent to more than 2,830 tons of gold.

How is this possible?
The entire Gauls' gold reserves are only 2.3 billion US dollars, which is more than 60 million ounces of gold, equivalent to more than 1,700 tons of gold.

Therefore, even if the Gauls were to come up with more than 2,800 tons of gold to purchase rutile, they would not be able to come up with so much gold even if they agreed to it out of their wits.

It’s so fucking expensive!

In fact, Zhao Mancang knew it too.

In the original time and space history, Sam bought so much rutile from the Avisma magnesium titanium factory in Moscow, causing the manufacturing cost of each Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft to reach 2 billion US dollars. Zhao Mancang really wanted to know how they spent so much money.

There are a total of 33 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft. Assuming that titanium alloy materials account for more than 85% of the 30-ton weight of the entire aircraft, the cost of titanium metal for each aircraft is 500 million US dollars, and the total cost is 16.5 billion US dollars.

The extremely high amount of 16 billion US dollars is also jaw-dropping.

Zhao Mancang had traded rutile with Francis and others, and he roughly estimated that in addition to other expenses, the "gift money" expenses probably accounted for a large proportion of this huge cost expenditure.

There is a characteristic of Sam, in addition to the so-called "gift money", the pension compensation is also very dark.

The difficulty for all Sam soldiers to receive pensions is astonishingly high.

why?
Because soldiers can only die on their own positions, they have to die on the spot, and they must be knocked down or killed by targeted hostile fire, among many other conditions.

For example, on the Korean Peninsula battlefield, a lieutenant general was crushed to death by a car driven by Korean Peninsula puppet troops in the chaos during a great rout. He was unable to receive death pension.

He was a lieutenant general. After his death in battle, he received no pension and was only posthumously awarded the rank of general, that's all.

Funny?
But this is the characteristic of Sam, they really have capital and freedom everywhere.

"Then tell me, what do you want to do?" Zhao Mancang laughed when he heard that.

Durand was not dragged into the other party's verbal trap, but bargained for the price of 10,000 ounces per ton of rutile.

too expensive!
"Expensive? Haha, this is the raw material for titanium, the most critical metal component of titanium alloys, and it's only available in Moscow. I'm sure you've heard about the theft of rutile from the warehouse of the Avisma Magnesium Titanium Factory, right?"

Zhao Mancang sneered when he heard this:
"Even Sam and his team can only go to Moscow to purchase rutile. You don't think you can have so much rutile here in Gaul, do you?"

"You should be very clear about the current global situation. Whoever can first master more fighter jets made of titanium alloy will be able to seize the initiative."

"If you think the price of 10,000 ounces of gold per ton is expensive, then don't buy it. I have no shortage of customers anyway!"

After saying that, Zhao Mancang was ready to leave. Durand held his breath for ten seconds, and when he saw Zhao Mancang really got into the car and was about to leave, he quickly stepped forward to hold him back.

That's not how negotiations work.

But how could Zhao Mancang care about so many things?

If you don’t make money, you are a bastard!
Although Gaul was reduced to ruins after World War II, its economic development speed after the war was indeed rapid, comparable to that of Great Britain.

Since that was the case, Zhao Mancang would naturally give them a good beating.

Two days later, the negotiation was concluded. The Gauls purchased 5,000 tons of rutile, each ton costing 8,000 ounces of gold, for a total of 40 million ounces of gold.

Of course, they only paid 10 million ounces of gold and 10 million ounces of US dollars in cash, and the remaining 20 million ounces of gold were offset by industrial equipment.

It takes time for them to prepare the industrial equipment, so they hope to make the transaction after half a month.

When Zhao Mancang heard this, he immediately canceled the transaction.

The Gallic chickens are romantic to death, and they are now showing signs of lying down and giving up. In this case, Zhao Mancang will definitely not accompany them.

Because he doesn't want to waste too much time in Europe.

Durand was dumbfounded, and finally decided to use 10 million ounces of gold and 10 million ounces of US dollars in cash to purchase 2,500 tons of rutile.

The transaction took place that night. During the entire transaction process, many people came to Durand's side, but Zhao Mancang canceled the transaction on the spot.

Durand was so angry that he cursed.

Because many people are really more likely to cause trouble than to accomplish anything.

It took nearly a week to complete the rutile transaction.

At this time, Zhao Mancang had already ended his extreme tug-of-war with Great Britain, but he put the transaction on the back burner because he needed to trade with Moscow.

Moscow was still very generous and actually sent a lot of industrial equipment, fighter jets and the like. However, Zhao Mancang knew at a glance that these were indeed brand new fighter jets, but they were also fully loaded and there were pilots inside.

Well, Zhao Mancang can’t be offended.

It was obvious that Moscow had no intention of trading with him, but rather wanted to kill him.

Faced with Zhao Mancang's avoidance of fighting, Sholokhov, who had laid a tight net, was immediately disappointed, but what could he do?

In London, Great Britain, Zhao Mancang negotiated with Count Verona to confirm the specific price of rutile.

Similar to the Gallic chickens, Great Britain did not want so much rutile because it was too expensive, and it also thought that there might be rutile in other places, such as the sparsely populated Maple Leaf Country and Australia.

The Maple Leaf Country and Australia were both colonies of Great Britain in the past. Although they are now independent, they still recognize Queen Elizabeth.

Therefore, once rutile is discovered in these two places, Great Britain can also purchase it. Moreover, given the vast land areas of these two places, once rutile is discovered, it is bound to be available in large quantities.

Therefore, Great Britain could purchase it at a low price, and even the high-priced era of rutile was gone forever.

Because of this, the Count of Verona certainly did not want to buy more rutile.

Unfortunately, Zhao Mancang had already made up his mind. If he only bought 100 tons of rutile, the price per ton would be 30,000 ounces of gold. If it was 1,000 tons, the price per ton would be 20,000 ounces of gold.

If it is 5,000 tons of rutile, the price per ton becomes 8,000 ounces.

Is the price low enough?

Why not take the opportunity to buy more?
However, Zhao Mancang still underestimated the shamelessness of Count Verona.

Although the other party was an earl and should have been an English gentleman, he was actually a barbarian.

"Fuck, that's too expensive! Aren't you bullying us? You should know that you are negotiating with Great Britain."

The Count of Verona was spitting all over the place and was stingy for a little bit of profit, as if it was going to cost him his life.

After three days of negotiations, the two sides finally agreed to purchase a total of 6,000 tons of rutile at a price of 7,000 ounces of gold per ton.

I don’t know who is losing or gaining.

Just when Zhao Mancang had reached an agreement with Great Britain and was about to make the deal, Douglas received news from Sam.

"Someone contacted us wanting to sell rutile?"

Douglas asked at this moment with an incredible look on his face.

The telegraph interpreter looked at the original text of the telegram he had just heard, and nodded affirmatively again.

Seeing the other party's determination, Douglas McKay took a deep breath and said:

"Reply to them, keep them hanging, and then send someone to find them. I want to know who is provoking our SAM Intelligence Agency again and again."

Douglas was completely furious at this moment. Those people were going too far!

Half a day later, Douglas found out who it was. He didn't expect that it would be their old friend, the Gallic External Security Directorate, who contacted them.

That’s really great.

The last time was the British Sixth Division, which caused Douglas to completely break up with Ovetta Strauss, and he was also punished by Dwight David.

This time it’s the Gallic General Directorate for External Security, haha, that’s really great!

"Contact Baptiste for me and ask him what he wants. Where did they get the rutile? And how do they want to trade it?"

After Douglas calmed down, he gave instructions to his subordinates.

Baptiste is the head of the Directorate-General for External Security. We are all old acquaintances and of course we know each other's names.

After a day passed, the two sides exchanged many telegrams and finally knew the general situation.

Although Douglas didn't know where the rutile in Baptiste's hand came from, their SAM Intelligence Agency was determined to get the rutile in the other party's hands.

In other words, Sam is determined to get these rutiles.

It stands to reason that the news about rutile-related titanium alloys has now been known to the British Agency 6, but no one knows how long this secret can be kept.

But since the existence of the Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft was no longer a secret, why did Douglas want to continue purchasing Rutile?
Why is it?

The reason is simple. The Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft is so powerful that its maximum flight speed can reach Mach 3.2 and its cruising speed can reach Mach 3.

At this speed, how many missiles in the world can catch up?

This is a completely invincible position.

Even if Moscow knew that they had Blackbird reconnaissance planes and were spying on their country from above their heads, so what?
What can Moscow do besides watching?
Nothing can be done!
Just like the current Black Widow U2 reconnaissance aircraft, Sam has been using these Black Widow reconnaissance aircraft to obtain detailed intelligence on Moscow over the years.

Unfortunately, Moscow is still unaware of this, and even if it knew, it would be unable to hit or defeat the enemy.

With such a good advantage, why not continue to manufacture the Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft?
In addition, the most crucial point is that Sam has not yet found rutile mines anywhere other than Moscow.

absolutely not!

Moscow is so lucky that they actually have such a large amount of rare metal titanium ore, so Sam is very envious and jealous.

Since Moscow has such resources, but Sam does not, will Sam do something small at this time?
Moreover, Moscow's research and development capabilities, such as their Mikoyan Design Bureau, will these scientific research institutions design and develop a more powerful fighter jet based on the Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft?

When Moscow also develops titanium alloy fighter jets, does the advantage of the Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft still exist?

So at this time we have to race against time and we have to make every second count.

Durand never imagined that the harsh words he said to Zhao Mancang half a month ago would be slapped in the face by his own leader Baptiste in less than half a month.

Because Baptiste and Douglas completed the transaction very quickly, 2,500 tons of rutile were purchased at the price of 15,000 ounces of gold.

The payment was very fast, too fast.

Baptiste needed 500 million US dollars in cash, but Douglas directly provided him with 800 million US dollars in cash.

If you look closely, you will find that more than half of this US dollar cash was printed this year.

Yes, the Federal Reserve has already started printing useless US dollar cash.

why?

The reason is very simple. First, the Monkey Peninsula War is about to begin and Sam is short of money.

Secondly, Zhao Mancang had previously taken away a large amount of US dollar cash and gold in San Francisco and Hawaii, causing a significant decrease in the US dollar market, so they took this opportunity to quickly print money. As long as the likes of Great Britain, Gallic Chicken, Dirk, Kimura, and others hadn't noticed the devaluation of the dollar, then there wouldn't be a big problem.

Anyway, Sam has a total reserve of more than 800 million ounces of gold, so it doesn't matter if they produce as much as they want.

After completing the transaction with Douglas, Baptiste immediately asked Durand to contact Zhao Mancang to continue the transaction.

Whatever rutile there was, they, like Gallic chickens, ate it all.

Zhao Mancang is still in Great Britain at this moment, trading with the Count of Verona.

Six thousand tons of rutile is not a small amount, so it is naturally not an easy task to successfully complete the transaction.

Great Britain is not like Sam. They don't have much industrial equipment, food, etc.

But it doesn’t matter. Zhao Mancang still needs to purchase in large quantities, so he made a deal with the other party.

He has already wasted almost a month in Europe, plus Moscow, Sam and other places, so it has been two months in total.

It has been such a long time and Zhao Mancang has not gained any experience points. It is such a waste of time.

So he doesn't really want to stay in Europe anymore.

An unexpected event occurred when conducting a transaction with the Count of Verona.

To be precise, after Zhao Mancang completed the transaction, a third party appeared. They were agents from Sam Intelligence Agency, and there were nearly fifty of them.

Bang bang bang!
Amidst the hail of bullets, Zhao Mancang took advantage of the chaos to take away all the gold, US dollar cash, and some industrial equipment, but there was no way to take away the food and other supplies.

Zhao Mancang was very angry about this matter, but he had no way to deal with such a chaotic situation.

Besides, there’s no point in getting angry. Let’s just escape this disaster first.

After finally getting rid of the pursuers, Zhao Mancang left the European continent directly. He did not turn on the radio, so he did not receive Durand's telegram at all.

Boeing's Boeing 707 aircraft has a very fast flying speed. Although it cannot be compared with the terrifying aircraft like the Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft, it is much faster than the Black Widow U2 reconnaissance aircraft.

With a cruising speed of 977 kilometers per hour, it was no problem for him to cross the Atlantic Ocean from the European continent, then cross the entire North American continent, and arrive at the Mario Airlines airport in Medford.

The construction of Mario Airlines' airport began in November last year. When Zhao Mancang visited in February this year, the airport was almost completed.

By mid-to-early May now, the construction has naturally been completed.

Since it is his own airport, there will be no problem for Zhao Mancang to land smoothly.

After arriving here, Zhao Mancang called the person in charge to understand the situation here.

Two months have passed since he left the small town of Medford in February.

Wanjia Supermarket has completed the construction of its fifth store and opened it successfully a week ago.

The sixth and seventh stores are also under construction, and it is possible that we will have 20 stores within this year.

Apart from Wanjia Supermarket, the development of Mario Airlines has been somewhat unsatisfactory.

This is mainly because the technological research and development of an airline cannot be achieved overnight, it must be done slowly.

Zhao Mancang gave the MiG series Farmer and Fish Nest fighters to Mario Aviation, and also left 200 million US dollars, asking the person in charge to recruit technical talents for research and development as soon as possible.

He had previously taken away three Farmer fighters and one Fishbed fighter prototype from Moscow. He only kept two Farmer fighters and left the rest to Mario Aviation.

Because Mario Aviation is his own personal company, and it has a better technical team and equipment, it will definitely be able to replicate the Fish Nest Fighter earlier than domestic ones.

Therefore, if the Yuwo fighter test aircraft model is given to our country, Zhao Mancang will not get any benefit except an extra IOU.

Although he really wanted to help Ma Jiugong and the others, he also had to pay attention to the scale and methods.

What's more, after Mario replicates the Fish Nest Fighter, he can bring the technology and production equipment directly to our country, which can shorten the time.

After spending half a day learning about his industry in California, Zhao Mancang went to Stanford University to meet with Zhuang Xiaoting, and then quickly left the North American continent and returned directly to Tianjin Port.

In the office of the grain company in Beijing.

Ma Jiugong and Yuan Yushan were both speechless. It had been three months since they received any telegram from Comrade Li, and even their attempts to contact him in person had fallen on deaf ears.

This is too incredible!

They couldn't understand why this happened, and it was difficult for the University of Tokyo to access information from the outside world. Apart from news from Moscow, news from other places was even more difficult to obtain.

Otherwise, they would most likely know that "Comrade Li" had gone to Moscow and the European continent to cause trouble.

Drop drop!
Just when the two of them were feeling extremely worried, the telegraph machine suddenly rang, and they instantly became refreshed.

After a while, the telegraph operator handed the transcribed telegram to the telegraph interpreter next to him. Before the latter finished translating it, Ma Jiugong and Yuan Yushan next to him had already seen it clearly.

"Haha, Comrade Li finally showed up, that's great!"

There was no surprise. It was indeed a telegram sent by "Comrade Li". Ma Jiugong and the others immediately ran to report the news.

At three o'clock in the afternoon of that day, a large amount of goods was transported to the vicinity of Jincheng Wharf. These were goods that had been accumulated for three months, and there were really too many of them.

Fortunately, Yuan Yushan and his team had previously traded a lot of large trucks from "Comrade Li", otherwise, transporting these goods would become a problem now.

At 11 o'clock in the evening, Zhao Mancang appeared on time at the Tianjin Wharf.

This time, Zhao Mancang traded with them some generator sets and other equipment, as well as the technical data of the MiG-21 Fishbed fighter that he had just obtained.

Technical information can be copied directly, which is much simpler.

Anyway, if we give it to Ma Jiugong and the others, they will definitely treat the information well.

"Comrade Li, is this really the technical data for the newly developed MiG-21 fighter jet from Moscow?"

Yuan Yushan and the others were very excited and confirmed again and again that Zhao Mancang did not waste time talking to them. He nodded in acknowledgment and then urged them to hurry up and make the transaction.

Because even though they were already very familiar with each other and had traded many times, Zhao Mancang still reminded the other party to do the relevant testing work every time.

He does the same thing himself, sampling all products and taking them off the shelves as soon as he finds a faulty product.

After all, Zhao Mancang did not want to test human nature, because he knew very well that human nature could not be tested and could not withstand the test.

Nothing is better than doing business impartially.

On Ma Jiugong's side, Professor Wang and many other experts have been studying the technical data of the Yuwo fighter, because this is Moscow's most advanced fighter data, so of course it needs to be treated carefully and seriously.

Professor Wang and his colleagues were overjoyed and read and reviewed it carefully, but it was difficult for Ma Jiugong and Yuan Yushan and others.

Because Ma Jiugong and the others still need to report to Zhao Mancang, they can't waste time.

Two hours later, the transaction was completed. After Zhao Mancang watched Ma Jiugong and others leave, he also left the barren mountain with the goods.

In Lingguang County, Zhao Mancang stored the goods at the dock and then went to inspect the airport.

The construction of the airport in Lingguang County of the Peninsula started in September last year, but due to the high latitude here and the lack of technical personnel, the airport has not been completed yet.

According to the person in charge's prediction, the construction should be completed in June this year.

If the airport here is well built, then in the future Zhao Mancang will be able to return to Beijing from North America or other places very quickly.

At present, the only airports that have not been built are those in the outlying islands of Hong Kong and the Soko Islands. Otherwise, it would be much easier for him to travel to other places.

As for the take-off airport, for example, when he returned from the European continent before, Zhao Mancang directly "borrowed" the runway of London Airport and took off smoothly in the early morning.

At that time, there were no staff at the London Airport Control Tower, because there were no planes taking off and landing at night in that era. How could there be staff on duty at this time?
Although the airport security saw this scene, the plane had already taken off. What could they do?
After notifying the person in charge to remember to ship out the goods in the warehouse on time, Zhao Mancang returned to the capital.

He returned to the capital quietly without being discovered. Even the two guards at the door didn't know he was back.

Lin Wan was startled by his sudden appearance and started to complain about where he had been for the past three months. Why hadn't he come back for so long?
She is very worried about him!
"Wan'er, don't be angry, don't be angry, listen to me and let me explain it to you slowly."

Zhao Mancang hurried to coax her because she was pregnant. She found out she was pregnant again in mid-to-late October last year, which means she became pregnant in September. It has been exactly eight months now, and there is still about a month left before the ninth month of pregnancy.

So you can't make her angry, you have to calm her down.

After a while, when he finished speaking, Lin Wan said:

"So you sneaked back again this time? You can't stay for a few days?"

"That's not the point." Zhao Mancang quickly changed the subject. "Have you been paying attention to the situation in Beijing recently? Are the Moscow experts still here?"

It was already May, so it shouldn't be long before Khrushchev and the others lost their temper.

However, the withdrawal of Moscow experts was very sudden, with no notice or signs at all.

Anyway, it's quite confusing.

As expected, Lin Wan didn't dwell on the matter of Zhao Mancang anymore. She shook her head and talked about the recent situation in the capital.

Those Moscow experts were still in Beijing and had not evacuated yet. Zhao Mancang was not surprised when he heard this, as if the flapping of his butterfly wings had not changed much.

The reason why the couple paid attention to this matter was naturally closely related to Zhao Mancang.

As long as the Moscow experts evacuate the capital, Zhao Mancang can appear openly.

Unlike now, Lin Wan could only wear a loose skirt when she was pregnant to avoid being discovered, and she has been living in seclusion to minimize the possibility of meeting people.

After chatting for a while, Zhao Mancang became concerned about her daily life, as well as her three children, Xiao Taozi, Xiao Baozi and Lin Huijun, and Zhang Dongyue's family.

After staying in the capital for two days, Zhao Mancang only came back at night to sleep with Lin Wan. He did not appear during the day and did not see Lin Huijun.

Because Lin Huijun couldn't hide her thoughts, whether she was happy or angry, it was all written on her face.

Once Zhao Mancang meets her, there is a high probability that he will not be able to hide it from the two guards at the door, so in order to avoid trouble, he can only resort to this last resort.

Two days later, Zhao Mancang conducted another transaction with Ma Jiugong and others, and then came to No. 17 Caoyuan Hutong to meet Hu Xiaocao and others.

"Brother Li!"

When Hu Xiaocao and her four siblings saw Zhao Mancang, they were all very surprised.

Compared to three months ago, Hu Xiaocao and her four siblings are doing much better now.

At least they can have clean clothes, eat whole grains and vegetables, and no longer go hungry.

"Well, I haven't seen you for a few months. You've grown up a lot. Have you learned to read and write?"

Zhao Mancang was very concerned about the four siblings because they had gained a lot of experience points.

If this continues, then if Zhao Mancang stays in the capital for a while longer, it is very likely that his experience value balance will exceed 20,000.

After all, he can meet Hu Xiaocao and her four siblings during the day, and trade with Ma Jiugong and others at night.

You know, this time Zhao Mancang brought back a lot of industrial equipment from Moscow, Great Britain, Sam and other places.

In particular, many of the industrial equipment shipped from the warehouse in the small town of Medford were transported to the Tokyo port. Zhao Mancang could just go and pick them up since it was very close.

Therefore, Zhao Mancang is very much looking forward to the remaining experience points after a while.

"Yes, we have some who can read. Brother Li, I can already recognize 152 characters."

Hu Xiaocao answered happily. Her two younger sisters were rather shy, and it was only after their eldest sister urged them that they finally responded.

Zhao Mancang didn't say anything about this.

After chatting with Hu Xiaocao and her four siblings for a while, and then chatting with Mei Chunyan, Zhao Mancang, who was about to evacuate, happened to run into Lian Qiufang who suddenly returned home.

Lian Qiufang was sent back by someone, including her parents and Yang Xiurong.

Zhao Mancang didn't know anyone else, he only knew Lian Qiufang and Yang Xiurong.

At this time, Lian Qiufang's face was pale and she no longer had her usual liveliness.

Mei Chunyan and the others didn't mention this just now. It's not that Zhao Mancang didn't ask, but Lian Qiufang didn't tell everyone that she was going to get treatment.

Previously, Zhao Mancang wrote a letter to Yang Xiurong, Lian Qiufang's second aunt, to remind her about Lian Qiufang's illness.

In fact, Yang Xiurong didn't take the letter seriously when she saw it. After all, in her eyes, 'Li Changan' was not a great doctor and was not trustworthy at all.

Until recently, Lian Qiufang became increasingly thinner, and suffered from pain, nausea, vomiting, and other symptoms from time to time, and even her face began to turn yellow.

These are all symptoms of pancreatic cancer, especially jaundice, which is directly reflected on the face.

Lian Qiufang was a dancer with good looks and a fair face. Her skin started to turn white due to jaundice, and Yang Xiurong gradually realized that something was wrong.

It was only because Lian Qiufang lived in Courtyard 17 of Caoyuan Hutong, which was very close to Yang Xiurong's home, that Yang Xiurong was able to know the details of Lian Qiufang's recent life.

Diarrhea, pain, weight loss, jaundice, these were all fulfilled one by one by the letter from "Li Changan". After Yang Xiurong realized what was happening, she regretted it so much that her face turned pale.

So Yang Xiurong persuaded Lian Qiufang to go to the hospital for a check-up as soon as possible, hoping that it would not be as "Li Changan" said in the letter.

As a result, instead of good things happening, all the bad things happened. It was indeed pancreatic cancer, and it was in the middle and late stages of pancreatic cancer. The doctor directly told Yang Xiurong and others to go home and prepare for the funeral.

Upon hearing this shocking news, Lian Qiufang's head buzzed and she was stunned on the spot.

She is only twenty-one years old, in the prime of her life. How could she suffer from such a disease?

At that time, the doctor only diagnosed that it was mid-to-late stage pancreatic cancer and it was incurable, but did not tell the specific cause of the disease, so Lian Qiufang did not know why she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at such a young age.

Yang Xiurong and others wanted to take Lian Qiufang to the PLA General Hospital and Union Hospital for further confirmation, but Lian Qiufang shook her head and refused.

It doesn't matter whether you go or not, the result is already obvious.

"Aunt Yang, what happened to Comrade Lian Qiufang?" Zhao Mancang asked knowingly.

At this time, Lian Qiufang had already returned to her room. Yang Xiurong did not follow her in, but stood in the yard and chatted with Zhao Mancang.

To be precise, she regretted it and expressed her apology and remorse to Zhao Mancang. If she had trusted the letter written by Zhao Mancang before, or had been a little more vigilant, the result might have been different.

"You just confirmed the diagnosis at Peking University People's Hospital and then stopped treating it?" Zhao Mancang frowned after hearing this.

Yang Xiurong didn't understand what he meant, but continued to explain:

"Peking University People's Hospital is also a very good hospital in Beijing. After seeing her there, it doesn't matter whether she goes to Union Hospital or not. Could Union Hospital still cure her pancreatic cancer?"

Zhao Mancang was speechless. He really wanted to lend a helping hand, but his teammates were all idiots.

Once Lian Qiufang really died, there would be one less person in the courtyard of No. 17 Caoyuan Hutong, which would not be a good thing for Hu Xiaocao and her four siblings.

However, it is impossible for Zhao Mancang to help directly. He can only play a supporting role now.

"Aunt Yang, I suggest you take Comrade Lian Qiufang to the PLA General Hospital. The doctors there are much better than those in other hospitals."

(End of this chapter)