Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Chapter 259: Solar Panel Arms Trade
In June 1963, Sam, a secret transaction was underway in a secluded manor in Seattle, Washington.

As Lyndon Johnson's most trusted personal secretary, Felix Edwards personally participated in this meeting.

In addition to Felix Edwards, representatives from the California Consortium, Texas Consortium and other groups also attended the meeting. One of them was a Moscow native named Posbelov, who also attended the meeting.

"Everyone, it's already June, and there's only six months left until next year's election. My boss said he doesn't want that person to run in next year's election."

"Now we must come up with a specific plan and make sure it is feasible and can be implemented perfectly without giving the other party any time to react."

Felix Edwards spoke solemnly, and someone immediately took up the conversation.

Although everyone present was a representative, they all hoped that John Fitzgerald could have a smooth journey without any setbacks.

Otherwise, it will inevitably affect the big boss behind them.

"If I remember correctly, John is a very romantic man. He once solved his marriage problems with Audrey Hepburn, and they even dated secretly. Is this true?"

As soon as Pospelov opened his mouth, the men present immediately smiled like aunts.

Apart from anything else, there is no doubt that Audrey Hepburn is the sexiest and most beautiful woman so far in this century.

Ever since the movie "Roman Holiday" starring Audrey Hepburn became a hit in 1954, many men have wanted to be her slave, even the suave John Fitzgerald is no exception.

In addition to Audrey Hepburn, John Fitzgerald also had a very close relationship with Marilyn Monroe.

Marilyn Monroe expressed her love to John many times in public and called the White House office many times. At a banquet on May 19 last year, she sang a happy birthday song to John in a low-cut dress that was almost naked.

Interestingly, Marilyn Monroe actually had a close relationship with John’s brother, Robert Francis.

Although it was a bit messy, today's meeting was not about discussing these gossips, but about how to kill John.

Back to the topic, after Felix and others discussed for more than half an hour, a specific implementation plan was put forward.

However, half a month later, it was rejected again.

No one wants to be involved, they want to be both responsible and independent, this is what this group of people are talking about.

Every interest group does not want to get into trouble because of this. After all, there are already many interest groups in Sam's country, and the interest groups that support John Fitzgerald are not to be underestimated.

If John Fitzgerald is killed, the interest groups behind him will insist on finding the mastermind, and then no one will be able to escape.

This is also one of the reasons why the results have not been completely determined from the beginning of the discussion to now.

Pospelov wanted to take over this important task, but interest groups like Felix did not trust him that much.

The reason is very simple. Although Pospelov is a Samish citizen, he was a Moscow native before. Who knows if he still has any connection with Moscow.

Anyway, it's not that clean, so Felix and the others don't want to cause any trouble or even be betrayed.

Sam was still secretly planning. When the news reached the Kremlin in Moscow, Khrushchev became furious after hearing it. He slammed the table and cursed:

"What the hell, these Sam bastards, they just want to take the money and not do the work, right?"

In order to get back at his old self, Khrueukin did not hesitate to get involved in the conspiracy to assassinate Squad Leader Sam, and even followed up on the matter from time to time.

As a result, it has been half a year and there is still no sign of it, which has almost exhausted his patience.

"Comrade Secretary, why don't we, the KGB, take over this matter ourselves?"

Sholokhov wanted to share Khrushchev's worries, but the latter shook his head and refused.

The KGB can provide intelligence support to Pospelov, but it cannot take the initiative to take this responsibility, because if Sam turns the tables on it, it will probably bleed again.

Although this matter cannot be discussed openly, Lyndon Johnson only had a cooperative relationship with Moscow in the assassination of John Fitzgerald, but they were hostile in other matters.

Who knows whether Lyndon Johnson will expose this matter after he takes office.

By then, people will take advantage of Sam's emotions to mess with Moscow. Even if Moscow is not afraid at that time, it will be in a mess.

So we can't act rashly.

While interest groups such as Lyndon Johnson and Khrushchev were still hesitating and trying to figure out how to get rid of John more perfectly, Zhao Mancang once again flew to the Northwest.

It is already June, and the climate conditions in the Northwest have become relatively worse.

Because the sunlight in June is even hotter, the surface temperature of the desert has soared to 40 or 50 degrees, which is an extremely exaggerated level.

So Zhao Mancang really came here once every two weeks, for fear that something might happen to Qi Zizhou and the others.

“Is there enough electricity here now?”

In the office, Zhao Mancang called Xu Qinggong, Yang Yongfu, Wu Shaoyun and others to hold a meeting in the office.

There is no air conditioning here now, only electric fans, but even so, it is already very good.

Plus there are shade trees and well water, so it's not very hot.

Except that it is very hot outside during the day, everything else is fine. You still need to cover yourself with a quilt when you sleep at night, because the temperature here is around 20 degrees Celsius at night, especially in the second half of the night, when the temperature is below 20 degrees Celsius.

After Xu Qinggong and the others finished speaking, Zhao Mancang nodded and said:

"In that case, you guys need to work even harder on your research. Solar power generation technology isn't complicated, and you now have 214 technicians, so you'll definitely be able to complete it quickly."

Photovoltaic power generation technology involves a wide range of technical aspects, and its main components include solar panel components, controllers and inverters.

Solar panels are composed of silicon wafers, backplanes, current-carrying circuits, packaging materials, etc., among which the most core component is the silicon wafer.

The silicon wafers of solar panels are mainly composed of silicon materials such as monocrystalline silicon, polycrystalline silicon and amorphous silicon. Some of the technologies in these areas have already been developed, while some have not yet been realized.

Comrade Lin Lanying from the Tianjin Semiconductor Materials Factory developed the first single crystal silicon while studying abroad at SAM with her solid technical and theoretical knowledge. However, it was impossible for her to return to the University of Tokyo.

It was not until 1956, after our University of Tokyo negotiated with Sam in Geneva, that she and some other overseas students were allowed to return to China.

After Comrade Lin Lanying returned to China, she immediately formed a scientific research team with the support of her leaders, and then began to tackle technical problems, developing world-leading technological products such as monocrystalline silicon.

However, whether it is monocrystalline silicon or polycrystalline silicon, these are only the basic silicon wafer materials. Xu Qinggong and his team still need to complete other core technologies. Simply put, they need to replicate the technical data given by Zhao Mancang with the existing solar panels.

It also takes time to fully master these technologies and come up with production processes.

"Leader Zhao, we will complete this technology as soon as possible, but you also know that this technology is too difficult for us. It is too advanced. We have never been exposed to it before, and many people will have to learn it from scratch."

Yang Yongfu complained with a wry smile, while Zhao Mancang patted him on the shoulder and said soothingly, "Everything is difficult at the beginning. You pioneers will certainly have to work hard, but please believe me, you can do it. When we master the solar panel production process, we will immediately use the first batch of products here."

What Zhao Mancang said was not a lie. Once the solar panel technology is mastered, it will definitely be handed over to the Tenglong factory for production.

The qualified products produced at that time will definitely be used in Shaya Laboratory, because this is the place where they are most needed and most suitable.

At present, the power source of Shaya Laboratory depends entirely on the diesel generator room, so the electricity here is used as sparingly as possible and no waste is allowed.

It is precisely because of this that Zhao Mancang was so anxious to ask Yang Yongfu and others to make breakthroughs in solar panel technology as soon as possible, and other projects were not mentioned at all.

After staying here for half a day, Zhao Mancang left again.

Ever since Qi Zizhou and his team moved into the Shaya Laboratory, he has never spent the night here again because there is no need.

The entire laboratory is on track. Spies like Guo Taoshun are just making trouble and there is no need to pay attention to them. Solar panels are not such advanced and awesome technology anyway. Even if Guo Taoshun passes them on, what good will it do?

In the capital city, it was already very hot in June. The sun was shining brightly in the sky and the earth seemed to be cracking.

It hasn't rained for more than ten days in a row, and everyone thought that drought was coming again. However, Zhao Mancang felt that with such hot and humid weather, it would probably rain in two days.

In Lingjing Hutong, a car stopped at the entrance of the alley. Zhao Mancang opened the car door, greeted the guard and went in.

After coming here many times, Zhao Mancang became very familiar with the guards.

Every time he came, he would consciously hand over his service gun and then go inside.

After entering, you need to check again and then wait in the office.

But today is different. Zhao Mancang doesn't need to wait at all, because the leaders of the I-shaped building on Ministry of Foreign Affairs Street and others are already waiting for him.

The purpose of coming here today, in addition to receiving the special medal of honor, is more to listen to the leader's praise and to hear his opinions.

Zhao Mancang had previously mentioned to the leaders the plans to build the Jiaolong Hospital and expand the Tenglong Factory. Since these plans would inevitably lead to an increase in the annual expenses of the Jiaolong Comprehensive Institution, there was no way around it.

With the construction of Jiaolong School and the start of enrollment this fall, Jiaolong School will definitely welcome more students this year.

In addition, there is the Tamron factory. The aircraft manufacturing branch has now been established and the personnel are in place.

In addition to the 125 technical backbones, there are also 20 college students, a number of technical secondary school students and outstanding high school graduates.

In a nutshell, the scale of Jiaolong Comprehensive Institution is expanding, and it is imperative to build a hospital.

"Comrade Mancang, can your laboratory in the Northwest really produce significant results? Will we need to build a clinic there?"

"Boss, that's for sure. We're currently working on solving the electricity problem there. Once that's resolved, the entire Shaya Laboratory will be able to operate on its own, without the need for further investment in electricity."

Zhao Mancang heard this and said confidently:

"Solar panel technology has already been put to use at SAM, and they applied it to space explorers a few years ago. Our future space explorers can also use this technology."

"In addition to solar panel technology, our Shaya laboratory area will also actively develop other technologies. In short, this place is what we are building, a completely independent technology incubation base outside the Saiwai Jiangnan."

"Right now, the environment there is still rather crude. In a year or two, if you leaders are willing to go there for an inspection, I believe you will be astonished."

Not to mention the future, the current leaders were already very surprised. After all, Zhao Mancang spoke so highly of the Shaya Laboratory that all the leaders were itching to find out more.

Unfortunately, the environment there is terrible and the leaders are very busy, so it is impossible to just go there.

Out of trust in Zhao Mancang, the leaders did not discuss the matter in depth.

It was more than half an hour later when Zhao Mancang left the office in Lingjing Hutong.

He has already obtained the approval and will be able to start recruiting after mid-July this year.

The Tamron factory will continue to expand, and this time it will need to recruit high school students in many major cities such as Baiyun City, Shanghai, and Beijing. Many newspapers such as People's Daily, Youth Daily, Industry and Commerce Daily, and Women's Daily will report this matter in advance, which can be regarded as advertising.

At that time, a large number of young people in the society will come to participate in this recruitment. However, if they do not have skills or certain knowledge, it will be difficult to pass the assessment.

There is no way, because Tamron factory needs technicians.

If we don't select the best from the best, it will only slow down the production progress of the Tamron factory.

In Guozi Lane, in the office, Zhao Mancang called Feng Zuzheng, Tian Dewang and others over, and also called professors Wei Changyuan and others over, and everyone held a meeting together.

He had too few people available under his command, so he had no choice but to call Feng Zuzheng and others over to brainstorm and see if there were any better talents to recommend, because he needed to set up a foreign trade company and needed to find a person in charge.

After going around, no one recommended it.

Feng Zuzheng and others all graduated from Peking University. They are definitely good at academic research and teaching, but when it comes to foreign trade, they are at a loss.

As for going to foreign language schools such as Beijing University of Foreign Languages ​​to find foreign language talents to fill the void, that was not possible either, because there were not many foreign language talents to begin with, and all graduates had their jobs assigned by various ministries and other relevant units. Zhao Mancang had no way of getting a place.

After the meeting, Zhao Mancang thought about it and decided that he could only go to China Resources to ask for the person.

Jiaolong Foreign Trade Company must be established, or at least a framework must be built now.

Can bulletproof vests be sold? Can guns and ammunition be sold?

Of course, why not sell it?
Take the Type 1944 rifle for example. It is a copy of the Moscow Mosin-Nagant M carbine. It has an effective range of about meters and a specified range of meters.

Such products are currently the main firearms in our country and have not yet been completely replaced by the Type 56 rifle.

What Zhao Mancang wants to do is to sell this thing to southern Africa, or even the Monkey Peninsula.

Jiaolong Comprehensive Organization must make money. It is absolutely appropriate to use the worst-grade bulletproof vests and Type 53 rifles as its main products.

We can sell other products in the future, but these two products now will definitely have amazing effects.

In order to prevent the outside world from knowing that this thing is produced by our Dongda, the exported products must not have any Chinese labels.

Moreover, the Type 53 rifle is directly a carbine. Anyway, these two rifles are almost twins and ordinary people cannot tell them apart.

At the headquarters of China Resources Company in Beijing, Zhao Mancang walked into their leader’s office and met Jiang Kebo.

"Director Zhao, welcome, welcome. You are such a rare guest. Please have some tea."

Jiang Kebo certainly knew Zhao Mancang, and he could even be said to be a household name, because the latter had passed through Hong Kong Island several times when he brought gold back to the capital.

Whenever they pass through Hong Kong Island, Gui Nian'an and others from the Hong Kong Island branch will pass the news back to Beijing.

Even if Zhao Mancang was returning to Beijing from the Tianjin Wharf, Jiang Kebo would have been able to hear some rumors given his status.

At the very least, Jiang Kebo couldn't hide the commotion that Jiaolong Comprehensive Organization had caused in the past period of time.

"Leader Jiang, I'm here to visit you today to ask you a favor. I'm a soldier, so I'm pretty straightforward. Please don't be offended. This is what I'm saying."

After sitting down for a while, Zhao Mancang didn't even exchange a few words with the other party. He immediately got straight to the point and made it clear why he was there.

When Jiang Kebo found out that Zhao Mancang wanted to second a few people from their China Resources Company, his expression suddenly became unnatural.

China Resources Company cannot be said to be full of talented people, but it definitely has quite a few, and they are quite suitable for Jiaolong Foreign Trade Company.

Now that Zhao Mancang has targeted him, there is no way to escape this wave.

Jiang Kebo still wanted to struggle and asked if there were any products that needed to be sold or equipment that needed to be purchased from outside, and whether they could be handed over to China Resources Company.

"Really? Then can China Resources help sell these two products?" Zhao Mancang directly took out the bulletproof vest and Type 53 cavalry rifle. Jiang Kebo's eyes suddenly went dark and he almost swore.

He asked uncomfortably, "Director Zhao, can we sell these products to foreign countries? Isn't this bulletproof vest our latest product? How can we sell it to foreigners?"

"Why can't we sell it? We're not Pixiu, so we can't just take in money and not give it out, right? We can't afford to ask for money from the higher-ups every day. We have to find ways to make money."

Zhao Mancang, with a puzzled look on his face, asked a few questions in return, then explained, "This bulletproof vest is of the worst quality. It can only protect against the most basic revolver bullets. There's nothing wrong with selling this kind of bulletproof vest, and it's also a consumable item."

The disadvantage is very obvious, that is, it cannot defend against 9mm or more powerful guns. It can't even defend against 9mm pistols, let alone rifles?
The advantages are also obvious, that is, light weight and good concealment. In other words, this type of bulletproof vest is very suitable for people like police.

As for the Type 53 rifle, there is no need to say more. It is definitely cheaper than the Moscow carbine and has a high cost-effectiveness. It will definitely be very popular.

After listening to Zhao Mancang's explanation, Jiang Kebo was helpless because he had no say in this matter. It was very likely that China Resources Company would not be able to sell such products.

So he could only "borrow" a few people for Zhao Mancang.

After achieving his goal, Zhao Mancang did not stay any longer and just got up and left.

For the next period of time, Zhao Mancang was busy with these things. Occasionally, when he had some free time, he would go to the northwest, or just rest at home.

In the blink of an eye, June has passed and July is here.

Zhao Mancang and his family have been staying in Courtyard No. 7, Denglai Hutong recently. Because Zhao Huijun is on summer vacation and they haven't lived here for a while, they moved back to the city starting yesterday.

"Mancang, do you think I've gained weight recently?"

In the corridor, Zhao Huijun and other children were chasing and playing. Lin Wan withdrew her gaze, touched her belly, and chatted with Zhao Mancang next to her.

Upon hearing this, the latter turned his head and looked her up and down carefully. "You're not fat. You haven't eaten much recently, so your energy consumption is not small. How can you be fat?"

Snapped!
Lin Wan's expression suddenly changed, and she punched him lightly, "You still know I'm not fat? Have you given me some birth control pills recently? Otherwise, I haven't gotten pregnant for so long."

Ever since she gave birth to the fat boy in December 1961, there has been no movement in her belly.

It has been more than a year. If it wasn't Zhao Mancang's doing, Lin Wan would never believe it.

"Wan'er, what are you thinking? Didn't we agree that if she gets pregnant we'll give birth, and if not, we'll just let nature take its course? Aren't you blatantly violating the terms we agreed on?"

After hearing his explanation, Lin Wan said viciously, "Did I violate the rules? We've been doing it almost every month for over a year, but why is it that mine is always so punctual? Not a day more or less, never a day late."

"When I gave birth to Xiao Taozi and Xiao Shitou, I got pregnant in less than six months. How come I haven't gotten pregnant this time after more than a year? It must be you."

In this era, strength lies in numbers and having many children means more blessings, which are the mainstream beliefs. Although the issue of family planning was raised by the former president of Peking University, it is only discussed by people in the academic community, and ordinary people don't know about it at all.

The slogans posted all over the streets are all about having more children, overthrowing the US and Moscow, and giving birth. Who would think about family planning?
Although Lin Wan is well-educated, she is not opposed to having children, and is even more positive than Zhao Mancang.

Who doesn’t have five, six, seven or eight children in other families?
Although there are five children in the family now, Zhao Mancang and Lin Wan only have three biological children, which is definitely not enough.

Zhao Mancang felt a headache when he heard this. He could only try his best to comfort her and explain it as clearly as possible.

But this kind of thing is not so easy to explain.

In his opinion, having three children is enough and there is no need to have more.

Forget it, since she likes it so much, I'll just let it go.

Ding Ding Ding!
The phone rang in the living room. Zhao Mancang got up to answer it. It was Lao Wei calling.

"Wan'er, I'm going to work."

After hanging up the phone, Zhao Mancang got up and left home, going straight to Guozi Lane.

After arriving at the company, Zhao Mancang saw two people. They both came from China Resources Company and were about to take up leadership positions in Jiaolong Foreign Trade Company.

"Hello, leader. I am Ye Guangmin (Sun Zhonghan)."

"Sit down, sit down, don't be so polite, and don't be so formal"

Zhao Mancang waved his hands with a smile and said enthusiastically, "Your presence is the greatest support for me. I know you did very well at China Resources before, otherwise I wouldn't have asked Lao Jiang for help."

"You just got back, you probably haven't rested yet, right? I'll give you a few days off first, rest well, because there will be tough battles to fight later."

After Ye Guangmin and Sun Zhonghan take office, Zhao Mancang will officially launch Jiaolong Foreign Trade Company. However, this company will not have this name abroad. It must be the shell of Sam or Moscow.

Anyway, the first products to be sold must be bulletproof vests and Type 53 rifles. As long as they sell well, the profit will not be less.

The fighting on Monkey Peninsula was still going on and there was no sign of stopping. Although Zhao Mancang was very envious, he also knew that the money was not so easy to make.

"no, I'm fine."

Ye Guangmin and the other man wanted to say a few more humble words, but were stopped by Zhao Mancang. Only after a good rest can one do a better job.

After sending Ye Guangmin and the other two away, Zhao Mancang looked at Wei Huayong and said, "Old Wei, do you want to go to the Tenglong factory together?"

"go!"

The two got in the car, left here, and headed straight to the Tamron factory in the suburbs.

The bulletproof vests and Type 53 rifles are still being produced at full speed. The latter product is certainly not produced in the Tamron factory, but the bulletproof vests are indeed there.

At present, only the Tamron factory in the country can produce bulletproof vests. It is not that other places cannot produce them, but they have not yet obtained approval from the leaders.

The Tamron factory is not small. The number of bulletproof vests it produces every month is already sufficient, so there is certainly no need to expand production further.

The army does not need so many bulletproof vests because the army's budget is limited and it is impossible to use all of it to buy bulletproof vests.

So now only Tamron factory can produce bulletproof vests, which is a true monopoly.

Zhao Mancang and Wei Huayong came to the Tenglong factory for an inspection. They took a quick look and finished the tour quickly because their main purpose was to see how many Class A bulletproof vests were produced.

This type of bulletproof vest that can be sold is walking foreign exchange.

Although it cannot be converted into cash yet, Jiaolong Foreign Trade Company has been established and sales channels will be established soon.

Three days later, Ye Guangmin and Sun Zhonghan took office. As soon as they started work, they were called by Zhao Mancang to attend a meeting.

"I won't waste any more time talking to you. Let's get straight to the point. These two products are what we sell to foreign countries, and they are also the main products promoted by our Jiaolong Foreign Trade Company."

"Both bulletproof vests and the Type 53 rifle are excellent products. While they have advantages, they also have disadvantages."

"I know this will be a big hassle, so for the first time I'm going to sell these products, I won't ask you to set a target. Just sell as many as you can and I'll settle the bill based on commission."

"We'll be going out with you on this mission with another team. We also have foreign aid in Southern Africa. The Jiaolong Army is still there, and we have a good relationship with the Nolinasun Mining Company."

Zhao Mancang did not plan to let Ye Guangmin and Sun Zhonghan go to Monkey Peninsula to promote these two products. He was afraid that they would not be able to come back.

But he would definitely go there. After all, it would be a waste not to take advantage of such a good opportunity.

After hearing this, Ye Guangmin and the other man were completely stunned. It was like they were on a pirate ship and couldn't get off.

No matter what, the mission has been given, and they can only bite the bullet and go to southern Africa to sell these products.

It takes a long time to transport so many products from Dongda to southern Africa.

A large ocean-going freighter is enough, but Ye Guangmin and his companions will soon find out that they don’t need to worry about the shipment, because the goods going south from the capital are transported directly by train, and after arriving in Baiyun City, China Resources will be responsible for it.

Only after arriving in Hong Kong Island did Ye Guangmin and his companion have the opportunity to express themselves freely.

However, at this time, Zhao Mancang had already recommended Nolinasun Ocean Shipping Company to them. Although this company was established not long ago, its strength is absolutely unquestionable.

Zhao Mancang is taking care of his own company and attracting business for Nolinasun Ocean Shipping Company.

But it must be said that this company has a very good reputation in Hong Kong Island, mainly because the strength behind this company is very strong, and ordinary Hong Kong Island citizens have more or less heard of this company.

In summary, Ye Guangmin and his team also discovered that transportation and safety were not big problems, but how to find customers was the biggest problem.

Soon, Ye Guangmin and the other two were dispatched. After they left, Zhao Mancang also wanted to leave. However, when Wei Huayong heard that he was going to clear out the inventory of Tenglong Factory, he was instantly stunned:

"You want to clear out the inventory over there? Do you know how many bulletproof vests are left? A full 150,000 pieces of bulletproof vests. How are you going to sell them?"

"Don't worry, Lao Wei. If I say it can be sold, it will definitely be sold. What are you afraid of?"

Zhao Mancang was very confident, but Wei Huayong still had doubts.

After leaving Guozi Lane, Zhao Mancang went to find the leaders of the arsenal that produced the Type 53 rifle and asked them to load all the remaining Type 53 rifles in the warehouse onto the train and transport them to Baiyun City in the south.

"Leader, are you sure? There are 2,180,000 Type 53 rifles and 7,680,000 rounds of ammunition here. Are you sure we need to clear out all of this inventory?"

Upon hearing this, the leaders of the arsenal were shocked and tried to persuade him again and again.

Since the plan to sell the Type 53 rifle was finalized a few months ago, the leadership has approved it and organized several arsenals to jointly produce it. As of now, in addition to the batch of rifles and bullets that Ye Guangmin and others have just taken away, there are still more than 210,000 rifles and more than 7 million bullets in stock.

Such inventory is absolutely shocking.

But Zhao Mancang actually wants to clear out so many guns and ammunition at once. Is he going to start a large-scale war?
"OK, you clear out the inventory. I need to see these goods at the dock warehouse in Hong Kong Island in a week. Can you do that?"

Seeing that Zhao Mancang had said this, the arsenal leaders could only nod.

On the other hand, Jiang Kebo from China Resources also received the relevant news and couldn't help but sigh. Zhao Mancang is really a newborn calf that is not afraid of tigers.

After finishing the business here, Zhao Mancang went to the Northwest again and transported a lot of food, vegetables and other supplies to Xu Qinggong and others, and told them that he hoped to hear good news the next time he came.

He will not come to the Northwest again until the next month, or even a month and a half later, so during this period, they need to solve some of the material problems on their own.

Food and other supplies that can be stored for a long time have been stored for more than two years, which is enough for their two or three hundred people to eat for a long time.

But it’s not so easy for vegetables and fruits, especially fresh vegetables.

Shaya Laboratory actually already has a vegetable garden, which was slowly cultivated and planted by Qi Zizhou and his people when they were bored, but they are also quite afraid of sandstorms.

Before every sandstorm comes, they have to cover it with straw, stone slabs, etc. in advance.

As for fresh fruit, that is really difficult.

There are fruits such as grapes, raisins, and cantaloupes planted around the laboratory, but they don’t mature so quickly, so we have to wait.

The most important thing is that once severe weather such as sandstorms hits, these fruits are easily damaged.

No matter what, Zhao Mancang has already announced his schedule for the next period of time, so they can only accept it.

At No. 7, Denglai Hutong, after Zhao Mancang returned home, he told Zhao Huijun and the others that he would not go to work for the next week.

The children cheered, but Lin Wan, Zhang Dongyue and others were very curious. Would Zhao Mancang be away for a while in a week?

"Of course, I need to go on a business trip in a week and won't be back anytime soon."

Zhao Mancang did not hide it from Lin Wan, and he couldn't hide it, so after learning the news, Lin Wan spent the next few days discussing math fill-in-the-blank problems with him or practicing water magic.

Three days later, Lin Wan had to stop her crazy behavior because she was pregnant.

"Really? You're not lying to me, are you?" Lin Wan was overjoyed. She had a quarrel with him last month, but she didn't expect that she would be pregnant again this month. So it must be him who did it, otherwise, how could there be such a coincidence?

"Well, it should be almost forty days. You have to be careful. Don't take it for granted just because you've given birth to three children."

When Lin Wan heard this, she immediately rolled her eyes at him. She would definitely pay attention to it because this was her child.

The next day, Lin Wan made a special trip to the Union Hospital and then to the PLA General Hospital in the afternoon. Both hospitals confirmed that she was indeed pregnant.

In fact, it was not that she did not trust Zhao Mancang, but because Zhao Mancang had deceived her before and insisted on letting nature take its course, which actually meant that he did not want her to have a baby.

So she was worried that Zhao Mancang was lying to her this time too.

After all, in the past period of time, except when her period came, she asked Zhao Mancang to pay her dues almost every day.

He wasn't even given time to rest, so it's possible that Zhao Mancang stopped paying his taxes on the pretext that she was pregnant.

A man’s mouth is a liar!
However, Zhao Mancang did not lie to her, and she was indeed pregnant, so she became much gentler.

However, she wanted to be gentle to him, but she couldn't do it for a few days because Zhao Mancang would soon leave the capital.

It's already mid-July, so it's natural for Zhao Mancang to go out.

On July 19th, the day Zhao Mancang was about to leave the capital, he ended his vacation and returned to Guozi Lane.

Zuo Changsheng, Zou Xinmin, and their first team had just finished their vacation. When they saw him, they immediately surrounded him and said, "Old Zhao, take us with you. We want to help you sell arms, too."

They were very enthusiastic because they would be able to accomplish great things and gain great credit by following Zhao Mancang.

But unfortunately, Zhao Mancang rejected them every time, especially when he brought back hundreds of tons of gold from Mindanao, he did it all by himself.

This makes the main members of their Jiaolong Army appear stupid.

"You can sell arms? Stop talking nonsense, train well, and if you really can't do it, go to Mindanao and stay there, maybe you can find some gold there."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Mancang declined with a smile.

What a joke! He is a man who is going to Monkey Peninsula to sell arms. If he takes them with him, it would be stupid to bring a bunch of burdens with him. That is definitely not okay.

"Ah? Old Zhao, you are eating alone again. Do you know that this is wrong?" Zuo Changsheng was very disappointed and couldn't help but joked, but Zhao Mancang still shook his head and didn't let them follow.

Wei Huayong had been waiting for a while. Seeing that Zuo Changsheng and the others were still pestering Zhao Mancang, he hurried forward and pulled the latter away.

In the office, Wei Huayong briefly reported his work to Zhao Mancang. News had come back from Hong Kong Island that 150,000 Class A bulletproof vests, more than 210,000 Type 53 rifles and more than 7 million rounds of ammunition had all arrived at Kwai Chung Pier.

(End of this chapter)