Heroes of the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 774 On the Boundless Sea VI

Sixty tons of sugar and ten tons of soybeans were carried by dock workers to the motor sailboat.

The motor sailboat slowly left the pier and headed east along the Huangpu River.

These goods were loaded on the dock in a big way and then flowed down the river without anyone coming to check.There are many bigwigs from the government who smuggle hundreds of tons and thousands of tons in Shanghai, and their little things are nothing at all.

Only Qian Xiaobao and Huang Bamei stood on the deck with their shoes on in the whole sailing boat, and the others were busily running around barefoot pulling the cables and pulling the sails.

After exiting Wusongkou, the motorboat turned around and headed southward, heading south along the coastline to Hangzhou Bay.

At night, at the mouth of Hangzhou Bay, Qian Xiaobao used a flashlight to shine three times in the southeast direction every 10 minutes after twelve o'clock.

An hour later, there were three bright lights in the dark sea in the southeast.

Qian Xiaobao shook the flashlight up and down to guide the opposite whaling ship to approach.

Ten minutes later, the silhouette of the whaler appeared tens of meters away from the motor sailboat.

Qian Xiaobao swung his arm and the beam of the flashlight drew circles in the air, letting the whaling ship approach slowly, and finally kept a distance of four or five meters parallel to the motor sailing ship.

Ryuji Sasaki and the others on the whaling ship and the people on the sailboat looked at each other.

"Start the crane and prepare to load the ship!" Qian Xiaobao ordered in Japanese.

The motor roared, and the boom slowly raised the steering gear sailboat, and a net bag made of thick rope hung below the boom.

"Let them put sugar and soybeans in the net." Qian Xiaobao said to Huang Bamei.

Huang Bamei gave the order, and the people on the sailing boat moved immediately, and soon four or five tons of goods were piled up in the net bag.

Qian Xiaobao shook the flashlight, the boom was raised and rotated, and the net bag returned to the motor sailing boat. Sasaki Ryuji and the others began to move out the bags in the net bag.

In this way, after two hours, all the goods were moved.

Qian Xiaobao was the last to return to the whaling ship standing in the net bag.

"Sister Huang, thank you very much!" Qian Xiaobao said with a wave.

Kawaguchi accelerated the whaling ship, first heading south and then slowly turning north.

Three days later, the whaling ship returned to Osaka Port. Lieutenant Abe was very happy to see the soybeans on board.Today's Japanese soybeans are very expensive.The Japanese do not eat soybean oil, which is an important raw material in their daily essential miso soup.

"These soybeans are put in the warehouse first, and they cannot be sold without my consent!" Qian Xiaobao said.There are also 25 gold bars hidden in it, and soybeans can only be sold after they are taken out.

The 20-day deadline agreed with Zhang Fawu was not far away, and Qian Xiaobao was going to go overseas for business again.

The fourth transaction also went smoothly, and Zhang Fawu made a request when they were about to part.

"Can Mr. Qian buy some machine tools for us in Japan? Old ones are fine too, and we are willing to buy them at a high price!" Zhang Fawu said.

Now the country with the best machine tool production in the world is German machine tools, followed by countries such as the United States, Britain and France, and Japan's machine tools are not yet ranked.

But even so, Zhang Fawu was willing to buy it.

Qian Xiaobao had been in the intelligence department of the Kwantung Army for such a long time, of course he knew that Zhang Fawu and the others bought machine tools for use in the arsenal.

"There are many types of machine tools, which one do you want?" Qian Xiaobao asked.

Seeing that Qian Xiaobao wanted to help, Zhang Fawu was very happy.

"A boring machine and a punching machine!" Zhang Fawu replied.

"I will go back and ask about this matter, and I will give you an answer in the next transaction. It may take a long time to buy it." Qian Xiaobao said.

"Okay, thank you very much for that!" Zhang Fawu said while holding Qian Xiaobao's hand tightly.

After several transactions, Zhang Fawu's trust in Qian Xiaobao became higher and higher.Buying machine tools is not the job of Beihai Bank, but an urgent task temporarily assigned to them by the Jiaodong Military Division.In Rushan and Wendeng there are several arsenals in the Jiaodong Army Division, and now they are in urgent need of machine tools.But they don't have any external purchase channels at all, and now Youqian Xiaobao can just use this line.

Now that Qian Xiaobao had already agreed, Zhang Fawu felt embarrassed to press him any further.

After Qian Xiaobao returned to the Port of Osaka, he summoned President Masahiro Okamoto who was recruiting and training employees in his office.

He asked Masahiro Okamoto some things about recruitment and training, and then asked: "Now that all the equipment has been shipped back, should we repair it ourselves when there is a problem in the future?"

"Of course, at least small problems need to be repaired by ourselves. If there are major problems, we need to go outside for help." Masahiro Okamoto replied.

"So we need to build our own repair shop? You call the people below to draw up a list of needed equipment, and hand it to me in two days. Then I will ask the vice president, Mr. Abe, to go out and purchase." Qian Xiaobao said.

After meeting Masahiro Okamoto, Qian Xiaobao met Taro Kawamoto again.

"Second Lieutenant Abe said that the money from selling cotton these few times has been transferred to that account, has it been converted into dollars?" Qian Xiaobao asked.

"It's all exchanged." Kawamoto Taro replied.

The exchange rate of the Japanese yen against the U.S. dollar has been decreasing year by year. Converting the received money into U.S. dollars as soon as possible can reduce losses.However, the lower and lower exchange rate of the yen is also beneficial. In the future, the products produced after the textile factories start operation will have a great price advantage.

"Don't tell anyone about this matter, just the two of us know." Qian Xiaobao instructed.

Two days later, Masahiro Okamoto made a list of maintenance equipment that needs to be purchased and handed it to President Takashima.

Qian Xiaobao copied the inventory again and added a boring machine and a punching machine to it, and then handed the list to Vice President Abe for immediate purchase.

"It's enough to purchase Japanese equipment, and it can support domestic products in a short time." Chairman Takashima said clearly.

If it takes too long to buy foreign equipment, Zhang Fawu and the others simply cannot afford to wait.

During the next transaction, Qian Xiaobao told Zhang Fawu about it, and Zhang Fawu expressed his gratitude to Qian Xiaobao.

"When the equipment arrives, we will pay the bill with cotton. Don't worry, we will never treat our friends badly!" Zhang Fawu said.

In the silent night, there was a dull explosion sound. Both Qian Xiaobao and Zhang Fawu turned their heads to the direction of the explosion sound, but they couldn't see anything because of the rocks on the island.

On the whaling ship in the distance, Sasaki Ryuji, who heard the explosion, quickly climbed to the mast to observe for a few seconds and shouted loudly: "At five o'clock, there is fire!"

A soldier ran down the mountain and reported to Zhang Fawu: "On Crouching Tiger Rock, our people have already exchanged fire with the enemy!"

In order to ensure the safety of the transaction, the Jiaodong Army Sub-division sent people to several islands near Hailu Island. When they saw enemy warships, they would fire to warn them, and they could stop the enemy for a while.Crouching Tiger Rock is a small island near Sea Donkey Island.

"It seems that the enemy warship will arrive here in another hour, or stop trading." Zhang Fawu said.

"Continue to load the ship. It should be finished within an hour. It should be no problem for our ship to run away!" Qian Xiaobao replied.

(End of this chapter)