African Nationhood

Chapter 541 Time is not forgiving

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April 1912, 4, Hanking (Pretoria).

The early morning sunshine spread across the earth. In the Chairman's Residence, Shi Jintang stood in his pajamas in the small garden and slowly practiced Tai Chi.

In the past few years, he has become more and more aware that his physical fitness has declined drastically as he gets older, and he has become unable to do many things.

For example... he can't help but doze off when reading documents at night, and he can't pull out the white hair on his temples.

The quality of his sleep at night has declined somewhat. He could sleep for 8 hours, but now he wakes up naturally after 6 hours.

Although Ye Rong often stewed him some nourishing soup, he still felt that time was ruthlessly destroying him.

……

The sound of footsteps approached, and two tall young men ran towards him. They slowed down as they approached.

The faces of the two young men are slightly different. One has a square face and the other has slightly longer cheeks.

But both young men are very handsome, after all, their parents have good looks.

In particular, the young man with a long face looks more like Shi Jintang, while the young man with a square face looks more like his mother, Jin Xiyue.

These two young men were his fourth son Shi Min and fifth son Shi Hui. They stopped and came to their father's side, and then they also learned Tai Chi.

Shi Min is 22 years old this year. He has just returned from studying in Germany, majoring in metallurgy.

Shi Jintang talked with his son about letting him do an internship in the metallurgical industry. As for Shi Hui, who is two years younger than his brother, he is majoring in natural history.

He wants to be a naturalist more, and Shi Jintang will not force his children.

He has worked hard for so many years just to create an opportunity for his children to choose freely.

Now that his business has just begun, his children have learned a lot, and on the premise that their future lives are guaranteed, it doesn't matter what industry they engage in.

It's just that his eldest son Shi Hao has been interning in the cabinet these years. Although officials from various departments have said good things about his son, he can still see that his son's temperament is a bit soft.

With such an heir, there is a high probability that there will be no quarrel between brothers in the future. However, the character of the country's monarch cannot be too lenient. When he is tough, he needs to be ruthless.

Shi Jintang planned to transfer his eldest son to the National Defense Committee to gain some experience, so that he could hone his tenacity and decisiveness.

……

After finishing the punch, his two sons followed him back to the dining room, one on the left and the other on the right.

Girls such as Kelly, Ye Rong, Alice and Jin Xiyue are all waiting for him.

Among the other children, the eldest sons have already gotten married, and the fourth son, Shi Min, has already chosen a daughter from the Yan Han family.

The fifth son, Shi Hui, is married to a daughter from Ye Shilong's family and will marry his two sons in turn this year.

……

The family waited until Shi Jintang was seated, and then Kelly and Ye Rong sat beside him, one on the left and one on the right. Jin Xiyue sat next to Ye Rong, and Alice sat next to Kelly.

The children will also be seated in order of eldest and youngest, and the whole family will be harmonious and orderly. The sight of the ancient mansion gate makes Shi Jintang feel particularly fulfilled.

While eating, everyone usually exchanges some of their latest news.

For example, Kelly and Ye Rong would share with their husbands the important things they came into contact with about the important officials' families, such as the fourth son of the Ouyang family getting married to the Shi Jinyong family.

Cai Shaoji has not been in Hanking recently and has been in the United States for a long time and so on.

Shi Jintang did not comment on this news. Cai Shaoji went to the United States to discuss cooperation with Laos and the United States, and also to see off Teacher Rong Hongrong.

This old gentleman was already in failing health at the beginning of this year. At that time, Sun Dapao became the interim president. He even wrote to him, hoping that he could return to China and take office, but he politely declined.

Now that the old gentleman is on his deathbed, Shi Jintang, remembering the old friendship, asked Cai Shaoji to visit the United States and take a look at the teacher.

After he passes away, take care of his affairs, and at the same time arrange his children to Nanhua.

In addition, Cai Shaoji also has a task to contact Sun Dapao.

Although Sun Dapao is too idealistic in what he does, he has a great influence in the Far East.

A large part of Nanhua's future immigration work will still fall on this person, and it is necessary to maintain and deepen connections.

……

"Shi Min has to go to work today. Come to my study later, take the materials on the table and give them to your Uncle Zheng at the Metallurgical Department.

This document is very important, so let him keep it confidential. "

Shi Min stopped his chopsticks and nodded: "Okay, Dad."

After talking about the fourth child, Shi Jintang looked at his eldest son who was eating.

"Shi Hao, you need to adjust your work and hand it over in the near future, and then go to the National Defense Committee."

After listening to his father's words, Shi Hao's heart almost stopped with excitement.

The corners of Ye Rong's mouth curved slightly, but she still held back her smile and reminded her son, "Why don't you thank your father?"

Shi Hao reacted, nodded and said, "Thank you, Dad."

Kelly's mouth twitched, but she didn't speak after all.

Shi Zhao and Shi Xu's expressions changed slightly and they ate in secret.

The other children did not hear any profound meaning from their father's words and continued to play around. …

After finishing the meal, Shi Jintang left the dining room first.

The smile on Ye Rong's face finally spread. She nodded to Kelly, then got up and left the table to chase Shi Jintang.

Shi Hao forced himself to finish breakfast, nodded to Kelly, then nodded to Jin Xiyue and Alice, and then left the dining room.

Ding Roujia followed behind her with her child in her arms, and the two returned to the room leisurely.

Then Shi Hao no longer had a tense face, stretched out his arms to hug his wife and children, and laughed silently.

He is 25 years old this year and has been a cabinet attendant for several years.

Now that he is finally entering the military department, his father's intention is obvious, which is to let him familiarize himself with the operations of the civil and military departments in advance and prepare for his future succession.

……

After breakfast, Shi Min came to his father's study and found that his father was not in the study. He should have gone to the office of the National Defense Commission.

Since the military headquarters building was built, my father would go there to work most of the time and no longer stay at home.

Walking to the desk, he naturally saw the file bag placed on his father's desk.

He reached for the document bag and saw the word "Top Secret" marked on it. He was shocked. The confidentiality level of this document was very high. With his current confidentiality level, he could not view documents of this level.

So he suppressed his curiosity and put the document bag into his briefcase.

When I arrived at the gate, I found my mother already waiting at the door.

……

Seeing her son's arrival, Ye Rong smiled toothily and was extremely charming.

Although she is over forty, her charm remains unchanged.

In comparison, Ye Rong's appearance can withstand the erosion of time better than Kelly's.

Kelly has shown obvious signs of aging, and so has Alice, both of whom are not as durable as Ye Rong and Jin Xiyue.

……

"Mom, why are you here?"

"You silly kid, of course I'm here to take you to work. Come on, take my car."

Shi Min was a little unhappy. He would rather report to the Metallurgical Department on his bicycle.

But his mother had already proposed it, and it was hard for him to refuse.

As the mother and son got into the Crown car, Shi Min couldn't help but ask questions.

"When eldest brother reported for duty, you didn't even go to send it off. Why did you go to send it off when I reported for duty?"

"That's because your father didn't allow it. If he had allowed it, I would have done it long ago.

Now that your eldest brother has been allowed to work in the National Defense Commission, it means that your father has begun to plan for your eldest brother to take over.

And you don't have to take over, so your mother will naturally pamper you. "

Shi Min sighed after hearing this, "Mom, you are too optimistic. Dad is not very old. I'm afraid it's still early for my eldest brother to take over."

Ye Rong also sighed after hearing this, "Who says it's not the case, but it would be good for your eldest brother to go to the military department for training. After all, his character is a bit soft. Your father has mentioned this matter more than once.

After what you said, I think your father probably wants your eldest brother to go to the military department to endure hardships and temper himself.

He is young and in need of training, which is a good thing! "

……

The Crown car quickly arrived at the industrial and commercial building at the intersection of Panshi Street and Kruger Street. The mother and son got out of the car and walked slowly towards the stairs.

Most of the civil servants along the way didn't know Ye Rong, and naturally they didn't know Shi Min either.

Because Ye Rong consciously disappeared from the public. After all, the wife was Kelly, and it was not good for her to be too pushy.

Only the core officials and Boss Shi's classmates knew Ye Rong.

So when Ye Rong knocked on Zheng Tingxiang's office door, Zheng Tingxiang came out with a smile on her face as soon as she saw Ye Rong.

Zheng Tingxiang praised the tall and handsome Shi Min, and then promised Ye Rong that she would take good care of Shi Min.

After sending Ye Rong away, Shi Min took out the documents his father asked him to bring from his briefcase and handed them to Zheng Tingxiang.

Zheng Tingxiang took the document bag and saw the word "Top Secret" on it. He carefully checked it and made sure there was no problem before tearing the seal on the document bag.

There are two documents in the document bag, one is directed to the Metallurgical Department, and the other is marked to be forwarded to the General Equipment Department.

Both documents are handwritten materials by Chairman Shi. One of the documents is titled "Exploration of Electroslag Remelting Technology" and the other is "Analysis of Ideas for Improving Artillery Barrel Self-Tightening Technology."

After Zheng Tingxiang read the document, he couldn't help but secretly admire Chairman Shi's idea. He was really one step ahead and had to be convinced!

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