Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Chapter 166, Misfortune and Luck (asking for monthly tickets)

February 25, 1959, the 18th day of the first lunar month, today is a good day.

At seven o'clock in the morning, Zhao Mancang was already ready. A dilapidated jeep appeared at the door. This was Wei Huayong's car.

From such a car, you can see how unpopular the 108th Department is.

"Are you ready? Just a backpack? Nothing else?"

Seeing Zhao Mancang getting into the car with a package, Wei Huayong asked in surprise.

"One backpack is enough. Carrying too many things is not a good thing."

Zhao Mancang smiled, and Wei Huayong immediately nodded at him and said, "Okay, everything you want is in the back: plane tickets, passport, and two thousand US dollars."

Two thousand dollars is the mission fund, which may seem like a lot, but is actually not much.

Because after Zhao Mancang arrived in Hong Kong and Kowloon, he could only rely on these two thousand US dollars to cover the expenses for his journey from Hong Kong and Kowloon to Mindanao, as well as all subsequent activities in Mindanao.

If the mission takes too long, two thousand US dollars will not be enough, and we may need to borrow some money from China Resources Company at that time.

In any case, Zuo Changsheng, Mi Shouyang, Yuan Zuliang and others have borrowed a lot of money from people in China Resources.

As the saying goes, those who receive favors from others will be grateful and those who receive food from others will be soft-hearted, so the brave warriors from the 108 departments could not stand up straight in front of China Resources Company.

"Okay, I understand, leader."

After Zhao Mancang nodded in thanks, he turned around and reached out to take the things in the back row. After checking them and confirming that there were no problems, he put them directly into his backpack.

Seeing him so casual, Wei Huayong's mouth twitched and he couldn't help but admonish:
"Mancang, we need to be frugal with these two thousand dollars. We have 108 departments."

It is right to save money, after all, making money is not easy.

Moreover, it is not easy to apply for these two thousand US dollars. If it were people like Zuo Changsheng, the amount of funding for each person would be determined based on the distance and mission time every time they go out.

Anyway, Zhao Mancang's funding is already very generous.

After all, Mindanao is very close to Hong Kong Island.

Zhao Mancang nodded in agreement with the other party, expressing his full agreement, but he didn't think so in his heart.

It’s only two thousand US dollars. There is more than that much US dollar cash left in the system space, not to mention other cash such as British pounds.

After all, he had plundered 1.94 million pounds and 18 tons of gold from Mace Edbet, the owner of a gold shop in the British Gold Exchange.

At Nanyuan Airport, a shabby jeep arrived early. The flight was at 8 o'clock, so it was still early.

Wei Huayong gave Zhao Mancang a few instructions and then drove away in his jeep.

Sitting in the waiting hall, Zhao Mancang looked at the modern airport in front of him, which seemed no different from the county bus station in later generations.

However, when Zhao Mancang was reborn, the bus station had been demolished because there were not many people taking the intercity buses.

The waiting hall is not big and there are not many people. After all, an airplane only has about thirty or forty seats, and some even have fewer.

After waiting at the airport for a short while, Zhao Mancang checked in and boarded the plane.

The flight from Beijing to Baiyun City in the south is just over 2,000 kilometers, and you have to transfer in the middle.

The cruising speed of the Il-14 passenger plane is 350 kilometers per hour. Combined with the transfer time, it was already 4:20 pm when Zhao Mancang arrived in Baiyun City.

At this point, it was already very late for Zhao Mancang, but there was nothing he could do.

It was almost six o'clock when Zhao Mancang arrived at the Pearl River Pier, but he still caught the last ferry to Hong Kong and Kowloon.

Because he was in a hurry and had a letter of introduction, it was considered a special case.

The only trouble was that Zhao Mancang hadn't eaten anything and had only drunk water all day.

By the time Zhao Mancang arrived safely in Hong Kong and Kowloon, it was already ten o'clock in the evening.

Comrade Hou Jianhua from China Resources Company came to pick up Zhao Mancang in person, giving him enough face.

After a simple dinner, Zhao Mancang lay down to rest in the room arranged by China Resources Company.

The next day, Zhao Mancang got up, had breakfast, thanked Hou Jianhua for the plane ticket, and then left China Resources alone.

He did not go directly to Kai Tak Airport, but spent an hour to completely get rid of any possible followers behind him. Then he changed into new clothes and disguised himself before returning to the 36th floor of Kaifa Building on Hollywood Road.

In the office of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Daily, the front desk clerk screamed in shock when she saw Zhao Mancang.

A few minutes later, in the general manager's office, Zhao Mancang sat down and looked at the report while listening to the work reports of editor-in-chief Bruce Chapman and others.

Zhao Mancang left Hong Kong and Kowloon on the 24th of last month and returned today, February 26th. A month has passed.

On January 23rd, the first day that the Hong Kong and Kowloon Daily ended its profit margin, the newspaper's sales exceeded 55,000 copies.

Now, a month has passed, and the current sales volume has stabilized at 68,000 copies.

This daily sales result is still very scary. Among all newspaper sales in Hong Kong, it ranks at least in the top eight.

You have to know that the Hong Kong and Kowloon Daily News has only been re-launched for a little over a month, and it has been able to maintain a stable daily sales volume of 68,000. It is truly amazing that it can achieve this.

Based on this sales volume, for a newspaper that costs 30 cents a copy, 1 cent goes to distributors such as small newsstands and bookstores, 1 cent of the remaining 20 cents goes to operating costs such as labor, water and electricity, and the last 10 cents is the profit.

In other words, based on an average daily sales volume of 68,000 newspapers, the daily profit is HK$6,800, which amounts to HK$240,000 per month.

The good news is reported, and now comes the bad news.

Senior Inspector Alex Redmayne has been to the Inspiration Building three times, the last time being three days ago.

At that time, Alex Redmayne told Bruce Chapman, Chen Liangsheng and others to notify him immediately once their boss Zhao Changshou returned.

Hearing what Chen Liangsheng and the others said, Zhao Mancang immediately smiled and said:
"Okay, I know about this matter. I will take care of it. You don't need to worry about it."

"Also, this is the manuscript for the new book of Heavenly Sword and Dragon Saber. It should be enough for the next two months."

"I've read your newspapers over the past period of time, and the news section is still lacking. You need to improve your access to news and stop lagging behind others."

The book "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" has 1.17 million words. If it is updated in the newspaper serials every day, it will be updated for nearly 300 days.

However, Zhao Mancang still asked for an additional 2,000 words, with a daily update of 6,000 words, which would make those book lovers even more addicted.

In addition, 120,000 words have been updated in the past month, and they can be compiled into the first volume for publication.

This is all money, so of course we should use it well.

Zhao Mancang pointed out the other advantages and disadvantages of the "Hong Kong and Kowloon Daily" one by one, and adhered to the principle of "continuous improvement" to run the newspaper well.

You have to make money, but you can't lose your reputation. You have to keep both hands steady.

After simply dealing with these things, a morning had passed.

At noon, Zhao Mancang hosted Alex Redmayne at a Cantonese restaurant called Delicious Kitchen near Central.

"Nicholas, where have you been all this time? Why are you so secretive?"

"Alex, you also know that I have some pounds deposited in HSBC Bank. Do you want to know where my money comes from?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Mancang not only did not answer the other party, but instead asked a question in return.

Just a rhetorical question piqued Alex Redmayne's curiosity.

"how did it get here?"

Human nature is greedy, this is the truth of the world.

Through HSBC manager Joseph Grant, Alex Redmayne certainly knew exactly how much money Zhao Mancang had.

He was even very clear that Zhao Mancang had a lot of Hong Kong dollars deposited in both First Citibank and Standard Chartered Bank.

It seems that Zhao Mancang only took out 1.1 million pounds, which seems not much, but in fact, in the eyes of Alex Redmayne and others, it is already very terrifying.

What's more, Zhao Mancang simply founded a "Hong Kong and Kowloon Daily" in Hong Kong and Kowloon, and it has already become a cash cow with a monthly profit of HK$200,000.

Based on the fixed exchange rate of one pound to sixteen Hong Kong dollars, two hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars would be twelve thousand five hundred silver pounds.

You can earn 12,500 pounds a month, which is 150,000 pounds a year. This amount of money is already terrifying.

That's why Alex Redmayne was very interested in the way of making money mentioned by Zhao Mancang.

"stock market!"

Zhao Mancang leaned close to the other person's ear and whispered two words.

The voice was very soft, but it was like a bomb in Alex Redmayne's ears, causing his eyes to widen immediately.

"You can't make much money from stock trading, right? I heard a lot of people have lost a lot of money."

"If it were an ordinary person, they would definitely not make any money, but for someone like me, of course I can make some pocket money."

After a pause, Zhao Mancang was about to continue speaking when the waiter knocked on the door and came in with the dishes.

The two of them dined in a private room so that they could talk conveniently.

The dishes served by the waiter were the specialty dishes of Delicious Kitchen, which can also be said to be the specialties of Hong Kong and Kowloon: abalone with goose feet, baked stuffed hairy crab shell, sweet and sour pork with tangerine peel, Fulin crispy chicken, baked oxtail with roasted sauce, lotus leaf rice with fresh shrimp and scallops, coconut milk bird's nest and garlic lettuce.

The dishes are delicious, with good color, aroma and taste, making you salivate.

Despite the delicious food, Alex Redmayne still urged Zhao Mancang to continue talking about making money in the stock market.

"I can't make any money right now. I work hard for a month and can only earn a few dozen."

"Dozens? How much is that? Hong Kong dollars or British pounds?"

"Alex, you should learn Cantonese. Otherwise, you won't even know when someone insults you in Cantonese."

Zhao Mancang made a joke and then briefly explained that dozens meant hundreds of thousands of pounds.

As soon as these words were spoken, the other party ignored Zhao Mancang's reminder, took a breath of cold air, and then followed up to ask how he made the money?

Are hundreds of thousands of pounds not enough?

Of course it is not a small amount. A cash cow like the Hong Kong and Kowloon Daily only earns 150,000 pounds a year, and it is not certain that it can maintain such performance.

But Zhao Mancang made hundreds of thousands of pounds from the stock market in just one month, which is terrifying.

Alex Redmayne, who is greedy for money, is not stupid. He has not met Zhao Mancang many times and is not familiar with the latter. Of course, it is impossible for him to take the bait so quickly.

The reason why Zhao Mancang mentioned this matter was naturally to increase his own weight so that the other party would not dare to act rashly.

In the city of Hong Kong and Kowloon, most people are greedy for money and lustful, and Alex Redmayne, who has some power in his hands, interprets these four words to the fullest extent.

Since the other party is so greedy, just drag him into the abyss, control him, and use him for your own purposes.

After a brief chat about ways to make money in the stock market, Zhao Mancang changed the subject.

What followed was just small talk, and he even asked the other party what urgent matter had occurred to him three times before?
"Nothing, nothing, I'm just bored and want to have dinner with you, that's all, hehe."

Alex had already been caught by Zhao Mancang as a black carp, and he could hardly suppress his greed.

If he wants to become chief inspector or even superintendent, he needs funds to pave the way.

Although he has a good family background and has great advantages, to become a superintendent, or even a senior superintendent, one needs not only qualifications but also strength.

In the 1950s and 1960s in Hong Kong and Kowloon, the boundaries between black and white were not so clear.

Darkness, underworld feuds, gambling, color, etc., spread in every corner.

More than 200,000 Great Britons lived in this city with nearly three million Hong Kong Island aborigines, mainlanders, etc. It seemed to be the best era, but it was also the darkest era.

Without funds, everything you say is fake.

"Nicholas, if I also want to invest in stocks, what do you recommend?"

"I don't have anything good to recommend because the current market conditions are very bad. Otherwise, I would definitely continue to retreat. Only retreat can make big money."

Zhao Mancang continued to fool people, but Alex Redmayne was not disappointed. Instead, he became more trusting.

After the meal, Zhao Mancang did nothing but received a firm guarantee from the other party: he had secured the Hong Kong and Kowloon Daily News and would not send anyone to cause trouble in the Qifa Building.

After lunch, it was already 2:20 in the afternoon, and Zhao Mancang returned to Qifa Building.

Zhao Mancang called Bruce Chapman and others together and held another meeting with them.

"Starting today, our newspaper will be preparing a weekly magazine. I need to see a completed publication in two weeks."

"Here are the general layout design, cover requirements, marketing plan, etc. You must familiarize yourself with them as soon as possible and don't let me down."

As capitalists, it is the instinct of many bosses to exploit their employees as much as possible.

The Hong Kong and Kowloon Daily News wants to make money, and it is also used by Zhao Mancang to earn experience points.

Things like weeklies are important and are also a great way to make money.

Fan Chunbao saw the words on the plan, and the name of the weekly magazine was very conspicuous: "Women's Wear"!
This is a magazine for women. According to the layout requirements, it will start from the aspect of women's clothing and dressing, and hire popular stars, beautiful models, etc. to take beautiful photos.

When he saw the requirements for color printing and other color text printing, his eyes widened.

Chen Liangsheng immediately looked up at Zhao Mancang in surprise and said:

"Boss, are these printing requirements too high? Excessive costs are not a good thing for us. We may not even be able to recover the costs."

However, most of the magazines nowadays are just ordinary black and white magazines. There are not many color magazines, let alone color magazines.

Due to cost considerations, there are color magazines on the market, but they are not many.

Especially those adult magazines such as Dragon, Tiger, and Leopard, which are all printed in black and white, and there are no color magazines.

"Yes, so you also saw my request. This weekly magazine is in English, not Chinese."

Zhao Mancang heard this and immediately said with a smile:

"We want to earn money in US dollars and British pounds, not Hong Kong dollars. These magazines will be published in Hong Kong and Kowloon, as well as in London and New York."

"We also have a marketing plan. We can collaborate with airlines when the time comes. You can refer to the specific plan."

He set the general process himself, and it can be said that he completed nearly 50% of the work himself, and the rest was just execution.

For people like Chen Liangsheng, the remaining 50% of the work can actually be completed very quickly.

After all, according to these established requirements, they can fill it with content quickly.

The required professional talents can also be quickly put in place with the help of money, without any need for so many twists and turns.

Zhao Mancang will not stay in Hong Kong and Kowloon for too long. He will leave Hong Kong and Kowloon and head to Mindanao tomorrow.

Therefore, matters in Hong Kong and Kowloon must be resolved today.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Zhao Mancang left the Qifa Building and came to the construction site of Villa No. 66 in Deep Water Bay.

Although a month has passed, the construction progress of the entire villa is not very fast, because leveling the land, excavating the foundation, transporting materials, etc. alone take a lot of time.

Zhao Mancang spent a lot of money on this villa.

He was not in a hurry to move in, and now that Lin Wan is not coming to Hong Kong and Kowloon, Zhao Mancang is even less anxious.

The next day, Zhao Mancang left Hong Kong and Kowloon on a Cathay Pacific flight.

Three hours later, his plane landed safely in the city of Manila on Mindanao Island.

After arriving at the local area, Zhao Mancang hailed a taxi to a local star-rated hotel called Legarda. However, he did not expect that the taxi driver was a black-hearted driver who insisted on taking a detour.

It was indeed Zhao Mancang's first time in Manila, which could be seen from his accent.

But his outfit was so impressive that the taxi driver thought he had caught a big fat sheep, so he chose to take a detour immediately.

You should know that before coming here, Zhao Mancang had already studied the map of Manila and specially spent money to buy an extremely detailed map of Manila city, with many roads very clear.

Therefore, when the taxi driver took a detour, Zhao Mancang noticed it immediately.

However, Zhao Mancang did not raise any questions. It was not that he thought the money was too much, but the other party's accent was too difficult to communicate with, so he decided to wait a while.

He thought the other party would take him to the Legarda Hotel smoothly, and at most he would just have to pay a little more for the fare. However, Zhao Mancang never expected that the other party would take him directly to a remote road far away from the city center and stop at the back door of the factory.

As soon as the taxi stopped, the back door of the factory was opened, and then a group of people surrounded it with pistols and knives.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Mancang laughed immediately.

He smiled very happily, but his eyes were extremely cold.

It is said that this is a world of cannibalism. In some places, you cannot see the hand, but the throat is strangled tightly, making it impossible to resist. In some places, people are eaten alive, such as the scene before our eyes.

Zhao Mancang did not resist at all, but cooperated with the other party, got out of the taxi, allowed the other party to snatch his empty backpack, and then was taken into the factory by the other party.

In his previous life, Zhao Mancang had also heard some ugly black news. It was said that in Southeast Asia, there were bloody and cruel pig-slaughtering bureaus, black hospitals with vested interests, and even organizations that ate people without leaving any bones.

The same situation also occurred in Eastern Europe.

In the original time and space history, there were many underground wealthy people who spent high prices through these organizations to prolong their lives, or even to live longer and maintain a youthful and healthy appearance.

For example, Brian Johnson, a top billionaire with a fortune of 5 billion US dollars, suddenly gave up worldly desires after achieving success and embarked on a journey to pursue "immortality".

In order to maintain his 18-year-old health, Brian Johnson is not only willing to spend money, but also has an abnormal level of self-discipline.

Judging from the limited information, the number of people in the world who are "rich enough to rival a country" is definitely far greater than those on the Forbes pig-killing list.

These wealthy people, in order to achieve "immortality" and to stay alive, will of course resort to any means.

After Zhao Mancang entered this hidden factory, he could already smell the strong smell of blood. God knows how many people died in this factory.

Just when one of the managers was spitting at Zhao Mancang and wanted to ask him where Zhao Mancang had hidden the money, Zhao Mancang suddenly took action.

He came to Mindanao not to track down these missing persons, but to find a lone wolf.

But if this factory dares to provoke me, I must be prepared to be destroyed.

Bang bang bang!
Those little Karamis opened fire. They were really cruel. They didn't even care that their supervisor was beaten to a pulp.

If Zhao Mancang had not dodged in time, he would have died in the northwest.

Even so, Zhao Mancang's arm was grazed by a bullet. Although it was only a minor injury, it was very painful.

When dealing with enemies, Zhao Mancang always seeks revenge.

Several small pineapples were thrown out, and with a roar, these little Karamis started howling like wolves.

In less than ten minutes, Zhao Mancang was the only person left standing in the factory. The others had all gone to report to the King of Hell.

Crawling on the ground, Zhao Mancang checked inside and outside the factory to confirm that there were no living enemies here.

In an office, Zhao Mancang saw a safe. After it was violently dismantled, there were only tens of thousands of US dollars, British pounds and other currencies inside, not much.

On the contrary, there are quite a few gold jewelry and other jewels. It can be seen that this factory does a lot of such things.

It's only 1959, how could it have become so rampant?

After searching for a while, Zhao Mancang finally found the only living person in a prison-like room at the innermost part of the factory.

A girl, but she could no longer speak because her tongue had been cut off and her legs were broken.

So pitiful!
"Fuck those scumbags."

Seeing the girl so miserable, Zhao Mancang became even more angry.

Just as he reached out to unlock the girl's shackles, her entire body began to tremble.

Ugh!
An hour and a half later, Zhao Mancang brought the girl back to the Legarda Hotel.

After checking in, Zhao Mancang immediately performed surgery on the girl. The injury to her leg was very serious. He could cure it, but it would take time.

As for the tongue, there was really nothing he could do unless he spent experience points.

But it was naturally impossible for Zhao Mancang to use his experience points that he had used to save his life to heal a poor girl he met by chance.

He is not a saint. Zhao Mancang has fulfilled his obligations by rescuing the other person and healing his legs.

But on the second day after he finished the operation, less than half an hour after the girl's anesthesia wore off, he received 199 experience points.

[You received sincere thanks from Xu Wenluo, experience points +199]

This was the first time that Zhao Mancang received such a high amount of experience points in a single time, which surprised him greatly.

Since Moscow, his demand for and attention to experience points has increased a lot. It can be said that he regards experience points as a life-saving straw.

Zhao Mancang had previously thought that the "Hong Kong and Kowloon Daily" founded in Hong Kong Island was the peak of wool-pulling, but he did not expect that the girl Xu Wenluo whom he accidentally rescued would contribute so many experience points to him, which stunned him on the spot.

Seeing Xu Wenluo's grateful gaze, Zhao Mancang smiled gently and nodded at him:

"I'm a doctor. I've checked your ears. You should be able to hear me, right? You can speak English, right?"

In an unfamiliar environment, out of caution, Zhao Mancang did not use Mandarin, but instead used English with a Southeast Asian accent.

Xu Wenluo nodded gently, because her body was still in pain and she didn't dare to make any big movements.

"Since you can understand, that's good." Zhao Mancang continued:

"Your leg has been injured. I just gave you some simple treatment, but it will take at least three months for you to recover to normal."

"Also, your body has been suffering from long-term malnutrition and the beatings, so your injuries are very serious. I'm also helping you with treatment, but it will still take time to heal, and it may be painful during this period."

"That factory has been burned down. You don't have to think about it anymore. If you still remember your home address, you can tell me and I will take you back."

The girl in front of me should be a native of Mindanao, and should be a local Chinese.

These can be judged by skin color, facial features, hair, etc. After all, there are still certain differences between the local residents of Manila and the Chinese.

And Xu Wenluo should be the eldest daughter of a wealthy family, because if she were an ordinary girl, she would probably not even be able to read, let alone speak English.

Although Zhao Mancang was not sure of the other party's specific identity, it didn't matter. He could send the other party back.

As soon as he finished saying that he wanted to send the other person back, Xu Wenluo's eyes instantly turned red, tears soon appeared, and his emotions suddenly became agitated.

It is really difficult to communicate with a mute, especially if the other person is a girl, then it will be troublesome.

After a long while, Zhao Mancang finally calmed the other party down.

Xu Wenluo can't move now, so let's wait until she can move before communicating.

The Legarda Hotel is very safe, and Zhao Mancang was not disturbed during his stay here.

Probably because they knew he brought a girl into the room, so even those door-to-door salespeople with small cards didn't come to him.

However, there are still many small cards in the corridor, which suggests that there must be many tourists staying on this floor.

"I'm in the next room. If you need anything, just press the instrument in your hand."

The room Zhao Mancang booked was a suite, which not only had a living room, but also two bedrooms.

Because he came to Mindanao to track down the lone wolf, he had to work.

Moreover, he arrived in Manila a day later than scheduled, so maybe something unexpected happened.

Before arriving in Mindanao, Zhao Mancang had already translated the untranslated telegram cipher provided by Wei Huayong. The information on it clearly indicated that the lone wolf was in Manila, not in Mindanao.

Mindanao, which is more than a thousand kilometers away from Hong Kong and Kowloon, has many archipelagos, such as Luzon Island, Palawan Islands, Mindoro Island, etc., with a total of more than 7,000 islands, which can be said to be a real country of a thousand islands.

In a place like this, finding a lone wolf is both difficult and easy.

It is difficult because a lone wolf is just one person, and no one knows where this person is hiding, nor whether he is a man or a woman. Searching for him in such a vast sea of ​​people is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

As for being simple, it is indeed simple. After all, Manila is not a big city, and there is a big difference between locals and outsiders. In addition, not many people use telegraph machines. In this way, it is not too difficult to lock on to the lone wolf.

According to this method, Zhao Mancang stayed next door to see if he could catch the lone wolf.

But three days passed in a flash and he gained nothing.

Finding people depends entirely on luck, so a protracted battle is inevitable.

Xu Wenluo's physical condition has recovered a lot. Although he can only lie down, at least he can write with his hands.

According to her own statement, she had lost her memory and did not know where her family members were. She was very grateful to Zhao Mancang and hoped that she could help him after she recovered.

In just three days, Xu Wenluo contributed 99 experience points to him almost every day. After three days, the system experience point balance had exceeded two thousand.

This speed is like cheating.

Zhao Mancang felt like he had found a bug in the system and was extremely happy.

However, he still did not agree to Xu Wenluo's request. After all, he came to Manila not to travel or collect materials, but to work.

In the blink of an eye, a few days passed. It was March 6th, the 27th day of the first lunar month, the Waking of Insects.

Jingzhe should be a solar term day when the temperature warms up, spring thunder rumbles, rain increases, and all things come to life. However, in many places in our country, this day does not change at all.

Not only was there no thunder around the capital, let alone rain, there were not even a few white clouds to be seen.

The drought alarm has been sounded. Because of the drought that has lasted for more than a month, the water levels of reservoirs and rivers have dropped. Winter wheat has wilted due to the drought, which will definitely affect the harvest.

The leader from the I-shaped building on Ministry of Foreign Affairs Street came to a field on the outskirts of Beijing. The fields here had dried up and the wheat seedlings had completely lost the vitality of spring.

What can I do?
There was drought across the country last year, but the scope was relatively small and not very large.

But this year it’s terrible, the scope has spread and become very widespread.

It’s really raining all night when the house leaks!
Lin Wan would pass by Denglai Hutong every day on her way to and from get off work to check on the progress of the renovation.

Her husband really thought about her. The courtyard house he bought was only one minute away from the Grain Bureau, which was very close.

The bathroom was also renovated, and other damaged areas needed to be repaired and renovated.

On the day of Jingzhe, Lin Wan looked at the renovated house and completed the acceptance inspection with satisfaction. She planned to move in in two days.

Zhao Mancang told her that there would be some unusual smells after the house was renovated, so she had to prepare green plants and the like in advance to ventilate the house and remove odors to avoid affecting the fetus.

Therefore, after the acceptance was completed, various green plants were moved in, including many flowers.

These are all expensive, especially in these drought times.

The current drought is just the beginning, and the water supply in the capital is still good and not very tight.

Zhao Mancang, who had foresight, had already dug a well in the courtyard of No. 7 Denglai Hutong, so there was no shortage of water.

Otherwise, Lin Wan would have to queue up to buy water, which would be very troublesome.

Zhao Mancang didn't know what was happening in the capital, but he was also experiencing difficulties.

He sent an encrypted telegram from the Legarda Hotel to Hong Kong and Kowloon to report his work and inform them of the general situation.

Because he used a high-power radio of one thousand watts, which could send signals over one thousand kilometers, the communication distance could reach one thousand to three thousand kilometers, which was a strategic and campaign-level command.

Radio stations are divided into long-wave radio stations and short-wave radio stations. Let’s not talk about long-wave radio stations. In recent years, Khrushchev and others wanted to build such a long-wave radio station base in our country. This matter caused a lot of controversy and had a great impact.

The power of shortwave radio stations is usually several watts or tens of watts.

Whether it was the Anti-Japanese War or the Korean War, the radios carried by communications soldiers at that time were actually this kind of shortwave radio.

The signal of this shortwave radio station ranges from tens of kilometers to one or two hundred kilometers.

The long-wave radio used by Zhao Mancang was actually stolen from the Bolshelicinsky camp.

He was able to translate telegrams, so naturally he also spent some experience points to learn how to send and receive telegrams.

Of course, Zhao Mancang is not a fool. It is impossible for him to use this long-wave radio station to communicate with Hong Kong and Kowloon all the time.

The most important thing right now is how to find the lone wolf, or to try his luck outside.

Just as Zhao Mancang was thinking about how to break the deadlock, Xu Wenluo touched him and pointed to the words she had written.

"Can we move out? Living in a hotel is too expensive."

Seeing this, Zhao Mancang immediately laughed and said:
"This hotel is okay, not expensive, you can rest assured to stay here. I still have some money. Besides, we robbed the factory that day, so it's safer for us to stay in the hotel now, otherwise..."

When the word "factory" was mentioned, Xu Wenluo's body suddenly trembled, which made Zhao Mancang stop talking.

It was obvious that the factory had left Xu Wenluo with too much fear. Just the simple mention of these two words caused her panic.

Those people really do a lot of harm!

In the afternoon, Zhao Mancang left the hotel and prepared to go out and try his luck.

Over the past few days, he has also figured out the hotel's operating style. After confirming that they would not come up to the hotel room and disturb him casually, he chose to go out today.

Although Xu Wenluo was just a girl he rescued by chance, he did not intend to give up on her just like that.

From the time he rescued the other person on the 27th to the current 6th, although only seven days have passed, Zhao Mancang has gained more than 700 experience points during this time.

This is definitely an unprecedented harvest.

So he really needed Xu Wenluo, he needed to get more benefits from him.

After leaving the hotel, Zhao Mancang went to the market to stroll around and try his luck.

He didn't have much information about the lone wolf, but he was a human being after all. He might come to the vegetable market to buy vegetables, but he might also eat out every day.

All I can say is that everything is possible. Zhao Mancang just came here to try his luck, that's all.

I don’t know whether he was lucky or unlucky, but before he entered the vegetable market, he saw a group of people gathered from afar, blocking the entrance to the vegetable market.

From the words of the locals, their exclamations, expressions, etc., Zhao Mancang roughly guessed that a murder must have occurred.

Just as he was about to go forward to find out what was going on, he suddenly noticed someone looking around vigilantly, holding the backpack tightly in his hand, turning around and quickly leaving the crowd.

"There's something strange about this guy. Could he be a thief?"

Zhao Mancang looked strange, but still followed quietly.

Crimes happen from time to time, and although these have little to do with lone wolves, no one can say for sure.

The lone wolf has been in Mindanao for many years, but he has not left here for so many years. I guess something happened.

If you are out of ammunition and food, is it possible to "borrow some money"?

No matter what, Zhao Mancang was determined to follow this strange suspect.

But after chasing for less than 300 meters, Zhao Mancang discovered that the other party was very vigilant and he was almost discovered several times.

"Fuck, there's definitely something wrong here. I'm following you. I want to see who the hell you are."

(End of this chapter)