flstandardbreds Chapter 168 Time to Change
Chapter 168 Time to Change
"Sign in successfully!"
"Get 50 anti-personnel mines."
"hiss!"
"It's a good thing, it can be used to slay people!"
Lin Hongfei showed a satisfied smile.
Tonight, Lin Hongfei is going to meet the former naval officer named Fu Tao. In order to show his sincerity, Lin Hongfei asked Fujude to clear the venue tonight. The room was cleaned.
Moreover, Lin Hongfei also specially sent someone to inquire about Fu Tao's family situation.
This person was already married and had a family with two sons and a daughter. Because Fu Tao was sitting on the bench in the archives room, his monthly salary was not high, so his life was quite tight.
Don't talk about eating out on weekdays, you have to plan carefully for three meals a day, so as not to run out of food expenses at the end of the month.
After learning about this, Lin Hongfei also asked someone to take the lead, asking Fu Tao to come to Fujude with his family, and let the family eat something good.
One is to show his sincerity, and the other is that he doesn't eat out all year round. Once Fu Tao's family members come to Fujude for a meal, even if they try their best to restrain themselves, they will show the attitude of "finally having a good meal".
For a man like Fu Tao, it is the most irritating thing for his wife and children to not even have a good meal.
In this way, Lin Hongfei offered to hire him with a high salary as the captain of his gunboat, which naturally made Fu Tao think a little bit.
As the evening approached, Lin Hongfei brought Wu Yushu to Fujude. In front of the gate stood a wooden sign with a red cloth on it, with the words [reserved for guests] written on it.
Diners passing by on the road will know at a glance that a big person has booked the Fujude restaurant tonight. If you want to eat duck, you can talk about it tomorrow.
Some diners babbled and walked to other restaurants, and some diners just wanted to eat ducks, so they had to go to a suitable place where the business was deserted.
As a result, the livable business has improved somewhat tonight, and the shopkeeper, Hua Bizi, thought that his business was getting better.
It's just that after seeing the sign of "reserved by guests" in front of Fujude's gate, his face with a wrinkled nose turned cold again, and he dared to feel that this place has become Fujude's backup.
On a street leading to the meat market entrance, a slightly old car was driving.
On the rear seat of the car, a man in his sixties with a bushy beard said:
"Fu Tao, Mr. Qian will act as a middleman tonight, and we will help you connect. Whether you agree or not, don't show your stubborn temper."
"Because you refused to raise the purchase price of ammunition, you had a hard fight with the high-level military, so you were sent to the archives room as a bench."
"If you offend President Qian again this time, let alone the archives room, your job will be ruined!"
Beside him, a well-proportioned, nearly 40-year-old man with a Chinese character face nodded. The two vertical lines between his brows showed that he had accumulated a lot of negative emotions in his heart.
This person is Fu Tao, whom Lin Hongfei recruited, and the person next to him is Xie Fengjun, Director of the Ordnance Department of the Ministry of the Navy. He and Qian Minghe are from the same hometown and have friendship with each other.
After hearing this, Fu Tao sighed softly, "I understand, Director."
Immediately afterwards, he said with some doubts: "Director, I still feel something is wrong."
"Huh? What's wrong?"
"Think about it, the young man named Lin Hongfei introduced by Chief Qian, he is only a company commander now, how could he afford a warship."
"Let's not talk about the navy fleet, even if it's the inland river fleet, I'm afraid he doesn't have that much ability!" Fu Tao's eyes were full of suspicion.
In fact, Xie Fengjun also felt that something was wrong, but Qian Minghe said it so firmly, he couldn't help but not believe it.
Therefore, Xie Fengjun could only use the reason given by Qian Minghe to explain:
"On the surface, Lin Hongfei is just a company commander. In fact, he is a rather low-key industrialist. His printing and dyeing factories cover the entire printing and dyeing market in Lu Province, southern Hebei, eastern Henan, and northern Anhui."
"Besides, this person also partnered with a Western American to establish a foreign firm, and it is said that the business is also doing very well."
"It can be said that this person is quite wealthy!"
"Furthermore, after the war on Europa ended, there were a lot of arms and weapons left in the country, so the selling price in the arms market has dropped a lot."
"I think it shouldn't be a problem for him to buy one or two gunboats at a low price."
After Fu Tao listened, he didn't continue to speak, but quietly stared at a hole in the front seat, his eyes full of confusion about the future.
Now, he is approaching the age of [-], but this official position is getting smaller and smaller. From the captain of the fleet's battleship to the chief of the archives room, his ambition and blood have turned into a cold boulder in his heart. Waking up from sleep in the middle of the night left him breathless.
In the Admiralty, he could no longer see the future, maybe he would sit on the cold bench in the archives until the day he grew old, maybe he would be even worse.
It doesn't matter whether he himself is miserable or not, he pities his wife and children, they haven't enjoyed a few days of happiness with him.
"Ugh!"
The thousands of melancholy in Fu Tao's heart turned into a long sigh.
Xie Fengjun looked at Fu Tao, he couldn't hide his appreciation for his talents, but he was only a director, not enough to protect Fu Tao who offended most of the high-level officials.
He sighed softly and said, "Fu Tao, I know you're not feeling well."
"To be honest, you are indeed a rare talent in the army. If you are allowed to practice for a few more years, it will be no problem commanding a capital ship, or an entire fleet."
"It's just that it's a trend nowadays, you have to know how to be a human being and do things."
"Whether you will be able to drive a warship or not is next."
Seeing that Fu Tao was silent, Xie Fengjun continued: "You are also a man with a family now, and you can no longer shoot at the phenomenon in the army without any scruples like you did when you were young."
"You can't change anything by yourself, not for anything else, even if it's for Yu Rou and the three children, you have to change!"
Speaking of this, Xie Fengjun said solemnly: "I know Qian Minghe well, and Lin Hongfei can be valued so much by him, so there is naturally something special about him."
"What's more, the price offered by this person is also full of sincerity!"
"The settling allowance of 2 oceans, and the monthly salary of 1500 oceans. With this money, Yu Rou, their mother and son can live a good life."
"And you don't have to sit on the cold bench in the archives anymore, you can continue to drive the warship."
"Think about it carefully. You have to make up your own mind about where to go. My words are just suggestions!" After Xie Fengjun finished speaking, he stopped talking, and there was a slightly oppressive atmosphere in the car.
After the car arrived at Fujude, as soon as Fu Tao got out of the car, several crisp voices came from the tea stand not far away:
"father!"
"Here we are!"
When Fu Tao heard this, he turned around immediately, and saw a woman walking towards him with a three-year-old girl in her arms, followed by two eight- or nine-year-old boys.
These four people are Fu Tao's wife, children, and Fu Tao's wife took the children directly to Fujude to wait for her husband because they did not go along the way from their home to Fujude.