Chapter 134 Finally solved
The early morning in Honolulu is beautiful. Although many heavy factories have been built, the sea breeze can empty the smoke left over the island, leaving no trace of pollution in the sky.
Located on the hillside behind the Qingshan Villa, a large vegetable garden was reclaimed. A water diversion pipe was pulled to the fence of the vegetable garden. The water rolled down drop by drop, along the dug ditch, moistening the colorful vegetables in the yard.
This may be the tradition of Chinese farmers. No matter where they go, growing vegetables is the first choice, which is mainly related to eating habits. After all, foreigners' butter and bread is not what everyone is used to.
With the connivance of Master Li, at present, there is no one in the Kingdom of Hawaii. Even if he has not been forcibly expelled, he left here in panic because of the war between Hawaii and Japan, and most of them went to the United States.
On the contrary, with the increasing reputation of the Chinese world in Hawaii, the number of Chinese in the United States began to decline rapidly, and the Chinese struggling under the Chinese Exclusion Act flocked to Hawaii to settle down, which also minimized the impact of the sharp decline in the labor force after their expulsion.
Today, the total number of Chinese living on the islands of Hawaii has exceeded 250,000, surpassing the local natives to become the most important ethnic group. The influx of a large number of Chinese not only brings labor and capital, but also makes the Honolulu government axe more and more handy in governance.
However, as the total number of Chinese surpassed the locals in one fell swoop, it also put pressure on the Hawaiian natives. Fortunately, Li Mo handled it very well in this regard and strictly implemented the policy of ethnic equality. Factories also recruited local workers in proportion. At the same time, he also took the initiative to let the State Council issue loans to help some qualified people. Local people do business and trade in factories.
With the help of this policy, the local people also started to open up some large plantations and even some unmanned islands with good planting conditions in Maui, Big Island and Moroke, in response to the living habits of the Chinese people. While maintaining their national characteristics, they also slowly accepted the eating habits of the Chinese, gradually moved closer to the Chinese, and even appeared indigenous merchants who specialized in growing and selling vegetables.
However, in Oahu Island, where an inch of land is an inch of gold, only Master Li can have such a large private vegetable garden. Only Chen Ping, who knows the inside story, is full of big bags. The emotional young master said in Chile that he wanted to change the flower garden into a vegetable garden. It's really not a joke!
In the vegetable garden in the morning, in addition to Li Mo, only Fuhai, who manages the garden, carried a small vegetable basket and followed the excited young master. I don't understand why the young master came to the vegetable garden early in the morning. Is it because the food is not fresh enough recently?
In fact, Li Mo can't do anything about it. In order to promote new drugs, the Scottish beauty abducted her two warm-footed girls. Master Li, who was full of anger and had nowhere to vent, had to get up early every day to kill the heat in her stomach.
Lower your head, gently touch the red pepper with your fingers, and skillfully pick up the pepper and put it in the basket. Whether in the past life or this life, Master Li likes peppers very much. These most spicy varieties were specially sent to Mexico to choose and transplant them. Now they have become the most expensive treasure in this vegetable garden.
These days are the time to mature, so after he heard about it yesterday, he had to pick a few in person to relieve his appetite. Is there a saying that he doesn't say "it's good to do it yourself"? In fact, what people are greedy for is the sense of achievement at that moment.
"Just eating the red and spicy natural aphrodisiac, will it make the fire that has just been suppressed rise again?" Master Li took the pepper and thought nonsense. Fuhai over there had called.
"Young master, Fubo and others are here."
After putting the picked peppers into the vegetable basket, Li Mo raised his head and saw Fu Bo and Du Dazhuang walking into the vegetable garden with Li Xiufeng's brothers and Fu Hai's son Fugen, walking and talking about something.
Not until Fubo entered, Fuhai, who accompanied him, had already greeted him. Fuhai and his son are also Li Mo's old family. When they fled, the Li family in Liaodong was scattered, and their subordinates were also dismissed. It was not until the night eagle returned to Liaodong recently that Fubo began to look for the lost old families through the hands of Lin Yongxiang and Duan Fei.
After their families were dismissed by the court, most of them lived a bad life, so after hearing that the young master had created a family business overseas, many of them defected here, and Fuhai was one of them.
Originally, according to Fubo's idea, he was going to arrange Fuhai to sit in the gold mine. After all, the old man was not worried about taking care of such an important industry in the hands of others. However, he saw that Fuhai was also old now, and it was not appropriate to go to the cold place. In the end, he had to continue to let the gold mine be monitored by Duan Fei. Let Fuhai stay here to take care of himself.
It's Fugen. Now he is twenty-seven or eighty-eight years old. Although he doesn't know a few words of Douda, now the young master's family has a big career, so it's not good to be idle like this, so Fuhai discussed with Fubo whether to find a job for him. It happened that Li Xiufeng also wanted to go out and break through, so he came together.
Seeing the young master, the Li Xiufeng brothers and Fugen hurried forward to salute. Li Mo dropped the vegetable basket and motioned the three people not to look away so much with a smile. Then he smiled at Fuhai and said, "Uncle Fuhai, Uncle Fu, have you thought about it?"
Fuhai looked at Li Xiufeng's son beside him. A trace of reluctance flashed in his turbid old eyes and nodded vigorously: "I've thought about it. They are all big children. It's time for you to share the share for the young master."
"Dad, don't worry, I will definitely make a name for myself when I go out this time, and I will never lose the face of the young master." Seeing that his old father was still a little reluctant, Fugen, who had been eager to try out for a long time, hurriedly patted his chest on the neck and promised that his simple and straightforward appearance provoked everyone to laugh.
On the contrary, Li Xiufeng, although he is only one year older than Li Mo, but over the years, coupled with Fubo's careful **, he seems to be more mature. He said, "Young master, please rest assured that my godfather has taken care of Xiufeng, and I will definitely take good care of Brother Fugen." After saying that, he turned his head and continued to Fubo and Fuhai, "Godfather, Uncle Fuhai, you can rest assured that Brother Fugen and I will take care of each other. Besides, aren't there so many boats coming and going now? We will come back to see you often."
Li Xiufeng was young and old. In those years, he was able to sell himself for his younger brother, which showed his character. This is also the biggest reason why Li Fu accepted the two brothers as his adopted sons, and he has always regarded the two brothers as his own. He not only sent them to the best school to study, but also often brought them to listen to the young master's lectures to everyone, so they still treat Li Fu. Always respectful and filial.
Li Fu came to have a son. When he saw Li Xiufeng answering questions, he touched his beard and smiled happily on the side. And he also knew Li Xiufeng's thoughts, but he was not as reluctant as Fuhai. He said, "When the baby is old, it's time to go out for a walk. You can rest assured to do a good job for the young master. Isn't there still Yan'er at home?"
"Yes. Brother, don't worry, I will take good care of my godfather and Uncle Fuhai. When I grow up, I will come to you!" Li Xiuyan also raised his head and raised his little fist.
Seeing that everyone agreed, Li Mo quickly said to Du Dazhuang, "Go to the study and bring the box on my desk and the letter." Du Dazhuang quickly turned around and ran to the villa.
Looking at Li Xiufeng and Fugen, Li Mo continued to take care of them diligently and said, "Xiufeng, Fugen, although you all call me a young master, I have never regarded you as a person. I am now alone, so you are all my brothers and family. Now that my career is starting, I need to use people in many places, so this time Don't think about anything else when you go out. The main thing is to listen more, read more, and learn more to lay the foundation for doing great things in the future.
"Yes, young master." Seeing the solemnness of Li Mo's words, Li Xiufeng also nodded quickly. Only Fu Gen scratched his head. It seemed that he was still a little confused about the big business that Li Mo said. He asked, "Young master, is the bird dung you said really making so much money?"
"Dog baby, the young master said that there can be a fake if you make money!" Before Li Mo could explain to the two, Fuhai quickly scolded when he heard that Fugen was still suspicious.
"Uncle Fuhai, don't be angry." Li Mo smiled, stretched out his hand to stop Fuhai, and explained, "Nauru is located in the equator, and the terrain is dry. The bird dung accumulated for thousands of years is ten meters thick. Over time, the bird dung will dry up and become a good fertilizer. So in Europe, bird droppings are as big deals as Chilean saltpeter!"
Of course, Li Mo didn't say anything. Nauru, located in the Micronesian Islands in the western South Pacific, is the only gateway to Papua New Guinea and Australia. Its geographical location is very important! For him, who has always insisted on the economy first, if he can take the opportunity to dig bird droppings to gain a foothold, it will undoubtedly be very beneficial to future actions!
What's more, bird droppings is really a big business. Peru makes a fortune because of bird droppings. Although Nauru is small, the amount of bird droppings is similar. It is completely a treasure for development, and the profit will never be less than that of saltpeter. You should know that in later generations, because of the sale of bird droppings, Nauru's per capita income reached nearly 10,000 US dollars.
Although Fugen didn't know why bird droppings would be bought, he heard that it was the same big deal as Chilean saltpeter, and his eyes suddenly lit up. He couldn't wait to fly to the island immediately and dig three feet of the ground.
At this time, Du Dazhuang had taken the box and the letter back. Li Mo first took the letter and handed it to Li Xiufeng: "Lin Yongxiang will take you to Guam first. Where can you find a Spaniard named Snow?" He used to be my teacher, and now he is the boss of our Nanyang Trading Company. This is my letter to him. I have asked him to complete the formalities for you to go to Nauru.
"In addition. If you go out this time, I'm afraid you will be in danger if you are not familiar with the place. Take this for self-defense. If you encounter something that you can't solve, you can also immediately order someone to go to Guam or Australia for help. Duan Fei arranged people there!" After Li Mo finished speaking, he asked Du Dazhuang to open the box. As soon as the box was opened, not to mention Fugen, even Li Xiufeng's eyes were shining. There were two temporary black star pistols in the box, and there were several magazines full of yellow, orange and orange bullets next to it.
Seeing the two of them holding pistols and looking down, Li Mo laughed: "Hehe, let's go! I have prepared five big ships for you at the dock, and now they are under your command! That's all I can do. What you can do in the future depends on yourselves!"
"Yes, it's getting late. It's time to go." Fuhai and Fubo also waved their hands quickly, and the old eyes also rose with a mist.
"Young master, Dad, Uncle Fuhai (Fu Bo), take care of yourselves. We will come back to see you often." Li Xiufeng and Fugen quickly put away their guns. After saying goodbye to everyone, they said goodbye to Fubo and Fuhai and reluctantly walked to the dock.
Li Mogang wanted to see them off with everyone, but suddenly he was pulled by Du Dazhuang: "Young master, Mrs. Ge is here. I want to see you."
"Mrs. Ge!" Li Mo frowned. Since Fang Boqian's family returned to Hawaii first, to be honest, he really had never seen anyone. Although his heart knot was untied, he was really too busy after coming back. It was a car and arranging procurement. A lot of things, coupled with the pressure brought by his large-scale shipbuilding, he was not thinking about it for a while. Something.
I didn't expect that now that people came to me, it should be an explanation for others.
"Da Zhuang, you and Uncle Fuhai send them for me." Li Mo sighed in his heart. He always had to face what he should come. He ordered, "Fu Bo, go with me to see Mrs. Ge." -
In the living room, Li Mo looked at the two beautiful people in front of him and felt a little at a loss for the first time.
The old man seems to be twenty-four or twenty-five years old, with beautiful eyebrows and phoenix eyes, tied in a bun, neatly combed his temples, dressed in blue clothes, and generously dressed in his hands and feet. She is worthy of being a beautiful daughter in Hangzhou. Everyone is full of demeanor. No wonder he was favored by his father-in-law and married as a wife.
As for the one standing next to her, the bun is exposed, sweeping E's eyebrows lightly, the jade cheeks are pink, the skin is as delicate as warm jade, soft and greasy, the cherry mouth is red, delicate, the two strands of hair on the cheeks gently brush the face with the wind to add a little seductive amorous feelings, and the eyes are wise to glance at me from time to time. Dressed in a long light green dress, the waist is not clenched, and the strands make people feel pity at first sight.
Li Mo really didn't expect that she would come too. After seeing her at this moment, she couldn't help feeling a little dry. He didn't expect that Fang Boqian's eldest daughter, his daughter-in-law, his daughter-in-law, would be so beautiful that she was not inferior to Xiaoxiao and Yue'er. It's just that we suddenly met on this occasion. Even if Master Li's facial skills have been practiced to the point where the battleship's armor is still thick, he can't help but feel a little embarrassed.
"Li Mo has met his wife and the young lady."
After being sluggish for a long time, Li Mo remembered that he hadn't seen the salute yet. He quickly got up and bowed Ai Ai's hand. In the matter of blind date, from princes and nobles to civilians, it is estimated that the performance is similar. Of course, those shameless people who take bullying men and women as their common pleasures cannot be counted.
Young Master Li now has a big career in his family. He hasn't had time to bully men and women. Naturally, he was a little busy. After greeting, he didn't know whether to continue to sit down or stand and listen to his mother-in-law's teachings. He had to turn his head and ask the old housekeeper behind him for help.
"Puff."
Seeing Li Mo's embarrassment, Mrs. Ge covered her mouth and smiled, immediately breaking the strange atmosphere in the hall. She was worthy of being an experienced person. Seeing the young master at a loss, she smiled: "Xianqi, haven't you seen your brother Li yet."
Hearing her aunt's instructions, Fang Xianqi's face became more and more red. She hurriedly took a few steps forward and said softly, "Xianqi has met the young master."
"What young master, call me Brother Li!" Mrs. Ge corrected her mistakes with a smile.
"I have met Brother Li." Fang Xianqi quickly called again, and then hid behind her aunt.
Seeing that the young master and his mother-in-law finally finished greeting, Fu Bo sighed and scolded himself for being a little dull in this regard, and hurriedly said, "Madam, Miss, please sit down. I really didn't expect that you two would come today. The hospitality was not good. I'm going to order someone to get some snacks."
"Fu Bo, don't bother. Today, my concubine comes here just to take Xianqi to recognize the door. By the way, I will come to see my uncle and chat." Mrs. Ge said, and her eyes slipped around Li Mo, trying to see the reaction.
Li Mo smiled bitterly in his heart. It was worthy of being respected by Beiyang in future generations. Mrs. Ge, who shouted injustice for Fang Boqian, blocked herself to death in one sentence, clearly asking him to state that the marriage that Li Guotai had decided in those years is not count.
At a glance, she was already blushing, but she still raised her head and looked nervously at her Fang Xianqi. She saw that the girl had a long figure, a delicate face, and an elegant lady's temperament came to her face. She stood there, like a peony.
"Fuck you!" Master Li swallowed in his heart: "Lord Wei's seven wives had to steal incense and jade. There are only three young masters now! It's not too much, is it?" Master Li has pulled all the women around him into the bowl.
hurriedly said, "It's all my nephew's fault. I couldn't go to see my wife and young lady earlier, which caused the two of them to come in person. I hope my wife and young lady can forgive me."
Although Li Mo didn't say it clearly, Mrs. Ge was also an exquisite master. Hearing that there was no word of denial in his words, he didn't understand what it meant. The corners of his mouth immediately bent up and said with a smile, "Uncle is a person who does great things. Naturally, he is not as idle as ordinary people. There will be complaints in my body. Besides, this is my family. Only when Xianqi has cultivated the blessings of several generations can she meet such a figure as her uncle. How can she be broken again?
Mrs. Ge finished speaking with a smile, turned her head to look at Fang Xianqi beside her, and said, "If you want, please call me aunt like Xianqi. Madam, it sounds too different."
"Yes, auntie." Li Mo sighed. In the face of this woman, she had a headache more than facing the Japanese emperor. She was not good at showing Master Li at this moment. She felt like the gray wolf who was forced into the fire by the happy sheep step by step.
I'm at a loss!
Fortunately, at this time, the servant brought tea and snacks, which gave Master Li a chance to breathe.
Seeing Li Mo breathing desperately on the side, she looked nervous. Fang Xianqi, who was peeking at the corners of her eyes, immediately covered her little mouth and almost laughed. She didn't expect that this teenager, who is now in charge of a large area of the sea and is powerful in the eyes of others, still has such a lovely side.
Lost! I was seen miserably.
Master Li's eyes were a pair with that of Miss Fang. One corner of his mouth suddenly bent down, but the other corner of his mouth turned up a little. Suddenly, the curved red lips made Master Li angry and thought, "If this little mouth is for me..."
"Wow! It's so evil!" The more Master Li thought about it, the more excited he became, and his eyes were straight.
Looking at where the young couple were flirting, Mrs. Ge immediately giggled, turned her eyes around, and said, "Uncle, in addition to Xianqi's matter, there is another thing I want to discuss with you."
"Auntie, call me Li Mo, that... I'm not used to it." When he had something to do, Li Mo quickly withdrew his eyes and continued, "If there is anything wrong with my aunt, just tell me."
"Actually, it's nothing, mainly..." Mrs. Ge looked at Li Mo for a long time and put away her smile. She bit her silver teeth before she said, "I want to ask you to see if I can arrange a job for your father-in-law. I see that he has always sighed and is depressed recently. I feel really uncomfortable, so I have the face to beg you, even if I let him go to the shipyard to be a worker and do things. It's good to have a good time.
Fang Boqian's recent situation. Li Mo also knows that since he told the secret in his heart, he seems to have completely changed his life. He often blames himself. It's not like a ship's belt that once stayed abroad and drank foreign ink.
But it is difficult for Li Mo to arrange an errand. Generally speaking, the best errand must be to go to the navy. However, with Fang Boqian's desertion record, even if the soldiers don't say anything because of Li Mo's face, I'm afraid they will look down on the former captain Beiyang.
The rest is the State Council. Li Enfu is indeed short of manpower, but Fang Boqian is not a management talent. When he goes there, he not only can't give full play to his expertise, but also idle food and waiting to death, I'm afraid it will only make the cheap "father-in-law" more frustrated.
Where on earth should I go?
Li Mo frowned, and Mrs. Ge and Fang Xianqi next to him also looked at him nervously. After seeing such a scene, the old housekeeper was exquisite and quickly suggested, "Young master, why don't you arrange your father-in-law to go to the shipyard?"
"The shipyard?" Li was silent.
"Young master, have you forgotten? Didn't you allocate funds to build a warship last year? Now the warship is almost completed. Although Chen Ping also arranged people to check the quality there earlier, they were all transferred from this battle, and now there is no full-time person in charge. Fubo continued to explain: "Although the old Futou doesn't know much about shipbuilding, Tang Xiao told me not long ago that building a ship and using a ship are two different things. It is best to have an experienced old man in the navy to check it, so as to ensure that the production equipment is disconnected, otherwise there will be a situation that the construction does not meet the needs.
But now the navy is expanding, and there is an urgent need to use people. Most of the experienced people are busy on the ship. I think my in-laws have also had experience on the ship, and I have fought with me. If I know what the soldiers need, it is better to arrange a full-time supervision, which can not only check the quality, but also let the craftsmen of the shipyard understand. What exactly do the admirals want?
After listening to this, Li Mo's eyes also lit up. At the beginning of last year, at the insti of McKinson, in order to test the capabilities of the shipyard, train their own ship designers, and test new ship types and various new equipment, the experimental ship specially allocated separately was indeed the last critical moment.
And Fubo is right. A warship is not a cargo ship. It must meet the actual needs of the navy. It must be checked by naval professionals. Now there is indeed no one to do this in this aspect of the shipyard. Fang Boqian, who has studied abroad and has studied in many armies. It is undoubtedly a good choice to have served on the ship and know what people the navy needs to be responsible for.
Thinking of this, Li Mo immediately nodded and said, "Os! Fubo, you can go to Tang Xiao and Chen Ping later, and ask them to pull out some people to form a team. In addition to being responsible for the supervision of naval orders, you can also check the quality of the shipyard, so let the party..." Li Mo paused for a moment, looked at Mrs. Ge with a happy face, and quickly changed his words and said, "Let your father-in-law take charge of this."
"That's great. Thank you for my master." Seeing that Li Mo had made an arrangement, Mrs. Ge's eyes turned a little red. To be honest, these days looked at Fang Boqian's words getting haggard, and she didn't sleep peacefully. At this moment, she was naturally excited to thank him.
"Ky, don't thank you, Brother Li." Mrs. Ge thanked herself and did not forget to push Fang Xianqi beside her. Seeing that her father had a place, she didn't have to sigh every time. Fang Xianqi was also very happy and quickly got up to salute: "Xianqi, on behalf of my father, thank you, Brother Li."
"It should be, it should be." Master Li touched his head and was at a loss. He hurriedly asked Fubo to entertain the two. He got up and ran upstairs. Soon after, he came down with two sets of brocade boxes.
"A little gift, I hope my aunt and young lady like it."
"Kah..." I thought Li Mo was hiding. When she saw the gift box, Mrs. Ge returned to her appearance just now and said with a smile, "This is too polite. It's like a concubine specially brought the girl to the door to fight the autumn wind."
"How come? My aunt made a joke."
Seeing Fang Xianqi taking the gift box with a red face, Mrs. Ge's heart moved and quickly smiled and said, "Son, why don't you open it and see what Brother Li gave you."
Fang Xianqi nodded hurriedly and opened the lid of the box with a blushing face.
As the gift box opened, several people present opened their mouths wide. A string of bright red blood coral bracelets lay quietly on the flannelette at the bottom of the box. Each of the eighteen round and jade coral beads was the size of a thumb, emitting a faint red light under the light.
Mrs. Ge was born. She knew that this bracelet was valuable at a glance, and the smile at the corners of her mouth became stronger. She said, "Son, you know! The heavier the gift, the heavier the person. Don't let your brother Li down.
Fang Xianqi was also slightly stunned when she saw the bracelet. She didn't expect Li Mo's hand to be so valuable. She was so scared that she was ready to politely refuse, but when she heard her aunt's words, she stopped to refuse, and her heart was sweet.
I didn't expect that Master Li still valued herself very much, so she quickly took out a pair of already prepared silk hands and said shyly, "Brother Li, this is embroidered by my little sister. Please don't dislike it."
"Oh, oh." Master Li quickly took down the silk handkerchief like a goose, and a fragrance permeated from the silk handkerchief in an end.
Seeing this scene, Fubo and Mrs. Ge next to each other looked at each other and were also relieved.
This matter has finally been solved! ......
(to be continued)