"For the people, be careful along the way. Knowing that you are busy, just send a telegram and report your safety when you arrive in the United States. You don't have to write to me, you will be back in a few months."

Happy times always pass so quickly. As soon as they get together, they will part. Wu Lijun is reluctant to leave and doesn’t even eat much supper. As soon as the Li family’s car arrives, tears can’t be suppressed.

Seeing her pear blossoms appear to be raining, Li Weimin felt very uncomfortable. He took out a clean handkerchief while wiping it, while pretending to be relaxed and coaxed: "Silly girl, stop crying, it's not that she is separated from life and death. I will bring you a gift."

"I don't want a gift, I want you to come back early."

"Don't worry, come back immediately after finishing your business."

The young couple said goodbye to each other, and said goodbye. Wu Dayuan was happy in his eyes. He looked at his wife meaningfully, and turned around and smiled in Mandarin with a Minnan accent: "Jingchen, there is nothing to do at night. Let's send it to the people with Lijun. Jiachang, you and Jingchen take a car and let them talk for a while."

"Okay, I'll sit in the back."

Unlike the Li family's business that likes to interfere, the Wu family only has one business and only builds ships.

Wuji Shipyard has a long history and can be traced back to the eighth year of Tongzhi (1869). It initially built small fishing boats, but later it became larger and larger, and the more types it was built.

Wucao ship, Danyang ship, Qingtou ship, tail ship, big ancient ship, big row ship, frozen eagle ship, white-bottom ship, widai ship, zizi ship, four-bed cover ship, bleached zizi ship, sampan ship, sampan head ship, sea and mountain rat ship... everything was built. By the 28th year of the Guangxu period (1902), 100 tons of wooden three-masted sailboat could be built.

The southern Fujian fir is easy and not suitable for ships. Camphor wood is hard and curved, and can only be used as boat ribs and miscellaneous tools. The most suitable ones are not more than teak, so they go to Hong Kong to purchase teak and flower trench. The friendship between Wu and Li families began from that time.

When the family is old, they will naturally have to separate.

Their team had the best relationship with the Li family. At the suggestion of Li Weimin's great-grandfather, they came to Xidi to open the first Chinese shipyard.

There are many fishermen along the coast of Vietnam, but Vietnamese are not very good at building ships. His family came early and the ships were built well, so naturally the business would not be bad. Until a few years ago, fishermen from Halong, Haipong, Cheung Hua, Wing City, Hue, Da Nang and other places still traveled thousands of miles to build ships and repair ships.

The Wu family did not stop building small wooden fishing boats. They sent their family members to Mawei and Hong Kong shipyards to learn the technology of building steel ships.

In the 12th year of the Republic of China, the first steam engine ship hull was built.

In the 16th year of the Republic of China, the first 600-ton steel cargo ship was built with four wooden booms and a 15-ton crane.

It is now the largest shipyard in Saigon, with two 80-ton elevated cranes and one 20-ton elevated crane (for docks); there are universal milling machines, one vertical lathe, 18-meter lathe, boring machine, 12-m die rolling machine, 400-ton hydraulic press, 12-meter edge planing machine, 150 kg air hammer and oxygen production equipment produced in Japan.

It has its own docks and docks, and its customers are spread across Southeast Asia, and even provides coordinated repair services to French warships.

Li Guanyun is known as the "Shipping King". There are 21 ships of all sizes in the Li family's fleet, and almost all the maintenance business is handed over to the Wu family. What's more, when the Wu family first came to Xidi, the Li family provided a lot of help, including those with connections and economics.

Because of this, the Wu family is not good to Li Weimin, the "son-in-law".

When I sent my fiancée back, I had dinner at Wu's house and received a stack of red envelopes. The biggest one was my father-in-law. When I heard that he was going to the United States, I immediately wrote a check of 20,000 US dollars, saying that I would make up for the red envelopes from the past few years at one time.

The car slowly drove out of the Wu family mansion, and Wu Lijun snuggled on his arm and muttered: "It's 20,000 US dollars at one move. My dad treats you better than me."

Li Weimin was happy and turned his head and asked with a smile: "I'm envious?"

“Some.”

"We share it equally, ten thousand per person?"

"I don't want it, that's for you. Besides, the road to a poor family is rich, so it's better to bring more money on you when you go so far."

"Don't say, I'm really short of money now."

The little girl suddenly sat upright and asked with her eyes: "How many are missing, I have it!"

What can your pocket money do? It’s almost the same for your dad to cash out the dowry and deliver it in advance. Li Weimin felt very funny and pinched her nose: “I’m having fun of you, who is your fiancé? Can you short of money?”

"Bullying again!"

Flirting, the car drove to the city without realizing it. There were many refugees on the street who fled from the countryside to avoid war, some begging on the roadside, some sitting on the roadside, some dazed in a daze, and many wandering children were rushing around in groups on the road. When they saw the well-dressed people, they were entangled and pulled to find US dollars.

The most lively Katila Street is sparsely pedestrians and the street lights are dim. A few drunk French soldiers are shaking and in a mess. Nguyen Hui Avenue, Zheng Sister Avenue and Saigon Pier are all over the area of ​​French and African nationalities, lying weakly on the corners and alleys, without anyone paying attention to it.

On the main road leading to Johor Bahru Airport, the French Red Cross Ambulance carrying wounded soldiers roared and the whole city seemed to be covered by a war cloud.

There were people in front of the dock, and French soldiers and police were holding guns and trying hard to maintain order.

Fearing that his fiancée would encounter even a little danger, Li Weimin patted the driver's shoulder and said unquestionably: "Acheng, stop here, Uncle Liu is in front, I'll go there myself."

It was really impossible to drive further forward, so Acheng responded and stepped on the brakes. The little girl was made of water, and she couldn't help crying as soon as she arrived at the dock.

Li Weimin couldn't bear it and really wanted to bring her with her. But this time he went to the United States to have a big deal, not to go play, nor could he leave a bad impression on the people who were visiting. He could only grit his teeth: "Lijun, be obedient, stop crying, go home and wait for me, and wait for me to go back to marry you."

The most painful thing in life is life and death. Wu Lijun can’t control it. She covered her mouth tightly and sobbed, “Remember to report my safety to me, I’ll wait for your telegram.”

"Well, I'll send it as soon as I arrive."

Wu Jingchen came from the car behind and hugged his sister. Li Weimin was relieved to follow Liu Jiachang along the VIP passage escorted by a group of crew members. He talked to Liu Jinghui who was coming to see him off for a while before climbing the gangway and climbing onto the Li family's fourth-generation "Greater China" passenger and freighter.

The ship's length is 76.9 meters, 11.1 meters wide, 5.3 meters deep, 1476 gross tons, 4 meters of full draft, 16 knots, the main engine is a reciprocating steam engine, 2,750 horsepower, and a daily fuel consumption of about 28 tons. It was built in the United States in 1943. Because it was originally used as a military escort merchant ship, the hull was thin, fast, and was equipped with advanced navigation equipment such as radar.

After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the U.S. military handled the remaining materials, which the Wu family purchased for $350,000 and spent $40,000 to decorate.

The upper part is painted milky white, the lower part is light brown and yellow, and the appearance is clean and beautiful. The cabin is equipped with snow-white bedding and a clean bathroom, the beautiful dining room is equipped with radio music, and the library and diverticulture is also equipped with pianos.

There are three special cabins on the boat, heating and sofas are installed in the room, and there are separate bathrooms, toilets and restaurants, study rooms, lounges, smoking rooms and other facilities.

Of course, the eldest young master had to take the special cabin when he got on the boat. His luggage had been sent in long ago, and the table was filled with flowers and fruits. He was afraid that he would feel bored, so the captain deliberately asked someone to prepare a stack of newspapers for today.

I sent the second deputy and the waiter away, picked up the top one, and the whole page was full of the battle situation in Dien Bien Phu.

The Vietnam League proudly shouted to the French army through radio broadcast: In the battle of Dien Bien Phu, the French army's choice was to "subjugate either by death or by surrender"; the French army sneered at the radio report, claiming: "If the Vietnam League can pay the price of 15,000 troops, it can be captured."

When World War II was like this, the entire country was occupied and the government surrendered. It was a huge joke to be able to become a victorious country. I really don’t know where their confidence came from.

What's more, North Korea has just ceased to learn from its clampdown. It doesn't know what "war of attrition" and "man-sea tactics" are. What is 15,000 lives? As long as you can drive away your French guys, as long as you can win national independence, you don't care how many people die.
Chapter completed!