Scholars in the courtyard.

Chapter 2565 Do you want to study the moon?
As Faisal left the meeting room, Walid and Mr. Chen were left chatting casually.

"It's really troublesome to have to confirm every transaction!"

Walid rolled his eyes and made a joke.

Mr. Chen asked someone to serve some cakes. "Try it. This is our Tianjin specialty cake!"

Hearing this, Walid picked up a small fried dough twist, put it in his mouth and chewed it crisply, "Mm, it's delicious."

"Ha, if it tastes good, eat more."

"There's nothing we can do about it. This is also a form of caution. After all, this is an order worth hundreds of millions of green coins!"

Mr. Chen was thinking about how to use the money. Although he had made a plan long ago, the plan was not as fast as the changes.

Especially with the emergence of satellite phones this year.

Even though I say I have no money, I still have to support the Nine Departments in any way I can.

So you have to set aside some money for emergencies.

Walid smiled and nodded, then changed the subject, "You are right, but this telegram also has flaws. Not only is it not very effective, but there is also the risk of it being leaked!"

“It would be great if we could talk in real time!”

Upon hearing this, Old Chen's heart moved.

The other party will never say something irrelevant for no reason.

There must be a purpose for saying this.

And now it seems that the purpose is the satellite phone!
Thinking that the other party came on the Li Guang ship, Old Chen understood.

He must have been envious when he saw the Li Guang using a telephone.

Seeing that Old Chen's expression paused and then reacted quickly, Walid knew that the other party understood what he meant!

He quickly finished eating the fried dough twist in his mouth, and then said, "Mr. Chen, I saw a communication phone you made on the ship, which can communicate without wires."

"And it is said that this kind of phone can receive signals on the sea surface, and the call quality is very good. It is really enviable!"

Old Chen picked up the teacup beside him and took a sip, then said, "Oh, the satellite phone you mentioned is indeed fine. We can make it."

"But it's still under experimentation, and some areas need improvement!"

Upon hearing this, Walid immediately asked, "Oh! Do you have any plans to sell it?"

Old Chen thought to himself that it was true.

It’s such a good thing that these guys can’t help themselves!

Do you really think it’s great to have a little money?
Ha ha
"Well, we are still in the experimental stage and have no plans to sell it yet!"

Mr. Chen politely declined. Walid looked regretful, but still did not give up. "Mr. Chen, we also know some information about satellite phones."

"The Alliance and the United States have also begun research in this area. I believe that with their strength, they will be able to develop it soon."

After hearing this, Mr. Chen's expression remained unchanged. He had also received the news, but if others had it, then so be it. As long as he didn't have it, it would be fine.

Seeing that Mr. Chen remained calm, Walid felt a little anxious, and then he said in a serious voice, "Mr. Chen, after the last cooperation with Desert Eagle, our Prince Royal attaches great importance to the cooperation between the two sides."

"We are also very sincere in conducting further cooperation with you."

"I hope Mr. Chen can help promote peace and deepen our friendship."

Mr. Chen also sat up straight, put his hands on his knees, and said solemnly, "Mr. Walid, first of all, I would like to express my gratitude to His Royal Highness on my behalf."

"Secondly, we are also very willing to cooperate better with your country for mutual benefit and win-win development."

"We will take this very seriously, please rest assured."

After Mr. Chen finished speaking, Wadley smiled.

Although the other party did not mention the satellite phone, he knew that the cooperation between the two sides would not stop there but would become even closer in the future.

A good and close relationship is the basis of a transaction.

These businessmen are well aware of this.

While they were waiting, the two men laughed from time to time, and it was obvious that they were very satisfied with the discussion.

After waiting for about half an hour, Faisal walked in from outside and nodded to Wadley with a relaxed expression.

"Mr. Chen, we are ready!"

"As long as there is no problem with the cargo inspection, the plane will take off."

Wadley spoke again, and Old Chen smiled and nodded. After some politeness, he stood up and said, "Mr. Wadley, have a good rest tonight. See you tomorrow!"

"Okay, see you tomorrow!"

As he spoke, General Chen escorted the two men out of the meeting room, and then led them to their residence under the guidance of the staff.

After seeing the two off, Mr. Chen pondered for a moment before heading towards his office.

Four Nine Cities.

After Yang Xiaotao arranged for people to escort the satellite phone to Persia, he drove back to the courtyard.

I had just entered the house and had not yet started cooking when I heard shouting coming from outside the yard!
"Brother Tao, someone is looking for you outside!"

Yang Xiaotao came out of the house and saw Yan Jiedi shouting at the door with a cabbage in her hand.

"Someone is looking for me, just let him in."

Having said this, Yang Xiaotao put down the cabbage and walked out.

Because ordinary acquaintances can come in directly without any explanation.

Let someone tell you, it’s probably someone you don’t know.

After passing through the hanging flower gate, Yang Xiaotao walked quickly to the front yard, and then saw two people standing at the gate.

Two middle-aged men with dark skin.

Then Yang Xiaotao was stunned, and his good memory allowed him to recognize who the middle-aged man in the lead was.

Zhang Anti-Japanese War.

The eldest son of my aunt Jin Pingping and the eldest brother of Zhang Qing.

He is also his older cousin.

"Big cousin!"

Yang Xiaotao shouted and walked quickly forward.

Zhang Kangzhan was looking at the courtyard house. He had never seen such a house in Shanghai.

Looking at the screen wall, the corridor, and the houses, the three of them were full of curiosity.

"Xiao Tao, I knew you lived here."

Hearing Yang Xiaotao's voice, Zhang Kangzhan took a look and immediately stepped forward and said with a smile.

When the two met, they gave each other a bear hug.

"Cousin, when did you come to Sijiu City? Why didn't you tell me in advance so I could pick you up."

Yang Xiaotao complained, while Zhang Kangzhan explained, "It's a temporary escort mission. I have three days off in Tianjin, so I came to take a look."

"Three days is just right. I'll take you around the city and take you to eat roast duck."

"That's great. I was worried that there would be no one to lead the way."

The two chatted for a while before Zhang Kangzhan introduced Li Bing to Yang Xiaotao, "This is the chief of staff on our ship, Li Bing."

"Hello, Staff Officer Li."

Yang Xiaotao greeted him warmly, and Li Bing saluted and extended his hand, "Hello, Chief Yang."

"I really didn't expect that a guy like Lao Zhang would be your cousin."

"When I came here earlier, I asked him to confirm it to make sure there was no mistake."

Zhang Kangzhan pretended to be angry and said, "Old Li, what do you mean? Do you think I am unworthy?"

"It's not unworthy, it's very unworthy."

Zhang Kangzhan was furious when he heard this, and he cried out that he was disloyal. Li Bing, on the other hand, started to criticize him, "You only drive one ship, but Yang's army is in charge of nine divisions and hundreds of ships. How can you compare with them?"

In an instant, Zhang Kangzhan was speechless.

Yang Xiaotao also laughed, "I say, let's not stand here anymore, let's go inside."

"Yes, that's right. Take me to visit this courtyard. It looks quite nice."

As he said that, Zhang Kangzhan walked inside, and he saw Yang Xiaotao coming out.

Yang Xiaotao led the two into the central courtyard and talked about the structure of the courtyard.

Hearing that these were three large courtyards with more than a hundred people living there, they both felt a little confused.

So many people live in one courtyard, how many people live in this city? "Come in, come in. I'm just about to cook."

Yang Xiaotao invited the two into the house. Zhang Kangzhan put down the gift in his hand and asked casually, "Are you the only one at home?"

"Where are my sister-in-law and the children?"

Yang Xiaotao was making tea nearby and said casually, "Qiu Ye is a teacher at a country school. He has returned to the village with his children."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Kangzhan did not ask any further questions.

The three of them exchanged greetings, and Yang Xiaotao asked them to sit for a while while he went to the kitchen to busy himself.

Not long after, the old Taoist and Mr. Ye returned to the courtyard. Seeing that there were guests at Yang Xiaotao's house, they did not disturb him. They went back to the backyard and started tinkering with things.

"We only made four dishes because we were in a hurry. Let's just make do with what we have."

Yang Xiaotao walked to the table and sat down, then took out two bottles of wine and poured them for the two of them.

Zhang Kangzhan and the other man's eyes were on the plate.

A plate of braised pork, a plate of scrambled eggs, a plate of stir-fried cabbage and meat, and a plate of fried peanuts.

There aren't many dishes, but the portions are sufficient.

After all, Yang Xiaotao is also a big eater, and if he doesn’t cook enough, it won’t be enough.

"Come, I'll toast you two."

With Yang Xiaotao's opening remarks, the dinner officially began.

Drink and eat, drink slowly and eat even slower.

It was almost midnight when the three of them finished their drink.

"Xiao Tao, yes, yes, I have something to ask you."

Zhang Kangzhan asked with a thick tongue, and Yang Xiaotao supported him and asked, "Cousin, if you have anything, just ask me. I will never hide anything I know."

"Okay, that's what you said."

Zhang Kangzhan immediately told the reporter about the deduction of money for the satellite phone call.

Yang Xiaotao waved his hand and said, "This matter has nothing to do with our Nine Departments."

"Impossible, this was made by your nine departments."

Yang Xiaotao sighed, "It's true that we made it, but the satellite we used was provided by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Their satellite costs money, so what can we do?"

In fact, Yang Xiaotao supports charging for phone calls.

Hearing Yang Xiaotao say this, Li Bing immediately patted Zhang Kangzhan on the shoulder and said, "I told you, this matter is not as simple as it seems, but you just won't listen."

Zhang Kangzhan also came to his senses and cursed the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

After dinner, Yang Xiaotao did not let them leave, but cleaned up two rooms for the two to live in.

The next day, Yang Xiaotao got up early enough, but he didn't expect that someone got up earlier than him.

"Morning, cousin."

"Morning, Xiao Tao."

After the two greeted each other, Li Bing also walked out of the house.

"How did you develop this skill?"

"Last night's meal was absolutely amazing. I can still taste the meat in my mouth now."

Li Bing smiled and joked that Yang Xiaotao only said that the ingredients were good and he just processed them simply.

After breakfast, Yang Xiaotao asked the Taoist priest to go to Jiubu and tell Li Hongfeng that he wanted to entertain the guests, and then he took the two of them out of the alley.

Just as Yang Xiaotao was taking the two of them wandering around the city of Sijiu, Old Chen was saying goodbye to Walid and others at the dock.

"Thank you, Chen."

Wadley spoke sincerely to Mr. Chen.

Mr. Chen just smiled and nodded, "Have a safe trip."

As the cargo ship's whistle sounded, it gradually left the dock and headed out of the port.

"Commander, this is the telegram that was just sent. It's triple-A level."

After the secretary finished speaking, Mr. Chen's expression changed.

Telegrams of this level are rare.

He opened it, took a look, and then closed it. Chen turned around and shouted, "Return to Sijiu City immediately."

The secretary quickly prepared the car.

When Mr. Chen returned to Sijiu City, he went straight to the office.

I had been sitting there for less than five minutes when I saw Mr. Zeng walk in with two other people.

"Lao Zeng, please tell me what is going on now."

Mr. Chen asked anxiously, Mr. Zeng just hummed and sat aside, while the two people who came with him stood in front of the table.

"The one on the left is Qi Wu, the one in charge of the alliance."

"The one on the right is Xiao Qin, who is in charge of the United States."

"They are all specifically monitoring and inquiring about the moon landing."

After hearing what Mr. Zeng said, Mr. Chen immediately understood that this incident must be related to the aviation of both parties.

"You two should talk quickly."

After Mr. Zeng finished speaking, the two looked at each other, and then Qi Wu, who was in charge of the alliance, spoke first.

"My two leaders, I have some of the alliance's recent aviation intelligence here."

Mr. Chen sat down and said, "You go ahead."

"Yes!"

Qi Wu calmed down, opened the folder and began to speak, "In 1969, on January 20th, they first used the K launch vehicle to send a manned spacecraft into space, and then flew around the moon, but unfortunately it failed in the end."

“The cause is still under investigation.”

When Qi Wu saw Mr. Chen’s expression, he immediately began to explain. Mr. Chen didn’t say anything and continued to listen.

"After the failure, the alliance personnel did not learn from the lesson, but conducted another experiment two or three days later."

"As expected, the rocket flew for a little over a minute before exploding in the air."

"But the Alliance doesn't care at all and is still investing a lot of manpower and resources. I believe they will launch another spacecraft soon."

"According to our staff's preliminary estimates, the alliance has spent more than one billion US dollars so far."

Hearing Qi Wu say this, a trace of worry flashed across Old Chen's face. So much money had been invested and it was all wasted. How much money would it cost to continue research and development in the future?

At the same time, I feel helpless. After all, the alliance is large in size. This little money is nothing. The key lies in the other party's determination.

This one is too firm.

Mr. Chen didn't say much, but looked at the other person.

Since the two of them came together, they must have similar news.

Sure enough, as Xiao Qin revealed the intelligence about the United States, Old Chen's face became a little uneasy.

According to Xiao Qin's intelligence, in early March, a United States carrier rocket was launched, sending Apollo 9 into orbit.

It is said that the mission of this spacecraft is to allow astronauts to test the possibility of landing on the moon separately.

According to Xiao Qin's report analysis, this possibility is very high, that is, the United States is about to enter the moon landing phase.

Things are imminent.

After hearing the information the two people said, Old Chen frowned tightly.

Mr. Zeng asked the two to leave the office, and then whispered, "Old Chen, you can see that the Alliance and the United States have been making a fuss about the moon landing."

"I think there must be something fishy going on here."

Hearing this, Mr. Chen’s brows furrowed even more.

"Old Chen, I think we should change our thinking and start researching the moon."

"After all, the Alliance and the United States are both researching this. If the Star Wars is not fake and the moon really becomes an attack base, then we will be left behind and become sinners of our country and nation."

Mr. Zeng tried to persuade him again, but Mr. Chen's head was buzzing.

"Old Chen, you need to make up your mind as soon as possible."

"Lao Zeng, I'll discuss this matter again. I'll discuss it again."