Chapter 12: The Trip to Guangzhou

  Guangzhou, when Sun Xinghua set foot in Guangzhou for the third time, the Guangzhou in front of him had completely emerged from the shadow of war. The bustling streets and lively crowds, whether they were merchants or ordinary people, all wore smiles on their faces.

  Houses ravaged by war have begun to be rebuilt, row upon row of brand new houses covering up the scars of war, and the people are once again immersed in their new lives.

  Due to Director Zhou's need to purchase books, Sun Xinghua dispatched several students to follow Director Zhou to buy books. He himself drove a truck seized from the merchant troops during the suppression of bandits to a designated location to prepare for the transportation of ammunition.

  This batch of ammunition was donated by Sun Xinghua's father, Sun Shi Yu, in his personal name to the Huangpu Military Academy of Sun Yat-sen, so Sun Yat-sen did not allocate these ammunitions to other warlords, but allocated them all to the Huangpu Military Academy.

  After the suppression of the merchant corps, Sun Yat-sen also had a new understanding of the two local warlords, Yang Ximin and Liu Zhenhuan. However, the party army (on November 11, 1924, Sun Yat-sen ordered the Huangpu Military Academy to be renamed the Party Army) had not yet formed a strong fighting force, and Yang and Liu's military strength was powerful. Premier Sun (hereinafter referred to as Premier Sun for harmony issues) also had no way out, and could only compromise with the Yang-Liu warlords on the one hand, while expanding the party army on the other.

  The truck drove quickly on the street, while Hu Zongnan and others behind it had an excited look on their faces, occasionally glancing around at the envious gazes, with a smug expression.

  "Director Sun is really impressive, not only fluent in German and Japanese, but also able to drive this foreign thing. If I had half of Director Sun's skills, that would be great." Seventeen-year-old Song Xiluan said with emotion, looking at the gazes of the surrounding crowd.

  "Ying Guo, little brother, don't say you have half of Sun's skills, if you even have a third of his skills, you wouldn't be a student anymore, you would've been an instructor long ago. In Whampoa, who knows more than Sun? Who is better than Sun?" Guan Linzheng quickly said, taking the opportunity to tease Song Xilian.

  The rest of the classmates burst out laughing, causing Song Xini's face to flush with embarrassment.

  Just as the students were chatting and laughing, the truck stopped.

  This is an American firm, Sun Xinghua walked in directly and conversed fluently with the Americans in English. Sun Xinghua graduated from abroad, so English was no problem for him. Moreover, even if it were the previous Sun Xinghua, he was also a Chinese-American, so he was also proficient in English.

  The students who jumped off the truck looked at Sun Xinghua with a surprised face.

  Sun Xinghua is fluent in German and Japanese, these things are clear to them, but looking at Sun Xinghua speaking English with Americans in front of them, these students were all staring wide-eyed and disbelieving.

  "Alright, just a little while longer." Sun Xinghua said to the students after talking with the Americans.

  "Director Sun, was that English you spoke just now? It sounds like something I heard at the Whampoa Military Academy." Du Yuming's mouth almost formed an "O" shape as he looked up to see Sun Xinghua walking over and hastily asked.

  The rest of the students looked over at Sun Xinghua one after another, waiting for his response.

  Sun Xinghua nodded and didn't say anything. Instead, he took out his own cigarettes and handed them out to the classmates, lighting one for himself as well.

  Before long, a Chinese man came out of the foreign firm, whose appearance was somewhat similar to that of Sun Xinghua.

  "Big brother." In Sun Xinghua's memory, this person was his own big brother, Sun Jianhua.

  "Fu Guo, you've lost a lot of weight." Sun Jianhua's face broke into a smile as he gave Sun Xinghua a hug.

  In Sun Xinghua's memory, Sun Shiyu had three sons: Sun Jianhua, Sun Xinghua and Sun Weihua, with courtesy names Anguo, Fuguo and Zhengu respectively.

  "Big brother, how did you come? Is Father all right?" Sun Xinghua hastily asked.

  In this world, after Sun Xinghua's mother gave birth to Sun Weihua, she passed away. Sun Shi Yu did not remarry and raised the three sons alone. The youngest son, Sun Weihua, was extremely spoiled by Sun Shi Yu. Among the three sons of the Sun family, only Sun Weihua had no achievements.

  "My father is fine, he just misses you and Zhen Guo. This time I came to China to take over Zhen Guo's position and be in charge of the business here." Sun Jianhua's face showed a helpless expression.

  Xinghua Sun also knew that 80% of Weihua Sun had done something wrong again, but he couldn't say anything, just nodded.

  "Come on, come in." Sun Jianhua looked at the students beside the truck and warmly invited them.

  "That batch of weapons is in the warehouse, drive the truck to the back to load it up, it's more hidden that way." Sun Jianhua said quietly.

  Sun Xinghua nodded, Sun Jianhua considered more than himself, after all, there were not a few secret agents in Guangzhou. If the local warlords knew that Premier Sun had secretly transported weapons to the Whampoa Military Academy, they might have caused another disturbance.

  "I'll drive the truck over first and then take a look around." Sun Xinghua walked up to the truck, looking at Sun Jianhua.

  Sun Jianhua nodded and sat in the front passenger seat, guiding Sun Xinghua along the road.

  In no time, the truck stayed at the warehouse, and the students quickly moved the weapons and ammunition.

  "Fu Guo, this time I'm taking over Zhen Guo's position. Father's intention is to let Zhen Guo take the entrance exam for Huangpu Military Academy and join Mr. Sun's revolution. You also know that if Zhen Guo returns to Father's side, Father will probably still be unable to teach him properly." Looking around and seeing no one else, Sun Jianhua added a sentence.

  Sun Xinghua's eyebrows furrowed tightly, and the Sun Weihua in his memory seemed to be a second-generation ancestor. Whether such a person could enter the Whampoa Military Academy was still a big question. Even if he entered Whampoa, how could someone with Sun Weihua's second-generation ancestor identity persist under the harsh conditions there?

  If Sun Xinghua had a choice, he would not have let Sun Weihua enter Huangpu. But judging from the current situation, his father's idea is very simple: let the eldest son run the business, and the second and third sons join the revolution.

  As Sun Xinghua had thought, Sun Shiyu was in support of the Chinese Revolution. This time, his second son joined Huangpu, and although Sun Shiyu still held some resentment towards Sun Xinghua for running away from marriage, he supported him nonetheless, personally explaining things to the Song family.

  However, Sun Shi Yu arranged for Sun Wei Hua to go inside Huang Pu, mostly in order to discipline this son, let him experience a bit of hardship and understand things.

  "Big brother, you also know how San Di is. The conditions at Huangpu are very harsh. At first, I almost couldn't hold on myself. Don't even mention other things, just the problem of eating, San Di may not be able to persist. In Huangpu, students all wear straw sandals, with San Di's temperament, he may not be able to persist." Sun Xinghua hastily said a sentence.

  What kind of life is Huangpu Island, eating porridge that shines with human shadows, wearing grass shoes, students only have a military uniform, such harsh conditions, can't be persisted by Sun Weihua this second-generation ancestor.

  "Second brother, Father knows about these things, but Father still insists on sending Third Brother to the Whampoa Military Academy. I don't dare say anything. Father has already spoken with Premier Sun and the fourth term of Whampoa will start next year. Father's intention is for Third Brother to take the entrance exam for the fourth term of Whampoa, and at the same time use this period to supplement his knowledge in all aspects."

  Sun Xinghua helplessly nodded, hoping that he could leave the military school as soon as possible, so that Sun Weihua wouldn't humiliate him.

  However, the Sun Weihua in Sun Xinghua's memory was not born foolish, on the contrary, he was intelligent and had a photographic memory, but Sun Weihua's brain was not used for studying.

  "Big brother, the arms business is quite good to do now. If your family has connections with America in this regard, I suggest you can try doing some arms business." Sun Xinghua noticed that his big brother's face looked a bit awkward and immediately changed the subject.

  "My father sincerely supported Premier Sun's revolution. He warned me that, except for Premier Sun, we are not allowed to provide weapons to anyone else. Now our business mainly deals with some advanced foreign products, such as bicycles, cars, and various household goods. The main sales routes are Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuhan, and other big cities." Sun Jianhua said somewhat helplessly, knowing that the arms trade was a highly profitable business.

  Xinghua smiled and said to Jianhua, "Big brother, it's not a bad idea to do some business. The warlords in various regions all have their own interests, selling them weapons might not be a bad thing. Moreover, there is another point, although China is far behind in many ways, but in some aspects, it is still much better than foreign countries. Silk, porcelain, tea and other products are the pride of China, and those foreigners may also like these things."

  When Sun Xinghua said this, a glimmer of light appeared in Sun Jianhua's eyes. The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional.

  These things have a certain sales channel abroad. If you buy these things from China and then transport them to foreign countries for sale, it will be a big income.

  "Second brother, you have indeed awakened me from a dream with one word!" Sun Jianhua grabbed Sun Xinghua's shoulder and said excitedly.

  Xun Xinghua just smiled, thinking to himself that this was only the beginning. Once he had more power, China would have even more things to transport and sell abroad. For now, without enough power, it couldn't be done, so he could only let Sun Jianhua make small moves for the time being. But once Xun Xinghua gained more power, that's when the real chaos would begin.