(Correct: The price of buying land in the previous chapter was incorrect. It should be that Baide New Street was sold for 28 yuan per square foot, and Jardine Mountain was sold for 5 yuan per square foot. I didn’t understand that Hong Kong’s “mosquito” means yuan, not ten thousand yuan, so I’m sorry.)

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"Did you still make money?" Qin Lianfang's face became very ugly, and she stared at Meng Youtian as if she didn't know him, "Do you know that this is making money in the national crisis?"

"Don't put a big hat on it." Meng Youtian's face turned gloomy and sat in the chair. He said angrily: "I was almost robbed by the big second (underworld) in Macau, and was blackmailed by the water police. The little money I earned was just enough to rent a boat and hire a person. What else do you want me to do? I don't know if this is a risky thing?"

Qin Lianfang's face calmed down a little when he heard Meng Youtian complaining, and said, "Isn't there anything wrong? Be careful in the future. But it's a good thing for you to transport medicines, so why do you want to make money? This kind of thing is not good. What you know is that you are patriotic, and what you don't know is that you are just to make money. Now that the country is in trouble, we should help us generously."

Meng Youtian pondered for a while and shook his head flatly, "No, although it may be misunderstood, it is definitely not possible to do what you said. Have you heard of the allusion of Confucius' apprentice buying slaves and returning to China? It is not our family who smuggled supplies. If we do this, we will not push others to that kind of person who made money from the country. Those people have lost their enthusiasm, isn't this a big deal of the country?"

Qin Lianfang blinked her eyes. She didn't understand very well and asked tentatively: "Are there many people smuggling?"

Meng Youtian nodded and said, "To be honest, this is an opportunity for some people to make a fortune and a means of making a living. You haven't seen the streets full of unemployed workers. There are always some people who choose to take risks to support their families! In fact, smuggling materials does not make much money. Apart from boat rentals, councillors, customs, water police, etc., there is very little left. Moreover, most people have a conscience and take more reasonable and fair methods. Of course, we are the best. The medicines are of quality and quantity, and the price is still the same as before."

"Yes, but I always feel uncomfortable." Qin Lianfang frowned and expressed her questions.

"It's not the most difficult time. We have to look forward to the long-term." Meng Youtian sighed and said, "When the embargo order is passed at the United Nations General Assembly, it will be the most difficult! However, from the perspective of the Hong Kong government, it may not be too strict, or sometimes tight or loose. There is always a way. It's just that going to Macau is a bit far away, and it's better if it's closer."

"The country will find a way, and difficulties will always pass." Qin Lianfang seemed to no longer be confused about making money and making money in the country, and instead said worriedly: "Will the United Nations pass an embargo order?"

Meng Youtian looked at Qin Lianfang and nodded affirmatively. He said, "How do you think the United Nations resolution to send troops to North Korea was passed? The Soviet Union, hum, and Fatty Jin, it's considered a cheating China."

"Then can you change?" Qin Lianfang said guiltily: "Aren't you very powerful?"

"I have to be so powerful that I just jumped back to my hometown by one thing. Alas——" Meng Youtian wanted to speak, shook his head with a wry smile, pondered for a moment, leaned forward, and whispered mysteriously: "Actually, I have done a big thing, well, and you, this contribution is huge and can satisfy you."

When Qin Lianfang saw Meng Youtian coming, she couldn't help but jump a few times and said angrily: "I'll coax me again, what great contributions are you going to tell me."

"It's so bad that I'm in my heart after hearing it, I dare not say it to others." Meng Youtian whispered in Qin Lianfang's ear for a while, then leaned heavily on the chair, with a smug expression on his face, and raised his eyebrows at the shocked Qin Lianfang.

Qin Lianfang stared at Meng Youtian with her cat eyes, and then blinked slowly for a moment, came to her senses, smiled uglyly, and said, "I won't ask you why, you won't tell the truth anyway. I know you are great, just know that this is good for the country."

Well, Meng Youtian stretched out his thumb and shook it, praising: "Is this the only thing that attracts people? Actually, I told the truth, you won't believe it. Just live like this in a confused way. Okay, now you should be at ease, and I have to work. Now is a difficult time, I don't want to fire workers, but I don't want to lose money by myself, so I have to spend more energy."

Qin Lianfang nodded gently, watched Meng Youtian turn around and leave, frowned slightly, and fell into long thoughts.

Judging from Meng Youtian's current economic situation, he no longer has to use smuggling to accumulate wealth. Moreover, the risk of smuggling is high and the profit is not generous. He is also worried about whether he will be charged with making money in the future. Therefore, although he is doing it, he does it very secretly and fairly. A penicillin may mean the rescue of a life. Whenever he thinks of this, he will feel joy and feel that he should let go of his concerns.

Of course, this kind of smuggling may also be called breaking the "embargo" and contributing to the motherland, and being called patriotic behavior. For most people in this industry, perhaps purely doing business, it is not consciously supporting the Chinese government; but in fact, this kind of business behavior is indeed a great support for the Chinese government that was blocked and sanctioned by Western countries at that time.

In fact, during the Korean War, in addition to Chinese businessmen in Hong Kong, Macao and other Chinese businessmen, some capitalist countries and merchants from these countries also used Hong Kong and Macao as bases to conduct open or secret trade with China. Many British-funded companies in Hong Kong also had frequent business transactions with the mainland at that time. A British-funded company, which was one of the "Four Major British-funded Foreign Businesses" in Hong Kong, made a lot of "war money" at that time. Even the then Hong Kong Governor Ge Lianghong and his wife were suspected of participating in maritime trade and made a fortune.

Due to the material embargo, Hong Kong's re-export trade, especially the trade between Hong Kong and the mainland, was seriously affected, causing Hong Kong's business to wither, factories to go bankrupt, and prices to soar. The Hong Kong government has adopted a lip service to the United Nations' "embargo" regulations. On the one hand, it has continuously issued laws to expand the scope of the embargo; but when the pressure from the United States is slightly relaxed, it secretly approves exports to "specific items" applied for export by merchants. In terms of control of smuggling to mainland China, the Hong Kong government has adopted a flexible policy of being tight and sometimes loose.

In addition, the Hong Kong and British police were in chaos at that time, and corruption was prevalent. As long as underground people held enough capital, any level could be opened. In other words, using money to open the way, smuggling could be carried out under the noses of the military and police. The only troublesome thing was the gangster figures in the waters of Macau. They snatched them with weapons, which brought great danger to maritime smuggling. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!