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Chapter 82 The Uninvited Guest

When several people from the foreign factory and the Intelligence Department of the Metropolitan Government were having a hard time trying to kill Chai Guoyi, Zhou Changfeng, who was reading a book, welcomed an unexpected visitor.

There was a knock on the door, and Xiao Li's voice came in, "Battle Commander, that Miss Xia is looking for you."

"Aha?" Zhou Changfeng put down the "Mobile Force Combat Essentials" in his hand, walked over to open the door, and asked in surprise, "Where is the person?"

These days, he and Xia Xiaoshi have not stopped exchanging letters. For this girl who is very destined, although he doesn't have that kind of heart-thumping feeling, he still has a good impression.

Based on the exchange of letters in the past half a month, combined with the previous meetings, Zhou Changfeng thinks that he has a general understanding of her character.

But why did you come to the door suddenly?
5 minutes later, the south gate of the barracks of the Mixed Third Brigade.

The midsummer in Nanjing was unbelievably hot, and the cicadas were singing one after another on the trees around the resident.

Xia Xiaoshi, who was dressed in black and white, was holding a small bag, an umbrella, and a folding fan, and walked around waiting like no one else was there.

The hairpin made of yellow rosewood, the black-gray pleated long skirt, the inner layer is a white straight-sleeved underwear, and the outer layer is a black short shirt. The clothes are made of a blend of cotton yarn and artificial viscose fiber, which is very light and thin.

"This big sun, what are you doing here?"

Zhou Changfeng, who was wearing a wide-brimmed hat like a bamboo hat, raised his head, squinted at the hot sun and was dazzled, and then looked at Xia Xiaoshi in front of him.

The latter blinked and said as it should: "Didn't you say in your letter a few days ago that you had realized the true meaning of life? You said you wanted to repay me well, so I'm here."

Zhou Changfeng is slightly embarrassing, he really wrote this in his last letter-"...After personally experiencing the dangers of the battlefield, I know the value of life. Jade pendant to ward off disasters... Treat you to a big meal another day to make up for my gratitude..."

Just as the words of many people in the chat software in the later generations are almost different from those in real life, Zhou Changfeng is also somewhat similar.

In the end, after only a few days, Xia Xiaoshi really came?
Based on the time, the letter must have just been delivered, and she came the next day?

You can't wait to come and eat and drink, right?
He asked, "When did you receive the letter?"

"Yesterday afternoon, and then I thought about what delicious food there is. The cheaper Qinhuai Bajue has to go to the streets. I think since you said that you want to treat yourself to something good, you might as well go to a restaurant." She Said bluntly.

Good guy, I really guessed it right, you are so welcome.

Zhou Changfeng smiled, raised his hand and glanced at his watch, and then said to Xiao Li who came with him, "I'm going to treat guests to dinner, and I'll be back at You at the latest. If there is something urgent, let Liu Qidong act as an agent."

After finishing speaking, he stroked his collar and made a gesture of please.

Um?what do you mean?This scorching sun... walk over? ? ?

Xia Xiaoshi looked at Zhou Changfeng with puzzled eyes, but the latter didn't understand why.

She asked puzzledly, "You...don't drive?"

Zhou Changfeng coughed dryly, and said seriously: "I'm here to treat guests to dinner, not to do business. We must distinguish between public and private, how can we use public equipment for private use?"

"Then why did you drive alone that day? There is usually someone driving for you when you are on business."

On the day of the crash, "Zhou Changfeng" was indeed on business, and had already returned to the station, but suddenly found something left in the garrison commander, so he hurriedly drove to pick it up.

After hearing his explanation, Xia Xiaoshi was a little speechless, she felt that Zhou Changfeng was deliberately teasing her.

"But it's such a hot day, it's so troublesome to walk to the tram station..." She rolled her eyes, and at the same time closed the folding fan, "How about this, I'll pay for the gas."

This seems irrefutable, and to be honest, this kind of driving is really nothing, as long as you don't go too far, you will turn a blind eye and close your eyes.

Zhou Changfeng felt that he was probably the only one who would care about this rule, and someone else...wouldn't think about it at all.

The two finally set off by car.

This is a Xunlei XVI off-road vehicle produced by Xunjie Company. It is the first light off-road vehicle designed by Daming itself. It has four-wheel drive, a four-speed constant mesh transmission, a total weight of 1220 kg, and a 45-horsepower four-cylinder engine.

迅雷系列是专供军队使用的越野车，轻型越野车序号规范是6、16、26以此类推，计划中的重型越野车则为8、18、28等等。

Due to China's vast land and complex geographical environment, road conditions have always been a major problem for the imperial court. Tsarist Russia also suffered from this problem. Therefore, both of them have always attached great importance to the research and development of off-road vehicles.

However, the similarity between Tsarist Russia and Ming Dynasty is that both of them started their automobile industry very late. The former established the Gorky Automobile Factory with the help of the Ford Company of the United States until ten years ago, but only a few years later, the output soared. The annual output of tens of thousands of cars is characterized by the production of trucks, accounting for more than [-]%.

In terms of the type of automobile production, the same is true for Daming, which is inevitable as a late-developing industrial country with a large population-production is limited, and priority must be given to supply and construction.

Yanjing Xunjie, Shanghai Junda, and Wuhan Yangyue are the three major companies that support the current Daming automobile industry. Among them, Xunjie and Yangyue mainly produce trucks and military off-road vehicles; Junda is relatively balanced, and the proportion of car production is also about Four percent.

Although the total output of the three last year was only more than 7 vehicles, their development is also advancing with each passing day. For example, at the end of this year, a new production line with an annual output of 13 trucks built by Yangyue Company will be put into production. This company also has its development plan, and it is estimated that Daming can increase the annual output of automobiles to [-] within three years.

"So have you decided where to go? Go into the city through the Stone City Gate or go around to Jubao Gate?"

"Hmm... Shicheng Gate." Xia Xiaoshi thought for a while, and gestured: "After entering, turn right, walk along Chaotiangong Avenue, and then turn right to Youshi Street..."

"Stop." Zhou Changfeng glanced sideways at her, puzzled, and said, "Youshi Street? Then why don't you just enter the city through the Sanshan Gate?"

As far as the name is concerned, all the main roads have been upgraded from the ancient name of XX Street to XX Avenue, but people still call them casually.

Obviously passing through the Sanshan Gate is the oil market avenue, why do you have to go around?
Xia Xiaoshi hesitated and said: "It's not good to go through the three mountain gates, it's going to pass through Xiyuan."

Xiyuan was built beside Mochou Lake, where the Royal Garden and Imperial Hotel are located, and there are many military police patrolling and standing guard.

She felt that this seemed a bit ostentatious, like doing something in front of the teacher, dancing face.

"You are quite good at thinking for me." Zhou Changfeng laughed dumbly, and then continued: "It's more convenient to go to the Sanshan Gate."

In fact, there was another reason because he wanted to drop by to see a place, a place that only he cared about.

(End of this chapter)