What was said unintentionally may have been taken to heart by the listener.

Zhao Qinglan was only thinking about whether she could also become a middleman. Anyway, it would be a waste not to make money. If she planned well, she might even become one of the top middlemen.

After all, she's no longer a small-time player; she's quite wealthy now.

But to Li Huai at that time, this kind of opportunity could be used to do many useful things.

Even though he has now risen to the position of deputy political commissar of the military region, when it comes to major national affairs, his voice is too weak to carry any real weight. If he wants to get the higher-ups involved, a heavyweight figure still needs to step forward and say a few words.

After a brief discussion and a glance at each other, the couple immediately realized that they had something important to do.

However, they did not feel that the future was difficult; on the contrary, they were particularly excited.

At the doorway, Sanwa deliberately made a noise.

"Dad, Mom, I'm back."

Li Huai wasn't on duty today, so he was able to get home early.

"You're back. Are you hungry? If you are, we'll eat right away," Zhao Qinglan quickly changed the subject.

"I'm not hungry yet, Mom, let's eat later."

"Okay, then you rest for a while, and we'll eat in a bit."

After finishing her conversation, Zhao Qinglan, still excited, pulled her husband back to the room to continue their discussion.

Sanwa's expression changed only after they left.

His mother thought that he had just returned and that even if he heard the last few words, it wouldn't matter.

In reality, he had already returned long ago, starting with his father's感慨 (gǎnkǎi, a feeling of deep emotion or reflection).

Why was the mother able to state with certainty that the timeframe was less than two years?

Moreover, the father did not refute it, but seemed to believe it without a doubt.

As for what the mother said afterward, it was as if she already knew those things would happen.

Why was my mother so certain?

He seemed to know some of his mother's secrets, but even more mysteries remained.

As for the idea of ​​eavesdropping outside his parents' room, after some hesitation, Sanwa decided to give up.

It wouldn't be good if he overheard something inappropriate for him to hear. Anyway, he's only in the first year of junior high school, so he has plenty of time and opportunities to observe his mother at home. There's no need to rush.

In the room, Zhao Qinglan and her husband had a heated discussion for more than an hour.

It wasn't until they were both hungry that they realized they hadn't eaten yet.

After quickly finishing their meal with Sanwa's family, the two of them went back to their room to discuss things.

The third child was also well-behaved, neither asking questions nor disturbing others. After finishing his homework, he immersed himself in the ocean of physics knowledge to explore its mysteries.

Zhao Qinglan and her husband discussed it until they went to bed, and finally came up with a clearer solution.

They needed to prepare from two aspects. On the one hand, Li Huai analyzed the possibility of the great northern power disintegrating from a military and political perspective, while Zhao Qinglan focused on the economic and livelihood aspects.

To do this, the two needed to consult and search for a large amount of information, and also to make their analysis sound.

If they want to convince some people that the behemoth will collapse, they need to provide some credible evidence; they can't just say that Zhao Qinglan witnessed it in her past life.

If others don't believe her, Zhao Qinglan will be seen as having a nervous breakdown; if they do believe her, and she is taken to be experimented on and monitored, she will never have her freedom again, which would be the worst possible outcome.

Besides working hard to find information and write convincing articles, Zhao Qinglan also had to arrange for people to start cross-border trade between the two countries, which was essentially being a middleman.

However, she did not intend to have a few people simply carry the goods to the north and then exchange them for money or other valuables.

If you're going to do something big, do it on a large scale. The more money you make or the better things you acquire, the stronger evidence that supports your analysis.

Zhao Qinglan plans to involve Zhang Yu and Wei Hong in this endeavor.

Wei Hong is now in the trading business, while Zhang Yu has extensive connections and knows many people in Beijing.

They figured they should keep the good stuff within the family; by combining their resources, they had money, people, and connections.

Without further ado, Zhao Qinglan started calling Zhang Yu and Wei Hong one after another early the next morning.

In fact, both Zhang Yu and Wei Hong knew about the black market traders in the north.

Zhang Yu heard it as gossip, including stories of people from some old courtyard who made their fortunes as middlemen, while Wei Hong knew about it because her own company was in the trading business.

However, Zhang Yu's own business is quite large now, and he doesn't have the energy to pay attention to these things. Compared to him, being a middleman is too risky, and he hasn't done it before and is not familiar with it. It's better to continue doing his own business, which is more stable and secure.

Wei Hong, on the other hand, was first pregnant, then gave birth and was in postpartum confinement, so she didn't have the energy to do anything else.

Now that Zhao Qinglan has contacted them and described the huge hidden benefits, the two are tempted.

The main reason is that we trust Zhao Qinglan's judgment; after all, nothing Zhao Qinglan has ever failed to do in the past.

The three of them immediately decided to meet and have a good talk.

Because Wei Hong's child was still young, and everyone in the capital was familiar with her, the capital was chosen as the meeting place.

Zhang Yu was going home to visit his parents and reconnect with his old friends, while Zhao Qinglan was going to see her child and also visit her uncle to offer some encouragement.

Preparations can begin, but some things can be laid out well in advance.

Li Huai could express some opinions and attract the attention of military leaders, but to really get people to take this matter seriously, after discussing it, the two of them felt that going through their uncle's route was safer.

After my uncle was promoted, not only did his words carry more weight, but he also gained access to higher-ranking leaders that they couldn't reach.

First, persuade your uncle, and then have him act as a mouthpiece to relay these words to certain people; perhaps this will have an unexpected effect.

This is all they feel they can do right now.

Two days after the phone call, Zhao Qinglan took Ding Yu to Beijing.

This time she was in a hurry, so she didn't take the train and chose to fly.

At first, my mother would talk to my father endlessly every day, then she would make phone calls everywhere, and then she would pack her things and leave.

Zhao Qinglan and Li Huai didn't think there was anything wrong with the discussion, so they talked about it in the living room. As a result, Sanwa learned a lot of inside information.

The most familiar terms are "scalper," "bargain trade," and "trade."

If no one had definitively determined the exact time of the other party's disintegration, no one would have doubted anything upon hearing this; they would only think that Zhao Qinglan had a keen business sense and had discovered another gold mine to be mined.

Xiao Chu also noticed that her superior had become busier.

After the word "acting" was removed, the leader should have been more relaxed, but now he seems to be even busier than before.

The leader reads a large amount of newspaper information every day.

Because he was close by, he knew that the leader was studying the older brother, and he still had some doubts in his heart.

However, he wouldn't ask questions he didn't understand; he would just focus on doing his job well.

Because his parents cared deeply about his older brother, the third child, while studying physics, also devoted some of his energy to watching over his older brother.

What he most wanted to verify was the disintegration and the two-year time limit mentioned by his mother.