"Jiang Yue, what those people said was so scary. We beat up those two sisters today. What if their family retaliates?" Lian Rongrong felt a little timid when she thought of the terrifying description of the Han family by those people in the western restaurant.
"Gu Ye is here, Rongrong, don't be afraid!" Jiang Yue patted Lian Rongrong's shoulder to comfort her.
"I will take care of it, nothing will happen!" Gu Ye usually kept his distance from other women in the family compound except for a few words with Mrs. Zhao. At this time, receiving Jiang Yue's eyes, he also rarely comforted Lian Rongrong.
Lian Rongrong suddenly felt a little flattered.
Gu Ye and Jiang Yue each held one of Ningning's hands and walked slowly along Wutong Avenue.
"Gu Ye, how come the Han family has so much power? Is the dean of the military district general hospital so awesome?" Jiang Yue didn't understand. Even if Han Yao's father was the dean of the military district general hospital, at the rank of a colonel, the concept of a colonel for a hospital dean and a colonel for a field army were different.
The chief military officer of a field army has real military power, while the chief military officer of a hospital is strictly speaking a technical officer whose power is limited to within the hospital.
Jiang Yue and Gu Ye have been married for so long, she still understands this.
Commander Zheng of the 179th Division was at the rank of a full division commander, and Jiang Yue had never seen Commander Zheng's family members be so arrogant and domineering.
Gu Ye explained: "The Han family is domineering not because of Han Chengren, but because of his father-in-law!"
Jiang Yue asked: "Is his father-in-law also in the army? Commander? Army commander?"
Gu Ye: “Neither!”
Jiang Yue: "What does his father-in-law do?"
Gu Ye's lips curled up with a hint of sarcasm, "Comprador!"
Jiang Yue: “…”
"After the founding of the People's Republic of China, shouldn't those people have behaved themselves? How dare they be so arrogant?" Jiang Yue was even more confused. Why was it different from what he had learned in history books?
Lian Rongrong felt that although she was listening to what Jiang Yue and Gu Ye were saying, she couldn't understand a word they said.
"Jiang Yue, what is a comprador? I haven't been to school for many days, so I don't quite understand what you are talking about." Lian Rongrong asked weakly.
"Compradors are businessmen who help the West conduct bilateral trade. They are employed by foreign businessmen to assist them in their trade activities here, and usually act as translators and middlemen." Jiang Yue gave Lian Rongrong a brief explanation.
"Isn't that a big traitor?" Lian Rongrong understood it all at once.
"It's hard to say!" Jiang Yue thought of the evaluation of compradors in history books, which also had mixed reviews.
"On the one hand, compradors did promote the development of Sino-Western trade, but on the other hand, the comprador class was the bourgeoisie in colonial and semi-colonial countries that was dependent on foreign monopoly capital and directly served imperialism. While helping foreign businessmen to trade in China, these people also became accomplices of foreign aggression, exacerbating the gap between the rich and the poor and social contradictions in China..."
Lian Rongrong looked at Jiang Yue with admiration, "Jiang Yue, you are amazing, you know so much!"
Jiang Yue: “…”
She quickly glanced at Gu Ye and saw that Gu Ye was also looking at her with a focused gaze, the way he usually looked at her, but his expression was normal, so she breathed a sigh of relief.
Just now I accidentally mentioned a little more about the evaluation in later history books. It is not found in the history books of this era. Fortunately, Gu Ye did not doubt anything.
"So did Dean Han's father-in-law make any contributions?" Jiang Yue asked Gu Ye.
"Well, he helped the army buy penicillin!" Gu Ye said.
Jiang Yue understood. Penicillin is an antibiotic. During wartime, when soldiers were injured, they would get inflamed and infected. At that time, penicillin could really save lives.
The three of them talked as they walked. In fact, it was mainly Jiang Yue and Gu Ye who were talking. Lian Rongrong couldn't get a word in. The most she could do was ask Jiang Yue what they just said.
Jiang Yue finally understood what was going on. It turned out that Han Yao and Han Lu's grandfather was a comprador before the founding of the People's Republic of China. However, he was a very smooth person and although he helped foreigners do business, he always kept good relations with both sides.
He would also help the army purchase supplies. At that time, penicillin was blocked by the West, so he found a way to get a batch over and saved many people, one of whom was a very powerful figure.
Therefore, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, because of this contribution, he not only enjoyed a peaceful old age, but also brought his descendants along to enjoy it, and they were not affected in the past ten years.
However, it was precisely because of the protection of the big shot, and because the big shot was far away and not in Jiang Province, that the comprador took advantage of the big shot's protection and secretly hid a lot of family assets, so he lived a very comfortable life in recent years.
However, a comprador is a comprador after all, especially this comprador Hao, who is absolutely an extreme egoist. He tried his best to buy penicillin for the army only because he saw the dawn of victory for China. He was betting on a future for himself.
Obviously, his bet was right, so he became more and more arrogant over the years.
"That big shot probably doesn't know that comprador Hao has become the tyrant of Jiang Province by using his fame and influence!" Jiang Yue suddenly became very curious about who that big shot was. She intuitively felt that Gu Ye must know.
"Oh! I really don't know!" Gu Ye didn't continue speaking because they had already arrived at the clothing store.
"Jiang Yue, the Hao family has someone in the provincial capital system, they will find this place soon!" Gu Ye looked at the clothing store and narrowed his eyes, "Don't open the clothing store for the time being!"
Lian Rongrong suddenly became nervous. "Gu, Captain Gu, what do you mean by this? They, they are going to attack the clothing store?"
"Based on the style of the Han family and the Hao family, this is certain!" Gu Ye said in a deep voice.
Lian Rongrong was about to cry, "Then, what should we do? Jiang Yue, will we never be able to open a store in the future?"
Lian Rongrong regretted it!
It seems that they should have listened to those people in the restaurant just now, been patient and not gotten into conflict with the sisters.
But who could have imagined that the sisters were so powerful, and that the Han family were such petty bullies!
"Don't worry!" Jiang Yue held Lian Rongrong's hand and turned to glance at Gu Ye, "Gu Ye, say what you want to say all at once, don't scare her!"
Lian Rongrong held Jiang Yue's hand tightly and asked nervously, "Jiang Yue, why aren't you worried at all?"
"There's nothing to worry about! If enemies come, we will fight them with our soldiers; if water comes, we will block it with earth. It's not like I'm worried that they won't come to cause trouble!" Jiang Yue was indeed very calm, because Gu Ye was very calm.
If she didn't know Gu Ye's background before, Jiang Yue might have been a little worried, but she believed that Gu Ye was capable of solving the problem.
Now she knows that she has someone to back her up, and more than one backer. What is there for her to be afraid of?
At most you will suffer a little injustice temporarily.
She wanted to wait and see what tricks the Han and Hao families could use.
It would be better if the Han and Hao families could be more domineering, so that the slap in the face can come quickly and painfully!
Gu Ye waved towards Jiang Yue and whispered something in her ear. Jiang Yue nodded continuously and repeated the same words to Lian Rongrong.
"Is that all?" Lian Rongrong was a little confused, but when she saw that Jiang Yue and Gu Ye were both very calm and composed, she inexplicably didn't feel so panicked anymore.
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