Chapter 85 Royal Palace

"It's a family. The courtyard house was a palace of the former Qing Dynasty. It was bought by a retired official during the Republic of China. The retired official died a few years ago. They have not had a good life these years, so they want to sell the courtyard house and go abroad to the United States." Chen Fang explained.

Liu Tao showed his joy.

Reclusive officials refer to those who failed and went to the concession to continue to live a rich life, and the authorities did not kill them all.

There were many such retired officials during the Republic of China.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, these former historical celebrities would not be killed with one stick. Many of them would be treated well, or live a peaceful life, or be worshipped with a title.

He finally understood why the other party wanted 150,000 RMB, but only 60,000 US dollars.

Although the current exchange rate is 1 US dollar = 1.5 RMB, ordinary people who want to take RMB to the bank to exchange US dollars, don't even think about it.

As for the black market, 1 US dollar to 2 RMB is already very conscientious, which is rare. It is not easy to find 1 US dollar for 3 RMB, and even exaggeratedly, 1 US dollar for 5 RMB.

But Liu Tao has a way!

"Mom, let's go again in the afternoon. If it is possible, we will buy it." Liu Tao said.

Chen Fang frowned slightly, "But we don't have so much money."

"I will take care of the money." Liu Tao was full of confidence.

After lunch and a short rest, their whole family set off for Shichahai and Houhai.

The scenery here is beautiful, with water and sky reflecting each other in front of the door, rippling blue waves, willows on the embankment swaying lightly, winding corridors in the courtyard, pavilions and pavilions; surrounded by lakes, rugged rocks; thick shades of green trees, and fragrance of flowers.

This is a graceful, elegant, quiet and unique courtyard!

The more I look at it, the more I feel that the ancient princes really know how to enjoy themselves. Although those resident officials failed in the power struggle, they did not prevent themselves from living a life of luxury.

It was also at this time that the other party wanted to go abroad, otherwise he would never have been able to buy such a courtyard.

"Tomorrow afternoon, we will complete the transaction. We will pay you in US dollars and give you 80,000 US dollars. Is that okay?" Liu Tao said to an old man in his sixties.

This old man is the head of this family and the owner of this courtyard.

The old man showed a happy expression, "Yes, yes!"

He didn't expect to get so many US dollars. You know, if the other party pays 200,000 RMB, he may only be able to exchange it for 40,000 or 50,000 US dollars in the end.

Liu Tao saw the old man's appearance and sighed in his heart. He must have been a powerful figure when his grandfather was in power and could leave a name in history.

But the family fell into decline and lived off the land. No matter how much wealth they had in the past, after decades, they were not much different from ordinary people.

But after all, they are a powerful family and a family of scholars. They are well-read. I think even if they go abroad, they will not be too bad.

In the past, they didn't even think about going abroad.

It is also because of the reform and opening up that they have this opportunity to go abroad. They can go to Hong Kong through formal channels first, and then take a plane to the United States in Hong Kong.

At this time, China Civil Aviation had not yet opened flights to the United States, and if you wanted to go to the United States, you could only go through Hong Kong.

The next morning, Liu Tao went to the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building with his parents, and Liu Tao soon met Wang Baoguo.

Liu Tao first reported his work.

Wang Baoguo was shocked by Liu Tao's ability to develop equipment. He did not expect that Liu Tao had developed new weapons during this period.

Especially Liu Tao, who is now developing self-propelled anti-aircraft guns.

"Then I look forward to your good news. As long as you can develop a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun that can rival the 'Cheetah', then Factory 256 will be assigned to your Panshan Machinery Factory!" Wang Baoguo said solemnly.

Factory 256, located in Shancheng, was renamed the State-owned Shancheng Air Compressor Factory in 1953, switched to the production of military products in 1955, and the first batch of military equipment produced in 1959 passed through Di'anmen Square majestically and received the inspection of the leaders gloriously.

Up to now, Factory 256 is the largest special vehicle manufacturer in the entire southwest, and it is also the only special vehicle manufacturer that can design and manufacture both tracked and wheeled vehicles.

"Leader, you said it!" Liu Tao's eyes lit up.

Wang Baoguo laughed: "A gentleman's promise is worth a thousand gold. As long as you can develop advanced self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, there is no problem for Factory 256 to belong to Panshan Machinery Factory."

West Germany's "Cheetah" self-propelled anti-aircraft gun made a sensation around the world as soon as it was born, attracting the attention of various countries. There is no doubt that this has opened a new chapter in battlefield air defense. The advanced performance has greatly improved the battlefield's medium and low altitude air defense capabilities.

China naturally would not fail to notice the "Cheetah" self-propelled anti-aircraft gun. Similarly, the Fifth Machine Department is also specializing in the development of related technologies.

It's just that China's related technologies are too weak now, and even now it has not made much progress.

If Liu Tao can develop such an advanced self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, then the transfer of Factory 256 to Panshan Machinery Factory can also drive the development of Factory 256.

The trend of reform and opening up has begun in full swing, and the country's focus has shifted to economic construction, which has also had an impact on Factory 256. If there is a weapon with the same performance as the "Cheetah" self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, as long as the performance is not too bad, the troops will purchase it. Even if they will not purchase too much, it will be enough to allow Factory 256 to develop.

"This time when you go back, let the working group go with you." Wang Baoguo said: "Whether it can be upgraded to a large military factory depends on the results of the working group's investigation."

"No problem!" Liu Tao is full of confidence, "Our Panshan Machinery Factory is no worse than any large military factory now, and it will get better and better in the future!"

Liu Tao is full of confidence in this.

Wang Baoguo showed appreciation.

He has been in Beijing for a while, and what he has seen and heard is naturally not comparable to what he saw in Yun Province before, but so far, he has not seen anyone in the military industry system like Liu Tao who has extremely outstanding research and development capabilities, full of young people's sharpness, and dares to fight and dare to break through.

The batch of goods delivered by Panshan Machinery Factory to Egypt, Egypt has settled the balance yesterday and left the Yangcheng Port.

Compared with the 167 million US dollars of the Third Ministry of Machine Building, the money has not been seen yet. Even if the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building has been constantly outflowing US dollars during this period, there is still a huge amount of nearly 30 million US dollars in the account.

And all of this is brought by Liu Tao.

As for the firearms developed by Liu Tao, they have greatly enhanced the combat effectiveness of the troops. So far, no weapons delivered to the troops have been rejected by the troops, but have been well received by the soldiers.

To be honest, although the working group is going to Panshan Machinery Factory with Liu Tao this time, the matter of upgrading Panshan Machinery Factory to a large military factory has been discussed in the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building and has been finalized.

After all, the scale of Panshan Machinery Factory is now a well-deserved large military factory.