Vacation

After giving orders to the Blackwater Gang, Josh returned to his normal life.

Dix, the leader, and the strategist, Lyndon Schneider, naturally took care of the follow-up matters. Josh only needed to be responsible for funding and inserting a few financial personnel.

Of course, the newly established gang would take several months to form combat effectiveness. After all, even the US military needed at least three months of training before going to the battlefield.

But revenge is a dish best-served cold.

For Josh, he couldn't wait for ten years, but he could wait for a few months.

Aside from occasionally paying attention to the progress of the Blackwater Gang, Josh focused more on Europe.

With the appearance of Captain America and his nationwide tour, the leader of the Hydra army, Johann Schmidt, also known as the Red Skull, has completed his preliminary research on the Tesseract and officially raised the banner of the Hydra army. He broke away from the command of Hitler and started launching indiscriminate attacks on both Hitler and Stalin.

And with advanced energy weapons, they quickly established an advantage.

Especially the famous Prokhorovka, which should have been the largest tank battle in history, had become the stage for Hydra's energy tanks.

However, at this time, the Allies had not yet realized the seriousness of the problem and still believed that they saw hope for victory. Taking advantage of Hydra's rampage against Hitler and Stalin, they easily landed in Sicily and began to advance towards the Italian mainland.

And after advancing to the Alpine region and controlling the entire Italian territory, the Allies began to stagnate, waiting for Hydra to settle the score with Hitler and Stalin first.

Since then, the entire World War II has finally deviated from the orthodox history of the previous life and began to sprint towards the history of the Marvel universe.

But all of this had little impact on Josh, and he had no intention of changing anything.

After all, if he interfered in the historical process and caused Captain America to fail to defeat the Red Skull, letting the Red Skull successfully bomb the East Coast, then he would be the one crying.

Well, even if Josh wanted to intervene, he couldn't do much about it.

Could he take the newly established Blackwater Gang and go to Europe to fight?

***

On this day, Josh and Margaret were playing tennis in the backyard.

Although it was already October and the weather in Chicago was gradually cooling down, they didn't wear much because of the sunny weather and the exercise.

Although Margaret was rich, she was not a delicate and weak woman. On the contrary, her athletic ability was quite good.

Moreover, her ex-husband was a tennis player, so her tennis skills were also quite good.

However, after all, she is a woman with a significant height and body difference, so she soon became breathless.

On the other hand, although Josh didn't know how to play tennis before coming to this world, he has been here for almost a year and has often played with Margaret. Gradually, his tennis skills have become proficient.

Therefore, even after playing several rounds, he still calmly hit serves, high balls, smashes, and net shots, causing Margaret to run back and forth. At the same time, it allowed him to truly appreciate what it means to have a thrilling and exciting game.

"I'm not playing anymore. Don't you know what ladies first means?" After being unable to bear it anymore, Margaret grumbled dissatisfaction after being smashed by Josh. She handed the racket to the maid on the sidelines and sat under the sunshade, drinking the iced tea prepared by the maid.

Speaking of iced tea, the first impression of people from China might be the two brands, Tung-I and Kangshifu.

But in fact, the origin of iced tea can be attributed to Americans.

Because in the early days, whether it was Asians or Europeans, they drank hot tea.

Until the beginning of the 20th century, it wasn't until some tea merchants had the idea of adding ice cubes and lemon to black tea that it became instantly popular in the United States.

There are different accounts of when this happened; some say it was in 1904, while others claim it was in 1929. However, Josh thinks the latter is more reliable.

Because in 1904, there were no refrigerators yet. Although there were methods such as making ice with saltpeter or storing ice in an icehouse, they were still relatively uncommon. It wasn't until after the invention of the refrigerator in 1923 that ordinary people could enjoy ice at a low price.

"Okay, honey, it's my fault; I apologize!" Josh didn't care that they were both sweaty and squeezed onto a chair with Margaret, even trying to steal her tea from her mouth.

"Sir, there's a call for you!" Just when the two were being lovey-dovey, a maid came out of the room and interrupted them.

"Sorry, honey, I'll go take a call!" Josh apologized slightly.

"Hurry up and go. I need to take a shower too. It's a pity that the weather is a bit chilly; otherwise, it would be nice to go for a swim," Margaret sighed as she pushed Jossh away.

This little man is good in every other way, but he's a bit too clingy, she thought to herself.

Margaret wondered where he had learned so many ways to coax women; she used to think he was honest and straightforward, but now she knew better.

Josh smiled and said nothing, and went inside to answer the phone.

Margaret went to take a shower.

When she was done, she found that Josh had already finished the call and was sitting on a chair by the bed.

"Margot, did you say you wanted to go swimming?" Josh asked when he saw Margaret come out.

"Yes, what's up?" Margaret asked.

"Then how about we take a vacation in Florida?" Josh pulled Margaret into his arms and asked.

"Really? Can you get away?" Margaret was very surprised to hear Josh's proposal. Although Josh could spend time with her daily, she knew he was quite busy.

Apart from the three factories, Margaret knew little about some of the black market businesses, and Josh didn't intentionally conceal it. She just avoided asking.

"Of course, I'm not as busy as you think. All my businesses have been running smoothly for a long time, and leaving for a while won't have any impact." Josh smiled slightly.

Of course, the real reason was only known to Josh himself.

In the coming period, Chicago will be very chaotic.

No, it's not just Chicago, but also New York, Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, and Atlantic City in New Jersey, all of which will be turbulent for a while.

So for safety and to avoid suspicion, he thought taking Margaret on vacation was a good choice. And Palm Beach, Florida, with its warm climate, was a great destination.

"That's great; how do we get there? By cruise or by plane?" Margaret asked, hugging Josh's neck.

"Uh, by plane. It's faster. We can charter a plane and be there in a few hours." Josh smiled and said.

The legendary Douglas DC-3 had already entered the civil aviation market as early as 1935, but airplane tickets were still extremely expensive, and ordinary people could not afford them.

But for Josh and Margaret, it was not a problem at all.

Not to mention flying, even buying one was not a difficult task; after all, the factory price of a DC-3 was only $20,000.