For example, one person in Harding's government sold government ships, government boats, to private companies at a very low cost and in return, these companies gave this individual a lot of money secretly.

例如，哈定政府中的一个人以极低的成本将政府船只，政府船只卖给私人公司，作为回报，这些公司偷偷给了这个人很多钱。