Chapter 334 Xu Shichang's tricks
In the city center of Harbin, a garden villa with no clear statement is holding a very popular dance party in the upper class. This place is definitely a luxurious residence from the outside, and no one only knows who it belongs to. People only know that leisurely music will be heard every ten days and half a month.
The men who attended the dance here were all dressed well, while the women were all dressed up as if nothing had happened, fighting for beauty in open and secretly. They kept walking around the hall, attracting men to stay on their delicate bodies.
The gentlemen formed small circles in groups of three or five, holding a glass of liquid in their hands, actually chatting with them without knowing what kind of liquid or a cigar. A small symphony orchestra of the sixteen-person team in the corner was slowly playing soothing music. On the other side of the hall, four or five chefs wearing tall round hats and white uniforms stood neatly behind a long table full of food, instead of giving the VIP a small piece of food, and paying for the VIP's body this food may have the benefits.
There were two dancers in the middle of the gate, slowly shaking their bodies to the music, giving a little demonstration to the guests who were not familiar with social dance. The waiter wearing this black vest, who was guarding next to the tall wine glass tower, was responsible for distributing drinks to the guests, and also blocking the guests who wanted to pick up their own wine in time.
However, this banquet, which was extremely harmonious from anywhere, was destroyed by a sudden accident!
With a loud "clang", the half-closed door was opened hard, and two Japanese soldiers covered in blood rolled in and ran in. They looked at the people on the dance floor with fierce eyes, shouting something loudly in Japanese.
The harsh sound awakened the immersed music and the guests among the beauty, and everyone looked at the door in surprise. I wonder what was going on.
Jing Shanghai Dou also didn't know what happened, but he knew it was definitely not a trivial matter, because he knew that the relationship between the army and himself was not as good as he was when he was not at the end of his life.
Ask for help! Yes, it's just asking for help. Although their image is as embarrassing as if they had just teared a sheep with their hands, what they just shouted out loud was the sentence "Mr. Inoue, help!"
His heart was thunderous, and a little bad premonition emerged. He quickly waved his hand, and two people immediately came out behind him and walked towards the two soldiers quickly. Inoue nodded apologetically with the owner of the villa beside him, without explaining anything, and walked directly to the private room next to him.
Things are absolutely wrong, and it is likely to be related to the material warehouse. Because in the entire Heilongjiang Province, this is the most important place at this stage. He is very careful and wants to know what happened, but no matter how anxious he is, he cannot answer the army soldiers in public. It is not to avoid suspicion from the cabinet, but to prevent the information they said accidentally from being listened to by the people of the crowd.
Jing Shanghai Dou is a bit interesting. He was born in a wealthy family, but his personality is not as rich as other wealthy families. Instead, he values the importance of money more than some poor people. After staying in the domestic logistics and strategy department for less than two months, his personal assets tripled. The imperial cabinet could not bear it anymore. If he wanted to convict him and was imprisoned, his family's influence was probably the influence, so he could only be transferred as a diplomat and was assigned to the front.
At this time, Zhang Zuolin, the leader of the Fengtian warlord, was in a honeymoon period with the Japanese and had just received a loan of one million US dollars from the Japanese. Of course, his subordinates had to entertain the Japanese, who was said to be the top official of his country. So after Inoue came here, he not only did not suffer the suffering expected by the cabinet, but also expanded his reselling business to the entire three northeastern provinces.
His greedy attempt to reach into the material warehouse also made the military finally angry. He turned his back on the other hand. It can be seen that they were at the end of their reach today when they were able to come to seek help in Inoue.
The subordinates took two soldiers into the private room. As soon as they saw Jing Shanghai Dou sitting opposite him with a gloomy face, they collapsed to the ground and started crying loudly.
Jing Shanghai Dou's expression became more and more ugly. He couldn't help but get up and kicked someone nearby. He shouted: "Bastard! You guys who don't understand the rules and come to me to find me. Do you just cry when you meet? Why don't you tell me what happened!"
After being scolded, the two of them calmed down instead. The person who was kicked got up and wiped the blood from his head. He quickly sat up and slapped his head hard at Jing Shanghai Dou, saying, "Your Majesty Inoue, please think of a way to find a way for the material warehouse we prepared in advance. The warehouse... is lost!"
"What!?" Inoue jumped up as if he was bitten by a pig and cursed: "You bastard, do you know what you are talking about? There are at least two thousand people stationed there and there is sufficient ammunition support. Why did he suddenly lose his mind? Who did it?"
The other man looked up with shame and said, "I'm so sorry, we don't know who they are. We just found that they are very large and they are divided into several outfits, so there is no way to determine it. But..."
Inoue vaguely guessed how much, his face turned worse. He grabbed the teacup on the table and smashed it in front of the man, and said hatefully: "But what? Tell me quickly, do you think the matter has reached this bottom, is there any use to conceal it?"
"Yes!" The man dared not move and let the teacup fragments splash onto his face, and replied: "But it is very likely that it is a bandit!"
"Bandit?" Jing Shanghai Dou's face turned dark, and a deep sense of shame arose in his heart.
"Yes!" the man continued: "They have combined more than 3,000 people, and their weapons and ammunition are also quite advanced. There is a small drop-off bomb with very high lethality. In fact, these are nothing. What's more terrifying is that they have a gun with a very long range and powerful range. We have never seen this type of gun from beginning to end. We only saw one companion suddenly exploded, and the flesh and blood splattered was extremely terrifying! Less than two hours from the beginning to the end of the battle, our soldiers were all broken!" As he said that, a look of fear appeared on his face.
Inoue was silent. This situation seemed impossible to him. But the soldiers' status told him that he did not lie. Then the problems here are much more serious and it is likely to involve powerful Western countries. Moreover, more than 2,000 imperial soldiers are definitely a huge thing during non-war periods. If one is not handled well, it is possible that a full-scale war breaks out. This is absolutely not allowed before the empire is ready for war.
Just when he was still trying to understand the situation, the door of the private room was suddenly knocked. The subordinates who were guarding the door turned around and opened the door with permission.
A waiter wearing a black vest came in and bowed slightly to Inoue and said, "Mr. Inoue, our master asked you to go over now and say that there is something urgent to discuss with you!"
Jing Shanghaido nodded and said, "I'll prepare and I'll go there right away."
The waiter turned around and walked out of the room. Inoue sat in his seat and began to ponder. When the people in the room saw this, they subconsciously breathed lightly, fearing that they would disturb his thoughts.
After a while, he stood up and tidied up his clothes slightly, walked to the door and turned around and said, "I guess the summoning of the master of the mansion is related to this matter. I'll go and inquire first. As for you two, go and deal with your wounds first!"
"Yes!" The two of them agreed at the same time. Although they still hated his greed in their hearts, after this emergencies, the only one who was qualified to take over the command was the former army's junior!
Jing Shanghai Dou now has no time to care about these two soldiers. He has been thinking about his own little thoughts and looking for reasons to convince the owner of the mansion to send troops to suppress the bandits. Now he is the only one who has the ability to solve this problem.
As the waiter came to a living room on the second floor, the owner of the mansion was discussing things with another white man. Inoue glanced at the white man's ugly face and had some guesses about the matter.
"Brother Inoue, you're here!" The middle-aged man sitting in the middle with two beards with eight beards looked up and saw Inoue Shanghai Do, raised his hand and greeted: "Come here to sit here!"
"Brother Shichang is polite!" The scholar in Inoue raised his hand as if he was looking up. He said, "I don't know, Brother Shichang summons me to come. Is there anything wrong?"
The owner's name is Xu Shichang, which seemed to be an ordinary name in this era. However, it is definitely not an ordinary name in the Three East Provinces. Because the prefix of the Three East Provinces was added to the name.
Yue Envoy was a senior official position during the Beiyang warlord government. It was similar to the previous position of governor, equivalent to the commander of the military region, and was usually granted warlords with more than two provinces. Xu Shichang was granted the territory of three provinces. This means that he was definitely a person below one person and above ten thousand people in the three northeastern provinces.
Although Jing Shanghai Dou didn't know what a big man like was not Fengtian and Zhang Zuolin to enjoy his happiness and came to this bitter and cold place, this did not prevent him from having a good impression of Xu Shichang. It was not only because of his frequent banquets for him, but also because this person could make himself rich.
"This is Russian businessman Yali..."
"It's Alexander, sir!" the white man stressed helplessly: "These four words are my names. Also, please don't ask, General, it will be too late if you don't send troops!"
"Okay!" Xu Shichang nodded indifferently as if he hadn't heard the words behind him, and said to Inoue: "Mr. Alexander found me through the embassy and said that they were robbed by bandits in the warehouse near the railway station. I hope I can send troops to suppress the bandits! You also said that you also know about this, right?"
Jing Shanghai Dou nodded with a bitter smile and said, "Bandits are everywhere outside China's clearance, and horse bandits are rampant. I have heard of it in Japan. I have been mentally prepared for this before coming. I have been making some noises before, just pinching my nose and claiming to be unlucky. But this time the loss is no longer just for me. The robbed warehouse has supplies entrusted by the military to buy. Brother Shichang also knows that our Japan is a country with earthquakes, and the people can wait for these things to help their lives!"
Look, this is the difference caused by the cultural differences between the East and the West. Whites are straightforward and don’t know how to make a prelude to it. However, deeply influenced by Chinese literary and cultural, Japanese people can speak humbly and respectfully, which can easily make people feel good. So even if they know that Jing Shanghai Dou is talking lies with their eyes open, Xu Shichang feels comfortable when he listens.
"Ah! What happened so big?" Xu Shichang slapped his head and said regretfully: "Brother Inoue, look at me. I have been busy with banquets these days, just drinking, but instead abandoning government affairs. I feel ashamed!"
Can he not know about this? He has such a big hat on his head and is in charge of countless people under him. Anyone who is chaotic around him must investigate clearly. Such a big thing happened. And there is a lot of gunfire, so he can't hide it at all.
But Xu Shichang didn't want to show it. He wanted to ask me to send troops, but there was one thing. Whoever wanted to invite him would have to pay the money! If you can't afford the money, you still want me to help you fight bandits. When you pour out the money, I will spend it, I will shoot me, and I will die! Finally, you give me a thank you and boast about it. That's absolutely impossible!
Judging from the fact that you only take advantage of the situation without doing anything, we have to admit that the Chinese people have a strong heritage!
The white man was rubbing his hands urgently, but he couldn't wait for a word of work. However, Inoue keenly discovered Xu Shichang's real idea. Perhaps it was a relationship between similar people, he did not have any disgust with Xu Shichang's behavior. However, with his personality, he wanted him to take out the money, so it would be better for him to kill the two soldiers who reported the news and pretend that they didn't know about it.
However, no matter how much the materials there are, they are related to the empire's strategic plan. Under the repeated brainwashing of the empire, he was infected with a little patriotism, which made him unable to ignore. Moreover, there was an object called Alexander similar to the "subordinate". He didn't mind giving it a try!
"Where are there!" Jing Shanghaido quickly waved his hand and said sincerely: "If Shichang said that, I would have no shame to enter your mansion again. If I hadn't held you to hold a banquet these days, this kind of news would not have happened. Besides, the north is cold and the outside is cold, and it may have happened to the person who conveyed the news!"
Xu Shichang nodded vigorously in agreement and cursed in his heart: Bastard! All the talents under your hands are useless! Damn, don’t think I’ll give you a good face. You can get along with me. If you don’t give you a ruthless knife this time, you really don’t know how many eyes Mr. Ma has!
Seeing Xu Shichang nodding, Inoue knew that the temperature was almost the same, so he turned to Alexander and said, "Mr. Alexander, did your warehouse be attacked tonight?"
"Not tonight!" The white man was so anxious that he felt uncomfortable all over. When he heard someone talking to him about this, he quickly jumped up and said, "It's now. It's less than two hours yet. The guards of our warehouse usually contact us once an hour ago. We didn't see the contact more than an hour ago. Now another hour has passed. I think our warehouse is in danger now." As he said that he became anxious and turned to Xu Shichang and said, "Mr. Xu, our investigator conveyed the news to me thirty minutes ago that the gunfire in the direction of the railway station has been ringing for a long time. I don't know if you really didn't get the news or it's fake. What you should do now is to send troops as soon as possible, otherwise it will be too late!"
Xu Shichang looked embarrassed and said, "Mr. Alexander, you know our rules. Although the inspector has the right to lead troops, he does not have the right to dispatch troops. If you want us to send troops, you must call Fengtian first. After the meeting, the bee made a decision and gave me the authorization, so that I can only move troops. If you send troops privately, it would be a death sentence. You don't want me to cut off my head for such a small matter!"
The white people are almost vomiting blood. What a small thing? Of course it is a small thing for you. The southern railway station was established by the coalition forces of various countries themselves. Even if it is burned to white ground, it is just an extra mass grave. But for us, it is a huge loss. If this is known to the country, my life will be lost!
However, Inoue knew that the hole had been opened by the white man's fist, and quickly bowed deeply and said, "That's for sure! A person like you, who is knowledgeable and talented, cannot end like this, otherwise it would be so heartbroken. But we really have no choice now. I know that you, please come quickly and be smart and civilized in the world. Please help me think of a solution. The people of our two countries will always be grateful to the great virtue!"
Xu Shichang thought to himself: I finally got enlightened. He nodded with emotion and sighed: "After all, there are so many lives, hey! Then I will show you a way, but I can't guarantee that this road will be possible if it can't be done!"
The white man understood at this time and said happily: "You said, you said!"
Xu Shichang's goal was about to reach, and he also liked Alexander's furry face. He heard him anxiously and said, "It's not just us and the police who are carrying guns and have soldiers! There are also local militia groups, and they have the responsibility to protect their families and territory. Sending troops to suppress bandits is simply a matter of duty!"
The white man jumped up happily and was about to walk out. Inoue didn't care about his demeanor and grabbed him quickly, and continued to ask, "What's wrong?"
"Hey!" Xu Shichang sighed, "It's shameful to say that our country is weak and has little money to support too many troops. The militia in this place are all at their own risk. If you want to ask for help, you must be prepared to spend a lot of money!"
Inoue quickly bowed his head and thanked him, for fear that the expression of admiration on his face would leak out. He could see that this was the ancestor of making money. He was good at both inside and outside, and he had a lot of money in his hands. If something happened, he would not have any responsibility. If he was a light person, he could handle everything. He was taller than himself, not the same level.
Chapter completed!