Meng Shaoyuan was right, leaving Shanghai is not that easy.

Moreover, it seems that Lu Jianping's death may not be as unjust as imagined.

"Everyone." Meng Shaoyuan said frankly: "I came here today to make friends with you, so I explained so clearly why we wanted to kill Lu Jianping. I hope you can understand our difficulties. Shanghai is lost, and the Japanese army is rushing toward our capital.

March, what is needed now is for all walks of life in our country to unite and fight together.

The industrial and commercial sector is the most important weapon of our country. In the future, the victory of the Anti-Japanese War and the construction of this country will depend on you all. Even if you leave now, where can you go? Hong Kong? Nanyang? The United States? If the country is gone, you will forget it.

What’s the point of going to the ends of the earth? Where to go, you can make your own decision.”

These words can be considered sincere.

Li Ge asked: "Mr. Meng, I would like to take the liberty to ask, if we stay, but someone among us is going to be a traitor, such as me, what should Mr. Meng do?"

"I will kill them!" Meng Shaoyuan replied without hesitation: "I keep you all for the sake of the country, and I kill the traitors for the sake of the country."

"Mr. Meng sincerely does not deceive me." Li Ge looked serious: "Everyone, since Mr. Meng has told us this from the bottom of his heart today, I will also say this. Don't leave in a hurry. Shanghai has just fallen. If we, those in the industry,

, everyone fled in embarrassment, which not only damaged the image of Chinese industrialists, but also made people in Shanghai panic. I suggest that you wait a little longer and take another look, so that everyone can calm down."

Li Ge is the old president, with senior qualifications and high prestige. As long as he says so and is willing to stay in Shanghai, then more than half of the matter will be solved.

The rest of the people may still have doubts, but most of them will follow what Li Ge said, "Wait and take a look."

However, Meng Shaoyuan noticed that when Li Ge said those words, there was clear eye contact, and he was facing his direction.

This look is definitely not for you, then it can only be for one person:

Cai Xuefei!

The reason why Li Ge so happily persuaded everyone to stay was not entirely because of Meng Shaoyuan's words. I think Cai Xuefei had already done some work before coming here.

The atmosphere of the dinner was not so awkward, Cai Xuefei greeted everyone and enjoyed themselves.

Some people were discussing quietly there what to do if they stayed and what to do in the future. Some people were talking about what to do if the Japanese came to threaten us.

After more than two hours, the guests left one after another.

Li Ge, Qiang Cangyuan and Dong Kuozhao stayed.

Yes, something must have happened.

Meng Shaoyuan guessed it at a glance.

Cai Xuefei invited them to the living room and served coffee.

"Tell me, if you have anything to do with me." Meng Shaoyuan didn't want to waste time, so he asked straight to the point.

Li Ge was startled, then smiled and said: "Mrs. Qiangwei warned us before that we must be frank when talking to you and not go around in circles. It seems that this statement is true."

Stop putting such high hat on me.

It's definitely not an easy thing for you three Shanghai business tycoons to come forward together.

"Shaoyuan, they really encountered difficulties this time." Cai Xuefei said at the side: "Before the war broke out, Shanghai and Nanjing were close to each other, and the business circles in the two places also had close exchanges."

Qiang Cangyuan said: "The Battle of Songhu broke out, and we had frequent telegram exchanges with Nanjing, constantly reporting the battle situation in Shanghai. At first, we thought that Shanghai could be held, and told our Nanjing colleagues not to worry. Once Shanghai was lost, the Japanese army continued to attack

Nanjing is advancing, and Nanjing is in danger. Most of the factories and machines of those who were traveling with Nanjing have been evacuated, but their people and families are still staying in Nanjing. If not even one of them can be saved..."

Meng Shaoyuan understood.

Tang Shengzhi still had to blame him. In order to show his determination to hold Nanjing, he ordered the commander of the First Army, Hu Zongnan, to strictly guard the Yangtze River route and not allow a single soldier to leave Nanjing and cross the river.

As a result, a large number of people were stranded in Nanjing.

When Tang Shengzhi finally realized that Nanjing could no longer hold its ground and issued a retreat order in a hurry, Hu Zongnan's First Army Headquarters was still in Chuzhou, and the order had no time to reach the north bank, thus leading to the tragedy of Nanjing's evacuation.

Waste.

Meng Shaoyuan cursed bitterly in his heart.

"Mr. Meng." Secretary-General Dong Kuozhao's voice was full of expectation: "Right now, we are still barely in contact with Nanjing. The waterway is impassable, but what about the land route? We can't come to Shanghai. The Japanese army has occupied Suzhou and is approaching Wuxi, Changshu, etc.

The land is also a dead end. All our colleagues are trapped in Nanjing, unable to advance or retreat.

They asked us for help in the telegram, but what can we business people do? We have no choice but to ask Mrs. Qiangwei to discuss it. She has a wide network and many people, so she may be able to find a solution. Mrs. Qiangwei heard this

, immediately recommended you to us, saying that if you are willing to help, you will definitely find a way, Mr. Meng, please."

Put simply.

Nanjing has been completely sealed off. Only people are allowed in but not allowed out. What can I do?

"Mr. Meng, we are determined not to let your hard work go in vain." Li Ge took out a check from his pocket: "Here is 300,000 US dollars deposited in HSBC Bank, which was jointly raised by my colleagues in Shanghai, Nanjing and other places.

It is specially used to handle evacuation matters and is now handed over to Mr. Meng. If it is not enough, Mr. Meng can just ask."

Good guy, three hundred thousand dollars. In this era, it is a dazzling sum of money!

These businessmen are really rich. Even though the Japanese have now occupied Shanghai, life is difficult for Chinese businessmen, but a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Listening to their tone, it is still easy to get three hundred thousand US dollars.

It is certainly difficult to evacuate from Nanjing, but what kind of person is Master Meng?

If you have money, you will do anything for you.

The question is, how should we evacuate?

Meng Shaoyuan was pondering there, but Li Ge and others misunderstood: "Mr. Meng, we also know that it is very difficult to accomplish this thing, and we really have no choice. If Mr. Meng can successfully rescue them, from now on

Later, the industrial and commercial circles in Shanghai and Nanjing only followed Mr. Meng’s lead.”

Um?

This condition sounds more attractive than three hundred thousand dollars.

Although the presumption is just talk, but I have done them such a big favor, and if I come to them for anything in the future, they will definitely think twice about it, right?

No wonder Li Ge would speak for him, he had such a big problem waiting for him.

Meng Shaoyuan pondered: "Approximately how many people are there."

"There are always two to three hundred people including their families."

What?

Two to three hundred people?

Meng Shaoyuan was shocked.

I thought there were only a dozen or at most dozens of people, so I could let the agents try to cover them out.

How to deal with such a large number of people now?

"Two or three hundred people?" Meng Shaoyuan could only smile bitterly: "The target is so big, even if I can barely get them out of Nanjing, what should I do next? The land route will definitely be impassable, there is only water route. The problem is that the national army has blocked the river and cannot allow them to leave.

Any ship leaves. Well, even if I figure out a way, what if I encounter Japanese warships along the way?"

Difficult, difficult.

"Shao Yuan." Cai Xuefei said, "You will find a way."

Is there any way? Sister, do you think too highly of me?

Three hundred thousand dollars, the allegiance of the business circles in Shanghai and Nanjing.

That's not all.

The above-mentioned leadership of Shanghai's industrial and commercial circles can have an influence that can radiate to Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

This is definitely a big fat piece of meat.

It is not that easy to get Meng Shaoyuan to spit out the fat in his mouth.

"I'll do my best." Meng Shaoyuan gritted his teeth.

"Thank you, thank you very much."

Li Ge and the other three were overjoyed.

It seems that as long as Meng Shaoyuan agrees, everything will be fine.

Meng Shaoyuan could only smile bitterly.

…

"Shaoyuan, thank you very much this time."

As soon as Li Ge and the others left, Cai Xuefei said: "I know that Nanjing is currently blocked on all sides, and it is very difficult to get so many people to come out, but we really have no other way."

"Don't thank me in a hurry. I haven't thought of what to do." Meng Shaoyuan only felt a headache: "Nanjing is not just blocked from all sides, but has become a death place. Not to mention those businessmen, even officials now

It’s hard to think about it. It’s chaos, everything is chaos, there are two to three hundred people, it’s nerve-wracking for me to think about it.”

"You will find a way."

Who would have thought that Cai Xuefei's words were full of confidence in Meng Shaoyuan: "When you were escorting Huang Jin, you killed someone in anger so that Huang Jin could arrive in Sichuan safely. Later, you made a big fuss in Shanghai, which changed the situation in Shanghai. In my opinion

, there is nothing in this world that you cannot do."

No, don't put that tall hat on my head.

"Shaoyuan." Cai Xuefei said seriously: "If you can accomplish this, not only the business community in Shanghai but also in Nanjing will owe you a huge favor. I also owe you a favor. If you want to repay it in the future, just ask."
To be continued...