Cheng Qianfan thought for a moment and understood why Dai Chunfeng was stranded in Shanghai.
According to Yu Ping'an's previous statement, the Qingpu class will be held in the near future. Dai Chunfeng attaches great importance to this and will definitely attend the opening ceremony in person.
The Japanese Prime Minister, the mainland minister, Sugiyama, the sea minister, and the foreign minister Hirota held a meeting of four ministers.
The meeting was held on the main island of Japan, and Chihiro had not received any news before.
The Secret Service actually discovered this confidential meeting. Cheng Qianfan speculated that the Secret Service must have another intelligence line within Japan, and the level of confidentiality is extremely high.
Cheng Qianfan thought about it secretly and hadn't visited Hitotaro Imamura for some time.
If you want to find out about these four major meetings, you still have to find a way from Imamura Hitaro.
Cheng Qianfan has heard a little about Masao Nishida. This person is an important spy leader in North China in Japan. He studied under Kenji Doihara and was an important assistant to this king.
This reminded Cheng Qianfan of Kawada Nagaki.
When Kawada Nagayoshi's failure to break into Hangzhou caused quite a stir within the Japanese secret service. It is said that Kenji Doihara was very angry and even took his anger at the Japanese Consulate in Hangzhou. The military officer of the consulate Toshihiko Okada was punished for this.
If Toshihiko Okada hadn't insisted that the biggest reason for Kawada Nagayoshi's accident was that Wen Changjian betrayed the empire, Toshihiko Okada might have even been sent back to the country to work in reserve.
Another thing is that Dai Chunfeng ordered him to investigate the news about Nanzaojiro. He had been secretly investigating for a while, but he had not found any clues about this person.
Cheng Qianfan rubbed his temples.
The complicated affairs made him feel tremendous pressure.
He thought carefully that one of the reasons for the poor information was that Kentaro Miyazaki's identity, which was characterized by greed for money and was not active in the professional affairs of the agents.
This is a good protection for him.
However, this also restricted him from going deeper into the Japanese secret service agencies and collecting intelligence.
Everything has its pros and cons.
Cheng Qianfan did not intend to change his image in Japan, which was extremely dangerous. Once he suddenly showed that he was very interested in spies, although it might not be exposed, it was a rather abnormal move in itself.
The first thing a clever agent is to protect himself, but he collects information without any trace through various channels.
Only by living can you continue to do a lot of things.
...
It rained again in Shanghai, which had just cleared up for a day.
The fine raindrops fell to the ground, and Cheng Qianfan came to Imamura's residence with a black umbrella in the wind and rain.
"Miyazaki is here." Kogoro Imamura smiled and nodded, and greeted Cheng Qianfan in.
Every time Miyazaki Kentaro comes to visit, Imamura Hitotaro is in a good mood, which makes Imamura Kogoro have a good impression of this young man.
"Sir is meeting with guests, Miyazaki kun, please wait for a while." Imamura Hitaro arranged for someone to serve in tea and said.
"It was Miyazaki who came to disturb him."
At this moment, Imamura Hitaro accompanied a short and fat man in his fifties and came down from the upper floor.
Cheng Qianfan quickly stood up and stood respectfully.
The short and fat man looked at him with a gloomy face, nodded slightly, took the top hat handed over by the maid and held it in his hand.
"Mr. Imamura, please stay." The short and fat man put on his top hat and left.
...
Second floor, study room.
Imamura Hitaro is practicing calligraphy.
Cheng Qianfan stood respectfully, "The empire is prosperous, good words, the word "sir" is a powerful pen, the strokes are like flowing water, and the strokes are like clouds and smoke."
"Chinese culture is profound and profound, and it is the Chinese character. The beauty of Chinese characters lies in their character and makes people unable to stop." Imamura Hitotaro put down his brush and sighed.
"Although Chinese characters are beautiful, they are too square, just like the Chinese, who encircles themselves in a frame and does not intend to make progress." Cheng Qianfan pondered for a moment and said, "There is such a vast place that is really ruined in the hands of the Chinese. Only the great Japanese Empire deserves to enjoy this fertile land."
Imamura Hitaro glanced at Cheng Qianfan. He thought that this boy would compliment him according to his words, but he did not expect that he would say so.
However, he was not angry. He thought about Miyazaki Kentaro's words carefully, but he liked them quite a bit.
"Miyazaki, it's well said." Imamura Hitaro nodded in praise, "Conquering China and letting this ancient and decadent country bathe in the glory of the empire is a blessing for the Chinese people, and it is also an important task that the times have given to our empire people."
"Miyazaki keeps in mind Mr. Miyazaki's teachings." Cheng Qianfan said seriously.
...
"This is a report written by the three sections of the post. "Cheng Qianfan took out a thick stack of documents from his briefcase and handed them to Imamura Hitaro. "The content is about the list and analysis report of important personnel from all parties in the French Concession."
Imamura Hitaro took it, put it on the desk, and read it carefully.
"Miyazaki kun is very attentive." Imamura Hitotaro praised after reading it.
"This is Miyazaki's affairs," said Cheng Qianfan. "I have written two copies of this report by hand, and one is to be submitted to the head of the three books tomorrow."
Imamura Hitaro nodded slightly, and Kentaro Miyazaki first showed the report documents and then submitted them to the three-timer. This order made him quite happy.
"Who do you think is the kindest towards the empire and can cooperate with me?" asked Imamura Hitaro.
"Cheng Haitao." Cheng Qianfan blurted out, "This person is extremely greedy and cruel. The most important thing is that this person is the son-in-law of Huang Jingrong, the leader of the Qing Gang, and he is also quite energetic in the gang. If he can recruit this person to serve the empire, the empire will have an excellent spokesperson in the French Concession and even the entire underground forces of Shanghai."
"Can you recruit Huang Jingrong through this person?" asked Imamura Hitaro.
"You can try it." Cheng Qianfan thought for a moment and nodded, "However, people like Huang Jingrong have a big family and a lot of worries, and I'm afraid they won't express their opinions easily."
"You have a lot of contact with Cheng Haitao." Hitotaro Imamura said, "We must strive to win him over to our side."
Cheng Qianfan noticed that Imamura Hitaro was talking about ‘we’, not ‘empire’.
He showed surprise and thoughtful look at the right time.
"Do you know that Sanbenjiro wants you to provide this list for you?" Imura Hitotaro noticed Cheng Qianfan's expression change, and thought for a moment, Imura Hitotaro asked.
"Your Excellency is that the third-tier minister is also ready to contact and win over these people?" Cheng Qianfan said. He paused for a moment and nodded, "It should be so. These people are all powerful people in the French Concession. If they can recruit these people, it will be of great help to the empire to control the French Concession and eliminate the anti-Japanese forces hidden in the French Concession."
"That's true." Hitotaro Imamura said with a serious expression, "However, there is one thing you don't know. It's not Sanbenjun who really wants this list, but someone else." (To be continued)
Chapter completed!