The five-story glass-curtain shopping mall in the city center shines brightly under the scorching sun at noon. It is called "Ueto Department Store" and is bustling with customers. It is the epitome of the abnormal prosperity of the Okutsu Land.
Ueto Department Store, as its name suggests, was acquired by the Ueto Consortium after it entered Okuetsu.
As the royal consortium of the Kansai Group, the Ueto Foundation not only provides financial support to the Kansai Group, nor does it help Yamamoto secretly purchase fighter jets. In fact, many strategic resources are purchased from overseas by the Ueto Foundation, including
Oil, iron ore, scrap iron, rubber, tin and other important metals, etc. After all, Japan is still a land with poor resources, so its ambition to annex the northern territory of the empire has never dissipated.
The salespersons of Ueto Department Store all wear kimonos. This is consistent with the idea of "respecting kings and saints" proposed by Yamamoto Yu and the Kansai Group to return to the society of sages. In the Kansai region, the retro style is also a patriotic propaganda of Japaneseism.
Some radical youths even burned foreign clothes to vent their patriotic sentiments.
In this regard, Lu Ming is happy to see the results. Using extreme nationalist sentiment to maintain upper-level rule will certainly make the regime stable and firmly supported in the short term, but it will also greatly weaken its development potential.
However, making the regime more aggressive is cause for alarm.
Lu Ming and Nakagawa Ken walked around the Ueto Shopping Mall. The products inside were all made in Japan. Even if they were imported brands, they were indeed made in Japan.
After coming out of the shopping mall, Lu Ming looked at the surrounding buildings, thoughtfully.
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Lu Ming had been to the Aoyue Police Station several times and was already familiar with it.
The person who received Lu Ming was a young police officer named Jiro Kawamoto. His police title was the police department, which was similar to the senior inspector in the police system of the Principality of Montenegro.
The Japanese police officers' titles are patrol, patrol chief, patrol director, police department supplement, police department, police officer, police officer, police supervisor, etc.
The police department is basically the director of an ordinary sub-division.
Basically, for ordinary police officers without academic qualifications, it is the end of their qualifications to reach the police force.
But those who graduate from the police college take another route. Basically, those who have just graduated are recruited into the police department, that is, deputy police officers. After one year of internship, they can be directly promoted to the police department.
However, this was a new police policy implemented during the era of Prime Minister Ashikaga. After Yamamoto came to power, the police bureaucracy was reorganized and seniority gradually became more important.
People like Jiro Kawamoto are the tail end of the New Deal. I'm afraid it will be difficult for them to appear in the future. If they make it to the police department, they must be at least thirty or forty years old.
Nowadays, Jiro Kawamoto is also standing aside at the police station, so he is used to deal with Lu Ming, the so-called representative of the Xianquan Special Zone Police.
It is impossible for the Aoyue Police Department to truly cooperate with the Xianquan police to combat any terrorist organization.
However, Jiro Kawamoto is obviously very willing to contact police officers from the Montenegrin system, so every time Lu Ming comes, he will show up quickly.
He also once asked his clan uncle about the situation of Kawamoto Shigeyoshi, the former division commander of the Otsutsu Division.
"Kawamoto Police Department, I came here this time to pay a visit to your father, Lord Kawamoto, through you." Lu Ming's words were translated through Ken Nakagawa, which made Kawamotojiro startled.
Mr. Kawamoto's Nakagawa is pretty good, but in formal occasions, both parties still communicate through Takeru Nakagawa.
Kawamoto Jiro's father, Kawamoto Nobuyasu, was the clan brother of the former lord Kawamoto Daxin, and he was very close and a real cousin.
The Kawamoto Nobuyasu family belongs to the main line of the Kawamoto family. They are one of the largest landowners in Okutsudo. Such super large landowners are called famous owners.
But now, the Kawamoto Nobuyasu family was already on the verge of collapse, so how could they come into contact with the Montenegrins again?
Kawamoto Jiro couldn't help but have a troubled expression on his face.
Lu Ming smiled and said: "Jiro, don't worry, I believe Master Kawamoto will not regret this meeting."
Seeing Lu Ming's meaningful smile, Jiro Kawamoto gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll make the arrangements, Mr. Zhang, just tonight, okay? I'm worried that I won't have the courage next time."
Lu Ming smiled and said: "Jiro, you are very decisive and brave. It seems that the Kawamoto family has a successor!"
Jiro Kawamoto forced a smile.
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When going to Kawamoto's house, Lu Ming did not take Nakagawa Ken with him. Instead, as agreed, Kawamoto Jiro left early, drove to pick up Lu Ming in front of a cafe near the police station, and then went home.
Not to mention Kawamoto Manor, it is a Japanese manor with dense ancient trees and an extremely large area and deep courtyard.
In a Zen-like teahouse, Lu Ming met Nobuyasu Kawamoto, an old man in his early fifties who looked very gloomy.
The wealth of these Japanese big names is naturally dripping with the blood of working people from every pore, and there is not a single kind person among them.
Lu Ming had never thought of becoming friends with them, so he went straight to the point, "Mr. Kawamoto, I am going to acquire all the land in Qianmen Town owned by your family! This is my offer!" After saying this, he handed over a piece of paper with numbers written on it.
Article passed.
Kawamoto Nobuyasu was slightly startled, looked at the note and shook his head, "Officer Zhang, are you kidding me?"
The figures on the note were less than one percent of the value of the land in Qianmen Town.
Qianmon Town is a large area of land in the center of Okutsu, owned by the Kawamoto Nobuyasu family.
Including Ueto Shopping Mall, the land actually belongs to the Kawamoto Nobuyasu family.
However, Ueto Shopping Mall is currently filing a lawsuit in court, requesting a ruling that the mall owns the land.
Kawamoto Nobuyasu looked at Lu Ming, "Yes, you understand our situation, but if you want to take advantage of the situation, I will not give in. Don't try to persuade me. For those reasons, others will not pay this price. In the end, it is very likely that these
I understand that all the land will be confiscated, but this is not a condition for you to threaten me. Therefore, I will not give these lands to you for free!"
There have been rumors that all the land owned by the Daimyo lords in Ouetsu will be nationalized.
And Kawamoto Nobuyasu knew that this was not a rumor.
Nowadays, there is really no second person who would offer a price to acquire the land he owns. After all, it is obviously a waste of time.
Lu Ming looked at him and smiled: "I won't increase the price, but I can tell you news that we have facilitated the return of the Aoyue Division."
Kawamoto Nobuyasu was shocked.
Lu Ming continued: "Some soldiers have decided to settle down in the Principality of Montenegro, but there are more than ten thousand people willing to return home." After a pause, "So, I am not taking advantage of the situation, nor am I your enemy. I am here to help you.
To solve the current dilemma." He looked at his watch and said, "General Shigeyoshi Kawamoto will call you in five minutes. He is at Xianquan now."
Kawamoto Nobuyasu looked at Lu Ming, his eyes full of suspicion, "Okay, I'll wait for his call."
Lu Ming smiled and picked up the tea cup to taste the tea.
Yamamoto Yu still has three to two months to receive 200 fighter planes.
Our own strategy has also changed accordingly. Originally we were worried about the reactions of all parties, but now we are betting that Yamamoto Xiong will definitely not be willing to stir up trouble during this period. Therefore, the return of the Otsutsu Division is put on the agenda. At the same time, the Second Konoe
The division and Black Bird troops will also land in Xianquan, and the military airport in Xianquan is also being expanded to complete the military layout in Xianquan and Aoyue as soon as possible.
Over there, Nobuyasu Kawamoto slowly put down the phone and looked at Lu Ming, "I hope to see a formal agreement!"