"Brother Qiang, are you not mistaken? This place doesn't seem to have anything to do with excitement, right?" Tang Shengming followed Li Qiang into the Navy Club, muttering in a low voice as he walked.
"This kind of thing naturally needs to be disguised as formal as possible! After all, this is the largest black market in East China!"
"What...what did you say? Black...black market?"
"How about it, Brother Ji Li, you didn't expect it, did you? The black market, which used to be invisible at all, is actually so grandly established in the Navy Club run by the Japanese. Isn't it exciting to think about it?"
"You...I...Hi!" One sentence made Tang Shengming a little bit dumbfounded. From beginning to end, what he said and what Li Qiang understood were completely different.
Although I really want to just leave like this, as Li Qiang just said, I'm here now, so why not take this opportunity to learn more about what is so special about this so-called largest black market in East China?
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But even though he had made up his mind, Tang Shengming looked extremely disappointed on the surface. He said "Oh" without interest and continued to follow Li Qiang inside...
"Brother Ji Li, have you seen that bar over there? It looks like an ordinary bar, but in fact it is an exchange for buying and selling information; there is also a coffee shop over there that provides confidential discussions between buyers and sellers.
The entertainment room opposite the private room is where the mercenary killers receive their commissions. How about it? Is it exciting enough?"
However, Tang Shengming just snorted and asked angrily: "What nonsense? After talking so much, how do I know if there is what I want here?"
"Easy!" Li Qiang said with a wave of his hand, "Waiter, please, please bring me a copy of today's menu!"
Before he finished speaking, someone immediately responded: "Okay sir, please wait a moment."
In a short time, two exquisite menus were delivered to Li Qiang and Tang Shengming respectively.
"This... I mean Brother Aqiang, are you kidding me? This menu..." Tang Shengming was fine not to look at it. As soon as he saw the ordinary menu, his mind was filled with question marks.
Li Qiang on the side quickly explained with a smile: "Brother Ji Li, don't underestimate this menu. Although it seems ordinary at first glance, it has hidden secrets. Just like the meat dishes above.
, each dish corresponds to a controlled substance, pork refers specifically to the southwest, beef and mutton refer to the north, on the contrary, poultry refers to the south China area, and seafood refers to import and export. And those vegetarian dishes refer to tobacco,
For example, the dish 'white oil chicken fir' refers to the newly arrived smoke from Yunnan."
As he spoke, Li Qiang turned over the menu and said, "In addition, the soups on the back refer to the transportation companies that are preparing to accept smuggling commissions. Of course, these are only relatively low-level businesses, and the higher-level ones are hidden in the drinks.
, For example, red wine refers to arms, cocktails refer to in-demand drugs, and foreign wine refers to cars. In addition, there is a more special category, which is items whose origin cannot be traced, collectively called 'seamless steel pipes'."
Hearing this, Tang Shengming suddenly nodded and said: "I see, I didn't expect that there are so many secrets hidden in this small menu. Okay, Brother Aqiang, I can't tell you know a lot! Just
How well you know this, you must have been here more than once or twice, right?"
Li Qiang quickly waved his hand modestly, "I understand a little bit, that's all."
Just as he was speaking, a stammering voice suddenly rang out, "Section Chief Ming? I didn't expect that I would meet you here. What a coincidence! Do you want to... don't you?"
Want...a drink? I...I treat you!"
Of course Li Qiang knew that the man who said he was treating guests to a drink actually had important information to share.
But even so, Li Qiang did not agree immediately, but turned to look at Tang Shengming aside.
Although Tang Shengming was not very familiar with this place, his mind was spinning very quickly. He immediately understood the implication of the man's words, so he did not stop him and said casually: "You go ahead, I will wander around alone first."
"Okay, I'll excuse you, brother!" After saying that, he followed the man and walked directly into a VIP private room under the arrangement of the bartender.
As soon as he entered the door, Li Qiang sat down on the sofa unceremoniously, frowned slightly and said to the man: "I said thank you, brother, but you really don't treat me as a friend! After we met briefly last time,
There is no news at all, why did you come to Hangzhou again?"
Xie Ruolin couldn't help but sigh after hearing this, "Oh! This matter... comes to mind... it's quite a long story!"
"Then you'd better stop talking. Otherwise, it will be dawn before you finish talking!" Li Qiang joked with a smile, and then went straight to the topic, "Let's talk about business first! Look at how you acted just now, why?
Did you get some valuable information again?"
"Of course... I... guarantee that this... information will be... worth... priceless!" Xie Ruolin said proudly.
However, Li Qiang looked disapproving, "Come on! Isn't that what you say every time?"
"This... time is different, really...! I... swear!"
"Then tell me first, what kind of information is it?"
Xie Ruolin chuckled, "Chief Ming, if you ask this... there are too many forces involved, including Hong Kong... Chongqing... Nanjing, and even Yan...
...It’s impossible!”
"Real or false? Then I want to hear it. How much do you want to pay for this piece of information?"
"Not much! Ten thousand dollars."
As soon as these words came out, Li Qiang actually laughed, "Ten thousand US dollars? That's almost equivalent to fifteen gold bars! Thank you, brother, your appetite is too big, right?"
"There is no... way, who would let this information involve... so many... forces?" Xie Ruolin shrugged and said, "To be honest, this is...
Chief Ming, if you were replaced by another person, I wouldn't even bother to waste words with him!"
After hearing this, Li Qiang didn't want to continue talking in circles, so he said simply: "Sure! That's what I said to you, I bought this information!"
"Really? It seems that I really... saw the right person. Ming... Section Chief is indeed a knowledgeable... person!"
"If you're flattering, you'll be fine! I'll be the first to say ugly things. If this information makes me think it's worth the price, I will definitely let you spit it out to me like this. Do you understand?"
"Ming...understand! Ming...section chief, don't worry, my little brother will naturally...understand these rules."
Hearing this, Li Qiang took out his checkbook. Seeing this, Xie Ruolin hurriedly handed over the pen she was carrying with both hands.
"Here! Look, HSBC has a ten-day deadline, no waiting after the expiration date!" Li Qiang casually slapped the signed cash check in front of Xie Ruolin and said calmly.
Xie Ruolin first carefully checked the check. After confirming that it was correct, she immediately smiled and said, "Section Chief Ming, Chief Ming, is really generous! Thank you very much!"
Li Qiang didn't want to, but he waved his hand quickly, "Don't thank me in a hurry. Let's talk about the priceless information you called me."
Before she finished speaking, Xie Ruolin immediately put away her greedy face and said sternly: "The boss of Wan...Changmi Hao, Wanli...the chairman of the Shanghai Rice Industry Association, was arrested by No. 76!"
"What did you say?" Li Qiang was shocked as soon as he said this, and immediately asked, "Chairman Wan was arrested? Why didn't I know about this? When did it happen?"
"It's been... for a while. It's said that at the end of last year, the team led by No. 76 Wu...Shibao personally designed and secretly arrested..."
"At the end of last year? You actually suppressed the news for so long. It seems you are right. If the stakes weren't so important, No. 76 wouldn't have to block the news so tightly. But then again, why did No. 76 want to arrest him?"
"I heard that as early as last... after the 'Gaotao Incident' broke out at the beginning of last year, he was... already listed as a key suspect. Later, Mayor Fu was assassinated, and there was a lot of... evidence.
Pointing to him as the real culprit behind the scenes, it was only because the Japanese and puppets were still fighting for Boss Du's support at that time that they did not arrest him immediately."
Li Qiang was a little confused after hearing this, "If that's the case, then why did No. 76 suddenly decide to arrest him secretly?"
"And... isn't it because the 'Tianma explosion' caused such a big fuss!"
Although Li Qiang was far away in Hangzhou, he still knew about the "Tianma explosion". At that time, Japan had just publicly stated that it would officially recognize Wang Jingwei's puppet regime. Wang Jingwei immediately announced happily that he would choose a date to get recognition from his master.
On the day of public release, "Manchu" and "Hua" jointly declared.
Moreover, in order to build momentum, the Japanese and puppets also invited a group of diplomatic envoys from the Axis countries of Germany, Italy and Japan in Shanghai, as well as senior Japanese army officers, to form a group and board the "Tianma" special train to excitedly rush to Nanjing to attend the signing ceremony.
And just before they set off, Minglou obtained top-secret information about the special train through Mitsui Juichi in advance, and then transmitted the relevant information to Chongqing via a secret radio station.
After Dai Li learned the news, he immediately decided to repeat the action plan of "blasting the Sakura". In less than a day, the ambush and blasting mission was assigned to Zheng Yaoxian, who was lurking inside No. 76.
Although time was tight, based on the previous experience, Zheng Yaoxian quickly came up with a well-designed action plan. However, the Japanese and puppets also learned the lessons from the last Sakura and strengthened their alert and security work.
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In this way, the two sides began a life-and-death battle on the Beijing-Shanghai Railway outside Suzhou. In the end, although Zheng Yaoxian's team successfully completed the mission, they also made a huge sacrifice.
With a loud noise of earth shattering, the "Tianma" special train capsized immediately, and the Japanese and puppet personnel were bleeding and wailing all over the place.
This operation killed two colonels and two cabinet commissioners, as well as many congratulatory commissioners and intelligence agents. The German and Italian envoys and the Japanese troops on the train also suffered heavy casualties, a total of 175 people. This operation must have killed more than 175 people in total.
The explosion of the Sakura train can only be regarded as childish.
Thinking of this, Li Qiang couldn't help but ask: "I've heard about the Tianma incident, but wasn't it done by the Loyalty Salvation Army? And weren't the two people who organized the operation also came to support on the spot?
Did the Japanese kill him?"
"He was shot to death, but that... Jingwei's face received a solid... slap this time. He has to make up for it... right?"
"So he is planning to settle the accounts with Boss Du along with the old and new grudges over the 'Gaotao Incident'?"
"That's right, at that time, the East China Suppression General had just been established less than half a year ago, so... so this task fell on Li Shiqun No. 76. In fact... at the beginning, Li Shiqun planned to send someone to assassinate Boss Du, but unfortunately it failed
Later, I decided to have an operation on Mr. Wan, Chairman Wan, the housekeeper of the Du Mansion in Shanghai."
Hearing this, Li Qiang breathed a sigh of relief, "If I remember correctly, Chairman Wan is not the only one of Boss Du's confidants who stayed in Shanghai. Why does Li Shiqun want to cause trouble for him?"
"Chief Ming, don't you know this...?"
Since it's more pleasant than..., I'll just give it to you for free. Section Chief Ming doesn't know that the three senior officials from Chongqing stationed in Shanghai, Jiang Bocheng, Wu Kaixian and Wu Shaoshu, are all from Wan...
The three officials responsible for transportation and providing security naturally regarded him as their right-hand man. Li Shiqun knew this very well. As long as he let go, Chongqing would be killed.
A big... figure died, so..."
Speaking of this, Xie Ruolin gave Li Qiang a "you know" look.
After hearing this, Li Qiang nodded first, and after pondering for a moment, he touched his chin and continued: "So that's the case, but after all, this information was from the end of last year, and it's almost half a year from now. I don't know why.
How is the chairman doing?"
"Apart from the initial pain of skin...flesh, it seems to be nothing serious. There is only one trouble."
"What's up?"
"Originally, after Boss Du's active treatment... Chairman Wan was basically fine, but at this... moment, Mayor Fu's children somehow heard about Chairman Wan who was related to the murder of their father.
The arrest was immediately reported to the highest authorities in Japan with a complaint, demanding strict action. Under pressure, the Japanese military police directly escorted Chairman Wan from the Nanjing District of the secret service headquarters back to the Japanese Military Police Headquarters.
.And no matter how the Nanjing side negotiated with the Japanese military, the other side...firmly refused to release Chairman Wan on bail. The matter has remained at a stalemate...until now."
"So, if Chairman Wan can be rescued from the hands of the Japanese, it will be a huge favor to Nanjing, Boss Du, and Chongqing. Isn't that right?"
