"Mr. Du, the Foreign Minister asked you to come over." As soon as Li Qiang came out of the private room of the coffee shop, he bumped into Kazuki Yamamoto. Before he could speak, the other party lowered his voice and whispered.
"Okay, I understand." After saying that, he gave Wu Shibao a look, and the latter nodded quickly, and then quickly left the coffee shop.
Immediately afterwards, Li Qiang followed Yamamoto Kazuki to the door of Matsuoka Yoyo's room.
"Knock, knock, knock, Foreign Minister, we are here."
Before he finished speaking, Matsuoka Yoyo's voice came from inside, "Come in!"
After hearing this, Yamamoto Kazuki quickly glanced at Li Qiang and signaled that he could go in.
However, Li Qiang did not go in immediately. Instead, he straightened his clothes a little before opening the door and walking in.
"How did that matter go?" As soon as Li Qiang came in, Matsuoka Yosuke asked straight to the point.
"Don't worry, Mr. Matsuoka, everything is going according to plan."
"Really? Have you heard about the verification team?"
"I heard that, although it is a bit troublesome, it is not a big problem."
Hearing this, Matsuoka Yosuke showed a slightly appreciative smile, "Very good, I did not misjudge the person. But I still want to remind you, don't be caught by others, otherwise even I can't protect you.
you."
"I understand the humble position!"
"Okay, go ahead!"
However, Li Qiang did not immediately resign and leave, which made Matsuoka Yosuke frowned, "What? Is there anything else?"
"I do have a merciless request from my humble position. I hope you can agree."
…
Not long after the two met, Matsuoka Yosuke got into the consulate's car and left the Peace Hotel in a grand manner under the strict escort of Kazuki Yamamoto and his men.
As soon as Matsuoka Yo left, Li Qiang was called to the office by Nan Menying.
"Then what did the old fox say to you before he left?"
"Nothing, just confirming the progress of the matter and telling me about the verification team."
"What verification team?"
"When the war between Su and Germany begins, the most nervous one is naturally the Kwantung Army. I heard that it has started training and preparing for war overnight. Since we are preparing for war, we must approve and inspect our military supplies, so the Kwantung Army military headquarters plans to send an inspection team
The team is here, I heard it will be there in half a day."
"Moving so fast? It seems that they still attach great importance to the arsenal here. No wonder that old fox in Matsuoka wants to target it. This is the lifeblood of the Kwantung Army!"
"Yeah, how else can I say that this old boy Matsuoka is cruel? He won't even let himself go if he becomes cruel."
"How are you going to deal with those guys from the inspection team?"
Li Qiang smiled and said, "If someone else asked me, my answer would be 'Nai Zute'! But Sister Ying, you ask..."
As he spoke, Li Qiang lowered his voice and whispered a few words to Nan Menying.
"You brat! You're very thoughtful!" Nanmen Ying couldn't help laughing and scolding after hearing this.
"There is no other way. If I don't do it like this, let alone that old fox Matsuoka Yosuke, I'm afraid even that female spy Momoi won't obediently obey my arrangements."
"Female spy? I didn't expect you to find out the details of the other party so quickly. You have made a lot of progress!" Nanmen Ying pretended to be old-fashioned and said happily.
"Sister Ying, you are praising the wrong person. It's not like you don't know that collecting intelligence is my weakness. To tell you the truth, I am not responsible for collecting intelligence, but Haitang."
"Haitang? Your partner in life and death?"
"uh-huh!"
Unexpectedly, before she finished speaking, Nanmen Ying sighed heavily.
"Sister Ying, why are you sighing?"
"It's nothing. If I remember correctly, that girl has been following you for a long time, right?"
"Yeah, it's been almost four or five years!"
"After all this time, you haven't thought about winning her over?"
"Of course I thought about it, more than once, but gave up in the end." Li Qiang replied truthfully.
"Why?"
"Because she is Dai Li's spy by my side, so I can't take this risk."
"Even if you don't tell her, after being together day and night for such a long time, she should be able to roughly guess it based on her ability, right?"
"Who knows? Maybe!" Li Qiang shrugged and then changed the subject slightly deliberately, "Okay, Sister Ying, let's not talk about this. The inspection team will move in soon, how can you
You have to be well prepared!”
"Don't worry, it's just a verification team. I will make clear arrangements for them when the time comes!"
After coming out of Nan Menying's office, Li Qiang was about to go back to his room to rest, but before he could reach the door of the room, he saw many people standing in the corridor outside the room, and they all looked very familiar.
As soon as they saw Li Qiang coming over, the people immediately surrounded him, like stars holding the moon, surrounding Li Qiang in the middle, and kept bowing and thanking him.
This scene lasted for more than ten minutes before gradually calming down.
Li Qiang then said to the leader, Lu Ye, somewhat dumbfounded: "I said, Director Lu, what are you doing?"
"Brother Du, you have misunderstood me. If you hadn't come forward to negotiate with the Japanese, there's no telling what would have happened to Lao Zhao and the others!"
"Yes, yes, Mr. Du, if it weren't for you, I'm afraid we would have been sent to the mine to dig coal for the Japanese." Assistant Director Liu, standing next to Lu Ye, said with lingering fear.
As soon as these words came out, the photographer Lao Zhao on the side also hurriedly said: "That's right! I'm not afraid of your jokes. Lao Zhao, I was dying at that time. If Mr. Du hadn't taken action, you would have to give up now.
Old man, let me collect the body!"
Even screenwriter Li, who had always thought highly of himself and had never taken Li Qiang seriously from the beginning, came over and bowed with a blushing face.
Li Qiang waved his hand quickly, "You don't have to do this, it's just a little effort. Besides, I am also a reporter for our crew, so I should do something for the crew."
"Well said! Brother Du, I won't say any more polite words. From today on, I will recognize you as my brother. In the future, whenever I can be useful, as long as you say a word, everyone in the Lu family's class, including
I, among them, will definitely give my full support and will never refuse at all! Don’t you think that’s right?”
"Yes!" everyone shouted in unison.
"Okay, let's all disperse! Don't disturb Brother Du's rest."
When the director spoke, the others naturally did not dare not listen, so there was not much time left, and only Lu Ye and Li Qiang were left in the corridor.
"Brother Du, can you lend me a moment to speak?"
Although Li Qiang was a little surprised by Lu Ye's move, he still nodded after thinking for a moment, so the two of them went to the VIP room where they had conducted the interview again.
"Brother Du, if I guess correctly, you are not a reporter, or you have other identities besides being a reporter, right?"
Li Qiang shrugged noncommittally, neither admitting nor denying. He just stared at Lu Ye for a moment without any emotion.
"Brother Du, don't get me wrong, I don't mean anything else, it's just... just..."
"Okay! Director Lu, you don't need to be so nervous. Even if you don't say it, I understand what you mean. It's just that you are worried that you will become a victim of the game between the various forces, right?"
Lu Ye did not dare to speak, but nodded slightly, acquiescing.
"Don't worry, although I do have my own plan to help you intercede with the Japanese, it is definitely not what you think. Of course, you can choose not to believe me, but if that is the case, you will have to leave here immediately.
.”
After a long silence, and after a fierce battle between heaven and man, Lu Ye finally nodded and said: "Okay, I believe you! Tell me, what do you want me to do?"
However, Li Qiang lost his temper at this moment and said, "Don't worry, you will know when the time comes."
…
The waiting time is always long and difficult. Although everything has been arranged early, the rumored verification team has not shown up yet.
This puts the arsenal into a dilemma whether it is open or not.
The most talked-about thing in Fengtian City in recent days is not the world-shaking changes like the Soviet Union going to war, but the ordinary-looking Xinglong Restaurant that has reopened its doors for business.
With the help of caring people, the rumors about Xinglong Restaurant and Laoqiao became more and more outrageous. In less than two days after its opening, the name of Xinglong Restaurant was not only known to everyone in the streets, but also in the surrounding hills.
All the bandits have heard about it.
At first, the bandits were more cautious, sending only one or two people at a time to explore the real situation of the restaurant.
But after they heard what those who went to inquire about it had seen after they came back, they became bolder one by one.
After all, those spies saw with their own eyes those guys who looked like bandits in their attire and swaggering in and out of the restaurant. Instead of arresting them, the patrol police on the street set up a guard box at the entrance of the restaurant to maintain order.
Seeing that the restaurant was gradually getting back on track, the pressure on Li Qiang instantly eased a lot. After all, as long as Chen Ming and his wife could stay in Fengtian, the urgent task assigned to him by the military commander before leaving would be completed.
Then you can focus on arms.
But the problem now is that he has made preparations, but the verification team has not come, which inevitably makes Li Qiang feel a little powerless.
Two more days passed like this, and Li Qiang still didn't wait for the verification team, but he did wait for news from the Japanese base camp.
"Just yesterday, affected by the war between Germany and the Soviet Union, Japan's international environment has become dramatically complicated, and Japan-U.S. relations have also been deteriorating. Therefore, at a joint meeting between the base camp and the government, Japanese high-level leaders decided on 'should they advance south or north?'
They were divided into two groups and had a heated debate."
In the office, Nan Menying looked at the top-secret information he had just received and said solemnly.
"What's Matsuoka's attitude?" Li Qiang asked.
"Although Matsuoka did not advocate war with the United States, he also advocated marching south and attacking Singapore to force Britain to surrender more quickly and support Germany."
"When will the next contact meeting be held?" Li Qiang asked again.
"At the end of the month, the 30th."
"Today is...the 26th, and there are only four days left. If the verification team doesn't come, I'm afraid it will be too late."
"yes!"
Just as he was talking, the phone on the desk suddenly rang.
"Hello? It's me... um, got it."
After hanging up the phone, Nanmen Ying's face lost all its previous solemnity, and she even said to Li Qiang with a hint of joy: "It's the call from the front desk. Just now, Momoi Sana came here with three Japanese people to handle the matter."
Checked in.”
"It's great. I looked forward to the stars and the moon, and finally I got them here."
However, before he finished speaking, Nanmen Ying poured cold water on Li Qiang's head, "Don't rush to be happy. Don't forget that those guys are two days later than the original time. There is not much they can do in two days."
There are too many, so let me tell you not to act in a hurry, but to find out what they have done in the past two days first, so as not to fall into passivity when taking action."
"knew."
After saying that, Li Qiang left the office and waited on the road that Momoi Sana must pass.
It wasn't long, and as expected, I saw her walking over from a distance.
"I didn't expect that Mr. Ming is not only good at negotiating, but also so well-informed?" Momoi Sana took the initiative and said with a smile before Li Qiang could speak.
"No, no, didn't Miss Momoi expect my appearance?" Li Qiang glanced at the document bag in Momoi's hand, "If I guessed correctly, what's in it should be what I need."
Something?"
Hearing this, Momoi Sana couldn't help but smile sweetly, "I really can't hide anything from you, let's go to our old place?"
"please!"
…
"Yota Kawakami, Chief of the Second Section under the Staff Department of the Kwantung Army Headquarters, serves as the leader of the verification team during this trip; Ryo Yoshida, Chief of the Weapons Section of the Headquarters, serves as the deputy leader of the verification team during this trip; Taro Sasaki,
Major, captain of the first independent garrison under the headquarters, is responsible for accompanying the troops on this trip."
In the private room, Momoi Sana very ably handed the file in the document bag to Li Qiang and introduced it concisely.
However, Li Qiang just lowered his head and glanced at it, and couldn't help but say: "Not only their military ranks and positions, but also their respective resumes, personalities and preferences have been thoroughly investigated. Miss Momoi has really worked hard!
"
"Mr. Ming, please forgive me for complimenting me! Let's hurry up and discuss the next plan. If we finish the verification team one day earlier, we can also complete the transaction one day earlier, right?"
"Don't worry, my side has been prepared for a long time, but your side, given the current situation, must take some risks."
"Mr. Ming, what do you mean? Why can't I understand you?"
"Well, let me be more straightforward. According to Mr. Matsuoka's instructions, we must complete the tasks he assigned us before the 30th."