"I am incompetent and failed to convince Mr. Jiang. I have betrayed Director Ming's trust and am willing to be punished!" Chairman Zhu replied with a blushing face and a face full of shame.
However, after listening to President Zhu's words, Li Qiang did not get angry. Instead, he frowned and asked with confusion, "Mr. Jiang? If I remember correctly, then the president of Soochow University should be
Your surname is Yang, right?"
"Director Ming is right. The president of Soochow University is indeed named Yang, but the person in charge of recruiting Soochow students who were separated due to the war is the director of the school, Mr. Jiang Changchuan. So if
If Director Ming really plans to recruit students from Soochow University, he still has to pass his test!" County Magistrate Hu on the side quickly explained.
"Okay, I understand. If I find a chance, I will personally go meet that old guy! But President Zhu, one drink is not enough as a penalty. At least three drinks in a row will be fine! Do you think this is right?
?”
Magistrate Hu and Director Xie on the side quickly echoed, "Yes, yes, yes, three cups in a row, three cups in a row!"
After all, Wuhu is a small place after all. It only took a few days for a reception banquet and a table of good wine and good food to be eaten, and Li Qiang had basically established himself as an official figure.
However, at this time, he also knew very well that the next thing to do was the top priority. After all, for some things, relying on official officials alone was not enough.
So after resting for a few days, that night, as soon as it got dark, Li Qiang and Fang Tianyi quietly left the county town and took advantage of the darkness to go straight to a ferry called "Shangbacha".
When the two arrived at the ferry, it was completely dark, but the place was full of people and brightly lit, as lively as a market.
Although there are many small stalls along the coast, most of them mainly sell snacks, lanterns and torches. It is obvious that so many people gather here not for these.
After a short time, a ferry slowly docked, and immediately those who gathered on the ferry shore eagerly jumped on.
Naturally, Li Qiang and Fang Tianyi were not far behind. They blended into the crowd and successfully squeezed onto the boat without any effort.
After a boatload of people was filled, the boat owner shouted and then slowly drove the boat towards the center of the river with the oar.
Although the water depth in this section of water is only six meters, and the water flow does not appear to be as turbulent as other waters on the surface, there are countless undercurrents hidden under the seemingly calm water surface. Not to mention people, even inexperienced waterbirds are confused.
If you are careless, you will be swept into the bottom of the river by those undercurrents and drowned.
So the people on the boat listened to the rushing sound of water on both sides of the ferry for about a quarter of an hour before slowly docking again on a small island in the middle of the river.
Although it is just a small island in the middle of the river, it is actually not that small. It is almost as big as five or six standard football fields in later generations.
"I didn't expect that there would be such a large-scale black market in a place like this. It's really unbelievable." Looking at the crowded and lively scene in front of him, Fang Tianyi couldn't help but sigh.
Li Qiang shrugged his shoulders and said matter-of-factly: "What's the point? If there's a sale, there's a sale, and the more powerful and intertwined the place, the more active this kind of business is. In such a place, there are no national parties.
There are only buyers and sellers between high and low, so no matter what you see or hear, you must exercise restraint, do you understand?"
"Don't worry, I certainly understand this."
"That's good!"
After that, the two paid the boat fare, jumped ashore, and lined up with others in a long queue outside the gate of the black market.
"What are you doing? Do you have to buy a ticket to get in?" Fang Tianyi couldn't help but said as he looked at the long queue in front of him.
However, before he finished speaking, a bearded man standing in front of the two people turned back to him and said, "Boy, is this your first time?"
"Yes, but uncle, how do you know this is our first time?"
"Hey! Who doesn't know that my old man Zhang Yue has countless people in these ten miles and eight towns? Of course you can tell at a glance!" the bearded man said with a proud look on his face.
"How dare I ask uncle, what kind of business do you do?" Fang Tianyi asked again.
"Look, it's taboo again, isn't it? Boy, you don't want to ask this question here! This kind of place is not something ordinary people can come to. I wonder if a certain inconspicuous guy is the leader of a regiment! So you are
Your mouth is still a little bit guarded, so don’t ask random questions that you shouldn’t ask, so as not to cause trouble to come out of your mouth!”
"What uncle is trying to teach you is that I was the one who was rude."
"It's nothing. It's your first time. It's inevitable to make some mistakes and misunderstandings. But one thing is that after you go in, don't conflict with other people, especially the store. Otherwise, you will be kicked out.
Get kicked out of the black market, or in serious cases, you will be thrown into the river to feed the fish!"
"so serious?"
"No! To tell you the truth, I saw it twice with my own eyes! I'm not kidding you."
Just as he was talking, someone in front of him said impatiently: "Hey! Why are you still chatting with me about Lao Zhang? Do you want to go in or not?"
"Of course I have to go in, otherwise do you think I'm here just to see the scenery?"
After saying that, the bearded man waved to the two of them and walked over.
Not much time left, and it was Li Qiang and Fang Tianyi's turn.
But what surprised both of them was that as soon as the guard at the door saw the two approaching, he immediately said to them in a commanding tone: "Turn around!"
"What?" Fang Tianyi couldn't help but be stunned after hearing this.
When the guard saw this, he immediately raised his voice and said, "I asked you to turn around, didn't you hear me?"
"But you didn't even have that Uncle Zhang just now..."
"Stop talking nonsense!" Before Fang Tianyi could finish his words, the guard interrupted him even more impatiently, "He is him, and you are you, how can it be the same? If you don't want to, just leave quickly, there are more people behind you.
Many people are waiting!"
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"Tianyi!" Fang Tianyi wanted to argue with the man, but was stopped by Li Qiang. Then he recalled what Uncle Zhang just said, so he had to endure it and turned around obediently.
After a body search, the guard patted the two of them on the shoulders and said, "Okay, go in. Don't make trouble if you are in a hurry, otherwise you will be responsible for the consequences!"
"Let's go! Business is important, it's not worth wasting time on such trivial matters!" After saying that, Li Qiang took the lead through the gate and walked straight inside.
Fang Tianyi didn't say anything more and quickly followed him.
The goal of the two people's trip was very clear, so after entering the door, they went straight to the largest and most conspicuous building in the black market.
"Jiangxin Club should be here." When he came closer and looked at the huge neon sign hanging at the door, Li Qiang couldn't help but said, "Let's go in."
To be honest, Fang Tianyi can be regarded as a boss he has met in Shanghai, but even so, when he followed Li Qiang into the club, he couldn't help being surprised.
After all, he couldn't have imagined that in such a ghost place, there would be a club with such high-end environment and service.
"What do you two gentlemen need?"
As soon as we sat down, another well-trained waiter came over and asked in a nonchalant manner.
Li Qiang said calmly: "Tell your manager, I have Zhang Gongmen's inverted stamps here that I want to sell, and I would like to ask him to come over and help me estimate the price!"
"Okay, sir, please wait a moment. I'll call the manager over right now."
The conversation between the two immediately made Fang Tianyi confused and confused, but this time he learned his lesson and didn't get to the bottom of it.
After a short time, a tall and beautiful woman wearing a small suit and looking very capable came over.
"Hello sir, let me introduce myself. I am Lu Yun, the manager here. I heard that you have a special stamp that you plan to sell, right?"
"That's right! It's a stamp printed upside down at the palace gate. I asked Manager Lu to help estimate the price!"
"No problem, you two please come with me!"
After saying that, Lu Yun led the two of them straight to a VIP room on the third floor of the club.
But the strange thing is that there were already people waiting in the VIP room a few people ago.
"Boss, the man has arrived."
"Well, go and do your work!"
"yes!"
After saying that, Lu Yun retreated.
Now Tianyi was even more confused.
However, Li Qiang swaggered directly and sat down opposite the so-called boss, and said very familiarly: "Boss Zhao is indeed an expert in this field. It is really impressive that a place like this can achieve such a scale."
ah!"
Zhao Yuanshan smiled and said, "There is no way, you don't know who I am, and I don't have any other skills, so I can only go back to my old business!"
After saying that, he glanced at Fang Tianyi who was still standing there confused, and asked intentionally or unintentionally: "Who is this?"
"Fang Tianyi, my adjutant."
"It turns out to be Adjutant Fang. I, Zhao Yuanshan, am the boss here. I'm glad to meet you. Come on, come on, please take a seat!"
"Thank you very much, Boss Zhao!"
"I've heard about the situation in Hangzhou. You were still trying to push back and forth, but you were running a pretty good business, weren't you?"
Li Qiang waved his hand, "Mr. Zhao, you are really good at joking, how do I know anything about business? To tell you the truth, the reason why there was no big trouble in Hangzhou is all thanks to Adjutant Fang's unmarried management.
, as for me, I can only be regarded as a hands-off shopkeeper at best."
"Really? I really didn't expect that there are hidden dragons and crouching tigers around you, kid! But everything is fine, why are you here all of a sudden?"
Before he finished speaking, Li Qiang started to keep it secret, "This is a secret to the outside world. If you really want to know, Mr. Zhao, you have to exchange it for information."
"Why, isn't the friendship between us worse than a piece of confidential information?"
"Mr. Zhao, friendship is friendship, and transactions are transactions. These are two different things. How can business matters be confused with human relations? Are you right?"
"Well, you're right!" Zhao Yuanshan nodded in agreement, "Tell me, what do you want to know?"
"Of course it's the distribution and latest trends of various forces nearby."
"Deal!" Zhao Yuanshan agreed without even thinking.
"Okay! Mr. Zhao is really refreshing! To be honest, I am here for a special training class this time."
"Special training class? Where is it? Wuhu?"
"That's right, it's Wuhu. And it was given by Li Shiqun secretly. As for the rest, I don't think I need to say it clearly, right?"
Zhao Yuanshan nodded slightly after hearing this, and couldn't help but mutter to himself: "It seems that Li Shiqun's ambition is really quite big!"
After finishing speaking, he paused and then continued: "Okay, this information is very good and should be sold for a lot of money. As for the distribution of various forces nearby, I will only tell you once, so you must remember it."
"Please tell me."
"Not far from here is Wuwei County. There are Tangjiagou, Erba, Sangong, and Yuxikou, four relatively large commercial ports in the county. Among them, Yuxikou is occupied by the Japanese Alliance Army, and the Second Dam is close to the Japanese Alliance
The army's garrison area, Sangong, has no waterway, so Tangjiagou has become the main activity range of the 7th Division of the New Fourth Army. To the north of Tangjiagou is the Wanjiang base area, to the east is the 2nd Division of the New 4th Army, and to the west is the 2nd Division of the New 4th Army.
Fifth Division, the south is the mighty Yangtze River. As for the Kuomintang army, the main force is the 176th Division of the Guangxi Army. The three forces are intertwined in the Wuwei area, and conflicts between them often occur. Not long ago, the New Fourth Army just looted the Imperial Palace.
Xiejun's warehouse. Are you interested? I can give you a discount."
However, Li Qiang didn't buy it, "Come on! I don't like the things in a shabby warehouse. You should keep it to deceive those who take advantage of you!"
Zhao Yuanshan seemed to have expected that Li Qiang would say this, and he was not angry. Instead, he continued: "I know that these things will not catch your eyes, but it doesn't matter. I have a long future! This is a special training class.
It’s a very lucrative job, so you don’t have to worry about running out of business!”
"That's true, but it's too early now. Let's talk about it later!"
"No problem, if you need anything in the future, just come to me!"
After talking about business and reminiscing about old times, Li Qiang left the black market with Fang Tianyi without staying too long.
"Director, let's... leave now?" It wasn't until the two of them returned to the car that Fang Tianyi couldn't help but ask.
"Otherwise? Do you still want to stay the night?"
"But...but it seems like we haven't done anything?"
"Who said that? Didn't we already get the information we wanted? Do you really want to buy something there and take it back?"
"Um...Okay, where should we go next? Do we want to go back?"
"What's the point of asking? Of course we're going to the house of the person named Jiang. Since he won't give us face, we have to go and have a good chat with him. Otherwise, how can we suppress County Magistrate Hu and his gang?"
"I got it." With that said, Fang Tianyi stepped on the accelerator and drove straight towards Jiang Changchuan's house...
