Rio Yoshino did not doubt Xu Rui's identity, and did not even think about checking the details of "Nishimura Kojiro".
Because Yoshino Takuji has already made it very clear that Nishimura Kojiro is a friend of Takenoda Iso, and in fact the relationship between the two is definitely not shallow. Takenoda Iso is even willing to conspire with Nishimura Kojiro to plant opium on a large scale. What do you think?
Can a personal relationship be so shallow? And Takenoda Iso's backstage is the senior staff member of the headquarters, Togo Kota.
Although Togo Kota is only a major, he is highly regarded by Commander Okamura and has a bright future.
Therefore, Yoshino Rio never thought at all that Nishimura Kojiro was actually Chinese.
This is not because Yoshino is careless, nor is Yoshino stupid. It is because there has never been a Chinese person pretending to be a Japanese to defraud in the occupied territories before. People always have blind spots in thinking. For things that do not exist or have not happened,
If something happens, you won’t think too much about it, let alone be wary of it.
Yoshino Rio believed that Okamura Neji would probably acquiesce in opium cultivation.
But in order to convince Okamura Neji, Yoshino Rio carefully prepared some information.
Almost at the same time that Xu Rui convened a meeting with several Spike team members, Rio Yoshino also knocked on the office of Neji Okamura with a stack of financial statements.
Entering the office, Yoshino Rio handed the bill to Okamura Neiji, then paused and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, this is the military police's financial expense report list for the months of July and August. Please take a look."
Okamura Neiji took the bill list and picked up the myopia glasses on the desk.
Only halfway through, Okamura Neiji frowned and said, "How come the fiscal expenditure in August is three times more than in July?"
"Hai." Yoshino Rio paused and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, fiscal expenditures in August are higher than in July, but this is because with the restoration of public security, government agencies at all levels of the Jiangxi Provincial Government and the police system have been established one after another. In addition,
The military expenditures of the Emperor's Alliance Army led to a sharp increase in fiscal expenditures."
Okamura Neji immediately fell silent, but his brows furrowed even more.
Jiangxi's reform politics has been established, but its finances are not independent. Instead, the military police are still responsible for paying the bills. Okamura Neiji advocates giving sufficient respect to the Chinese, but he will never let go of two powers easily.
It is financial power, and then there is personnel power. He always firmly controls these two powers in his own hands.
This is also easy to understand. If the financial and personnel rights are let go, if the reform government elects a provincial governor who is pro-Japanese on the surface but anti-Japanese at heart, and then appoints officers who are also anti-Japanese to serve as division commanders of various divisions of the Imperial Association Army, then
Isn’t it just that the Japanese government’s money is being spent on cultivating anti-Japanese forces?
Seeing Okamura Neji frowning and saying nothing, Yoshino Rio whispered: "Your Excellency, Commander, is it financially..."
Okamura Neiji sighed softly and said: "Yoshino-san, let me tell you the truth, the current funds used to protect the expenses of each division of the Eleventh Army are already very tight, and I am afraid that there will be no more spare money."
The funds have covered the expenses of government agencies at all levels in Jiangxi and the various departments of the Imperial Army."
Rio Yoshino said: "But this will inevitably lead to an unstable situation."
Okamura Neiji rubbed his temples and whispered: "I originally hoped that when the security in the occupied areas was restored, business would be able to recover, and there would be a stable source of tax revenue. But who would have thought that the security would
It has recovered, and business has basically returned to pre-war levels, but the tax revenue collected is not much."
Rio Yoshino said: "Commander, how about raising the tax rate?"
"That's inappropriate." Neji Okamura waved his hand and said, "Raising taxes rashly will undermine stability."
This is also a difficult problem for Okamura Neiji. On the one hand, he has to give the Chinese enough respect so that he cannot discount or default on various expenditures of the puppet government. However, on the other hand, Japan's domestic finances are becoming increasingly tight.
, the Ministry of War has clearly ordered that each department of the Japanese army invading China must raise part of its own funds.
The lack of funds has increasingly become a worry for Neiji Okamura.
Seeing that the time was almost ripe, Yoshino Rio whispered: "Your Excellency, Commander, I have a suggestion that can relieve the financial pressure on the Imperial Army without affecting the order of the occupied area."
Okamura Neji's narrowed eyes suddenly opened and asked: "What's your suggestion?"
Rio Yoshino said: "Your Excellency, Commander, you must be familiar with Takeno charcoal grill, right?"
"Takeno charcoal grill?" Neji Okamura frowned and said, "What's the deal with Takeno charcoal grill?"
Yoshino Rio said: "Your Excellency, Commander, it's like this. Because shipping Wagyu beef from the country is too expensive, Takeno-san decided to build a Wagyu breeding farm near Jiujiang."
Okamura Neiji said: "What does this have to do with alleviating financial pressure?"
Yoshino Lio said: "Because there are many mountains near Jiujiang and there is sufficient sunlight, Takeno-san wants to do some side business besides raising Wagyu beef and grow some high-value cash crops..."
At this point, Yoshino Rio won't go on, because it doesn't need to be too straightforward.
"High-value cash crops?" Neji Okamura's eyes were focused, and he immediately understood what Rio Yoshino meant by high-value cash crops. In fact, in the vast occupied areas such as Northeast China and North China, the Japanese army colluded with the local puppet government to
Growing and refining opium is no secret; after all, it is a hugely profitable industry.
Especially the Northeast has almost become an opium cultivation base.
After pondering for a moment, Okamura Neiji said with a gloomy face: "Can safety be guaranteed?"
The security that Okamura Neiji talks about here does not refer to military security, but to political security.
Just as Xu Rui guessed, Okamura Neiji is still a militarist in his heart. He has never taken the life and death of the Chinese people seriously. In fact, what he cares about is only the reputation of being "pro-China", and he wants to create a hat for himself.
"Pro-China" label, and used this to confuse the majority of Chinese people in the occupied areas.
Yoshino Rio said: “All villages within the scope of the breeding farm will be relocated, and isolation fences will be built around them to completely isolate them from the outside world. In addition, the breeding farm will not recruit local people, but will arrange prisoners of war. The entire breeding farm will
The field will be under military management, so safety can be guaranteed."
"Yoshi, I'll leave this matter to you." Okamura Neji nodded happily.
"Hai." Yoshino Rio paused heavily and added, "However, Your Excellency, Commander, Takeno-san may still have some doubts about this matter. If Your Excellency, Commander, can take time to attend the groundbreaking ceremony of the breeding farm, I believe that Takeno-san will
Then there will no longer be the slightest doubt, and there will no longer be any problems in this matter."
Okamura Neiji said: "We'll see about this later."
Yoshino Rio immediately nodded, turned around and left.
As soon as he returned to the military police headquarters, Yoshino Rio found Yoshino Takuya and asked Yoshino Takuya to contact Takenoda Iso and Nishimura Kojiro. As for himself, he would never directly contact Takenoda Iso and Nishimura Kojiro.
, this is not because he relies on his identity, but because he wants to stay out of it.
Commander Okamura was very concerned about political security, so Yoshino Rio had to leave a way out in advance.
If the secret of secretly growing opium in the Wagyu cattle farm is exposed one day, Commander Okamura will most likely make a big fuss about the matter in order to maintain his political reputation and shut down the Wagyu cattle farm to the Chinese. As the owner of the farm,
, Takenoda Iso and Nishimura Kojiro are also very likely to receive punishment or even die.
Rio Yoshino did not want to be implicated.
As for Yoshino Takujiya, as long as his brother is here, nothing will happen.
Let’s talk about Yoshino Takuya. After getting his brother’s affirmative answer, he rushed to Yoshino Tanbaraki. It happened that Xu Rui had also returned from Jigongling. The three of them took it together and immediately decided that Xu Rui should go to find the address of the breeding farm.
, Yoshino Takuji went to the prisoner of war camp to select prisoners of war, while Takenoda Iso began to purchase breeding cattle.
Xu Rui was very active in this matter for ulterior motives.
The Yoshino brothers and Takenoda Iso are also very active in making big money.
So early the next morning, the three of them started preparations.
While Xu Rui was working non-stop to select a location nearby, the telegram sent by Xiao Taohong to the headquarters of the Qingbai Regiment had already been delivered to General Xue Yue's desk.
(Dividing line)
Seeing the telegram in his hand, Xue Yue was silent for a long time.
Wu Yizhi, the Chief of Staff of the First Corps who had just arrived, said in a low voice: "General, this telegram has no beginning or end. I think it is better not to believe it. After all, adjusting the deployment is not a trivial matter. If we can do it at a great cost,
We were prepared, but the major event mentioned in the telegram did not happen. Isn’t it true that we are trying to draw water from a bamboo basket but in vain?”
"Brother Xue Xing, tell me, what is the major event mentioned in Xu Rui's telegram?" Xue Yue asked, squinting his eyes.
Wu Yizhi said: "Isn't this a flea on a bald man's head? It's obvious. It must be the assassination of Shunroku Hata."
After a pause, Wu Yizhi continued: "Xu Rui publicly spoke out through the radio station, and his tone was very loud. However, I thought that he was mostly bluffing. In fact, he may not dare to go to Nanjing, so we must not believe it easily, let alone because of Xu Rui.
A telegram from Rui to adjust the troop deployment of our First Corps."
Xue Yue said: "Is Xu Rui really just bluffing?"
Wu Yizhi said: "Does the president really believe that Xu Rui can kill Shunroku Hata?"
"Shunroku Hata? Is it really Shunroku Hata?" Xue Yue's slightly narrowed eyes suddenly opened, and then said, "Chief of Staff, immediately send a telegram to Li Hanhun's 29th Corps, ordering the 64th, 7th
The Tenth Army marched forward to Shanggao and Gao'an, and then ordered Ou Zhen's Fourth Army and Ye Zhao's Eighth Army to march forward to Xinyu and Zhangshu to prepare for counterattack."
"What?" Wu Yizhi was completely unsure of Xue Yue's train of thought, and said in a deep voice, "The commissioner reminds us that we must not forget the lessons of the second battle of De'an, so sir, would you like to think about it again?"
"No need." Xue Yue said flatly, "That's it."
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