Huang Xiao'an is now the director of the Public Affairs Department of the Haigu City Office. He personally delivers daily necessities to Lu Chengzhou, which is indeed a great honor to Lu Chengzhou.
Besides, he still delivered it in the middle of the night, and it was even more rare to sit on the boat and wait for Lu Chengzhou to come back.
The reason why Lu Chengzhou was treated like this was not because he was a member of the military police unit, but because of his special relationship with Wen Peishi.
Wen Peishi's method of winning people's hearts is still very clever. Although Lu Chengzhou protected him, he still completed the task at that time. He can still remember this sentiment now. If it were anyone else, he would indeed be very moved.
"Thank you so much for taking the trouble to deliver it in person in such weather." Lu Chengzhou carried the things to his boat and invited Huang Xiao'an to the study.
The water in his house is at least one meter deep. If you open the courtyard door, the boat can drive directly to the stairs.
"There is no way, Mayor Wen has taken care of you, you have to come here in person." Huang Xiao'an said with a smile.
Before coming here, he actually went to Shigekawa Hidekazu's home, the auxiliary officer, the secret service, the consulate, the resident militia, etc. to send supplies and express condolences.
Lu Chengzhou was actually last in the queue, but Wen Peishi told him that these matters could not be done overnight, and no matter how late it was, they had to be delivered to Lu Chengzhou personally.
Of course, Huang Xiaoan also had his own little calculations as to why he had to wait until Lu Chengzhou.
He knew that Lu Chengzhou could speak well in front of the Japanese. It seemed that Wen Peishi was in charge of matters in the Municipal Office, but in fact everything had to be nodded by the Japanese.
A Flood Relief Association has been established in Haigu to provide relief to the victims in name, but in fact, everyone knows that this is a rich place.
"Hundreds of thousands of people in Haigu were affected by the disaster. How is the disaster relief provided by the Municipal Office?" Lu Chengzhou asked casually as he handed Huang Xiao'an a cigarette.
"Several shelters have been set up at the North Station and in the city. However, there are too many people affected by the disaster. They can only eat some mixed noodles and gruel. It is definitely impossible to eat enough." When Huang Xiao'an talked about this, there was no trace of emotion in his eyes.
Compassion.
For people in the city office, a flood is an opportunity to make a fortune.
"A few shelters for hundreds of thousands of victims are enough?" Lu Chengzhou asked worriedly.
"What can we do? There are overcrowding everywhere. In fact, the most important thing is that there is not enough food. It is said that Gong Qi Yihuan, the assistant officer of the Social Affairs Bureau, is preparing to purchase millet from Shanxi to provide food for the people." Huang Xiao'an suddenly lowered his voice and said.
"Can Gong Qi Yihuan buy millet from Yamamoto?" Lu Chengzhou said in surprise.
Now that food has been controlled, it is very difficult to bring food in from outside. Even if it can be brought in, it still has to pass the Japanese customs.
"He has lived in Taiyuan, is familiar with the situation in Shanxi, and is Japanese. I know that Director Lu has a wide network. Can you help me talk to Gong Qi Yihuan?" Huang Xiao'an asked.
"You are now the Director of Public Affairs and you have so much contact with him, yet you still use me to speak?" Lu Chengzhou said.
"In the eyes of the Japanese, I, the director of public affairs, am nothing." Huang Xiao'an said mockingly.
Not to mention him as the director of public affairs, even Wen Peishi, if he hadn't always fawned over the Japanese, would he have been able to secure his position as mayor?
"Do you want to take a share?" Lu Chengzhou asked. If you buy grain at this time, as long as you can transport it back to Haigu, you will definitely make a fortune.
However, the best time to harvest grain has passed.
Before this, Lu Chengzhou told Fu Qi to save more grain. Fu Qi took almost all the funds he could use and used them all to purchase grain.
Even the Daxing grocery store has stocked up on a lot of food.
If you have food at home, you won't panic. If you don't have food, what's the use of having tons of wealth?
"How can I have money? I'm asking this for a friend." Huang Xiao'an said in a cover-up manner.
In fact, he had already inquired about it, and Gong Qi Yihuan was already selecting rice merchants, with each family starting at least 50,000 yuan, with a total capital of 1 million yuan, until all the money was collected.
If this one million yuan is exchanged for grain and transported to Haigu, it can be sold for at least three million yuan.
However, Huang Xiao'an could only raise 30,000 yuan. He wanted to ask Lu Chengzhou to help him walk and get on the boat of Gong Qi Yihuan's fortune.
Huang Xiaoan had asked Lu Chengzhou for help before when prices for trams and tap water were raised.
He believed that Lu Chengzhou could help him this time, otherwise, he wouldn't be waiting outside Lu Chengzhou's house in the middle of the night.
"I'm not very familiar with Gong Qi Yihuan. I can help you find out. I'll do my best, but I don't know if it can be done." Lu Chengzhou said humbly.
He would never talk enough about this kind of thing.
"Thank you so much, Director Lu." Huang Xiao'an said.
He could only raise 30,000 yuan, but Gong Qiyihuan asked for 50,000 yuan to start.
Moreover, even if he raises 50,000 yuan, Gong Qi Yihuan may not accept it, because some rice merchants may offer only 100,000 or 200,000 yuan.
"We are all friends, yet we are so polite to each other." Lu Chengzhou said, pretending to be unhappy.
"This is really an opportunity. If Director Lu is interested, I would like to take a share." Huang Xiao'an said with a smile.
Lu Chengzhou's tone gave him the illusion that Lu Chengzhou took his own affairs very seriously.
"Let's talk about it later." Lu Chengzhou smiled and did not agree to Huang Xiao'an immediately.
He doesn't want to miss the opportunity to make a fortune, but he doesn't want to do anything he's not sure about.
After seeing off Huang Xiaoan, Lu Chengzhou drove out in a boat.
Lu Chengzhou has lived in the British Concession for five years. Not to mention his jurisdiction, even the entire British Concession, he is very familiar with every street.
When he was driving the boat, he didn't even need to turn on the lights. He could row exactly where he wanted to go with just the faint starlight in the sky.
Lu Chengzhou was going to Zhang Baotou's home. The British Concession was flooded and there were thousands of rickshaws, making life very difficult immediately.
They like rain, because business is good on rainy days, but they don't like being flooded. The water cannot be knee deep, otherwise, their rickshaws will not be able to attract customers.
Zhang Baotou lives in a bungalow. The house has been flooded for a long time. He cannot afford a boat, so he can only put two wooden boards on the room as a bed. The family squeezes in on it, and they don’t dare to turn over when sleeping at night, otherwise there may be danger.
fell into the water.
The rickshaws cannot be pulled, so they can only make a living by moving goods at the dock. People like them can only do hard work.
But many times, even if you wake up early and work late at night, as tired as a dog, you still can't make much money, and it's difficult to support yourself.
If you have a family, your whole family will go hungry.
"Zhang Baotou." Lu Chengzhou said loudly outside the door.
When he was at the police station, Zhang Baotou was his spy. A lot of information in the intelligence room came from Zhang Baotou.
"Who is it?" Zhang Baotou heard someone calling him inside, but for a moment he didn't hear Lu Chengzhou's voice.
The water in his house is about one meter deep. When guests come, the water can only flow out.
"It's me, Lu Chengzhou."
Upon hearing the words Lu Chengzhou, Zhang Baotou's body suddenly froze in the water.
