Hearing what Li Yunsheng said, Meng Dong finally breathed a sigh of relief. He had been worried about this before, fearing that Li Yunsheng would be dissatisfied and pursue the responsibility, which would be bad luck for him.
Meng Dong was very afraid of Li Yunsheng. He had been in Tianjin for many years. The reason why he didn't think much of it was because he had seen Li Yunsheng's methods and knew that if he had other ideas, he would definitely die miserably. After all, no one would allow the existence of a traitor.
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At this time, Li Yunsheng said: "Take out one of your radio stations and give it to Xu Bing to use from now on." After that, he introduced Xu Bing to Meng Dong.
Regarding Li Yunsheng's words, Meng Dong naturally did not dare to violate him at all, and directly ordered one of his subordinates to get the radio, and then asked Li Yunsheng: "District Chief, how will you settle down after you come to Tianjin? Do you need your subordinates to prepare some places for you, or
Come directly to Paramount."
Li Yunsheng smiled and said: "No, I have my own arrangements. As for Paramount, we can't come. After all, you people have been lurking in Tianjin for many years, and there will be people watching you. If many strange faces suddenly appear, you will be
To make people suspicious, you only need to send a few people for me to use, but you must send your own people."
Li Yunsheng had already planned how to arrange the people he brought with him. After all, he knew that Tianjin would fall, so for the convenience of future operations, he had already bought several houses in the concession, which were now used as safe houses for his men.
Meng Dong immediately said: "Well, I'll let Fang Wenhua and a few people follow you. They are all my own people, so you can rest assured to use them."
Fang Wenhua was the one who led Li Yunsheng in, and he was also the agent who stayed in Tianjin before. So Li Yunsheng nodded, and then said: "At Haiguang Temple, there will be a lot of vehicles coming and going recently. Send people there to keep an eye on it.
Look how many vehicles are coming in."
Haiguang Temple is located in the urban area of Tianjin. It used to be the Japanese garrison headquarters. Now the headquarters has been moved to Peking and it has become an ordinary garrison base.
Since that generation was originally a Japanese concession, most of the people living there were Japanese. If you wanted to keep an eye on something, you would need a lot of manpower, so Li Yunsheng handed over the matter to Meng Dong. After all, he was under Meng Dong, but
There are more than thirty agents.
Regarding this matter, Meng Dong naturally did not hesitate, but he said doubtfully: "District Chief, why are we staring there?"
Li Yunsheng did not tell Meng Dong the truth, but said casually: "I have my own intentions, just do it this way."
Meng Dong nodded and stopped asking any more questions. After that, Li Yunsheng left the name and address of the hotel where he was staying, the phone number in the room, and asked Fang Wenhua to be on call at any time, before leaving with Xu Bing.
After returning to the hotel, Xu Bing asked: "District Chief, what should we do next? Should we ask other people to come over?"
Li Yunsheng said calmly: "There is no problem now. Just send a telegram to Zhang Hao and ask them all to come over. Fang Wenhua will be responsible for taking care of it."
Xu Bing asked again: "District Chief, you don't need Meng Dong and others to arrange a place. Then where will our people live after they arrive? Now Tianjin is an occupied area, and it is difficult to accommodate so many people."
Li Yunsheng said with a smile: "I have prepared several safe houses in the past, and there is no problem in housing dozens of people. This way, the people can be separated without contact with the original people, which is also a little more insurance."
Xu Bing said quickly: "Then where are we going to live? Should we also move to a safe house?"
Li Yunsheng said softly: "We will live in the hotel. I will think of a way in the future to let you all have a public identity, so that it will be more convenient."
Xu Bing asked a few more questions, then turned around to send a telegram, while Li Yunsheng was thinking about how to investigate the antiques.
Finally, I thought of Zhang Tianlai who is in Peiping. This person was previously ordered by Li Yunsheng and has been lurking in Peiping. Now he works in the puppet government police station in Peiping. Although his status is not high, there should be no problem in inquiring about some information. After all, large-scale
The looting of antiques will definitely not cause too much noise.
So after Xu Bing finished sending the telegram, Li Yunsheng asked her to send a telegram to Zhang Tianlai at the appointed time to find out whether the Japanese were looting antiques in Peiping.
Just when Li Yunsheng was thinking about antiques, in a courtyard in the French Concession, a father and son were worried. After a while, the son said to his father: "Dad, there is no money in the account now. I still owe him money."
We have a lot of foreign debt, and if we can't sell this batch of cloth, we will go bankrupt in a short time."
The old man sighed and said, "Is there still no one willing to lend us money?"
The son smiled bitterly and said: "Now that most people know that the Japanese are going to cause trouble for us, there will still be people who dare to lend us money. Isn't this setting fire to ourselves?"
The old man frowned and asked, "Have you been to those state-owned banks? Are they unwilling to lend us money?"
The son said helplessly: "The Bank of Communications is willing to lend us some money, but it is only a drop in the bucket. Now anyone with a discerning eye can see that our batch of cotton cloth has been targeted by the Japanese and there is no way to get rid of it. Now
The only way is to sell these things to the Japanese, and the reason why the Bank of Communications is willing to lend us some money is probably because they are worried about this."
The old man thought for a while, and then said: "Then let's borrow the money from the Bank of Communications first, so that we can hold on for a while. Then I will find foreign friends to see if I can transport this piece of cloth out of Tianjin."
The son said calmly: "Dad, after all, Tianjin is the territory of the Japanese. Those foreigners don't dare to offend the Japanese easily. Why don't we just sell the cloth to the Japanese so that we can recover some of our capital."
After hearing his son's words, the old man cursed angrily: "I would rather go bankrupt and lose everything than sell these cloths to the Japanese."
The son said with a wry smile: "Dad, we now owe hundreds of thousands in foreign debt. In a period of time, debt collectors may come to our door. What will we have to pay back to others? Is it really going to take the family to be ruined?"
As soon as the son finished speaking, a crisp voice came from outside. The voice was very pleasant, but it was a bit deserted: "Even if the family is ruined, they can't sell those cotton cloths to the Japanese. They got these cloths and they must be used to make them."
Military uniforms and quilts are given to the Japanese soldiers on the front line, so don’t we become traitors?”
As the words fell, a young woman walked in. The woman was about 1.65 meters tall and very beautiful. However, there was a bit of coldness on her face, which made people know that she was an iceberg beauty at a glance.
Seeing the woman walking in, the old man quickly said: "Qing'er is back. Where have you been today?"
The woman is Li Yunsheng's fiancée Liu Qing, and the father and son are naturally Li Yunsheng's future father-in-law and brother-in-law.
After hearing what his father said, Liu Qing immediately said: "Dad, I went to Citibank in the public settlement today and asked them if they could give us a loan."
Liu Zhongyi immediately asked: "What did they say?" Although he was asking, his tone did not contain any hope, but he was just unwilling to dampen his daughter's enthusiasm.
However, Liu Qing did not hear anything wrong with her father's tone, and quickly said: "Citibank is willing to provide us with a loan of US$50,000, but it requires our house and factory to be used as collateral."
Liu Zhongyi knew that this would be the result, so he sighed and said: "These foreigners have this kind of virtue. They don't let go of hawks when they see rabbits. Our house and factory are worth nearly one hundred thousand US dollars, but they have made good calculations."
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Liu Qing said calmly: "Dad, I calculated that our family's foreign debt that is about to mature is only about a hundred thousand silver dollars. If we get these fifty thousand US dollars, plus the loan from the Bank of Communications, we can pay it back."
Clear this foreign debt so that we can persist for a long time and then slowly find a solution."
Liu Zhongyi did not speak, but immediately began to think, but Liu Hongyu on the side said: "Mortgaging the house and factory is just a temporary solution. This batch of cotton cloth still cannot be sold. When the next batch of arrears is due,
If we still can’t get the money out, not only will our house and factory be gone, but our family will also be ruined.”
Liu Qing said sarcastically: "Then what you want is to sell these pieces of cloth to the Japanese, or become a traitor."
Liu Hongyu said angrily: "Now the Japanese have set their sights on this batch of cloth from our family. No one dares to take over it. Doing what you said will only delay it for a while. When the time is up, what else can we do.
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When Liu Qing was about to say something else, Liu Zhongyi shouted: "Okay, stop arguing, I won't be a traitor, just do what Xiao Qing said, borrow money from Citibank first, and save money first."
Let’s talk about it after passing this level.”
Liu Hongyu said worriedly: "Dad, if we do this, the danger will be great. I am afraid that this batch of cloth cannot be sold at all. The losses will be even greater by then, and the family will be ruined."
Liu Zhongyi said coldly: "There is really no other way at that time. I will take you out of Tianjin and burn this batch of cloth. Anyway, I will never give the Japanese any advantage."
Seeing that his father had made up his mind, Liu Hongyu didn't say anything, but looked at Liu Qing hatefully, and then left angrily.
As soon as Liu Hongyu left, Liu Zhongyi said: "Daughter, our family is facing a very dangerous situation now. Although my father has made up his mind that he will never join the Japanese, he also knows that it is difficult for our family to have a good outcome, so
My father plans to ask you all to leave Tianjin and go to your in-laws to take shelter. If my father gets through this, you will come back."
Liu Zhongyi has been in business for many years, so he is certainly not a confused person. He knows that if his family goes bankrupt, the family will definitely not want to live in the concession. And because of his patriotic feelings, he will never compromise with the Japanese, so he wants his family to leave.
Liu Qing heard her father's words and said softly: "Dad, there is no obstacle in life that cannot be overcome. You are so good at not compromising with the Japanese. So no matter what happens, my daughter will stay in Tianjin and face it with you."