There is a cross street in the northwest of Tianjin city. The location here is average, but with the establishment of an East Asian trading house, the cross street has become more and more prosperous.
However, there are not many people living in Cross Street, because most of the properties in the entire Cross Street belong to East Asia Trading House.
The scale of East Asia Trading House is not too big, but it is not small either. It specializes in import and export transactions, so it requires a lot of warehouses.
Therefore, several large warehouses were built behind the cross street to store items.
Because the warehouse occupies a large area, there are no private houses here, and Li Yunsheng's destination is also here.
When the truck arrived at the warehouse door of East Asia Trading Company, the door was opened immediately, and then the truck drove into the warehouse majestically.
There were only six people in the warehouse, two of them were wearing Japanese kimonos, and the rest were dressed as bodyguards.
When these people saw Li Yunsheng and others coming in, they immediately stepped forward to help without any surprise.
"District Chief, why did you come here? Is everything going well?"
As soon as Li Yunsheng got out of the car, a man wearing a Japanese kimono immediately came up to ask, with a very respectful tone.
This person is Wu Zhihe, now under the pseudonym Miura Iakazu, and has been lurking in Tianjin, doing smuggling business for Li Yunsheng.
The East Asia Trading House is also an industry owned by the military, but there are not many insiders and it is highly confidential.
"Very smooth!"
Li Yunsheng responded with a smile, and then asked in a different direction: "Are you ready?"
Before taking action, Li Yunsheng had already made arrangements to hide Robert and others here after rescuing them.
After all, the East Asia Trading Company is well-known, and it is still a Japanese industry. No one would have thought that Robert and others would hide here.
"We are ready. District Chief, please follow me."
Wu Zhihe responded immediately, and then led Li Yunsheng and others towards a warehouse.
Li Yunsheng and others walked to the warehouse thinking about it. They were only accompanied by a man in a kimono. As for the four people dressed as bodyguards, they began to change the car license plates and get rid of some markings belonging to military vehicles.
On the other side, after Li Yunsheng and others entered the warehouse, they saw piles of groceries, mostly daily necessities.
The most eye-catching thing is that in the southeast corner of the warehouse, there is an tunnel entrance, and there are also many groceries placed next to it.
"District Chief, that is the entrance to the basement. The space inside is very large. It not only has ventilation holes, but also lighting and electricity."
Wu Zhihe introduced the situation carefully, with a very respectful attitude, and then looked at Li Yunsheng, waiting for his boss's decision.
After listening to Wu Zhihe's words, Li Yunsheng nodded with satisfaction, then turned around and said to Robert: "Mr. Consul, the current situation is unclear. I would like to ask you to stay here for a while. After the situation stabilizes, I will send you off."
You leave."
The purpose of Li Yunsheng coming here is to help Robert and other British people. After all, this is a relatively safe place, which is suitable for these white people to hide.
"Mr. Li, we will obey your arrangements in everything."
Robert responded immediately, with a very gentle and relaxed attitude.
Because he was able to leave the concession safely, Robert was very satisfied. After seeing the situation here, he knew that it was very safe, so he naturally didn't say anything more.
"Then you go to the basement to rest for a while, I have to do some aftermath."
Li Yunsheng made a decision immediately. After all, it was still broad daylight and many things needed to be dealt with.
Robert did not hesitate and immediately led a few white people towards the basement.
However, Robert had been holding the suitcase brought back by Li Yunsheng in his hand, and had no intention of handing it over to the military commander.
Seeing Robert's behavior, Li Yunsheng was not dissatisfied. After all, that was not in his eyes.
After Robert entered the basement, Li Yunsheng sent two more military agents to the basement to protect them. Then he closed the basement flap and placed some debris on the flap to prevent anyone from noticing anything unusual.
After that, the group left the warehouse. Li Yunsheng, Wu Zhihe and a few others went to an office, while the rest of the military commanders went to another room to change out of Japanese soldiers' uniforms.
"District Chief, there will definitely be no problem with these people here. You can rest assured."
As soon as he entered the office, Wu Zhihe immediately spoke in a very serious tone.
"I can rest assured that you will do the work!"
Li Yunsheng answered with a smile. While speaking, he also took off his Japanese military uniform and put on civilian clothes.
The two people chatted a few words casually, and then Li Yunsheng asked: "By the way, have all the supplies in your hands been shipped out?"
Because Matsushima Keiko planned to escape, Li Yunsheng naturally gave up the smuggling business, and the person in charge of smuggling was Wu Zhihe in front of him.
It is precisely because Wu Zhihe shoulders such heavy responsibilities that Li Yunsheng has never used him. Even in big trouble, he will not use the power of the East Asia Trading Company, just to ensure the safety of this smuggling network.
But the situation is different now. Not only did Matsushima Keiko retreat and escape, but the Japanese also occupied the concession, so the East Asia Trading Company had no meaning in continuing to exist.
"District Chief, everything has been shipped out. Now there is only an empty shell of East Asia Trading House. I was about to ask the District Chief for instructions, what should I do next?"
Wu Zhihe responded immediately, but there was a hint of unwillingness in his tone.
After all, Wu Zhihe built East Asia Trading Company from scratch, and now that it has given up, he is naturally not willing to accept it.
But Wu Zhihe knew the importance and did not dare to disobey Li Yunsheng's order. Even though he was unwilling to do so, he still gave up the smuggling network bit by bit a few months ago.
"Your next step is to get rid of all the industries of East Asia Trading Company and prepare to evacuate Tianjin at any time!"
East Asia Trading House owns a lot of real estate, which are all valuable and must be disposed of now.
Since the East Asia Trading House no longer exists, Wu Zhihe and others do not need to stay here, because they are public figures and many people know them.
It was for this reason that Li Yunsheng arranged for Robert and others to go to the East Asia Trading House to guard against the British.
It's not that Li Yunsheng had any other thoughts, it was because the credibility of the British was not very good. Even if Li Yunsheng saved Robert's life, the British consul would sell him if there were enough benefits.
After listening to Li Yunsheng's arrangement, Wu Zhihe sighed and said with some caution: "District Chief, the establishment of the East Asia Trading Bank has cost us a lot of effort, should we just give up like this?"
Wu Zhihe was somewhat reluctant to give up the East Asia Trading Company, so he carefully tested Li Yunsheng's determination.
"The East Asia Trading House no longer needs to exist. Even if it remains, it can only be used as a backup stronghold and will be abandoned sooner or later."
Although Li Yunsheng also contributed a lot to the establishment of East Asia Trading House and provided a large amount of funds, he was naturally a little reluctant to part with it.
But the East Asia Trading Bank no longer has any role, so there is no need to continue to maintain it, so Li Yunsheng made this decision.
Seeing Li Yunsheng's attitude, Wu Zhihe understood that East Asia Trading Company had been completely abandoned, and his mood suddenly dropped, with a trace of sadness in his eyes.