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Chapter 1261 The two sides meet

In the Japanese-style private room of the Cathay Hotel, Ryosuke Hase and the special envoy were toasting each other, while several white women were kneeling beside them, pouring wine and serving food to them.

"Hase-kun, Tokyo is very dissatisfied with Osako. His Excellency the Prince originally wanted you to take over as the head of the Special Committee on China, but he failed to get the consent of the majority. It's a pity."

The special envoy drank a glass of sake and said in Japanese with a hint of regret, "As for whether it is true or not, just listen to the officialdom. Anyone who believes it is a fool."

Hase Ryosuke raised his glass again and said sincerely, "Thank you, Mr. Special Envoy, for telling me. Hase is very grateful. Please tell His Excellency the Prince when you return to your homeland that Huizi and I will visit you during the New Year."

After saying that, he waved his hand to let the white women go down, and clapped his hands lightly. A young agent from the Hase Agency walked in from outside holding a wooden box.

"Hase-kun, what is this?" The envoy swallowed as he looked at the heavy wooden box.

I have heard for a long time that this intelligence flower of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is generous, wealthy, and controls most of the smuggling channels in Shanghai. Both the army and the navy have to give him some face.

A person like this wouldn't be too stingy to give a gift in private, right? The envoy quickly took a sip of wine to hide his excitement.

Hase Ryosuke laughed and said nothing. After the little spy went out, he opened the wooden box directly. The private room was suddenly filled with golden light, and there were dozens of small yellow croakers in the box.

"Hiss~~~cough cough cough"

The envoy first gasped, then choked on the wine and coughed several times, but his hands involuntarily reached for the gold bars.

Halfway through the process, he suddenly stopped and looked at Hase Ryosuke with some caution. There was a saying in the Republic of China that when you give a gift to someone, you must ask for something in return. The other party had spent such a huge price, so he must want his help with something.

He had to first find out what the matter was and whether it was difficult to do. It wasn't that he wouldn't do it if it was difficult, but that would come at a different price.

Hase Ryosuke smiled and pushed the box towards the envoy, saying calmly, "Don't misunderstand, sir. This is just a meeting gift. There is absolutely no other meaning. Please accept it with confidence."

The envoy gasped again. These gold bars were enough to buy a mansion in Tokyo. The other party gave them away so easily. This was more than just generosity; it was like Ebisu (the Japanese God of Wealth) was reincarnated.

"Hase-kun, you can contact me if you have any problems in the future." The envoy pulled the wooden box to his side without hesitation and looked up to make a promise.

"Hahaha, ok, cheers."

Hase Ryosuke smiled particularly happily. He had seen many people like this. Once it happens, there will be a second time. Principles will slowly disappear and the bottom line will slowly retreat.

The two people, each getting what they wanted, continued to chat while drinking, and the conversation gradually involved sensitive information, but the special envoy seemed to have completely forgotten about confidentiality and said everything he could.

As he was talking, the envoy mentioned the secret talks between Japan and Judah: "The top leaders of the empire attach great importance to the power of the Jewish people. If we can get the support of the Jewish merchants in the United States, the Mite Continent will achieve great development. This is also one of the tasks of my trip."

"Oh? Are you the person in charge of the confidential talk?" Hase Ryosuke's eyes lit up and he poured the other party a glass of wine.

The red-faced envoy burped and shook his head: "This negotiation is led by the Army, and the Cabinet and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are only assisting. I need to evaluate the progress of the negotiations and determine whether the secret talks are beneficial to the Empire."

"Search Disney~"

Hase Ryosuke understood. It seemed that the top management also had different opinions on this matter, otherwise they would not have sent the other party. But where was the address for the secret meeting?

He thought about it and decided not to ask this question, as that would be too obvious, so he started talking about love again and handed the envoy a key to his villa to serve as a temporary residence during his stay in Shanghai.

People are in high spirits when they are happy, and the number of empty wine bottles is increasing. The special envoy has obviously drunk a lot and did not shy away from other details of the secret talks.

The other party did not conceal anything they knew, including the address of the secret talks, the background of the participants, and the negotiation time, and told Hase all of them as topics of conversation.

When the street lights on the Huangpu River bank came on, the staggering envoy was helped out of the gate of the Cathay Hotel. Hase Ryosuke opened the car door for him. The two sides agreed to meet again tomorrow and then parted ways.

After the car drove away, Hase turned around and prepared to leave, but suddenly a familiar face appeared in his sight, scaring him so much that he almost screamed.

After taking a glance at his men beside him, he calmly sent everyone away, walked to the car alone, got in, started the car and drove towards his residence.

After driving for a while, Hase looked at the rearview mirror, turned the steering wheel with his hands, pulled the car to the side of the road and drove slowly. A few seconds later, a man got into the back seat and bent down, and the car accelerated again. "Fat Tiger, why didn't you inform me in advance when you came to Shanghai? Don't you know that your friend has told the Jinling Special High Section about your simulated portrait? You will kill us by doing this." Hase Ryosuke was driving the car and reacted violently.

Zuo Zhong, who was sitting in the back seat, looked up at the back of the car and said with a smile, "Don't worry, if we can catch someone by simulating a portrait, then there will be no living spies."

It cannot be said that simulated portraits are useless, but they are of little use unless they are compared face to face. Moreover, without insider intelligence, the Japanese would not have thought that he, the deputy director of the Military Control Commission, would come to Shanghai in person.

Hase Ryosuke was speechless, and after a while he asked, "Is there a mission? Fat Tiger, you can just inform me by telegram. Why do you have to go through danger in person?"

Zuo Zhong did not answer, his face solemn: "There is indeed a mission, have you heard about the secret talks between Japan and Yu?"

After asking the question, his hand gently touched his waist. If Hase said he didn't know, then he would have to consider whether the other party had betrayed him.

As the head of Japan's intelligence agency in Shanghai, he had spies all over the foreign land. Even if the Japanese top brass had not informed him, Hase could not hide the Japan-Jewish negotiations.

Fortunately, Hase Ryosuke answered immediately after hearing this: "Of course, I just heard about this from the special envoy from Tokyo. The negotiation will take place in the Hardoon Garden at nine in the morning seven days later."

This information was basically consistent with Miyagi Toyotsugu's confession. Zuo Zhong felt relieved and removed his hand from his waist. He continued to inquire about the intelligence of the secret talks and offered a considerable price.

Hearing that there was money to be made and realizing that his estate in South America could be expanded, Hase suddenly became excited and explained the whole story in detail.

It turned out that within the Japanese government, the main promoters of the pufferfish plan were Jewish experts, Army Colonel Koreshige Inuzuka and Colonel Senhiro Yasue. The two proposed a detailed plan, including how to establish a Jewish settlement and how to gain the support of the Jews.

The plan included sending a delegation to the United States to introduce the similarities between Judaism and Shintoism to Jewish rabbis, and to attract the favor of American journalism and Hollywood so that Jews would settle in the continent.

However, this matter was stopped by the World Jewish Congress. The head of the World Jewish Congress denounced the members who spoke well of the Japanese, believing that it was a degenerate act for Jews to support the Japanese because Japan, like Germany and Italy, was a truly evil country.

However, as the situation in Europe became tense, more and more Jews were persecuted by the German government. The Japanese consul in Kaunas, Lithuania, issued transit visas to the fleeing Jews, allowing them to stay in Japan for a period of time before going to their final destination.

Thousands of Jews obtained visas, traveled through Red Russia via the Trans-Siberian Railway, boarded ships from Vladivostok to Tsuruga, and eventually settled in Kobe.

At the beginning of 1941, the Japanese government began to worry that Jewish refugees living in military ports and commercial ports would cause intelligence leaks, so it required the Jews in Kobe to move to Shanghai, which was occupied by Japan. Only the Jews who had settled in Kobe before the arrival of the refugees were allowed to stay.

The Jewish Restoration Organization took the opportunity to contact Tokyo, and the two sides began substantive talks. The Jewish representative, Harbin doctor Kaufman, led a team to Shanghai half a month ago. Japanese representatives Inuzuka Koreshige and Yasue Senhiro also arrived in Shanghai on the same day.

Currently, the Japanese side is temporarily living in the Japanese Army Officers Club, and the Jewish side is living in the private residence of a Jewish businessman. The Japanese troops stationed in Shanghai have dispatched a large number of troops to these two places for protection. Hase reminded Zuo Zhong that if he wanted to disrupt the talks, it would be better to start from other ways.

Zuo Zhong certainly understood that taking direct action was a bad idea, so he memorized the relevant information in his mind, left a message saying "contact us anytime" and jumped out of the slowly decelerating car, disappearing into the dark alley.

More than ten minutes later, a car passed through the checkpoint and drove into the French Concession. Gui Youguang, who was driving, turned around and asked whether the connection went smoothly.

"Boss Suta, have you met our business partner?"

Although there were only two people in the car, Gui Youguang still used code names and false identities to communicate cautiously.

The Kuomintang delegation came to Shanghai this time with the identity of Siamese merchants. Japan and Siam have a good relationship, so they would not be subject to too much scrutiny when they came to Shanghai with this identity.

"Drive your car carefully." Zuo Zhong replied while looking out the window, thinking about his next actions in his mind.

Whether it is Kaufman, Inuzuka Koreshige, or Yasue Senhiro, this is the first time that the Military Intelligence Bureau has come into contact with them. They have to find a way to obtain the information of these people. I'm afraid this task will still fall on Hase's shoulders.

Hase said that the special envoy from Tokyo was also a smart man who understood the ways of the world. It was good that he was a smart man, so the difficulty of obtaining intelligence was greatly reduced.

The car drove along the flat road for a while and stopped at the door of a hotel with a French sign. The two got out of the car and walked to the door of one of the rooms. Before they entered, they heard Zheng Tingbing's voice.

"Old Xu, Dong Xin, please feel free to do as you please. This store is Zheng's own business, and the staff are all my people. I will definitely guarantee their safety."

Zuo Zhong's face turned dark. "Old Zheng is getting too cocky. Even if the hotel is yours, you can't call Xu Enzeng and Shen Dongxin like that. Who knows if there are any Japanese traitors among the staff?"