Code Name: Flame

Chapter 45
Shen Hongyan and Qu Wu have arrived in Shanghai, and they separately came to Shanghai to lurk after receiving the transfer order.Although they were reluctant in various ways, it was difficult to violate military orders.

Shen Hongyan rented a house in the International Settlement and opened a clothing store specializing in suits and cheongsams.The store and the Fujiwara Trading Company are back to back facing two roads, and it takes only a few minutes to walk.

Qu Wu opened a restaurant on Sima Road, and his chefs and waiters were all brought out by the special forces.The four cooks urgently asked the cooks of Changshu Restaurant to train them. Fortunately, they already had skills, and after the training, they were really interesting, so the business was booming after opening.

Zhang Min opened a small hospital in the French Concession, and the doctors were hired from St. John's Hospital with high salaries.Because the charges are reasonable and the level is good, it quickly became famous in the surrounding area. There are many people who come to see the doctor, and the business is not bad.

In the alley, a man wearing a hood was hiding in a dark corner.

The eldest brother of the Liu family just arrived in Shanghai today by ship, so he rushed home excitedly carrying big and small bags.The rickshaw was parked at the door of my house. It was late at night, so the surrounding was quiet, and there were few people on the road.

The rickshaw driver took his bag from the car, thanked him after taking the money, and ran away with the car.

Brother Liu took out the key from his pocket, and was about to open the door, when his mouth was covered with a hand, a coldness lay across his neck, and through the dim streetlight, he saw his shadow reflected on the door turned into a heavy film.

"Don't make a sound, just ask you a few words, answer honestly, and I will let you go. If you dare to play tricks, you must think about your family."

Brother Liu was terrified, and began to tremble all over, "Friend, if you have something to say, just ask, I will tell you what I know, but I don't know..." His words were stopped by the coldness of the dagger, and his skin shone when the blade passed. goosebumps.

"I know that you smuggled silver dollars for Americans. Tell me, how much do you usually ship, and where do you ship it?"

Brother Liu shook even more, "My friend, I'm just a sailor. I don't care about the cargo. Diners are in charge of it. Our Danba Shipping Company belongs to Diners, and we will ship whatever they ask. what?"

"How much is shipped each time?"

"Not necessarily. When it is more, it is five or six hundred tons, and when it is less, it is dozens of tons."

"When did you ship the goods recently, and how much?"

"Our ship will leave next month, and the Orleans will leave on the 25th of this month. I don't know how much we will ship. My friend, the American ship can't move, and the US Marine Corps is on board to protect it." The eldest brother of the Liu family also saw A well-informed person, the panic at the beginning gradually calmed down after a few conversations.

"how many people?"

"Sometimes there are seven or eight, and sometimes there are more than a dozen. They all carry weapons. The ship has an arsenal, and the crew will fight when necessary."

"Today's matter should be kept secret, don't tell anyone, as long as I know you said a word in the future, I will kill your whole family."

"There are a few, friends, don't worry, I'm not that stupid."

The dagger patted his face, "Don't look back, go in."

The eldest brother of the Liu family quickly stretched out the key to open the door, and was about to turn around to get the luggage. After hesitating for a moment, he felt that the dagger had left his body, so he boldly asked, "Friend, can I cut with the luggage?"

There was no sound behind him, and when he looked back, there was no sign of anyone.

The Americans ran into an economic crisis when they flooded the U.S. dollar, and the gold standard collapsed, so they retreated and adopted the silver standard.But where is there so much silver in the United States?However, China is the only country in the world that uses massive amounts of silver as currency, so China has become the target of looting.

In order to prevent the outflow of silver dollars, the Chinese government introduced a silver dollar tax, which raised the cost of silver dollar outflows, hoping to prevent the outflow of silver dollars, so smuggling came into being.

Not only the United States participated in the robbery of Chinese silver, but Japan, Britain, and France all participated.Japan secretly transported the silver dollars robbed in the three northeastern provinces to Dalian by train, and then transported them to the United States by Dalian ship.

The anti-smuggling police in North China were ordered by the head of state to confiscate weapons and seize the smuggling with bare hands, but they were beaten violently by Japanese ronin with sticks.Since then, there has been no cover for smuggled goods in North China, and the goods have been shipped generously. The silver dollars in North China are concentrated in Tianjin every day, and then shipped to Dalian, and then shipped from Dalian to the United States.

And Shanghai is the hardest-hit area for silver dollar smuggling. A large amount of silver dollar and silver ingots are brought to the United States by various ocean-going ships in Shanghai Port. One ship ships, and millions of silver dollars flow out every day on average.

Chen Jia was furious, this was blatant plunder.The Republic of China was also based on the silver standard. Without a huge silver endorsement, the legal currency introduced later would become a joke.

Japan needs a lot of American support, technology, and steel, so it does what it likes and becomes the biggest accomplice of the United States in plundering China's silver.And the American technology and steel exchanged for the silver have become a sharp weapon to kill the Chinese, guns and ammunition, aircraft and cannons to plunder China.

China's suffering is driven by the United States. Without their support, Japan would not have the strength to invade China.

Yamada Yokono was very worried when he saw the light in the master's study room kept on until dawn.The master has been in the study for the past few days, almost never coming out, and three meals a day are brought in by someone.With such hard work, the body will break down.

Early in the morning, Chen Jia came out of the study, her eyes were red and she hadn't slept all night.

Through other channels, he learned that the amount of silver transported by the Orleans this time would be large.In the future, the scale will become larger and larger, and Chen Jia does not know the specific situation.According to rough statistics in later generations, in just one year, the outflow of Chinese silver dollars reached more than 3 trillion yuan, totaling more than 9 tons. The actual data may be higher than this figure.

The information was sent to Nanjing, but Dai Li did nothing. Now that he knew about the smuggling by American foreign companies, so what?According to the strength of the Americans, it is better not to find out if it is found out.He can only strengthen restrictions on the flow of silver dollars into Shanghai, but it is actually useless.The daily trade volume in Shanghai is astronomical. Without enough silver dollars in circulation, Shanghai's economy will fall ill.When Shanghai gets sick, the whole country catches a cold.

Northeast China and North China couldn't be stopped either. The Japanese were tyrannical and could not be controlled at all, and their smuggling was open and aboveboard.The head of state did not dare to start a dispute with the Japanese, so he had to watch the Japanese exchange Chinese silver for American steel.

"Yamada, how many people are available under your command? I mean those who can use force."

When Chen Jia opened his mouth, Yamada took the lead. What is the master going to do?
"Six people, all from the army."

Chen Jia has a headache, what can six people do?If the Special Warfare Brigade is in the hands of this matter, maybe they can make a fuss. The six people can't do anything except protect the family and the nursing home.

Of course, Chen Jia is not for the sake of the country now, the task that Dai Li has given has been completed, but Chen Jia's eyes are red when he sees the money.Leaving from Brother Liu, he had the idea of ​​the Orleans in his mind, so when he reported to Dai Li, he withdrew the name of Diners & Co. Tamba Shipping Company, but gave the names of other American firms.

If Chen Jia wants to squeeze American wool, he must raise a large amount of funds.Seeing that the U.S. economic recovery is imminent, there will be no chance if we don't hurry up.

The silver of the Orleans must be taken at all costs, and the trend of the outflow of silver cannot be stopped by him, so let's get a share of it.

Diners & Co. has a wharf and warehouse in Pudong. The wharf can berth [-]-ton ships. Diners & Co.’s nearly [-] ocean-going ships load and unload at this wharf.

Chen Jia thought about it for two nights, but did not come up with any good ideas. He watched Diners unload and unload the goods, and robbing them would definitely not work. Once the gunshots rang out, there was nowhere to run.The point is, even if there are only dozens of tons of silver, you have no place to hide it.

The only people he could rely on were Shen Hongyan and his group. Adding the six in his family, there were only less than twenty. These people seemed to be able to do something, but what could they do?How to do it?

Seeing Chen Jia's uncertain appearance, Yamada also became nervous, "Master, what's the matter? Don't worry, these six people are all members of our family and are very reliable. If you want to fight with others, I can go to Look for the Black Dragon Association, they have a dojo in Hongkou, with three to four hundred people."

Chen Jia became more sober, and immediately shook his head when he heard the word "Black Dragon Club".Just kidding, the Black Dragon Society is the largest underworld organization in Japan, with extremely complicated members.If they also participate, not to mention giving them a large piece of money, the Black Dragon Society may not be willing to do such operations as black eating black.Despite the huge power of the Fujiwara family, the influence of the Black Dragon Society in Japan should not be underestimated.What's more, this is China, if the black dragon will make some accidents, the Fujiwara family will have nothing to do at that time.

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