1928: The Rise of Giants

After seeing Ming Lou off, Ye Luo sealed all the documents and immediately took a bus back home.

Enter Rolls-Royce Phantom.

"Jianqiao, you have to personally hand this secret letter to Chen Zhen, and then have him personally lead a motorcade to Tianjin City and hand the secret letter to Zhang Hanqing." Ye Luo handed the secret letter that recorded the Japanese plan to attack Rehe to Shi Jianqiao in the front row, and repeatedly reminded her, "Remember, Chen Zhen must personally hand it to Zhang Hanqing, and no one else can pass it."

"I understand, Second Young Master." Shi Jianqiao held the secret letter and nodded seriously.

She knew that Ye Luo would only let her deliver the letter personally if it was something extremely important, so she held the secret letter to her chest and was determined not to hand it over until she met Chen Zhen.

"Cao Fan, when Heng San comes back, have him bring a group of brothers with reliable backgrounds, good water skills, and strong combat capabilities. After the Japanese merchants escorted by the Japanese board the ship at Shilipu Wharf, follow them. It would be best if we can seize the information they smuggled out. If not, destroy it all."

Ye Luo instructed Cao Fan.

Before this, Yokosan had led his men to the Japanese mainland to see if there was any chance to rescue Yun Bong-gil who was imprisoned in the Japanese Army Prison. If that didn't work, it would be better to let him be released than to be torn apart by the Japanese invaders on a wooden rack.

A hero shouldn't have ended up like that.

As for the information smuggled out of the Hongkou Dojo, the army certainly could not take it all away, and would have to transport it in batches.

Then the Japanese expatriates and Japanese businessmen who evacuated with them would be the best means of transportation.

After the Battle of Shanghai, the first wave of evacuation was the Japanese warships. At this time, if they wanted to go out to sea, they had to take a ship. However, the passenger and cargo ships in Shiliupu were basically monopolized by Ye’s Shipping Company and Japan’s Nissin Shipping Company.

No matter which ship they take, Ye Luo will find a way to get people on board to cause trouble.

"Yes, Second Young Master." Cao Fan nodded and kept his instructions in mind.

arrive home.

Ye Zhuohua and Li Siye, who could already walk, were running wildly in the living room. Xiaoli looked at her master and young lady helplessly, pouting angrily. She could only follow them quickly, fearing that they would fall and get hurt.

The mahjong table in the living room has been empty for a long time recently. The mahjong quartet and the other women either go out shopping or do their own business. They rarely stay in Ye Mansion during the day.

There is no other reason.

Recently, Bai Xiuzhu, Xiao Aqiao and Huixin have been here day and night. They don't want to hang around the Ye family at this time and cause dislike from the eldest and second wives who are in charge of the family.

At this time, the three girls were sitting on the sofa drinking tea and talking in low voices. Huixin was telling them about her experiences in the United States in English while breastfeeding her lovely little daughter Ye Hongdou.

"What are you talking about?" Ye Luo squeezed in between the three people and joined in the fun in English.

Bai Xiuzhu rolled her eyes at him and said with a smile, "We are practicing our English. Didn't you say you would consider living abroad in the future? If our English is too poor, we won't even be able to leave the house."

"Yes, compared with Xiuzhu and Huixin, my English is much worse. I need to practice it hard." Xiao Aqiao also agreed.

"Yeah." Ye Luo took the tea handed to him by Bai Xiuzhu, took a sip, and hugged them both with one hand each, then smiled and said to Huixin, "I have arranged a flight back to the United States for you. Do you want to take Hongdou with you, or let her stay here?"

"When do we leave?" Hui Xin's heart skipped a beat. She knew that with her status, it was impossible for her to stay in the Ye family for long. Moreover, she was a US senator and needed to help Ye Luo politically.

But these days, she had finally become familiar with Bai Xiuzhu and the other girls, and now she had to leave, and she really couldn't bear to leave.

"The plane is the day after tomorrow." Ye Luo said.

"Are you in such a hurry? It's okay to go back after this summer, right?" Bai Xiuzhu was also a little reluctant to leave Huixin.

When she first learned that Ye Hongdou was Ye Luo's daughter, she was sulking for several days, but later, after learning about Hui Xin's dedication to Ye Luo and her foreseeable helpless fate in the future, her anger suddenly turned into pity.

As a woman, she knew how painful it was to not be able to live with the man she loved legitimately for her entire life and to have to help him do things in politics and business.

"No, the general election is coming up in a few years, Huixin must go back to support Franklin." Ye Luo shook his head, his tone firm.

Franklin was one of the most important figures influencing the course of World War II. If we could support him all the way, it would be very beneficial to the development of Ye's investment in the United States. "I understand. Then I will leave Hongdou here. There are too many uncertainties over there, and I can't take care of it alone. I'm relieved to leave Hongdou to Sister Xiuzhu's care."

Huixin glanced at Ye Hongdou who was sucking milk, her eyes full of reluctance and love.

Her two daughters, Li Siye and Ye Hongdou, are now being raised by Bai Xiuzhu. Perhaps in a few years, they won't even recognize their own mother.

Thinking of this, she still felt very lost.

But what can be done?

When Ye Luo asked her whether she wanted to continue living as Hui Xin or as Mrs. Dewittbook, she had already made the decision.

"Okay, Sister Huixin, don't worry, I will definitely help you raise Hongdou to be plump and white." Bai Xiuzhu said to her seriously.

After the two of them enjoyed their sisterly affection for a while, Ye Luo secretly gave Xiao Aqiao a look and asked her to invite Ye Yuqiao to the study.

Little Aqiao understood what he meant and subdued the noisy Ye Zhuohua with a wave of her slender hand.

"Mom~" Ye Zhuohua was still very afraid to kiss his mother.

"Okay, it's time to go study with your sister." Xiao Aqiao tapped her son's head and asked him to hold Li Siye's hand and go upstairs.

Huixin and Bai Xiuzhu understood and went to the kitchen on the first floor to cook and chat with their stepmother.

Ye Luo walked slowly up to the second floor and came to the study, where he found Ye Yuqiao and Ye Hao were both there.

"Dad, brother." Ye Luo closed the door and asked them to sit down together.

"What's wrong, A'Luo, are you having trouble with the acquisition of the Hongkou Dojo?" Ye Hao sat down carelessly, unbuttoned the collar of his suit, and gulped down a glass of water.

He had just come out of Ye’s Security Company. As the company grew in size, his subordinates became more and more diverse. He had to select the best and continuously promote elites to help manage the people below. This was not something he was good at, so he had been overwhelmed recently.

"No. Take a look at this." Ye Luo took out the list of spies and handed it to them.

Ye Yuqiao raised his eyebrows, and after reading it carefully, he looked very happy: "Is this the list of Japanese spies in the south?"

"Yes. Basically all the spies in the south are covered. Unfortunately, there are only those from Japan. There is no list of Japanese and puppet troops." Ye Luo sighed.

"Leave this matter to our Anti-Japanese Traitor Extermination Group." Ye Yuqiao took the list directly and looked at Ye Luo with approval, "A Luo, you are very good. You are doing business without forgetting to save the country. I am very pleased."

"Dad, don't carry out assassinations too frequently. Also, it's best not to touch the top leaders of the Kuomintang." Ye Luo hesitated for a long time, but finally said this.

As the "suppression of bandits" became more and more intense, the principal was thinking about "maintaining internal stability" like a lunatic even though the country was in crisis. Ye Yuqiao and other aspiring people began to feel strongly dissatisfied.

He knew that in a while, Ye Yuqiao and his group would begin planning to assassinate high-ranking Kuomintang officials, especially members of the Wang Puppet faction in the Jiangcheng Nationalist Government.

But the risk is simply too great.

"What are you talking about? Can't you see what kind of people the Kuomintang's high-ranking officials are? If we let them continue like this, the country will perish sooner or later!" Ye Yuqiao said coldly, "A Luo, you have to distinguish between family affairs, national affairs and world affairs."

"Dad! A'Luo is doing this for the good of our family. We have to fight against the Japanese and eliminate the traitors step by step, right?" Ye Hao hurriedly tried to smooth things over between his brother and father.

"You too! You don't know how to get married at such an old age!" Ye Yuqiao waved her sleeves and angrily scolded Ye Hao. Ye Hao was choked and speechless.

Ye Luo had to smile bitterly and told him not to be angry and that they could discuss the matter further.

Although Ye Yuqiao was more open-minded than most presidents in the Republic of China, due to the times and his personal character, there were some things that Ye Luo could not convince him of.

I had no choice but to follow his lead and try to save as many people as possible. (End of this chapter)