20 years of the Republic of China

Chapter 326 Turbulence

In the fourth year of the Republic of China, it was early spring, a time when the weather suddenly turned warm and turned cold.

"Hello? Hello! Can you hear me?"

In Jiang Zhai's living room, Jiang Lianheng was wearing a shirt and a black vest, holding a cigar in his right hand and holding a phone in his left hand.

"Hello! Hello? Can you hear me?"

A weak current came from the receiver, followed by Zhao Guoyan's voice: "Hello? Brother Dao, you can hear me, you can hear me! You and your sister-in-law are fine!"

"Very good, let's get down to business!" Jiang Lianheng shouted loudly, "How is the investigation going on over there?"

Zhao Guoyan replied on the other end of the phone: "I checked clearly. The recent dozen or so delays insurance are not for us. On the train line from Fengtian to Yingkou, regardless of whether it is insured or not, seven or eight out of ten trains will have problems." .Brother Dao, what do you say?"

"Similar to you, most cars have had problems recently, and it's not about us."

Jiang Lianheng raised his head and looked out the window, vaguely hearing the sound of beating drums.

Originally, his business with the German Yaspsen was extremely pleasant, with cash on delivery, cash settlement, and never defaulted, and occasionally he was involved in arms transactions.

Jiang Lianheng sighed, hung up the phone, put half of the cigar in the ashtray, and then walked slowly to the window.

"Alas! It's all the same, and I'm not doing any better here either!"

After waiting for a while, Zhao Guoyan's voice sounded again: "Okay, okay, Brother Dao, I understand! If nothing happens, I'll hang up first! It's too chaotic here now!"

He paused, and then asked: "By the way, what's the current situation of Demao Yang Company?"

Jiang Lianheng shouted into the microphone: "You still need to ask me? I've told you hundreds of times, it's your responsibility!"

There was no reply from the other end of the phone.

This time, he was finally convinced that there were indeed bursts of drum beating outside the courtyard gate.

Jiang Lianheng set up a connection with Zhang Laogeda and purchased 12 machine guns and 10,000 rounds of ammunition from Demao Foreign Trade Co., Ltd., and obtained a lot of profit from them.

Last summer, when the war began, the price of bristle soared to unprecedented heights.

But not long after, the Japs declared war on the Germans, and it became difficult to transport the bristles via the Southern Railway.

"Zizzizi" - another weak current.

The sound of drums outside the window became more and more real.

"Hello? Guoyan, hello!"

"Yes, yes! Now we don't have to worry about buyers at all. If you agree, I will go talk to Taikoo Matheson!"

Zhao Guoyan responded, and then said: "Brother Dao, mainly my insurance business has been hard to do recently! There are fewer and fewer orders. Look...can you discuss it with Nantie and give it to us?" Take care of me?"

The business was frustrated, and Jiang Lianheng couldn't help but curse in a low voice.

The "dong dong" sound of the drum was so penetrating that it sounded like it was far away, but even the window frame trembled slightly.

Zhao Guoyan said: "Brother Dao, I think they have no chance! The German guy came to me a few days ago and wanted to buy bristle, but he had to receive the goods first and pay later. He didn't have much arms left. Now here The sea is full of Japanese ships, if that doesn’t work let’s sell them to the British!”

Jiang Lianheng hesitated for a moment, and finally had no choice but to say: "I'll go over and ask later!"

"Is there any way?"

Immediately afterwards, the naval battle broke out in the leased land of Jiaozhou Bay.

The Germans planned to return the leased land, but the Japs flatly refused.

What happened next was all too familiar to Jiang Lianheng - the authorities designated war zones and maintained neutrality. Everything was the same as the Russo-Japanese War ten years ago.

The Germans lost completely. For a time, the sea from Lushun to Jiaozhou Bay was full of Japanese warships.

The Bohai Sea was besieged and Yingkou Port suffered heavy losses.

At the same time, the Japanese were eager to let Dalian Port replace Yingkou Port and become the largest port outside the customs, so they used the South Manchuria Railway to suppress Yingkou freight.

Most businesses in the country have been affected.

The same goods cost five cents per ton per mile from Kuanchengzi to Yingkou; but only two cents per mile to Dalian.

Moreover, all goods shipped to Yingkou cannot be guaranteed by freight trains, and shipments are also deliberately delayed.

As a result, most companies gradually began to transport goods to Dalian and then set off by sea.

As a result, although the Jiang family's insurance business in Fengtian was not affected at all, Zhao Guoyan was complaining.

Jiang Lianheng frowned and stood quietly by the window for a while.

Wang Zhengnan came up from behind and asked with concern: "Brother Dao, do you want to go to Miyata Ryuuji to ask? It just so happens that he has sent people to look for us several times recently, but we have not gone."

Jiang Lianheng groaned, then nodded: "Then let's go and have a look!"

"I'll prepare the car!" Li Zhengxi quickly stood up from the sofa and walked quickly towards the entrance.

Jiang Lianheng also turned around and followed the stairs to the master bedroom on the second floor.

Pushing open the door, Hu Xiaoyan was on the bed, playing with her daughter with a rattle in her hand.

Xiao Jiangya sat on the edge of the bed, opened her arms, and reached for the rattle in front of her. She laughed from time to time. When she laughed, she couldn't sit still and fell directly on her back.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, the little guy blinked at Jiang Lianheng, raised his finger and pointed, then turned to look at Hu Xiaoyan, babbling something, looking very excited.

"Who is here?" Hu Xiaoyan teased her, "That's daddy."

Xiao Jiangya stubbornly shouted: "Mom!" Jiang Lianheng smiled, walked to the bed and sat down and said, "Daughter-in-law, I'm going to the Southern Railway Office to find Ryuji Miyata."

Hu Xiaoyan handed the rattle to her daughter, then turned around and said, "What a mess it is now, where are you going?"

She looked a little absent-minded. While talking, she looked sideways at her daughter for fear of bumping into her.

"I don't want to go either!" Jiang Lianheng smacked his lips, "But he has already looked for me five or six times. If we don't deal with it anymore, I'm afraid they will start looking for trouble again."

Xiao Jiangya seemed to have suddenly lost interest in the rattle, and kept trying to climb on the body of her father.

"Don't make trouble!"

Jiang Lianheng pushed his daughter into the bed, but the little one thought it was a game, so he tried to stand up and continued to move closer to his father.

Since Hu Xiaoyan became a mother, most of her thoughts have been devoted to her daughter.

Hearing this, she thought silently for a while, but her daughter's every move attracted her attention. She hesitated for a moment, and finally just said: "Then go, but don't wear this...Jiang Ya! It will fall off in a while." On the ground... Well, you change your clothes, and be sure to carry someone with you when you go out... Hey! This kid!"

"Okay, I'll go see what he says."

Jiang Lianheng stood up, walked to the cabinet, and quickly changed into a gray gown.

"Daughter-in-law, is this okay?"

"It's okay." Hu Xiaoyan glanced at it, and then immediately looked at her daughter, "Hey! Jiang Ya, don't be too arrogant!"

Jiang Lianheng smiled and said to Hu Xiaoyan, "You can follow her dishonest attitude as soon as you see it."

"Shit! She has the same temperament as you, turning her back and denying anyone. Look, she's starting to hit me now!"

The sound of drums outside the window is getting closer and closer.

Jiang Lianheng walked out of the room and went to the next room.

When Sister Hua heard the noise, she immediately turned her head and called "Master".

"Son! Come on, let dad hug you!"

Jiang Lianheng laughed and walked to the bed. Regardless of what his son was doing, he stretched out his arms and hugged Jiang Chengye.

As soon as the child was in his arms, he immediately started crying "Wow!"

Jiang Lianheng thought to himself and said, "Look, my eldest son has a bright voice! Come on, give me a high-profile voice for your father!"

Sister Hua scratched her head and murmured in a low voice: "I finally fell asleep..."

"Eh? Xiaohua, the wet nurse didn't come this morning? Are you hungry?"

Jiang Lianheng pretended to be coaxing, but almost sent the child away on the spot.

Seeing her son rolling his eyes, Sister Hua quickly stretched out her hand and said, "Master... you, are you going out? Leave the child to me."

"Oh, don't worry!" Jiang Lianheng waved his hand nonchalantly, "Let that little devil wait!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of "thump thump thump" footsteps suddenly sounded behind him.

Li Zhengxi came to the door panting heavily, looking a little panicked, "Brother Dao, why don't you go today, or wait until tonight!"

"Why?" Jiang Lianheng asked with some confusion as he put his son back on the bed.

"There is too much movement today!" Li Zhengxi swallowed and said, "You will know everything if you come out and take a look."

The two of them walked down the stairs one after the other.

At this time, what came from the distance was not only the sound of beating drums, but also high-pitched shouts.

The glass windows, wine glasses, tableware, ceiling chandeliers...it seemed like everything in the house was trembling slightly.

The strong drumbeat makes the heartbeat unconsciously synchronize with it, which makes people feel frightened.

Hu Xiaoyan and Xiaohua came to the stairs with their children in their arms. The employees at home also stopped what they were doing. Even Xu Ruqing, who was almost housebound, couldn't help but poke his head out and look out.

Jiang Lianheng's heart trembled, and he hurriedly said: "Dongfeng, Nanfeng, call Yuan Xinfa into the room! Xifeng, follow me out and have a look!"

"Okay!" The three of them responded in unison.

Jiang Lianheng walked out of the house, walked quickly through the courtyard, and ordered the bodyguards guarding the courtyard to open the heavy iron door.

"Crash-"

As soon as the two iron doors were pushed open, a roaring sound swept into the yard like a flood from a bursting embankment!

Jiang Lian turned sideways and looked outside, and his whole body suddenly froze.

But I saw the crowds of people on the street were like dragons, crushing them like black clouds, and the sound of drums was like rolling thunder!

Thousands of young students threw all the leaflets in their hands into the air.

Among the crowd, there were several students holding high bamboo banners——

"The Japanese invaders will destroy China with their Twenty-One Articles! Down with the traitors and refuse to negotiate!"

The people waved their arms angrily and were furious. For a moment, the storm was stirring; their blood was boiling, and in an instant, the world was solemn.

"Boycott Japanese goods and protect our country!"

"Fight the Japanese aggressors in a bloody battle to save the nation!"

"Refuse to negotiate! It is better to fight and die than to sit and die!"

(End of this chapter)