20 years of the Republic of China

Chapter 333 Layout

Xiaoxiguan, Heshengfang.

The sky was dim and slightly bright, and four or five fire generals, wearing short black jackets, driving a donkey cart, hurried toward the entrance of the gambling stall.

The "Yangzi" on the carriage board had his arms tied behind his back and his mouth was gagged. He only had a linen waistcoat on his upper body. He could not withstand the cold spring weather. He was lying on the carriage shivering.

30% cold, 70% scared.

The donkey cart stopped at the entrance of Heshengfang, and the two fire generals took the "yangzi" into the gambling stall, passed through the card tables, and came to the back hall of the venue. "Plop" he fell to his knees, relaxed, opened his mouth and howled.

"Brother Shan, if you give me one more month of grace, just one month, I will definitely pay you back!"

Zhong Yushan was sitting in the chair, with two blue horses standing behind him. On the black square table to his left was a loan note.

Kill people to pay for their lives, and pay your debts for money!

Isn't it natural?

Zhong Yushan frowned and shook his head: "Old Neck, why do you keep doing this every time? Even if you are fooling people, why don't you do something sweet?"

"No fooling, no fooling!" Old Neck said hurriedly, "Brother Shan, believe me once, this time it is absolutely true, one month, just one month!"

The old gambling dog was really scared this time.

"Don't dare, don't dare." Lao Bo hurriedly explained, "I am not a foreman! I just lead three or five people. I am an old worker leading new workers, not a foreman."

Jiang Lianheng ignored it, sat down on the chair, put his foreign hat on the table, picked up the loan note, looked at it, and played with the pocket watch in his hand.

While he was talking, there was suddenly a rush of footsteps at the door.

"Chen Bo?"

"No, no, that's what I meant!" Laowei explained.

Jiang Lianheng walked into the back hall, and Zhong Yushan gave up his seat.

Jiang Lianheng ignored him, turned around and asked, "Has the principal been repaid?"

Zhong Yushan laughed sarcastically and said, "Damn it, is your wife a princess or an empress, worth five hundred?"

In the middle of the night, I was sleeping soundly at home, and I was tied up as soon as I was told. It seemed that there was no room for delaying the gambling debt I owed.

Zhong Yushan sneered: "Oh, it's true this time, which means you were all lying to me before!"

Lao Ning turned pale, thought for a moment, and then said: "I, I will give my wife back, I have a daughter! I sold them and paid back the money!"

Jiang Lianheng then put the paperwork back on the square table, lowered his head and asked, "Is this my old neck? I heard that you are the foreman of Fengtian Power Station?"

Everyone looked sideways, immediately suppressed the ridicule on their faces, stood up one after another, and lowered their hands respectfully.

Lao Neng knelt on the ground and was stunned when he saw this. He turned around cautiously and saw a young man in a woolen coat walking quickly towards this side with a few younger brothers.

With just this move, Lao Nou immediately adjusted his kneeling posture and turned his knees towards the person he should face.

The light bulb shone down from the ceiling, casting a shadow on his face, making his expression even more obscure.

"Old Neck, you owe me more than five hundred and thirty yuan for one month. Are you going to steal or rob?"

"Then what do you want in return?"

Zhong Yushan nodded silently.

"Don't steal or rob!"

In response, Laowen rubbed forward and kowtowed: "Brother, just call me Laowen!"

"Old worker?"

"Yes, yes, yes. Although I am not that old, I am good at my craftsmanship. I can mainly speak two sentences of Oriental dialect, not much, but I can also handle a few simple sentences. The Japanese occasionally ask me to pass on a message."

Jiang Lianheng responded, then changed the subject and said, "Let's get to know each other, Jiang Lianheng."

"Brother Dao?" Old Neck said in surprise, "Oh, you are so shameless for me for such a trivial matter."

Jiang Lianheng waved his hand and said, "Old Bo, I'm going to be in charge today. I'll settle your debt to Heshengfang. How about that?"

Hearing this, a hint of surprise suddenly flashed across Lao Ning's face, but the surprise was fleeting and was replaced by deeper confusion and uneasiness.

He put away his chin, his mind was racing, and then he suddenly started kowtowing.

"Brother Dao, I will definitely pay back the money. If I can't sell it in a month, I will definitely pay it back!"

The fire general behind him immediately raised his right hand, slapped him in the face, and cursed: "You are so fucking shameless, aren't you? Don't you want your hands and feet anymore?"

"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no shame!"

Lao Ning quickly turned sideways, raised his shoulders to dodge, and begged: "Brother Dao, how about... you tell me what you are going to do for me first, so that I can have some confidence in my heart!"

Jiang Lianheng smiled and said, "You don't need to steal, you don't need to rob, you don't need to kill, and you don't need to support me. In fact, it's just the same. Lend me the person you are carrying."

The old man complained bitterly: "Brothers, my status is nice to say, and being called a monitor in the factory is just bullshit! They are not mine, so why should I lend them to you?"

"If anyone is disobedient, tell me, and you don't need to worry about anything else." Jiang Lianheng continued, "In addition, tell me the names of all the leaders of Fengtian Power Station. The five hundred yuan on this note Money, even if you lose it."

This time, not only Lao Bo, but also Zhong Yushan and others did not understand.

"Brother Dao, what are you... doing?"

Jiang Lianheng stood up, put on his foreign hat again, and said with a smile: "I want to be the leader, the biggest leader in Fengtian, always the leader!" After saying that, he turned his head again and looked at Lao Ning, "Remember Help me bring them a message!"

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Returning home, Jiang Lianheng took a nap.

Before going to bed, he ordered Han Xinyuan and Zhong Yushan to use all the Jiang family's connections and informants to find out where Miyata Ryuji lived.

At the same time, they searched everywhere in the provincial capital for information about the big and small leaders of Dongyang factories, either by coercion or inducement, and brought them the greetings and greetings of the Jiang family.

In Fengtian at this time, although many Japanese chaebols had already intervened, there were still few large factories.

In addition to the behemoth Nantetsu Co., Ltd., due to treaty restrictions, many factories still need to be jointly operated with Chinese capital before they can be allowed to operate, and there are restrictions everywhere.

Because of this, Xiao Dongyang proposed the Twenty-One Questions, intending to take advantage of the situation and expand his interests outside the customs.

Jiang Lianheng's actions did not encounter any setbacks.

In Fengtian City, in terms of financial resources, the Jiang family is certainly not the richest; but in terms of cruelty and evil, the Jiang family does their part.

What's more, the business gentry inside and outside the provincial capital, as long as they have opened their eyes, have heard that Jiang Lianheng can talk to Zhang Laogeda, and of course they are willing to help sell him a favor.

Regardless of his deeds, Zhang Laogeda, like all Fengtian people, resists the 21 principles.

Moreover, he is currently eager to please Fang Datou, and is naturally cooperating with the authorities to create public opinion and put pressure on Dongyang. Even the eldest son of the Zhang family is involved in the protests.

After all, the purpose of the president leaking the secret agreement is to stir up public opinion and attract the attention of the great powers, so as to find a way to check and balance.

It’s just that I never expected that public opinion can kill people as well as ourselves. It actually hurts the enemy a thousand times and hurts ourselves eight hundred.

In the afternoon, Liu Yansheng and Zhao Guoyan rushed back to Fengtian with several helpers.

Jiang Lianheng immediately appointed the two of them to continue to represent the Jiang family and contact the leaders of various Toyo factories.

After two days of such busy work, everyone finally met again in Jiangzhai, had dinner, and discussed in the living room.

After all this fuss, there was quite a commotion, and everyone was a little worried.

Zhong Yushan smacked his lips and muttered: "If we do this, will the Japanese have already heard the news?"

Jiang Lianheng lit a cigarette and said with a smile: "They are devils, not fools. The Southern Railway Investigation Department is engaged in intelligence, so of course they will not know about it."

Zhang Zhengdong asked: "Brother Dao, do you need to be more careful at home?"

"We definitely need to be on guard, but in my opinion, they don't dare to take action now."

Everyone looked at each other.

Jiang Lian turned his head and looked at Xifeng and said, "Do you still remember those ten or so Japanese warriors who protested two days ago?"

Li Zhengxi nodded and said, "They shot."

"Yes! They fired, but they were detained by the Japs." Jiang Lian flicked the cigarette ashes and said, "That means that even though the Japs are pressing down on the territory with a large army, they don't want to let the situation escalate."

"Brother Dao, what do you mean, you won't start a war?" Zhao Guoyan interjected and asked, "But the battles over there in Liaonan are quite scary!"

Jiang Lianheng denied: "I don't know whether there will be a war. However, judging from the dozen or so Japanese warriors, the Japanese are probably not of the same mind as we are."

Japan is not monolithic. Some people want to go to war, while others will oppose it. Some want to intensify conflicts, while others want to ease them.

"Then how do we know what Miyata Ryuji thinks?" Wang Zhengnan said, "Tomorrow is the deadline. Regardless of whether you agree or not, you should give a reply, right?"

Li Zhengxi said: "If you don't give a reply, just reply!"

"That's true!" Jiang Lianheng nodded, "However, I still decided to go there."

Han Xinyuan advised: "Brother Dao, there are people scolding Japanese everywhere in the city now. If we go there at this time, wouldn't it be a bit...if we have to go, it's best to wait until dark before going."

"Don't worry, I've thought of this a long time ago." Jiang Lianheng said, "When tomorrow, you guys will lead others..."

Before he finished speaking, Yuan Xinfa suddenly opened the door and entered the room.

"Master, someone is looking for you outside the door. They say they are Qian, someone sent by the Su family, and a student."

"People are coming!"

Jiang Lianheng stood up and asked his brothers to wait for him in the room while he followed Yuan Xinfa to the courtyard gate.

Qian Boxun introduced Jiang Lianheng with a smile: "Mr. Jiang, this is one of the student representatives. His surname is Pei, and his name is Pei Zhongmin. He is tight-lipped. My young master Su only has contact with him."

Pei Zhongmin—this name is on the Japanese list.

Jiang Lianheng saw that he was thin and his eyebrows were connected, so he smiled at him and said: "Sure enough, heroes have emerged from youth since ancient times! Little brother, how many students are you leading?"

Pei Zhongmin asked alertly: "Boss Jiang, don't you want to support the students' protest? Why do you ask?"

"Come on, little brother, come here!"

(End of this chapter)