20 years of the Republic of China

Chapter 334 Conspiracy and head-on confrontation

Late at night, Nantie Fengtian Local Office.

It was a cold spring day, and the ocher-red office building had only a few scattered glass windows with dim yellow light.

There was no one around on the cold streets.

As the Jiang family's carriage unloaded Chuan'erling, only the crisp sound of horse hooves gradually came closer and closer.

The carriage did not drive directly to the main entrance, but stopped in the shadow of the corner of the building.

Jiang Lianheng sat in the carriage, as if waiting for something, and did not get out of the carriage for a long time.

After a while, Li Zhengxi knocked on the carriage and said softly: "Brother Dao, Chuanghu is here."

Jiang Lianheng opened the car window in response, only to see a figure not far away that looked like a monkey cub, sneaking and walking towards this side quickly.

"Brother, it's me!"

With that said, he opened the door, got out of the carriage, and was escorted by Li Zhengxi and several other brothers to the door of Fengtian Office.

"Oh, so you are afraid of the Japanese?"

Jiang Lianheng asked Li Zhengxi and others to wait outside, while he walked through the gate and went to the meeting alone.

"Boss Jiang, please come in!" Translator Tan turned sideways and said in a sinister tone.

As they walked up the steps, the guards on both sides of the gate immediately raised their guns in alarm and said a few words in Japanese to Jiang Lianheng. Fortunately, Translator Tan ran out of the building in time and explained with an apologetic smile. , several guards relaxed slightly.

"Can't kill." Jiang Lianheng replied concisely and concisely.

Chuang Hu swallowed his saliva, but said: "Brother, I think I am still suitable for listening to the window. I was almost caught just now. It scared me to death!"

"Afraid? Haha, Boss Jiang is really good at joking. You might as well go to the capital and ask President Fang Da if he is afraid!" Translator Tan turned around and mocked, "I thought you were not afraid of heaven or earth!"

"You're really good!" Jiang Lianheng admired sincerely, "Look, I'll tell you that you used your ability in the wrong place before!"

"Is the matter done?"

Miyata Ryuji's eyelids twitched and he asked: "So, Mr. Jiang is not going to cooperate with us?"

"These are all recently transferred from the garrison." Translator Tan said while leading the way, "Hey! You also know that there has been a lot of trouble in the provincial capital recently. Who knows what those stupid young people will do. Something outrageous!"

After saying that, Translator Tan also walked into the room and said helpfully: "Boss Jiang, I advise you to think twice before you act. You don't want the insurance business you finally got?"

The two looked at each other, seemingly testing each other in their eyes.

"It's done!" Chuanghu stood in the shadows, looking around nervously.

"Old Tan, are the guards at the door new? There were only two of them before!"

Jiang Lian waved his hand and said, "Okay, find a place to calm down and wait for the reward!"

When they arrived at the Investigation Department, the door of Miyata Ryuji's office was open, but Translator Tan knocked on the door anyway and said flatteringly: "Sir, Jiang Lianheng is here——"

Before he finished speaking, Jiang Lianheng walked into the room and sat down at the mahogany table.

After a moment of silence, Miyata Ryuji was the first to break the silence and said: "Since Mr. Jiang is here late at night, he must have agreed to my request. When will you be able to deal with the students on the list?"

Jiang Lian laughed sarcastically and just walked silently with his head down.

"Of course I want it!"

"Then what do you mean?"

Jiang Lianheng put his hands on the table and explained seriously: "What I mean is that I don't want to help you kill people, but I also want to keep my insurance company's business."

Translator Tan was angry and laughed: "Boss Jiang, why do you only think about good things?"

"Is it difficult?" Jiang Lianheng pretended to be surprised, "If you have any difficulties, you can tell me."

"Mr. Jiang, are you being too insincere when you say this?" Miyata Ryuji shook his head and said, "You should know very well that I have been taking care of your insurance business for the past year."

"What about this year?"

Miyata Ryuji said: "Dalian centralism is the national policy of our Eastern Empire and cannot be changed. However, if Mr. Jiang is willing to open a branch at Luda, I can still help."

"That's great! Thank you Mr. Miyata for your kindness, I'll go back and take care of it right now!"

Jiang Lianheng said and stood up.

"Hey, Jiang Lianheng, stop!" Translator Tan quickly interrupted, "What are you doing? Playing? You don't do anything for me, and you still want benefits?"

"Ah! There are still conditions!" Jiang Lianheng sat down again.

Translator Tan scolded: "Nonsense! What did you do here? Are you going to handle the students on the list?"

"If you can't do it, the most I can do is help you slow down."

"You! Mr. Miyata, look, if you look at him like that, he is clearly provoking us!"

Miyata Ryuuji clicked on the pen in his hand, leaned back on the chair, and intertwined his fingers. He seemed to have anticipated Jiang Lianheng's attitude, so he suddenly changed the topic and asked with interest: "Mr. Jiang, what has happened recently?" It seems to be a busy few days!”

"It's okay!" Jiang Lianheng said with a smile, "I don't want to be so busy, but I can't help it." When Translator Tan saw the Japanese's face, he immediately interjected: "Jiang Lianheng, don't think that Mr. Miyata doesn't know what you have been doing lately. Little move, you have been contacting the boss of Dongyang Factory for the past two days, what do you mean?"

"Eh? Is this a small move?" Jiang Lianheng said, pretending to be surprised, "I feel that the movement is quite big, and I don't intend to hide it from you. This boss's job is a fat one, and I want to get involved. , you’re not making any mistakes, are you?”

Miyata Ryuji's eyes were a little sinister.

He clearly felt that Jiang Lianheng's tone and demeanor were completely different from before.

"So, what is Mr. Jiang's purpose?"

"Make money!"

Jiang Lianheng frowned and asked: "Is it possible that other bosses have other purposes besides making money? I plan to recruit people for the joint venture factory and still make money. This business has just started to emerge. I Can’t you intervene?”

For good reason.

After all, that's what all the leaders are here for.

However, this seemingly mutually beneficial cooperation is actually a form of restraint.

For decades, foreign powers have carved out territories and demarcated borders here, set up factories, and plundered various resources. However, no matter whether it is a factory from any country, if it wants to gain a foothold on this land, it will inevitably have to employ a large number of Chinese.

Although the little devil understands the world of this place better than Big Nose, he is still not immune to the customs.

Regardless of whether they are from the East or the West, the common people are wary of them, and it is difficult to recruit workers. Therefore, they must rely on local businessmen, gentry, and celebrities as guarantees in order to recruit workers smoothly.

Big and small leaders outside the customs came into being.

If these leaders are scattered and scattered, they will naturally not be able to exert substantial control. However, once someone similar to the general leader appears, they will be qualified to sit down and negotiate with the Japanese.

It is no exaggeration to say that when a leader reaches a certain level, even the Japanese will have to show courtesy.

Because of this, when Dongyang submitted the Twenty-One Articles, it requested Fengtian to open up immigration and allow its own people to move here.

Miyata Ryuji guessed Jiang Lianheng's plan, but he did not believe that the Jiang family had the ability to become the leader of the entire Fengtian in just two days.

However, the "turmoil" caused by Article 21 was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Jiang Lianheng.

Taking advantage of the prevailing anti-Japanese sentiment, and cooperating with the Jiang family's original strength and skills, taking advantage of the situation to make another move, and fighting for the general leader of Fengtian Province, they can no longer suffer from Miyata Ryuji's cowardice.

"Mr. Jiang, you have great ambitions."

"Me? No, no, no, my ambition is far behind compared to yours!"

Miyata Ryuuji snorted coldly and threatened: "What if I arrest you now?"

Jiang Lianheng asked: "What crime?"

"Boss Jiang, what are you dreaming about here?" Translator Tan said sarcastically with a sly smile, "Why does Nantie need a reason to arrest you?"

Jiang Lianheng nodded, smacked his lips and said, "Yes."

Unexpectedly, he immediately raised his hands and said with a smile: "Then you should catch me!"

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While Jiang Lianheng and Miyata Ryuji were negotiating with each other, a series of "rumbling" footsteps, like muffled thunder, suddenly sounded outside the Nantie Fengtian Office Building.

The six Japanese guards standing at the door immediately picked up their 38 rifles and looked around in confusion.

After a while, I saw more than a hundred people wearing black short coats and bloomers, with white edges on their ankles, just like the tide, running towards us from the streets and alleys.

The six Japanese guards shouted some threats at first, but they soon became intimidated.

There were too many people outside the door. Zhao Guoyan and other core members of the Jiang family, each with more than 20 people, gathered together in one place, comparable to a company.

"Bagaya road!"

At first, the guards thought that these people were preparing to rush into the Nantie Fengtian Local Office Building. They never thought that when this large group of people rushed to the door steps, they stopped inexplicably, and each of them raised their hands high and shouted: "Taijun, Don't shoot! We surrender!"

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A huge roar soon reached Miyata Ryuji's office.

He stood up nervously and walked to the window. When he looked down, he saw a dark cloud hovering under his feet.

"Mr. Jiang, what are you going to do?" Miyata Ryuji turned around, "This is an affiliated area of ​​the Southern Railway. If you want to cause trouble here, not even Zhang Laoji can protect you!"

Jiang Lianheng stood up slowly, smiled and said, "Mr. Miyata, who said I was going to cause trouble?"

At this time, the Japs could still pretend to be calm, but Translator Tan was so frightened that his legs were weak and he almost collapsed on the ground.

"Jiang Lianheng! You...you are crazy! This, this is an international incident! It is easy for you to start a war like this. Can you bear this responsibility?"

"Nonsense!"

Jiang Lianheng sternly scolded: "I have always respected Mr. Miyata, and I dare not disobey him! Since Mr. Miyata wants to arrest me, then just arrest them all. I just don't know if the number you have here is enough." .”

(End of this chapter)