20 years of the Republic of China

Chapter 623 Black Dragon Society

"My boss——"

Nearly half a month after the Three Provinces Joint Council ended, Fengtian City finally gradually returned to peace.

Jiang Lianheng also became more free and began to focus on his own business.

The matter of lost goods in Jilin Province had previously been handled by Zhao Guoyan in Kuanchengzi.

The Jiang family now has some face to save, so there is no need to deny it when there is a problem with the guaranteed goods. The compensation has already been paid, but the gang of bandits who robbed the goods have not been found yet.

This is not surprising. After all, the gangs are not street thugs. Once they have done their business, they will hide in the mountains and hibernate, and it will be difficult to find their traces.

What's more, banditry is rampant in Guandong. Even if we find a mountain, it would be difficult to provoke them without a thousand or eight hundred men.

Especially the gangs in Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces, who are numerous and powerful and have wild methods, so we must be more vigilant.

The so-called leader of Kanto and the online leader are often just empty names. They are secretly connected with each other for mutual interests. Once the relationship breaks out, there is no room for easing.

When Jiang Lianheng dealt with the outlaws, he relied on personal connections, arms, and his connections with officers and soldiers.

Now, that gang of bandits dared to rebel against Marshal Zhang, so naturally they would no longer take the Jiang family seriously.

Jiang Lianheng had no choice but to sit in the office, paying attention to the news from Zhao Guoyan while hoping that the officers and soldiers would return victoriously after suppressing the bandits.

Just this morning, Chuanghu came suddenly.

"My boss——"

Chuanghu walked into the office with a big smile on his face. He took a look and was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Hey, what's wrong? Are you in a bad mood?"

"Look at you, you're upset." Jiang Lianheng said unhappily.

"This boss is making fun of me again." Chuanghu said self-deprecatingly with a chuckle.

"Just tell me what you want to say. What's the matter?"

"Oh, Lin Qi just brought back some new movies from Harbin, French movies——"

Chuanghu closed the door gently, then came over and added, "I copied out the one with the filling. Can you take a look?"

"Is this the information from Fan Sibai?"

"Correct!"

Chuanghu took out two folded pieces of letter paper from his arms and placed them on the desk.

The intelligence was smuggled into the edge of the film, and sometimes the film was tampered with directly. When it reached him, he would copy it again and burn it after reading it.

"Okay, that's pretty fast."

Jiang Lianheng took the letter and nodded with a hint of satisfaction.

Half a month is not a fast time to check a person's background, but if the other party is also engaged in intelligence work, the result will naturally be different.

Spreading out the letter paper, the densely packed words on it were obviously written by Chuang Hu, and just like him, the handwriting was in tiny regular script.

Jiang Lianheng watched in silence for a moment.

The paper reads:

Takeda Nobuyuki, whose original name was Takeda Yushin, was a native of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. He was born in the 19th year of the Meiji era, graduated from the Imperial Kyoto University, and was proficient in Chinese.

According to reliable sources, this person is a core member of the Japanese secret society "Black Dragon Society" and is deeply trusted by the president Uchida Ryohei.

There are many rumors claiming that he is Toyama Mitsuru Yoshiko, an advisor to the Black Dragon Society, but the truth of this rumor remains to be verified.

In addition, Takeda Nobuyuki has many connections with the Far East Alliance and is likely to be one of the alliance's foreign members. It is difficult to determine this at the moment.

But what is certain is that this person was quite familiar with the gang forces in the Far East, and once used the pseudonym Zhang Wu to support the "anti-Qing" revolution in the south.

During the Hongxian Empire, he left the south and traveled around Zhili, engaged in intelligence work, and focused on developing pro-Japanese forces in the Far East.

This time he came to Fengtian as a member of the diplomatic delegation and served as a consultant to the Investigation Department of the South Railway Company.

Mainly responsible for investigating the internal factions of the Fengtian-Zhang Group, identifying potential partners, exploring the Fengtian industry situation, and strengthening the presence of the Japanese in the three provinces outside the Great Wall.

Be careful, this person is no ordinary person!
Not only does Takeda Nobuyuki have extensive connections between the two countries, but he also holds power far beyond his apparent status. He cannot be underestimated or ignored.

If there is any other news in the future, I will inform you in time.

Your friend: V
The letter ends here, with several pseudonyms that Takeda Nobuyuki had used before included at the end.

After reading it, Jiang Lianheng struck a match, threw the paper into the ashtray and burned it.

He immediately raised his eyes and saw that Chuanghu had retreated to the office door at some point. He was holding the door handle and looking over here with a smile.

"Boss... Hehe, well... If you don't have anything else, I won't bother you. Please tell my sister-in-law about this for me."

"Stand there, what are you in such a hurry for?"

"Am I anxious?" Chuang Hu said with a guilty conscience, "Oh, yes, yes, I am quite anxious. I haven't written today's manuscript yet and need to polish it."

"Don't talk to me about that useless stuff, just sit there!"

Jiang Lianheng pointed at the sofa, and Chuanghu had no choice but to sit down obediently, looking at Fangyan from time to time, as if asking for help.

Fangyan shrugged his shoulders and silently emptied the ashtray without saying anything extra.

Jiang Lianheng sat down on the sofa and put his arms around Chuanghu's neck, which frightened Chuanghu so much that he trembled all over and became as flustered as a young wife.

"Huzi, since we came back from Shanghai, we haven't had a good heart-to-heart talk for a long time."

"Really? Why do I feel like...Boss, you are always with me?"

"Don't fart, how are you, you have been quite free recently, right?"

"Oh, I'm so busy, so busy that my feet hit my head. The days go by in a flash. When I think that Chuang has not yet left a masterpiece, I cry in my bed every night!"

“Do you know why you can’t write?”

"What?"

"Because your life is too monotonous, lacking excitement, lacking... oh, lacking a bit of legend."

When Chuang Hu heard this, he thought to himself that this was not good, and he quickly explained, "No, no, no, sir, what I wrote were all absurd things happening in front of widows' doors, bachelors and old men meeting their lovers, thieves and low-lifes, and lewd encounters with lots of gossip. They were all social novels, too legendary, and not down-to-earth."

Jiang Lianheng shook his head and laughed, "Are you so afraid of me assigning you a job?"

"No!" Chuanghu suddenly raised his voice, "Who said that? Let him come out, I will confront him face to face! Boss, I am loyal to you, except for Zhabei..."

He was halfway through his words when he suddenly came to his senses, so he swallowed it back and stopped talking.

But Jiang Lianheng immediately took over the conversation and said, "By the way, I haven't settled the score with you about the Zhabei Railway Station incident yet."

"Uh... this, this..."

Chuanghu accidentally got himself into trouble. He hesitated for a long time, but couldn't find any other excuses. He had to grit his teeth and pretend to be confused:
"Eh? Boss, who is this Takeda Nobuyuki?"

"You are the one who sent me this information, and you are still asking me?"

"Well, what I mean is, why do we need to investigate this little Dongyang? Could it be that... he is harmful to our Jiang family?"

"Probably."

"Leave this to me."

"No, no, it's too dangerous." Jiang Lianheng waved his hands quickly.

"Alas, if I don't go to hell, who will?" Chuanghu spread his hands and said, "There is no other way. Wen Tingge hasn't come back from Shanghai, and Brother Zhao has gone to Kuanchengzi. Now is the time when the family needs someone. If I don't go, who will? Leave it to someone else? Don't say you are worried, I am worried too!"

Having said that, he stood up and walked towards the door, saying as he walked: "Boss, wait for me, I'll go back and prepare, and check this little Japanese guy thoroughly!" "Or, why don't you just help me kill him?" Jiang Lianheng said casually.

Chuanghu came back immediately, sat down, and said with embarrassment: "Boss, you should punish me!"

Jiang Lianheng smiled, patted his shoulder, and consoled him: "I'm just teasing you, you don't need to investigate him."

"true and false?"

"real."

Jiang Lianheng did not lie.

Entrusting Fan Sibai to investigate Takeda Nobuyuki's background was nothing more than a kind of intuition and a kind of subconscious self-defense.

He is just a gang leader, not a fanatical patriotic assassin. As long as the other party does not endanger his family, there is really no reason to take the initiative to make an enemy of him.

The purpose of bottoming out is just to prepare in advance in case of emergency.

"However, I am a little surprised that Takeda Nobuyuki has connections with the Alliance." Jiang Lianheng said, "As for the 'Black Dragon Society', I can guess it."

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"This 'Black Dragon Society' - is it quite powerful?" Chuang Hu asked.

"I heard that Mr. Rong Wu and the old mountain man a few years ago were related to the Black Dragon Society."

"Who told you that?" Chuanghu asked again.

Jiang Lianheng lit a cigarette, stood up and sat down at his desk, then said calmly: "I know a little Dongyang. I heard him say that before. He advised me not to provoke the Black Dragon Society."

"Why don't I know about this?"

"Hehe, why do you want to know?"

Jiang Lianheng did not explain much.

As time goes by, Jiang Lianheng was once very close to Ichiro Nakamura, but at that time, he was just an unknown rising star.

Although insignificant, Ichiro Nakamura also played a certain role in the Jiang family's situation.

When Jiang Lianheng was fighting with the eldest son of the Bai family, it was he who used his Japanese identity to hide and protect Hu Xiaoyan, thus relieving Jiang Lianheng of his worries.

However, as the Jiang family's power gradually grew, Jiang Lianheng had more and more concerns, so much so that he had to deliberately distance himself from Ichiro Nakamura.

As a leader of Fengtian, you can talk business with Xiao Dongyang, but you cannot talk about friendship with Xiao Dongyang.

In this huge world, there are all kinds of people, all kinds of professions, thirty-six trades and seventy-two businesses. Although they are all despicable, they also have their own standards and bottom line.

It’s not impossible to discuss cooperation with foreigners, but you have to do it honestly under the table.

If anyone dares to be on friendly terms with foreigners in public, the bosses on the line won’t say anything, but they will always look down on him behind his back.

Nowadays, if you curse a foreigner, the whole room will applaud; if you kill a foreigner, you will be a hero.

From now on, no matter where you go, you will be a prominent figure.

Jiang Lianheng has a Japanese friend. If this matter were to spread, this "crime" alone would be enough for someone with ulterior motives to take advantage of it to cause trouble.

In more serious cases, one may even be assassinated and replaced.

When a common man gets angry, blood will splatter five steps away. Even with the protection of someone like Lao Zhang, it will be of no use.

What's more, Jiang Lianheng's ability to take the leading position was not entirely due to Lao Zhang's support.

Thinking back to the time when he wiped out the entire Bai family, why has no one sought revenge until now? Power is only one aspect. In the final analysis, it is because the Bai family works for the Japanese. Although they are powerful, their prestige online is not high.

Lessons from the past, the teacher behind the car.

Jiang Lianheng would naturally not make the same mistake.

"Takeda Nobuyuki is a member of the Black Dragon Society and he also went with the delegation to meet Lao Zhang. As long as he doesn't mess with me, I won't mess with him."

"I am afraid that the tree wants to be still but the wind will not stop!"

"what?"

"Pooh, pooh, pooh, it's nothing, it's nothing, blame my bad mouth!" Chuanghu quickly slapped himself lightly.

Jiang Lianheng ignored it.

He knew himself well and knew exactly how much he was worth, so he was very clear that Takeda Nobuyuki was definitely not here for him, and he was not worthy of being treated as a big shot by Xiao Dongyang.

However, if Xiao Dongyang wants to expand his influence in Fengtian, he will inevitably have friction with the Jiang family's business in the future. It is only a matter of time.

"Let's solve the problem at hand first." Jiang Lianheng said with a gloomy expression.

Seeing this, Chuang Hu hesitated for a moment and asked tentatively: "Boss, I shouldn't be needed in this matter of the bandits robbing the goods, right?"

Jiang Lianheng nodded, but said, "There is no clue yet."

"You still don't know which hill it is?"

"It's useless to just know how to climb the mountain. Are you going to suppress bandits?"

"Didn't you say that General Zhang led the troops there?"

Jiang Lianheng sighed lightly and did not answer.

Zhang Xiaokun only brought two or three hundred people to suppress the bandits, and it was estimated that they were just exploring the way ahead. In the end, they still had to rely on the regular Fengtian Army.

Unexpectedly, while we were talking, there was a knock on the office door.

Jiang Lianheng responded.

Soon, a young girl in a dress suit pushed the door open.

The girl was wearing a little dress that reached her knees, nylon stockings, and low-heeled shoes. Her outfit was quite avant-garde and fashionable.

Nowadays, we advocate gender equality and encourage enterprises and factories to recruit female employees as a symbol of civilization.

Jiang Lianheng often seemed like a complete old-fashioned person, but in this aspect, he was always ahead of the times and was even praised by the academic community for this.

The female employee was a little nervous when she saw Jiang Lianheng, and whispered, "Boss, there is a telegram sent to you."

"Oh, put it on the table!"

Click click click…

The female clerk walked across the room in her low-heeled shoes, placed the translated telegram on the table, and then hurried away as if fleeing.

The old traditions have not completely faded away, and although girls dare to wear them, they are still a little shy.

"Was it sent by Guoyan?" Jiang Lianheng asked.

Fang Yan responded and walked to the table, picked up the telegram, glanced at it quickly, and unexpectedly said, "Boss, the letter was sent from Ning'an."

"Ning'an?"

Jiang Lianheng frowned, but he had already guessed who sent the letter.

When asked where Ning An is, most people would probably be confused.

After all, before the Republic of China, the name of this place was more "famous" - Ningguta.

That place is close to Suifenhe, which is currently plagued by banditry. It is easy to tell who the person who sent the letter is.

Jiang Lianheng waved his hand, and Fangyan immediately handed over the telegram. When he unfolded it, he saw that the sender was indeed the great poet Zhang!

(End of this chapter)