Respectfully

In the study, Lou Xiao was reading the letter Mrs. Lou wrote back from the capital.

"Young commander."

"En." Marshal Lou signaled Li Jinyan to come over, and then handed him the letter in his hand, "It's from my mother."

Li Jinyan unfolded the letter paper, read it carefully, and was amused.

It turned out that in addition to telling Young Master Lou and Li Jinyan to eat on time and take care of their health, the letter also wrote about Second Young Master Lou's catching up.Unknowingly, it was a soft creature like dough at the beginning, and it has already turned one year old.

"Second brother grabbed a gun, or is it the president's gun?"

"En." Lou Xiao nodded.

"Young Marshal, what did you catch?" Li Jinyan was suddenly curious, because Mrs. Lou wrote in the letter that what Lou Er Shao caught was completely different from what Lou Shaocai had caught.

"..."

The temperature inside the house plummeted.

Li Jinyan touched his nose and decided not to ask.Curiosity killed the cat. A cat had nine lives, but he had only one.

"Young commander, I actually want to tell you about that Ned."

"Ned?"

"It is the witness of the murder in the Shanghai International Settlement."

During this period of time, the murder case in the Shanghai International Settlement has caused a lot of trouble, which has caused a lot of impact.Various newspapers in the concession reported repeatedly, and even the current affairs news reporter stationed in Shanghai wrote a few articles following the trend. It is a tradition for Chinese people to watch the excitement, and it is an extremely rare opportunity to watch the excitement of foreigners.

Telegrams from Shanghai came one after another. Li Jinyan had a deep understanding of this matter, and unexpectedly learned of the roles played by the Song family and his son in this matter, and found out that there was a hidden force working for the Song family. .The method of acting was secretive and decisive, very ruthless. When he wanted the Shanghai intelligence personnel to continue to investigate, they found that they could not find any clues, and almost attracted the attention of the Song family.

In order to avoid getting into trouble, Li Jinyan had no choice but to stop.

Ned came into his sight at this moment.At first he didn't notice this murder witness, until he saw his photo in the newspaper and saw his remarks, Li Jinyan sent a telegram to Lu Huaide, asking him to pay attention to this Ned.The intelligence officers and soldiers who followed Lu Huaide and Liao Qiting to the south just happened to be useful. Li Jinyan secretly ordered Lu Huaide to do this, and Liao Qiting didn't know about it.

Now Ned is very famous in the Shanghai International Settlement. European and American expatriates call him a hero, but the Japanese hate him to the bone.After experiencing a series of things, he himself wanted to restore his previous peaceful life, but found it difficult.Although the boss of the bank did not fire him, he was very dissatisfied with the reporters who always came to him during business hours.

The intelligence officers also discovered that two other groups were also following Ned.It's not like protecting him, but it's like confirming his daily whereabouts and stepping on the spot.Such behavior aroused their vigilance.This is simply preparing for the assassination!

After receiving the urgent telegram sent back by Lu Huaide, Li Jinyan no longer hesitated, calling back and asking Lu Huaide to find a way to bring Ned back to Guanbei, and he must live.

This decision was also made because Xiao Youde ordered the intelligence personnel in Macau to investigate all three generations of Ned's ancestors.Of course, it was only aimed at his mother, while his father, the Portuguese businessman, could only find out about his parents.But what interested Li Jinyan was that the Portuguese always said after drunk that his ancestors were pirates and fought with the British in the vast sea. If the British hadn't sunk their ship, he would be Probably already a nobleman, at least a viscount.

After the European Age of Discovery began, the Spaniards, Portuguese, Dutch and British competed on the sea for many times.

The British defeated the Spanish Armada, but unexpectedly succeeded the Dutch. The coachman at sea was not able to be proud for too long, and was surrounded by the British and other European countries, completely losing his advantage.In order to gain supremacy at sea, the then Queen Elizabeth even issued a plunder certificate to every British ship, meaning, go and rob, for the British Empire.

In the end, almost all British merchant ships were equated with pirates, and other countries followed suit.In a certain period of history, merchant ships and pirates could not be distinguished clearly.Even the notorious Captain Kidd, who was captured and hanged, seems to have been involved with a certain royal family.

Officially, this bandit-like plunder has achieved the status of Great Britain's maritime supremacy.

Now think about it, any gentleman, any nobleman, is bullshit!This is a group of robbers in the cloak of civilization.

Capital has flowed with blood since its birth. This sentence is the truth.

Ned's ancestors had been pirates, which proves that he must have the same adventurous factor in his blood, which just meets the conditions Li Jinyan needs.After all, brains alone are not enough to successfully spread the situation in Europe.

"Young Marshal, I plan to set up a trading point in Europe." Sitting opposite the Lou Marshal, Li Jinyan said seriously: "You also said that there will be a war in Europe sooner or later. I think the time is getting closer. Once the war starts, Factories will definitely receive a large number of export orders. If this war lasts for more than two years, I am afraid that the whole of Europe will be involved, and then, for example, food and medicine will become tight commodities."

The first battle in history lasted for four full years, involving more than 30 countries and tens of millions of people.This is a catastrophe in human history.This war began to shake the world dominance of Britain, France and other countries. The United States took advantage of the rise, and Japan also received a large order to develop its domestic economy, and occupied Qingdao, Shandong by virtue of the British-Japanese alliance.The subsequent Treaty of Versailles shamelessly designated Qingdao as Japan's sphere of influence.

Weak countries have no diplomacy.

The blood and tears of 400 million Chinese laborers have been exchanged for another round of carve-up of China by the great powers.They have just come out of the war, and the country is waiting for prosperity. Huaxia has become a big cake for them to absorb nutrition.

In this time and space, the same history will never repeat itself!

"Set up a trade point in a European neutral country, we can sell some of the goods directly to Europe, and the profits in the middle will be much higher. Also," Li Jinyan bit his lip, "we can use this to do some other things."

"other things?"

"kindness."

When the bread and butter of the British began to run short, and when the black market in France began to flourish, that was the perfect time for him to strike.

Bread can be exchanged not only for marks, but also for cultural relics.From the beginning of the Opium War, Westerners opened the gate of China with cannons, and for more than half a century, they plundered countless wealth from China.

Old Summer Palace, Summer Palace, Forbidden City.

Countless treasures of Chinese civilization were left overseas, and these robbers grandly placed them in museums and sent them to auctions.Whenever he saw these cultural relics, Li Jinyan felt humiliation and anger welling up in his chest.

All he had to do was to use all means to take back these stray cultural relics during the European War.Although it won't be all, as long as he tries his best, he will be worthy of his conscience.

Nothing is more important to a hungry European than a loaf of bread.

"The trading point opened in Europe is obviously a serious business, and the rest needs to be helped by the young marshal."

In the final analysis, Ned will only be a cover on the surface, and he has to do the specific things by himself.In order to be more conscientious under this cover, Li Jinyan will never be stingy when it comes to money, but it is necessary to send someone to watch over this cover.

Lou Xiao quietly looked at Li Jinyan for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay."

Li Jinyan breathed a sigh of relief. After finishing the matter, he got up and left the study. Just as he walked to the door, Marshal Lou's voice came from behind him: "I'll go back to sleep tonight."

Before that, he was busy until late at night every day, basically resting in the study.

Li Sanshao paused, and Lou Shaoshuai went back to his room to sleep, so he couldn't sleep anymore.Say you still sleep in the study?Li Jinyan didn't have the courage.He dared to say that Young Marshal Lou could put him on the table.

After tossing on the table before, his waist has been green for more than a week, even if he took the initiative... Li Jinyan decisively opened the door, the bed is better.

On November 26, Kenji Doihara returned to Lushun from the capital.He received an order and was formally transferred to the intelligence department of the Kanto Governor's Mansion as a staff member.This order seemed ordinary, but it made Doihara feel a little uneasy.

He suspected that he was too nervous, maybe it was a series of things these days that made him feel a little overwhelmed.

Military officer Banxi told him that the Shanghai International Settlement was a quagmire, and once it got stuck, it was impossible to get out easily.Minister Shanzuo knew that there was danger ahead, but he had to step in. This was his duty.But he didn't want his proud disciple to get into this trouble too.

"Europeans, Americans, they are not Chinese." Military officer Sakanishi said to Doihara with a serious expression; "If the whole thing cannot be pushed to the head of the Chinese people as planned, the Great Japanese Empire will get into big trouble trouble."

Both Yamaza Enjiro and Sakanishi military officer believed that these murders were most likely committed by Japanese gangs.These gang members are very arrogant in Japan, and they are even more lawless in China.They are more radical than fanatical militarists.The reason why Yamazao and Banxi were convinced of their deduction was that the hill who died on the spot, his full name was Takashi Koyama, had been confirmed to be a member of the Black Dragon Society, and he was trusted by a small leader Tongkou.Although he was just an inconspicuous pawn, it was enough to explain many problems.

Coupled with the words released by the Black Dragon Club before, this made them even more passive.

Doihara always felt that there was something strange about this incident, and he even felt that Takashi Koyama himself was suspicious.But he didn't say what he thought, because some people in the country were already very dissatisfied with him about the incident in the Japanese Concession in Tianjin, so he had to keep a low profile.If he made random remarks that contradicted his boss's opinion, or did something out of the ordinary, he was likely to get into trouble.

After getting off the train at Lushun Station, Doihara saw Yamamoto who came to pick him up at a glance.The Japanese military police on the platform were walking around with their guns on their shoulders, looking arrogant. A Chinese man walking behind Doihara muttered something in a low voice, but Doihara could hear it clearly: "The grasshopper after autumn... ..."

Grasshopper after autumn?

Doihara frowned, Yamamoto had already greeted him, and behind him were two unfamiliar faces that Doihara had never seen before.They came closer, clasped Doihara's arms, and sandwiched him between them.

"Yamamoto-kun, what's going on?"

"Doihara-kun, please keep quiet."

There were people coming and going at the station, and no one noticed that something was wrong with Yamamoto and Doihara. Doihara was confused by Yamamoto's behavior. He still didn't understand what was going on until he was escorted into the car by several people. thing.

"Yamamoto, you better explain!"

"When we get to the place, Doihara-kun will know." Yamamoto said in a cold tone, "Drive!"

The car drove to the Kanto Governor's Mansion, but Doihara didn't see the governor Oshima Yoshisawa, and even his request to see the Minister of Intelligence was not allowed.He was locked in a room with only a narrow window and empty walls. As the door closed, the room became dark.

"Yamamoto Maruji, what the hell is going on?!"

Doihara's question was not answered. Yamamoto turned around and walked to the cell next to Doihara's cell, opened the movable wooden board on the door, and signaled his subordinates to bring Pan Guangxing's wife and brother, "Look clearly, is he Kashita?"

The person imprisoned in the cell is none other than Ichiro Kashita, the head of the intelligence department of the Kanto Governor's Mansion!

The light is dim, but the appearance of the person inside can still be barely recognized.Pan Guangxing's brother-in-law hesitated for a moment, and the Japanese who grabbed him immediately kicked him hard, and his whole body was kicked against the door with a blunt sound.

Inside, Kawashita Iichiro suddenly raised his head, which made him take two steps back in a hurry, and nodded indiscriminately regardless of whether he saw it clearly.

"It's him, it's him!"

"you sure?"

"Definitely!" He was completely bewildered and couldn't care about anything.The Japanese told him that only if he confessed "honestly" would he be able to survive. Since that person has already been locked up, there must be no good. Even if he shakes his head, he probably won't be released.

He doesn't want to die, the person inside, just die for him.

He lowered his head, cowering like a mouse, but there was a flash of madness in his eyes.

"really!"

Yamamoto signaled his subordinates to take the important "witness" away, walked to the door by himself, looked at Kawashita who had been imprisoned for two days and was already bearded, and smiled triumphantly.

However, this alone was not enough, he had to pry Kawashita's mouth open and let him confess all his criminal evidence, as well as Doihara.Only in this way can he explain to the base camp, even the governor Oshima Yoshisawa... the prime minister has been dissatisfied with him for a long time.

This is all for the Prime Minister, for His Majesty the Emperor, and for the Great Japanese Empire!

Siberia, Irkutsk

The resistance group led by Kirov had just ended a battle. 43 members of the organization had lost 11 people, and half of the survivors were wounded.In the previous battle, they were almost surrounded by the tsar's army.

In order to keep his official position, Andrei, the commander-in-chief of the East Siberian Frontier Army, dispatched the most elite infantry regiment in his hand, together with the Cossack cavalry, to chase and intercept them. There are more than 200 people left, and now there are only 40 people.

This also includes five seriously injured people. They were all wounded to the core, without medicine and food, they could not survive in such severe cold weather.

Both Kazan and the little girl Mirsha survived, but Kazan injured his left arm to protect Kirov. Mirsha was helping him bandage the wound with a piece of cloth. Noticing, whispered to him: "The man Trotsky sent is dead."

Compared with Kazan, she is easier to be trusted. A little girl whose parents died and her brothers and sisters were killed, after passing the initial review, she was directly arranged next to Kirov, and she could also take the opportunity to hear some confidential matter.

"En." Kazan nodded without speaking.

Mirsha stood up as if nothing had happened, and walked to the next wounded. Although she joined the resistance organization, she hated the Russians from beginning to end.She no longer thinks she is one of them, she just remembers that it was the Russians who killed her family, and this hatred is like a thorn in her heart, getting deeper and deeper.

When everyone was resting, Kazan took the initiative to serve as the security guard. Kirov walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder, "Kazan, you are our good comrade."

Kazan smiled honestly.

"I intend to propose to Trotsky that I introduce you to our party, the great Bolshevik. You will become a staunch Bolshevism fighter, our most loyal comrade in arms! We will fight side by side to overthrow the decadent feudal tsarist rule!"

Hearing Kirov's words, Kazan's face was full of excitement, Kirov patted his shoulder again, turned and walked away.

When he walked away, Kazan turned around and bared his teeth, TNND, it's really not easy to gain the trust of these old men!This shot was not in vain!

At this time, Uncle Dumb, who was in Houbaikal, also planned to set off to return to Guanbei.

He took in two apprentices in Transbaikal, one was Xu Erjie and the other was Meng Erhu.The others were very envious of the two being able to worship under the dumb uncle, but when they saw the dumb uncle practicing training them, the envy turned into rejoicing. Fortunately, the dumb old man didn't like him.

When the dumb uncle left, he took Second Sister Xu with him.

"Leave the matter here to Erhu and the others, you and I will go, there are other things that need you."

The third young master was going to do business in the territory of the foreign devils, and the people he sent were not commonly used, even if it was a cover, he had to wear a hoop.How to wear this hoop is very particular...

Seeing the note handed over by Uncle Dumb, Second Sister Xu nodded, went back to pack her bags, and said nothing extra.