Respectfully

When the whole country of China celebrates New Year's Day, the leased land in Hokkaido is also holding celebrations.

January 1st to January 1rd in the Gregorian calendar is the Japanese New Year. Since the Meiji Restoration, except for Okinawa and Kagoshima, which is the seat of the Ryukyu Kingdom, Japan has generally begun to adopt a new calendar, no longer celebrating the old first month, and all celebrating according to the Gregorian calendar. festival.

The irony is that before Huaxia leased Hokkaido, there had been no large-scale celebrations here for two years. What's the point of celebrating the New Year when you can't eat enough, your life is going from bad to worse, and you can't even see hope?It will only make life more difficult.

This year is different.

The newly opened factories, the land allocated from the big landlords, and the taxes have been reduced a lot. Many local people find that they can afford enough rice for the whole family as the New Year approaches!The side dish is still only dried radish, but it can fill your stomach!

Grain merchants in Hokkaido set the price of rice quite "reasonably".Once the police find that they are suspected of "price gouging", not only the shop owner, but the whole family will be arrested and sent to remote Siberia for labor reform.

Such a move has been "applauded" by the locals.It wasn't long after the rice disturbance, but the origin of the incident was in Hokkaido.There is a fairly good "mass base" for punishing "unlawful" businessmen.

Today's Kawaguchi Reiichi is the chief of the police, and he has money, status, women, everything.As long as he doesn't lose the trust and appreciation of the Chinese people, he will continue to "glory". Such a life is much more comfortable than when he was a spy spying on information.

At night, a lantern parade is held on the island, as well as various traditional activities. Some vendors display seafood and other products on the roadside, and many of them speak with an Osaka accent.How did these people come to Hokkaido?I'm afraid even Rei Kawaguchi couldn't fully explain it.

The Osaka merchants, like the Fourth Division, are not ordinary "magic".

The Huaxia Governor's Mansion did not restrict the connection between the leased land and the Japanese mainland, but set up checkpoints at several important ports to check the entry and exit of personnel.The fishing villages on the shore were all handed over to the Japanese police.

What is inexplicable is that the local people have a strange resistance to the local people. The root cause is that their lives have become better and they do not want others to "share" their food and job opportunities.

Except for a small number of Osaka merchants, no one else is welcome.

What's more "interesting" is that when the Governor's Office announced that it would establish a school in the local area, it did not hear any "opposition". Later, many local people were proud to send their children to such a school because, In this way, they will have the opportunity to "study abroad" in China.

The celebration continued. A nervous Japanese policeman walked through the crowd and found Reiichi Kawaguchi who was drunk in an izakaya. He whispered a few words in his ear, and Kawaguchi's drunkenness immediately disappeared. Kong, his face suddenly changed.

"are you sure?"

"Yes!"

"asshole!"

Kawaguchi stood up abruptly and kicked the table over.

It turned out that some patrolmen captured a dozen guys from Aomori in Fukuyama. This kind of "smuggling" phenomenon had occurred two months earlier, so it was nothing.What makes Kawaguchi nervous is that they are all wearing military uniforms!If nothing else, it must be from the Eighth Division stationed in Hongqian.

What is their purpose?

Sneak attack?

Even if he stopped doing intelligence work, Reichi Kawaguchi was still full of conspiracy theories. He imagined many possibilities, but he never thought that these people "smuggled" to Hokkaido to "live".

When he heard the answer with his own ears, he still couldn't believe it.

"Use torture! They must be told the truth!"

"Yes!"

The Huaxia Governor's Mansion also got the news. When he was summoned, Kawaguchi patted his chest and promised that he would definitely ask these guys about their real purpose!

"Please don't worry, Your Majesty, I will do my best! Never let anyone with a heart succeed!"

The governor nodded, indicating that Reiichi Kawaguchi could go back to "work".After he left, he called the military attache of the Governor's Mansion, ordered the officers and soldiers stationed on the island to raise their vigilance, and at the same time sent a telegram to the country, explaining the matter in detail.

In fact, he himself didn't think that the Japanese really wanted to attack Hokkaido, unless they were crazy.

Want a warship, no warships, cannons, no cannons, another "meat bomb" charge?How many years have passed since the Russo-Japanese War, and Nogi Nozomi has long been sent to see Amaterasu.Attack Hokkaido at this time?

The telegram was sent back to China, and President Lou Da's speech was being played on the radio.

After the speeches, there will be opera and comic storytelling programs.The six northern provinces lead the country in setting up public radios in rural areas outside towns. Even if there is no radio at home, you can still hear news and various programs from the big speakers in the village.

At midnight, fireworks burst into the sky, and the New Year's Day celebrations reached their climax.

The weather is beautiful, not only does it not snow, but you can also see stars in the sky, accompanied by clusters of flowers exploding in the sky, adding to the festive atmosphere.

Li Jinyan led Lou Er Shao, stood in the courtyard and looked up at the night sky, the fiery trees and silver flowers, it was so beautiful.

She bent down and wanted to hug Lou Er Shao so that he could see more clearly, but found that the little leopard was wrapped too tightly and couldn't be hugged.This can't be blamed on others, the instigator is Li Sanshao.

After trying it a few times, he had to quickly put it down after picking it up. Second Young Master Lou's expression was as helpless as Young Master Li's.

Young Marshal Lou at the side finally couldn't stand it any longer, reached out and picked up the little leopard on the ground, and easily supported it with one arm. Li Jinyan straightened up and grinned, "Young Marshal, mighty!"

During the meal just now, Li Sanshao drank two glasses of fruit wine, but now that the wine was getting stronger, his eyes began to drift.

Young Marshal Lou looked at him sideways for a while, but didn't speak.Li Jinyan was still laughing.

The two adults had different thoughts, but the little leopard, who was being held by Marshal Lou, was attracted by the fireworks and couldn't take his eyes off it.It was quite a pity when the fireworks dissipated and I was sent back to the room to rest.

The next day, after Li Jinyan woke up, he moved sideways, his back was sore for a while, he sat up, couldn't hold on, and fell down again.Close your eyes, count to three silently, sporadic images flashed in your mind, and then opened your eyes, a flock of crows croaking and flying overhead, and performed a 360-degree gyration in the air, Li Sanshao's forehead suddenly Slide down the three black lines.

It seemed, it seemed, it seemed, last night he was the one who spoke to Young Marshal Lou first, and not only spoke, but also struck.One can imagine the result of biting and scratching a tiger.

Li Sanshao didn't feel embarrassed at all. After all these years, he had "practiced" his face. He just gritted his teeth and rubbed his waist, feeling aggrieved.

Little Leopard also asked him if he would fight with Marshal Lou, how to fight in this weight class?

The girl outside the house heard the sound and called out through the door: "Master Yan?"

He didn't get a response, so he yelled again. After a long time, Li Jinyan felt that his waist was not so sore, so he rubbed his face hard and agreed.

Wash your face and mouth, change into new clothes, sit at the table, drink two bowls of porridge, and "tear" three buns, feeling refreshed.While putting down the chopsticks, he couldn't help but feel that he was assimilated by Marshal Lou, and his appetite only increased.

Wiping his mouth, the girl brought hot tea, Li Jinyan asked, "Where is the young commander?"

"Return to the young master, the young commander is in the study."

Li Jinyan nodded, sat for a while, and stood up, "I'll go to the factory and tell the kitchen that I don't need to prepare mine for lunch, and I'll be back before dinner."

The girl agreed, and shook off a newly cut cloak with a circle of snow-white fur at the neckline. Li Jinyan fastened the cloak and walked out of the room. The two girls behind him looked at each other, blushing a little.

Young Master Yan, he really grows better every year.

After New Year's Day passed, Guanbei City returned to the past.

The endless flow of people, the passing trams, cars honking their horns, the roar of machines in factories outside the city, the yelling of shop assistants in the city, and the sound of reading books in schools all interweave into a vibrant new city scene.

Guanbei University World and Guanbei Library have become the two most famous places in the six northern provinces and even the whole country.

Guanbei Great World gathers all kinds of leisure and entertainment, opera, singing and dancing, juggling and storytelling, cinema and theater. If you stay in it for a few days, it may not be the same.

The Guanbei Library has collected a large number of ancient and rare books. Many masters of Chinese studies and studious young people gathered from all over the world. Before the opening of the library every day, there was already a long queue outside the library.

As the capital museum is about to be completed and the news of its unprecedented opening to the public has appeared in the newspapers, many people have begun to wonder who collected these ancient books and cultural relics, and whether they were donated free of charge or sold at a high price.

It's a pity that Ned is far away in Europe, and Xu's second sister is in the intelligence bureau. Li Jinyan doesn't like to be on the front page when nothing happens. Coupled with the protection net set up by the Lou family, the "seal order" of the old gentlemen, anyone who knows There will be a breath of air.

No matter how hard you try, you may not be able to touch the corner of the real Buddha's clothes.

I can only find out that these cultural relics and ancient books were recovered from abroad by patriotic businessmen who spent huge sums of money.

It is not that there are narrow-minded people speculating on the motives of this "patriotic businessman", and more reports are praiseworthy words for this.

A guess is just a guess, but these cultural relics and national treasures actually belong to China. Even if they have thoughts, they are also thoughts for the country and the people. How can they be slandered by some villains?

"These people who serve the country and the people are still slandered and have ulterior motives. Where is the justice? Where is the heart?!"

This "patriotic businessman" turmoil did not last long. Li Jinyan has experienced a lot and has a considerable understanding of the journalists of this era. Regardless of what is written in the newspaper, keep a normal mind and silently say "calm down" three times. ", any storm will pass.

On January [-], another piece of news completely suppressed the limelight of the "patriotic businessmen". The "Treaty of Versailles" came into effect, and the League of Nations under the auspices of US President Wilson was officially established.The countries that declared war on the Allies in World War I became founding members of the League of Nations, whether they went to the battlefield with real swords and guns, or just made a gesture of soy sauce, and the newly established countries after the war did not fall behind.

The League of Nations is the first international league organization established for the purpose of coordinating and resolving international disputes.Its purpose is to jointly reduce armaments, quell international disputes, and maintain people's lives.The basic structure was established during its founding, including the League of Nations Assembly, the Executive Yuan, the Secretariat and the Permanent Court.

As a member of the victorious country, Huaxia, by virtue of its economic and military strength, occupies a seat in the five permanent members of the Executive Yuan. Since the U.S. Senate voted to refuse to join the League of Nations, before the first meeting of the League of Nations, the five permanent members were reduced to four. Ren, respectively, the United Kingdom, France, Italy and China.The U.S. seat remains vacant.

Japan, another permanent member in history, barely squeezed into the membership. Even so, it caused a lot of controversy. Both China and the United States raised objections to Japan being included in the ranks of "victorious countries", and the United States refused to join After the League of Nations, the Huaxia representatives still opposed this.

However, Japan did "declare war on Germany". Comparing the soy sauce actions of some other member states, they still retained their seats in the League of Nations.

The news spread back to China, and Japan held a grand celebration. Since Taisho ascended the throne, Japan has not had "good things" for a long time. Every time I hear bad news, it is hard to have such a happy event, so we must celebrate !

Before they could be happy for too long, a basin of cold water was suddenly poured down their heads, cooling them down.

"A dozen or so Japanese soldiers broke into the leased land in Hokkaido with weapons on January 1920, 1 in the Gregorian calendar. It is said that they were ordered by the Japanese military department."

The Chinese government immediately sent a note to the Japanese ambassador to China, demanding that the Japanese government must give Huaxia an "explanation."

Japan, which was planning to stage a bitter drama at the first meeting of the League of Nations to win the sympathy of European ghosts and animals, was suddenly stunned.

What exactly is going on? !

The cabinet questioned the military department, but the military department shook its head and didn't know.When the Eighth Division was found, the head of the Division was full of bitterness and almost cut his belly to prove his "innocence".

At the end of the investigation, it was concluded that the dozen or so Japanese soldiers were indeed from the Eighth Division, but they were not ordered to "sneak attack" or "jade broken" at all, but deserted to "smuggle".

Finding out such a result is not much better than being kept in the dark.

Not for anything else, what a shame!

Yoshizawa, the Japanese Minister to China, received a telegram from the base camp, and immediately met with the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of China, and came to the conclusion of "extremely embarrassing".It doesn't matter if you are ashamed, Huaxia must not find enough excuses to attack Japan.

"Mr. Fangze, I will report."

The deputy minister's tone was very "kind", but Fangze's head began to sweat. It was obvious that the Huaxia people did not intend to let Japan go.

In the next few days, Huaxia didn't take any action, which made Fangze have an illusion, maybe he was worrying too much before.But when the first meeting of the League of Nations was held in Paris, and the Foreign Minister Zhan Changqing Shi Shiran, who represented China at the meeting, stood up and spoke, the Japanese really realized that disaster was imminent.

However, it was too late.

During this period, Li Jinyan was not idle either.

The Hongmen of the United States sent Li Jinyan a message through Situ that they need to buy alcohol in large quantities.

"Fruit wine, red wine, beer, liquor, as long as it is wine, all of them."

Situ actually conveyed the big brother's intention, Li Jinyan picked up the order on the table, raised his eyebrows, so much wine?

He knew about the alcohol prohibition in the United States. In fact, not only the United States, but Northern Europe, Tsarist Russia, and later Soviet Russia all issued alcohol prohibition laws. Leaving aside Northern Europe, it is pure fantasy to let Russians stop drinking.

"Shipping is no problem." Li Jinyan put down the order and said, "It's just that the ship has been at sea for a month or two. The alcohol ban has already come into effect, right?"

According to the provisions of the Prohibition of Alcohol, not only can you not drink alcohol in public places, but it is also illegal to transport, trade, and brew alcohol.Although the status of the Chinese in the United States has improved, the Chinese Exclusion Act still exists. If someone detains this batch of goods, isn't it asking for trouble?

"Master Yan can rest assured about this." Situ actually pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and twisted his fingers, "As long as you have this, everything will be fine."

"Sure?"

"Sure. In fact, the local police station and relevant personnel at the port have already taken care of it, and part of this shipment is for them."

Li Jinyan nodded without asking any more questions.

It will not be easy to take root in the United States for such a long time, and then develop into a gang organization of considerable scale. However, Li Jinyan was a little surprised to be able to win the police chief.

"Now that everything has been arranged, I will do this business." Li Jinyan smiled and said, "However, favors belong to favors, business belongs to business, and the wine money has to be paid."

"Of course." Situ also smiled, and took out a money order from his coat pocket, "This is the deposit."

After receiving the money order and seeing the numbers on it, Li Sanshao once again lamented Hongmen's wealth.

The business has been negotiated. According to the other party's intention, the goods should be shipped as soon as possible.Li Jinyan not only emptied his own warehouse, but also "searched" the major wineries in the six provinces, and became a second-hand dealer once and for all.

The price is [-]% higher than the domestic price, even so, it is still profitable.

Li Jinyan knows that the price of alcohol in the United States will only increase as the Prohibition Prohibition lasts longer. Otherwise, there would be no underworld boss like Al Capone who built a "dark empire" just by smuggling.

On January [-]th, the day when the League of Nations held its first meeting, three cargo ships sailed from Dalian Port. There was only one kind of cargo on board, all kinds of wine.

On that day, a strange scene appeared in New York and other places in the United States. A large number of wine trucks shuttled back and forth, trying to deliver more wine to the warehouse before the clock struck midnight.

Many Americans also gathered together to party all night to celebrate the last "liberation" day. When the dawn arrives, the No.18 Amendment to the U.S. Constitution will come into effect, and the U.S. will soon enter an era without alcohol.

In the 20s, smuggling, corruption, jazz and gun battles, the stage belonging to gangsters, will also kick off.