Chapter 40: The Rising Tide Again (1)

Wang Sanxi was born in the Yunnan Army, and before fleeing to Burma, he was still a battalion commander in the Yunnan Army. "Are you really willing to hand over this line?" Bai Zhanshan came on behalf of the Military Command Headquarters, so after Tang Cheng and Zhang Jianghe introduced the two sides, they took the initiative to withdraw from the office, and neither of them had any intention of participating in the meeting. Standing outside the office door, Zhang Jianghe asked Tang Cheng in a low voice, he wanted to know Tang Cheng's true thoughts.

Tang Cheng turned his head and glanced at Zhang Jianghe when he heard this, "Uncle, we are our own people, why don't you even believe me?" "Tang Cheng thought about everything, but he didn't expect that the appetite of those people at the Military Command Headquarters would be so great, but there are some things that he hasn't figured out how to say to Zhang Jianghe." What if I oppose it, I don't have to laugh and applaud if I'm not reconciled! As long as we are still in China, we must listen to them! ”

Tang Cheng's last sentence made Zhang Jianghe's heart skip a beat, and he mistakenly thought that Tang Cheng had other ideas. "Uncle, don't worry, I'm not just a brainless person! What I can and can't do, I know in my heart. If you want to say that you are unwilling, there are some of them, but none of us have seen the situation on Wang Sanxi's side, so it is too early to draw conclusions about whether this deal can be completed in the end. ”

Tang Cheng was not complaining when he said this, Wang Sanxi was mining in Myanmar, and it was impossible for them to have some means in their hands. Now looking at Wang Sanxi, they are cornered, but who knows what the situation is over there, in case Wang Sanxi and they do not break off the relationship with the Dian army, the military commander will do the trick of meat buns and dogs if they don't make trouble this time. "Okay! If only you had a good idea! Zhang Jianghe felt that Tang Cheng's words didn't seem to be fake, so he didn't continue to ask.

Tang Cheng lit a cigarette and smoked silently, he wanted to unite with Wang Sanxi, but it was only a temporary idea. Even if he didn't join forces with Wang Sanxi to find a new smuggling channel, the Tang family would not be hungry, and the Chongqing underground party didn't have their own help before, and they didn't live well. Therefore, the appearance of Bai Zhanshan and the greed unleashed by those bigwigs at the Military Headquarters did not bring much trouble to Tang Cheng.

Tang Cheng didn't pay attention to Bai Zhanshan's meeting with Wang Sanxi, but after Wang Sanxi was sent back to the hotel, Tang Cheng still made three demands at Bai Zhanshan's request. "Uncle Bai, I'm not a hairy boy who doesn't know anything in Tang Cheng, since you said that this is a requirement of your military headquarters, I will just follow it. Forget about the compensation you said before, despite my three demands, I hope your military commanders can agree. ”

Bai Zhanshan, who had reached a preliminary consensus with Wang Sanxi, was in the best mood, Tang Cheng put forward three requests, Bai Zhanshan did not respond immediately, but he did not refuse immediately. "First, I know that the war ahead is unfavorable, and the military is likely to recruit new recruits again in the national control area. My two younger brothers in the family, as well as some of my master's apprentices, should be of the age of recruitment, and I hope they will be exempted from military service. ”

"The second request, I know that the Chongqing station has always wanted to bring the search team under control. My request is that the search team will not be merged into the Chongqing station or directly under the military command, and that I and them can only be police officers. The third requirement is that the shops in the city of the search team were all legally purchased by me, and your military commanders cannot take them by force. And when something like this happens, your military commander has to support me, and the police brand will soon be bad. ”

Bai Zhanshan originally thought that Tang Cheng put forward three requests to prepare to use this matter to make a big mouth, but he never expected that the three requests made by Tang Cheng at this moment were all trivial matters. "I can agree to your first request now, but you have to give me a specific number, you can't say as much as you want!" Bai Zhanshan, who was determined in his heart, completely relaxed, in his opinion, it was not too simple to agree to Tang Cheng's three requests.

Tang Cheng, who received Bai Zhanshan's response, did not speak, but motioned for Bai Zhanshan to continue speaking. "As for your second request, I don't have the right to decide, but I will report it to headquarters, and the final decision will be made by headquarters. As for the shops you mentioned, you bought them with money, so they are naturally your property, and even if they are from our military command, it is impossible to take them from you. Besides, don't forget, your kid is no longer a small character, the name of the fifth master of Zhencheng Tiger Tang, I have heard more than one person say it. ”

Zhang Jianghe didn't know why Tang Cheng made such three requests, but he knew that Tang Cheng did things well, and since he did this, he naturally had Tang Cheng's own reasons, so Zhang Jianghe was just a bystander, but he didn't say anything. Tang Cheng, who had reached his wishes, was also in a happy mood, if it weren't for Zhang Jianghe's repeated hints, maybe Tang Cheng would have agreed to Bai Zhanshan's invitation to dinner. "What the hell is your idea?" Zhang Jianghe, who finally couldn't hold it down, didn't care that Bai Zhanshan was still here, and opened his mouth to ask Tang Cheng.

Hearing this, Tang Cheng looked at Zhang Jianghe with a seemingly innocent expression, "Uncle, I don't even understand what you mean!" What can I do? This is not what Uncle Bai said, the headquarters is willing to give compensation! Besides, my three requests just now are not excessive! Tang Cheng said this with a bit of confidence, just considering the three requirements he just put forward, in fact, it was not a big deal, compared with Wang Sanxi and them, Tang Cheng's three requirements were not worth mentioning at all.

Zhang Jianghe did not participate in Wang Sanxi's affairs, and after Bai Zhanshan met with Wang Sanxi, he immediately went to Chongqing Station. Two days later, Bai Zhanshan, who appeared in the barracks again, not only agreed to Tang Cheng's three requests on behalf of the military command headquarters, but also brought Tang Cheng a box of calligraphy and paintings. Modern calligraphy and painting are not valuable, Tang Cheng knew that many calligraphers and painters who went south were currently living in Wuhan temporarily, so he avoided Zhang Jianghe and put forward an additional request to Bai Zhanshan.

Haha, that's all good stuff! Tang Cheng carefully locked the door of the office, then opened the box and took out the framed calligraphy and paintings in the box one by one. The notes pasted on the scroll have already indicated the author of the calligraphy and painting, and Tang Cheng looked at it at a glance, and they were all famous calligraphers and painters in later generations. Seeing these calligraphy and paintings, Tang Cheng suddenly remembered Xu Huanshan, according to the agreement, Xu Huanshan should owe himself two calligraphy and paintings.

Zhang Jianghe never fiddled with antique calligraphy and paintings, so he couldn't think of why Tang Cheng valued this box of calligraphy and paintings so much, and Tang Cheng naturally didn't bother to explain to Zhang Jianghe. Wang Sanxi's matter came to an end, and Tang Cheng used three requirements and a box of calligraphy and paintings to clean up himself and Zhang Jianghe from this matter. "Uncle, Seon is not blessed if he loses his horse! Wang Sanxi's person is not a safe person, and this matter will inevitably be repeated in the future! Zhang Jianghe wanted to persuade Tang Cheng, but he didn't expect to be persuaded by Tang Cheng.

did not continue to participate in Wang Sanxi's affairs, and Tang Cheng, who had free time, began to take people around the city every morning. More and more refugees are moving south to Chongqing, and the city of Chongqing, which has experienced two rounds of crackdowns, is now showing signs of chaos again. There are more outsiders, and it is possible to hide more lurkers, Tang Cheng walked all the way, scanning the pedestrians on the street with insight along the way. Although the Insight Technique could only be used for half an hour a day, Tang Cheng didn't feel like he was holding back, half an hour was enough for him to scan the area of two streets.

For several days in a row, Tang Cheng failed to scan suspicious targets, eyeliners placed in various streets, and did not send back many valuable clues. Everything looked very calm, but Tang Cheng knew that under this calm, there was a huge crisis. With the development of the war, some administrative departments have been relocated from Wuhan to Chongqing, and there are many more people wearing military uniforms in the streets.

In this era, Tang Cheng rarely had contact with the army, and even less contact with the group of soldiers, but as more and more soldiers appeared on the street, Tang Cheng began to have a new understanding of the word soldier. "Captain, I've investigated, Chongqing has come to Chongqing for a while, and there are many shelters outside the city, but these soldiers are restless, and they also enter the city in groups on weekdays to make trouble." Zhao Dashan and they investigated this kind of thing, and they didn't need to go out of the city at all, and they quickly brought the results of the investigation to Tang Cheng.

Most of the troops ripped down from the front were the remnants of the disabled troops, or stragglers who had been separated from the team. Originally, the rout was not allowed to enter the city, but these rout soldiers were not allowed to fight, but they were very good at fighting with the police. The police did not dare to take care of it, so the defeated soldiers entered the city every day, and some of the bold ones even engaged in the act of extorting money by bullying and dominating the market. "Bai Xian is a bold one, if it continues like this, our previous efforts will be in vain."

Tang Cheng, who caught up with the rainy day, was idle, so he simply sent people to send cars and brought all the acquaintances of the garrison regiment to the barracks. Tang Cheng's share of the labor camp had all been handed over to the military commander, but this did not prevent Tang Cheng from continuing to cooperate with the people of the garrison. Tang Cheng mentioned Bai Xian at the beginning, and the people of the garrison regiment immediately guessed what Tang Cheng was going to say next.

"The shelter outside the city was crowded with the defeated soldiers who had retreated from the front, and those who had the ability and the way to enter the temporary troops, and those who did not have the way to fight in the city all day long. As I said earlier, the security environment in the city is related to your money bags, and I have been walking around the city in the past few days and found that the city has begun to be chaotic again, and the source is because there are too many idlers in the city. Tang Cheng's words made the people in the garrison immediately excited, and Tang Cheng told them this when he was cracking down last year.