This is the end of an auction of shops in Custom Street.

Whether it is for Chen Xiu or for the devil, it can be regarded as a great joy.

In the eyes of the Japanese, Chen Xiu is just a Japanese businessman who wants to make money and is relatively smart, and he must be loyal to the emperor, otherwise he would not have made such a suggestion.

As for Chen Xiu, he has also received the title deeds of three shops, and in order to pay the money, Chen Xiu made a deal with the Jin Suijun and the Eighth Route Army, and produced a batch of medicines, so as to make up the number.

"Baiwujun, next, I will wish you a prosperous business first." The Japanese army who presided over this auction was a wing commander under the Japanese army dispatched to Huashan, named Sakata Xiangyuan, a relatively thin man with small eyes, and at first glance, he was very shrewd.

"Then thank you Sakata Daisa for your congratulations!" Chen Xiu naturally smiled, "However, I don't know if the manpower for construction is enough?" ”

"Please rest assured, Baiwujun took Shanxi, but captured a lot of prisoners of the Zhina people, and recently prepared to set up an engineering team to manage all the prisoners of war in a unified manner, this kind of work, it is best to hand it over to the Zhina people." Sakata Xiangyuan laughed, "Moreover, there are thousands of people in the prisoner of war camp now, so many people, the progress of construction will be very fast!" ”

Chen Xiu was surprised in his heart, but there was a happy expression on his face, "Really? ”

"Don't worry!"

"That couldn't be better!" Chen Xiu laughed, "When the new store opens, I will also ask Sakata-kun to help me be a lobbyist at that time, and ask the commander and the chief of staff to come and patronize it, and I promise that a few of them will definitely like it very much." ”

"Hahaha, good!" Sakata Xiangyuan naturally agreed, he didn't have too many opportunities to go to the battlefield, after all, he had stayed in Taiyuan, so these businessmen were his current source of income.

……

Back to his residence, Chen Xiu frowned, the Battle of Taiyuan was a relatively early battle that broke out after the Japanese army fully invaded China, the Chinese side invested about 580,000 troops, and the Japanese side invested 140,000, which lasted 2 months, and it was the largest, most intense, longest-lasting, and most significant battle in North China in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War.

Just now, Chen Xiu learned from Bantian Xiangyuan that the Taiyuan Engineering Team, that is, the Taiyuan prisoner of war camp, that is, the Taiyuan concentration camp, had received and imprisoned a total of 100,000 to 120,000 prisoners of war of the Central Army, the Jin Sui Army and the Eighth Route Army, as well as ordinary Chinese people. The civilians and soldiers in the prisoner of war camps were all persecuted by the Japanese army.

With a long sigh, Chen Xiu felt that he didn't seem to have any way to rescue these people immediately, it was really that he had too few troops in his hands, if he had hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands, he might be able to think of a way.

The more he came into contact, the more Chen Xiu felt that his strength was insignificant. But he still knows that only by rejuvenating the country through science and technology can the country be truly strong, and without national defense, everything is virtual.

Shaking his head, Chen Xiu didn't think about it so much, now that he has started to do these things, he has to do a good job, the location of the store has been decided, but there are still some old Chinese people's residences nearby, think about it, tomorrow, the Japanese will definitely use violence, and even, they will not compensate the people.

"Xincun, you go to the location where the current custom street is located, investigate how many Chinese people still live, and if you can, arrange for Qinyang and them to give these people some compensation." Chen Xiu said these words to Han Song in Japanese.

"Hey." Han Song nodded, and then went out.

……

"Your Excellency Commander, in one auction, we raised more than 3 million yen in military expenses!"

"Yo Xi, that's good!" Umezu Mijiro also smiled, "This method is really good, not only can it not cost money, but it can also make money!" ”

"Hey!"

"As for the progress of the project, just let the engineering team do it, is there still a person on that street now?"

"Hey, there are still a few more households, but they are already moving."

"Yo Xi, then take a good look, since we have collected so much money from expatriates, we have to be a little more careful."

"Hey!"

For Umezu Yoshijiro, the establishment of a custom street this time can not only carry out imperial education, but also receive a large amount of money and attract a large number of expatriates, which is indeed a good way, which can be regarded as a big problem for him. It can also find something to do for the engineering team, that is, the prisoners of war in the prisoner of war camp, and kill multiple birds with one stone.

"Your Excellency, Commander, there is intelligence."

"Oh?" Umezu Mijiro frowned, "What information?" ”

"From Liuba County."

"Bring it." Umezu Mijiro took it, frowned after reading it, and the telegram said that Chen Xiu appeared in the Luliang area and also sold a large number of medicines to the Eighth Route Army and the Jin Sui Army.

"It's a little weird."

"Hey, I think it's a little strange down there."

"If he wants to sell these medicines, wouldn't it be good to transport them directly from the base in Liuba County? Why in the Luliang area? Nowadays, the Luliang area is very chaotic. ”

"Perhaps, he is closer to Lu Liang?"

"In other words, is he already in Shanxi?" Umezu Mijiro's eyes narrowed.

"Hey, it's very likely."

"But why did he come out with this batch of medicines? What was the purpose of his visit to Shanxi? As soon as this batch of drugs comes out, he will have a lot of money in his hands, what is he doing in Shanxi with so much money? Umezu Mijiro had a series of questions, "Could it be that he also heard about the construction of a custom town?" ”

"But the dust has settled on the auction in Custom Street."

"Or maybe he's already been involved?" Umezu Mijiro hooked the corners of his mouth and raised his eyebrows, "The intelligence said that he went to the Luliang area two days ago, and the auction was held today, and in terms of time, it is not much worse, that is to say, among the people who participated in the auction, there was Chen Xiu." ”

"Hey! Your Excellency the Commander said yes! Send someone to call these people for questioning at once! ”

"Yo Xi, move fast, in case they have already run away, it will be a pity!"

"Hey!"

So, soon, the Japanese gendarmerie stationed in Taiyuan was operational, and according to the list, there were Japanese and Chinese people to participate in the auction.

"Baiwujun, you have to go to our gendarmerie in a while." When Sato Shin found Chen Xiu, Chen Xiu was drinking tea.

"Oh?" Chen Xiu was puzzled, "Sato-kun, has something happened?" ”

"Hey! In fact, we got the information that there was a person named Chen Xiu, who may have been mixed in with the people who participated in the auction today! "Sato Shinko doesn't doubt Chen Xiu," this person sold a batch of medicines in the Luliang area two days ago and obtained a large amount of funds, so His Excellency the commander guessed that maybe he also came for the auction of the custom street. ”

Chen Xiu nodded, he heard a lot of information in Sato Shin's words, "You mean, that person is a spy who sneaked in?" ”

"That's probably what it means." Sato Shin nodded, "So, now the gendarmerie is following the list, and I want to ask everyone who participated in the auction today to question." ”

"I see." Chen Xiu suddenly realized.