"Mr. Hyakutake, please."

Chen Xiu nodded and walked into the headquarters of the Japanese army stationed in Taiyuan in Shanxi, where he would see the name he had seen in the history books, one of the war criminals of the invasion of China, Umezu Mijiro.

Soon, Chen Xiu was led to an office, and before coming in, Chen Xiu also paid attention to the deployment of the Taiyuan City Devil Headquarters, which was indeed very tight.

After thinking about it, if it was really easy to get in, I am afraid that these high-level devils would not be able to please it a long time ago.

"Report!"

"Come in!"

"Your Excellency, Mr. Hyakutake has arrived."

"Yo Xi, please come in."

"Hey!"

"Mr. Hyakutake, please."

Chen Xiu walked into the office, looked at a middle-aged man in a lieutenant general's uniform, and squinted his eyes, it was not that he had not seen a photo of Umezu Mijiro in the book, but, he said, the person he saw in front of him was completely different from what he saw in the book. So, should he have traveled to a different time and space?

"Hyakku Kogoro, I've seen Your Excellency the Commander."

Chen Xiu opened his mouth lightly.

"I didn't expect that, Mr. Baiwu, is so young, please take a seat." Umezu Mijiro smiled.

Chen Xiu nodded, in the room, there were tatami mats, a low coffee table, and some tea sets, and Umezu Mijiro was kneeling and sitting, ready to make tea.

Chen Xiu is really helpless, to be honest, this habit of kneeling and sitting should have been learned by the Japanese during the Tang Dynasty, and at the same time, the same is true of this tea ceremony.

Chen Xiu nodded, and knelt down opposite Umezu Mijiro, he didn't like kneeling very much, or rather, normal people didn't like it for both men and women.

"I don't know what happened when His Excellency the Commander shouted to come down?"

"Come, tea." Umezu Mijiro smiled and handed Chen Xiu a cup of tea, "Drinking some tea in the morning will help you think clearly throughout the day." ”

Chen Xiu took it with a smile, "Thank you." ”

"My name is Umezu Mijiro, and I am the commander of the First Army, you should know all this."

"Hey!"

"The imperial army occupied Shanxi, but was blocked by the Chinese in the Luliang area. At the same time, the resistance of the Chinese people in the occupied areas has not stopped. ”

Chen Xiu nodded, "That's true." ”

"But yesterday you had a conversation with Yonekura Yumatsu, right?"

"Hey!" Chen Xiu nodded, "It's about talking about some economic things." ”

"That's true, you also know that since the imperial army has occupied these places, it has always wanted to promote the education of the imperial people, so that these people can also become the subjects of the empire."

"Hmm."

"It's just that, especially in Shanxi, the more difficult it is."

Chen Xiu nodded, "Shanxi and Shaanxi are the concentration of Chinese culture, Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, is now Xi'an, and Shanxi, known as the Jin, was also the land of Longxing in the Tang Dynasty, the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, the two prosperous dynasties were once set here, so the work here will indeed be more complicated." ”

"That's true, the culture of China is still very powerful!" Umezu Mijiro put down his teacup, "You say, to rule a place, you can't just exclude dissidents?" ”

"Hey!" Chen Xiu continued to nod, "Only after understanding the local people's conditions and cooperating with the local people can it be possible to truly integrate into them and make them accept us." ”

"So, you're going to run various businesses with the Shina merchants in the future?"

"Hey! This is an experiment for me, if it can be successful in Taiyuan, then it should also be successful in other places, and when the time comes, the commerce of the empire will be spread all over all the cities of China! ”

"Hahaha! Bai Wujun, I didn't expect that although you are not a soldier, you have such great ambitions in another aspect! It's remarkable! ”

"Hey, it's just the shade of the family."

"Hyakbu Saburo, what's the relationship with you?"

"Hey, he's supposed to be my cousin!"

"I see! How do you listen to your accent, which is completely Kyoto accent? ”

"Hey, I've been living in Kyoto since I was a child, and I've been living in Saga since I was a child, and I've been back relatively little."

Umezu Mijiro nodded, he believed it, like the hundred martial artists, it can be regarded as a big family in the Saga area, and it is not surprising that there are such some outstanding children, "You and Sakata-kun ......"

"Your Excellency Commander, I have nothing to do with Sakata Daisa!" Chen Xiu hurriedly spoke, "Moreover, I hope that His Excellency the Commander will be able to stop Sakata-kun!" ”

Umezu Mijiro shook his head with a smile, "I know what you mean, but I can't interfere in Sakata-kun's affairs, the war on the front line has been tight recently, and I plan to let Sakata-kun lead the troops to the battle." Sakata-kun has always been a warrior under my command who can fight well, and he has never tasted defeat! ”

"I see."

"And, in fact, Sakata-kun doesn't hate women either, so you don't have to worry too much about Sakata-kun." Umezu Mijiro persuaded helplessly, "Next time, you should make it clear, you should still be friends, they are all elites of the empire, and it is not good to hurt the harmony." ”

"Thank you, Commander."

"By the way, do you have any other specific thoughts on the issue of business rule?"

"Hey! A person's survival in this world is nothing more than food, clothing, shelter and transportation! Chen Xiu began to speak, brainwashing, "Once we have fully mastered these and made the Chinese people accept the habits of the empire, then, for the empire, aren't they the subjects of the empire?" ”

Umezu Mijiro put down the teacup, frowned, and then spoke, "You're right, if we want them to become subjects of the empire, we have to make them accept the habits and customs of the empire, even if they don't accept it subjectively, but once they are surrounded by the empire's food, houses, clothes, etc., they don't accept it, I'm afraid they can't." ”

"Hey! That's exactly what it means in the next! Therefore, the construction of the custom street is not only for the warriors of the imperial army, but also for these Chinese people, so that they can see and touch! Be able to accept these cultures of the empire more vividly! ”

"Yo Si! Baiwujun, your idea is very good! ”

"Hey! So, when the custom street is completed and my three shops are all in order, I will start to choose to work with the merchants of the empire and the merchants of China! Count as a pilot! ”

"Yo Si! That's a good idea! You can do it without worry! If you do a good job, I don't mind escalating the matter to the base camp and giving you credit! ”

"Haha, Your Excellency Commander, don't do it! I don't want to be a soldier! What's more, I didn't go to military school either! Chen Xiu hurriedly refused, just kidding, it would be revealing if this matter was unified to Japan!

"That's right." Umezu Mijiro nodded, in the Japanese army, the selection of officers has always followed the "academic theory", that is, officers must have a military school background. In the case of the Japanese Navy, for example, officers are selected from naval academies and naval schools, and even reserve officers must be selected from junior colleges or students with university degrees, because the top brass believes that academic qualifications are a necessary condition for elites. There is no way for a non-cadet to serve as an officer.