After Xiaobao finished breakfast, he was dragged by Aunt Chang to the vicinity of the Majiagou River to see a house that Aunt Chang herself had seen yesterday.

Harbin flourished because the Russians built the Eastern Railway from Manchuria to Suifenhe and from Harbin to Lushun.

The two railways meet in Harbin. At that time, a large number of Russian engineers and technicians, as well as soldiers, came to Harbin. Their first place of residence was near the Majiagou River.

So there are a large number of Russian-style bungalows in the Majiagou River area.

Xiaobao and Aunt Chang are looking at one of them today.

Aunt Chang took Xiaobao and stopped in front of a bungalow.

Aunt Chang stepped forward and knocked on the door. Soon, an old lady in a Japanese kimono opened the door and bowed respectfully to Aunt Chang and Xiaobao, and kept saying something in Japanese. Looking at the expression should mean thanks.

The old lady turned around and went in and soon came out with a bunch of keys. She bowed and reached out to make a gesture of please. And then he trotted all the way to the front. Xiaobao followed behind and looked at the small pillow-like thing on the old lady's back.

The old lady quickly stopped in front of a bungalow and opened the door with the key. Then he bowed again and invited Aunt Chang and Xiaobao in.

Xiaobao couldn't remember how many bows the old lady had bowed to him.

Xiaobao and Aunt Chang walked into the house. The house is bigger than what Xiaobao lives in now. The house I live in now is split in two from the middle. Josiah's family lives in half and Xiaobao lives in the other half. And now the house is complete.

"Who live around here?" Xiaobao asked Aunt Chang.

"There are Jews, and the Russians, of course, are the Russians who still have money now. There are also businessmen from Japan. Aunt Chang replied.

Xiaobao looked at the old Japanese lady.

Aunt Chang said, "This is Mrs. Endo. Her husband is the principal of the public Majiagou National Elite School, Mr. Zenzo Endo. ”

"How do you know so much?" Xiaobao asked.

"Yesterday, it was Cao Qingshan's former subordinates who accompanied me to see the house. He and Zenzo Endo are friends. Mr. Endo came to Tohoku twenty years ago, and this house was empty for a long time that he bought from a Russian. Aunt Chang replied.

"Well, I think this house is good. There are also more rooms, and it seems that I don't have to sleep in the living room anymore. Just rent this house. Xiaobao nodded and said.

"Thank you," Mrs. Endo bowed and said in Chinese.

It turns out that this old woman can also speak Chinese. Xiaobao was stunned for a moment, and then figured it out. Zenzo Endo went to the Northeast twenty years ago, and this old woman must follow. I've learned some Chinese after so many years.

The three men came out of the house and walked back into the street. Out of politeness, Aunt Chang and Xiaobao had to send Mrs. Endo to the door.

When he was about to get to the Endo house, he was greeted by a short, thin man. When Mrs. Endo saw this man, she trotted up to meet him, bowing as she spoke.

"This is Mr. Endo." Aunt Chang said to Xiaobao.

Zenzo Endo probably also listened to Mrs. Endo's introduction, smiled and said in stiff Chinese, "You are welcome to rent my house, I hope you have a pleasant stay." After speaking, he also bowed deeply and thanked him.

Only then did Xiaobao see Endo Zenzo's appearance, he actually had no ears!

Endo Zenzo also saw Xiaobao's surprised eyes, and said self-deprecatingly: "You Northeast people say that the weather is too cold, and my ears almost froze." And my ears were literally frozen. ”

"How is that possible?" Xiaobao couldn't help but say.

"How could it be, my ears froze off in Siberia. It's much colder there than in the Northeast. Endo Zenzo smiled bitterly.

"Mr. Endo was already a captain when he went to Siberia with the army twenty years ago." Aunt Chang explained on the side.

Xiaobao suddenly realized. It turned out that this Endo had participated in the Japanese army's battle against the Soviet Red Army in Siberia twenty years earlier.

Twenty years ago, he was a captain, and if he had been in the Japanese army, he would now be the number one person.

Xiaobao and Aunt Chang said goodbye to Mr. and Mrs. Endo, and said that they would move in a few days.

Mr. and Mrs. Endo bowed and thanked the two of them.

Xiaobao walked more than ten meters away, and when he looked back, he saw the Endo couple straightening their waists.

"I really can't stand these Japanese, I have to bow for two hours a day." Xiaobao sighed.

Mr. Endo asked his wife majestically, "Do you understand the details of these two people?" ”

Mrs. Endo trotted all the way behind with only two calves, "It's all clear." The woman was the mother-in-law of Cao Qingshan, the commander of the Manchurian brigade. That man was a military cao of the intelligence department of the Kwantung Army. ”

"So young is a military cao? Or a Manchurian? Endo said in surprise.

"Manchurians are Manchurians, and they don't even take off their shoes when they look at houses." Mrs. Endo said disdainfully.

"The people of China are an uncivilized people. That's why I stayed in Manchuria. Endo said proudly.

The next morning, Daiki Yanyi reported to Yamaoka Daowu about the situation of the pioneer group that Xiaobao had said.

Shan Gang Daowu listened very carefully. After listening, he took out a map of Manchukuo and looked at it.

"There are dozens of armed pioneer regiments in the Mudanjiang and Dong'an areas alone. Tens of thousands of Japanese. It should be used at all. Keep them firmly in your hands. Yamaoka Daowu said.

Oki Nobuchi also nodded.

"This time I went to Shanghai, and I saw the prosperity of Shanghai. There is also the dense population of East China. Commerce is well developed there. Large quantities of materials can be transported from all over the world to the Shanghai dock for landing. Then it is transported to various places or along the Yangtze River by waterway to Wuhan, and the transportation is very convenient. Yamaoka Daowu said.

"That's their advantage. But they also have a clear shortcoming, and that is food. There is not a lot of food production in both East and North China, but the population is larger. There was very little left except for the peasants themselves. Therefore, the food supply of the garrisons in North and East China was difficult. Yamaoka Daowu continued.

"That's where we come in." Ohki Yan said.

"That's right! Manchuria is four large parts of Japan, but its population is only half that of Japan. A large amount of uncultivated land. There is a lot of food surplus every year. That's where we come in. When we have a large amount of grain in our hands, the Japanese garrisons in both North China and East China will have to look at our faces. Michitakeshi Yamaoka added.

"My opinion is that Qian Xiaobao can do it. Of course you have to guide him behind him. I mean give him the piece of land in the lumber mill near the Three Trees train station to do it. The size should be sufficient. Of course, I also have to ask the head of the agency, Qin Yan Saburo, for approval. And you want to meet Konishi Hikaru and let him do a good job. It is better to secretly send the detailed information of the Mudanjiang Area Pioneer Regiment to the Intelligence Department of the Kwantung Army. Yamaoka Daowu said.

"Yes!" Daiki agreed.