Yoshino Rio did not doubt Xu Rui's identity, and he didn't even think to check the details of "Nishimura Kojiro". Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Because Takuji Yoshino has also made it very clear that Nishimura Kojiro is a friend of Takeno Iso, and in fact, the relationship between the two will definitely not be shallow, and Takeno Takuji is even willing to conspire with Nishimura Kojiro to plant opium on a large scale, do you say that the relationship between the two people can still be shallow? And the backstage of Takeno Taiso is the high staff of the headquarters, Kota Togo.

Although Togo Kota is only a young sa, he is extremely valued by Commander Okamura and has a bright future.

So Yoshino Rio never thought that Nishimura Kojiro was actually Chinese.

This is not that Yoshino Rio is careless, let alone that Yoshino Rio is stupid, but because there has never been a matter of Chinese pretending to be Japanese to cheat in the occupied areas, people always have blind spots in their thinking, and they will not think much about things that do not exist or have not happened, let alone be vigilant.

Yoshino believes that Okamura Ninji is likely to acquiesce in opium cultivation.

But in order to convince Okamura Ninji, Yoshino Rio still carefully prepared some materials.

Almost at the same time that Xu Rui convened a meeting of several members of the Wolf Tooth team, Yoshino Rio also knocked on Okamura Ninji's office with a stack of financial statements.

Walking into the office, Yoshino Rio handed the bill to Okamura Ninji, and then paused and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, this is a list of financial expenses for the military police for the months of July and August. ”

Okamura Ninji took the account list and picked up the myopia glasses on the desk.

Only halfway through it, Okamura frowned and said, "How come the fiscal expenditure in August is three times more than in July?" ”

"Hello." "Your Excellency, the fiscal expenditure in August was higher than in July, but it was due to the establishment of government agencies at all levels of the Jiangxi Provincial Government and the police system with the restoration of law and order, coupled with the military expenditure of the Imperial Army, which led to a sharp increase in fiscal expenditure. ”

Okamura Ninji immediately fell silent, but his brows became more and more frowned.

Okamura Ninji advocated giving enough respect to the Chinese, but there were two powers that he would never let go easily, one was financial power, and the other was personnel power, and he always firmly held these two powers in his own hands.

This is also very understandable, if we let go of the financial power and personnel power, if the new government elects a provincial governor who is pro-Japanese on the surface but is actually anti-Japanese in his bones, and then appoints an officer who is also anti-Japanese to serve as the commander of each division of the Imperial Allied Army, wouldn't it be spending the Japanese government's money, but cultivating anti-Japanese forces?

Seeing Okamura Ninji frowning and silent, Rio Yoshino whispered, "Your Excellency Commander, is it financially ......?"

Okamura Ningji sighed lightly and said: "Yoshino-san, let me tell you the truth, the current funds are already very tight to ensure the expenses of the divisions and regiments of the Eleventh Army, and I am afraid that there will be no extra funds to bear the expenses of government agencies at all levels in Jiangxi and the various departments of the Imperial Cooperative Army. ”

Yoshino said, "But if you do this, it will inevitably lead to instability. ”

Okamura Ninji rubbed his temples and whispered: "I originally hoped that when law and order in the occupied areas was restored, commerce would be able to recover with it, so that there would be a stable source of tax revenue, but who would have thought that law and order would be restored, and commerce would basically return to the pre-war level, but the tax collected would not be much. ”

Yoshino said, "Your Excellency, Commander, why don't you raise the tax rate?" ”

"No." Okamura waved his hand and said, "A rash tax hike would be destabilizing." ”

On the one hand, if he wants to give enough respect to the Chinese, then he cannot discount or default on the various expenses of the puppet government, but on the other hand, Japan's domestic finances are becoming increasingly tight, and the War Department has clearly ordered that all units of the Japanese army invading China should raise some of their own funds.

The lack of funds has increasingly become Okamura's heart disease.

Seeing that the time was almost ripe, Yoshino Rio whispered: "Your Excellency, you have a suggestion that can not only relieve the financial pressure of the imperial army, but also not affect the order of the occupied area. ”

Okamura Ninji's slightly narrowed eyes suddenly opened, and he asked, "What suggestions?" ”

Rio Yoshino said, "Your Excellency Commander, you must be familiar with charcoal grilling in Takeno, right? ”

"Charcoal grilling in Takeno?" Okamura Ninji frowned and said, "What's the matter with Sekitakeno charcoal grilling?" ”

Rio Yoshino said, "Your Excellency, it is so, because the shipping of Wagyu cattle from the country is too expensive, so Takeno-san decided to build a Wagyu cattle farm near the Jiujiang River. ”

Okamura said, "What does this have to do with alleviating the financial pressure? ”

"Because there are a lot of mountains near Jiujiang and there is plenty of sunlight, Takeno-san wants to start a side business and grow some high-value cash crops in addition to raising Wagyu cattle," said Yoshino......

Speaking of which, Yoshino Rio will not go any further, because it does not need to be said too bluntly.

"High-value cash crops?" Okamura Ningji's eyes stared, and he immediately understood what Yoshino Rio was referring to by high-value cash crops, in fact, in the vast occupied areas such as Northeast China and North China, it was not a secret that the Japanese army colluded with the local puppet government to cultivate and refine opium on a large scale, after all, this was a profiteering industry.

The Northeast, in particular, has almost become an opium cultivation base.

After a moment of silence, Okamura Ninji said with a gloomy face, "Can safety be guaranteed?" ”

When Okamura Ninji talks about security here, he does not mean military security, but political security.

As Xu Rui guessed, Okamura Ninji is still a militarist in his bones, and he has never taken the life or death of the Chinese seriously, what he cares about is actually the reputation of being "pro-China", and he wants to create a "pro-China" hat for himself, and use this to confuse the vast number of Chinese in the occupied areas.

"All the villages within the boundaries of the farm will be moved, fences will be built around them to completely cut off from the outside world, and the farm will not recruit local people, but will arrange prisoners of war, and the whole farm will be militarized, so safety can be guaranteed," Yoshino said. ”

"Yo Xi, I'll leave this matter to you." Okamura nodded happily.

"Hello." Yoshino Riao paused and said, "However, Your Excellency Commander, Takeno-san may still have some doubts about this matter, and if Your Excellency the Commander can take the time to attend the groundbreaking ceremony of the farm, I believe that Takeno-san will no longer have the slightest doubt, and there will be no problem in this matter." ”

Okamura Ninji said, "Let's see this then." ”

Rio Yoshino immediately paused, turned and withdrew.

As soon as he returned to the headquarters of the gendarmerie, Rio Yoshino found Takuji Yoshino and asked Takuji Yoshino to contact Takeno Iso and Nishimura Kojiro, as for himself, he would never have direct contact with Takeno Iso and Nishimura Kojiro, this is not because he is proud of his identity, but in order to stay out of the matter.

Commander Okamura was deliberately concerned about political security, and Rio Yoshino could not afford not to leave a way out in advance.

If one day the secret of the secret cultivation of opium in the Wagyu cattle farm is exposed, in order to maintain his political reputation, Commander Okamura is very likely to make a big fuss about the matter and shut down the Wagyu cattle farm to show the Chinese, and as the owners of the farm, Takenoda Iso and Nishimura Kojiro are also very likely to be punished, or even killed.

Yoshino didn't want to be involved.

As for Takuji Yoshino, as long as his brother is here, it won't be fine.

Besides, Yoshino Takuji, after getting his brother's affirmative answer, when he came to Yoshino charcoal barbecue on the spot, it happened that Xu Rui had also returned from Jigongling, and the three of them summed it up, and immediately decided that Xu Rui would go to find the address of the farm, Yoshino Takuji went to the prisoner of war camp to select prisoners of war, and Takeno Tajiso began to buy breeding cattle.

Xu Rui, for ulterior purposes, is very active in this matter.

The Yoshino brothers and Takeno Iso, in order to make a lot of money, are also very active.

So the next morning, the three of them began to prepare.

Just when Xu Rui was selecting a site nearby, the telegram sent by Xiao Taohong to the headquarters of the Qingbai League had already been delivered to General Xue Yue's desk.

(Dividing Line)

Seeing the telegram in his hand, Xue Yue was silent for a long time.

Wu Yizhi, chief of staff of the First Corps, who had just arrived, whispered: "General seat, this telegram has no beginning or end, and it is better not to be gullible, after all, adjusting the deployment is not a trivial matter, in case we spend a great deal of money to make preparations, but the major incident mentioned in the telegram has not happened, will we not be in vain?" ”

"Brother Xuexing, what do you say, what will be the major event mentioned in Xu Rui's telegram?" Xue Yue squinted his eyes and asked.

Wu Yizhi said: "Isn't this a flea on the bald head, isn't it obvious, it must be the assassination of Shunroku Hatata." ”

After a pause, Wu Yizhi said again: "Xu Rui spoke openly through the radio station, and his tone was very loud, but he thought that he was mostly bluffing, and in fact, he might not dare to go to Nanjing, so we must not easily believe it, let alone adjust the troop deployment of our First Corps because of Xu Rui's telegram." ”

Xue Yue said: "Is Xu Rui really just bluffing? ”

Wu Yizhi said: "Does the general seat really believe that Xu Rui can kill Junroku Hatata?" ”

"Shunroku Hatata? Is it really Shunroku Hatata? Xue Yue's slightly narrowed eyes opened, and then he said, "Chief of Staff, immediately send a telegram to Li Hansoul's 29th Army, ordering the 64th and 70th Armies to go to Shanggao and Gao'an, and then order Ou Zhen's Fourth Army and Ye Zhao's Eighth Army to go out of Xinyu and Zhangshu to prepare for a counterattack." ”

"What?" Wu Yizhi couldn't figure out Xue Yue's train of thought at all, and said in a deep voice, "The committee reminds us that we must not forget the lessons of the second De'an battle, so do you think about it again?" ”

"No need." Xue Yue said categorically, "That's it." ”

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