Chapter 237: Conquest by Force, Cultural Invasion

The county seat of Lin'an County. Ding's compound, the headquarters of the Japanese army. The main room of the middle courtyard.

On the mahogany round table in the middle of the living room, there are crispy yellow fritters, pork and green onion stuffed xiaolongbao, osmanthus red bean buns, wontons, tofu brain, millet porridge, pickled meat, poached eggs, and pickles. The mahogany round table was full.

Nakagawa Eiichi sat on the sofa a little tired and tired, but he opened his arms and hugged the shoulders of the two beautiful young comfort women in kimonos who had been under house arrest in the Ding family's compound all along, caressing and rubbing.

"Nakagawa-kun, is there anything wrong with calling me to the middle court so early?" Ichiro Sohan, who was wearing a kimono, walked into the living room of the main house and asked.

"Yes, there are important things. Zong Hanjun, please sit down, let's talk while eating. Nakagawa Eiichi walked slowly to the round table and sat on a mahogany chair, supported by two comfort women, one on the left and one on the right.

Sohan Ichiro stared at the breakfast on the round table with wide eyes, and exclaimed in surprise:

"Wow! Today's breakfast was so generous. Nakagawa-kun, I'm stained with you. Thank you. ”

"Huh? Zong Hanjun, how could you say that? Can't you eat such an ordinary Chinese breakfast every day? Sit down, sit down. ”

"Nakagawa-kun, how can I have breakfast like this every day? This is not an ordinary Chinese breakfast, and today's breakfast is really too luxurious for me. ”

"Huh? I don't understand what you say. Zong Hanjun, what do you eat for breakfast every day? ”

"Since I came to Lin'an County and lived in the Ding family's compound, I have eaten three meals a day in the front yard and the same as the soldiers in the headquarters. Breakfast is a bowl of gruel and pickles, dinner is a bowl of gruel and stir-fried vegetarian dishes, and at noon add an extra steamed bun or a bowl of rice, and you can't eat eggs and pork. At the end of the day, I couldn't eat enough at all, and I was often dizzy and tired from hunger. Zong Hanichiro said weakly and sadly.

"Huh? Zong Hanjun, how could this be? How can I, a dignified officer of the Imperial Japanese Army, eat as simple a meal as an ordinary soldier? Come! ”

"Here!" The aide-de-camp standing outside the door walked into the living room and stood standing.

"Listen to me clearly and remember, Zong Hanichiro Dazuo has been my best friend and comrade-in-arms for many years, how can you snub him? From today onwards, his standard of three meals a day must be the same as that of me and these two young ladies. What he wants to eat and how much he wants to eat, he must not be restricted or blocked, he must be satisfied and must obey. If there is a mistake, the penalty will not be spared. ”

"Hey! Resolutely carry out the orders of the wing commander. The aide-de-camp turned and left.

"Nakagawa-kun, don't do this, don't embarrass your subordinates. It's okay if the meals are simple and crude, I can still ......"

"Don't say it, eat it, eat more. Zong Hanjun, if my subordinates are disrespectful to you, they are disrespectful to me, and they are also contempt for my authority, which I absolutely cannot accept and allow, and I can't treat me slowly and be sorry for my old friends. ”

Zong Hanichiro devoured a drawer of ten xiaolongbao and two poached eggs in one go, and drank up a bowl of millet porridge. He picked up another fritter and took a bite, chewing it while thinking resentfully in his heart: Nakagawa Eiichi, don't pretend in front of me, without your prior instructions, do your subordinates dare to let me eat ordinary soldiers' food every day? Hmph, in your eyes, now that I've been relieved of my military power, I'm not as good as the two comfort women around you who can let you play with lewdness. Do you know that I have ten days to leave Lin'an County, and I will only change the food standard today, how many days can I still eat? What's the point of doing that? Polite on the surface but actually stingy, a typical villain, how can my father have a student like you? Alas, I still have to endure pretending to be stupid, and I have to maintain peace with him on the surface. Thinking of this, Zong Hanichiro raised his head and said politely:

"Nakagawa-kun, it's serious. I've been through this kind of thing in wartime, and I won't mind. I'm ashamed to have caused you a lot of trouble when I came to Lin'an County. I am already very content to eat and drink for nothing every day, please don't blame yourself. Nakagawa-kun, is the Imperial Army short of food now? ”

"Yes, there is a great shortage of food. Zong Hanjun, I won't tell you, the food is only enough to eat for twenty days. What will the 10,000 or so Imperial Army troops, the 15,000 Imperial Cooperative Army, and the more than 200 detective teams in Lin'an County and Lin'an Town eat in the future? This is a big headache, without 300,000 catties of grain, it will definitely not last for the autumn harvest. ”

"Huh?! The shortage of food in the troops has reached such a serious level?! Zhongchuan-kun, you can ask General Baoding Murayama for help to transfer military rations to Lin'an County. ”

"No, I can't. Zong Hanjun, do you know that at present, the imperial army troops in the entire North China region are all short of food. Although the wheat has been harvested and dried, it is difficult for our army to collect it. The Chinese peasants will never willingly refuse to give us grain. Lin'an County is not the main grain producing area, and now Lin'an County has more people and less food. Alas! Not only could I not bring in military rations from Baoding, but I also had to collect a large amount of grain and send it to Baoding to support General Murayama, and I also had to transport more grain back to Japan, because there was already a famine in the country. Alas! It's hard! It's so hard! ”

"Nakagawa-kun, since the situation is so serious, why does General Murayama send several times more imperial troops to Lin'an County, which is not a strategic location?"

"Zong Hanjun, in the past, Lin'an County was not a strategic place, but now it is different. This was to speed up the implementation of the Mt. Fuji plan, so heavy troops were sent to Lin'an Prefecture. ”

"Oh, I see. Mt. Fuji plan? Nakagawa-kun, what kind of plan is this? How come I've never heard of it? ”

"Huh? Oh, nothing, nothing, don't say it. As soon as Nakagawa Eii realized that he had missed his mouth, he immediately changed the topic and said, "Zong Hanjun, eat with an open stomach." The Chinese breakfast is so varied, delicious and nutritious that people can't get enough of it. Our Japanese breakfast is far worse than the Chinese breakfast, and it can't be compared at all. I can't help but admire the long-standing and profound food varieties and food culture in China. ”

"Yes, I feel the same way. Nakagawa-kun, I heard that there are hundreds of dishes in the Manchu and Han banquets in China, and it takes a few days to eat them all. Alas! It's just that I've heard of it and haven't seen it, and it's impossible to enjoy it at once. ”

"Well, I've heard that too. Zong Hanjun, the Chinese spend their time and energy on studying diet, how can such a country and nation not stagnate, weaken and fall? ”

While Eiichi Nakagawa and Ichiro Sohan were eating and talking about inconsequential matters, two young and beautiful comfort women stood up from time to time to add food and porridge to them.

"Alright, you two get out." Eiichi Nakagawa said in a low voice and majesty.

The two comfort women bent down and bowed, dressed in clogs, and walked out of the living room of the main house with small steps, and walked down the steps to the east and west rooms of the middle courtyard.

"Zong Hanjun, after breakfast, please change into a military uniform and go with me to the county middle school to participate in the Japan-China Friendship and Sincere Talks and the Japan-Chinese Exchange Meeting solemnly held in the western Hebei region."

"Yes. Well? Nakagawa-kun, I'm afraid it's inappropriate and inconvenient for me to participate in such a grand meeting as an idler with no job or power, right? ”

"Zong Hanjun doesn't have to worry too much. I don't say, who knows that now you are a person without office and power? I regard you as a special envoy sent by General Murayama of Baoding to attend this meeting, what is inappropriate and inconvenient? The people invited to attend the meeting were people from the western Hebei region, especially Lin'an County, who were all well-known gentry, scholars, and wealthy businessmen, and I was afraid that I would not be able to cope with them. I know Zong Hanjun, you are knowledgeable, rich in learning, well-informed, well-informed, and can help me to deter these Chinese in terms of Japanese Chinese. This was also Zong Hanjun's last chance to make meritorious contributions to the Great Japanese Empire before leaving China. "Eiichi Nakagawa said it so eloquently that it was impossible to refuse.

"Good. Nakagawa-kun, I am really embarrassed and touched to trust me so much."

"Zong Hanjun, I think you should understand the purpose and significance of convening these two meetings."

"Hmm. I may know 12 out of 10, but it's just a voyeur. ”

"No, no, no, Zong Hanjun is too modest. Please give us a lot of advice, and don't hesitate to be a jewel. ”

"I am really touched by Nakagawa-kun's humility, thank you. Then I will use my humble insight to appeal to Nakagawa-kun in order to seek justice. ”

"Zong Hanjun, please general, I am willing to listen attentively and be carefully taught."

Zong Hanichiro put down his chopsticks, took out a handkerchief to wipe his mouth, thought about it, and said:

To put it simply, there are roughly three kinds of policy measures for the occupation, subjugation, and domination of another country by the military of one country: military force, total economic control, and cultural infiltration, and gradually turning the occupied country into a vassal state of the occupying ruler. The so-called one civility and one martial arts, civil and military peers. What does Nakagawa-kun think? ”

"Zong Hanjun's exposition is concise and incisive, which is convincing......"

"Report!" On the first day, the junior officer of the Japanese army walked into the living room and saluted and said, "Wing Commander, all the troops have been assembled and are ready to go. ”

"Let's go! After arriving at the designated place, they lined up and stood by. Eiichi Nakagawa ordered.

"Hey!" Officer Shaozo turned and left.

"Nakagawa-kun, is there a major military operation today? Isn't there a meeting in the morning? ”

"Yes. There is a major military operation this morning, and there is also a meeting to be held. Zong Hanjun, didn't you say that just now? One article and one martial arts, civil and military peers. ”

Hearing Nakagawa Eiichi say this, Zong Hanichiro was a little surprised at first, and then shook his head with a wry smile helplessly.