Chapter Fifty-Eight: Linmeng Tan Half City
Wang Tingyue didn't wait for me to see him, and the next day he came to see Longwan in person, and this time Wang Tingyue was closer to me than any other.
Wang Tingyue: "Major An, since the day I met you, I have felt that Major An is extraordinary!" In the future, he will definitely become a great person! Sure enough, I didn't see the wrong person! ”
Wang Tingyue took out five gold bars from his briefcase, three in a pile and two in a pile, and said, "This business, because of Major An, was sold at an unexpectedly high price!" This extra gold bar is a special reward for Major Ann! ”
Because of my coldness, Yamamoto Maruichi thought that we thought the price he gave was too low, so he simply offered the highest price, which became an unexpected gain for Wang Tingyue, and the income higher than expected naturally made them ecstatic.
I unceremoniously put away the gold bars and said, "Commissioner Wang, fortunately, don't be too polite, I would like to thank you for giving us the opportunity to reunite father and son!" Thank you again! ”
Wang Tingyue saw that I had happily put away the gold bars, which was a move to treat them as his own, he was naturally even more happy, and said: "Major An is blessed to the soul, the reunion of your father and son can only be said to be a matter of course. As me, it just plays a role as a matchmaker, I don't dare to pat my chest and treat my own people, that is never a little slack. ”
Our meeting was pleasant and successful, and before leaving, Wang Tingyue took out a silver dollar and stuffed it into my coat pocket: "Mr. An has come from afar, and it is inconvenient for me to go to the meeting, even if it is a little bit of my personal heart, I also bother Major An to hand it over to Ling Zun to express my admiration!" ”
Don't be a fool, I unceremoniously accepted Wang Tingyue's heart, and sent Wang Tingyue to the car with laughter.
Looking at the Willis jeep dragging away with smoke and dust, Huang Wenlie said: "I look at you, it's like a ...... who doesn't refuse to come."
He pondered the right words as I said, "Bitch who doesn't turn down." ”
Huang Wenlie acquiesced. There is nothing more appropriate than this statement.
I sneered, "Tuanza, do you think I deserve all this money?" If it weren't for that Yamamoto Maru being killed by Ma Shun, I think I could have used this witness, plus those physical evidence, to send Wang Tingyue to a military court! ”
Huang Wenlie's face changed, and he said: "Camp Commander An, it's better for you to calm down, the fire at the city gate affected the pond fish, this matter involves too much, it's not as simple as you think." ”
I suddenly realized that my words were tantamount to including Huang Wenlie, Huang Wenlie himself belongs to this "pond fish", if I really report Wang Tingyue, I must also be implicated Huang Wenlie himself.
The whole country is in chaos and shattered by the sound of guns, and the top-down black trade has never stopped, and there are so many such things that people will feel accustomed to it. It can be seen from this that our repeated defeats on the battlefield are not entirely due to the inferiority of weapons and firearms and the Japanese army, but also because we have injected too much water into sincere unity and is also one of the fundamental reasons for our defeat.
I have a lot of trouble right now, and my father is undoubtedly my new trouble. Although he lived here, because of his generous gestures and elegant manners, under the external aura of his bluffing, it didn't take long for him to get acquainted with some local gentlemen and celebrities.
In a short period of time, he became a very popular figure in Linmeng's high society, and among these Linmeng celebrities he came into contact with, the most prestigious and influential was Tan Zhenshan, who was known as Linmeng Tan Bancheng.
Tan Zhenshan is a wealthy man in Yunnan, his business is all over western Yunnan, there are no less than dozens of business transactions in Linmeng, pharmacies, restaurants, factories, mines, etc., etc., involving a very wide range, to say that half of the city in Linmeng is the Tan family, although it is exaggerated, no one refutes.
These gentlemen and celebrities gather, usually three or five people, sitting in the living room with fragrant tea and dessert, talking about customs and scolding the current situation of the country, which is what they like and are good at.
Although Tan Zhenshan has a lot of business, he has a lot of leisure time, so he is also the person who interacts with my father the most. Although the two of them seem to be close, they are politically different, and they often quarrel because of disagreements.
Tan Bancheng's point of view is clear, in his opinion, China must fight with the Japanese at all costs! There are no eggs under the nest, and the anti-Japanese war must be treated without distinction between men, women, and children, and we must unite as one to win the final victory.
And my father still insisted on his theory of curvilinear salvation, he believed that there was still a way out only through peace talks, and in his eyes, the Japanese had good intentions, to establish the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere and expel the Western powers who had been enslaving and oppressing China for a long time, but the Chinese military authorities had a misunderstanding of this, which led to this protracted war between China and Japan.
I heard them arguing loudly outside the door, and if the man inside who was singing the praises of the Japanese was not my father, I think I would have at least rushed in and beaten up this old fellow who had made unscrupulous pro-Japanese remarks, and then thrown him into prison for ten days and a half.
I suppressed my anger and walked into the yard, because there is someone to clean, my father's temporary residence looks very tidy, the yard furnishings are also made in accordance with the pattern of the Beiping family, and the style here is very different, this is also those Linmeng gentlemen and celebrities praise each other, and compete to follow the place, to be honest, people in small places will be inexplicably envious of the lifestyle of the big city.
Tan Zhenshan attached great importance to the appearance of my military uniform, and he said to my father: "I can't imagine that Ling Lang is still a soldier of the national army, rare, rare." ”
I understood what he meant, what he said was rare, naturally he said that it was very rare for a person with such a mind as my father to have a military son, and according to the normal development, I should have served in a traitor army like the Imperial Cooperative Army.
My father said politely, "The dog is just a martial artist, and there is nothing worthy of Tan Gong's praise." ”
He was very proud. He may think that I, a "dog", have finally fought for him some face, because for many years, in addition to fighting him, I have rarely shown my face for him.
Tan Zhenshan shook his head again and again, and said: "That's not what I said, I'm not polite, if it weren't for the thousands of soldiers like Ling Lang fighting on the front line, where would Linmeng be at peace now!" Tan Zhenshan only hates old age and frailty, otherwise he would have been one of you, and he would have reported to the country to protect the people of Li on the bloody battlefield, so as to live up to the time of this life! ”
This old man's spirit is strong, and he is awe-inspiring and upright, if he is in the prime of life, I believe that he can really sign up for the army and become one of us.
I said: "I have heard the name of Tan Gong for a long time, you have not only raised funds for our army many times, but also opened porridge sheds to help the victims in ten miles and eight townships, and it is not an exaggeration to say that you are the first good person in Linmeng!" ”