Chapter IV Bribery of the Governor

Yangon is located near the estuary of the Irrawaddy River, at the confluence of the Yangon River (also known as the Lai River) and the Pak Seng Tong River, 37 kilometers away from the Andaman Sea, and is the largest port in Myanmar and one of the largest ports in Southeast Asia. The gentle Yangon Mountains jut out into the city from the north, and the city is surrounded by plains to the east, south and west. Located in the Irrawaddy River Delta, the richest region of Myanmar, it is the political, economic and cultural center of Myanmar, with major exports of rice, teak, oil, cotton and various metal deposits. In 1855, Burma became a British dependency, and the British moved the capital of Burma from Mandalay to Yangon, using it as a port for exporting teak and other goods. Since October last year, merchant ships flying the flags of Britain, France, and the United States have arrived at Yangon Port one after another, and these merchant ships flying their own flags have all painted huge red cross symbols on their sides, and even the red cross flags have been hoisted on the masts, because they are all ships transporting Jewish refugees.

The Chinese took in Jewish refugees, the British stranded in Burma undoubtedly seemed to be listening to the sky, and the extremely weak Chinese did not even drive away the Japanese who invaded their country, where there was still room to receive so many Jews. In the spirit of humanitarianism, the Governor of Burma, Capone, provided the Jews who arrived in Yangon in the early days with simple shelter and food, but who would have thought that the vitality of the Jews was too strong, and by the time the third group of Jewish refugees arrived in Rangoon on a rebuilt oil tanker, the first two groups of Jews had already set up shop in Rangoon and started doing business with the Burmese locals, and more Jews even started to buy local land.

It's terrible, in just over three months, more than a million Jews have crossed the ocean from across the ocean, and if it weren't for the military deterrence of the convoy that came with the ship, these Jews would have spread throughout Burma. In the face of the ever-changing situation, Governor Capone was very hesitant, Buckingham Palace was occupied by the Germans, and the news of the German army landing on the British mainland, which he did not dare to tell anyone else, even his wife, from the British mainland. Capone, who relied on a large amount of coffee to calm his nerves, looked a little decadent, his originally ruddy cheeks became dull, and looking at the Jews shuttling back and forth on the port, Capone's heart was even more restless.

There was a knock on the door of Capone's office, and in enter, Capone's beautiful young female secretary, Day, who was in charge of Governor Capone's day-to-day affairs. "Sir, there's a lady outside, she says she's from the American Rockman family, and she wants to talk to you about a deal" Dale gently placed the coffee pot in her hand on the table, and sorted out the messy desk. Not only was Capone the official British governor in Burma, he also opened a trading house in Yangon, specializing in the export of rare timber.

"Oh, please let her in" Capone rubbed his dry eyes, and tidied up his clothes a little, the Lockman family is not only in the United States, Capone, who is also from an aristocratic family, knows the power of the Lockman family in Britain, since the person who came is under the banner of the Lockman family, out of politeness, Capone must want to meet the visitor, as for business or something, as long as it is profitable, Capone does not mind selling his goods to them.

"Mr. Governor, I greet you on behalf of the Lockman family, I'm Rowling, and this is my fiancé Zhao Zhi" Rowling, dressed in neutral clothes, walked into Capone's office accompanied by Zhao Zhi. She didn't have a good impression of the rancid guy in front of her, and if it weren't for Zhao Zhi's plan, she wouldn't have taken the time to meet this decadent-looking governor.

"Hello, I'm Zhao Zhi, entrusted by the International Red Cross, I'm in charge of all the things of those Jewish refugees" Xu was aware of Rowling's impatience, Zhao Zhi simply said his purpose directly, and as soon as he came up, he took out the documents he got from the German Red Cross and handed them to Capone. It was obviously impossible to smoothly pick up the Jews living in Yangon from the greedy British, and Zhao Zhi had already obtained a full set of supporting documents from the German Red Cross when the relocation plan began, and he was now the head of the Jewish refugee resettlement affairs of the International Red Cross.

"Are you Chinese?" Looking at Zhao Zhi's black hair and yellow skin, Capone did not hide the contempt in his eyes, in Capone's memory, yellow-skinned Chinese are synonymous with weakness, and in Capone's London home, there are still several Chinese antiques brought back from the Old Summer Palace by his fathers.

"Yes, I am Chinese" In the face of Capone's surprise, Zhao Zhi gave a very positive answer. This guy with a rancid smell is not worthy of Zhao Zhi's anger, but his eyes are indeed very annoying, if it weren't for the fact that Capone was the British-appointed governor of Burma, maybe Zhao Zhicheng would have had a seizure.

"Mr. Capone, we are discussing with you about the resettlement of refugees from Myanmar, if you have any opinions about my fiancé, we can talk about it later, our Lockman family is very reasonable" Capone's strange eyes were also noticed by Rowling, as a descendant of the Lockman family, Rowling's veins have a belligerent factor, no wonder she would so obviously reveal her likes and dislikes for Capone.

"Borrow? Are you trying to send these Jews from Burma to China? ”

"I think so," Rowling took out a document from her purse and handed it to Capone, "this is a document signed by your British King George VI, which specifically states that we can use the Yunnan-Burma road to transport Jewish refugees to China, and the British troops in Burma will provide us with cars and protection, I think, Mr. Governor-General, will not fail to obey His Majesty's orders?" ”

Capone had already learned of the royal family's attitude when the first Jews landed in Yangon, but he did not expect that Rowling would have an order signed by King George VI in his hands, and that he was the governor of Burma appointed by the British government, so naturally he would not disobey the king's order, and it also had Prime Minister Chamberlain's signature on it. "Of course, but recently, the British troops stationed in Burma have been busy going into the mountains to suppress bandits, you know, those uncivilized Burmese natives are always attacking British expatriates, as the governor, of course I have to protect my own expatriates first" Capone was naturally unwilling to use the army to protect those Jews, so he hit the Burmese bandits with an excuse.

Capone will find an excuse, on the way to Rowling and Zhao Zhi to the governor's palace, they have already thought of a way to deal with it, thousands of miles to be an official just for money, a descendant of a noble like Capone who has declined, came all the way to Burma to be the governor, nothing more than power and wealth, power can't be given to him, but Zhao Zhi has a large amount of counterfeit pound bills in his hands. "Mr. Capone, we can hire the army to protect us in pounds, and we will pay them" There were only three of them in Capone's office, and Zhao Zhi directly took out a few stacks of pounds from Rowling's purse and pushed them to Capone.

"Here is 5,000 pounds, we need a fleet of 500 trucks to help us transport the refugees, of course, if you can provide us with more trucks, so that we can transport all the Jewish refugees before the rainy season comes, we can also pay you more" Zhao Zhi reached out and grabbed Capone's hand stretched out to the pound, "These are just the remuneration for the trucks we hire, the protection cost of the army, we calculate separately, if the trucks are not enough, the mules and horses are also okay"

Zhao Zhi's later words were not listened to by Capone at all, his whole person has been taken away by the few stacks of banknotes on the table, as a descendant of a nobleman, Capone is not a person who has never seen money, but so many thick stacks of banknotes are placed in front of him, this kind of visual impact is indeed very attractive, especially a guy like Capone who strives for money.

"No problem, I will order the British troops along the way to provide protection for your refugees, and I can also provide you with some food to help" Capone took the stacks of banknotes from Zhao Zhi's hands, and his eyes were full of shining essence, which caused Rowling to sneer. If this stupid Mr. Governor knew that Zhao Zhi gave him all the counterfeit banknotes, I don't know if he would be angry on the spot.

Before Capone could put the banknotes he had just arrived in the drawer, Zhao Zhi took out a few stacks of banknotes from his leather bag and put them on the table, "Mr. Capone, you know that I am a Chinese, my motherland is suffering from Japanese aggression, taking advantage of this opportunity to transport Jewish refugees, I have purchased a batch of weapons, ammunition and mechanical lathes from abroad, I want to rent a dock in the port, so that I can unload everything loaded on the ship and transport it to my homeland with the refugees, I don't know if this 10,000 pounds is enough for my rent?" ”

Zhao Zhi's weapons, ammunition and mechanical lathes on the ship are not a problem, the most important thing is to follow Zhao Zhi to evacuate the 20 Tiger tanks of the British fashion ship, once such a behemoth appears in the port, the British will never allow such advanced tanks to enter China, with Zhao Zhi's hundreds of mercenaries can not guarantee their safety at all, Zhao Zhi needs the permission of Capone, the official supreme commander, only in this way, the Tiger tank that has been altered has a chance to get off the ship and arrive in China.

Paying the remuneration through the channel is just a guidestone for Rowling and Zhao Zhi, as long as Capone accepts their remuneration equivalent to bribery, the Tiger tank and those factory equipment, Zhao Zhi can bring it up, from Capone's gaze staring at 10,000 pounds, it is not difficult for Zhao Zhi to see that Capone has already agreed to this matter from his heart.