Sakai Naotaka hurriedly handed over his business card and said with a smile in fluent Chinese: "Despicable Sakai Naotaka, the owner of your mansion is surnamed Wen?" ”

Hearing that he seemed to be more fluent in Chinese than himself, the Filipino maid guard looked at the other party seriously, and then he saved his face and said in a strange tone: "Wine...... Well? ”

Sakai Naotaka hurriedly said: "Yes, it's the contemptible person, Sakai!" ”

The Filipino guard said, "You ...... Wait! He took the business card back to the guardhouse, and after a while, a young man in a black Tang costume came out of the guardhouse, wearing a peaked cap, in good spirits, this spirit knew that it was a figure of the Celestial Empire at first sight, he smiled and said to Sakai Naotaka: "My master is waiting for you, Mr. Sakai, please!" As he spoke, the iron door behind him slowly opened.

Following the young man into the deep house, the ancient trees on both sides are towering, the lawn and flower beds, and in the middle is a wide cement road leading to the stone steps of the front hall.

Go up the steps and enter the western-style building, facing the spacious banquet living room, covered with red carpet, there is a sofa and coffee table by the window on the left, all of which are Central Plains weather, and there are a few people sitting faintly.

After entering the living room, the young man has retired, and now leading Sakai Naodaka is a white-faced middle-aged man, his face is quite kind, but his eyes are flashing, and he seems to have a distraction before he speaks, and his voice is a little sharp, claiming that his surname is Wan, and he is the housekeeper.

Steward Wan asked Sakai Naotaka to stay less, and he walked to the window resting place with a sofa and coffee table in small steps, probably by nature, Steward Wan was a little hunched on his back, always bowing down.

"Mr. Sakai, please come here!" Steward Wan took two steps back and summoned Sakai Naotaka in a soft voice.

Sakai Naotaka hurriedly walked up, and then he saw clearly, outside the floor-to-ceiling glass window, the scenery was extremely beautiful, and a man and a woman were sitting on the sofa enjoying the flowers.

At this time, the man turned his head and smiled at him, Sakai Naotaka didn't know how his heart jumped, he couldn't see how old the other party was, he only felt a righteous and peaceful awe-inspiring power rushing to his face.

"Mr. Sakai, please be seated." The man beckoned, and Naotaka Sakai hurriedly walked over, but he didn't know why, he didn't feel that the other party was arrogant at all, as if it should have been.

When he arrived at the soft snow-white chaise sofa sitting on the side of the coffee table, Naotaka Sakai noticed that the hostess was a blonde and blue-eyed Western beauty, with pencil-shaped blue suspender jeans and a snow-white vest.

Although the Central Plains is strong, it is rare to marry Western beauties, let alone such a bright stunner, Sakai Naotaka sighed in his heart, this Mr. Wen is a good skill.

At this time, Mr. Wen smiled and said: "Mr. Sakai, this meeting with you, I am very honored, I have seen your change of some structures of small electrical appliances, you are very talented, I hope Mr. Sakai will not waste this talent, our partner of Taihe Bank, Dongfang Electric Company, needs your kind of talent, I don't know if you are interested in joining, so I can send Mr. Sakai to enter a Chinese university for further study, after learning some theoretical surname knowledge, I believe that Mr. Sakai will definitely have a different understanding of electrical products." ”

Needless to say, the Mr. Wen who spoke at this time was Ye Zhao, the blonde beauty was Christina, and as for Steward Wan, it was the great eunuch Wan Dequan. This house is the real estate of Gul Shayir, Ye Zhao came to Edo yesterday, and his identity is the deputy director of the overseas development department of Taihe Bank, no matter from which point of view, the senior management of Taihe Bank is a commercial giant outside the territory, plus the "cargo" with the ship, it is reasonable to have an armed merchant group with him.

In addition to the fifty Lan Ling guards who followed Ye Zhao out of Beijing, there were also a battalion of the Royal Guard, a guard of the Shenji battalion, pretending to be employees of the merchant group, but such a well-equipped armed merchant group was naturally rare.

When I came to Tokyo (Edo), the change in my spirit on the street was obvious, the chaotic political situation, the warlords who were not able to make a living, and the outbreak of various pessimistic emotions made the nation gradually lose its self-confidence, and some pessimistic scholars began to question everything about the history of the country, questioning the disadvantages of their own nation, which also undoubtedly affected the mood of the people, and even some scholars wrote articles attacking the rule of the emperor who was unified for all generations, believing that it was the deep-rooted samurai and emperor complexes that made the people stubborn. became an outcast of this world.

Scholars at the few universities that Yuben only had generally believed that the arrogant and inferior surname of the national surname caused the entire nation to sit in the well and watch the sky, and even treat the Tang people (Chinese arrogantly), which caused Yuben to miss the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of the Tang people into the era of great trade and industry, and now it is lagging behind Korea and becoming a weak and small country divided by warlords.

Of course, there are also radicals who call for the expulsion of all foreigners and for self-improvement.

Seeing these views in this newspaper, Ye Zhao could not help but feel ironic, and he began to lose self-confidence and began to fall into the same ideological confusion that China once had. If China won the First Sino-Japanese War and became the object of dialogue between the great powers in the East, and the huge reparations caused the collapse of the economy, who would say that more than 100 years later, I would not question whether my nation was an inferior nation in a pessimistic mood?

Of course, the serious lack of the system of the previous dynasty and the narrow surname of the minority ruling the majority made it difficult for China to carry out complete reform, even if Jiawu won, for the Chinese, I do not know whether it is a blessing or a curse.

But the current result is obvious, at least, it will take a long time for me to really find myself, just like my previous life, the Chinese are still exploring in the fog of finding themselves.

As for the talents of the book, the empire naturally can still recruit them, just like Naotaka Sakai in front of them.

Hearing Ye Zhao's words, Sakai Naotaka was obviously stunned, now China is considered to be a place of civilization enlightenment, some scholars have traveled to China to seek knowledge, learning, and ideas, but Sakai Naotaka never thought that the elites from China would invite him to join one of the most prestigious hegemon-level enterprises in the East and the West.

Dongfang Electric Company is said to be inextricably linked with Taihe Bank, with total assets of more than 100 million pounds, and there are several financial institutions and enterprises with total assets of more than 100 million pounds in China today, such as Taihe Bank, Dongfang Electric Company, Dongfang Transportation Group, Southern Heavy Industry Group, Longxing Resources Group, etc., all of which are industry leaders.

What Sakai Naotaka didn't know was that most of these groups were the property of Mr. Mae-Fumi, or they had an inseparable relationship with Mr. Fumi.

"Of course I am very willing, but I am afraid that my strength is humble and I will disappoint Mr. Wen." Naotaka Sakai agreed almost without thinking.

Ye Zhao smiled: "I will look at people, I don't think I will be disappointed." ”

Sakai Naotaka bowed his head deeply and said, "Hai! Thank you, Mr. Wen, for your appreciation. ”

Ye Zhao slowly tasted tea, perhaps only at this time, could he vaguely feel the characteristics of the person in front of him.

……

The night before he left Edo, he went to the box in Ginza, a glittering nightclub in the concession. It is said that this name was given by Gul Shayir as the opinion of the club owner, and the initiator was naturally Ye Zhao.

Meeting with Ye Zhao in the box was Kuroda Inayuki, the chief of the Yama County Political Axe Army Department, and a general who had a fierce glint in his eyes.

Although Ye Zhao did not want to intervene in the situation of Yue Ben, he always had to guide him appropriately, and he could not let him embark on an uncontrollable and dangerous road, otherwise if a war broke out one day, it would be considered that Yu Ben would be defeated, but it would also cost the blood of Zhonghua Erlang, so it was most appropriate to guide him to embark on the road of peace.

The county government is applying for loans from the Taihe Bank to pave roads, build schools, and so on, but in fact this is naturally an excuse, and everyone knows that most of the loans will be used to buy arms and build military enterprises.

But after all, it is the central political axe loan, Taihe Bank has begun to investigate and assess what proportion of the loan of the county political axe will be used for military expenses, the profit of the loan is feasible, etc., now Ye Zhao is in the book, the surname Suo and the county political axe military high-level meeting, after the meeting can also give some advice to Taihe Bank.

And whether to continue to support the political axe of Shanxian County, since it is also within the scope of Ye Zhao's assessment, this has nothing to do with Taihe Bank, anyway, no matter which political axe, it can't be relied on, just like the empire inherited some debts of the previous dynasty, but after the declaration of war between the north and the south, some Western banks that lent money to the previous dynasty are still fighting lawsuits with the imperial political axe, sued in the British court, and sued in the Chinese court, but when the war was declared, the empire announced that it would not inherit this part of the debt, and this lawsuit was protracted, and I don't know what year it will end.

Although Chief Kuroda did not know that Mr. Wen could decide the survival of the Edo regime, this loan was so important that the Taiwa Bank bigwig also held the lifeblood of his central political axe, and Kuroda redoubled his wooing of Ye Akira in the hope of winning Ye Zhao's friendship.

Having said that, it would be of great benefit if the central political axe could make friends with a figure like Mr. Wen.

There were four people sitting in the box, Ye Zhao, Kuroda, Wan Dequan and Mo Haichuan.

Wan Dequan followed Ye Zhao out of Beijing this time, and it was more convenient to serve errands before and after the saddle; Mo Haichuan is a young man with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, the emperor's personal guard chief (first-class guard), born in a martial arts family, named after his father's respect for Dong Haichuan, he is a firearm, and he is the best in the guards.

Wan Dequan and Mo Haichuan were both standing on the side of the door of the box, and outside the box, there were Kuroda's guards and Lan Lingwei, who were dressed in casual clothes wearing caps.

The dancer sitting beside Ye Zhao was extremely gorgeous, wearing a glossy lake blue cheongsam, a double-slit cheongsam unique to the red light district, all the way to the root of the thighs, revealing a pair of snow-white long legs, with black belt high heels, which was more pleasing to the eye.

Although the dancer is extremely beautiful, Ye Zhao has no feelings, but he just feels that the dancing girl in the high-end "civilized" entertainment venue has begun to abandon the kimono, which can't help but make people sigh.

The dancer is called Chiyoko, is the flower of the nightclub, at this time she carefully helped Ye Zhao pour wine, just rubbed the Chinese guest's knees with snow-white stockings long legs and the other party did not react, Chiyoko was busy restraining the style, she was very good at observing words and feelings, knowing that the Chinese guests looked down on her, although she was a little happy, but faintly a little unconvinced.

Fortunately, she knew that Mr. Kuroda was a high-ranking political official, and the Chinese guest was a big man, and the proprietress repeatedly told her to give a good explanation, and although she had the principle of "selling laughter and not selling her body", but when she met such a character, if people liked it, she couldn't escape the situation of tactfulness and joy, and since the guests were not interested in her, she escaped.

Unconvinced, there has never been a guest who does not bow down under her pomegranate skirt, and this Chinese guest is extraordinary, and it has a special attraction for a dancer like her, and even makes her faintly feel good, that is, the spring breeze is not so bad, but I don't want people to look at her, is his wife like a fairy, comparable to the concubines in the Forbidden City?

At this moment, Chiyoko heard Mr. Kuroda say, "You go out, I'll talk to Mr. Wen about business." Chiyoko Yingying stood up and walked out with the dancer who accompanied Kuroda.

Along the long corridor, just turning a corner, Chiyoko was stunned, and met the person she didn't want to meet the most, Director Yorikawa of the Edo Garrison Department, Lai Chuan is a middle-aged man with a fat head and big ears, and he pestered her after meeting a few days ago, if it wasn't for the concession, the proprietress knew the director of the concession committee better, but she was afraid that she would be forced to serve him that day, but she didn't want to, he came again today.

She just wanted to turn around and leave, but she had already heard Lai Chuan call her: "Chiyoko! Looking back and seeing the smile on the corner of Lai Chuan's mouth, Chiyoko's heart suddenly struck, she had heard of what a perverted and vicious guy he was.

……

In the box, Kuroda frankly said that part of this expenditure will be used for military spending, and said: "If the country cannot be unified, your bank's loans will not be well returned." ”

Ye Zhao listened and nodded slightly, there are still some talents in the political axe of the county government, this Chief Kuroda can be called shrewd and capable, and he is also very good at convincing.

"I know that Mr. Wen is very influential in Taihe Bank, Mr. Wen says a word, and we will say a hundred words at the top, no matter how you ask Mr. Wen for help, I and Shan County Jun will remember Mr. Wen's kindness." As he spoke, Kuroda picked up the small suitcase at his side and opened it slowly, Mo Haichuan was suddenly alert, staring at his hand for a moment.

The suitcase opened, Kuroda's arm rummaged in it for a while, and when he slowly stretched out his hand, there were a few more yellow gold bars in his hand, which seemed to be not light.

"This is a little meaning, please Mr. Wen smile!" Kuroda spoke, and slowly pushed the gold bar in front of Ye Zhao.

Ye Zhao frowned slightly, but before he could speak, Mr. Kuroda had already said, "Mr. Wen, please rest assured, this is not a bribe for you." Regardless of whether or not we can get the support of your bank, we will also hire Mr. Wen as an economic adviser to advise on our financial reform, which is just a salary paid in advance. ”

(To be continued)