Xiao Lang is a top student in the Department of Civil Engineering at Tsinghua University. However, he is also an expert in playing with explosives, and he wanted to blow up the reef in the Huaijiang River with his own hands when they first met, which left a deep impression on Chen Zikun, and there was no shortage of hot-blooded men in the guerrilla zone, but there was a lack of educated and skilled intellectuals, and presumably the arrival of Mayor Xiao could greatly improve the backward situation in weapons and equipment.

The meeting did not last long, just half an hour later, they went their separate ways, Xiao Lang entered the mountain, Chen Zikun went to Shanghai, the two said goodbye on the Jiangbei Plain lined with turrets, April had a bleak atmosphere, the road ahead was long, difficult and dangerous, all in one voice: "Take care." ”

Chen Zikun was also forced to go to Shanghai, the Japanese army implemented the cage policy, using roads and artillery towers to divide the north of the Yangtze River, the team could not get any material support in Daqingshan, not to mention weapons and equipment, eating salt was a problem, Chongqing could not count on it, only to personally go out to find a way.

After two years of occupation, the enemy-occupied area gradually calmed down under the high-pressure rule, Chen Zikun took the passenger ship arranged by Zeng Jiao to come to the provincial capital first, and took a look at the flowers, the people on the street all had vegetables, the former official residence on the pine forest road has become the villa of the Japanese commander, a new iron bridge was built on the Huai River, it is said that it was designed and constructed by the Japanese, and the quality seems to be excellent from a distance, and the traffic is also lively, and the overall atmosphere of the city is even more peaceful than Chongqing.

Chen Zikun is not a person who is easy to touch the scene, but he can't help but feel sad when he sees this scene, for the common people, no matter who is in power, life must go on, and when they get used to this kind of rule, China will slowly die, just like the Ming Dynasty died in the Manchu Qing Dynasty three hundred years ago.

When he stood by the river and pondered, Shuangxi had been on guard, this little bandit in Nantai had grown into a capable man in his thirties, and his military rank had been promoted to colonel, but he had been serving as Chen Zikun's adjutant, conscientious and conscientious.

Chen Zikun asked him: "Double happiness, do you think China will die?" ”

Shuangxi said: "The rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband, and I can't say whether China will die, but if we are soldiers, horizontal and vertical is just a death, and we don't care what we do so much when we die." ”

This is arrogant, if all the soldiers in China have this attitude of death, then China will not die, Chen Zikun patted Shuangxi on the shoulder and said: "I have been an adjutant by my side for so many years, and I will bury you, and when this errand is completed, I will send you down to be a regiment commander." ”

Shuangxi said: "I'm not that material, it's better for you to be an adjutant." ”

Chen Zikun smiled and didn't say anything.

Ferry tickets from the provincial capital to Shanghai are not easy to buy, the ticket window is bustling, people are queuing up to buy tickets with colorful banknotes, the currency in the Japanese-occupied areas is very messy, there are the Huaxing coupons of the Restoration Government, there are the Union Bank coupons circulated in North China, as well as the Japanese military stamps and the fiat currency issued by the Nationalist Government, the strongest is actually the fiat currency, and the least recognized is the military stamps.

At least in the eyes of ordinary people, the money of the Chongqing government is better than that of the Japanese, which shows that everyone thinks that the Japanese will not last long.

I finally bought two ferry tickets, went all the way to Shanghai, secretly contacted Li Yaoting, and met him at a contact point in the French Concession.

"Oh, Brother Kun, why do you look like this?" Li Yaoting looked at Chen Zikun, who was full of beard and coolies, and couldn't believe his eyes.

Chen Zikun smiled: "My goal is too obvious, it will be bad if I am targeted by No. 76." ”

Li Yaoting said: "What are your plans for coming up this time?" ”

Chen Zikun said: "Raising grain and grass materials, although I have the title of deputy commander of the Third Theater of Operations, but I don't have any authority in my hands, and Chongqing has no support, so I can only find my own way, the motorcycle that was transported from Hong Kong last time was originally intended to be transported to fight guerrillas, but it is not used in the current form, it is better to sell it in Shanghai and smuggle it back to Jiangbei with machinery and medicine." ”

Li Yaoting said: "Now there is a shortage of gasoline in Shanghai, motorcycles may not be easy to sell, I want to think of a way, the transportation link is very difficult, you know, the concession is an isolated island, the periphery is full of Japanese, there is no military police headquarters, even a bag of grain, a bullet can not be transported, but you can ask your brother-in-law for help, he is now a celebrity in the Wang government." ”

"Oh, what is Yan Qingyu doing now?"

"Deputy Minister of Propaganda of the National Government, how about it, it's good enough, but a pseudo-word should be added in front."

"Well, then I'd like to see him."

……

After secret contact, Chen Zikun and Yan Qingyu met in a café in the French Concession, and Yan Qingyu's style was really different from before, he came in a black car with a government license plate, and brought two strong and capable entourage.

"Okay, I've become a big official without making a sound, Vice Chief Yan." Chen Zikun teased.

Yan Qingyu said: "The officials of the Wang government, don't count, I, the deputy director of the Propaganda Department, am like bullshit, purely full of numbers, and I didn't rely on the support of the Japanese to force it in, do you know Xu Tingge, he, like me, is a member of the imperial organs, and he was also stuffed into the Ministry of Justice as a deputy minister, in fact, it is not an inside line planted by the Japanese, for fear that the people of the Wang family are dominant." ”

Chen Zikun said: "Xu Tingge has also been the second chief, not bad." ”

Yan Qingyu said: "You don't know, the chaos in the Wang government, the factions are complicated, the intrigue has reached the surface, the Minister of Justice Luo Junqiang and the director of the secret service Li Shiqun are at odds, and they want to kill him, Li Shiqun also found a group of assassins, plotting against Luo Junqiang all day long, the Minister of the Interior Mei Siping and the Minister of Social Affairs Ding Mocun are incompatible, and Li Shiqun, who is also the head of the 76th family, and Ding Mocun can't pee in the same pot, and in terms of high-level, Zhou Fohai and Chen Gongbo are also incompatible. ”

Chen Zikun said: "It's not easy to be an official of the Wang government. ”

Yan Qingyu said: "Isn't it, in addition to infighting, but also to deal with the assassination of Chongqing, at the end of last year, Ding Mocun was almost killed by the people of the Central Union, it is said that the female spy ** him, at the last moment there was a mistake, the girl was only in her early twenties, and was secretly executed." ”

Chen Zikun sighed: "After all, the Central Command is not as professional as the military commander in assassination, but this kind of thing is not on the stage after all, and the most important thing in espionage is to collect information on all aspects of military, political, cultural, and economic affairs for the decision-making of the highest authorities. ”

Yan Qingyu said: "It's a pity that Chongqing doesn't pay attention to you, and it is actually sent to Jiangbei to fight guerrillas, which is simply overkill, and even the people in the imperial organs even say that it is a pity and are ready to rebel against you." ”

Chen Zikun smiled contemptuously: "Plotting against me? Do you want Wang Jingwei to give way to me? Let's not mention this matter first, what do you talk about the officials of the Wang government besides infighting? ”

Li Yaoting said: "The high-level point is vying for power and profit, and the middle-level people like Wu Sibaolin Zhijiang are busy looting the people's wealth, and they are bent on controlling the tobacco and soil trade in Shanghai, but this business has been contracted by our imperial organs, and the 76th did not dare to attack the Japanese, so they picked up soft persimmons and pinched them, and assassinated Sheng Wenyi several times, if it weren't for the Japanese military police to protect him, he would have been killed." ”

Chen Zikun laughed: "It's a bit interesting, it's just fishing in troubled waters, but you, the deputy director of the Propaganda Department, don't seem to have much oil and water, and it's better to be a powerful department like the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Police, and the Ministry of Social Affairs." ”

Yan Qingyu smiled bitterly: "I don't want to, but I am a movie star, and I am the right person to engage in propaganda, in fact, it is all up to you for me to mix, if it weren't for the last time you asked me to speak to the Japanese, grow opium in Jiangbei, reduce the dependence on Rehe tobacco, and it will not be valued, the Mongolian garrison raised the price of Rehe tobacco, and the profits were greatly affected, if nothing else, this time Jiangbei Tu entered the market, and it will definitely be able to squeeze out Rehetu." ”

Chen Zikun sneered: "Whether Jiangbei soil can be harvested depends on ......"

Before he finished speaking, a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes came in from outside and greeted him from afar: "Yan Ci is good Yaxing." ”

Yan Qingyu saw someone coming, got up and shook hands: "Vice Chief Hu didn't go to the ministry today?" ”

The man smiled and said: "I went to the newspaper office in the morning, and at noon I made an appointment with a friend from the literary and art circles to play bridge, who is this?" His eyes looked at Chan Tsz Kun.

Yan Qingyu said perfunctorily: "An old friend, just came from other places. ”

Chen Zikun bowed slightly, feeling that this man's eyes were wandering and uncertain, but his temperament did not look like a spy.

The man smiled and left, Yan Qingyu said, "Oh no, it's not a good thing to be seen by him." ”

"Who is this man?"

"Hu Lancheng, like me, is the deputy director of the Propaganda Department, but he is a real job, and he is also the chief writer of China Daily, unlike me who just has a false title."

"Oh, shameless literati, what's the danger?"

"You don't know, he is very close to the gang at No. 76, and he is a newspaper man, he has a very bright brain, and he has the ability to never forget, so it's hard to guarantee that he doesn't know your face."

Saying this, Chen Zikun was a little nervous, not because he was afraid that his whereabouts would be revealed, but because he was afraid of bringing any bad influence to Yan Qingyu.

Yan Qingyu got up and walked over, and came back after a while and said, "Hu Lancheng is not here, I guess I have gone to tell the truth, let's go." ”

Out of the café, Chen Zikun got into Yan Qingyu's bulletproof car, pondered all the way, and suddenly said after arriving at the destination: "You and I will inevitably leak when we meet, and when they ask, you just say it......"

After a face-to-face lecture, Yan Qingyu nodded again and again.

Sure enough, after Yan Qingyu returned to his residence, he was immediately summoned to the imperial agency for questioning, and the king of the royal ryu sat opposite with a pleasant face, holding a cup of coffee and said, "Yan Sang, where did you go at noon?" ”

Yan Qingyu said unhurriedly: "I'm going to meet with someone." ”

"Oh, can you tell me, who is this man?"

"Of course, I was about to report that this person is Chen Zikun, the commander-in-chief of the Jiangbei guerrilla zone appointed by Chongqing."

"What did you talk about when you met him?" The king of Ryūo hides a sword in his smile.