Seeing that everything was almost done in Germany, Jiang Cheng and Chen Nan arranged the affairs of the German company, and the business in Germany had done well during this time. Because of the receipt of paper money, although the price is a little more expensive than gold, but gold is rarely owned in large quantities by any company, so the business is even better than when they first received gold, and Jiang Cheng instructed them to exchange the francs and pounds they received for gold as much as possible, and the Reichsmark, because the company was in Berlin, did not want to anger Hitler too much, so he gave up.

-- At the Berlin airport, Jiang Cheng was preparing to take a plane to the United States, but Kong Xiangxi did not come because he was going to negotiate some details of the treaty, and Cheng Tianfang, the backbone of the Falkenhausen and CC departments, and the Chinese ambassador to Germany, came to see him off.

Falkenhausen hugged Jiang Cheng and said, "Jiang, you are really amazing, you have fulfilled my wish, the next thing is up to me, I will definitely train the Chinese army as good as the German army." ”

Jiang Cheng patiently listened to Cheng Tianfang's translation, and said, "I believe that the general will definitely be able to bring miracles to our army, general, the German arms purchase is over, I think it is better for you to go back to China to train the army, and you would rather wait for equipment than equipment." ”

Falkenhausen's eyes lit up and he said, "Jiang, you have a very military vision, I will do my best to return to China, I hope your trip to the United States will be smooth." ”

After saying goodbye to Falkenhausen, Jiang Cheng shook hands with Cheng Tianfang and said goodbye, Jiang Cheng said to Cheng Tianfang, "I hope that Mr. can try to maintain our relationship with Germany." ”

Cheng Tianfang is very optimistic about Sino-German diplomacy and said: "We and Germany need each other, don't worry." ”

Jiang Cheng wanted to speak and stopped, sighed and stopped, and at this time, a retinue from Kong Xiangxi's side chased after him.

When Jiang Cheng saw him, he couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?" Is there anything else Minister Kong has to do? ”

This entourage probably rushed all the way over, handed over an envelope and said, "This is what Minister Kong asked me to hand over to Mr., and Minister Kong specially explained, so that you can see it again after you get on the plane." ”

Jiang Cheng took the envelope, touched it and touched it with a few pieces of paper, nodded and said, "I understand." So he got on the plane with Huang Biao and others.

When the plane took off, Jiang Cheng opened the envelope, and it was like a bill full of foreign languages.

Jiang Cheng asked, "Gallagher, what is this?" ”

Gallagher smiled and said, "You're rich, this is a Swiss bank bill, it's two million Reichsmarks, wow, your Minister Kong is really generous." ”

Jiang Cheng looked at the bill in surprise, and then looked at the back of a note, but on it was a poem:

"On the 2nd of February, the river went up, and seven or eight stars were still in the sky.

The other battalion rode across Longxi, and the birds were still green and flying.

It is necessary to burn the elixir to find lead, and weep beads to repay the kindness.

Life is not up to him, but between words. ”

Jiang Cheng was confused when he saw this, or Gallagher saw that it was strange and said, "Amitabha! Isn't this your hidden poem, twenty-eight accounts, don't say anything, this is your kickback. ”

Jiang Cheng took a look, isn't it, this Kong Xiangxi actually took so many kickbacks for winning military purchases, twenty-eight accounts, which means that the kickbacks are seven million marks? Jiang Cheng suddenly had the urge to rush back to Berlin to punch Xiangxi, it was not the Germans who sold it for a long time, but you ate a lot of kickbacks!!

Gallagher exhorted, "Christ is above!" Forget it, I see, this is the national situation of your country, take it first, your corruption is even worse than I imagined. ”

Jiang Cheng gritted his teeth and put the things back in his pocket, and the little affection he had for Kong Xiangxi suddenly disappeared without a trace. If Kong Xiangxi knew that this would be the result, he would not give Jiang Cheng any money if he was killed, and he would scold Jiang Cheng, what is a dog biting Lu Dongbin, you Jiang Cheng is, I am kind enough to give you money, you are still unhappy, I really don't know how bad it is.

Just as Jiang Cheng and Kong Xiangxi parted ways, there was an undercurrent surging beneath China's calm surface.

-- A group of Japanese military attachés in Tianjin, China, are looking at a map at the Tianjin Chamber of Commerce to discuss the construction of warehouses that will in the future become transit points and centers for transporting troops and ammunition after the start of war. Secretly assembled troops, weapons and ammunition are constantly gathering in the north by means of changing guards. Although the upper echelons of Japan have been clamoring for Sino-Japanese friendship, the middle- and lower-ranking officers, who have long smelled the smell, have taken spontaneous action.

Not far away in Beiping, Song Zheyuan was holding the letter with a distressed face, and Tong Linge, Zhang Yueting, Zhang Zizhong and others next to him couldn't help but look at each other, Zhang Yueting asked first, "Commander, what happened?" What are the letters of the little devils? ”

Song Zheyuan handed the letter to Zhang Yueting and asked them to pass it to each other, Song Zheyuan sighed, "What do these Japanese mean?" What did you invite me to Japan to do this time to inspect and study? Some time ago, we and they have not finally solved the iron ore matter, what do they want to do this time? ”

Zhang Yueting thought for a while and said, "In my opinion, this Japanese has nothing more than three meanings, one is to let us see their strength, to scare us, so that we can surrender without a fight, and the second is to test our attitude towards them, after all, now the two sides of us seem to be living in peace, if we don't go, they will definitely see that we can't actually pee with them at all." Third, they want to take the military commander as a hostage, and if something happens, they can use the military commander to threaten us. ”

Feng Zhi'an's nickname Feng is confused, and he treats people leniently, but he is not confused on the major rights and wrongs, Feng Zhi'an said excitedly, "The army commander must not go, not to mention anything else, in case the army commander goes, the Japanese spread rumors in the country that the army commander has taken refuge in Japan, and then like the white-faced Cao Cao, coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes and order us in the name of the army commander, what should we do?" ”

Zhang Zizhong is known as Zhang Peeling because of his rigorous military training, and there is often a saying that recruits will be stripped of a layer of skin when they enter his training camp. He also said, "Yes, the military commander is absolutely not allowed to go, the Japanese are not benevolent, righteous and moral, and we cannot afford to take this risk." ”

Song Zheyuan sighed, "Why don't I know, but you see, the Japanese have been constantly deploying troops recently, ask them, they only say that they are changing guards, if we refuse now, in case I use this as an excuse to call over, what should we do with the good situation of our 29th Army?" ”

Zhang Yueting looked at the letter and said, "Otherwise, let's learn from Sima Yi and pretend to be sick." ”

Song Zheyuan looked at Zhang Yueting and said, "Pretending to be sick - this is also a way, but what if they come to visit me?" ”

Zhang Zizhong said at this time, "In this way, I will go to Japan once instead of the military commander, so that I can also block the mouths of those little devils." ”

Song Zheyuan sighed, patted Zhang Zizhong and said, "Then I have wronged you, alas, it's all because we don't have the strength." ”

Tashiro Wanichiro saw Song Zheyuan's reply, snorted and said, "This Song Zheyuan, shameless, it seems that this person is still an obstacle to the road of the empire, hasn't the wind and moon in Beiping blown his bones soft?" ”

The next head of Kazuki Kiyoji nodded, "I think we should still put a little pressure on them, the people of China are all cheap bones, bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, as long as they know that although they are talking about Sato diplomacy now, it does not mean that our Great Japanese Empire has no temper." ”

Tashiro Wanichiro nodded and said, "After that Zhang Zizhong leads the team to Japan, I will send troops to start military exercises near Beiping, so that one soft and one hard, I think Song Zheyuan will be a smart person." ”

-- In a Japanese-owned restaurant in Shanghai, three people were sipping tea.

In other words, no one can change Jiang Zhong's mind about uniting with the Red Party? You must know that compared to the White Party, the Red Party is more tough on the Empire. "The man who spoke was Shigeru Kawasaki, Japan's ambassador to China.

"Alas, the chairman is really old and more and more confused. Nowadays, the overall situation of the world is that the white race is strong, the yellow race is weak, and the most powerful of the yellow race is your Great Japanese Empire, and our Republic of China should follow Japan to have a way out, and now Chairman Chiang is bent on colluding with the Red Party, and I am very worried about the future of our Republic of China. "The person who said this was a Chinese with eyes, and this person was Huang Jun Huang Jun Zi Zhewei, known as Qiuyue, a native of Minhou in Fujian, from a family of scholars. In 1916, Huang Jun went to Japan to study at Waseda University. Huang Jun is not only proficient in Japanese, but also familiar with Japanese customs and customs, and admires Japanese culture very much. After returning to China after completing his studies, Huang Jun first ran a newspaper with Lin Baishui, and then worked as a clerk in the Beiyang government for a period of time. After the collapse of the Beiyang government, he served in the Nanjing Nationalist Government through the relationship of Lin Sen, chairman of the Nationalist Government. Because Lin Sen and Huang Jun were fellow villagers, he was transferred to the Executive Yuan as secretary and director. He used this official position to have access to many secrets of the Republic of China, and later developed into a big spy of Japan in the heart of the Republic of China.

"Hmph, if everyone knew the general situation like Mr. Qiuyue, where would there be so many disputes between China and Japan." This third person is a woman in a kimono, in her twenties, she looks very bright and moving, every time she moves in a kimono, she reveals it from time to time to make Huang Jun's eyes attract the past. This man grew up in China, but he called the Japanese name - Nanzo Yunzi.

I have to say that the name Nanzao Yunzi is actually very meaningful, in Japanese the pronunciation of Nanzao Yunzi is extremely twisted, and the cloud is similar to spiders and feces when reading the name in Japanese, so this name is actually made up. That's what the word Nanzo means. Her real name is unknown, and she can be said to be the most mysterious spy in Japan.

Shigeru Kawa smelled the tea and said, "Now Tokyo has a lot of objections to Sato's diplomacy, and many people are saying that you Chinese have too deep prejudices against us Japanese, and now there is a red tendency, I am afraid that our sincerity in peaceful coexistence in Japan will be ignored by your Chairman Chiang." ”

Huang Jun nodded and said, "Those red chaotic parties are shouting in the newspapers and public opinion every day for unified resistance against Japan, hum, I think they just want the world to be in chaos and then fish in troubled waters, these Russian lackeys, traitors, and the chairman of the committee are confused, so they don't cooperate with the Japanese Empire, alas, ten years of development to now not even one-tenth of your Japanese industry, I think, it's really better to let you Japanese come in and be the masters of our own country, only the leadership of the great Yamato nation, we have hope in China." ”

Chuan Yuemao listened and praised, "That's true, in the final analysis, it's the fault of the Red Party, I think we must destroy the cooperation between the Red and White, otherwise it will be too unfavorable to the empire." ”

Nanzao Yunzi smiled and said, "It's easy, we can do this, the red party will definitely suspect the white party, in fact, there are a large number of people within the red and white parties who are dissatisfied with the cooperation between the red and white, and if we do this, the red and white will definitely go to war." ”

Chuan Yuemao clapped his hands and said, "Okay, I don't know if Miss Yunzi has the right manpower?" ”

Nanzao Yunzi said, "I met a young man named Toushan Geming in Shanghai, and I think he is good. ”

Chuan Yuemao nodded and said, "Then you can arrange it, by the way, Mr. Qiu Yue, Kong Xiangxi really went to the United Kingdom just to attend the coronation of King George VI?" ”

Huang Jun nodded and said, "Yes, I saw Kong Xiangxi and his entourage go to Shanghai on a steamer." ”

Shigeru Kawayue pondered, "In this case, the news from Oshima-kun should be wrong, well, well, thank you Mr. Qiuyue for your help to the empire, the empire will definitely not forget our friend." ”

Huang Jun's face turned red with excitement when he heard this, and he hurriedly said, "For the rise of the yellow race, it should be, it should be." ”

When Jiang Cheng got off the plane, he only felt a sore back, and looked at the surrounding environment, the United States in 1937 had just broken free from the Great Depression, and was pressed by a new round of economic crisis just after taking a breath, although this economic crisis was really not enough compared with a few years ago, but most of the American people were worried about outsiders. It may be that you know how to cherish it after you have lost. Most Americans of this generation cherish work and labor, and unlike the Americans who were known for their casualness, promiscuity, and promiscuity, most Americans at this time were frugal, simple, and conservative. The embodiment of his conservative character is the social ethos of decades of isolationism in the United States. However, unlike the people who only want to live their own small lives, the US political circles at this time have become more and more dissatisfied with the current international political status that does not conform to the US economic strength first, and are constantly seeking opportunities to interfere in international affairs.

The Qing Gang originated from the Yongzheng period 200 years ago, and got rid of the Hongmen, and the Hongmen in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China in the overseas Chinese community of the vast extent of the power is unimaginable to later generations, the power of Du Yuesheng and others in Shanghai Tang is actually the root of the gangs derived from the Hongmen, and the Hongmen and the Qing Gang have always had a good relationship because of the common goal - to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. Until later generations, the Hong Kong Triad was also a branch of Hongmen.

Greeted by Wang Zhengting, the Chinese ambassador to the United States, and a member of the gang who had come to the United States to handle company formalities and other matters, named Zhang Ye, the elder Si Wenwen, wearing a suit and leather shoes, and most people who met him for the first time would misunderstand him as a lawyer.

Jiang Cheng greeted Wang Zhengting first, Wang Zhengting was tall and big, with eyes, but there was a fierce aura, which should be the result of long-term exercise.

Jiang Cheng said: "This time I came to the United States to seek a loan, and I need a lot of assistance from the prince." ”

Wang Zhengting said with little fighting spirit: "How dare a stigmatized person speak out." ”

It turned out that Wang Zhengting was the Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1931, and after the September 18 Incident, due to the "policy of non-resistance", the great rivers and mountains of the three eastern provinces were in the hands of the sunset, which aroused the anti-Japanese tide of the people throughout the country, and Wang Zhengting, as the foreign minister, bore the brunt.

On September 28, 1931, more than 1,000 students of the Central University who braved the rain to petition the White Party headquarters rushed into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs because they were not received by Chiang's intermediaries, shouting "Down with the traitors!" While beating Wang Zhengting, Wang became the scapegoat of the "non-resistance policy"! On October 3, the Nationalist Government explicitly announced that Foreign Minister Wang Zhengting had submitted his resignation and would be relieved of his post.

Later, it was probably Jiang who felt guilty about him, so he made him the so-called fat poor ambassador to the United States, but Wang Zhengting no longer had the spirit when he revised the new covenant, but was obsessed with public welfare matters, and finally made a lot of achievements in sports.

Jiang Cheng saw that Wang Zhengting didn't seem to be optimistic about himself, and he didn't get angry, but said to Zhang Ye who was waiting next to him, "How are things going on on our side?" ”

Zhang Ye replied, "Don't worry, the owner, the Hongmen brothers here are very helpful, and one of theirs named Situ Jin is still waiting for you in the company." ”

Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "Public first, then private, you go back to the company first, give me the address, and I will go to you when the time comes." ”

Zhang Ye hurriedly said, "Then what's the matter, I'll accompany the owner." ”

Jiang Cheng saw that Zhang Ye was like this, so he gave up, and said to Wang Zhengting, "I'm sorry, princess, let's talk while we go." ”

In the car, Jiang Cheng inquired in detail about the current situation in the United States, and the result was that it was very bad. The United States has a long history of discrimination against Chinese, and because most of the Chinese are smugglers, laborers and other identities, so that in the eyes of Americans, Chinese people are engaged in underground work, like petty theft, and even the cartoon images are mostly rats. At the same time, because the white people themselves do not have the pain of colonization, but most of them think that colonization is a gift to the colonized, for example, the United States itself is a colony, they do not have much sympathy for the Indians, and the truth of the Revolutionary War is not quite the same as many people think.

The origins of North American independence began with the Anglo-French War, when the wealthy men of the North American colonies wanted to use British troops to defeat the French and occupy the rich Ohio Valley. Back in the late 40s of the 18th century, Virginia's elite started two colonial companies with the goal of acquiring the Ohio Valley. Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, and other founding fathers of the United States were involved in land speculation in the Ohio Valley. In 1749, King George II granted 500,000 acres of land in the Ohio Valley to the Ohio Company. At that time, the Ohio Valley was not only British colonists, but also French settlers and Indians. This led to the outbreak of contradictions, and finally the elite of the North American colonies tried their best to persuade London to send troops. In 1754, Washington, then a colonel in the Virginia militia, attacked a small force of French and Indians on his way to the fork in the Ohio River, firing the first shot in a new battle for the hegemony of the British and French empires in North America. The British Empire sent troops, at great expense, to occupy French Canada in North America. Most of the costs of the war were borne by Britain itself.

But the result was unexpected by everyone, because Britain did not want to really take over the enmity with France at that time, and at the same time realized that the elites of the North American colonies were not as obedient to London as they imagined, and finally the British government issued a ban on territorial expansion, so that the North American colonists once again did not have access to the Ohio River Valley, which they coveted.

However, because the London government had contributed a lot of manpower and material resources to help the North American colonies fight the war, the London government felt that the North American colonies had the obligation to pay taxes, so Britain imposed some taxes on the North American colonies, but the North American colonies resisted. In order to justify the tax resistance, the colonial elites, represented by Franklin and others, argued that the North American colonies were passively involved in the Seven Years' War between Britain and France, completely ignoring their own active lobbying for Britain. The colonial elite also used the rhetoric of "no representation, no taxation", but in reality they had no real interest in sending representatives to the London Parliament. From the perspective of later generations, there is only one reason why the North American colonists are on the table, and that is that after receiving the benefits of the British Empire, their wings have grown stiff and they are going to fly solo.

So were the taxes in the North American colonies very heavy? Not! In 1763, the British paid an average of 26 shillings in taxes, while Massachusetts taxpayers paid only 1 shilling, while the North American colonists were generally richer than their native British compatriots. The UK government is not so obsessed with taxation either. In 1765, the British Parliament introduced the Stamp Duty Bill, which amounted to less than £110,000, which was boycotted in North America and abolished the following year. The agreement was reached that Britain would only tax foreign trade in the North American colonies, and not on internal transactions. Two years later, the new Minister of Finance tried to introduce some new customs duties, but in exchange the British government reduced the duty on tea from 1 shilling to 3 pence per pound. In 1770 these additional tariffs were abolished, and the reduced tariffs on tea remained at 3 pence per pound. Paradoxically, the "Boston Tea Party" that is talked about in mainstream textbooks was caused by lower tariffs rather than an increase. At that time, the people of North American colonies drank smuggled tea and accounted for nine-tenths of their consumption, so it can be seen that there were quite a lot of people who bought smuggled tea. In other words, in fact, North America did not produce much tea at that time, and even today, the United States still does not produce much tea, so this situation has little impact on both producers and consumers, because consumers only have benefits, and producers do not worry about sales due to too much demand. So the initiator of this tea dumping was neither a producer nor a consumer, but a wealthy tea smuggler in Boston. The reason why they dumped tea was because the British government had lowered the tea tax from 1 shilling to 3 pence per pound, and they could not make a profit from reselling tea!

The final result was also completely different from the normal outcome of the anti-colonial war. One-fifth of the Caucasians in British North America remained loyal to the king during the Revolutionary War, and they even formed militias to assist the British in their battles. After Britain decided to abandon the North American colonies, 100,000 Loyalist subjects fled from the 13 colonies to Canada and other places. "It is astonishing that so many people voted with their feet against the independence of the United States, and instead chose to pledge allegiance to the King of England and the British Empire for 'the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.'" ”

So if you want the American people to have sympathy for the Chinese people who fell into Japan's aggressive colonization, you must be daydreaming!!

At this time, the American people were more concerned about how to find a job to support their families, and even because the Chinese were hard-working, they were ostracized, and the Japanese government was very popular because of the large amount of materials imported from the United States, and it can be said that the United States at this time was a country that only welcomed rich people, regardless of whether the rich people were robbers and villains. As for those who are here to borrow money, please bring the door from the outside, thank you!

Jiang Cheng couldn't help but feel a headache in the face of such a situation - how should he start?