In the following days, Shanghai Mayor Yu Hongjun met with Japanese Ambassador to China Shigeru Kawazachi, Embassy Military Attache Seiichi and Deputy Military Attache Hondasuke, and Shanghai Consul General Ishiki Otaro.

March 28, the 16th day of the second lunar month.

At the end of the day's trip, Wu Ming returned to the Capital Hotel, where he was staying, worried.

With the gradual removal of the checkpoints set up at the junction of the public concession and the Chinese border, calm has gradually returned to the Zhabei Chinese border and the eastern and northern districts of the public concession. In order to thoroughly understand the reality of the Japanese, Wu Ming disguised himself and infiltrated Hongkou and other places where the Japanese were entrenched to investigate, and the results were very shocking.

The headquarters of the Japanese Special Marine Corps in Shanghai was located between the end of North Sichuan Road and Dongjiangwan Road, which was a reinforced concrete building, four stories high, tall and sturdy, integrating barracks, artillery positions, observation posts and arsenals, and became the central fortress of the Japanese defense system in Shanghai.

With this headquarters as the core, the Japanese army radiated more than 80 strongholds and military facilities throughout the eastern and northern areas of the public concession, which were widely distributed in Hongkou, Yangshupu and other places, and even in the western and Pudong areas of Huxi and Pudong, there were barricades and fortresses, constituting a complete and solid defense system.

At the junction of Jiangwan Road, North Sichuan Road and near the Chinese border, Wu Ming found that many houses on both sides of the street were watered with reinforced concrete, and Wu Ming disguised himself as a lost Japanese and broke in, only to find that these houses were built with air defense and hidden basements, in which ammunition and weapons were stored, and there were gun holes dug into the solid walls, which were used for aiming and shooting, but could not be found outside.

Every hut facing the street was a bunker and an obstacle, which made Wu Ming secretly frightened.

Over the past few days, Wu Ming's group of "Japanese" who traveled around inevitably aroused the suspicion of those who were interested, and some Japanese ronins followed behind, and at the same time, the Japanese marines also sent several squads to prepare to encircle them. Wu Ming keenly discovered the danger, and hurriedly turned east and west, and turned to a Shikumen compound where the Quzhou Chamber of Commerce was located on North Sichuan Road to hide, and the tail of the follower was looking east and west and it was not good to search door to door, so he had to give up helplessly, Wu Ming even heard the "baga" sound from the mouth of the Japanese in the hidden basement.

Back in the guest room on the eighth floor of the hotel, Wu Ming said to Zhang Dongning, who also had an ugly face: "No, we must not come to Shanghai to fight a tough battle, the Japanese defense system is very complete, if you want to break such an iron wall, you have to pay a heavy price, I don't want my brother to die in vain on the way to charge."

"But is there any way to keep the people above from worrying about us?" Zhang Dongning frowned and said: "In the past two years, our reputation has been played, which is both a good thing and a burden, if Chairman Jiang insists on closing us to Shanghai, what should we do?" ”

"It's-"

Wu Ming hesitated for a moment and nodded heavily: "Yes, many things are not what we want, it seems that Dongning will not be able to develop a weapon that can break this turtle shell, help me prepare, I will visit Mr. Weir of Citibank, I want to talk to him about business"

"Good"

Zhang Dongning didn't ask anything, just about to make arrangements, Sun Chengyuan walked in: "Big brother, Du Yuesheng is invited."

Wu Ming smiled and stopped Zhang Dongning: "Why don't you go to Citibank first, I'll go to meet Du Yuesheng and Huang Jinrong, they are our God of Wealth, this time we have made a fortune."

Downstairs in the Metropolis Hotel, Wan Molin and Wu Jingguan were talking in a whisper.

After Zhang Xiaolin's death, Wu Jingguan immediately changed his court and took refuge in Du Yuesheng, because he was in charge of Zhang Xiaolin's large industry, and he also had his own ability, so Du Yuesheng did not embarrass Wu Jingguan too much, let him follow Wan Molin's side to do things, and temporarily lead Zhang Xiaolin's subordinates before.

"It's still Mr. Renyi, not only bury the handsome, but also take out a lot of money to arrange the aftermath of the handsome, and several wives are grateful to Mr. Dade."

Wu Jingguan's flattering words did not make Wan Molin feel excessive, Du Yuesheng is really generous to his brothers and the people around him, and the families of the Qing Gang who died in Zhabei this time have been well taken care of.

"Self-satisfaction, doing things beside Mr., one is to be capable, the second is to be righteous, and the third is loyalty, the kind of person who likes to ride on the wall and watch, Mr. disdains your ability to take care of the most, this time Zhang Dashuai had an accident, you were not busy fighting for property like others, but always went to Zhang Dashuai's house to take care of it, this is very good, as long as you persist, you will be able to take charge of yourself."

"Brother Wan, don't worry, I will do whatever my husband tells me to do in the future, there is no other word"

Wu Jingguan was overjoyed at his choice, but his face showed a righteous and awe-inspiring expression: "It's a pity that this time Zide was busy dealing with the aftermath of the handsome, and did not go to Zhabei with Mr. to fight, and if there is a chance in the future, I will never give up the opportunity to fight side by side with Mr."

Wan Molin just wanted to speak, but suddenly saw Wu Ming coming out of the elevator, hurriedly greeted him, and said in a low voice: "Master Wu, this time thanks to you......"

"Stop"

Wu Ming glanced at Wu Jingguan who was approaching vigilantly, and said: "This matter has nothing to do with me, we just made a deal, and we don't know anything else, I don't want this matter to spread through the storm."

Wan Molin smiled knowingly: "Okay, Mr. Du is now a guest at Boss Huang's mansion, which is the boundary of western Shanghai, so it's convenient for us to set off now, right?" ”

Wu Ming nodded: "Of course, I was just going to visit Mr. Du and Boss Huang, let's go."

Wu Ming explained two sentences to Zhang Dongning, who was following behind him, and said hello to Wu Jingguan, and then took the adjutant Sun Chengyuan and followed Wan Molin into the car parked at the gate of the hotel.

Huangjia Garden.

Seeing off Cai Jinjun, director of the Shanghai Municipal Police Department, and Yang Hu, commander of the Songhu garrison, Huang Jinrong and Du Yuesheng returned to the lobby side by side, Huang Jinrong said:

"The Japanese don't have much appetite, as long as our properties in the eastern area of the public concession are actually worth some land and houses, which are equivalent to no more than three or four million oceans, we can still afford this loss."

Du Yuesheng nodded: "As long as the people are still there, we can change places and continue to make a fortune Yesterday, Yuji Sato of Yokohama Zhengjin Bank came to me and said that the Japanese side could not be held accountable for the previous matter, and the wood company we co-founded with Xiaolin could also continue to buy wood from the Northeast, but asked me to give up the idea of hating Japan. ”

"Now that the government is negotiating with the Japanese, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, I agreed, saying that everyone can continue to do business, and what was the case before is still how it is, and everyone will make money in harmony. My friend in Tokyo said that the atmosphere in Japan is very strange at present, with Prime Minister Hayashi Juro, who was a military man, repeatedly shouting for peace, and the Tibetan and foreign ministers viing with each other to speak to review Japan's own wrongs...... I think the reason why this matter was so easily resolved has something to do with it."

"Whatever, as long as the wife can live a peaceful life"

Huang Jinrong touched his bare chin and said with satisfaction: "Even if we give up the business in the eastern area of the public concession, the Japanese can't play without us, and without our people, who dares to spend on the territory of the Japanese?" Do those terminals in the Eastern District still need workers to unload the goods? When the time comes, you can't just invite us back......"

"Endure the anger of the moment, in exchange for a long peace, this deal is worth it. But we also have to thank the little division commander, his subordinates are really fierce, there are only more than 100 people, and they just bullied the Japanese to take the initiative to sue for peace. In the past few days, people have been asking me who is so fierce, and I don't know who is pushing it on you

"This must not be overshadowed"

Du Yuesheng looked solemn: "I have instructed the people below, no one can say anything, if anyone dares to violate Lao Tzu's taboo, it will be cruel with three swords and six eyes, and even their families and relatives will suffer." Yesterday Yuji Sato asked me where I got the masters to help, and I said that it was the ace I had spent a lot of money on secret training over the years, called the 'Tsing Yi team, about 160 people, all of them were sharpshooters.' Although Yuji Sato didn't believe it, he had no other evidence, so he had to give up."

Speaking of this, Du Yuesheng sighed with emotion: "I really envy that division commander who loves money, how did his subordinates train?" Why is the combat effectiveness so strong? ”

Huang Jinrong returned to the Taishi chair in the main hall and sat down, picked up the teacup beside him and took a sip, and suddenly asked:

"Third child, you said that we should send some people to the army of that little deflated third to train, and really make a 'Tsing Yi team, come out, how about it?'"

Du Yuesheng was stunned for a moment, then slapped her thigh, and was overjoyed: "Big brother can help me a lot...... I'm worried that if there is a conflict with the Japanese invaders in the future, Wu Mingyuan is beyond the reach of the whip in western Zhejiang, it is still a trivial matter for me to lie hard, and the loss of the land and the trust of my parents and villagers are the things that worry me the most."

"This Wu Ming has a very good set of military training, I heard that the training methods of the Eighteenth Army are all from Wu Ming's department, as well as Chairman Jiang's nephew Yu Jishi's troops, almost all the recruits are trained by Wu Ming, and it is said that the evaluation has been among the best in the whole army over the years. It's really foolish for us not to make good use of such a ready-made relationship."

Hearing Du Yuesheng say this, Huang Jinrong's spirit also came: "This matter should be easy to do, we still have 2.5 million oceans left for that kid, if he doesn't agree, we will drag him down, and I will see who can hold it later."

Du Yuesheng smiled: "Big brother, don't worry, this person is extraordinary, and he will definitely agree without hesitation." Who is in charge of this Shanghai beach now, he understands better than anyone else, people who want to cooperate with us can line up from Huxi to the Huangpu River, can he have this opportunity or not know how to grasp the opportunity? ”

"On the contrary, we have to worry that with that boy's character, if we make a non-divisive request, it will be really difficult to do at that time."

Just when Huang Jinrong and Du Yuesheng were discussing, the car horn sounded outside the gate of the Huang Mansion, and the two quickly stood up and couldn't help but go to the door.

I don't know when Lu Dao was, the little deflated three in the eyes of the two of them has become an existence that sits up and sits with them.