After Shen Yan arrived in Nanjing with 100,000 legal currency, he took Batu's guard Director Hu and Du Yuming's staff officer Ma to go directly to the capital on Zhongshan North Road for dinner.

The Capital Hotel was one of the luxury hotels in Nanjing at that time, the four-storey Chinese and Western-style building is said to be from the hands of the famous construction designer, the outside is paved with bricks and cement mortar finishes, the roof of the steep slope, the appearance is simple and bright, although it is not as famous as the Central Hotel, but the house price of dozens of oceans this night is not ordinary people say to live.

Because of the high-end service and the high price of the house, it has become the main place for foreign guests and upper-class people. Cars with flags of Britain and the United States and other countries are parked at the door, and foreigners wearing suits and holding their wives' wrists abound.

Shen Yan was also free and easy, and after arriving at the front desk, he directly said to people, "I opened two suites to live in, and I opened them for three days first." ”

The girl at the front desk in the corset professional uniform kept laughing, calculated and then reported the money, and then took out the room number and key.

Shen Yan took out his wallet, took out several large-denomination fiat currencies from it and put them at the front desk without blinking his eyes.

Although Hu and Ma who came with him were both Du Yuming and Batu's entourage, they were also middle- and lower-level officers, and they stayed everywhere on weekdays, and rarely went in and out of such high-end places.

"Director Shen, this ...... Wouldn't it be a bit over-the-top? Director Hu knew that this must have exceeded the standard.

Shen Yan picked up the key and said with a smile: "Don't get in the way, I'll pay for it privately." ”

As soon as they heard that Shen Yan wanted to pay privately, the two of them were even more embarrassed. The house money for these few days must be as much as Shen Yan's salary for two months.

"Director Shen, although you are our chief, you can't pay for this money. I think we'd better go and live somewhere. Counselor Ma spoke quickly, and said that he was going to take the key and return the money.

Although the girl at the front desk was still smiling professionally, she showed a hint of disdain in an instant.

Shen Yan waved his hand and said, "It's out of the way." Both of them are brothers in robes, and this time I came to Nanjing as my home field, and the brothers should have a little landlord friendship. ”

The two of them wanted to be humble again, but Shen Yan stopped, and when the front desk was about to look for money, Shen Yan waved his hand and said: "No need to look for it, wait to send us some food, by the way, I want a Chinese-style set menu." If it's not enough for us to settle together in a few days, it's a tip. ”

After speaking, Shen Yantou left without looking back.

Guided by the waiter, they went to their room. After a while, the waiter at the hotel brought some food. Although it is mainly Chinese, it is still slightly Western-style in terms of presentation, but fortunately, there are some dishes such as braised pork and steamed carp, which are best served with rice.

Shen Yan saw that Hu and Ma came to eat, and he personally served the two of them a meal, "The two of you have worked hard all the way, although this meal is simpler, but their cooks are not bad, so the taste of cooking is also acceptable." Come, let's all be polite and move the chopsticks together. ”

Huma and the others were naturally excited, moved from the bottom of their hearts. They rarely met such an honest person, not to mention that this person was still their chief, so after a trip, Shen Yan befriended the two of them as his own brothers.

After eating, I started to get down to business. Shen Yan said that he wanted to exchange the money for gold bars, so he divided the money into five parts, each of which was 20,000 yuan, and Hu and Ma each took one share, and he took 60,000 yuan. In the afternoon, the three of them went to Bank of Communications, Citibank and other banks to redeem the slips.

The one-time exchange is too conspicuous, and the central bank also has clear rules on the exchange of gold bars, so it avoids a lot of unnecessary troubles. The price of gold is obvious, so there is nothing greasy to exchange for, and the specific number of a pair of strips is over.

Although the land was lost, the fiat currency, as the currency issued by the central government, was relatively strong in both the rear and the Japanese-occupied areas, indicating that the people still had hopes for the Nanjing government.

After exchanging the gold bars, Shen Yan packed these in a box, and the gold bars were laid flat in a layer, and the gold was shining at a glance, which was very tempting. But no matter how good things are, they belong to others after all, Shen Yan had to close the box, and then ordered to take strict care, and after doing this, Shen Yan wanted to go out to meet an old friend at night. He told Batu and Du Yuming's two cronies that he didn't know Zhou Yanming, and he still needed someone to match him before meeting Director Zhou Yanming, so he went to find this old friend at night.

The two of them originally came here to watch the money, but now that the gold bars exchanged are in their hands, they naturally won't say anything. Besides, it is inconvenient for people to take old friends with them when they talk about things, so they said politely, "Section Chief Shen, please do it, why bother to say hello to us." ”

"You have to get it, after all, what are we doing this time for business." Shen Yan said with a smile.

These two people followed Shen Yan over for business along the way, and they can be regarded as having some understanding of Shen Yan. Shen Yan is a person who is exquisite in all aspects, and arranges them properly, but he is light and simple, which makes people admire.

In the evening, Shen Yan changed into a light suit, stared at a pair of black leather shoes of calfskin on his feet and went out. After getting out of the gate, Shen Yan beckoned to a rickshaw, and after sitting in the car, he said, "Go to the fourth archway." ”

The coachman answered, and ran towards his destination with joy.

The rickshaw driver trotted away, and Shen Yan smiled: "Don't worry, I'm not in a hurry, you don't have to be so tired." ”

The coachman turned around and said, "This boss is considerate, but I can run more if I run faster, right?" Shen Yan nodded, and it was not good to say anything more, the coachman's legs were numb, and he arrived at the fourth archway after running for half an hour.

After paying for the car, he found a teahouse and Shen Yan went upstairs.

In the corner of the teahouse, Chen Liewen, who was wearing a black satin coat, sat there, his black top hat on the table, and he had already drunk a pot of tea.

After seeing Shen Yan coming, he nodded and motioned for him to sit down.

Shen Yan picked up the teapot and was about to add water to him, but when he touched the tea in the pot, it was already cold, so he was a little embarrassed and said, "I'm sorry, I'm late." ”

Chen Liewen shook his head and said, "It's not your problem, it's me who came early." Then, he shouted again: "Boss, make another pot of bamboo leaf green." ”

Chen Yan's identity is very simple, he was previously an intelligence section officer in the Reserve Cadre Department, and later his ability to do things was prominent, and he was promoted to colonel director step by step, and not long ago he was sent to the Second Army of the Expeditionary Force as the head of the intelligence section.

However, his other identity is quite different, he was an early member of the Youth League and the backbone of the Youth League. The Youth League is a spontaneous youth organization established by Chen Liewen at the behest of Huang Ke, whose members come from different departments and organs of the party, government, military, and judicial departments, and most of them have excellent educational backgrounds, decent jobs, and a sincere patriotic heart.

From time to time, they would hold meetings, they would exchange information, and of course, they would have similar intelligence gatherings.

Taking advantage of the gap between the boss serving tea, Chen Liewen asked seriously; "Is what you said last time true?"

Chen Yan nodded, "I came to Nanjing this time for this purpose. I'm not familiar with that Zhou Yanming, and I want you to find someone to match. ”

"I've already reported this to the commander." Chen Liewen said unhurriedly.

"What did the commander say?" Chen Yan asked a little anxiously.

At this time, the shopkeeper came with a new pot of tea, and the two immediately stopped talking and stopped talking about this topic.

When Xiao Er walked away, Chen Liewen said seemingly casually: "The commander said, 'Special treatment in special circumstances will be inevitable for the monarch to be disadvantaged by the order of the monarch outside'. He agreed with the approach of the two generals and appreciated their dedication to the country. ”

Shen Yan secretly rejoiced in his heart, saying that what he did was not wrong.

"However, after all, this is a violation of the central regulations, and military discipline and state law should still be strictly observed." Chen Liewen's words extinguished the small fire that Shen Yan had just ignited.

Chen Liewen said again: "For the time being, this matter is like this, I will go back and ask Zhou Yanming to contact you." It is right for you to make money here, but Zhou Yanming is a naked dereliction of duty and bribery. I will hand over these materials to the Anti-Corruption Division at the appropriate time. ”

Shen Yan was a little surprised, and hurriedly stood up and said, "But if you deal with it now, the plan of the punishment camp will not be ......."

"I said the right time." Chen Liewen picked up the top hat on the table and put it on his head, and stood up unhurriedly. "You did a good job, and the commander praised you. But your main work is still carried out in the Mongolian region, and it is easy to have military power, but it is not easy to get a foothold, so you are going to send a few people to assist you. ”

When Shen Yan heard this, his heart was suddenly happy, and he smiled: "Do not disgrace your mission!" ”

……

In the evening, Chen Liewen entrusted a businessman Xu Ziming to match.

So, Xu Ziming drove his Ford sedan and took Shen Yan to a restaurant on the bank of the Qinhuai River and set up a table to meet Zhou Haiming. Director Hu and Staff Officer Ma also followed.

The difference is that the two of them are wearing black satin coats, with cowhide armed belts around their waists, black top hats on their heads, and a pair of gripping tiger and horse boots on their feet.

After waiting for more than half an hour, Zhou Yanming, who was dressed in a white suit and black oil, arrived. Answered by the shopkeeper, he came upstairs with a stumbling face. As soon as I entered the room and looked at this scene, I couldn't help but be surprised, could this be a Hongmen banquet?

After thinking about it, I was about to leave, but I heard someone in the room shouting, "Director Zhou, why did it take so long to come?" ”

Zhou Yanming could hear it, it was the voice of his classmate Xu Ziming.