Chapter 172: True Co-Prosperity
It was all inspired by a whim. For cooperation with the Lang Yuntou people and even the ethnic minorities in Hainan, Tamura had a bold idea. The base camp invaded the city in China under the guise of "Greater East Asia Co-prosperity", which provided him with an idea of whether this could be achieved through a truly "co-prosperity" approach? Judging from the experience of fighting during this period, there were a large number of local armed forces in the southwest of Qiongnan. So, as long as these local armed forces are bought, will they be able to complete the task of attacking Hainan from the base camp? The more he thought about it, the more tempting he felt, and now the words of this Lang Yuntou made him more confident in carrying out this proposal.
He hurriedly promised: "Lang Yuntou, you can rest assured of this, our Yamato nation is the most trustworthy. You see, since we went to Hainan, we have not violated you. ”
Ouyang Yun was amused in his heart, and said in his heart: "That's because you are afraid of death," and said, "This is true." Well, you guys can be trusted. ”
Hearing him say this, Tamura became interested, and he said tentatively: "Lang Yuntouren, since the Han people are not trustworthy, can you cooperate with us?" We have no bad intentions for Hainan, we just want to build a military port here and obtain the right to garrison it. With us stationed in Hainan, the Han people will never dare to bully you on the island, and in that case, the rights of your people will be fully guaranteed. There are some things you may not know, but the economy of the Great Japanese Empire is one of the best in Asia, and we can provide you with high-quality products made in Japan at a good price......"
Hearing this, Ouyang Yun smiled in his heart. He said secretly: "This is worthy of being from the merchant division group, and the three sentences are not far from the industry." It's okay, it saves me a lot of saliva. He pretended to have a leisurely expression, deliberately stomped his feet and said: "The quality of the products produced in Japan is really good, just take these shoes as an example, they are really comfortable to wear." Captain Hattori, I don't know what you mean by cooperation? ”
Tamura's gaze swept over his feet, and with a bright smile on his face, he said with a smile: "Specific cooperation regulations, our proposal is like this. First of all, in your territory, towns and villages must fly our national flag. In addition, our army will send representatives to assist you in the establishment of local governments. Of course, the government's jurisdiction is entirely yours, and we charge a small fee to provide military support. Of course, in order to embody this characteristic of co-prosperity, you must ensure that our army has a high degree of freedom to do business in the aristocratic territories, as well as a certain amount of criminal immunity - these are more difficult to explain, and we will discuss them in more detail later...... Lang Yuntouren, what do you think? ”
There are indeed enough technical terms in what Tamura is talking about. If it was really Lang Yun who negotiated with him, I believe he would definitely be fooled. It's just that now it is Ouyang Yun who is wearing the identity of Lang Yun, he sneered in his heart, secretly saying that the little devil played well and had a wishful thinking, and his face looked confused. After Tamura finished speaking, he looked at Shen Gen'er and asked, "My Han friend, what do you think of the conditions that Captain Hattori said?" ”
After Shen Gen'er cooperated with Kuroda to do the introduction work, he stayed aside and became an invisible person, so that Tamura forgot about him. And now that Lang Yun consulted Shen Gen'er's opinion, he realized Shen Gen'er's identity: This Han man is Lang Yun's military advisor? Worried that Shen Gen'er would harm him, he hurriedly glanced at Kuroda. The latter understood, walked to Ichikawa's side, took a cloth bag from his hand, opened it and lit it up towards Shen Gen'er, and then winked at him.
Shen Gen'er looked at him very cooperatively and secretly, and when he saw the three-eight big cover in the cloth bag, he stretched out five fingers, which meant "five". Kuroda shook his head slightly, and with three fingers.
Shen Gen'er glared at him and turned his head.
Seeing this, Tamura was anxious, he glared at Kuroda fiercely, and the latter quickly raised his right hand towards Shen Gen'er again, this time, his fingers were fully open.
Shen Gen'er smiled a little, and then said to Ouyang Yun: "Lang Yuntou, I think it's very reasonable. But for now, I think it's better to close this deal first. ”
Ouyang Yun was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Ah, yes, yes, I forgot the purpose of coming today." ”
Ouyang Yun and his "clansmen" brought about two tons of grain, while Tamura brought hundreds of pairs of leather shoes and military supplies such as water bottles.
The trading process was generally pleasant, and in Tamura's eyes, the smiling expressions of these Li people when they saw the suede shoes and water bottles were so cute; In Ouyang Yun's opinion, the increasingly relaxed demeanor of the little devils at least shows that he has played the role of "Lang Yuntouren" very successfully.
The people on both sides were busy counting the trading items, and Kuroda pulled Shen Gen'er aside and bit his ear: "Shen Sang, you are too inauthentic, since it is very reasonable, why don't you let Lang Yuntou agree to cooperate with us on the spot?" ”
Shen Gen'er replied: "Because I only saw one gun." ”
Kuroda shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Shen Sang, you are really a profiteer!" ”
Shen Gen'er smiled: "Each other." ”
The two men immediately looked at each other and smiled.
Kuroda behaved very respectfully in front of Tamura, which made Ouyang Yun suspicious of the identity of Kuroda Hattori's captain. The Minister of Affairs, he should be an official like the Minister of Logistics, right? If Hattori is really just a captain, then Kuroda's status should be above him. At his behest, Bian Jingdao asked Tamura a question: "Captain Hattori, which of you is the greater position of the head of the affairs department or the captain?" ”
Hearing this, Kuroda's face immediately turned red, and after Tamura glanced at him, he said, "Of course it's the Minister of Affairs," as he spoke, he noticed that Bian Jingdao and the "Lang Yuntou people" looked strange, and hurriedly added: "However, Kuroda's position as minister has not been officially appointed yet, so he is still a senior soldier under me." Well, this matter actually depends on Lang Yuntou, as soon as we enter the cooperation process, his ministerial appointment will come down. ”
"Oh, that's it!"
Kuroda: "Yes, yes, Lang Yuntou, whether I can be promoted and make a fortune depends on you." ”
Ouyang Yun said solemnly: "I want to go back and discuss the cooperation with the elders of the clan, but during this period, I don't want my clan and village to be bombarded by the iron bird again." Captain Hattori, I'm not asking too much, am I? ”
Tamura laughed: "It's not too much, please rest assured, Lang Yuntou, I will ask those guys from the navy to stop hostilities when I go back." We can talk about cooperation slowly, but I hope that the transaction can continue. In this way, it can also cultivate trust between us, right? ”
"The deal can go ahead, but we've got enough shoes and a water bottle and so on, and then we're hoping to get some guns. Captain Hattori, there is one thing that I am dissatisfied with you, we and the Han army are in a stalemate now, we want to get some guns to strengthen our strength, this request is not too much, right? ”
"It's not too much, I can't do anything about it, but trust me, I'll do my best to meet your request."
"Okay, that's all for today."
"Yes, then we'll quit!"