In the center of Harbin City, an obscure garden villa is hosting a dance party that is now very popular among high society. This is an absolutely luxurious abode that you can tell from the outside, and no one knows who it belongs to. All people know is that every ten days and half a month, there is a leisurely sound of music.

The men who attend the ball here are all well-dressed, and the women are all dressed up in fancy clothes, as if nothing is happening, openly and secretly. Constantly walking up and down the hall, attracting men to linger on their delicate and delicate bodies.

Gentlemen gathered in small circles, holding a glass of liquid that they didn't know anything about, or chatting with a cigar. The small symphony orchestra of sixteen in the corner had been playing soothing music slowly, and on the other side of the hall, four or five chefs in high round hats and white uniforms stood neatly behind a long table covered with all kinds of food, not to give the guests a small piece of food, and to pay for the possible benefits of this food to the guests when needed.

In the middle of the gate, two dancers are slowly swaying their bodies to the music, giving a little demonstration to the guests who are not familiar with ballroom dancing. The waiter in this black vest stood by the tall wine glass tower, responsible for distributing drinks to guests, and also blocking guests who wanted to pour their own drinks in time.

However, this banquet, which was extremely harmonious from all angles, was ruined by a sudden accident!

There was a loud bang, the half-closed door was violently opened, and two Japanese soldiers covered in blood ran in, looking at the people on the dance floor with fierce eyes, and shouted something loudly in Japanese.

The cacophony woke up the guests in the midst of the music and beauty, and everyone looked at the door in amazement. I don't know what the hell is going on.

Inoue Kaidou also didn't know what was going on, but he knew that it was definitely not a trivial matter, because he knew the relationship between the Israeli army and him. When you don't reach the point of exhaustion, you will never ask for help yourself.

Distress! That's right, it's a call for help. Although their images are as fierce as if they have just torn a sheep with their hands, what they just shouted out was "Mr. Inoue, help!" This sentence.

His heart jumped, and a little bad premonition appeared. Hurriedly waved his hand, and two people immediately came out behind him and walked quickly towards the two soldiers. Inoue nodded apologetically to the owner of the villa next to him, didn't explain anything, and walked directly to the private room next to him.

Something is definitely not right, and it is likely to be related to the material warehouse. Because in the whole Heilongjiang Province. This is the most important place at this stage. He was very careful and wanted to know what was going on, but he just couldn't answer the soldiers of the army in front of the public. Not to avoid suspicion of the cabinet, but to prevent the information they inadvertently said from being heard by the well-meaning people of the masses.

He was born in a wealthy family, but his personality is not as lavish as the children of other wealthy families, but he values the importance of money more than some people from poor backgrounds. After less than two months in the Ministry of Domestic Logistics Strategy, his personal assets have tripled, and the Imperial Cabinet can hardly bear it. Wanting to convict him and go to prison had to estimate the influence of their family, so in the end he could only be transferred to a diplomat and assigned to the front.

At this time, Zhang Zuolin, the warlord of the Feng family, was in the honeymoon period with the Japanese, and had just received a loan of one million US dollars from the Japanese. Of course, his men had to entertain the Japanese who was said to be a high-ranking official in his country. So Inoue after coming here. Instead of suffering as the cabinet expected, he also expanded his reselling business to the entire three eastern provinces.

And his greedy and vain attempt to reach into the material warehouse also made the military finally angered. At this point, he turned his face twice. It can be seen that they can come to ask for help today, and Inoue has really reached the point of exhaustion.

The men brought the two soldiers into the private room, and they just saw Inoue Dou sitting opposite him with a gloomy face. All at once he collapsed to the ground and began to cry loudly.

Jing Kaidou's face became more and more ugly, and he couldn't help but get up and kick a person nearby. Shouted and scolded: "Bastard! If you break into an abnormal banquet like this and come to me without knowing the rules, will you only cry when you meet? Let's not tell you what's going on! ”

After being scolded by others, the two calmed down, and the person who was kicked got up and wiped the blood on his head, and hurriedly sat up and shook his head at Inoe, and said, "Your Excellency Inoue, please think of a way to prepare the material warehouse and warehouse in advance...... Lost! ”

"What!?" Inoue jumped up as if he had been bitten by a pig. He scolded, "You bastard, do you know what you're talking about?" There were at least 2,000 men stationed there, and there was plenty of ammunition to support them. Why did it suddenly fall short? Who the hell did it! ”

The other looked up with shame on his face and said, "I'm so sorry, we don't know who they are." It's just that they are found to be extremely numerous, and their outfits are also divided into several, so there is no way to determine at all. But ......"

Inoue vaguely guessed a few points, his face was even worse, he grabbed the teacup on the table and smashed it in front of the man, and said hatefully: "But what? Come on, do you think things have reached this bottom, is there any use in concealing it? ”

"Yes!" The man didn't dare to move, letting the fragments of the teacup mixed with the tea splash on his face, and replied, "But it's very likely to be bandits!" ”

"Bandits?" Inoue's face darkened, and a deep sense of shame rose in his heart.

"Yes!" The man continued: "They have more than 3,000 people in total, and their weapons and ammunition are also quite advanced, and there is a small droppable bomb that is very lethal. In fact, these are not nothing, what is even more terrifying is that they have a firearm, the range is extremely long, the power is huge, we have never seen this kind of firearm from beginning to end, only to see a companion suddenly exploded all over the body, blood and flesh splash is simply terrifying! In less than two hours from the beginning to the end of the battle, our warriors were all shattered! There was a look of fear on his face as he spoke.

Inoue fell silent, such a situation seemed impossible to him. But the state of the soldiers told him that he was not lying. Then the problem here is much more serious, and it is likely to involve the powerful countries of the West. Moreover, the jade shattering of more than 2,000 imperial soldiers is definitely a big thing during the non-war period, and if one is not handled well, a full-scale war may break out. And this is absolutely not allowed until the empire is not ready for war.

Just as he was about to find out what was going on, there was a sudden knock on the door of the private room. The men guarding the doorway, with permission, turned and opened the door.

A waiter in a black vest came in and bowed slightly to Inoue. Said: "Mr. Inoue, our lord asks you to come over right now, saying that there is an urgent matter to discuss with you!" ”

Inoue Kaidou nodded and said, "I'll get ready, I'll go over right away." ”

The waiter turned around and walked out of the room, Inoue sat down in his seat and pondered, and the people in the room subconsciously relaxed their breathing when they saw this, for fear of disturbing his thinking.

After a while, he stood up, tidied up his clothes slightly, walked to the door and turned around: "I guess the summoning of the master of the mansion is also related to this matter, I'll go and find out first." As for the two of you, go and take care of your own wounds first! ”

"Yes!" The two of them bowed down at the same time. Although he still hated his greed in his heart, after this sudden incident, the only one who was qualified to take over the command was this former army lieutenant!

Inoue Kaidou didn't have time to care about the thoughts of the two little soldiers now, he had been thinking about his own thoughts. Looking for a reason to persuade the master of the mansion to send troops to suppress the bandits. Now he is the only one who has the ability to solve this matter.

As the waiter came to a living room on the second floor, the master of the mansion was discussing things with another white man. Inoue glanced at the white man's ugly face, and had a little guess about what was going on.

"Brother Inoue, you're here!" The middle-aged man sitting in the middle with two beards looked up and saw Inoue Kaidou, raised his hand and beckoned, "Quick, come and sit here!" ”

"Brother Shichang is polite!" Inoue raised his hand in the same way. said: "I don't know, Brother Shichang summoned the younger brother to come, is there anything wrong?" ”

The owner's name is Xu Shichang, which seems to be a common name in this era. But in the three eastern provinces, it is definitely not an ordinary name. Because the name is preceded by a prefix of the patrol envoy of the three eastern provinces.

The envoy was a high-ranking official position during the Beiyang warlord government, similar to the previous governor-general position, equivalent to the commander of a large military region, and was usually awarded to warlords who owned more than two provinces. And this Xu Shichang was granted the territory of three provinces. This also means that he is definitely a figure above 10,000 people under one person in the three eastern provinces.

Although Jing Haidou didn't know what a big man like him was doing in Fengtian and Zhang Zuolin in Fengtian, what he was doing in this bitter cold place, this did not prevent him from having a good impression of Xu Shichang. Not only because of his frequent banquets to himself, but also because this person can make a fortune for himself.

"This is the Russian businessman Yali ......"

"It's Alexander, sir!" The white man reluctantly emphasized: "These four words are my name." Also, please don't ask, General, if you don't send troops, it's too late! ”

"Okay!" Xu Shichang didn't hear the latter words at all, nodded indifferently, and continued to Inoue: "This Mr. Alexander found me through the embassy and said that they were robbed by bandits in the warehouse near the train station, and hoped that I could send troops to suppress the bandits!" And you know about it, don't you? ”

Jing Kaidou nodded with a wry smile and said, "In the area outside the customs of China, bandits are everywhere, and horse bandits are rampant I have heard of them in Japan, and I have been mentally prepared for this before I came." There have been a few times in the past when I pinched my nose and thought I was unlucky. But this loss is not just my fault. There are materials that the military asked me to buy in the looted warehouse, and Brother Shichang also knows that Japan is an earthquake-prone country, and the people can wait for these things to save their lives! ”

Look, this is the difference caused by the cultural differences between the East and the West, and white people don't know how to be polite and find a foreshadowing. Deeply influenced by Chinese Wenhua, Japanese people can speak humbly and respectfully about asking for people, and it is easy to make people feel good. So even if he knew that Inoue Kaidou was talking nonsense with his eyes open, Xu Shichang felt comfortable listening to it.

"Yikes! Is it really that big of a deal? Xu Shichang patted his head and said with remorse on his face: "Brother Inoue, look at me, I have been busy with large banquets and banquets in the past few days, patronizing and drinking, but I have wasted government affairs, I am ashamed and ashamed!" ”

Could he not have known about this? With such a big hat on his head, and countless men and horses in charge below, if there is a disturbance in this place, his subordinates must investigate it clearly. Such a big thing happened. And the gunfire is so loud that it can't hide people at all.

But Xu Shichang didn't want to show it. If you want to ask me to send troops, you can, but there is one thing. Whoever wants to ask for this money will get the money! If you can't afford the money, you still want to ask me to help you fight the bandits, but when the money is spent, I will shoot the artillery, and I will die! In the end, you give a thank you and boast and it's over? That's absolutely impossible!

From the point of view of eating and taking cards, I have to admit that the Chinese people have a strong heritage!

The white people rubbed their hands together in a hurry, but they couldn't wait for a word to work. But Inoue keenly discovered Xu Shichang's true thoughts. Maybe it's the relationship between people of the same kind, but he doesn't have any objection to Xu Shichang's behavior. However, with his character, if he wants him to come up with this money, then it is better for him to simply kill the two soldiers who reported the news, and he should not know about it.

However, in any case, the materials there are all related to the strategic plan of the empire, and under the repeated brainwashing of the empire, he has been infected with a little bit of patriotism that he can't reluctantly turn a blind eye. And there happened to be this object called Alexander in front of him, which resembled the "wronged head", and he didn't mind encouraging him to give it a try!

"Where, where!" Inoue Kaidou hurriedly waved his hand and said sincerely: "If Shichang says so, then Inoue and I will not have the face to enter your mansion again." If I hadn't dragged you to hold a banquet these few nights, there would have been no such lack of news. In addition, it is bitterly cold in the north, and it is freezing outside, it may be that something happened to the person who conveyed the news! ”

Xu Shichang nodded vigorously with deep approval on his face, and scolded in his heart: Bastard! The people under your hands are all waste! Damn, don't think I'm giving you a good face. You'll be able to get acquainted with me. If I don't stab you this time, you really don't know how many eyes Ma Wang Ye has!

Inoue saw Xu Shichang's nodding amplitude, and also knew that the heat was almost over, so he turned his hand and pointed at Alexander. "Mr. Alexander, was your warehouse also attacked tonight?" ”

"Not tonight!" The white man was anxious and uncomfortable, and when he heard someone talking to him about it, he quickly jumped up and said, "It's now." In less than two hours, the guards at our warehouse usually contacted us every hour, and we hadn't seen contact for over an hour. Now another hour has passed. I think our warehouses are bad luck now. As he spoke, he became anxious, turned his head to Xu Shichang and said: "Lord Xu, our investigator conveyed the news to me thirty minutes ago that the gunfire in the direction of the train station has been going off for a long time, I don't know if you really didn't get the news or fake, what you should do now is to send troops as soon as possible, otherwise it will be too late!" ”

Xu Shichang's face was full of embarrassment, and said: "Mr. Alexander, you know our rules, although the patrol envoy has the right to lead the troops, but he does not have the right to transfer troops, if you want us to send troops, you must call Fengtian first, Shangbee made a decision after the meeting, and gave me authorization, so I can move the troops." It would be a capital offense to send troops without permission. You don't want me to cut off my head for such a trivial matter! ”

The whites are vomiting blood. It's still a small thing? Of course, it's a trivial matter for you, the railway station in the south was originally set up by the coalition forces of various countries for their own use, and even if it was burned to the ground, it would be nothing more than an additional mass grave. But for us, that's a big loss, if this is known by the country, my little life will not be guaranteed!

Inoue knew that this opening had been opened by the white man's fist, so he hurriedly bowed deeply and said, "That's for sure!" A man as knowledgeable as you can't end up like this, or it will be chilling. But we really can't do it now, I know that you have come to the world with wit and civilization, and I ask you to help me think of a way. The people of our two countries will always be grateful for their great virtue! ”

Xu Shichang said in his heart: It's finally enlightened. nodded with emotion on his face, and sighed: "After all, there are so many lives, hey!" Well, I'll show you the way, but I can't guarantee that this road won't work! ”

The white man also understood at this time, and said with great joy: "You say, you say!" ”

Xu Shichang's goal was about to be achieved, and seeing Alexander's hairy face was also pleasing to the eye, he said anxiously: "It's not just us and the police who are also armed with guns!" There are also local militia groups, and they have the responsibility of protecting their families and land, and sending troops to suppress bandits is simply a matter of duty! ”

The white man jumped up happily and was about to go out, but Inoue grabbed him quickly and continued to ask, "What's wrong?" ”

"Hey!" Xu Shichang sighed and said: "It's a shame to say that our country is weak and can't afford to support too many troops, and this local militia is self-financed, if you want to ask for help, you have to be prepared to spend a lot of money!" ”

Inoue hurriedly bowed his head and thanked him, for fear that the expression of admiration on his face would leak out. He can see it, this is the ancestor of the who makes money, he is a good person inside and out, and he has a lot of silver in his hand, and he has no responsibility at all when something happens, and he can handle everything with a fluttering word of unknown people. It's not a grade higher than yourself.

When the two of them left the Xu Mansion, Inoue looked at the white man next to him and thought: How can I test the newly learned tricks from him? (To be continued......)