"Oh, is there such a thing?"

The middle-aged woman stopped playing with the diamond in her hand.

"Yes, the slave listened to Prince Alcohol himself. ”

Xiao Lizi nodded in response.

The middle-aged woman's face sank, and she said, "These are all treasures left by the ancestors, and they can't be left in the hands of outsiders!" ”

......

At the same time, Su Can's side had already sent the Fifth Great Sword King to contact the Hongmen leader of the Demon Capital.

Dadao Wang Wu really knew about Hongmen, and on the side of the capital and Jinmen, he also knew several leading figures of Hongmen.

Although I don't know each other here, I only need to mention the names of my friends in the capital and Jinmen, and it will definitely be easy to talk.

On the other hand, Su Can also quietly went to meet with Russia, Germany and other powers to secretly discuss the matter of trading arms again.

Now that Asia Diamond has a relatively stable price, it is much easier to trade.

According to Meng Chen's previous explanation, Su Can promised a very low price for the two families.

On the side of Qingyang Mountain, it also began to symbolically mine according to the plan.

At noon the next day, someone from the Yamen of the Demon Capital came to ask Su Can about the disappearance of 28 Dongying Ronin near Qingyang Mountain.

Su Can naturally denied it, saying that he didn't know about this matter at all. I'm not their father, the child is lost, come to me to dry the hair?

There was no evidence, and Su Can had just climbed the big tree of Li Hongzhang, so the yamen naturally didn't dare to say anything, and after asking a few words of meaning at random, he left.

......

Hiroguchi, Consulate of Toei.

Two Dongying ronins in samurai costumes, with a Chinese man in green clothes, walked quickly through the courtyard and came to a hall in the backyard.

At this moment, in the hall, there is a middle-aged man in a kimono standing with his back to the door of the living room.

"Your Excellency Nakata, someone has already brought it here!"

The two ronins saluted the middle-aged man, then retreated to stand on the left and right.

The middle-aged man in the kimono slowly turned around and looked at the Chinese man in Tsing Yi.

"My lord, my villain Sun Qian, I am willing to serve the Great Dongying Empire!"

The man in Tsing Yi hurriedly bowed, bowed deeply to the middle-aged man in the kimono, and said quickly.

The middle-aged man in the kimono narrowed his eyes and said in fluent Chinese: "Sun Qian, what do you know? ”

"The villain knows a lot...... I wonder what adults want to know?"

Sun Qian took a step closer and said with a sneer.

"Stand down!"

The middle-aged man in the kimono, who was standing on either side of the Dongei ronin, also immediately took a step forward, and at the same time pulled out the katana at his waist by a few inches.

Sun Qian was startled and hurriedly took two steps back.

"It's okay!" the middle-aged man in kimono waved his hand, and then continued: "The night before, twenty-eight of our people disappeared near Qingyang Mountain, how much do you know about this?"

"It was Su Can who did it!" Sun Gan immediately nodded, "Although I didn't personally participate in this matter, I heard a fellow disciple who got up all night to explain that night, and I saw dozens of black-clothed masked people walking out of the cave where Su Can lived and quietly descending the mountain!"

“......”

When the middle-aged man in kimono heard this, a trace of coldness immediately flashed in his eyes.

The two Dongying ronins beside him were also full of anger, and one of them said loudly: "Your Excellency Nakata, give the order! Mobilize people to exterminate those beggars in Qingyang Mountain!"

"Yaga!"

The middle-aged man in the kimono turned pale and scolded the Dongying ronin.

The ronin bowed to the middle-aged man in the kimono, not daring to say more.

"Your Excellency Nakata, we can use Sun Qian's testimony to force the Qing court yamen to come forward and take down Su Can!"

Another ronin spoke.

"The evidence is not enough! Su Can has just climbed up to Li Hongzhang, and it is not so simple to move him!"

The kimono middle-aged man shook his head.

They said these words in Dongying, and Sun Gan on the side stretched out his head when he listened, completely unaware of what they were talking about.

The second ronin's face also looked a little anxious, "Your Excellency Nakata, is this matter just settled?"

"Of course not, just leave it at that!"

The middle-aged man in the kimono narrowed his eyes.

After a slight pause, he turned back to Sun Gan, and then asked, "Sun Qian, there are really no diamonds in Qingyang Mountain, have you never dug there?"

"Yes!" Sun Qian nodded quickly, "Just yesterday, Su Can had already begun to mobilize manpower to excavate in a cave on the top of Qingyang Mountain...... This cave is just behind the cave where Su Can lives, and the villain analyzes that they are afraid that they have quietly started digging diamonds before. ”

"Really?"

The middle-aged man in the kimono had a different color in his eyes, and asked Sun Qian.

"Really! The villain is currently among the disciples of the Beggar Gang, and he is also a quasi-core member, although he can't personally participate in mining, but he has transferred a little slag in the periphery. ”

Sun Qian hurriedly said.

“......”

The middle-aged man in the kimono turned his back on his hands and couldn't help but squeeze slightly, but he didn't speak immediately.

Staring at Sun Qian for a moment, the middle-aged man in the kimono smiled slightly, turned around and picked up a small gold ingot from the table behind him, and threw it to Sun Gan casually.

"Reward you! If you get any news in the future, try to come and report it as soon as possible!"

Kimono middle-aged road.

"Yes, thank you!"

Sun Qian caught it with both hands, and his eyes flashed with joy and thanked the middle-aged man in the kimono.

"Go back, don't be discovered by Su Can's people!"

The middle-aged man in kimono waved his hand and said no more.

Sun Qian bowed again, and left the living room backwards all the way before turning around and leaving the courtyard.

Two other Dongying ronins who were hidden in the shadows followed behind and quietly sent them out of the Dongying Consulate.

......

"A slave look, disgusting!"

Seeing Sun Qian leave, a Dongying ronin in the living room said with a look of contempt.

"It's because of them that we can act conveniently!" The middle-aged man in kimono smiled faintly and said to the Dongying Langdao: "Send someone to spy on this person, we can't fully trust him!"

"Yes!"

The Ronin bowed to the middle-aged man in his kimono and walked briskly out of the living room.

Another Dongying ronin took a step closer again and whispered to the middle-aged man in kimono, "Your Excellency Nakata, do you see what Sun Qian said, is it reliable?"

"It's very likely!"

The middle-aged man in kimono nodded slightly.

"Then why did the Qing court yamen go up the mountain to search for five days and five nights, but they couldn't find anything?"

The Dongying ronin wondered.

"Maybe they were stupid and didn't find the place. Maybe Su Can made money in the yamen and made them deliberately bypass important places. ”

The middle-aged man in the kimono smiled slightly, and continued: "We have carefully checked Su Can's past, except for secretly buying Qingyangshan mining rights and forest rights before, he has no other possible way to get diamonds!

"Your Excellency Nakata, what should we do then?"

Dongying Ronin nodded slightly, and then asked.

"Yamamoto-kun, you are much calmer and more meticulous than Ono, according to your opinion, what should we do?"

The middle-aged man in the kimono smiled and looked at Yamamoto Nandao.

"This ...... According to the observation of his subordinates during this time, Su Can is a meticulous person who works step by step, and he is not a simple character. Originally, Britain, France, Italy, Austria and other countries were ready to take action, but he climbed Li Hongzhang in advance...... To deal with this person, the subordinates think that ordinary means cannot be used!"

"Good! and then?"

The middle-aged man in kimono nodded lightly and asked.

“...... Li Hongzhang was a minister of the Qing court, and his subordinates couldn't think of any good way to deal with the situation at this time. ”

Yamamoto Ronin frowned and thought for a while, but still shook his head and said.

"What did I ask you to go to great lengths to find an informant under Su Can?"

The middle-aged man in the kimono smiled.

"This ...... What does Lord Nakata mean...... Attack from the inside and bring them down? Su Can was a powerful force, and although he only made a move at the British auction house once, he already had the reputation of being the 'Tiger of Asia'. I'm afraid it won't work on this alone, right?"

Yamamoto Ronin thought for a while, but still shook his head and said.

"Yamamoto-kun, you're wrong! I'm not referring to Sun Qian, or anyone else, but ......."

At this point, the middle-aged man in kimono stretched out his hand and pointed to the north.

“...... I see! What does Your Excellency Nakata mean by relying on the power of the Qing court?"

Yamamoto Ronin's eyes lit up.

"Yes, China is a vast land with a large population, but our Great Dongying Empire is sparsely populated and poor. We have to rely on our brains to deal with them! Let them fight themselves, and we can profit from them!"

The middle-aged man in kimono looked approvingly and nodded to Yamamoto Ronin.

"Your Excellency Nakata, but what should be done with this specific plan?"

Yamamoto ronin bowed deeply to the kimono middle-aged man, and then asked again.

"Huh...... I have already sent someone to the capital of the Qing Kingdom to meet their Prince Alcohol...... Ten days later, it was the 52nd birthday of the Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty. It won't be long before Su Can will be in trouble!"

The middle-aged man in the kimono smiled.

"Your Excellency Nakata is far-sighted, and his subordinates admire him!"

Yamamoto Ronin said sincerely.

"Yamamoto-kun, China's new policy has not been implemented for a long time, and there is still a big gap between us and the Western powers! You and I should work together to serve His Majesty the Emperor in the future!"

"Yes!"

Yamamoto Ronin looked straight.

"Very good! I have already told the Qing court Prince Alcohol and sent him a generous gift, asking him to reveal to the Qing court empress dowager that Su Can had a large number of treasures in the Old Summer Palace...... With Cixi's temperament, she will inevitably take action to get these things back. If Su Can doesn't give it, he will die and have no place to hide! If he agrees to give it, then the empress dowager of the Qing court, who has a good face, will inevitably let him sacrifice in the name of 'entering Beijing to celebrate his birthday.' As long as Su Can leaves, I will have a way to get Qingyang Mountain!

My Great Dongying Empire is not as good as the Western powers, and to put it bluntly, it is not enough financial resources! Yamamoto-kun, you continue to send people to keep an eye on Qingyang Mountain to find out its situation. If what Sun Qian said is true, we must take Qingyang Mountain! Su Can does not know the way of management, if we get the diamonds of Qingyang Mountain and operate it well, it will provide a steady stream of help for the development of the Great Dongying Empire!"

The middle-aged man in kimono said in one breath.

"Yes!" Yamamoto Ronin looked excited, kneeling down on one knee towards the middle-aged man in the kimono, "With the leadership of His Excellency Nakata, my Great Dongying Empire will definitely become the first power in Asia and even the world!"