If the Japanese could really tell the truth and admit their mistakes, they would not be Japanese. Although he now knew that Fang Lang had seen through their lies, Kodama Yu Shifu only hesitated for a moment, and then he stubbornly said again:

"Okay, I'll make a list for you when I go back tonight, and then take your people to the collectors and get all the collections back.

I just hope you'll forgive me for my previous offense. ”

Hearing this, Fang Lang unconsciously showed a smile that had succeeded in his treacherous scheme, his eyes narrowed, and he spoke again with a smile:

"Very good, then hard work Mr. Kodama, my people will follow Mr. Kodama home tonight, this time I will only stay in Japan for a week, I hope that within a week, what I want can be on time on the ship, no problem!"

Kodama Yushifu, who was kneeling on the ground, couldn't see the expression on Fang Lang's face, thinking that Fang Lang had believed his words, his heart was overjoyed, and the whole person breathed a long sigh of relief, and quickly got up and said:

"Hey! Please rest assured, General Fang! These Chinese antiques must be put on board within a week. ”

After hearing the other party's statement, Fang Lang nodded with a smile and said:

"Very well, when you take back the antiques you sold, don't forget to send your own collection of antiques."

As he spoke, he turned his head and glanced at Chongguang Aoi on the side and said:

"By the way, and Mr. Chongguang promised to send me earlier, I also sent it over."

As soon as Fang Lang's words fell, Kodama Yushifu, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly changed his face and understood what Fang Lang meant. Where was this fooled by myself! is obviously a rabbit with grass, not only to have his own collection, but also to let himself find a way to help him collect the Chinese antiques in the hands of other collectors for him, and even, Chongguang Kui, who came with her, has a fancy to the little things in his hand.

But despite this, Kodama Yu Shifu didn't dare to say anything for a while, this Major General Fang was completely different from the Chinese he had been in contact with, not only greedy, but also thick-skinned and black-hearted, and more importantly, he had a terrifying power in his hands.

Today's Japan is no longer the same as it used to be, they don't even have an army to defend themselves, but the other side has a military contracting company that can take over business from the US Department of Defense, and this so-called military contracting company is actually a mercenary, which can also be regarded as the other side's private army.

A person with such power is almost invincible in Japan today, and only the Americans can provide them with asylum, but will the Americans provide him with asylum? The answer is obvious.

This is also the reason why Kodama Yushifu surrendered so quickly, which is not even a surrender, because they can't surrender twice, this is just a person who knows the times as a handsome.

"Hey! Your Excellency, please rest assured, I will sort out my own unsold collection and send it to you together. ”

Chongguang Kui on the side had just come out of prison, he didn't have much collection in his hand, and he had offered to give it to Fang Lang before, so he didn't show any unusual emotions, he just knelt in place, straightened his back, and nodded heavily at Fang Lang and said:

"Hey! I will prepare my collection when I go back tonight, and His Excellency the General can arrange for someone to come and pick it up at any time. ”

Fang Lang was also a little surprised to see the two Japanese suddenly become so well-behaved, he knew that he was now powerful, and arranging for the Whip of God Military Contracting Company to enter the Japanese market was also a flash of inspiration to find a new direction of profit and control of Japan.

But the fact that these two guys had so easily complied with each other still made him feel a little incredulous. With a turn of his mind, he couldn't help but test again:

"Very good, I don't want to hide it, I am a Brazilian Chinese, and my father and I are very fond of Chinese antiques. Our family also built a museum of Chinese cultural relics in Brazil. But there is still a lot of missing from the collection.

I know that during the war of aggression against China, your country has looted a large number of precious cultural relics and works of art from China through various means.

Since I met two people here today, it can be regarded as fate, I will ask people to set up a collection company in Japan that specializes in the acquisition of cultural relics, and I hope that the two of them can help me take charge of collecting all the Chinese cultural relics that have been scattered in Japan, and I will pack them all and take them away.

If you two can do this well, then you will gain my friendship. ”

Fang Lang opened his mouth without stopping, wanting these two guys to help them collect all the Chinese cultural relics lost in Japan, which was a very, very excessive request in the eyes of Kodama Yushio and Shigemitsu Aoi.

And what Fang Lang is ready to pay is just the so-called friendship, as for how much this friendship is worth, it is very illusory, this trick Fang Lang actually learned from the Morgan family.

After hearing Fang Lang's words, Kodama Yu Shifu and Shigemitsu Aoi were speechless for a long time, such a request was too much, although, Fang Lang said it wildly, what do you like Huaguo antiques, what museums, these are all unraveled, what he really wants is a large part of the wealth that Japan has gained from Huaguo through the war in recent years.

This reminded Shigemitsu of the humiliation he had suffered when he negotiated surrender with his allies, which was at the national level and more private now.

However, surprisingly, Chongguang Aoi did not have the strong sense of humiliation that he had when he surrendered to the allies for the first time, and he didn't know if it was someone who surrendered once, and he didn't seem to care too much about surrendering again, so he didn't feel very angry about Fang Lang's request in his heart, but was very interested in the friendship that Fang Lang said.

But Kodama Yushifu felt unprecedented anger at Fang Lang's request, especially Fang Lang's attitude of pressing forward step by step, inch by inch, covering up his original fear of Fang Lang's power. His brain was congested for a while, his eyes slowly turned red, and he couldn't wait to take out his bushido spirit and die with Fang Lang.

Just as he was thinking about how to refuse this unreasonable request, John Clark on the side had already taken the lead in speaking.

"General Fang's request, the two of you can think clearly before answering, you must know that General Fang's friendship is not something that anyone is qualified to get."

As soon as these words came out, Chongguang Kui, who was already thinking about the friendship that Fang Lang was talking about, what could bring him, immediately lit up.

Although he didn't know what was so special about this young Brazilian rear admiral, it was obvious that a person who could be reminded by a US Navy captain would obviously not be a simple person. In addition, it can be seen from the previous conversation between the two that Fang Lang seems to have a lot of influence on MacArthur, which makes him have to start thinking seriously.

After all, Chongguang Kui is a politician, in his concept, whatever is can be traded, and now what he has to do is nothing more than weigh the pros and cons, calculate the gains and losses, and see how to maximize his own interests.

The Chinese antiques that Fang Lang wanted were not in his hands, nor did they belong to him, nor were they even the property of the Japanese government, but were plundered or purchased from China by the Japanese through various channels.

He personally did not have much interest in these artifacts. Several of the family's collections were also given by others, and he didn't feel heartache when he gave them away. Therefore, in his mind, the cultural relics in the hands of other Japanese people are obviously not as important as the friendship that he himself can obtain from Fang Lang.

Then his choice is very easy to make. Chongguang Kui, who wanted to understand all this, couldn't wait to look at Fang Langdao, who was still indifferent and unfathomable:

"I don't know what substantial benefits General Fang's friendship can bring me?"

Chongguang Kui's words made Fang Lang see the greed of a politician, but this greed didn't care about Fang Lang at all, he knew that this guy was a Japanese Class A war criminal, but now that the Americans have released him, it means that the Americans are ready to use those Japanese militarist war criminals to fight against the Soviet threat, which is only one strait away.

Under such circumstances, it is obvious that it is impossible to prevent Japanese war criminals like Shigemitsu Aoi from re-entering the Japanese political arena.

And after a period of digestion, Fang Lang has vaguely recalled some of the experiences of this guy after he came out, if he is not mistaken, this guy became the new deputy prime minister of the Japanese government and the Japanese foreign minister again after the Korean War.

Although he doesn't remember exactly what he went through, it's certain that what this guy wants is to get back into politics.

But now in 1949, there was an insurmountable obstacle to his return to politics, that is, the "Posthumous Decree on Public Offices" issued by the Allied Headquarters in Japan in 1946, the main content of which was to prohibit World War II war criminals from holding public office, even if they had already been punished and served their sentences. Nor can he be re-elected as a public official through a political party.

The person who was most affected by this posthumous release order was the future Japanese Prime Minister Hatoyama Ichiro, who founded the Japan Freedom Party after Japan's surrender, and won 141 seats in the parliament in the first post-war general election, becoming the largest party in parliament.

According to parliamentary political conventions, he is the rightful new prime minister of Japan, and he himself is convinced of this, even as he happily prepares to take the oath of office. The Allies issued the Posthumous Decree for Public Office, and he was a member of parliament during the war and published articles touting fascism. Forced to leave politics.

It is also interesting to note that Ichiro Hatoyama was forced to leave politics, but the Liberal Party he formed was still the largest party in parliament, so the new Prime Minister of Japan could only be elected from the Liberal Party.

At this time, a very dramatic scene occurred, Hatoyama Ichiro, for his own interests, did not elect a new president from within the Liberal Party to be the new prime minister of Japan, but invited his best friend Yoshida Shigeru to join the Liberal Party, and put Yoshida Shigeru, who was not even a parliamentarian at the time, into the prime minister of Japan.

Shigeru Yoshida patted Hatoyama on the chest and promised that as long as Hatoyama Ichiro could return to public office, he would immediately relinquish the position of prime minister to the other party.

But what is interesting is that when Hatoyama Ichiro returned to public office, Shigeru Yoshida, who had already tasted the taste of power, already had a large number of henchmen in the Liberal Party after more than five years of operation, so it is not surprising that Shigeru Yoshida broke his promise.

On the grounds that the position of president of the Liberal Party was a public instrument and should not be given to each other privately, he rejected Ichiro Hatoyama's extravagant hope of taking back the position of president of the Liberal Party.

Of course, Hatoyama Ichiro was successfully elected prime minister of Japan in 1954, and he had an inconspicuous supporter behind him, Kodama Yushio. By 1955, Hatoyama Ichiro had reorganized the Liberal Party and the Democratic Party of Japan to form what would become the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan.

Shigemitsu Aoi successfully returned to politics when Ichiro Hatoyama was prime minister, becoming the deputy prime minister and foreign minister of the new government.

Of course, these are realistic situations, and the current Chongguang Kui definitely doesn't know where his future path will go, but Fang Lang is sure that this guy's inner thoughts are definitely to return to politics. Therefore, without the other party opening his mouth, Fang Lang already had the idea of pinching the other party in his heart.

When he heard the other party ask what his friendship could bring him, Fang Lang showed an unfathomable smile.

"I know what your purpose is in coming to John today, but I can tell you with certainty that it is useless for you to come to John."

Chongguang Kui saw that Fang Lang did not answer his question directly, but directly said that he knew his purpose, which made him a little surprised, but after thinking about it, he was not surprised.

After all, his identity is here, and the former Japanese foreign minister, trying his best to get out of Sugamo Prison, can't just want to live the lower half of his body in nothing.

Fang Lang was able to say what he wanted, and it was obviously judged by this. Just when Fang Lang was about to take the heavy light Kui, the Kodama Yu Shifu on the side spoke directly.

"Mr. Chongguang, don't listen to this greedy guy's demagogy, it's not strange that he can guess the purpose of your coming here today, I'm sure we don't say it, both of them can guess, otherwise Colonel Clark wouldn't have deliberately avoided my topic today."

Obviously, Kodama Yushio is not the same as Shigemitsu Aoi, he is not a politician, but a soldier. Although he has now left the army, his soldier's thinking has not changed so quickly, and after feeling Fang Lang's purpose of using them to loot Chinese antiques in Japan, he began to rebel against Fang Lang.

Therefore, the attitude of being afraid of the other party's energy just now has changed, and some of them have begun to feel like they are breaking the jar.

When Fang Lang heard this, he was not angry, after all, as long as someone with a little brain could guess what Chongguang Kui was asking for, this could not be Fang Lang's handle to pinch the other party.

"What if I said that my friendship would bring you back into politics?"

Fang Lang's tone was very flat, but the words he said were earth-shattering, not only the dissatisfied Kodama Yushifu showed an expression of disbelief, but John on the side was also dumbfounded.

After Chongguang Kui heard Fang Lang's words, he stood up directly from the ground.

"No way, haven't you heard that Japan has a "Public Office Posthumous Release Order", and people like us have no chance to return to politics at all."

Yushio Kodama was the first to say his inner thoughts in surprise. Shigemitsu Aoi also put on a skeptical expression.

John Clark, on the other hand, seemed to think of something, and fell into deep thought thoughtfully.

Fang Lang didn't care about the reactions of a few people, he still looked like he was calm and light, believe it or not.

This kind of performance made Kodama Yushifu and Shigemitsu Aoi a little uncertain for a while, and the two began to exchange glances non-stop, trying to find the source of Fang Lang's self-confidence.

(End of chapter)