After a bottle of wine, Ikegami felt slightly drunk, drove away the geisha, and then began to officially narrate. Chigami talked about how it was not easy for him to maintain law and order in the concession area because the anti-Japanese elements in Tianjin were relatively active now, and praised Cao Chang for helping him take care of his villa. didn't say anything, he toasted Cao Chang three glasses of wine in a row, and the fourth glass, Cao Chang said that he wouldn't drink anything. Chishang is still constantly agitating, much like watching Cao Chang's lively appearance.

I also talked about my own difficulties. The situation in the United States, the economic situation is not good, it is really not a good time to do business, but fortunately, the trade with the country has begun, and the business has improved; The situation in Xi'an is also dire. Seeing that Chishang is very concerned about the situation in Xi'an, let's say more. said that there were several groups of people, and they were fighting back and forth, and they couldn't afford to offend themselves!

"Li Jun, you see who will win in Xi'an."

"Chishang-kun, in the end, it still depends on the strength, I estimate that the final winner is the government, the government is always the strongest, at most there are some twists and turns."

"What will happen to the Northeast Army?"

"Hmph, if the interest obeys the central government, it will be integrated by the central army, if you don't know the interest? Haha, I'm afraid it will disappear too! Ikegami-kun, there should be no exceptions to the general ending of the lost dog! ”

"How can you say that Shaanxi will soon be unified by the central government?"

"Haha, Chishang-kun, it's not appropriate to say that, now that the whole country has been unified under the national government, at most there are just some bandits running around making trouble."

"Li Jun, you're right! If you need anything to come to Tianjin this time, just ask. ”

Raise a glass of thanks! After a few more drinks, he said, "Then Ichishang-kun will make up for the trouble." Qi Huimin called in, asked him to toast the three Japanese, and said: "Chishang-kun, he is my intelligence officer, mainly for the family's newspapers to collect the political situation and market prices in the Pingjin area, if possible. Of course, he is also responsible for the reception of imported goods from Tianjin, and he also has to ask Ikegami-kun to take care of it, after all, the anti-Japanese sentiment in Pingjin is still very high. ”

"It is also my duty to take care of their safety in the concession, Li Jun can rest assured."

waved his hand for Qi Huimin to withdraw, and said, "I originally planned to go to Japan later, but Chiyo-chan telegraphed that he had already left for Japan." Haha, I had to make some arrangements in advance. ”

"Li Jun, your habits still haven't changed! We don't have such accommodation in Japan! ”

"Haha, a little, a little! But a little bit in advance, it doesn't hurt. Chi Shangjun, which one in Shaanxi we just said, we can't afford to offend, so we have to coax it. I plan to buy another batch of cloth and make it into military uniforms, and whoever guards the door of my house, I will make it for whomever I want, half sell and half give. If someone else runs away, it's not my business, is it? ”

"Haha, the method is good, clothes are not weapons, and there will be no big reflection in other aspects! It looks like Mr. Takano is going to get rich again! Ikegami took the opportunity to lead the conversation.

"Mr. Li, if you have any requirements, please feel free to command!" Finally, it was the turn to speak.

"Butler Takano, you're welcome. I plan to buy another 100,000 pieces of cloth from last time. However, my financial situation is not very good, and I hope to be able to buy some supplies from the United States to pay for the goods, so that Mr. Takano can make money, and I will also make some small money. Otherwise, I really don't have such a large financial resource to support a large number of purchases, so it is estimated that it will be carried out in ten months. You ask Mr. Takano, the plan is feasible, you put up a list, and I will ship everything I can get in the list! ”

"Mr. Li, I will ask my husband as soon as possible and give you a reply!"

But Ikegami was not happy and said, "What do you ask?" Can't do anything at all? The American materials we need have to be bought with hard currency, and Li Jun has given us the opportunity to exchange our products, no matter how much they have, they can't be wasted. Hum! ”

"Ikegami-kun, stop your anger! It's his duty to do this! If my steward were to do whatever he could, he would be expelled; Takaya steward, despite the request, plenty of time. I plan to leave for Japan in five days to see Anna and Chiyo's family, learn about the Japanese market, and then leave Japan for the United States at the end of the month. I don't know what the situation is with Masao-kun? Can I see him in Japan? ”

"Mr. Li, Young Master Masao is serving in the fleet, and we don't know when he will be in Japan."

"Oh, it looks like he's going to need luck. How is Anna? ”

"When I went back from Tianjin, I was so naughty that his mother couldn't control it. Now her mother is worried about going to school next year! ”

"Haha, kid! Bring some chocolate from Tianjin and give it a drink! ”

"Alas, Mr. Li, now that Anna is holding your gun and beating people everywhere to make trouble, her mother will do one thing now, apologize everywhere!"

"Haha, didn't you tell her to wait until she was older before giving her a gun?"

"I don't know how she found out, I hugged it when I slept, and I couldn't grab it back."

"Little things, if her mother is willing, or Chiyo leads her to go to school in Germany! Or maybe I took it to school in the United States, just to be a companion for my sister, let her shoot casually in the United States, and see how they play! O, Ikegami-kun, what are the regulations on the management of personal firearms in Japan now? Can my bodyguard bring a gun? ”

"Li Jun, now that Japanese society is still martial, it is allowed to carry a knife, and the gun needs to be registered with the police station, archived for future reference, and you can wear it if you have a certificate of possession."

"Where to go to Japan?"

"Procedures?" As if Ikegami had encountered a new problem, "Butler Takano, do you need a formality?" ”

"No, I haven't heard that Chinese need procedures to go to Japan. Many of the people who were on the same boat with me had never done it. ”

"Okay, I'll ask and reply to Li Jun tomorrow!"

There is really no need for formalities, no wonder they started with Sun Yat-sen, they caused trouble in China, and they went to Japan when they ran away! As long as you have a little ability, you can marry a Japanese woman and come back. Little Japan is really smart enough to start an international tourism business and start a transnational marriage so early.

Tell the Taka steward to arrange the ferry tickets. He personally took Qi Huimin to visit the Japanese Concession and the British Concession, especially introduced the location of the Bank of Korea and the Jeongjin Bank, asked him to open accounts in the two banks, secretly investigated the relationship between the residents of the two banks and the surrounding buildings, the relationship between the buildings and the sewers, and investigated the protection of the banks by the Japanese and the British. In particular, he instructed not to care about any personnel, buildings, materials, and everything related to the Japanese military, and to be careful of being assassinated by the Chinese.

Arrange for Takano housekeepers to purchase gifts according to the situation in Japan. Tianjin has goods for sale from all over the world, as long as you don't have to make a mess of shipping things that have been shipped from Japan with great difficulty. The time was determined and a telegram was sent to Jiang Huatai.

Before leaving, thank Ikegami and Cao Chang. I don't feel like I'm drinking anymore, Ikegami is not an opponent, this time Ikegami was so drunk that he didn't even make the appointment to see him off at the dock the next morning. Cao Chang, who came to see me off, looked at me with admiration. It is estimated that the first amount of alcohol of the Japanese soldiers in the concession has been drunk by me.

It takes three days to get from Tianjin to Yokohama, and the weather is getting colder in the north in December, but fortunately, the temperature will be better if you go south. In addition to going to the deck in the morning to do a healthy tai chi, it is to pass the time by reading novels in the cabin. I bought a copy of Natsume Soseki's novel "Poppy Grass" in Tianjin as a textbook to practice the language, but I didn't expect to really read it. I also remember the book "I Am a Cat" that I read, which is his work. I feel that this book is better written than "I Am a Cat", and I like it more. Even if I don't have any feelings for the story, I'm very interested in the author's sentences!

Look at this sentence, "If you don't collide with death, people often can't get rid of the problem of impetuousness", what an old-fashioned way it is written!

This sentence, "The universe is a mystery, and everyone can solve the mystery at will";

There is also this sentence, "It's quiet above, but it's a rather chaotic world below";

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Listen to this saying, "Spring in Kyoto is like a cow peeing, endless, long and warm." Haha, what a good metaphor, so that you can smell the smell of urine in Kyoto before you ...... Kyoto.

There are no special bad guys in the story, some of them are what you like or what you hate; The changes in the social atmosphere have different standards for judging the rights and wrongs of characters, and the standards for good and bad; But the human nature revealed is the same, whether it is Japan, China or the West, whether it is ancient or modern; As long as there are differences in wealth, beauty and ugliness in appearance, and people with different minds, there will be stories, but the plots are different. Putting aside the plot and background, you will find that the author's grasp of human nature is still very accurate, so people can write any novel that is good-looking, thoughtful, and durable.

This story has a tragic ending, but the author just tells the readers - only comedy is popular here, how intriguing?