In November, after capturing Guilin and Liuzhou, the Japanese army took advantage of the victory and marched westward, attacking Guiyang along the Guiqian Road, and successively captured Yishan, Hechi, Nandan and other places. On December 2, it occupied Dushan, an important town in southern Guinan, and advanced into Sichuan, shaking Guiyang and Chongqing.

He Yingqin flew to Guiyang and took command. After fierce fighting, Dushan was recovered, forcing the Japanese army to retreat to the area north of Hechi and Yishan, forming a pattern of confrontation between the two sides. However, another Japanese army occupied Nanning without a fight, and joined forces with the Japanese army advancing north from Vietnam to Yu Hulu, and finally opened up the mainland communication line between the north and south of China.

On December 14, Stalin and US Ambassador Harriman discussed the conditions for the Soviet troops to participate in the war against Japan: the Kuril Islands and South Sakhalin Island were returned to the Soviet Union, the Lend-Lease of the Luda and the Eastern Railway, and the independence of Outer Mongolia.

These days, Qin Di has been staying in Chongqing and has not gone anywhere.

Gu Rumei often came to visit and constantly learned new fairy songs. Her skills have improved rapidly, and she has reached the eighth level of qi refining.

Gu Ruhu also came back from Myanmar and came to Chongqing with Han Bing. He has been fighting on the battlefield for a year, and his skills have reached the late stage of the third layer of qi refining, plus he is tall, and he is six or seven meters in one step.

Han Bing couldn't keep up with him, so he had to drive a jeep and fall far behind.

The two came to meet Qin Di together.

Gu Ruhu said with a smile: "I'm sorry sir, I am married to Han Bing." Because I couldn't find you, I didn't send you an invitation. ”

Qin Di didn't care, because in his opinion, Xiuzhen shouldn't get married easily, otherwise after a hundred years, Gu Ruhu would still be alive and kicking, but Han Bing would be old, which would make people feel very helpless.

Han Bing was very well-behaved, and directly "pounced" and knelt in front of Qin Di: "Meet sir, I have reached the dark strength, you have said before, you can pass on my forging technique, and ask Mr. to pass on the Fa." ”

Qin Di smiled slightly and said, "Get up, of course I remember what I said." From today onwards, I will accept you as a registered disciple! When I teach you the Fa, you only need to cultivate well, and when you finish this life, I will help you reincarnate. ”

He already has two registered disciples, Du Rong and Du Lan, and he doesn't care about adding one more. Anyway, a sheep is a herding, and a flock of sheep is also a herding.

When Han Bing heard this, he solemnly kowtowed three times: "Thank you, master." ”

Qin Di passed on a mental method to each of them, and explained it carefully.

The two stayed in Chongqing for a day, and then returned to their hometown in Yangping.

Fast forward to 1945.

On January 9, U.S. troops landed on the Philippine island of Luzon. On the 17th, the Soviet Union occupied Warsaw. On the same day, a special military train from Taiyuan to Beiping was intercepted by the Kyushu army on the way, and Major General Suzuki Kawasaburo, nephew of the Japanese Emperor Hirohito, was captured on board.

On the 27th, the Chinese Western Yunnan Expeditionary Force and the Indian Army joined forces in Mangyou, northern Burma, and the 1,566-kilometer China-India Highway was completely opened. On the 28th, Mr. Qing announced that the China-India Highway would be named the Stilwell Highway.

On January 30, the Wilhelm Gustloff, sailing in the Baltic Sea, was torpedoed by a Soviet submarine and sank. The ship was crowded with German refugees, a total of about 10,582 people, and 9,343 people lost their lives in the disaster. It is considered the worst shipwreck in the history of navigation.

On February 7, U.S. forces occupied Manila.

On February 11, the three major powers, the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union, on the occasion of the imminent victory of the World War of Resistance against Japan, held a secret summit meeting in the Yalta Palace on the Crimean Peninsula in the northern part of the Black Sea to discuss "the issue of the new post-war world order and the distribution of interests among the great powers," and signed the "Yalta Agreement" after the meeting.

In this agreement, Germany was divided, the German army was disbanded, and Germany was no longer allowed to have troops. Germany was supposed to pay war reparations for "the losses she inflicted on the Allies in the war." The United States and the Soviet Union agreed on a total reimbursement of $22 billion.

Within three months of Germany's surrender, the Soviet Union would declare war on Japan. The reward was that the USSR received Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands and their control over Dalian, Arthur and their railway connections.

In this agreement, in order to win the Soviet Union to participate in the war against Japan and to curry favor with the Soviet Union in order to keep its own peace, the United States went so far as to betray China's interests, forcibly divide China's territory, and demand that the Nationalist Government recognize the independence of Outer Mongolia.

The Yalta Conference will affect the world pattern in the next hundred years, and China at this time is still very weak, and there is no room for bargaining at all!

People are swords, I am fish and meat, there is nothing to say!

This year's Chinese New Year's Eve falls on February 12, the day after the Yalta Conference.

After the Spring Festival, Qin Di and Yan Xue left Chongqing and came to Hong Kong, where they met Zhou Ming and others who had arrived in advance.

Previously, Zhou Ming had used Japanese military tickets to buy more than 100 houses on Hong Kong Island, one of which was located on the top of Taiping Shan, three on the mountainside of Taiping Shan, and several in Repulse Bay, Deep Water Bay, Causeway Bay, Stanley, Chunkan Kok and other places.

Qin Di inspected them one by one, and finally found the largest villa halfway up the mountain to settle down.

He took out some foreign currency from the Naxu gourd, threw it in the basement of the villa, and then called Zhou Ming over and explained to him secretly.

Zhou Ming saw the mountains of foreign currency piled up in the basement, and almost fell to the ground!

"Oh my God, so many pounds, dollars, Deutsche marks, Swiss francs...... Sir, you don't say that you will deposit in the bank, just throw it into the basement, if you are patronized by thieves, then you will have it!"

Qin Di said: "You come forward to register and set up a real estate investment company, and I will keep 2% of the shares! Strive to spend all this money within two years! Buy all the real estate, the address and price are not limited, you can just look at it and buy it, I believe in your vision!"

Zhou Ming was picky and uneasy: "Mr. Qin, I'm afraid that the big deal will be robbed by the underworld. ”

Qin Di said: "I'll write you two notes, if you encounter danger, you ask them for help." ”

At this time, the Japanese army was already overwhelmed, so Du Rong returned to Hong Kong from Singapore and settled in Kowloon Tong. Du Rong's father-in-law is the leader of the Jingwu Society, and he has a group of disciples under him, who is currently under the command of Chen Shouting. In addition, Du Yuesheng also has an apprentice who lives in Hong Kong and is quite influential in the underworld.

Zhou Ming took the note, and his heart settled down a little.

Then Qin Di and Yan Xue came to Kadoorie Mountain, found a place to settle here, took out some foreign currency from the Naxu gourd, threw it into the basement, and called another subordinate, Zhao Chang, and explained the same words to him.

"You also go and register a real estate company! Then buy a large number of houses, as long as it is a good house, a good area, and others are willing to sell it, you will buy it! When you finish the money, send me a telegram, I will come again and provide more funds!"

Zhao Chang also felt dizzy when he saw a room full of banknotes.

Qin Di said: "As long as this matter is handled well, I will not treat you badly." In addition to a 2% stake in the company, I will leave you a mansion. ”

Zhao Chang said: "Sir, I'm not used to living here, I still have to think about whether to return to the magic capital in two years!"

Qin Di smiled and said, "Do you want to go back to the Demon Capital? That's easy to do! I still have hundreds of properties in the Demon Capital! If you want, I'll give you two." However, I advise you to keep your house in Hong Kong, and maybe it will come in handy at some point. ”