In the winter of 1935, the core of the Great Red Army arrived in northern Shaanxi.

At the same time, the underground party of the magic capital was severely damaged, and many people were arrested.

Of the 10 radio stations that Qin Di had provided, eight were seized by the enemy! The way Mr. Ge contacted him to purchase medicine was also cut off. Fortunately, the person in charge of purchasing the medicine swore to the death, did not mutiny, and did not implicate the Qin family.

In the same year, Qian Renfei died on the way to the north, and Hu Ming was killed by Gong Naishou. They sacrificed their red blood for the rise of the Chinese nation.

After Li Shenggong arrived in northern Shaanxi, he quietly sent people to infiltrate Xi'an and find a Guotai pharmaceutical company. He knew that the stakes were high, so he was more careful.

He sent reliable manpower to set up a spy network in Xi'an, and at the beginning of each month, taking advantage of nightfall, he bought Western medicine once, and then dispersed it and transported it to Baota Mountain little by little.

There are very few people who know about this matter, except for Zhou Xiang, Bo Lao, and Chen Shuqing, there are no more than three people left.

The Northern Expedition is not over yet, and the sparks are a little dim, and the whole country is shrouded in a white terror.

In this terrifying atmosphere, the Qin family's business became more and more prosperous.

Zhang Jinjiang listened to Qin Di's words, gave up the idea of increasing the capital of Minsheng Automobile Factory, and still held 50% of the shares with the Qin family, producing 1,500 cars throughout the year, although he made some money, but it was not a huge profit.

Qin Di's "Shenlong Bicycle Factory", which produces 18,000 bicycles and 2,000 tricycles, is very sought-after around the magic capital.

"IWC watches" are so beautiful that every office worker wants to buy them and wear them on their wrists.

EMI Records, together with the Mingyue Song and Dance Troupe, has become the largest entertainment empire in China, although the annual profit is only million, but the influence is very large.

The steel mill in Dukou City produces 30,000 tons of steel and has become the backbone of the industry of the Republic of China.

Guotai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. has been prosperous for a long time and is the only large-scale western medicine production and sales enterprise in China.

Mingzhou Home Textiles has been put into production in Chengdu, which is equivalent to rebuilding a textile factory.

In addition, the most critical is the Qin's grain store, which quietly reserves 15 million tons of grain, 500,000 bags of milk powder, as well as sugar, canned food, and edible oil.

Towards the end of the year, the third uncle Qin Hanxu came back from Japan.

In addition to investing in Yamaha, Sharp, Olympus, Kiyogetsudo and Hamada Shuzo, he also invested $2 million in Kao and $700,000 in Kikkoman, thus reaching the scale of seven companies.

Kao is a cosmetics company that manufactures soaps and cosmetic products. Kikkoman produces soy sauce. Both of these are century-old brands.

Generally speaking, Japanese companies are relatively conservative, and it is not easy for outsiders to get involved unless they encounter business difficulties. So whether you can go in depends on the connections, and the second depends on the chance.

Qin Hanxu studied in Japan, stayed for many years, and knew a lot of people. Inoue Kamezaburo was a high-level chess player who was well-known in the local area, and often took him out for sake drinks and made more friends. All in all, as long as you have money in your pocket, go out and walk more, catch fish with big nets, and catch shrimp with small nets, you can always get something.

In order to investigate Japan's national conditions, Qin Hanxu traveled to many places, talked with people in the name of investment, grasped first-hand information, and wrote a report and submitted it to Mr. Qing's desk.

Some of this information is quite valuable, such as what is Japan's monetary system? What is Japan's attitude toward China's fiat currency reform? What materials has the Japanese army looted in Northeast China? What mineral resources do the Japanese covet in North China? Are the Japanese interested in oil, gas, and rubber in the South Seas? How much scrap steel has the Japanese bought from the United States? How many warships have Japan invested in and built?

These things help to judge the movements of the Japanese army, and also help the four major families to seize business opportunities, so Mr. Qing attaches great importance to this, and specially allocates funds to expand the scale of the "East Asian Economic Information Institute", adding 20 spies who are proficient in Japanese to Qin Hanxu.

Fortunately, none of these people carried guns, otherwise it would have put pressure on Qin Hanxu.

On this day, the uncle and nephew closed the door, let Yan Xue make a pot of tea, and then slowly talked.

Qin Di asked, "Third Uncle, I asked you to pay attention to the actions of the Japanese royal family, has anything strange happened recently?"

Qin Hanxu said: "I took five people to Japan, and specially ordered one of them to collect information about the royal family. Strange things to say, the Japanese imperial family recently renovated the mausoleums of two emperors, Nintoku and Showa, and tripled the size of the mausoleum! This is a bit strange. ”

"Why is this strange?"

"I know something about the two imperial tombs, they are not dilapidated, and there is no need to renovate them. Moreover, my subordinate looked around the Imperial Tomb for a long time with a telescope, and found that there were soldiers standing guard on the periphery, and a large basement was dug inside. I don't know for what. ”

"Okay, I remember. Third uncle, you help me keep an eye on whether Japan will renovate the shrine. ”

"Why bother with this?"

"It's hard to say at this time, I just want to unravel a mystery in my heart. ”

Qin Hanxu asked, "What kind of mystery?"

"Heaven must not be divulged. Qin Di shook his head, and then said, "Third uncle, have you received any information, in recent years, has Japan sold gold and silver overseas?"

Qin Hanxu replied: "There is some information, but it is not clear enough. This year, the Awa Maru ran to London twice, once in March and once in September. ”

Qin Di sighed: "This is Japan's core secret, and it is not easy to find out. ”

"Yes, I don't dare to act rashly. "Qin Hanxu mainly collects economic intelligence, and if it involves warships, the difficulty is too high, and it is quite dangerous.

Qin Di was silent for a moment and said, "Third uncle, I have enough funds in my hand, and I will give you another 20 million US dollars." Please use five million dollars to buy me a piece of land in Japan. ”

"Why does it cost so much?"

"I want to have a place for hot springs, and when there is no war in the future, I will build a 'Qin Manor'. ”

"Ho, that's a good idea! Kyoto, Kanto, and Hokkaido, all three of which have hot springs, where do you want to go?"

"It's too cold in Hokkaido, so it's either Kyoto or Kanto. It's best to be close to your apartment, anyway, I won't go to Japan for ten years, and I'll take care of it for you during this period. ”

Qin Hanxu said: "I don't want to stay in Japan all the time, if I stay any longer, Qin Xi will become a Japanese girl!"

Qin Di said: "Qin Xi is still young, when she grows up, the war should end, the world is so big, it doesn't matter where she lives." ”

"I'm afraid she's being brainwashed by the Japanese. ”

"Then you stay in the magic capital for a few more months and find a few children to play with her. ”

"Qin Zhan has been in the United States for a year, and he doesn't know how it is there. ”

"Don't worry, I receive telegrams every month that she is doing well in school and is working with her tutor on 'Golden Wheel Encryption' and 'Cryptographic Functions'. This is a useful knowledge, and maybe when she graduates, she will be able to catch up with the service of the country. ”

"Ahh

"We'll talk about that later. Maybe in a few years, she will be used to being in the United States and will not want to come back. ”

Qin Hanxu was anxious: "Why don't you come back?"

Qin Di smiled slightly and didn't say any more.