As soon as he left Shanhaiguan, Meng Shaoyuan immediately felt the color.
A suit and a black woolen coat are very handsome, right?
You'll freeze to death!
They saw Luo Yiyan and Xie Songshan calmly taking out the clothes they had prepared from their luggage.
A thick cotton coat and a mink fur hat that covers your ears.
Let’s take a look at the handsome Master Meng again?
Shaking, shaking...shivering with coldness...
Handsome?
Fuck you.
This weather can really freeze someone to death.
"Manager Zhu, it's not okay for you to enter Manchuria wearing this." Xie Songshan looked worried: "It will freeze."
"Ah, I brought it, I brought it... Sneeze." Meng Shaoyuan sneezed and looked at Luo for help: "Steward Luo, um, bring me my clothes."
ah? You have no clothes. Are these clothes mine?
Seeing Meng Shaoyuan wink at him, he remembered his identity. He was a butler. As a butler, how could he not wear the boss's clothes?
Having entered Manchuria, there are many dangers at this time. If you are not careful, you will lose everything.
Gritting his teeth, he handed the clothes prepared for him to Meng Shaoyuan: "Manager Zhu, please change into your clothes."
It was indeed much warmer.
Meng Shaoyuan was satisfied, especially with this hat, which was so warm. He glanced at Luo and said, "I said, Butler Luo, you should change it quickly, so as not to freeze."
Should I change?
My clothes are at your place!
"Boss, I left in a hurry and forgot to bring mine." Luo looked at him with a bitter look on his face.
"Very careless, very careless." Meng Shaoyuan severely criticized his housekeeper: "It's so cold in the Northeast. It doesn't matter if you freeze without clothes. Who will help me?"
You are not a thing, Luo Yiyan said, "Yes, yes", while he kept cursing Meng Shaoyuan in his heart.
"Manager Zhu, is this your first time in Manchuria?"
"yes."
Xie Songshan kindly reminded him: "Now that we are out of the pass, we can no longer call northeast and northeast like we were in the pass. This is Manchuria, Manchukuo, and there is an emperor, our Emperor Kant."
Yes, this is the Puppet Manchukuo now, and the "Emperor Kant" is the nominal emperor...
During the period when Zhang Zuolin was in charge of the Northeast, the Northeast entered a golden age of economic development. Industry, agriculture, mining, commerce, and finance all achieved great development, and all aspects of business scale, production efficiency, and development speed were at the forefront. At the forefront of the country.
Especially before the September 18th Incident, civil wars continued all over the country. Only in the Northeast, with the large influx of people traveling to Guandong, all areas of the economy showed a prosperous scene, and the economy was unprecedentedly prosperous.
At that time, the Northeast region could be said to be an important grain production base in the world. Especially in the 1920s, more than 80% of the world's soybeans came from Northeast China.
In terms of military industry, Zhang Zuolin established the Ordnance Factory of the Three Northeastern Provinces on the basis of the Fengtian Ordnance Bureau, and later established the Northeast Aviation Factory and the Naval Factory. The military industry in Northeast China was far behind the rest of the country, so much so that when the Japanese took over the arsenals left by Zhang Xueliang on September 18, they were amazed.
Based on the support of military industry, Northeast China also vigorously developed heavy industry and mining. A large number of modern industrial sectors such as machinery manufacturing plants, sand foundry plants, power plants, and ironmaking plants were built.
In terms of transportation, Northeast China has established its own railway network and established the Northeast Shipping Bureau, which is responsible for shipping.
During the period of Japan's occupation of Northeast China, the Manchurian Railway was used as a fulcrum, and through the high profits obtained, it developed the Manchurian Railway into a complex involving railways, mining, machinery, electricity, steel and other fields.
What a pity for such a great place.
Why was it handed over to the Japanese?
Without Tohoku, Japan’s domestic economy would have collapsed on its own.
Even if you brainwash the Japanese people, it will be useless.
There are things that ruin the family every year, but the little Liuzi is the only one who can ruin the family like this.
Meng Shaoyuan had also thought that even if he knew nothing about military affairs, if he had to take command, with such a large family fortune left by the old man, he could still persist in fighting the air force, army, and tanks together. It takes a lot of time, right?
such a pity.
If I had not come to Northeast China, I would have thought that this place was too backward, and transportation basically relied on horse-drawn carriages and legs. Only when you arrive in person do you know that the transportation here is far beyond your imagination.
After leaving customs, we took trains all the way and arrived directly at "Xinjing".
But on the train, Japanese soldiers always appeared to check documents. Fortunately, Xie Songshan was beside him, so there were no dangers along the way.
Finally arrived at Changchun, the "capital" of the Puppet Manchukuo... No, Xinjing, Meng Shaoyuan kept reminding himself, it must be called Xinjing.
As soon as I entered Xinjing, my biggest feeling was that there were Japanese people everywhere.
Japanese expatriates, Japanese military police, this seems to be Japan's territory.
Xie Songshan was as attentive as he could be, and arranged for Meng Shaoyuan and Meng Shaoyuan to stay at the Manchuria Hotel, the best hotel in Xinjing, which was also run by the Japanese.
The hotel manager Jintian Youjiang is acquainted with Xie Songshan, and Xie Songshan helped Meng Shaoyuan and the others become a guarantor.
"Name, what are you doing here?" When asking the waiter to register, Kaneda Yue's face was full of disdain for the Chinese from the border.
"I wish Yanfan, come here to purchase goods and do business."
What he never expected was that a string of fluent Japanese would come out of Meng Shaoyuan's mouth.
"Can you speak Japanese?" Kinda Yue was startled.
"Yes, my mother is Japanese, from Tokyo." Meng Shaoyuan replied in fluent Japanese: "My grandfather served as deputy minister of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of China government."
Kaneda Arie suddenly realized.
Although the Japanese are very arrogant in China, in fact many Japanese, at least before the September 18th Incident, were proud to marry their daughters to the sons of high-ranking Chinese officials or celebrities.
After all, no matter how weak China is, it was once the supreme power in the world.
There once was a man named Zuo, a descendant of Zuo Zongtang, a side branch. When I was studying in Japan, I was attracted by the daughter of a high-ranking Japanese official. However, this leftist was very courageous and unwilling to marry a Japanese woman.
As a result, this woman went on a hunger strike and threatened. When the Japanese family heard that this person was a descendant of Zuo Zongtang, their father, mother, brother, and cousin all came to Zuo's residence to lobby and even beg.
Finally, under the persuasion of his friends from the same hometown, Zuo reluctantly married this Japanese woman.
When Meng Shaoyuan said this, Kaneda Yujiang suddenly felt a sense of intimacy towards him.
Little did he know that the "Zhu Yanfan" in front of him always talked nonsense, but the lies he made up always hit the mark, but he always got to the point, so that the listeners would often believe it to be true.
Coupled with his fluent Japanese and strong Japanese accent, Kaneda Arie had no doubts.
"Give him a room on the third floor." Kaneda Yue took the pen from the waiter's hand and changed the guarantor from Xie Songshan to his own name.
The rooms on the third floor have the best facilities in the entire Manzhou Hotel.
And since the guarantor is Japanese, there will be no trouble in the future.
It was also the first time that Xie Songshan knew that "Zhu Yanfan" actually had Japanese blood in him, and he spoke Japanese so fluently. Fortunately, he was very respectful to him along the way.
No wonder he became the deputy general manager at such a young age. It turns out that his family has a very strong background.
Xie Songshan is a Manchurian. He knows some Japanese and can barely communicate with the Japanese, but Luo was dumbfounded at first glance.
Why does Chief Meng speak so fluent Japanese? And after a few words, the Japanese man's attitude towards him changed greatly.
"Mr. Zhu, if you need anything, you can call the front desk." Kaneda Youjie said enthusiastically: "If you want to apply for a pass in Xinjing, I can help you do it. With the Manchuria Hotel as the guarantor, that's There must be no problem.”
"Thank you so much." Meng Shaoyuan took out a wad of money: "Here are two thousand yen, which are temporarily stored with you. You can deduct our food and accommodation expenses, as well as the cost of applying for passes. If it is not enough. , tell me anytime.”
"That's enough, that's enough."
Kaneda Arie was very happy.
This young man has Japanese ancestry, is a high-ranking official in China, and is so generous with his actions, so he must be friends with him.
Xie Songshan personally sent Meng Shaoyuan to the room: "Manager Zhu, tonight, I will be a host in the 'Sheng'en Hall', which is the place where the emperor once had dinner. The word "Sheng's Hall" is also the name of Mr. Du Ge. Inscribed, there is no better restaurant in Xinjing."
Meng Shaoyuan asked: "Who is Mr. Du Ge?"
"Du Mingshan served as a bachelor in the Qing Dynasty and was given the opportunity to travel in the military. After the Qing Dynasty disappeared, Du Ge Lao wanted to die for his country by jumping into a well. Unfortunately, the mouth of the well was too narrow, and his servants tried hard to persuade him, so he failed. .”
Luo on the side looked at him and burst out laughing.
After the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were too many people who wanted to die for their country in order to repay the dragon's kindness. Unfortunately, none of them succeeded. They were either persuaded by their families or dragged in by their disciples.
In short, if you want to commit suicide, you must have someone by your side. If you are alone, who will show you this act of loyalty to the country? Could it be that he is really dead?
Xie Songshan just pretended not to have heard: "Later when the commander-in-chief came to Beijing, Mr. Du Ge was always the most supportive of the restoration...that one, who was responsible for the restoration of the Qing Dynasty. Unfortunately, after the commander-in-chief's defeat... the emperor succeeded in restoring Manchuria. I thought that Mr. Du Ge would support the restoration of the Qing Dynasty. When he was appointed as the director-general of the Ministry of Military Affairs, he ended up appointing Director-General Ma. Later, he thought he could become the Minister-General of Justice, but unfortunately Director-General Feng was appointed. In the end, Mr. Duque only served as the assistant to the Director-General of Justice, so he was quite complaining. "
This time even Meng Shaoyuan wanted to laugh.
"Du Zhenxian, Mr. Du Ge's second son, has a good relationship with me. He works in the Industrial Department. I invited him to come with me tonight to support Manager Zhu."
"Thank you, thank you!" Meng Shaoyuan bowed his hand.
It seems that tonight at the reception banquet, I will have to face a bunch of monsters and monsters.
