"Matsuhira Ino, how dare you show up, please pay me back!"
Matsudaira Ino!
President of Matsudaira Co., Ltd.!
Japanese aristocrat.
Then……
National scholar...unparalleled!
Mahjong is so fun!
Meng Shaoyuan still carefully preserves Matsudaira Ino's $110,000 IOU.
To be honest, Matsudaira Ino did help a lot.
Meng Shaoyuan sent people to Japan to help him settle down.
Then, the Japanese side and the Hangzhou side verified the intelligence, which was also confirmed by Matsudaira Ino.
This guy is almost half a spy of Meng Shaoyuan.
Of course, Matsudaira Ino himself is still at a loss.
This playboy...
Mahjong...
"Mr. Cheng Yinju?"
When Matsudaira Yinan saw that it was "Cheng Yinju" who appeared in front of him, he was stunned at first, and then his face was full of embarrassment: "Mr. Cheng, I didn't expect to see you here."
"Ah, let's play mahjong." Meng Shaoyuan smiled and said: "How are you lucky?"
"Not very good." Matsudaira Ino was a little frustrated: "I lost a lot."
"This is a good card, let me help you play it." Meng Shaoyuan sat down, touched a card, and slapped it on the table: "What a fool!"
"Why are you so stupid? You haven't heard of Zhang yet?"
"If you say nonsense, then you are nonsense, give me money, give me money."
"Hey, aren't you trying to steal money?"
…
Ino Matsudaira, appears!
Not long after the war, this guy returned to China.
But after staying in Japan for a while, he still feels that life in China is comfortable.
After discussing with his father, he came to China again.
He is also the president of Matsudaira Co., Ltd.
Japanese aristocrats are easy to get things done.
But this time when he came to China, he was determined to make a career and give those who looked down on him a hard slap in the face.
What he runs is a smuggling business.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the smuggling business became rampant.
During the war, China was divided into Kuomintang-controlled areas and occupied areas, interspersed with routes frequented by smugglers, which connected the two areas to each other through the bandit's transit market.
Jieshou Town, located at the junction of Henan and Anhui provinces, is such an illegal market.
This is a border, but one does not feel like one is living under the gunpoint of an enemy. This place is full of people who can make money.
This type of profiteer can only be found in a country at war.
Everyone you meet there seems to be either a businessman or an agent of some sort. They come from coastal areas and from inland provinces across the Yellow and Yangtze rivers.
The town was incredibly prosperous.
Even Tang Enbo, a dignified lieutenant general of the National Revolutionary Army and recipient of the Medal of the Blue Sky and White Sun, actively participated in the smuggling industry.
The figure of the military commander is even more active.
China is severely short of supplies, and they must obtain these essential supplies through frequent smuggling.
Of course, there are also many people who fish in troubled waters and line their own pockets.
Japan is also short of supplies.
They also need supplies from the Kuomintang-controlled areas.
Therefore, this constitutes a very wonderful smuggling map.
It is impossible for the Japanese government to come forward publicly, so this task falls on Japanese businessmen.
Matsudaira Co., Ltd., which originally dealt in medium-sized machines, has completed such a "transformation."
The problem is that as a playboy, Matsudaira Ino, who is good at eating, drinking and having fun, does not know how to manage.
He didn't know where to buy the smuggled supplies.
It was impossible for him to go all the way to Jieshou Town to deal with those dirty smugglers.
Shanghai!
Shanghai is always a city full of opportunities.
Matsudaira Ino regards this place as his place of hope.
As soon as he arrived in Shanghai, he found out about the names of Hang Lung Company and Angus International.
It will be much more difficult to do business with Europeans and Americans.
But the Chinese? It should be easier to talk.
Matsudaira Ino came to see them directly, but he never expected that he would meet an old friend here!
good!
When I was dozing off, a pillow was automatically delivered to my door.
Meng Shaoyuan was overjoyed.
If I don't make good use of you, a noble son, I will be sorry for myself.
"Songping-kun." Meng Shaoyuan pondered for a while: "Do you have transportation means?"
"Yes, I do." Matsudaira Ino hurriedly replied: "'Ito Maru' is the property of Matsudaira Co., Ltd. and is now berthed at the Shanghai pier."
In fact, since helping out twice, Matsudaira Ino has long been sure that the identity of "Cheng Yinju" is not simple.
There is a strong possibility that he is a spy.
But for Matsudaira Ino, it has nothing to do with him at all.
He didn't like fighting, and he was even less interested in building meritorious services for the empire.
The only thing he cares about is his status.
He is not the only male in the Matsudaira family.
If you don't make some achievements, your status will really be shaken.
Father Matsudaira Koichiro was very disappointed with his second son.
Playing with women is his strong point, but he dared to have an affair with the wife of an imperial officer, which brought great shame to the Matsudaira family.
But in other respects, this guy is useless.
Matsudaira Ino knows this very well, so he must make some achievements this time.
There are always such young masters in China and Japan...
Meng Shaoyuan said slowly: "I can have the 'Ito Maru' filled with supplies and go back."
"Really?" Matsudaira Yinan's eyes lit up.
"What I say will definitely be accomplished." Meng Shaoyuan smiled: "But I have a few conditions."
"Please tell me."
"First, all the people who arranged for me on 'Itomaru'."
"this……"
Matsudaira Ino hesitated.
Meng Shaoyuan said unhurriedly: "Your people, order them to disembark. I have already thought of the excuse for you. Angus International Co., Ltd. hopes to rent your cargo ship and hopes to use their own people. 'Ito Maru' Uehara has I will serve you all the crew with good food and drink, but the condition is that you are not allowed to leave your accommodation for three days from the time you disembark."
Having said this, he glanced at Matsudaira Ino:
"What I can guarantee is that when the 'Ito Maru' returns to Shanghai, it will be filled with goods, including rice, ramie, wood, etc."
"Is nothing going to happen to Itomaru?"
"I promise nothing will happen. I can use your IOU as a guarantee. If I fail to do what I promised, the money you owe me will be written off."
"Okay, what's next?"
"You have to go out with the ship. Once you encounter a Japanese warship, you need to help me deal with the trouble. After all, smuggling is not a glorious thing. I will let you down halfway and send you safely to Shanghai. .”
This one is not difficult for Matsudaira Ino.
"Then, I need to take over 'Ito Maru' as soon as possible." Meng Shaoyuan then said: "During this period, you will live here, and all your food and clothing expenses will be mine. Someone will play mahjong with you every day!"
