"This is not the place to talk. I think you should take a leave first, and then we can go home and talk!" Seeing Zhang Jianghe's expression becoming more serious, Tang Cheng also straightened his expression. After paying the bill, he pulled Zhang Jianghe returned to the military headquarters to ask for leave. Seeing Tang Cheng methodically taking him back to the military command headquarters to ask for leave, and greeting people with a chuckle on his face when he met them, Zhang Jianghe suddenly realized that he seemed to have never really understood this nephew.
An hour later, in the study room in the backyard of the Tang family, Tang Cheng and Zhang Jianghe sat across from each other. On the square table between them were several plates of braised food and a bottle of wine. Without speaking, Tang Cheng first picked up the wine bottle and filled the wine glass in front of Zhang Jianghe, but there was a cup of tea in front of him. "Uncle, there are only two of us here. Our family members know that we have something to say and will not come in to disturb us! If you want to ask anything, you might as well ask directly. I will tell you everything I know and will never hide anything!"
Tang Cheng's calm look made Zhang Jianghe secretly admire in his heart. After a glass of wine, Zhang Jianghe spoke first. "You said you knew my identity a long time ago, and you specifically mentioned that tea house. I just want to know, how did you doubt me? In other words, why did I doubt me?" Zhang Jianghe's question, listening to It was a bit simple, but Tang Cheng knew that Zhang Jianghe's question was just the beginning. Next, Zhang Jianghe should have other questions waiting for him.
Tang Cheng reached out and filled Zhang Jianghe's wine glass again. After putting down the bottle in his hand, he answered. "Uncle, you also know that I just joined the police station. As a newbie, I don't have to do more errands! The tea shop you often go to has a good business there, and there are many street people. The gangsters have been eyeing the tea house since they went back and forth. The owner of the tea house is a smart man, and he gave us a lot of confessions to the police chief. When we, the little shrimps, usually patrol the streets, we will go around the tea house more often to scare people. Get rid of those gangsters."
"As time passed, I felt that something was wrong with the tea shop owner, but I couldn't figure out what was wrong. Later, when I cooperated with the Central Committee to arrest the underground party, I suddenly understood. The tea shop owner, There is something similar to those underground parties. I can’t tell you the specifics, or it may just be my intuition. Since this tea house owner has problems, the people who often come into contact with him will naturally not be simple. And you happen to be the one who often You are going to the tea house, so I will follow you secretly!"
The answer given by Tang Cheng sounded simple, but Zhang Jianghe didn't think so. He had been working underground for a long time, and he understood that Tang Cheng's ability to discover the identity of the tea house owner at that time was definitely not as simple as intuition. Thinking of this, Zhang Jianghe picked up the wine glass again, looked at Tang Cheng with a half-smile, and spoke softly. "There is a huge bounty for reporting the underground party. Didn't you think about reporting this problematic tea house owner in exchange for the bounty?"
Tang Cheng, who was stared at by Zhang Jianghe without blinking, did not change his expression because of Zhang Jianghe's joke. He just raised his eyebrows slightly and grinned. "Uncle, you underestimate me! It's not like you don't know the virtues of those people in Zhongtong! I was just a small patrolman at that time. Even if I reported the tea shop owner to them, I might not be able to get anything If the bounty they advertise is high, if I make a mistake, I may be killed! It doesn’t matter if something happens to me, what will happen to my family? It’s not cost-effective!”
"What's more, I have established a relationship with your military commander. I just need to be more careful when patrolling the streets. If I find one or two Japanese spies, wouldn't you also give me a bounty? Faster, my father is your military commander. As a person, I thought, there is no way in hell you, the military commander, would squander the bounty I deserve! The most important thing is that I hold your hand! If something happens, you must protect me first, otherwise Let’s finish together!”
Zhang Jianghe's question was originally just to tease Tang Cheng, but what he didn't expect was that Tang Cheng responded immediately, and the joking words in his words sounded like a reply to himself. After the two of them talked about each other for a while, Tang Cheng straightened his face and said, "Uncle, I know you must be doubtful. I have known your identity for a long time, why did you reveal it only now? In fact, you don't have to doubt it. I told you before, if you want to ask anything, just ask, I will never hide anything."
"As for why I didn't reveal your identity until now, it's because I feel that now is the best time." Tang Cheng's words made Zhang Jianghe's heart flash, and he thought that now is the best time. The best time. But before Zhang Jianghe could speak, Tang Cheng continued, "Ever since I went south to Chongqing, I have been thinking about the future. The situation is getting worse day by day. I must find a place for my family to escape the war. Place, live a good life.”
"At that time, the war ahead was changing day by day. No one would have thought that the Japanese would one day fail. Even the government evacuated from Nanjing to Wuhan, and then moved south to Chongqing. Little people like us, if we couldn't advance in advance, Be prepared, I'm afraid I will just become an unlucky guy abandoned by the powerful. Therefore, I can only capture the Japanese and puppet spies in the city as a means to gain a foothold in Chongqing. After that, after I completely establish a relationship with your military commander, Only then did I start thinking about what to do in the future.”
"Hans, who lives next door to me, you may not know. He is a businessman on the surface, but he is actually the head of the German intelligence service's intelligence station in Shanghai. It's just that after the war broke out in Europe, the Germans focused their attention on Europe. , he, the head of the intelligence station in Shanghai, was gradually forgotten by his superiors. Hans went south to Chongqing, which was promoted by me because I needed a helper, especially a helper with a foreign identity like Hans, which was even more difficult to find. ." As soon as Tang Cheng finished speaking, he reached out from the drawer of the table and took out a document bag and handed it to Zhang Jianghe.
"Here is a plan, which is what Hans and I, as well as Professor Ma Ye and others, did in private. I can say that if this plan is implemented smoothly, all the people involved in this plan, as well as their Future generations will have a lifelong guarantee." Tang Cheng's words sounded a bit loud, but Zhang Jianghe's attention was focused on the plan he took out of the document bag. After a while, Zhang Jianghe, who had roughly read through the plan, looked wavering and hesitant to speak. Tang Cheng just wanted to laugh.
"You have read the plan just now. Do you think this plan is as unrealistic as a fantasy? Strictly speaking, the most difficult part of this plan is to persuade the British , especially the upper class people in Britain. But don’t forget, the people who understand foreigners best are their own people. The aristocratic officer Hans met in Burma, although his family was in decline, is now just an ordinary school-level officer. But his family is a long-established aristocrat, and has a very good relationship with the British upper class, and it is said that he can also have connections with the British royal family."
"When Hans went to Myanmar last time, I made three requests to him. The first is to ensure that the material smuggling business continues. Even if this plan is interrupted, by relying on the material smuggling business, we can at least accumulate more wealth. The second is to ensure that the material smuggling business continues. , is to lobby the noble officer to seek a government position in Hong Kong through connections. Once the Japanese are defeated, the domestic situation will definitely change greatly. Naturally, small characters like us must prepare ways to deal with it in advance. Hong Kong is ours A retreat and a safeguard.”
When the major changes in the domestic situation and Hong Kong's situation appeared in Tang Cheng's words, Zhang Jianghe looked like he had something to say, but Tang Cheng did not give him a chance to speak at all and just continued to talk on his own. "The third is to use interests as a means of inducement to ask this noble officer to seek to lead the army independently in Myanmar, or to control the authority of Yangon Port. Through this person, the mines we previously seized in northern Myanmar can be justified and continue to flow. to create wealth.”
"I am going to use this wealth to let the British upper class or the royal family see the benefits at their fingertips. I believe you also understand the current situation in the country. Even if the Japanese are defeated, there are still many people in the country who will not have enough to eat. If, I It can provide a piece of land suitable for farming, and only requires a small amount of land rent in Ghana. No one has bullied them casually. You said no one is willing to grow food for me? Even if this land is not in the country!" Tangcheng didn't want to deceive Zhang Jianghe, so in advance State the ultimate purpose of this plan.
"Strictly speaking, Myanmar, like Vietnam and Thailand, used to be our vassal state. As long as we continue to immigrate to Myanmar, and as long as the number of Chinese exceeds the number of local natives, this country will only be controlled by the Chinese in the future. Forget it!" Tang Cheng's ultimate goal was something Zhang Jianghe never expected. There were no words related to this ultimate goal in the plan just now, so Zhang Jianghe's expression looked very strange at this moment.
At this moment, Zhang Jianghe couldn't believe his eyes more and more. He was a little doubtful whether the young man in front of him was the Tang Cheng he knew. But no matter how Zhang Jianghe thought about it, the person sitting in front of him was indeed a familiar face. Tang Cheng pretended not to notice the change in Zhang Jianghe's expression, and just took out a map from the drawer, pointed to the location of Myanmar with his finger, and continued talking to Zhang Jianghe.
"Myanmar is an almost agricultural country, with poor mountains and rivers and unruly people. They have all taken over. But Myanmar also has its own advantages. They have a port. From Yangon Port, you can directly enter the Indian Ocean. You can go through the Red Sea and contact Mediterranean countries, or you can Enter the Atlantic Ocean and contact South American and European countries. For domestic ports, if you want to contact these countries, you must go around Malacca, which is not cost-effective in terms of distance. The most important thing is that Myanmar borders domestic land routes, and there are more than one land nodes .”
