Wen Shangda immediately burst into laughter when he heard that he only needed to help secretly.
As a businessman, he naturally cannot openly oppose the provincial government.
But Wen Shangda also knew that Li Junshi was currently the most popular figure in Wang's puppet government. The Japanese valued Li Junshi very much. With this in mind, he was willing to bet on Li Junshi.
When Xie Xuan left, he was carrying a leather bag in his hand, which contained Wen Shangda's "little gifts".
When he walked to the car, his leather bag hit the car door, and there was a clear and pleasant metal collision sound inside.
Xie Xuan didn't even need to look. He could tell what was inside just by the weight and sound in his hands.
Later, he went to visit the largest cloth merchant in Suzhou: Jiang Lanting.
Jiang Lanting is in his thirties, dressed in a suit, chic and elegant. He studied in Japan and took over the family business after returning.
He studied mechanics. After taking over his family's business, he introduced new machines and expanded production capacity. Coupled with his close relationship with Japan, the business expanded rapidly.
After Japan occupied Suzhou, his business got better and better.
Even the Japanese army would come to him for military procurement.
After Gao Wuren became the governor of Jiangsu Province, Jiang Lanting's business dropped a lot. When he learned that Xie Xuan was "investigating" Gao Wuren, Jiang Lanting immediately expressed his willingness to cooperate.
Wen Shangda and Jiang Lanting represent the gentry and merchant groups in Jiangsu. Xie Xuan has reached a tacit understanding with them, and has a better chance of winning against Gao Wuren.
Jiang Lanting said with a smile: "Director Xie is young and promising, and Jiang appreciates it very much. Can you give me a favor at noon so that Jiang can show his friendship as a landlord?"
He has always felt that he is quite accomplished among Chinese people.
In Suzhou, I dare not say that he is the richest man, but he is at least among the top three.
However, compared to Xie Xuan, he is much inferior.
Xie Xuan holds several positions, and each one of them is beyond his reach.
Moreover, Xie Xuan has no family background and no strong backing. He has worked hard on his own.
Xie Xuan will definitely be stationed in Suzhou during this period. Being able to make good friends with Xie Xuan will be of great help to his future business.
Xie Xuan smiled and said: "Well..., since Mr. Jiang is so sincere, then Xie would rather be respectful than obey his orders."
Everyone carries the sedan chair. He needs to use the Jiangsu Gentlemen Group, so he is willing to deal with these prominent figures.
Later, Xie Xuan borrowed Jiang Lanting's phone number and reported to Li Junshi.
Knowing that Xie Xuan was at Jiang Lanting's house, Li Junshi immediately guessed Xie Xuan's intentions. He thought to himself that Xie Xuan could really grasp the key points. As long as he mastered the Jiangsu Shenshang Group, he would not only be able to better carry out the work of clearing the countryside, but also deal with Gao Wuren was also more confident.
After all, the Japanese only have interests in their eyes. As long as they can consolidate their territory in the rear, the Japanese are happy to see them "fall high".
In addition, Li Junshi also told Xie Xuan: "After Mr. Wang learned about the situation in Jiangsu, he asked us to launch an investigation immediately. Where do you think we should start?"
Xie Xuan immediately said: "Of course it's Li Liangyuan."
Li Junshi said: "Corruption, bribery, and arms reselling, just two of them, are enough for him to drink a pot."
Xie Xuan suddenly said: "Minister, I have another idea."
Li Junshi immediately said: "Tell me about it."
Every time Xie Xuan put forward an idea, it was proved to be very wise afterwards.
Xie Xuan asked: "Will Li Liangyuan have any connection with Shancheng?"
"This...probably not."
Xie Xuan said: "Whether there is contact or not, you can actually tell once you try. Even if he has no contact now, maybe he wants to contact Shancheng in his heart?"
Li Junshi asked: "What are you going to do?"
Xie Xuan said slowly: "Send someone to contact him in the name of Shancheng to see how he behaves. If he reports it, then just ignore it. If he..., there will be a good show."
He knew best whether Li Liangyuan had any contact with Shancheng.
But this was a conspiracy, and Li Liangyuan was accused of secretly colluding with Shancheng, so he probably wouldn't be able to escape.
If Li Liangyuan agrees to cooperate with "Shancheng", it will be faster to capture him.
If he doesn't agree, it will also let the Japanese know that this person is unreliable.
Taking a step back, even if Li Liangyuan reported it, or even reported it to the Secret Service or the Japanese, Xie Xuan would still have a way to prove his accusation of being connected with Shancheng.
Li Junshi smiled and said: "Originally, I wanted to detain him first and then investigate him head-on. Then let's stop for a while and wait until your plan is implemented."
After hanging up Li Junshi, Xie Xuan called Captain Imamura, the captain of the Suzhou Military Police. He spoke in Japanese throughout the process: "Imamura-kun, this is Xie Xuan. I have a plan and I need you to send a Japanese agent who can speak fluent Chinese. Cooperate."
Captain Imamura was originally Sasaki's assistant. Xie Xuan met Captain Imamura when he visited Suzhou in the military police last time.
Captain Imamura asked: "Can you tell me your plan?"
He served as the captain of the Suzhou Military Police and did not solve any decent cases. Xie Xuan took the initiative to borrow Japanese spies, which may be an opportunity for him to make meritorious deeds.
Xie Xuan said: "We have received intelligence that Li Liangyuan, the director of the Civil Affairs Department, may be colluding secretly with Shancheng. He not only provides weapons to the national army, but also secretly funds bonuses, and also covers Shancheng personnel operating in Suzhou."
Anyway, it's "possible". Put on the eye drops first. As for whether Li Liangyuan can bear it, that's not his business.
Captain Imamura said: "Yoshi, come to the gendarmerie later, and we will study your plan together."
When it comes to Civil Affairs Department Director Li Liangyuan, he naturally has to participate.
Xie Xuan was eager for Captain Imamura to participate, so he immediately responded: "Hi, I'll come over in the afternoon."
Captain Imamura said somewhat unhappily: "Why don't you come over now?"
Xie Xuan said: "I learned about the situation at the home of Suzhou cloth merchant Jiang Lanting."
Naturally, he couldn't say that he wanted to drink at Jiang's house. Anyway, he was drinking and chatting with Jiang Lanting to understand the situation.
Captain Imamura said: "You wait there, I will come over to understand the situation together."
When Xie Xuan was on the phone, Jiang Lanting had been standing outside the house. He could only vaguely hear Xie Xuan's words.
Xie Xuan first spoke Chinese and then Japanese. Jiang Lanting had studied in Japan and was naturally proficient in Japanese.
Seeing Xie Xuan come out, Jiang Lanting immediately greeted him: "I didn't expect Director Xie to speak Japanese so fluently. If I didn't see you in person, I would have thought you were an authentic Japanese."
Xie Xuan's Japanese is naturally not at the level of authentic Japanese. After all, he has never lived in Japan. No matter how standard his Japanese is, a real Japanese can recognize it.
Xie Xuan said humbly: "With these few words of Japanese, I have made a fool of myself in front of Mr. Jiang. By the way, Captain Imamura of the Military Police will come over later, and I will keep him drinking with me later. You are going to order Japanese food."
Jiang Lanting said happily: "No problem, I will go to the best Japanese restaurant in Suzhou to order food right away."
He was not very familiar with Captain Imamura. When Xie Xuan called, he called the military police captain over and wanted to drink together. He felt that it was very honorable, so he was naturally very happy.
