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Hearing Takahashi Kiyono say this, Bando Kazuya and Nagasaka Kazuo both looked anxious.
Jiichiro Kamigo was born into a hunter family, and he was always proud of having a nose that was "more sensitive than that of a hunting dog."
If Jiichiro Kamie came to check on them, he would definitely smell the alcohol on the two of them, and then they would be in trouble.
"You're just greedy." Bando Kazuya slapped himself.
"Bando-kun, shut up." Nagasaka Kazuo immediately scolded his companion. Although Bando Kazuya's words were self-blaming, Takahashi Kiyono was there in front of him, so his words inevitably implied blaming Takahashi Kiyono.
Takahashi Kiyono was kind enough to bring them some wine and food for them to enjoy after their shift. Besides, Takahashi had just tried to stop them, so they could only blame themselves for not being able to control their mouths.
"Takahashi-kun, Bando-kun doesn't know how to speak, but I don't mean to blame you," said Nagasaka Kazuo.
Bando Kazuya also realized that he had said the wrong thing and quickly apologized.
Takahashi Kiyono waved his hand, indicating that it was okay, "I don't know Bando-kun, he is an honest man, he was just scared by the major."
"Yes, yes, I was just scared." Bando Kazuya nodded quickly and said, "If the Major of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization catches us drinking while on duty, it will be terrible."
Takahashi Kiyono nodded with a serious expression.
……
"Anyway, we can't stay here. It's too dangerous." He took out his pocket watch and checked the time. "There are still ten minutes before the shift change. You guys go first. I'll take over."
"This way..." Nagasaka Kazuo was delighted at first, then he hesitated, "Will this cause trouble for Takahashi-kun?"
Nagasaka Kazuo said, "After all, you are alone now, and it takes two people to be on duty."
Bando Kazuya looked anxious. He resented Nagasaka Kazuo for being too nosy. But since Takahashi was willing to change shifts early and help them cover up, he would just go with the flow and agree to it.
As for being implicated, it was that guy Kita Kintaro who was unlucky. Major SCO would never punish Takahashi Kiyono who was loyally on duty.
"Well." Takahashi Kiyono thought for a moment, and then he took out his pocket watch again. "I'll set the time on the pocket watch forward by ten minutes. Now it's time to change shifts."
"Is that all?" Nagasaka Kazuo was surprised.
"Okay." Takahashi Kiyono nodded. "If I'm unlucky enough to run into Major SCO coming to check on me, the main problem is that my pocket watch is inaccurate, but there's nothing wrong with the shift change. As for Kita-kun, his watch is accurate, so he didn't come to change shifts early, so he's not wrong either."
"Excellent." Bando Kazuya gave a thumbs up, this time expressing his admiration from the bottom of his heart, "Takahashi-kun is so smart."
Nagasaka Kazuo thought for a moment and nodded. Takahashi's little trick seemed ordinary, but it had a wonderful use.
Kazuya Bando and Kazuo Nagasaka did not dare to delay any longer, fearing that they would be unlucky enough to run into Jiichiro Kamio coming to check on them. Kazuya Bando handed the warehouse key to Kiyono Takahashi, and the two left in a hurry.
……
Seeing the two people leaving and disappearing, Takahashi Kiyono did not hesitate at all. He immediately used the key to open the warehouse door.
He was lucky because the door hinges of the warehouse had just been oiled recently, so the situation that Takahashi Kiyono was worried about, such as the harsh noise when the door was opened, did not occur.
Takahashi Kiyono took out a wine flask filled with kerosene from his thick military coat.
He unscrewed the lid and poured kerosene on the most flammable cloth and cotton.
Then he used two pieces of cloth soaked in kerosene to hold a stick of incense upright. He had cut off most of the incense stick, leaving only a small piece.
Takahashi Kiyono checked again to make sure Hosoka wouldn't fall down soon.
Then he took out a matchbox from his body and lit the incense.
After doing all this, Takahashi Kiyono put the wine jug back into his pocket, quickly left the warehouse, gently closed the door and locked it.
After coming out, Takahashi Kiyono took out his pocket watch and looked at the time. He turned the time back five minutes, so that his pocket watch was only five minutes fast.
A few minutes later, Kintaro Kita was seen coming over to change shifts from afar.
Takahashi Kiyono immediately took out his pocket watch and turned the time back four minutes. In this way, his pocket watch was only one minute fast.
……
"Kita-kun, I'm relieved that you're here." Takahashi Kiyono said happily, "You're one minute late, and Bando-kun and the others can't wait to change shifts."
"Takahashi-kun, why are you on duty?" Kita Kintaro asked in surprise. His partner on duty today should be Sugimoto Yoshiki.
"Mr. Sugimoto is not feeling well, so he asked me to help take over his shift," said Takahashi Kiyono.
As he said that, he took out his pocket watch, checked the time, and whispered to Kita Kintaro, "Look, you are one minute late, Kita-kun, you are lucky. If you were caught by Major Kamikawa, even though it was only one minute, you know the Major well, you would still be whipped."
Kintaro Kita glanced at Takahashi Kiyono's pocket watch and found that he was one minute late. He was very upset because he had checked the time when he rushed over from the dormitory.
I must have walked too slowly on the road, which caused time. Next time I must set off earlier. It is better to arrive early than to be late.
"Please keep it a secret for me, Takahashi-kun." Kita Kintaro said in a low voice.
"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone." Takahashi Kiyono nodded, "We arrived at the warehouse at the same time and completed the shift change with Bando-kun and the others."
"Yes, that's right." Kita Kintaro nodded happily, "Thank you, Takahashi-kun."
……
Looking at Kita Kintaro who was happily apologizing to him, Takahashi Kiyono smiled and couldn't help feeling complacent.
He ended up setting his pocket watch forward one minute just to achieve this effect.
A one-minute delay is enough for Jiichiro Kamii, a cruel boss, to find fault with Kintaro Kita, a somewhat timid comrade. At the same time, the time difference will not be so big that Kintaro Kita will take out his watch to check the time.
Takahashi Kiyono knows Kintaro Kita. He is the kind of guy who will first blame himself and panic when something happens. If he is one minute late, Kintaro Kita will just think that he was delayed on the way.
At the same time, after the warehouse caught fire, Bando Kazuya and Nagasaka Kazuo must have been scared to death. The two of them left their posts early without permission, leaving Takahashi Kiyono alone on duty. This in itself was a serious mistake. Once the matter was exposed, they would be brought to a military court.
Therefore, these two guys absolutely did not dare to tell anyone about this situation. At the same time, Bando Kazuya and Nagasaka Kazuo would naturally have some doubts in their hearts. After all, Takahashi Kiyono was the only one on duty, and now the warehouse was on fire, which in itself was worthy of suspicion.
Bando Kazuya and Nagasaka Kazuo were probably secretly trying to find out the situation, and when they learned from Kita Kintaro that he was only one minute late, they naturally breathed a sigh of relief.
This means that less than a minute after they changed shifts and left, Kintaro Kita arrived.
One minute was enough. Not to mention that they should not have suspected their own man, Takahashi Kiyoshi, even if Takahashi Kiyoshi wanted to cause trouble, one minute would not have been enough to do anything. Therefore, the warehouse fire had nothing to do with Takahashi Kiyoshi, and naturally had nothing to do with them either.
Takahashi Kiyono stood straight with his spear on his back. He was very pleased with himself. He reviewed everything in his mind and finally came to a proud conclusion:
The whole process was perfect. He had planned everything for himself and no one would suspect him.
Thinking of this, Takahashi Kiyono felt that the action he had temporarily designed was as perfect as a work of art.
He suddenly felt that the money given by 'Mr. Cheng' did not seem to satisfy him.
I have put in so much effort and have such a perfect plan, who else but me can do it?
Next time, I must ask Mr. Cheng to add more money.
……
Section 1 of the Military Police Intelligence Room, Office of the Section Chief.
It was late at night, but the lights were still on.
Onodera Masago was studying the files with a cigarette between his lips.
After returning to the gendarmerie, Onodera Masago asked his men to fetch the files about Zhang Xiaolin.
Of course, in order not to attract the attention of those interested, what he wanted were the files on the bigwigs of the Shanghai Green Gang, including Du Yongsheng, Huang Jingrong, and Zhang Xiaolin. Among them was even the files on Ji Yunqing, who was assassinated by Chen Gongshu, the head of the Military Control Commission's Shanghai Station, in September last year.
The ash fell and landed on the files.
Onodera Shogo blew a breath and blew away the ashes.
He put out the cigarette butt in the ashtray, leaned back on the chair, and supported his cheek with his right thumb.
Although there was still a large part of the files and information about the Green Gang that he had not read, just based on the information in the files he had read, Onodera Masago had already deeply felt the Green Gang's intricate influence in Shanghai.
This is an underground force that has penetrated into every aspect of life and has secretly influenced Shanghai.
Onodera Masago picked up a document, which was a report on the analysis of the Green Gang written by Gentaro Nakatsuka, the Empire's long-term undercover agent in Shanghai.
Onodera Masago noticed that Gentaro Nakatsuka had the following words in his report.
Based on his years of investigation, Gentaro Nakatsuka has his own analysis on why an underground gang like the Green Gang was able to gain a foothold in Shanghai, become a major force, and even run rampant.
Gentaro Nakatsuka believes that since Shanghai was opened as a port, Westerners have flocked to Shanghai to establish concessions. The British Concession and the American Concession were merged into the International Settlement, with the French Concession next door.
Westerners used the concessions as a bridgehead to invade China, but they did not have much energy to govern the territory. In desperation, these Westerners could only bring in Chinese as helpers to carry out many tasks.
The Chinese introduced by Westerners can be divided into three types:
The ones introduced into the economic field were compradors, the ones introduced into the military field were military and police close to the West, and the ones introduced into the field of social security were the Green Gang.
In the following decades, these Chinese helpers and compradors introduced into the concession were bribed, threatened, and controlled by the Green Gang, and the military and police were infiltrated by the Green Gang. As a result, this underground force completed its influence and infiltration of all aspects of Shanghai.
……
Onodera Masago lit a cigarette. He now understood why the empire attached so much importance to Zhang Xiaolin.
Du Yongsheng was so arrogant that he helped the National Government fight against the empire and fled in a hurry after the fall of Shanghai; Huang Jingrong refused to see visitors; under such circumstances, Zhang Xiaolin, as the only one of the three Green Gang tycoons who was willing to cooperate with the empire, naturally had great significance and role.
Onodera Changwu remembered what Miyazaki Kentaro said, that for various reasons, the various agencies in Shanghai were unwilling to believe that Zhang Xiaolin dared to be disloyal to the empire, or...
Onodera Masago thought of a Chinese saying: turn a blind eye.
As long as there is no substantial evidence, Zhang Xiaolin will be fine because the empire needs this person.
So, did Zhang Xiaolin really have secret communications with Chongqing?
Onodera Masago fell into deep thought.
It was at this time that he found two special things recorded in the intelligence files he was looking through.
One of them was related to Chiang Kai-shek in Chongqing.
In the ninth year of the Taisho era and the ninth year of the Republic of China, in order to raise funds for the national revolution, Chiang Kai-shek and Chen, Dai, Zhang and others founded the Stock Exchange and became stock brokers.
He did make some money at the beginning, and Chiang Kai-shek was very happy. He felt that he was a financial genius, so he simply invested more money in the stock market.
Then, in the stock market crash of the 11th year of the Taisho period, Chiang Kai-shek not only lost all his money, but even owed 200,000 silver dollars.
Under such circumstances, Chiang Kai-shek, who was being forced to pay off his debts, was advised by his fellow Zhejiang native Yu Hede and worshipped Huang Jingrong as his boss.
So Chiang Kai-shek, through Yu Hede's relationship, wrote a visiting card to Huang Jingrong: "Master Huang, I am here to learn from your disciple Jiang Zhiqing."
As a result, Chiang Kai-shek officially became a disciple of the Green Gang.
Huang Jingrong even took over Chiang Kai-shek's debts directly, saying, "Zhiqing is my apprentice. You can ask me to pay for Zhiqing's debts."
This person didn't even mention paying back the money, he just asked others to ask him for it.
Then, no one dared to ask Huang Jingrong for money, and so Chiang Kai-shek’s debt was paid off.
Onodera Masago was extremely surprised. He didn't expect that Huang Jingrong had such a relationship with Chiang Kai-shek in Chongqing.
Another thing in the intelligence file caught Onodera Masago's attention.
Intelligence shows that Dai Chunfeng and Du Yongsheng have a very good relationship. When Dai Chunfeng was down and out in Shanghai, he was appreciated by Du Yongsheng. Later, when Dai Chunfeng applied for the Whampoa Military Academy, it was Du Yongsheng who gave him the travel expenses.
……
Onodera Changgo stroked his chin, he was lost in thought.
Huang Jingrong had a close relationship with Chiang Kai-shek in Chongqing.
Du Yongsheng and Dai Chunfeng have a close relationship.
Only Zhang Xiaolin seemed to have no connection with any important figures in Chongqing.
Perhaps this is the reason why Zhang Xiaolin chose to stay in Shanghai and join the empire?
only--
Onodera Masago shook his head. With the precedents of Huang Jingrong and Du Yongsheng, one can imagine how deeply involved the Green Gang was with the National Government at that time.
So, does Zhang Xiaolin really have no connection with Chongqing?
Onodera Changgo frowned. He understood what he always felt was unreasonable.
If Zhang Xiaolin had some insignificant connection with Chongqing, it would not be a big deal. However, it is intriguing precisely because this person expressed his loyalty to the empire and stated that he had nothing to do with Chongqing.
Two of the three Green Gang bosses had close ties with the National Government, but Zhang Xiaolin did not.
Onodera Changgo shook his head, he didn't believe it.
Just at this moment, Onodera Masago heard noisy shouting coming from outside. He frowned and was about to go out and scold them. Then when he looked up, he saw flames rising into the sky in the distance.
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