Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

"You try to contact the Japanese. If I'm not mistaken, they should let the puppet army do business with them." Lu Changgong asked later.

Because these devils may not all speak their language and will inevitably let the puppet army follow them, so in terms of contact, they can start with the puppet army.

"Some devils use it, some don't. They speak some broken Chinese," Ge Xiaoer responded.

In fact, he was also a little surprised. Many of the Japanese soldiers in the Osaka Division could speak some poor Chinese to a certain extent. Although not fluent, they could still be understood.

On second thought, if this Japanese army was really only interested in doing business, they would definitely put in some effort to learn something.

This would explain clearly why so many devils could speak Chinese. It must be for the convenience of doing business.

"Well, you should contact the puppet army first. You can spend the money you are given as you like. Establish the connection first and then we can talk about other things." Lu Changgong gave the order.

If you want to do business with the other party, you have to do it step by step. You can't buy a gun from the other party right away, as this may easily lead to problems.

"Then what should we buy?!" Ge Xiaoer was a little troubled.

"Cigarettes, salt, and all other daily necessities, soap and so on. In short, we need larger quantities to let the Japanese know that they can make money by cooperating with us." Lu Changgong thought for a while and said.

Since the devils want to make money, cooperating with them is a good choice.

"Okay, I will contact the puppet army tonight." Ge Xiaoer nodded.

"Pay attention to safety and let others support you. If the situation is not right, stop immediately." Lu Changgong warned.

He still couldn't quite trust these devils, so it was better to be careful.

"I understand." Ge Xiaoer nodded.

.........

The Japanese army camp in Laiyin County.

Oki Ichiro sat in the office, smoking leisurely.

"Captain, many soldiers have made some money by selling daily necessities after coming here.

But the quantity is too small, and we still have a lot of inventory in the warehouse. It will take time to sell out the goods in the warehouse." Lieutenant Colonel Tanigawa reported the situation.

"Damn, this won't work. The money comes in too slowly!" Upon hearing this, Oki Ichiro frowned. How can he make money if he can't sell the inventory?

They are here specifically to make money. If they can't make money, how can they enjoy a good life when they return to the empire?

"Captain, how about we sell the things to some merchants in the city and let them sell them? This way we can save a lot of trouble." Lieutenant Colonel Tanigawa suggested.

He thinks this is a more efficient way to make money.

"No, I don't trust them." Oki Ichiro refused decisively. How could he let other people do such a profitable business? What if he got cheated?

You know, there is an old Chinese saying that people die for money and birds die for food! He thought it made a lot of sense.

"Besides, those small merchants in the city can't consume our stock." Oki Ichiro shook his head.

The key point is that many of the merchants in the city who can take over their inventory are from the Empire. If they sell things to the merchants blatantly, it would be a bit too much.

"That seems to be the case." Lieutenant Colonel Tanigawa frowned.

"Why don't we just let them close the door and let us open it," said Lieutenant Colonel Tanigawa.

"What are you thinking? The money they earn from opening a shop has to be handed over to the higher-ups. What's the point of us opening one? The money doesn't belong to us." Oki Ichiro said unhappily.

It would be better to kill him than to ask him to hand over the money he earned.

"What should we do?!" Lieutenant Colonel Tanigawa was also in a dilemma for a moment, feeling that this business was not so easy to do.

"Qikexiu, the merchants from the empire have ruined the shops here, otherwise we wouldn't be in such a difficult situation." Oki Ichiro couldn't help but curse.

Those merchants simply lowered the prices of goods, then bankrupted the local people's shops, bought those shops at low prices, opened their own shops, and then raised the prices of goods.

So much so that most of the shops in the city were opened by imperial merchants.

They only didn't like the mobile vendors.

"It seems to be the same in other counties. It's still difficult to find a merchant who can take over our inventory." Lieutenant Colonel Tanigawa was also a little helpless.

"It seems that we should still sell the guns. As for the puppet troops, we can give them some guns. They can just make do with them. There is no need to let them fight." Oki Ichiro thought that guns could make money faster.

"The problem is how to sell the guns," said Lieutenant Colonel Tanigawa.

They have a lot of guns in their hands.

"Are there any Eighth Route Army soldiers around here? Sell the guns to them." said Oki Ichiro.

"What?! Sell it to the Eighth Route Army?! It won't be good if the higher-ups find out about this." Lieutenant Colonel Tanigawa was shocked.

"What are you afraid of? We are selling guns from China. We are not selling our own guns. Why do they say we sold them?" Oki Ichiro replied.

They all sell Hanyang and Zhongzheng rifles. As long as they don't sell the guns they have, it's fine.

"What if the higher-ups investigate where the gun went?!" Lieutenant Colonel Tanigawa still felt a little unsafe.

"The gun was broken and we threw it away. We don't know where we threw it." Oki Ichiro said with a serious face and refused to admit it.

Even if the higher-ups sent people to investigate, it would be useless. They are very united. Don't even think about getting any information out of them.

"Besides, if they are really exposed, just say they were sold to bandits. In any case, never mention the Eighth Route Army." Oki Ichiro added.

If they sold it to the bandits, they would at most get a few words of criticism, but if they were discovered selling it to the Eighth Route Army, they would be in trouble.

"The captain is really smart. Even if they find out that the people who bought the guns were Eighth Route Army soldiers, we can say that we didn't know they were Eighth Route Army soldiers and thought they were bandits." Lieutenant Colonel Tanigawa couldn't help but smile when he said this.

"Hey, Tanigawa-kun, you're pretty quick-witted." Oki Ichiro nodded with great satisfaction. Sure enough, the officers of their Osaka Division were reliable.

"It's all thanks to the commander's good teaching." Lieutenant Colonel Tanigawa quickly flattered him.

Oki Ichiro was also very happy to hear this. For them, making money is more important than anything else.

Just then, there was a knock on the office door.

"Come in." Oki Ichiro said.

Soon, a Japanese soldier walked in.

"Captain, a member of the Imperial Army said that a famous Chinese businessman needs to buy a large amount of supplies." said the Japanese soldier.

"A large amount of supplies?!" Oki Ichiro and Lieutenant Colonel Tanigawa looked at each other and saw surprise in each other's eyes.

"Where is that merchant?!" Oki Ichiro asked hurriedly. It seemed that their soldiers were doing business in the city and some Chinese people saw the opportunity to make money, so they wanted to purchase goods from them.

"The businessman said that they would meet at Yingchun Restaurant to discuss the details. If possible, they would pay a deposit first." The Japanese soldier explained the situation.

"Mr. Tanigawa, you go there in person. By the way, ask them if they want guns. The price is negotiable." Oki Ichiro stood up and whispered in Lieutenant Colonel Tanigawa's ear.

"Don't worry, Captain, I promise to complete the mission." Lieutenant Colonel Tanigawa said. "Let the Imperial Army lead the way, I will go meet the merchant." Lieutenant Colonel Tanigawa immediately urged.

"Hi!" The Japanese soldiers quickly took Lieutenant Colonel Tanigawa out of the office.

"Well, this way, I can make a lot of money." Oki Ichiro sat down happily, put his legs on the table, looking very relaxed.

.........

At this time, in a room on the second floor of Yingchun Restaurant.

Ge Xiaoer and Yu Dachun were sitting at the table.

"Old Ge, do you think this will work? The Japanese won't be suspicious, right?!" Yu Dachun was a little worried that something might go wrong.

"What are you afraid of? If something really happens, it won't be that easy for the devils to catch us. Besides, there are other comrades in the city to support us.
It's impossible for those devils at the city gate to stop us." Ge Xiaoer disagreed.

After investigation, it was found that the Japanese in this county were very loose and there was not even a decent patrol team. They did not look like a military unit at all.

If these devils dared to have other ideas, they could just attack before they gathered.

Their company commander is still leading his men outside the city, so there is no need to worry too much, just be vigilant.

"Damn, you just gave that puppet soldier three dollars. That's very generous of you." Yu Dachun thought of the time when Ge Xiaoer gave money to the puppet soldier.

"If you want to get things done, you have to give some money. If you give too little, people will take the money but won't do the job." Ge Xiaoer said.

As the saying goes, it is easy to see the King of Hell, but it is difficult to deal with little ghosts.

"That's true." Yu Dachun nodded.

"How about we eat something first?!" Yu Dachun felt a little hungry.

"No, let's wait a little longer." Ge Xiaoer was also hungry, but how could he eat before the guests arrived?

"Okay." Yu Dachun was a little helpless. He opened the window and looked at the street outside.

People were coming and going, vendors were shouting their wares, but it wasn't very lively.

"Old Ge, someone's here, a lieutenant colonel at his side." Yu Dachun saw a puppet soldier appear at the end of the street, and a Japanese lieutenant colonel walking towards this side.

Upon hearing this, Ge Xiaoer hurried over to check. The Japanese lieutenant colonel brought several Japanese soldiers and a puppet soldier, who was the one he had given money before!

"Old Yu, let me tell you, if you don't pay them more, how can they work wholeheartedly?" Ge Xiaoer was happy with his own cleverness.

"Yes, yes, you are awesome." Yu Dachun was also a little helpless.

"Stop looking and come back and sit down." Ge Xiaoer urged.

The two of them returned to the table and sat down. Ge Xiaoer remembered that it was time to serve the food, so he quickly opened the door and told people to prepare the food!

After waiting for a few minutes, footsteps were heard outside the door.

The door was pushed open by a puppet soldier.

"Madam, they are here." The puppet soldiers nodded and bowed.

Lieutenant Colonel Tanigawa walked in, and several Japanese soldiers were guarding outside the door.

"Welcome, Madam Majesty." Ge Xiaoer and Yu Dachun quickly stood up to welcome her, both with smiles on their faces.

"Madam, please take a seat." Ge Xiaoer stretched out his hand and gestured for invitation.

"Yeah." Lieutenant Colonel Tanigawa nodded and sat down.

Only then did Ge Xiaoer and Yu Dachun sit down.

"What do you want to sell?!" Lieutenant Colonel Tanigawa spoke directly.

"Cigarettes, and salt..." Ge Xiaoer expressed his needs.

"How much do you want?!" Lieutenant Colonel Tanigawa asked expressionlessly.

"I want as many as you have, my lady." Ge Xiaoer said quickly.

"I do have it here, but I don't know how you are doing..." Lieutenant Colonel Tanigawa stretched out his hand and gestured.

"Don't worry, Madam. I still have some assets here. I can pay the deposit first." Ge Xiaoer immediately understood that Lieutenant Colonel Tanigawa wanted to see the money.

He quickly took out a small black box and opened it. Inside were thirty objects wrapped in red paper.

"Here is a total of 1,500 yuan as a deposit. You can count it." Ge Xiaoer pushed the box in front of Lieutenant Colonel Tanigawa while speaking.

"Yeah." Lieutenant Colonel Tanigawa had a blank expression on his face, but he was very happy in his heart. He reached out and grabbed one, feeling its heavy feeling. He broke it in two with force.

The white dollars fell into the box, making a slight sound when they collided.

Lieutenant Colonel Tanigawa reached out and picked up a piece, blew it, and then put it to his ear, and heard a slight sound.

"Hey, you, a good citizen. I will prepare the things for you as soon as possible!" Lieutenant Colonel Tanigawa smiled, and it was obvious that he was very happy.

"Thank you very much, Madam." Ge Xiaoer also smiled. He didn't expect things to go so smoothly.

He originally thought that the other party would ask for his identity information, and he was prepared, but he didn't expect that the other party would be so easy to talk to.

It's like, I don't care who you are, as long as you can give me money.

"I wonder how many days it will take you to prepare?!" Ge Xiaoer asked.

"Two days, no, one and a half days. When the time comes, just prepare the truck to carry the goods and I will have someone deliver it to you." Lieutenant Colonel Tanigawa originally wanted to say two days, but he felt that it was a bit too long, so he changed it to one and a half days.

Mainly, he planned to bring the belongings of the soldiers from other counties here and sell them. Then, he would make some profit from the difference.

The soldiers made money and they made money too, getting the best of both worlds.

"No problem. How about we deliver the goods near the slope outside the west city gate?!" Ge Xiaoer proposed the transaction location.

This location is not far from the county town, so the Japanese will not be overly cautious.

"No problem, I'll do as you say." After hearing this, Lieutenant Colonel Tanigawa agreed decisively. Now he only had the ocean in his eyes.

"However, I have to remind you that the goods here are worth at least five thousand dollars, so you have to prepare the money." Lieutenant Colonel Tanigawa said seriously.

He was worried that the other party didn't bring enough money, so he told the other party in advance.

"Don't worry about this, Madam. We are businessmen, so we will naturally bring enough money." Ge Xiaoer said quickly.

"That's good, happy cooperation!" Lieutenant Colonel Tanigawa stretched out his hand with a smile on his face. It was a good choice to resell the materials sent from above every month and make a lot of money.

If they didn't still need to eat, they would really like to sell the food as well, so that they could make some money again.

(End of this chapter)