wind in the dark night

Chapter 326 Yagi Hide
evening.

The cold wind is biting.

In the room, six or seven Japanese ronin were sitting in a circle. The guy with a fierce face was the leader of this group - Yagi Hide.

A short and fat ronin said, "The Colonization Committee has posted a notice that any young and strong man who joins the reclamation team can get one acre of land and reduce the rent for two years. There are so many of us, and if each of us gets one acre of land, that's nearly ten acres..."

Yagi Hide said coldly: "We are samurai, not peasants!"

Another Rendan Hulang said: "Times have changed. Nowadays, in the eyes of most people, samurai are not even as good as farmers..."

Yagi Hideichi slammed the table: "Nakamura-kun, what nonsense are you talking about!"

Nakamura said, "Yagi-kun, if you join the reclamation team, you can get free land. I think it's a good deal."

Yagi Hide looked at him askance: "It's worth it? Can you farm?"

Nakamura said, "I can't, but we can rent the land to the locals. We don't have to do anything. We can be ready-made landlords, get rent, and have rice to eat. Isn't that great?"

When the other ronin heard this, they all thought it was a good thing and expressed their approval.

Yagi Hide said: "Do you know what a reclamation team is?"

Nakamura said: "Manchuria was plagued by banditry, and the armed reclamation team was established to protect the personal and property safety of the pioneers. I heard that there are many retired soldiers in the reclamation team, and they can use guns to deal with small gangs of bandits."

Yagi Hide sneered: "So, now we are the reclamation team. When the imperial army is short of manpower, we are soldiers ready to go to the battlefield at any time!"

"No way?"

Nakamura was skeptical.

Yagi Hide said: "I have a fellow countryman who is serving in the Kwantung Army. A few days ago, he told me personally that recently, the settlement teams in various villages have been gathered together for special training. The purpose of the special training is to make the combat quality of the settlement teams reach at least the standard of a Type D division in a short period of time."

After hearing what he said, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. These ronin were lazy and only cared about eating, drinking and having fun. They were unwilling to take up guns and go to the battlefield.

After a while, Nakamura sighed: "The bastards from the anti-smuggling team have been targeting us. In more than a month, we have only made two deals. If this continues, ah...

Yagi Hide said in hatred: "Those bastards in the anti-smuggling team, if they make me angry one day, no one will have a good life, I will burn them all to ashes!"

Even in Japan, ronin are hated by gods and ghosts. They are no different from thugs, cheating, extorting, and doing all kinds of evil.

What Yagi Hide said about "burning everything clean with one fire" was really not nonsense. This guy is a born arsonist. Anyone who offends him should be careful about the house suddenly catching fire in the middle of the night.

As soon as the door opened, Sato came in excitedly: "Yagi-kun, I'm back!"

Yagi Hide said unhappily, "Does it take a whole day to go to the dock to inquire about the market?"

"Yagi-kun, there's a big deal!"

Sato seemed very excited.

Everyone gathered around.

Sato said: "I heard a piece of news that there is a guy who just joined the industry and he has a batch of opium, all of which are top-quality opium."

Nakamura asked, “What’s the price?”

Sato said, "Eighty cents."

Yagi Hide didn't quite believe it: "How can it be Yuntu at this price? The cheapest miscellaneous soil costs at least 20 cents..."

There are different grades of opium. The first grade is Indian opium, the second grade is Yun opium, the third grade is Sichuan opium and Mongolian opium, and the lowest grade is called mixed opium.

According to the current market conditions, Yuntu is sold at RMB 1.2 per two taels, and can be sold at retail for RMB 3. The price of 80 cents has never been seen before.

"That guy is timid. He heard that the anti-smuggling team was investigating closely, so he was eager to take action."

Sato explained.

Yagi Hide asked, "How much stock does he have?"

Sato said: "A full 100 kilograms."

For ordinary black market merchants, 100 kilograms of opium can indeed be considered a big business. Cloud soil is a scarce variety and there is no difficulty in selling it.

Yagi Hide said: "Nakamura, you and Sato go and collect the goods."

Sato hurriedly said, "Yagi-kun, two people are definitely not enough for this business. We must send more people, and it would be best if we all go."

Yagi Hide asked: "Why?" Sato said: "That guy lives in Mashi Street, which is Liu Yidao's territory..."

"It's Liu Yidao again!"

Yagi Hide was gritting his teeth in hatred. The last time he had a fight with Liu Yidao, he was stabbed in the stomach and almost died. Qi Yue asked someone to mediate, and Liu Yidao paid the medical expenses, and the matter was left unresolved.

Yagi Hide held a grudge, but he compromised temporarily because of the mediator's face and because he heard that Liu Yidao had the secret support of the police.

Yagi Hide opened the drawer, took out a Nambu-style pistol, and said angrily, "This time, I'll go in person. I want to see whether his knife is faster or my gun is faster!"

……

It was extremely cold in Binjiang in the early morning. A skinny cat, curled up in a posture, froze to death in its sleep on the street.

Qi Yue sat in the car, smoking silently.

As soon as the car door opened, Liu Ming got in and greeted, "Officer Qi."

Qi Yue said: "It's really not easy to find you, where have you been these two days?"

Liu Ming grinned: "I didn't go anywhere. I stayed in Jiqingfang for two days..."

Liu Ming's two major hobbies are gambling and prostitution.

When they heard that there were new brothels in Jiqingfang, all of them were pretty girls in their early twenties, they rushed there immediately and did not leave the house for two days and two nights.

Qi Yue knew about these situations a long time ago.

"What's up?"

Liu Ming asked.

Qi Yue said: "Hong Tianlei is on the run. He has no ID and the place he goes to most is definitely the black market. You have to keep a close eye on him in the near future. If he appears, report immediately."

Liu Ming asked: "What does a thunder bomb look like?"

Qi Yue thought for a moment and said, "Corey has a portrait of Hong Tianlei... I'll bring it to you in one or two days, maybe in the afternoon."

Liu Ming said, "Okay."

Qi Yue said: "The problem is, you don't even have a home, where can I find you?"

Liu Ming said, "My home is in the countryside, and I don't go back often... I'm staying in Jiqingfang these two days, and you will definitely find me there."

"You are amazing for taking a brothel as your home."

Qi Yue said with a smile.

In fact, even if Liu Ming did not go to Jiqingfang, Qi Yue would ask Liu Ming to wait in Jiqingfang on the grounds that he was not familiar with other places. This was an indispensable part of the plan to rescue Liang Hao.

……

at this time.

Ping An Road.

Sihai Optical Shop.

Li Wenbiao is trying on sunglasses.

The boss said, "These are the most fashionable sunglasses in Shanghai. They make you look stylish. All the rich people in Shanghai wear these sunglasses."

Li Wenbiao looked at himself in the mirror and said, "Yes, I look pretty... Hey, I remember there was a breakfast shop across the street, why is it gone?"

The boss laughed and said, "What month is it now? Eating outside so early in the morning will freeze before you can even put the food in your mouth. Haha, it's not that we're gone, it's just that it's too cold, so we moved it inside. When it's warmer, we'll set up the table outside."

"Which room?"

"Wang's Bone House."

Wang Kee Bone House is also across the street.

The boss explained, "Wang Ji Bone Restaurant sells both regular meals and breakfast. When the weather is warm, we set up a stall at the door to sell. When the weather is cold, we move inside to sell. The bone restaurant is closed in the morning, so we have nothing to do anyway."

During the assassination attempt on Kitahara Masao, Li Wenbiao passed by Ping'an Road and unexpectedly saw Yang Feng eating breakfast on the street. Based on this, he judged that Yang Feng might live nearby and had to eat breakfast every day. As long as he was patient, he would wait for Yang Feng to appear sooner or later.

(End of this chapter)