Agents of the Republic of China

As for Yuan Jianfeng and Xia Zhiping, Lin Xiaotang thought to himself that he had exhausted his benevolence, and it was up to them to see where the two of them could go next.

Yuan Jianfeng was right. Since Li Shiqun used the opportunity of being assassinated to eliminate dissidents, Lin Xiaotang must fight back. For Li Shiqun as an opponent, the current Lin Xiaotang has enough confidence.

Shibayama Kenshiro demanded that No. 76 return Lin Xiaotang's property in public. Under the current circumstances, it is already very interesting that he can do this step. How to get it back depends on Lin Xiaotang's means. Shibayama Kenshiro may not have saved Lin Xiaotang understood the meaning of the exam.

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Ma Xiaotian was scolded by Li Shiqun about the Xinglongsheng gambling house. When it came to Shibayama Kenshiro's request for No. 76 to return the Longsheng property, Li Shiqun just smiled coldly and said, "You can figure it out!" phone.

Ma Xiaotian has been working in Nanjing for so many years, and he knows exactly what Li Shiqun means. After hanging up the phone, he immediately recruited a group of subordinates, and even solicited Wang Tianmu's opinion for the first time. Wang Tianmu stared at him for a long time, in a daze He didn't say a single word, which made Ma Xiaotian furious, and immediately ordered his subordinates to enter the Heroes Nightclub and Kehua Hotel to prevent them from sticking to it, saying that they could not return these two properties to Lin Xiaotang's hands.

When mentioning the Kehua Hotel, Ma Xiaotian took a special look at Yuan Jianfeng. He knew that Yuan Jianfeng had been living there recently, and he had never been home because of his wife's affairs. Li Shiqun had told him to , don't push Yuan Jianfeng too hard, but slowly deprive him of the power and people in his hands.

Yuan Jianfeng met Ma Xiaotian's questioning eyes, and just smiled casually, "Don't worry, Director Ma, I understand, I've already packed all my things, and I've found a new place to live, so you can act freely."

Ma Xiaotian was very satisfied with Yuan Jianfeng's attitude, and he couldn't show too much about Yuan Jianfeng's cooperation, "Thank you, Deputy Director Yuan, all the expenses are recorded in the account of the headquarters!"

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Kehua Hotel and Heroes Nightclub have been open during this time, although far from the grand occasion of the year, the business is still possible.Ma Xiaotian arranged a lot of manpower in the two industries, and directly put on a posture of never quitting, waiting for Lin Xiaotang's people to come to the door, and came to attack him head-on.

However, two weeks have passed, and Lin Xiaotang's side has remained very quiet. No one has come to ask for the property back, nor does he have the slightest intention to come to ask for it.

Ma Xiaotian was full of suspicion, but he couldn't find anything, so he just stood still and waited.

Two weeks later, Ke Hua's air-conditioning system was completely shut down. In the scorching summer, Ke Hua Hotel's original signboard of four seasons like spring disappeared in an instant.Some businessmen and foreign guests who lived in Ke Hua complained one after another. Ke Hua didn't want to offend these people, so he could only apologize by paying money.

This made Ma Xiaotian furious, "Which manufacturer is responsible for the air conditioner, let them come to repair it!"

The subordinate replied aggrievedly: "The monthly maintenance and repairs are carried out normally. The maintenance was just done this month, and it has not been more than five days!"

"Idiot, call them to fix it!"

"No one answered the phone, and no one was found at the factory!"

Listening to the questions and answers from Ma Xiaotian and his subordinates, Wang Tianmu, who was always silent at the side, suddenly said, "Director Ma, the air-conditioning factory is Lin Xiaotang's business, don't you know?"

"Ah!" Ma Xiaotian was stunned for a moment.

Ma Xiaotian knew very well what air-conditioning meant to Ke Hua Hotel. Without the gimmick of air-conditioning, Ke Hua was just a more luxurious hotel, which would not be attractive to those dignitaries.

However, this is not over yet. The men stationed at the Hero Nightclub came to report, and the Japanese Gendarmerie and Tax Police came to the door.

Ma Xiaotian jumped up from the chair as if stung by a wasp.

But this time he kept an eye out and hurriedly asked why.It turned out that the Heroes Nightclub, as the iconic entertainment center of Night Shanghai, has now become a well-known gold-selling place in Shanghai and even in southern China.

The main reason why the gendarmerie came to the door is because of this. According to the information, the spies sent by Chongqing recently and the members of the underground organization in the anti-Japanese base areas are very active in the Heroes Nightclub. Not only the Chongqing side and the underground party are concentrated in the black market, but even British and American spies want to get involved.

Faced with this situation, the gendarmerie naturally could not stand idly by. The person in charge, Mr. Sasaki, personally ordered people to come to the door and demanded that the Heroes Nightclub be closed for rectification.

And Xiong Jiandong's tax police team came to the door in the name of clearing up tax arrears.The tax police team’s accounting is very clear. When Fatty Shen and Ma Qixiang were running the Heroes Nightclub, all taxes were paid to the concession government. When Lin Xiaotang was running the business, the Shanghai concession was occupied by the Japanese army. Therefore, the relevant taxes It should be paid directly to the puppet government in Shanghai, but at that time the Heroes Nightclub had not declared and paid to the puppet government, which resulted in tax arrears. Now, the amount is already astronomical, and Xiong Jiandong sent people to the door just for this tax. If the current operators cannot pay on time, the only way to go is to close the store.

When Ma Xiao rushed to the Heroes Nightclub, panting and embarrassed, Sasaki and Xiong Jiandong's adjutants had been waiting here for about an hour, and it was the time to be anxious and annoyed.Because of the difference in rank, Xiong Jiandong's adjutant was very polite to Ma Xiaotian, and conveyed the order from the Tax Police Corps and the Ministry of Finance, requiring Ma Xiaotian to pay the taxes within five days. It was an order from Nanjing.

But Sasaki was not so polite. Before Ma Xiaotian could speak, he scolded him like a dog, and directly pointed out that the Hero Nightclub has become a well-known black market for intelligence, where spies and spies from various forces are mixed, and it has become a disturbance. One of the sources of public security and order in Shanghai required Ma Xiaotian to suspend business immediately for rectification.

Ma Xiaotian said with a sneer: "Your Majesty, the Heroes Nightclub is not our No. 76 property, but the assets of unscrupulous businessmen that were confiscated before, and now we are in charge of it. It is well known in Shanghai that Heroes' business is booming. It must be Some hostile competitors deliberately made things up, trying to frame us!"

Sasaki snorted coldly, and threw a stack of documents and photos on the table, "We know whether it is true or not. Among them, there are more than a dozen members of the underground anti-Japanese organization in Chongqing and the base area. Well, come here to entertain you!"

Ma Xiaotian was speechless for a moment, looking at those materials and photos, his shirt was soaked in cold sweat.

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Ma Xiaotian's distress call quickly reached Li Shiqun, and Li Shiqun was already in a state of desperation.Some newspapers in Nanjing have immediately published the news of Li Shiqun's assassination, including a detailed description of Li Shiqun's meeting with a certain mysterious woman.Li Shiqun's wife, Ye Jiqing, who was in Nanjing, immediately called the denunciation phone. During the phone call, she cried and scolded Li Shiqun for having no conscience.In Li Shiqun's heart, because of what happened back then, he felt the gratitude and guilt towards Ye Jiqing. This is also the reason why he has always loved and respected his wife for many years, but this time he was caught by his wife for stealing. Stealing fish has not yet succeeded, but how can Ye Jiqing believe his words.

It was not easy to stabilize his wife, and then Ma Xiaotian called, and Li Shiqun was furious, "Ma Xiaotian, I didn't transfer you to Shanghai to cause trouble for me, what should you do, you can see for yourself Let me just say it straight, I'd rather smash Lin Xiaotang's property in my hands than hand it over!"

Li Shiqun threw away the phone receiver and slumped back in his chair. The door was quietly pushed open, and Huang Jingzhai and Li Shiqun's brother Wang Manyun walked in lightly.

Li Shiqun rubbed his temples on both sides, and smiled embarrassedly at Huang and Wang, "You two, I'm ashamed, the family is in trouble!"

But the two seemed not interested in discussing this matter with Li Shiqun. Wang Manyun sat beside Li Shiqun and signaled Huang Jingzhai to close the door, "Shiqun, Tang Shengming is here to find me!"

Li Shiqun was taken aback when he heard the words, "What did he ask you for?"

"He asked me to bring you a message, things in Shanghai take a step back!"

Li Shiqun was furious, "He, Tang Shengming, is just a poor man, what right does he have to teach me like this!"

"Shiqun, calm down first, and let me finish speaking slowly!" Wang Manyun had already expected Li Shiqun's attitude, so she took Li Shiqun's arm and dragged him back to the sofa to sit down. "Tang Shengming and I had an in-depth discussion. This person's grasp of the current situation is still very accurate. The Japanese have already opened their mouths to return the property to Lin Xiaotang. This is a very clear attitude. We can't do it for a Merchants offended the Japanese. I just heard about the Shanghai incident from Jing Zhai, didn’t you realize that it’s obvious that you’ve been prepared for it?”

Hearing Wang Manyun's words, Li Shiqun's original anger dimmed in an instant. In fact, he only needed to think about it for a while to detect the strangeness, but just now he was angry and didn't think deeply at all.

Huang Jingzhai also spoke from the side, he didn't say anything else, he just said one thing.The earlier material control plan, since Li Shiqun assumed the positions of Minister of Police, Chairman of Jiangsu Province, and Chairman of the Qingxiang Committee, he has logically taken it from the Ministry of Finance. This is a cash cow. Li Shiqun can Domination in the arms depends on nothing more than the power in the hands.

But during this period of time, Huang Jingzhai, who has been in charge of the material control plan, has noticed something is wrong.It is becoming more and more difficult to allocate materials, and the number of collections has dropped by more than one-third compared with last year. For this reason, the Garrison Command has expressed dissatisfaction to the puppet government several times.

In the past two weeks, the material control plan has simply been suspended. The reason is that there is no way to collect materials. Some big households rely on their backers and gradually stop buying No. 76 accounts, while the hands of ordinary people have been squeezed. At the extreme, in this way, the materials have no provenance at all.

Li Shiqun broke out in a cold sweat. The material control plan was an extremely important link in the strategic deployment of the Japanese army. Apart from problems, if the Japanese wanted to hold the people accountable, Li Shiqun would be the first to bear the brunt.

Wang Manyun nodded silently at Li Shiqun. He knew that Li Shiqun was thoughtful, and after simple thinking, he could discover the reasons behind this series of events. Now, he was waiting for him to make a key choice.