Espionage, codenamed Ant, moving expert

Oda left, turning back every few steps, until he could no longer see the words "Miki Corporation".

He's just hoping time will pass quickly so tomorrow will arrive early, allowing him to receive his dividends and start his own business.

In the room, Li Ya took the tea Chen Zheng offered, took a sip, and said:

"I attended Tokugawa's welcoming banquet yesterday and met Ishii and others..."

Seeing the doubt in Chen Zheng's eyes, he explained:

"...Ishii is the highest-ranking officer of Unit 731, a lieutenant general, a graduate of the Imperial Medical Academy, who specializes in experimenting on Chinese people."

"I saw it. The child's internal organs were all gone. I had Da Hu bury him in the mountains."

The missing person was not just a child; the bodies of the others were nowhere to be found, having been taken by the Japanese pirates.

Da Hu said there was a makeshift blast furnace at the camp; I reckon it's all burned down.

Chen Zheng's tone was heavy, and Li Ya continued, "..."

"So we must eliminate Ishii and the people of Unit 731!"

Tokugawa stayed at the Peace Hotel, which was heavily guarded. Our people couldn't even enter the five-kilometer security zone, let alone sneak into the hotel.

I asked to meet you because I hope you can help me find a way to take down those beasts from Unit 731.

"Oda just said that while Tokugawa is honoring Japanese soldiers, he also wants to honor some Japanese businessmen, and he wants to receive an advance on his share of the profits to participate. Is it possible to make something of this?"

Li Ya thought for a moment and shook his head:

"Oda is Japanese, so there's no problem with him attending the awards ceremony. But expecting him to kill high-ranking Japanese officials is simply impossible."

Besides, it's uncertain whether Japanese merchants and soldiers will even be honored together; this approach won't work.

"What about the profit sharing?"

"Not even a month has passed, why would I give him anything?"

The two reached a consensus to skip over Oda's matter and were both racking their brains about how to assassinate Ishii and his group.

Chen Zheng asked Li Ya:

"Station Boss, do you have anyone under your command who can make time bombs?"

Li Ya shook his head:

"No, but I can get it from headquarters. It will take a few days, and I'm afraid there won't be enough time."

"Then send them. We need top-notch experts. Send them into the city along with the materials. The more the better, and the faster the better."

"Okay, I'll take care of it when I get back."

After discussing it for a long time, the two couldn't come up with any practical solutions and could only take it one step at a time.

Li Ya went back and contacted the mountain city to bring in bomb experts.

Chen Zheng stayed in the space until dinner time, went back and had a meal with Gu Ping, and then entered the space again.

Tokugawa has just arrived and will definitely stay for a few days to recover before considering how to kill the Japanese pirates.

The next day, Oda arrived as soon as the shop opened.

After waiting for two hours, neither the head manager nor any of the other managers had arrived, so they anxiously asked Tang Asheng:

"Second Manager, could you ask the Head Manager when he's coming today?"

"Who knows? You should ask. I don't dare ask, I'm afraid of getting scolded."

Oda was humiliated and dared not act recklessly. He waited until dark, but Chen Zheng still did not appear.

It wasn't that Chen Zheng stood him up; it was that he simply didn't take him seriously.

He spent the entire day in the space, observing the situation inside the Peace Hotel through the observation port of the Silver Gate.

Oda, undeterred, actually went to the Chen Mansion.

The gatekeeper here has been replaced. Zhao Kui has moved in with four action teams, two guarding the front gate and two guarding the back gate.

Just then, Chen was having dinner when he heard Zhao Kui say that Oda wanted to see him. He knew why Zhao Kui had come and told him to wait outside.

The filthy Japanese are not worthy of entering his house.

Since the Chen Mansion came into existence, Chen Zheng no longer had to make do with his meals or show his face in public.

When it's mealtime, as long as I'm not busy, I come back from my online space to eat.

Gu Ping tried different methods to please Zheng Ge, afraid of not serving him well enough.

Oda waited at the door for over an hour, and finally saw the gate open again, with the head steward coming out. He excitedly rushed over to him.

Perhaps his movements were too forceful, because Zhao Kui kicked him to the ground, and pressed a pistol directly against his forehead.

"If you dare to be rude to the boss, I'll beat you to death."

When there are outsiders present, all the subordinates address the boss as Chen Zheng.

Oda raised his hands and feet, craned his neck, and shouted:

"Boss, help me! This is Oda!"

Chen Zhengdao:

"Zhao Kui, make him get up. Oda, it's already dark, what are you doing here?"

Oda rolled over and got up, ignoring the dust on his body:

"Manager, didn't you say you'd give me an advance on my dividend today? I've been waiting at the trading company all day, worried you'd be too busy, so I came to check on things."

"Oh, you mean profit sharing? The owner said that since the business has been open for less than a month, there will be no profit sharing unless you get the Mitsui and Ii families to agree to it, in which case you can get an advance."

When Chen Zheng brought up these two companies, Oda immediately fell silent.

He dared not ask Chen Zheng and Li Ya, or the Mitsui and Ii families, even if he were beaten to death.

But Oda wasn't giving up. He looked around to make sure no one was on the street, then suddenly knelt down in front of Chen Zheng.

"Manager, could you lend me some money? Once I get on the good side with General Tokugawa, I can buy a cargo ship and give you half the shares."

Oda has gone to great lengths to say something like that. Chen Zheng didn't let him get up, and asked seemingly casually:

"Why insist on involving the Tokugawa Shogun when you're just buying cargo ships?"

"Master Manager, you don't know this, but only by getting on the good side of the Tokugawa Shogun can I get a loan from a Japanese bank to buy a ship and turn my life around."

"Then why don't you just borrow money to buy a boat?"

"I can't borrow any money. Japanese businessmen all know my situation, and no one is willing to lend me any."

"Even the Japanese won't lend you money, so why should I?"

When Oda was asked this question, he was speechless on the spot.

"I have money to lend you, why don't you buy a cargo ship yourself?"

Oda was stunned.

"By the way, how much does a cargo ship that runs by sea cost?"

Chen Zheng asked a seemingly casual question, and Oda instinctively replied:

"Ordinary cargo ships can be bought for a few hundred thousand yen, while ironclad cargo ships are more expensive, costing more than a million yen, depending on their displacement."

This guy really knows a lot about cargo ships.

"How long will it take to recoup the cost of a regular boat?"

When the topic turned to ships, Oda perked up again, stopped kneeling, and stood up, saying:

"Boss, I'm not bragging, but it only takes a month to travel from Japan to China. If we make two trips, we can break even in two months."

If it were an ironclad ship, the investment could be recouped in six months at most.

Chen Zheng's space hasn't been upgraded in a long time and requires a lot of silver.

Banks around the world have learned their lesson; their vaults are now permanently guarded, and people can no longer come and go as they used to.

Chen Zheng set his sights on the Japanese, since Japan possesses 20% of the world's silver reserves.

"Oda, I'm thinking of buying a ship recently to run a shipping business, and I'm looking for suitable people."

Oda is kneeling again. It's strange, why does he seem to like kneeling so much lately?

"Boss, I've been in the shipping business for over ten years, so I'm the most suitable person to work with you. Let's cooperate, buy an ironclad ship, and I guarantee you'll break even in six months. Then we can buy another one a year later."

In three to five years, we'll be the shipping magnates of this sea area, getting whatever we want, whether it's wind or rain.

This guy has no idea what's going on, but he's already making empty promises to Chen Zheng.

"I'm not considering ironclad ships for now. Go and find me a regular cargo ship, an old one will do. Take me on a trip and check out the market."

If it were really as profitable as you say, I'd buy ten ships at once, form a fleet, and you'd be in charge of it; I'd just be responsible for sharing the profits.

What do you think?