In the office of the administrative building, Lu Ming looked at the middle-aged Japanese man standing respectfully in front of the desk. His name was Yamaguchi Tsuyoshi, but not long ago he gave himself a Chinese name, Wang Zhong.
He is the judge candidate recommended by Mayor Yoichi Takeuchi, and is also the cousin of the mayor's wife Mie Takeuchi.
He was originally a down-and-out lawyer who was always nervous when going to court. He is still trembling with fear now, as if he had entered the palace of hell.
Many Japanese civilians generally believe that the people of Central China are kind and polite and do not discriminate against them, the lower classes. However, the Japanese dignitaries do not have such a view. They know what happened to the stubborn resistance elements who were handed over to the Central China people.
Although Wang Zhong had a Zhongzhou name, he actually couldn't speak Zhongzhou dialect very well, so Takeuchi Mie acted as an interpreter for his cousin.
Wang Zhong looked nervous and it was impossible for him to answer the questions Lu Ming asked very well. I guess Takeuchi Mihui embellished his answers.
"Okay, I'll ask the committee to review your information again." Lu Ming waved his hand.
Regardless of success or failure, Wang Zhong heaved a sigh of relief that he no longer had to suffer. He bowed repeatedly and said, "Thank you, thank you, sir. I am humbled and take my leave!" All of them were spoken in the Central Plains language.
Watching her cousin leave as if he had been pardoned, Takeuchi Mihui felt helpless and a little disappointed in her cousin.
Lu Ming glanced at Takeuchi Mihui and said, "You can go back and tell him that I am not satisfied with him, but because of your relationship with Mayor Takeuchi, the Court of Appeal can temporarily hire him as one of the judges, but there will be a three-month probation period."
Takeuchi Mie immediately smiled like a flower, "Yes, thank you Mr. Jun." Her pretty face was full of admiration and gratitude.
Takeuchi Mie is currently Lu Ming's translator and secretary.
Yoichi Takeuchi was responsible for helping Lu Ming select a secretary. After much selection, he finally recommended his wife.
It is true that Takeuchi Mie was fluent in Nakasu and had received a good education.
Lu Ming had no objection. He didn't need a Japanese translator for his confidential matters. Takeuchi Yoichi wanted to have a spy by his side and he wanted to sacrifice his wife. However, he couldn't do without people like Takeuchi Yoichi to do things for him in Naishan. He agreed to it, which made him grateful. China and Japan were friendly and close.
Lu Ming stood up and gestured to Jinguji Heiji who had been sitting on the sofa waiting beside him, "Let's go to Naishan Street for a walk."
Jinguji Heiji had been here since morning, but had been sitting nearby waiting for Lu Ming to handle various matters.
She was wearing a snow-white senior police officer uniform, which faintly revealed her slender calves and black combat boots. She looked particularly heroic and cool. On her epaulettes was the rank of Superintendent of Police with five silver flowers.
She is currently the Deputy Commissioner of the Japanese National Police Agency and the Chief of the Special Investigation Headquarters.
The special search headquarters is located in Yoshida Castle.
Of course, the Japanese National Police Agency where she worked was the police agency of the Ashikaga regime. In terms of police rank, Jinguji Heihime was the second rank, the first rank was Superintendent General, and only one person, that is, the Commissioner of the National Police Agency, would be awarded the rank of Superintendent General.
The title of Metropolitan Police Inspector is awarded to less than twenty senior police officers in the whole of Japan.
In the police system of the Ashikaga regime, there were only five senior police officers who were granted the rank of Metropolitan Superintendent, and Jinguji Heihime was one of them.
There was no way, as she was recommended to Prime Minister Ashikaga by Prince of Kurostani himself.
The Special Investigation Headquarters under his charge is mainly responsible for combating crimes against people in Nakasu and is responsible to Prime Minister Ashikaga alone.
However, the Special Search Headquarters was located in Yoshida Castle, so Prime Minister Ashikaga entrusted Consul Lu of Yoshida Consulate to be his special agent to supervise the affairs of the Special Search Headquarters.
In fact, Jinguji Hyohime is also the president of the Yoshida branch of the Kawamoto Group.
She was reluctant to leave the Kawamoto Group, probably because she had received protection from the Kawamoto Group during the most difficult times.
Today, she is dressed in a snow-white police uniform and looks like an icy beauty. It is hard to imagine that her other identity is a female leader of a violent gang with gorgeous tattoos all over her body.
In fact, most of the time, she liked to wear plain clothes and appear as the leader of the Kawamoto Group to contact and capture those resistance elements.
This often works wonders.
Before coming to see Lu Ming today, Lu Ming said that he wanted to see her in police uniform, so she had no choice but to change into formal clothes.
Hearing that Lu Ming wanted to take her to Naishan City for a tour, Jinguji Bingji stood at attention and said, "Yes, Your Highness!"
He thought that His Royal Highness the Prince was going to warn him about some bloody action that was going to be launched in Naishan City.
Seeing how she handled things in a businesslike manner, Lu Ming felt helpless.
Actually, I just wanted to take her shopping.
She now knew her own background clearly, and, during the bone washing, although it was just like a massage, every bone in her body was cleansed by her secret method. All four of her bodies were stripped naked in front of her, and she saw them clearly.
So, more or less, psychologically, I also regarded her as my woman.
But this guy obviously doesn't think so.
Moreover, during the bone cleansing period, his cultivation not only did not suffer any loss, but instead benefited greatly, as if he had made rapid progress and broke through the original bottleneck, reaching several levels higher than before.
Now her temperament and mentality are different. She has the instinct of inheriting the secret techniques of Jingu Temple and being a guardian.
She was grateful to me, respectful and fearful of me, obeyed my orders, and did things for me with all her heart, but she definitely never thought of becoming the woman by my side. On the contrary, she would resist such an outcome because it would cause the Jingu Temple's secret techniques to be swallowed up by the Central Continent inheritance.
Of course, she would never have thought that she would have ordinary sexual desires and would regard her as a woman.
In her eyes, she is almost as good as a god.
Lu Ming was thinking about something and went downstairs first, followed by Jinguji Heiji and Takeuchi Mihui.
Takeuchi Mie was full of envy for this super young and beautiful female police officer. She had reached the peak of life at such a young age, which others would never reach in several lifetimes.
However, this female senior official addressed Representative Lu as "Your Highness". It seems that Representative Lu is really the younger brother of His Royal Highness the Prince. This is why she uses this honorific title in private. Perhaps the two brothers have a very good relationship. Even if His Royal Highness the Prince knew about it, he would not be angry, but it cannot be made public.
…
Naishan was originally a very quiet and beautiful town. Because it had a small population and few migrant workers, homeless people would be expelled. But now, it seems a bit messy, and even beggars have become a sight to behold.
But from another perspective, the whole town seems to have come alive. There are more and more shops, and stalls are set up wherever there is space. Many active-minded locals have begun to look for ways to make money.
Lu Ming and his friends entered a small Central Continental-style restaurant.
There are Central Continent troops stationed in the forest farm, but basically, you won’t see any Naishan people there, because they won’t leave the forest farm. I heard that the Principality of Montenegro even has a specially customized inflatable product that can solve their physiological needs very well.
But despite this, the small town of Naishan still has many more Middle-earth elements, and the products of the Principality of Montenegro are flooding the entire market.
Takeuchi Yoichi has a way to make money and he also has a way to develop the economy. He made this place like Zhongzhou City and deliberately created a business card for the city. Even the middle class and wealthy businessmen in nearby cities would come to Naishan to buy products from the Principality and the Eastern Alliance, believing that the products here are more authentic and there are no counterfeits.
Lu Ming and his friends were in a private room on the second floor, where they ordered a few Zhongzhou dishes, all of which were ordered by Lu Ming.
Takeuchi Mie even picked up a piece of side dish and before she put it into her mouth, she kept praising how delicious Zhongzhou cuisine was, saying that she had never eaten such delicious food in her life. After all, the dishes ordered by Representative Lu were said to be Zhongzhou's representative dishes.
Lu Ming tasted the dish and immediately frowned: "This chef's dish is really unpalatable."
Takeuchi Mie smiled and said, "It's delicious. It must be authentic. I'm going to swallow my tongue!"
Lu Ming smiled and helped Jinguji Heiji pick up a piece of shrimp, "Eat this, dip it in mustard."
Jinguji Heiji was a little overwhelmed by the concern of the prince, and whispered: "Yes..."
Takeuchi Mie looked at this scene with envy and sighed in her heart, thinking that being young and beautiful is great.
The shop owner served the food himself. The clothes he wore were a modern and improved version of the Nakasu style, but the only words he could speak in Nakasu were "hello" and "thank you", which was nowhere near as good as the current Jinguji Hyohime.
When the last dish was served, he bowed respectfully and said something to Lu Ming.
Takeuchi Mie immediately frowned and scolded him, scaring the shop owner so much that his face turned pale.
"You need to tell me what he said!" Lu Ming's face darkened. "When doing this job, you should first think about your position. Are you my translator or the mayor's wife? As Consul Naishan, it is also one of my jobs to contact the public and promote friendship!"
The shop owner was about to leave out of fear, but then he saw the Japanese female interpreter being scolded, so he stopped immediately, feeling somewhat gloating.
I've heard that the people of Zhongzhou are actually quite kind, but many of the traitors who work for them are the worst.
The smile on Takeuchi Mie's face had long since disappeared. She was so scared that her pretty face turned slightly pale. She whispered, "This President Tanaka asked if you were from the forest farm. There were a few forest farm guards who often came to eat with him. They haven't come for a long time, but they have a lot of accounts that have not been settled."
Lu Ming nodded and asked the boss: "Do you know their names? Are you sure they are not fake names?" The ordinary guards at the forest farm were all recruited from local Japanese.
After Takeuchi Mie translated it, the boss immediately nodded repeatedly and said a few words in a gibberish.
"He said he knew several of them, they were from Naiyama, they were from Naiyama Wakato of Yoshida Group..."
Lu Ming coughed. The former gangsters had transformed themselves into people working for the principality. In short, these people are always the ones who bully the people in the village.
"You tell him what to do." Lu Ming said to Takeuchi Mihui.
Takeuchi Mie spoke to the store owner in a very gentle tone, and she was like two completely different people.
The main thing is to talk about the channels for appeal. If that doesn't work, you can go to court. The current chief judge of the Naishan Court is from Central China and is very fair.
The shop owner nodded repeatedly and bowed, "Thank you, thank you!"
Lu Ming looked at his watch and said, "Let's eat faster. I should go back for a nap!"
…
Representative Lu’s lunch break.
Prince of Montenegro's White House.
Behind the large and luxurious desk, Lu Ming sat upright and sipped his tea slowly.
Standing next to him was a middle-aged man, Gao Sheng, deputy director of the Japanese Strategic Research Office of the Prince's Privy Council. In front of him was a red telephone, and he was holding the receiver.
"Your Highness, the call is connected. The person who answered the phone is Taro Ishii." Gao Sheng said respectfully.
There were seven or eight senior officials standing in the office.
Lu Ming nodded and stretched out his hand. Gao Sheng quickly handed the microphone to Lu Ming with both hands.
A familiar voice came from the microphone, "Your Highness, I am Taro Ishii. Prime Minister Yamamoto has entrusted me to speak to you as an interpreter. Prime Minister Yamamoto is right next to me." Taro Ishii's tone sounded a little embarrassed.
Lu Ming smiled: "Okay."
Ishii Taro breathed a sigh of relief, "Okay, thank you, Your Highness!"
In fact, it was not originally said like this. Yamamoto Yu was fluent in Nakasu language, and it was originally planned that the leaders of both sides would have a direct dialogue, so naturally it would be in Nakasu language.
But there is no trivial matter in diplomacy. Obviously, the Japanese side later judged that this made the Japanese side appear to have a clearly humble attitude, especially if it was reported by the media, it would make Prime Minister Yamamoto lose face.
However, they could have negotiated a plan that both parties could agree on, but they used a little trick. The Prince of Black Mountain Castle on their side answered the phone, but the call was not given to Yamamoto Yu, but to the Deputy Foreign Minister to act as an interpreter.
It is very likely that Prince Black Mountain Castle threw the phone back to the officials around him in order to disgust this great enemy of Japan.
But unexpectedly, Lu Ming agreed to have this conversation.
Taro Ishii sighed in his heart and glanced at Prime Minister Yamamoto Yu who had an expressionless face beside him. He felt that in comparison, the Prince of Montenegro seemed to be of a higher status.
"Mr. Ishii, since this is a private conversation between me and Prime Minister Yamamoto, I will be frank. Here is what I want to say to Prime Minister Yamamoto. I believe that your military dictatorship is unacceptable in this era."
Ishii Taro was shocked. Is this prince so direct? No diplomatic language is needed
On the other side of the microphone, a clear, magnetic and charming voice continued, "To the people of Japan, what you are doing now is a crime, and you will not be highly regarded in future history books. Of course, the Kansai region has its own customs and traditions. Although I support the cabinet formed by Prime Minister Ashikaga as the legitimate government of Japan, I respect the historical traditions of Kansai. Therefore, I think the ideal model is that Japan can be divided into two, Northwest Japan and Southeast Japan. Your regime is the northern government, and Prime Minister Ashikaga's regime is the southern government. You live in peace. I have reason to believe that if the people of Japan are allowed to choose freely, except for the 15 territories in Kansai and Kanhoku, the people in other regions will be more willing to join the southern government."
"Well, you translate it for him first."
Taro Ishii's head was buzzing. As a pacifist, he was in despair.
What would be the consequences if these words were said to Prime Minister Yamamoto
"What did he say?" Yamamoto Yu frowned as he looked at Ishii Taro's pale face.
Taro Ishii sighed in his heart, but as a qualified diplomat, he had to explain the other party's true intentions to his superiors.
"His Royal Highness the Prince of Black Mountain criticized us for being a military regime and proposed to divide Japan into two... I, I'll translate it verbatim..."
Taro Ishii used Lu Ming's original meaning for every word, and Yamamoto Yu's face gradually became gloomy.
Suddenly, he stretched out his hand.
Taro Ishii understood and handed the microphone to Yamamoto Yu, sighing deeply in his heart. It seemed that war was inevitable.