Yoshino Rio did not doubt Xu Rui's identity, and did not even think about checking the details of "Nishimura Kojiro".
Because Yoshino Takuji has also made it very clear that Nishimura Kojiro is a friend of Takenoda Iso, and in fact the relationship between the two is definitely not shallow. Takenoda Iso is even willing to conspire with Nishimura Kojiro to plant opium on a large scale. You say two Can personal relationships be shallow? And behind the scenes of Takenodaiso is the senior staff officer of the headquarters, Togo Kota.
Although Togo Kota is only a major, he is highly regarded by Commander Okamura and has a bright future.
Therefore, Yoshino Rio never thought at all that Nishimura Kojiro was actually Chinese.
This is not because Yoshino is careless, nor is Yoshino stupid. It is because there has never been a Chinese person pretending to be a Japanese to defraud in the occupied areas before. People always have blind spots in their thinking. If something happens, you won’t think too much about it, let alone be wary of it.
Yoshino Rio believes that Okamura Neji is likely to acquiesce in opium cultivation.
But in order to convince Okamura Neji, Yoshino Rio carefully prepared some information.
Almost at the same time that Xu Rui convened several Spike team members for a meeting, Yoshino Rio also knocked on the office of Neji Okamura with a stack of financial statements.
Entering the office, Yoshino Rio handed the bill to Okamura Neiji, and then said: "Your Excellency, Commander, this is the military police's financial expense report list for July and August. Please take a look."
Okamura Neiji took the bill list and picked up the myopia glasses on the desk.
Only halfway through, Okamura Neji frowned and said, "How come the financial expenditure in August is three times more than in July?"
"Hai." Yoshino Rioton said, "Your Excellency, Commander, fiscal expenditures in August are higher than in July, but this is because with the restoration of public security, various levels of government agencies and police systems of the Jiangxi Provincial Government have been established one after another. In addition, The military expenditures of the Emperor’s Alliance Army led to a sharp increase in financial expenditures.”
Okamura Neji immediately fell silent, but his brows furrowed even more.
Jiangxi's reform politics has been established, but its finances are not independent. Instead, the military police are still responsible for paying the bills. Okamura Neiji advocates giving sufficient respect to the Chinese, but he will never let go of two powers easily. It's financial power, and then there is personnel power. These two powers are always firmly in his hands.
This is also easy to understand. If the financial and personnel rights are let go, if the reform government elects a provincial governor who is pro-Japanese on the surface but anti-Japanese at heart, and then appoints officers who are also anti-Japanese to serve as division commanders of various divisions of the Imperial Association Army, then Isn't it just that the Japanese government's money is being spent to cultivate anti-Japanese forces
Seeing Okamura Neji frowning and saying nothing, Yoshino Rio whispered: "Your Excellency, Commander, is it financially..."
Okamura Neiji sighed softly and said: "Yoshino-san, let me tell you the truth, the current funds used to protect the expenses of each division of the Eleventh Army are already very tight, and I am afraid that there will be no more spare money." The funds have covered the expenses of government agencies at all levels in Jiangxi and the various departments of the Imperial Army."
Yoshino Rio said: "But this will inevitably lead to an unstable situation."
Okamura Neiji rubbed his temples and whispered: "I originally hoped that when the security in the occupied areas was restored, business would be able to recover, so that there would be a stable source of tax revenue, but who would have thought that the security would It has recovered, and business has basically returned to pre-war levels, but the tax revenue collected is not much."
Rio Yoshino said: "Commander, how about raising the tax rate?"
"That's inappropriate." Neji Okamura waved his hand and said, "Raising taxes rashly will undermine stability."
This is also a difficult problem for Okamura Neiji. On the one hand, he has to give the Chinese enough respect so that he cannot discount or default on various expenditures of the puppet government. However, on the other hand, Japan's domestic finances are becoming increasingly tight. , the Army Headquarters has clearly ordered that each department of the Japanese invading army raise part of its own funds.
The lack of funds has increasingly become a worry for Okamura Neiji.
Seeing that the time was almost ripe, Yoshino Rio whispered: "Your Excellency, Commander, I have a suggestion that can alleviate the financial pressure on the Imperial Army without affecting the order of the occupied area."
Okamura Neji's narrowed eyes suddenly opened and asked: "What's your suggestion?"
Rio Yoshino said: "Your Excellency, Commander, you must be familiar with Takeno charcoal grill, right?"
"Takeno charcoal grill?" Okamura Neiji frowned and said, "What's the matter with Takeno charcoal grill?"
Yoshino Rio said: "Your Excellency, Commander, it's like this. Because shipping Wagyu beef from the country is too expensive, Takeno-san decided to build a Wagyu breeding farm near Jiujiang."
Okamura Neiji said: "What does this have to do with alleviating financial pressure?"
Yoshino Lio said: "Because there are many mountains near Jiujiang and there is sufficient sunlight, Takeno-san wants to do some side business besides raising Wagyu beef and grow some high-value cash crops... "
At this point, Yoshino Rio said no more, because there was no need to say it too straightforwardly.
"High-value cash crops?" Neji Okamura's eyes were focused, and he immediately understood what Rio Yoshino meant by high-value cash crops. In fact, in the vast occupied areas such as Northeast China and North China, the Japanese army colluded with the local puppet government to Growing and refining opium is no secret; after all, it is a hugely profitable industry.
Especially the Northeast has almost become an opium cultivation base.
After pondering for a moment, Okamura Neji said with a gloomy face: "Can safety be guaranteed?"
The security that Okamura Neiji talks about here does not refer to military security, but to political security.
As Xu Rui guessed, Okamura Neiji is still a militarist in his heart. He has never taken the life and death of the Chinese seriously. In fact, what he cares about is only the reputation of being "pro-China", and he wants to create a hat for himself. "Pro-China" label, and use this to confuse the majority of Chinese people in the occupied areas.
Yoshino Rio said: "All villages within the scope of the breeding farm will be relocated, and isolation fences will be built around them to completely isolate them from the outside world. In addition, the breeding farm will not recruit local people, but will arrange prisoners of war. The entire breeding farm will The field will be under military management, so safety can be guaranteed."
"Yoshi, I'll leave this matter to you." Okamura Neji nodded happily.
"Hai." Yoshino Rio paused heavily and added, "However, Your Excellency, Commander, Takeno-san may still have some doubts about this matter. If Your Excellency, Commander, can take time to attend the groundbreaking ceremony of the breeding farm, I believe that Takeno-san will Then there will no longer be the slightest doubt, and the matter will no longer be a problem.”
Okamura Neiji said: "Let's see about this later."
Yoshino Rio immediately paused, turned around and exited.
As soon as he returned to the military police headquarters, Yoshino Rio found Yoshino Takuya and asked Yoshino Takuya to contact Takenoda Iso and Nishimura Kojiro. As for himself, he would never directly contact Takenoda Iso and Nishimura Kojiro. , this is not because he relies on his identity, but because he wants to stay out of it.
Commander Okamura was particularly concerned about political security, so Yoshino Rio had to leave a way out in advance.
If the secret of secretly growing opium in the Wagyu cattle farm is exposed one day, Commander Okamura will most likely make a big fuss about the matter in order to preserve his political reputation and shut down the Wagyu cattle farm to the Chinese. As the owner of the farm, , Takenoda Iso and Nishimura Kojiro are also very likely to receive punishment or even die.
Yoshino Rio didn't want to be implicated.
As for Yoshino Takuya, as long as his brother is here, nothing will happen.
Let’s talk about Yoshino Takuya. After getting his brother’s affirmative answer, he rushed to Yoshino Tanbaraki. It happened that Xu Rui had also returned from Jigongling. The three of them took it together and immediately decided that Xu Rui should go to find the address of the breeding farm. , Yoshino Takuji went to the prisoner of war camp to select prisoners of war, while Takenoda Iso began to purchase breeding cattle.
Xu Rui was very active in this matter for ulterior motives.
The Yoshino brothers and Takenoda Iso are also very active in making big money.
So early the next morning, the three of them started their preparations.
While Xu Rui was working non-stop to select a location nearby, the telegram sent by Xiao Taohong to the headquarters of the Qingbai Regiment had already been delivered to General Xue Yue's desk.
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Xue Yue was silent for a long time when he saw the telegram in his hand.
Wu Yizhi, the Chief of Staff of the First Corps who had just arrived, said in a low voice: "General, this telegram has no beginning or end. I think it is better not to believe it. After all, adjusting the deployment is not a trivial matter. If we can do it at a great cost, We were prepared, but the major event mentioned in the telegram did not happen, so we were trying to get nothing out of a bamboo basket."
"Brother Xue Xing, tell me, what is the major event mentioned in Xu Rui's telegram?" Xue Yue asked, squinting his eyes.
Wu Yizhi said: "Isn't this a flea on a bald man's head? It's obvious. It must be the assassination of Shunroku Hata."
After a pause, Wu Yizhi continued: "Xu Rui made a public statement through the radio station, and his tone was very loud. However, I thought that he was mostly bluffing. In fact, he may not dare to go to Nanjing, so we must not believe it easily, let alone because of Xu Rui." A telegram from Rui to adjust the troop deployment of our First Corps."
Xue Yue said: "Is Xu Rui really just bluffing?"
Wu Yizhi said: "Does the president really believe that Xu Rui can kill Shunroku Hata?"
"Shunroku Hata? Is it really Shunroku Hata?" Xue Yue's slightly narrowed eyes suddenly opened, and then said, "Chief of Staff, immediately telegraph Li Hanhun to the 29th Army, ordering the 64th and 70th The army marched out from Shanggao and Gao'an, and then ordered Ou Zhen's Fourth Army and Ye Zhao's Eighth Army to march out from Xinyu and Zhangshu to prepare for counterattack."
"What?" Wu Yizhi was completely unsure of Xue Yue's train of thought, and said in a deep voice, "The commissioner reminds us that we must not forget the lessons of the second battle of De'an, so sir, would you like to think about it again?"
"No need." Xue Yue said decisively, "That's it."
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