For Ishikawa Takeshi's proposal, of course Ning Zhiheng couldn't ask for it, he was worried that there was no acquaintance in the Japanese occupation area to cover for him, and it was very inconvenient to do things, and now he met Ishikawa Takeshi, it was a good opportunity, after all, now in the Japanese occupation area, the military force is the largest, and many things can be asked for him to help.

"That's what I mean, let's have a drink later!" Ning Zhiheng nodded in agreement.

He turned around and waited back in the rest area, and after a while, Ishikawa Takeshi finished arranging the two men, and then came to Ning Zhiheng and sat down.

Ning Zhiheng and Ishikawa Takeshi met again, they were very happy, and Ishikawa Takeshi invited each other to go out for a drink together.

Japanese people who are good at drinking like to go to taverns such as taverns, after all, three or two confidants get together to chat, and they all like to find a small space that is usually familiar, and a formal hotel like the Kasuga Hotel is not very suitable.

Ning Zhiheng went out with Ishikawa Takeshi, Ning Zhiheng pointed to his Buick sedan and said, "Ishikawa-kun, let's take my car." ”

Ishikawa Takeshi himself also drove a military vehicle to send guests to stay, and he was about to invite Ning Zhiheng to get in the car, but he didn't expect Ning Zhiheng to drive a Buick car.

"Fujiwara-kun, is this your car?" Although Ishikawa Takeshi had seen that Ning Zhiheng's mental state and clothes were very different from before, and guessed that he must have mixed well in the past few months, he would never have thought that Ning Zhiheng had already made his fortune to this point.

A brand-new Buick sedan, the current price is by no means what ordinary people can imagine, Ishikawa Takeshi came to the front of the Buick sedan.

At this time, Yi Huaan, who had been waiting in the driver's seat, saw a Japanese officer walking to the front of the car, and couldn't help but be shocked, but fortunately he saw Ning Zhiheng behind Ishikawa Takeshi, and quickly got out of the car to open the door for Ning Zhiheng.

"This is the latest American sedan, I brought it back to Shanghai from Hong Kong, Ishikawa-kun, please get in the car!" Ning Zhiheng made a gesture of please and invited Ishikawa into the car.

The car came to a tavern, and after Ning Zhiheng and Ishikawa Takeshi entered, they sat opposite each other, raised their glasses and invited each other to tell the details of the farewell.

It turned out that Ishikawa Takeshi was in the early days of the Battle of Songhu this time, because he performed well in resisting the attack of the Chinese army, and was finally promoted after the war, and is now a junior officer of the Shanghai Garrison Headquarters.

And Ning Zhiheng's description of himself is that he left Shanghai before the outbreak of the war, and later transferred to Hong Kong, using the money given to him by Kuroki Yueichi, he opened a Fujiwara company, mainly engaged in commercial trade with all over the world, and made a lot of money by chance, this time he made a special trip back to find Mr. Kuroki Yueichi.

"Hong Kong is the jurisdiction of the British, and we Japanese don't have much power there, Fujiwara-kun, you have to pay more attention to doing business there!" When Ishikawa Takeshi heard that Ning Zhiheng had gone to Hong Kong alone to do business, he couldn't help but say with some worry.

Ning Zhiheng's expression was also very helpless, he sighed and said: "Hong Kong is strategically located and is a good place to do business, but it is the territory of the British, surrounded by Chinese, and it is still very unfriendly to us Japanese."

For this reason, I invited a lot of Chinese in my club, and the general business is taken care of by them, I rarely come forward, in fact, I prefer Shanghai, where we are Japanese, and I feel no different from China, so this time I want to come back and settle down. ”

Ning Zhiheng cleverly explained the reason why he returned to Shanghai, Hong Kong was under the jurisdiction of the British during this period, because the relationship between the British and the Japanese has always been tense, and they are very resistant to the Japanese, so the Japanese have little power in Hong Kong, and the situation that Ning Zhiheng said cannot be confirmed, and Ning Zhiheng also thought of this, so he designed the place where he started his career in Hong Kong.

Moreover, Ning Zhiheng's current identity is just an ordinary Japanese expatriate, as long as he does not intervene in the intelligence department, no one will spend so much effort to do such a tedious verification work, if he verifies all of these millions of expatriates, it is impossible to do it.

Takeshi Ishikawa also said approvingly: "If you want to do business, it is better to be in Shanghai, this is the most commercially developed city in Asia, goods from all over the world will enter this metropolis first, and all the goods from China will also gather here, Fujiwara-kun, I advise you to open a trading house here, business is definitely better than in Hong Kong." ”

Ning Zhiheng thought about it carefully, looked like he was moved by Ishikawa Takeshi's words, and finally nodded and said: "Ishikawa-kun, your proposal is really good, but the current business environment in Shanghai is far from recovering, and I will consider it after a while." ”

After speaking, he raised his glass and said with a smile: "Ishikawa-kun, for your proposal, we will make a toast, if you open a new trading company in the future, count you as a shareholder, and our brothers will work together to make a career in this largest city in the Far East." ”

"Really? Haha, Fujiwara-kun, a word is a certainty! Let's do some results here together, and let those guys in the country see that our side branches are no worse than them! Here, a toast! When Ishikawa Takeshi heard Ning Zhiheng's words, his heart suddenly moved, and he agreed repeatedly.

Ishikawa Takeshi is a side branch of the Ishikawa family, although he bears the name of a noble child, but the living environment is too far from the real descendant.

The family environment of the true descendants is superior, they enjoy the best education and care from an early age, and the resources of the family tend to them when they grow up, and of course, their status and achievements are far greater than those of the side branches.

A by-branch disciple like Takeshi Ishikawa can only join the army to earn a future in order to get ahead.

And Ning Zhiheng's disguised identity Fujiwara Zhiren, his real experience is even worse, his family is ruined, his living environment is not better than that of ordinary civilians, after the death of his parents, his sister married far away, and he could not support himself in China, so he stepped on the ship to immigrate to China, but as a result, he fell ill as soon as he got off the ship and died in the hospital, which can be described as extremely devastating.

Therefore, after these people leave the country, they are quite resentful of their descendants, and it is one of their obsessions to be able to achieve something outside and glorify their hometown.

This is exactly the case with Ishikawa Takeshi, and he himself is indeed short of money, so he is naturally overjoyed to hear that Ning Zhiheng is willing to pull him to do business together.

Ning Zhiheng asked again: "Ishikawa-kun, do you know that General Uehara is still in Shanghai?" I just came back and plan to visit him, after all, the general also takes great care of me! ”

When Ishikawa Takeshi heard this, he already knew in his heart that when the war was about to start, Fujiwara Tomohito was in Shanghai, but he left quickly, and the losses of those young men who were temporarily recruited in the early days of the war were very large.

Thinking that Fujiwara-kun could leave Shanghai in time and go to Hong Kong to avoid trouble when the battle situation was not clear, I am afraid that he was reminded by General Uehara.

"General Uehara is now on the front line in Nanjing, and now the front line is progressing smoothly, and it is estimated that after Nanjing, the front will be pushed forward, and he, as the person in charge of managing military intelligence, is estimated to not be able to return in a short time." Takeshi Ishikawa replied.

"But there should be a chance, after all, Shanghai is the headquarters of the intelligence agency in East China, and General Uehara will come back sooner or later to preside over the work."

Ning Zhiheng nodded, and then said: "I found a middleman today and asked him to find and buy a property for me, and I plan to live in Shanghai for a long time, and I will ask Ishikawa-kun to take care of me in the future!" ”

Ishikawa Takeshi was even more happy when he heard Ning Zhiheng's words, Ning Zhiheng was ready to live in Shanghai for a long time, which showed that he really attached importance to his proposal, and the matter of this trade line was more secure.

He carefully inquired about Ning Zhiheng's specific situation, and immediately nodded and said: "I understand, these brokers can't do it accurately, it's nothing more than spending money to find a way, for the sake of insurance, or I will go to the city hall to ask, these Chinese stranded properties should be under their management, and I will book a set, it's not a big problem." ”

Ning Zhiheng said with a smile: "With Ishikawa-kun coming forward, then there will be no problem, thank you!" ”

Ishikawa Takeshi looked at Ning Zhiheng and shook his head, nodded at him with his hand, and said indifferently: "Fujiwara-kun, you are still too popular, do you still need to be polite to those merchants as our identity?" You just need to take out the name of your Fujiwara family, how dare they compete with us. ”

His meaning is obvious, the people who want to buy a good property are none other than those ordinary merchants, but Japanese society is clearly classified, and if there are nobles among the buyers, those ordinary merchants generally will not compete with them.

Of course Ning Zhiheng understands this, but his aristocratic status is not afraid of investigation in China, but if he acts too high-profile, once he attracts the attention of people with a heart and really investigates it, it will be difficult to say that there is no problem.

So he was still ready to use money to solve the problem, but now that Ishikawa Takeshi is willing to come forward, he naturally can't ask for it.

The two of them discussed it at the moment, and talked for a long time, then they stopped drinking and drove back to the Kasuga Hotel, and the two broke up and left.

That night, in a villa in the French Concession, Huo Yueze and Ji Hongyi were sitting opposite Phillips, the military attache of the US Consulate.

Phillips was in his early forties, tall in stature, with curly blond hair characteristic of Westerners, and deep, sunken eyes that gleamed with a hint of fineness.

"Mr. Chen, it is indeed a very correct choice for you to find me, I don't know what I can do to help you." Phillips, who speaks fluent Chinese, asked with a smile.

"Mr. Phillips, let's get straight to the point, I want to buy a batch of TNT explosives and some munitions in the shortest possible time, here is the list." Huo Yueze opened his mouth and handed a list to Phillips.