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Gao Shan Hui rushed to go, Okabe Saburo waited for him to leave and picked up the letter from the consul of the United States and read it, although it was an ordinary official letter, but it was more like a note, and what it said was not all about the detention of Zhang Kun, the general office of the Bank of Kanto, but more importantly, about the detention of the steamer of the Tonghua Steamship Company with the background of the United States. The language on the letter was extremely businesslike, and even a little arrogant, and Okabe Saburo read it and twisted the letter tightly into a ball.

However, the same thing he can do, the current diplomatic situation can not let him take any tough measures against the United States - after more than a year of war, Japan's national strength has been exhausted, and the reservists in their forties on the front line are common, although Japan won a complete victory in the naval battle last month, but this did not help much for the war on the 6th, and now what Japan hopes most is to be in the United States President Theodore. Under Roosevelt's mediation, Japan retained its vested interests and demanded large reparations from Russia.

"Tamura-san, did you find anything on that ship?" Saburo Okabe asked.

"Your Excellency, nothing was found up there."

"No?! Was the search careful? Okabe Saburo asked again, according to the confession of the North Koreans, the fake military tickets were transported by the cargo ship of Tonggu Tonghua Company, and the person who connected him was in a big money bank in Andong, called Boss Fan. With such detailed information, Okabe detained the ship of Tonghua Steamship Company on Ji'an's side, and at the same time arrested Zhang Kun, but who knew that it was a busy job in vain.

"Very carefully, except for some table salt, there is no contraband."

"Then let the boat go." Okabe said helplessly. He felt that this matter had not been done well, and he was afraid that his future promotion would be useless.

"Your Excellency......" The assistant knew the pressure of the Japanese base camp on Anton's side, "I will drive the ship to the shipyard and dismantle and search." ”

"No, I can't. Now that the United States has occupied a foothold in Liaodong, once no evidence is found, under the protests of the United States, our rights and interests in South Manchuria will be lost, and we cannot make a big deal at this time. Inform Ji'an, let go! "Okabe was not carried away by the merits and the like. The interests of Great Japan were much more important than his promotion.

"Hay!" Tamura bowed deeply to Saburo Okabe in reverence.

As soon as Gao Shan Huitong returned to the interrogation room, he dragged Zhang Kun to the interrogation room without saying a word, and before Zhang Kun entered the interrogation room, he had already heard the sound of leather whips and screams inside, and when he walked inside, the smell of feces and blood hit his nose, and a bloody man was being hung and tortured. Gao Shan Huitong asked people to hang Zhang Kun up. Looking at the discolored face of this superior person, he laughed, "Mr. Zhang, you sell the ** votes of the Great Japanese Emperor, the crime is unforgivable!" ”

"Fart! Where's the proof? From the eyes of Gao Shan Huitong, Zhang Kun saw a kind of color, and the villain's ambition was like this. He knows the matter of military tickets very well, if he can find out here, unless the banknote printing factory in Shanghai is ended, but this banknote printing factory was in charge of him before, and he knows the details very well. He believes that little Japan will come up with evidence for his death!

"Your confession is...... Evidence. Takayama said, he hadn't finished speaking. His eyes fell on the gold watch that Zhang Kun was wearing in his left hand, he swallowed his saliva, stood on tiptoe and wanted to take off the gold watch, but he was too short, and he was a cripple, so he scolded when he couldn't reach it: "Red deer! Put the rope down. ”

The rope was finally lowered, and Takayama took off the gold watch and carefully wiped it with his sleeve. Then I put it in my ear and listened to the voice, and then I was satisfied and stuffed it into my arms, and Gao Shan Huitong, who felt that he had gained a lot, had a better attitude, and said with a smile, "Zhang Sang, if you explain things honestly, you can ...... it."

The gold watch is Zhang Kun's beloved thing. Seeing that he had taken it away, he scolded: "Robber! A litter of robbers! ”

Seeing Zhang Kun's hard mouth, Gao Shan would be furious, "Baga! His eyes rolled around. Pointing at the bucket next to him, the two Japanese soldiers dragged Zhang Kun to the bucket, and then pressed his head down. I don't know how much time this water has been here, Zhang Kun suddenly entered the water, only felt that it was extremely smelly, and struggled hard, but was held down by the two hands above, so that he was exhausted in one breath in his chest, only to exhale and pour a throat of stinky water, cough and cough can't cough out, only feel dizzy, chest swelling, just when he thought his lungs were going to explode, the two hands above loosened, he poked his head out, coughing and panting.

"Quack...... Mr. Zhang, why are you bothering, you are forbidden to drink alcohol, not to eat and drink. Gao Shan said a rare smooth sentence, "If you can sue me, where did the military ticket come from, our Japanese Empire will protect you, and your money business will get bigger and bigger......

Zhang Kun couldn't cough up the water in his lungs, but Gao Shan Huitong spoke in his ear, and he still understood the meaning of the Japanese very well, and only after he coughed for a while, he suppressed his breath and said: "Don't think!" ”

"Humph!" Gao Shan Huitong felt that this superior person did not seem to be as easy to deal with as he imagined, and he was furious for a while, and he personally pressed Zhang Kun into the water without waiting for the order, this time he was immersed in the water for a lot longer than last time, and when Gao Shan let go, it was not Zhang Kun who got up by himself, but the Japanese soldiers dragged him out of the water, and Zhang Kun who came out did not move for a long time, only waiting for Gao Shan to punch him in the chest a few times, and then coughed out fiercely. Looking at Zhang Kun, who was dying, Gao Shan would inform him that he couldn't come again, otherwise he would die. He scolded: "Red deer! Hang him up. ”

Zhang Kun was tormented in the water all afternoon, and when it came to the end, Gao Shan Huitong's question changed, no longer saying that he was reselling military tickets, but that he did not collect military tickets, although Zhang Kun was tortured hard enough, but when he heard this, he understood that the Japanese had nothing to do with themselves, and they had been thinking about what they had been thinking about with water torture, he guessed that maybe he would be able to go back at night. Zhang Kun's guess was completely correct, the Japanese were worried about something, and at the same time he was put out of prison in the evening, but instead of going home, it was - the execution ground!

It was already dusk, and there were wooden poles standing on the wasteland to the west of the barracks, and the prisoners in rags and wounded were dragged to the side of the pillars like dead dogs. As a result, the officer just waved his hand, and the outermost person carried the dead man away.

"Ready...... Shoot! The executing officer shouted, "Bang bang bang...... after a row of gunshots, the screams were gone, and the whole world was clear.

Looking at Zhang Kun's stunned face, Gao Shan Huitong found some satisfaction. He smiled and said, "Zhang Sang, you are dishonest and very unfriendly to the Great Japanese Empire. I'll have to leave you to them. Zhang Kun's throat was dry, but he didn't speak, Gao Shan Huitong said, "I'm right here." If you don't want to die, you can call me. ”

As soon as he finished speaking. Zhang Kun was dragged over by two Japanese soldiers, dragged to the pillar and tied up with the rope he had brought before, Zhang Kun did not struggle, he understood at this time that the Japanese really wanted to shoot him here. His body trembled, but he didn't scream and struggle, he didn't care about it. It is more clear that begging for mercy and shouting is useless, as for confessing the inside story of the military ticket, then he will not die, the foreigner has killed his father, is it possible that the son wants to take refuge in the foreigner in order to save his life? What's more, the revival will be for the well-being of all the people in the world, compared with national hatred, what is the value of not avenging family feuds? Approaching the threshold of shooting. Zhang Kun's mind was in turmoil, but he was smart enough to get himself out of his thoughts, and he only looked at the mountains covered in twilight in the distance, and he was extremely calm.

"Prepare ......" the executing officer shouted again, this time in a tone that seemed to drag on a little longer, but finally, he shouted, "Shoot!" ”

"Bang bang bang ......" another row of guns rang out. Zhang Kun, who closed his eyes and waited for death, showed that he could still breathe after the gunshot, and he did not seem to be injured. When he was in a trance, Okabe Saburo's voice rang out, he slapped Takayama twice and said loudly: "Zhang Sang is a friend of the Great Japanese Empire, how can you make such a joke on him!" ”

After he finished teaching Takayama Huitong, he hurried over again, while several Japanese soldiers were tied and untied. He bowed deeply to Zhang Kun and said loudly: "Zhang Sang, it is not good to be in the lower control, and it frightens you. ”

Zhang Kun understood that this was a Japanese calculation when Okabe Saburo taught Takayama Huitong. He was ruthless in his heart, but he had a smile on his face, "Mr. Okabe is too polite." Just now, I was just very curious about your prison cell, so I asked Mr. Takayama to take me on a tour of the torture room, and then I wanted to see the execution site again and experience what it was like to be shot. Mr. Okabe misunderstood. ”

Zhang Kun's words shocked Okabe Saburo's heart, the idea of fake shooting was his idea, when Zhang Kun was tied to the pillar just now, he was still watching from the side, he couldn't see that Zhang Kun was shaking all over his body in the twilight, but he felt that Zhang Kun didn't shout or make trouble before he was sentenced, he was really a man. It is not easy to see death as home, but Zhang Kun was not angry afterwards, how can such a person not be shocked?

"I'm so sorry." Okabe Saburo bowed again, he only felt that he should not offend such a person. "Please let me hold a banquet in Taibai Mansion the day after tomorrow to make amends to Zhang Sang."

"Hehe, Mr. Okabe, really don't be too polite. What sin is this? Zhang Kun was relieved, patted the dust on his clothes, and said: "When I was executed just now, I only felt that the gold watch was too heavy, so I let Mr. Gao Shan take it, thank you so much." ”

As soon as Zhang Kun said the gold watch, Gao Shanhui's face turned red, but fortunately no one saw it in the twilight, so he hurriedly took out the gold watch that had been covered with heat from his arms and handed it over with both hands. Zhang Kun chuckled in his heart when he saw him like this, took it and took it, and walked out of the execution ground accompanied by them.

The news that Zhang Kun was taken away by the Japanese before he arrived at the guild in the morning suddenly spread throughout Anton, and everyone was shocked for a while, and when they were discussing countermeasures, they heard that Zhang Kun was involved in the counterfeiting of Japanese military tickets, so he was taken away. The messenger said that he had a nose and an eye, and also said that the steamer carrying military tickets had been detained in Ji'an, and tens of millions of military tickets had been checked on it.

Hearing such news, the people in the Shahe Annual Value Guild who were discussing the rescue dispersed. It was only in the afternoon that news was received that not a single hair had been found on the steamer on the Ji'an side, and that the American consul had already sent a note to the Japanese consul, saying that the American company's steamer could not be seized without reason without conclusive evidence. The situation went down and down, and the big guys gathered at the house of President Zhang Kecheng to discuss countermeasures, and stayed until sunset, and heard that the American minister in the capital also asked about the matter, and the matter rose to this level, even if they were guilty, they couldn't die, so everyone ran to the gate of the Japanese military camp in a sedan chair to protest - Zhang Kun is Anton's god of wealth, and the amount of money he has from the Kanto Bank is huge, and these people have borrowed a lot, and this is not only a few days and months, but a few years, and the interest is very low. The fast hands and feet have already bought a silk reeling machine with a loan and opened a silk reeling factory.

As soon as Zhang Kun came out of the barracks, the lords said hello loudly, and Zhang Kun saw that so many people came to cheer. I couldn't help but make a four-way gesture, but when he was about to walk to his foreign car, he pressed his hand at everyone, and then turned to Okabe Saburo and said: "Mr. Okabe, when I came this morning, I was to assist in the investigation of the military ticket case, and now that the investigation is over, you must give me and everyone an explanation." Our reputation for doing business is number one. I hope that Mr. Okabe will understand. ”

Okabe Saburo is now a failed plan, Beijing's instructions scolded him all over the place, and now he wanted to quietly send Zhang Kun away, who knew that Zhang Kun asked him to give an explanation in front of so many people, and the explanation could be given, but he gave an explanation in front of so many people. Then I'm afraid he won't be able to do it anymore in the future. Okabe Saburo only looked at Zhang Kun, and Zhang Kun also looked at Okabe Saburo, in the intertwining of his eyes, Okabe Saburo finally lowered his body, bowed slightly to Zhang Kun in the expectation of everyone, and said, "It's really that we are too reckless." Mr. Zhang is innocent! ”

"Good! Good! …… Master Zhang is enough! The onlookers immediately clapped their hands and shouted, since the Japanese entered Anton last year. The whole market was made by them, and last time they actually sent troops to surround the guild, which really regarded Anton as a Japanese colony, and now I saw the Japanese consul bow to Zhang Kun and apologize, and my heart was full of ambition for a while.

Zhang Kun saw that Saburo Okabe was so able to bend and stretch, but he was a little taboo in his heart, so he said, "Mr. Okabe." I have a temper, and I forget about bad things when I sleep. ”

Zhang Kun said it tactfully, but Saburo Okabe knew that this matter was over, and said to Zhang Kun: "I really hope that Mr. Zhang is our friend of Japan." ”

"Hehe, Mr. Okabe, let's treat us as human beings first." Zhang Kun said, hugged his fists and saluted. went to the foreign car, Bai Siwen had already opened the door, but as soon as he bent his knees to get into the car, his legs were weak. When he was about to fall, Bai Swen held him up. "Young master, be careful."

Zhang Kun's heart warmed when he heard this, but he just nodded and didn't speak. He had not finished his grain of rice from morning to now, and he had been tortured and frightened, and he didn't know how much sweat had come out, and now as soon as he sat in the car, his previous strength dissipated, and he fell asleep in the car before he got home.

With the flood of military tickets, the credit of military tickets plummeted, not only merchants, but even those coolies who worked for the Japanese army, all fled on a large scale because the Japanese army only had military tickets. Against the backdrop of public opinion and the general trend of peace mediation, Japan announced the next day that the Yokohama Zhengjin Bank would handle the business of exchanging military bills for military bills in Shengjing, Liaoyang, Dalian, Niuzhuang and other places next month, and Anton was said to also set up a Zhengjin Bank office to be responsible for the exchange of military bills.

Du Yaquan, who came to hear the news, listened to Zhang Kun talk about the previous incident, and finally asked, "Xingjian, there are so many fake military tickets, if the Japanese don't even redeem the real tickets, won't the people suffer?" ”

"No, Brother Qiu Fan. When I first printed the tickets, I deliberately told the printing house not to print them so deeply, that kind of fake military tickets, the patterns and papers are real, but the colors on them are printed lightly, and the color falls off after a few hard blows. "Zhang Kun has already thought about these things.

"Oh." Du Yaquan didn't understand the so-called deep and shallow seals, and he was relieved when he heard what Zhang Kun said would not harm the people, but, "Then we don't lose all the prints, what about those costs and wages?" ”

Seeing that Du Yaquan was worried that the votes would harm the people, and that he was worried that he would lose money, Zhang Kun smiled on his face and said: "This kind of seal is only the most shallow, and there are three million that are deep, and these Japanese can't tell the difference." The Japanese have been collecting military tickets, and it is only at the end of the day that they know that they have included fake tickets by comparing the number of money printed. The more than 3 million, minus the cost and labor, is still very profitable. ”

Zhang Kun said, Du Yaquan is completely relieved, but Du Yaquan is relieved, but Zhang Kun has always been worried, although the counterfeiting of military tickets has caused the credibility of Japanese military bills, but now the Zhengjin Bank is about to come up, although the revival will have a lot of money, but no matter how much it is, there is no way to compare with the Zhengjin Bank with a national background.

"Brother Qiu Fan, does the new governor Zhao Erxun have anything to do with it?" Zhang Kun asked, this time Du Yaquan only wanted to see if he was fine, and Zhang Kun wanted to see Du Yaquan because he had other things.

"There's some connection." Zhang Rongzhi forgot to make friends with Huang Zhonghui's father, and Huang Siyong, the champion of the Ministry of Commerce, still has some friendship with him, this Huang Siyong has been a clerk in the Taiping Army for many years. "How are you doing?"

"Now the Japanese military tickets are ruined. But Zhengjin Bank came up again, and I felt that the Japanese had a plan, so I ......" Zhang Kun wanted to continue, but was interrupted by Du Yaquan.

"Plotted? Is it to attack Tonghua? Du Yaquan exclaimed, there are no Russian troops in this area of Tonghua, so the Japanese army has no excuse to enter, but the war is over and peace talks have begun. The Japanese began to run around, even if there were Japanese people asking to visit Tonghua New Town, but the new city was a private site, and the factory protection team would not let these Japanese in.

"It's not. No. "Zhang Kun knew that Du Yaquan had misunderstood." I'm talking about money, and Japan's Yokohama Zhengjin Bank has already set up points in Niuzhuang, Dalian, Lushun, Shengjing, Tieling, and Dandong. Now the recovery of military stamps is to use the bank notes of Zhengjin Bank, and they just want the next big flag. ”

"Doesn't that mean what we've done before is useless?" Du Yaquan understood what he meant, and what Japan was trying to do was financial power.

"Not anymore. Japanese military stamps are compulsory, and they have to be held regardless of whether they are collected or not. Zhengjin Bank is a commercial institution, and they have already issued bank bills before, which can be exchanged for huàn into silver dollars. Besides, it is a foreign trade bank designated by the Japanese government, responsible for foreign exchange settlement and foreign expansion, and it is impossible to go bankrupt, turning those straw-like military bills into bank bills of genuine gold, and the money in the pockets of the common people is considered stable, and they can only spend the military tickets by buying Japanese goods if they no longer try. However, I am worried that Zhengjin Bank will use this exchange to expand the scope of his bank bills, and the common people may not be in a hurry to exchange bank bills when they know that they can exchange them for silver. ”

"Can't you just exchange the military ticket for silver at that time?"

"How is that possible?" Zhang Kun said with a smile. "Now that Japan's war has ended, there is no money at all, and if the Japan-Russia peace talks are good if Russia pays reparations, if it can't pay reparations, then Japan will be saddled with 800 million national debts. Therefore, before the results of the negotiations come out, Zhengjin Bank will definitely limit the amount of silver dollars to huàn, and after the negotiations. If Russia does not pay reparations, and if there is no new debt in the treasury, then the problem is very great. At that time, it will be possible to run on the bank, even if Japan will support him in the name of the state. But Zhengjin's credibility has collapsed. ”

"Oh." Du Yaquan said again, his work is mainly industry, and he doesn't know anything about the money industry, he thinks that he should take a good look at the things on the money industry when he brings it back, so as not to only say "oh".

"Before Fengtian, there was an official money and silver number, but Gengzi was only looted by the Russians, and the official money and silver account resumed business the year before last, but last year the Russo-Japanese War began, after the military disaster, the business was depressed, the money was very tight, and the influence of the official money and silver account declined, which is also the reason why the Kwantung bank bills can quickly occupy the mountainous area of Liaodong. Now that the new governor has arrived, it will naturally rectify the money industry, and if we can accept the official money and silver number, and turn it into an official supervision and business office, or a joint government and business, it will be of great benefit to us to control the money industry in the Northeast, at least, the paper tickets issued by the number can pass through all parts of the Northeast. Zhang Kun has been thinking about this problem for a long time, and now seeing that Zhengjin Bank has a big trend, he can't help but let go of his caution and plans to start promoting the exhibition of this matter.

"If it's the government's supervision and business, it's fine, if it's the government's business...... "Du Yaquan also thinks this method is good, but he is worried that the Manchu Qing will suddenly turn his face and deny people.

"Whether it is an official supervision or a joint operation of government and business, the dominance of this silver trumpet must be grasped in our hands, and in the future, we will be familiar with the relations between various places through the official skin, so even if the Manchu Qing Dynasty drives us out of the silver trumpet in the future, it will not matter. As long as you are familiar with the shops and money banks in various places, the banknotes of the Kanto Bank are also useless. ”

If paper money is also used as a commodity, then the merchants, money banks, ticket numbers, and pawnshops are dealers, and what money these dealers make, it will eventually reach the hands of the people. The reason why the Kanto Bank was able to gain a foothold in Andong was because of the Tonghua Railway Company, but the railway of the Tonghua Railway Company was only in the mountains and forests of Liaodong. If you want to push paper money goods to the whole Northeast, you have to rely on the support of "dealers", but now China's financial industry is the jungle era, no matter how small the county government has its own money and ticket number, the Revival Association can not build the railway to the whole Northeast, but if it is through the official authority of the Manchu Dynasty, it will be different. Zhang Kun wants to borrow chickens to lay eggs - even if the Manchu Qing Dynasty clears the Kwantung Bank in the future, as long as the people in the branches are still there, with the old relationship before, it is very simple for the Kwantung Bank to become the largest in the Northeast.