Chapter 52: Tracking
Lu Yuan, who has storage space in hand, wants to dig tunnels, which is easy, but how to hide the soil excavated from the tunnels is the biggest trouble. So before the plan began, Lu Yuan first bought a residence in Hongkou District, as long as it was dark, Lu Yuan would use the night as a cover, using his own storage space to transport the soil back and forth, and the Suzhou Creek, which flowed quietly in the night, became the last place where Lu Yuan hid the soil.
The first tunnel that Lu Yuan dug was from his residence across several other houses to the bottom of a tavern on another street, which was diagonally opposite the tavern. If Lu Yuan wants to fight with the Japanese army in Hongkou District, he must set up multiple strongholds, and after seeing several places like this, Lu Yuan finally chose this tavern.
It took Lu Yuan two days to finally dig the first tunnel, which was simple compared to the tunnel dug by the Korean National Salvation Army for bank robbery. There were no wooden pillars or roofs to support the tunnel, and there were no lighting facilities, so the only thing Lu Yuan could do was to make the tunnel dry. Lu Yuan's actions were very secretive, and the process of digging the tunnel was not discovered, and with this tunnel, Lu Yuan had a great grasp of his plan.
It was three days after meeting Xu Huanshan again, and this time, Xu Huanshan brought detailed information about the Japanese army in Suzhou. "You've really decided?" Xu Huanshan still wants to persuade Lu Yuan to change his mind, although he doesn't know what Lu Yuan wants the intelligence of the Japanese army in Suzhou to do, but what Lu Yuan did in Baoding, Xu Huanshan has already known through the underground party, Suzhou is different from Baoding, Xu Huanshan is afraid that Lu Yuan will fall into trouble this time.
"Not as much trouble as you think? Don't you know what I'm capable of? Reaching out to take the information handed over by Xu Huanshan, Lu Yuan replied with a smile. I heard that in the near future, a batch of valuables may be shipped back to the Japanese mainland by the Japanese army, do you have any relevant information? We can cooperate, and after the matter is completed, you will take eighty percent. Xu was worried that Xu Huanshan would still be entangled in the affairs of Suzhou, so Lu Yuan collected the information and immediately changed the topic.
Sure enough, Xu Huanshan was very interested in Lu Yuan's remarks just now, there are often cargo ships returning to the Japanese mainland at the Shanghai wharf, and the underground party is upstream of the wharf, how can he not know that the Japanese army is constantly transporting so-called valuables to the Japanese mainland. Looking at Lu Yuan's appearance, Xu Huanshan knew that Lu Yuan was fighting the attention of the Shanghai Japanese army, and the cooperation of the Bank of Japan last time had obtained enough funds for the activities of the Shanghai underground party organization for several years, and if there was another opportunity like that, Xu Huanshan would not give up anything.
Seeing Xu Huanshan, he looked at himself without blinking, although he didn't speak, Lu Yuan knew that Xu Huanshan and they must have an inside line in the dock. "There is no need to make any plans for this matter, as long as you can get the specific content and time, I will take care of the rest." Lu Yuan rarely assures anyone, but when dealing with Xu Huanshan, Lu Yuan has never deceived the Shanghai underground party represented by Xu Huanshan.
Originally, he met with Lu Yuan just to pass on some information and information, but Xu Huanshan didn't expect in advance that he would suddenly give birth to one and then take action. After a slight groan, Xu Huanshan nodded at Lu Yuan, saying that he could cooperate with Lu Yuan this time. "As you just said, I will immediately arrange an internal line for investigation, but you also have to be careful, don't put your life on the line for some dead things." Xu Huanshan was worried about Lu Yuan both inside and outside of his words, but the latter was disdainful of this, after all, there were some things that he couldn't explain to Xu Huanshan.
After finishing the meeting with Xu Huanshan, Lu Yuan, who left the meeting place, did not immediately return to Hongkou District, but went straight to the bar where Hans used to be. The owner of the bar has long since changed hands again, and the current owner is Italian, and the business of the bar is much worse than before Hans left, and there are often suspicious-looking people in the bar. When Lu Yuan walked into the bar, he immediately noticed this, but Lu Yuan just pretended not to notice those people.
"Hey, look who this is! Lu, you haven't been here in a long time. Before Lu Yuan sat down in front of the bar, a big fat man appeared beside him. Seeing the person coming, Lu Yuan unconsciously tilted the corners of his mouth to show a smile, this big fat man with exaggerated movements is a black market merchant like Hans, but he doesn't have a background like Hans, so he has never been in contact with the business of intelligence trading.
"Hi Stone, long time no see." Lu Yuan smiled and raised his right hand, gave a high-five to the chubby Stone with a smile on his face, and then asked the bartender behind the bar for two beers. "Stone, I'll ask for this cup, if you still want to continue, then you will have to pay for it yourself." Lu Yuan deliberately pretended to be stingy, but the smile on the corner of his mouth immediately betrayed him, and the amused Stone laughed again.
"Forget it, Lu, I know you're not a stingy person, don't forget, we're old acquaintances." Stone picked up the beer in front of him, and with an expression that I know you very well, Chong Lu Yuan affirmed with disdain. "But I'm a little curious why when I go back home, old Hans will sell the bar, and you won't show up again. Can you tell me about it? What have you been doing all this time? ”
What Lu Yuan has done during this time is naturally not good to say to Stone, so Lu Yuan glanced at Stone, and then talked about other things. "I heard you're still in the cream business? I know a very rich guy who wants to buy some cream. I know you're a very reputable person, so I'd like to introduce you to this business. How, do you want to do this business? Lu Yuan squinted at Stone, obviously waiting for Stone to make a decision.
Stone is an arms dealer from Italy, and the cream mentioned in Lu Yuan's mouth actually refers to *, and Stone can get the best performance*. The chubby Stone didn't answer Lu Yuan immediately, but raised his head and took a sip of beer, and after secretly paying attention to Lu Yuan's expression, Stone winked at Lu Yuan. "No problem, my friend, as long as the transaction is over, I will give you your share according to the rules."
According to the rules of the black market, Stone who made the shipper must pay a certain remuneration to the introducer Lu Yuan after the transaction is completed, and the consignee also needs to pay a certain remuneration to Lu Yuan. Lu Yuan smiled secretly in his heart, but he didn't say it explicitly, looking at Stone with a smile on his face, Lu Yuan just nodded and smiled.
There are rules in the black market, but after the Japanese army took full control of Shanghai, every move in the black market could hardly escape the surveillance of the Japanese intelligence agencies. However, Stone is an Italian, Italy and Japan are natural allies, and the special high school will not use direct censorship against Stone, and the fat and black-hearted Stone is not a fuel-efficient guy, so Lu Yuan is not worried that Stone will sell himself to the special high school at all.
Remembering the phone number Stone had left for him, and agreeing to call him two days later, Lu Yuan left the bar. However, Lu Yuan, who left the bar, returned to the bar again after changing his outfit at a clothing store at the corner of the street in front. About half an hour later, the chubby Stone left the bar and walked aimlessly down the street with two Italian men, and Lu Yuan saw this and quietly followed.
* It's expensive, and Lu Yuan needs a lot of gold, and Lu Yuan's storage space is almost enough to pay Stone, but he doesn't want to give this gold to the greedy Stone. After following the three of Stone all the way forward, crossing several streets in a row, and waiting outside a French restaurant for more than an hour, Lu Yuan continued to follow the three of Stone, who were full of wine and food, all the way to the outside of one of Stone's residences.
There are few people who are fluttering in the black market, and there are few people who are not bloody, and Hans has told Lu Yuan about Stone early in the morning, so Lu Yuan knows that this product is a stupid and black-hearted goods. Seeing that the three of Stone had entered the apartment in front, Lu Yuan turned around and entered a café across the street, and waited until it was dark and Lu Yuan, who had been sitting in the café for more than an hour, before getting up and leaving the café. Lu Yuan was originally going to raid Stone's residence, and then directly asked Stone where the arms warehouse was, but when he walked out of the café, he suddenly found that Stone himself drove a car out from behind the entrance of the apartment.
Lu Yuan immediately turned around and turned his face to the side of the store, believing that Stone in the car must not have seen him. Stone's car didn't drive fast, and Lu Yuan walked quickly through the alley on his side to another street, only to see Stone's car appear at the corner of the street. "Give you a hundred dollars, give me this bike." The rickshaw can't keep up with the car, and Lu Yuan doesn't want to run all the way, and the young man on the side of the street who is riding a bicycle has become a lucky one.
The young man who was ripped off the bicycle by Lu Yuan was about to get angry, but Lu Yuan suddenly stuffed a large roll of banknotes into his hand, in Shanghai, the strongest thing now is the US dollar, followed by the British pound and the ocean, and finally the Japanese yen and fiat currency. A hundred dollars is nothing to Lu Yuan, but if it is in the black market, enough to buy a brand new bicycle, there may be a large part of the surplus. Just as the young man was counting the bills, Stone's car slowly drove past Lu Yuan, who had his back to the street, and after Lu Yuan waited for the car to leave, he quietly followed on his bicycle.