The concession under the cover of night was particularly lively, but Lu Yuan had no time to appreciate the liveliness, and Lu Yuan, who had slept all afternoon after returning to his residence, was not woken up by the housekeeper Fu Bo until dinner. After a hurried dinner, Lu Yuan hurried to the Rose Bar, eager to know what kind of news Hansen would bring to him. As usual, the rose bar after the night appeared was crowded with all kinds of drinkers, and after greeting a few familiar drinkers one by one, Lu Yuan quietly went to Hansen's office in the bar at Hansen's signal.

"Lu, I said it, I don't want a commission for this business. So, please take this money back, I won't accept it. Pushing the gold bars and the ocean on the table back in front of Lu Yuan, Hansen showed his persistence. Lu Yuan had no choice but to put the gold bars and the ocean on the table back into his leather bag, since Han Sen did not agree to these gold bars and the ocean under his command, maybe they could be used in the operation to save the civilians of Nanjing.

After Lu Yuan put all the gold bars and Dayang on the table into his leather bag, Han Sen took out the weapon drawings that Lu Yuan had brought earlier, and said with a somewhat embarrassed expression, "Lu, I want to say that I'm sorry, I showed the consul these weapon drawings you sent." I would like to say that these things you have brought are very important and valuable, but obviously our consul does not have the same vision as me, so the German consul cannot agree to the help you want. ”

Watching Han Sen push those weapon drawings over little by little, Lu Yuan smiled and said, "Mr. Han Sen, I am very grateful to you for helping me do all this, just like you just said, it's not that these drawings of mine are worthless, it's just that your consul Mr. doesn't have the same vision as you." I don't feel bad about this, I just feel that the military of your country may have lost an opportunity to learn more about the infantry equipment of other Western countries. ”

Lu Yuan's words were a bit high-sounding, but Han Sen just ate him, and as soon as Lu Yuan's words fell, the weapon drawings on the table were snatched back by Han Sen. "No, I can't just give up so easily, maybe I can take them to Nanjing and give them a try. I have heard that the Imperial Military has sent a secret envoy to Nanking to hold talks with your Chairman Chiang, and I can try to get someone from the Imperial Military to see the drawings of these weapons, and perhaps the opinion of the military can change the decision made by Mr. Consul. ”

Han Sen's change in attitude was actually not unexpected by Lu Yuan, when Han Sen pushed back those weapon drawings just now, Lu Yuan had already seen the other party's reluctance from Han Sen's expression, so Lu Yuan said the high-sounding words just now. Fortunately, Lu Yuan's judgment was not wrong, and Han Sen, who has always been cunning as a fox, also willingly fell into the trap, since Han Sen said that he would go to Nanjing with these weapon drawings to lobby the military, then Lu Yuan planned to wait and see what would change.

"In that case, Mr. Hansen, please take Shuchmann and them with you when you go to Nanking. I mean, if your efforts in Nanking can get your consul to change his mind, Schuchmann and the others will be able to prepare in advance, and that's better than rushing to the end. Lu Yuan didn't give Hansen a chance to leave room or talk back, and pulled Hansen onto his thief ship in a few words.

"Hogg, here are $32,000 worth of gold bars and oceans, plus the dollars I gave you last time, which is enough money for you to build a camp in Nanking that can accommodate 10,000 refugees." After meeting with Hansen, Lu Yuan called Hogg and Schuchmann, who had been waiting for news, to his residence, and gave most of his harvest to Hogg. "Tomorrow, Hogg will go to Nanking with Mr. Hansen, and once Hansen convinces the German consul, Schuchmann, you will take those men you have recruited to Nanking to join Hogg."

"You don't have to worry about why the German consulate wants to help us, but you have to remember that you must use the German consulate to get in touch as soon as you arrive in Nanjing. At that time, the German consulate will provide you with a batch of military uniforms and weapons, and all you have to do is to rent a large number of houses in the area of Xiaofenqiao, Guangzhou Road, in Nanjing, preferably in one piece. I also want you to find a way to dig storage rooms and tunnels in the pavement of rented houses without attracting attention, and to stock up on large quantities of food and medicine in pieces. ”

"Then we may need to hire more people, maybe we also need doctors and nurses, and even plumbers and electricians." The content that Lu Yuan entrusted to Hogg was so large and strange that Schuhman muttered to himself.

"That's right, maybe we want to continue to hire more people, as I said, as long as you think there is no problem with the moral character of the expatriates in China, I am willing to hire them." Unbeknownst to Schuchman, his own soliloquy reminded Lu Yuan that if the scope of employment was extended to all foreigners in China, Schuchman's headache would no longer be a problem. At the suggestion of Hogg and Schuchmann, Lu Yuan's plan was repeatedly overturned and revised, and the original plan to hire 30 people was revised to 200 people.

"Okay, let me calm down first, I feel like I'm going bankrupt." Looking at the number of hires that Hogg had planned, Lu Yuan's face was very ugly at this time. The monthly salary is 300 US dollars, which is 1,800 US dollars for half a year, and the employment scale of 200 people is only the remuneration of these 200 people for half a year, and Lu Yuan has to pay 360,000 US dollars. Lu Yuan really couldn't think of where he could get hundreds of thousands of dollars, not to mention that this was only the salary of the personnel, and the establishment of the refugee camp would cost more money.

"Well, maybe I can do it." After calming down for a while, Lu Yuan's ugly face gradually returned to calm. "You don't have to worry about money, you just need to make the preliminary preparations according to my plan. I promise that I will close the funding gap within a week. Lu Yuan had already made a decision in his heart, but he couldn't tell Schuchmann and Hogg about it yet.

Lu Yuan, who couldn't sleep all night, had already gotten up early, and at this time in the past, he went back to the backyard for some endurance training, but today, he has been wandering around the hall, and his eyes will fall on the phone from time to time. Although he only met with Hansen last night, after a night, Lu Yuan looked forward to Hansen bringing him good news today. However, Lu Yuan's expectation was obviously in vain, and until noon, Lu Yuan's expected call still did not come.

"Well, I'm too anxious, maybe I should do something else." Lu Yuan couldn't explain too much to the housekeeper Fu Bo, so he had to leave the residence according to the plan he had made before, and he was going to talk to Xu Huanshan. Xu Huanshan and his underground party have been operating in Shanghai for many years, and their familiarity with Shanghai should be much stronger than his own, Lu Yuan believes that the funding gap on Hogg's side may fall on Xu Huanshan and their underground party.

Seeing Lu Yuan again, although Xu Huanshan was still dressed as a rickshaw driver, he was a little less vigilant and more familiar in his conversation with Lu Yuan. "Lao Xu, I need money very much these days, your underground party has been operating in Shanghai for many years, you should be able to be regarded as the head snake of the beach in Shanghai, is there any way to get money, show me a clear way for my brother." When Lu Yuan said this, Xu Huanshan, who was pulling the cart in front, immediately stumbled, and almost fell straight to the ground.

Silently glaring back at Lu Yuan, Xu Huanshan turned around and continued to pull the car, but said in a low voice, "I said that your kid fell into the eyes of money, let's rob the Japanese tobacco twice, you kid didn't forget to kick the money in your pocket." Especially yesterday at Shuixi Bridge, we alone have allocated enough funds for our activities for a whole year, you kid is lonely in Shanghai, what do you want so much money for? ”

Lu Yuan's angry answer to Xu Huanshan only pouted disdainfully, and then kicked the pedal of the rickshaw with his foot, and also lowered his voice and smiled at Xu Huanshan, "What do you care about what I want so much money for, let me ask you, your underground party has been in Shanghai for so many years, don't you know where the residence of corrupt officials is?" I won't ask you for information in vain, and after the matter is completed, according to the black market practice, no matter how much I get, I will give you a 10% honorarium. ”

Seeing that Xu Huanshan didn't answer him immediately, Lu Yuan continued, "Old Xu, can't you still trust me?" Besides, I'm just asking you for some information, and I'm not asking you to do anything that hurts the heavens or the Weihai organization. Think about it, if you have more money for your activities, you will be able to buy better equipment for your people, improve their living conditions, or use the money you have to buy some supplies for your base camp. Lao Xu, if you think about it carefully, I'm helping you. ”

Xu Huanshan was indeed a little moved by Lu Yuan's words, but he did not reply to Lu Yuan immediately, but said that he would only make a decision after going back to discuss. Lu Yuan didn't continue to persecute Xu Huanshan, he also knew the truth of going too far, and walked around the concession aimlessly in Xu Huanshan's rickshaw for a while, until he saw the White Russian bakery on the street, Lu Yuan let Xu Huanshan, who was already sweating, leave angrily.

Lu Yuan actually knew that he couldn't pin all his hopes on the Shanghai underground party, but he couldn't think of any other way now, not to mention that Lu Yuan was only targeting those upper-class people who had huge wealth and secretly colluded with the Japanese, if Lu Yuan could get the intelligence support of the Shanghai underground party, the funding gap on Hogg's side would not be a problem.