Nanyang 1931: From piglets to giants

Chapter 245 The return journey is imminent. Will Osaka or Nagoya also join the Southern Alliance?

Although more and more things had happened in Southeast Asia while Zheng Yi was away, some of which were quite tricky, Zheng Yi still insisted on staying in Japan until the beginning of 1947.

He had even wanted to wait until the end of the Tokyo Trial, but this so-called International Court was too slow in its work. The trial began on May 46, 5, and it had not yet been completed after more than half a year.

Zheng Yi was helpless and had to send Xu Shengli from Penang as his representative to participate on his behalf. He himself really couldn't stay any longer.

Before leaving, even Zheng Yi couldn't help but feel a little emotional when sorting out what he had gained in Japan over the past few months.

He moved three of the four major pre-war conglomerates to Singapore, and he personally held a 30% stake. Of course, after arriving in Singapore, he had to arrange for them to be split up.

Throughout Japan, in large factories, except for iron and steel furnaces, chemical blast furnaces, and shipbuilding gantry cranes, which were too difficult to relocate and had to remain in Japan, all other small and medium-sized equipment that could be moved had been moved away. Japan's entire industrialization process had regressed by at least thirty years.

The backbone population of the entire Japanese society has been lost by more than two million, and Zheng Yi has set up immigration offices in all major cities in Japan to welcome Japanese people to immigrate to Southeast Asia.

Of course, the threshold will be relatively high. Subsequent immigrants must know some Chinese. If they do not have a high school degree or above, they must at least have a skill to prove that they are the ones who slipped through the net in this big package.

Or she may be unmarried, under 30 years old, and a really beautiful woman.

Of course, it’s also okay to be rich. Anyone who can buy at least one house in the commercial housing area of ​​Penang will always be welcome in the Southern Alliance.

Eight universities, with a total of 300,000 teachers and students, and even some junior and senior high school teachers, are now in Singapore.

As the saying goes, no matter how poor one is, one must not be poor in education. The Chinese in Nanyang have always attached great importance to education. In addition, Zheng Yi was personally in charge of it, and the Singaporean side did not dare to neglect it. It was certainly impossible to build the new school building so quickly, but it did provide accommodation for these 300,000 people.

The school was divided into various administrative agencies of the former British colonists, and classes began directly in the former British offices.

Japan's land reform was still continuing in full swing, but with Zhao Chunshu and the Yugoslav Allied Forces behind him personally involved, the speed was much faster than in history. Of course, the chaos was also much greater. For several months, there was not a single day without shooting and deaths.

According to conservative estimates, at least 100,000 Japanese have been killed in recent months. Although this has created many hidden dangers, the campaign is indeed progressing smoothly.

Zheng Yi received so many complaints and letters of appeal that they filled two large boxes, but Zheng Yi threw them all away without even looking at them. Even when Toyota Risaburo personally went to him to plead for him, it was of no use.

In his opinion, none of the Japanese landlords in the rural areas were innocent. Almost all of them were participants in the war of aggression against China, or even instigators. There were almost no high-ranking military officers in their families.

Zhao Chunshu and his gang might indeed go a little too far in their actions, even forcing women of good families into prostitution. He didn't know how this guy got connected with the Syrian Free Army in the Middle East.

You have to know that Syria during this period was the only region in the world that still had a super-large, legal, human trafficking market.

As far as he knew, Zhao Chunshu had sold quite a few people there during this period, both men and women.

He just chose to pretend that he didn't know. When Toyota Risaburo and Yoshida found him, he just said that he would investigate thoroughly.

So I can’t find it out because my ability is limited.

These people would not find it difficult to accept even if Zhao Chunshu killed their entire family.

The South Asian Alliance has always been particular about clear grudges when dealing with Japan. Zheng Yi can use the excuse of "being blinded by the Showa government" to open up for ordinary Japanese people who have nothing to do with the war, or relatively little to do with it, and even except for those ordinary and ordinary grassroots soldiers of special corps such as the Chrysanthemum Corps, who have committed war crimes and are just waiting for and accepting the results of the Tokyo Trial.

In fact, as far as he knew, although it was a gray area, the people from the Xiamen Chamber of Commerce and the Qiongzhou Chamber of Commerce recruited at least more than 3,000 Japanese naval soldiers in Japan.

Because Singapore wanted to develop its shipping business, it really lacked sailors with relevant experience, so Zheng Yi could only turn a blind eye.

But as for the so-called aristocratic group that actually advanced the war process and played a leading role in the war process, Zheng Yi really hoped that all these remnants of the war would go to hell.

As a big shot who must be respectable in the international arena, there are some things he cannot do, and he must also maintain his image as a civilized and polite person.

Most of Japan's coal mines, silver mines, metallurgy, chemical industry, Sumitomo Bank, and core land in major cities such as Tokyo and Osaka are owned by the Sumitomo Group.

Under Zheng Yi's strong suggestion and unremitting efforts, all the management of the Sumitomo Group and Japanese military war criminals were sent to the military court.

This oldest Japanese conglomerate, which is said to have a history of more than 300 years, even longer than the Qing Dynasty, finally disappeared in Zheng Yi's hands and became real history.

All of Sumitomo's industries were split up and auctioned off, but no one in Japan had much money these days, and even if they did, they didn't dare to show it, so most of these industries fell into the hands of the Southern Alliance during the auction.

Zheng Yi himself did not participate. He had already earned enough money and had no interest in real estate in Japan. However, other people in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, especially the Japanese in Penang, were like a group of greedy vultures and began to feast on Sumitomo's corpse.

I heard that even Toyota Risaburo bought an entire street in Ginza and entrusted it to Zhao Chunshu for management.

Of course, there are also some small gadgets that Zheng Yi wants to take away as much as possible before leaving.

"Xizhi bows his head: The grief and chaos are extreme. First the tomb was buried and then the tragedies are severe. I recall the atrocities, and I cry out in despair. The pain pierces my heart and soul. What can I do? Even though repairs have been made, they have not been able to be restored. The grief is even deeper. What can I do? I am choked up as I write, and I don't know what to say! Xizhi bows his head and bows his head."

Still in his office at the University of Tokyo, Zheng Yi couldn't help but nod repeatedly as he looked at Wang Xizhi's "Sangluan Tie":
"It's truly worthy of being the work of a calligrapher. Look at this character, it's like a flying dragon and a dancing phoenix, like iron painting and silver hooks. It's a wonderful work, a supreme treasure of Chinese civilization."

He actually didn't know much about calligraphy, but he was very clear about the weight of these three words "Wang Xizhi".

This "Sangluan Tie" has always been considered one of Japan's national treasures, although the Japanese side has always said that this thing was obtained by their Japanese envoys to the Tang Dynasty through legitimate diplomatic means as early as the Tang Dynasty.

But who the hell would believe that!

Wang Xizhi's things were also national treasures in the Tang Dynasty, and were definitely royal collections. Which Tang Dynasty emperor would be so unreliable as to reward them to the Japanese slaves?
No matter how it came about, whether legally or illegally, it is Zheng Yi's now, so it can be considered as returning the property to its original owner.

"Mr. Yoshida, that's thoughtful of you. I like this parting gift very much." After putting the things away, Zheng Yi nodded to Yoshida with satisfaction.

Yoshida's expression was certainly not good, and could even be described as unpleasant. Although it was unlikely that this "Sangluan Tie" was obtained by the Tang Dynasty envoys, it was definitely predating the Japanese invasion of China and was indeed a national treasure of Japan. (It was most likely a gift from Emperor Guangxu to Japan during the Hundred Days' Reform.)
As the leader of Japan, he handed over Japan's national treasure to others. This is a national humiliation no matter how you look at it.

But Zheng Yi had asked him for it personally, so what could he do? Just refuse to give it to him?

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation has 100,000 troops stationed in Japan.

"As long as Mr. Zheng likes it, I'm glad. In fact, the friendship between China and Japan has always been long-standing. Our old city is still called Datang City, and there are many Chinese buildings in the styles of the Tang and Song dynasties."

"Looking at a longer timescale, peaceful exchanges are the mainstream between China and Japan. This mourning post is a testimony to the friendship between China and Japan over the past thousand years."

Zheng Yi nodded, but did not comment.

But I couldn't help but wonder: "Should I return this thing to China, or keep it for myself? If I keep it, will it be considered public property, and I can open a museum for public display? Or should I keep it as a private collection, a family heirloom?"

But for a moment I was at a loss.

After putting down this treasure of the calligraphy master, the office was also filled with other rare treasures from China.

The "Gold and Silver Inlaid Hunting Pattern Bronze Mirror" from the War Results era, the "Double Ram Zun" from the Shang Dynasty, the "Diagram of the Five Stars and Twenty-Eight Constellations" by Liang Lingzan of the Tang Dynasty, the "Diagram of the Four Seasons" by Song Huizong, the "Image of the Goddess Vimalakirti" by Li Gonglin of the Song Dynasty, the "Diagram of Red and White Hibiscus" by Li Di of the Song Dynasty, the Buddhist treasures "Diagram of the Sixteen Arhats" and "Kaibao Tripitaka", the Ru kiln of the Northern Song Dynasty, the official kiln of the Southern Song Dynasty, and so on and so forth. Ordinary official kiln vessels, paintings and calligraphy from the Ming and Qing Dynasties are not even qualified to appear in Zheng Yi's office.

They are all treasures in major museums in Japan, and now they all belong to Zheng Yi.

There are more than 10 Chinese cultural relics on display in several large museums, and Zheng Yi must take them all away.

It is said that no Chinese can walk out of the British Museum with a smile, but if the British Museum is compared with the Tokyo Imperial Museum, it is nothing!

Not only did the Japanese steal more than the British, but objectively speaking, the Japanese also knew more about goods than the British.

Especially when it comes to calligraphy and paintings, the Japanese preserve them much better than the British.

These were all sent to him by Yoshida, which is the so-called orderly inheritance. The things openly exhibited in major museums were mostly things that were legally flowed into Japan through various means before the war of aggression against China, during the late Qing Dynasty and the warlords' melee in the Republic of China, according to the Japanese.

As for the period after the invasion of China, the number of cultural relics looted by Japan was incalculable. According to the Japanese themselves, there were more than 360 million pieces.

The country with the largest number of Chinese cultural relics overseas must be Japan. Even all other foreign countries combined cannot reach even a fraction of Japan's.

As they were talking, Zhao Chunshu arrived. Before he even entered the room, he shouted, "Master Zheng, we've shipped all the Chinese antiques we collected for you. Hehe, there are over 400,000 boxes in total. We don't even know which ones are real and which are fake. Wow, they've filled three full cargo ships."

"Someone said this thing was a family heirloom. My uncle, it was my heirloom, but he let me get slaughtered right there. The men were sold to the coal mines to dig coal, and the women were all sold to Syria. Hehe, huh? Oh, Mr. Zheng has guests in his office. I'll come back later."

Zheng Yi: “…………”

Yoshida: "…………"

Yoshida came from the diplomatic system. Before the war of aggression against China, he had worked as a diplomatic official in Shenyang, Shanghai, Tianjin, Jinan and other places. He was an authentic China expert and his Mandarin was more standard than Zhao Chunshu himself.

There is no problem of not understanding Chinese.

He even worked as a consul in the Tianjin Embassy, ​​so he could understand Zhao Chunshu's Tianjin dialect effortlessly.

Maybe Zhao Chunshu said this on purpose for Yoshida to hear.

But Zheng Yi felt really embarrassed after hearing it.

"Ahem, uh... well, Yoshida, I'm leaving soon. There are too many things in the Southern Alliance waiting for me to deal with."

Yoshida nodded. "Mr. Zheng, you're welcome to come back anytime. It's hard to say what the grudges are. It was Japan that started the war, and the current situation is their own fault. It's rare for you to be so clear about gratitude and resentment. Regardless, you've saved millions of lives in Japan. I'm deeply grateful."

"Japan's economy is now deeply tied to the South Pacific. No matter in the past or in the future, if Japan benefits, then the South Pacific will benefit. If the South Pacific is strong, then Japan will also be prosperous."

"May I ask, Mr. Zheng, can Japan now be considered an ally of the Southern Association for Regional Cooperation?"

[Sure enough, I knew you were up to no good to come and see me off in person.]

Are Japan and SAARC allies?

Just look at the United States. Are the United States and Japan allies?
They have dug up a lot of talent, and will continue to dig for more in the future. Even if he has no interest in Japanese politics, it is impossible to deny his influence on Japanese politics.

It is not an exaggeration to say that in the next thirty years, the vast majority of Japan’s social elites will be “patriotic talents” returning from the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation.

At least 90% of the "elites" who grew up in Japan have connections with the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), and about half of them go to study in Southeast Asia, or have their children study in Singapore.

If this is not an ally, then what is an ally?

It's just that it's difficult for him to admit this kind of problem right now.

After all, the Tokyo Trial has not even ended yet, and Japan is still in the period of reckoning with its war crimes.

At this time, if Zheng Yi, as a Chinese, dared to say that Japan is a close ally of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), the impact would be too great.

He was sure that if he dared to say this to Yoshida, Yoshida would join forces with Japanese reporters to hype it up tomorrow and let Zheng Yi know what the charming moment of journalism was.

Not to mention the impact on Japan and the international community, even within the SAARC, it would be difficult to explain and there would be great public outrage.

Although this is the fact, in political situations, facts cannot be spoken nonsense.

To be honest, he still respected Yoshida. After all, he was a civil servant in the diplomatic system, and they were old friends. During the post-war period, he took over a really terrible mess. Although Japan's post-war government did have many problems, Yoshida had indeed been doing his best to hope that Japan could get rid of the impact of the war as much as possible.

As Chinese people, even if they have opposite positions, they will have some sincere admiration for such people. What's more, in Zheng Yi's view, Ikeda, the most important leader of Japan after the war, who officially appointed Shimomura Osamu, launched the "National Income Doubling Plan", and sent Japan into the ranks of developed countries, was also his apprentice.

Historically, Yoshida relied entirely on the US military for Japan's economic development, and enjoyed the US loans and aid to his heart's content. He did succeed in pulling Japan out of the post-war quagmire.

In this time and space, because of Zheng Yi, the United States basically did not provide any loans or aid to Japan.

Zheng Yi took away millions of people in one go, and objectively speaking, a large amount of the cost he spent on acquiring Japanese companies and relocating Japanese schools was spent locally in Japan.

When companies from the Southern Association for Regional Cooperation come to recruit workers, not all positions are eligible for bringing families with them, so it is natural to provide some settling-in allowance.

In the past, people had to pay two cents to buy piglets.

Although this amount of money is not much, it is indeed crucial for the current Japanese society and has prevented many people from starving to death.

Then it became obvious that Yoshida relied on SAARC for Japan's future development.

In the past few months, every time Zheng Yi saw Yoshida, he had the illusion that he was seeing a sloth and wanted to hug it on his lap.

He could only say, "It's true that Japan's economy is deeply tied to the SAARC. That's true. Yoshida, what advantages do you think Japan still has now?"

Yoshida said without hesitation, "Of course, it's the relatively high quality of the population, the level of education, and the cultural structure similar to Chinese civilization. Of course, there are also the over three million Japanese expatriates currently working in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, and there will be more and more in the future."

Obviously, this was planned long ago, and these words were obviously targeted at the correct answers to Zheng Yi.

"How do you think Japan will develop its economy and improve people's livelihood in the future?"

Yoshida: "First, of course, is remittances. Currently, there are three million Japanese expatriates working and living in SAARC. I believe that in the next few years, this number will continue to grow. Five million, six million, or even more is not impossible. I think Mr. Zheng will not refuse, right?"

Zheng Yi nodded. "Indeed, no matter what, it is indeed much easier for the Japanese to integrate into the SAARC than for the local natives. The speed at which the Japanese learn Chinese is also surprisingly fast."

Yoshida: "Japanese is nothing more than a dialect of Chinese. Sino-Japanese friendship has a long history. The Southern Association for Regional Cooperation and Japan are both tributaries separated from Chinese civilization. Naturally, it is easier for them to converge with each other."

Zheng Yi: “…………”

Good man, he has no shame at all.

Zheng Yi: "You can rest assured. Since I promised you that I would not set any restrictions on remittances from Japanese residents, I definitely won't. I can assure you that there will be no hindrance to Japanese residents in SAARC remitting remittances to Japan."

In fact, it is impossible to stop it. The Chinese in Southeast Asia have the most say in this matter. The British have stopped the Chinese in Southeast Asia from remitting money to China before, but it was useless. Even in the early days of the War of Resistance Against Japan, due to some special circumstances, the Chinese in Southeast Asia simply exchanged their earnings for silver dollars and sent them back in person.

Zheng Yi didn't think he could stop it if he wanted to, as it would only damage his relationship with the Japanese in the Southern Alliance.

Even now, the amount of various funds remitted from the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation to China every month is over 100 million South African francs.

Yoshida breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Of course, of course. Mr. Zheng's credibility and character are well-known throughout Japan. How could I not trust Mr. Zheng?"

"Aside from remittances, Japan's future development depends solely on this educated, high-quality, and inexpensive labor force. Mr. Zheng, Japan's current labor price is truly cheap. I imagine you already understand this."

"During the reconstruction of Japan, I wonder if you would be willing to support us, Mr. Zheng, by providing some supporting work with cheap labor? After all, Japan has a solid foundation in metallurgy, ironmaking, textiles, and chemicals."

"Also, as far as I know, labor prices in the South Asian region are not cheap right now. The population with a certain level of labor quality is still a minority. I wonder if Mr. Zheng would allow our Japanese company to form a construction team to go to Penang and Singapore as a temporary foreign worker?"

Zheng Yi thought about it, then nodded and said, "Whether I allow it or not, this is bound to happen. The Japanese community is an important part of the SAARC. Led by the Toyota brothers, there are quite a few Japanese who have a certain amount of economic power and businesses in the SAARC."

"It is also true that SAARC's labor costs are high. These people, in their leadership, will naturally try every possible means to reduce production costs by using Japanese labor. As the chairman of SAARC, I should not object. This is a business practice."

"It's just that... the current SAARC is expanding a bit too fast. We can't just consider the interests of a few cities, or even just Penang and Singapore."

"The Malay Peninsula, Carmantan Island, and even Myanmar, India, Siam, Sumatra Island, and Java Island should strictly speaking be considered as affiliated forces of our SAARC. This cheap labor force..."

"According to the economic philosophy of our SAARC Chief Economist, Osamu Shimomura, the most urgent task for the SAARC economy right now should be to expand domestic demand and create a regional industrial brand for Southeast Asia in order to achieve sustainable economic development. I strongly agree with this."

What the hell is the SAARC chief economist Osamu Shimomura? Yoshida is speechless about it.

However, he could only shamelessly say, "We in Japan can also join the SAARC! How about Tokyo joining the SAARC? If Mr. Zheng feels that Tokyo is not suitable, then how about Osaka?"

Zheng Yi: "Eh??? Is this still possible?"

Yoshida: "Why not? Mr. Zheng, SAARC has troops stationed in Japan, and we are deeply intertwined. The Japanese yen is strongly pegged to the South African currency. If Mr. Zheng thinks it is possible, we are always willing to sign a foreign trade agreement with SAARC, implement a zero-tariff policy for SAARC members, and implement SAARC tax laws. We can even allow Japanese companies to list in Penang."

“Even if I don’t intervene, I’m afraid that at least half of Japan’s wealthy people would be willing to deposit their money in Penang banks. And in the future, I believe that there will be even more Japanese wealthy people willing to do so.”

"What's the difference between this and Japan having already joined the SAARC?"

"Japan's current tariffs are similar to those of SAARC, and its industries are highly dependent on SAARC's guidance. A large number of its members have directly immigrated to SAARC, and its tax laws are the same as SAARC's. In the future, it will undoubtedly become a market dumping ground for SAARC products."

"Raw materials, labor, finance, talent, markets, and even military presence – Japan is now clearly fully bound to the SAARC. Is it true that in the eyes of the SAARC, we are still outsiders?"

"Are Malays, Indians, and Javanese really more closely connected to SAARC than Japan? Aren't we Japanese supposed to be SAARC's own people?"

Zheng Yi: “…………”

It seems that what Yoshida said makes sense.

In fact, the biggest problem with helping Japan now is: because it is Japan, if Zheng Yi helps Japan to get rich, many Chinese people within the SAARC will not be able to bear it, and even Zheng Yi himself will find it a little unacceptable.

From a purely interest perspective, the Japanese are indeed very close to the SAARC.

But if Zheng Yi goes back to promote that the Japanese are our good brothers, that the Japanese are good, that we are good for SAARC, and that there are suitable job opportunities and outsourcing opportunities,

We should try our best to hand it over to the Japanese who just fought a war with us and behaved extremely cruelly in the war.

Not to the Siamese, Malays, Indians, Javanese who fought alongside us in the war.

The internal situation of SAARC society must have exploded!

Interests are interests and emotions are emotions. Although international politics is indeed based on interests as the basic principle, we cannot completely ignore emotions.

I could only say: "What you said may make sense, but for the time being, it is indeed not appropriate."

"As for pure employment, it's not that SAARC doesn't outsource, but they mainly use Indians and Malays. If there is industrial transfer in the future,
Even labor-intensive industries need to prioritize industrial transfer to places like Siam, Malaya, and Burma. After all, these regions all have cities that have joined the SAARC.

Yoshida: "We can also join the SAARC! All of Japan can join the SAARC!"

Good man, you’ve been waiting here for all this time.

Zheng Yi couldn't help but roll his eyes at him when he heard that.

You have a nice idea. Can we directly turn the defeated country into the victorious country?

"SAARC is ultimately just a non-state actor. Its current members are still based on cities, which can be called a federation of city-states."

Yoshida immediately said: "Tokyo, Tokyo, Tokyo can join the Southern Alliance."

Zheng Yi was at a loss for words: "Tokyo wants to join the Southern Alliance, so I have to be brave enough to ask for it too."

This is no joke. Tokyo's population exceeded 700 million during World War II, and this is only the urban population of Tokyo. If the Greater Tokyo Metropolitan Area is included, a population of million would definitely be unstoppable.

Although there were some losses during the war, most of the Japanese expatriates who returned from various places, especially from China and Korea, stayed in Tokyo. Compared with the war period, their number must have been more, not less.

There is a lack of accurate demographic statistics on the exact population, but if the entire Greater Tokyo Metropolitan Area is included, it is very likely to be over 20 million.

How many people are there in the core urban areas of the Southern Association for Regional Cooperation?
Who the hell is swallowing up whom?
If we do this, I'm afraid even Coach Mai won't be able to accept it.

It's a simple logic. If Tokyo becomes part of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), will the US impose sanctions on Japan or not? Will the US continue to station its troops there or withdraw them?
What kind of thing is this being created in Asia? Isn't this really the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere?
Yoshida: "What about Osaka, Nagoya, Yokohama, Kobe, Sapporo, etc.? Are there no cities suitable for joining the SAARC? If so, we in Japan are willing to cede all corresponding sovereignty!"

Zheng Yi: “…………”

For a moment, he was really tempted.

To be honest, according to his thinking, he doesn't want to continue to attract new cities to join in the short term.

He can't take care of all the existing cities. Except for Singapore, he hasn't had enough time to develop other cities properly.

Developing too fast is not a good thing. The existing strength of the Southern Association for Regional Cooperation is limited, and it is inevitable that there will be a situation where one thing is neglected while another is focused.

But if it is a city like Osaka or Nagoya that already has certain infrastructure and even a high-quality population, Zheng Yi is really tempted.

Besides, this city is actually a window.

By using Alor Setar, SAARC can easily radiate its influence to the whole of Malaya, and by using Bandar Seri Begawan and Singkawang, it can radiate to the whole of Kalimantan.

Taking advantage of the historical window period when the British have not yet completely withdrawn and there is no independent nation-building in various parts of Southeast Asia, SAARC can basically complete its control over the entire region by controlling specific cities.

Objectively speaking, Indonesia's control over Garmantan Island in the future may not necessarily be stronger than Zheng Yi's current control over Garmantan.

The only exception is India. Although Kolkata has promised to join the SAARC, SAARC gives face to India by not stationing troops there, not carrying weapons, and even abiding by local laws. It is impossible to influence the whole of India through this city.

If I could open a window in Japan...

This is Japan...

Even if the talents he has poached are almost exhausted, the country's foundation is still there. Even if it cannot become the second in the world as it did in history, it will not be a big problem for it to be among the top ten in the world.

These were the pre-war powers.

There is no problem with nationality and culture. This is Confucian culture. In fact, it was Japan that truly broke the so-called theory of racial superiority. It was indeed the Japanese who proved to the world that not only white people can become developed countries.

It would be false to say that you are not moved.

however……

"This is a serious matter. I cannot agree to this matter right now. I will go back and discuss it later."

Zheng Yi quickly grabbed the calligraphy and paintings on the table and ran to find Li Jianqiao. "Tell someone to take good care of these national treasures and send them to my private plane. From now on, these will all be the treasures of our Southern Alliance."

　If Osaka or Nagoya were really allowed to join the SAARC, would anyone be unhappy?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)