King of Secret Service

Ito Chiba politely refused.

"Then you can think about it slowly, but you probably don't have much... time to think about it."

Liang Xiao said.

"why is this"

Ito Chiba asked, she always felt that there was something in Liang Xiao's words.

"I won't tell you the specific reason. It's not too late to tell you after you make a decision."

Liang Xiao said.

Ito Chiba nodded lightly, she also knew that she couldn't ask anything from Liang Xiao's mouth.

"By the way, there is something for you to do."

Liang Xiao suddenly thought that he seemed to be too kind to Ito Chiba these days. Back then, Asakamiya Ji Hisako also lived in this villa. As a princess, she not only had to clean the floor every day, but also had to go to the kitchen to cook. Meals, and sometimes I have to massage myself to soothe my muscles and bones.

"Starting tomorrow, three meals a day will be cooked by you."

After Liang Xiao finished speaking, he paused for a moment, and said: "Don't even think about poisoning the food. Every meal will be inspected by medical staff. If there is any problem with any dish, even if I want to protect you, I will not be able to protect you." .”

As smart as Chiba Ito, he could tell that Liang Xiao was beating her, telling her to stop thinking about poisoning.

However, she did think so, but she didn't have ready-made poison in her hand, even if she wanted to poison it, she couldn't do it.

Chapter 652 Nine out of ten, it's hard to be sure

Liang Xiao...it doesn't matter, even if Ito Chiba's methods are astonishing, it's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice.

In this villa, let alone poison, there is...not a single rat poison.

"It's getting late, go to bed early."

Liang Xiao dropped these words and went upstairs to rest.

...... the next day.

Autumn is high and crisp, with heavy rain for more than ten days in a row, and the high temperature in the Songhu area is slowly dropping.

The heavy rain is still there: continuous, thunder and lightning, and the wind and cloud between the sky and the earth change color.

In this stormy season, Liang Xiao is in a particularly good mood. He has discussed the general steps of forming an alliance with the German Empire. He has already called the committee and asked the committee to send reliable diplomats to Shanghai to discuss the next thing. , he will not participate, he just waits to get the benefits.

As for the French Concession, which was taken back by the new [-]th Army, it has been formally incorporated into the national-controlled area. The Shanghai listed government will send officials to reformulate the tax law, and the military intelligence station will dispatch capable police to form a police sub-station to govern the people in the former concession area according to the national law.

The people in the original French Concession are used to the laws of other countries, and suddenly they are bound by the laws of their own country. They must not be used to it, and they may even cause trouble. There are also businesses in the original French Concession. They have full confidence in the French Concession authorities. To force them to suddenly accept the tax laws of their own country is psychologically somewhat conflicting and unacceptable.

But these........It doesn't matter to Liang Xiao. After a long time, they will accept the restrictions of their own country's laws.

At the moment, his main mind is still on the floods in the Songhu area, other than that, he is worried about the battle situation ahead.

The words he said to Ito Chiba were basically false. The Japanese army was victorious on the front line. The first theater and the second theater lost soldiers and generals. The troops, collapsing at the touch of the Japanese army, the [-] troops did not last for a week, and the Japanese army's organizational system collapsed.

The Japanese army went straight down from Pingjin and recovered the Central Plains, Central Hebei, and parts of North China one after another.

In less than two months, the territory he had worked so hard to conquer was once again taken back by the Japanese army.

This time, he will transfer him to fight in the Central Plains to see what face the Military and Political Council has.

He led [-] Jiangdong disciples across the Yangtze River, and fought hard for more than a month in the vast and sparsely populated Central Plains. The area was retaken by the Japanese invaders.

He sacrificed so many soldiers, but in exchange for such a result, it is really unacceptable.

Of course, the territory has already been taken back by the Japanese army, so saying anything is superfluous.

"General, the Military Intelligence Headquarters issued that the Northern Bureau arranged another assassination operation against the puppet Wang last night."

Chen Hua took the telegram and walked into the study to report.

"If Wang Zhaoming was so easy to get rid of, Jiang Tao wouldn't have died in Hanoi."

Liang Xiao doesn't think the Northern Bureau has the ability to get rid of Wang Zhaoming. This person is extremely cunning. When he was young, he also did assassination activities. He is proficient in this way and has a strong sense of anti-reconnaissance and assassination. General assassination operations will not work against him. .

"The telegram said that the Northern Bureau sent Hu Sanmin to preside over the anti-rape operation. Last night at three o'clock in the morning, Hu Sanmin pretended to sneak into Wang's mansion, and shot a man indistinctly. Judging from the figure of the man who was shot , there is no doubt that it is Wang Puppet."

Chen Huadao.

"Nine out of ten"

Liang Xiao sneered and said: "When Jiang Tao was in Hanoi, he also said that nine times out of ten he was a puppet Wang, but the result is that the puppet Wang not only lived well, but also went to Beiping to become the chairman of the North China Autonomous Committee. "

"The Anti-Japanese War Association also sent a message. Last night at four o'clock in the morning, a seriously injured person who was shot suddenly came to Peking Hospital. The identity of this wounded person was very special. Surrounded by police and police, not a single bird can fly out."

Chen Huadao.

"Where does the information on the Anti-Japanese War come from?"

Liang Xiao asked with a frown.

"The branch of the Anti-Japanese War Association in Beiping recruited a surgeon from a hospital. The information was passed on by the surgeon through a special channel. After the Beiping branch received the information, it immediately called the headquarters of the Anti-Japanese War Association. The headquarters of the Anti-Japanese War Association felt that the information If it is useful to us, send one to the Military Intelligence Headquarters and you."

Chen Hua explained.

"Send Zhao Xin a power call and ask the intelligence personnel of the Beiping branch to pay close attention to the information on the wounded person. It's best to confirm the identity of this person."

Liang Xiao said slowly, Wang Puppet is a big traitor of the country, the Military Commission has issued an arrest warrant, and issued a double secret killing order to the Military Intelligence Investigation and Statistics Bureau and the Party Affairs Investigation and Statistics Bureau, no matter...

Whether it is the military command or the central command, as long as he can kill the puppet Wang, he will be the number one hero of the government.

Liang Xiao didn't value meritorious officials. What he valued was Wang Puppet's influence in the government. When he turned his back on him, the anti-Japanese united front and the national anti-Japanese war that he worked so hard to build before collapsed in an instant. How many...bandits and warlords In just over a month, he defected to the Japanese invaders, indirectly affecting the frontline warfare.

"There is one more thing. The station chief Qiu Qingyang of the Shanghai Military Intelligence Station called just now. His intelligence personnel noticed that the authorities of the American and British concessions met frequently, and it seemed that they were discussing the issues left over from the French Concession. In addition, the American and British Last night, a stop-work order was issued to the factories in the respective concessions."

Chen Huadao.

"It's not surprising that the French Concession let us take it back. The concessions of other countries must be worried about this. They are afraid that we will take back the other concessions after the French Concession. Therefore, they imposed diplomatic measures on the government. The stress, while busy shutting down, relocating factory equipment, it's all . . . understandable."

Liang Xiao was not at all surprised by the behavior of the concessions of other countries. After taking back the French Concession, he thought that the concessions of other countries would do the same.

"Shanghai's development is inseparable from the support of the concession factories. If they move the equipment away, it will be a fatal blow to Shanghai's industrial construction. In addition, 10,000+ people in Shanghai work in the foreign concession factories to make a living. If the factories After relocation, what do these workers do and what do they rely on to make a living”

Chen Huadao.

"The land here is ours. If they want to take away the factory's equipment, they have to ask our troops to see if they agree with the guns in their hands."

Liang Xiao smiled coldly, since those factory equipments have come to Shanghai, it is impossible for them to transport them away, even if they rob them, they have to keep these factory equipments.

Chapter 653 Xiafei Road, I used to know each other

The Commissioned Attendant sent a very reliable diplomat to Shanghai to discuss specific alliance matters with Germany.

So far, only Liang Xiao and the diplomats who have been appointed to negotiate with Germany have known about the alliance with Germany, and no one else has known about it.

The less people know about this kind of thing, the better. After all, confidentiality measures must be in place, so that other countries in the West cannot know the slightest bit of news.

The negotiation with Germany went very smoothly, and it only took three days, and everything was basically settled.

The conclusion of this matter is a reassurance for Liang Xiao, after all, he is still thinking about the weapons, factory equipment and skilled workers promised by the German Empire... aid.

As for whether Germany will form an alliance with the Japanese invaders, this matter has nothing to do with him. Whether they form an alliance or not, as long as it does not hinder the war between the country and the Japanese invaders, everything is not a problem.

After the matter was over, Liang Xiao devoted most of his thoughts to disaster relief. The torrential rain in the Songhu area lasted for more than half a month, countless fertile fields were flooded, and tens of thousands of households were displaced. Such natural disasters cannot be done by humans.

He used the funds raised by the Anti-Japanese War to relieve the victims of the torrential rain, help them rebuild houses, repair roads, etc...

As for the submerged fertile land, half of the tax for the coming year will be reduced or exempted, which is already within the best of his ability.

In mid-September, the torrential rain finally eased, and there was a light rain in the sky.

A heavy rainstorm caused the temperature in the Songhu area to drop sharply, and the hot summer was gone forever.

In Shanghai, everything is calm.

The embassies in the concessions of various countries protested for many days about the government’s withdrawal of the French Concession. Seeing that the government kept pushing back, they had no choice but to quiet down.

Although this matter has been dragged on like this, the concessions of various countries are still fully vigilant against the national army in Shanghai.

Liang Xiao just smiled slightly at this. He took back the French Concession. First, he liked the prosperity of the French Concession, which could provide him with considerable tax revenue. Second, the influence of the country behind the French Concession was not as great as before. He concluded that the other party would not He dared to take back the French Concession because of the big fight in the concession. As for the concessions of other countries, he has not been so ignorant that he will not send troops to take them over rashly. After all, these countries are much more powerful than the Japanese invaders when they are united. Before World War II, he would not tear himself apart from Western countries.

......Liang Xiao's mood has gradually improved these days. Every morning, he would go out for a stroll, see the bustling Xiafei Road, stroll around the alleys in Shanghai, and appreciate the sufferings of the people .

Walking on the street, the police detectives in the French Concession patrol room in the past can no longer be seen. On the street, every once in a while, there will be a patrol team of motorized camouflage soldiers passing by. In addition, There are also police patrols wearing blue sky and white hats, patrolling the streets of all lanes.

After the French Concession was taken back, when he went out, he no longer had to bring guards with him, and only took Chen Hua with him. Sometimes, he didn't even take Chen Hua with him, and walked alone on the street.

Just like this morning, he punched a set in the yard, opened the door, hailed a rickshaw, came to Xiafei Road, and was going to eat a bowl of hot wontons at the food stall on Xiafei Road.

Since the rainstorm, the temperature has dropped sharply, and drinking a bowl of wontons every day has become his must-have food.

Xiafei Road, NO.13 alley.

Liang Xiao ordered a bowl of wontons and a basket of vegetarian steamed buns at the wonton stand, and was eating them with relish. Suddenly, two young men next to him, because they were not congenial, fought in the street, and almost smashed the chaos stall. up.

There is absolutely no good fruit for making trouble on Xiafei Road. No, the two young people just got into a fight, and they were bumped into by the patrolling police team, and they were arrested directly.

"When Fagou ruled here, these little bastards made troubles every now and then, collecting protection fees, stealing chickens and dogs, and dared to do anything. Now that Fagou is driven away, they still treat it as before, fight and make trouble, and pay fines Now the world has changed, and the police station has issued a clear notice that anyone who fights and makes trouble in the street will be imprisoned for fifteen days.”

"Isn't it...? In the past, we always thought that the rule of the law dog was the most humane. Now it seems that the rule of law in our country is good. If there are fights and troubles, we should lock him up for more than ten days."

"Since Fagou was driven away, the law and order here has obviously improved a lot, and the disciples of the Qinghong Gang have stopped making trouble, and those... sneaky thugs have also slipped away early. "

"For those of us... low-level people, it's not bad to be able to eat three meals a day, so we can't care so much."

Liang Xiao listened to the discussion of the people nearby, and shook his head slightly. As the saying goes, heavy codes are used in troubled times, and heavy hammers are used to beat drums. He took back the French Concession, and naturally wanted the people to live better than before. Otherwise, he would take back the concession What is the meaning of.

Finished eating wontons.

He settled the bill.

Get up and move forward.

The streets are full of people, every one or two minutes, there will always be a car passing by the street.

In the late 30s, there were more than 5000 cars in Shanghai, which was an astronomical figure for a country with a backward industrial foundation.

It's different now. After Liang Xiao's arsenal has absorbed the automobile manufacturing experience and workers from the Northeast arsenal, it has been able to manufacture ordinary jeeps. Although it can't be compared with imported jeeps in terms of performance, at least... ...It is also made in China.

He plans to set up a car factory in a while, specializing in the production of all kinds of cars, from sedans to jeeps, from jeeps to trucks, as well as armored vehicles, long-distance passenger buses, etc..., these... ...He wants to localize everything.

Just when he was planning the future development of automobiles in his mind.

Sudden.

A fragrant wind passed by.

The taste is somewhat familiar.

There is a feeling of familiarity.

He glanced sideways, and saw a slender figure walking past him.

This back figure is very familiar, especially the pair of straight and slender legs of the other party. He just took a look and knew who the person who passed by him just now was.

"Yunzi."

Liang Xiao smiled sideways.

Nan Zao Yunzi was wearing a white suit and sunglasses, she turned around and smiled, pointing to the entrance of the alley ahead.

Liang Xiao nodded slightly, expressing his understanding.

1 minute later.

He and Nan Zao Yunzi met at the entrance of the alley.

"Didn't you evacuate with them?"

Liang Xiao asked, since the French Concession was taken back, Asakamiya Kiko Hisako moved the headquarters of the spy agency stationed in Shanghai to the British Concession under his orders.

Chapter 654 Yunzi Has a Tail Behind Her

"Yunzi originally planned to evacuate with Her Royal Highness and the others, but something went wrong halfway, and Yunzi stayed to deal with the aftermath."

Nanzao Yunzi said with a smile.

"Oh, what's wrong"

Liang Xiao asked.

"Shanghai Military Information Station discovered a contact point of ours. The night before yesterday, a large number of military police surrounded that...contact point and arrested the members of the contact station. Her Royal Highness asked Yunzi to deal with the tail, and don't let the military intelligence station follow the clues to find us."