Spy Wars: I can get rewards by being a bully!

In mid-August, two planes landed at Tianjin Airport, and people from the Planning Institute arrived.

More than twenty people came, a considerable number. In addition to officials from the planning institute, there were also representatives from the Japanese domestic industry. The people from the planning institute referred to these as consultants.

Lin Ze gave them a lot of face and personally went to the airport to pick them up.

The attendant introduced Lin Ze to the man, saying, "This is Mr. Shinichi Ito, the head of the Industrial Department of the Planning Institute of the Ministry of Finance. Mr. Shinichi Ito, this is Lin Ze, the commander of the Tianjin Military Police."

Lin Zexian saluted and then shook hands with Shinichi Ito. "Minister, General Okamura specifically instructed me to convey his regards to you. In addition, I will accompany you on your trip to North China and be responsible for your security."

This man, Shinichi Ito, was in his forties and looked quite capable. He had a warm smile on his face. "We've really troubled Commander Lin! We've long heard that North China's industrial development is quite rapid, and it's an honor for us to come and learn from them!"

Lin Ze maintained his formulaic smile. "Your Excellency, you flatter me. I am a soldier and do not know much about industry, but as far as I know, industrial production in the Beijing-Tianjin area is still quite backward. I don't know about other places, but our Military Police Headquarters mainly purchases products imported from Japan. As for industrial products from North China, I guess only cigarettes are worth mentioning."

Without changing his expression, Shinichi Ito changed the subject, turning slightly to the side and saying, "Commander Lin, you are a young talent, so let me introduce you to a few young people. This is our financial advisor, Hideo Yasuda."

"Hello, Yasuda-kun."

"Commander Lin, I'm sorry to trouble you."

"This gentleman is our shipbuilding industry consultant, Taichi Iwasaki."

"Hello, Iwasaki-kun."

"Hey, Commander Lin, I'm sorry to have troubled you."

"This is Akihiro Nomura of Shibaura Electric."

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Shinichi Ito introduced a few people, and there were only a few worth noting. Hideo Yasuda, needless to say, is the representative of the Yasuda Zaibatsu. It is unknown whether he is a direct or collateral member, or whether he has real power, but the fact that he was sent to take the lead shows that his abilities are highly trusted.

Taiichi Iwasaki is a Mitsubishi employee, and the new port in Tianjin is extremely attractive to Mitsubishi. If they can control the new port in Tianjin, both the shipping and shipbuilding industries will usher in a new leap forward.

But Lin Ze was most concerned about Nomura Akihiro.

Shibaura Electric deals in electrical equipment and power supply, which seems to be the least relevant to this trip, but this man has a calm and firm gaze, and his aura is in no way inferior to Shinichi Ito. He is clearly someone important.

Behind Shibaura Electric is Mitsui!

Compared to Mitsui, Mitsubishi and Sumitomo are just junior competitors.

After the group left the airport and checked into the Astor Hotel, Lin Ze had Niu San'er remove all the listening devices beforehand.

There must be technicians among the Japanese soldiers' entourage. If the eavesdropping equipment is discovered, it will be difficult to handle the situation.

Moreover, Lin Ze was well aware of their intentions, so there was little point in eavesdropping.

That evening, Lin Ze offered to host a welcome party for them, but Ito Shinichi declined, saying he was too tired.

The next day, Shinichi Ito suggested going to see a coal mine, and the location was decided to be Jingxing.

Lin Ze asked curiously, "Minister Yidong, Jingxing isn't exactly close to Tianjin. If we go there, it'll definitely take us a day or two to get back. How about I have them send the documents over for you to review?"

Shinichi Ito smiled and shook his head, saying, "Commander Lin, you may not know this, but coal is an extremely important resource for the Empire. Jingxing Coal Mine supplies coal to all the major ironworks, and its status is even more special. However, I have always heard that the mining rights of Jingxing Coal Mine are quite chaotic. I wonder if this will affect production, so it would be better to see it for yourself. In addition, I brought professional auditors with me. This time, we may be able to clarify the equity relationship of Jingxing Coal Mine."

Lin Ze smiled and said, "In that case, I'll have someone arrange a special train."

Shinichi Ito was indeed well-prepared; he was clearly making a selection of people.

Lin Ze was of course in control of the Jingxing Coal Mine, but the Japanese could not yet see through such a complex shareholding structure. They only knew that the Northern Federal Reserve held a large portion of the shares in the Jingxing Coal Mine, and that Lin Ze seemed to be deeply involved in the establishment and operation of the Northern Federal Reserve. Therefore, based on this, they judged that Lin Ze must have interests in the Jingxing Coal Mine.

Before they arrived, Shinichi Ito and the others had already discussed their strategy: to start with industries like Jingxing, hurt Lin Ze badly, and then force him to make concessions and obediently allow the consortium of zaibatsu to take control of the new port.

In their view, a large portion of the money for building the port came from the Americans. Later, when the Japanese went to war with the Americans, the North China Area Army "took over" this part of the property and handed it over to the Northern Federal Reserve and Miyamoto Trading Company for management. Lin Ze had been operating this behind the scenes, so he must have received money from Miyamoto!

Since that's the case, as long as we can get Lin Ze to make concessions and obtain the share that originally belonged to the Americans through Yasuda Bank's capital injection, plus the military's share, we can get absolute control. Then we can just squeeze Miyamoto Trading Company out.

At that time, the new port, along with the industrial zone surrounding it, will all fall into the hands of the conglomerate. This place is fantastic! Convenient transportation and abundant resources; after a few years of development, it can become a cash cow that continuously generates huge profits!

Lin Ze personally made the arrangements, and the North China Transportation Company quickly prepared a special train. Shinichi Ito boarded the train with several entourage members, accompanied by Lin Ze, while Hideo Yasuda and others stayed in Tianjin, saying they were there to inspect the industrial situation in Tianjin.

After Lin Ze boarded the train, Yasuda Hideo went straight to the Tianjin Chamber of Commerce, while Iwasaki Taichi visited several Japanese trading companies. Only Nomura Akihiro stayed at the Astor Hotel, eating and drinking, without going anywhere, as if he were just there to make up the numbers.

That night, Shinichi Ito and Hayashi Ze arrived at Shimen. The reason they came to Shimen was because the Jingxing Mining Bureau was located there.

Upon arriving in Shimen, Lin Ze received an extremely warm welcome!

In the dead of night, almost all the prominent figures in Shimen arrived at the station, especially Nakano Hiroyuki, the commander of the Shimen military police. This guy was brought over by Hayashi Ze. Later, when Okamura came to Shimen to command the mopping-up operations, Hayashi Ze had been in charge of the military police in Shimen. When Hayashi Ze was about to leave, he submitted a report to Okamura recommending Nakano Hiroyuki to be the commander of the Shimen military police. Okamura approved it without even looking at it.

A few years ago, Nakano Hiroyuki was just a nobody, but now he has become the commander of a local military police force, and he treats Hayashi Sawa like his own grandfather.

Needless to say, Zhang Guanqun of the Shimen Governing Committee is someone who can send his daughter-in-law and granddaughter out!