Spy Wars: I am the Captain of the Military Police

Most of the factories that the gendarmerie targeted were run by Japanese businessmen, because if they targeted factories owned by other foreigners, they would protest everywhere.

However, the businessmen in the country did not dare to protest against the gendarmerie. They could only accept the prisoners sent to work and pay them wages!

The gendarmerie will also record the labor payment time for each person arrested. Once the time is up, no matter whether the arrested person is willing to leave or not, they will all be thrown out of the gendarmerie. Yes, you heard it right, there are really some people who don't want to leave!

As more and more people were stripped naked and thrown out of the gendarmerie after paying off their debts with labor, some clever Chinese people discovered a leak: some gendarmes would not kill people easily now. At most, they would beat them up if they could not extort money, and then release them after paying off their debts with labor for a few days.

Don't kill people! That's what we're doing!

Some bold beggars, seeing the gendarmes coming, would deliberately do something out of the ordinary so that they could get some food from the gendarmes. After that, they could continue to work in the factory and eat in the canteen. This was a good thing that they had never dared to think about before.

As for being beaten by military police at every turn, is that a big deal? I'm almost starving to death, why do I care about this! As long as they don't beat me to death, it doesn't matter!

Seeing that things were becoming more and more outrageous, the military police began to learn their lesson. Whenever they saw people wearing ordinary or ragged clothes during patrol, they would ignore them!

If they make too much noise, they will be beaten up! But they will never be taken to the military police!

The superiors have said that there are too many Japanese factories in Harbin to accommodate the workers, and the labor debt repayment route needs quotas! The military police don't have a penny to waste on these opportunists.

However, the situation that Ichiro Maruno is facing now is different. These people who look like troublemakers are actually soldiers.

The gendarmerie has the responsibility of supervision, and there are also regulations within the gendarmerie that any Japanese who makes a mistake will be arrested.

This is a matter of maintaining the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, so we can’t be careless! Of course, the reward is several times that of catching ordinary people.

The dozen or so soldiers surrounding Chen Ming heard the shouting and turned their heads, just in time to see dozens of military police and security team members rushing into the restaurant. Their faces suddenly changed.

In the past few days, they have heard a lot about their companions being caught by the gendarmerie and being fined a lot of money.

"Sir, we are from the 4th Division, 8th Infantry Regiment!

We are not causing trouble, it is this boss who is causing trouble!" The soldier who had been holding Chen Ming's hand before, seeing that the person coming was the military police, hurriedly let go of Chen Ming's hand, rushed in front of Maruno Ichiro in a few steps, pointed at Chen Ming, and reported loudly.

It's like a bullied student going to the teacher to complain.

Chen Ming agreed and quickly ran over: "Taijun, no, how dare I cause trouble!"

"Stop! Be quiet and stand there and don't move." Seeing Chen Ming approaching, Zhang Xianchen immediately took out his newly issued box, pointed at Chen Ming and ordered loudly.

Chen Ming slammed on the brakes and quickly raised his hands with a look of horror.

"Mr. Zhang, don't pull out your gun at every turn. We have also paid operating fees to this store. You should be nicer to them." Ichiro Maruno raised his hand and pressed down Zhang Xianchen's pistol.

"Hey, everything is up to Maruno-sama." Zhang Xianchen bowed and said in a flattering manner, then stood up and put the pistol back into the holster on his waist while saying to Chen Ming: "Hurry up and explain to our Maruno-sama what's going on!"

Maruno Ichiro smiled and said to Chen Ming: "Boss, do you remember me? I used to come to your place for dinner often!"

"I remember, of course I remember! It's my honor that you can come to my little place for dinner, how can I not remember it!"

Chen Ming nodded and smiled, but he was wailing in his heart, another bunch of freeloaders came, and this time there were dozens of them! Are they planning to bankrupt his store?

I can’t do it anymore. I really can’t do it anymore!

While thinking about this, he secretly looked at Zhang Xianchen with his small eyes behind the lenses.

The news that the gendarmerie had set up a security team had already spread throughout Harbin. Everyone said that the security team was just dogs raised by the gendarmerie, dogs specifically used to bite people.

Sure enough, within two days of its establishment, the security team began going door to door to ask for so-called operating fees.

It is euphemistically called operating expenses, but in reality it is almost the same as protection fees.

Although after paying the protection fee to the security team, there were indeed no other people asking for money, the money paid to the security team was roughly the same as the protection fees paid in the past.

This wave of people just changed the people who collected the money. For people like Chen Ming who opened a shop, they still had to pay the money.

Rumors began to spread about Zhang Xianchen, the captain of the security team, and Chen Ming had heard several versions of the story.

What interested him most was that some people said that Zhang Xianchen used to be a member of the underground party, but now he has surrendered to the Japanese and is being used by them like a dog.

When he saw him today, Chen Ming secretly despised him in his heart. He really is like a lackey!

"Madam, the thing is, these imperial soldiers came to my place to eat, but not only did they not pay after eating, they also wanted to sell those things to me. I had to accept them. Please give me some advice." Chen Ming frowned, looking embarrassed.

"Forced buying and selling! There is such a thing!" When Maruno Ichiro heard this, he was delighted and thought that this was a chance to make a living. He immediately turned around and looked at the soldier.

"Oh no, no, no, sir, the boss must have misunderstood. We didn't say we wouldn't pay. We just want to pay him after selling the thing to him!" The soldier waved his hands quickly, and more than a dozen companions behind the soldier also spoke up to help him explain.

The meaning is basically the same, both saying that Chen Ming misunderstood.

"Are they right?" Maruno Ichiro looked at Chen Ming and asked.

"Yes, that's right. The things they brought were all dried sweet potatoes, smoked fish, bacon and the like. I don't lack them! And they are not worth much money! I..." Chen Ming said in embarrassment.

"No, no, no, boss, it was your guy who didn't look at the whole thing. He only looked at the front two pockets. The valuables are in the back."

The soldier standing in front of Maruno Ichiro quickly jumped out to explain, then trotted over to the dozen or so pockets, rummaged through them, and then returned to Maruno Ichiro and Chen Ming carrying a cloth bag.

"Boss, look, this pocket is mine! It's a good thing! Very valuable! It's more than enough to pay for your meal, and you should compensate us a large sum!" said the soldier, opening the pocket and letting Chen Ming see what was inside.

Zhang Xianchen curiously leaned over to take a look.

Hey!

The ginseng is as thick as a radish, and there are not just one but three of them!

This sight stunned Zhang Xianchen. Although ginseng was becoming less valuable in this turbulent time,

But wild ginseng of such good quality and such a big size is a rare treasure that is hard to come by.

There were also many other medicinal herbs, such as chopped deer antlers, Rehmannia root, etc., which were placed randomly among smoked meat from unknown animals, dried wild vegetables, dates, peanuts and other dry goods, along with ginseng.