Dreaming back to 1949, the great powers were there to deceive us

At Jinyunshan Villa, Hu Zhenhua was enjoying Liu Lu's massage service while reading Guo Dachong's telegram.

After a moment, Lao Hu put down the telegram and rubbed his eyebrows.

Liu Lu immediately stopped kneading Lao Hu's shoulders and started massaging his temples instead.

This woman was very smart. Seeing that Hu Zhenhua was not like other men who only lusted after her body, she immediately changed her strategy and began to do her secretarial work wholeheartedly.

Her contact with Hu Zhenhua was also moderate. Unless it was necessary, she would not even get close to him.

The current massage is still at Hu Zhenhua's request.

Men are just cheap. If you treat him well, he will treat you like a worn-out shoe.

If you distance yourself from him, he will come closer to you.

Hu Zhenhua's fingers kept tapping on the telegram.

He knew that Jardine Matheson was finished.

From the moment the police intervened, Jardine Matheson was like drinking a cup of chronic poison.

The reason is simple. When the money that the people have deposited in your house is confiscated, who will come back in the future?

Who dares to come again!

Suddenly, Qu Xiaodou delivered another telegram.

When Hu Zhenhua saw it, he was delighted. This was a telegram for help sent by Jardine Matheson that was intercepted by the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics.

"Notify Brother Guo and let him rest for a night. We can continue playing tomorrow!"

"Yes"

If someone wants to give us real money, we should help them. After all, the money of the people in Shanghai doesn’t come from the wind!

Every penny you can redeem counts!

500 million pounds, equivalent to 4000 million silver dollars!

This shows how many banknotes Jardine Matheson issued!

"Ms. Liu, thank you for the massage. Please take a rest!"

"Okay, sir!"

Liu Lu sat down on another sofa, about one meter away from Lao Hu.

"Ms. Liu, as of 5 p.m., how much have we received in total for our gambling money and the land purchase deposit?"

Liu Lu immediately took out the notebook from her handbag and read,

"So far, the deposit received for the land purchase is approximately 225 million yuan!"

"We've received a total of 420 million and 5000 yuan in bets at Jinyun Mountain. Since you've only recently taken over Gu Shun's casino in Jinling, we only have data before noon. The total bet amount is approximately 612 million yuan!"

Hu Zhenhua was in a good mood. It had only been a short period of time, and he had already earned so much!

Even robbery doesn’t have such huge profits!

"Ms. Liu, in recognition of your outstanding performance at work, I've decided to give you a bonus of 10,000 yuan. Do you want cash or land?"

Liu Lu was very happy in her heart, but she said,

"I'm just helping with some statistics. I don't deserve such a bonus!"

"No, you are totally qualified. Feel free to choose boldly!"

Liu Lu smiled sweetly,

"Sir, I want to be your neighbor, and I choose land!"

Hu Zhenhua nodded, casually wrote out a certificate for 2500 acres of land and handed it to Liu Lu!

"Work hard, and you will become a wealthy man with your own hands in the future!"

"Thank you, sir!"

Liu Lu was both excited and disappointed.

She also knew that using beauty to seduce a man would not last long, so in just one day, she worked hard to learn a lot.

It feels great to get a bonus based on your own abilities!

"You have to keep a close eye on Gu Shun's casinos. Those people under him are not easy to deal with!"

"Sir, I understand. Brother Xiaodou will help me!"

At this moment, Gu Shun, whom Hu Zhenhua was talking about, had just arrived in Fukuoka, Japan!

Ali looked at the ruins around him and the skinny Japanese people, and said with his mouth wide open,

"Master, we won't be tricked by the guy named Hu, right?"

Gu Shun was also very disappointed. He was used to the extravagant life in big cities, and it was difficult for him to adapt to such a remote place all of a sudden!

He didn't come alone. Besides his family, he had hundreds of disciples and followers!

They are all his confidants.

Military Advisor King Wu came up to Gu Shun and whispered,

"Boss, let's investigate first and then decide whether to stay or go."

Gu Shun snorted coldly and shouted,

"They come, the security!"

The place chosen by Hu Zhenhua is Fukuoka. If you dare to move without permission, Hu will never forgive you.

Gu Shun turned around and said to his disciples,

"Don't keep staring at tall buildings. Only what we build with our own hands truly belongs to us. Now, I'm giving you your first order: All bachelors must find a local girl to marry within three days, preferably a local noble. The betrothal gifts I'll give you are grain and cloth. Anyone who fails to complete the task will be slapped in the face by me. Also, hurry up and give yourself a Japanese name!"

His eyes suddenly fell on Ali and asked,

"Ali, let me test you. What are our identities?"

"Master, we are the Qing Gang..."

Gu Shun swung his palm and slapped him on the head again and again.

"Qing Gang, Qing Gang, I'll let you become Qing Gang!"

Ali suddenly woke up and shouted,

"Master, stop fighting, stop fighting. We are the remnants of the Japanese people who have been repatriated overseas. Upon hearing that our motherland was in trouble, we returned to rebuild our homeland!"

Gu Shun slapped him a few more times.

"Motherland! Motherland! I'll give you the motherland!"

Ali immediately changed his words and shouted,

"It's a little Japanese pig! A little Japanese pig!"

Gu Shun then stopped and shouted,

"To the outside world, you can call Japan your motherland, but inside, whoever doesn't know how to control their words, watch your tongue. We are the descendants of Yan and Huang, and we are the descendants of Yan and Huang wherever we go! Remember that!"

"remember!"

Gu Shun thought for a moment and said,

"To prevent future generations from forgetting our lineage, I have decided that from today on, we will call ourselves the Yaqi Clan. Our ancestor is Xiangliu!"

Yamata is the Yamata-no-Orochi.

One theory is that the Yamata no Orochi (Ghost of the Dragon) originated from Xiangliu, a figure in ancient Chinese mythology. According to the "Classic of Mountains and Seas: Overseas North Classic," Xiangliu was a subordinate of Gonggong. He possessed nine heads and a snakelike body, and wherever he went, he turned into a poisonous swamp. Perhaps due to the loosening of his seal, Xiangliu escaped and fled to Japan, becoming the Yamata no Orochi of Japanese mythology. In Japanese mythology, the Yamata no Orochi is a ferocious, catastrophic serpent with eight heads and eight tails. Within its body lies a legendary sword. It devoured one person annually, and over seven years, it devoured the seven sisters of Princess Kiinada. Finally, in the eighth year, it was slain by Susanoo.

After everyone listened to Gu Shun's introduction, the young apprentice Du Lun asked in confusion,

"Can't we find a tall and mighty mythical beast as our ancestor?"

Ali complained,

"How could a tall and mighty divine beast be willing to come to this damn place!"

The military advisor, King Wu, waved his hand.

"Okay, stop talking, Boss. I think the Yaki tribe is pretty good. We are the ones who brought disaster to the little Japanese pig!"

Ali was a little confused and asked,

"Master, since they brought disaster to the little Japanese pig, why do you want us to marry their women?"

Duren chuckled strangely,

"Brother, this is exactly the first disaster we've brought upon them. We'll marry all their women and leave their men single!"

Gu Shun smiled, feeling very relieved, and said,

"I suddenly thought of a slogan: Sacrifice the self for the sake of the Japanese people!"

He glanced at the sky and said,

"Okay, enough of that small talk. You should hurry up and learn the Japanese language. Otherwise, you won't be able to communicate with your wives!"

Durham chuckled again.

“Some communication doesn’t require language!”

"You're the only one who talks too much! If you have the ability, you can marry a wife tonight!"

"Master, just watch!"

At 8pm, Du Lun actually brought back a Japanese girl. She was quite innocent, but a little skinny!

Gu Shun pulled the boy aside with a dark face and warned him,

"As the saying goes, a rabbit won't eat grass near its burrow. We're going to be living in this area in the future, so don't try to kidnap me or use drugs or anything like that. If you leave any hidden dangers, I won't let you off!"

Duren looked indifferent.

"Master, don't worry. This girl is called Xiuzi. I bought her with sixty kilograms of rice... as a betrothal gift!"

Gu Shun didn't believe this nonsense and shouted,

"Bullshit, besides 'Bageyalu', do you know any other Japanese words?"

"I can also say 'Yoshi' and 'Yamedie!'"

"speak English!"

"Master, there's a Japanese traitor in Fukuoka who can speak Chinese. I gave him a few pounds of rice, and he ran around happily. He found more than a dozen girls for me, but I didn't like the rest!!"

Gu Shun burst into laughter.

"Not bad, not bad. I like Japanese traitors, the more the better! Mr. Hu has assigned us a mission, and if we fail to complete it, we will suffer the consequences!"

Duren was unhappy when he heard this and shouted,

"What's so scary about the guy named Hu? What if he has three heads and six arms? We have money and weapons. The emperor is far away. Once we have established our foothold, if he dares to come..."

Gu Shun slapped him twice on the head.

"You son of a bitch, you still have the nerve to stand here and talk back at me. It was all thanks to the lives of your brothers. If it weren't for Mr. Hu who had his eye on that batch of medicine that night, all of you, a hundred or so people, would have been killed by him long ago!"

When Duren heard about the medicine, he became unhappy again.

"Master, Mr. Hu is so disrespectful. He kept the medicine for himself!"

"I don't want to talk to you now. Go back and be with your new wife!"

Duren rolled his eyes and continued to persuade,

"Master, is the Hu guy really that scary?"

"Wait until you meet one day, then tell me!"

"Master, did he get hold of something on you?"

The biggest handle is that pile of photos. Even if he escapes to Japan, Lao Gu will die once the photos are exposed.

"What leverage can I have on him? Your master's wife, fellow disciples and sisters are all here!"

Duren thought about it and it was right!

"Master, shall I go back?"

Gu Shun felt very uneasy, grabbed Du Lun and shouted,

"Sixty kilograms of rice in exchange for a woman? You bastard, don't fall for the honey trap without knowing it!"

You have to know that this group of people were carrying a large amount of gold, silver, antiques, calligraphy and paintings. Not to mention anything else, the cash alone amounted to more than 1200 million!

In addition, there were hundreds of tons of food and thousands of pieces of cloth in the cabin.

If the Japanese find out, how can they not be tempted?

Duren rolled his eyes and thought to himself: The older you are in the world, the less courageous you become!

He said with a smile,

"Master, Japan is really short of food. Half an hour ago, I saw two people starve to death in front of me! Sixty kilograms of rice is a lot, at least it can keep people alive!"

"real or fake?"

"It's more real than real gold. Believe it or not, fifty kilograms of rice for one girl. As much as you want!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Shun muttered to himself: Mr. Hu really didn't lie to me, Japan is indeed extremely short of food!

At this time, Japan was suffering from severe inflation, soaring prices, serious unemployment, and people were living in poverty, with no clothes to wear and no food to eat.

Here, we have to mention the change in the United States' attitude towards Japan.

After the end of World War II, in accordance with the strategic needs of the "Truman Doctrine", the United States originally wanted to support the Kuomintang regime and make China under its rule a stronghold of its anti-communist strategy.

In the eyes of the United States, a pro-American China can not only help the United States defend against Japan, but also contain the polar bear in the Far East and serve the United States' global strategy.

However, due to changes in the situation, the Chinese Red Army defeated the pro-American Kuomintang regime, causing the US Far East strategy to fail and the US plan to come to nothing.

The United States then turned its attention to Japan, planning to have it replace the Kuomintang regime and become an anti-communist stronghold in the Far East. The United States changed its original strategy of "supporting China to fight the polar bear" to "supporting Japan to fight China and the Soviet Union."

In order to implement this new strategy, the United States readjusted its policy toward Japan, relaxed sanctions and punishments on Japan, and shifted from weakening Japan to supporting Japan.

In 1948, U.S. Secretary of War Roya claimed that the United States wanted to build Japan into an arsenal in the Far East and a barrier against communism.

In order to achieve Japan's revival, the United States not only allowed Japan to retain the resource and equipment base required to resume production, especially military production, but also advocated easing war reparations and lifting designated compensation for most of Japan's military factories.

The easing of war reparations greatly reduced the burden of Japan's post-war economic recovery.

With the support of the United States, although Japan's economy has recovered to a certain extent, it is still in extreme difficulties. In order to help Japan get rid of the post-war inflation and food crisis as soon as possible, the United States has tailored a series of policies for Japan.

In December 1948, the United States proposed the "Nine Principles for Stabilizing Japan's Economy" which called for fiscal austerity and increased taxation. In February 12, the United States sent Dodge, chairman of the Detroit Bank, to Japan to serve as the highest financial adviser to the U.S. occupation authorities. He reorganized Japan's economy and formulated the "Dodge Plan."

At that time, Japan was still under a controlled economic system.

The so-called controlled economy means that the state finances, in order to comply with the needs of war, rely on administrative and legal means to directly intervene in or control various links such as production, circulation, and distribution. It is a highly authoritarian and centralized capitalist wartime economic model.

After Dodge's rectification, Japan's inflation was curbed and it gradually got out of the controlled economy, but it caused the phenomenon of "stable panic", which led to the Japanese economy falling into a situation with almost no way out.

"Stable panic" refers to the situation where the general public is forced to save and a large amount of money flows into large enterprises.

It is precisely this that has supported the development of large enterprises, but has led to the bankruptcy of small and medium-sized enterprises, increased unemployment, and increasing social unrest.

The current economic situation of Japan can be summed up in one sentence: Folks, for the revitalization of our country, I hope everyone will tighten their belts so that they can eat less!

The government hopes that people will eat less, but the reality is that many people cannot eat at all.

It’s not so bad in the countryside, people can catch grasshoppers and chew tree bark, but what about in the city!

The distributed food is far from enough!

Seeing that his master was silent, Du Lun approached him and said slyly,

"Master, how about I arrange a place for you to relax?"

Gu Shun glared at him and cursed in his heart: Don’t just talk, take action. Can the master refuse your filial piety?

He coughed twice and shouted,

"Don't just think about yourself, share your experience with your brothers and nephews!"

Duren nodded and approached his master again.

"You really don't want it?"

Gu Shun cursed in his heart again: I am here to fight against the Japanese!

"roll!"

Gu Shun once again fell into deep thought, when suddenly, Du Lun's loud shout came from a distance.

"You bastards, this is my woman, get the fuck out of here!"

"Little Junior Brother, don't be angry, the brothers just want to check for you!"

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