The Two Heroes of the Ye Family

One evening, Ye Minghao and Jiro Tanaka were drinking in a tavern in the Japanese Concession.

Ye Minghao inadvertently mentioned what the Imperial Army usually does after occupying a Western bank?

Tanaka Jiro took the initiative to say:

"Watanabe-kun, I happen to know this."

"Tanaka-kun, do you really know this?

I still have some gold in the safe at Citibank Hujiang.

I wonder if I can still get it out now?"

"Watanabe-kun, then you don't have to worry about the money!

It is said that after the Imperial Army took over Western banks in various places, they burned all the account books in the banks.

They don’t want to see the bank’s books.”

“What the Imperial Army is doing is a great thing for those who owe bank loans.

But for those who have deposited money in Western banks, wouldn’t that be terrible?”

"Watanabe-kun, you can only blame yourself for your bad luck.

The imperial army burned the loan and deposit documents for the sole purpose of not letting people know how much money was in the bank.

I heard that most of the gold and banknotes in the bank fell into the hands of officers of the Imperial Army.

Only a small portion of the money goes to military spending.”

"Tanaka-kun, don't you think this is a bit too much?"

Jiro Tanaka waved his hands, expressing helplessness.

"Watanabe-kun, let's not discuss this. We can make back the lost money from other sources."

Ye Minghao had no choice but to nod.

……

When Ye Xiaoyang learned that the Japanese had burned Western bank accounts, he was neither surprised nor sad.

Thinking about it, I feel a little bit amused and helpless. It seems that all the hard work I did that night was in vain.

Ye Xiaoyang actually expected the Japanese to do this, otherwise he would not have borrowed so much money.

He has a loan of 2000 million US dollars from Citibank in Fengtian, which he never has to pay back.

Ye Xiaoyang earned the 2000 million US dollars with tears in his eyes.

If you think about it, the Japanese devils' actions have made themselves the beneficiaries without them realizing it.

After Qingming Festival, Yamaguchi Hirohito and Ye Xiaoyang took a cruise to Fengtian again.

They stayed in Fengtian for a month, and Ye Xiaoyang obtained 30 tons of gold, 20 tons of which he purchased with his own money.

Yamaguchi Hirohito's team stole five tons of gold, and Ye Xiaoyang and his two brothers also stole five tons of gold.

Like last time, all the gold belongs to Ye Xiaoyang, and the gold belonging to Yamaguchi Hirohito is converted into US dollars.

Ye Xiaoyang informed his elder brother Ye Mingyu to pay US dollars to the person in charge of the Yamaguchi family in the United States.

Time flies, and more than a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

In mid-June of the 31st year of the Republic of China, the United States Navy launched a surprise attack on the Japanese Navy at Midway Island.

The war was fierce, with the air forces of both sides fighting in the air, and the warships and aircraft carriers on the sea were not to be outdone.

This time it was the U.S. Navy that took the initiative, going all out to seize the initiative.

The Japanese navy near Midway Island was directly defeated and they began to doubt their lives. Thick smoke billowed everywhere on the sea.

The battle lasted only three days, and the Imperial Japanese Navy suffered a crushing defeat in the Battle of Midway.

The Japanese Imperial Navy that participated in the war was almost completely wiped out, which was something the Tokyo headquarters could never have imagined.

The Tokyo headquarters felt for the first time that something was wrong, and they remembered the carnival eight months ago.

They once thought that after destroying the Pearl Harbor military base in Hawaii, the Imperial Navy would be the overlord of the Pacific.

The debt was repaid so quickly in June, and the revenge came so quickly, which they never dreamed of.

There was no time to grieve, as even greater losses awaited them, and the exchange rate of the US dollar against the Japanese yen rose rapidly.

This indicates that the international financial market has a pessimistic view of the Japanese Empire.

Japan is a country with scarce resources, and the depreciation of its currency means a decline in purchasing power.

The exchange rate of the US dollar to the Japanese yen rose from 1:2 before the Battle of Pearl Harbor to 1:4.

The head of the Yamaguchi family has been paying attention to exchange rate changes since the family borrowed 2 million yen from the bank.

Unexpectedly, the Imperial Navy lost the war at Midway, and the exchange rate of the US dollar against the Japanese yen rose rapidly.

Ten months ago, the Yamaguchi family used all their connections to borrow 2 million yen from the Bank of Tokyo.

Then they followed Taro Miyamoto's advice and converted the 2 million yen into 1 million US dollars.

Now, one hundred million U.S. dollars can be exchanged for 4 million yen.

In just less than a year, the Yamaguchi family earned 2 million yen from bank loans.

In the past, every time he thought about paying millions of yen in interest to the bank every year, he felt a little painful.

Now, he feels that the interest earned in a year is really not much.

Chief Yamaguchi suddenly felt that running a geisha house and forcing young women to receive customers was boring.

It’s still faster to make money using your brain, and the key is that this money does not need to be distributed to those officials.

Taro Miyamoto’s advice is still good: let the children in the family read more, so that the Yamaguchi family can use their brains to make money in the future.

Thinking of this, the head of the Yamaguchi clan felt that he had to ask Hirohito's younger brother to deepen his relationship with Taro Miyamoto.

……

Ye Xiaoyang came to Mr. Wu's house with three newspapers and two boxes of gifts.

When the Wu family’s housekeeper saw Ye Xiaoyang get out of the car, he immediately came forward and took the gift from Ye Xiaoyang’s hand.

"Young Master Ye, you come to see our master again."

"Yes, Uncle Han, I came here today to give Mr. Wu the good news."

"Xiaoye, what's the good news?"

Ye Xiaoyang walked quickly into the living room and immediately handed the newspaper in his hand to Mr. Wu.

And whispered to him:

"Mr. Wu, the newspaper reported that the U.S. Navy launched a surprise attack on the Japanese Empire's navy at Midway Island.

The two sides fought for three days, and the Japanese Imperial Navy participating in the Battle of Midway was completely wiped out.

It is said that the aircraft carriers and warships destroyed in the Battle of Midway accounted for 70% of the Japanese Navy's assets.

I think the Japanese have switched their strategy from offense to defense, and they won't be able to act so arrogant anymore."

"This is indeed great news."

"Who says not? I guess the Japs will plunder the wealth in the occupied areas next."

“Will there be mass murder?”

"The Japanese devils' cruel and brutal nature will not change.

Last year, the Japanese invaders in North China implemented the "burn all, kill all, and rob all" policy in North China.

"The Japanese are completely inhumane and are nothing more than beasts."

"Mr. Wu, I personally think the worst group is Wang Jingwei and his gang in the Nanjing Light Blue Government.

Without the help of these traitors and lackeys, the Japanese army would not be able to control so many cities with their limited manpower."

"Yeah! A while ago I saw in the newspaper that a mysterious group had attacked another crappy Imperial Army.

More than 5000 Imperial Army soldiers were killed at one time.

I felt so relieved at the time that I would have donated all my wealth to the mysterious team for military expenses.

"Mr. Wu, don't worry about the mysterious team. I once heard that there are beautiful overseas Chinese who are supporting the mysterious team financially.

Why could the mysterious team successfully launch night attacks on the Japanese devils and the Imperial Army time and time again?

It is said that all their weapons and equipment are produced by U.S. military-industrial enterprises.

Overseas Chinese bought them from arms dealers."

"Xiao Ye, you see, human nature is complicated.

Traitors and running dogs like Wang Jingwei in China are willing to acknowledge the enemy as their father and become the Japanese's minions.

They specifically target ordinary people like us, and sometimes the things they do are even more hateful than those of the Japanese devils.

However, overseas Chinese supported the Chinese people in their fight against the Japanese invaders."

"Yes! If all Chinese were like Wang Jingwei, I'm afraid we would be enslaved by the Japanese for generations to come."

"The Communist Party's leadership is wise. They have united all possible forces to defeat the Japanese invaders.

Overthrowing landlords and bullies and actively distributing land to ordinary people is something that has never happened in our Chinese history.

You are optimistic about the Communist Party organization, and I am optimistic about the Communist Party too. I have three children, and my eldest son died in the Battle of Hujiang.

My eldest daughter-in-law took my grandson and granddaughter on a cruise to California, the United States.

He wrote back to say that the three of them, mother and son, were now living in a small town in the south of the Yangtze River, and that everything was fine there.

Living with us is our second son and his family, who take care of us, an elderly couple.

Before leaving Hujiang, my youngest daughter said she went to Skin Care with her classmates. We haven't heard from her for over three years."

Mr. Wu was in a very depressed mood when he spoke.

"Mr. Wu, don't worry about your grandchildren going to Jiangnan Town. The living conditions there are good.

At least they have enough food and drink, their children can go to school, there are no wars, and foreigners won’t set foot in the small towns south of the Yangtze River.”

Old Wu suddenly remembered that his eldest daughter-in-law wrote in a letter that Jiangnan Town was built after the Ye family in Gusu City purchased a farm.

"Xiao Ye, Jiangnan Town was built with money from your Ye family in Gusu City, right?"

“Yes, Mr. Wu, give me the name of your eldest daughter-in-law.

I will find an opportunity to send a telegram to my brother, asking him to send someone to take care of the three of them."

Mr. Wu shook his hand and said:

"Xiao Ye, there's no need to go through so much trouble. I know that the mother and her two children are in Jiangnan Town.

Don’t be special, just be like everyone else.”

Ye Xiaoyang was moved by Mr. Wu's refusal. If Mr. Wu was not so old, he would probably have joined the Communist Party.

In the future, when I have time, I will visit Mr. Wu’s house more often and teach him the basic skills of Tai Chi.

Let such predecessors live longer and witness the prosperous era of China's unification with their own eyes.

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