Liu Changhe's words tempted You Shichang. The profits from reselling rice were too high. In less than 20 days before, he had already made a fortune.

The more you earn, the more you want to earn; the more money you have, the more money you want. You Shichang was no exception.

Moreover, if the goods handover location were actually set in a place beyond the reach of No. 76 and the Special Higher Police, the danger would undoubtedly be reduced by a great deal.

After a long period of thought and deliberation, You Shichang finally made a decision. He looked up at Liu Changhe and said firmly, "Okay, Boss Liu, we will continue the rice business. As you said, we will change the delivery location to another place. You will be in charge of arranging this!"

Liu Changhe nodded and said, "Your subordinate Chang Hui is no longer reliable. I think we should replace him with someone else, preferably someone who is loyal to you. We can't let him be captured by Japanese spies and easily sold out!"

"Don't worry, I guarantee there won't be any mistakes this time. Even if things get out, they won't trace it back to me, much less you!"

76 number.

In the morning, Li Qun had just arrived at the office and hadn't even settled in when there was a knock on the door.

"Come in!"

The door was pushed open, and the secretary came in to report: "Director, Captain Wang Dabao says he has an urgent matter to discuss with you!"

"Let him in!" Li Qun said.

"Yes!"

Wang Dabao rushed in and reported: "Director, things are bad. The two people we sent to keep watch last night haven't returned, and we haven't heard from them since!"

"We have sent three groups of people to search along the direction where the grain convoy disappeared, but so far we have not found a single clue!"

Upon hearing this, Li Qun frowned: "So they were discovered, and the other side even made them disappear?"

“Very likely!” Wang Dabao said.

"Who exactly are those people who transported the rice away?" Li Qun muttered to himself, squinting his eyes.

Wang Dabao said, "Director, no matter who those people are, they are incredibly audacious. They even dared to kill our 76th Division members, which shows they are no pushovers!"

After considering for a moment, Li Qun said, "Two solutions: First, go and talk to the big shots in the underworld and ask them to find the person; second, inform the police station and ask them to investigate, saying that the two of us have gone missing in their jurisdiction, and ask them to find the person and those people who transported the grain!"

"Yes, I'll go right away!"

Wang Dabao had just stood up when he seemed to remember something, so he sat down again and said, "Director, why go through all that trouble? Why don't we just send someone to arrest Liu Changhe?"

"Arrest Liu Changhe?" Li Qun was taken aback, then shook his head: "I'm afraid it won't be easy. Liu Changhe is a very cunning man. Nobody knows how many places he has or where he stays every day. Moreover, we have quite a few of his former subordinates in our 76th Division. If we were to arrest him, I'm afraid the news would reach his ears before we even started!"

After thinking for a few seconds, he said, "Here's what we'll do. You go and do what I just asked you to do. I'll send someone to find out Liu Changhe's whereabouts and where he usually hides before we make any further plans!"

"Yes, Director!"

In Ganggang, Zhang Yunhe and a dozen or so people, including Ai Cao, had been there for many days. They had been provided with accommodation and jobs, and everything was on track.

"Beep beep beep, beep beep beep..." Zhang Yunhe was processing official documents in his office when his computer, IronBlood, alerted him to a virtual phone call coming in.

He answered the call: "Hello?"

"It's me!" Ma Dazhi's voice came through the earpiece. "The situation is not good. The Japanese and the 76th Division have discovered the rice incident and have started investigating. They've traced it back to Liu Changhe. Although Liu Changhe is hiding in the French Concession and has many thugs and bodyguards around him, even though they are all desperate criminals, if the 76th Division wants to touch him, he might be taken down at any time!"

"If he's arrested by the 76th Division or the Special Higher Police, I can't guarantee he won't implicate me!"

After listening, Zhang Yunhe considered for a moment and asked, "How much rice have you stockpiled so far?"

"Exactly 20 shi, still far from 100 million shi! But don't worry, the rice purchase hasn't stopped, it's still continuing. I've already asked Liu Changhe to contact You Shichang again and have him continue to send people to purchase rice, just setting the delivery location outside the sphere of influence of No. 76 and the Special Higher Police."

"I think this way I can hold out for a while longer, hopefully until I can gather 100 million shi of rice. Even if I am exposed by then, I will still have time to retreat!"

Zhang Yunhe said, "Your safety is the top priority. If you can avoid exposing yourself, do so. I can find a solution for the rice issue in the southwest. There's no need to risk your life for this!"

"At 10 p.m. tonight, have all the warehouse guards withdraw. I will send people to move all the grain away. For safety's sake, your people and my people should not meet!"

"Yes, then I'll order the warehouse guards to leave promptly at 10 p.m. How long will it take your men to arrive at the warehouse?" Ma Dazhi asked over the phone.

Zhang Yunhe said, "It shouldn't take more than 5 minutes. The handover interval can't be too long, otherwise problems will easily arise. Have your people take control of the warehouse again first thing tomorrow morning!"

"Also, where do you plan to have Liu Changhe set up the rice delivery location?"

Ma Dazhi mentioned a seaside location that was outside the sphere of influence of the 76th Division and the Special Higher Police.

After listening, Zhang Yunhe said, "Okay, I understand. I'll arrange the location of the new warehouse. I'll let you know when it's arranged. You can tell Liu Changhe to transport the rice to the new warehouse and then you don't need to worry about it anymore!"

"okay, I get it!"

Late that night, Zhang Yunhe piloted the spaceship landing craft to the secret warehouse in the French Concession where Ma Dazhi had stockpiled rice at top speed.

At 10 o'clock sharp, all the guards in the warehouse withdrew, leaving none behind.

Zhang Yunhe immediately sneaked in and stuffed all 20 shi of rice into his backpack space.

The following morning, Murata Takasuke of the Special Higher Police received a call from Matsui.

"I am Commander Matsui and Section Chief Murata. I asked you to investigate the rice incident. Why is there still no result? Moreover, the grain delivered by the Grain Bureau to the Military Supplies and Logistics Department is still the same as before, mostly coarse grains, with only a very small portion being rice!"

"I'm asking you, where did all the rice go? I've had people check, and there's been no increase in the amount of rice sold on the market. Where did all the rice grown by the farmers go?" Matsui questioned loudly over the phone.

Murata Takasuke quickly replied, "Commander, we've made some progress. It's true that someone is reselling rice, causing the rice collected by the grain bureau to be secretly sold off, leaving our soldiers without rice to eat!"

"The person currently involved is Liu Changhe of the Green Gang. He is hiding in the French Concession, and we are trying to find a way to arrest him!"

"Arrest Liu Changhe immediately, interrogate him rigorously, confiscate all the rice he has hoarded, and send it to the military supply warehouse!" Matsui gave the order over the phone.

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