Espionage: I became sworn brothers with Zheng Yaoxian at the beginning, and became the Seventh Broth

Chapter 594 Changing the Future

Three days later.

Yu Manli was the first to knock on the door of Ye Shaohong's office.

She was holding a folder made of solid wood, which contained a thick stack of manuscripts.

Upon reaching Ye Shaohong, Yu Manli placed the folder she was holding in front of him.

"Station manager, please take a look."

"This is a list of houses and shops belonging to Japanese spies and traitors that were confiscated and seized at Jiangcheng Station in the past six months, which I just had someone compile."

"If you have no objections, I plan to put them up for sale soon to raise some money as reserve funds for the station." The investigation and disposal of these confiscated assets is within the jurisdiction of the General Affairs Department, but because of the large amount of money involved, it requires the station chief's signature and approval before it can be carried out.

Yu Manli came here today to perform normal official duties.

However, Ye Shaohong's methods were not entirely clean.

Seeing that a beautiful woman had come to his door, it was impossible for anyone to break into his office without permission.

In a short time, Ye Shaohong became bolder.

He looked up, a gentle smile playing on his lips, and patted the armrest of his office chair.

Yu Manli rolled her eyes at Ye Shaohong, but in the end she obediently walked over.

Once Yu Manli was under Ye Shaohong's control, Ye Shaohong reached out and pulled, and Yu Manli fell into Ye Shaohong's arms.

Ye Shaohong placed his large hand on Yu Manli's slender waist, stroking it back and forth while asking her if her work had gone smoothly these past few days.

The result is not bad.

Although the General Affairs Department is highly lucrative due to its special authority, its personnel factions are also the most complex.

If an ordinary person were to rashly take over this position, it would be very difficult for them to consolidate power in a short period of time.

But Yu Manli was different.

Everyone at Jiangcheng Station knew that Yu Manli was Ye Shaohong's lover. Because of this relationship, no one in the General Affairs Department dared to stand up and contradict Yu Manli.

They were all very cooperative and helped Yu Manli take over the work of the General Affairs Department.

That's why Yu Manli seemed to be in a pretty good mood.

Faced with Ye Shaohong's restless hands and feet, she merely shifted her body slightly and readily accepted it. The two then chatted for a while longer.

When Yu Manli was already showing signs of arousal after being tormented by Ye Shaohong, that scoundrel Ye Shaohong coughed lightly and picked up the documents on the table.

"Don't rush to sell these properties and shops."

"According to the latest news from headquarters, the National Government agencies will relocate to Jiangcheng by the end of the year."

"As pioneers, we definitely need to purchase and prepare some properties for the high-ranking officials and bigwigs at headquarters in advance. Please pay special attention to this in the next few days and select ten villas first."

Ye Shaohong made this arrangement partly out of self-interest.

of course.

He wasn't trying to curry favor with those high-ranking officials and bigwigs in the Secret Service.

He knew perfectly well that the core institutions of the Nationalist government would not linger in Jiangcheng for long; it was merely a transit point for their relocation of the capital to the mountain city. In a few months, the Japanese army would be on their way to encircle and annihilate them.

In this situation, if he put the properties and shops confiscated by the Jiangcheng Station of the Special Service on the market and sold them, he could obtain a large sum of money in a short period of time.

Ultimately, it's actually a scam.

It's the ordinary people of Jiangcheng who are being harmed.

Since that's the case, why not find a suitable reason to detain them temporarily and leave them to the high-ranking officials at the Secret Service headquarters?

This would also prevent them from trying to extort money from the people after they arrive with the main force of the capital relocation.

Of course, there is another method.

Ye Shaohong could also sell the houses and shops he had confiscated directly to those foreigners.

Especially the Japanese devils.

Ye Shaohong wouldn't feel any remorse for tricking them. But in doing so, he would inevitably give others leverage against him, making it a losing proposition in the end.

So Ye Shaohong gave up.

It would be better to wait until the Nationalist government offices move to the mountain city and then hand over these properties and shops to the local military.

It might even have some practical value.

"Is the Nationalist government going to move the capital?"

"Are they planning to abandon Nanjing?"

"How could you do this!"

Upon hearing this news, Yu Manli was also shocked. She was not a military commander, so she could not understand the intention behind the Nationalist government's decision.

In Yu Manli's view, Nanjing is the capital of the country and its significance is great. Even if it costs everything, it must be defended firmly.

But is that really the case?

Actually, that's not the case. Considering the surrounding terrain of Jinling City, it would indeed have been a formidable pass that was difficult to breach in ancient times.

But now it's different.

After the Industrial Revolution, airplanes and artillery became deadly weapons on the battlefield.

The area where Nanjing is located is the vast Songhu Delta region, which, apart from the Zijin Mountains, is basically an endless plain.

With such terrain, once Shanghai falls, the Japanese tanks and artillery can be quickly deployed to the outskirts of Nanjing.

If they stubbornly defend Jinling City, not to mention whether they can ultimately hold out, the price they will have to pay is unimaginable.

To squander one's limited resources for the sake of gaining or losing a single city or region.

This is an extremely foolish act.

The "instructor's" strategy of encircling the cities from the countryside is the most correct guiding principle for China at present. Ye Shaohong also supports it.

"no way."

"The situation on the Shanghai battlefield is becoming increasingly dire, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to defend Nanjing."

"Relocating the capital has become an inevitable trend."

“Last night, I contacted the Nanjing headquarters and suggested to the director that he urge the core senior management to make a decision as soon as possible and finalize the relocation of the capital.”

"Only in this way can we transfer Nanjing's defense industry, financial system, and civilian system out of the city."

"It can also help to evacuate as many people as possible from the city of Nanjing, so that they can be spared from enemy artillery fire."

Actually, all those previous statements were just reasons Ye Shaohong deliberately came up with; the last point was the core reason he sent the telegram.

Ye Shaohong's soul came from the future. He could never forget the brutal atrocities committed by the Japanese devils on the day they breached the defenses of Nanjing in December 1937.

The massacre lasted for 40 days and was horrific, resulting in the deaths of more than 30 soldiers and civilians.

This is an inhuman atrocity in the history of human civilization.

Ye Shaohong was just an ordinary person who could not change the fate of the nation, but he wanted to make some small changes in his own way.

If, because of him, fewer people will die in future tragedies and fewer families will suffer misfortune, then his time travel will not have been in vain.

However, he could not express these things, nor could he tell others.

Ye Shaohong could only try to change things in other ways and under other pretexts.

"Is that so?" "Alright then, I've got it. I'll handle this myself later!"