"No, no, General Chen, her name is Masako, she is a closed female disciple of mine, she has nothing to do with this plan, so be it, I am willing to surrender now, and I will go to the Governor's Mansion with you to explain clearly."

For the sake of this female disciple, Miyamoto did not hesitate to put down his face, regardless of the samurai spirit and the dignity of the family, and surrendered on his own initiative, which shocked Chen Tianhua.

This shows that this female disciple has a deep family background in the Japanese island country. Otherwise, Miyamoto Tadakatsu would definitely not do this.

As for this female disciple, why did she secretly appear in Wuchang Mansion? This should be a difficult mystery.

"Well, since the master is willing to surrender, and Chen certainly accepts it happily, then please invite you two, master and disciple, to get on the carriage."

Chen Tianhua wanted very much for Miyamoto Tadakatsu's surrender. He did not want to kill indiscriminately. As long as it did not violate his principles and there was some reason, he wanted to preserve it.

The nature of Miyamoto Tadakatsu is different from that of Arao Sei and others. He went to the Qing Dynasty to carry out a mission, and his main purpose was to overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty. This is different to the extent that he has been lurking in the Qing Dynasty for a long time and engaged in other espionage activities.

different.

After being arrested by the Qing government, it was entirely possible for Miyamoto to return to the island country as long as the Japanese side kept it safe and proposed some exchange conditions.

Preferring death rather than surrender, unyielding, this is a kind of warrior conduct, the spirit of bushido.

On the left side of the front yard of Maming Pavilion, there were ready-made carriages and horses. When the two team members heard the sound, they went over to hitch the carriage and pulled it over so that Miyamoto and Masako could get on the carriage calmly.

"On New Year's Day, I will lead a squad of team members to escort the carriage back to the Governor's Mansion. You will lead the remaining troops to clean up the scene and search the Ma Mansion."

"As you command, Major General."

After Chen Tianhua finished his instructions, he put on his black cloak again, turned around and walked out of the house that was filled with the smell of blood.

He was covered in blood, and the smell of blood emanated from his body. He was riding on a tall horse, which made many pedestrians on the street flee in fear as if they had encountered an evil spirit. They did not dare to raise their heads to look at him.

…

Hangzhou Fu Yunhe West Road, Zhejiang Provincial Admiral's Office.

Li Cunzhi took the documents just submitted by his subordinates and was so happy that he couldn't help but stand up and cheered loudly with joy.

"Chen Tianhua's reorganization and expansion in Daye, Hubei is progressing smoothly. The fiscal revenue of Fengghong Mining and Meiguang Autonomous Region in the first half of the year has increased compared with the same period last year. Now, my military expenditure and the expansion of the Taihu Navy are covered. Good, good

,Tianhua really lived up to expectations.”

Li Cunzhi walked around excitedly in the main hall of the yamen. He didn't notice his chief of staff Guan Xizheng, who walked in with a wry smile on his face and a report in his hand.

"Mr. Guan, please tell me how I should commend my beloved son-in-law!" Li Cunzhi turned around and asked.

Ever since she got the fourth concubine to come into the house, Bai Suling became very distant from Li Cunzhi and ignored the affairs of the house. She would go to Huxindao Manor every three days to be with her beloved daughter Qianhua and her nephews and nieces.

Fortunately, there are two housekeepers in the Admiral's Mansion. The first housekeeper is very capable, so everything in the house is still in order.

As for Li Shuzhen, she naturally sides with her mother. Now she rarely comes to the official residence to visit her father, and she doesn't even call her.

Chen Tianhua couldn't see it. He was a sensible person who did important things, so he would not be affected by this. He would do whatever he had to do, and he would not lose a penny of the profits he handed over, ensuring his father-in-law's military expenditure needs for the new army. These things

All impeccable.

This year, Li Cunzhi plans to expand the Taihu Navy, add another naval battalion, and add two gunboats, imported from the United Kingdom, each with a capacity of about 1,500 tons, and the displacement and size are twice that of the original German gunboats.

This plan requires the purchase of military funds. Chen Tianhua said nothing, he was supportive.

Regarding Li Cunzhi's sudden commendation, Guan Xizheng was completely aware of it, because starting from last year, family conflicts began to emerge.

Mr. Li Sangong is expanding his power in Shanghai. Although he is blocked in acquiring Huasheng Textile Factory, he has achieved certain results in other projects with the support of the Li family. No one knows what Chen Tianhua will think.

Mr. Li openly took concubines into the house, which made Bai Suling, the third wife of the housekeeper, very dissatisfied. No one knew whether the mother's influence on her daughter would affect Chen Tianhua.

The combination of these factors made Li Cunzhi feel somewhat uneasy. After all, the main source of income for the development of Li Mansion now relies entirely on Chen Tianhua.

Li Cunzhi suddenly mentioned public commendation, which had a somewhat appeasing and flattering connotation.

Kansai Zheng smiled bitterly and handed over a report in his hand, which was submitted by Zhang Chuan of the Intelligence Department.

"Commander, please take a look at Zhang Chuan's memorial first!"

Seeing Guan Xizheng's strange expression, Li Cunzhi took it over strangely, glanced at the cover, and muttered strangely:

"Shanghai? What's going on with Chen Tianhua in Shanghai?"

After opening the secret report and taking a quick look, his expression changed drastically. After reading it in full, Li Cunzhi slammed the report on the table, gasping for breath, and was speechless.

Zhang Chuan's secret report mainly covers one aspect, which is Xu Yunyuan's series of activities in Shanghai.

First, it has been found that the shares of Huasheng Textile General Factory have been fully acquired by the Xu Group. Behind the scenes, Xu Yunyuan found Yang Shiqi, the supervisor of the Steamship Merchants Bureau, and the two parties reached a secret agreement, which owned one-third of the shares of Huasheng.

The Steamship Merchants Group took the lead in transferring all its shares to the Xu Group.

As for whether Chen Tianhua knew about it and participated in it, no real evidence has been found so far.

Second, the Military Investigation Office controlled by Xu Yunyuan has a base in Shanghai.

Zhao Fengchang, the leader of Zhang Zhidong's investigative agency in Shanghai, has been under Xu's command, making him even more powerful.

Third, Xu’s investigation department has secret agents, except for Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, which have branches.

We have also set up workstations in Jiangxi, Anhui, Huguang and other places, including in Beijing.

"What does this woman want to do?" Li Cunzhi said angrily.

From Zhang Chuan's secret report, he seems to be implying that Chen Tianhua is the biggest manipulator behind the scenes.

It's just that the real evidence has not been found.

However, Chen Tianhua must be aware of and support the establishment of branches, workstations, etc. by the Military Investigation Division, because these require huge funds.

Just now he wanted to commend Daye Mining for its rectification, but now in Li Cunzhi's eyes, it seemed that Chen Tianhua was ambitiously expanding his capacity, and Sima Zhao's intentions were well known to everyone.

"Commander, please calm down!" Kansai Zheng said cautiously:

"With the ability of the Japanese people, they cannot stop the expansion of the Major General. No one else is his opponent. It can be said that he is now invincible. It is difficult for the commander to restrict him. If he is not careful, an embarrassing situation will occur.

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"As for Shanghai, a ten-mile foreign land and a paradise for adventurers, how could the Major General give up so easily and let the Third Young Master develop it alone?"
Chapter completed!