As soon as he left Shanhaiguan, Meng Shaoyuan immediately felt the color.

The suit and black woolen coat are very handsome, right?

You'll freeze to death!

When they saw Luo Yiyan and Xie Songshan, they calmly took out the clothes they had prepared from their luggage.

A thick cotton coat and a mink fur hat that covers your ears.

Let’s take a look at the handsome Master Meng again?

Shaking, shaking...shivering all over from the cold...

Handsome?

Fuck you.

This weather can really freeze someone to death.

"Manager Zhu, it's not okay for you to enter Manchuria wearing this." Xie Songshan looked worried: "You will get frozen."

"Ah, I brought it, I brought it... Ah Sneeze." Meng Shaoyuan sneezed and looked at Luo asking for help: "Steward Luo, um, bring me my clothes."

Huh? You have no clothes. Are these clothes mine?

Seeing Meng Shaoyuan wink at him, he remembered his identity. He was a butler. As a butler, how could he not wear the boss's clothes?

Having entered Manchuria, there are many dangers at this time. If you are not careful, you will lose everything.

Gritting his teeth, he handed the clothes prepared for him to Meng Shaoyuan: "Manager Zhu, please change into your clothes."

It's indeed much warmer.

Meng Shaoyuan was satisfied, especially with this hat, which was so warm. He glanced at Luo and said, "I said Butler Luo, you should change it quickly, so as not to freeze."

Should I change?

My clothes are at your place!

"Boss, I left in a hurry and forgot to bring mine." Luo glanced at him with a bitter look on his face.

"It's very careless, very careless." Meng Shaoyuan severely criticized his housekeeper: "It's so cold in the Northeast. It doesn't matter if you freeze without clothes. Who will help me?"

You are not a thing, Luo Yiyan said, "Yes, yes", while he kept cursing Meng Shaoyuan in his heart.

"Manager Zhu, is this your first time in Manchuria?"

"yes."

Xie Songshan kindly reminded him: "Now that we are out of the pass, we can no longer call northeast and northeast like we were in the pass. This is Manchuria, Manchukuo, and there is an emperor, our Emperor Kant."

Yes, this is the Puppet Manchukuo now, and the "Emperor Kant" is the nominal emperor...

…

During the period when Zhang Zuolin was in charge of the Northeast, the Northeast entered a golden age of economic development. Industry, agriculture, mining, commerce, and finance all achieved great development, and all aspects of business scale, production efficiency, and development speed were at the forefront.

At the forefront of the country.

Especially before the September 18th Incident, civil wars continued all over the country. Only in the Northeast, with the influx of people from the Guandong region, all areas of the economy showed a prosperous scene, and the economy was unprecedentedly prosperous.

At that time, the Northeast region could be said to be an important grain production base in the world, especially in the 1920s, more than 80% of the world's soybeans came from Northeast China.

In terms of military industry, Zhang Zuolin established the Ordnance Factory of the Three Northeastern Provinces on the basis of the Fengtian Ordnance Bureau, and later established the Northeast Aviation Factory and the Navy Factory. The military industry in Northeast China far lagged behind the rest of the country, so much so that nine

·18 When the Japanese took over the arsenals left by Zhang Xueliang, they were amazed.

On the basis of the support of military industry, Northeast China also vigorously developed heavy industry and mining. A large number of modern industrial sectors such as machinery manufacturing plants, sand foundry plants, power plants, and ironmaking plants were built.

In terms of transportation, Northeast China has established its own railway network and established the Northeast Shipping Bureau, which is specifically responsible for shipping.

During Japan's occupation of Northeast China, it used the "Manchuria Railway" as a fulcrum and developed the Manchurian Railway into a complex involving railways, mining, machinery, electricity, steel and other fields through the high profits it obtained.

What a pity for such a great place.

Why was it handed over to the Japanese?

Without Tohoku, Japan's domestic economy would have collapsed on its own.

Even if you brainwash the Japanese people, it will be useless.

There are things that ruin the family every year, but to be able to ruin the family like this, the little Liuzi is the only one.

Meng Shaoyuan used to think that even if he knew nothing about military affairs, if he was allowed to take command, he would be able to persevere by relying on such a large family fortune left by the old man, including the air force, army, and tanks, to fight against each other.

It takes a lot of time, right?

such a pity.

If I hadn't been to the Northeast, I would have thought that this place was too backward, and transportation basically relied on horse-drawn carriages and legs. Only when I arrived in person did I realize that the transportation here was far beyond my imagination.

After exiting customs, we took trains all the way and arrived directly at "Xinjing".

But on the train, Japanese soldiers always appeared to check documents. Fortunately, Xie Songshan was beside him, so there were no dangers along the way.

Finally arrived at Changchun, the "capital" of the Puppet Manchukuo... No, Xinjing, Meng Shaoyuan kept reminding himself, it must be called Xinjing.

As soon as I entered Xinjing, my biggest feeling was that there were Japanese people everywhere.

Japanese expatriates, Japanese military police, this place seems to be Japan's territory.

Xie Songshan was as attentive as he could be, and arranged for Meng Shaoyuan and Meng Shaoyuan to stay at the Manchuria Hotel, the best hotel in Xinjing, which was also run by the Japanese.

The hotel manager, Jintian Youjiang, was acquainted with Xie Songshan, and Xie Songshan helped Meng Shaoyuan and the others become a guarantor.

"Name, what are you doing here?" When asking the waiter to register, Arie Kaneda's face was full of disdain for the Chinese people from the border.

"I wish Yanfan, come here to purchase goods and do business."

What he never expected was that a string of fluent Japanese would come out of Meng Shaoyuan's mouth.

"Can you speak Japanese?" Kinda Yue was startled.

"Yes, my mother is Japanese, from Tokyo." Meng Shaoyuan replied in fluent Japanese: "My grandfather served as deputy minister of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of China government."

Arie Kaneda suddenly realized.

Although the Japanese are very arrogant in China, in fact many Japanese, at least before the September 18th Incident, were proud to marry their daughters to the sons of high-ranking Chinese officials or celebrities.

After all, no matter how weak China is, it was once the supreme power in the world.

There once was a man named Zuo, a descendant of Zuo Zongtang, a branch of the family. When he was studying in Japan, he was attracted by the daughter of a high-ranking Japanese official, but this man named Zuo was very strong-willed and unwilling to marry a Japanese woman.

As a result, this woman went on a hunger strike and threatened. When the Japanese family heard that this person was a descendant of Zuo Zongtang, their father, mother, brother, and cousin all came to Zuo's residence to lobby and even beg.

Finally, under the persuasion of his friends from the same hometown, Zuo reluctantly married this Japanese woman.

When Meng Shaoyuan said this, Kaneda Yujiang suddenly felt a sense of intimacy towards him.

Little did he know that the "Zhu Yanfan" in front of him always talked nonsense, but the lies he concocted always hit the mark, but he always got to the point, so that the listeners would often believe it to be true.

Coupled with his fluent Japanese and strong Japanese accent, Kaneda Arie had no doubts.

"Give him a room on the third floor." Kaneda Yue took the pen from the waiter's hand and changed the guarantor from Xie Songshan to his own name.

The rooms on the third floor have the best facilities in the entire Manzhou Hotel.

Moreover, the guarantor is Japanese, so there will be no trouble in the future.

It was also the first time that Xie Songshan knew that "Zhu Yanfan" actually had Japanese blood in him, and he spoke Japanese so fluently. Fortunately, he was very respectful to him along the way.

No wonder he became the deputy general manager at such a young age. It turns out that his family has a very strong background.

Xie Songshan is a Manchurian, he knows some Japanese and can barely communicate with the Japanese, but Luo was dumbfounded at first glance.

Why did Chief Meng speak so fluently in Japanese? And after a few words, the Japanese's attitude towards him changed drastically.

"Mr. Zhu, if you need anything, you can call the front desk." Kaneda Youjiang said enthusiastically: "If you want to apply for a pass in Xinjing, I can help you do it. With the Manzhou Hotel as the guarantor, that's

There must be no problem."

"Thank you so much." Meng Shaoyuan took out a wad of money: "Here are two thousand yen, which are temporarily deposited with you. You can deduct our food and accommodation expenses, as well as the cost of applying for passes, by yourself. If it is not enough.

, tell me anytime.”

"That's enough, that's enough."

Jintian Youjiang was very happy.

This young man has Japanese ancestry, is a high-ranking official in China, and is so generous in his dealings, so I must make friends with him.

Xie Songshan personally sent Meng Shaoyuan to the room: "Manager Zhu, tonight, I will be a host in the 'Sheng'en Hall', which is the place where the emperor once had dinner. The word "Sheng's Hall" is also the name of Mr. Du Ge.

It is written that there is no better restaurant in Xinjing."

Meng Shaoyuan asked: "Who is Mr. Du Ge?"

"Du Mingshan served as a bachelor in the Qing Dynasty and was given the opportunity to travel in the military. After the Qing Dynasty disappeared, Du Mingshan wanted to die for his country by jumping into a well. Unfortunately, the mouth of the well was too narrow, and his servants tried hard to persuade him, so he failed.

.”

Luo on the side looked at him and burst into laughter.

After the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were too many people who wanted to die for their country in order to repay the kindness of the dragon. Unfortunately, none of them succeeded. They were either persuaded by their families or pulled in by their disciples.

In short, if you want to commit suicide, you must have someone by your side. If you are alone, who will you show your loyalty to your country? Could it be that you are really dead?

Xie Songshan just pretended not to have heard: "Later when the commander-in-chief came to Beijing, Mr. Du Ge was always the most supportive of the restoration... That one was the one who restored the Qing Dynasty. Unfortunately, after the commander-in-chief was defeated... The emperor succeeded in the restoration of Manchuria. I thought Mr. Du Kuai was the one who wanted to restore the Qing Dynasty.

When he was appointed as the director-general of the Ministry of Military Affairs, he ended up appointing Director-General Ma. Later, he thought he could become the Minister-General of Justice, but unfortunately Director-General Feng was appointed. In the end, Mr. Duque only served as the assistant to the Director-General of Justice, so he was quite complaining.

"

Even Meng Shaoyuan wanted to laugh this time.

"Du Zhenxian, Mr. Du Ge's second son, has a good relationship with me. He works in the Industrial Department. I invited him to come with me tonight to help Manager Zhu succeed."

"Thank you, thank you!" Meng Shaoyuan bowed his hand.
Chapter completed!