In the winter of 1935, the core troops of the Great Red Army arrived in northern Shaanxi.

At the same time, the underground party in the Magic City was severely damaged and many people were arrested.

Eight of the ten radio stations Qin Di provided were searched by the enemy! The way Mr. Ge contacted was cut off. Fortunately, the person in charge of purchasing medicine was unyielding, and he did not rebel or implicate the Qin family.

In the same year, Qian Renfei died on the northern expedition; Hu Ming was killed by Gong Naishou sent people. They gave their red blood to the rise of the Chinese nation.

After Li Shenggong arrived in northern Shaanxi, he secretly sent someone to sneak into Xi'an and found a Cathay Pharmaceutical. He knew that this was a big deal, so he became more careful.

He sent reliable personnel to establish an intelligence network in Xi'an. At the beginning of each month, he took advantage of the night to buy Western medicine, and then spread it out and transported it to Baota Mountain little by little.

Few people know about this, except Zhou Xiang, Bo Lao and Chen Shuqing, there are no more than three people left.

The northern expedition was not over yet, and the sparks seemed a little dim, and the whole country was shrouded in a white horror.

In this terrifying atmosphere, the Qin family's business became more and more prosperous.

After hearing Qin Di's words, Zhang Jinjiang gave up the idea of ​​increasing capital in Minsheng Automobile Factory. He and the Qin family each held 50% of the shares and produced 1,500 cars throughout the year. Although he made some money, it was not considered a huge profit.

Qin Di’s “Shenlong Bicycle Factory” produces 18,000 bicycles and 2,000 tricycles. It is very popular around the Magic City. Some people specialize in reselling business and sell bicycles to remote places.

The "Wanguo Brand Watch" is exquisite in style, and every office worker wants to buy it and wear it on his wrist.

Eidai Records, coupled with Mingyue Song and Dance Troupe, has become the largest entertainment empire in China. Although the annual profit is only a few million, it has a very large influence.

The steel plant located in Dukou City produces 30,000 tons of steel, which has become the pillar of industry in the Republic of China.

Cathay Pharmaceutical is the only large-scale Western medicine production and sales enterprise in China.

Mingzhou Home Textiles has been put into production in Chengdu, which is equivalent to rebuilding a textile factory.

In addition, the most important thing is the Qin family grain store, which quietly reserved 15 million tons of grain, 500,000 bags of milk powder, as well as white sugar, canned food, and cooking oil. With the promotion of fiat currency, prices began to rise, and the total value of these materials was immeasurable.

As the end of the year approaches, the third uncle Qin Hanxu returns from Japan.

In addition to investing in Yamaha, Sharp, Olympus, "Qingyuedo" and "Hamada Salt", he also invested two million US dollars in "Kao" and 700,000 US dollars in "Kaoka Wan", thus achieving the scale of 7 companies.

Kao is a daily chemical company that produces soap and makeup products. Kaori is a soy sauce manufacturer. Both of these companies are century-old brands.

Generally speaking, Japanese companies are more conservative. If they do not encounter business difficulties, outsiders will not easily get involved. So whether they can get in depends on their connections and on their opportunities.

Qin Hanxu studied in Japan and spent many years and met many people. Inoue Kamesaburo is a chess player with some reputation in the local area. He often took him out to drink sake and made more friends. In short, as long as he has money in his pocket, he goes out for more walks, fishes in big nets, and shrimps in small nets, he can always gain something.

In order to examine Japan's national conditions, Qin Hanxu traveled to many places, chatted with people in the name of investment, mastered first-hand information, and wrote a report back and submitted it to Mr. Qing's desk.

Some information is quite valuable, such as what is Japan's monetary system? What attitude is Japan's attitude towards China's fiat currency reform? What materials did the Japanese army plunder in the Northeast? What mineral resources did the Japanese covet in North China? Are the Japanese interested in the oil, gas and rubber in Nanyang? How much scrap steel did the Japanese buy from the United States? How many warships were invested and built by Japan?

These things help judge the trends of the Japanese army and also help the four major families seize business opportunities. Therefore, Mr. Qing attached great importance to this and specially allocated funds to expand the scale of the "East Asian Economic Information Research Institute", adding 20 spies who were proficient in Japanese to Qin Hanxu.

Fortunately, none of these people carried guns, otherwise it would put pressure on Qin Hanxu.

On this day, the uncle and nephew closed the door, asked Yan Xue to have a pot of tea, and then slowly talked.

Qin Di asked, "Uncle San, I'll let you pay attention to the actions of the Japanese royal family. Is there anything strange happening recently?"

Qin Hanxu said: "I took five people to Japan and ordered one of them to collect information from the royal family. To tell me something strange, the Japanese royal family recently renovated the cemetery of Rende and Showa, and tripled the area of ​​the cemetery! This is a bit strange."

"Why is this strange?"

"I have some understanding of the two imperial tombs. They are not dilapidated and there is no need to be renovated. Moreover, my subordinate observed with a telescope around the imperial tomb for a long time and found that there were soldiers standing guarding the periphery, and a large basement was dug inside. I don't know why."

"Okay, I remember. Uncle San, please pay attention to whether Japan will renovate the shrine."

"Why pay attention to this?"

"It's hard to say at this time, I just want to uncover a mystery in my heart."

Qin Hanxu asked: "What kind of mystery?"

"The secrets of heaven cannot be revealed." Qin Di shook his head and continued: "Uncle San, have you received information? Have Japan sold gold and silver overseas in recent years?"

Qin Hanxu replied: "There is some intelligence, but it is not clear enough. This year, Ahmaru went to London twice, once in March and once in September."

Qin Di sighed: "This is Japan's core secret, and it is not easy to find it out."

"Yes, I dare not act rashly." Qin Hanxu mainly collects economic information. If warships are involved, it will be too difficult and quite dangerous.

Qin Di was silent for a moment and said, "Uncle San, I have sufficient funds. I will give you another 20 million US dollars. Please use 5 million US dollars to help me buy a piece of land in Japan."

"What does it cost so much?"

"I want to have a hot spring place. When I don't have war in the future, I will build a 'Qin Family Manor'."

"Wow, this idea is good! Kyoto, Kanto and Hokkaido, all three places have hot springs, where do you want to go?"

"Hokkaido is too cold, either choose Kyoto or Kanto. It is best to be closer to the apartment you live in. Anyway, I won't go to Japan within ten years, so I will leave it to you for the time being."

Qin Hanxu said: "I don't want to stay in Japan either. If I stay any longer, Qin Xi will become a Japanese girl!"

Qin Di said: "Qin Xi is still young. When she grows up, the war will end. It doesn't matter where she lives."

"I'm afraid she will be brainwashed by the Japanese."

"Then you live in the Demon City for a few months and find a few children to play with her."

"Qin Zhan has been to the United States for a year and I don't know how it is there."

"Don't worry, I receive telegrams every month. She is in good condition in school and is studying 'golden encryption' and 'password functions' with her tutor. This is a useful science. Maybe she can still catch up with her country when she graduates."

"Ah? Wouldn't you join the army? Is it appropriate for a girl to join the army?"

"I'll talk about this in the future. Maybe in a few years, she will be used to staying in the United States and will not want to come back."

Qin Hanxu was anxious: "What if I don't come back?"

Qin Di smiled slightly and didn't say anything more.
Chapter completed!