A month later, Gu Rumei left Tongbai Cave Heaven and went to Kunming according to Qin Di's suggestion, because there was a good atmosphere there, and she could play the guqin and improve her fairy sound. The demon city was completely controlled by the Japanese and was wanted by her. Although she was a cultivator and could not be captured by the Japanese army, if she was forced to show her skills, she would inevitably cause a lot of noise.

After more than a month, Qin Di came out of seclusion and returned to the Demon City with Yan Xue.

In January 1943, after negotiations with Japan, the Wang David regime took back the public concession and French concession in the Magic City. The concession that lasted nearly a hundred years (1845-1943) ended.

Due to the special background of the times, the Concession of the Demon Capital in 1943 gathered many different forces. They occupied one side, including Jewish merchants, Manchu survivors, Japanese ronin, Indian police, Qingbai party spies, Dachi party members, British and French ruling classes in the concession area, Qinggang Hongmen and other private gangs, as well as Liyuan actors, peddlers and barracks. At that time, the Concession of the Demon Capital was a place with all kinds of religions and dragons and snakes. There was no other second in Chinese history that had such different races and forces gathered in such a small range.

On January 10, in order to cooperate with the Wang puppet government to declare war on Britain and the United States, pseudo-Chinese Film Company stopped screening British and American movies.

Subsequently, the highest commander of the Japanese army and navy of the Magic City announced the restriction on the transportation of food. It stipulates that without the permission of the Japanese army, all foods such as rice, wheat, beans, millet and other grains and finished products in the Magic City area shall not be transported from the Qingxiang area, nor shall they be transported into the Magic City blockade line.

The Pseudo-Government Cleaning Committee also issued the "Implementation Rules for the First Phase of the Magic City to Clear Township Areas". It stipulates that the household registration inspection and implementation committee will be established. By February 20, household registration will be checked from one household to another in stages and in sections. All men over 12 years old and under 60 years old will return to their hometowns or be arrested.

On the morning of January 25, a fire broke out in Hatong Garden and the villa was burned.

Let’s talk about the garden he built here.

Unlike the Qin family's low-key, Hatong Garden is the largest private garden in the Magic City. It once had mountains, stones, ponds, boats, pavilions, strange flowers and plants, 20 hectares in a radius, 26 attractions, and is better than a fairyland everywhere.

Hatong was born in Baghdad in 1851. His father was a Jewish and engaged in business. Hatong moved to Mumbai, India with his father at the age of 5. Soon after, due to disagreement with his brother, he wandered alone in Hong Kong to make a living and went to the old Sassoon Hong Kong branch as a clerk.

In 1873, he transferred to the old Sassoon branch of the Magic City, and was in a silence (the door of the communication room). At that time, he was short of money and his entire family property was only 6 yuan. So he could only live in the same shed with the Chinese handyman hired by the foreign company. However, with his clever mind and hard work, he could get 10 or 20 yuan in the communication room a day and learnt fluent Chinese. He was appreciated by the foreign company's senior class and transferred to the New Sassoon Foreign Company, promoted to the street-running, and then to the tobacco warehouse keeper and rent collector. In 1879, he was further promoted to the senior class, co-organized and managed the real estate department.

During this period, he used the sale of opium and made a lot of money. He used this money to occupy some land in the Nanjing Road area with his speculative tricks, laying the foundation for him to operate real estate and get rich. In particular, he became a director of the French Concession and a director of the Public Concession Engineering Department. Because he had the opportunity to participate in the planning of illegally expanding the concession or building roads across the border, he could predict the plan to widen the road and expand public facilities. Therefore, he relied on his privileges many times to force the Chinese land at low prices.

In 1901, he opened the Hartong Foreign Company who specialized in real estate speculation. After years of operation and robbery, he became a well-known "real estate king" in the modern history of the Magic City in the 1930s.

Ha Tong's wife is Chinese and named "Luo Jialing".

In the spring of 1902, Luo Jialing went to Jinshan to burn incense, and unexpectedly met a monk from Wumu Mountain. Luo Mu's name was so he hired a monk to design Hatong Garden. Wumu used the Grand View Garden in "Dream of Red Mansions" as a model and made layout. From 1902, the Hatong Garden was gradually expanded and completed in 1910. It took 8 years and caused a sensation in the city. It was called the "Major View Garden on the Sea" and the "Major Maze on the Sea".

At that time, Feng Guozhang (1857-1919) was the President of the Republic of China. In September 1991, he issued a "Fourth-Class Jiahe Chapter" to Harbin. During his tenure as president, Xu Shichang (1855-1939) awarded Harbin a "Third Class Wenhu Chapter" and two "Second Class Jiahe Chapters".

A group of old people from the Republic of China, such as Cen Chunxuan, Li Yuanhong, Zhang Taiyan, Zhang Shizhao, Qi Xieyuan and other politicians and celebrities, all came to Hatong Garden to visit.

Ha Tong and his wife don’t know much about literacy, but they are still quite elegant and “respecting teachers and valuing education”. In Ha Tong Garden, they once held Huayan University and Cang Sheng Mingzhi University, which recruited many poor children to enroll for free. Many literati and scholars such as Luo Zhenyu, Wang Guowei and Kang Youwei all studied and taught here.

On June 19, 1931, Ha Tong died, leaving behind a huge inheritance worth 172 million silver dollars, including 460 acres of real estate, 1,300 houses and rare jewelry worth one million pounds. Ha Tong and his wife had no children, but had dozens of adopted children, foreign adopted children with the surname Ha Tong, and Chinese adopted children with the surname Luo.

On October 3, 1941, Luo Jialing died.

Hatong and Luo Jialing, one believes in Judaism, the other believes in Buddhism, the other is external and the other is internal. They are in love, and they are considered old age.

Subsequently, while many adopted children were fighting in court, the Pacific War broke out and the Japanese army occupied the concession. The property of Hatong Garden was taken over by the Japanese army. The gold, silver and treasures hidden in the garden were looted by the Japanese invaders.

Less than two years later, a fire broke out in Hatong Garden, and the pavilions and halls were burned, and the flowing water of the small bridges disappeared.

Qin Di did not interfere in this matter because when the Japanese army entered the concession, he was busy robbing banks! He was also unwilling to rob the property of private capitalists.

When he returned from Tongbai Cave Heaven this time, he heard that there was a fire in Hatong Garden. He couldn't help but sigh: "Hat and his wife have been speculating for a lifetime, enjoying their wealth and glory. What is left in the end? It's so clean! Life is short, why bother to come... The dust and sand gathering happened by chance, butterflies and bees are busy with endless affection, and they are both passing guests, and they are in vain to make gains and losses. Win or lose..."

After the Japanese entered the Demon Capital, not only the disaster was the Harbin Garden, but all the British, American, Dutch and other countries in Shanghai were locked up in concentration camps, while the German and Austrian citizens were restricted to the Tilanqiao area, which was less than one square mile.

At the same time, the Japanese army searched for resistance forces, whether it was the Central Commission for Administration, the Military Control Commission or the Da Chi Party. As long as it was a person who did not obey discipline, it would be killed after being captured.
Chapter completed!