After Bai Zhanshan left Chongqing, the daily affairs of the search team were handed over to Zhao Dashan and Lao Fu. Tang Cheng himself was either accompanying his family or hiding in a small building in the backyard of the military camp. Tang Cheng lived a very leisurely life.
Tangcheng was hiding in Chongqing and was enjoying himself, while the war outside was in full swing. In early April, the Battle of Taierzhuang ended with the victory of the national army. However, starting in May, bad news came one after another.
The Japanese army suffered a crushing defeat in Taierzhuang and immediately changed their operational thinking. On May 10, Xiamen fell, followed by Hefei and Xuzhou on May 14 and 19. In June,
In order to prevent the Japanese army from continuing to advance westward, they adopted the method of "replacing troops with water" and ordered the opening of the Huayuankou Ferry on the south bank of the Yellow River located 17 kilometers away from the northern suburbs of Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, China, causing the Yellow River to burst its banks and divert its course, forming a large area.
In the Yellow River Flood Area, he tried to use the Yellow River to break its banks to prevent the Japanese army from moving south, but his plan failed. The Japanese army captured Anqing on June 12, thus kicking off the Wuhan Battle.
Danger is approaching Wuhan. The dignitaries who followed the Nationalist government and moved to Wuhan seem to have nothing on the surface, but in reality they have already panicked. The mountain city of Chongqing, which originally looked like a worthless mountain city, becomes particularly attractive at this time. Benefits
The two crackdowns led by Yu Tangcheng have greatly improved the public security environment in Chongqing. Although public security cases have not been completely eliminated, in general, Chongqing's public security environment and market prosperity have already exceeded the current panic.
of Wuhan.
Under this situation, the wealthy people who were temporarily living in Wuhan all sent their families or confidants to Chongqing, trying to find a place for themselves in Chongqing. "Captain, fortunately you have vision, we
The dilapidated houses we have placed on the market can be resold immediately with a little repair. Nowadays, the first thing for the migrant population in the city is to buy a house, and now they are afraid that the houses we have placed on the market will not be sold." Military Camp.
Under the fruit trees in the backyard, Tang Cheng was lying comfortably on a bamboo deck chair. The person sitting next to him was Qin Dachuan, the accountant of the search team.
Zhao Dashan came to Tangcheng for the old houses that Tangcheng had bought before. A large part of these old houses were confiscated from the criminals after the search team handled the case, and some of them were from Tangcheng.
I bought it with my own money. "Mr. Qin, I leave all the repairs to the house to you. There are many refugees looking for work over there at the dock. Giving them a bite to eat is a good deed. You and them
He said that as long as the work is done well, the farms outside the city will recruit a group of farmers before the year
work."
The Battle of Wuhan is about to begin, and it is not too far away before the National Government moves its entirety to Chongqing. Tangcheng has made so many arrangements in Chongqing in advance, and now it is finally the harvest season. No matter when it comes, the four basic necessities of life, food, clothing, housing, and transportation will always be there.
They are all necessities. Tangcheng's appetite is not that big. It just encourages and unites the local garrison to establish farms outside the city in advance and acquire a large number of old houses in the city. As long as the government moves south to Chongqing, whether it is farms or those old houses,
It will bring a lot of wealth to Tangcheng.
Qin Dachuan walked forward, and Lao Fu walked to the backyard of the military camp with a head full of sweat. "Captain, the horse gang from last time is here, and the woman with the long braid is here. She wants to see you by name." Lao Fu has been waiting for you these days.
He was wandering around the dock area to inquire about news, and was approached by people from the caravan. Lao Fu couldn't bear to be surprised, so he stabilized the caravan first, and rushed back to the military camp to inform Tangcheng of the news.
"People from the caravan?" Tang Cheng pondered for a moment, then stood up from the recliner. "Did they say why they came to Chongqing to see me?" After detaining the batch of cigarettes transported by the caravan, Tang Cheng also deliberately
The people from the caravan were imprisoned in the labor camp. Later, Zhang Jianghe felt that something was wrong, so Tangcheng released the people from the caravan and gave them a time limit to leave Chongqing. However, Tangcheng did not expect at the time that the people from the caravan would still have the courage to come to Chongqing.
He also asked to see him by name.
Lao Fu shook his head when he heard this, and Tang Cheng immediately stood up and walked around the couch. Tang Cheng made a decision. Tang Cheng decided to place the meeting place at the labor camp outside the city. The caravan members were
Lao Fu brought someone to personally escort him to the farm. Tang Cheng, who had been carrying binoculars early, saw the braided woman at the first sight. "Miss Zhou, I haven't seen you for a long time. She looks very good!" Waiting at the door of the small building.
Tangcheng looked harmless to humans and animals, but Zhou Shengnan's heart was filled with anger.
If Tangcheng hadn’t led people to intercept the smoke and soil transported by his own cavalry, how could he have lost so much money in vain? If it hadn’t been for losing a lot of money in vain, the batch of arms ordered from the British would not have been used by his enemies.
Taking it away, without arms and money, the Zhou family would be in this situation. Tang Cheng didn't know what Zhou Shengnan was thinking at this moment. He just
He smiled politely at the other person, and then made a gesture to invite the other person into the building.
Zhou Shengnan came to Chongqing this time to get help from Tangcheng. After he was released from the labor camp, Zhou Shengnan asked acquaintances in the city to find out the details of Tangcheng. If he hadn't known that there were forces behind the Chongqing station of the military command in Tangcheng, Zhou Shengnan would definitely
He will not leave Chongqing honestly. Now the Zhou family is in big trouble. The only person Zhou Shengnan can turn to is Tangcheng. "When you forced us to leave Chongqing within a time limit, you said that if I got into trouble,
I can come to you for help. Does your sentence still count now?"
Zhou Shengnan is a woman, but she speaks and acts as straightforwardly as a man. After Tang Cheng sat down opposite him, Zhou Shengnan did not want to waste time, so he went straight to the subject and explained his purpose. Knowing that the other party came to Chongqing to ask for his help,
Tang Cheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Before Zhou Shengnan appeared, Tang Cheng had been worried that the other party was trying to find fault with him for the batch of cigarettes. Tang Cheng nodded after hearing this, and when he opened his mouth to speak, Lao Fu spoke first.
"Miss Zhou, what our captain said must count, but it also depends on what you want to help? You can't ask our captain to do things that ordinary people can't do, so our captain must go too, right?"
Fu's words are not nonsense. People in the world like Zhou Shengnan do things based on their preferences. Lao Fu is worried that the other party will make unreasonable demands or difficult things to embarrass Tang Cheng. Now that he has spoken out, it will be better than falling out. Lao Fu
Now that he had spoken, Tang Cheng remained silent, just waiting for Zhou Shengnan's answer.
"Captain Tang, don't worry, our Zhou family is not a shameless person! The things I said may be difficult for others, but for you, Captain Tang, it's just a piece of cake!" Zhou Shengnan suppressed the anger in his heart and said,
Thinking about the safety of her family, she could only lower her profile and tell Tang Cheng the matter in a good voice. "Captain Tang, that's what happened. My family's enemies are getting closer and closer, and my Zhou family has no way to retreat."
You can retreat, otherwise it will be difficult for the Zhou family to survive."
As he spoke, Zhou Shengnan opened the small box he had been carrying and took out three jadeite pieces of different colors from the box and placed them on the table. "I heard that Captain Tang loves jadeite. This has been passed down from generations of my Zhou family.
Fine jade, as long as Captain Tang helps my Zhou family overcome this difficulty, this piece of jade will be yours, Captain Tang.
"The Zhou family has been in Kunming for six generations. The jade that is regarded as high-quality by the Zhou family cannot be ordinary goods. Tang Cheng only took one look at the three pieces of jade on the table and already fell in love with it.
"The stuff is good, I like it very much!" Tang Cheng, who secretly liked it in his heart, was not polite. He reached out and gathered all three pieces of jade in front of him and played with them one by one. "Since you came to see me with something, and I also
I really like what you brought, so let’s put it first as villains and then as gentlemen. Let’s make it clear here first, lest you come back to blame me for these three pieces of jade in the future.” The three pieces of jade that Zhou Shengnan brought were both heavy and large.
It wasn't too small. Tang Cheng liked it, but he didn't agree to Zhou Shengnan right away.
"I can basically make a rough guess about what you just said. I believe that when you left Chongqing, you must have found someone to find out my details. This time you came to ask me for help with something, probably because you took a fancy to me and the military command of Chongqing.
I guess your plan is to use me to establish a relationship with the Kunming Station of Juntong, and then use the name of Juntong to drive away the enemy of your Zhou family, right?" Tang Cheng's words made Zhou Shengnan secretly think to himself.
Looking sideways in her heart, she didn't expect Tang Cheng's reaction to be so quick.
Zhou Shengnan remained silent, which showed that Tang Cheng's inference just now was completely correct, and it hit Zhou Shengnan's plans and thoughts. Tang Cheng was not angry at all, but continued, "Miss Zhou, I can help with this! But
I also want to remind you that once you get involved with Jun Tong, your Zhou family will have more troubles in the future. Don’t think that after getting involved with Jun Tong, your Zhou family will be free from worries, because Jun Tong is not easy to get along with!"
Tang Cheng knew the reputation of the military commander, but Zhou Shengnan didn't. That was because she didn't know much about the military commander, and she didn't know that a powerful department like the military commander was more powerful than the bandits. Zhou Shengnan was already shaken.
But as soon as he saw the faint smile on Tang Cheng's face, he felt very angry. When his head became hot, he gritted his teeth and said to Tang Cheng. "My family can hardly live anymore, how can we survive?"
I don't regret it as long as I take care of the future."
Tang Cheng was surprised when he heard this. He didn't expect that Miss Zhou was a decisive and ruthless person. Tang Cheng, who was about to answer the other party, felt something in his heart, but suddenly changed his meaning when the words came to his mouth. "Miss Zhou, I promise you this."
Yes, but these things you brought are not enough, we still need to have a serious talk!"