Chapter 25: Suzuki Visits

  In the courtyard, Hu Zhiyong saw many Japanese soldiers. He didn't know what had happened and hastily walked into the ward.

  In the room sat a Japanese army lieutenant general, Hu Zhiyong looked at him in surprise, asking with his eyes.

  "This is Minister Suzuki, and this is Hu Zhiyong, the head of Zhuanghe County." Kameida hastily introduced them, and the two men shook hands as they looked at each other.

  "Hu Shizhang is young and promising, admirable! Suzuki is not too short, wearing a pair of glasses, looking like a teacher."

  "Minister Suzuki, is this little matter disturbing you? Are you making a big deal out of it?" Hu Zhiyong said with a humorous tone and a surprised expression. Suzuki burst into laughter and said: "Director Hu, Zhuanghe County in the three northeastern provinces is a model of public security, are you blaming me for visiting late?"

  "How dare you! How dare you!" Hu Zhiyong's fluent Japanese made Suzuki ask in surprise, "Have you studied abroad in Japan?"

  "No. My Japanese came from C Xianren, and it can be said that I am self-taught." Hu Zhiyong felt a little proud of himself, then began to ask about his mother's illness.

  "The surgery isn't difficult, but it requires re-breaking the legs that have already healed. For the sake of the surgical effect, anesthesia cannot be used." The orthopedic doctor was over 50 years old and thin as a rack of ribs.

  "Mom, you must get back on your feet!" Hu Zhiyong looked at his mother with encouraging eyes and said firmly: "I also hope you can take care of the kids for me!"

  "Go on, mom isn't afraid of pain!" Mrs. Hu was very strong, holding a towel in her mouth to indicate the start.

  Everyone left the ward, Hu Zhiyong supported his mother: "Let's start!"

  "Get out too!" The surgeon shook his head and pointed at the door: "We will do our best to rescue, please don't stay here, Master Hu."

  "Mom, your son is cheering for you outside, you must hold on!"

  Suzuki had left with his men. Hu Zhiqiang stood in the courtyard, speaking in a low voice to Hu Zhiyong: "Are you really willing to be a dog for the Japanese?"

  "Second brother, I live for myself and for the hundreds of thousands of people in Zhuanghe County. Maybe you think what I'm doing is wrong, but do you have a better way to protect our home and our neighbors? No? It's better to take action than to just talk big, without millions of families, where would the country come from? The three northeastern provinces have fallen, next Tianjin, Shanghai, Shandong, and Nanjing will all be occupied by the Japanese! Who can you save? And how many people can you rally to fight with you?"

  Hu Zhiyong's words were heavy with emotion, and his eyes welled up with tears as he looked at him.

  "Come with me to Nanjing, I'll give you more room to maneuver than you have now." Hu Zhiqiang said after a long while.

  "Never mind, your Chiang Kai-shek is only anti-communist at heart and doesn't really want to resist Japan! Why should I go with you? Just to be his cannon fodder? To really resist Japan, we must unite all parties and factions, not like what you're doing now, attacking dissidents!" Hu Zhiyong retorted, firmly refusing him.

  "The money I want—"

  "Answer me first!" Hu Zhiyong suddenly covered up Er Ge's mouth: "You don't need to give me empty promises, if you can't do it I'll take your life! Let's go, I don't have extra money for you to fight against the Chinese people!"

  Hu Zhiyong made a firm decision and couldn't bear to throw money at this second brother.

  "Alright, you win!" Hu Zhiqiang threw away his cigarette and walked away with a flick of his head.

  A hoarse cry came from the operating room. Huo Feng and Yin Long walked to Hu Zhiyong's side, their faces filled with pain as they listened to the commotion inside. After a long time, the doctor who performed the surgery finally came out.

  "Doctor, how is he?" Hu Zhiyong hastily went over and asked in a low, anxious voice.

  "The surgery has been successful, but your mother fainted. Don't worry, she will wake up soon and experience pain for a week. I can assure you that she will recover and be able to walk in three months!"

  "Thank you, doctor!" Hu Zhiyong thanked him repeatedly and handed over a silver note.

  "This won't do!" The doctor didn't dare to accept: "The military department has given orders, and we must make every effort to rescue the old lady. General Hu and Minister Suzuki have come in person to explain that the military attaches great importance to you!" The doctor didn't dare say more, and hastily walked towards the director's office.

  Accompanying his mother until late afternoon, Shi Yinping and her sister arrived. Hu Zhiyong thickened his face and said: "Sister, I'll leave Mom to you, I'm going home to call!"

  "Are you going home to sleep? Suzuki is still waiting for you to talk. " Shi Yin Hua took the opportunity to sit in front of Hu's mother's bed, affectionately calling out to her aunt.

  "Is he waiting for me?" Hu Zhiyong smiled wryly: "I'll go meet him, Silver Dragon, you stay here, and tomorrow Fire Phoenix will come to replace you."

  Suzuki met Hu Zhiyong in the courtyard of the bank, ordering everyone to leave. Only three people were left in the living room, including Kameda. Everyone lit a cigarette and remained silent for a while before Suzuki spoke up: "Commander Hu, I've seen your city defense and the training of each unit. I'm curious, which military academy did you graduate from?"

  " Military school? Haha haha!" Hu Zhiyong laughed loudly, taking a long time to compose himself: "In Zhuanghe County, there isn't a single person who doesn't know this foolish young master! To be honest, it was the sound of your attack on Zhuanghe County that woke me up. You think I graduated from that military school?"

  "This is exactly where I find it strange! A person who has never attended a military academy, how can he have more advanced military ideas than D country?" Suzuki looked at Hu Zhiyong with ill intentions: "I say you are the fake young master of the Hu family, but your things and knowledge, I don't know what school or sect they come from."

  "Perhaps I have a premonition!" Hu Zhiyong smiled and did not answer.

  "I've seen your improved grenade launcher, to be honest it's more advanced than the original design. Commander Hu, I'd like to invite you to join the Manchukuo government!" Suzuki said directly.

  "Minister, I only want to do business and make money, I'm not interested in politics or high-ranking officials. Another thing is that I cooperate with Lieutenant Kameyama very happily, it's probably not suitable for a new place. Zhuanghe, this is my home, I can guarantee that there will be no trouble for the Imperial Army here!" Hu Zhiyong shook his head again and refused Suzuki's kindness.

  "What a pity for this troop!" Suzuki said regretfully.

  "No regrets! Minister, if a team can play its due role, it means that the team is competent. Moreover, they also have to be responsible for farming, raising pigs and growing vegetables for me, haven't you seen all this? " Hu Zhiyong smiled proudly. In Zhuanghe, each battalion has a 10-acre vegetable base, and there is also a pig farm. His goal is self-sufficiency, the only thing that cannot be self-sufficient is eating white rice."

  "Has your canning factory started production? Can we use paper money to buy it?"

  "Impossible!" Hu Zhiyong stood up, staring at Suzuki and said: "The military needs it, you can exchange it for wheat or rice. If you want to buy it, you can only use real gold and silver, paper money? I don't trust it!"

  "A clever rogue!" Suzuki chuckled and praised Kameda, "He's very capable, unfortunately there are too few officials like him!"

  "The minister means that you can sell canned products in various places in the three northeastern provinces. Don't you have two large transport ships? You can directly sell to Shanghai along the Yellow Sea coast!"

  "Minister, these two ships can only travel to Country M now. I urgently need a large quantity of machinery and food. The canned food factory will not have much benefit in a year or so. To be honest, the fact that we cannot be self-sufficient in food is my biggest headache!" Hu Zhiyong appreciated Suzuki's kindness, but he would not change his established strategy.

  "Yo Xi, the Military Department and the Emperor all hope to promote this place as a model district, hoping for your early success! Commander Hu, I'm busy with my own affairs, I'll take my leave here!"

  "Little Wang, bring a box of red wine!" Hu Zhiyong instructed Little Wang and then said to Suzuki: "Thank you for sending the best doctor, this is my little intention, please accept it!"

  "Ah, obedience is better than respect!" Suzuki was a Hua Xia Tong and accepted Hu Zhiyong's gift to ride in the car.

  "Master, Second Master is here again!" Huo Feng said hastily as he walked to Hu Zhiyong's side, seeing that the Japanese had all left.

  "Please come in!" Hu Zhiyong lay on the sofa, not even looking at Hu Zhiqiang who was coming in.

  "Your conditions I agree!" Hu Zhiqiang saw that his third brother was ignoring him and sat down awkwardly by himself.

  "Just a promise? I want you to guarantee it!" Hu Zhiyong suddenly stood up straight: "You haven't killed fewer people in the south, hoping you'll be more restrained from now on. As for Big Brother, if you can't guarantee his safety, I believe you won't have a good outcome either! Don't rush, let me show you my special warfare team."

  "Third brother, I've seen your troops and they're indeed better than the national army. I heard that many of the weapons were made by you yourself, which surprises me." Hu Zhiqiang couldn't understand how this young man, who was a military academy graduate and had received professional training, could be inferior to him.

  "I've prepared a copy of the grenade launcher and mortar blueprints for you. You can take them back to Gong County's arsenal to manufacture. Remember, these weapons are only to be used against the Japanese devils. If you dare use them in civil war, I'll send someone to blow up your arsenal!"

  Hu Zhiyong said, taking out two drawings from his body. Hu Zhiqiang was overjoyed to take them, and after listening to San Di's words, he was stunned again: "This..."

  "I dare not guarantee it? Leave it with me, by 1937 the two parties will cooperate again to resist Japan, and at that time I will hand it over to you!"

  Hu Zhiqiang looked at Hu Zhiyong in surprise and asked incredulously: "Can the KMT and CPC still cooperate?"

  "If a country does not resist Japan, it will perish, and the whole nation will not watch you fight an internal war. Second brother, Ma Zhanshan has defected to Japan, right? I dare to assert that he will raise the anti-Japanese flag again in April or May of last year! I also dare to confirm that Wang Yaquan will assassinate the commander-in-chief of the invading army, General Shirakawa, in Shanghai. Ryoji was blown off one leg, and Commander-in-Chief of the Third Fleet, Yoshimura Kijiro, Lieutenant General Ueda Kenkichi, Commander of the Ninth Division, and Consul General Murai Sosuke were severely injured. Be surprised? This secret can only be known to you alone, and after half a year, when things come out, you will understand everything. Second brother, what I said is for your concern, hoping that you really listen to me and leave the political arena to do business!"

  Hu Zhiqiang was shocked, and Hu Zhiyong's words stunned him. Before he could regain his composure, Hu Zhiyong continued: "There is a female spy named Nan Zao Yunzi, also known as Liao Yaqun. She used her beauty to seduce Dai Jitao, the then-president of the Examination Yuan, and easily obtained several important military intelligence reports without much effort. One of them was a report from the Wusongkou Fortress Command to the Ministry of National Defense on the expansion of artillery facilities, which included the layout of gun emplacements and other important military secrets."

  Hu Zhiyong smiled slightly: "This is a great credit, it depends on your ability."

  "I'm leaving now!" Hu Zhiqiang couldn't sit still and stood up to say to Hu Zhiyong, "Third brother, I believe what you said, goodbye!"

  "Halt!" Hu Zhiyong shouted loudly, drawing his own pistol. Hu Zhiqiang was startled: "You want to leave me behind?" PS: Today's recommended fine work, at 12 o'clock in the afternoon, an additional chapter will be added. If there are 10 red flowers, I will add a chapter; three collections will also add a chapter; of course, the rewarders will not disappoint you!