Chapter 219.
The wind rises.
Waves are not far away.
Cheng Mo knew that he was now a sounding board, as for how Dai Yunong and the old man behind him would make decisions, he couldn’t care less.
Since the Brits had asked him to pass on the message, he would tell the truth, and it just so happened that he could also take this opportunity to meet up with his fourth brother, Xu Baichuan.
He hadn’t thanked him properly for Su Xuan’s matter.
His tea store was also about to open.
It was a good idea to go straight there.
“It will officially open in a few days, it is not …… considered now” Xu Baichuan is fiddling with the tea canisters in the store, the military intelligence also assigned him a henchman, surnamed Sun, of course, he does not know Cheng Mo’s real identity.
“Aigoo, why are you here?” Xu Baichuan startled, hurriedly put down the tea canister, casually took a chicken feather duster over, dusted the dust on the lab coat and said, “Something?”
“Uh-huh.”
“Go, talk inside.” Xu Baichuan nodded, greeted Xiao Sun and led Cheng Mo towards the inside.
“When are you going to open this tea store, I see that it’s doing quite well?”
“I intend to open on the day of the Double Ten Festival, is the name did not think well, you drank foreign ink, to start a?” Xu Baichuan is also a snake on the stick.
“You’re selling tea, westerners call him oriental leaves, why not call it Oriental Zhenqi?” Cheng Mo couldn’t help but say on a whim.
“Oriental Zhenchuan, this name is quite nice.” When Xu Baichuan heard it, he steeped his eyes, “A guest does not bother two masters, how about you give a mention and write a plaque?”
“Fourth brother, you forgot my identity, if I write a plaque for you, what about being recognized?” Cheng Mo politely refused.
“Fine, I won’t make it difficult for you, I’ll write it myself, hahaha.” Xu Baichuan laughed and didn’t force himself.
“Fourth brother, sooner or later, the Japanese will lay hands on the Concession, when we do something, we must be cautious and not leave any tails.” Cheng Mo solemnly reminded.
“I know, how many times have you nagged me in my ear, I remember.” Xu Baichuan nodded, although he came to the Concession for a short period of time, but he is quite admired by Cheng Mo, to be able to so short a period of time within the Concession Patrol Office to take the British, the rapid rise, this is not something that ordinary people can do, relying on nepotism can not go this far.
“Turn around, I’ll get you a few tins of good tea, I heard that your father-in-law is good at tea, you take it back and give it to him, it’s also good.”
“I’d rather spend money on it, you don’t have a lot of money on hand, how much more funding does the top give each month?” Cheng Mo asked.
“Five hundred dollars, quite a lot, people an action group monthly funding is only six hundred, I take so much alone.” Xu Baichuan said.
“Is the funding distribution channel safe?”
“Don’t worry, according to what you said, it’s recommended to go alone, without any involvement with the side of the Loyal Salvation Army and the Hutt District.” Xu Baichuan nodded.
“The Shanghai Special Zone is now so engaged, sooner or later it will be targeted, the Japanese are now secretly ready to support the traitors of the party state to form a secret service organization, these people are extremely familiar and knowledgeable about the military unification, once they use these people to deal with us, guess what the consequences will be?” Cheng Mo first gave Xu Baichuan a shot of prevention.
“This is true?” Xu Baichuan was startled.
“Using war to feed war, using China to control China is their established national policy, it’s just a matter of time, have you heard about Shaolao’s death?”
“I know, I learned about it from reading the newspaper early in the morning.” Xu Baichuan said, “Could it be that this Shaolao’s death has something to do with us?”
“Young Elder’s late death is bound to be difficult to tolerate Mr. Chiang, but this death of his, the impact is great, the Japanese attitude is ambiguous, obviously want to provoke our internal fight, if the party side explodes something, we will be passive.” Cheng Mo said, “The most urgent thing is to dump the pot, the Japanese are not ambiguous attitude, then pour dirty water on them, they are not killed an old Wu, and then kill a Tang Shaochuan is not uncommon.” “The Japanese people can not pull together, annoyed and kill, but the Japanese is to kill, there is no need to be so blatant ……”
“That is in order to plant evidence to frame us.” Cheng Mo cast a sidelong glance at Xu Baichuan and said.
Xu Baichuan instantly realized and understood.
“Be quick, grab the Japanese to build up public opinion first and make suggestions in your name.” Cheng Mo said solemnly.
“I, this is clearly your idea?”
“It’s hard for you to get a chance to make a mark in this position, this is a chance to make Boss Dai notice you, Fourth Brother.” Cheng Mo said solemnly.
“Sixth brother, how can you let your brother say hello!” Xu Baichuan was thrilled, Cheng Mo was tantamount to saying that he was giving this credit to himself, letting him show his face in front of Dai Yunong.
“I want to get credit, there are plenty of chances, it’s not as bad as this one or two times for you, we brothers, we have to progress together.” Cheng Mo said silently.
“Sixth brother, nothing more to say, fourth brother thanks you.” The corners of Xu Baichuan’s eyes were shaking slightly with excitement.
“Fourth brother, this time, although Shao Lao’s case happened in the French Concession, it shook the British not a little, they don’t want a similar case to happen in the Public Concession, so they asked me to pass the word that if the military intelligence breaks the tacit understanding between the two sides, they will also step in to crack down harshly.” Cheng Mo continued.
“What do you mean, the British will also strike against us?”
“The positions are different, the British want to maintain the smoothness of the Concession and not give the Japanese an excuse to enter the Concession, this is understandable, it is not appropriate for us to fall out with the British at the moment, he says what he says, we do what we do, however, at this point in the storm, I would suggest that it is better to subside for a while.” Cheng Mo said.
“I’m only afraid that the top will not listen to you.”
“Listen or not, I have to say, otherwise, it is also difficult for me to do, if the British let me arrest my own brothers, what should I do, once or twice I can let it go, after more times, they will definitely suspect, at that time, I will definitely do it in a public way.” Cheng Mo said, “Unless I am ordered by my superiors to withdraw from Shanghai, I have to think about my Security Society mission.”
“You can say this directly to the top?” Xu Baichuan nodded.
“It’s different for me to say it and for you to say it, Fourth Brother, you’re standing from an outsider’s objective point of view, I’m different, they’ll think I have other ideas.” Cheng Mo explained.
Xu Baichuan froze for a moment, then he understood Cheng Mo’s meaning, there are some words that understand the reasoning, but they just can’t come out of my own mouth, then the flavor is not the same.
“I understand, Sixth Brother, I will suggest it to the top in my own name.”
“Thanks a lot Fourth Brother.”
“We are brothers, what’s the point of being polite.” Xu Baichuan said, “Stay, let’s brother and sister have a drink at noon?”
“No, I still have something to do, I’m leaving first.”
“Wait a minute.” Cheng Mo was just about to leave, Xu Baichuan called him from behind, handed him an envelope and said, “In the past few days, I have tracked that Lingzi, took some photos, you take them back to look at them, see if they are useful to you?”
“Fourth Brother, did you make a dark room?”
“Well, it’s just inside, do you want to take a look, what needs to be washed and printed, come to me, it’s convenient.” Xu Baichuan said.
“No, next time.” Cheng Mo put the envelope into his briefcase, raised his hand and beckoned a yellow car, and quickly left.