My years of espionage

Chapter 1516: Zuo Shangjun, you have no experience, you don’t understand ([Midnight Tide] Alliance L

Chapter 1516: Zuo Shangjun, you have no experience, you don’t understand ([Midnight Tide] Alliance Leader plus 2/4)

Sasami Umezuchi glanced at Cheng Qianfan, frowned, and then continued to look down at the list of goods in his hand.

Then his brows furrowed even more.

The cargo list is very detailed.

First of all, there was red wine. There were more than a dozen names of red wine listed line by line. Not only that, some of the red wines also had the origin of the wine noted in parentheses, which made Zao Shangmeizuzu dazzled.

Then there are the perfumes, which are also very exaggerated. There are actually more than a dozen names, and each perfume name is followed by a place name.

There are also women's handbags and women's fashions, which are even more varied, with the materials of the handbags, the quality of the fabrics, and the French and English names.

After reading all of the above, when Umezu Sae saw the simple and straightforward words "men's suits" that appeared later, he felt everything in front of his eyes become clear.

At the end of the cargo list were grain and cloth. The weight and quantity were not indicated, just a simple sentence: the value was about 10,000 silver dollars.

Ten thousand silver dollars worth of grain and cloth?

Umezu Saeki rubbed his temple. This was not a small amount of money. Kubota Hiromi had actually confiscated so much food and cloth.

Finally, when Umezuzu Saeki's gaze fixed on the last sentence of the cargo list, his eyes widened and his eyeballs almost popped out of their sockets.

……

"Two hundred thousand silver dollars!" Sajo Umezumi stood up suddenly and looked at Cheng Qianfan. "Two hundred thousand silver dollars, this batch of goods is worth two hundred thousand silver dollars?"

Cheng Qianfan looked at Sakami Umezumi with an expression of sympathy and gloating. He pointed to the list of goods in Sakami Umezumi's hand, meaning that it was written there.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" Saejo Umezumi slammed the cargo list onto the coffee table. "This is blackmail. Two hundred thousand silver dollars' worth of cargo, this is simply a joke."

He angrily said to Cheng Qianfan, "You must have known that the warehouse was burned down and knew that there would be no evidence, so you deliberately fabricated such a cargo list."

"Sakujo Umezu!" Cheng Qianfan was also angry. He slammed the table and said, "You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want."

He said with a grim expression, "If the lieutenant colonel hadn't come to tell me that the warehouse was burned, I wouldn't have known about it at all."

As he said that, he snorted coldly, "Besides, this cargo list was provided by Pete, so it is even more impossible for him to know that the gendarmerie's warehouse was burned down."

Cheng Qianfan sneered, "Of course, isn't Zuo Shangjun investigating the warehouse fire? Now it seems that it is entirely possible that it was done by Peter's men. Well, there is no evidence, which makes sense."

Saejo Umezu was choked by Cheng Qianfan's words. He was so angry that he didn't know what to say for a moment.

Cheng Qianfan was right. It was impossible for Cheng Qianfan to know about the fire in the gendarmerie's warehouse in advance. When he told Cheng Qianfan that the goods were burned just now, he carefully observed the other party's reaction. Cheng Qianfan's reaction was very shocked, which could not be fake. Obviously, he had not received relevant information before.

In addition, as Cheng Qianfan said, Cheng Qianfan asked someone to get the cargo list from Pete in the investigation team, so it was even more impossible for Pete to know that the gendarmerie's warehouse was burned down.

As for what Cheng Qianfan said about the warehouse being burned down by people sent by Pete in order to blackmail the gendarmerie, this is even more nonsense.

It is true that the French are greedy, but to say that they dared to send people to burn down the warehouse of the Imperial Gendarmerie Headquarters is simply a joke. They do not have the courage.

Sakami Umezu was upset. He no longer had the patience or energy to carefully check and analyze the goods on the list to see which ones were problematic or suspicious.

His mind is now full of "worth two hundred thousand silver dollars"!

Absolutely not, this list of goods must not be acknowledged.

This is blackmail!

It's blatant blackmail!

……

"Mr. Miyazaki, this is blackmail. It's blackmail against the gendarmerie and the empire." Saeki Umezumi said coldly with a gloomy face.

He said to Miyazaki Kentaro, "I have questioned the relevant personnel. The quantity of this batch of goods is not large. It is impossible for it to be worth 200,000 silver dollars."

"No, let alone 200,000 silver dollars, this batch of goods is worth at most 10,000 silver dollars." Saegi Umezumi snorted and said.

Then he saw Kentaro Miyazaki looking at him strangely.

He caught a glimpse of sarcasm in that look, just like the way Tokyo residents look at outsiders, and that look disgusted him.

"Mr. Sakami is a pure soldier, so it's understandable that he doesn't understand these luxury goods." Cheng Qianfan said with a sigh.

Umezumi Sakami suspected that Kentaro Miyazaki was mocking him, calling him a country bumpkin.

"The first page of the list, the first line, Gurani red wine. Gurani is the name of the winery, and the Loire Valley behind it is the name of the place where Gurani is located, which is also the place of origin." Cheng Qianfan said, "Five boxes of Gurani red wine."

He looked at the Sasaki Umezu and shook his head, saying, "This is one of the best red wines in France. It is said that Napoleon III liked this red wine very much. Every bottle of Gulani red wine is top quality."

Seeing Sasami Umezu frowning in thought, Cheng Qianfan said, "It doesn't matter if you don't understand. Let me give you an analogy. A bottle of this top-quality red wine can be exchanged for a machine gun."

……

"What?" Umezu Saeki was stunned. He didn't know much about the winery and the place of origin that Miyazaki Kentaro said. However, when Miyazaki Kentaro said that Napoleon III liked this wine very much, he knew that this red wine was extraordinary. Even so, he was still shocked when he heard Miyazaki Kentaro say that a bottle of red wine could be exchanged for a machine gun.

"This is because of the war, which has caused the price of weapons to increase." Cheng Qianfan said.

Then, ignoring the shocked or rather unbelieving expression of Saegi Umezumi, he continued to introduce the value of some red wine, perfume, women's handbags and fashion.

"Take the Alpis bag for example. It is made of the most precious silver fox in the Alpis Mountains, and is made by a master from a French bag family that has been passed down for hundreds of years." Cheng Qianfan exclaimed, "It is said that Emperor Napoleon's first queen liked it very much."

"How do you know all this?" asked Umezu Saeki in disbelief.

How come red wine, perfume, and women's handbags were so casually related to Napoleon's family? He felt that he had reason to suspect that these were all lies and boasting, just like the imperial warriors used to like to brag that their ancestors had followed a certain daimyo to fight.

"Peter said that," Cheng Qianfan said, shrugging his shoulders. "You know, Napoleon is the pride of the French. They will try to link everything they say to their former emperor."

He said to Sakami Umezumi, "Sakami-kun, I know you don't believe me and think I'm deceiving you."

Saejo Umezu just looked at him without saying anything.

"In fact, I also think that the French are bragging and deliberately trying to link it to Napoleon. However, the story has been told so many times, for one or two hundred years, that they themselves believe it. Those nobles, ladies, and young ladies also believe it," said Cheng Qianfan.

“If everyone believes it, then it really is that precious and valuable,” he said with a chuckle.

Saejo Umezuchi snorted, "This is treating rich people like fools."

"Mr. Sakami, do you think those nobles and rich people are fools?" Cheng Qianfan asked Sakami Umezu.

Sakami Umezu remained silent. He certainly did not think that those nobles and wealthy people were fools. Those people were the elites of society, and no one was smarter than them.

"Then why do you think they believe that?" Cheng Qianfan asked. He didn't wait for Sasami Umezu to answer, "Because they are nobles, wealthy, and upper-class people. They need this kind of dignity. They need what they eat, drink, wear, and use to exude dignity and luxury from the inside out. They are something that ordinary people can only look up to all their lives."

Cheng Qianfan pointed to the list of goods in Sasaki Umezumi's hand and sighed, "Although from the Empire's point of view, I would also like to say that this batch of goods is worthless, but——"

Cheng Qianfan shook his head, revealing a trace of regret, "These burned goods are indeed very valuable, very valuable."

……

Just as Zuo Shang Mei Jinzhu was about to speak, Cheng Qianfan stopped him with a gesture. He continued, "The value of these goods is naturally not determined by what I say. Zuo Shangjun can show the list of goods to others, and to the merchants of the empire. They know the value of these goods even better than I do."

"Of course, we need to find a truly large business house, a big merchant from the empire who truly understands the luxurious life of the nobility and luxury goods." Cheng Qianfan said, "Otherwise, some country bumpkins won't understand it."

Although Miyazaki Kentaro's tone was sincere and his attitude was pretty good when he said this, but, perhaps due to psychological factors, Umezumi Saeki always felt that Miyazaki Kentaro was secretly mocking him as a bumpkin.

Bagger duck fall!

He was secretly filled with hatred in his heart, thinking, you are just a commoner from Fukushima!

"I will naturally take it back and ask someone to evaluate the goods." Saejo Umezumi said coldly, "No one can blackmail the Empire."

"No one dares to blackmail the Empire." Cheng Qianfan nodded. He looked at Sasaki Umezumi and said, "This batch of goods was seized by the Empire in the name of contraband. In this case, the Empire only needs to insist that this batch of goods is contraband."

Saejo Umezu remained silent.

Even if this batch of goods belonged to other wealthy people, or even some Chinese officials who defected to the empire, the gendarmerie could still "turn black into white" and firmly label this batch of goods as contraband; even if this batch of goods belonged to Kentaro Miyazaki, one of his own, the gendarmerie headquarters also had ways to put pressure on Kentaro Miyazaki.

However, this batch of goods had nothing to do with Kentaro Miyazaki. The goods belonged to the private business of Pete, the squad leader of the French Concession Police Station.

This is more difficult to do.

Although the French have been backing down in the face of the empire's tough attitude and deterrence.

However, Umezumi Sakami is well aware of human nature. The French may give in on official matters, but when their personal interests are infringed, this Pete will definitely erupt with unprecedented toughness. This matter is not so easy to resolve.

Moreover, the most important thing is that Pete is the squad leader of the French Concession Political Department's investigation team. He can be said to be a powerful figure in the Political Department. Once Pete is completely at odds with the Empire, not to mention whether it will further deteriorate the relationship between the French Concession authorities and the Empire, one thing is for sure, the Empire's subsequent actions in the French Concession will be difficult.

……

"Miyazaki-kun, please stop joking out of anger." Saejo Umezumi snorted coldly, "The impact of this matter will be very bad. As a member of the empire, you have the obligation to help find a solution to properly resolve this matter."

"Solve what?" Cheng Qianfan asked, "Investigate the warehouse fire case? I'm already trying my best to cooperate with Zuo Shangjun. You asked for a list of the goods, and I immediately had someone give it to you."

Upon hearing this, Umezumi Saeki became even more annoyed and angry. He could see that Kentaro Miyazaki was avoiding the question, and this guy clearly knew what he was referring to.

At the same time, Miyazaki Kentaro's words also reminded him that the purpose of his coming here was to question Cheng Qianfan and ask for a list of goods, and the ultimate goal was to investigate the warehouse fire.

But now he was flustered and at a loss because of this "list of goods worth two hundred thousand silver dollars". Thinking of this, Saejo Umezu became even more annoyed.

"Miyazaki-kun, please face your identity." Saejo Umezumi said with a gloomy face, "You know what I mean. I am asking you how to properly deal with the so-called goods worth 200,000 silver dollars that were burned to ashes?"

He stared at Cheng Qianfan, "Peter is your business partner and friend. You know him best. You have an obligation to help the Empire persuade Peter to give up..."

"Give up what? Give up the claim for the goods worth two hundred thousand?" Cheng Qianfan looked at Sasami Umezumi with two parts of annoyance, three parts of ridicule, four parts of shock, and one part of irritation. "I've already said that this batch of goods belongs to Peter's own Manion Company."

He said irritably, "That greedy guy, because these are top-notch luxury goods, he knows how valuable and scarce they are, so he left me alone and wanted to eat all of them."

Cheng Qianfan sneered, "So, Mr. Zuo, please tell me, in this case, how can I persuade Pete to give up the interests worth 200,000 silver dollars? Why? If I point a gun at Pete's head and tell him that the Empire of Japan wants you to shut up, will he obey me?"

Umezu Sae remained silent. He looked at Kentaro Miyazaki, who was speaking sarcastically and a little angry, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

Because what Miyazaki Kentaro said was right, this was the product that Pete had kept for himself without his partner Cheng Qianfan. This showed how greedy this man was, so how could he easily give up such huge profits?

……

"Mr. Sakami, you should feel lucky." Cheng Qianfan looked at Sakami Umezu and said suddenly.

"What do you mean?" Umezu Sakami frowned. He didn't understand what Miyazaki Kentaro meant. He was angry in his heart. He suspected that Miyazaki Kentaro was going to say something sarcastic again.

"You should be thankful that Pete doesn't know about the burning of the goods yet."

"You should be thankful that you managed to get the list of goods before Pete learned that the goods were burned."

"Otherwise, if Pete knew in advance that his goods were burned to ashes," Cheng Qianfan snorted coldly, "Believe it or not, Pete dared to directly estimate the value of this batch of goods at 400,000 silver dollars, or even higher!"

"He dares!" Saejo Umezu was furious. "No one can blackmail the empire."

"Zao Shangjun, you are ignorant, so you don't understand." Cheng Qianfan shook his head, "There is a saying in the upper class that luxury goods are priceless."

Umezu Sae looked at Kentaro Miyazaki. He really didn't understand what luxury goods were. He only knew that he really wanted to hit someone.

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