Spy Wars: I can get rewards by being a bully!

Chapter 1116 The Harvest of the Shimen Military Police Headquarters

Lin Ze did not return directly to Tianjin that day, but instead went back to the Lin residence in Beiping.

In the evening, he summoned Miyamoto.

The kitchen prepared a table full of dishes, and Lin Ze and Miyamoto ate and chatted.

Miyamoto now knows his own limitations and has taken the subservience and humility of the Japanese to the extreme. In other words, the more obsequious and subservient Miyamoto is in front of Lin Ze, the more secure and stable he feels. In general, the servility that the Japanese show when they are defeated is unimaginable to other nations.

Later Americans were particularly astonished by this. They found it hard to believe that those who launched a deadly charge against them on the Pacific islands and those who warmly welcomed them on the streets of Tokyo, with women even offering them freebies, were actually of the same ethnicity.

"Hey Miyamoto, don't be so formal. Eat and drink! Even though Mieko isn't here, you don't have to be so reserved. We're old friends!"

Miyamoto quickly bowed deeply, saying, "Your Excellency! I dare not! I am but a lackey of yours. I am already deeply grateful that you have allowed me to sit at the same table with you. How could I possibly be so presumptuous!"

Lin Ze shook his head helplessly, "Alright, sit down and eat. I called you here because I have some business to discuss with you."

"Your Excellency, please give your orders. If it is within my power, I will do everything in my power to accomplish it. If it is beyond my power, I will do everything in my power to accomplish it!"

"You've heard about what happened with the North China Materials Special Committee recently, haven't you?"

"Ha, I've had several conversations with Gu Baoheng, Wang Zhulin, and others."

"The North China Materials Special Committee is still a government agency after all. As long as it is a government agency, there will be times when it is not safe. So I plan to add another layer of insurance. In the next year or two, the Materials Special Committee will eventually grow into a behemoth. The amount of various materials it can store, trade and circulate will be astronomical. The process of storing, trading and circulating these materials must not be operated mechanically by this government agency alone, but market mechanisms should be appropriately incorporated."

"You mean........"

"I plan to re-establish a holding entity that will include the bank's shares, Miyamoto Trading Co., Ltd.'s shares, and the major factories, including those in Hong Kong, as well as overseas investments. This holding entity will be held by several other companies or trading companies. At the same time, one of these trading companies, which will act as the holding instruments, will invest in the establishment of a commodity trading company. This commodity trading company will then jointly invest with North Union Reserve and Miyamoto Trading Co., Ltd. to establish a commercial trading institution called the North China Materials Trading Center."

Miyamoto now heads such a large trading company and handles countless transactions, yet he is still bewildered by its dazzling structure.

Fortunately, he had received rigorous business training and quickly realized, "So, the main business of this complex equity trading institution comes from the staggering amount of materials handled by the Materials Special Committee?"

"That's right. At that time, the Materials Special Committee will authorize this trading institution. In other words, it will be a government-supervised and merchant-run system, but with equal power and each having its own irreplaceable role. For example, if the North China Front Army wants to purchase military rations, its trading partner will not be the Materials Special Committee, but this trading center. Similarly, if the Special Committee wants to control the market by stockpiling or selling certain materials, the trading entity will not be the Special Committee itself, but this trading center."

"Hiss, this way, even if there are changes in personnel arrangements or sudden risks, such as Okamura suddenly losing power and a different person taking charge in North China, even if he can manipulate the personnel arrangements of the Materials Special Committee, he can't interfere too much with the business of the trading center, because trading has inertia and requires experience. Once he rashly interferes and causes turmoil in the supply of materials, it will be difficult to recover..."

“That’s right, that’s what double insurance means. This matter still needs to be handled by you.”

Miyamoto is Japanese and a representative of the new money on the Japanese side. He has provided a lot of political donations to some people and has a wide network of connections. It is most appropriate for him to take the lead in building such a behemoth.

"Ha Yi, please rest assured, I will immediately begin to push this matter forward."

"If you need any cooperation, you can contact me directly, or you can contact Gu Baoheng and Wang Zhulin first. I will write you a note and ask them to fully cooperate with you to get this done."

"Ha! I will definitely live up to your expectations!"

"Alright, come on, let's drink."

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While Lin Ze was drinking with Miyamoto, the Shimen Military Police Command in North China was carrying out an arrest operation.

Shimen used to be a small village. The fate of a place always changes with the choices of history. First, the Pinghan Railway opened and passed through this small place. Because there was a station there, some business people gradually gathered near Shimen, and it gradually prospered.

After that, the Jingxing Mining Bureau was established, a large number of skilled workers poured in, and even foreign consultants came to the area, which brought Shimen to a new level of prosperity.

The construction of the Zhengtai Railway further fueled the development of Shimen.

Originally, the eastern terminus of the Zhengtai Railway was not in Shimen, but due to funding issues, the builders moved the line south, and Shimen officially became the intersection of the Pinghan Railway and the Zhengtai Railway, thus becoming the most important material transfer hub between Shanxi Province and North China.

Today, Shimen's status in North China is in no way inferior to that of Jinan, Qingdao, and other places.

The current military police commander of Shimen is named Uchida Eisuke, with the rank of colonel. He is in his forties and was also from the Special Higher Police system in his early years. His experience is very similar to that of Kitahara Ransuke. Although Uchida Eisuke did not attend the Army War College, he comes from a good family and belongs to a prominent family in Kyoto. He adheres to the old Japanese customs in his speech and actions and is quite meticulous. Because he has the support of some important figures from Kyoto, his promotion has not been slow.

He recently received information from an informant that there was a Wanfeng Freight Depot south of Pinghan Railway Station, with frequent comings and goings of people. Recently, unfamiliar faces with accents from other places have been appearing frequently. According to the informant's observation, one of the young men did not work at the freight depot, but wandered around outside all day. Sometimes his whereabouts were quite secretive, and no one knew what he was doing.

Uchida Eisuke keenly realized that there might be something wrong with the Wanfeng Goods Store, so he ordered the head of the counter-espionage department to lead a team to arrest suspicious persons and search for suspicious clues.

Because they were caught off guard, everyone at Wanfeng Warehouse, from the manager to the clerks, was taken into custody before they could put up any resistance. The suspicious young man mentioned by the informant was also arrested. The military police quickly searched his room and carefully examined every item. As a result, they actually found something suspicious!