1928: The rise of giant merchants

Chapter 252 Betrayal? Perfect for me!

"Haha, brother, you think too highly of me. I'm just an ordinary businessman. How can I be the patron of the powerful Director of Songhu Police Department?"

Ye Luo smiled, shook his head and asked,

"Brother, don't worry. I know about the mess between Wang Hu and Xiong Shihui. When two tigers fight, one of them will be injured. In this kind of fight between factions, if irrelevant people get involved, they are seeking death. I'm not that irrational."

"Well, it's good that you understand. A Luo, you can't imagine the deep involvement behind this Jiang'an ship incident. Don't get caught up in it." Bai Xiongqi was still a little worried, and asked again, "Are you really Didn't you participate?"

"Next month is Xiuzhu and I's wedding. I won't be stupid enough to look for trouble at this time." Ye Luo nodded and replied, "Brother, what kind of news have you received?"

Bai Xiongqi glanced at the driver in front of him and kicked the back of the chair in front of him: "Old Zhou, go outside and have a cigarette."

Lao Zhou has worked for Bai Xiongqi for 25 years, and even he has to avoid him, which shows how secretive the next topic is.

After Lao Zhou got off the car, Bai Xiongqi repeatedly checked the surroundings, and then lowered his voice and said to Ye Luo: "Last night, Minister Feng Yuxiang of the Ministry of Military Affairs called me and asked me not to cooperate with Zhang Dingyao in the Jiang Anlun incident. He said that everything will be handled by the special task force from Jinling, and our Ministry of Military Affairs will not get involved in this muddy water."

Ye Luo raised his eyebrows. Apart from the principal, Feng Yuxiang, Yan Xishan and Li Zongren were the other three biggest beneficiaries of the Second Northern Expedition. Together with Zhang Hanqing from the Northeast, it could be said that they each had a share of the world's five points.

Although next year Feng Yuxiang would resign due to disagreements with the principal and go north. Later, he was wanted by the National Government and was placed under house arrest by Yan Xishan when he arrived in Taiyuan on June 25, 1929.

But now, he holds the two important positions of Vice President of the Executive Yuan and Minister of Military and Political Affairs, making him one of the highest levels of power.

Feng Yuxiang personally called Bai Xiongqi and asked him not to continue to care about the Jiang Anlun incident. Could he be the mastermind behind it?

After thinking about it carefully, Ye Luo felt something was wrong.

If Feng Yuxiang is the one who instigated Lu Yusheng to sell cigarettes for profit, then he should not let Bai Xiong sit back and watch. The current situation is obviously not good for Lu Yusheng and others. Once the security headquarters cannot handle it, the Songhu Police Department will gain a lot. Victory, in order to keep these big smokes, he should let Bai Xiongqi join forces with Xiong Shihui.

In other words, Feng Yuxiang probably knew who was the real backer behind Lu Yusheng, and he knew that this backer was very powerful and not easy to mess with, so he asked Bai Xiongqi, a direct descendant of the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs, not to get involved, otherwise he would be in trouble!

The person who can make both Qian Dajun and Feng Yuxiang retreat is not Song Ziwen.

There are only a handful of suspects.

"In short, no matter what your relationship is with Zhang Dingyao, don't take sides easily this time. Wait for the investigation team to come." Bai Xiongqi was still a little worried and added.

Ye Luo nodded slightly and agreed.

This time he had no intention of siding with Zhang Dingyao or Xiong Shihui, but stood firmly on Zhang Zhijiang's side from the beginning.

Whoever sells cigarettes is his enemy. This is a matter of principle.

Not to mention the persecution of citizens, it is just about disrupting the market, but any businessman who does not sell opium is not happy to see opium circulating in the market.

"It's good that you understand." Bai Xiong breathed a sigh of relief. Ye Luo was his future "Song Ziwen" and couldn't make any mistakes. "By the way, I'm going to make the wedding a grand one next month. Your sister-in-law has been talking about it. If you want to make your sister's marriage happy, you should be less busy with work recently and focus more on the wedding. I heard from Xiuzhu that you haven't seen her for a long time. She is a girl after all, and she can't let her go every day. Let’s run to Ye Mansion!”

Ye Luo smiled bitterly and nodded: "It's my fault. I went shopping with her at night."

"Well, I only have this sister. If you treat her badly, I will definitely divorce her in this marriage!" Bai Xiongqi laughed.

After getting out of the car, Ye Luo thought for a while and had several definite candidates in mind, but he couldn't verify them.

No matter what, this man behind the scenes can make Feng Yuxiang and Qian Dajun jealous. In this game of Jiang Anlun incident, Zhang Dingyao and the others will most likely lose.

Of course, this does not conflict with Ye Luo's plan to annex Yongxing Company.

His goal is to make things more and more complicated and difficult to end, and in the end he will have to force the National Government to find a bunch of scapegoats.

After getting in the car again, Ye Luo asked Cao Fan to drive to the French Consulate General in Shanghai immediately.

Fan Erdi and his wife were worried and waited all afternoon at the consulate. The impatient Fan Erdi went to Fan's transportation warehouse first to check the situation of the smoke, while Fan Juli, who stayed at the consulate general, waited for the arrival of Ye, who they had longed for. Luo.

As soon as Ye Luo entered the door, he was pulled into the office where only Fan Juli was by the female secretary Virgil.

"Second Young Master! I heard that the task force appointed by the National Government is coming." Fan Juli asked eagerly, "Will they find the two thousand boxes of cigarettes in our warehouse?"

"The accident on the Jiang'an ship has just happened. When the task force comes, it will definitely conduct a comprehensive investigation of all cargo ships. They will soon be able to follow the clues and find the warehouse where Fan's transportation is carried out. The problem is that there is no way to hide the two thousand boxes of cigarettes and transport them out. I can only smash it in my hand." Ye Luo smiled bitterly.

"What did Song Ziwen say?" Fan Juli asked with a frown, "If we are really found out by the task force, we will definitely not take the blame. The smoke arrived in Shanghai along with the textiles. It was our cooperation with Song Ziwen, and he has nothing to do with it. "

"He hopes that we can transport the cigarettes to Suzhou City as soon as possible, and the profit can be negotiated." Ye Luo said with a sneer, "I don't know if he will pay for it, but if something goes wrong, he will definitely pass the responsibility to us first. "

Fan Juli is not Fan Erdi. She jumped from the middle class to her current position. She is very satisfied with her current life and does not want to take any more risks.

She was determined not to touch the smoking business.

"This is not a matter of profit." Fan Juli glanced at Ye Luo secretly, fearing that this powerful ally would be persuaded by Song Ziwen to get involved in the tobacco business. Seeing his natural expression, she felt a little relieved, "30 million ocean goods, excluding profits The various costs may reach an astonishing 80 million. It is impossible for Song Ziwen to keep this amount of money all by himself. There is a high probability that it is related to high-level officials of the National Government. This money is out of our reach."

"Yes, the money from the opium business can be earned or spent. No matter how much you have, it is meaningless." Ye Luo nodded in agreement, "What are you going to do?"

"Stay still and hide the goods as much as possible first. We must not secretly transport them to Suzhou City according to Song Ziwen's wishes." Fan Juli said decisively, "I don't know when the task force will come. If they are discovered during the transportation, then we will I really can’t explain it.”

"Okay, Song Ziwen, I'll just deal with it first and wait until the situation develops." Ye Luo nodded with a smile.

Fan Juli sighed: "That's all we can do now."

After seeing off Ye Luo, Fan Juli sat in the office, lost in thought. An hour later, Verdi came back in a hurry.

"Has Ye come to the Consulate General?" Verdi asked anxiously, "What did he say?"

Fan Juli answered truthfully.

When things got to this point, she knew that Ye Luo had nothing to do, and she was worried that Ye Luo would be attracted by the money and choose to join forces with Song Ziwen.

"Then what should we do? Things can't always be hidden." Verdi is one of two adults. He just wanted to make a lot of money with Ye Luo. He didn't expect that he would get involved in such a big thing. Now Verdi is deeply aware that, Although he has no business talent at all, it is easy to make profits by using his status as consul general.

"Fan Erdi, we have the best way." Fan Juli's eyes flashed and she whispered.

"What can I do?" Verdi asked quickly.

Fan Juli said word for word: "After the task force arrived in Shanghai, I reported it to them as soon as possible and directly cleared the relationship."

"Fan! In this case, isn't Ye?" Fan Erdi was stunned for a moment. Ye Luo was the savior of their couple. Doing this was tantamount to putting the blame on Ye Luo and Song Ziwen.

The method is a good one, and it can solve their urgent needs, but...

"There's nothing we can do about it. It's better than us being implicated." Fan Juli gritted her teeth and said, "Let's try our best to shift the responsibility to Song Ziwen. I hope the second young master can avert the danger and avoid this disaster."

"Well, that's all we can do. After all, I am the Consul General of France. If I can excuse Ye a few words, they will still listen to me." Verdi nodded in agreement.

Fan Juli apologized to Ye Luo in her heart, but there was nothing she could do.

She doesn't want to go back to her past life, nor is she willing to leave her life and death in the hands of others!