eurekapd Chapter 227 "Jingguan"
Chapter 227 "Jingguan"
After plundering all the Japanese devils and puppet soldiers, Hou Xiaoge directly pulled everyone into the space to plant crops.
However, when farming, Xiaoge chopped off the heads of the Japanese soldiers in the space, and built a small Jingguan on the road, letting them face Nanjing and repent.
After finishing all this, Hou Xiaoge ran for a distance and hid in the countryside, then entered the space to count the spoils of this time.
The harvest this time was quite large, with a total of twenty-six Japanese devils and puppet troops.
They seized two sidecars, two light machine guns, a grenade launcher, twenty-eight rifles, and six pistols, four of which were from the seven Japanese soldiers.
There were also 1,500 bullets of various types, 50 grenades, and 18 grenade launcher shells.
Finally, it was about money. Unexpectedly, these puppet soldiers were even richer than the Japanese. Several Japanese contributed a total of 50 yen to Hou Xiaoge, and various other things totaling 100 oceans.
But these puppet soldiers were so damn rich that we found money worth five hundred oceans on twenty of them. A lot of the money had blood stains on it, which must have been extorted from the common people by these puppet soldiers.
"Damn it, you puppet soldiers, sometimes you are even more hateful than the devils.
These devils eat the flesh of ordinary people, you are destroying their bones and washing their marrow!
You should have been put on display just now. You are not good enough to fight the Japanese, but you are the first to cause trouble to the people." Hou Xiaoge was so angry that he stomped his feet on the puppet army's land that had turned into fertilizer.
But after venting his anger, Hou Xiaoge still felt very happy. After all, fighting against the Japanese devils is the wish of every Chinese.
I finally have the chance to fight the Japanese in this life. It is much more comfortable than fighting bandits in the mainland. It is just like drinking a bottle of ice-cold cola in the dog days of summer, making me feel refreshed.
After adjusting the mentality of the Ganga people in the space, Hou Xiaoge changed his appearance and went to a nearby town to investigate the location of strategic materials and important machinery factories near Guangzhou Bay.
Guangzhou Bay is a large port with extremely developed industries. Many black and white materials were imported and exported through here in the past.
Therefore, Guangzhou Bay's industry and commerce are extremely developed. Although there was harm caused by the Japanese invaders, there are still many left now.
Hou Xiaoge's current goal is to find out the industries of the Japanese devils and the big traitors. After all, it would be bad if they harmed their own people.
The Japanese are short of manpower now and can only radiate to larger cities for the time being. They have abandoned counties and towns, and small towns. This gives Hou Xiaoge a lot of channels to understand the situation.
However, when arriving at another town, Hou Xiaoge was a little at a loss, because the people there all spoke Cantonese, and according to Hou Xiaoge's own understanding, it was a gibberish that he couldn't understand, he could only understand the handsome boys.
I had no choice but to go to a restaurant in the town to ask. Fortunately, Guangdong Province has a developed business and there are still many people who can speak Mandarin. After some twists and turns, I finally found a northerner with a Shanxi accent.
"Brother, I'm from Qin Province. I just came to Guangzhou Bay to do business. How come this place is occupied by the Japanese?" Hou Xiaoge asked the man from Jin Province with a bitter face.
"Hey! You are from Qin Province. Qin and Jin are close friends, so we are indeed fellow villagers. And my hometown is Yuncheng. Where are you from, fellow villager?" Qiao Yuanmao, who had a small goatee, asked with a smile.
"Then we are indeed not far away. I am from Sanyuan, Xianyang. My surname is He and my name is Yuzhu. What is your name, brother?" Hou Xiaoge asked with a smile.
"Brother He, the ancient capital of Xianyang is a good place. Sanyuan has been a place where merchants gather since ancient times. Our Qiao family even had a bank in Sanyuan during the Qing Dynasty.
Oh! I won’t say more. I’ve strayed off topic.
"Brother, have you eaten yet? I'll order you a bowl of noodles, too. This restaurant is run by a fellow Shanxi native, and they make hand-cut noodles." Qiao Yuanmao sighed and asked Hou Xiaoge to sit down.
"Oh! Now that we're at the place where we eat rice, I'm craving for a bowl of noodles. Let's have a bowl of knife-cut noodles to satisfy my stomach." Hou Xiaoge said with a smile as he put down his bag.
"Haha! That's right, we northerners can't go anywhere without a bowl of noodles.
Lao Liu, bring this fellow from Qin Province a bowl of knife-cut noodles, eggs, and meat, it's on me." Qiao Yuanmao shouted to the boss who was using an abacus at the counter.
"Oh! It's actually a fellow villager from Qin Province. Please wait a moment, I will ask the kitchen to serve it. Do you want chili?" The boss came up and said with a smile.
"Boss, in addition to noodles, can we have a few more of your restaurant's specialty dishes, preferably those from the north! Brother Qiao, this meal is on me." Hou Xiaoge said to the boss with a smile while looking at the wooden sign of the dishes hanging on the wall.
"Brother, you are too polite." Qiao Yuanmao smiled and handed Hou Xiaoge a Marlboro.
"When you go out to do business, you should save when you can and spend when you can! But you should also be generous. Isn't this the characteristic of us Shaanxi businessmen?" Hou Xiaoge took the cigarette with a smile.
"Shanxi and Shaanxi merchants, this sounds so familiar! I haven't heard of it for many years. Shanxi and Shaanxi merchants have declined in recent years!" Qiao Yuanmao sighed and lit a cigarette and said.
"It's due to the times. Now is the era of maritime merchants, and there's nothing we can do." Hou Xiaoge also nodded and sighed.
Once upon a time, the Shanxi and Shaanxi Guild Hall was well-known throughout the country. The guild hall was much more powerful than the Zhejiang merchants of later generations. However, with the entry of foreign businessmen and the rise of compradors, as well as institutional problems, it declined in the late Qing Dynasty.
"Brother, your last name is Qiao. Could it be related to the Qiao family in Shanxi?" Hou Xiaoge asked Qiao Yuanmao curiously when he saw him.
"Haha! Brother, have you also heard of the Shanxi Qiao family?" Qiao Yuanmao asked with a smile when he heard the familiar name.
"How could I not know? Mr. Qiao Zhiyong's Huitongtianxia and Qiao Family Courtyard are both well-known in the business world of Qin Province." Hou Xiaoge replied with a smile.
"Yes! "Connecting the world" is a very impressive phrase. But Qiao is not from the Qiao family compound. I am just a distant relative of the Qiao family, with some kinship."
Everyone likes to be praised. After all, Qiao Yuanmao is related to the Qiao Family Compound, so he was very happy to be praised by Hou Xiaoge.
"Isn't it still the Qiao family? I've heard of your name for a long time, and I'm sorry for my disrespect." Hou Xiaoge smiled and clasped his fists.
"Come here!"
Soon, the boss came up personally with noodles and meat dishes. Hou Xiaoge invited the two of them, but the boss refused.
"Noodles without garlic will lose half of their flavor. Boss, give me another bowl of garlic." Hou Xiaoge greeted the boss while eating noodles while they were hot.
"It seems that the villagers know how to eat it! Local people don't eat garlic." The boss and Qiao Yuanmao said with a smile.
"Northerners eat noodles, so how can they not eat garlic? That would be troublesome." Hou Xiaoge laughed.
After eating and drinking, the two asked the boss to sit together and drink tea.
"Brother, I heard you say just now that you came to Guangzhou Bay to do business. Would you mind telling me what kind of business you are doing?" After the two of them became familiar with each other, Qiao Yuanmao asked with a smile.
"Everyone needs food, clothing, housing and transportation. It's not inconvenient. My business is food business," Hou Xiaoge said with a smile.
"Food! Is it grain?" the two asked with wide eyes.
There is a food shortage these days. Since Hou Xiaoge has a space with him, it is easiest for him to be a grain merchant.