On the train to San Francisco, Hu Shi explained to Chen Qiang his purpose to Los Angeles.

"You know about Dean Wang's defection. Now he has become a traitor and serves the Japanese. The information we have received at present is that the Japanese plan to let Dean Wang establish a traitor government in Nanjing." Hu Shi said.

"I have heard of this matter a little. I didn't expect that President Wang looked hypocritical, but in fact he was a traitor." Chen Qiang said.

Even if Chen Qiang is a novice in history, he knows that Dean Wang is an unforgivable traitor, but at this time he can only follow Hu Shi's words.

Hu Shi continued, "The Japanese had already established a traitor government in North China before. Now the Japanese plan to establish another traitor government in Nanjing. Naturally, they hope to find more famous Chinese people to serve them. Those who are in Chongqing want people to definitely not be bribed by the Japanese, so the Japanese focus on overseas, especially in Hong Kong and the United States. The Japanese hope to convince famous people living in Hong Kong and the United States to serve them."

"According to the telegram sent by Chongqing, the primary goal of the Japanese in the United States is Mr. Zhang Wochan. They plan to invite Mr. Zhang back to China and serve in the traitor government. It is said that Dean Wang sent a delegation to convince Mr. Zhang that the traitor who served the Japanese was on the way. So I rushed to Los Angeles to stop this."

"But I was not very lucky and lost. Mr. Zhang went to San Francisco to see his daughter and son-in-law, and planned to celebrate the New Year there. It just so happened that the people from Chinatown told me that you are in Los Angeles now, so I might as well take you to meet Mr. Zhang. You are a bit famous, and I know you have many tricks and a lot of flexibly heads than me. It is easier to bring one more person."

After Hu Shi introduced this, Chen Qiang immediately understood.

It was about to be 1940, and the Wang Puppet Government was about to be established. At this time, the Japanese were helping Dean Wang to build his turf team. Well-known domestic figures and former government officials were naturally the targets that the Wang Puppet Government tried hard to win over. Mr. Zhang Wochan, who is in the United States, is their important goal.

Mr. Zhang Wochan is a veteran of the Tongmenghui. He was born in a silk tycoon family in Jiangnan. There is a proverb in his hometown that "Four Eight Ox, Seventy Two Little Golden Dogs", which is a metaphor for the local rich people. The size of the elephant, cow, and dog is also a metaphor for the wealth of the rich. Among them, the only one whose family's wealth is more than one million taels is called "dog", and the family's wealth is more than one million taels is called "ox", and if "elephant", the family's wealth is more than ten million. Mr. Zhang's family and Mr. Zhang's grandfather's family are the "two images" among the "four symbols".

During the Guangxu period, Mr. Zhang served as the counselor of the Embassy in France. He met Mr. Zhongshan in Europe and provided 30,000 taels of funds for Mr. Zhongshan. Later, when the Tongmenghui was established, Mr. Zhang provided a lot of funds. Later, when the Republic of China was established, the Nanjing Provisional Government had no money, and it was Mr. Zhang Wochan who took the lead in donating huge sums of money that the Nanjing Provisional Government could continue. It can be said that he was Mr. Zhongshan's "God of Wealth".

During Mr. Zhongshan's illness, Zhang Wochan was always guarding the left and right. When Mr. Zhongshan made his will, the first signing was Zhang Wochan, which shows how high Zhang Wochan's status was. In addition, Zhang Wochan was also the oath supervisor of the party in Chongqing, so the relationship between the two was extraordinary. In the early years, Mr. Zhang also supported the boss. When Zhang Wochan died in the 1950s, the boss also wrote the euphemism of "losing his mentor" in the mourning hall. You should know that with the status of the boss at that time, no one except Mr. Zhongshan would call him a "mentor".

In the late 1920s, Zhang Wochan and the big boss had a disagreement. Zhang Wochan hoped to develop domestic economic construction and make China stronger as soon as possible, while the big boss was keen on fighting a civil war. It was also because of this disagreement that Zhang Wochan was eventually excluded from the core of Nanjing's political affairs.

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Zhang Wochan no longer had his real job. He first lived in Hankou, then passed through Hong Kong to Switzerland, and finally came to the United States, and had been eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddha's name to pass the time.

Zhang Wochan's identity as a "senator" will naturally be targeted by the upcoming Wang Puppet Government. If this person, who was called the "mentor" by the boss, becomes an official of the Wang Puppet Government, then the blow to Chongqing can be imagined. Those traitors will try every means to convince Mr. Zhang to serve him. It is also because Zhang Wochan's identity is too important that Hu Shi, as the ambassador to the United States, came to Los Angeles from New York to Los Angeles personally.

After Hu Shi explained his intention to go to San Francisco, he asked: "I said Chen Qiang, why do you have free time to come to Los Angeles? This time I came from New York, I have to spend a lot of time, so I don't have to look at your gym anymore?"

"I came back for Christmas with my girlfriend. My girlfriend is from Los Angeles." Chen Qiang said.

"It's the foreign woman I met last time, right? Not bad, you kid is quite capable, and you hooked up with a foreign beauty." Hu Shi sighed and then said, "It's a pity that foreigners believe in religion. They are all hosted by priests when they get married. Otherwise, when you get married, I can host the wedding for you."

Chen Qiang laughed silently. He had long heard that Hu Shi was the "No. 1 matchmaker in the Republic of China". He liked to introduce people to others the most, and he also liked to host weddings. Now it seems that this is true.

...

Chen Qiang and Hu Shi came to Los Angeles together and met Mr. Zhang Wochan. Hu Shi told Mr. Zhang about his purpose.

Mr. Zhang immediately said that no matter how old and confused he was, he would not be a traitor or a sinner of the nation.

Then Hu Shi took Chen Qiang to visit several well-known Chinese and overseas Chinese in San Francisco to explain their interests. This can be regarded as having an open talk with them in advance, so as not to have a well-known Chinese who were deceived by the Wang puppet government to become traitors.

It was already January 1940 when Chen Qiang took Esther back to New York.

At this time, Europe was shrouded in war clouds. On the German side, although the army had not yet taken action, the entire German industry had entered a state of war. Almost the entire German industrial system had entered the control of the German government. The German government had the final say on what materials to produce in German factories. To a certain extent, this was already a planned economy.

Britain was nowhere close to that, they restarted the rationing system in January 1940.

During World War I, Germany implemented an unrestricted submarine combat plan, which resulted in many materials transported to Britain being sunk in the middle. Therefore, Britain implemented a material allocation system in 1917. However, since the British mainland did not receive any blows during World War I, the material allocation system was soon over.

However, the British rationing system in 1940 was implemented until 1950, which was five years after the war ended. Britain was still rationing materials. It was not until the Marshall Plan was effective and the European economy returned to its pre-war level that Britain abolished the material rationing system.

For more than a hundred years, Britain has expanded its colonies all over the world, and the British have become accustomed to transporting the colonies' material resources to the British to supply the British consumption. This has instead caused the British local production capacity to decline. Before the outbreak of the war in 1939, Britain imported 20 million tons of food every year, of which 70% of cheese and sugar, 80% of fruit, 70% of cereals, and 70% of meat all need to rely on imports. In other words, if there is no colony to transfusion blood to the UK, the British would not even be able to eat.

In fact, as early as September 1939, the United Kingdom began to ration gasoline, and in January 1940, bacon, butter and sugar also began to ration. Soon after, other meats, cereals, cheese, milk, dried fruits, etc. were rationed. By 1942, except for bread, almost all other foods were rationed.

However, the UK is rich and powerful after all. Even for food rations, each person still has a lot of food quotas per day. According to the minimum standards of the UK ration system, each person still has 4 ounces of bacon and ham, 8 ounces of sugar, 2 ounces of tea, 1 ounce of cheese, and 2 ounces of butter every day. In addition, there are 8 ounces of candied fruit and 8 ounces of candies every month. This 1 ounce is equivalent to 28 grams, and 4 ounces of ham is more than 2 ounces. It may not be possible to have 2 ounces of meat in a box of lunches now.

The UK implemented a rationing system, which also allowed American businessmen to make money. The United States has always been one of the world's top agricultural producers. The United States' agricultural products are in a state of overproduction every year. In many cases, the reason why American farmers grow food is mainly due to subsidies from the US government.

Originally, everyone thought that the first thing to make profits from the European war was the American industry, but unexpectedly, Britain, France and Germany had declared war for several months, but the war did not start. The industrial products were not consumed much, but the food was rationed first.

Merchants began to transport food to Britain, which also led to the increase in the United States' food prices. Fortunately, the US economy was good in this era and Americans were very rich. The slightly higher grain prices would not affect the lives of Americans.

In China, since the end of the First Changsha Battle, the Japanese have not made any major moves. At this time, Japan has obviously begun to change its strategy towards China. They have begun to vigorously support agents in China and adopt the strategy of "using China to control China".

On January 21, 1940, an article appeared in Hong Kong's Ta Kung Pao, which introduced the negotiation process and main content of Japan-Wang secret agreement. This is the so-called "Gaotao Incident". Many Chinese people also realized the nature of the Wang puppet traitor.

On January 24, Wang Puppet held talks with traitor leaders from Inner Mongolia, North China and the dialectical regions in Qingdao. At this point, several major traitor forces in China reached a formal unification. The "Return to Nanjing" planned by the Japanese is already on the verge of being on the string.

Under this situation, the traitors of the Wang Puppet also began to accelerate the recruitment of talents and serve the upcoming traitor government.

To this end, Hu Shi specially sent a letter to Chen Qiang. The general content of the letter said that according to the information sent back from Chongqing, the Japanese had sent traitors to the United States, with the purpose of recruiting talents from Chinese and overseas Chinese in the United States and international students in the United States to return to Nanjing to join the Wang Puppet Government. Hu Shi specifically urged Chen Qiang to pay more attention.

...

Chen Qiang had just returned from outside when a fitness coach under his command came up.

"Coach Chen, someone outside is looking for you. He is a Chinese. I think maybe it is someone you know, so I asked him to go to the rest area and wait first."

"Oh, then I'll go there right away." Chen Qiang said and walked towards the rest area. Sure enough, he saw a Chinese man in his thirties sitting there.

However, Chen Qiang had never seen this person before, so he didn't know who he was.

"Hello, I am Chen Qiang. Are you looking for me?" Chen Qiang said directly.

"Hello, Chen Jianjiang, I am Cao Yuebo." The other party introduced himself.

"It turns out it's Mr. Cao. I think Mr. Cao is not here for fitness. I don't know why Mr. Cao is looking for me?" Chen Qiang asked bluntly.

Cao Yuebo said with a smile: "I am a representative of the Nanjing New Government Preparatory Committee stationed in New York."

"Nanjing New Government? Preparatory Committee?" Chen Qiang was slightly stunned, and then immediately realized that the so-called "Nanjing New Government" was not the upcoming Wang Puppet Government. In other words, Cao Yuebo in front of him must be a traitor of Wang Puppet!

Realizing this, Chen Qiang's face suddenly became gloomy.

Cao Yuebo did not notice the change in Chen Qiang's expression. He continued: "This time I am here on behalf of the Preparatory Committee of the Nanjing New Government and invited Chen Jian to return to Nanjing. Our Nanjing New Government intends to establish a Sports Department under the Ministry of Education. We want to invite Chen Jian to serve as the Director of the Sports Department of the New Government!"

"Director, what a great official!" Chen Qiang snorted coldly, but his expression was full of jokes.

Chen Qiang did not expect that as soon as he received a telegram from Hu Shi, the traitor of Wang Puppet came to win over him.

However, Chen Qiang thought about it again and again, this was not a strange thing. In terms of political status, Chen Qiang's status may not be as good as that of Mr. Zhang, who was the boss, but in terms of international influence, Chen Qiang was better. Therefore, it was normal for Chen Qiang to become the target of the traitors of the Wang Puppet. Therefore, Wang Puppet took out a position as the director and slapped Chen Qiang on the head.

It has to be said that the trick of Wang puppet traitors to come to the United States to recruit people is also ruthless. Under the banner of the Nanjing National Government, they gave high officials generous salaries to lure those uninfatuated Chinese people living in the United States to serve them. In addition, the President Wang was originally the second-person in the country. Many Chinese people living in the United States did not know the truth and did not know that the so-called new Nanjing government was just a puppet regime established by the Japanese. They thought it was a Chinese government, but they were inexplicably deceived to Nanjing and became traitors.

"I don't know how many Chinese people have been deceived before Cao Yuebo came to me. Especially those international students in the United States are all Chinese elites. Even if one of them was deceived back to Nanjing to be a traitor, it would be China's loss! If only that could stop Cao Yuebo."

At this moment, Chen Qiang suddenly had a plan in his mind.

"This method may be a bit dangerous, but maybe it's really a try."
Chapter completed!