The carriage stopped at the door of the Japanese Yanghe Trading Company. Keita Suzuki, who had a gloomy face, got off the carriage, walked straight into the warehouse, walked through two courtyards in succession, climbed up a two-story building, and entered a room on the second floor.

The room is not large, about 30 square meters, and it adopts a Japanese decorative style. In front of a Ukiyoe with the story of the Japanese Emperor Jinwu's expedition, a young man about 34 or 5 years old sat in a straight kneeling posture. This person is named Naotao Miyamoto, a new member of the Japanese intelligence department. Although he has not been in the Japanese intelligence department for a long time, because of his outstanding ability, he is highly appreciated by the Minister of the Second Department of the General Staff of Japan, and Chief of Staff of the Western Governor's Department, Major General Fukushima Anmasato, who was promoted to lieutenant by Naotao Miyamoto, and also volunteered to be responsible for investigating intelligence related to overseas Chinese.

It happened that the Japanese government also felt the threat to Japan after the emergence of overseas Chinese, so the Japanese General Staff Headquarters sent Miyamoto Naotao to Shandong to fully be responsible for intelligence related to overseas Chinese and had complete autonomy.

The Japanese Foreign Trade Bank was the first business in Jinan after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. Together with another Omori Trading Company that opened a year later, it became a Japanese intelligence base in Jinan and an important node in Japan's intelligence network in Shandong. However, since Japan's focus in China was not in Shandong after the Sino-Japanese War of 1895, Shandong's intelligence agencies were not valued by the country, and there were not many personnel or funds. Because it was in Jinan, there were less than 10 people engaged in intelligence work, and in many cases, the business bank's own operating income needed to subsidize funds.

However, due to the strong rise of overseas Chinese and the choice of Shandong as its base, Japan's intelligence agency based in Shandong suddenly rose. This time, Miyamoto's arrival in Jinan not only brought a lot of funds, but also 12 new intelligence personnel to strengthen Jinan's intelligence work force, but also gained the power to rectify or reintegrate Shandong's intelligence agencies.

On the right side of Miyamoto Naotao, there were two people sitting, Naoya Kondo, the head of Omori Trading Company, and Nagata Masato, his assistant, and Nagata, while there was only one person sitting on the left, Shinichiro Nishikawa, the assistant of Keita Suzuki. He is also the main intelligence personnel in Japan in Jinan. Japanese trading companies are generally responsible for collecting intelligence, so the heads of the trading companies are often professional intelligence personnel.

Keita Suzuki bowed to everyone and said, "Let you wait for a long time." Then she sat down in her own position.

At this time, Miyamoto Naotao said: "Suzuki, what is Yuan Shikai's attitude?"

Keita Suzuki shook his head and said, "Although he was very polite, he did not respond to our proposal. Although he did not expressly refuse, he was distracted twice. It seems that he did not intend to cooperate with us."

Nagata Chong said: "Is it so difficult that Yuan Shikai plans to give up Shandong?"

Naoki Kondo said: "Now Yuan Shikai has been appointed as the governor of Zhili by the Qing Dynasty. This is one of the top high-ranking officials in the Qing Dynasty. It is better than the governor of Shandong. Therefore, it is normal for Yuan Shikai to refuse to cooperate with us and give up Shandong. If I were to make the same choice, I would not have made the same choice, so it should not be done to go to Yuan Shikai to negotiate cooperation."

Shinichiro Nishikawa said: "If we want to stop overseas Chinese from occupying Shandong, we cannot count on Yuan Shikai. We can only rely on ourselves. However, according to the information we have obtained, the overseas Chinese army will enter Jinan City the day after tomorrow, so we must take action, otherwise it will be too late." As he said that, he turned to Naotao Miyamoto and said: "Your Excellency, what should we do, I hope you can instruct me."

Naotao Miyamoto had not spoken yet, and Naoya Kondo said: "What else can I do? I suggest that the second plan should be used immediately to prevent overseas Chinese troops from entering Jinan City."

Naotao Miyamoto glanced at him and said quietly: "Is it too late to implement the second plan now? We only have two days at most, and Yuan Shikai obviously will not cooperate with our actions. Without Yuan Shikai's support, in these two days, we can recruit enough people to prevent overseas Chinese troops from entering Jinan City?"

Naoya Kondo said: "We can pull the gentry from Shandong. They have strong entrusting power among the people, and the land reform of overseas Chinese has made them offend all Shandong gentry. Therefore, as long as we can express our support, the gentry from Shandong will definitely cooperate with our actions. With their entrusting power, they will definitely recruit enough personnel and form a strong public opinion force to prevent overseas Chinese troops from entering the city. It doesn't matter whether Yuan Shikai's support is supported."

Miyamoto Naotao sneered and said, "Kondo, you first overestimated the courage of these Shandong gentry. It's okay to let them go directly to fight against overseas Chinese. I don't think there are many people with such courage. And you also overestimated our influence in Shandong. If Yuan Shikai came forward to express his support, there might be a possibility of success, but we are just a business and are foreigners. Why do you think Shandong gentry believes in our support? The land reform of overseas Chinese did offend Shandong gentry, but overseas Chinese are not kind men and women. They will never be lenient towards those who disobey. Didn't they kill 16 landlords in Gaomi Prefecture? Therefore, when choosing between land and life, do you think these gentry will choose which one."

Naoki Kondo heard it and was speechless. At this time, Nagata Kuro said: "Then use the third plan to assassinate important overseas Chinese. As long as the prefect sent by overseas Chinese this time is killed, the overseas Chinese will naturally prevent overseas Chinese from occupying Shandong."

Keita Suzuki frowned and said, "We now have more than 20 people in Jinan and we are not fully equipped with weapons. There are more than 3,000 overseas Chinese troops. With just a few people like us, how can we assassinate important overseas Chinese personnel?"

Nagata Matsuki said: "So what? Even if we only have 10 people, we have to do it for the benefit of Japan. And as long as we are determined to die, there is nothing we can't do. If you are timid and dare not do it, I am willing to lead the team to be responsible for the assassination mission in person."

"Bang!"

Miyamoto Naotao slapped the small table in front of him and sternly said, "Enough, is this the plan you came up with? Do you think that relying on these crappy and clumsy plans can prevent overseas Chinese from entering Jinan? It's stupid, it's so stupid."

Although Miyamoto Naotaku had just arrived and everyone was a little dissatisfied with him, he was the highest person in charge of Shandong after all. Therefore, when Miyamoto Naotaku got angry, everyone was still a little scared and lowered their heads.

After a while, Miyamoto Naotao said: "I announced that all action plans for overseas Chinese will be cancelled and all intelligence gathering activities in Shandong will be temporarily suspended. The business will honestly engage in commercial business activities, and no one is allowed to conduct intelligence activities privately."

Naoko Kondo couldn't help but say, "Why?"

Miyamoto Naotaku said coldly: "Because I want to make comprehensive rectifications on the intelligence agencies in Shandong, it is impossible to do a good job in intelligence. This set of dealing with the Qing Dynasty may be effective, but overseas Chinese are not incompetent Qing Dynasty. They are a group of high IQ, high ability and extremely strong organizational groups. It is ineffective to deal with the Qing Dynasty for overseas Chinese. Just like the plan you have formulated, not only will it not prevent overseas Chinese from entering Jinan Prefecture, but it will also expose these two businesses and be beaten up by overseas Chinese."

Naoko Kondo was still a little dissatisfied and said, "Your Excellency, have you overestimated the overseas Chinese? If we adopt our plan, we will not come forward in person, but will come forward by the Qing people, just like the Wang brothers. Therefore, overseas Chinese will not doubt the business at all."

Miyamoto Naotao snorted and said, "You are too naive. Do you think that if Chinese people come forward, you can deceive overseas Chinese? The existence of these two businesses is our biggest loophole, so I can be sure that overseas Chinese must have doubted our businesses now. If you take action, it will be equivalent to sending the handle to overseas Chinese."

Nagata Yuki couldn't help but say, "This is impossible. Our business banks have official documents, which have been officially recognized by the Qing Dynasty. Moreover, other countries have also opened business banks in Jinan. How could overseas Chinese suspect our business?"

Miyamoto Naotao said: "I repeat again. Don't use the standards of the Qing Dynasty to measure overseas Chinese. The business has been officially recognized by the Qing Dynasty, but this is useless to overseas Chinese. Overseas Chinese will not recognize the Renhe Agreement accepted by the Qing Dynasty, unless we defeated overseas Chinese like the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. Therefore, no loophole can be left when dealing with opponents like overseas Chinese. If we don't want our intelligence organization in Shandong to be snatched up by overseas Chinese, it's best to restrain ourselves during this period. After I complete the rectification of the intelligence agency, we will start the work again."

Although Naoya Kondo and Jue Nagata did not make a sound, they showed a dissatisfied expression on their faces.
Chapter completed!