Chapter 12: This Is A Little? This Is A Billion, Right?
Looking at this list, Cao Weida secretly clicked his tongue. This is just a little bit?
This is a billion bits!
Any single item of supplies on here, even ten heads wouldn’t be enough to lose!
It’s really tight in the front, tight eating in the back!
These little devils are capable, quietly pulling off such a big move!
Cao Weida’s brain raced, quickly calculating the prices of the supplies listed above.
Although the domestic war situation is now stabilizing, the prices of these supplies remain scarce goods.
The yen has depreciated slightly now, but its purchasing power is still fairly strong.
A Type 38 rifle costs around forty to fifty yen to produce, but on the black market, it doubles easily, with more demand than supply.
The Nambu Type 11 Light Machine Gun is even more so, at least a thousand yen on the black market.
Tung oil, gasoline, sugar, rubber, no need to mention them, all are important strategic supplies, none of which worry about selling.
He roughly calculated and arrived at a general price.
Weapons and ammunition around fifty thousand yen, supplies around forty thousand yen.
Adding up to ninety thousand yen, with the current exchange rate of silver dollars to yen at about 1:2.2, ultimately around forty-one thousand silver dollars.
Hiss~
This is bigger than a big business!
The numbers alone might not mean much, but if converted to gold bars, you’d get some idea.
One small gold bar weighs one tael, about 31.25 grams, roughly redeemable for 35 silver dollars.
One big gold bar ten taels, that’s around 350 silver dollars.
How many big gold bars for forty-one thousand silver dollars?
A full 117!
Even at modern low prices of 500 per gram, that’s nineteen million!
Moreover, the purchasing power of this money in this era far exceeds modern times!
“How about it, Cao Sang, do you have the strength to handle this?” Duobian Yi rotated his empty wine glass, eyes fixed tightly on Cao Weida.
The other three devils didn’t speak, but the looks gathered on Cao Weida showed their attitude.
Cao Weida wasn’t intimidated at all, instead smiling confidently, “Although there are quite a few things, it’s not enough to scare me.”
Although there were indeed a lot of things, this really couldn’t stump him as a transmigrator. The moment he saw the list, he already had a target in mind.
Not only could he make money, but also pave the way for the future, and live a carefree life before the victory of the War of Resistance, killing three birds with one stone!
Ono Shiota laughed heartily, “Yōshi, Cao Sang, I indeed didn’t misjudge you.”
“I still have to thank Ono-kun for your favor,”
“But… I’m very curious, why did you officers choose me?”
“Such a big business, there shouldn’t be a shortage of people to partner with you officers, right?”
To be honest, at first he didn’t expect to take such a big order, just wanted to bind more deeply with Ono Shiota and Fujita.
The initial goal was to slowly accumulate cooperation on both sides, then gradually expand and strengthen.
Who would’ve thought, they came out with a royal flush right away, smashing such a big order on his head instantly, like pie falling from the sky.
If it was merely because of a few so-called ‘friends’, that reason was obviously insufficient.
“Cao Sang is indeed cautious,” the little devils not only didn’t mind, but were even more satisfied with Cao Weida.
Bold, cautious, smart, this is a good partner.
Ono Shiota clinked glasses with Cao Weida, and after drinking, said: “Actually it’s simple, the reason for choosing you isn’t complicated, because your background is clean.”
“Clean”
“Right, clean.” Fujita pulled a piece of paper from his pocket and began reading:
“Cao Weida, from Cao Family Village, born February 16, 1925, parents both deceased, in June 1942 sold family property and went to Beiping, by chance met Fifth Branch Bureau Patrol Captain Duomen, rented a courtyard house, joined patrolmen the next month, within half a year earned the title of Three Cowards of the Rat’s Gallbladder”
“To date, no ties found to any force, clean as can be.”
Hearing this title, Cao Weida’s face instantly reddened, and he awkwardly picked up his teacup for a sip.
As for them digging up his background completely
This information wasn’t secret at all, even what he filled in his forms, so with effort, not hard to find.
So he wasn’t surprised at all.
A full half day of time, if they couldn’t even find this, it would mean these little devils were idiots, and he wouldn’t dare partner with them.
After reading, Fujita put down the paper, smiling at Cao Weida: “This is your cleanest identity, and the reason we chose you.”
“Cao Sang, you should be familiar with the name Special Higher Police, right.”
Cao Weida nodded: “Of course, it’s a name that changes color when mentioned.”
Special Higher Police, full name Special Higher Police Course, the notorious intelligence agency in War of Resistance history.
Actually, intelligence agencies in Chinese territory far exceed just Special Higher Police. In Beiping alone, there are Special Higher Police, Beiping Special Agency, and Matsui Special Agency, three intelligence agencies.
However, Special Higher Police is the most notorious in War of Resistance history, and the largest force, especially Dohihara Kenji, making countless Chinese people wish to eat his flesh and drink his blood, committing heinous crimes.
Suddenly, he paused, gaze turning to Matsui Koji, “Matsui-kun, if I remember correctly, the Matsui of Matsui Special Agency, is that your Matsui, right?”
The chubby Matsui Koji grinned, nodding lightly: “Matsui Taikuro is my uncle.”
Holy crap!
Cao Weida was immediately shocked, originally just somewhat suspicious, but it turned out to be true!
No wonder the cushy job of Logistics Department Inspector fell on his head, turns out the backer is so strong!
Many might not know Matsui Taikuro, but stating his positions would make people understand the weight.
Matsui Taikuro, in 1936 Head of the Organization of Beiping Special Agency, 1937 Army Major General, 1939 highest military consultant of puppet Manchukuo, 1940 promoted Lieutenant General and division commander, 1942 military consultant of big traitor Wang Jingwei regime, now in 1943, Chief of Staff of Japanese Expeditionary Army in China.
Even in the future, he will become commander of the 13th Army in the Magic City!
This connection breaks through the heavens!
No wonder before entering he felt something off, a same-level captain, two higher-level majors, respectful to a captain
Looking now, with such an awesome background, not being respected would be weird.
At the same time, he finally understood why these little devils were so bold, intercepting so many strategic supplies at once, they had a big shot covering them!
But then again, with such a powerful background, why is Matsui Koji only a captain?
Though puzzled with some guesses, he didn’t say more.
“I understand.” Cao Weida finally sorted out the ins and outs.
Special Higher Police’s authority isn’t just invasive special agent and espionage activities, it also has internal inspection powers.
Once army internal corruption is found, it can arrest and interrogate directly without approval.
Though Matsui Koji’s background is awesome, Special Higher Police’s power is even more boundless.
Note that Dohihara Kenji, that Class A war criminal, was an Imperial Japanese Army General!
Your Matsui Taikuro is awesome, my Dohihara Kenji is more awesome!
Small-scale corruption, destroy evidence quickly in short time, as long as it looks good on surface, with Matsui Special Agency cover, Special Higher Police won’t pursue too much, happy to pretend not to know and give face.
But if evidence is collected, that’s another story.
As long as Matsui Koji doesn’t want to trouble Matsui Taikuro, the safest way is to quickly offload the supplies in hand.
And Cao Weida has only been at the police station half a year, simple relations, no ties to little devils especially Special Higher Police, this is the cleanest component.
Matsui Koji’s next words confirmed his guess.
“Cao Sang, I won’t hide it from you, someone in Special Higher Police has smelled something.”
“Many inside will give face, but there’s an old Chinese saying, big woods have all kinds of birds.”
“Some stubborn ones, full of Long live the Emperor, can’t stand well themselves and hate others doing well.”
“To avoid trouble, this batch of supplies must be offloaded ASAP, so you have only three days, if not offloaded in three days, then…”
“Three days to offload is no problem, but I need to make it clear beforehand.” Cao Weida paused, saying: “This batch of supplies isn’t too much, but not little either, time too tight, controlling its flow will be very difficult.”
“So, who it ultimately ends up with, I can’t guarantee.”
Matsui Koji immediately stated: “I don’t care who it ends up with, that’s not my business, I just want to see the money, the rest I don’t care.”
Well, with that said, what problem is there?
No problem at all!
Even, when they sell this batch, they probably already guessed roughly.
After all, gasoline, tung oil, sugar and such are fine, but rifles, machine guns even mortars, who else but Communist Party and Kuomintang can swallow so many at once?
Surely not bandits?
“Any other questions, speak now…”
“Secret massage…” The boss lady’s enchanting voice came from outside.
Duobian Yi stood up, “You talk, I’ll make them wait first.”
After Duobian Yi went out and closed the door, Cao Weida spoke: “How to transact?”
“I handle listing, Duobian Yi handles review, Fujita-kun handles transporting supplies to your designated warehouse, Ono-kun handles road passes.”
“There’s another partner in Special Higher Police, handling intelligence blackout and monitoring for Special Higher Police at certain times, if any anomaly, transaction cancels immediately.”
Good grief, this clears all obstacles for transaction failure.
Such meticulous arrangements, Gendarmerie Headquarters, police station, Matsui Special Agency even Special Higher Police all covered, clearly they’ve done this more than once, maximizing safety.
But this way, it makes it much easier and safer for Cao Weida, of course he’s happy.
“I need some passes on my side, to ensure supplies transport smoothly out of Beiping.”
Fujita immediately said: “No problem, leave it to me, but we do cash on delivery.”
“Of course, then, here’s to our pleasant cooperation in advance…” Cao Weida raised his wine glass slightly toward the three little devils.
“Pleasant cooperation, cheers!” The three little devils laughed, then Ono Shiota shouted outside: “Duobian-kun, what took you so long in the toilet, can’t perform anymore huh!”
