Chapter 91: Repaying Himself with His Way
It is rare to encounter a warm day, which is very rare in the winter in Shencheng.
Wu Siren closed his eyes and rested comfortably in the rickshaw, shaking gently with the rhythm of the rickshaw driver's footsteps. As he shook, Wu Siren found that the car had parked at the door of the Pujiang Hotel.
The Pujiang Hotel in Shencheng was built in 1846. It was the first Western-Shanghai hotel in the Qing Dynasty. Here, the first elevator, the first telephone, and even the first audio film in China were born here. This is a Victorian Baroque building created by Richard, an Westerner at that time.
"Sir, Pujiang Hotel is here, I will take care of you." The coachman said respectfully.
"Keep the change, please!"
Without thinking, Wu Siren grabbed a banknote from his pocket and handed it to the coachman, then raised his leg and entered the hotel.
"Good, this is fifty yen. Now the family can have a good New Year. This gentleman is so generous!"
The coachman looked at the coins in his hand stupidly, and his whole head was filled with surprise. He looked around, quickly put the money in his arms, and pulled the car to run quickly towards home.
During the Republic of China, the value of the yen was very large. Although it was not as strong as the US dollar, pound and other currencies, the exchange rate fluctuation was far less than that of later generations. The fifty yen was equivalent to about fifteen US dollars, which was definitely a huge sum.
Of course, Wu Siren would not be so generous. Even if he sympathized with the poor people, the fifty yen was an old counterfeit currency, which was certainly enough to make the fake real one.
When he knocked on the door of Room 302, three middle-aged men hurriedly welcomed Wu Siren in.
"Gangmaster, why did you arrive? We have been waiting for you for two days, and I thought something was wrong on the way!"
The oldest man finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Wu Siren.
These three men are unusual. The oldest one is Yu Likui, and the remaining two are Zheng Baozhen and Hua Kezhi, who are the internal backbone members of the Axe Gang.
"How is the gang developing in Xiangjiang and Haojiang?"
Wu Siren put down his coat and hat and asked in a deep voice.
"There are more than 1,000 core members, and the peripheral personnel are close to 20,000. In addition, I have asked many of the remaining brothers after the fall of Shencheng to Annan and Siam. Gang leader, you said that you will ask us to avenge the old gang leader after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. I don't know how long it will take."
After Yu Likui introduced the situation, he sighed and felt very depressed.
"Dai Chunfeng cannot die now, otherwise it will make the relatives suffer and the enemy be happy. The Japanese will not be arrogant for long. As long as we China insist on resisting, we can drive them out in less than ten years. At that time, you will take action yourself. I will equip you with personnel and weapons to avenge the old leader of the king in person."
The leader of the Wang Lao Gang mentioned by Wu Siren is actually Wang Jiuguang, the leader of the Axe Gang in the history of Shencheng. In the tragic history of the Chinese nation’s war of resistance, there was an almost forgotten organization - the Iron Blood Anti-Traits Group. When traitors and traitors heard this name, they were frightened and silent. The leader of the Anti-Traits Group was Wang Jiuguang, the leader of the Axe Gang, known as the number one killer of the Republic of China.
Among the major gangs in Shencheng in the Republic of China, the Axe Gang founded by Wang Jiuguang was a sect. He often used axes, pistols, bombs and other weapons to deal with other gangs and wealthy businessmen who oppressed workers. He was known as the "Axe Party" and "assassination group" and became famous in Shencheng for a while. Wang Jiuguang became famous and became a celebrity on the Shanghai Beach. He controlled many members of the Labor Federation, and even the gangsters such as Huang Jinyong and Du Yuesheng were afraid of him.
It was also by chance that Wu Siren was able to become the leader of the Axe Gang. Six years ago, he brought the Wu family's guards to Shanghai to establish a currency channel and had a conflict with the Axe Gang. At that time, according to the "rules of the world", Wu Siren personally fought with Wang Jiuguang, easily won, and Wang Jiuguang was also impressed. He personally invited Wu Siren to be the second in command of the Axe Gang. The two of them could be said to be acquainted without fighting.
Wu Siren once reminded Wang Jiuguang many times to be careful of Dai Chunfeng and Lixing Society, but Wang Jiuguang was very good at self-supporting, and Dai Chunfeng, who knew his personality, bribed Yu Likui's wife. Although he strengthened his defense, he was still attacked.
After Wang Jiuguang was killed, Yu Likui pushed Wu Siren to the position of the leader of the Axe Gang based on his pre-letter will.
Since Wu Siren took over the Axe Gang, he has carried out comprehensive reforms to this gang organization, eliminated the unstable factors and moved the gang main body to Xiangjiang and Haojiang, which is also a future layout.
"Gangmaster, we have made the second batch of Japanese yen counterfeit coins in the underground factory in Taijing. Are we still put into the enemy-occupied area like we did last time?" Zheng Baozhen asked.
During World War II, Germany and Japan had made large quantities of counterfeit currencies from other countries, such as Germany's famous "Bernhard banknotes" that could almost be faked and real. After Japan invaded China, its secret service agencies specially organized personnel to forge legal currency. These fake legal currency were widely popular and became an important means for Japanese invaders to rush to buy supplies, disrupt China's financial order, and seek military expenditures for Japanese invaders.
Wu Siren organized the Axe Gang to print counterfeit Japanese yen bills in Taijing, Siam, which was considered a retaliation against the Japanese.
At present, the only bank issued by Japan is the Bank of Japan. The mulberry paper used in the Japanese yen has added several unique plant fibers. Although the anti-counterfeiting technology of the Japanese yen is far inferior to that of the US dollar and the British pound, it is difficult to imitate it in other places due to material problems.
As a reborn person, Wu Siren has read many historical books on this in his previous life and knows that there is a plant in Hunan and Jiangxi that can replace the fibers unique to Japan's banknotes. In addition, after years of hard work, he has cracked the manufacturing technology of mulberry paper used in the Japanese yen, so the fake yen coins made can be difficult to distinguish from the real coins.
"No, if there are too many Japanese yen counterfeit coins in the enemy-occupied areas, it will be easy for Japanese people to notice. All newly printed Japanese yen counterfeit coins arrive in Xiangjiang, and I will ship them to Brazil through other channels to digest the counterfeit coins there."
At this time, Brazil has many immigrants from Japan in China, and it is not uncommon to settle items in Japanese yen. Wu Siren has another reason for doing this. Once the counterfeit currency is exposed, the Japanese people's sight will be guided to the Eagle Sauce. After all, Latin America is the back garden of the US imperialists.
Wu Siren was discussing the next plan with Yu Likui, Zheng Baozhen, and Hua Kezhi. Shen Qiuxia took the keys given to her by Wu Siren and took Gu Xiaomeng and Mingcheng to a warehouse in the Suzhou Riverside Concession.
When the three of them opened the warehouse door and walked into the warehouse, they opened the iron door in the basement according to Professor Wu Siren's method. When they saw the pile of supplies, they remained calm as usual and no longer saw them.
"Are these... all Mr. Wu handed over to us?"
Gu Xiaomeng's face turned red and her eyes were filled with water.
Chen Qiuxia looked at the supplies in front of her and didn't know what to say. She was lucky, worried, afraid, and sweet. At this moment, she had already begun to think about how to send Wu Siren's increased supplies to Yanzhou. This is not a small matter. These supplies that are extremely needed in the base area are life-saving straws for many wounded people in the base area.
"I solemnly announce here that as the leader of the Xiangjiang Logistics Material Preparation Group, the origin of this batch of materials is limited to the three of us and several relevant leaders in Yanzhou. I know that once the matter of Moran donating materials is exposed, he will be in a state of doom and there will be no way to remedy it."
"I promise with my party spirit that I will never reveal any news!" Mingcheng said firmly.
Chapter completed!