Piao Tian Literature    The Japanese army fell into a civil war after being assassinated and killed by the commander of Hosokawa Shaokuan. Edo Castle once changed its ruler several times. Nowadays, there are many powerful people in Japan, but they are no longer the old daimyo pattern. For example, Yamamotokawa, a Japanese officer who once studied in the Guangzhou Martial Arts Hall in China, occupied the northern part of Muro and became a powerful local warlord.

Edo Castle was occupied by the former subordinates of Hosokawa Shaohan, Aritomo, the former army chief of the Hosokawa government. Last year, Aritomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomomentomomomomomentomomomomentomomomomentomomomomentomomomomentomomomentomomomentomomomentomomomentomomomentomomomentomomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomomentomoment

However, although Edo changed hands several times, he did not experience any disaster. Especially in the concession area, there were many shops and extremely prosperous. Because the concession was safe and worry-free, and the tax system was transparent and not like the Japanese domestic warlords levying heavy taxes, a large number of Japanese merchants flocked in, and the population of the concession area surged, but it was the cleanest city in Edo Castle, which was a huge difference from the crowded and dirty environment of Edo Castle.

The concession has a special engineering department, which has eight departments including administration, land surveying, tectonic engineering, building surveying, ditches, road engineering, workshops, park vacant land, etc., which are responsible for road bridge and ditches design, urban garbage removal, vehicle machinery and equipment maintenance of industrial department bureaus, park vacant land and street tree management, etc.

The Department of Engineering is affiliated to the Management Committee of the Chinese Concession, which was spontaneously elected by Chinese businessmen and had no legal affiliation with the imperial government. However, two years ago, due to the security of the concession, the Management Committee negotiated with the Guanye government, who usurped the Edo regime when Hosokawa was assassinated, and obtained the autonomy and security rights of the concession.

From then on, there were police houses in the institutions under the Concession Management Committee. The police were self-employed by the Concession Management Committee and hired a retired Imperial officer as the chief inspector. According to the voting of the Management Committee, there were eight police houses in the Concession, including one chief inspector, one deputy chief inspector, sixteen deputy chief inspector, and sixteen co-inspectors. The number of police officers shall be determined as appropriate.

In fact, the number of police officers in the eight police rooms in the Edo Concession is more than 260, of which there are no more than 30 Chinese police officers, and the rest are Luzons. Because Luzons are dark-skinned and short-skinned, they don’t look like good people in black and short-skinned uniforms in the concession. They are also famous for bullying good and afraid of evil, so they wag their tails when they see the Chinese. When they see the Japanese, they immediately become vicious. Therefore, the Edo people privately called Luzon police officers a "black dog".

The Concession Management Committee hired Luzon police because of its low wages and only guarding the house, Luzon police were more docile and obedient. Unlike the empire's workers, they had to talk about labor rights and interests everywhere. If one is a discord, the entire management committee would be brought to court. They were all very careful and had to bargain with overtime.

Moreover, the Luzon Police can help some of the directors and committee members of the management committee to do shameful things. If they are from their own country, they may encounter stubborn thoughts and talk about imperial laws everywhere. In this way, they will inevitably be restrained in their actions in Japan, such as trying to secretly kill a Japanese monkey. If it is a Chinese policeman, it is okay to be smooth. If you encounter an upright and excessive person, you may report you to the committee. This will definitely make you mess up. If you want to destroy the Chinese and be intimidated by the detectives and judges' seriousness under the imperial law, you really have to think about it. And if you use the Luzon Policeman, you will not have such many concerns.

Of course, there are only a few such directors. And using the mystery of the Luzons is even less worthy of being told to outsiders.

In any case, the prosperity of the Edo Concession is an indisputable fact. When the electric lights are turned on, the street lights are lit up at night, which is in sharp contrast with the dark Edo Cong. Japanese businessmen all strive to be able to enter the Chinese Concession and settle down.

Naota Sakai was one of the merchants who was very eager to obtain the right of residence in the Chinese Concession. It was not difficult to enter the concession to buy a house. What was difficult was that after repeated reviews, it was approved by the China Concession Management Committee and officially became a registered merchant of the China Concession Committee. In this way, he had the same rights as the Chinese Concession Businessman and was protected by the Concession Committee. He no longer had to worry about the corrupt officials and evil officials of all sizes of the warlord government seeking trouble for him.

Today, Naota Sakai wanted to discuss a business with someone. The other party was a Chinese businessman from Taiwa Bank, the largest bank in the East. He was preparing to buy a small patent for electric fan design. This made Naota Sakai admire him very much. In fact, it was just a small change in the design of the fan blade. He had seen the product and could only directly learn from his ideas, but he did not expect that the Chinese would talk to him about "patent rights" in a serious manner. This made him sigh why the Chinese had held the Oriental bull ears for thousands of years. When the empire showed its decline, it took only 30 years to adjust its policies and soon stood on the top of the world. Together with the Empire of Sunset, it was called the hegemon of the world.

As for the founding emperor in the Forbidden City, he could only be described as "the emperor of the ages". Perhaps thousands of years later, he will be a saint who is as famous as Confucius, Jesus and others.

Naota Sakai was thinking randomly and got off a rickshaw in front of the small garden building at No. 12 Jingzhong Road and gave the rickshaw driver a 500-cent Chinese banknote because local governments, including the central government, were frantically printing banknotes to subsidize military expenditures. The Japanese currency and the "Mithi tickets" issued by the central government depreciated extremely seriously. Therefore, in the concession area, even if it was hard work, it only recognized Chinese currency, which was a hard currency.

After receiving the banknote, the rickshaw driver smiled and thanked him, then threw his arms and ran along the stone road.

Naota Sakai looked at the courtyard of the western building in front of him in confusion. The tall walls and green trees were green. From the black fence and iron gate, you could see the lawns and flower beds. The western style of the small western building, stained glass windows, and towering spires, like a church, are very delicate and pleasing to the eye.

Naota Sakai looked at the black door signs inlaid on the green wall again. It was good, No. 12 Jingzhong Road, but it seemed like a residence. Did Mr. Wen invite him to come to his home to discuss business? But the patent for his small design was only more than a thousand silver dollars at most. What kind of institution is Taihe Bank? It was a semicolon that opened to the world's largest bank in major European cities. It was rumored that the Chinese emperor owned its shares, and the total bank's assets exceeded 200 million pounds.

The big shop bullies customers, it’s just a small business of a few hundred silver dollars. Didn’t the other party send an ordinary employee to talk to him? How could ordinary employees have such a luxury house?

While Sakai Naotatsu was hesitating, a few gurgling sounds came from the side, but the dark Luzon guards rushed out of the guard room next to the iron gate with a baton, pointed at Sakai Naotatsu and shouted, and finally shouted in stiff Chinese: "Your, go away!"

Who told Sakai Naotashi that he had a mustache under his nose and knew he was Japanese at first sight?

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