Lost and Spy

Chapter 110 The Gold Bank
Gold Bank.

At the beginning of its establishment, Yokohama Specie Bank was half-business and half-official.The support of the government has played a decisive role in its steady development.

The Japanese government holds one-third of the shares, and can get dividends from it, and Zhengjin Bank has also obtained special protection as the legal intermediary of the Japanese government's foreign trade and the center of bulk cargo transfer.

In May 1891, Ma Yongyin, the director of Zhengjin Bank, went to Shanghai for inspection and believed that it was necessary to carry out exchange business in Shanghai. On May 5, 1893, Yokohama Specie Bank established a branch in Shanghai.

Zhengjin Bank's business in China was initially mainly engaged in war reparations. The "Treaty of Shimonoseki" stipulated that China should pay 2.3 million taels of silver in compensation to Japan. In the "Xin Chou Treaty", Japan received an indemnity of 3479 million taels of silver. The Japanese government entrusted Zhengjin Bank as the collecting bank to manage these two huge sums .

In the Northeast, the power of Zhengjin Bank is unimaginably large.

So this bank is very important to Japan.

Early in the morning, a black car stopped at the gate of the bank.

The driver got out of the car and opened the rear door.

A man and woman in kimono stepped out of the car.

The man has a unique Japanese beard on his lips and wears black-rimmed round glasses.

The woman is very beautiful, and like most Japanese women, standing next to the man, her head is always slightly lowered.

As soon as he walked into the bank, Uchida Daxiang, the manager of the Shanghai Branch of Zhengjin Bank, saw the fabric of the kimono on the pair of men, and immediately knew that the other party must be a rich man.

There are many kinds of fabrics for kimonos, the lower one is "Mingsen" and the highest one is "Shu".

"Shrinking" is a hemp fabric spun from natural ramie.Since the thread is twisted after spinning, the surface has fine wavy folds.

The Ojiya area of ​​Japan is famous for producing shrunken fabrics. In order to make the fabrics look more crystal clear and transparent, the woven fabrics need to be bleached on the snow in February, commonly known as "snow drying".

Those who can wear this kind of fabric kimono are either rich or expensive.

Uchida Daxiang immediately greeted him personally: "Sir, welcome to Zhengjin Bank. I am Uchida Daxiang, the manager here."

The other party was very arrogant, and he didn't even look at Uchida Daxiang. The driver next to him handed over a business card.

Uchida Daixiang took the business card respectfully, and found that it was very simple, so he wrote a name:
Matsudaira Jun.

Uchida Daxiang was shocked.

Matsudaira's?

That is the surname of the nobles in Japan, the surname of the Japanese royal family.

The business cards of these great nobles are often very simple in order to show their particularity.

Just such a surname is enough to explain everything.

"Your Excellency Songping, I'm sorry. If you can come, I should go to the door to greet you. Please forgive my rudeness."

"This is not Tokyo, and you are not the head office in Yokohama." Matsudaira Jun's voice was somewhat arrogant: "A small branch, even if there is a slight mistake, I will not blame you."

Not just arrogant, but downright rude.

But Uchida Daxiang is not angry at all, but has a sense of pride.

How many people can meet the real nobles?

"Your Excellency Matsudaira, please wait a moment. This is not the place for you to stay. I will immediately notify President Shidao and ask him to come and receive you in person."

Matsudaira didn't say a word.

His eyes quickly flashed across the lobby of Zhengjin Bank.

More than a dozen customers are handling deposit and withdrawal business there.

Same as Tian Qi's information, two guards, two hidden guards pretending to be guests.There were also four ronin sitting there with samurai swords.

Seeing Lord Matsudaira's gaze on them, the four ronin hurriedly stood up, they didn't even dare to approach to say hello, they just stood there with their heads down.

The status of nobility is extremely high in the eyes of the Japanese.

Meng Shaoyuan thought that the name "Song Ping Jun" was well chosen.

Of course, his "wife" Zhu Yanni felt awkward wearing a kimono.The point is, the face is still covered with white powder.

"Driver" Yuan Zhonghe, he knows a few simple English and Japanese.

Not long after, I saw Uchida Daxiang leading a Japanese man in a suit out. When he saw Meng Shaoyuan, the Japanese quickly bowed:
"Your Excellency Matsudaira, I've been waiting for a long time. I am the president here, Hiroshi Ishijima, director of the board of directors of Zhengjin Bank, please take care of me!"

"I've been waiting for you for 3 minutes, President Shidao." Meng Shaoyuan's face was not very good-looking: "Very few people can keep me waiting for such a long time. After all, this is not Japan. Farewell, President Shidao .”

After speaking, he really turned around and was about to leave.

Shi Daokuan panicked, hurried to Meng Shaoyuan, and bowed again: "Damn me, as soon as I heard that His Excellency Songping is here, I have already left the office as quickly as possible. Please don't be angry. No matter Anyway, please go to the VIP reception room, and I will apologize to you again."

"No! Go to your office." Meng Shaoyuan said arrogantly: "VIP reception room? Are there any real VIPs here? Are you comparing me with those ordinary people?"

"Yes, yes, go to my office."

Seeing that "Your Excellency Matsudaira" finally did not leave, Shidao Kan let out a long sigh of relief.

For Meng Shaoyuan, this was also an exam.

Yamashita Yuri Ai has taught him everything, and now it is time to assess whether his Japanese and all the knowledge he has learned can be used in actual combat.

Very good, neither Uchida Daxiang nor Ishijima Hiroshi found any flaws, on the contrary, they respected themselves very much.

Yuan Zhonghe stayed in the lobby.

Meng Shaoyuan has been observing Zhengjin Bank.

Outside is the lobby, on the left is the VIP room, and in the middle is a staircase.

There is an iron gate connecting the first floor and the second floor.

Although it is open at present, it must be locked tightly at ordinary times.

Uchida Daxiang must have the key, he needs to open the iron door first, and then go to the office to report.

So Shi Daokuan took three or four minutes to appear.

This iron gate is a big problem.

"Please, please."

Shi DaoHan invited the "Matsudaira Hayao" couple to his office.

There were two young people in it.

As soon as he saw Mr. Songping coming in, he stood up quickly, and he didn't dare to vent his breath while standing there.

"Your Excellency Matsudaira, this is my son Shijima Shigeji, and this is Morita Kumaya. His father is the captain of the Second Division."

These two people are Shijima Shigeji and Morita Kumaya?
There are some differences from the photos.

Meng Shaoyuan sat down with Zhu Yanni without even looking at them.

Hiroshi Shidao stood in front of him, like a student who had made a mistake and was about to be reprimanded by the teacher.

Meng Shaoyuan was thinking about how to speak when Shi Daokuan suddenly said:
"Your Excellency Matsudaira, when I was in Japan the year before last, I had a dinner with Mao-sama of Matsudaira's family. It was something I will never forget in my life. Is Mao-sama okay now?"

(End of this chapter)