Black Flag Army

Di Xiong said: "I think we can't always think about eating, drinking and having fun. We should have higher pursuits and beliefs. I want to set up an organization called the Justice Party. This political party will have a party platform, party constitution and party discipline, instead of a gang like the Xihe Society. The goal of this party is to establish an army, let's call it the Justice Army, control Outer Mongolia and prevent it from becoming independent, then seize Beihai Lake, build water conservancy projects, use the lake water to turn the desert of Outer Mongolia into fertile fields, and then recover the lost land in the northern border north of Heilongjiang. However, the money needed to build a large army is staggering, and a large number of weapons must be purchased or manufactured, which also costs a lot of money. So now I not only have to make more money, but also save as much as possible. Although this is far from enough, every dollar saved will increase the hope of success."

Bai Xiuling said, "Just now I said you were a gang leader, but now after hearing what you said, I feel like you are a saint again. But you read too many books every day, not only history and military, but also politics, business, and medicine. If you keep doing this, you will be exhausted to death before you realize your dream."

Di Xiong said: "Work is accomplished through diligence and is wasted through laziness; actions are accomplished through thinking and are ruined through carelessness. If you want to be the leader of a political party, you must have some knowledge in all aspects, otherwise the people below will not obey you and will leave you."

Bai Xiuling smiled and said, "No wonder you are so knowledgeable. Last night in class, that little girl Lan Jinchun asked you many tricky questions but you were not stumped."

Di Xiong said, "Speaking of Lan Jinchun, I suddenly remembered that this little girl is not a member of the Xihe Club, so why did she go to class? You brought her in, right?"

Bai Xiuling said, "Last time I went to Sister Lan's place to play, I mentioned your lecture, and the little girl pestered me to come and listen. For Sister Lan's sake, I agreed."

Di Xiong said: "The content of my lecture involves President Yuan's traitorous policies, which cannot be made known to the government."

Bai Xiuling said, "That little girl admires you very much, she would not say anything nonsense. She didn't like playing Go originally, but when she heard that you liked playing Go, she also learned Go from her sister. She also bought many books that you like from the bookstore and brought them home to read."

Di Xiong stroked her hair and said, "We can't have an affair like this. After I deal with Zhang Ade, I plan to hold a simple ceremony and marry you."

Bai Xiuling's whole body trembled, and she said tremblingly: "You want to marry me?"

Di Xiong said: "Of course, you have brought me so much happiness, I should give you a name."

Bai Xiuling suddenly burst into tears and said, "I am very happy that you want to marry me, and I am very grateful to you. But I cannot marry you. There is something I have been hiding from you. When I was fourteen, I was abducted to the Flying Eagle Gang and was abused by Boss Zhang. After he had monopolized me for more than a year, he got tired of playing with me and gave me to Fei Bao..."

She was already sobbing and Di Xiong said, "I know. Hong Tianlie told me about it once when he was drunk."

In fact, even if Hong Tianlie didn't say it, he could guess that such a beautiful girl would not be able to escape if she fell into the hands of the gangsters.

Bai Xiuling wiped away her tears and said, "If I had met someone as good as you before I was fourteen, I would have married you. But now it's impossible. I am already very satisfied to be your mistress."

Di Xiong said: "Zhang Zongqi and Fei Bao are both beasts. You are a weak woman. There is nothing you can do if you are bitten by a mad dog. It is not your responsibility to be bitten by two mad dogs. I don't care."

Bai Xiuling said, "But I care. I can't let others point fingers at you and say you married a slut. You are going to be a big shot in the future, a national hero, and you can't ruin your reputation because of me. You should marry a clean, educated woman, like Lan Jinchun."

Hearing Bai Xiuling's tragic words, Di Xiong laughed and said, "Men are always tired of the old and love the new. If I really marry another woman, I might abandon you."

Bai Xiuling said: "If this is really the result, I will not regret my decision today. I will leave quietly and bless you silently." She was already in tears as she spoke.

Di Xiong said: "I was just joking, why did you take it seriously?"

He held Bai Xiuling in his arms and carefully wiped the tears from her face with a handkerchief.

There is a white two-story wooden building in the center of the East Asia Textile Factory. It is the residence of Yokota Ichiro, the general manager of the East Asia Textile Company. In the reception room of the residence, two Japanese geishas are dancing on the mahogany floor. Yokota Ichiro, who has a tannin beard, is drinking sake and enjoying the singing and dancing, with a woman in his arms. Yokota Ichiro is a fat man with a fat head and big ears, in his fifties. At this time, a Japanese samurai wearing a kimono and carrying a sword on his waist came in and saluted him.

Yokota Ichiro said, "Koji! Any response from Weili Company?"

The warrior Koji noticed that the woman in Yokota Ichiro's arms was not a geisha, but a Chinese girl, Xian Yuji, a female worker at the East Asia Textile Factory. She was only 18 years old and was called one of the "Three Phoenixes of Changping" because of her beauty. He replied: "According to the intelligence, Li Jingcai has reported the matter to Di Xiong, but Di Xiong has not made any move."

There was a rumor circulating among the female workers in the East Asia Textile Factory: "Loosening your belt is equivalent to half a year's work. If anyone doesn't believe it, go ask Sanfeng." This was a rumor created by female workers who were jealous of the "Three Fengs of Changping". They thought that the "Three Fengs of Changping" gave themselves to the Japanese for money. In fact, Xian Yujie and the others were forced.

Yokota Ichiro said, "Strange! This Di Xiong is a gang leader, he should retaliate immediately, why is he so calm?"

Hao Er said: "The Xihe Society is just a third-rate gang with only more than 20 thugs. How dare they retaliate against the people of our Great Empire of Japan? They must be afraid to take action. The Ghost Shadow Gang controlled by Miss Yingzi has more than 3,000 people and more than 500 thugs. It is easy to wipe them out. There is no need for the Black Dragon Society to step in. The boss is too concerned about a small character like Di Xiong."

Although the leader of the Ghost Shadow Gang is Duan Zhixiong, he is just a puppet. The one who really holds the power in the gang is his wife Xu Ying. Xu Ying's real name is Yokota Sakurako, and she is the adopted daughter of Yokota Ichiro. She and Yokota Ichiro are both members of the Japanese Black Dragon Society.

Yokota Ichiro said: "Although the Flying Eagle Gang is a third-rate gang, it still has more than 20 members. But Di Xiong wiped it out by himself, and even made a group of young people work for him wholeheartedly, which shows that this man is not a simple person. I heard that he opened a restaurant along Xihe Street. That is the territory of the Qinglong Society, but the largest gang, the Qinglong Society, did not dare to collect protection fees."

Koji said, "These Chinese are quite good at killing each other, but they dare not even touch us, the people of the Great Japanese Empire. Let's just wait for the Weili Textile Factory to close down. After the closure, those female workers will lose their jobs and have no choice but to come back to work here. Then I'll see how I deal with them."

Koji's full name is Kawashima Koji. Kawashima Koji is the general supervisor of the East Asia Textile Factory. He often molested and abused female textile workers in the name of anti-theft searches, causing a large number of female workers to run to the Weili Textile Factory.

Yokota Ichiro said: "Have your people continue to closely monitor Weili Company. Di Xiong, a Chinese man, is different from others. He will not sit still and wait for death. He will take action."

At this time, a bodyguard outside the door said, "General Manager! The captain of the East Asia Textile Factory's security team, Qu Sanjie, wants to see you!"

Ichiro Yokota put the woman in his arms down and said, "Let him in!"

Qu Sanjie was a Chinese who was originally a Beijing street scoundrel. He learned some martial arts and joined Yokota Ichiro. He became the captain of the security team by bullying female workers and currying favor with the Japanese. He walked into the living room with a sack on his shoulder and bowed to Yokota Ichiro, saying, "Madam! I caught the escaped Bian Zhimei."

Bian Zhimei was also a female worker at the East Asia Textile Factory and one of the Three Phoenixes of Changping.

Both Yokota Ichiro and Kawashima Koji smelled blood. Yokota Ichiro waved his hand, signaling the two geishas to leave.

Qu Sanjie put the sack on the ground, opened it, and roughly dragged out a woman who was tied up. The woman was only in her twenties, thin, with a pretty face. There was a rag stuffed in her mouth, and her big, frightened eyes were wide open.

Yokota Ichiro asked, "Did you torture her?"

Qu Sanjie smiled and said, "She was a bitch. I whipped her a few times and put her head in the water to choke her a few times, and she gave in."

Kawashima Koji said: "Since she has already surrendered, why did you tie her up and put her in a sack and carry her here? You act like a thief."

Qu Sanjie said, "I'm worried that she may appear to be submissive, but actually wants to run away, so I'd better tie her up to be safe. Although the company is our territory, last time her husband was killed by a cargo box, many workers made trouble, which had a very bad impact. So this time, I put her in a sack and brought her in, trying not to let anyone see her, to prevent someone from making trouble if they see her again."

Yokota Ichiro came over and suddenly slapped Qu Sanjie several times, then kicked him to the ground, cursing, "Damn it! Who told you to whip her? How can I play with her when she's bleeding?"

Qu Sanjie smiled and said, "Madam! I hit you on the back, not the front." He quietly wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his hand.

Yokota Ichiro said, "It's not okay to hit her on the back, Xian Yuji! Take care of the wound on her back. We can't let her get infected and die."

Xian Yuji came over with a medicine box, uncovered the tattered clothes on Ye Zhimei's back, and saw several shocking red whip marks on her snow-white skin. She first cleaned the wound with alcohol, then applied ointment, and finally pasted gauze tape, her movements were very skillful.

Yokota Ichiro lifted Bian Zhimei's chin with his hand, took the rag out of her mouth, and asked, "Qu Sanjie said you agreed, right?"

Bian Zhimei nodded and said, "Yes! I promised, and I will never run away again. I am not afraid of Captain Qu's torture, nor am I afraid of death, but I don't want to implicate my parents and children. He threatened to kill my parents and children, so I had no choice but to agree."

Kawashima Koji said: "If you had known this would happen, you wouldn't have done it in the first place. If you were half as smart and obedient as Xian Yuji, you wouldn't have suffered so much. You shouldn't have resisted and escaped in the first place."

Bian Zhimei said angrily: "I came to work in the textile factory, not a prostitute. You raped me and illegally imprisoned me. Why can't I escape?"

Ichiro Yokota said, "Didn't you always suspect that we had plotted against your husband? I'm telling you today that it was indeed my order. He insulted me behind my back and wanted to take revenge on me, so of course I had to deal with him. But I asked Koji to break one of his legs so that he couldn't take revenge. I didn't expect Koji to hit him too hard and smashed him to death. It's a pity!"

Bian Zhimei said angrily, "What evil did I do in my previous life to deserve such a fate?"

Kawashima Koji grinned and said, "You were born beautiful, that's your sin."