Black Flag Army

That evening, Ichiro Yokota and Koji Kawashima of the East Asia Textile Company were on their way to the Yamato Tavern, where Japanese people often gathered, to attend a secret meeting. The East Asia Textile Factory's business had been very bad recently, with more than half of the female workers leaving their jobs, and many Chinese businessmen and customers boycotting Japanese goods, making their business very difficult. This issue was also an important topic at this meeting.

The two came to a large conference room guarded by several Japanese ronin. The conference room was filled with smoke. A dozen Japanese in suits were smoking and talking at the same time. When they saw Yokota coming in, they immediately quieted down. Not all the people in the room were Japanese. Yokota Ichiro's secretary Xian Yuji was serving everyone, pouring tea and distributing materials. Xian Yuji had a slim figure, fair skin, and a pair of phoenix eyes, which were particularly charming. When she poured tea for the Japanese, those well-dressed Japanese stretched out their hands and touched her thighs and buttocks. Xian Yuji did not dare to resist and could only try her best to dodge. Accidentally, she fell into the arms of a short and fat Japanese, who immediately hugged her and kissed her face. Xian Yuji could not help but scream.

Ichiro Yokota saw this and said sternly: "Ito Jiro! You are too presumptuous, let her go, she is my woman now."

The short and fat Ito Jiro had no choice but to let Xian Yuji go, complaining: "The vice president is too stingy. Isn't she just a Chinese woman? There are many female workers in the textile factory."

Kawashima Koji said: "There are far fewer female workers in the textile factory than before, and even fewer beautiful ones. Most of them are refugees who are dark and ugly. Cha Jingfeng was borrowed by the president, and Bian Zhimei ran away again. Only Xian Yuji is left of the 'Three Phoenixes of Changping'."

Jiro Ito was the director of a spinning mill owned by the East Asia Company.

Yokota took the seat, announced the start of the meeting, and began to let several people report on their work. These people were all managers and factory directors of East Asia companies. Ichiro Yokota did not only own a textile factory, he also invested in several factories and shops in other industries in Beijing.

When reporting on work, one of the Japanese who was as fat as a pig said, "Vice President, the situation of our Mitsui Car Company is quite bleak recently. Our rickshaws are hard to sell. The people of Weili Company have produced a kind of three-wheeled vehicle that can be ridden these days. The speed is much faster than the two-legged rickshaws. The merchants of those Chinese car companies have all gone to buy those three-wheeled vehicles. No one is interested in the Mitsui Car Company's vehicles. And the cunning drivers of Mitsui Car Company have all gone to Weili Car Company to rent vehicles. Our car company is about to go bankrupt."

Kawashima Koji said: "Could it be that Mitsui-kun didn't think of a solution and just let these Chinese bully us?"

The fat man's name was Kazuya Mitsui. He went on to say, "How is it possible? I hired people from the Flying Knife Gang and the Shocking Soul Gang to teach the drivers of Wei Li Company a lesson. But I didn't bring a gun because I was afraid of alerting the police station. I only brought knives and sticks. I didn't expect to fall into their ambush. Those hired thugs were beaten to a pulp by the Sharp Knife Society, a subsidiary organization of Wei Li Company. They have a kind of spear that can be disassembled into javelins, which is extremely domineering to use and gives them the upper hand in street fights. The president of the Sharp Knife Society, Hong Tianlie, nicknamed the 'Purple-Faced Devil,' was extremely vicious and did this three times in a row. It is very likely that the Sharp Knife Society has insiders in both gangs."

Another Japanese man wearing glasses echoed, "Yes, this low-profit company is so hateful that they even set up a pharmaceutical factory. Our pharmaceutical factory has also suffered a blow recently. The sales of our company's Western medicine have been declining recently, and there are fewer and fewer buyers. Not only does that company sell Chinese medicine very well, but I don't know where they got the Western medicine formula from. Even Western medicine is competing with us. If we don't get rid of them, our pharmaceutical business will lose money!" He slammed the table as he spoke, gritting his teeth in anger.

Yokota Ichiro said: "Akino-kun, you should calm down." It turned out that the Japanese man with glasses was Akino Jiro, the doctor who poisoned Huo Yuanjia. He was not dead. It was his younger brother Akino Saburo who was ambushed and shot by Liu Zhendong. Akino Jiro escaped because he returned to Japan to visit relatives. Later, he became Yokota's subordinate and became the director of one of the pharmaceutical factories of East Asia Company, helping Yokota run the pharmaceutical factory.

Yokota then went on to say: "Wei Li Company has indeed seriously hindered our development in China. Even our largest textile factory has suffered heavy losses in recent days, but it is indeed not an easy task to get rid of them. I have received news that the boss of Wei Li Company is named Di Xiong, and his backer is Lu Jianzhang, the spy chief of the Beiyang government. In addition, the British have also invested in Wei Li Company. We are still cooperating with the Beiyang government at least on the surface, and the British cannot be offended casually. The main purpose of today's meeting is to discuss how to better eradicate this company."

In fact, the general manager of East Asia Textile Company is only Ichiro Yokota's official identity. His other identity is the vice president of the Beijing branch of the Japanese gang Black Dragon Society. On the surface, he is only doing business in China, but secretly he is also doing many murders and arson for the interests of Japan. Those who come here to attend the meeting are also members of the Black Dragon Society branch. Strictly speaking, this meeting can be regarded as an internal meeting of the Black Dragon Society.

At this time, Ito Jiro stood up and said: "Vice President, how about we send people to burn down the headquarters of Weili Company?"

Koji Kawashima immediately retorted: "Mr. Ito, the vice president just said that the British are behind Weili Company. Burning their company will easily offend the British."

At this time, Mitsui Kazuya said again: "Should we send a few killers to snipe the Chinese man named Di? I think this will be more effective."

Kawashima Koji added: "The Chinese man named Di is very skilled, and he has several highly skilled bodyguards with guns. If we fail, our actions will be easily exposed." Then other members proposed their own plans, but they were all rejected by Yokota Ichiro.

Ichiro Yokota had been in deep thought for a long time. He stood up and said, "Gentlemen, it is not convenient for us in the Great Japanese Empire to participate in the eradication of the Weili Company. If we want to get rid of the Chinese, we have to use the Chinese to deal with them. I plan to persuade several local Chinese gangs, including the Qinglong Society, the most powerful in Beijing, the Ghost Shadow Gang, second only to them, and the local Beilang Gang in Nankou. Let the Chinese from these three gangs unite to attack the headquarters of the Weili Company, kill the Chinese surnamed Di and his main subordinates, and capture Bian Zhimei. Even if Lu Jianzhang and the British investigate afterwards, it will be an internal fight among the Chinese and has nothing to do with us Japanese. What do you think?"

Jiro Akino stood up and said: "The vice president's idea is very clever, but I heard that the Qinglong Society and the Ghost Shadow Gang have quite a lot of people, and there are people from the Qing Dynasty behind the Qinglong Society. Will they listen to our orders so easily?"

Yokota replied: "A few days ago, a fight broke out between the Qinglong Society and the Ghost Shadow Gang, which alarmed the Beiyang President named Yuan. He has sent the Minister of the Interior Zhao Bingjun to arrest the leaders of the two gangs. The Qinglong Society is already in chaos. A woman named Guan Xue has become the new president. She wants to recruit the subordinates of her opponent Wang Mazi and needs money. As long as we are willing to spend money, it is easy to take advantage of the opportunity. I have a way to control the Ghost Shadow Gang." In fact, the leader of the Ghost Shadow Gang, Duan Zhixiong, was just a puppet. The actual controller of the Ghost Shadow Gang was Yokota's daughter, Yokota Sakurako. Now that Duan Zhixiong was arrested, she could even control the Ghost Shadow Gang openly.

Yokota Ichiro added: "As for the North Wolf Gang, I heard that they suffered a blow from the Weili Company in Nankou, so they will be easily won over by us. In this way, the main members of the three gangs will attack the Weili Company at the same time, and the British will not be able to save Di Xiong." Hearing Yokota say this, the other members applauded.

At this moment, the door of the conference room was suddenly pushed open, and several tall and strong men in black walked in. Just as the meeting members were surprised, a skinny old man in a kimono among the men in black said, "Yokotsu-kun's plan sounds good, but I want to add one more thing. Several excellent gunmen from the Black Dragon Society will also participate. They will disguise themselves as Chinese gangsters to specifically kill the Chinese man named Di Xiong. This way, the success rate will be higher." Yokota Ichiro took a closer look and found that the person who spoke was Kawashima Naniwa, the president of the Beijing branch of the Black Dragon Society.

Everyone in the meeting stood up and saluted Kawashima Naniwa. Kawashima Naniwa said to Yokota Ichiro, "Mr. Yokota! During the time I was back in Japan, your business was not doing well. You couldn't even beat a Chinese guy named Di. You should know that most of the company's funds are from the Black Dragon Society. If the people in the Japanese headquarters knew this news, they would be very angry."

Ichiro Yokota said, "Chairman! It's not that I'm incompetent, it's that Weili Company is too cunning. Not only does it have an armed force, but it also has the support of Beiyang government officials and the British. I sent someone to report to the police that they were privately manufacturing arms, but I didn't expect Di Xiong to be so bold as to kill the Changping County Police Chief and put the blame on the bandits. That's how we judged it, but we had no evidence. The Beijing Police Headquarters sent people to investigate, but before they could find any problems, the British man Sean protested through the British Embassy, ​​and the investigation team had to withdraw."

Kawashima Naniwa said, "Of course the opponent is very powerful, otherwise there would be no need to dispatch so many forces to deal with him, but don't you have any responsibility? You picked beautiful female workers in the East Asia Textile Factory and played with them at will, causing a large number of female workers to run away. Do you know how others call you behind your back? 'East Asia Sex Maniac', Koji was also led astray by you and was nicknamed 'East Asia Villain'. A beautiful female worker named Bian Zhimei ran away, and you actually dispatched a guard brigade to catch her back. How can you fight against your opponent if you are so lustful and have a bad reputation?"

Yokota Ichiro lowered his head and said nothing, but he was not convinced in his heart, thinking: "How dare you criticize me? Aren't you also an old pervert? Under the guise of helping Prince Su restore his country, you cheated people of money and sex, and you also played with all the women in Prince Su's mansion? You even didn't let Prince Su's concubine and daughter go."

Kawashima Naniwa pointed at Xian Yuji and said to Yokota Ichiro: "She is not Japanese. She is not a member of the Black Dragon Society. Why can she attend such an important meeting?"

Ichiro Yokota quickly explained: "President! Although she is Chinese, she is loyal to the Great Japanese Empire. This has been tested many times. In places where there are Chinese, we cannot only use Japanese. We still have to use Chinese when necessary!"

Kawashima Naniwa said: "Of course we need to use the Chinese, but not in this way. We must not let her attend such an important meeting. Since she has already attended, she must be killed immediately to silence her. I order you to kill her now."

Ichiro Yokota and Xian Yujie were shocked. Xian Yujie was stunned. She could understand Japanese. Her face turned pale and her body trembled uncontrollably.

Kawashima Koji said: "President! It's such a pity to kill him like this!"

Kawashima Naniwa said sternly: "You have no right to speak here. I am giving orders to Vice President Yokota Ichiro."

Koji Kawashima is the nephew of Naniwa Kawashima, but Naniwa Kawashima has always been strict with him.

Yokota Ichiro reacted and waved to call the two bodyguards at the door in. He made a gesture and a wink. Seeing that the situation was not good, Xian Yuji turned around and ran away. She was knocked unconscious by a bodyguard with a punch. The two bodyguards, one on each side, carried Xian Yuji out of the meeting room. The people attending the meeting watched Xian Yuji being dragged out like this, and no one dared to say a word.

Kawashima Naniwa said loudly to everyone in the meeting: "We were suppressed so badly by the Chinese this time. Everyone should think carefully about whether they have not done well enough, instead of attributing all the responsibilities to the Chinese being too powerful. This is to boost others' ambitions and destroy our own prestige. If the Chinese were really that powerful, would they be defeated by us again and again in the war? Although this is Beijing, everyone should not forget that we are members of the Japanese Black Dragon Society. Don't forget your mission. Don't be dazzled by the colorful world of Beijing and indulge in wine and sex. The people of the Great Japanese Empire will not be defeated. If we fail, it only means that we are not doing our best."

No one, including Ichiro Yokota, dared to refute. They just listened to Kawashima Naniwa's teachings. After Kawashima Naniwa scolded everyone and gave them some tasks assigned by the Japan General Association, he put on his coat again and left the meeting room escorted by four bodyguards.

Yokota Ichiro waited until Kawashima Naniwa walked away before he sat down and said angrily, "This old pervert, he lectured us with a righteous look, making others think he is a saint. In fact, he has slept with many more women than I have. He cheated a large sum of money from Prince Su's Mansion in the name of the Black Dragon Society, almost hundreds of thousands of dollars, and did not hand over a penny to the Black Dragon Society."

Kawashima Koji was also very dissatisfied with his uncle. He said: "In fact, my uncle was able to become the president of the Beijing branch because he bribed the president of the Tokyo General Association, Uchida Ryohei, with money from Prince Su's palace."

Yokota Ichiro called in two more bodyguards and asked, "You didn't really kill Xian Yuji, did you?"

A bodyguard smiled and said, "You winked at us. Of course we understood and have sent her back to your house."