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When Chai Ruhai passed by Yuan Ye, he nodded to Yuan Ye. Yuan Ye understood and knew that Chai Ruhai had something to say, so he immediately stood up and followed Chai Ruhai into the section chief's office.

Yuan Ye had already overheard the conversation that just took place in the mayor's office.

Yuan Ye had not expected that Fu Quan'an, the old man who was in constant trouble of his own, was still thinking about counterattacking the Shancheng government and proposed two ruthless measures to undermine Shancheng's interests in the concession.

The first measure was aimed at the Shancheng government's judicial power in the concession. If the Second Branch of the Jiangsu High Court in the International Settlement and the Third Branch of the Jiangsu High Court in the French Concession were taken over by the Reform Government, then the Shancheng government's judicial jurisdiction in the Shanghai Concession would be completely lost, which meant that the Shancheng government's influence in the concession would also be greatly weakened.

This was not only a slap in the face to the Shancheng government, but also hit its sore spot. Fu Quan'an was indeed smart, vicious and cruel to come up with this idea.

The second measure was mainly aimed at the underground personnel of the Military Control Commission who were lurking in the road construction areas across the concession.

Strictly speaking, the area where roads are built across the border does not belong to the concession. It is the result of the colonists' massive expansion on the basis of the original concession.

When the British and French concessions were first established, their areas did not exceed 1,000 acres. Later, they greatly expanded the scope of the concessions, and the main means of doing so was to build roads across the borders.

As early as the early 19s, colonists began to expand their territory by building roads across borders.

First, buy some land outside the boundary and obtain the right to build a road. Then, quietly build a road to surround the large area, and then build some more roads in this area to connect them.

At the same time, they sent policemen to patrol the roads outside the concession. After this became a routine, they formally set up police posts so that residents would accept their rule without realizing it. Finally, at the right time, they coerced the Chinese government to formally include these plots of land in the concession.

According to statistics, from 1862 to 1925, the Municipal Council built 41 roads outside the International Settlement, occupying a land area of ​​5 mu.

After the Municipal Council crossed the border to build the road, it set up police patrol posts, collected taxes, and issued house numbers in the area, seriously damaging China's sovereignty.

Despite strong protests from local residents and the Chinese government, the Municipal Council turned a deaf ear to them.

The concession extended its police power and extraterritoriality beyond the areas stipulated in the treaty by building roads outside its boundaries. The concession police not only patrolled the roads but also protected property in the areas through which the roads passed.

Land tax and house tax were also levied on the road construction areas beyond the boundary. With the continuous expansion of the concession area and the appreciation of land, tax revenue also increased year by year.

Since the construction of Jun Road from the west gate of Shanghai County to Xujiahui in the French Concession in the 19s, the number of roads built across the border has increased. From 60 to 1900 alone, more than 1914 roads were built across the border.

In 1913, French Minister Kant raised the issue of police power on roads outside the concession to the Chinese government, attempting to expand the concession area once again.

In order to gain support from imperialism, Yuan Shikai's government agreed to the French Concession's expansion demands.

In April 1914, Yang Sheng, the Jiangsu negotiator of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, signed the 4-Point Agreement on Roads Outside the French Concession with Gan Shidong, the French Consul in Shanghai. The Agreement gave the French Concession authorities the right to exercise police and taxation in the areas where roads were built across the border, on the condition that the French Concession authorities expelled revolutionaries active in the French Concession.

As a result, the entire cross-border road construction section west of the French Concession to Xujiahui was placed under the jurisdiction of the Municipal Council, becoming a de facto new concession.

Through this method of "expanding the concession in name of clearing police power", the area of ​​the French Concession was expanded to acres, 1849 times that of when it was first opened in 15.

After decades of construction, the cross-border road construction area has become a densely populated area with many foreign houses and villas. With the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, a large number of people flocked here.

Because this area was controlled and governed by the concession authorities, the Japanese and puppet traitors did not dare to interfere openly, so many anti-Japanese forces were lurking in this area, especially the underground organizations of the Military Control Commission and the Red Party.

The Japanese and puppet regimes regarded it as a thorn in their side and had always had the ambition to enter this area. No. 76 Jessfield Road was actually in the area where the road was built across the border. The reason why the secret service headquarters was set up here was for this original intention.

Now that Fu Quan'an has confronted the concession authorities and is demanding the reclaiming of police powers in areas that have crossed the border, this can be said to be in line with the Japanese's thinking and provides convenience for striking at anti-Japanese forces, which can also be described as vicious.

Yuan Ye had already made up his mind that he would not tell the fisherman about this information in advance. He had learned the lesson from the last change of flag in the concession. Shancheng would know it sooner or later anyway.

If he reported it and Shancheng responded in advance, he would be in trouble. Needless to say, he would be suspected. Then all his previous efforts would be in vain and he would be in danger. He would never do such a stupid thing.

Yuan Ye also believed that just like the change of flag in the concession, the concession authorities did not dare to offend the Japanese and would probably give in and would not take the interests of the mountain city into consideration. No matter how much resistance the mountain city put forward, it would be of no use.

What Yuan Ye was worried about was that the situation of the anti-Japanese organizations would become even more dangerous in the future as the Japanese and puppet forces could unscrupulously extend their hands into the cross-border road construction area.

However, this danger was bound to come sooner or later. Two years later, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, they invaded the concession and occupied the entire concession, including the cross-border road construction area. No place was safe anymore, and that was the most dangerous moment.

Yuan Ye entered Chai Ruhai's office, closed the door, and just sat down when Chai Ruhai said with a worried look:

"Shi Kai, the situation is not good."

"Ru Hai, what has made you so worried?"

Yuan Ye asked in a surprised tone.

Chai Ruhai then told the story of Li Chengzong's escape and Fu Quan'an's revenge on the Shancheng government.

Finally he sighed and said:

"I'm not worried about Li Chengzong's escape. He has been confirmed to be a spy in the Military Control Commission, so I am no longer a suspect. What I'm worried about is the following incident.

This incident was a huge blow to Shancheng. It was Fu Quan'an who came up with this idea. Needless to say, Shancheng will definitely retaliate.

Fu Quan'an, on the other hand, hid at home under the pretext of recuperating from illness, so the Military Control Commission agents couldn't do anything to him for the time being, but it put me in a dangerous situation.

I didn't think about it at first, but just realized that I am the person in charge of this matter. You said that the Military Control Commission could not kill Fu Quanan, so they vented their anger on me. Will they use me as a target? What should I do?

Shi Kai, you are smarter than me, can you think of a way to help me get through this difficult time?"