After the two met, Jiang Hongtao first said: "What is your name and what is your identity?"

Kishida Kogoro said: "I'm called Kishida Kogororo, who is the headmaster of Haecho. What is the name of this chief? Are you from the army?"

Jiang Hongtao said: "We are the People's Army of the East China Government, and my surname is Jiang."

Kishida Kogoro smiled bitterly. In fact, he could guess that this army must be the People's Army. He just confirmed it. Therefore, he nodded and said, "I understand, Chief Jiang, we are willing to surrender to you. Moreover, there are civilians in the town now, and there are no troops. I hope you can respect the [Geneva Convention] to ensure the lives and property of civilians."

Jiang Hongtao said: "Master Kishida, it seems that you have not seen the situation clearly. Now you are not qualified to tell us any conditions, and we will not make any promises to you. You only have two choices: one is to surrender and obey any of our orders; the other is to resist, and we will launch an attack immediately. You choose."

Kishida Kogoro was stunned and said, "Captain E, this is an act that violates international conventions."

Jiang Hongtao sneered and said, "Don't take international conventions as a talisman. How many countries will really take international conventions seriously? If you are not satisfied, you can go to other countries in the future and ask them to come out and uphold justice for you. But now you only have these two choices, so choose quickly. Our time is very precious."

Kishida Kogoro stayed for a while, finally nodded and said, "I understand, Chief Jiang, we will absolutely obey your orders. I just hope you can be tolerant and not be too cruel."

Jiang Hongtao was also a little surprised. It seemed that this Japanese was not a stubborn person, but such people were of course better to deal with. So he nodded and said, "Of course, if you can guarantee that you will definitely obey our orders, we will certainly not kill innocent people."

Kishida Kogoro also breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Okay, but I want to ask you to give me some more time to let me go back and convince others."

Jiang Hongtao nodded, this request was not too much. Although Kishida Kogoro agreed to his own conditions, the other Japanese in Haecho Town did not know it yet, so Kishida Kogoro naturally needed some time to go back and convince others, so he said, "Yes, but I can only give you an hour at most. And don't think about playing tricks. If we find something abnormal in your actions, we will launch an attack immediately."

Kishida Kogoro hurriedly said, "Enough, enough, 1 hour is enough. Please rest assured, we will never dare to make any abnormal changes."

Jiang Hongtao said: "Okay, then you go."

Kishida Kogoro hurried back to Yuzha Town, while E Hongtao ordered the troops to go directly to the edge of Yuzha Town and waited for the battle, which also put pressure on the Japanese in Yuzha Town.

As a result, after waiting for about 40 minutes, Kishida Kogoro came out of the town and reported in front of Jiang Hongtao that he had convinced the Japanese in the town.

So Jiang Hongtao ordered the troops to enter the town and arranged military guards at intersections, major traffic roads and other places.

After entering the town, I saw that there were basically bungalows in the town, and there were many dilapidated ones, but every household was closed and did not dare to come out. Of course, I could see that there were still many Japanese people looking out in the crack of the door and the windowsill. It seemed that Kishida Kogoro's persuasion was still done well, but many of the wreckage of the houses destroyed by the shelling just now were still emitting thick smoke, and the residents who were killed were placed on the ground and covered with a reed mat.

Jiang Hongtao first checked the warehouses in the town to see how much food and food can be obtained. Because the People's Army is going to stick to the Neng Peninsula for a long time, some materials that can be collected on the spot, such as grain and other goods, should be collected on the spot as much as possible. This time, a large amount of people must be plundered from Japan and returned, and sufficient food must be reserved in advance.

But the result disappointed Jiang Hongtao very much. Yuzha Town's grain storage was only a few hundred kilograms, so Jiang Hongtao couldn't help but say, "Kishida, do you have such a little grain in your town?"

Kishida Kogoro said: "Where, although our town is not a reserve area, the grain reserves usually are more than 100 tons, and at most it exceeds 200 tons. However, since the previous year, Japan and Russia went to war. Until now, our town has been confiscated three times, and this is the only thing left now."

Jiang Hongtao asked again: "Does there anyone run rice shops in your town? Or who is the richest?"

Kogoro Kishida smiled bitterly and said, "Our town is a small place, and most of the residents make a living by fishing and fishing seafood. Even if a few families live a little better, they are just a well-off home and a few rice shops. However, they buy grain from other places, and the inventory is only a few tons. They are not as good as those in big cities like Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto. Some of them are rich and powerful homes, even compared to Kanazawa, Komatsu, and Kaga. However, Chief E wants to eat seafood, so we can supply some."

Jiang Hongtao couldn't help but feel speechless when he heard this, but looking at the appearance of Yuzhama, it was indeed not a prosperous and developed place, so Kishida Kogoro probably didn't look like he was lying. He had to say, "Okay, tell me the locations of a few rice shops first."

After walking around the town, Jiang Hongtao followed Kishida Kogoro to his government office, which was also changed to the temporary command of the People's Army.

After sitting down, Jiang Hongtao said again: "Kishida, we need some labor force now, so we are required to recruit 2,000 young and middle-aged men and 1,000 young and middle-aged women in one day."

Kogoro Kishida smiled bitterly and said, "Chief Jiang, it is not difficult to collect 1,000 young and middle-aged women, but 2,000 young and middle-aged men are really unable to collect them in the town. If you want to collect them outside the town, it may not be possible to complete them within one day."

Jiang Hongtao said: "Your town has about 15,000 people. Under normal circumstances, there should be 4,000 young and middle-aged men. How could they not even get together 2,000 people?"

Kishida Kogoro smiled bitterly and said, "There are about 4,500 young and middle-aged men in the town, but the government has recruited labor service in the town twice, and has conscripted more than 2,800 people, all of which are young and middle-aged men. Now there are indeed less than 2,000 young and middle-aged men in the town."

When Jiang Hongtao heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned for a while. Then he remembered that in the old time and space, although Japan won the Russo-Japanese War, it did not occupy any convenience at the negotiating table. Sakhalin Island only accounted for half, but the Japanese army actually occupied it, and the compensation was not even paid. The reason was that although Japan won on the battlefield, it had exhausted its national strength, and its domestic economy was almost completely collapsed and could not continue. In fact, it was more urgent than Russia to make peace with the truce, so he gave up the compensation and only wanted to truce as soon as possible.

In this era, due to the intervention of the East China government, the war lasted longer than the old time and space. Moreover, after the People's Army joined the war, Japan suffered a major failure on the battlefield, so the financial resources consumed were even more serious than those of the old time and space. The situation in China was naturally worsened. Although there are now economic aid from Britain and France, it is also a drop in the bucket. The situation of Hatsumachi is a good example, and I am afraid it is also a microcosm of the entire Japan.

However, Jiang Hongtao certainly would not believe Kishida Kogoro's words, so he sent troops to conduct a household-by-household investigation of Hashita Town. Kishida Kogoro naturally accompanied him throughout the process. As a result, he checked two rice shops in the town and obtained about 15 tons of grain. Six aquatic stores also found about 23 tons of various seafood, including 15 tons of sea fish and shellfish, and the others were about 8 tons of seafood, such as kelp and seaweed. Of course, sea fish and shellfish contain a lot of protein, while kelp and seaweed contain salt, iodine and other substances, which are good food. In addition, more than 20 poultry such as chickens and ducks were caught. However, no livestock was raised in the town.

In terms of population, only 1,426 young and middle-aged men were found, and in the end, more than 1,000 young and middle-aged men and more than 1,500 young and middle-aged women were collected from Hakka Town. These people also became the first batch of labor force collected after the People's Army landed in Japan. During the inspection, Kishida Kogoro played a significant role. It was under his persuasion that the People's Army's collection and military service were not resisted. Rice shops and aquatic products were honestly handed over the stored grain and aquatic products, and the collected labor force was also very obedient and followed the People's Army.

Jiang Hongtao also looked at Kishida Kogoro with some admiration. It seemed that this guy was quite capable. On the next day, Jiang Hongtao gave Kishida Kogoro a task, asking him to organize the fishermen of Yuta Town to form a fishing team to operate in the waters designated by the People's Army, and provide seafood to the People's Army. It turned out that after receiving Jiang Hongtao's report, Luo Yue believed that if there was a stable supply of seafood, it would be a good result. Even if seafood cannot be used as staple food, it is a good choice for dishes, seasonings, and nutritional supplements, so he asked Jiang Hongtao to organize a fishing team in Yuta Town to supply seafood to the People's Army.

Hachimachi originally had the main business of seafood fishing, but the fishing and sales of seafood are monopolized by several seafood stores in the town. The more than a dozen large fishing boats seen by the People's Army at the wharf are all from these seafood stores. They hire captains and seafarers to go out to sea to catch. Moreover, the owners of seafood stores are captains themselves, and other individual fishermen are also affiliated with the names of these seafood stores. The products they fished are uniformly purchased by several seafood stores and then entered the market, but cannot be sold directly to the outside world. Of course, this is also a common phenomenon in Japan's seafood fishing industry.

However, after the arrival of the People's Army, the seafood fishing industry order of Hae-cho was broken. Therefore, if the People's Army wants to obtain seafood stably, it must reorganize the fishermen, and this task naturally fell on Kogoro Kishida.
Chapter completed!