Chapter 723 Returning to China (3)
At the dock, Naotao Miyamoto was assigned a carriage and sent him back to his residence. Because his status was not high, only 5 or 6 soldiers were accompanied to protect him, and nothing happened along the way, and he arrived at the residence very smoothly.
Naotao Miyamoto's residence in Tokyo was a very ordinary house. After returning home, Naotao Miyamoto rested overnight and went to the Army Department to report the next day, because he is still an active military post and belongs to the Army's intelligence department. However, since Naotao Miyamoto went to Shanghai and had nothing to do, and now that the war is over, the Army's Intelligence Department has no new tasks, so for several days, Naotao Miyamoto had nothing to do, so it was very relaxed.
However, after a few days of rest, Naotao Miyamoto was invited to visit his house by Hirofumi Ito. This time, Hirofumi Ito formally proposed to Naotao Miyamoto, hoping that Naotao Miyamoto would withdraw from his military position, transfer to politics, and officially embark on the road of politics. He also stated that he could send Naotao Miyamoto to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to serve as the second-official official in Foreign Affairs.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which is Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was responsible for Japan's foreign affairs. Through exchanges with Naotao Miyamoto, Hirofumi Ito found that Naotao Miyamoto's development, cognition, judgment, and prediction of the action guidelines of major countries in the world were quite accurate. After the Far East War, Japan had to get along with the gap between the East China and the great powers and leverage their strengths. Foreign affairs were very important. Therefore, letting Naotao Miyamoto work in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can give full play to his advantages and accumulate qualifications for him in politics.
The responsible officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are the Minister of Foreign Affairs, also known as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, then the Deputy Minister, the Government Officer, and then the Secondary Affairs Officer, responsible for the affairs of various units within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This is a very high starting point for Miyamoto Naotao who has just entered the political arena.
However, Naotao Miyamoto did not agree immediately, and only said that he needed to consider it. Hirofumi Ito could understand it. After all, such a major choice cannot be made rashly.
Saying goodbye to Hirofumi Ito, when Naotao Miyamoto returned to his home, he found a letter inserted in the gate. Naotao Miyamoto took the letter and opened it. He did not open the door and entered the house. Instead, he turned around and left, and went straight to Ginza Avenue, east of the palace. This is the most prosperous commercial area in Tokyo. Although the war has ended less than a month, and less than two months ago, Tokyo was still facing the threat of war, but at this time, the shops on both sides of Ginza Avenue were basically open for business, and they were called for hawking. The crowds on the streets were crowded one after another, and prosperity was still the same as before.
Since Tokyo is the capital of Japan, all kinds of resources will naturally tilt towards Tokyo. After the war, East China lifted Japan's maritime blockade, and Japan quickly purchased a large amount of civilian supplies from the United States and Britain in Asian colonies, half of which were used in Tokyo. Therefore, Tokyo quickly restored its former prosperity and liveliness. Therefore, after the successful signing of the Shanghai negotiations, the Tokyo people had the strength to protest and cause trouble. Otherwise, they would not even have enough food to eat, and they would still be in charge of the contract signed.
Naotao Miyamoto came to a hotel called Komatsuya and walked in. It was almost time to eat. There were mostly seats in the store. However, Naotao Miyamoto was obviously a regular customer of this hotel. The proprietress immediately greeted him and said with a face full of face: "Mr. Miyamoto, you are indeed here. Your friend has been waiting for you for a long time."
Miyamoto Naotao nodded and said, "Where is he?"
The boss lady said, "It's still the 2nd floor, Room 3 that you often use. You go up first, and I'll bring you wine right away."
Naotao Miyamoto went up to the second floor and opened the door of the No. 3 private room. He saw a man in military uniform sitting in his 35-year-old. Seeing Naotao Miyamoto come in, the man said, "Miyamoto, you finally come. I have been waiting for you for almost 2 hours."
Miyamoto Naotao sat down in front of him and said, "I'm sorry, Kobayashi. Today I went to Ito's house. When I got home and saw the letter you left at the door, I rushed to him immediately. Where is Nakamura? Why haven't he come yet?"
Kobayashi said: "He has said hello to me and will come later, but it's almost the same. It seems that Hirobuki Ito is good to you."
Miyamoto Naotao said: "So what? He has his own opinions and will not listen to me in everything. If he had listened to my advice, the current situation would not have fallen to this point."
Kobayashi was about to speak when the boss's wife said outside the house: "Mr. Nakamura is here." The doorman opened again, a fat man came in first, and sat down at the table. The boss's wife came behind him, and brought wine and food.
After the boss's wife withdrew, Kobayashi poured wine for the three of them and said, "There are not many times when the three of us can get together now. It's rare to get together. Let's have a drink first."
The three time travelers raised their wine glasses, touched them for a while, and drank them all in one go.
Among the three, only Miyamoto Naotaku used his original name, while Kobayashi's name was Kobayashi Koichi. It turned out that he was a Go enthusiast in the old time and space. When he was a child, he learned Go under Kochi Koichi's disciple. Ju said that his chess skills reached 6 amateur stages. Therefore, in this era, he used the name of this Go master; while Nakamura was named Shunsuke Nakamura. He was a football enthusiast in the old time and space. Because he loved this Japanese star, he changed to this name.
Although Miyamoto Naotao was not quite satisfied with the names of his two companions, they were all from the future after all, and in the old time and space, the three of them were colleagues, so their relationship was naturally unusual. However, in this era, the three of them chose different development paths, and of course they all wanted to do something big, and at the same time they also helped Japan become prosperous and strong, avoiding the ending of the defeat in the old time and space battle.
Naotaku Miyamoto and Kobayashi Koichi both chose to join the army, and both started with intelligence work, because the Japanese army in this era was extremely senior and had strict hierarchy. Both of them had passed the best age to join the army and had no clan background. If they were ordinary soldiers, no one wanted it at all. However, the situation of intelligence work was special, and their age became an advantage. Moreover, they were intelligence personnel in the old time and space, so they naturally became familiar with it, so they soon emerged. Now they are the rank of a minor military officer.
Shunsuke Nakamura chose another way to do business. After years of hard work, he had accumulated hundreds of thousands of yen in assets. Before the Russo-Japanese War, he indeed turned his capital to the United States, invested in Hawaii and the United States respectively, and cooperated with several American time travelers. His assets in the United States have reached 3.4 million US dollars, and he has successfully escaped the disaster in Japan and is now preparing to return to Japan to develop again.
Although Naotao Miyamoto and Kobayashi Kwangichi are both intelligence personnel, due to work, they rarely meet each other a year, and Shunsuke Nakamura has simply not been in Japan in the past two years. This time, because there is not much outside the intelligence, Shunsuke Nakamura has returned to Japan, and the three of them are rarely gathered.
While drinking, Naotao Miyamoto also explained the negotiations in detail to the two. Since Shunsuke Nakamura has always been abroad and the information of this era is not as developed as the old time and space, he doesn't know much about the situation in China. After listening to Naotao Miyamoto's speech, he was also very shocked and said, "I didn't expect Japan to be defeated so badly this time. If Hirofumi Ito had listened to your advice, it wouldn't have reached this point."
Kobayashi said: "It's not very useful to hear it. At most, you have to pay less. It is certain that East China ** will participate in the war. As long as East China ** participate in the war, Japan's failure is impossible to avoid."
Naota Miyamoto shook his head and said, "It's still different. At least Japan's local area will not be attacked, and there is no need to pay so much compensation. The results obtained by East China ** will be much less, so that Japan's recovery time will be much faster. In this situation, it will take at least 10 years for Japan to recover, and this will take place as scheduled in World War I. Japan can enjoy the dividends of this war."
Kobayashi Koichi was a little distressed and said, "We are all time travelers. We have more than 100 years of knowledge and experience in this era. In the old time and space, we can also be regarded as elites. Why have we achieved nothing yet? Not only can we not help Japan become stronger, but we are not as good as ours! The Chinese who traveled through time can make a fortune."
Miyamoto Naotao smiled bitterly and said, "Kun Kobayashi, don't be misled by time travel novels and comics. The power of individuals is limited, and the things that can be changed are limited. If it was in ancient times, such as Heian and the Warring States Period, even the shogunate era would be better, and the role that individuals can play is even greater. But now that they have entered modern society, the power of individuals is too small. The reason why Chinese people can do well is because they have many people, thousands, and a considerable number of professional soldiers, and there are a large number of advanced weapons for the future. It is naturally different."
Shunsuke Nakamura also said with great emotion: "Yes, because in Japan, my personal abilities are too limited, because Japan's traditional power is too strong. Based on my years of business experience, as long as there are four major chaebols, it is almost impossible for me to break into a world in the Japanese business world. Before I went to the United States, I had quite a few assets in Japan, but compared with the four major chaebols, it was nothing at all. And if I continued to expand at that time, it would cause four major chaebols.
The valve is paying attention and suppressing me. Fortunately, I withdraw my investment from the United States to invest and develop. In Japan, they did not attack me. Therefore, if you want to talk about the environment of personal entrepreneurship, the United States in this era is much stronger than Japan. Anderson's assets have reached the level of tens of millions, and I am also confident that within two years, I will increase my assets in the United States to more than one million dollars, and at most 10 years, I can also reach tens of millions of assets."
Chapter completed!