Spy Wars: Get the Predator equipment at the beginning

Chapter 1003 Points to a clear path

As the Chief Inspector of the Chinese Consulate in the French Concession, Ma Dazhi owned his own villa.

His villa is guarded and patrolled by armed police officers 24 hours a day. These officers are all on the payroll of the police station. In addition to their regular salaries, Ma Dazhi also gives them a separate salary.

Therefore, it can be said that they only obeyed Ma Dazhi's orders and ignored all other people's orders.

When Boss Huang arrived at the villa with Liu Changhe and Attorney Han, Ma Dazhi had just returned from the police station and was having dinner with one of his subordinates, an inspector.

"Master, Mr. Huang and his men have arrived!" the butler reported to Ma Dazhi.

Ma Dazhi was eating when he heard the report and looked up, saying, "Please invite them in!"

"Yes!"

After being led in, Boss Huang took off his top hat and bowed to Ma Dazhi, who was sitting at the dining table: "Commander Ma, I'm sorry to disturb your meal!"

Ma Dazhi put down his chopsticks and asked, "Have you had dinner? If not, eat here. If you have, you can have another bite?"

Mr. Huang quickly replied, "No need, no need, we've already eaten!"

"Oh, who are these two?" Ma Dazhi looked at Liu Changhe and Lawyer Han standing next to Boss Huang.

Mr. Huang quickly introduced them, saying, "This is Mr. Liu Changhe, and that's Mr. Liu's lawyer. They've come here today to ask Commander Ma for a favor."

Ma Dazhi glanced at Liu Changhe and the other man, nodded, and said, "Since you're full and don't want to eat anymore, why don't you go sit in the living room and we'll talk after we finish eating?"

"Okay, okay, please enjoy your meal!" After saying that, the three of them walked to the living room and sat on the sofa under the guidance of the butler.

Not long after, Ma Dazhi finished his dinner, and his subordinate, Inspector He, went for a walk on the lawn in the yard after finishing his meal.

"Boss Huang, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting! Butler, why are you leaving our guests sitting here waiting? Order some good tea!" Ma Dazhi shouted.

"Yes, sir!"

Ma Dazhi asked Lao Huang, "What have you been busy with lately, Boss Huang?"

“Commander Ma, you know I’m currently unemployed. A few years ago, the Japanese tried to hire me to do something, but of course I refused. I can’t let people talk behind my back and curse me, right?”

"The Japanese devils tried many methods to get me to work, but I was so annoyed that I could only hide in my apartment in the French Concession, refusing visitors and staying out of the world."

"I have only three hobbies in my life: smoking opium, playing mahjong, and taking a bath and scrubbing my back. I still do the same thing as before, and when I have nothing to do, I invite a few friends over to play a few rounds of mahjong at home!"

Ma Dazhi looked at Liu Changhe, "Boss Liu, right? What do you need my help with?"

Liu Changhe immediately recounted his son's situation.

After listening, Ma Dazhi did not give a reply. He turned to look at the wall clock, smiled and said to Lao Huang, "Boss Huang, you like playing mahjong. I'm itching to play a few rounds today. Why don't we play a few rounds first?"

Mr. Huang quickly smiled and said, "Since Commander Ma is in such a good mood, I, Old Huang, will certainly accompany you, even at the cost of my life!"

"Haha, alright then! Butler, go and call Inspector He in to play mahjong!"

After shouting, Ma Dazhi said to Liu Changhe, "Boss Liu, are you coming or not?"

Liu Changhe quickly said, "I've heard that Commander Ma's card skills are top-notch. I would be thrilled to experience them for myself!"

"Alright, let's play a few rounds together, the four of us, and have some fun!"

Liu Changhe was fully aware of the mahjong game; he was there to give away money, but he used the guise of playing mahjong to lose it to Ma Dazhi at the mahjong table.

This was the first time Liu Changhe had ever seen such a way of asking for favors. In the past, he would directly give money and gifts when asking for favors, and he had never used such methods before, nor had he even heard of them. This time, it really opened his eyes.

"These officials really know how to play!" Liu Changhe muttered to himself as he played mahjong, but his hands and feet were quick, and he soon gave Ma Dazhi a winning hand.

After just one round of gambling, an hour had passed, and Liu Changhe had lost all the money he brought.

"Alright, that's enough for today! Butler, take Inspector He, Boss Huang, and Attorney Han back. I need to talk to Boss Liu!" Ma Dazhi pushed the mahjong tiles aside and called over the butler.

"Yes, sir!" the butler replied, then said to the three men, "Please, gentlemen!"

After the three of them left, Ma Dazhi picked up a cigar, lit it, looked up at Liu Changhe, and asked, "Want to save your son?"

Liu Changhe nodded: "Yes, I would appreciate it if Commander Ma could mediate this, no matter how much it costs!"

Ma Dazhi chuckled: "Boss Liu, your son killed someone, and it was a Japanese soldier. Do you know how afraid foreigners are of the Japanese these days? They dare not offend them. This is not about money. You may have the life to take the money, but you may not have the life to spend it!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Changhe's heart skipped a beat, and his throat felt choked with emotion. "Commander Ma, does this mean there's absolutely no hope?"

"Well... it's not hopeless. If Boss Liu can do me a favor, I think I still have a way to save your son's life!" Ma Dazhi said slowly.

Upon hearing this, Liu Changhe's eyes lit up: "Commander Ma, just tell me what you want me to do. As long as I, Old Liu, can do it, I'll do it even if it means being stabbed or boiled in oil!"

Ma Dazhi flicked his cigarette ash and said calmly, "You need to procure 100 million shi of rice within a month. I'll pay for it, and you'll do the work, but you can't let anyone know that I asked you to collect the grain. If anything goes wrong, you'll have to take the blame yourself! This matter is difficult in some ways, but not in others. The key is how you do it!"

"What? Collect 100 million shi of rice in one month? My God, where can you get such a large quantity of rice on the market now? The rice is all in the hands of the Japanese and the puppet city government!" Liu Changhe felt that this was too difficult. Even if he had money, he couldn't buy so much grain.

Ma Dazhi exhaled a smoke ring: "If it were so easy to do, I wouldn't have asked you to do it. Think carefully about whether you want to do it or not. If you don't want to, you can leave now!"

"If you want to do it, take the money with you today, and I can even show you a way. As long as you're willing to put in the effort, it might not be impossible to make it happen!"

After considering for a moment, Liu Changhe asked, "Could you tell me about the road that Commander Ma mentioned?"

Ma Dazhi nodded: "Of course, the grain is all in the puppet municipal government and the Japanese military supply depots, or more accurately, in the puppet grain bureau. Even all the Japanese military supplies and rations are actually transported from the puppet grain bureau's warehouses."

"If Boss Liu can get in touch with You Shichang, the director of the puppet grain bureau, and get him involved, and you two cooperate to resell the rice from the puppet grain bureau's granary, then this matter will be accomplished for you!"