Chapter 589: The past came to the door (third update, please subscribe)
“Oh, it will be a good weather tomorrow, let’s go see the cherry blossoms!”
Standing at the door of the rice store Before, Yamaguchi Ichiro was talking to himself.
The business of the rice store is as good as ever. Although it is a rice store, what is sold is not rice, but "Nanyang cassava". This kind of cassava chips is cheap. In the past few years, I don't know how many The poor relied on it to survive, and for many Japanese, cassava chips have long replaced rice and become a necessity in their lives.
Every time, when the guests paid their bills, they would take the initiative to bow to Yamaguchi.
"Mr. Yamaguchi, thank you for your concern."
"Yes, it should be."
Ichiro Yamaguchi, who looked very polite, was proud in his heart, because, once upon a time, he also Just like them, he is just a poor person!
War will change the fate of many people.
It will take many lives, and it will also change the fate of many people.
If the war hadn't broken out, Yamaguchi Ichiro would always have been just an ordinary person. Like many people, he would have entered a factory as an apprentice after graduating from middle school, and then slowly grown up, eventually becoming a master craftsman. .
However, in the twelfth year of the Showa era, that is, the Western 37th year, a draft notice for only 1 cent and 5 cents changed his fate. After several months of training, he went to Tangshan. Then he stayed in Tangshan for three years, rising from a low-ranking soldier to a sergeant. Three years later, in a battle, his left arm was hit by a bullet. He was left half disabled and had to retire and go home.
Then there was a long war. During those five years, he got married and had children. It was not until five years later that he was recruited again. When preparing for 100 million pieces of jade, a few more months passed. With the dropping of the atomic bomb, Japan's surrender became a foregone conclusion.
Faced with Japan's possible surrender, Yamaguchi Ichiro seemed at a loss, but while he was at a loss, he did not forget the most important thing - sending his wife and children to the countryside.
Because he had fought in the mainland, he knew very well what the occupying forces would do.
From the night after his wife left, Yamaguchi Ichiro lived alone in this empty home. The first problem he faced was how to live. Although he was used to a poor life, how would he live without a penny of income in the future.
And this is also the most troublesome problem for Yamaguchi.
That night I lay in a room with a mosquito net and thought about it day and night for a whole week, but I couldn't come up with a good idea.
Get a job, who would want him with a disabled left arm?
Let’s go into business. We have no capital and no skills to make money right away. We are indeed at the end of our rope.
After much deliberation, there was only one way to engage in black market activities.
At that time, Yamaguchi Ichiro thought very simply: now that the war is over, the grain purchased by the military from various places must definitely need to be processed. If these grains can be bought and resold, although it is illegal, It must have been very profitable, after all, the most precious thing in Japan at that time was food.
Just as Yamaguchi thought, the food collected by the military was everywhere in the agricultural cooperative's jurisdiction. Therefore, Yamaguchi relied on his family's only 10,000 yuan in savings one week before the armistice, plus 20,000 yuan borrowed from his uncle as capital, to buy rice and peanuts, and hired a black market car driver. These things were shipped back.
More than fifty straw bags of rice and groundnuts piled up in his home even collapsed the living room floor. Although the items were shipped in, they didn't know how to sell them on the black market, so they had to be piled up untouched for many days.
At this moment, with the surrender of Japan, a large number of demobilized soldiers gradually appeared on the streets. They were also looking for ways to make money. Some were wearing summer clothes and wearing a black line on their heads. Navy demobilized soldiers wearing white battle caps and army soldiers wearing blankets were willing to sell these grains for Yamaguchi Ichiro.
The demobilized soldiers brought these things near Shinjuku Station and sold them in a blink of an eye. In this way, in the process of going back and forth, Yamaguchi made money and they also gained benefits. Because he tasted the sweetness, Yamaguchi ran around and tried every means to transport food into Tokyo. Later, when the food supply was low, they began to transport radishes and vegetables, which was also profitable.
In the two or three months after the war ended, Yamaguchi Ichiro has become one of the few black market merchants in the neighborhood. His home is filled with food, car tires, tools and other in-demand items. .
He even went to the Atsugi Air Force, which was far away from Tokyo, to get out the original Japanese military gasoline that the US military did not want and transported it to Tokyo. At that time, the black market price of gasoline in Tokyo was 10,000 yuan per barrel. In less than a few months, Yamaro Ichiro earned a full one million yuan through black market transactions!
Towards the end of the year, the Allied Occupation Forces Command announced the list of war criminals. Politicians were the first, followed closely by soldiers, and many people had been arrested one after another.
Although people are arrested every day, for Ichiro Yamaguchi, who has only served as a commander and retired due to disability six years ago, he is not too worried about being arrested as a war criminal.
"War criminals, those are big shots!"
But even so, Yamaguchi Ichiro was still very concerned about the interrogation of war criminals, and often inquired about various rumors. ——When people in Tangshan were investigating war atrocities, someone was arrested for killing civilians in Tangshan. After hearing the news of the trial, Yamaguchi Ichiro even had the idea of escape, because he himself was well aware of the crimes he committed in Tangshan. Not only had he He tortured and killed prisoners, and also killed civilians. All these were secrets he kept in his heart.
"Will you catch yourself?"
Faced with the danger of being arrested at any time, Yamaguchi Ichiro is determined to escape.
What he thought was simple, he could not fall into the hands of the Allies no matter what - how could there be any idiot in Japan who was still caught by them?
Okay, if you have the ability, just take a look!
So Yamaguchi Ichiro fled to the countryside and hid.
For Yamaguchi, now he has no shortage of money. No matter whether he is hiking in the mountains or lying in the wild, or hiding in various places, he will always lurk.
I hid like this for three years. Even though he hid in the countryside for three years, Ichiro Yamaguchi still paid attention to the outside world and the Allied forces' pursuit of war criminals. After the Tokyo trial, Yamaguchi Ichiro returned to Tokyo after confirming his safety.
Although the black market business failed, he still opened a shop and started a food business with his previous savings. The food business was the most profitable at any time.
Recalling the past, Yamaguchi Ichiro smiled slightly.
“Destiny, I can’t really explain it clearly…”
Yes, who can explain it clearly?
Just when Yamaguchi was lamenting his fate, he didn't know that someone was already staring at him on the roadside.
"Is it him?"
Sun Keji asked. Because these criminals were investigated based on testimonies given by prisoners, intelligence was very limited.
Lin Guoyu replied.
"That's right, this guy didn't even change his name. He served in the same army and at the same time. Do you want to do it tonight?"
"Do it!"
That night, Yamaguchi Ichiro staggered out of the restaurant. On his way home, he saw a person walking towards him. At first, he didn't notice it. Just when they missed each other, the other person started to move. In an instant, Yamaguchi Ichiro was thrown to the ground, and then a familiar and unfamiliar language sounded in his ears.
"Yamaguchi Ichiro, do you still remember the six members of the family who were killed in Li Lou?"
In a flash, Yamaguchi Ichiro sobered up, and he knew that he was going to find him in the past and take retribution. It's finally here. For a moment, I felt my crotch was wet, and my whole body was paralyzed, and I kept begging for mercy.
"Let me go, let me go, I, I have money, I can give you money, please, uncle, let me go..."
(End of this chapter )