Chapter 618: Hamaguchi Yuyuki Is Dead!

"Mr. Johnson, I hope your country can speed up and send this wheat to us as soon as possible. The people affected by the disaster are waiting for it."

Song Ziwen couldn't help but said.

He was really anxious.

Jason glanced at Huixin and Ye Luo next to him and said with a smile: "Mr. Song, don't worry, you will be able to see these wheat at the pier in Shanghai in a month at the latest."

Today's fastest ship can reach Shanghai Shiliupu Pier from the west coast of the United States in only fifteen days.

If it is shipped by air, it will be faster.

However, air transport is now generally used to transport military supplies. Even Ye's investment cannot be involved in the field of air transport.

Whether in the Republic of China or the United States, this is an industry strictly regulated by the government.

This gap will only be opened up after World War II, when countries stabilize and many new airlines emerge one after another.

"It will take another month." Song Ziwen had another headache.

But it's better than waiting forever.

After leaving the embassy, ​​Song Ziwen couldn't help but hold Ye Luo's hand, and almost burst into tears to thank him and Huixin.

In fact, when Huixin came to the Republic of China this time, the business cooperation was not going smoothly.

She nominally represents the Livermore Group, but is actually a member of Yello.

When I came to the Republic of China, the talks were all about big cooperation and big projects, so I had to negotiate with the top leaders of the Kuomintang Party.

This group of people was more shameless and corrupt than she imagined. They had no intention of doing business. They just wanted to "join forces" with foreign friends to harvest the leeks of the Republic of China.

Huixin was really tired, so she still couldn't go to Ye Mansion to see her eldest daughter Li Siye because of this matter.

Song Ziwen saw all these things, but those who caused the trouble had high backgrounds, so he was caught in the middle and was in a dilemma.

Song Ziwen was a little surprised when he failed to help Huixin in business, but still relied on others to solve the food problem.

As soon as they walked out of the American Embassy, ​​Song Ziwen's secretary ran over with an urgent telegram: "Minister, it's an urgent telegram from Shanghai!"

Song Ziwen's head exploded again: "What's wrong? What happened on the beach again?"

"No, it's not Shanghai, it's Japan." The secretary was out of breath, but his face was full of joy.

When he heard about Japan and remembered that today was August 26th, Ye Luo immediately understood and laughed.

But smiling and smiling, there is also a sense of sadness.

The wheel of history is like a rolling torrent. Everyone is an ant on the road and cannot escape the fate of being easily crushed to death.

"It's the Prime Minister of Japan, Yuyuki Hamaguchi is dead!"

After the Japanese caused two major incidents in the north, the Wanbaoshan and Nakamura incidents, the people have already sensed that the relationship between China and Japan is becoming increasingly tense.

The boycott movement against Japanese goods can be seen across the country.

Even though Zhang Hanqing and the principal have been asking local governments to focus on appeasement, the people's anger will not go away.

The secretary did not know what impact Hamaguchi Yuyuki's death would have on the two countries. He only knew that the death of the Japanese Prime Minister was a good thing that everyone celebrated.

Song Ziwen knew that Hamaguchi Yuyuki was at odds with those fanatical militarists in Japan.

Those fanatical militarists are the culprits of the Zhang Dashuai massacre, the Shandong Provincial Capital massacre, and many current incidents.

In short, Hamaguchi Yuyuki is the master who holds down the militarists. Without him, the situation may change.

"What's so funny about national events? Do you want people to laugh at you?" Song Ziwen glared at him.

The secretary immediately fell silent.

"Look, A Luo, something happened suddenly. I can't treat you to dinner anymore. How about another day?" Song Ziwen now rushed to the principal to report the good news, and asked about the impact of Hamaguchi Yuyuki's death.

Ye Luo nodded and smiled: "I'll treat you to Shanghai some other time."

"What about Mrs. Livermore?" Song Ziwen glanced at Hui Xin, feeling a little embarrassed.

Ye Luo smiled and said, "Brother Song, don't worry, I will take care of her."

"Then I'll trouble you first. Tell Mrs. Livermore for me, and I will help her deal with the internal opposition so that she doesn't have to worry!"

Song Ziwen knew that there was a disconnect between Huixin and Ye Luo, so he smiled and said nothing more.

"I will." Ye Luo nodded.

Song Ziwen didn't know that Huixin could understand Chinese and dialects. After saying this, he took the secretary and left.

Huixin was eager to let Ye Luo "receive" her. She was now a child waiting to be fed, and she was eagerly waiting for Ye Luo to "feed" her!

The two got into the car. The driver was Hengsan, one of Ye Luo's confidants. Knowing this, Huixin no longer concealed her lovesickness and threw herself into his arms, resting her head on his chest.

The two hugged each other, Hengsan looked calm on the surface, but felt turbulent in his heart.

I didn’t expect that the second young master could even pick up foreign wives!

Moreover, this woman seemed to have a very high status, even Song Ziwen and the others treated her with respect!

Here, Ye Luo and Hui Xin had a warm conversation, and then Hui Xin asked in a low voice whether Hamaguchi Yuyuki's death would affect them.

Ye Luo briefly talked about the situation, and Huixin quickly understood.

It seems that the Japanese invasion is accelerating.

Everyone was shocked by Yuyuki Hamaguchi's sudden death, but not Ye Luo.

When he visited before, he had already had a premonition, and since he was familiar with history, he could only say that some things cannot be changed.

After being discharged from the hospital on January 22 this year, his body had not recovered at all, but Hamaguchi Yuyuki insisted on going to work on February 19.

But when it was time to go to work, his body was still extremely weak. Cabinet members advised him to wait a little longer, and doctors said that their lives could not be guaranteed. However, Hamaguchi Yuyuki insisted on going to work. He said: "I promised the people that I would attend the Diet. If I break my promise, I am deceiving the people! How can I win the trust of the people if I deceive the people as a prime minister? Can I break my promise when it comes to life? I will not refuse death, even if I die in the Diet, I will be responsible for it myself!"

In this way, Hamaguchi Yuyuki dragged his weak body to the official residence in formal clothes on March 9, but he fell down amid the cheers of reporters and remained in a coma until the next morning.

For nearly 20 days afterwards, he dragged his sick body to answer questions in the Diet with a hoarse voice, and all 72 bills proposed by the government were passed.

However, Hamaguchi Yuyuki, who had exhausted his physical strength, had his symptoms worsened sharply. On April 4, he was hospitalized again and had to resign as prime minister.

In the next three months, he underwent two more operations, but neither worked.

Just today, he stopped breathing in a Tokyo hospital.

When the body was sent to the funeral, there were tens of thousands of people, from the emperor's representatives, government and political party dignitaries to ordinary people. Even more than 2,000 high-ranking officers of the opposing navy attended, which became a de facto state funeral.

It can be seen that although Hamaguchi Takeyuki did unpopular things such as restoring the gold standard and signing a naval treaty, his efforts for the country and to prevent the outbreak of war were recognized by the people.

However, his death also sounded the alarm.

Ye Luo knew that although he had to continue disaster relief, he had to speed up the planning of business and sea voyage plans! (End of this chapter)