"Yes, I'll handle this immediately. Make sure they obey the arrangements of our Fujiwara Company." Hirao Daichi nodded in acceptance, then bowed and left the office.

Ning Zhiheng then called Yi Hua'an in.

"President, what are your instructions?" Yi Hua'an asked.

Ning Zhiheng handed several property deeds on the table to Yi Hua'an and instructed in a deep voice: "These properties are for you to handle. According to the old rules, if our people can use them, keep them; if they can't, sell them as soon as possible."

Yi Hua'an took the documents and nodded in agreement. Ning Zhiheng had entrusted these matters to Yi Hua'an. Yi Hua'an was now in charge of intelligence work in Shanghai. His intelligence agents needed various identities as cover, not only to open some businesses, but also to set up multiple safe houses. These properties were exactly what he needed. As long as the sales and purchase procedures were done properly on the books, they could be provided to the intelligence department for use.

Of course, there are also many properties that do not meet the requirements of intelligence work. Yi Huaan will sell them as soon as possible, convert them into money, and return them to the Fujiwara Company's accounts to be invested in business operations.

That evening, in an apartment in the French Concession, Wang Hanmin and Duan Tiecheng were standing at a table, discussing a blueprint.

Today, Duan Tiecheng had just finished surveying the terrain in the city and even drew a map from memory.

He pointed to the markings on the map and began to analyze: "The Japanese chose this library building as the base for counterfeiting currency. The terrain around it is very open, with few buildings, making it impossible for us to approach the building covertly. Seven hundred meters to the east of the library building is the former headquarters of the Japanese Navy, one kilometer to the southeast is the headquarters of the Special Higher Police, and there is also a barracks of an army regiment to the north. It can be said that important Japanese military forces are deployed all around. We have no possibility of a direct assault; sending any number of them would be suicide!"

Wang Hanmin stared intently at the simple map, and after a long while, he shook his head and remained silent. The Japanese had their reasons for choosing this place as a base for their deception; the meticulous planning made it impossible to find fault.

Wang Hanmin said to Duan Tiecheng, "Based on this situation, we can't get close at all. This completely rules out the possibility of a direct assault. We can only send people to sneak in, but that's too difficult. I do have a few skilled men under my command, but even if we sneak in, we have no idea about the layout and security of such a large building. We can't even be sure which room this batch of legal tender is in. Going in would be like sending ourselves to our deaths. It's just too difficult."

At this point, Wang Hanmin shook his head helplessly and turned to ask, "Brother Tiecheng, what are your plans?"

Duan Tiecheng shook his head and smiled wryly. He turned around, sat down, picked up his teacup, took a sip, and said, "Before we came, I anticipated that this mission would be very difficult. Now it seems even more difficult than I expected. Just as you said, our only way is to outsmart them and send people in to infiltrate. Now we need to do our homework, find out the internal situation of this building, their security situation, and where the legal tender is. Once we have found out these things, we can proceed to the next step."

"That's all we can do!" Wang Hanmin sighed.

"There's another matter. Gan Mingxuan came back today and said that there's also a problem with the house where the gold was buried. The people who stayed to look after the house have disappeared. It was taken over by a Japanese businessman, who has now been arrested by the Japanese military police, and the entire house has been sealed off."

"Is this possible? Is it related to this treasure?" Duan Tiecheng frowned. He originally thought that finding the treasure would be the easiest thing, but now there was another unexpected turn of events.

"It shouldn't be related. I made some inquiries through my connections, and it's said that he was arrested on charges of smuggling controlled items," Wang Hanmin replied.

"Actually, this isn't difficult. This house is currently vacant. I plan to find an opportunity to sneak in and secretly transport the gold and valuables out. As long as I act swiftly, there shouldn't be any major problems."