"Yamada-kun, you're exaggerating. If you do as I say, everything will disappear, and your family will have a better life!" Matsui Keio stood up, looking down at Yamada Shinsaku with his eyes fixed on him. "But if you dare to play tricks on me, and things don't turn out the way we expect, then don't blame us for being ruthless. Not only will your family not come back, but you won't even be able to save your own life. You should think carefully!"
After saying that, Matsui Keio stepped out of the room, followed closely by the man with the gun.
Yamada Shinkaku turned around, watched the two people leave quickly, glanced at the box of banknotes beside him, reached out and picked up the bottle of mirin, a hint of fear flashing in his eyes.
All of this was Ning Zhiheng's design. He added a very small amount of methanol to that bottle of mirin, and the methanol was so well mixed in that it was impossible to tell the difference.
This is similar to industrial alcohol in later generations, which contains methanol, but it is indistinguishable from ordinary edible alcohol in terms of taste. Many people will go blind after accidentally ingesting it.
The only difference is that alcohol adulterated with methanol will have a yellowish color, while mirin is a cooking wine used for flavoring and is also yellowish in color. When methanol is added, it is not noticeable. The first symptom of methanol poisoning is that it severely affects vision and causes irreversible damage. In the early stages, it will cause blurred vision, and then it will damage the optic nerve. It only takes about 10 milliliters to cause blindness.
Kanda Tamayama doesn't drink alcohol, but the teriyaki fish slices he likes require mirin to remove the fishy smell and enhance the flavor. Moreover, the dish is very flavorful with a strong sauce, which can mask the taste of the alcohol, making it difficult to taste the difference between the two.
If the dosage is calculated correctly and the bottle of mirin is used up within ten days, the methanol content will be enough to affect Kanda Tamayama's eyesight.
The engraving of the woodblock requires meticulous carving under a microscope, which places high demands on the engraver's eyesight. If Kanda Tamayama has vision problems, the best outcome would be that he makes a mistake during the carving process. Even a slight error would render the woodblock unusable, thus delaying the printing by a year or two.
Of course, this is only the best-case scenario. If the woodblock is not damaged, the work on the woodblock will have to be stopped if Kanda Tamayama's eyesight is impaired.
Using this method, the printing of legal tender can be postponed. It will take at least one or two months for the Japanese to find a new engraver. During this period, Ning Zhiheng can calmly plan and respond.
On the second day at noon, in the cafeteria's kitchen, since Yamada Shinkaku was the head chef and had his own kitchen, no one came to disturb him while he was cooking.
Yamada Shinkaku sliced the butterfly fish in his hand and placed it in a bowl. Then he took out the bottle of mirin from the drawer, a hint of hesitation flashing in his eyes.
But when he thought of his family and the huge sum of 100,000 yen, he immediately steeled himself and poured mirin over the fish slices.
Eight days passed quickly, and Kanda Tamazan was sitting in his workshop carving woodblocks, but he soon had to stop.
He looked anxious and irritable, and slammed the carving knife he was holding onto the table.
Then I opened the drawer, took out a vial of eye drops, put them in my eyes, and closed them to rest.
For some reason, in the past few days, he has felt his vision becoming blurry, and the progress of his carving has been severely delayed. Now, he can no longer see the engraving patterns under the microscope.
He dared not cut any further. If things continued in this state, the slightest mistake would ruin the nearly completed woodblock print, which had taken him half a year to carve, turning it into a piece of waste.
The printing of legal tender is now complete, except for this engraving plate. If it gets damaged at this point, the situation will be very serious.
However, my vision is now so blurry that I can't do any carving. It seems I have to get a proper check-up from a doctor, otherwise I really can't continue my work.
Thinking of this, he stood up, walked out the door, and said to the guard waiting outside, "Go and call Team Leader Kitaoka here, I need to talk to her!"
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