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people of Han-Kiang, as to the Japanese of the borderline guard in Nanking. But, for the
doubts, before leaving from here I will give you a password for the contact in Han-Kiang and
where to find it.

For the moment, von Grossen felt satisfied, and the five of us were guided to wide
guests’ hall, attended by solicitous and discreet Chiense ladies. On the next days would be
opportunity for the Standartenführer to obtain from Thien-ma all the information that
interested him.

Chapter XXXVIII

I can say neffe, that the Greens led us without inconvenients to the own doors of the
German Consulate in Shanghai. The plan was realized as Thien-ma had anticipated. Six days
later we were navigating in a strong and solid sampan through the swampy current of the
Tangtse-Kiang. We passed serenely before Nanking and, at the height of the city of Chin-Kiang,
we encountered with the confluence of the river Vu-Sang. With great hability, the captain
turned the rudder and introduced in the descendant current of this last river, because 500 km.
ahead, over its right shore, is the populous Shanghai.

It is unimaginable that commodity that such innocent sampan transported. Of course
that it would not be much if it was inspected at close range and admired the row of cannons
from port to starboard, and the two heavy machinepistoles from bow to stern. But the cautions
were not exaggerated because the ship contrabanded weapons, explosives, fine fabrics,
porcelain, metals, minerals, spices, foods, opium, and even deserters of both Chinese sides or
vulgar delators, apart from the classic shipload of Chinese whores from which no similar
organization could precind. With so heterogeneous and dangerous products, we were an
insignificant nuisance. We recently comprehended that in Han-Kiang, at boarding the sampan
and check the strong volume of commodity that the Green Band trafficked: as such, informed
our guide, the Society possessed a whole fleet just in the Yangtse-Kiang, without considering
the ones that were floating on the Rivers and the Sea, and that were travelling to Hong Kong,
Canton or Macau.

Over the river Vu-Sang, we passed before numerous and modest settlements, dedicated
to the tillage and cultivation, and the lake Tai-Hu that fills with its waters. After we advanced
200 km. we reached to Shangai and docked in a small private pier, provided with huge huts that

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