1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 1059

In fact, Haihan's measures to introduce immigrants are not without loopholes. It is not only the case of Chengfenghang in Hangzhou that all immigrants are recruited and sent back to Penghu to be handled by the civil affairs department regardless of their true identities and origins. It often happens when the government introduces immigrants.When Haihan collected immigrants from the Daming area in the early days, there was a story of packing up the prisoners in the Yacheng Prison.It's just that Haihan's immigration review, supervision and distribution system is becoming more mature, and various potential hidden dangers can be properly handled in the process of immigration acceptance and resettlement, so there are few incidents arising from this.

Haihan spends money to recruit immigrants in Fuguang, Jiangsu and Zhejiang all the year round. After the operation scale is large, there will naturally be considerable benefits. In some areas, related "industries" will inevitably gradually form. In some places, people gradually start to use immigration as a business. to operate.The south has been relatively peaceful in recent years, unlike the north where a large number of refugees have been produced due to wars. Therefore, it is difficult to guarantee the regularity of the immigration to Haihan in order to maintain the scale of immigration.

But Wanfa was unlucky because he happened to hit the gun. This time Gong Shiqi came to Hangzhou to handle business in person, and he also inspected the operation of Chengfeng Bank. It is naturally difficult to get past these written materials.Of course, Gong Shiqi's original intention of exposing this matter was not to punish Wanfa. He was not an official in charge of the civil affairs department, and he would not stretch his hands too far to manage these affairs.

Of course, when Gong Shiqi said these words, he had no idea what kind of variables Wan Fa's previous immigration measures would bring to this action.Some things have long been doomed in the dark, and the erroneous mistakes during it cannot be changed by manpower.

The next day, Gao Qiaonan continued to lead the team to carry out investigation activities in Hangzhou City, and the target was still the location of the yamen in the east of the city.And Gong Shiqi was sitting in Chengfengxing, writing the report back to Zhoushan Island.According to the agreed arrangement, the joint operation team must maintain a frequency of at least once every two days while in Hangzhou, keep in touch with the base camp through the intelligence ship outside the city, and report the progress of the operation.

To be on the safe side, the action plan that Gong Shiqi and others planned in Hangzhou also needs to be reported to the headquarters first, and can only be implemented after approval.Gong Shiqi was going to summarize the current situation and send it back to the headquarters to ask for instructions on the next action plan.Judging from the current situation, if the operation team wants to complete the task, they can only launch a surprise attack on the target's residence at night, and they have to escape from Hangzhou City early the next morning. The risk and difficulty of the operation are very high However, Gong Shiqi himself was not very sure about this mission.

Wanfa didn’t leave the house either. He sorted out the documents of the immigrants who had been transported to Zhoushan since the beginning of this year in his own room. Although the total number was only a few hundred, some cases had already passed for a few months, and he had to recall them slowly with the limited written registration documents. just do.After being reprimanded last night, Wan Fa decided to be more honest in the future and not to act recklessly for the sake of gaining merit. Next time, if someone from the security department catches him, he might not be able to get away so easily.

When Wan Fa was upset, a clerk knocked on the door and came in to report: "Boss, there are guests outside who want to visit you."

Wan Fa frowned and said, "Didn't I tell you that no guests will be accepted these days? The guests staying in the hotel should be sent to another place first."

The clerk replied: "The little one just asked. This customer is not here to stay, nor is he here to stock up. He said he wants to talk to the boss about immigration."

"Immigration?" Wan Fa stopped what he was doing, looked up at the waiter and asked, "What does this guest look like? Has he been here before?"

The man understood what Wan Fa meant, and quickly responded: "This guest is quite faceless, but he looks quite expensive in his clothes and conversation, unlike the businessman who brought people here before... By the way, he also brought four followers, one All of them have big arms and round waists, probably bodyguards."

Wan Fa's pupils shrank slightly, feeling a hint of danger.His identity is not only the shopkeeper of this small shop outside the city of Hangzhou, but also a professionally trained intelligence officer, who is still extremely vigilant against various potential risks.Except for a very small number of refugees who came to seek refuge on their own, most of the immigrants received by Chengfenghang in the past were supplied in batches by a few human traffickers and prison leaders, and they basically found a place outside to negotiate a good deal, and then In the middle of the night or early in the morning, they would find a place on the bank of the Qiantang River to ship and ship away, handing over the money to the person and the money. The partners would not find Chengfenghang to discuss such matters.

Of course, Wan Fa also knew that human trafficking was a risk of being punished in Daming, so he only traded with a few acquaintances. Without the introduction of acquaintances, he would not easily accept new partners.No matter what the identity of this stranger who came to the door on his own, Wan Fa can assert that he is definitely not a good person.

Wan Fa thought for a while, but still felt that it was better not to come forward to contact him, so he immediately ordered: "Go and dismiss him, just say that this store does not engage in this kind of business, and ask him to find someone else."

The man turned around and was about to leave, but Wan Fa stopped him again: "Wait... You have to be more polite with your words, and don't offend the other party."

After the buddy went out, Wan Fa still felt something was wrong after thinking about it, so he stopped what he was doing, got up and went to the backyard, and reported the matter to Gong Shiqi.After Gong Shiqi finished listening, he called one of his subordinates to come in: "Arrange two people to go out through the back door, wait for the visitors in the front yard to leave, and follow them to find out."

As soon as the people here were sent out, Wanfa's buddy also came back from the front yard, and the reply he brought did not make Wanfa feel relieved - the guest did not accept Wanfa's reply and insisted on letting him go out and meet.After hearing this reply, Wan Fa quickly returned to Gong Shiqi's side and reported the new situation to him.

"Then you go and see, so as not to arouse suspicion, first send your guys to the kitchen in the front yard to work, and I will go over to see the situation later." Gong Shiqi immediately made a decision on the decision just now. Change: "Others have prepared all their household items and sealed the front and rear doors. If they need to do something, they have to deal with it decisively, and don't leak the news."

Gong Shiqi has been directing the field team to do things all year round, and he has done a lot of tasks of killing people and killing people, so he didn't panic when encountering such emergencies, and immediately gave orders to his subordinates.Half of the people following him this time were members of the field service team of the Ministry of Security, and half were soldiers from the Special War Battalion. It is still very sure that a dozen or so people will block a few people in this store.Besides, no matter how powerful the opponent is, there are still a batch of short guns brought by Gong Shiqi in the store, so it should be a sure win no matter what.Of course, considering that the movement and movement should not be too much toss, the first choice weapon to do here is still a cold weapon.

But Wan Fa had never experienced such a scene before, seeing Gong Shiqi's entourage immediately draw long and short knives, he was a little panicked at the moment: "Boss...then...how will the villain deal with it? "

Gong Shiqi patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "With us as your backing, what are you afraid of? First find a way to reveal his identity. If he is an ordinary person, send him away as soon as possible. If he is a person in the yamen... Then let’s get rid of the money first, these people will never be against the money, it’s nothing more than the price.”

Wan Fa asked: "Then what if the other party didn't come for money?"

Gong Shiqi said: "You don't recognize the immigration, what can he do to you? If you want to act rough here in Chengfeng, no matter what his background is, my brothers promise that he won't be able to leave here standing! But not As a last resort, try to resolve it peacefully as much as possible, after all, we have a heavy responsibility this time, and we can't lose the big because of small things. You try your best to deal with him, if the situation gets out of control, I will come forward to solve it."

Only then did Wan Fa relax a little, and followed the man to meet the guests in the front yard.And Gong Shiqi also rushed over with his people. The living room in the front yard already had a wall, and Gong Shiqi could see the situation in the hall from the wall without showing his face.

Gong Shiqi looked out from the small slit specially left on the wall, and he happened to see the visitor sitting in the hall. It was a man in his forties, with thick eyebrows and deep eyes, a short beard, and a black suit. Silk gown.Standing behind him were four strong young men with hard objects protruding from their waists, probably carrying daggers or other weapons on their bodies.Gong Shiqi had a strange feeling when he saw this person's appearance. Although it was obviously the first time he had seen this face, he always felt as if he had seen this face somewhere before.

Just as he was pondering the identity of the visitor, Wan Fa also appeared in the hall, his face no longer showed the panic just now, and changed into the face of a businessman who usually treats people: "Wan Fa, please excuse me for waiting for a long time! I have some business to deal with just now. , please forgive me!"

"It's easy to talk about." The middle-aged man nodded and responded carelessly.

"I don't know how to call the distinguished guest?" Wan Fa remembered Gong Shiqi's order just now, and planned to test the identity and purpose of the person who came down first.

"My surname is Liao." After the man uttered this sentence, there was no further text, and it seemed that he did not intend to reveal his full name.

"It turned out to be Boss Liao." Wan Fa was not discouraged, and continued to trick the other party: "Where did Boss Liao get rich?"

"Boss Wan, let's not talk too much about these polite words, let's talk about business directly!" The man was not interested in chatting slowly with Wan Fa, and ignored his question: "I heard that Boss Wan's Chengfeng line, Are you recruiting immigrants for the Haihan people in the East China Sea?"

Wan was mentally prepared before sending it out, but he was not confused when he was questioned face to face by the other party, so he shook his head and denied it immediately: "People from Haihan? If there is no contact, your honor probably misunderstood."

"Misunderstanding?" The man surnamed Liao smiled and said, "Boss Wan is probably because the nobleman forgets too much, and he can't even remember what happened last month. Forget it, let me remind you again."

He stretched out his hand to the side, and a person behind him reached into his arms, took out a palm-sized notebook and handed it to him.

The man surnamed Liao opened the book without haste, and read according to the content recorded on it: "On the ninth day of last month, Ding, a native of Huizhou Prefecture, sent 57 people and got 320 taels of silver from Chengfeng Bank. Eighth, Mr. Liu from the prison in Yuhang County proposed to send 34 criminals from the prison to Hangzhou, and got 240 taels of silver from Chengfeng Bank... Boss Wan, your human trafficker business is doing very well! I still need to listen to it before moving forward transaction records?"

Wan Fa Rao was already mentally prepared, but when the other party said these things face to face, his expression finally couldn't hold back.Even his boss, Gong Shiqi, may not know the details of these transactions. Where did this person know?

"You... who are you? Why are you trying to fabricate such crimes to frame yourself?" Wan Fa yelled sternly, "Could it be that you want to blackmail Cheng Fengxing? I advise you to retreat quickly, or the police will arrest you." , I will regret it later!"

Of course, Wan Fa didn't expect his bluff to really work. He just wanted to use this to test the other party's identity again.If the other party was a human trafficker, he would definitely be very taboo about reporting to the officials, but if the other party was not... Wan Fa could only pin his hopes on Gong Shiqi, who was lying in ambush.

"Then you might as well guess what will happen after reporting to the officer? Maybe you will become the first prisoner in Hangzhou Mansion to report the crime and put you in prison. Do you want to try?"

Hearing the other party's unscrupulous reply, Wan Fa's heart sank slowly. Since the other party was not a human trafficker who came to contact the business, it could only be a public official of the yamen, but he didn't know whether the other party was the Hangzhou government office or the Qiantang county government office. the catcher.

"Wan Fa, what can you make of this?"

Just when Wan Fa was at a loss, the other party took out a waist card and asked his subordinates to hand it to him.Wan Fa took it and knew that it was a piece of ivory made of the same material as his own identity badge, but the carving was not as detailed as his own.But after he saw the content of the engraving on it, he no longer cared about picking on the material and carving of this waist card.

The upper end of this waist card is embossed with cloud patterns, and the lower end is octagonal. It is engraved with the three characters "Dongsifang" horizontally, and the word "Guan Fang" is engraved in seal script in the middle. On the left side is a row of regular script "Jin". The word "弍百四拍号".Wan Fa tremblingly turned over his waist card, and on the north side was engraved with two lines of regular script, "The Banner Captain of the Police Department hangs this card, and anyone who violates it is not allowed to be punished."

Wan Fa stumbled and knelt down on the ground, held his waist badge in both hands, and said repeatedly: "I don't know if this villain is an official, please forgive me!"

Wanfa had seen this kind of waist badge before, when he was receiving training in Sanya. The Haihan Military Museum and the Ministry of Security both had collections of Jin Yiwei's waist badge. Except for the number on it, everything else was exactly the same as this one.Moreover, no one would counterfeit this thing, and for the crime of impersonating the emperor's pro-military, even if he was caught, he would have to peel off his skin even if he didn't die.The man surnamed Liao in front of him should be from Jin Yiwei.Wan Fa knelt on the ground, thinking that this matter could not be resolved, and when his boss led someone to fight this Jin Yiwei, he had to step aside early to avoid being accidentally injured.

(End of this chapter)