1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 1959
Zhang Qianzhi could see Huo Fei's hesitation, but he was basically sure that this person was extremely suspicious. Even if Huo Fei refused to pay the money in the end, he would be included in the focus of the next investigation.But now that he had found his target, Zhang Qianzhi was not in such a hurry. Since the other party wanted to delay the attack, he decided to use his plan and light him up again.

I have to say that the place Huo Fei found is really good. Although it is not a place for eating at all, the dishes are exquisite, no worse than those famous restaurants in the city.For the sake of elegance, Huo Fei also hired a group of silk and bamboo music troupes to set up a formation in the yard outside the flower hall.

A little girl came forward to salute the three of them, and then babbled to the music, "The General Marries", which is very popular in Haihan. The story of the big lady Ma Yuling, this transnational marriage is already full of twists and turns, and it is even more attractive after being artistically processed.Of course, in order to avoid taboo, the names of the main characters have been changed in the libretto.

Zhang Qianzhi and Chen Yixin were about the same age, and they had known each other since they were in Sanya. Later, one worked in the Guangzhou Office outside Guangzhou, and the other worked in Wanshan Island at the mouth of the Pearl River.Chen Yixin's marriage in Shandong, Zhang Qianzhi also generally knows the ins and outs of it, so listening to this scene has a very personal feeling.

Huo Fei saw that Zhang Qianzhi was shaking his head, looking like he was enjoying it, and immediately felt that he made the right bet with this arrangement.He had heard before that many high-ranking officials in Haihan liked literature and art, so he specially arranged this session to try to match their interests. It seems that the money should not be spent in vain.But now Zhang Qianzhi is intoxicated by listening to the opera, so it is not easy for him to break the atmosphere and talk about the unfinished business.

Zhang Qianzhi didn't like drinking, and Guan Anping, who was accompanying him, was so worried that he didn't have the guts to drink in front of Zhang Qianzhi. Huo Fei saved more than half of the bottles of wine he specially prepared.But that's also good, he doesn't need to worry about the other party losing his memory after drinking, and there will be repetitions after reaching an agreement.

When the performance of the libretto was over, Zhang Qianzhi took the initiative to applaud, and Guan Anping and Huo Fei also hurriedly followed to show their support.Zhang Qianzhi said "reward", Huo Fei wisely rushed ahead of Zhang Qianzhi and paid for the little girl who sang the song.

After the group of people thanked them and exited the yard, Zhang Qianzhi said, "Thank you Mr. Huo for your hospitality. I had a very happy meal today. Mr. Huo must have considered the things we talked about earlier, right?"

Seeing that the other party brought it up again, Huo Fei bowed and said, "It's my honor to be acquainted with Mr. Tian! However, the previous matter was really a bit big. Is there room for discussion?"

Zhang Qianzhi's face darkened and said: "I thought Mr. Huo was a straightforward person with knowledge and interest, but I didn't expect him to be mistaken!"

Seeing that the other party was angry, Huo Fei quickly explained: "It's not that the villain is unwilling to pay the money, but the amount is too large, and it will be inconvenient for the villain to turn around for a while. Can you please allow the villain to go back for a day or two and try to raise money. If If it is really not enough to raise the amount that the adults said, the villain will give up on his own initiative."

Zhang Qianzhi was not sure for a while whether this guy was really inconvenient to turn around, or whether he was deliberately delaying time to play tricks, so he immediately responded: "I will give you a day, if you don't finish it by this time tomorrow, I will treat you as an automatic." Abstained, when the job is given to another family, Mr. Huo should not complain."

Huo Fei didn't dare to dare, thinking to himself that with such a ruthless offer, there would be no other family who would accept the offer, that is to say, he still had a trickster behind him, otherwise he would have been persuaded to quit long ago.

Or the final agreement could not be reached because of poor communication. The "Master Tian" from Sanya was clearly disappointed. After eating, he was not interested in any follow-up activities, and returned to Danzhou City with Guan Anping.Although Huo Fei was also a little disappointed, sending these two uncles away in advance can be regarded as saving him a fortune, so he is not in a bad mood.However, he was not in the mood to stay here any longer, so he had to go back as soon as possible, try to contact Xue Zheng for a meeting, and renegotiate the transaction content and price.

Before Zhang Qianzhi got into the car, he whispered to the manager of the manor who came out to see the guests off in person: "Keep an eye on this Huo and everyone he has been in contact with since then! If you find the target, report to me immediately!"

Although Huo Fei found this place, after he notified Guan Anping of the location, the Ministry of Security quickly took over the place, and deployed capable agents from the field team inside and outside to ensure that Zhang Qianzhi could Deploy sufficient manpower to take action at all times.

So when Huo Fei left the manor later, there were at least five groups of people and horses operating simultaneously within a mile nearby, more than twenty agents posing as people of various identities, either on foot or in chariots, following the same pace Keep a certain distance from Huo Fei's carriage.

At this time, Huo Fei, who was so focused on the meeting just now, didn't notice the situation outside the car at all. The official road from Danzhou Bay to the west gate of Danzhou City was already full of traffic. Although it was not so lively at night, Because the gates of Danzhou City are no longer closed at night, there are still many pedestrians on the official road.Even if Huo Fei wanted to, it would be difficult for him to tell if someone was following him in this environment. What's more, Zhang Qianzhi called in all experts. Several groups of people were close and far away, gathering and dispersing, taking turns to monitor nearby Huo Fei's carriage.

However, Huo Fei's residence was not in Danzhou City. The carriage he was riding in turned north near the west gate, and some of the detectives deployed in the city first were passively out of the surveillance range.Fortunately, Zhang Qianzhi wisely dispatched enough people to participate in the operation, so there are still at least three groups of people who continue to follow Huo Fei's movements.

At this time, Zhang Qianzhi had already returned to Danzhou City, and together with Wang Baisuo and other personnel involved in the investigation, they reviewed today's latest harvest.

"The [-] opponents are willing to accept the move, so there must be no good intentions!" Wang Baisuo sneered: "I think we can notify the garrison, ready to cooperate with us to collect the net!"

"Don't be in a hurry, make sure there are no fish that slip through the net, and then catch people!" Although Zhang Qianzhi was quite excited, he still kept a relatively clear head: "This time, we can't let them go under our noses like Changhua." kill them!"

Although there is no definite evidence that Huo Fei is directly related to the Changhua incident, Zhang Qianzhi believes in his intuition that this time he is very close to the murderer who secretly planned the attack, and the person behind Huo Fei who has not yet appeared is very likely It is the object that I have been looking for these days.

After Huo Fei arrived in the north of the city, he didn't return to his hiding place immediately. Instead, he asked his subordinates to drive the carriage around the market. It wasn't that he found someone following him, but he was used to using this anti-tracking method to Keep yourself safe.

This kind of action did cause a little confusion to the agents of the Ministry of Security, but fortunately, these people are experienced professionals, and they quickly adjusted the tracking strategy, and blocked the people in this area separately. For several major traffic nodes, it is enough to confirm that the carriage has been moving and has not stopped.

Huo Fei's carriage did not stop, but he did not return to his residence either. He went around the street a few times to make sure that no one was following him, so he asked someone to drive the carriage to the inn not far from where Xue Zheng stayed. Then let his men go to the inn to find Xue Zheng to come out to meet.Of course, this time I didn't forget to bring the half banknote that was used as a code for the connection.

Xue Zheng didn't expect that someone from Huo Fei would come to his door at this time of night, but when he heard that the news that he was going to buy from the other party was already in sight, he couldn't hide his excitement at the moment, so he followed Huo Fei's men out of the inn, He quietly touched the carriage that Huo Fei was riding in.Then the car continued the previous practice, slowly circling the market.

There were no photos in the carriage, and it was too dark to see clearly, but as soon as Huo Fei's voice sounded, Xue Zheng knew that the person sitting opposite him was Mr. Huo who was talking about information business with him in the study that day.

"Boss Xue, I have put in a lot of thought these days, and I finally got the news you want. But there is still a lot of trouble in this matter. I spent all my deposits, and I paid tens of thousands of dollars myself. So we may need to renegotiate the previously negotiated price.”

Before Xue Zheng was overjoyed, he was poured cold water by the other party's last few words.Although he cared more about whether the action he commanded would be successful in the end, but the attitude of the other party asking for a lot of money still made him feel very uncomfortable.You must know that he agreed to the other party's offer of up to [-] yuan before, and Mr. Huo also promised to get exclusive information before the North Koreans came to Danzhou.However, it has only been a few days, and the other party seems to have regretted it.

"Mr. Huo, are you trying to play tricks on me?" Xue Zhengzheng's tone was not so friendly: "After negotiating the price, you can change it as soon as you say it. Then I ask you, what's the news I want? Just Do you think it's appropriate to ask me to pay for a few more words?"

"Boss Xue, don't get excited, just listen to me. For you, achieving your goal is the first priority. For me, making money from this business is the first priority. I want to do this business for you. , Now tens of thousands of dollars have been posted, and it’s hard to get a clue. To be honest, even if you pay the balance right now, I’ll be nothing at most. Whether I earn or not is a trivial matter, but do things for me All my subordinates have to take money to eat! As long as I am thinking of my subordinates, this price must be renegotiated."

"That's your subordinate, not mine. I don't care if they can afford food or not." Xue Zheng shook his head and denied the other party's statement after hearing this: "It's agreed that I will give you one hundred thousand, and you will give me [-]." The news, everyone is clear, and now you haven't given me any news, so you have to urge me to add... Although I, Xue, is not a local, I am not so easy to deal with! Mr. Huo, I advise you, it is best not to try My bottom line."

Xue Zheng's attitude was tough. Huo Fei saw that the rhetoric didn't work, so he changed it again: "At the beginning, I promised to give you news before the Koreans arrived in Danzhou, but after my efforts, I can give you news." Offer something a little further, like being directly involved in arranging the itinerary for the North Koreans."

"What did you say?" Xue Zheng thought he had heard wrong.

"That is, if you have a place to visit that you want the North Koreans to visit, you can propose it separately, and I will see if I can arrange it in the North Koreans' itinerary. This should be more valuable than just providing you with the itinerary?" Huo When Fei heard the other party's tone, he knew that he was doing the right thing in this way.

"You... How could you arrange the itinerary for the North Koreans!" Xue Zheng was still dubious about this. After all, the other party was just an underground broker, so he would not have the right to influence official activities.

Huo Fei laughed and said: "Boss Xue, you don't know about this. I just met with a high-ranking official from Sanya today. His mission in Danzhou is to arrange the itinerary for the Koreans. We have already discussed Once the conditions are met, he will follow my proposal and add at least one place to visit in the itinerary of the North Koreans, and I can even be an escort to follow them all the way. How about this, is it stronger than your previous conditions?"

"There is such a thing? This person's identity can't be fake, right?" Xue Zheng was extremely vigilant, and he was not so easy to be fooled. He still had doubts about Huo Fei's statement.

Huo Fei responded: "This person was introduced by my insider in the government, and his identity is absolutely reliable. Moreover, this person is young but has a lot of official authority. This kind of behavior is definitely not pretending. Of course, in order to make friends with this high-ranking official , I also spent a lot of money. The [-] deposit that Boss Xue gave me earlier was only enough to get through the middle joints and ask the other party to come out to meet. In order for this adult to arrange the itinerary of the North Koreans, I have several people here. Wan sent it out. Boss Xue, in order not to miss the opportunity, I have deposited a large sum of money to go in and do things for you. The price increase is not because I want to blackmail people casually, but the fact that it is true. If the price is not renegotiated, this I will definitely lose money if I buy or sell!"

Xue Zheng was a little confused when he heard what he said clearly and logically.This matter sounds a little unbelievable, but Huo Fei's words seem to make sense, the high-ranking officials from Sanya spent a lot of money to open joints, arrange the itinerary of the North Koreans... all this sounds quite reasonable.

"Then will this itinerary spread outside?" Xue Zheng asked worriedly.

"You can rest assured about this matter. The adult promised me that even the local foreign affairs management office will not get the itinerary of the North Koreans before me. After spending such a big price, this job is of course If anyone wants to get a share of the pie, I, Huo, will be the first to refuse!" Huo Fei assured Xue Zheng solemnly.

(End of this chapter)