1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 1982
Although the business scale of this place is small, there are quite a few people who come to play on weekdays, and the people who come to this place to gamble are not only the laborers who live in the nearby small hotels, but also some of the most educated people in the Sanya market. .Therefore, in addition to gambling, it is also a place where all kinds of gossip gather, especially news related to the local South Asian ethnicity, which can basically be inquired here-of course, more or less money is required. .

Zhang Qianzhi has a little relationship with Lanka, the operator here. A few years ago, the Ministry of Security encountered a difficult situation in handling cases and arresting people here. At that time, Lanka was a new immigrant who had just arrived in Sanya. I did the Ministry of Security a favor and closed that case.In fact, Lanka is also one of the people involved in the case. If it is to be investigated, it will also have a share of guilt. However, Zhang Qianzhi, who was in charge of the case at the time, felt that this person knew the seriousness, the pros and cons, and knew how to rely on the government to survive at a critical moment. Crossed off the list of suspects.

Letting go of a low-level gangster who has not even obtained Haihan nationality is just a piece of cake for Zhang Qianzhi, but it is tantamount to regaining a new life for Lanka.And this guy did seize this opportunity, and quickly became a leader in this area where South Asian ethnic groups live. In addition to controlling various industries here, large and small, he also opened such an underground casino to make money. Over the years, he has become a well-known hero in the neighborhood.

Of course, Lanka is also very clear that his status is only based on the premise of Haihan's official laissez-faire. He has already seen the thunderous methods of the government and knows that civil organizations are powerless to fight against him. If the government wants to deal with him, maybe once Armed arrests will make all the efforts of the past few years in vain.So his principle of doing things, or the bottom line, is not to fight against the government, and try not to leave any reason for the government to deal with him.

In addition, Lanka will also "pay tribute" to the government in a timely manner. Even if some officials dare not accept his money, he will try to use different tricks to create his own existence.For example, there was a serious lack of medical education and other supporting institutions in this place. In the past two years, Lanka paid for a pharmacy, invited doctors to the town for consultations, opened a private school, and hired two gentlemen to teach. The descendants of the local people can read and write.

After making a lot of efforts, Lanka got the chance to be naturalized in the second year of coming to Sanya, and this kind of treatment is already very fast among the South Asian ethnic groups who are not very popular among the officials.

If Lanka was a Han immigrant, perhaps his donations to the village would have earned him the title of "good husband" or "enlightened gentry". If the Han Dynasty develops, it will inevitably suffer from it.Moreover, his background is not clean enough, and the time and money needed to clean up must be a lot of money.

Although Lanka has become a naturalized citizen of Haihan, he still hasn't moved to a city with better conditions, and he still stays in this town near the sea as a local leader.Because he is very clear that his basic position is still here. Even if he buys a house and settles down in the city, it is difficult for him to integrate into the Han ethnic group at present with his background. On the contrary, he may lose control of his own territory.

It is difficult for many people who are smarter and more educated than Lanka to understand the general knowledge of advance and retreat, but he has done a good job in this aspect, and has not become inflated by his influence among South Asian ethnic groups. Very conservatively chose to continue to operate their existing sites.

But these things don't mean that Lanka is a kind-hearted and good person. When it's time to get rough, this guy is not a good person.In the past few years, it was not that no one wanted to challenge his position and coveted his property, but those who tried to replace him eventually disappeared quietly.And Lanka will still be the same as before, patrolling his own site every day, and then sitting in the warehouse casino to ensure that his business can run smoothly.

There are many people who come here to gamble every day, but very few people claim to be looking for him, and they are still unfamiliar faces. When Lanka heard the news reported by his subordinates, his first reaction was that someone from the government came, because only the people in the government It will be so undisguised to explain the purpose of coming, and the tone is so loud.This made Lanka a little uneasy. After all, he usually took the initiative to send incense money to the local yamen to win the relationship, and rarely did officials come to the door.

"Probably some guy caused trouble outside again!"

Based on Lanka's experience, he believes that there is only one reason for the government to send people here, that is, there are South Asians who have caused disasters outside, and the government can't catch people, so they come here directly to find someone they want up.This kind of thing has happened before, and it is indeed a troublesome matter for Lanka. Whether this person makes friends or not, he will always offend one of them.

Lanka is the maintainer of the underground order here, and the people from the government must come to him by name, and this situation cannot be avoided, otherwise the meaning of the government letting him be a leader in this place will be less than half.So even though Lanka guessed that this was someone who was looking for trouble, he could only bite the bullet and go out to meet each other.

Zhang Qianzhi and his party only stood in the hall for a moment before they saw a few people walking towards them in a hurry. The leader was of medium height, thin, dark complexion, with triangular eyes and a mustache, and his sparse hair tied in a bun. Behind her head, she was dressed in black silk, and on her feet were a pair of buckskin slippers from a local shoe factory.The men behind him were much stronger than him, but judging from their posture, it was obvious that they were all subordinates of this man.

Zhang Qianzhi hadn't seen Lanka for a long time, but when he saw this person again, he recognized him at a glance—this guy had an inexplicable ruthlessness, which made people feel very sad. It is easy to notice his presence in the crowd.

"Long time no see!" Zhang Qianzhi took the initiative to nod to the other party and greeted him.He didn't reveal his identity anymore. If Lanka didn't even have this bit of memory and eyesight, then he would probably only be the leader of gangsters in this kind of place for the rest of his life.

Of course, Lanka recognized Zhang Qianzhi immediately, but since the other party didn't intend to reveal his identity, he would not rashly reveal Zhang Qianzhi's background in public, and immediately responded respectfully: "Mr. Your Majesty is coming, you should have notified earlier, you should have gone to the pier to meet you!"

"You speak Mandarin much better now than before!" Zhang Qianzhi listened to Lanka's words and pronounced the words quite clearly, which was much improved than when he was dealing with him at the beginning. He also praised him immediately, and then took a look The surrounding said: "It's too noisy here, find a quiet place to talk."

Lanka didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly led the way, took Zhang Qianzhi to a private room next to the casino, and took the initiative to push back his subordinates without waiting for Zhang Qianzhi's order.The door of this room has been specially treated for sound insulation. Once the two doors are closed, the sound in the hall outside is at least [-]% quieter.

"The villain usually handles affairs here. The place is really simple. I hope Mr. Zhang will not dislike him."

As soon as the door was closed and there were no outsiders, Lanka immediately changed her address, made a cup of hot tea for Zhang Qianzhi, and stood aside obediently, waiting for Zhang Qianzhi's orders.

Zhang Qianzhi saw that the interior decoration of the house was not bad. The tables, chairs and furniture were all made of mahogany, which was relatively expensive in the market. It is a luxury that ordinary people cannot afford.Although the place is not big, it can be seen that Lanka is actually a person who is good at pursuing material comforts.

Of course, this is also understandable. Due to limited conditions, Lanka cannot move into the city to live the life of a superior person, but as long as the money is in place, he can also create the same living conditions in this place.This place was just a lounge, but Zhang Qianzhi conservatively estimated that the other party had spent at least ten thousand yuan in this room. He was quite willing to spend money, and he had the temperament of a nouveau riche.

"You have kept this place well. No wonder you have been refusing to move to the city." Zhang Qianzhi joked, "If your place is considered crude, then the place I live can only be called a kennel."

Lanka couldn't figure out Zhang Qianzhi's intentions, so he could only reply with an embarrassing dry smile: "Master Zhang was just joking, there are occasional high-flyers here to play games, that's why we set up such a lounge. The place where people live is quite simple...it is really simple!"

"Okay, okay, I'm not here today to learn about your living conditions, but I need your help with something." Zhang Qianzhi felt that the greetings were almost done, so he put away his smile and started to talk about serious matters.

"Let me put it simply. Recently, a group of people were doing trouble in Danzhou. We killed and arrested a few of them when we arrested them. We found that some of them should have come from the South China Sea. I should have stayed in Sanya for a while, so I came to you to see if you can provide some useful help for our investigation, so that we can find out the details of these people."

Lanka felt a little overwhelmed when he heard this. Although the other party didn't say what the specific case was, it was an understatement, but it is conceivable that several people were directly killed during the arrest process.And Zhang Qianzhi deliberately leaked such details, obviously to let himself understand the importance of this matter.However, there are at least several thousand people of South Asian ethnicity living in Sanya, and many of them are passers-by who only stay here for a short time. If there is not enough information, it may not be easy to find their identities.

Lanka cautiously asked: "Then I don't know if these people your lord mentioned are still alive?"

Zhang Qianzhi shook his head and said: "If you are alive, it will be much easier. I will directly bring people over and let you arrange to identify them...they are all dead."

Lanka was not too surprised. He naturally thought of what Zhang Qianzhi said, so he asked this question to confirm the situation.However, he also knew that Zhang Qianzhi must have other clues for him, whether it was a corpse or any tokens found, after all, he had to have more information before he could arrange identification.

Sure enough, Zhang Qianzhi went on to say: "What I can provide you is the general figure, appearance and physical characteristics of these people... Can you understand the written materials now?"

Lanka replied awkwardly: "Although the villain is working hard to learn Chinese characters, the Chinese characters are really difficult to understand... I can barely read most of the three-character scriptures!"

The teachers hired by Lanka to run a private school not only teach school-age children, but also provide him with literacy education in private. It's been a year or two, but he hasn't even finished reading the words in the Three Character Classic.He said that he can recognize most of them, which is already bragging.

But this obviously does not meet Zhang Qianzhi's requirements, Zhang Qianzhi can only shake his head and said: "I wanted to give you the information for you to read, but it seems that you can't read it, so I can only explain it to you... …Looking back on your literacy, hurry up, you are already the boss, how can you go out and deal with people if you don’t know how to read?”

"Yes, yes, the adults have taught you well, and the villains will keep it in mind!" Although Lanka didn't know many words, there was no major problem with speaking.

Immediately, Zhang Qianzhi was patient and described the physical characteristics of those people.Especially the tattoo patterns on their bodies, Zhang Qianzhi even took out the sketches to show Lanka - this is also the most recognizable evidence he has so far.

"This tattoo design..." Lanka looked at the drawing, frowned, and stopped after speaking halfway.

One of the original intentions of people getting tattoos on their bodies is to increase their recognition, and the tattoo patterns on these people have the same part. Zhang Qianzhi believes that this is most likely a symbol that they come from the same region or the same organization. It will have a relatively high degree of recognition, so I came to Lanka to find a way.

But the problem is that the area of ​​the South China Sea is too large. Lanka, who was born in Java, has at least [-]% of the places that he has never been to, let alone the tattoo patterns that may symbolize a certain tribe or some kind of totem worship. , to identify the origin of its owner.

Lanka is actually not sure if he has seen this kind of abstract pattern in the past, because tattoos are actually quite common among South Asian ethnic groups, and even he himself has two tattoos on his body before coming to Haihan. Most of the subordinates around him also have tattoos on their bodies.But he didn't dare to answer Zhang Qianzhi directly that he couldn't recognize him, so he could only try to delay it.

"My lord, this pattern is really a little strange, it might be helpful for the villain to find more people to recognize it." Lanka can only do so much when he asks himself.As long as Zhang Qianzhi nods, at worst, he will offer a reward. If someone can recognize the origin of the pattern and provide useful clues, he will just give a reward.

(End of this chapter)