1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2051
The reason why Xu Xinsu was able to cover the sky with one hand in Fujian was that besides the powerful armed forces gradually built up with the support of Haihan, there was another reason that the high-ranking officials in Fujian could get enough benefits and put their personal interests at risk. Bundled with the interests of the Xu Group.Commercial organizations such as Guangli Commercial Bank and Jiulong Shipping Company can only operate these profitable projects with Xu Xinsu's intentional support. them.

The effect of this is obvious. Now Xu Xinsu has almost no political opponents on the table in Fujian. The local officials who hold real power all play deaf to his actions. Continuing to scoop money out of his own pocket with peace of mind.

The amount of money flowing into the pockets of officials at all levels through these "formal channels" amounts to one million taels a year, and this does not include Xu Xinsu's expenses in the capital through various relationships.Xu Yuxing said that Xu Xinsu's "soft heart" allowed these officials to operate such unruly businesses, but in fact, everyone maintained a tacit understanding.

Xu Xinsu's support for Xu Yuxing is also based on this. Without his permission and support, it is almost impossible for the business under the name of these officials to maintain a good profit rate, and it will even become very difficult to maintain operation. That's why he dared to let Xu Yuxing Let go of things and greet the relevant officials by yourself.

If these officials are knowledgeable, then it is enough to try to compensate them afterwards. This is not a problem for Xu Xinsu, the big deal is to give them a few lucrative deals.But if someone feels that Xu Xinsu has swept away his face by doing this and wants to show his temper, then Xu Xinsu will not hesitate to let the other party know who is in charge of Fujian today.

The search of the Kowloon Shipping Company went smoothly, basically without any form of resistance, but just like the calmness of the shipping company, Xu Yuxing and Jin Ming did not find any arms-related transactions here for the time being.

Xu Yuxing once again left a group of people to deal with follow-up matters, and then led the team to continue to the next stop.It was only noon at this time, and less than two hours had passed since the start of the morning operation. This kind of operation efficiency also made Jin Ming impeccable.If Haihan were to conduct the investigation by himself, it would only take a day or two, and the first step of the investigation would probably be far away. This is probably the convenience of local snakes.

According to the plan made in advance, this operation was carried out in the order of easy and difficult, and the third target was also the most difficult one in this operation, so the expressions of Xu Jin and the two in the carriage were very dignified.

Neither Xu Yuxing nor Jin Ming wanted to deal with the yamen of Jin Yiwei.This is not because they are afraid of Jin Yiwei's power, but because this Yamen is difficult to deal with, and they will do whatever it takes to achieve their goals.If the other party thinks that Xu Yuxing deliberately finds fault with him, he will very likely take some vicious revenge measures quietly, even the local snake Xu family has to be afraid of this.

Moreover, the property of Jinyiwei officials often has another characteristic, which is to use it as a secret stronghold of Jinyiwei, or even a local office.In this way, the best protection umbrella can be provided to these industries in a legal way, no one dares to move easily, and the operators can operate some unconventional business projects in the unscrupulous area-such as arms smuggling.

After seeing the list provided by Xu Yuxing, Jin Ming believed that the most suspicious of them was the business organization that was said to be a senior official of Jinyiwei.Because the protection provided by Jinyiwei’s protective umbrella is far beyond that of other commercial organizations with official backgrounds, and there has been a feud between Jinyiwei and Haihan for many years. Although it has been relatively peaceful in recent years, there have been no violent conflicts. But if there is a chance to make trouble for the opponent, neither the Jin Yiwei nor the Haihan intelligence department should be polite.

Of course, this is just his personal intuition, including investigations in other places, so far there is no evidence to show that Jinyiwei is related to the Spanish arms case.But Jin Ming always felt that even if Jin Yiwei was not directly involved, it is unlikely that he would be ignorant of it, and investigating it should be fruitful.

"This...is the Jinfa number you mentioned?" After Jin Ming got off the carriage, he was slightly surprised by what he saw.

Jin Ming has been in Fujian for a long time, and he has some impressions of the relatively famous local commercial organizations, such as Guangli Commercial Company and Jiulong Shipping Company, which he knew before.But this "Jinfa Number" was the only one on the list, even though he often went in and out of Zhangzhou City, he didn't even know there was such a business in the city.

But when he arrived at the place, he realized why he hadn't heard of Jinfa before, because it didn't look like a business house should look like, there was no place to park cars and horses at the entrance, and there was no spacious and bright storefront. No welcoming guy at the door either.Judging from the appearance of the gate, this is more like a private house than a commercial institution engaged in trade.

Hanging on the left side of the gate is a one-foot-long and three-inch-wide wooden board, engraved with the Chinese characters "Jinfahao", if you don't go closer, you may easily overlook this unremarkable signboard.It seems that the operators here don't like publicity, and they don't even want the outside world to notice this place.

As an intelligence officer, part of Jin Ming's job is to keep an eye on the local movements of colleagues like Jin Yiwei.He roughly knew the Jinyiwei's two strongholds in Zhangzhou, one bright and one dark, and he also had a rough idea of ​​the local Jinyiwei's establishment, but he had no idea that there was such a place in the city.It can be seen from this that either the daily business of this place has nothing to do with Jinyiwei, or Jinyiwei has made special arrangements to avoid the attention of the outside world, and judging from the low-key external impression here, Jin Ming is more inclined to the latter possibility .

However, it is obvious that Xu Yuxing has known the background of this place for a long time, but before starting to investigate this matter, Xu Yuxing did not share this information with Haihan's intelligence department.This made Jin Ming also a little suspicious, how much Xu Yuxing knew about this place, was it limited to knowing whether this place belonged to the property under the name of a certain commander of Jin Yiwei, or did he have other secrets that he did not tell him.

Jin Ming didn't ask Xu Yuxing directly, because he knew that since the other party didn't take the initiative to share the information, it meant that it was probably concealing something from him consciously, and even if he asked, he could only make fun of himself.At the moment, we can only pay attention to observe the other party's attitude and means of dealing with this place, and maybe we can discover some previously unknown situations.

Since the backstage of this Jinfa account is a high-ranking official of Jinyiwei, it stands to reason that even if the relationship between this place and Jinyiwei is to be set aside, there is no need for such a low-key operation. Jin Ming feels that this unusual situation should be hidden. some special information.

"Should we go in directly, or should we go in first and then serve?" Jin Ming saw that it was almost noon and the door hadn't opened yet, so it was obviously impossible for him to go in as openly as he did in the Jiulong boat shop just now.

Xu Yuxing said: "Block the front and rear doors, and then salute first and then fight."

Jin Ming thought to himself that Third Young Master Xu looks gentle and gentle, but he behaves decisively when he handles affairs, and he doesn't seem to intend to show mercy to this place.

Immediately, Xu Yuxing's subordinates came forward to knock on the door, and after waiting for a while, someone answered from inside the door: "No business today, come back another day!"

The person outside the door shouted: "You open the door first!"

The people inside were silent, and the people outside knocked on the door vigorously again. Without Xu Yuxing's order, he had to keep calling the door until the people inside opened the door.

After a while, there seemed to be another person inside to answer the door: "Who is knocking on the door outside? The owner is busy today and is not open for business. If you are here for business, please come back!"

The person outside the door replied: "Don't ask, just open the door and you'll know."

Jin Ming whispered: "The people inside seem to have noticed something."

Xu Yuxing nodded slightly and said: "That's okay, anyway, the outside is already surrounded, and no one inside can get away, and don't try to rescue soldiers from the outside!"

Seeing that the other party didn't understand what he meant, Jin Ming had no choice but to speak more bluntly: "People can't leave, but if there are any important materials, the people inside can take advantage of this time to destroy them."

Xu Yuxing's face changed when he heard the words, and he immediately ordered: "Climb over the wall and enter! If you encounter resistance, you can subdue it with your hands!"

Although Xu Yuxing also realized that the people inside sensed the danger and deliberately delayed the time, they didn't realize what the other party's purpose of delaying time was. This was where Xu Yuxing lacked actual combat experience.If it wasn't for Jin Ming's reminder, it would probably take him a while to realize this situation.

No matter what secrets are hidden in this courtyard, it is obvious that the people inside do not want to be exposed.And the more this is the case, the more people outside feel that this is related to the case they want to investigate.Xu Yuxing knew that there was a loophole in his arrangement, and he didn't care about the other party's background at this time, so he ordered someone to storm in and open the door.

But the fence of this courtyard was eight feet high, they came in a hurry and did not bring any climbing tools like ladders, so they could only take a ladder to climb up the wall.Unexpectedly, as soon as a person climbed up, he fell down with a scream, with an arrow shaft stuck in his chest, and was shot directly by the person inside.Now the follow-up people did not dare to arch against the wall. They are all traveling in casual clothes today, without armor and shields.

Xu Yuxing was also taken aback. He thought that this place would be more difficult to deal with, but he didn't expect that the people here would dare to act first, and they would be ruthless as soon as they came up.He stepped forward to check the man's injury, got up and ordered him to be sent for treatment, and then said to Jin Ming, "It's Jin Yiwei's special hand crossbow. If the arrow is not poisoned, there shouldn't be any serious problems."

Jin Ming nodded and said: "It seems that Jin Yiwei doesn't want us to know the secret hidden here!" He was a little suspicious that Xu Yuxing seemed to have more information than himself, and he observed the other's face while talking, wanting to see Whether the other party has any special reaction.

Xu Yuxing's face was already very ugly at this time, he never expected that there would be people in Zhangzhou city who would dare to fight against him, although the other party might not know that he was directing the actions outside, but this was already an unacceptable situation for him .

However, he had received formal training anyway, so he quickly calmed down and considered the next way to deal with it.

At present, there are still four No. 50 people available for him to command. Most of these people are dead soldiers supported by Xu Xinsu, and some are his subordinates. Looking at it, I am afraid that the casualties will be relatively large, and Xu Yuxing thinks that there is really no need to use the lives of his own soldiers to do things for the Haihan people.

Of course, if he backed down or continued to delay, Jin Ming would look down on him, and Xu Yuxing didn't want to mess up such a rare opportunity to show his commanding ability in front of the Haihan people.He quickly made a new decision: "Take my token quickly, and send a battalion of people from the city defense army! Block the nearby intersection, and don't let anyone leave here!"

Xu Yuxing has already figured it out, it is difficult to attack this courtyard unscathed by relying on these people he brought, and it is not worth paying casualties here, it is better to hand over the city defense army with complete protection measures to complete the fortified task.Although this will inevitably make things worse, at this time, it is no longer a question of offending Jin Yiwei or leaking the news. If he does not press down on this momentum, then he will really be unable to explain to Xu Xinsu when he turns around.

As for whether Xu Xinsu will get the news, of course it is for sure, even if he does not send someone to report, the city defense army who received the order to dispatch troops will definitely report to Xu's mansion immediately.Xu Yuxing thought there was nothing wrong with his way of handling it, so he was not worried that Xu Xinsu would deny his approach.

As soon as the offensive outside stopped, the movement inside also stopped.At this time, Xu Yuxing no longer insisted on asking people to come forward to call the door. Instead, he asked everyone to retreat to a safe distance, first seal the street intersection near the yard, clear the surrounding houses, and cut off the connection between the yard and the outside world.

Although Xu Yuxing didn't say anything, he had already made a ruthless decision in his heart. If the people inside still try to resist when the defense forces attack the lower city, he will order to kill him, even if he knows that the Jinfa number may He doesn't intend to keep the people who have Jin Yiwei.

After this matter is over, it is inevitable to argue with Jin Yiwei Yamen, but Xu Yuxing no longer intends to think about these issues.He must figure out what Jin Yiwei is doing in this courtyard.

(End of this chapter)