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Vietnam.

On the outskirts of the assassination forest mouse village, the captain of the Wood Mouse Squad of the Ground Mouse Squadron, Field Mouse, was hiding in a tree, holding a telescope in his hand and observing a caravan more than 200 meters away.

After observing for a while, he picked up the intercom and said, "Oil thief, Over."

"Got it." Dong Xiangqian, who was hiding on the high ground in another direction, replied.

“Not Vietnamese, but Laotian Hmong.”

“Did you see the old man who came here before?”

"At least three."

"If they don't come crashing in, let them go. If they do, leave no one alive."

“Copy.”

After the call, Dong Xiangqian, who was lying in the grass on the high ground, crawled back for a distance, then stood up and hid behind a tree, continuing to look at the horse team not far away with a solemn expression.

This is a horse team transporting special goods. There are 17 horses in total. Each horse carries several sacks on its back. It is estimated that the total weight of the special goods transported is close to 2 tons.

This is not the first time that the horse team has appeared here. There have been two times before. The first time, the route was about 1 kilometer away from Laoshuzhai, the second time was only a little over 1 mile, and this time there were only more than 200 meters left. If there is a next time, it is very likely that they will directly crash into Laoshuzhai.

The weight of the special cargo transported by the horse team was almost the same for the three times, and the interval between them was only seven or eight days. According to this frequency, the cargo could be transported four times a month, forty-eight times a year, and the total weight could reach about 90 tons.

This number was very astonishing. Dong Xiangqian had asked someone to follow the cavalry before and found out that their destination was the suburbs of Saigon, where the cavalry and the people sent by Pingchuan completed the transaction.

It was common knowledge in Saigon that Chia Yuan controlled the supply of special goods to the tobacco stalls in the choir area of ​​Saigon. However, no matter how much the smokers in Saigon could smoke, they could not possibly need 8 tons a month. Dong Xiangqian suspected that some of the special goods were just in transit in Saigon and would eventually be shipped elsewhere.

It was just a special cargo trade and had nothing to do with the Rat Squadron. It was nothing, but the risk of exposing himself and his identity as a Laotian Miao made Dong Xianggan think more.

This is the hinterland of southern Vietnam, and the French have strict control. There is only one possibility for the Laotian Hmong cavalry to appear here: with the permission of the French.

But to reach Saigon from the border closest to Vietnam in Laos, even if you go in a straight line, the journey is more than 800 kilometers, and you need to cross a large area controlled by the Viet Minh. How did the cavalry manage to deal with the Viet Minh and the French at the same time?
As far as he knew, a large part of the Viet Minh's revolutionary funds came from special cargo trade. The Viet Minh had previously planted and produced opium in the controlled areas of northern Vietnam and Laos, and then handed it over to the Binh Xuyen faction to sell to Saigon.

After Chi Yuan of the Pingchuan faction defected, the Viet Minh's special goods trade channel was cut off. Chi Yuan has now leapt from a middleman to a middleman and terminal merchant. His business has grown, but he has changed the party that pays the fees. The Viet Minh will definitely not be willing to lose a major source of income and will open up another special goods trade channel.

Special goods trade is very important to the Viet Minh. It is unlikely that the Laotian Hmong horse team can bribe the insiders of the Viet Minh with a little bit of profit. The distance is more than 800 kilometers, unless they bribe Ho Chi Minh.

Moreover, it is more than 800 kilometers, and even if the cavalry team was very fast, it would be impossible for them to appear here twice in eight days. The cavalry team did not travel by land the entire way, only the last part was by land, and the previous part was by plane or by boat.

If you go by sea, you can go directly to Saigon without having to take a land route at the end, so it is more likely that you will take a plane.

If this speculation is true, the cavalry in front of them is obviously not something the Rat Squadron can afford to provoke. With a volume of 8 tons per month, the possibility of it being the personal behavior of a Frenchman is almost zero. It can only be the strategic plan of the French in Vietnam.

It is not difficult to guess what the plan is. The Wa, Nung, Dai, Miao people in northern Vietnam and the Miao tribes in Laos near the Vietnam border have all had frictions with the Viet Minh. They are targets that the French can win over. The French can arm and train them and establish guerrilla forces to control the Viet Minh.

This is not surprising, the Japanese did the same thing in the past.

Dong Xiangqian recalled a guerrilla team he encountered during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. The only surnames of the team members were Jin, Guan, and Na. The only thing missing was a rat tail on their head to indicate their identity as "descendants of the Eight Banners aristocracy."

"Damn, they fight even more fiercely than the Japanese. Damn Yuan Datou, if it weren't for this old guy, all the cities in the country would have been slaughtered."

After complaining, Dong Xiangqian felt it necessary to report the current situation to the captain. Laoshu Village had spent a lot of money to build a firepower network and semi-permanent fortifications, as well as underground tunnels that extend in all directions. Even if surrounded by a regiment, there was no need to retreat in a hurry. He was unwilling to give up this place just because of a possible crisis.

It’s no wonder that Dong Xiangqian basically guessed the French’s strategic plan.

At the end of last year, Tassigny was appointed by the French government as High Commissioner in Vietnam and Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Force. After taking office, he put forward a so-called "Four-Point Plan" to establish a strong strategic mobile force, establish no-man's land, intensify the total war of appeasement and mopping-up, and blockade and bombing, and mobilize local French civilians to participate in the nationalist revolutionary war against the Viet Minh.

In addition, there are plans to cooperate with the French Foreign Intelligence and Counterintelligence Bureau to select some personnel of the mixed airborne commando who participated in the joint British, American and French Jedburgh Operation to establish a mixed airborne commando branch in Vietnam to arm and train ethnic minorities in northern Vietnam and Laos who are hostile to the Viet Minh in order to form a North Vietnamese commando.

Tassigny carried out the plan in secret and did not report it to Paris, so he had to raise funds himself, and the way he thought of raising funds was special cargo trade.

The ethnic minority tribes living in the mountainous areas of northern Vietnam were already growing opium. Previously, the Viet Minh adopted a strategy of unified purchase and sale, and the tribes received very little profit. If they bypassed the Viet Minh and contacted them, and the two sides started special goods trade, Tasini would not only solve his own urgent financial needs, but also provide blood transfusion to the tribes. The interests of both parties were tied together, and the Viet Minh's special goods trade could be hit at the same time. The plan of the North Vietnamese commandos was also integrated into it.

This is a good strategy that kills seven birds with one stone. It unites all the forces that can be united. It can only be said to be a good idea.

So, Tasini mobilized a DC-3 aircraft to transport special cargo directly from the fields to Vung Tau City, and the rest of the journey to Saigon was undertaken by the "supplier" himself. After all, this matter was difficult to explain, and there had to be a fig leaf.

This plan has only been implemented for a short time, but it has already produced results. The pro-French leader of the Miao Mios tribe in Laos, Dubi Li Feng, was won over, and the two sides have carried out in-depth cooperation in special goods trade. Dubi Li Feng will soon send a group of good men to Saigon to receive training in the mixed airborne commando team. Other ethnic minority tribes are also ready to move.

Kokang Old Street.

Zheng Yueying and Yang Jinxiu met, but Yang Jinxiu was not in a hurry to negotiate trade. Instead, she took Zheng Yueying to visit the school she had established.

It was evening, and there were no students in the school. Yang Jinxiu led Zheng Yueying into a classroom and pointed to the Chinese characters on the blackboard that had not been erased yet, saying, "Children, hit the ball and I'll count, one, two, three, one, two, three. After the school was built, it became a difficult question which set of textbooks to use. After much selection, I finally chose the textbooks from the Xingjiapo World Bookstore. Each textbook was bought from Hong Kong at a high price."

Zheng Yueying complimented: "Ms. Yang really attaches great importance to the children's education."

"Boss Zheng, without culture there is no future. I will not only build a primary school with free education, but also a middle school and a university in the future." Yang Jinxiu led Zheng Yueying out of the classroom and came to the playground. Pointing at the basketball court, he said, "The school is holding a basketball game between classes. The final will be held tomorrow morning. I invite Boss Zheng to come and watch."

"I brought some candy and chocolate to give to the children as prizes."

Yang Jinxiu smiled faintly and said, "The children will definitely like it. There are only brown sugar and yellow rock sugar in Kokang, and it's not easy to find candy."

After walking around the school, Yang Jinxiu took Zheng Yueying for a walk on the street and finally got to the point.

"Boss Zheng, how much do you want?"

"Ms. Yang, to be honest, I want to open up a new market, and I'm not sure how much I can sell. This time I only plan to buy half a ton."

"Boss Zheng, I don't ask where the new market you want to open up is. I just hope it's not France or the United States, otherwise I will easily lose a good customer."

"Why do you say that, Miss Yang?" Zheng Yueying asked calmly.

Yang Jinxiu stopped and said, "Boss Zheng, there are many places where poppies are grown, including Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Turkey, but the biggest buyers in each place are the French. The gangs in Marseille have the best purification technology in the world, and they have monopolized the supply channels in Europe and North America."

"From what I know, the ones on the U.S. market mainly come from the Italian Mafia."

"Boss Zheng, you are not well-informed. The Italian Mafia and the Marseilles Mafia are partners. I advise you not to go to Laos and Vietnam, especially Saigon, where Pingchuan Pai Chi Yuan is the largest supplier to the Marseilles Mafia."

Zheng Yueying heard a kind of warning from Yang Jinxiu's words, but she didn't take it too seriously. "The new market I want to open up is not France and the United States."

Yang Jinxiu did not comment, and did not go into the topic any further, but said: "Boss Zheng, I will take you to eat hand-made rice noodles and sour bamboo shoots and chicken, these two dishes are the most delicious food in Kokang."

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Xian Yaowen spread his hands and said, "Don't worry, after this period of time, you will have plenty of time to tour the whole of Paris."

"I hope so." Nicole said hopefully, "Are you planning to invite me to dinner today?"

"I have plans." Xian Yaowen smiled faintly, "But not today. If nothing unexpected happens, you will have a group activity today. Now, please turn around and leave. Don't disturb my conversation with Du."

Nicole glanced at Xian Yaowen, then turned around and left obediently.

Xian Yaowen and his partner continued their conversation.

"It's the same story as Levi's. When models become glamorous and everyone wants to be a model, you don't have to compete with other models. You can step out and provide services to those who want to be models." Xian Yaowen pointed to other models and said, "You can tell them that the Grammy training method is actually very valuable. Don't tell outsiders easily."

"Provide training to models?"

"Grammy Model School is the world's top modeling school. The tuition fee is as high as two to three thousand dollars a year. This is a job that can be kept for a lifetime. If necessary, you can tell them a little about my plan so that they don't get impatient."

Dujuan nodded.

"Let's stop here for now." Xian Yaowen stood up and clapped his hands at the models, "All right, ladies, it's show time!"

After a year of hard work, Xian Yaowen was very satisfied with the girls' performance. He felt that they did not waste his investment of 300,000 Hong Kong dollars and were now qualified to step onto the stage facing the whole world and enjoy their own moment of fame.

As soon as the acceptance of the results was completed, Zhou Yueyu came. She also wanted to go on the catwalk and be surrounded by other girls.

Before that little Karl Lagerfeld came along, the fashion world should have had a Karl Lagerfeld.

Jane Pachter is here too. Chinese elements are only suitable for a one-hit wonder for at least twenty years. Secret's main markets are North America and Europe. The brand needs to be close to customers. Emphasizing Chinese attributes will only be affected by the Cold War situation. After the press conference, the whole world will know that Secret is a New York brand and its second home is Paris.

Jane Pachter was the person responsible for completing the brand image transformation.

After spending another two hours in the rehearsal room, Xian Yaowen discussed her solo show with Jane Patchett.

In the afternoon, the girls had a day off and a bus was rented to take them to the fifth district.

Xian Yaowen came to the house that Stie prepared for him. Before he started to get busy, he was troubled by a problem. A good job gave Stie confidence. She had left Mohammed Sharif Adjani and restored her maiden name, Schweinberg.

Now that these two people have separated, will the bad-tempered French Rose Isabelle Adjani still be born?
After two long seconds of hesitation, Xian Yaowen asked Steve to make a cup of coffee, and he picked up the Neue Deutsche Zeitung, the official mouthpiece of East Germany, which was on the table. (End of this chapter)