Christmas is approaching, and the embankment is like the city.

There is a Catholic church on the embankment, and there are many Catholic believers, but the way to celebrate Christmas is completely different from that in Western countries. There is no Christmas tree, no Christmas dinner, no gifts, and it is not even more lively. It is just that Christmas is a legal holiday. The believers go to the church that morning and then go home to pray quietly.

This year is different from previous years. Although the Spring Festival is the most lively time of every year and Christmas is not celebrated this year, many places in the fifth and sixth counties are decorated with lights and a festive atmosphere is everywhere.

The eldest son of the Chaozhou Gang "Brother Guanyun" is going to marry the daughter of Wu Dayuan, a wealthy businessman in Fujian Gang.

This "cross-gang marriage" that has been talked about for more than ten years is about to become a reality. The five overseas Chinese leaders, wealthy businessmen with great reputation on the embankment, and the Chaoshan and southern Fujianese who have been in contact with each other received invitations. At noon the day after tomorrow, the Li and Wu families were banqueting guests at the same time, and the big restaurants on Confucius Avenue and Laozi Street were all taken down.

Several opera troupes are setting up the stage and will start the performance from tomorrow.

I only receive blessings but not gifts. Whether I know you or not, I will have a wedding banquet whenever I go there at noon the day after tomorrow. I just can't go to the restaurant like the person who received the invitation, and I can only eat a water seat in a few nearby schools. This is understandable. After all, there are too many people and no matter how big the restaurant is, it can't sit in it.

Young people feel exaggerated, while the elderly think it is normal. The Huang family handled it once twenty years ago, and the lively scene is still fresh in memory.

The two companies have a total budget of more than 8 million Piast. If you make money, you have to help them do things beautifully. All the restaurants and restaurants that attend banquets are preparing dishes.

As soon as the fishing boat landed, the harvest of the day was sold out by the restaurant guys. They said that it would cost as much as a pound. They would not bargain at all.

It was difficult to encounter such a good thing once or twice in my life. All the old people near Beidang Bridge were mobilized, wearing red sleeves of "public security patrol". When they saw strangers, they questioned them. When they found that the accent was wrong or the look was suspicious, they immediately reported it, which made Zhuang Shiwu, who came to pick him up early in the morning, nervous.

"Old Wu, go back and talk about your grandson. How easy is life now? The Pingchuan Sect is gone, Qiyuan is running away. The gambling house is closed. All those who commit crimes should be arrested. Next to it is the industrial village. Everyone has work and food. Don't know how to be blessed and follow the Vietnam League."

"I told my boss, what should I do if the child runs away and can't contact him?"

"Go to the north?"

"I'm heartless and don't even write a letter to my home. Who knows where I went?"

...

It has only been half a year since then. The public security situation on the embankment has undergone earth-shaking changes, and it is no longer the "crime paradise" that is mixed with fish and dragons and is tainted with dirt.

The Chinese police in several counties combined exceeded 1,000. Each branch established more than a dozen departments, including the Public Security Management Section, Household Registration Section, Intelligence Section, Organized Crime Investigation Section, Propaganda Section and Operation Section, and established police stations in zoning, establishing household registration and foreign personnel management systems, recruiting and training "assisted police officers", and developing informants everywhere. Whoever has a guest stays overnight and doesn't go to the police station to report, will be found by the police early the next morning.

Things that Vietnamese police want to manage but cannot be managed are not a problem for native Chinese police. It is also not easy to pretend to be a Vietnamese and work on the embankment, because there are Vietnamese police in the branch and district police stations.

The two reactionaries Han Shuo and Zhang Wei were too cunning, and their compatriots on the Dike Bank were too easily deceived. Zhuang Shiwuzhen was worried that Mr. Zhang would be exposed and would fall into their hands.

Listening to the old men and women's comments, he was worried, and a bus coming from the city was parked at the bridge.

A middle-aged man in his thirties, wearing a suit and ties, walked out of the car with his suitcase. Zhuang Shiwu looked carefully and hurriedly came forward and greeted him, "Teacher Zhang, I Zhuang Shiwu, you have finally arrived!"

The middle-aged man held his hand tightly as if he had seen his old friend for many years and said excitedly: "Teacher Zhuang, we have met again after three years of separation."

It is spoken in Mandarin, and the "official language" of the embankment is vernacular. It only speaks Chaozhou or Minnan dialect when you meet your fellow villagers at home or when you meet them. Moreover, this person is very handsome.

A "public security patrolman" felt suspicious and walked up to ask, "Teacher Zhuang, do you know this gentleman?"

"I met you when I was teaching in Hanoi a few years ago. We were colleagues. Didn't Fude Middle School recruit teachers? Mr. Zhang came here to apply."

“Come from the north?”

The middle-aged man couldn't speak vernacular, but he could obviously understand it. He turned around and smiled bitterly, "It's so dangerous, I almost escaped. Now I'm fine, finally no need to worry anymore."

Xiao Wu from the police station said that people coming from the north, especially strangers, are suspicious.

Chamber has lived in Betton Bridge for decades, experienced so many things, and saw various big scenes. While hinting at the old guys to report, he said quietly: "It's right to escape. There is no place for people to stay in the north. He is carrying out land reform and killing people. I heard that even the teacher is killing."

"Yes, kill without blinking."

After finally perfunctory to these blinded old men, Zhuang Shiwu finally breathed a sigh of relief, took Mr. Zhang's bag and walked back all the way, and finally came to the teacher's dormitory of Fude Middle School without any danger.

The most dangerous place is also the safest place. The former Hua Youth League Fude Middle School Branch, and the current Republic Youth League Fude Middle School League Fude Middle School is on the second floor in front. No one comes to check it out, so it is safer to speak here.

He closed the door and said with lingering fear: "Comrade Zhang Qiwen, it was really dangerous just now. Those old men and women are difficult to deal with. In the past month, they helped the police station identify four fugitives, all of whom were informants of pseudo-government police."

The embankment came a few years ago. Although it was very dangerous at that time, it was far from being as good as it is now. Zhang Qiwen asked solemnly: "The environment is so harsh?"

“It’s worse than I thought.”

Zhuang Shiwu sighed inwardly and said helplessly: "In the past period of time, especially during this year's Spring Festival, we did not do our job well and did not respond quickly enough, allowing Li Weimin to successfully encourage almost all compatriots to become naturalized. Immediately afterwards, he took advantage of the east wind to eradicate the Pingchuan warlords and allowed the Foreign Police Brigade to be incorporated into the police stations of various counties.

Under his command, Han Shuo, the chief of the fifth county police, and Zhang Wei, the chief of the sixth county police, quickly expanded the police force, recruited a large number of Chinese police officers, and spared no effort to develop spies and control the grassroots. They cracked down on illegal and criminal gang members, banned smoking, gambling, and prostitution, and promoted reactionary propositions. Many people were deceived, which made it difficult for us to move forward now."

Zhang Qiwen came to lead the embankment "Huayun". Of course, he had to understand the first-hand situation. He looked outside through the window and asked in a low voice: "What about the Kuomintang?"

"All signs indicate that there is a conflict between them and the Kuomintang. They are not allowed to hang the blue sky and white sun flags on the embankment, and they are intentionally or unintentionally suppressing the Kuomintang to develop party members on the embankment, and deliberately or unintentionally suppressing some Chinese businessmen who are closer to the pseudo-consulate and are unwilling to become naturalized."

"So they are determined to support Diem?"

"You can think so."

"Dinh Diem is doing a big purge, will we suffer a lot?"

"It's not big, it's not small. They arrested more than 70 peripheral personnel who showed up in public and some comrades who had exposed their identities, but they did not take any action or even torture them. They just held a "reflection class" to promote their reactionary claims, and then asked their families to persuade them, and finally asked each person to write a "repentance letter."

"All released?"

"It's all released, but the family has to guarantee that the released comrades will go to the police station once a month."

The impact of involuntizing the family was great. Zhang Qiwen was silent for a moment, and then asked: "What's going on with their Huaqing? Are there any of us inside?"

"The Hua Youth Association was initiated by several students. With Li Weimin and other reactionary capitalists on the bank joining, it gradually became the organization of Ng Diem. Joining the Hua Youth Association will make it easier to do business and work, and you can even be a policeman of the South Vietnamese pseudo-government and become an official, which will be attractive to young students.

It was not until Diem deposed Baoda and abolished the constitutional monarchy that it merged with the Yueqing Youth Association to form the current Republican Youth League. But it was only nominally merged, but in fact it was still in charge of its own. Some of our peripheral members joined, and one of them was already a member of the branch. However, after all, Diem's ​​peripheral organization could not collect any valuable information and would not play a big role."

"Where is the Industrial Investment Company?"

"Li Weimin takes good care of Chinese people, and employment for young people on the embankment is basically no problem. Many newly graduated students go to work in various industrial villages. Some of us have entered, but they are just working and cannot enter the company's management, and even the industrial village security team cannot enter."

"Why?"

"Entering the Industrial Investment Company requires education. There are many middle school students in the embankment, fewer college students, and even fewer work experience. We do not meet the requirements and cannot get in at all. As for the Industrial Village Security Team, all members must be members of the Republic Youth League and must undergo strict political review. I have organized several students to register, but all failed."

………

The place Zhuang Shiwu thought was very safe was actually not safe at all.

Almost all the old faces who led the "Huayun" on the embankment were old. When the anti-French wave was at its highest, they often organized students to go to the streets to demonstrate, often inciting people to strike and strike, and often had friction with the Kuomintang's organization on the embankment.

It’s just that the embankment is mixed with fish and dragons. The French have no choice but to do it, the Japanese have no choice but to do it, and the Vietnamese have no choice but to do it.

There are so many Chinese policemen on the embankment now, including the Intelligence Section of the Police Bureau and the Intelligence Organization of the "Yuehua Literature and Art Research Association", so many eyewitnesses supporting the Chinese police, and there is also a list of "Huayun" organization personnel provided by Li Weimin. They have nowhere to hide and are already under the control of Gui Qingshan.

In the office of the General Affairs Director of Fude Middle School, Gui Qingshan held his chin and looked at the dormitory opposite and pondered: "This is a big fish, you must stare at it to death, and you cannot let him leave our sight."

Deputy Chief Wang of the Intelligence Section of the Fifth County Police Department asked with a smile: "Continue to put on the long term?"

"It's easy to catch it. What should they do if they send someone to come after the capture?"

"Okay, keep an eye on him, he can't make any trouble under our noses."
Chapter completed!