Chapter 1938

Although Xue Zheng and the group of people he led are not afraid of death, they also know that the overall situation must be taken into account in this matter. It does not mean that committing their lives here will complete the mission. Before achieving the purpose of the operation, they must first

Carefully hide your identity so as not to alert the enemy and make the entire action plan fail.

The sudden appearance of a group of cavalry made Xue Zheng immediately realize that nothing could be done. In desperation, he could only temporarily stop the action and step aside to observe the movement. But soon he also noticed some people starting to appear on the nearby streets.

They were gathered in groups. This place was a busy production place, so there couldn't be so many idle people. They were most likely civilians who had been discovered by the accomplices earlier.

Xue Zheng felt that the gathering of these people near the workshop might be directly related to the carriage that arrived earlier. The carriage might be a high-ranking Haihan official, so he temporarily strengthened security measures. But they

The two carts filled with coke that were abandoned earlier are nearby, and they will probably be discovered by these eyes and ears soon. If they don't leave here quickly, they will be interrogated soon.

Xue Zheng quickly re-weighed the pros and cons and believed that there was almost no possibility of success if he stayed here. On the contrary, there was a risk of exposing his whereabouts. For the current plan, it was better to evacuate here first and conserve his strength before making plans.

Xue Zheng immediately issued an order to his men to evacuate the area as soon as possible and regroup at the port. Because he knew that he could no longer handle the three large trucks of coke, and these materials were left on the roadside in the industrial zone, which was very likely to cause trouble.

In the follow-up investigation, if this group of people continues to stay nearby, they will easily be classified as suspicious objects.

In fact, the reaction speed of Haihan's security force was faster than Xue Zheng expected. Someone had already discovered the coke trucks parked in two places, but the porters responsible for transporting them had no whereabouts at all. Fortunately, the coke trucks were transported

You can tell where the goods are coming from at a glance, and each truck has a unique body number. It is not difficult to determine its foreman and departure time.

However, the porters responsible for operating this kind of pallet truck are almost all new immigrants who have not yet naturalized. Generally, they do not register their identity when undertaking this kind of menial work. They calculate their remuneration based on their number plate after completing the work, so it is difficult to determine specifically.

Whoever left the car here ran away.

It will take a certain amount of time to find out the relationship between them clearly. When the relevant departments wanted to find the whereabouts of these irresponsible porters nearby, Xue Zheng and others took advantage of this time lag to quickly leave the site and mix with a group of returning empty trucks.

The convoy evacuated the industrial zone.

At the same time, in the Wusan Workshop, Li Bo had no idea that a round of secret confrontation had already taken place outside with him as his target. His attention at this time was focused on the big shot who had just arrived - Bai Kesi, executive committee member.

One of the senior officials of the Association, the official in charge of the Haihan Industry Department, is also in charge of the research and development and manufacturing of weapons, and is considered by the outside world to be the creator of many advanced weapons in Haihan.

As for North Korea, Bai Kes actually had another experience related to them, that is, he visited Liaodong in 1636 and personally organized and participated in the three-nation talks between Haihan, Ming and North Korea, paving the way for the three parties to establish new diplomatic relations.

Road. Haihan later successfully concluded an alliance with North Korea, and Bai Kesi certainly contributed a lot.

Li Ming briefly met with this high-ranking Haihan official the day he arrived in Sanya, and then Bai Kesi went on a business trip to Danzhou to handle official business. Today he stopped by Changhua on the way back to Sanya from Danzhou to inspect several new local products.

The operation status of the unit, but this was an impromptu trip, and Qiao Zhiya was not notified beforehand. After he got off the ship, he learned that Qiao Zhiya was accompanying the Crown Prince of Joseon to visit the industrial area, so he came over to join in the fun, and the person who escorted him

Half of the cavalry team is a local establishment, and the other half is Baix's exclusive guard.

Of course, Bai Kesi did not expect that his impromptu action would inadvertently foil an assassination plan against the crown prince of Joseon. The purpose of his coming over to meet the crown prince of Joseon was just to use this opportunity to let Li Bo see it from a higher perspective.

To understand the long-term significance of cooperation between the two countries on industrial projects. To put it simply, it is to draw a cake for Li Bo so that he can realize the many benefits of long-term industrial cooperation with Haihan.

"Your Majesty, it does take a lot of resources and time to build an industrial zone like Changhua, but please believe me, all this effort is worth it. As long as your country can persist in developing industry, it will take one or two generations to

In just a short time, you can become a regional power. By then, whether it is the Qing Dynasty, Japan, or even the Ming Dynasty, they will give your country enough respect! It is not because your country is an ally of our country, but because your country’s national strength has become the

It deserves the word "powerful country!"

Bai Kesi's words were quite provocative, which made Li Meng, who was already shocked by Changhua's large-scale metal smelting and processing industry, deepen his yearning for the so-called "Haihan-style industrialization". Of course, he now has this idea advocated by senior officials of Haihan.

This development model also only has a relatively vague concept. As for how to achieve the prosperity of the country through industry, he can only think of applications in the military field for the time being, but this does not prevent him from having the idea of ​​​​"I can do it if I do it."

, after all, Haihan Kingdom has set an example and can be followed. Aren’t Annan and Fujian, Haihan’s die-hard allies, doing the same thing?

As for what Bai Kesi mentioned about using one or two generations to realize North Korea's dream of becoming a powerful country, Li Bo's understanding of this is more simple and straightforward - his father, Li Bo, counts as one generation, and after he succeeds to the throne, he counts as one generation. This calculation is very simple.

There is hope that this goal can be achieved during his administration.

Of course, Li Bo also knew that his father, Li Bo, was in his prime at this time, at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, and would not be able to abdicate for a while. This matter of inheriting the unification would probably have to wait for several years to be realized. And Li Bo was relatively in power.

Being conservative, he may not be determined to invest a lot of money in industrial projects in the long term, so he probably has to think of a way to persuade his father to change his mind in this regard.

In fact, the attitude expressed by Bai Kesi was very similar to that of Qiao Zhiya. However, as a senior official of the Executive Committee, Bai Kesi had a higher position and authority than Qiao Zhiya, so what he said would naturally be regarded as representing the attitude of the Executive Committee.

For Li Pu, the main purpose of this visit to Haihan is to broaden his horizons and learn about Haihan’s knowledge in advanced fields; the second is to promote diplomatic relations between the two countries and strive to gain opportunities in other fields besides military affairs.

It also received full support from Haihan. This second purpose naturally includes large-scale projects in industrial fields such as salt farms, shipyards, mineral mining, metal smelting, etc.

Although the two countries had reached an agreement on the cooperative development of these projects before Li Ming set off from North Korea, and even the construction land was circled, and construction would begin after the funds were in place, North Korea of ​​course also wanted to know about Haihan's own operations.

The current situation and level of the industry, so Li Bo took the initiative to apply for such a field trip after arriving in Sanya. Although Changhua was only the second stop of this inspection, Li Bo could basically confirm it based on what he saw and heard.

, Haihan's operating level in these industrial projects has far exceeded expectations, and is even different from North Korea's current operating conditions.

So trying to win the technical support provided by Haihan as much as possible, so that the level of operating these industries in the country can be closer to that of Haihan, is what Li Bo is striving for now. As the industrial official of Haihan State, Bai Kesi has made

The statement has a different meaning for North Korea.

Li Fu attentively listened to every word and word that Bai Kesi said and kept it in his heart, especially the word "strong country", which greatly stimulated him. North Korea has been bullied by foreign enemies for decades.

Generations of rulers have been thinking about making the country strong and defeating the enemies who invaded North Korea, but until now, it seems that they have really seen the possibility of turning their wishes into reality.

At this time, the cavalry on duty outside the workshop also noticed that the difficult porters had disappeared at some point, and actually abandoned the car of coke and ran away. However, they were not professional security personnel, and they did not have a third party.

I was immediately aware of the potential crisis. It was not until the news that two other trucks of unclaimed coke had been found nearby was gathered here that someone familiar with the inside story of the industrial zone finally realized that something was wrong - these coke could not be collected until the workshop was unloaded.

There is a receipt number plate. Without the receipt number plate, these porters can't get a penny in compensation. There are at least a dozen people who delivered these three loads of coke manually. It must be unreasonable that so many people gave up their wages.

Where are these dozen porters, and why did they leave the goods immediately? A reasonable guess is that they have more important things to do than wages, but for these people who have not even applied for Haihan citizenship,

For low-level porters, what is more important than the wages that make a living?

Unless...they are not porters who need to sell their labor to make a living.

After figuring out the key point, the officer responsible for commanding peripheral security immediately ordered martial law for the entire Wu-Zi area, mobilized reinforcements from the garrison camp, and asked nearby police to cooperate, and immediately sent people to clean up the surrounding workshops.

In fact, when this series of orders were issued, Xue Zheng and his group had not even left the industrial area, but the officer in charge of the security work only thought that these missing porters might be hiding somewhere nearby and plotting evil intentions, so Baimi Yishu did not give the order.

Immediately blocking the access to and from the industrial zone still left a way for Xue Zheng and his group to escape.

Soon Zhang Qianzhi and Gai Liangcai, who were in the workshop, also received the news. Gai Liangcai left in a hurry and gathered his men outside to instruct them to set up defenses. Although so far there is no evidence that this is a case of targeting people.

The conspiracy of important figures in the workshop, but it is always a good idea to be prepared and deploy defensive measures first.

Qiao Zhiya also received the report from his subordinates at the same time. He was obviously more experienced than the officers commanding the defense outside. He immediately ordered the blockade to be expanded and the inspections of several access channels in and out of the industrial zone to be intensified.

"Is something happening outside?" Baikes saw soldiers constantly coming in and out to report and ask for instructions, and he guessed at the moment.

"I'm not sure yet, but it shouldn't be a serious problem. It's probably because there are some smelly fish and rotten shrimps that I can't hold back and want to jump around a few times... My people are already dealing with it." Qiao Zhiya responded calmly, looking very satisfied.

Calmly.

Li Fu was also smart. He knew that something must be happening outside when he heard it. However, he did not think of it at all. After all, the Haihan people did not publicize their arrival locally with great fanfare, whether they were going to Shilu or currently in Changhua.

The industrial zone no longer organized the slightly exaggerated welcome ceremony. The only ones who knew his whereabouts were probably the accompanying Haihan officials and the local reception organizers.

Of course, the most important reason is that Li Bo does not think that anyone will target him. North Korea has no hostile countries in the South China Sea. Its real opponents are in the far north, and it is obviously impossible for the Qing Dynasty to send people all the way to Hainan Island to deal with it.

Himself. As for the purpose of destroying the diplomatic relations between Haihan and North Korea by attacking him, he did not consider taking such a sideways direction at all.

In fact, not only Li Bo could not think of this direction, but basically none of the people present had thought that this strange phenomenon was directed at the Koreans. Even Gai Liangcai, who ordered his men to deploy close defenses in the workshop, did not

I feel that the situation outside is related to Li Bo. At this time, there are two senior officials, Bai Kesi and Qiao Zhiya, present in the workshop. Either one of them is much more important than the Crown Prince of Joseon.

About ten minutes later, another infantry platoon garrison arrived outside the Wusan Workshop and set up iron barricades to temporarily block traffic in several nearby streets. The local police had already begun to deploy at the nearby workshop.

During the search, the people in the workshop were counted one by one to confirm whether there were any idlers. All the porters in the closed area were gathered together to check their identities and corresponding freight trucks, even if there were no suspects.

He was also temporarily detained pending further identity verification.

The dozens of people who suddenly disappeared have not been found, and the search scope has gradually expanded outwards, centered on the Wusan Workshop. At this time, the foreman responsible for shipping at the coke factory has been controlled, and there are

Special personnel were assigned to interrogate him.

The foreman never dreamed that disaster would fall from the sky, but he actually didn't quite understand why a dozen porters disappeared, and a group of soldiers suddenly came to arrest him for interrogation.

"Master Jun, there are new faces coming here to do odd jobs every day. How can I remember that there are so many people... There were more than seventy carts of coke shipped out from here this morning. Excluding the carts drawn by mules, at least there are

Forty or fifty trucks were pulled by porters, and there were one or two hundred people there!" The foreman cried and tried his best to help himself.

"Do you have records of the goods sent out here? Look through it quickly and compare it with the vehicle body number!" The soldier in charge of the interrogation threw a piece of paper in front of the foreman, which contained the body number of the three trucks: "What is your last

I wish you could think of something, otherwise you will be in trouble again!"
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