Chapter 1059: Nothing by coincidence
In fact, Haihan's measures to introduce immigrants are not without loopholes. Similar situations where all immigrants are recruited and sent back to Penghu for processing by the civil affairs department regardless of their true identity and origin are not limited to Hangzhou Chengfengxing. This often happens when the government introduces immigrants. When Haihan recruited immigrants from the Ming Dynasty in the early days, he even packed up the prisoners in Yacheng Prison and took them away. It's just that Haihan's immigration review, supervision and allocation system has become more mature now, and various potential risks can be properly handled in the immigration reception and resettlement process, so there are few incidents arising from this.
Haihan spends money to recruit immigrants all year round in Fujian, Guangzhou, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. As the scale of its operation increases, there will naturally be considerable benefits. In some areas, related "industries" have gradually formed, and some people in some places have gradually begun to treat immigration as a business. carry out operations. The south has been relatively peaceful in recent years, unlike the north where a large number of refugees have been generated due to war. Therefore, in order to maintain the scale of immigrants sent to Haihan, it is difficult to ensure that their origins are regular.
Wan Fa was unlucky to be caught in the crossfire. This time Gong Shiqi came to Hangzhou in person to do business, and also inspected the operation of Chengfeng Bank. Naturally, it was difficult for Wan Fa to get past the written information. Of course, Gong Shiqi's original intention of revealing this matter was not to rectify Wan Fa. He was not the official in charge of the civil affairs department, and he would not stretch his hands too far to take care of these affairs. He was just worried that Wan Fa would get carried away, and it was just a wake-up call for him.
Of course, when Gong Shiqi said these words, he had no idea what kind of variables Wanfa's previous immigration measures would bring to this operation. Some things are already doomed, and the misfortunes cannot be changed by human power.
The next day, Gao Qiaonan continued to lead the team to conduct reconnaissance activities in Hangzhou City, and the target was still the locations of several government offices in the east of the city. Gong Shiqi was sitting in Chengfengxing, writing a report to be sent back to Zhoushan Island. According to the agreed arrangement, the joint operation team must maintain a frequency of at least once every two days while in Hangzhou, maintain contact with the base camp through an intelligence ship outside the city, and report on the progress of the operation.
For the sake of safety, the action plan planned by Gong Shiqi and others in Hangzhou also needs to be reported to the headquarters first and can only be implemented after approval. Gong Shiqi prepared to summarize the current situation and send it back to the headquarters to ask for the next action plan. Judging from the current situation, if the operation team wants to complete the task, they will probably have to launch a raid on the target residence at night, and they will have to escape from Hangzhou early the next morning. The risk and difficulty of the operation are very high. , Gong Shiqi himself was not very sure about this mission.
Wanfa didn't go out. He was sorting out the immigration information that had been sent to Zhoushan since the beginning of this year in his room. Although the total number was only a few hundred, some cases that had passed several months needed to be recalled slowly based on the limited written registration information. Just fine. After being reprimanded last night, Wan Fa decided to be more honest in the future and not act recklessly just to gain merit. If he was caught by the security department again next time, he might not be able to get away so easily.
When Wan Fa was upset, the clerk knocked on the door and came in to report: "Boss, there are guests outside who want to visit you."
Wan Fa frowned and said, "Didn't I tell you that we won't accept guests for the next few days? We'll send the guests staying elsewhere first."
The waiter responded: "I just asked, this customer is not here to stay in the hotel, nor is he here to stock goods. He said he wants to talk to the boss about immigration."
"Immigration?" Wanfa stopped what he was doing, looked up at the waiter and asked, "What does this guest look like? Has he been here before?"
The waiter understood what Wan Fa meant and quickly responded: "This guest looks unfamiliar, but he looks very noble in his dress and conversation. He doesn't look like the dealer who brought people here before... By the way, he also brought four followers, each They are both big and round, probably bodyguards.”
Wanfa's pupils shrank slightly, feeling a hint of danger. His identity is not only the shopkeeper of this small shop outside Hangzhou, but also a professionally trained intelligence officer, who is extremely vigilant about various potential risks. Except for a very small number of refugees who came to seek refuge on their own, most of the immigrants that Chengfengxing received in the past were supplied in batches by a few human traffickers and prison chiefs, and they basically found places outside to negotiate deals, and then In the middle of the night or early in the morning, we find a place on the bank of the Qiantang River to ship the goods and transport them away, handing over the money to others. The partners will not find Chengfengxing to discuss this kind of thing.
Of course, Wanfa also knows that human trafficking is at risk of being punished in Ming Dynasty, so he always only trades with a few acquaintances. Without the introduction of acquaintances, he will not easily accept new partners. Regardless of his identity, Wan Fa could tell that this stranger who came to his door was not a good person.
Wanfa thought for a while, but still felt that it was better not to come forward to contact him, so he immediately ordered: "Go and send him away, just say that this store is not engaged in this kind of business, and ask him to find another good job."
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The waiter turned around and was about to leave when Wan Fa stopped him again: "Wait a minute... You must be more polite with your words, and don't offend the other person."
After the man went out, Wan Fa still felt something was wrong after thinking about it, so he stopped what he was doing, got up and went to the backyard to report the matter to Gong Qiqi. After Gong Shiqi heard this, he called one of his men in: "You arrange for two people to go out from the back door, wait for the visitors in the front yard to leave, and then follow them to explore."
The people here had just been sent out, and Wanfa's guy also came back from the front yard. The reply he brought did not make Wanfa breathe a sigh of relief - the customer did not accept the reply given by Wanfa, and still insisted on letting him Go out and meet each other. After hearing this reply, Wan Fa quickly returned to Gong Shiqi and reported the new situation to him.
"Then you go and meet, so as not to arouse suspicion. First send your guys to the kitchen in the front yard to do their work. I will go over to see the situation later." Gong Shiqi immediately made the decision he just made. Change: "Others have prepared their belongings and sealed the front and back doors. If action is needed, they must deal with it decisively and don't let any news leak."
Gong Shiqi has been commanding the field team all year round, and has done a lot of killing and silence tasks. He does not panic when encountering such emergencies, and immediately issues orders to his subordinates. Half of the people following him this time were members of the field team of the Ministry of Security, and half were soldiers from the special operations battalion. It was quite safe for a dozen or so people to block a few people in this store. Besides, no matter how powerful the opponent is, there are still a batch of short guns brought by Gong Shiqi in the business store, so it should be a sure win anyway. Of course, considering that the movement cannot be too great, the first choice weapon to take action here is still a cold weapon.
But Wan Fa had never experienced such a scene before. Seeing the attendants around Gong Qiqi immediately pulling out long and short knives, he was a little panicked at the moment: "Boss...then...how should the villain deal with it?" ”
Gong Shiqi patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "With us as your backing, what are you afraid of? You first find a way to find out his true identity. If he is an ordinary person, send him away as soon as possible. If he is someone from the Yamen... Then let’s spend it with money first. These people will never have trouble with money, it’s just about the price.”
Wan Fa asked: "What if the other party is not here for the money?"
Gong Shiqi said: "You don't recognize the immigration issue, what can he do to you? If he wants to act violently in Chengfeng, no matter where he comes from, my brothers guarantee that he will not be able to leave here standing! But if he doesn't As a last resort, try to resolve it peacefully. After all, we have a heavy responsibility this time. You can't afford to lose the big deal. You try your best to deal with him. If the situation gets out of control, I will step in to solve it." Wan Fa relaxed a little and followed the man. Meet guests in the front yard. Gong Qi Qi also rushed over with his people. The reception room in the front yard already had a wall. Gong Qi Qi could see the situation in the hall from the wall without showing his face.
Gong Shiqi looked out through the small gap specially left in the wall and saw the visitor sitting in the hall. He was a man in his forties, with thick eyebrows and deep eyes, a short beard, and was dressed in black. Silk gown. Four young and strong men stood behind him. There were hard objects protruding from their waists. They probably had weapons like daggers on them. Gong Shiqi suddenly felt a strange feeling when he saw this person's appearance. Although it was obviously the first time he saw this face, he always felt as if he had seen it before somewhere.
Just as he was pondering the identity of the visitor, Wan Fa also appeared in the hall. The panic of just now was no longer visible on his face, and he changed into the face of a businessman who usually treats people: "Wan Fa, please excuse me for waiting for a long time! I have some business to deal with just now. , please forgive me!”
"It's easy to talk about." The middle-aged man nodded and responded carelessly.
"I wonder what you would like to call your distinguished guest?" Wan Fa remembered Gong Shiqi's instructions just now and planned to test the identity and purpose of the guest first.
"My surname is Liao." After the man uttered this sentence, there was nothing more to say. It seemed that he did not intend to say his full name.
"It turns out to be Boss Liao." Wan Fa was not discouraged and continued to trick the other party: "I wonder where Boss Liao made his fortune?"
"Boss Wan, let's stop saying these polite words and get down to business!" The man was not interested in chatting slowly with Wan Fa and ignored his question: "I heard about Boss Wan's Chengfeng trip. Recruiting immigrants for the Haihan people in the East China Sea? ”
Wan Fa was mentally prepared before he came out. When he was questioned face to face by the other party, he did not lose his position. He shook his head and denied it: "Haihan people? Chengfengxing is just a small business inn, and it is not the same as the Haihan people in the East China Sea." There has been no correspondence. Your Majesty may have misunderstood.”
"Misunderstanding?" The man surnamed Liao smiled and said: "Boss Wan is probably a noble man who forgets things so much that he can't even remember what happened last month. That's okay, I'll remind you again."
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He stretched out his hand to the side, and someone behind him reached into his arms, took out a palm-sized book and handed it to him.
The man surnamed Liao opened the book unhurriedly and read according to the content recorded on it: "On the ninth day of last month, Ding, a native of Huizhou Prefecture, sent fifty-seven people and received three hundred and twenty silver from Chengfeng Bank. On the 18th of last month, Mr. Liu from Yuhang County Prison extracted 34 prisoners from the prison and sent them to Hangzhou, and received 240 taels of silver from Chengfeng Bank... Boss Wan, you are doing a good business as a human trafficker. It’s booming! Do you still need to hear the transaction records from the past? ”
Wan Farao was mentally prepared, but when the other party told these things to his face, his expression finally lost its strength. Even his boss Gong Qiqi may not know the details of these transactions. How did this person know about them?
"You...who are you? Why are you deliberately fabricating such charges to frame yourself?" Wan Fa shouted with a stern voice, "Are you trying to blackmail Cheng Fengxing? I advise you to retreat quickly, otherwise the reporting officer will arrest you. , you will regret it later!”
Of course, Wan Fa didn't expect his bluff intimidation to actually work. He just wanted to use this to test the other party's identity again. If the other party is a human trafficker, he will definitely be very taboo about reporting to the police, but if the other party is not... Wanfa can only place his hope on Gong Shiqi, who is ambushing in secret.
"Then you might as well guess what will happen after reporting the crime to the police? Maybe you will become the first prisoner in Hangzhou Prefecture to report the crime and be put in jail. Do you want to give it a try?"
Hearing the other party's unscrupulous reply, Wan Fa's heart slowly sank to the bottom. Since the other party was not a trafficker who came to contact the business, he could only be an official from the yamen, but he didn't know whether the other party was a Hangzhou government yamen or a Qiantang County yamen. The catcher.
"Wanfa, what can you make of this?"
Just when Wan Fa was at a loss, the other party took out a waist card and asked his subordinates to hand it to him. Wan Fa took it and realized that it was a piece of ivory made of the same material as his identity badge, but the carving was not as detailed as his own. But after he saw the carvings on it, he no longer cared about the material and carving of this waist badge.
The upper end of this waist plate is embossed with cloud patterns, and the lower end is octagonal. On the upper end are engraved with the word "Dong Sifang" horizontally, with the word "Guan Fang" engraved in seal script in the middle, and on the left side is a row of vertical regular script "Jin" The word is "卍百四十号". Wan Fazhan turned over the waist plate cautiously. On the north side were engraved two lines of regular script: "The captain of the Jishi flag hangs this plate. Anyone who violates it and loses it is not allowed to be punished."
Wan Fa stumbled to the ground and knelt down, holding the waist badge in both hands, and said continuously: "I don't know if I am an official, so please forgive me!"
Wanfa had seen this kind of waist badge before, when he was training in Sanya. The Haihan Military Museum and the Ministry of Security both had collections of Jin Yiwei's waist badges, which were exactly the same as this one except for the number on it. And no one should be able to counterfeit this thing. If you are accused of pretending to be an emperor's personal soldier, you will have to shed your skin even if you don't die. The man named Liao in front of him should be from Jin Yiwei. Wan Fa knelt on the ground, thinking that things could not get any better now. When his boss led people to take action against the Jin Yiwei, he would have to get to the side as soon as possible to avoid being accidentally injured.
(End of chapter)