Chapter 1232 Forced by the situation
Han Zhengshan had been working in the yamen for a long time, and he had a thorough understanding of the thoughts of officials. Naturally, he knew that if he went to find Tan Juren alone, it would be too traceable, and it would not be appropriate to leave an impression of "drilling" in the mind of his superiors. . The most appropriate approach is to take a few of your subordinates to have an "accidental encounter" in the name of patrol. While earning performance, you can also find opportunities to get things done that need to be done. This is the most appropriate approach.
The police station is located exactly between the two immigrant villages in the east and west. Adjacent to the police station are clinics, agricultural technology stations and Tan Juren's official residence. The plan to place the management agency between the two villages is also to facilitate the consideration of both sides. At present, the police station has just taken over the local household registration from the military. The main task these days is to work with the immigration cadres of the Ministry of Civil Affairs to organize and archive these household registration documents. It is not a big problem to temporarily remove a few people.
The construction work of resettlement housing is concentrated in the West Village. The recently built new houses can hardly wait for the adobe walls to dry completely before arranging for the immigrants to move in. However, there are still over a hundred immigrants temporarily living in tents. Tan Juren regards this as his first priority after taking office, so he has personally supervised the work on the spot in recent days.
Before Tan Juren set off from Sanya, he also expected that there would be a large number of infrastructure projects that he would need to organize after taking office, so he went to the Ministry of Construction to supplement his knowledge in the construction of private houses and civil facilities. Although he had no practical experience at all, he had to do it on a temporary basis. It's not a big problem to have a guest appearance as the foreman to supervise the construction standards.
Tan Juren doesn't have much to complain about the current construction progress. With the few people he has on hand, he is already doing a pretty good job. Of course, if there was no external threat like Johor, there would have been more manpower available. In addition to building resettlement houses, he could arrange manpower to build farmland water conservancy projects or reclaim new land for plantations. . But now that there are foreign enemies, he can only consider the overall situation and prioritize meeting the military's manpower needs.
There are actually several real foremen directing the construction site, so Tan Juren does not need to personally do the work. He only needs to sit far away under the awning and drink tea, accompanied by the village chief and several elders. Of course, Tan Juren would not really be idle enough to drink tea. Since the people in charge of the village were all there, he also took this opportunity to learn more about the living and production conditions of the local immigrants.
When Tan Juren was chatting happily with the villagers, he happened to see Han Zhengshan leading his people to "patrol" here. He immediately called him to him and introduced him to everyone. In fact, Han Zhengshan also recognized these people. When he handed over the household registration with the military, the heads of the two villages showed up. But now that the boss introduced it in person, everyone naturally cooperated and performed it again.
Han Zhengshan came with a purpose, and naturally he would not leave without saying hello, so he signaled his subordinates to pretend to check the local residents with their household registration books, while he himself stayed with Tan Juren.
After Tan Juren finished discussing business with the villagers and sent them aside, he said calmly: "If you have anything to say, you can say it now."
Han Zhengshan didn't expect that even though he was careful to cover it up, his boss still saw through his thoughts. He didn't make any excuses at the moment and responded honestly: "As a humble official, I just want to ask the chief for instructions. Is there anything that requires the police station's help in the near future?"
Tan Juren glanced sideways at him. Although there was no expression on his face, it made Han Zhengshan's heart tighten, as if his purpose had been completely revealed.
"There is no need to arrange militia training recently. You can just handle the household registration handover." Tan Juren paused and added: "You have to stay here for at least two or three years. There are some things that don't need to be too urgent. Understand. What do I mean?”
"I understand your humble position!" Han Zhengshan quickly lowered his head and responded. He could feel that his boss had indeed seen through his thoughts and did not want him to have any overly purposeful operations, so he specially gave himself a few compliments.
You know shit! Tan Juren cursed secretly in his heart. When he was in Sanya, he also had many naturalized cadres under his command. Naturally, he was familiar with these people's eagerness to express themselves after taking power. Han Zhengshan, who came to ask for instructions in a roundabout way, was already a very sensible person, so he He won't speak too harshly. But the necessary instructions must still be given, otherwise Han Zhengshan will misunderstand and operate according to his own ideas, and if they are not kept in place, he will cause some trouble.
In fact, Tan Juren was not averse to the practice of using three things to do when new officials took office. He even had such thoughts himself. When he was in Sanya, he planned a lot of development projects. After inspections on the way south, many new projects were discovered. The ideas are all ready to be implemented gradually after arriving at Xingdao. But when I got here, I realized that many of my plans could only remain in the conceptual stage for the time being. Xingdao did not have enough objective conditions to implement them, especially various infrastructure projects and development projects that required a large amount of labor. Without work, the limited number of workers can only give priority to meeting military needs.
If it hadn't been for the Johor incident, Tan Juren would have wanted to start working on projects as soon as he took office. But the current focus of his work is to assist Roger in maintaining the normal operation of the Star Island colony, and at the same time strengthening military defense to prepare for the coming of war. . At this time, Tan Juren did not want any more trouble among the people. Especially for the security work that Han Zhengshan just took over, the military has completed the handover neatly. If there is any case here as soon as it starts, not only will it not have the effect of establishing prestige, but it may make Roger more heart, making people uneasy.
Tan Juren was worried that Han Zhengshan would not be able to hold the scale, so he continued: "In the near future, all units must first cooperate with the military and make regular preparations for war, and all military needs will be given priority. As for the security work in the immigrant villages, I request Can a word of stability be achieved? ”
"I will do my best in my humble position." If Han Zhengshan still didn't understand what Tan Juren meant, then there would be no need to be the local police chief anymore. Since the boss doesn't want to be too aggressive on his part, he can just follow the instructions, and he won't be arrogant enough to disobey such instructions. However, Tan Juren's attitude reminded him of his previous training in the military, when he had wondered whether the reason for arranging for him to enter the camp so urgently was because a war might break out later, and he, as a peace officer, needed to organize militia training as soon as possible.
However, Marcus, a black officer, did not respond to his confusion at the time, so the question remained. But now his boss said that militia training would not be organized in the near future, and at the same time, all military requirements were given priority. Which direction the wind was blowing made Han Zhengshan a little confused.
Han Zhengshan wanted to ask but didn't dare, so he stood aside and hesitated for a long time. Tan Juren saw that he remained silent and refused to leave. Guessing that he had something else to do, he took the initiative to ask: "If you still have any questions, just ask. If you don't have any more questions, just go and do your business. You don't have to guard me here. ”
Han Zhengshan gritted his teeth and said: "In this humble position...there is indeed something unclear."
"You tell me." Tan Juren didn't take it seriously. He really regarded Han Zhengshan as one of his own now. As long as it wasn't a confidential matter, he didn't mind answering questions for his subordinates. Han Zhengshan lowered his voice and said: "I don't understand my humble position. Since there is no need to train militia recently, why should we prioritize the needs of the military in everything?"
Tan Juren responded: "We are not training militiamen because the local young people are busy at various construction sites recently and cannot spare manpower. We prioritize the needs of the military because, except for the construction sites for resettlement housing here, all the military Fang’s infrastructure project, do you understand? ”
"What about the farm plantation planned by the chief?" Han Zhengshan also heard Tan Juren talk about his plan on the way south, and he couldn't help asking with concern.
Tan Juren sighed and said: "We don't have the manpower right now, so we can only postpone it later. The manpower allocation must first meet the needs of the military... It may not be delayed for a long time, but let's put it down for now."
Han Zhengshan knew that Tan Juren attached great importance to his own plan, and this helpless tone seemed to be a sign of force majeure. But I saw Tan Juren and Roger talking happily in the past few days. It shouldn't be that Roger intended to suppress his boss on this matter. So why is the military so anxious to complete the so-called project? Not only has it suspended the agricultural development projects brought by Tan Juren, but also suspended militia training?
Han Zhengshan was in the military camp a few days ago. As far as he knew, there was no sign of any groundbreaking in the military camp. It was obvious that these projects that required a lot of labor were not in the military camp. The military would build large-scale construction outside the military camp, and Han Zhengshan immediately thought of fortifications.
The fortifications were being repaired in such a hurry. Han Zhengshan couldn't help but think of the question he had asked Marcus about whether there would be a war a few days ago. Now that he had asked so in-depth, he boldly continued to ask: "Chief, is it right?" ...Want to fight?”
Tan Juren looked up at him and said, "Where did you hear the news?"
Han Zhengshan hurriedly defended: "I am just making random guesses, don't blame the leader!" He quickly explained the basis and process of his conclusion to prove that he did not get the information through hearsay.
"Your errands in the past few years were not in vain!" After hearing this, Tan Juren also knew that this should be a conclusion derived by Han Zhengshan himself, and this ability is definitely related to his experience as a head catcher for many years. Having such a thoughtful and professional police officer as his subordinate would save Tan Juren a lot of effort. I was previously worried that Han Zhengshan wouldn't understand what was going on, but now it seemed that I was overly worried. Not only was this guy not bad in professional skills, he also knew how to deal with people and had good emotional intelligence.
After hearing Tan Juren's comments, Han Zhengshan knew that the situation he guessed should be the truth, and even if there was a deviation, it would not be too much. However, how could he dare to speak nonsense about important military and national affairs, and now he did not dare to take up Tan Juren's words.
Then Tan Juren said slowly: "There is some unrest outside Xingdao now, so the garrison will make some moves to strengthen the island's defense recently. There may not be a war, but sporadic small-scale armed conflicts may break out. As a security officer, you Officer, first, you must pay attention to the mood of the people and don't let the immigrants become frightened. If war does come, you must try to calm the people. Second, you must pay attention to daily precautions. The number of troops stationed on Star Island is limited, and there may be foreign spies lurking. Go nearby and investigate our situation. You have a share of the credit for doing this.”
Han Zhengshan quickly bowed his head and agreed, but secretly guessed in his heart whether Tan Juren would tell him the inside story if he didn't take the initiative to ask today. Looking back on what I asked just now, it was actually a bit rash, and I didn't know how my boss would view it.
When he was feeling uneasy, Tan Juren gave him reassurance: "Even if you don't come today, I plan to talk to you about this matter. Since you have noticed it, you can save me the trouble. You explain slowly. Anyway, just remember what I said and do it.”
"Keep your humble position in mind!" Han Zhengshan felt very relieved now.
Haihan has accumulated rich military experience in long-term foreign wars, and Roger's response method is considered relatively safe. Hai Han sent several small teams to the Johor Strait to the north to serve as warnings, and actual results were achieved after only four days. One of the teams discovered a small boat crossing the strait from the north in the early morning. After docking on the nearby coast, six people sneaked ashore. So these six people immediately became the targets of tracking. Haihan's soldiers followed them for four to five miles and made sure that these people had no accomplices hiding nearby, so they decisively arrested them.
When these six people discovered that their whereabouts were exposed, they immediately drew their weapons and tried to resist. The squad leader who directed the arrest was a veteran who had fought against the Dutch on Ambrosia Island, and immediately ordered the leader to be shot. After two people fell, the remaining four gave up resistance and fled in panic, but none of them managed to escape.
The squad leader left three people to continue monitoring the coastline, and immediately returned to the base in the south of the island with the four surviving prisoners. Roger was very excited when he heard that he had been captured alive and ordered the prisoners to be interrogated immediately. After all the tricks, these people opened their mouths and confessed one after another. Roger checked what several people said, and the details were basically correct. The credibility of the confession was relatively high.
As Roger expected, this group of people were all from the Johor Army, and the purpose of coming here was to conduct a close reconnaissance of the military deployment of Star Island. However, their superiors did not seem to realize that Haihan had taken precautions against this, and the entire team was surrounded after disembarking from the ship.
"Ask them again if there are any accomplices on the island and what Johor plans to do next." Roger knew nothing about the local indigenous language, so he could only find a translator to help. There were also people from this side of the South China Sea Special Operations Brigade under him, so they temporarily acted as translators for him when interrogating the prisoners.
(End of chapter)