Chapter 2051
The reason why Xu Xinsu was able to cover the sky with one hand in Fujian, in addition to the powerful armed forces gradually established with the support of Haihan, was that the senior officials in Fujian could get enough benefits and put their personal interests into practice. Bound together with the interests of the Xu Group. Commercial institutions such as Guangli Trading Company and Kowloon Shipping Company are mostly able to operate these lucrative projects with Xu Xinsu's intentional support. To put it bluntly, Xu Xinsu actually shared some oil and water from his own bowl. them.
The effect of this is obvious. Xu Xinsu now has almost no political opponents on the table in Fujian. The local officials who hold real power pretend to be deaf and dumb to his actions. As long as Xu Xinsu does not raise a flag to rebel, these people will He continued to put money into his pocket with peace of mind.
The amount of money that flows into the pockets of officials at all levels through these "formal channels" amounts to millions every year, and this does not include the expenses that Xu Xinsu spends on running up and down the capital through various connections. Xu Yuxing said that Xu Xinsu's "soft heart" allowed these officials to run such illegal businesses, but in fact everyone only maintained a tacit understanding.
This is also the reason why Xu Xinsu gave Xu Yuxing support. Without his permission and support, it would be almost impossible for the businesses under these officials to maintain a good profit rate, and it would even be difficult to maintain operations. That's why he dared to let Xu Yuxing Let go and greet the relevant officials yourself.
If these officials were informed and interested, they would just find ways to compensate them afterwards. This would not be a problem for Xu Xinsu. At worst, he would give them a few lucrative deals. But if someone feels that Xu Xinsu is losing face by doing this and wants to show his temper, then Xu Xinsu will not hesitate to let the other person know who has the final say in Fujian today.
The inspection of the Kowloon Shipyard went smoothly, and basically no resistance was encountered in any form. However, just like the calmness of the people at the shipyard, Xu Yuxing and Jin Ming did not find any arms-related transactions here.
Xu Yuxing once again left a group of people to deal with follow-up matters, and then led the team to the next stop. It was just noon at this time, and less than two hours had passed since the start of the morning operation. Such operational efficiency made Jin Ming impeccable. If Haihan were to conduct the investigation on his own, it would only take a day or two, and I am afraid that the first step of the investigation would still be far from being completed. This is probably the convenience of local snakes.
According to the plan made in advance, this operation was carried out in the order of easy first and then difficult, and the third target was also the most difficult one in this operation, so the expressions of Xu Jin and Xu Jin in the carriage were very solemn.
Neither Xu Yuxing nor Jin Ming wanted to deal with Jin Yiwei, the yamen. This is not because he is afraid of Jin Yiwei's power, but because this yamen is difficult to deal with and will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals. If the other party thinks that they are being deliberately caused trouble by Xu Yuxing, they will most likely take some vicious revenge measures quietly, and even the local snakes of the Xu family will have to be wary of this.
Moreover, the properties of Jinyiwei officials often have another characteristic, which is that they will be used as Jinyiwei's secret stronghold or even a local office. This can provide the best protection umbrella for these industries in a legal way, which no one dares to touch easily, and operators can operate some unconventional business projects in unscrupulous areas - such as smuggling arms.
After seeing the list provided by Xu Yuxing, Jin Ming believed that the most suspicious one was the business organization that was said to be a senior Jinyiwei official. Because the protection provided by Jin Yiwei's umbrella is far beyond that of other commercial organizations with official backgrounds, and Jin Yiwei and Haihan have had a feud for many years. Although it has been relatively peaceful in recent years, no fierce conflicts have broken out. But if there is an opportunity to cause trouble for the other party, neither the Jin Yiwei nor the Haihan Intelligence Department will be polite.
Of course, this is just his personal intuition. Including ongoing investigations elsewhere, so far there is no evidence that Jin Yiwei is related to the Spanish arms case. However, Jin Ming always felt that even if Jin Yiwei was not directly involved, it was unlikely that he knew anything about it, and something should be gained by investigating it.
"This... is the Jinfa Hao you are talking about?" After Jin Ming got off the carriage, he was slightly surprised by what he saw in front of him.
Jin Ming has been staying in Fujian for a long time, and he has some impressions of the well-known local business institutions, such as Guangli Trading Company and Jiulong Shipping Company, which he knew before. But the only one on the list was "Jinfa". Even though he often went in and out of Zhangzhou City, he didn't know there was such a trading house in the city.
And when he arrived at the place, he realized why he had not heard of Jinfa No. before, because it didn't look like a trading house. There was no place to park horses and carriages at the door, and there were no spacious and bright shops. There are no waiters at the door to greet customers. From the outside, it looks more like a private residence than a commercial institution engaged in trade.
There is a one-foot-long, three-inch-wide wooden board hanging on the left side of the gate, with the three characters Jinfahao engraved on it. If you don't look closely, you might easily miss this inconspicuous signboard. It seems that the operator here doesn't like publicity, and doesn't even want the outside world to notice this place.
As an intelligence officer, part of Jin Ming's job is to keep an eye on the local movements of colleagues like Jin Yiwei. He roughly knew the two strongholds of Jin Yiwei in Zhangzhou, one light and one dark, and also had a rough grasp of the local Jin Yiwei's establishment, but he had no idea that there was such a place in the city. It can be seen that either the daily business of this place has nothing to do with Jin Yiwei, or Jin Yiwei has made special arrangements to avoid outside attention. Judging from the low-key external appearance here, Jin Ming is more inclined to the latter possibility. .
However, it was obvious that Xu Yuxing had known the background of this place for a long time, but before starting to investigate the matter, Xu Yuxing did not share this information with the Haihan Intelligence Department. This made Jin Ming a little suspicious. How much Xu Yuxing knew about this place was limited to knowing whether it was an industry owned by a certain Jin Yiwei commander, or whether there were other secrets that he had not been told.
Jin Ming did not ask Xu Yuxing directly, because he knew that since the other party did not take the initiative to share the information, it meant that he was probably hiding something from him consciously, and even if he asked, he would only be asking for trouble. At the moment, we can only pay attention to the other party's attitude and methods of dealing with this place, and we may be able to discover some previously unknown situations.
Since the backstage of Jinfahao is a senior official of Jinyiwei, it stands to reason that even if the relationship with Jinyiwei is to be put aside, there is no need for such a low-key operation. Jin Ming feels that this unusual situation should be hiding something. some special information.
"Should we go in directly, or should we be polite first and then fight?" Jin Ming saw that it was almost noon and the place hadn't opened yet. Obviously, it was impossible to go in openly like he did at the Kowloon Boat Shop just now.
Xu Yuxing said: "Block the front and back doors, then salute first and then attack."
Jin Ming thought to himself that Young Master Xu San looked gentle and gentle, but he was decisive and decisive when doing things, and it seemed that he had no intention of showing mercy to this place.
Immediately, Xu Yuxing's subordinates came forward and knocked on the door. After waiting for a while, someone answered at the door: "There is no business today, please come back another day!"
The person outside the door loudly shouted: "You open the door first!" The people inside remained silent, and the person outside the door banged on the door again. Without Xu Yuxing's order, he had to keep calling until the people inside opened the door.
After a while, someone else seemed to answer the door: "Who is knocking outside? The proprietor is busy today and will not be open for business. If you are here to do business, please come back!"
The person outside the door responded: "Don't ask, just open the door first and you will know."
Jin Ming whispered: "The people inside seem to have noticed something."
Xu Yuxing nodded slightly and said: "That's okay. The outside is already surrounded anyway. No one inside can escape, and there's no way to bring in reinforcements from outside!"
Jin Ming saw that the other party did not understand what he meant, so he had to speak more bluntly: "People can't escape, but if there is any important information, the people inside can take this time to destroy it."
Xu Yuxing's expression changed when he heard this, and he immediately ordered: "Climb over the wall and enter! If you encounter resistance, you can subdue it!"
Although Xu Yuxing also realized that the people inside smelled danger and were delaying time, he did not realize what the other party's purpose was. This was Xu Yuxing's lack of actual combat experience. If Jin Ming hadn't been there to remind him, it would have been a while before he realized this situation.
Whatever secrets were hidden in this courtyard, it was obvious that the people inside did not want them to be exposed. And the more this happens, the more people outside feel that this is related to the case they want to investigate. Xu Yuxing knew that there were loopholes in his arrangement. At this time, he no longer cared about the other party's background, so he ordered someone to storm in and open the door.
But the wall of the courtyard was eight feet high. They came in a hurry and did not bring climbing tools such as ladders. They could only use a ladder to climb up the wall. Unexpectedly, as soon as one person climbed up, he fell down with a scream. There was an arrow shaft stuck in his chest, and he was shot directly by the person inside. Now the people who followed did not dare to climb up the wall. They were traveling in casual clothes today and did not have any armor or shields. If they climbed up the wall like this, they would undoubtedly be a very eye-catching target.
Xu Yuxing was also shocked. He thought that this place would be difficult to deal with, but he didn't expect that the people here would dare to take action first, and they would be brutal as soon as they came up. He stepped forward and bowed to check the man's injury, stood up and ordered him to be sent for treatment, and then said to Jin Ming: "It's a special hand crossbow for Jin Yiwei. If the arrow is not poisoned, there should be no serious problem."
Jin Ming nodded and said: "It seems that Jin Yiwei doesn't want us to know the secrets hidden here!" He was a little suspicious that Xu Yuxing seemed to have more information than himself. As he spoke, he observed the other person's face, wanting to know Does the other party have any special reaction?
Xu Yuxing's face was already very ugly at this time. He never expected that someone in Zhangzhou City would dare to attack him. Although the other party may not know that he is directing the actions outside, this is already an unacceptable situation for him. .
However, he had received formal training after all, and he quickly calmed down and considered his next response.
There are currently forty or fifty people here for him to command. Most of these people are dead soldiers raised by Xu Xinsu, and some are his subordinates. If they want to issue an order to attack by force, of course they will obey it, but according to the current situation It seems that the casualties will be relatively large, but Xu Yuxing believes that there is no need to use the lives of his own dead soldiers to serve the Haihan people.
Of course, if he backed down or continued to delay, it would inevitably make Jin Ming look down on him, and Xu Yuxing did not want to mess up such a rare opportunity to show his commanding ability in front of the Haihan people. He quickly made a new decision: "Quickly take my token and tell the city defense army to send a battalion over! Block the nearby intersection and don't let anyone leave here!"
Xu Yuxing had already figured out that it would be difficult for the men he led to attack this courtyard unscathed, and it was not worth the casualties here. It would be better to leave it to the city defense army with complete protective measures to complete the task. Although this would inevitably make the matter bigger, at this time it was no longer a matter of offending Jin Yiwei or leaking the news. If he didn't keep this momentum going, he would really not be able to explain to Xu Xinsu when he turned around.
As for whether Xu Xinsu would get the news, that was of course certain. Even if he didn't send someone to report the news, the city defense army who received the order to mobilize troops would definitely go to Xu Mansion to report the news. Xu Yuxing believed that there was nothing wrong with his handling method, so he was not worried that Xu Xinsu would deny his approach.
As soon as the offensive outside stopped, the movement inside also stopped. At this time, Xu Yuxing no longer insisted on having people come forward to call the door. Instead, he asked everyone to retreat to a safe distance. He first blocked the street intersections near the yard, cleared the surrounding buildings, and cut off the yard's connection with the outside world.
Although Xu Yuxing didn't say anything, he had secretly made a cruel decision in his heart. When the city defense army attacked, if the people inside still tried to resist, he would order to kill without mercy, even if he knew that Jinfa's men might He doesn't intend to spare anyone who has Jin Yiwei.
After this matter is over, he will inevitably have to argue with the Jinyiwei Yamen, but Xu Yuxing has no intention of considering these issues now. He must find out what Jin Yiwei is hiding in this courtyard.
(End of chapter)