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Chapter 1087 Chapter 1028 Argument

Chapter 1087 Chapter [-] Argument

southwest.

Chengdu.

Just after noon, the bright June sun fell on the tree-lined road by the Maha Pond, and the cicadas in late summer rang in the muggy air.Lin Qiu crossed the road with only a few pedestrians, and walked in the direction of Fengyin Hall.

This day is the twelfth day of June in the second year of the Chinese Yuan calendar, an ordinary day in the busy work.Lin Qiu was 31 years old, and he was one of the young officers with a brilliant career in the Huaxia Army.

He joined the Huaxia Army during the Xiao Canghe period. He experienced the training of the first batch of young officers, experienced fighting on the battlefield, and because he was good at handling details, he joined the Secretariat, the General Staff, the Intelligence Department, and the Commerce Department... In short, after the age of 25, due to his active and open thinking, he basically works in the core department directly controlled by Ning Yi, and is one of Ning Yi's most useful assistants for a period of time.

Although most of the talents in the early stage of the military's start-up were interspersed and mixed, and they were deployed wherever they were needed, they had been exposed to everything, and this resume was still quite outstanding among their peers.In the late period of the Southwest War, Ning Yi negotiated with Zong Han and Gao Qingyi on the front line of Shiling, with Lin Qiu who conveyed his will, that is, active thinking and outstanding adaptability.

After the Huaxia Army defeated Jurchen, they opened their doors to the outside world to sell technology in an auction style and expand business routes. He was in charge of the most important negotiation matters.After this matter was completed, Chengdu entered a stage of great development, and he entered the Chengdu Bureau of Commerce at this time as a deputy director, responsible for the details of Chengdu's industrial and commercial development.At this time, the Huaxia Army's jurisdiction is only in the southwest, and the core of the southwest is Chengdu, so in fact, his work is often directly responsible to Ning Yi.

After the establishment of the Huaxia People's Government, Ning Yi has two offices in Chengdu. One is the chairman's office near the Huaxia People's Government in the north of the city. The place is the Fengyin Hall by the Maha Pool.

Now that the people's government's work assignment is on the right track, Ning Yi doesn't need to sit here all the time. He spends half of the year in Chengdu. If there is no big deviation in the schedule, he usually goes to the government office in the morning and returns to Fengyintang in the afternoon.Some things that don't need to involve too many people are usually called here to deal with them.

There are usually other heads of departments working near the Fengyin Hall, but they are basically not too noisy.After entering the hall gate, the spacious roof separated him from the heat, and he walked through the corridor with ease, to the side hall where he was waiting for the reception.There was no one else in the side hall, and the secretary outside the door told him that there were two people in front of him, but one of them had already come out and went to the bathroom.

The room in the side hall is spacious, but there are no luxurious furnishings. Through the open windows, the scenery of flowers and trees outside is refreshing in the sunshine.Lin Qiu poured himself a cold drink, sat on the chair and began to read the newspaper, but there was no fourth person waiting to be interviewed, which meant that there were not many things to do in the afternoon.

The sound of footsteps came from the corridor outside. It should be the first friend who went to the toilet. He looked up, and the figure who walked to the door also glanced this way, and then came in. They were all acquaintances.

Hou Yuanyong rubbing his hands with a smile, walked in to say hello: "Brother Lin, hehehehe..." For some reason, he couldn't help laughing.

"Yuan Yong. Sit down."

Hou Yuanyong is a few years younger than him, but his family is also an old man in the Huaxia Army, even the family members of the oldest group of soldiers.He spent most of his adult life working in the intelligence department. Unlike his colleagues in the general intelligence department, he has a more out-of-the-ordinary personality and occasionally makes jokes that don't make sense, but he has never done anything bad. core backbone.

"Hey, Brother Lin." Hou Yuanyong sat down on the chair beside Lin Qiu, "Do you know what the most popular gossip is recently?"

Lin Qiu glanced at him with a smile: "I don't want to know."

"It's like this." Hou Yuanyong smiled, "Tell me, who is the most powerful person in our Huaxia Army? The one who scares the Jurchens the most..."

"That should be me?" Chatting with this kind of guy from the intelligence department who can't talk, but he can't follow his rhythm, so Lin Qiu thought for a while and answered solemnly.

Hou Yuanyong also ignored his rhythm: "It's Sister Juan'er."

"what……"

"The Jurchens fear the most should be Sister Juan'er."

"Why?"

"Hey hey hey, there's such a thing..." Hou Yuanyong leaned over with a smile, "The Southwest War was in full swing the year before last, and Ning Ji was helping out in the general camp of wounded soldiers. Bogey. After this incident was reported, Miss Juan’er got angry, so she told Peng Yueyun, this is not good, if they do something to the children, then I will kill Zong Han’s children too, Xiao Peng, you offer me a reward, I will I want Zong Han's two sons to die..."

Hou Yuanyong's words resounded in the quiet hall: "The reward has been sent out, and then what? Everyone knows... Zong Han was defeated and did not die. Neither of his two sons escaped. Hehehehe...you Say, is sister Juan'er the most powerful..."

Lin Qiu thought for a while: "You boring..."

"The chairman made a joke himself, hehehehe...Let's go." Hou Yuanyong patted his arm, then got up and left.Lin Qiu shook his head with a smile. In theory, it is not a good thing to gossip about the leader and the people around him. These things are taboo, and Hou Yuanyong is not self-aware. Judging by his attitude when talking about this matter, it is estimated that it is already a popular joke in Zhangcun.

Since we spend a lot of time meeting each other, and even meet each other in the cafeteria from time to time, Hou Yuanyong didn't say anything such as "See you later" or "Dinner".

Not long after Hou Yuanyong left, the second person to be interviewed also came out, but it was the Peng Yueyun that Hou Yuanyong had mentioned earlier.Peng Yueyun is the seed left behind after the fall of the Western Army. He is young, loyal, and reliable. After the People’s Government was established, he also served in the intelligence department. For the command and arrangement of the system, if Hou Yuanyong is involved in the rear work, Peng Yueyun is involved in the front line of espionage and counter-intelligence. The two sides have not seen each other for a while.

The two sides greeted each other with a smile and exchanged a few pleasantries.Compared with Hou Yuanyong's escape, Peng Yueyun was more stable, and the two sides did not chat too much.Considering that Hou Yuanyong is in charge of intelligence, Peng Yueyun is in charge of espionage and counter-intelligence, and what he is currently doing, Lin Qiu has some guesses about what will be discussed in this meeting.

After a while, he met Ning Yi in the room by the lake in Litou, and began to report on the work to be done by the Commerce Bureau in the recent period.In addition to the development around Chengdu, there is also the question about Dai Mengwei and some businessmen buying long-term workers from other places.

"...At present, many of these factories are privately contracted with outsiders, signing long-term contracts of 20 or 30 years, but the wages are extremely low... These people may become a great hidden danger in the future. On the other hand, Dai Mengwei, People like Liu Guangshi and Wu Qimei are likely to plant a large number of spies among these workers, and they will cause trouble in the future... We have noticed that some people in the current newspapers are saying that the Huaxia Army always respects the contract, and it depends on when we breach the contract... ..."

"... For these situations, we think we need to make preparations in advance... Of course, we also have concerns. For example, if such unreasonable long-term contracts are cut off across the board, people outside may not be so active in sending people over. We After all, there is still Dai Mengwei blocking the road on the way out of Sichuan. Although he promised not to block the business road, he may try his best to prevent population migration... So what we are considering now is to make a series of foreshadowings and raise the bottom line. For example, for these workers who have signed long-term contracts, we can ask those factories to have some safeguards for them, not to be exploited too much, and wait until the foundation is sufficient, and then squeeze the living space of these unscrupulous businessmen step by step, anyway. In one or two years, no matter whether it is a phone call or what, we should not care about Dai Mengwei's little trouble..."

Regarding black merchants, long-term contracts, and even spies among the workers, the Huaxia Army has already noticed that although Lin Qiu is assigned to manage the business, his view of the overall situation will not be weakened.Of course, while protecting the interests of these workers at this stage, it conflicts with the policy of absorbing a large number of foreign manpower. He also thought about it for a long time before he came up with some early-stage control measures to lay the groundwork first.

These ideas have been submitted to Ning Yi before, and today I came to see Hou Yuanyong and Peng Yueyun. He probably will talk about this aspect.

Sure enough, Ning Yi specially took out the black merchant's share in the copywriting, pressed it on the table and listened to his words, deliberating for a long time.After Lin Qiu finished speaking, he pressed his palm on the manuscript, and after a moment of silence, he opened his mouth: "What I want to talk to you today is about this aspect. You are the big head here... Go out for a walk Bar."

"Yes." Lin Qiu stood up, but he was slightly puzzled.Following Ning Yi for so long, I have experienced countless major events. Even now, there are countless major events going on inside and outside Chengdu. Even if the problem of black merchants involves Dai Mengwei, or even involves the issue of contracts, theoretically speaking, there are various solutions. Method, according to Ning Yi's past style of doing things, a few words can make a decision.But looking at the expression in front of his eyes, it contained a deeper level of prudence and vigilance.

Walking out of the room, Lin Qiu followed Ning Yi and walked towards the lake, the sun cast shade on the road, and Cicada was calling.This is an ordinary day, but even after a long time, Lin Qiu can remember every scene that happened on this day.

"There is one thing that I have considered for a long time, and I still have to do it. Only a few people will participate. The words I told you today will not leave any records in the future, and will not leave traces in history. You may even Leave a bad name. You and I will know what we are doing, but if someone asks, I will not admit it."

Ning Yi paused, Lin Qiu frowned slightly, then nodded, and replied quietly: "Okay."

"For these black businessmen, you don't want to contain them, but to promote them."

"promote……"

"For these businessmen who are in collusion with the outside world, I want you to grasp a measure, stop hitting them for the time being, recognize the validity of his contract, and let them earn as much money as they can. But at the same time, don't let them flood Disasters, bad money drives out good money, we need to deter them... That is to say, I want to form a black and white segregation among these manufacturers. , to let them squeeze the livelihood of their workers more... Do you have any thoughts on this point?"

Lin Qiu lowered his head and thought for a moment: "It seems that there can only be...collusion between government and businessmen?"

"You can charge a little money." Ning Yi nodded, "There are two things you need to consider. First, don't disturb the livelihood of legitimate businessmen. You still have to encourage normal business behavior; second, don't let Those merchants who take advantage are too down-to-earth, and they need to carry out several normal cleanups to scare them. For two years, up to three years, I want you to drive them crazy, and most importantly, let them exploit the methods of their workers. pole."

"...Dai Mengwei's people will take the opportunity to make trouble..."

"We will also arrange people to go in, help them make troubles in the early stage, and control the troubles in the later stage." Ning Yi said, "You have been with me for so many years, and you can understand a lot about my thoughts. We are now in the early stages of creation. As long as the battle continues to win , the internal power will be very strong, which is why I can let those people outside gossip and abuse. For these nascent capitals, they are profit-seeking, but they will have scruples about us and want to let them develop naturally To the point where they are crazy about their interests, and the workers under them are destitute. It may take at least ten or eight years of development, and even a few more conscientious Qingtian masters. Those workers who signed a 30-year long contract may be able to live their entire lives... ..."

"I don't want to wait that long, two years, at most three years. I hope to arouse resentment among these workers. Of course, Dai Mengwei and his people will help us to do things and incite these workers. But in the later stage of the incident, our people, To find a way out for them, I hope it will be a demonstration, not a large-scale riot. When they do something like this, they will find that their struggle is effective, and we will correct the past. Reasonable...I will spend three years in their hearts to argue for the 'civil rights' among the four peoples."

The sun was setting, the lake was shimmering, the breeze was blowing, and there were cicadas screaming around. No one knew that such a conversation had happened.

"Some people will die. In future records, the people's active awakening and resistance have brought about everything. This will be an irrefutable conclusion. You will not have credit, and even if you make mistakes, I may not I can't keep you. You can think about whether you want to take this job. "

Lin Qiu thought about it for a while, and considered what he did, and the answer he gave was of course without any suspense.

After Lin Qiu left, Shi Shi came over.

Sneaking in in the afternoon, they did some shameful things, and then Ning Yi told her the outline of a story called "The White-haired Girl"...

(End of this chapter)