Southwest.

Chengdu.

Just after noon, the bright June sun falls on the tree-lined road by the Maha Pond, and the sultry air resounds with the chirping of late summer cicadas. Timaki crossed the road with few pedestrians and walked in the direction of the Wind Shrine.

This day is June 12 of the second year of the Chinese Yuan calendar, an ordinary day of busy work. Lin Qiu was thirty-one years old and one of the young officers with a brilliant resume in the Chinese Army.

He joined the Huaxia Army during the Xiaocanghe period, experienced the training of the first batch of young officers, experienced battlefield battles, and because he was good at handling detailed affairs, he joined the Secretariat, entered the General Staff Department, and set foot in the Ministry of Intelligence and the Ministry of Commerce...... In short, after the age of twenty-five, due to his active and open thinking, he basically worked in the core department directly controlled by Ning Yi, and was one of Ning Yi's most useful assistants for a period of time.

Although most of the talents in the early stage of the army's grass creation are interspersed and mixed, and they are placed where they are needed, they have been exposed to everything, and this resume is still quite outstanding among their peers. In the later stage of the Southwest War, Ning Yi negotiated with Zong Han and Gao Qingyi on the Shiling front, and he was accompanied by Lin Qiu, who conveyed his will, that is, Lin Qiu, who had active thinking and outstanding adaptability.

After the defeat of the Jurchens, the Huaxia army opened its doors to sell technology and expand trade routes at auction, in which he was responsible for several major negotiations. After the completion of this matter, 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 Military District was only in the southwest, and the core of the southwest was Chengdu, so in fact, his work was often directly responsible to Ning Yi.

After the establishment of the Huaxia People's Government, Ning Yi had two offices in Chengdu, one of which was the chairman's office near the Huaxia People's Government in the north of the city, mainly to facilitate meetings, convene personnel, and concentrate on large-scale government affairs; And the other place is the wind chanting hall by the Maha Pond.

Now that the work assignment of the people's government has entered the right track, Ning Yi does not need to sit here all the time, he spends half of the year in Chengdu, if there is no major deviation in the itinerary, he usually goes to the government office in the morning and returns to Fengyin Hall in the afternoon. Some things that don't require too many people are usually called here to deal with them.

There are usually other heads of departments in the vicinity of the temple, but they are not too noisy. Entering the hall gate, the spacious roof separated him from the summer heat, he easily walked through the corridor to the side hall where he was waiting to be seen. There was no one else in the side room, 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 gone to the bathroom.

The rooms in the side hall are spacious, but there are no extravagant furnishings, and through the open windows, the view of the flowers and trees outside is refreshing in the sunlight. Lin Qiu poured himself a cup of cold water, sat on the chair and began to read the newspaper, but there was no fourth person waiting to be received, which showed that there was not much 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, all acquaintances.

Hou Yuanyan, who was smiling, rubbed his hands and walked in to say hello: "Brother Lin, hey, hey, hey......" I don't know why, he couldn't help laughing.

"Yuan. Sit. ”

Hou Yuanqi is a few years younger than him, but his family is also an old man in the Huaxia Army, and he is even a family member of the oldest group of soldiers. He has served in the intelligence department for most of his adult life, and unlike his colleagues in the general intelligence department, his personality is relatively out-of-the-box, and he occasionally tells some jokes that are out of tune, but he usually does not do anything bad, and he can be regarded as the most trusted core backbone of the Chinese army.

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

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

"That's right." Hou Yuanqian smiled, "You say, who is the most powerful person in our Huaxia Army?" The ...... that scared the Jurchens the most"

"That's supposed to be me, right?" Chatting with this kind of guy who is out of tune in the intelligence department, you just can't follow his rhythm, so Lin Qiu thought about it and replied seriously.

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

"Ah......h

"The Jurchens are most afraid of Sister Juan'er."

"Why?"

"Eh, hey, hey, there's such a thing...... Hou Yuanqian leaned over with a smile, "The year before last, the Southwest War was in full swing, Ning Ji was helping in the general camp of wounded soldiers, and later the general camp was raided by a group of fools who wanted to capture Ning Ji." After this incident was reported, Sister Juan'er was angry, so she said to Peng Yueyun, this is not good, they will do it to children, then I will also kill Zong Han's children, Xiao Peng, you give me a reward, I want Zong Han's two sons to die......"

Hou Yuanyan's words resounded in the quiet hall: "The reward has been issued, and then what?" Everybody knows...... Zong Han lost the battle and did not die, and none of his two sons escaped, hehehehe...... You say, isn't Sister Juan'er the most powerful......"

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

"The chairman's own joke, hehehehe...... Let's go. Hou Yuanqian patted his arm, then got up to leave. Lin Qiu shook his head with a smile, theoretically it is not a good thing to talk about the gossip between the leader and the people around him, but in the past few years, the core layer of the Huaxia Army has been friends who have starved and rushed through the front together, and they have not been too taboo about these things, and Hou Yuanqian is not self-aware, looking at his attitude towards talking about this matter, it is estimated that it is already a popular joke on the side of Zhang Village.

Because there was a lot of time to meet, and even met in the cafeteria from time to time, Hou Yuanqian didn't say anything like "see back" and "eat".

Soon after Hou Yuanyun left, the second person who was interviewed also came out, but it was Peng Yueyun that Hou Yuanqian had talked about earlier. Peng Yueyun is the seed left after the destruction of the Western Army, young, loyal, reliable, after the establishment of the people's government, he also entered the intelligence department, but compared with Hou Yuanyun's responsibility for intelligence collection, induction, analysis, and sorting, Peng Yueyun directly participated in the command and arrangement of the spy system, if Hou Yuanyun participated in the rear work, Peng Yueyun was involved in the front line of espionage and counter-espionage, and the two sides had not seen each other for a while.

The two sides greeted each other with a smile and exchanged pleasantries. Compared with Hou Yuanyun's escape, Peng Yueyun was more stable, and the two sides did not talk too much. Considering that Hou Yuanyun is in charge of intelligence, Peng Yueyun is in charge of espionage and counter-espionage, plus what he is currently doing, Lin Qiu has a little guess about what he is going to talk about this time.

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

“…… At present, many of these factories are privately contracted with outsiders for 20 or 30 years, but the wages are extremely low...... On the other hand, Dai Mengwei, Liu Guangshi, and Wu Qimei are likely to have planted a large number of spies among these workers, and they will do things in the future...... We have noticed that some people in the current newspapers are saying that the Huaxia Army keeps saying that it respects the contract, and it depends on when we break the contract......"

“…… For these situations, we believe that it is important to prepare in advance...... Of course, there are also concerns, for example, if this unreasonable long contract is cut out across the board, it may make people outside not so active to send people over, we are on the way out of Sichuan, after all, there is a Dai Mengwei blocking the road, although he promised not to block the trade road, but may try his best to prevent the migration of people...... So what we are currently considering is to do a series of foreshadowing first, and mention the bottom line, for example, these workers who have signed a long-term contract, we can ask those factories to have some safeguards for them, not to be exploited too much, and wait until the foreshadowing is enough, and then squeeze the living space of these black-hearted businessmen step by step, anyway, in another year or two, whether it is played out or what, we should not care about Dai Mengwei's trouble......"

Regarding the black merchants, the long contract, and even the spies mixed in with the workers, the Huaxia army has long been aware of it, and although Lin Qiu is assigned to manage commerce, the overall situation will not be weakened. Of course, at the present stage, while protecting the interests of these workers, there is a conflict with the policy of absorbing a large number of foreign manpower, and he also thought about it for a long time before he came up with some early restraint measures and laid the groundwork first.

These ideas had been submitted to Ning Yi before, and when he came over today to see Hou Yuanyun and Peng Yueyun again, he probably would also talk about this matter.

Sure enough, Ning Yi specially pulled out the black businessman's share in a few pieces of copywriting, pressed it on the table and listened to his words, and pondered for a long time. It wasn't until Lin Qiu finished speaking that he pressed his palm on the manuscript, and after a moment of silence, he spoke: "What I want to talk to you about today is this matter." You're the big guy on your side...... Let's go out for a walk. ”

"Yes." Lin Qiu stood up, but there was a slight doubt in his heart. Following Ning Yi for so long, he has experienced countless major events, and even now, countless major events are being carried out inside and outside Chengdu, even if the problem of black businessmen involves Dai Mengwei or even contract issues, theoretically speaking, there are various ways to solve it, according to Ning Yi's past style of doing things, it will be able to make a decision in a few words. But looking at his current expression, it contains a deeper level of caution and vigilance.

Walking out of the room, Lin Qiu followed Ning Yi towards the lake, the sun sprinkled on the road, and he knew that he was calling. It was an ordinary day, but even after a long time, Lin Qiu could remember every scene that had happened during the day.

"There is one thing that I have thought about for a long time and still has to do. Only a few people will get involved, and what I say to you today will not leave any record in the future, no trace in history, and you may even leave an infamy. You and I will know what I'm doing, but when asked, I won't admit it. ”

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

"For these black businessmen, you don't do to curb them, but to promote them."

"Driving ......"

"For these businessmen who are in collusion with the outside world, I want you to grasp a scale, stop beating them for the time being, recognize the validity of his contract, and let them earn the money they can make. But at the same time, we must not let them overflow, and the bad money drives out the good money, and we must deter them...... In other words, I want to form a black-and-white segregation among these manufacturers, where the law-abiding people can make money, and if there are problems, make them a little more crazy, and let them squeeze the livelihood of their workers more...... Any thoughts on this? ”

Lin Qiu lowered his head and thought for a moment: "It seems that you can only ...... Collusion between officials and business? ”

"You can charge a little money." Ning Yi nodded, "There are two things you need to consider, first, don't disturb the life of legitimate businessmen, normal business behavior, you still have to be encouraged normally; Second, you can't let those businessmen who take advantage of them be too down-to-earth, but also carry out a few normal cleanups to scare them, two years, at most three years, I want you to drive them crazy, and most importantly, let them reach the extreme of exploitation methods against the workers under them. ”

“…… Dai Mengwei and their people will take the opportunity to make trouble......"

"We will also arrange people to go in, help them make trouble in the early stage, and control the trouble in the later stage." Ning Yi said, "You have been following me for so many years, and you can understand a lot about my thoughts, we are now in the early stage of creation, as long as the battle has been won, the internal strength will be very strong, this is the reason 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 them to naturally develop to the point where they are crazy for profits, and the workers under them are not able to make a living, maybe at least ten or eight years of development, and even a few more conscientious Qingtian masters, those workers who have signed a 30-year contract, may be able to live for a lifetime......"

"I don't want to wait that long, two years, three years at most, I hope to inspire resentment among these workers, and of course Dai Mengwei and their people will help us to do things and incite these workers. But at the end of the day, our people, to find a way out for them, I hope it will be a march, not a mass riot. When they do something like this, they will find that their struggle is effective, and we will correct the irrationality of the past...... I will spend three years in their hearts to make a statement for the 'civil rights' of the four peoples. ”

The sun was falling, the lake was sparkling, the breeze was blowing, and there were screams all around, and no one knew that such a conversation had taken place.

"There are some people who will die, and in the future record, it is the active awakening and struggle of the people that brings everything. You won't have credit, and even if you make a mistake, I may not be able to protect you. You can consider whether or not to take on this errand. ”

Lin Qiu thought about it for a while, considered the approach, and of course there was no suspense in the answer he made.

After Lin Qiu left, the master came over.

In the afternoon, they did some embarrassing things, and then Ning Yi told her a synopsis of a story called "The White-Haired Girl......