I met Xu Liyun at the train station, holding a small flag and taking the visiting group to board the train to visit Tianfen. Xu Yunli is about the same age as Hu Wenkai, and when she saw Hu Wenkai, she immediately ran over: "Boss, you have a private visit to Nantong Weifu." ”

"Where did Xu Yunli come from for a private visit to Weifu, today is cloudy and can't fly a plane, so he and Bykov took a boat from Shanghai County to Nantong to see if they are returning to the sky now. What was the reaction of the visiting group? ”

"Before the people of the visiting group came, they thought that the first few batches were bragging, and when they visited Nantong, they were stopped by the Nantong market and wharf, and they went to Tianfen and Yongan to visit. They didn't even believe that there were trains in Nantong and Haimen. ”

Hu Wenkai said objectively: "Well, you can't blame them for the inconvenient transportation and poor dissemination of information, and you don't know if people want to ask you about the situation in the northeast." ”

"The boss is right, you can't blame people."

"I'll follow your visiting group, and you will be in the queue halfway." On the return trip, it is better to sit alone than with the visiting group.

"Okay, I'll bring you both along."

This is a group of visitors organized by the Wujiang Chamber of Commerce, most of whom are over 40 years old, and when they get on the train, groups of people lie on the windows and look out.

"Shopkeeper Wang, look at how wide the road next to the railway is, and look at the cars and trucks. How much does it cost to spend? ”

"Lao Li, look at how many floors that chimney is."

"Lao Li, look at the door of the granary that says Nantong Granary, which is hundreds of times larger than your granary."

"Not to mention hundreds of times, I don't think all the rice in our Wujiang will be enough to load."

"Look at this is a rice mill? Oh my God, it's too big. ”

"Lao He is optimistic that there is also a flour mill, look at the big iron cans and buildings erected."

"Oh, Nantong people are now pulling the mud legs and turning over, not that I said that my family's industry was definitely ranked in Nantong before, and now it is estimated that it is not even a tail in Nantong." The old man surnamed He sighed and sat down.

"Lao He, now our Wujiang policy is the same as Nantong, go back and do it well, I don't believe that our Wujiang people are not as good as Nantong people." The businessman surnamed Wang patted the boss surnamed He on the shoulder and comforted.

Xu Yunli distributed the introduction of the outsourcing project decomposed by the Tianfen factory on the side. In order to solve the problem of private capital investment in the three counties as soon as possible, the company specially decomposed a number of small projects with low technical content from the Tianfen factory to invest in the private capital of the three counties. Enameled wire factory, wire drawing factory, flashlight factory, zipper factory, boiling water bottle factory, luggage factory and other projects with little investment and quick results.

The carriage was quiet and busy reading project recommendations. When the car arrived in Tianxing Town, Hu Wenkai got up to say hello to Xu Yunli and got out of the car.

"Miss Xu, is this your colleague?" Chinese people like gossip, an old man asked.

Xu Yunli's eyes were gloomy and said, "It's our boss, Huhai Daoyi Hu Wenkai." ”

"At such a young age, people are big officials and still sit with us." There was a lot of talk in the carriage.

Without flying planes or company passenger ferries, Hu Wenkai left No. 3 of Lane 181 at 7 o'clock in the morning and took five hours to arrive in Tianxing Town. The traffic situation is already considered advanced in the country, and if it were a year ago, it was estimated that it would take two days.

After the ammunition factory was officially put into operation, Hu Wenkai planned to be busy with the development of industry and territory for at least two years, and the suppression of water bandits in Taihu Lake was officially put on the agenda.

In the evening, Hu Wenkai, Li Wenjun, and Sun Minghui made the final confirmation of the members of the bandit suppression. One-third of the candidates are local to Jiangsu, and rotational training is used to suppress bandits. Sun Minghui was solely responsible for the specific matters of suppressing bandits, and Li Wenjun was responsible for the logistics and personnel transfer, as well as the rescue of the wounded.

Sun Minghui decided to go to Taihu Lake to find out the situation and make a decision, so he picked ten team members and carried only pistols and two guns per person* to make a train to Nantong.

Dressed in a white shirt, trousers, and leather shoes, Sun Minghui looked like a young boss, and after buying some cotton cloth and small machinery at the market, he rented a sailboat and sailed to Wujiang. The boat boss is a frequent acquaintance and is very talkative, Sun Minghui intentionally or unintentionally said that the Taihu Lake bandits are powerful, and the boat boss said that he can only send you to Wujiang, and he dare not go to Taihu Lake.

There are too many bandits in Taihu Lake and they are too fierce, and as long as the passing boats are targeted by them, they will not be able to kill them.

The government doesn't suppress it? Song Zhipeng, the deputy of the advance team, asked casually.

You don't understand that Taihu Lake is under the jurisdiction of two provinces, and if they are suppressed in Jiangsu, they will go to Zhejiang, and they will come to Jiangsu to suppress bandits in Zhejiang. These bandits have connections with local big families and have internal connections in the government. You see, which big family is not a high-walled courtyard, not to mention that ordinary people are afraid of them, and even the police dare not touch them.

The water bandits are very skilled, Song Zhipeng continued.

No, it is said that a few powerful water bandits can walk on water, and their marksmanship is 100 shots. A sailor named Zhang Datou was unlucky when he met him, and as long as he left a little property on the ship, you should not keep his head. There are female dependents on the ship, who must have been ruined by him.

After we arrive in Wujiang, we will go to Yixing, Zhejiang, which is enough to choke and not meet water bandits. Sun Minghui sighed.

You'd better not hire boats from Wujiang to shore the Taihu Lake, most of those boats are in collusion with the bandits, and some of them will follow you as soon as you set off. Look at your host, such a rich family will definitely be eyeing it.

Three days later, the ship arrived in Wujiang County, and Sun Minghui took off the ship's face cloth and small machinery and then swaggered through the county seat to eat and drink. In the evening, one of them changed his clothes and came to the house of the Wujiang police chief.

After verifying his identity, the police chief briefed Sun Minghui on the specific situation he had.

The police chief was ashamed to say: "The boss has always wanted to open up the water trade channel between Wujiang and Zhejiang, and the water bandits are too rampant. No boat dares to transport commodities and supplies on a large scale from the Taihu Lake waterway, and we live up to the expectations of our bosses, and according to our preliminary investigation, there may be military involvement in the water bandits. It's good that you're here, and if you need us, say hello directly. ”

"The responsibilities are different, you are responsible for local security, we are professionally engaged in this business, I will let people come to you if necessary, and our identities cannot be exposed." After saying that, Sun Minghui left.

A group of merchants came to Wujiang Yunping Town, led by a young rich son, who wandered around the town every day either drinking wine or soaking in a teahouse. He often told his neighbors that if he built a fleet to transport Wujiang materials to Zhejiang, he would definitely make money.

Listening to the entourage of the son, the rich son is the child of a wealthy family in Shanghai, and soon after returning from studying abroad, he stopped here to investigate whether the town is suitable for building a warehouse, and soon prepared to go to Yixing for inspection.

Sun Minghui found a boat in the town, and the boatman readily agreed to take them to Yixing, and the price was quite fair.

"The boatman heard that the water bandits in Taihu Lake are very powerful, and I think nine times out of ten they are fake, and I haven't heard of water bandits or anything in Yunping Town for a few days." Sun Minghui shook the folding fan in his hand and spoke Shanghainese.

The boatman was a sturdy middle-aged man with tanned skin, and a pair of eyes that didn't look serious were floating around: "Sir, there are no water bandits on Taihu Lake, they are all scaring people." Some businessmen want to swallow the boss's goods, deliberately saying that there are water bandits to rob them. ”

"It's also something that the current guys can't believe, I personally pressed the goods myself this time, I want to see if there are any water bandits, and there are still people who dare to rob me in broad daylight, I don't believe it." Sun Minghui said and looked at his entourage.

"That's it, I'll use your boat to go to Yixing tomorrow morning."

That night, Song Zhipeng followed the boat family from a distance and came to a big family in the town, before the boat family knocked on the door, he looked around to see that there was no one around, and knocked on the copper ring on the thick door four or five times, and then the door opened a crack, and the boat family went in sideways.

Wu Changfu's family, Sun Minghui asked the two team members who stayed behind to pay attention to their hidden identities and keep an eye on Wu Changfu's family.

Early in the morning, Sun Minghui and his entourage of nine people came to the dock, and the boatman saw Sun Minghui and a few people carrying wooden sticks and asked in surprise: "What is Mr. doing with wooden sticks?" ”

"Our young master said that in case of encountering water bandits, it can also be used for self-defense."

"Where are the bandits in this channel, really, okay be careful and get on the boat." The boatman stood by the boat with a smile and helped Sun Minghui to get on the boat.

The boat is a seven-sailing boat unique to Taihu Lake, with two small sails at the head and stern, three large sails in the middle, plus two wind buckets, which looks towering and upright in the distance. There are six boat bosses and boatmen.

At noon, when the boat reached the middle of the lake, a boat stopped in the middle of the waterway and shouted to the boatman to borrow rice, saying that the rice was gone.

"It's my relative's boat," the boatman explained.

Sun Minghui nodded in understanding, turned to Song Zhipeng and said, "You go and bring the book in my box, and read the book when you are bored." ”

Song Zhipeng turned around and went to the luggage area in the rear compartment to get the book, and as soon as the boat approached the opposite boat, several gun-wielding bandits jumped over and walked to the cabin where Hu Wenkai was located with the boatman, and the boatman led the way: "The fat sheep in charge is very easy to handle this time, maybe there will be a ransom." ”

With a bang, the boatman at the front fell on the board, and after a few gunshots, Sun Minghui walked out of the cabin, and the water bandits led by him held the injured right hand with his left hand and was about to jump into the lake, but Song Zhipeng kicked him and fell on the board. Separate interrogation is a must for the Dragon King Temple, and Sun Minghui showed his dagger and pressed it on the neck of the bandit, and everything was explained.

Wujiang is close to the Taihu Lake, and it almost turns water bandits into an industry. Wu Changfu's family has more than 50 water bandits and four boats. There are at least 4,000 bandits in the entire Taihu Lake basin.

At night, the two sailing ships returned to the town of Wanping, and after a long time at the dock, the people on board escorted the bandit leader ashore. At night, it was dark in the town, and several sailboats moored on the pier were quietly leaning against the pier, and there was no movement on the boats.

Sun Minghui and his entourage walked lightly to the town with flashlights, and the two remaining team members picked up them halfway and told Sun Minghui that the two trucks from the police station had stopped on the main road outside the town.

A group of twelve people came to the high wall of Wu Changfu's house, and Song Zhipeng commanded the team members to wear masks and climb the high wall. After Sun Minghui saw that his team members had already entered Wu Changfu's house, the three of them escorted the bandit leader to the gate and buckled the copper ring on the door.

"Who?" There was a sound of freshly woken up from inside.

"It's me, it's done, I'll come back to see my lord." The bandit leader replied.

"Why did you come back, Master Wu is already angry."

"There's been a bit of a delay on the way."

The door creaked open, and the leader of the bandits stood in the middle, with a gun held to his waist, and two team members carrying suitcases.