Zheng Qifeng has been annoying lately, he is the minister of commerce of the North Manchurian government, and he is also in charge of the Dalian and Yingkou special economic zones. Because Dalian and Yingkou Special Economic Zone are the most economically developed areas in North Manchuria, and they are also the base camp of light industry, he used to be the hottest figure in North Manchuria.

There are only three foreign ports in North Manchuria, and Vladivostok still has a small half year of ice period, so the main trade contacts are concentrated in Dalian and Yingkou. Whether it is foreign technical products or raw materials for production in the customs, as long as they come in by sea, the first stop must be Dalian or Yingkou. North Manchuria's munitions and No. 4 and other products are to be exported, and Vladivostok can be walked in the summer, and the rest of the time is mainly concentrated here. Because of the development of shipping, many light industries that rely on the supply of goods in the customs area, although the stores are in North Manchuria, have set up factories in Dalian and Yingkou.

It is precisely because of the excellent geographical location that Dalian and Yingkou have become the most important material distribution centers and light industrial areas in North Manchuria. With the economic prosperity, a large number of people have also poured into here, and a large number of people have stimulated the development of other industries in Dalian and Yingkou areas. Zheng Qifeng is in charge of this place, holding almost all the pocket money of the Northern Manchurian Empire, and Guo Xing'a wants to eat an unplanned hot pot, it all depends on Zheng Qifeng's meaning. But this treasure land has been in a lot of trouble recently, which has made Zheng Qifeng, who is proud of the young man, have a lot of gray hair.

North Manchuria has been expanding its armaments and is ready to go north to regain its homeland, but this is also targeted. Because the main threat to North Manchukuo at present comes from Tsarist Russia, the strength of North Manchurian is also mainly concentrated in the north, and the six provinces on the mainland have developed 16 divisions and seven mixed brigades, but Dalian and Yingkou Special Economic Zone only have police.

The four ports of Vladivostok, Dalian, Lushun, and Yingkou are not garrisoned by the army, but are defense areas of the Marine Corps. When the foundation was created, Dalian and Yingkou were still fishing villages, and there was no need for fortification at all. Vladivostok is deep in the heart of the army, and there is also an army to assist in defense, and there is almost no danger. The only thing that needed to be defended was Lushun, at the beginning, a battalion was sent by the troops directly under Guoxinga, and later the Marines had a regiment, and the Marines took over. At that time, the strength of a regiment, assisted by various types of warships, was more than enough to defend the military port of Arthur. With the development of the Dalian and Yingkou economic zones, the Marine Corps is also expanding, and there has been no problem with coastal defense, but with the Bohai Fleet advancing into the South Seas, things are different.

When Botun left, he took the 1st Brigade of the Marine Corps with him, and later, due to the military needs of the Nanyang colonies, he successively added another regiment, and only one regiment of the 2nd Brigade was left to defend the four major ports. Vladivostok was entrusted to the army, but a regiment had to guard Lushun, Dalian, and Yingkou, which was really a little less.

At present, North Manchuria is not at war with any country, and there is no strong enemy to attack the economic zone, but the economic zone is not peaceful. There were quite a few bandits in the area under General Sheng Jing's jurisdiction, and there were also many peasants who wanted to take advantage of the wealth of the economic zone, and there were even more Qing soldiers who crossed the border to extort money. Pirates on the sea were not as rampant as they were in the eighteenth century, and they were no longer equipped to rival the regular army, but they could sneak ashore and plunder the people. There are also many Koreans and Japanese who come across the sea to work in the economic zone, and they can cope with drunk fights with the police, but if they carry weapons and start a riot, the police can't handle it. The garrison needs help in all aspects, but a regiment is only more than 2,000 people, and it is often the next gourd to get up and scoop.

Zheng Qifeng repeatedly asked the remaining marines to settle down, and even threatened to go to Goxinga to complain to them, but Thar, the commander of the second brigade of the Marine Corps, had no way at all, he really had no people. Tal was Ta Er, who used to be the younger brother behind Chengtai, and later became a high-ranking official and felt that his name was indecent, so he changed it to Tár. He served as a platoon commander when he was in a deserted village, and he was also an old commander of Cao Meng, Li Zhi and others, and later became a political work cadre, with good performance but slow promotion. Cao Meng, Li Zhi and other old subordinates have all risen, but he still hasn't made much progress. After thinking about the change, he left the army and joined the Marine Corps, and also changed from a political cadre to a military commander.

Tal also had a bad career, he just became a brigade commander here, and he began to enter Nanyang over there, and as the left-behind commander, he took over a huge mess. Originally, he still had a regiment in his hand, and the leaks could be maintained on all sides, but because everyone thought that there was no external threat to the economic zone, the staff headquarters threw a more difficult task to him.

After the Beijing peace talks, Goxinga obtained the right to lay a railway in Mukden and station troops within five miles along the route. After the construction of the main railway trunks in the six provinces of the mainland was completed, Guo Xing'a sent the first division of the railway construction corps that he had worked hard to train to Mukden to build a railway line connecting the north and south in Mukden. After the construction of the railway was completed, the former Liaohe River was swept into the corner, and all the materials in Dalian and Yingkou Economic Zone were transported back to the mainland by rail. As preparations for the reconquest of their homeland accelerated, Goxinga had to transfer the 1st Division of the Railway Construction Corps back to the mainland, and they had to come back to improve the railway branch lines of the homeland, and design the railway line for Outer Manchuria based on the information obtained by the Miscellaneous Affairs Section. In the future, when entering Outer Manchuria, the troops must advance parallel to the railway, otherwise the supply of materials will definitely not be able to keep up. The railroad soldiers withdrew to the mainland, the operation of the railway in Mukden was handed over to the economic zone, and the garrison of Wuli was also returned to Taar.

It would have been a good thing to be able to control such a large area all at once, but there really was no one in Tal anymore. The only regiment he had, seeing that Dalian and Yingkou were leaking everywhere, and adding a railway line of hundreds of kilometers would have killed him. And there are dangers along the railway, which are more troublesome than those in the coastal areas. The rails are made of good steel, and it's a good option to build farming tools and swords after removing them, so from time to time outlaws sneak along the line and steal the tracks for profit. Moreover, the sound of the train passing by is huge, and some villagers who are worried about the train damaging feng shui will block the railway from time to time to protest the passage of the train, and then there will be more cases of the train hitting and killing people. The local government failed to appeal, and the villagers began to sabotage the railway. Ter was not allowed to send men to build artillery towers to monitor and protect the safety of the railway, and suddenly spread his forces even thinner.

Zheng Qifeng is half in Changchun and half in Dalian every month, and today is Zheng Qifeng's day in Dalian, and then Tal complained again. Tal is not under Zheng Qifeng's control, but everyone is in a cooperative relationship, and the various government departments headed by Zheng Qifeng have held criticism and fighting meetings, and one after another have come out to accuse the military of maintaining the local unfavorable, and there is no difference between Tal and being scolded by the chief. After the meeting of the executives of the economic zone, Tar's mood was very low, he was equal to two scoldings today, Zheng Qifeng criticized him lightly, and the staff headquarters did not give him a good face. His main problem was the lack of troops, so he naturally had to apply to the General Staff Headquarters for supplementation, but unfortunately the General Staff Headquarters seemed to have taken the wrong medicine recently, and did not pay any attention to his actual situation at all, and only blindly accused him of ignorance of the general situation.

"The north side is going to prepare for war, and all the departments are replenishing their troops, so how can I have extra heads for you now! You don't have a war here, and a regiment can't deal with a bunch of civilians? If you have difficulties to overcome, you have to think of more ways to do it! The old chief Tan Shaoguang's reply made Tal especially want to hang himself. What can he do, the people in the economic zone are all workers, and there is no possibility of recruiting soldiers at all.

Tar, who was in a bad mood, could only wander around the streets and drink some stuffy wine to relieve his depression. Because of the developed industry in Dalian, there are more wealthy people, and the tertiary industry is also very developed. Not only are there many restaurants of all kinds for Chinese people, but also many opened by foreigners. Unlike other naval officers, Tal is more traditional and more accustomed to Eastern things, but lately he has also taken a liking to some foreign gadgets - Japanese food. Japanese food is exciting to eat, and watching Japanese chefs cook is also quite fun. The most important thing is that Tar, who has been depressed lately, likes the feeling that everyone nods at him as soon as he enters the door.

Tal went to his frequented izakaya again today, he wanted to eat some sushi and drink two glasses of sake, and then ask two geisha to accompany him to relax, the pressure of insufficient troops made his nerves almost collapse. The owner of the izakaya saw Tal walking over with his men and soldiers, and had already bowed respectfully at the door at 90 degrees to greet him, and the men began to refund the wine money to the other guests in the store, and began to clear the house for Tár's arrival. Tal especially liked this kind of high-level hospitality, and only this kind of service could allow him to find the feeling of a retainer and liberate himself from the pain of being scolded every day.

"Boss, the old rules! Go to the Imperial House and call their Oiran, I'm tired today! "Tal, who has a lot of money and a lot of power, only feels a little in front of the owner of the sake house.

"Hay! Please go inside and take a break with a glass of sake! The villain will arrange it immediately! "The owner of the pub is pure Japanese, but he speaks Chinese no worse than Chinese, the only difference is that he likes to use honorifics.

Tal walked into the wine house with his head held high, and it felt good to have someone to serve him even when he took off his shoes, and the respectful maid kept her body down like a eunuch serving the emperor, and led Tal and several of her subordinates to the most luxurious seats. The maids had already knelt on the tatami mats to greet them, and as soon as Tal's body was short, they had already reached out and helped Tal to sit on the soft cushions. Watching the customers who were leaving the store one after another, Tal was in a much better mood, but he didn't like the Chinese customers in the store. After the Chinese guests were refunded, they would also leave obediently, but they would look in the direction where Tal was sitting, and they would laugh and whisper. The Japanese guests were much better, they hardly dared to look in the direction of the Tar, and when they reached the door, they would bow in the direction of the Tar.

"このような道理があって,君たちはどうしてこんなにお客さんを扱うことができるのか!(How can you treat guests like this)!" A sentence of angry Japanese shattered Tal's good impression of the dwarf.

In the direction of the scattered seats, a guy was bowing incessantly, as if apologizing to someone, and the other party was constantly yelling angrily. Tar's mood was unaffected, but he still frowned and looked in the direction where he had been arguing. It's a pity that both the apologizing guy and the angry guest are speaking Japanese, and Tal can't understand a word.

"I'm so sorry to disturb your peace, we'll take care of it right away!" The boss knelt down in front of Tar with a few men, solemnly apologized to Tar, and even the maids who were waiting on the side bowed their heads together.

Tal didn't bother with the boss, he was used to the Japanese courtesy. took out a box of hardcover Changbai Mountain cigarettes, distributed a few to several of his subordinates, and took one in his own mouth, and as soon as he turned his head, a maid lit it for him, and at the same time served an ash dish. Smoking a cigarette, Tal felt that the boss was bragging, and he must not be able to handle it, because the guest did not mean to be angry at all, but began to push the guy. The situation did not mean to calm down, but seemed to be getting worse, and Tal felt that these drunken guests were likely to make a move, and he was ready to watch the dwarfs fight.

"君はなんとSamurai にこのように無礼なことをするのだ (You dare to be so rude to a samurai)!" With a loud shout, the battle that Tal had been expecting took place, and the man was thrown to the ground by an over-the-shoulder throw.

But what happened next was beyond Tar's expectations, there were no imaginary fists and flying feet, and a few angry guests actually pulled out the * on their waists directly. In front of the top military commanders of Dalian and Yingkou Economic Zones, how could there be a vicious incident of hurting people, even if it was infighting between different races. Tar's personal soldier at the door walked into the store, reaching out to push away the irrational customer and let the matter end there. The pro-soldiers, who had never been offended, did not expect to be resisted at all, so the unsuspecting pro-soldiers also suffered a shoulder fall. That is, the pro-soldier is tall, and the Japanese are short, otherwise he would have to be broken this time.

"Rebellion!" In a fit of rage, Tal slammed his glass on the tatami mat, disgraced by his own soldier and a young man he liked very much.

There was no need for any orders, and the soldiers who were waiting inside and outside the store all rushed in with loaded guns, and the samurai was densely packed with gun barrels in front of them. The brave samurai was not afraid, and still wanted to resist with the * stubbornness in his hands, but with his superb martial arts, he was no match for a well-trained soldier at all. Before he could swing it, he was caught with a bayonet, and then he was hit on the knee, and before his body hit the ground, seven or eight * had already greeted him, and his mother didn't know him.

The samurai who had been accompanied by the handsome men who had been beaten also rushed over, but before they could be compromised, the soldiers had already opened the safety of their rifles and pointed their guns at them.