Chapter 10: Iron Sand
Back at the dock, before he had time to drink a saliva, there were guests waiting outside Zhou Lin's office.
"Hello Section Chief Zhou!" He is the housekeeper of another big family in Pearl City.
"Steward Zeng, honored guest! Have a seat. Zhou Lin pointed to the sofa.
"It's a little careful, please smile." Steward Zeng took out a small box, which contained a set of gold jewelry, and the market price was about 1,000 oceans.
Zhou Lin excused himself three times and accepted it.
"Why be polite, come to me and tell me directly if you have something." Zhou Lin said with a smile.
Steward Zeng said in his heart: It sounds good, I've been here for almost a day, and I opened the joint to see you, if there is no gift, it is estimated that the door will not be able to enter.
"There is a batch of currency, you need to leave urgently, please ask Section Chief Zhou to go over conveniently."
"What?" Zhou Lin glanced at Steward Zeng.
"Iron sand." Steward Zeng said quietly.
Iron sand is a strictly controlled material and a raw material for the production of iron ingots, which is urgently needed in Chongqing.
Zhou Lin pushed the jewelry box back: "This variety is not good, I can't do it." ”
Steward Zeng looked at Zhou Lin and saw that he was resolute, so he had to crawl into Zhou Lin's ear to speak.
"Really?" Zhou Lin couldn't believe it.
Butler Zeng took a secret letter stamped with the big seal of the military police headquarters and showed it to Zhou Lin.
"With all these things, why do you tease me." Zhou Lin said dissatisfied.
"The above means that to make this batch of goods is to buy and pass." Butler Zeng looked like don't blame me, I'm also an errand runner.
"Even if I received something, no one else knows."
It turned out that this batch of goods was "enthusiastically" helped the arsenal, which lacked raw materials, to solve the urgent needs of the Wuhan government, which had secretly taken refuge with the Japanese.
After the deed is done, that person will be promoted. So the Japanese let Steward Zeng's family take care of it.
"What do you say?" Zeng housekeeper asked for advice.
"Give some benefits to your subordinates, let people know that this batch of goods was bought."
"How much?" Steward Zeng knew that this method was good, but it would cost money.
"Two thousand oceans! Everyone has a share. Zhou Lin thought to himself, take more of this kind of money, you want to be promoted, I want to get rich, and everyone takes what they need.
Steward Zeng turned away and disappeared.
Zhou Lin smiled: "Lao Tzu didn't think of taking money, Lao Tzu just wanted to disgust you to death." ”
After more than ten minutes, the phone on Zhou Lin's desk rang.
Zhou Lin unexpectedly answered the phone: "This is a department that has been investigated and punished." ”
"It's me!" Yamada's voice came from the microphone.
"Hello Chief!" Zhou Linli shouted.
"That's it! Someone sued me, saying that you asked for a bribe of 2,000 oceans. ”
"Here's the thing, chief." Zhou Lin told the story one by one.
"Your method, although it is said to ask for bribes, can also make this batch of goods make the people in Wuhan think that they bought through the customs before going out. It's okay that your price is too high. Yamada said.
"It's not high, and the normal customs clearance fee is so much. He's a forbidden item, and it's worth the price. I personally don't take this money. ”
Yamada asked with interest, "What are you going to do?" ”
"The head of the reporting agency, the person in charge of the night shift turned a blind eye, and let him go after receiving the ocean, all the passages, I don't know about it." Zhou Lin reported.
"Hmmm! You can't know about it. The people in Wuhan know your relationship with me, and if you know it, it means that I know. They will be vigilant, they will investigate, and then the matter will become a bad thing. ”
Zhou Lin: "I think so too. ”
"In this case, let the housekeeper go directly to the person in charge of the night shift. What is the name of the person in charge? "Yamada finally had an idea.
"Li Hu. This person is a bit yin and can't see through it. "Zhou Lin knew that Li Hu was the nail that Chen Jie put in, and if he had a chance, why didn't he take eye medicine?
"Then you don't know, don't collect money, in order to cooperate with the Wuhan investigation, we will push this Li Hu out."
"Yes, Director! Don't know, don't take money! ”
Zhou Lin finally pushed away a troublesome matter, and as soon as he was in a good mood, he called his bald head and asked him to stare at Li Hu.
Two hours later, the bald head came to report that the housekeeper Zeng found Li Hu, and the two drank wine in a restaurant for half an hour, and when they came out, Li Hu had an extra bag in his hand.
Zhou Lin thief smiled: The greedy fish has finally taken the bait.
At night, Zhou Lin turned off the lights, sat in the window, and looked out the window.
The bald head flashed into Zhou Lin's room: "Section chief, that Li Hu is really bold, he forged a release slip with your signature and released the goods." ”
"Where's the release slip?" Zhou Lin continued to look out the window.
"I took it from the guy on duty." The bald head hands out the release slip.
"What about the goods?" Zhou Lin turned his head and motioned to the bald head to put the release slip on the table.
"It's headed for the mouth of the Yangtze River."
Zhou Lin looked at his watch: "Bald, when you take over the shift in the morning, let the night shift report to you, and someone else must be present during the report." ”
"Section Chief, you instruct!" The bald interest came.
"As soon as he reports and hands in the release slip, you bring him to me."
"Understood! This guy is the head of the department, and he doesn't take his brothers seriously, and he has long wanted to clean him up. ”
Zhou Lin slept a good night, was disturbed by the noise outside, and opened the door impatiently and scolded: "It's early in the morning, what's the noise?" ”
"Section chief, something happened!" The bald head hurriedly reported.
"What's wrong?" Zhou Lin pretended to be a flute road.
"A batch of contraband was released at the dock last night."
"What contraband is worth waking me up early in the morning?"
"Iron sand, fifty tons." The bald head handed over the release slip.
"Iron sand, fifty tons? And my release slip? Are you blind? Is this signature mine? Is my signature so ugly? ”
"Li Hu took this release slip and let us go." The watchman defended.
"Bald, take someone to arrest Li Hu and raid his home immediately." Zhou Lin slapped the table and shouted.
"Yes," the bald man rushed out with four men.
Zhou Lin immediately picked up the phone: "Give me the military police headquarters, please pick up General Yamada." Report to the general, last night Wuhan elements smuggled a batch of iron sand, 50 tons. It is within us that there are people within us who are working with them inside and out. The ship had been gone for seven hours. The Imperial Army sent patrol boats to chase after them, and well, as ordered, I arrested people and sent them to the gendarmerie headquarters. ”
Zhou Lin is calling here, and he can't wait for everyone to know.
As soon as they heard that the arrest had been sent to the gendarmerie headquarters, everyone hurriedly covered their ears.
Gendarmerie Command, what is that? Those who go in can only come out lying down.
Everyone mourned for Li Hu for three minutes, and wanted to eat alone? As a result, I had to go to the gendarmerie headquarters to eat alone. This Li Hu is a typical example, whoever sings against Zhou Lin will not sing.
Soon, Li Hu was arrested, but he didn't say anything.
"Bald head, send Li Hu to the gendarmerie headquarters." Zhou Lin knew that Li Hu relied on the director and was not afraid of himself, so he wanted to wait for the director to save him.
But how did he know that Zhou Lin had already reported to Yamada.
As soon as he heard that he was going to send it to the military police headquarters, Li Hu panicked, and the local director couldn't speak.
"I know that I am wrong, spare me once, and I will listen to you from now on." Li Hu struggled.
But Zhou Lin turned around and left, this kind of person, you can't let go, he will bite you if he has the chance.
The bald head chased after Zhou Lin: "Li Hu's house found 2,000 yuan, this money?" ”
"I can't get this money, so I will send it to the gendarmerie headquarters together."
The bald head swallowed his saliva and held back his greed. Since Zhou Lin said that he couldn't take it, he couldn't take it. Otherwise, the head falls off, and it is useless to have money.
Zhou Lin returned to the office and dialed Chen Jie's number.
"Director, something big has happened." Zhou Lin didn't want to offend Chen Jie for the time being.
"What's the matter?" Chen Jie was holding a jade Buddha and watching.
Zhou Lin reported Li Hu's matter, but he reported that the military police headquarters got the news first and let him deal with it.
"What about Li Hu's people?" Chen Jie asked hurriedly.
"The gendarmerie command has a dignitary, and I let the bald head send it. and the two thousand oceans found by Li Hu's family, which were also brought with them. Zhou Lin looked pity.
Over there, Chen Jie put down the phone and hurriedly called his henchman Wang Shandong.
"Li Hu had an accident and is now at the Japanese Military Police Headquarters." Chen Jie's words surprised Wang Shandong, and he was still drinking with Li Hu yesterday.
"What's wrong?"
"A batch of iron sand needed by Wuhan was released."
"Iron ...... Sand? That's the material for making weapons! Li Hu is finished. ”
"There are a thousand oceans here, which was given by Li Hu, and you now used yesterday's time to write me a receipt to prove that this is the bribe money I handed over." Chen Jie took out a thousand oceans.
"Is this necessary, Director? Who doesn't collect money after investigation? ”
"It's not illegal to collect money from businessmen, but it's a big trouble to collect money from people with ties to Wuhan. Have you ever taken any money from him? ”
Wang Shandong shook his head: "He said that he would give me a share at the end of the month, but it is not yet the end of the month." ”
"That's good. If the gendarmerie command asks about this thousand oceans, do you know what to say? Chen Jie looked at Wang Shandong.
"I know, Li Hu walked on the front foot, and the director on the back foot called me to confiscate the bribes."
Chen nodded: "You also inquire, what did he say in it." ”
At this time, on the square of the Pearl Railway Station, more than 30 security guards came.
They were from a division, led by an adjutant, and came to pick up the guests.
The group waited for a while, and the passengers who came by train from Nanjing had already begun to leave the station.
The adjutant asked the two soldiers to hold up a large sign that read "Mr. Dong of Beiping".
Halfway through the exit, a fat man in his forties came to the front of the sign: "I am Dong Jun." ”
The adjutant stretched out his hand: "Welcome Mr. Dong!" I was sent by the division commander to take Mr. Dong to the hotel to check in. ”
Dong Jun shook the adjutant's hand: "Thank you!" ”
The group drove away from the train station, and in the business hall of the train station, there was a person who kept watching Dong Jun and his party who were leaving.
After the adjutant arranged Dong Jun, he returned to the headquarters of the 1st Division.
"Have you checked on him?" Chang Liang asked.
"After checking, the serious cloth merchants in Beiping have a lot of business. And ......"
Chang Liang: "I have something to say once." ”
"Moreover, Dong Jun has an indirect relationship with General Kenji Dohihara of the Japanese Army in Beiping."
Chang Liang stood up: "Is he satisfied with your arrangement?" And where is it safe? ”
Adjutant: "Mr. Dong is very satisfied, I left a squad to guard there." ”
"A squad will not work, transfer a platoon from my pistol guard. You must protect Mr. Dong, if something happens, you will be finished. ”
"Yes, I'll take someone right away." The adjutant hurriedly ran out.
Chang Liang sat down and picked up the phone.
"Master Chang, have the guests arrived?" Zhou Lin's voice came from the microphone.
"Arrived, already in the hotel. I said brother, you have invited a master for me, the relationship between General Kenji Dohihara, how can I quote? Chang Liang said anxiously.
"Quote what you want! He's not General Kenji Dohihara either! ”
"That's what I say, but I'm always embarrassed!"
"My brother is settling accounts! I don't know him either, but a friend introduced him. It's okay to make a little profit, but you can't take a loss. ”
"You know, you're here to meet the guests?"
"I don't know him, why do you see him? Also, don't let outsiders know that I'm matchmaking except for you. ”
"Why?" Chang Liang found that Zhou Lin was also wrong.
"Mingzhu's cloth is already in short supply, if people know, I introduced the goods here to the merchants of Beiping and shipped them to Beiping, do you say I have good fruits to eat."
"There is no good fruit to eat! The act of eating inside and out! Chang Liang couldn't help but laugh.
"You're still laughing? I'm sorry for you. ”
"Don't worry! We were the only ones who knew about it, and the head of the Yamada office was too busy, so he didn't let him get tired and didn't report it. ”
"Hmmm! Do not seek me in this matter, lest the wall have ears. ”
Zhou Lin put down the phone and breathed a sigh of relief, he couldn't implicate himself.
As for how to get this batch of goods organizationally, Zhou Lin is not in office and does not seek politics.
Chang Liang, who put down the phone, went to the hotel to meet Mr. Dong.
"This is our division commander!" The adjutant introduced.
Mr. Dong stood up: "Thank you, Senior Chang, for your hospitality. Because I still have something to attend to, we have to negotiate this shipment today. ”
"No problem! The adjutant gave you a quotation, I wonder if you have read it? Because this batch of goods is in the activity area of the New Fourth Army, my quotation is only 85 percent of the market price. ”
The two went straight to the point and began negotiations.
Mr. Dong stretched out two fingers: "My opinion is two points: first, the operation of the bandit area is more risky. Everyone is taking a bit of risk, and the price is 80% of the market price. Second, I will transport this batch of goods back to Beiping, and I hope that Master Chang will send someone to escort it. ”
Chang Liang squeaked in his heart: Transported back to Beiping? Isn't this passing five levels? It is definitely impossible to kill six generals, we can't kill them.
"How is Mr. Dong going?"
"Get on the ship from Lianyungang and take the waterway to Tianjin." Mr. Dong replied.
Chang Liang calculated, from his home to Lianyungang, there are more than 100 miles.
There is a heavy escort, the problem is not big, after all, it is more than a hundred miles, and it will take three hours to arrive.
As for the dispatch of troops, it is a little difficult.
By the way, hasn't the Imperial Army always had to send its own troops to sweep the New Fourth Army?
Obey the instructions of the imperial army, send troops back to their hometown, and send the goods to the ship in Lianyungang.
In this way, we swept and swept, and the goods were delivered, killing two birds with one stone.