Chapter 039: Another Kind of Loyalty
"That's right, I can't even think about it! Hey, how did they get so close? No, Xiao Wu, they are not Boss Jin's people...... Yes, yes! But when he stretched out his hand to comfort his nephew, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly found that Boss Jin's ship seemed to be getting closer and closer. Turning his head to take a closer look, the other party did not drop the sail, but continued to maintain the state of half sail, and now he was less than four hundred meters away from him, and the side of the boat was facing his stern.
"Yes...... It's the Royal Navy! Uncle, we're done...... "I don't need Weng Xiaoyi to say who it is, the cargo ship with the copper coin flag is hoisting the flag, and the sailors on the side of the ship have also taken off the clothes of the merchant sailors, revealing an earthy yellow military uniform.
"Rubbish! Quick, push these boxes down, quick! Weng Xiaoyi knew that his affairs had been exposed, but now he didn't have time to think about why this was happening, disposing of the goods on the deck was the top priority, as long as he could get these boxes out of his ship, he would still be saved.
"......" But none of the sailors on the deck did anything this time, they looked at Weng Xiaoyi, then at the navigator who was paralyzed on the ground, and then at the armed cargo ship with the flag of the Royal Navy not far away, and the row of black hole gun muzzles, and wisely chose to stand still.
"The Royal Navy and the Imperial Inspectorate have issued a notice to the armed cargo ship No. 731 belonging to the Imperial Chemical Group, and everyone on board is to immediately assemble on the starboard deck, raise their hands and not move, and accept a special inspection by the Royal Navy and the Imperial Inspectorate!"
"Repeat again! The Royal Navy and the Imperial Inspectorate have issued a notice to the armed cargo ship No. 731 belonging to the Imperial Chemical Group, and all the people on board are to immediately assemble on the starboard deck, raise their hands and not move, and accept a special inspection by the Royal Navy and the Imperial Inspectorate! If anyone caught disobeying the order, the Royal Navy will kill him instantly! ”
Almost at the same time, shouts were heard from the opposite boat, and the two dinghys were lowered, and the two teams of Marines boarded the dinghy one after another, leaving the mother ship and rowing in this direction.
"They don't dare to fire, I'm the Weng family, they are scaremongering! Come on, come on, whoever helps me carry the box, I'll give him a gold coin! Weng Xiaoyi was already crazy at this time, he desperately picked up a pottery urn filled with gasoline and wanted to throw it into the sea, but unfortunately he didn't have that much strength, so he had to turn around and shout desperately to the sailors.
"Five!" Seeing that the sailors were moving to starboard one after another, the bounty immediately increased fivefold.
"I'll go through the immigration procedures as soon as I go back, I promise!" It's a pity that none of the slave sailors are willing to play for money, Weng Xiaoyi gritted his teeth and threw out a killer move, these slave sailors work hard every day, can't fight back, don't scold back, isn't it just for an immigration quota.
"......" Not to mention, Weng Xiaoyi's promise is indeed better than money, and several slave sailors who walked to starboard immediately stopped, looked back, and then walked to starboard again. Slave sailors are just not born in the right place, it does not mean that they have a low IQ, between Weng Xiaoyi and the Royal Navy, no one thinks Weng Xiaoyi is more reliable. Even if you go through the immigration procedures now, if the Royal Navy finds these things on the ship and sees that you are helping, all the formalities are in vain, and it is better to continue to be a slave. No one else knows how ruthless these navies are, and the slaves don't know that most of them were captured by the Royal Navy.
Get dirty! When Weng Xiaoyi saw the strange man and climbed onto the boat with a smile, his legs were weak and he collapsed on the deck like his nephew. Even if Emperor Hong came in person, he was not so afraid, but the two brothers Cixi and Ciqi were different, and the people who fell into their hands had never heard of any good ends. Ordinary people in the empire may not know that during the period when Cixi and Ciqi served as Minister of Supervision and Director of the Bureau of Internal Affairs, there was not a single unjust, false and wrongful case in the cases handled by the two of them. If this had been someone else, it would have been hyped up a long time ago, and maybe they would have won an imperial medal or something, but it's a pity that these brothers are too shameless and have too bad reputations, and no one wants to mention it, and they don't pretend not to know. But Weng Xiaoyi is not an ordinary person, and he must have heard of the prestige and methods of the two brothers of the Ci family.
"Quack quack...... Manager Weng asked, the empire did not kneel and bow. Brothers in the Marine Corps testify to me, but I have been doing nothing behind my back! "Ciqi, don't ask anything, just look at these boxes on the deck, and the task given to you by the emperor will be completed. This Weng Xiaoyi is really bold, he didn't even change the packaging, and he dared to resell so many prohibited items to foreign countries directly with the packaging boxes of the chemical group, don't ask, this has been done more than once or twice, and he has lost the necessary vigilance.
"Weng Xiaoyi, this is an arrest warrant from the Internal Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Supervision, and the crime is treason. Look carefully, and if there's nothing wrong with it, sign it. When several Marines opened several of the packing boxes, revealing the fractionation equipment inside, Ciqi put away a strange smile, and with a serious expression, he took out a piece of paper with a bright red seal from his briefcase and handed it to Weng Xiaoyi. Now he no longer treats this person as a living person, 100% can't live, even Hong Tao's own father has to be hanged on the gallows in the port. Emperor Hong is such a person, he can kill himself subsequently, and he will not retract the he pulled.
"Director Ci, isn't this matter a bit big, why doesn't there be the Prime Minister's signature?" Escorting a group of prisoners into the cabin, Lang Ya leaned over to Ciqi and asked a very politically minded question.
"Captain Lang, let me tell you the truth, this is my private investigation, and no one has said anything to the outside world, of course, it is impossible to have the signature of the prime minister, and even the minister's signature is forged by me." Ciqi looked left and right, and after confirming that there was no one else nearby, he answered Langya's question with a straight look and a very serious look.
"Ahh You, you investigate the officials of the empire privately! You...... Are you hot and confused! Ciqi's answer made Lang Ya almost drop the telescope in his hand to the ground, although he is an officer, but he is also an imperial official, without the approval of the high-level, the Ministry of Supervision cannot investigate privately, this is a big taboo, whoever gets involved is unlucky. The reason is very simple, every official does not want to be targeted by the Ministry of Supervision for no reason, and this bill was passed by a rare unanimous vote when it was voted on, and no one even abstained, and even the Ministry of Supervision's own officials voted in favor.
"So what do you say you should do? I just watched him so scourge the country? If I don't investigate privately, should I tell Weng Mingyue that I am going to arrest her husband and ask her to write all the charges against her husband to me and let the prime minister see it? Captain Lang, although my brother and I are not treated well by everyone, we also love this country, our brothers are also the builders of the country, the empire is our home, and whoever destroys it, we can't get along with anyone. Even if we are not soldiers and do not have to go to the battlefield to fight the enemy, if necessary, our brothers will risk their lives to fight with such people, and it is not a pity to die. I just hope that when we erect a monument to our brother, we will not write any more unpleasant words on it. ”
Ciqi didn't know that Hong Tao planned to take responsibility for himself, since the emperor said that he would carry the black pot himself, then he would carry it himself. It's not that I haven't thought about this day, and I even feel that I should have come a long time ago, but it was only because the emperor was a kind-hearted person that he let his brother live for so many more years and watch his children grow up. Now that they are all mentally prepared, there is no need to make up nonsense and deceive people. Langya is not an outsider, strictly speaking, he was also single-handedly promoted by Emperor Hong, and he belongs to the same royalist faction as himself, so he is not an outsider.
“…… Director Ci, if you said this in front of the emperor, I would definitely think that you were showing merit again, but this time I believe you are telling the truth. If you think about it, your brother is indeed more worthy of being an Imperialer than this guy. Don't worry, brother, I'll help you go and talk to His Majesty the Emperor, and let him come forward to protect you. Although the Weng family has power, as long as His Majesty the Emperor is willing to come forward, they will not be able to turn over the flowers. Otherwise, there will be no heavenly reason, and we will not be able to watch the country that we have worked so hard to build be poached by them! "Why is Langya still the captain of the Marine Corps from beginning to end, and he hasn't been promoted for a few years, but now Ciqi understands. This man is too pure, too temperamental, and has no political acumen.
You can't hide from this kind of thing, why do you have to drill into it yourself? If you use your brain a little, you will know that if you mix it into this kind of thing, the final result will definitely be that the rat drills the bellows and gets angry at both ends. No matter how tactful you are, you will offend people, or you will offend in death. But Lang Ya only admits death, unless you convince him that his previous perception is wrong, he will not care about the consequences, or it can be said that he does not want the consequences at all.
This kind of person can be a petty officer in the army, you give him a clear order, and he will carry it out wholeheartedly. But let him take the initiative to weigh the pros and cons and consider the problem holistically, don't think about it at all. If you really want to put him in that position, he will be uncomfortable himself, and it will bring unexpected consequences to the collective. From this point of view, Emperor Hong does have the discerning eye to see people, and can always see a person's weaknesses and strengths, and then arrange different people to different jobs to fully develop their strengths and avoid weaknesses.
"Captain Lang, I beg you, don't get involved in this matter, this is a big dung pit, it's bottomless, and it's impossible for anyone to get out of it. Keep your useful body, next time you see such a person, go and deal with him, I don't have a chance, we can't break two people because of one Weng Xiaoyi, right? He doesn't deserve it! "If Lang Ya is playing with himself, Ciqi really doesn't mind mentioning Captain Lang's contribution in this matter in the report, even if he doesn't pull him into the water, he will be disgusting and disgusting. But Langya is so upright, Ciqi is embarrassed to play bad eyes, this is probably what Hong Tao often says, honesty and integrity can increase a person's energy out of thin air.
"Brother Ci, with His Majesty the Emperor coming forward, you don't have to be afraid, there is no bottomless big dung pit, Your Majesty can fill it up with one foot." Lang Ya still didn't understand the meaning of Ciqi, he was like many old sailors and old captains in this regard, he only served one person, and everyone else seemed to them to be a mallet.
"My good brother, your brother has received it, but you must not pull Your Majesty in! It's not that I don't believe in his methods, it's that we can't give His Majesty this kind of trouble. You think, the daughter-in-law of the Weng family is the daughter-in-law of the Bo family, the daughter-in-law of the Huang family, and the daughter-in-law of the Bu family; And there are also daughters in the Bu family and the Huang family who are married to the Bo family, as well as those who are married to the Wen family and the Rong family, and even the daughter-in-law of my nephew, isn't it also the Weng family! These people and His Majesty the Emperor are all relatives of the trap, and if you let His Majesty the Emperor come forward, it is tantamount to pushing His Majesty into the sea of swords and fires. Retreat, violating the laws of the empire that he personally formulated! enter, you have to offend almost all your relatives! Including the Reich Councillor and the Reich Chancellor. You and I were all single-handedly promoted from the commoners by His Majesty, and I am nothing without His Majesty, but now I have been a high-ranking official of the empire for many years. Whether you are a courtier or a subordinate, you can't do this kind of thing, this is revenge! "Ciqi is out of line, it's tiring to talk to people with this kind of elm head, you broke it and crumpled it, there is one thing you haven't talked about, they can't understand it.
"Alas...... What the hell is going on, why do people who do good things become unlucky people? No wonder His Majesty has always been reluctant to be the emperor, I finally understand now, this errand is really not a good job! Or in the early years, when he followed His Majesty to fight the world on the sea, who dared to stare at us more, it was a fire oil bomb when it went up, and then said after the fight, what Nima law is not legal, Your Majesty's words are the law! The cannonballs and crossbows in the hands of our brothers are the law! Defy? Beat you to death and see if you accept it! Langya finally understood, and then became even more confused. With his head, which only knows how to chase animals among the mountains, trying to figure out why this is obviously inhumane, he can't think of the right answer even if he thinks about it, only a long sigh and a long list of complaints, and an incomparable yearning for life before the founding of the country.
"Captain Lang, I still have two bottles of wine brought back from the Mediterranean Sea in my box, so I said that the local emperor only drank it, are you interested in drinking two glasses? This kind of problem is not something you and I can figure out, so let's find some ice to put in the wine and moisten our throats first. Ciqi couldn't answer Langya's question, and he wasn't even interested in thinking about it. Now that the Marines have begun to arrange their sails and prepare for their return voyage, instead of standing here and drinking the wind, it is better to find something comfortable to do. If you can be comfortable, one day is counted as one day, Ciqi wants to open, and he has begun to count the days, and one day less than one day.
"Brother Ci first, please, I don't have many other things around me, there is no shortage of wine, go back to the boat, brother, I will personally catch a few fish, let's drink while barbecue, and rest when we get drunk!" Langya agreed with the porcelain's suggestion, but he couldn't figure it out anyway, so he just drank it and forgot it.
(To be continued.) )