On the last day of the first month of 1897, the Qing Empire's reform movement finally began—due to the strong demands of the reform-advocating officials and reformers, and with the support of the "imperial party", the Guangxu Emperor finally decided to ignore the opposition of the conservative ministers and the dissatisfaction of the old women in the Summer Palace, and began to gamble for the first and last time in his life. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

However, not many people cared about such a huge and important change, except for Japan, which of course the Japanese have always been very concerned about; and Great Britain - as the country with the greatest interests in China, London has to be concerned about any change in it; and the United States, but only on the advice of Senator Bush, to keep a limited eye on developments. There are so many things going on in this world every day that people are more concerned about things related to their own vital interests than anything else.

Even in China, where discussion of the reform movement has been more concentrated in Beijing and neighboring Zhili, elsewhere only officials and scholars who are more concerned about current affairs know that the country has begun to reform on a large scale, and that ordinary people still do not know anything and continue to live in the traditional way.

Of course, this kind of life may not be very interesting.

Cai Yunnan felt that his life had become more difficult: he still had not found a regular source of income. Although there was a time when he really wanted to become the "security guard" of the "umbrella" company, and he did sign up, in the end Cai Yunnan gave up this idea.

Not for any other reason, but because Wen Deji took him on a tour of Umbrella's base in Guangzhou Bay and let him spend an ordinary day with the mercenaries......

Then Cai Yunnan decided to quit. Yes, the income of the "security guard" of the "umbrella" company is very high, almost a hundred taels of silver a month, but it is not suitable for him at all - he has to run ten miles every morning when he gets up, and Cai Yunnan feels that he can last for three days at most in this kind of life, not to mention other training programs.

Too much work will never be for him.

"You're just a piece of shit." Zhang Biao commented in an extremely contemptuous tone. He was now very familiar with Cai Yunnan, in fact, from the time he arrived in Guangzhou Bay to the time they became acquaintances, only a hundred hours had passed. Quite different from Wen Dehei, Zhang Biao likes to deal with people like Cai Yunnan.

Cai Yunnan also found that Zhang Biao was easier to socialize with than Wen Desi, but the problem was that he was also much more scathing than Wen Desi, and he always had a bit of a high-minded taste.

Wen Deji would never say, "You're just a piece of waste," and in a contemptuous tone.

Cai Yunnan sighed. "Brother Zhang, can you introduce an easy errand to my junior brother? It doesn't matter if you have less money......"

"No, it can't be." The answer is clean and clear. Zhang Biao knew his position very well, and he was not even as good as Wen Deji - he was the leader of the superior squad, and although he was not yet a mid-level employee, at least more than half of the people had to call him "chief" or "leader" when they saw him, which was really enviable and jealous; But Zhang Biao himself is still just the most ordinary low-level employee, introducing an easy and paying job to others? If there was such a good thing, he would have gone by himself a long time ago, would it still be Cai Yunnan's turn? "There are some things you don't even think about." He said.

"Really no chance at all?" Cai Yunnan still didn't give up. If he continues according to the current situation, it won't be long before he really has only one way left to join the beggar gang.

But he doesn't want to participate in turning into a professional beggar yet.

However, hope never came along. "As I said, there are some things you don't even think about." Zhang Biao raised his right index finger and shook it from side to side, "I advise you not to daydream all daydreaming." ”

"But I ......"

Cai Yunnan wanted to try harder, but at this time, William, who had been watching from the side and listening to Wen Dehei's translation for him. Butz suddenly said, "If you really can't make it, then be a cop." ”

Butz spoke Chinese — he learned a third language to raise his salary a little more, so he could receive a special allowance of three dollars a month — but he spoke northern Mandarin and his pronunciation was so non-standard that Cai didn't understand what he meant.

"What did he say?" He asked.

"He suggested that you go to the concession and become a policeman." Wen Desi said.

"What is a police officer?"

"It's just an official errand." Zhang Biao rolled his eyes, because Cai Yunnan felt very ridiculous that he had been in and out of the concession for a long time but didn't know what a police officer was, but Wen Desi looked thoughtful. "Concession Patrol ...... I don't think you stand a chance, though. ”

After thinking about it for a while, he felt that things might not be so absolute. Although it is not clear what the reason is, the police structure in the concession has not really been established until now, and there is only one police headquarters in the Chikan area, and there are only ten policemen.

Rather weak policing, but the vast majority of mercenaries don't feel that way: in many parts of the central and western United States, there is only one sergeant and a few deputy sergeants, and in the early days of the Western Frontier, there was even one sheriff altogether...... But other foreigners in the concession were not so optimistic, fearing for their own safety and therefore calling for more police, and the few Chinese living in the concession - all landlords who had made their fortune by reselling land and land certificates, as well as compradors of Western companies - also felt very inappropriate.

After all, even if it was only one county, if there were only ten catchers in the county government, it would be extremely ridiculous, even if there were 1,800 soldiers.

And now the garrison in the concession is only half of what it used to be, so the increase in the number of police will eventually increase. The only question is, will the police station in Guangzhou Bay want Chinese to serve as police officers?

Wen Desi didn't know the answer - only the bosses knew, but bothered the two bosses for Cai Yunnan's matter? Although Mr. Yi Shui and His Royal Highness the Duke of Sandy were easy to communicate with and kind, not as strict as Miss McBride, Wen Deji still did not think it necessary to trouble them.

After all, Cai Yunnan's problem is just his problem......

"God, you're still here?" Wen Deji pondered, and suddenly heard a loud shout. He turned around with Zhang Biao and Butz and saw Vince. Vane was running over.

"What's wrong?" They asked.

Vann shouted: "The commander asks everyone to return to the base immediately, and the troops will board the ship in 1600 to go to Indochina...... You'd better hurry up, there's still thirty minutes! ”

The mercenaries knew that the troops were going to Indochina to suppress the rebels there, but they did not expect the departure time to be now - the mercenaries thought it was a little early, and the Chinese soldiers wanted to leave after the New Year, but the French could not wait.

The situation in the Ansai region has completely deteriorated. After almost a year of being teased by Huang Hua's troops, the French colonial forces and their Vietnamese servant army now lost even the last vestiges of morale, and everyone from the rank-and-file to the junior officers demanded their withdrawal, and desertion and self-harm were on the rise. If it weren't for the fact that the colonial authorities had already signed a contract with Umbrella, the French would have had to negotiate with Huang Huatan again, as they have done historically, for a "decent" end to the second purge they had launched.

So now, all hope is on the mercenaries, and it is better for them to appear in the Ansai area at once, and uproot the rebels in the shortest possible time, and kill them all, so that the French can get what they want...... Peacefulness.

The mercenaries had to go.

"I never thought I would one day fight for the French." Butz shook his head, and was the first to stand up, followed by Zhang Biao and Wen Desi also leaving their seats. But Cai Yunnan caught them.

"Two big brothers, what should I do?" He asked eagerly.

Wen Desi turned his face sideways and exchanged glances with Zhang Biao. "Either you can wait until we get back from Vietnam to discuss this matter, or you can settle it yourself."

With that, they left in a hurry.

In fact, they don't have to be in such a hurry. Although the commanders gave the order that the troops would board the ship at four o'clock in the afternoon, in reality the actual departure time was much later. There's still a lot to be done.

For example, who is the supreme commander of the troops. Of course, the candidate has been decided, but it has not yet been announced.

Because Duncan's efficiency is always ...... Either way, he'll get it done.

Although a little late.

"Jack. Kiplin, Randy. Wayne, Casper. Fan. Dean, gentlemen," Duncan smiled as he looked at the three commanders—he never thought that this time he would give orders to the mercenaries, and at first he thought that Yi Shui would do it—deliberately used a long pause to exaggerate the atmosphere, not noticing the anxiety on the commanders' faces, and finally said, "The Pentagon's instructions have arrived, Mr. Dean will be the supreme commander, and Mr. Wayne and Mr. Kiplin will be your deputies." ”

He did not realize at all the meaning of his statement: the world's first order issued in the name of the "Pentagon". However, this is by no means the only "first" he wants to create today, there is another one.

"And, the company decided that all military operations should be given a code name, and this time the operation code name is ......" He paused for a moment, maybe a minute, before announcing in an almost exaggerated tone:

"Just Cause Action." [Note]

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Note: "Just Cause Action" is the code name of the operation when the United States invaded Panama in 1989 (to be continued, if you want to know what happened next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )