"Brother Zhong, what are you looking at?"

Outside the police box at No. 3 Xianyi Avenue, Pan Xinggui looked in the direction of the US Embassy with a puzzled expression, he only glanced at it a few times, and Fan Qingzhong, the new boss transferred from the embankment, had been frowning and looking at it for nearly ten minutes, and even walked over and took a turn just now.

Although the emperor sold the power of the Saigon police to the seventh brother, there are many people who are not convinced, such as the short-sighted director of the second county police station, who actually dares to disobey the yang and the yin, and if he does not kill his whole family, who will put the Pingchuan faction and the seventh brother in his eyes?

Knowing people and knowing faces, Fan Qingzhong didn't believe this oily subordinate in his heart, and said perfunctorily absentmindedly: "It's nothing, don't look stupid, direct the traffic, I'll go to the headquarters and come back in a while." ”

A land-ruffian-hooligan who robbed homes and houses, put on a police uniform and really thought he was a police officer, Pan Xinggui scolded secretly, and saluted with a baton: "Yes!" ”

The heart of defense is indispensable, what he saw just now is too weird, the more Fan Qingzhong thinks about it, the more reasonable it becomes, he doesn't dare to delay for a moment, he stepped on the motorcycle and rushed to the embankment headquarters with the horn all the way.

Ruan Shan had just returned from the Great World Casino and was paying the account in the account room.

Lai Wencai, the No. 2 person of the Pingchuan faction and the chief of the Saigon police, who was supposed to be sitting in the city, was talking to the seventh brother with the director of public security, Lai Wencan, and the three bigwigs were sitting in the lobby, Fan Qingzhong did not dare to move forward, so he could only wait anxiously at the door.

There is news from the French side that Ngo Dinh Diem is really coming back this time, and there is support from the Americans.

One mountain is difficult to accommodate two tigers, Li Wenyuan was upset, and when he saw him sneakily, he looked inside, and asked with an unhappy face: "Ah Zhong, don't you work well in the city, what are you doing when you come back?" ”

His subordinates didn't have a long face, Li Wencai was very faceless, and scolded in a fierce voice: "I didn't hear Brother Qi's question, get me in!" ”

"Seven...... Brother Seven, Brother Cai, Brother Can, I ...... I want to report something to Brother Shan. ”

"What's the matter?"

Seventh brother is not so easy to fool, if he will really be thrown into a cage in the backyard to feed the tiger, Fan Qingzhong replied uneasily: "Seventh brother, I just saw Li Guanyun's son with the Americans, and they went to the embassy. ”

Li Wenyuan was confused, and asked with a puzzled expression: "Li Guanyun's son?" ”

"Last time, he didn't take Seventh Brother in his eyes, and dared to lead people to beat them, and he was quite ruthless. Brother Shan was angry, and took his brothers to arrest him back and teach him a lesson, and then the Chaozhou gang leader came forward to say good things, so he asked his family to redeem the people. ”

Teaching a boy who is not long-sighted and extorting some money from his family is really not a big deal for the Pingchuan faction, in fact, the brothers rely on this for food. It's just that the kidnapped person is more special, he is not only rich, but also has some power in Saigon.

Li Wenyuan was not worried about offending Li Guanyun at all, but asked coldly: "What about the money?" ”

"Delivery...... ...... After paying the account, who dares to disobey the rules set by Brother Qi. ”

"Now that you've paid the account, what are you afraid of?"

Fan Qingzhong wiped his sweat and said cautiously: "Li Guanyun ran away, went to France, and ran with his wife and daughter." In addition, I heard that his rice factory was closed, the bank was also withdrawing shares, and even the guy who often transported smuggled goods, Ah Cai, was missing. ”

Li Wenyuan reacted suddenly, shook Erlang's legs and said to himself: "He wants to take revenge? ”

"I feel like it is, otherwise the family wouldn't have left."

People and businesses on the embankment have to give him some face, after all, he has to pay taxes to the Pingchuan faction.

People run away, business is not done, taxes are not enough, why give him Li Guanyun face? What's more, his son can get together with the Americans now, and he will be able to wear the same pants with Ngo Dinh Diem in the future.

Li Wenyuan's logic is that the danger must be eliminated in the embryonic stage, and it does not matter whether the Li family wants to retaliate or not. It's just a matter of being a person, Saigon dies every day, and he doesn't care about one more person.

But Li Guanyun is so rich, it's a pity to kill his son like this.

Li Wenyuan weighed it and said expressionlessly: "Ah Can, arrange for a few brothers to arrest him back." If you can teach the first time, you can teach the second time, but this time it will not be so easy to get out. ”

It's just a ticket, it's really nothing.

Lai Wencan responded, and asked by inference: "Seventh brother, do you want to move his family's other businesses?" ”

"Since he, Li Guanyun, has made up his mind to leave, he will definitely not leave money in the account, what's the use of catching those guys, don't move for the time being."

Lai Wencai echoed: "Brother Seventh is right, as long as his son is in our hands, how much does it cost?" ”

"Okay, I'll arrange it."

………

Meanwhile, Lee was entertaining Colonel Lansdale, a well-known counterinsurgency expert, in a riverside garden house in Saigon.

He was thirty-five or sixteen years old, burly, well-defined, handsome, and could be a movie star. And humorous and funny, I can talk to anyone, and I have been laughing constantly from the moment I entered the door.

He was indeed a CIA officer, but his official status in Saigon was not a spy, but an assistant air force attache at the U.S. Embassy in Vietnam with diplomatic immunity.

He enjoyed the Li family's coffee, half-leaned on the sofa, watched the silent movie, and said sarcastically: "From an artistic point of view, this movie has no taste at all." Measured from the perspective of propaganda demagoguery, it must be admitted that there is undoubtedly a market for well-filmed, impeccable advertising films in the northern countryside where information is closed. ”

Li Weimin crossed his arms and added with a smile: "They can also greatly satisfy the curiosity of those farmers in this way, because as far as I know, many farmers in remote areas have never seen a movie in their lives, and maybe never taken a photo." ”

"There is no doubt that they know what farmers need."

Professor Sanderson was so inspired that he pulled out his notebook and leaned under the projection pillar to take notes, and said thoughtfully: "We can give as much as they can give, if not more." ”

Li Weimin smiled without saying a word while holding a coffee cup, and Lansdale motioned to the embassy projectionist to turn off the projector, and said with a meaningful smile: "Professor, I think farmers need land more than movies. ”

Sitting here is very well informed, and Professor Sanderson obviously knows the progress of the negotiations in Geneva, and puts down his pen and mutters: "Gentlemen, this means that the South is also going to carry out land reform. But be modest, for example, by way of government buyouts. ”

Before he came, the secretary of state made it very clear in his telegram that he would come to Vietnam to do the same thing as in the Philippines.

What's more, the current CIA is not the former Strategic Intelligence Agency.

Most of the positions are almost exclusively occupied by Ivy League graduates, and a "senior" like him, a former advertising agency employee, must do a better job if he wants to be respected as he deserves, otherwise it will be difficult to convince those hairy boys with above the top.

Lansdale is ambitious and wants to do something big.

But no matter what country you are in, no matter what you want to do, you can't do without the support of the top local officials, otherwise no matter how good your opinion is, it will not be adopted, let alone put into practice.

He is an adviser to Philippine President Magsese and works very well with him. And now, he very much wants to become an adviser to Ngo Dinh Diem, and very much wants to gain the same trust and even friendship from the Philippine president as the future Vietnamese prime minister.

Ambassador Heath was not optimistic about Diem, and in fact no one in the embassy was optimistic about Diem. The whole of Saigon can talk to Diem and gain the trust of Diem except for his brothers, as if he is a young man who has just gone around the north.

Li Weimin wanted to have a good relationship with him, he also wanted to have a good relationship with Li Weimin, stared at him tightly, and asked with a smile: "Mr. Li, what do you think?" ”

"Colonel, what do you mean?"

"Agrarian reform."

Li Weimin pretended to ponder for a moment, put down his cup and said, "Frankly, I don't know much about politics, but I think governing a country and managing a company should not make much difference. No matter what plan is to be pursued, no matter what strategy is to be implemented, a strong president is needed, and a management team that can assist the president in implementing the organization. ”

Lansdale couldn't have heard what he meant, and said with a tacit smile: "A strong president and a team with executive power are undoubtedly the prerequisites for the implementation of land reform." ”

Professor Sanderson did not come to Saigon for tourism, and what he had seen and heard these days made him very pessimistic, and he couldn't help but shake his head and said: "It's easy to say, but it's very difficult to do, the situation is too chaotic, and you can imagine what kind of difficulties Mr. Prime Minister will face next." ”

They were pawns sent by Diem's American supporters, not the forward-looking bureaucrats of the embassy, but in a sense they were together.

Lansdale stopped going around in circles and smiled bluntly: "Gentlemen, isn't there us, we can help him." ”

Anyway, sooner or later, he will become Wu Tingyan's guest, and he will not do it in vain, Li Weimin pretended to weigh it, got up and said: "Colonel, if you want, you have time, I would like to introduce you to a few friends, I believe they will be very happy to meet you." ”

Without asking, it was known that it was the four brothers Ngo Dinh Liao, Ngo Dinh Jin, Ngo Dinh Nguyen and Ngo Dinh Lien, and the ambassador did not wait to see them, and even did not allow official personnel to contact them. And rushing over is not only a loss of identity, but people may not necessarily believe it.

Lansdale naturally would not refuse, in fact, this was the real purpose of his coming to see the movie, raised his glass and smiled: "Mr. Li's friend is my friend, of course he is willing, of course he has time." ”

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PS: I made a mistake of principle, I was brushed away by 404 in an afternoon, and my collection was brushed away, and I was in tears when I thought about it.

Add a more chapter, tears begging to be taken off the shelves and book friends who forgot to collect it, it's not easy to write a book, it's even more difficult to write a book like this, please brothers and sisters!