Phu Quoc is a disputed island, too close to Cambodia.

More than ten kilometers, take a quick boat from Kampong Son Harbor, smoke a few cigarettes, and you can land on the island.

It is one thing to possess the facts, but it is another to keep it, after all, in addition to the military, international public opinion must be taken into account.

The development or support of a force in Cambodia to ensure the security of Phu Quoc Island was drawn up when the industrial village plan was decided. It's just that some time ago, I was busy dealing with Nguyen Van Xin, and during this time, I was busy reorganizing the national army, busy arguing with warlords and oppositionists, and I didn't care about it.

Li Weimin proposed again, and he had already found a good candidate for execution, so Ng Dinh Diem and Ngo Dinh Diem naturally would not object, and immediately put down their work to meet with Pan Hongshan, Su Youcai, Chen Runwei, and Nguyen Minh Xiu, and talked for more than an hour after closing the door.

Because he was too sensitive, he attached unbelievable importance to the operation, and even Chen Jinxuan, the spy chief who had just been appointed some time ago, did not know about it and was kept in the dark.

Li Weimin did not participate in the conversation, so he found an excuse to take the "lady route" as usual, and sat in the back garden to drink coffee with Chen Lichun.

After two months of not seeing her, she lost weight again.

During this time, she was very busy, going to the camp outside the city at 6 a.m. every morning and not returning until the afternoon. Sometimes she has to give interviews to reporters on behalf of Diem, and when she is not scheduled to do so, she cleans the garden like a gardener and tidies up the offices of the prime minister and her husband.

"Those American journalists are so hateful that they actually call me 'tigress'! I have a share in everything from national policy to refugee affairs. It's true that I've been involved in some, but not like they're saying before the prime minister, behind the scenes, or whatever. ”

He was open-mouthed, especially during the "Xinyan Incident", he said many shocking things on the radio, and suddenly became the focus of media attention. Reputation is mixed, some people think she is shrewd and capable, some call her "tigress".

Li Weimin was the only person she could complain about except her family, and she chattered as soon as she sat down.

She sighed lightly, pointed to the prime minister's office and continued: "For the people, you know how hard the prime minister is, sometimes he makes a wrong judgment on a certain thing for various reasons, as an ordinary citizen, he should correct it, let alone a family?" The housewife was originally the Minister of the Interior of the family, don't you say? ”

"They don't know Vietnam, they don't understand the differences between East and West, don't take it to heart."

"They say I'm nothing, but they accuse the prime minister of dictatorship. You know, the prime minister is not dictatorial at all, he often puts forward ideas to explain, sometimes he convinces us, sometimes we convince him, it's very democratic. And for the sake of the country and the people, he sacrificed personal and family happiness, and was not even afraid of death. ”

"That's why I spared no effort to support Mr. Yan."

"If only everyone was as reasonable as you are."

Chen Lichun sighed again, took a sip of coffee from the cup, and suddenly asked, "For the people, has Father Ruan Lehua looked for you, from Taiwan." ”

Li Weimin said with a smile: "The director of the comprehensive department of the industrial investment company seems to have mentioned in the telegram, you know, I have been running around outside, how can I have time to come back to see him, and I don't even know why he is looking for me." ”

"For the sake of overseas Chinese."

This incident seemed to make her very excited, and she even criticized it indignantly: "He has a close relationship with the prime minister, but he is too close to overseas Chinese, knows Vietnam too well, and likes to interfere in internal affairs too much...... Fortunately, the prime minister was not bewitched by him, and even if he was bewitched, Ting Yao and I would remind him in time. ”

Ruan Lehua, a famous "battle priest" in later generations.

Resolutely anti-G, he has an unusual relationship with President Chiang, and is an important unofficial person sent from Taiwan to Vietnam. The Chinese Youth Association's sideways intervention, coupled with the "Foreigners Management Committee" and the Foreigners' Management Police Brigade, has directly affected Taiwan's appeal to overseas Chinese on the embankment.

How could Li Weimin not know that Nguyen Lehua didn't like him as much as the Vietminh, and asked knowingly: "Mrs. Yao, does he really interfere in internal affairs?" ”

"He hopes that the overseas Chinese living in Vietnam, especially on the embankment, will maintain the status quo and continue to accept the leadership of the Republic of China, is this possible, is this not interference in internal affairs?"

"How did Mr. Yan reply?"

"I didn't say anything, just let him communicate with you first."

Li Weimin slapped his forehead and asked with a wry smile: "I'm not the foreign minister, what did Mr. Yan ask him to do with me?" ”

Chen Lichun knew that this would make him very embarrassed, and even make him bear the infamy, so he said apologetically: "You are not the Minister of Foreign Affairs, but you are a member of the Foreigners Management Committee, and when it comes to foreigners' affairs, of course I have to communicate with you first." For the people, I know this will embarrass you, but only you know the Chinese best, and you can best represent the Chinese living in Vietnam, and it is most appropriate for you to be in charge. ”

"There is no doubt that he will definitely think that I am a traitor."

Chen Lichun chuckled and patted him on the arm: "I am a tigress, the prime minister is dictatorial, as long as I do things, I will be scolded." For the sake of the country and the people, what is it to be scolded as a traitor? Besides, in the minds of more people, you are a true patriot like the prime minister. ”

"It's enough to have your sentence, it doesn't matter what others think of me."

"Thank you."

"Thanks, in the words of the gangsters, we're in this group."

Chen Lichun laughed so hard that she wiped her tears and asked, "For the people, it's almost the New Year, will Lijun come back?" ”

The current calm is only temporary, and Ngo Dinh Diem will not accept the conditions of those warlords, especially Le Van Yuan, and the French have stopped providing military funds for those warlord forces, especially the Binh Chuan faction.

Although Li Wenyuan guarded the "cash cow" on the embankment, the expenses were even greater.

Every year, he has to send several million dollars to Paris to supply and profligate it, and he wants money himself, and those leaders under him ask for money; if he does not give money, he will easily be co-opted by Wu Tingyan, and his weapons and equipment must be maintained and updated, and he cannot afford to support 16 battalions just by collecting taxes from overseas Chinese on the embankment and the income from illegal business.

After Nguyen Van Hsin left, Ngo Dinh Diem's supporters became more and more powerful, and even the police did not listen to his orders.

Le Van is far less tenacious than Ngo Dinh Eem, and for him to drag it out any longer is to sit still, so Saigon is calm on the surface, but in fact there is an undercurrent surging.

The war will rekindle at any time, how could Li Weimin let his fiancée come back at this time, and shook his head: "Their Christmas holiday has ended early, and classes have officially started for several days." Not to mention that there is no time to come back, even if there is time, it will not be able to come back, because it is necessary to cooperate with the American Catholic Church and the Detroit Representative Office of the Industrial Investment Company to carry out a new round of fundraising and investment. ”

"Husband and wife?"

"Aren't you the same?"

Chen Lichun smiled and asked again, "Do you have time in the evening, I haven't eaten together for a long time." ”

Li Weimin thought about it, but still shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, I really don't have time tonight, I'm going to go to the embankment later, and do what needs to be done before that priest finds me, so as not to make waves again." ”

The Chinese Youth Association will take over the property of the Five Gangs, so that the Five Gangs Association will withdraw from the stage of history, and at the same time urge all Chinese schools to open Vietnamese language courses and recruit Vietnamese students, so as to promote more overseas Chinese naturalization.

These things were communicated in the telegram, and Chen Lichun realized that he was going to meet the older generation of overseas Chinese leaders on the embankment, and asked curiously: "How sure are you?" ”

"The wind has already blown, and the shareholders of the industrial investment company have done a lot of work, so the problem should not be very big."