Chapter Forty-Seven: Both Death and Money!
The woodyard is still the same carpentry, and the warehouses are still the same warehouses, but the owners have all changed.
patronizing the world to find the whereabouts of the Li family, Liu Jiachang actually drilled a loophole under his nose, and transferred all the businesses that the Li family had been operating on the embankment for more than 100 years in just a few days. Only a five-entry mansion was left, and before the run, it was rented to a group of French people who couldn't stay in the north and couldn't afford to buy a house in the south, and the rent was almost negligible.
As for the Li family's shipping company, their ships docked at the docks guarded by the French army and customs police, and no one except the French took them.
Those who have a closer relationship with the Li family are Ma Guoxuan and Wu Dayuan.
Ma Guoxuan is the head of the Chaozhou gang, if he uses a strong embankment against him, even if the Chaozhou people do not rebel, they will no longer pay taxes as honestly as they do now. Moreover, as a wealthy overseas Chinese businessman with a head and a face, his relationship with the French is very unusual.
Wu Dayuan disappeared first, and secondly, he had a closer relationship with the French. His Wu Kee shipyard provides repair services for the French Navy, and the French Navy will not sit idly by if he is moved.
Le Van Yuan is far from what it used to be, guarding the most economically prosperous embankment in Vietnam and controlling the police in the capital. Instead of putting on shoes, he put on a military uniform and carried the rank of major general, no longer the barefoot river thief before, no matter what he did, he had to think about the consequences first, and he could only teach Ruan Shan, who was ineffective, a lesson, and swallowed this breath with hatred.
He thought that Li Weimin had already gone to France, and he didn't believe that Li Weimin dared to stay in Saigon. In fact, Young Master Li not only didn't run, but was secretly planning how to avenge this arrow.
If it weren't for the careful attention, if it weren't for the well-informed and many eyes and ears of the Chaozhou Gang on the embankment, the consequences would be unimaginable. Ah Cheng had palpitations, and he didn't breathe a sigh of relief until Liu Jiachang and the others arrived safely in Vung To.
This matter can't just be over, Wu Lijun walked out of the study, he gently closed the door, returned to the desk and whispered: "Young master, if we don't kill Li Wenyuan, Lai Wencan and Lai Wencai for a day, we won't be able to live in peace for a day." Now they are in the light, we are in the dark, you send a word, I will arrange it. β
Li Weimin put down the telegram sent by Professor Fisher and asked lightly: "How sure are you?" β
There are many people in Saigon who want to kill those three bastards, even some French who have a grudge against them, so they are very careful and rarely show their heads, and even if they come out, they will bring a lot of guards.
Ah Cheng was asked, and after thinking for a while, he said with embarrassment: "Young master, you can't always hide here, and there is no impermeable wall in the world." The first strike is strong, and if we don't kill them, we won't be able to sleep well. β
In his previous life, Li Wenyuan had a big life, and he ran away before the headquarters was captured by **. He escaped arrest in the swamps in the south with complicated terrain, and then fled to France via Hong Kong to join Baoda.
He repeatedly provoked, even threatening the safety of himself and his family, Li Weimin would not give him this opportunity, picked up the cup and said casually: "Ah Cheng, sooner or later the government will solve the Pingchuan faction." We don't have to let the brothers take this risk. But to be sure, there are a few things we can do. For example, first familiarize yourself with the places where they often haunt when river pirates are frequented, and then send people to ambush them when the government is about to move, copy his back road, and beat the water dogs. β
"Young Master, are you sure that Wu Tingyan will not be co-opted?"
"You don't want to think about how angry the people of the Pingchuan faction are, if Ngo Dinh Diem even co-opts them, what is the difference between him and the French? Besides, they control the capital police, which prime minister can allow the capital police power to be in the hands of a gangster? β
Li Weimin took a small sip of coffee and continued: "They are grasshoppers after autumn, and they can't bounce for a few days. In addition to the ambush and the back road of him, you can also make some other preparations. They robbed houses, kidnapped and extorted money, forced them into prostitution, opened casinos, tobacco houses, and opium factories. Arrange for someone to inquire who is taking care of the accounts for them, and which banks are there for those ill-gotten gains. β
It turned out that the young master not only wanted their lives, but also their money.
Ah Chengle couldn't help but smile and said, "Young master, I'll arrange it." Money can make ghosts grind, and these news are not difficult to inquire about. β
"Don't startle the snake."
"You can rest assured that I will do my job, and I will ensure that God does not know the ghost."
As he spoke, there was the sound of a car horn outside.
Li Weimin opened the curtain and took a look, put up the suitcase prepared earlier and said, "I'm leaving, take care of the family, protect Lijun, what is there to ask Jiasheng to send a telegram." β
He was not at ease when he went to Ah Chengzhen alone, so he stopped talking and said, "Young master, why don't you talk to the Americans." β
Li Weimin took the hand of his fiancΓ©e who came to see him off, and smiled without looking back: "If even the colonel can't guarantee my safety, you will be as useless as you go, don't worry, it will be fine." β
Wu Lijun was both worried and reluctant, and begged with tears in her eyes: "Husband, can you not go?" β
"No, you have to go, it's really fine, obedient, I'll be back tomorrow at the latest."
Coaxed Pear Blossom's fiancΓ©e with rain, Li Weimin walked out of the yard without hesitation and climbed into the long-awaited truck. Two of Lansdale's subordinates sat in the cab in civilian clothes, disguised as Frenchmen, while Lansdale hid in the carriage and prepared a deck of playing cards to pass the time.
Li Weimin sat next to him, watched Ah Cheng and them load the cardboard box specially used for cover in the back of the car, and asked with a smile: "Colonel, is it so exaggerated?" β
"There are too many people who want his life, and you have to be careful."
"That's right."
The tarpaulin was lowered again, the truck moved slowly, and Lansdale sat up, half-leaning on the board of the car, and said meaningfully: "Lee, I think our cooperation should be more extensive, you must know that we have the same goal, we are a group, and we can no longer do our separate things like before." β
There is no doubt that he was referring to the ongoing demolition operations in Hanoi and Hai Phong.
Li Weimin picked up the playing cards, unpacked the package, and said with a smile: "Colonel, cooperation is mutual, what you have to do will not and cannot be reported to me and the professor, and what you are good at is anti-guerrilla, counter-insurgency and psychological warfare, while we are good at construction and economy." β
"You're saying we're good at sabotage?"
"At least for the Viet Minh."
Lansdale was made to laugh, took the playing card and said with a smile: "Lee, in fact, you have done a more thorough and effective job in Hanoi's coastal defense, you are not sabotage, you don't want to leave anything for them." β
Li Weimin's face was straight, and he said with a serious matter: "Colonel, I need to emphasize once again that everything that is happening is a business practice protected by law, not a secret operation. And it's all spontaneous, wishful trading, and it has nothing to do with me or Professor Anderson. β
"The problem is now that everyone thinks we did it, unemployed workers and students are making trouble in two cities, Vietminh is attacking on the radio, and even the ongoing negotiations are seriously affected."
The French expeditionary force could not defeat the Vietminh on the battlefield, and in Paris could not get the merchants and politicians who supported the merchants, so they could only watch the "demolition army" cause them trouble. In order to suppress the workers and students who were demonstrative, the military and police were urgently mobilized to impose martial law throughout the city, and it is said that people have already been killed.
Li Weimin didn't care whether the CIA was shot while lying down, and said with a smile: "Personal property is sacrosanct, and everyone has the right to dispose of their own legitimate assets." I think we should explain to them that hard work is the only way to get rich, and no one can get something without hard work. β
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