Yi Fu looked at the fat guy with wrinkled cheeks, small eyes, and smiling eyebrows, and knew that something was wrong in his heart, so he still kept a smile and asked, "Ah Zai, I'm looking for Officer He." ”

"Chief He is already asleep."

The lard boy stood in front of the door, holding the handle of the door in front of him with his right hand, without the slightest intention of opening the door.

Yi Fu smiled bitterly: "There is something very important to talk to He sir, if you drag it out for a night, it will definitely be dozens of more deaths, so it is reasonable to talk about it first." ”

"I'm sorry."

The lard boy bowed again and again: "He sir is sick." ”

"Ugh."

Isuke sighed, turned his head and talked to the deputy chief of administration in English, the able, rebellious eyes of the deputy chief of administration glanced at the lard boy, and then raised his eyes to look at the bedroom on the second floor with a white veil and a bedside lamp.

"Let's go."

Knowing that there was no point in forcing him to stay, the deputy chief turned around and got into the car with Isuke, and the motorcade quickly left the gate of the mansion.

Lard Boy looked at the two departing senior officers and let out a long breath: "Fortunately, you didn't trouble me." ”

Immediately, he took another, and proudly held up his chest and said: "Dead ghost, look at the field, next time you will burst your eyeballs." ”

He also raised the index finger, middle finger, and flexion finger of his right hand to aim at the rear of the car.

"Bei Sir, He Dingxian's refusal to meet with us may be in the hope of leaving room for maneuver, but it is very in line with his usual political style." Isuke sat in the back of the car, holding a cigarette in his right hand, and said sideways to the deputy chief of administration next to him.

The English name of the deputy secretary of administration is Baker. Victor, whose Chinese name is Bei Weicheng, is an old bureaucrat who came to Hong Kong Island before World War II and has a deep influence in the Political Affairs Bureau.

As the administrative centre of the Hong Kong government, the Administrative Affairs Bureau has always been controlled by senior officials who have been stationed in Hong Kong for a long time and have a deep understanding of the local situation. It can be said that the Administrative Bureau is the most powerful executive branch in Hong Kong, and its rank is above all government offices.

Moreover, it is common for an official to serve consecutively, and it is common for an official to experience three governors and five governors.

Baker. Victor has also lived on Hong Kong Island for nearly 30 years, from a small administrative officer to a deputy secretary, and knows that the social situation on Hong Kong Island has changed dramatically. The first change was the wave of Chinese fleeing Hong Kong after the end of World War II, and the second change was the economic opportunities brought about by the wave of Hong Kong flights.

The second change is an extension of the first point, and it is also an impact of the international pattern on East Asia.

Under this influence, Baker. Victoria is actually a very **** ruling idea, has a huge impression of British capital, and hopes to use economic colonization to suck the blood of Hong Kong Island, but a hawkish strongman was born among the Chinese.

Of course, he himself holds a lot of shares in British-owned groups.

"Let's go find Sir."

Baker sighed: "Although Jian Sir is a representative of the power of the police force, he is also a British official, at least he is the same as us in ruling Hong Kong Island, and it is impossible to close the door just for the sake of the governor." ”

"It's fine."

Isuke nodded slightly, and then the car drove into the Admiralty district, came to the door of a villa, rang the doorbell, and reported his identity. Jian Baoning was wearing pajamas, walking in a hurry, and personally came to the gate to welcome the two into the living room.

"Jian sir, good evening, I took the liberty of disturbing me." Baker was dressed in a tailored suit, which fitted perfectly, and stood straight and stretched out his hand in the living room. Jian Baoning was rough and casual compared to him, shook hands with him with an apologetic expression, and saluted again: "Hello sir!" ”

In terms of rank, the Deputy Chief of Administration is indeed two levels higher than the Commissioner of Police.

But Baker didn't have the slightest shelf, waved his hand to signal Jian Baoning to be more relaxed, and then took out a cigarette, and sent it out: "Jian sir, you need to take care of the affairs of Hong Kong Island." ”

"What's the matter?"

Jian Baoning took the cigarette and bit it with his mouth, revealing a stunned look.

Baker said: "In the past two days, a large number of triad rioters have been illegally assembling to smash government offices and storm factories under the banner of celebrating the Double 10 Festival, which has caused more than 1,000 casualties and more than 100 deaths, plunging the entire Hong Kong Island into chaos. ”

"Ahh

"Such a big deal?"

Jian Baoning didn't even light the fire, took off his cigarette, glared at him, and said, "I've been on vacation for the past two days, and no one has reported to me, Yifu, why hasn't the police force handled things well?" ”

“sorry，sir。”

Isuke hurriedly bowed and apologized, not putting on the acting director's stand at all.

Baker said: "Isuke sir management department, not good at making action plans, just two days after the inauguration of a large-scale incident, to be able to maintain basic order, not to let schools and hospitals be impacted is already very difficult." ”

"The governor hopes to ask Jian Sir to come out of the mountain again and put things in order outside."

Jian Baoning showed an embarrassed look: "Bei sir, I just booked a ticket to travel to North America, and said that I could take a long vacation."

"Emergencies."

Baker's smile was even bigger, and there was something in his words: "The law and order on Hong Kong Island is really inseparable from you, not to mention the credit for suppressing the turmoil, the Governor will recommend you to the next new chief to continue to serve in the police force." If Jian sir has other requirements, he can say it bluntly. ”

"The Hong Kong government can do what it can do."

Jian Baoning sighed: "Harm, a ticket is a trivial matter, it doesn't matter if you don't serve in the police force, as long as you can do things for the empress, you should serve loyally no matter where you are, but once the Chinese are gathered, it is really difficult to do." ”

"What's more, this time it's still an organized triad."

Baker said: "Don't worry about the force, the garrison will have full authority to assist you." ”

"Good!"

Jian Baoning bowed his head heavily: "I will do my best!" ”

“Thank you！” Baker was relieved to get Jian Baoning's promise, although he knew that Jian Baoning was on the side of He Dingxian, but was Yifu on the side of the governor? At the critical moment, Isuke did not disobey the governor's orders.

The reason why he first contacted Yifu and then came to Jian Baoning was to find out the intentions of the police force step by step.

For now, the Force is still eager to maintain balance, maintain its previous power map, and clearly have the intention of making peace. If you can reach a consensus with Jian Baoning tonight, you can see He Dingxian in the conference room tomorrow.

At least you don't have to eat behind closed doors.

"Sure enough, the police force is behind everything in control."

Baker was helpless and unwilling in his heart, but he still thanked him with a straight face, and then said: "Tomorrow morning, please return to the police force as soon as possible to perform his duties, according to the police regulations, as soon as the police commissioner finishes his vacation, the acting commissioner will immediately be relieved of his duties and return to his original department." ”

"Definitely."

Jian Baoning said aloud.

Before the Governor issued a formal appointment and dismissal document, Jian Sir had always been the highest officer of the Force, but he was on temporary leave.

On October 12, the third day of the incident, the Governor signed a curfew again, and due to the situation in the South Seas, an infantry battalion was again transferred to the Shek Kong Barracks in the New Territories. The number of infantry garrisons on the streets of Hong Kong alone reached five, and more than 3,000 troops were dispatched, accounting for two-thirds of the infantry force of the Hong Kong Island garrison.

At the same time, the state of martial law for three consecutive days has greatly affected the lives and production of Hong Kong Island citizens, and not only have most factories been unable to open, but six or seven out of ten shops have also closed down. Citizens took a vacation to hide at home, which naturally caused an economic depression, followed by the rise in the price of rice, edible oil, and sugar.

The two major container terminals in Central and Victoria Harbour were all suspended, and they were full of goods and no one participated in the transportation. Kowloon and the New Territories are all in full swing, and the brothers are still working, after all, not all of the hundreds of thousands of community members in Hong Kong are on the field, and each club picks out hundreds to thousands of elite fighters to participate, which has nothing to do with the busyness on the docks.

When the governor had nothing to do with the mobs, there was already a ripple effect in society, the public opinion of the citizens, the opinion of foreign companies, and the attitude of the factory owners and shop owners. As the most powerful person in Hong Kong, he is also responsible for all affairs in Hong Kong.

More than 200 documents were piled up on the desk, and the pressure was overwhelming, not to mention, there was also the pressure of the colonial minister to solve the incident within 48 hours. The only fortunate thing is that the major Chinese chambers of commerce are releasing affordable rice grains, edible oil, sugar, soy sauce, etc. through the channels of the chamber of commerce

And also sent several groups of community members to shut down the unscrupulous merchants who took advantage of the fire to rob and speculate on necessities.

Let the governor secretly breathe a sigh of relief, at least the Chinese have not been vicious enough to deliberately hype up the people's livelihood crisis and exert political pressure on the Hong Kong government, if even the people's livelihood crisis is really used as a weapon, the consequences will be very terrible. Of course, if he has the ability to control people's livelihood, he will not be stingy.

After all, Hong Kong Island is mostly Chinese.

Fortunately, several major Chinese bosses have almost taken over the people's livelihood business, not only can afford Hong Kong Island, but also do business in the mainland, and everything is shipped from abroad by boat, which is not at all a star and a half. Just Boss Chu of the Chaoshan Chamber of Commerce imported a cargo ship's soybeans in North America, which was enough for the whole Hong Kong people to eat for a week.

In addition, he also has a pig farm in Guangzhou that produces more than 100,000 pigs a year.

Jian Baoning went to Tai Kwun to perform his duties at 7 o'clock in the morning, and issued several orders in succession to cancel the vacations of He Dingxian, Ge Bai, Gordon, Kunxian and others one by one. With the return of Jian Sir to the Force, the morale of the Force has been boosted, and many people have smelled the smell of sunny weather after the rain.

Twelve o'clock in the afternoon.

Doge's Palace.

Jian Bao Ning saluted, opened the document, and said very solemnly: "Sir Governor, after several rounds of consultations and negotiations organized by the high-level police force, citizen representatives, and triads, the following terms have been reached. 1. The main triad organizations have promised that they will not hold celebrations on the grounds of Double 10 in the future, but the Hong Kong government cannot prevent citizens from spontaneously hanging flags, portraits and other items. ”

"2. The main triad organization is willing to take responsibility for this disturbance and hand over the main thugs and bandits. 3. The public needs the Governor's Office to send a 100,000-head firecracker and publish an apology to the citizens of Hong Kong. 4. Let the chief of the Li Zhengwu Desert District kowtow to the statue of Zhongshan to apologize, 5, and no longer liquidate the members of the triad organization afterwards, and no longer search and arrest the citizens involved. ”

Ge Hongliang was quite satisfied when he heard the first two conditions, but as the last three conditions came out, he completely understood that Jian Baoning and the others were just trying to regain power and further force him to bow his head, and he didn't want to make concessions at all.

(End of chapter)