"Eight o'clock in the evening."

Jian Baoning was dressed in uniform, stirring the coffee cup with a small spoon.

"It's almost time."

"Let's welcome the newcomers to the airport together." He Dingxian put down his watch and said with a hearty smile: "As a local, you have to be polite." ”

"Okay."

"Ho sir."

Jian Baoning chuckled, took a sip of coffee, put the cup on the table, and immediately picked up the hat on his clothes, put it on his head, and turned around to walk out of the office with He Dingxian.

Gate.

"Ho sir."

"Ho Sir"

Lan Gang, Yan Xiong and others were wearing suits, with guns at their waists, their hands in front of their lower abdomen, and they bowed in unison to say hello.

He Dingxian said casually: "Go to the airport." ”

A convoy of six Force-licensed buses slowly drove out of Tai Kwun to the North Point Ferry Pier, where they arrived at Kowloon City Ferry by boat and then changed to Kowloon Police cars to Kai Tak Airport. Founded in 1925, Kai Tak Airport was first reclaimed from the land by the "Kai Tak Sales Company", a joint venture between Sir Ho Kai and Mr. Au Tak, and was planned to build garden-style residences, and every inch of land was reclaimed from the sea, hence the name "Kai Tak Bin".

However, due to the bankruptcy of the "Kai Tak Business Company", the land was leased by the Hong Kong government, and successively served as the Royal British Air Force Airport, the Training Center, and the Abbott Flight School. Later, because the Hong Kong government planned to build an airport, it was found that "Kai Tak Beach" was the largest and most flat piece of land in Hong Kong, and the Kowloon Bay next to it could be used to park seaplanes, and the first Hong Kong government in 1927 purchased the Kai Tak Shoreside land at a price of 1 million 7250 Hong Kong dollars.

At present, there are two runways in Kai Tak, one is an east-west runway built by the Hong Kong government, and the other is a northwest-bound runway built by the Japanese side during the Japanese occupation of World War II.

Whenever the sound of an airplane whizzing by, it always attracts many children in Kowloon City to watch with their heads high.

Although Hong Kong Island has opened commercial flights, including British Empire Airways, Pan Am Airways, Air France, and Eurasian Airlines, Kai Tak Airport is still semi-military in nature, with military personnel and dedicated hangars.

When the convoy arrived at the airport gate, it saw an Imperial Airlines liner hovering and landing, and the landing gear was getting closer to the ground.

"Boom!"

The plane touched the ground and made a loud noise.

The convoy in which Ho Ting-yin was riding was stopped at the door by military personnel, until Jian Baoning showed his ID and said loudly: "Commissioner of Police Jian Baoning came to greet the Governor in his duties, and political figures and urban safety are the purview of the police force, I hope you will not make a fuss." ”

After checking the documents, the second lieutenant walked into the booth and called his superiors, and only after receiving approval did he return the documents and salute to allow passage.

"Mr. Governor."

"Hong Kong Island has arrived."

With thin cheeks, slender eyebrows, and a blanket over his legs, Bai Liji was flipping through a magazine.

A career politician, he spent 27 years in the Colonial Ministry, serving in the Seafood Colony, Trinidad, North Boroni and Hong Kong, and his last position as Governor of Singapore was the Vice-Chancellor of Hong Kong.

Returning to Hong Kong Island is a revisit to the old place for him, so he is very calm, and under the gentle reminder of the waiter, he put down the magazine and nodded lightly: "I know." ”

"Yes, Mr. Governor." The waiter was in his twenties, just the age of youth and beauty, and he wore exquisite makeup and stockings, and he had no intention of appreciating a beautiful scenery during his trip.

And several members of the ruling team brought from Singapore also began to pack their suitcases and luggage in an orderly manner.

“sir。”

"The door is about to open." At this time, a captain walked out of the cab and came to salute in person. Bai Liji smiled and shook hands with him, and the hatch made a pneumatic sound, and slowly opened, revealing a night. And at the moment when the hatch was completely opened, he was already standing in front of the gangway, wearing a suit, and slowly beckoning.

"Smack!"

The red carpet has been covered between the gangway and the sedan.

A group of reporters took pictures on both sides, and more than a dozen senior officials such as the Auxiliary Political Secretary, the Political Affairs Bureau, and the Garrison Representative stood in front of the red carpet, some standing upright and saluting, and some bowing and bending: "Welcome to Hong Kong to perform his duties." ”

Bai Liji walked down the gangway and shook hands with the officers one by one, in fact, he knew all the information in his chest, and just as he was greeting the representatives of the garrison, a dazzling light suddenly swept in. Instinctively, he narrowed his eyes and looked sideways at a convoy of arrivals.

He Dingxian, Jian Baoning, Yan Xiong and others pushed the door and got out of the car, came to the red carpet and saluted: "Sorry sir!" ”

"Sir."

Bai Liji smiled very brightly, held his hand and patted his shoulder: "Long time no see." ”

"Yes."

Jian Baoning didn't dare to say more.

Bai Liji looked at He Dingxian again, and said loudly: "He sir." ”

"Long admiration."

He Dingxian was slightly surprised when he heard the Cantonese words coming out of his mouth, and saluted: "Welcome sir!" ”

There is no doubt that the police force led people to rush into the airport is a slap in the face, but Bai Liji gave people the feeling of honor and disgrace, and did not care at all about the intention of the police force to show their muscles, not only shook hands with Ho Tingxian and Jian Baoning, but also shook hands with Yan Xiong, Lan Gang and others, and offered to be escorted to Taiping Shan by the police force. He Dingxian, Jian Baoning and others naturally readily agreed, and the convoy drove out of the airport after a while.

on a car.

He Dingxian took a cigarette in his mouth and said in a playful tone: "Sir, this new governor doesn't look easy to deal with." ”

"In his early years, Bai Sir was the private secretary of Sir Kim Tae-moon, the Governor of Tri-Continent Province, and since graduating from university, he has been admitted to the colonial government office and has very rich experience in colonial management." "And he enlisted in the army during World War II, was an officer of the Federal Far East Intelligence Corps, was in charge of special operations in Malaysia, and also organized guerrillas in North Boroni to resist the Japanese army, but was captured with the fall of Malaysia and was imprisoned in a prisoner of war camp until the end of World War II. ”

Ho Tingxian knew some of Bai Liji's resume in Singapore, but he didn't know that he also led the Malaysian guerrillas and was a person who had been tempered by war, so it was no wonder that he could endure many things and not care, without the arrogance of a governor at all.

"I've heard that Bai Liji has defused Singapore's many constitutional crises during his tenure?" After he asked, Jian Baoning nodded: "Yes, if it weren't for Bai Sir to mediate, there would have been a large-scale rebellion in the Sanzhou Prefecture area long ago." ”

Tri-Chau is the collective name of Singapore, Penang and Malacca, three important port cities in the Malay Peninsula, and in a broad sense, it also refers to the attached Malaysian Islands. Before World War II, these places were under the administration of a single governor, officially known as the "Governor of the Straits Strait" and the popular name "Governor of the Three Continents". After World War II, the Governor of the Straits was split into three, and eleven states including Malay, Penang and Malacca formed the "Malaysian Union", which was administered by the Malay Governor, Labuan and North Borneo were merged to set up the Governor of Brunei, and Singapore was split separately and a Governor of Singapore was appointed to administer.

This is obviously because the British government was aware of the emergence of a wave of colonial independence, and consciously dismantled the three states to avoid the emergence of a medium-sized sovereign state in the Strait of Malacca. In the future, if they are autonomous and independent, it is better for the three countries to check and balance each other than for one country to control the strait.

Taiping Mountain.

Doge's Palace.

After Bai Liji got out of the car in the official residence, he did not rush into the door, but smiled at He Dingxian and Jian Baoning: "Jian sir, He sir, if you don't bother, come in and have a drink?" ”

“yes，sir。”

He Dingxian and Jian Baoning quietly glanced at each other, and saluted and agreed.

There are a group of accompanying officials who are responsible for carrying the luggage, but in fact, the three of them have nothing to do, and the official residence has already been cleaned, as long as they add some items according to their personal habits. Bai Liji took the two of them to the reception area of the office, smiled and asked the secretary to make tea, and said softly: "I haven't officially started working today, and this is not a formal office, so I just invited the two of you to chat at home." ”

"I still remember the last time I came to Taiping Shan, I was still serving in the Auxiliary Political Department, and seven years have passed in a blink of an eye, and Jian Sir was still a senior assistant director at that time, right? is now the head of the police department, what was Sir He doing at that time? ”

He Dingxian pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "Study at the police academy." ”

"Time has passed, and many things have changed, such as Singapore has become a semi-autonomous state, and I believe that the goal of autonomy will be achieved soon. The population of Hong Kong Island has also more than doubled, and while the labor force has been acquired to develop the economy, it has also caused many social contradictions. Bai Liji hit the nail on the head: "Last year's Double Ten incident was an outbreak of contradictions, Sir Ge's policy of developing the economy and absorbing the population is correct, but only caring about developing the economy all the way, ignoring the digestion of social contradictions, and adjusting the status of the Chinese, social contradictions will only become more and more intense." ”

He Dingxian was silent, because the governor in front of him was not an arrogant, arrogant, and powerful person, but a smart person who knew how to analyze social contradictions and the international situation, or in other words, every governor must be a qualified politician, but the longer he was in office, the more vulnerable he was to being kidnapped by ambition and interests.

He asked, "Mr. Governor, how do you plan to resolve the social conflict?" ”

"Hehe, the first thing is to revitalize industry, solve the heavy labor force in society, and let more Chinese people go from the dock to the factory, from coolie laborers to skilled workers, although the social class has not changed, but the surplus of productivity brought by industry is enough for the Chinese to live a better life than the agricultural society." Bai Liji stared at him and said: "You can't deny that only one percent of the people on Hong Kong Island are still living in a modern society, and the remaining 99 percent are still living in an agricultural society. ”

"For the Chinese, there is no difference between today and a hundred years ago, and when Hong Kong Island's industry improves, it can naturally feed back into the areas of people's livelihood such as medical care, education, water and electricity, and the field of capital is liberal."

"So Ho Sir, I need the support of the police force to put aside disputes and develop together. When Hong Kong Island is good, the life of every Hong Kong person will be better, and in the field of people's livelihood, it is the citizens who enjoy the most, and the most people among the citizens are Chinese. ”

Bai Liji took a sip of tea: "There is an intermission in the war, let alone a political struggle?" Ho sir. ”

(End of chapter)