E: There was a little delay at home last night, and I didn't have time to send it, I'm sorry, but today the 66-word chapter was added. By the way, ask for a ticket at the end of the month, ahhh

Hodeidah business district.

Although Hodeidah is a military base, it is also a commercial center. Because of its geographical location, it is very close to Africa, just across the Red Sea, and not far from Europe, making it an important transit port. Here, every day, a large number of merchants from the Middle East, Africa and even Europe carry out entrepot trade here.

The streets are full of signs and advertisements in Chinese characters, and the pedestrians on the streets also communicate in Chinese, and it looks no different from the commercial districts of China. Of course, there are still differences, those signs and advertisements are available in other languages in addition to Chinese characters, usually Chinese, English, French, and Arabic (people here and in the vicinity mainly use these four languages). In addition, in addition to Chinese, there are foreigners of all colors and dresses, who speak fluent or stiff Chinese in front of Chinese shops, and bargain with the boss.

"Indeed, this place looks no different from Shanghai's international trade market, and I really can't tell that this is a place thousands of miles away......," Lu Yishan, political commissar, also nodded and agreed.

Chief of Staff Qin Wenbin looked at his watch and said, "Otherwise, let's get out of the car and take a look, it's only two o'clock in the afternoon, and it's still early for dinner......

Li Ang agreed without much thought: "Well, it's good to take a look......"

After parking their cars in the parking lot of the business district, they went shopping, and the driver of the guest house accompanied them as a tour guide.

Seeing the crowd of people rubbing shoulders on the street, Political Commissar Lu couldn't help but say to the driver: "Xiao Zhang, you are quite prosperous here, and the density of this crowd is comparable to the commercial districts of Guangzhou and Shanghai." ”

The driver smiled and introduced: "Chief, this place was relatively prosperous before it was leased to us in China, and it was an important port on the Red Sea coast. After we took over in China, it became more prosperous, many domestic enterprises have opened offices and branches here, and there are many businessmen doing entrepot trade. Especially in the past two years, because of the war in Europe, the goods from Europe have decreased sharply, and the goods of our country have accounted for the majority, and now we have become the largest material trading center in the Middle East, not only the merchants of the Middle East buy goods here, but also many people from Africa come here to buy goods. ”

"Well, you see, for example, the pharmaceutical company across the street, the customers are mainly from Africa......" he pointed across the street.

I saw that business was booming in a pharmaceutical wholesale company called "Deren" opposite, and the signboard at the door of the store read: "The lowest price in Hong Kong, wholesale of all kinds of medicines, medical supplies, and medical equipment." Reservations are accepted. ”

Li Ang and the others were curious for a moment, so they casually walked in.

Most of the customers inside were foreigners, a middle-aged Caucasian man was sweating profusely and communicating with the boss, he said in a strange Mandarin: "Boss, iodophor, twenty boxes of iodine, twenty boxes I want twenty boxes of iodophor, twenty bags of medical cotton, twenty bags of medical gauze......"

The boss flipped through the account book and said, "There are still medical cotton and medical gauze, iodophor has been sold out, and the next batch will be available." You wait for the next shipment to arrive."

"When will the next shipment arrive?"

"Maybe next Wednesday or Thursday......

"Oops, it's too long. I'm in a hurry......" said the middle-aged Caucasian with an anxious expression.

The boss spread his hands: "Will, you are our old customer here, and I won't hide it from you." There is really no way, iodophor is a new product, and the domestic production is relatively small, and the supply exceeds demand. If you're really in a hurry, then you can change iodine wine, medical alcohol, or hydrogen peroxide, which have similar effects anyway, and these are still available......"

Will said with a depressed face: "I know about it, but my client specified iodophor, because this thing does not irritate the wound, and with other medicines, the wound hurts ......."

Li Ang looked at it for a while and found that it was basically buying external medicines, gauze, bandages and other traumatic materials. He pulled a clerk and asked, "This little brother, may I ask, is it because of the war that your topical medicines here are selling so well?"

The clerk was originally a little impatient, but as soon as he saw the military uniform and rank on Li Ang's body, his attitude immediately became enthusiastic. He hurriedly smiled and replied: "Yes, Mr. Colonel, what you said is so right, now the fighting in Africa is very lively, and all kinds of external medicines and equipment are very well sold" The clerk pointed to the foreigner and said: "That foreigner's name is Will, the owner of a Belgian trading company, and his company is a leather bag company, specializing in second-tier dealers. He buys medicine for the Belgian army in Africa, buys it from us, and sells it to the African army at a high price......"

Then, Li Ang asked a few more random questions, and the clerk answered them one by one.

"Hehe, thank you for your answer. After asking, Leon shook hands with the clerk and said goodbye.

Leon was a little surprised and said, "Oh, this is strange, don't the Belgian army have their own supply of medicines?

He was now preoccupied with the affairs of the fleet, and he really didn't know much about these issues. It can also be regarded as another form of "not hearing outside the window".

However, political commissar Lu Yishan was more well-informed, and said with a smile at the moment: "Originally, there was, but recently there is no more." If you think about it, their country is all gone, so how can there be a supply of medicine? The year before last, there was also support from Britain and France, and since last year, the situation in Britain and France has not been good, and it is difficult to protect themselves, how can they still have the strength to support them. ”

"Hehe, these Belgians don't just buy medicine, they want everything. And not only Belgians come to buy things, but also British, French, South Africans and Germans. They want everything, weapons, steel, automobiles, medicines, food, textiles, clothes, daily necessities, and so on, all of them, and now the prices of all commodities have risen by more than half, such as things like this, which have risen the most, and the prices have more than tripled compared to two years ago, and those who come to do business in China have made a fortune. ”

The driver, Xiao Zhang, also introduced the recent situation here. He had been here three years ago and was familiar with the situation.

Li Ang nodded, thought for a while and said: "It seems that the Entente countries are not enough to deal with the Central Powers, and they have to concentrate on dealing with the Central Powers now, and the African colonies will not be able to take care of it." Instead of shipping from home, it is better to buy directly here in Hodeidah, which is very close to Africa. And the Germans and the rebels in South Africa, I'm afraid, can only buy things from us. ”

Chief of Staff Qin Wenbin couldn't help but say: "To say that the current situation in Africa is really invisible, the Entente obviously has a huge military advantage, but they were beaten by the Germans and lost their temper. South Africa has revolted again, and it is mixed with the Germans again, and it is time for Britain to have a headache. ”

Li Ang shook his head and said, "That's right, it's really humiliating that the 300,000 troops of the Entente were beaten by more than 20,000 German colonial troops, and they actually went on the defensive. ”

The Allies in this war were indeed disgraced in East Africa, and the entire 300,000 regular troops were beaten by the German East African Corps of less than 30,000 people. It must be said that the commander of the East African Corps, Major General Leto Forbeck, was a rare tactical genius, although he had only more than two thousand real German officers and soldiers under his command, and the remaining 3 were all black mackerels.

As we all know, the battle of the Black Shu Millet is very joyful, and there are often miraculous examples of thousands of armies on both sides fighting fiercely all day, but the casualties are zero. However, the black corn should also be divided into three, six, nine and so on, in comparison, the Zulu people in South Africa have relatively high combat effectiveness, this is by virtue of the "Zulu War" that year, the prestige of brushing the bull's head. However, this time, there is another fighting nation among the Black Silks - the Tanzanians.

After the outbreak of World War I, Brother Forbeck relied on such more than 20,000 seemingly unreliable Tanzanian black corn to make the East African colonies of the Allied countries into chicken feathers and duck blood, and they could not live in peace. The Allied forces were played by him like monkeys. He used all kinds of means to transfer the troops of the Entente countries for a while, and then to make them exhausted, and then he found the right opportunity to suddenly concentrate his forces to attack all the way while the opponent's troops were scattered and exhausted, and they fought and ran.

Forbeck is not greedy for merit, just like an ant gnawing an elephant, just like three hundred today, five hundred tomorrow to eat the Allied army. Although the tactics he used were simple and old-fashioned, they were used in extremely uncomfortable places for the Entente every time, so that the Allied forces knew that they were pitfalls, and they had to jump down with their eyes closed. The Entente had nothing to do with this Falbeck brother, but jumped into the pit again and again, and so far, it has lost nearly 70,000 people, but it has not caused much damage to Falbeck, so it has to grit its teeth and go on the defensive, completely abandoning the plan to fly two German sons in East Africa.

After the South African uprising, Forbeck sent people to contact the South African rebels, and after the two sides formed an alliance, they became horns and firmly controlled the territory from East Africa to the east of South Africa. Now the Allied forces in Africa have lost their temper by Forbeck and have to retreat to several large cities and fortresses for defense, and as for the field battle, forget it, never want to go again.

However, although Falbeck is very capable of fighting, there is no good way to play the "turtle does not come out" Allied coalition now. After all, his military strength is insufficient, and he also lacks the equipment to attack fortifications. So now the African battlefield has been almost the same as the European Western Front, and the two sides have fallen into an embarrassing stalemate, of course, this embarrassment refers to the Entente, more than 30,000 people were forced to go on the defensive by less than one-tenth of their own enemy troops, this ugly result made the faces of the Allied forces up and down are hot.

And Leto Forbeck, who caused this qiē, became famous because of this, and was known as a "rare famous general", and won countless awards, medals, and so on. He was nominated by Kaiser Wilhelm II and awarded him in absentia the highest medal of honor of the German army, the Order of Merit (Blue Marx), and was promoted to lieutenant general and commander of the East African Corps. Well, for the fact that this so-called "East African Legion" has less than 30,000 men, everyone will choose to ignore it......

What they didn't know was that the Germans were now in great shape in Africa, and there was certainly a reason why the famous general Leto Falbeck commanded well. But the most important reason is that there are a large number of humanitarian relief materials from China, and modern warfare is about logistics and supplies.

Of course, a large part of these humanitarian relief supplies do not seem to have anything to do with China, but some "international humanitarian organizations" have come forward to help, such as "Decepticons", "Celestials", "Knos" and so on. Not only did the German army in East Africa get help, but even the rebels in South Africa also benefited greatly. However, these things are only known to Wen Desi and a few high-level officials.

Leon and his family wandered around the business district for a while, and while enjoying the exotic scenery, they also bought a bunch of Arabic and African souvenirs as souvenirs.

At this time, Leon and the others came to the end of the business district, which was also on the side of the harbor. From here, the number of shops used for trade gradually decreased, and restaurants, guesthouses, bars, cafes, teahouses, and other leisure and entertainment facilities gradually increased.

Suddenly, Leon let out an exclamation, "Hey, this is ...... Is there still a green house here?"

I saw that on both sides of the street in front of me were some shops with signboards such as "XX Health Care Room", "XX Health Care Massage Parlor", "XX Leisure Club", "XX Turkish Bath", etc., as well as advertisements such as "Authentic Dongying Customs", "Authentic Persian Orchids", "African Romance", "European Style" and so on, and there were many women dressed up in fancy clothes soliciting customers on the street.

"Uh, yes. This is the leisure and entertainment street ...... the business district," Xiao Zhang, the driver who acted as a guide, explained with some embarrassment: "This is indeed a green building, most of which are opened by Japanese and Ottomans, because there are more restrictions on this industry in China, so there are also some businessmen in my country who come to engage in this business." ”

At this time, they were spotted by several solicitors. Looking at these tall and handsome officers, those girls' eyes lit up, and they surrounded them in an uproar.

"Chiefs, come to us, we have authentic Japanese geisha here, all young and beautiful, and the human body is ......"

"Chief, go to our health room for a great health care work, it will definitely eliminate your fatigue from the journey......

"Chief, let's taste the African black pearl......"

"We have authentic blonde beauties......"

The warblers and swallows of all colors surrounded them and sold them vigorously, and a few of them were cute by their "seduction-bewilderment", and they couldn't help but pull them up. Li Ang and the others were suddenly solidified, and Political Commissar Lu hurriedly beckoned everyone: "Run"

So, they tried their best to separate the girls, and fled as if there was a flood behind them.

"Whew, it's so terrible that I was almost pulled in......" After getting into the car, Chief of Staff Qin patted his chest with palpitations.

Li Ang nodded again and again, and said, "Yes, although there are some such places in China, they are definitely not so exaggerated......

"Why don't you care, it's so arrogant in broad daylight, it's too unreasonable," Commissar Lu said a little angrily.

"Well, chief, you don't know what's going on here. Just now, those places are relatively low-grade green buildings, and some way past is the high-end green buildings, where the style is much gentler, and there will definitely be no such thing as soliciting customers on the street. ”

"Let's go some way over, come on, if we don't go, we won't go to visit the Qinglou......" Political Commissar Lu's face turned green.

Of course, they only complained that the behavior of those girls was too much, but they did not condemn the Qinglou itself for not being able to save zài.

This is also the difference between China on this plane and a certain Datu Dynasty in the original time and space, because Wen Desi knew very well that such a thing as a custom industry could not be stopped, and the so-called "eating and drinking men and women, people's great desires", this kind of thing is human instinct, how can it be forbidden? Since mankind has had civilization, only the Datu Dynasty banned the customs industry when it was founded, trying to replace human instinct with ism, but history has proved that this practice is destined to hit the streets.

Even in the 2l century, although the country was already full of green buildings, they still nominally did not exist. Because it's right for me to want the imperial court, at least I can't openly admit that we have this industry, so it's good to pretend that they don't exist. As for sweeping off the yellow or something from time to time, it's all drama, and by the way, it's all good

In Wen Desi's view, this practice is purely self-deception, covering up his ears and stealing the bell. Of course, Wen Dehei, who came from later generations, would not do such a futile thing, and this problem could not be solved unless the "human completion plan" was completed and human beings evolved into another form of life. What's more, China has more men than women, and if the customs industry is completely banned, it will only cause stricter social problems, which is a big loss because of a small thing.

Therefore, in China, as in the past, the evil acts of forcing good people into prostitution and human trafficking will definitely be severely cracked down, and all the enterprises with these evil deeds have been eliminated by the government of the Science and Technology Party, and the bosses and backbones of these enterprises have either eaten peanuts or are building roads and mining.

However, it did not ban the entire custom industry in a blanket manner, but formulated strict industry norms and management systems for the entire custom industry, and regarded this industry as a "regulated industry" and subject to strict supervision. Compared with before, the biggest difference is that women in the country are prohibited from engaging in this industry, and the practitioners must be voluntary, and it is absolutely forbidden to obtain employees in the customs industry by various means of coercion and inducement, and those who dare to violate it are ready to accept severe punishment. You must know that the laws of New China have inherited the fine tradition of "Zhulian", and one of the slogans of legal propaganda is "If one person commits a crime, the whole family will be unlucky"

In China in this era, the social atmosphere is still very traditional, so the vast majority of girls in this industry didn't really like this industry before. Some of them have been trafficked and coerced, some have no ability to earn a living, and some have poor families and have no way to make a living. After the founding of New China, these problems have been solved, the girls who were abducted and coerced have been rescued, and those who hurt them have been liquidated; Those who do not have the ability to earn a living are sent to various schools, and according to their strengths and wishes, they are trained in various vocational skills, and then arranged to various enterprises. Those whose families are in difficulty and who are very short of money will be included in the social welfare system and will be funded by the Women's Federation.

At this time, China is in a stage of rapid development, as long as you are willing to work and have the ability to work, there is absolutely no possibility of unemployment. In addition, the social welfare security system is also quite complete, and it will never make citizens unable to survive due to hunger, cold, disease and other reasons.

The vast majority of girls in China still have self-respect and self-love, and as long as there is other possibility, who wants to sell meat? In the past, it was the government's inaction and it didn't care about these things, so there was no way. Well, this is what some people in later generations boasted of as "a small government with a name for lard" and "rule by inaction". The government of the Socialist Party is a big government that manages everything, and the control of the state is deeply rooted in every pore of society, and as long as you are willing, there is nothing you can't control. If, in the words of some in later generations, this is a "country where the whole sky is filled with brick air, suffocating poisonous vegetables".

But it is also in this country of "poisonous vegetable bricks" and "no name pig and no fat" that the girls in the Qinglou in the former Qing Dynasty have been liberated, engaged in an upright profession, and lived a dignified new life. Of course, the forest is big and there are all kinds of birds, and there are indeed a very small number of girls who are willing to fall, for these people, that is, it is going to rain and the mother wants to marry, so let her go. The Socialist Party is not a virgin, since they have done their best to be benevolent and righteous, but they still have no shame, then they have no choice but to carry out labor reform.

Because the vast majority of women in China are strictly forbidden to engage in the custom industry by the formal industry, the custom girls who work in China are from foreign countries, and most of them are Japanese. In addition, there are also many girls from other countries who have been introduced to China by "international human resources companies", which are also from all over the world, with all kinds of skin colors. But even for those who are from legal sources, there are many regulations that custom businesses have to abide by, regular medical check-ups are the most basic, and then they have to buy life insurance, medical insurance, minimum wage, and so on. It's not impossible to save this money, but you must be prepared to go to other places to mine, build roads, and sift sand.

These rules are strictly enforced in China, but in leased areas like Hodeidah, they are much more relaxed. Except for the strict inspection of regular medical examinations and minimum wages, other regulations have been relaxed a lot. Moreover, most of the people who come and go here in Hodeidah are international trade merchants, these people have been away for a long time, they are more hungry and thirsty, and they are generous, and they belong to the type of people who are stupid and have a lot of money. The custom enterprises here naturally increased their profits greatly, and they were naturally happy to come and open branches.

As for Leon, they were scared away, and it was completely because they themselves were not suitable for this atmosphere. In fact, Mr. Wen does not prohibit his subordinates from running to do great health care, and this kind of very personal thing cannot be forbidden. As long as it does not cause serious consequences, it is a civil problem of "the people do not sue, and the officials do not prosecute".