On the sea near Hong Kong Island, a dilapidated fishing boat is drifting with the undulations of the waves.

The cabin was crowded with people, there was barely a place to put their feet, and the air was filled with all kinds of smells, the saltiness of the sea breeze, the dampness of the bilge, and the smell of sweat on people's bodies. Everyone was huddled together, as if there was no room to breathe. They were standing or sitting, leaning or leaning, in a variety of shapes, but they were all trying their best to find a comfortable position.

And even with such crowding, their faces did not have the slightest impatience or complaint, but were full of anticipation and excitement.

Li Xiangdong curled up in a corner of the cabin, and after seeing Hong Kong Island through the window, which was not far away, he put his arms around the shoulders of the two brothers next to him and said, "It's almost there, I have already seen Hong Kong Island!" ”

After Qi Jingsheng and Guo Xuejun heard it, they hurriedly got up and looked out the window, and said excitedly when they saw the high-rise buildings not far away: "Hong Kong Island is really different from home, and it is full of buildings from such a distance." ”

"Hahaha, I must make some money back when I come to Hong Kong Island this time, my mother is still waiting for me to make money and go home to build a house and marry a daughter-in-law."

After hearing their words, not only Li Xiangdong, but also the rest of the people in the cabin showed anticipation.

Many of them were still farming in their hometowns a few days ago, but they received orders from the former unit chiefs to pack up and assemble to go to Hong Kong Island to carry out their tasks.

The leader did not say what the specific task was, only that it was a long-term task, and that he would have full authority to listen to the arrangement of a gentleman surnamed Zheng and obey his orders!

Among the excited crowd in the cabin, one person seemed out of place.

Guo Xuejun glanced at the man sitting in the hatch of the ship with his eyes closed, and asked Li Xiangdong, "Brother Xiangdong, what is the origin of that brother?" Since getting on the boat, he has not said a word, and someone has only replied politely with two sentences, which is quite arrogant. ”

"Yes", Qi Jingsheng echoed: "The brothers in this cabin are either from special forces or old scouts who have just returned from Yunnan for more than ten years, what is this guy proud of." ”

"People are not proud", Li Xiangdong patted the heads of the two and said, "Maybe it's just that the personality is a little cold." ”

After speaking, as if to verify his words, Li Xiangdong patted his ass and got up and walked to the hatch of the ship.

Xu Zhengyang, who was closing his eyes and thinking about the task assigned by the chief, suddenly heard a sound of footsteps walking towards him, he opened his eyes and looked at Li Xiangdong, who had already walked in front of him, and asked, "Is there something wrong?" ”

"It's okay, it's okay", Li Xiangdong immediately shook his hand and said, "I just saw that you have some faces, brother, come and say hello." ”

After speaking, he took out a crumpled pack of cigarette cases from his pocket, took out a cigarette from it and handed it to Xu Zhengyang,

"Peony, the leader secretly stuffed it to me when I left, and I haven't been willing to smoke it, brother?"

"Thank you", Xu Zhengyang shook his head with a smile and said, "I don't smoke." ”

Li Xiangdong nodded, lit one for himself and said: "I didn't know it before, but after I came back from Yuenan, I became addicted to smoking. ”

The soil smoke in his mouth is also leaf smoke, although it is also a cigarette, but it has the effect of relieving pain, dispelling wind and cold, and removing stasis and swelling.

Of course, because of the filter of ordinary cigarettes, the smoke contains a lot of nicotine, and it is easy to get lung cancer if you smoke it often.

After smoking halfway through the cigarette, Li Xiangdong finally asked his intention, "Brother, I see that you have an extraordinary bearing, is it inconvenient to reveal which unit you were in before?" ”

After Xu Zhengyang hesitated for a moment, he still said truthfully: "Central Guard Regiment." ”

Li Xiangdong was surprised when he heard this: "It turned out to be the chief guard, which is amazing." ”

Xu Zhengyang smiled and said, "You are also very remarkable, I heard that there is Yunnan."

At this moment, the shouting of the ship's boss came from the deck outside the cabin: "It's here, come out, someone is coming to pick up your performance troupe." ”

When Xu Zhengyang heard this, he stretched out his hand towards Li Xiangdong and said, "I'll talk about it when I have time later." ”

"Good!"

At this time, on the wharf, in order to pick up the brothers who came to Hong Kong this time, Zheng Jirong specially sent two buses from the tram company.

He stood not far from the dock and looked at the ships that had docked, and said to Xu Xi beside him: "They are all veterans, compared with the previous batch of students who don't know anything, these people can make you think a lot less." ”

"Yes", Xu Xi nodded with a smile: "This way I can also have more time to read books and play chess." ”

After Xu Xi finished speaking, he smiled and looked at the men who stepped down from the deck in liberation boots and wearing old cotton clothes, many of whom were carrying a marching bag.

After staring at them for more than ten seconds, the smile on Xu Xi's face slowly converged, and he whispered to Zheng Jirong with some solemnity: "Brother Rong, have you been deceived by your friends in the south?" These people don't look like ordinary veterans at all, and in my observation, each of them has a few lives on their hands, not to mention a few lives. ”

What? Only a few?!

Zheng Jirong shook his head with a smile when he heard this: "Of course they are not ordinary veterans, most of them have just returned from Yunnan. ”

"Don't worry", he patted Xu Xi's arm and said, "They may be a little angry, but they are absolutely reliable." ”

A minute later, all the people in the cabin got off the ship, and thinking of the leader's instructions before leaving, they did not stand in columns, but gathered together, quietly observing the surrounding environment.

At this moment, Zheng Jirong walked towards them quickly with a smile on his face.

He stretched out his hand and smiled at the tall man standing in front of everyone and asked, "Li Xiangdong?" ”

Seeing that someone could say his name, Li Xiangdong secretly compared Zheng Jirong's face with the photo given by the leader in his heart, and then said with a straight face: "Hello Mr. Zheng!" ”

"Huh", Zheng Jirong patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "It's not that the troops don't need to be so restrained here. ”

Looking at Li Xiangdong, who looked a little similar to the leopard's head in front of him, Zheng Jirong continued: "Everyone has worked hard all the way, get in the car first, and then we will talk slowly when we get to the place." ”

"Good!"

After receiving the order, Li Xiangdong led a large group of people behind him to board the two buses next to the dock in an orderly manner.

When they left, Xu Zhengyang also walked to Zheng Jirong with his bag on his back, compared with Li Xiangdong and his group, his expression was much more natural, "Hello Mr. Zheng, I am Xu Zhengyang, and my superiors arranged for me to come to you as an instructor of the security company." ”

"It turned out to be Brother Zhengyang", Zheng Jirong shook his hand and said cordially: "Don't be so polite as you, everyone is a family, just call me boss or Brother Rong in the future." ”

Although he was a little uncomfortable with Zheng Jirong's enthusiasm, Xu Zhengyang still nodded and said solemnly: "Boss! ”

"Hahaha, that's right, get in the car first, you must be hungry after sitting on the boat for so long, I have prepared a very rich meal to entertain everyone."

Looking at Xu Zhengyang's upright and serious back, Zheng Jirong smiled at Xu Xi and asked, "Ah Xi, do you think Zhengyang is a bit like you?" ”

"Is there one?"

Xu Xi frowned and shook his head: "Don't joke Brother Rong, how can I be as handsome as him." ”

Zheng Jirong smiled and touched his chin when he heard this, probably because of preconceived ideas, so he felt that these two people were a bit similar, but in fact, if others came to see it, at most they felt a little similar at their eyebrows and eyes, but if they looked like the same person, it was not at all.

Huasheng Guard Company, inside the staff dormitory.

Li Xiangdong and the others looked at the clean and luxurious double dormitory, and everyone showed a look of surprise. Qi Jingsheng couldn't help but say: "No wonder when we set off, everyone in the gang who didn't choose looked at us with envy, it turns out that this mission is really fat!" ”

Guo Xuejun patted the fluffy duvet and sighed: "Brother Xiangdong, Mr. Zheng is really majestic, you see that when we came in just now, everyone in the building bowed down to greet him." ”

"Don't talk nonsense about this kind of thing in the future, from the moment you get off the boat, Mr. Zheng will be our superior."

After Li Xiangdong finished speaking, he ran to the corridor and explained to the people in each room: "Meet in the restaurant in three minutes!" ”

This time, Zheng Jirong did not stay at the Bao Restaurant as usual, but chose the reception venue in the restaurant built by the company.

It didn't take long for a group of people to walk in in an orderly manner.

Zheng Jirong arranged for each of them to sit down, picked up the wine glass on the table and said loudly to them: "I don't know how your superiors told you when you set off, but here I am."

He pointed to his heart and said to them: "Since you are here, you are my brother Zheng Jirong." ”

"When I just came in, everyone should have seen the words at the gate through the car window, [Huasheng Guard Company]."

"I called you brothers all the way over, not to let you do anything illegal and criminal, let alone let you sell my life!"

"What I need everyone to do is very simple, be a guard and be a bodyguard! Protecting the lives of our employers, of course"

Zheng Jirong pointed out: "Sometimes we also need to maintain the safety of this area under our feet, although everyone has retired from the army, but they were all elites in the army, do you have the confidence to do it?!" ”

"There is !!"

Hearing this deafening answer, Zheng Jirong continued to smile and said: "I have to introduce you to two more people here, they will be your instructors in the future, I know that many of you have just climbed out of the rain of bullets and feel that you don't need anyone to teach, but I have to tell you that this kind of thinking is very wrong!" ”

"I'm sure each of you is a good soldier, but a good soldier doesn't have to be a good bodyguard."

"Therefore you need additional teachings as well!"

"The first one is the one on my right, Instructor Xu Zhengyang Xu, he belongs to the Central Guard Corps, and he is also known as the ZNH bodyguard, he will teach everyone how to do a good job of guarding."

After hearing his words, the contempt on the faces of these arrogant soldiers suddenly subsided a lot, and the people who could serve as guards for the chief were naturally not something they could despise.

"The one on my left is called Xu Xi, I don't want to reveal the identity of Instructor Xu to you, he will give you some training in firearms and fists, of course, I know that you are all very confident in your marksmanship and kung fu, therefore"

Zheng Jirong patted Xu Xi's shoulder, raised his eyebrows and said to everyone: "If any of you can beat him with marksmanship and fists and feet, then I will promote him to be an instructor." ”

Xu Xi's original smile suddenly froze when he heard this, he glanced at the people around him who were looking at him excitedly, and sighed helplessly, he may not have time to read books and play chess in the next days.

"Finally", Zheng Jirong continued to say loudly: "Let me tell you about the treatment, after you officially work, the salary is 20,000 Hong Kong dollars per month, and according to the employer's experience, you will be given additional bonuses!" ”

"Twenty or twenty thousand?!"

Everyone looked at each other in surprise, and even Li Xiangdong, who had the most calm personality, had a hint of joy on his face, this money was definitely a huge amount of money for them.

After taking in everyone's excited expressions, Zheng Jirong knocked on the wine glass in his hand with the corners of his mouth raised, and said: "Come, everyone drink this cup to the fullest, you must eat and drink happily tonight!" Cheers! ”

"Cheers!"

After the three rounds of drinking, the atmosphere in the restaurant became more and more lively, Qi Jingsheng and Guo Xuejun and others were bragging about their achievements in the Yuenan battlefield, and Li Xiangdong led a group of people to sing the military song often sung by the troops.

Looking at this happy scene, Zheng Jirong nodded with satisfaction, he looked at Xu Zhengyang, who was not drinking on the side, and asked curiously, "Zhengyang, how old are you this year?" ”

"Twenty-eight."

"Really? No wonder it looks so young. ”

Zheng Jirong then accosted: "Do you have a girlfriend, if not, I'll introduce you to one, there are many beauties on Hong Kong Island, and you can have whatever you like." ”

Xu Zhengyang pursed his lips when he heard this, and then slowly shook his head with a straight face and said:

"State secrets!"

“.”

(End of chapter)