On Wednesday, February 8, 1995, on a green train bound for Beihai, Li Siwen looked at Zhou Wenjing who was getting farther and farther away on the platform with longing.

"I said, can you not put on this appearance, it's not goodbye." Song Xueli sarcastically said in a weird way.

"Every time I separate, I feel like I've hollowed out my heart." Li Siwen tugged at his chest and said, "You don't understand." ”

"Okay, okay, don't be numb." Song Xueli rolled her eyes, and then said, "Do you want to rest for a while?" After all, it's a three-day journey. ”

"If we have time to rest, we might as well find out the local situation first." After Li Siwen finished speaking, he glanced at the carriage vigilantly.

"Don't worry, I've got the whole car covered." Song Xueli said.

"It's not the same to be rich!" Li Siwen teased.

"Shh Song Xueli sighed: "I'm just afraid of trouble, by the way, I don't understand what the local situation can investigate, and we are not #Cha." ”

"Do you know Zhucheng?" Li Siwen asked rhetorically.

"I just know that it's a small seaside town." Song Shirley said.

Li Siwen took the map in the car casually, pointed to the bottom corner and said: "This is Zhucheng, also known as Beihai, the southernmost point of Xiguang Province, across the Beibu Gulf is the famous Golden Triangle, across the Qiongzhou Strait and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, although it is a small city, but it is the hub of commercial tandem, and the Maritime Silk Road originated here." ”

"After your introduction, this place should be no worse than the Pearl River Delta." Song Xueli said.

"It's really powerful here in ancient times, but it's not good in modern times, mainly because it's too close to the Golden Triangle, killing people and goods abound, and Huaxia must not be able to vigorously develop here, the special geographical environment can create a city, or wipe out a city, we don't need to discuss this aspect." After Li Siwen finished speaking, he changed the topic and said: "What I want to say is that the special environment here makes the crime rate in this city extremely high, but this is not the most dangerous. ”

"What's the most dangerous?" Song Xueli asked.

"The people here are very xenophobic, and in their eyes, all the people who go from other places are outsiders, especially since this is still a place of words." Li Siwen said.

"One Word?" Song Xueli frowned: "You mean the Zhao family?" ”

"That's right, the person we're going to investigate." Li Siwen said softly: "For the Zhao family, you should know better than me, right?" ”

"Yes, I have obtained the relevant information, Zhao Zhenhai, the head of the Zhao family, is my grandfather's brother, he was sentenced to ten years for committing a crime in eastern Guangdong, it was my grandfather who fished it out through the relationship, and then he formed his own force in Zhucheng, and other forces were very fierce, in 90 years, the Red Fox Foundation was established, and my grandfather dragged the relationship to secretly help him settle the opponent, and now Zhucheng is basically the world of the Zhao family, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a word." Song Xueli sighed: "It is precisely because their wings are stiff that they dare to break the promise of the year, they all say that they will see the hearts of the people for a long time, and it has only been five years, it is better to say that people can see the hearts of the people." ”

Li Siwen saw Song Xueli thinking of the old man again, and sighed: "Don't worry, with the old man's spirit in the sky, the problem will definitely be solved." ”

"I hope so, after all, I want to see my dad so badly." Song Xueli muttered to herself.

Li Siwen was stunned for two seconds, and asked curiously, "Didn't you see you when your father entrusted him with a heavy task?" ”

"He's entrusted with a heavy task? I don't understand, I only know that the current leader of the Red Fox Foundation found me and asked me to take over this matter, and then gave me a lot of information, and said that this was the inheritance left by my grandfather when he was alive, and said that if this matter can be resolved, he will arrange for me to meet my father. Song Shirley explained.

"So you said yes? That's too sloppy, isn't it? Li Siwen frowned, although he knew that the black fox was doing this to protect Song Xueli, but he still scolded the other party for this impersonal approach in his heart.

"I also think things are a little strange, but people came with official seals, and there are some documents that my grandfather once signed, which are indeed his notes, and I have to believe it." Song Xueli stroked the corners of her eyes: "I thought you knew all these things." ”

"Uh...... I guess I know. Li Siwen perfunctorily walked over and continued to ask: "In addition to the Zhao family, there are two other families, have you got the information?" ”

"Got it, the other two, one is the Wu family in Dongying, which belongs to our Qilu Province, I inquired, this Wu family has a history of hundreds of years, ups and downs for generations, and now in Dongying, one hand covers the sky, even the leader of Qilu does not dare to stretch out his hand over, the head of the family Wu Yileng and my grandfather are friends of life and death.

There is another interesting thing in this, that is, the products of your journey to the west are blooming all over Qilu Province, but only you can't enter Dongying, last time Sister Jiayu complained to me about this, but she chose to give up directly. Song Xueli said.

"I haven't heard her mention this!" Li Siwen muttered.

"How can you, a busy person, have time to pay attention to these little things, Sister Jiayu will definitely not trouble you if she doesn't trouble you." Song Xueli chuckled.

Li Siwen was a little embarrassed, and changed the topic and asked, "What about the last one?" ”

"The Lin family in Shanwei, although Shanwei is developing rapidly, the Lin family can still control the entire Shanwei wharf, and the power is very great, and the patriarch Lin Baoguo is known as Lin Laohu in the local area, and he has several lives in his hands. Song Xueli sighed.

Li Siwen didn't continue, but snapped his fingers and said: "Zhucheng, Dongying, and Shanwei seem to be all engaged in dock business. ”

"That's right, it's not that these families don't want to go to the mainland, but the side business is not easy to do in the mainland, but the dock that governs the chaos has become their haven, my grandfather wrote in a letter that he had sent people to communicate with several families before leaving, meaning that they should be washed and put on the right track as soon as possible, but these families did not listen to persuasion at all, as for the funds mentioned in the grandfather's letter, they turned a deaf ear."

Song Shirley shrugged her shoulders.

"No one will spit out the bones that go to their mouth." After Li Siwen finished speaking calmly, he asked rhetorically: "By the way, since the three families are located in three places, why did they go directly to Zhucheng this time?" ”

"According to the above meaning, not paying the money was proposed by the Zhao family first, I heard that now Zhao Zhenhai is in poor health, and the family business is completely managed by his son Zhao Sheng, and it was Zhao Sheng who proposed it not to pay the money, and the other two families saw that the Zhao family did not pay, and they also began to echo it, so to solve the root cause of the problem, it is natural to go to the Zhao family first." After Song Xueli finished speaking, she said, "And I have already invited them to gather in Zhucheng in the name of the president of the Red Fox Foundation." ”

"If we can call them to Qizhou, things will definitely be easier." History said casually.

"My grandfather doesn't give face, let alone a little girl." Song Xueli said: "And people are not stupid, how can they participate in the Hongmen banquet." ”

"That's right." Li Siwen's tone was a little helpless, and then he fell on the sleeper, and then said: "That's all we know, and the rest depends on the will of God." ”

"Providence?" Song Xueli smiled slightly: "It's not easy to hear the word providence from your mouth. ”

Song Xueli is right, in her eyes, the man in front of her is omnipotent, even if God can't do it, he may do it, how can such a person resign himself to fate?

However, at this moment, Li Siwen didn't think about these at all, lying on the bed, he closed his eyes, as if he had returned to the fishing village in Beihai.

The wind was howling, the rain was pouring down, he was only thirteen years old in his previous life, and whenever the storm came, he would stand at the door and wait for his father to return, his brass bell-like eyes staring at the dark night sky, and it was a night at a glance.

"Okay, go to sleep, I have to go to school tomorrow." Mom's hoarse voice showed a bit of concern, but whenever she finished speaking, she would cough violently.

My mother is in poor health, and she relies on traditional Chinese medicine to maintain her all the year round, and her problems also fell when she was a sea girl, but fortunately, my father is in good health, and he is a well-known captain in the village, and he has a fleet of his own.

On the surface, his family is well-off, but in fact, like everyone else, he lives a poor life, because most of the harvest of his father's fleet has to be handed over to the Zhao family, that is, Zhao Zhenhai's power now, if he doesn't hand it over, those fish and shrimp can only rot on the boat, and no one dares to collect them.

Li Siwen once naively asked his father, can't he sell fish and shrimp to other cities? His father told him at the time that he would not be able to sell even then.

He didn't quite understand it at the time, but now he understands how these unarmed fishermen can fight against the forces that collude together. The Zhao family can cut off their livelihood with a casual breath. The difficulties in this are only understood by the common people.

As for Li Siwen taking over the gradual growth of the fleet, it was seven years later, when China cracked down hard, and many forces suffered heavy losses, and he also took the opportunity to successfully encircle a group of people and carry out his own sea activities.

Thinking back to everything, Li Siwen's voice seemed to echo in his mind again.

"Mom, I don't want to go to school, I want to go fishing with my father."

"Fishing is useless!"

"Who said that there is no interest, three hundred and sixty lines, the line is the champion, my father has promised me, when I reach the age of fifteen, he will take me to the sea."

"Ahem...... You stinky boy, do you know how dangerous it is to go to sea? Mom, you're just a child, if something happens, how can I live...... Ahem...... Ahem! ”

"Mom, drink your saliva, don't talk about it, I can't go to sea anymore!"

Li Siwen's face was filled with an extremely rare smile, and gradually, tears slipped from the corners of his eyes.

This scene made Song Xueli, who was eating, straighten out and asked in a low voice, "Brother, are you okay?" It can't be a dream of seeing a wife, right? Why are you still crying? ”

"You can't even eat to stop your mouth." Li Siwen turned his body around and no longer paid attention to the other party.

On February 11, 1995, the green train stopped at the railway station in Zhucheng after nearly three days of trekking.

"Oh, I'm tired of the past three days." Song Xueli, who got out of the station, stretched her waist and looked into the distance: "Why didn't anyone come to pick us up?" ”

Li Siwen looked around, the development of this is the square outside the railway station, different from the big city, the ground of the square is directly made of cement, all the horizontal and vertical are full of cracks, and some potholes still have scale.

And in the whole square, there are not many people traveling back and forth, even on the road in the distance, there are only a few motorcycles, and even cars are very few.

"Could it be the reason for the delay? After all, our car was supposed to arrive in the morning, and it was already afternoon. Song Xueli glanced at her watch and muttered to herself.

"If the Zhao family really attaches importance to us, even if it is a day and a night, no one from the Zhao family has come now, which just shows their attitude, it seems that our trip will not be too smooth this time." Li Siwen smiled faintly: "Don't think about this, find a place to settle down first, and then go to the Zhao family, I want to see what this Zhao family is capable of." ”

"Okay!" Song Xueli also felt that what Li Siwen said was reasonable, and picked up the luggage as soon as she agreed, but before she could take two steps, a team of motorcycles drove in the distance, a full dozen, and in the blink of an eye, she arrived in front of the two of them, and began to circle slowly around the two.

"Is it Song Shirley?" Accompanied by the roar of motorcycles, a man in a helmet yelled loudly, Mandarin is not very standard, but it is also audible.

As soon as Song Xueli was about to speak, Li Siwen slapped her with his elbow, and then said, "I'm sorry, you recognized the wrong person, my girlfriend's name is Wang Nana." ”

Song Xueli also realized the problem and didn't dare to make a sound, thinking that she would deal with it, but the motorcycle surrounding them suddenly stopped, and then walked down in unison.

Everyone took off their helmets in unison, and the man in the lead stroked the long flowing hair in front of his eyes, and said while rubbing his hands: "Wang Nana? The young man is very clever, but do you think we will believe it? A beautiful girl like her will never forget it at a glance. ”

After the man finished speaking, his laughing eyes were instantly cold, and he raised his hand and said, "You carry the men away, and the women will tie me to the back of the motorcycle." ”

"Okay, big brother." All the little brothers spoke in unison.

"Wait!" Seeing that everyone was about to make a move, Li Siwen hurriedly stopped: "The brothers came out to mix just to ask for a fortune, I don't care who instructed you, how about I pay three times the price?" ”

"Yo, you're still a rich man!" The man grinned lewdly: "But I'm sorry, I'm a person who is only lustful and not greedy for money." ”

"Three times isn't enough, ten times is always enough, right? Didn't you investigate her before you came? The daughter of the Song family, the money is rich. After Li Siwen finished speaking, he hurriedly snatched Song Xueli's bag, and said while rummaging through the contents: "What are you doing in a daze, why don't you hurry up and get money for the big brothers, mother-in-law!" ”

Listening to Li Siwen's chatter, everyone was a little stunned for a while.