Chapter 1696
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Chapter 1696
It is one of Ran Tianlu's main tasks at this stage to assist the Manila Provisional Management Committee to establish a local commercial logistics system led by Haihan after the war.The Temporary Management Committee hopes to make the Chaosheng Commercial Store a benchmark in the local business world and control the local sales and circulation of daily necessities. Although the manpower and business scale of the Chaosheng Commercial Store have expanded rapidly after the war, they are still in line with Without meeting the requirements of the Management Committee, especially the construction of distribution channels, this is not a job that can be accomplished overnight, so Ran Tianlu introduced many local businessmen as the lower-level distributors of Chaosheng Commercial Store in the process-of course, their identities are more sensitive Hispanics are not included in this list for the time being.
At present, more than [-]% of the local businessmen cooperating with Chaosheng Trading Post are of Han origin, and the rest are some indigenous businessmen.Even those who obviously have the characteristics of mixed blood were temporarily excluded from the cooperation partners of Chaosheng Trading Post.The purpose of Ran Tianlu's doing this is not only to deliberately suppress the Hispanic ethnic group that originally had a relatively large influence in the local area, but also to concentrate business resources in his own hands as much as possible, at least to the extent that they can be deployed.
However, due to the deliberate suppression by the government, it was almost difficult for Hispanic merchants to obtain sufficient supply of goods after the war, and their daily operations became difficult.Even if they want to win an opportunity to cooperate with Chaosheng Trading Post, it is a very difficult goal for Hispanic businessmen.Before that, it was not that there were no Western businessmen who came here to see Ran Tianlu, hoping to buy supplies from Chaosheng Store, but basically all of them returned in vain. To send them away.
However, in the past two days, there have been more and more Hispanic merchants in Chaosheng Trading Post, and compared with previous visitors, these Hispanic merchants have offered higher prices, hoping that Chaosheng Trading Post can provide them with supplies.Ran Tianlu was also quite surprised by the desire for survival shown by the Hispanic businessmen. He originally thought that these businessmen would give up struggling, either change careers and stop doing business, or simply leave Manila to survive elsewhere, but now he finds that these people Unexpectedly quite tenacious, even if he was obviously suppressed, he still refused to give up completely.
However, Ran Tianlu didn't think about whether these Hispanic businessmen were instigated by others. What he cared more about was whether the existence of these Hispanic businessmen would hinder his own plans, or whether they could be used to catalyze local business resources. It will be concentrated in the official hands faster.So he also began to make an exception when meeting with these Hispanic businessmen and gave them more time to explain their business philosophy.
In fact, the Hispanic businessmen who were willing to stay in the local area after the war had basically acquiesced in their obedience to the new ruler. If the temporary management made some adjustments to the local business operations, these Hispanic businessmen would not There will be no more pointless resistance.What they are looking for is often just a livelihood, but because of the differences in race and culture, it is difficult to gain the trust of the new rulers now, which is why they have fallen into this situation.
There are also some businessmen who have given up the idea of struggling, but recently they learned through some special news channels that if they can get the approval of Chaosheng Trading Post, they can continue to do business locally in the future, so they have a try With no idea, these Hispanic businessmen came here again, hoping to persuade Ran Tianlu to let go of his "prejudice" against them and give him a chance to cooperate.
This so-called special news channel is naturally the Yamen Western Management Bureau that specializes in managing the Hispanic people. Francis can only use this method to encourage businessmen to find Ran Tianlu. The businessman came to get in touch with the inside story of Chaosheng Trading Post.Although this method will be slow to take effect, it may already be the only method within his power for Francis.
At the same time, Fang Peng and Qin Huacheng were trying to find out each other's details.Through the internal relations of the security police, Qin Huacheng finally contacted the security police officers in the adjacent jurisdiction and the jurisdiction where the Chaosheng Commercial Store is located. After paying a favor fee, Qin Huacheng asked them about the Chaosheng Commercial Store and its operators. But the answer is not as clear as he thought, it is still shrouded in a layer of fog.
The question Qin Huacheng is most interested in is where the special treatment and confidence of Chaosheng Commercial Store come from. However, the police officers in the two places he visited did not give a clear answer, because they only received instructions from the Police Headquarters. Provide sufficient convenience for the daily business activities of Chaosheng Commercial Storehouse.The so-called sufficient convenience is actually to achieve the three words of "don't ask". No matter what Chaosheng Trading Store transports or sells in their jurisdiction, they all keep silent.The security police in the jurisdiction in the south of the city were even asked not to enter within one block of Chaosheng Commercial Store, so as not to affect its operations.As for the daily security maintenance inside and outside the store, the armed guards affiliated to the store are responsible.
Qin Huacheng was taken aback when he heard this. He immediately recalled that when he went to inquire about the news outside the Chaosheng Commercial Store, he was wearing this uniform. If there were no security police around the Commercial Store, then It was too abrupt for me to appear outside the gate of the store like this, and maybe someone who cared had noticed it.But he thought about it again, even if Chaosheng Trading Post noticed his appearance, he probably wouldn't pay too much attention to it. After all, when he was staying there, no one from the Trading Post came to talk to him or ask him to leave .
Qin Huacheng certainly did not expect that it was this reckless action that brought him into the field of vision of the Military Intelligence Bureau, and was noticed by Fang Peng, a spy leader with a keen sense of smell.Not long after Qin Huacheng finished talking with the detachment leaders of the two security police areas, the Military Intelligence Bureau also approached the two with a very clear purpose, which was to understand the content of Qin Huacheng's previous talks with them.
Mentioning the name of the Military Intelligence Bureau may not be able to scare these ignorant security police officers, so when they found the two, they also showed them the official investigation document issued by Yu Zhen, the director of the Manila Police Department.The two of them didn't dare to hide anything, and completely vomited all of Qin Huacheng's reasons for coming.Fang Peng did not go to the Police Headquarters to ask for this letter of investigation, but Ran Tianlu applied to the Police Headquarters in the name of the Ministry of Security.The official document was a real official document, but Yu Zhen didn't know exactly what case he wanted to assist in the investigation, but this was a joint application from the Ministry of Security and the Military Intelligence Bureau, so he naturally didn't dare to neglect in the slightest.
"A detachment leader of the security police, why did he reach out to investigate the business from such a distance?" After Fang Peng understood the situation, he felt that the doubt became clearer. Qin Huacheng obviously had some secret purpose in investigating the business. Conduct investigative work.
When Fang Peng found out this step, he didn't want to waste time collecting information slowly, but sent an action team to intercept Qin Huacheng on his way home.As for himself, because the secret identity of the Military Intelligence Bureau cannot be revealed to outsiders for the time being, he did not directly appear in the entire investigation process, but just sat behind the scenes and conducted remote command.
There was no conflict in the process of arresting Qin Huacheng. After the people in the operation team revealed their identity to him, they stuffed Qin Huacheng, who hadn't recovered from his composure, into a carriage and took him away from the scene.About half an hour later, Qin Huacheng was escorted to a remote manor outside the city. At this time, he realized that he had become the target of the Military Intelligence Bureau, and had a faint feeling that his experience might be different from what he had experienced recently. related to what you do.
In the small trial room, a masked man sat in front of Qin Huacheng and said in a deep voice, "Qin Huacheng, you have two choices. One is to answer what I ask and cooperate with the interrogation so that you still have a chance to leave here. Two You have to have a hard time before answering my question. Although it may delay a little time, the price you have to pay is that you may not be able to regain your freedom. Do you understand? We understand, let's start!"
Qin Huacheng said in shock: "I'm the security police officer. We are all our own people. There must be a misunderstanding on this matter. I hope this lord will not act impulsively!"
The masked man ignored him, and said straight away, "Qin Huacheng, what have you done wrong recently?"
Qin Huacheng said: "Since I joined the police force, I have abided by the law and set an example. I have never done anything wrong! Once again, you must have misunderstood something!"
The masked man said: "Then let me remind you. Where were you and what did you do two afternoons ago? Who did you visit yesterday and what was the topic you talked about. Do you remember?"
Now that Qin Huacheng was sure that the other party was here for his ongoing investigation, he couldn't help but be very surprised. Apart from Ding Feng and Francis, few people knew about his secret investigation of the Chaosheng Store. The two police officers who visited before did not mention to them that they had been to the Chaosheng Commercial Store alone to investigate. How did this person who claimed to be from the Military Intelligence Bureau know his whereabouts?
"Are you still unwilling to say it? If you are so unwilling to cooperate, then I can only treat you hard first." The masked man's tone was emotionless, but it made Qin Huacheng shudder.
There was a smell of blood in this room, and some dark red spots could be seen faintly on the floor, presumably it was a place of interrogation and execution before this.Qin Huacheng had no doubt that the other party would carry out the verbal threat, but he knew that he was not ready to deal with it.
The purpose of Qin Huacheng's investigation of Chaosheng Commercial Store was to fulfill Ding Feng's request, but if he knew that behind Chaosheng Commercial Store was a privileged organization like the Military Intelligence Bureau, he would not come to this muddy water even if he was killed.Although he is not a member of the military, he has also heard that this special yamen has made great contributions to the Haihan army's attack on Manila. These spies who belong to the military probably don't care too much about their own security. police uniform.If he wanted to suffer because of Ding Feng and Francis, Qin Huacheng was not prepared to take the blame.
"Wait!" Qin Huacheng hurriedly said, because he saw that two men had already brought in a large brazier with burning coal balls and a few red-hot iron sticks inserted in it.If I don't express it quickly, then the other party will probably pull out this hot iron rod and stick it on me.
"Let me remind you again, be honest, don't play tricks, you can't afford it, understand?" The masked man signaled his companion to put down the brazier, and then warned Qin Huacheng again.
"Understood, understood!" Qin Huacheng replied hastily.Obviously the brazier was placed quite far away from him, but as if radiated by the heat energy emitted by it, Qin Huacheng felt that his whole body was beginning to sweat.
Under the high-handed threat of the interrogators, Qin Huacheng had no intention of resisting at all, and soon vomited out everything he knew like beans in a bamboo tube.
In fact, the matter Qin Huacheng participated in was neither small nor big. It was nothing more than collusion between officials in the government and wealthy local businessmen, trying to find a way to squeeze out commercial competitors.Not to mention the overseas colonies like Manila that have just ended the war, even if it is the mainland of Haihan, or even Sanya, which has the best security in China, it is impossible to completely eliminate it.What's special about Qin Huacheng's case is not that the public security police and the Western Management Bureau are involved in this matter, but the Chaosheng store they want to deal with is a thick and hard steel plate, and kicking it can be terrible. It's not a toe headache anymore, maybe the whole leg will have to be abolished because of it.
Qin Huacheng's confession was recorded slowly by the clerk for him. The masked man got up and walked out of the interrogation room, and went outside to take off his mask. It was Fang Peng who was directing the investigation behind the scenes.Compared with Qin Huacheng, who had never been able to get in, it was very simple for Fang Peng to use the resources of the Military Intelligence Bureau to investigate the other party's details, so even if he started a few days later than the other party, he could still easily complete the attack later. Investigate the activities of Qin Huacheng and his gang.
Such a case is hardly difficult for the Military Intelligence Bureau. From the investigation to the arrest, to the interrogation just now, there was no decent resistance. Even Qin Huacheng recruited everything with a little intimidation. Let the torture experts who are eager to get started.After Fang Peng patiently listened to the confession, he was basically sure that what Qin Huacheng said was true. At most, there were some details that he was afraid of taking responsibility for, and they were all blamed on Francis and Ding Feng. Moisturized.
When the case is found here, it is basically declared over. A policeman like Qin Huacheng who uses his power for personal gain is naturally indispensable to the end and dismissed from public office. The meaning of the management meeting is that it is definitely inconvenient for the Military Intelligence Bureau to intervene.As for whether Francis and Ding Feng should be arrested and interrogated again, Fang Peng did not dare to decide without authorization. The social status of those two is different from that of Qin Huacheng. If they want to be arrested, they must first consider the subsequent impact.
(End of this chapter)
It is one of Ran Tianlu's main tasks at this stage to assist the Manila Provisional Management Committee to establish a local commercial logistics system led by Haihan after the war.The Temporary Management Committee hopes to make the Chaosheng Commercial Store a benchmark in the local business world and control the local sales and circulation of daily necessities. Although the manpower and business scale of the Chaosheng Commercial Store have expanded rapidly after the war, they are still in line with Without meeting the requirements of the Management Committee, especially the construction of distribution channels, this is not a job that can be accomplished overnight, so Ran Tianlu introduced many local businessmen as the lower-level distributors of Chaosheng Commercial Store in the process-of course, their identities are more sensitive Hispanics are not included in this list for the time being.
At present, more than [-]% of the local businessmen cooperating with Chaosheng Trading Post are of Han origin, and the rest are some indigenous businessmen.Even those who obviously have the characteristics of mixed blood were temporarily excluded from the cooperation partners of Chaosheng Trading Post.The purpose of Ran Tianlu's doing this is not only to deliberately suppress the Hispanic ethnic group that originally had a relatively large influence in the local area, but also to concentrate business resources in his own hands as much as possible, at least to the extent that they can be deployed.
However, due to the deliberate suppression by the government, it was almost difficult for Hispanic merchants to obtain sufficient supply of goods after the war, and their daily operations became difficult.Even if they want to win an opportunity to cooperate with Chaosheng Trading Post, it is a very difficult goal for Hispanic businessmen.Before that, it was not that there were no Western businessmen who came here to see Ran Tianlu, hoping to buy supplies from Chaosheng Store, but basically all of them returned in vain. To send them away.
However, in the past two days, there have been more and more Hispanic merchants in Chaosheng Trading Post, and compared with previous visitors, these Hispanic merchants have offered higher prices, hoping that Chaosheng Trading Post can provide them with supplies.Ran Tianlu was also quite surprised by the desire for survival shown by the Hispanic businessmen. He originally thought that these businessmen would give up struggling, either change careers and stop doing business, or simply leave Manila to survive elsewhere, but now he finds that these people Unexpectedly quite tenacious, even if he was obviously suppressed, he still refused to give up completely.
However, Ran Tianlu didn't think about whether these Hispanic businessmen were instigated by others. What he cared more about was whether the existence of these Hispanic businessmen would hinder his own plans, or whether they could be used to catalyze local business resources. It will be concentrated in the official hands faster.So he also began to make an exception when meeting with these Hispanic businessmen and gave them more time to explain their business philosophy.
In fact, the Hispanic businessmen who were willing to stay in the local area after the war had basically acquiesced in their obedience to the new ruler. If the temporary management made some adjustments to the local business operations, these Hispanic businessmen would not There will be no more pointless resistance.What they are looking for is often just a livelihood, but because of the differences in race and culture, it is difficult to gain the trust of the new rulers now, which is why they have fallen into this situation.
There are also some businessmen who have given up the idea of struggling, but recently they learned through some special news channels that if they can get the approval of Chaosheng Trading Post, they can continue to do business locally in the future, so they have a try With no idea, these Hispanic businessmen came here again, hoping to persuade Ran Tianlu to let go of his "prejudice" against them and give him a chance to cooperate.
This so-called special news channel is naturally the Yamen Western Management Bureau that specializes in managing the Hispanic people. Francis can only use this method to encourage businessmen to find Ran Tianlu. The businessman came to get in touch with the inside story of Chaosheng Trading Post.Although this method will be slow to take effect, it may already be the only method within his power for Francis.
At the same time, Fang Peng and Qin Huacheng were trying to find out each other's details.Through the internal relations of the security police, Qin Huacheng finally contacted the security police officers in the adjacent jurisdiction and the jurisdiction where the Chaosheng Commercial Store is located. After paying a favor fee, Qin Huacheng asked them about the Chaosheng Commercial Store and its operators. But the answer is not as clear as he thought, it is still shrouded in a layer of fog.
The question Qin Huacheng is most interested in is where the special treatment and confidence of Chaosheng Commercial Store come from. However, the police officers in the two places he visited did not give a clear answer, because they only received instructions from the Police Headquarters. Provide sufficient convenience for the daily business activities of Chaosheng Commercial Storehouse.The so-called sufficient convenience is actually to achieve the three words of "don't ask". No matter what Chaosheng Trading Store transports or sells in their jurisdiction, they all keep silent.The security police in the jurisdiction in the south of the city were even asked not to enter within one block of Chaosheng Commercial Store, so as not to affect its operations.As for the daily security maintenance inside and outside the store, the armed guards affiliated to the store are responsible.
Qin Huacheng was taken aback when he heard this. He immediately recalled that when he went to inquire about the news outside the Chaosheng Commercial Store, he was wearing this uniform. If there were no security police around the Commercial Store, then It was too abrupt for me to appear outside the gate of the store like this, and maybe someone who cared had noticed it.But he thought about it again, even if Chaosheng Trading Post noticed his appearance, he probably wouldn't pay too much attention to it. After all, when he was staying there, no one from the Trading Post came to talk to him or ask him to leave .
Qin Huacheng certainly did not expect that it was this reckless action that brought him into the field of vision of the Military Intelligence Bureau, and was noticed by Fang Peng, a spy leader with a keen sense of smell.Not long after Qin Huacheng finished talking with the detachment leaders of the two security police areas, the Military Intelligence Bureau also approached the two with a very clear purpose, which was to understand the content of Qin Huacheng's previous talks with them.
Mentioning the name of the Military Intelligence Bureau may not be able to scare these ignorant security police officers, so when they found the two, they also showed them the official investigation document issued by Yu Zhen, the director of the Manila Police Department.The two of them didn't dare to hide anything, and completely vomited all of Qin Huacheng's reasons for coming.Fang Peng did not go to the Police Headquarters to ask for this letter of investigation, but Ran Tianlu applied to the Police Headquarters in the name of the Ministry of Security.The official document was a real official document, but Yu Zhen didn't know exactly what case he wanted to assist in the investigation, but this was a joint application from the Ministry of Security and the Military Intelligence Bureau, so he naturally didn't dare to neglect in the slightest.
"A detachment leader of the security police, why did he reach out to investigate the business from such a distance?" After Fang Peng understood the situation, he felt that the doubt became clearer. Qin Huacheng obviously had some secret purpose in investigating the business. Conduct investigative work.
When Fang Peng found out this step, he didn't want to waste time collecting information slowly, but sent an action team to intercept Qin Huacheng on his way home.As for himself, because the secret identity of the Military Intelligence Bureau cannot be revealed to outsiders for the time being, he did not directly appear in the entire investigation process, but just sat behind the scenes and conducted remote command.
There was no conflict in the process of arresting Qin Huacheng. After the people in the operation team revealed their identity to him, they stuffed Qin Huacheng, who hadn't recovered from his composure, into a carriage and took him away from the scene.About half an hour later, Qin Huacheng was escorted to a remote manor outside the city. At this time, he realized that he had become the target of the Military Intelligence Bureau, and had a faint feeling that his experience might be different from what he had experienced recently. related to what you do.
In the small trial room, a masked man sat in front of Qin Huacheng and said in a deep voice, "Qin Huacheng, you have two choices. One is to answer what I ask and cooperate with the interrogation so that you still have a chance to leave here. Two You have to have a hard time before answering my question. Although it may delay a little time, the price you have to pay is that you may not be able to regain your freedom. Do you understand? We understand, let's start!"
Qin Huacheng said in shock: "I'm the security police officer. We are all our own people. There must be a misunderstanding on this matter. I hope this lord will not act impulsively!"
The masked man ignored him, and said straight away, "Qin Huacheng, what have you done wrong recently?"
Qin Huacheng said: "Since I joined the police force, I have abided by the law and set an example. I have never done anything wrong! Once again, you must have misunderstood something!"
The masked man said: "Then let me remind you. Where were you and what did you do two afternoons ago? Who did you visit yesterday and what was the topic you talked about. Do you remember?"
Now that Qin Huacheng was sure that the other party was here for his ongoing investigation, he couldn't help but be very surprised. Apart from Ding Feng and Francis, few people knew about his secret investigation of the Chaosheng Store. The two police officers who visited before did not mention to them that they had been to the Chaosheng Commercial Store alone to investigate. How did this person who claimed to be from the Military Intelligence Bureau know his whereabouts?
"Are you still unwilling to say it? If you are so unwilling to cooperate, then I can only treat you hard first." The masked man's tone was emotionless, but it made Qin Huacheng shudder.
There was a smell of blood in this room, and some dark red spots could be seen faintly on the floor, presumably it was a place of interrogation and execution before this.Qin Huacheng had no doubt that the other party would carry out the verbal threat, but he knew that he was not ready to deal with it.
The purpose of Qin Huacheng's investigation of Chaosheng Commercial Store was to fulfill Ding Feng's request, but if he knew that behind Chaosheng Commercial Store was a privileged organization like the Military Intelligence Bureau, he would not come to this muddy water even if he was killed.Although he is not a member of the military, he has also heard that this special yamen has made great contributions to the Haihan army's attack on Manila. These spies who belong to the military probably don't care too much about their own security. police uniform.If he wanted to suffer because of Ding Feng and Francis, Qin Huacheng was not prepared to take the blame.
"Wait!" Qin Huacheng hurriedly said, because he saw that two men had already brought in a large brazier with burning coal balls and a few red-hot iron sticks inserted in it.If I don't express it quickly, then the other party will probably pull out this hot iron rod and stick it on me.
"Let me remind you again, be honest, don't play tricks, you can't afford it, understand?" The masked man signaled his companion to put down the brazier, and then warned Qin Huacheng again.
"Understood, understood!" Qin Huacheng replied hastily.Obviously the brazier was placed quite far away from him, but as if radiated by the heat energy emitted by it, Qin Huacheng felt that his whole body was beginning to sweat.
Under the high-handed threat of the interrogators, Qin Huacheng had no intention of resisting at all, and soon vomited out everything he knew like beans in a bamboo tube.
In fact, the matter Qin Huacheng participated in was neither small nor big. It was nothing more than collusion between officials in the government and wealthy local businessmen, trying to find a way to squeeze out commercial competitors.Not to mention the overseas colonies like Manila that have just ended the war, even if it is the mainland of Haihan, or even Sanya, which has the best security in China, it is impossible to completely eliminate it.What's special about Qin Huacheng's case is not that the public security police and the Western Management Bureau are involved in this matter, but the Chaosheng store they want to deal with is a thick and hard steel plate, and kicking it can be terrible. It's not a toe headache anymore, maybe the whole leg will have to be abolished because of it.
Qin Huacheng's confession was recorded slowly by the clerk for him. The masked man got up and walked out of the interrogation room, and went outside to take off his mask. It was Fang Peng who was directing the investigation behind the scenes.Compared with Qin Huacheng, who had never been able to get in, it was very simple for Fang Peng to use the resources of the Military Intelligence Bureau to investigate the other party's details, so even if he started a few days later than the other party, he could still easily complete the attack later. Investigate the activities of Qin Huacheng and his gang.
Such a case is hardly difficult for the Military Intelligence Bureau. From the investigation to the arrest, to the interrogation just now, there was no decent resistance. Even Qin Huacheng recruited everything with a little intimidation. Let the torture experts who are eager to get started.After Fang Peng patiently listened to the confession, he was basically sure that what Qin Huacheng said was true. At most, there were some details that he was afraid of taking responsibility for, and they were all blamed on Francis and Ding Feng. Moisturized.
When the case is found here, it is basically declared over. A policeman like Qin Huacheng who uses his power for personal gain is naturally indispensable to the end and dismissed from public office. The meaning of the management meeting is that it is definitely inconvenient for the Military Intelligence Bureau to intervene.As for whether Francis and Ding Feng should be arrested and interrogated again, Fang Peng did not dare to decide without authorization. The social status of those two is different from that of Qin Huacheng. If they want to be arrested, they must first consider the subsequent impact.
(End of this chapter)