Atlas of Heaven and Man.

Chapter 847: Chatting and Hearing Strange News

The guards on both sides gradually became fewer until the off-road vehicle gradually left the main urban area. At this time, the sky gradually brightened, the morning sun rose, and the warm and soft light shone from the opposite side.

Nian Fuli sat in the back, thinking about the scene on the road just now. He thought that his nephew was not even twenty years old and had a lot of room for improvement in the future. He really couldn't imagine where he could go.

He looked at Chen Chuan's focused profile in front of him and couldn't help but sigh: "Xiao Chuan, you really change every year."

Chen Chuan smiled and said, "Uncle, some things change, and some things never change."

At this moment, he glanced and saw a patrol car of the Police Bureau driving back from the opposite direction in the distance. It was covered with dust and must have just returned from outside the city, and maybe even went to the wilderness.

He said, "Uncle, has the police increased their external patrols now?"

Nian Fuli said, "Yes, it happened more than once. After tightening the law and order in and outside the city, the Customs Bureau organized people to suppress bandits outside the city, and eliminated a lot of armed bandits there. This also cut off many people's ways of making money. In the past two years, people who want to deal with the Customs Bureau have come one after another, but fortunately, Chief Zhu not only did not tie our hands and feet, but also strongly supported us. Now no one can stop our Patrol Bureau from doing anything."

Chen Chuan nodded. The Police Bureau's direct superior department is the National General Police Department. This system is relatively closed. Many local companies and some armed elements are monitored by the Police Bureau branches. As long as the Civil Affairs Department cooperates and there are no companies like Molan that cause trouble locally, no one can stop them.

Armed bandits are engaged in various smuggling and violent activities. Some of them are related to local companies and families in Yangzhi and surrounding counties, and some are infiltration and support from foreign forces. In recent years, the government has been deliberately suppressing and clearing out such forces.

As the chief of civil affairs transferred from another place, Zhu Xian must have followed the will of his superiors and vigorously promoted this strategy. His position in this regard was consistent with that of the Patrol Bureau.

He thought for a moment and said, "How is the Yuan'an Company that we moved into before?"

Nian Fuli said: "Yuan'an Company does not interfere in any affairs in the city. It only cares about the railway connecting to Hangu City in the north. Most of the armed forces are concentrated there. Speaking of this, Xiaochuan, I recently heard a rumor from there, and I don't know whether it is true or not."

"what news?"

Nian Fuli then stood up from his seat, bent over and sat on the seat behind the passenger seat, and said, "It is said that several people were dug out from the snow in the north."

Chen Chuan's heart moved slightly. It seemed like nothing happened on the surface, but he always felt that there was something weird going on.

Nian Fuli said, "It is said that they found it when they opened an additional railway line in the north. It should be a common secret railway. I used to ride this kind of railway when I was in the army. It is said that those people were dug out there. I just heard that these people are quite big."

He was skeptical about this kind of thing before, but after listening to what Chen Chuan said about the huge collision and fusion, and combining it with his previous experience, he felt that it might be possible.

Chen Chuan thought for a moment, isn't he big? This reminded him of some similar situations.

And they said several "people" were dug out, instead of using corpses to refer to them. So were they dead, or... He changed his mind and decided to pay attention to this matter later.

As the director of the Central City Security and Defense Department, theoretically he can inquire about and intervene in all matters related to security in Jibei Province.

However, the national enterprise Yuan'an Company's operations in the north are in cooperation with the military, which involves Haixi Province, so it is normal that no information is passed on. But if he actively asks for information, unless it involves real state secrets, he generally will not refuse to give it, and in his position, this request is reasonable.

While they were talking here, the two little guys, Nian Mo and Nian Lu, were lying on the car windows, looking curiously outside through the glass windows. They had hardly ever been to the suburbs since they were young, but after getting on the national highway, the surroundings became more and more desolate, with only the outline of Jiaoshan Mountain faintly visible in the distance.

At this time, Chen Chuan also looked in the direction of Jiaoshan. This place was actually very abnormal, but he had not been able to access relevant information before. However, due to his current position, he could reach it, but he had been in office for a short time and had not had time to pay attention to it. He should pay attention to it in the future.

The car arrived at the far checkpoint at this time. The guards here had been notified in advance and stood in a row. After the car slowly stopped and Chen Chuan opened the door and got out, the captain shouted "Salute", and everyone saluted him solemnly.

After all, the people at the National Avenue Checkpoint are all within the Jibei Road security and defense system, and can be said to be his subordinates.

Chen Chuan also returned the greeting and then asked people to disperse.

Because they were already in the wilderness, the wind was strong, there was a lot of sand and gravel, and it was also winter, so the personnel at the checkpoint invited him and his family to come in and sit down, made them some hot tea, and provided them with some newspapers and reading materials.

Nian Fuli didn't want to wait inside, but stood outside and looked at the far end of the road. Chen Chuan also stood there with him and chatted, talking about the situation in the central city.

After the family waited here for more than an hour, they vaguely saw a passenger bus coming towards them on the straight road ahead.

This passenger bus has two floors, and it is full of people going from the port to the city. At this time, Nian Qian was sitting in the back seat of the second floor, reading a newspaper in his hand. He has short hair, broad shoulders, and thick chest and back muscles. He is a very strong young man. His face is exactly the same as Nian Fuli. Some unobvious implant marks can be seen on his ears.

Now he is a major. He is twenty-three years old. At his age, apart from those fighters, only officers like him who graduated from military academies can be promoted so quickly.

Of course, in addition to his excellent achievements in various fields, it is also because he is a rare adapter.

The biological implant technology in the military is currently quite advanced. It hardly requires any major changes to the original organs. Just by adding some implanted alienated tissues, people can have considerable combat effectiveness and certain information processing capabilities. However, there are very few people who can adapt to high-end implants. He is one of them, and he is also a middle-level officer who is trained as a key task in the military. In addition, he knows how to behave, so he is highly valued by his superiors.

After flipping through newspapers from a while ago, he picked up today's newspaper and saw an extra piece of news, which said something like "Director Chen Chuan from the Security and Defense Department of the Central City returned to his hometown Yangzhi to visit relatives, and the Yangzhi Municipal Government and people gave him a warm welcome."

He was a little surprised. Why was this name the same as his cousin's?

He smiled, what a coincidence.

Although he was in the army, as a technical officer, he still needed to understand his duties in the central city.

The position of Director of the Security and Defense Department is indeed very high. Not counting the great development at that time, it is the highest position that anyone who has left Yangzhi City in the past few decades can achieve. This is the pride of Yangzhi, and no wonder everyone in Yangzhi is so excited.

Generally, the person who can sit in this position has to be at least 40 or 50 years old. This person may have left home more than 20 years ago, and happened to be involved in the war to quell the rebellion in the north at that time. He may have been promoted based on his military exploits and then transferred to the administrative department.

The passenger bus had gradually arrived in front of the checkpoint at this time, and it slowly stopped before it reached there. Passengers got off the bus carrying large and small bags. Next, whether they were going to Yangzhi or to the central city, they had to change to other vehicles.

Nian Qian walked down easily carrying a large suitcase and a marching backpack. Even though he was not wearing a uniform today, his upright posture with his head held high showed that he was from the military.

At this time, a familiar and kind voice came from a distance: "Qian'er!" Then the voice of "Brother, brother" came again.

He opened his eyes and looked over the heads of the passengers who were leaving. He saw Yu Wan and Nian Fuli standing aside. The two little guys were jumping and waving there. He couldn't help but get excited.

Behind the family stood a tall young man who was smiling at him. He immediately recognized that it was his cousin Chen Chuan. He also smiled and walked up quickly.

Because of his excitement, when he got closer, he put down his luggage and saluted Nian Fuli, "Dad!" He quickly turned to Yu Wan and saluted as well, "Mom!"

Yu Wan was tearful when she saw her son whom she hadn't seen for several years. But when she saw him suddenly do this, she was actually happy and said, "Ah~"

Nian Fuli himself was a retired soldier, so he didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Instead, he was very satisfied. He also returned the salute in a standard way, then stared at his eldest son for a moment, nodded and said, "He is a good soldier, no worse than your father was."

Nian Qian smiled, "Dad was on the battlefield, rolled through trenches, and climbed over barbed wire. I've only been carrying a gun for a few years, how can I compare to you?"

Nian Fuli's face was immediately filled with smiles, but he shook his head and said, "It's different, it's different. The guns I held back then were not the same as the ones you hold now."

Nian Qian looked at his younger brother and sister, bared his teeth at them, came up to rub their little heads, and then looked at Chen Chuan, "Xiao Chuan, I heard from my parents that you were admitted to Wuyi and now hold a senior position in the Central City Processing Bureau. That's amazing! I really admire you, cousin! You drove your parents here this time, right? Thank you!"

Chen Chuan smiled and said, "Cousin, we are all family, there is nothing to thank me for."

"That's right." Nian Qian said seriously, "We are all family, but you helped take care of the family during the years I was away, so I still have to thank you!"

Chen Chuan smiled again and said, "Cousin, it's too windy here, it's not a good place to talk, let's get in the car first."

"it is good!"

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(End of this chapter)