A common tavern that connects all fantasy worlds

The efficiency of Baoshunxing is really very fast. In just two days, they described the investment required for this plan, the scale of implementation and the benefits obtained by all parties in the plan in the way they are best at.

Especially for the governors of the two provinces... this is a solid frontier official, and no amount of bribes may impress him.Only the dividend income that this business will bring, which will last for many years and the support of the British global financial institutions, are the things that the Governor-General really cares about.

The Qing Dynasty is about to fail... Except for some people with the surname Aixinjueluo, who in the whole country can't see it?

The current governor of Guangdong and Guangxi is not as loyal as Mr. Lin Wenzhong, and he will still have to live after the Qing Dynasty.If he didn't pre-arrange the funeral while he was in power, he was really afraid that his whole family would be swallowed up by the coming chaos.

Baoshun International Co., Ltd. obviously also saw this point, and specifically stated in the plan that it can help arrange for a stake in Standard Chartered Bank, naturalization as a British citizen, and even emigrate to any colony in the UK with its property to accept British protection.

When Mr. Mai saw the plan, he was almost certain that the plan could be passed by the governor without any problems.

He only needs his own help to polish it, and then it can be submitted to the governor's case... Like most Chinese people in this era, the governor is not used to or understands this kind of blunt style of articles full of numbers .

It is precisely because he has not gone through this step that Mr. Zhang said "they can't understand"... How many literate pirates are there?Not to mention a plan.

If you are really worried, just silence it afterwards.

The two of them had just squatted timidly when the fat man over there pushed Hong Tianci back and kicked him to the side beside Deputy Qi.

Assistant Qi, who felt sorry for his nephew, quickly helped him up, but he felt something hard in his arms.

Hong Tianci hurriedly raised his hand, pretending to be coughing, covering his and his uncle's faces, and winking at him frantically.

"Hey, squat well! Tell you to squat well!"

Ma Rulong also came over and reprimanded them pretendingly, and made a "gun" gesture to the two of them.

Although Deputy Qi didn't know what the two of them were doing, he wasn't a fool. He knew he couldn't pretend, so he simply lowered his head and closed his eyes, not only saying nothing, but not even looking.

While the pirates were still collecting property, there was indeed a commotion outside the foreign firm, and after a while, a voice shouted outside the door: "Listen, people in the house, you are surrounded, don't hurt the hostages. Quickly put down your weapons and surrender!"

Hu Xurong didn't expect the police to come so fast. After looking at the situation in the field and his brothers, he was still not willing to give up the gold, silver and jewelry on these people. He gritted his teeth and shouted: "Continue to search!... Lord Governor of Hong Kong , now it depends on whether your life is that important."

"No way, Brother Rong!" Zhuo Yifei yelled suddenly after being poked by Ma Rulong, and hurried over to Hu Xurong, and said to him: "If we threaten the life of the Governor of Hong Kong, the police outside may Regardless of the casualties, we will attack inside!"

The insider who was also disguised at this time also came over, lifted the mask a little, and said in agreement: "Brother Rong, Brother Fat is right. If there is something wrong with the Governor of Hong Kong, even if the whole foreign company is buried with him, the British People have to level this place...otherwise they will lose face."

"Then what should we do? If we don't kill someone, they will think that we are not cruel enough, and they will still attack directly."

"...Then kill two less important people."

Zhuo Yifei said, turning his head to look at Mr. Mai and Mr. Zhang.

Standing there, Ma Rulong nodded, and put the gun in his hand on the back of the foreheads of the two gentlemen.

If it was him a few days ago, he would definitely not be able to do this kind of thing... But now, in addition to fulfilling his duties as a police officer, he also decided to protect the justice in his heart outside the laws of the British.

"This gentleman... is on his way."

Chapter 18 The Sound of Thunder

On the street outside the foreign company, the police and British soldiers have surrounded the place with three floors inside and three floors outside. There are even rifle teams stationed on the surrounding high-rise buildings.Let alone a human being, even a god would never want to escape from here.

At this time, the chief of police, the deputy of the mainland police, and the two most promising rising stars in the police circle are all trapped in the foreign firm, so the deputy stone has to provoke the leader and is responsible for commanding the police officers on the scene.

Compared with Qi Bangban, Shi Bangban is older and has a calm personality. He directs the police officers to deploy defense lines and set up guard posts. Every possible entrance and exit has more than a dozen people watching closely.

After shouting to the room, he retreated, and met the highest officer of the British Army stationed in Hong Kong, a major general, who quickly saluted and suggested: "The governor and commander of Hong Kong, the chief of police, and celebrities from all walks of life The gentlemen are all in the foreign firm, so I don’t think it’s appropriate to attack by force, and we need to send someone to negotiate with the pirates and listen to their demands.”

"No, absolutely not." The British major general immediately waved his hand, "We British have a noble sense of honor, and we will never compromise with bandits."

"...This is not a compromise, it is responsible for the lives of the hostages! What does this have to do with the British and the Chinese, and whether they are honorable or not!"

Deputy Stone is usually very cautious and doesn't fight with others very much, but at this time he was also aroused by the attitude of the British major general, and he refuted tit for tat.

It's a pity that the other party didn't intend to argue with him, and responded directly and rudely: "Now the Commissioner of Police, the Governor of Hong Kong, and the Commander-in-Chief are not here, and I am the supreme commander of the military and police personnel here, Deputy Shi, you only need to obey orders! "

"...It's really unreasonable!"

Deputy Stone cursed in his heart, but there was nothing he could do, because what he said was right... Once the garrison was dispatched, the command authority would only be assigned in this way, unless the police commissioner and the Hong Kong government explicitly ordered the police not to participate.

I saw that the major general mobilized soldiers, armed with weapons, lined up in a square formation, and was about to attack the main entrance of the foreign firm.

Suddenly there was a knock at the door, and two pirates came out with two people, ignoring the rifle team pointing this way, and directly ordered the two well-dressed hostages to kneel on the ground.

Seeing this scene, Shi Bangban was startled, rushed forward and shouted, "What are you going to do?"

"...Brother Rong said, let you see first, what we will do... If you really want to attack, or even touch our brothers, we will kill all the hostages inside first. Who is inside, You are clear in your own hearts, and you can speak after you understand!"

Saying that, the two masked pirates held the head of the hostage kneeling there with their guns. Before the military police on the other end could react, they pulled the trigger, smashing the two people into pieces with two bangs. head.

From the beginning to the end, Mr. Mai and Mr. Zhang didn't say a word—their jaws had already been removed by Ma Rulong.

The pirates finished their work and walked back directly from the main entrance.

There were a few rattling noises from inside the door, and the chain was locked again.

The British major general stood silent for a while, then waved his hand and asked the soldiers to bring back the two corpses under the steps, so naturally there was no need to mention the storm.

If the governor of Hong Kong really let the pirates be killed, it would not be as simple as losing honor... It would be a blow to Britain's face.

In this era, it is not a good thing for the power of a country to be underestimated.The situation in Europe has been turbulent recently, and there is a possibility that war is brewing. If it shows signs of being strong at the moment, it will immediately end up being surrounded by a pack of wolves and being eaten like prey.

After returning to the obstacle set up by the police, the major general said to Assistant Shi: "It seems that we can't attack by force."

The stone gang was angry, and said in his heart, so I told you just now!

But facing the British, the Chinese in Hong Kong will be short by three points first, and there is nothing you can do if you are not satisfied... So he can only endure it, and suggested again: "They can't afford the consequences of killing the Governor of Hong Kong." Yes, we should send an unarmed person in, declare our interests to these pirates, and inquire about the situation inside by the way, if the discussion fails, we will formulate tactics."

"Just do as you say."

The major general nodded, as if he had returned part of the command to Assistant Shi.

There was silence outside the door again, and in the hall inside the door, the pirates were about to finish their work.

Hu Xurong and the insider's plan have also reached the most difficult step, which is to hide the truth, pretend to be sticking to the warehouse all the time, and make the illusion that "the pirates have escaped after being unable to attack for a long time".Of course, a few people had already tricked the guards inside the foreign firm to come over and killed some of them. The corpses are now piled up in the warehouse. Putting them into pirate clothes and putting on masks is enough to fool the army and police outside.

Hu Xurong gathered the brothers together and walked to the corridor at the back. In order to confuse the people present, he said: "Has the door to the warehouse not been opened yet?"

Zhuo Yifei at the entrance of the corridor also replied playfully: "No, Brother Rong, the door must be blocked from the inside."

"No matter, we withdraw from the back door!"

Hu Xurong controlled the volume to a level just enough for the hostages next to him to hear, and then turned his head to warn: "If you are sensible, don't move, the police will come in and rescue you in a while. If anyone moves, we will kill you—— "

Just as he turned back to speak, the lights in the hall suddenly went out.The sudden change in light caused everyone to fall into a situation where they couldn't see anything for a while.

The hostages present uttered a scream, but no one dared to move. No one knew whether the pirates would take advantage of this moment and shoot people indiscriminately.

There were only three people who acted, Ma Rulong and Zhuo Yifei who were among the pirates, and Hong Tianci who was among the hostages and kept his eyes closed.

Hearing a few gunshots, the pirates' cursing stopped abruptly.

Not long after, when the hostages were about to riot again, the lights in the hall came on again.

The pirates were completely dead in the corridor, especially Hu Xurong, who had more than 20 bullet holes in his body; among the hostages, Shi Mi, the manager of Baoshun Hong Kong Branch, also had a gun in his hand, but Tianling Gai was captured A big piece flew off and fell to the ground, of course it was already dead.

Ma Rulong, who tore off his camouflage and restored his marine police uniform, held a gun in his hand and shouted in front of the corridor: "I am Ma Rulong, a Hong Kong marine police officer! All the prisoners have been shot dead, and all hostages should leave the scene immediately!"

The people present were quiet for a moment, and immediately got up noisily and fled to the main entrance, and hurriedly unchained the door.

Hong Tianci secretly raised his head, conveniently stuffed a fat man into the frantically fleeing crowd, and secretly gestured to Ma Rulong behind him.

Of course Deputy Qi was also at the end, and whispered to his nephew, "You guys are doing it too dangerous!"

Of course he knew, as soon as the lights went out and the gunshot rang out, his nephew suddenly threw him off and rushed out, and then another roar sounded from several people around him.

Thinking back to just now, his nephew dragged him to Manager Shi Mi's side and moved slowly and quietly... If he didn't know what these people were doing, he would have lived in vain for so many years.

At this time, he was communicating with his nephew, and he kept thinking, it must be a young man who is brave!

He didn't know that what a few people did just now was not something that could be done by the brave.

Ma Rulong just dressed up as a pirate, took Mr. Mai to the door with his own hands, killed him in front of the police officers, but at the same time left a mark on his body, and told the water police colleagues that he would hide it in 10 minutes. The ghosts who were present cut off the power, and re-powered it when the time came.

After returning to the hall, he and Zhuo Yifei also made preparations in advance.Unlike the others, both of them wore a one-eyed eye patch under the mask... Ma Rulong inquired about it from Jack.

According to Jack, there are indeed many pirates who wear blindfolds in battle, but it is not because they are one-eyed; Cover one eye, then switch to the other eye as soon as you enter the cabin.

In this way, the originally covered eye can quickly adapt to the darkness in the cabin, allowing them to maintain the highest combat efficiency.

I don't know if the story Jack said is true or not, but Ma Rulong has tried it before and found that this trick is surprisingly easy to use.

Just when the lights went out, he and Zhuo Yifei quickly lifted their masks, turned their blindfolds, and hit Hu Xurong and the pirates he led without missing a beat. The opponents didn't even have a chance to fight back.

This is also a matter of course, who would have thought that the two of them would suddenly attack?Just like people in a foreign company would not think that the warehouse guards are actually a group of pirates... the pirates would not think that their brother has always been a water policeman.

For Ma Rulong and Hong Tianci, the most difficult part of this operation is actually its illegality, using lynching, killing a group of people without chain of evidence and trial, especially Mr. Mai, Mr. Zhang and Shi Mi manager.

However... On the one hand, they want to resolve this incident quickly, and on the other hand, they already have distrust of the British Hong Kong government and even the British in their hearts. Such a choice can only be said to be logical.

And once they choose a path, these young people will go on unswervingly and neatly.

Deputy Qi followed behind the crowd, and staggered out of Baoshun Foreign Firm with the support of Hong Tianci.Several police officers present were called over by the major general, and the first-hand information they obtained at the scene will support the entire Hong Kong official conclusion on this incident.

Facing his boss, Deputy Qi just said calmly:

"Water Police Inspector Ma Rulong came here with me, and wanted to communicate with the manager of Baoshun Foreign Trade Co., Ltd. about the investigation of the tobacco merchant ship. During the reception, Inspector Ma temporarily left the table. Before he came back, the pirate 'Hu Xurong' and others People blocked the front and back doors, hijacked the guests present, and demanded that the guests hand over their belongings. I can’t see what happened during the power outage. I only know that after the power was restored, Inspector Ma had killed several pirates..."

Chapter 19 A Good Beginning and a Good End

A few days later, the "China Daily", which was founded in Hong Kong, published a report, the content of which was appalling, causing shock in Guangdong, Guangxi, and even the whole world.

The original report published an article on the so-called "Guangdong Plantation Plan", and also carefully marked the key points-the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi conspired with the British Baoshun foreign company to encircle the cultivated land and replant poppies; Became a British citizen after graduation.

Of course, the most angry should be the emperor on the throne.

Most of the emperors in China throughout the ages have the understanding that "the whole world is the land of the king". To put it bluntly, they think that the entire country is the private property of one family.

Even the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, who was a feudal official like the governor of Guangdong, was only a higher-level domestic slave in the eyes of the Qing emperor.

The nature of Bao Shunxing's incident naturally became a disgusting slave in the eyes of the emperor, colluding with outsiders to seize his own private property.

If the emperor was still sitting in his seat, he would of course issue an order to reprimand and demand investigation... But at this time, the emperor has been placed under house arrest in Yingtai, and he has no place to speak on state affairs.

Compared with the turmoil of the outside world, China's real ruling class has fallen into a strange calm. I don't know if a stronger storm is brewing.

However, Ma Rulong and others in Hong Kong naturally don't need to take care of these things... They only need to make the news public and mess up the "plantation" issue, and their goal has been achieved.

In the "China Daily" newspaper office on this day, Ma Rulong and others came to the editorial room led by Shi Bangban, and met the editor-in-chief who had decided to publish a special report in the newspaper despite the pressure of the British.

"...Mr. Editor-in-Chief is my friend for many years. Thanks to his help in your career this time. Alright, Aaron, I'll wait for you outside."

After introducing each other, the Stone Assistant went out and sat down in the courtyard, leaving the room for the person who really had something to say.

The editor-in-chief bowed his hands toward Ma Rulong, and said, "Brother Ma has a heart for the country, and sacrifices his life for death. He is really a role model for my generation."

"Don't dare to dare." Ma Rulong said quickly and modestly, "The article in your newspaper is really 'loud and deafening', which makes 'Chinese people know that China is prosperous, and when they hear chickens dance, they will work hard'." I also I often read your newspaper."

Zhuo Yifei, who was following behind, didn't understand, so he asked Hong Tianci beside him softly, "Hey, what are they talking about?"

Hong Tianci also replied in a low voice: "Aaron said what was said in the first issue of this newspaper. I read it together when I knew it was coming yesterday. The old habits of the Chinese people are aimed at dispelling the Chinese people's sluggishness and mediocrity', and they strive to improve China's self-improvement. What they don't like the most is the behavior of selling cigarettes in various countries. No wonder they will help publish that report..."

Zhuo Yifei nodded if he didn't understand. He has never been too cold for such polite words.

What country, nation, and Huaxia? In his opinion, the concept of neighbors and brothers has been expanded tens of millions of times.They look similar to themselves, speak the same words, and live the same years, so they are part of them and have a sense of belonging.

People are different, and of course there are people who can bear not to speak even if their biological parents are being bullied, but Zhuo Yifei is not.

When I was young, my brothers on the street were beaten, and he and Ma Rulong beat them back because they were "our brothers on the street".

Do you want to rob Chinese people's land in Guangdong and Guangxi to plant poppies?In addition to the fact that this matter itself is bullying and shamelessly encroaching on the interests of others, what is even more irritating is of course "foreigners bullying their own people".

However, he also admires these people who can speak well. Maybe they can't understand, but the truth they say is so pleasing to the ear.

The editor-in-chief over there had already chatted with Ma Rulong. After asking a few people to sit down, he sighed and answered Ma Rulong's question of "how will this matter be resolved in the end".

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He said: "The Qing government will not care about this matter. Now that there is food shortage everywhere, people's hearts are unstable, and there are foreign powers outside the country, it is impossible for such an important position as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi to suddenly remove the candidate just because of the rumors in the newspaper. And Qing Ting also has no one available..."

Ma Rulong asked anxiously again: "Could it be that the lives of the common people in Guangdong and Guangxi cannot be put in the eyes of the Qing court at all?"

"...the Qing government never cared about the people, it is really a barbaric government!" The editor-in-chief scolded, "First there was the massacre of Yangzhou, Jiangyin, Jiading, Jinhua, and Guangzhou, and then there was the betrayal of the country's interests The reason why the people rely on the government is because the government has the natural obligation to protect the people. At this time, the Qing government not only failed to protect the people, but intensified its collusion with foreign enemies and plundered its own people, it deserves to die!"

Several people scolded together for a while, but there was nothing they could do but sigh at each other.

Your Excellency the editor-in-chief took the lead in clearing up his mood, and cheered up: "...but our report was reprinted by many newspapers at home and abroad, and it also caused a stir in the country, which shows that the compatriots have gradually awakened. We are incompetent as literati, we can only use pen and ink, I only hope to call on China and foreign countries to spread the voice of saving the country, and this is the best harvest."

Ma Rulong pondered for a while, and felt that it would be better to open the window and speak frankly, so he responded: "Although I am serving in the Hong Kong British government, I am worried about my Chinese compatriots and want to contribute to the cause of China's self-improvement. These two brothers The same is true. A few days ago, during the piracy of Baoshun Foreign Company, in addition to the plan, we also found an unregistered Standard Chartered Bank cash deposit certificate from Mr. Mai, and we are willing to donate this to your company. We support the wishes of China Daily."

The editor-in-chief received this certificate of deposit, looked at the number on it, and immediately exclaimed, "One hundred thousand pounds?"

... This is actually not a big number for Baoshun foreign company.

This foreign firm imports tobacco soil into China every month far exceeding this price, not to mention that Baoshun's business is more than that.