Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1169 Colonial and Trade Minister

Although Lin Shimao made all kinds of precautions, he didn't take it too seriously. After all, Jinjiang County is very close to Anping Town, and he is helping Zheng Zhilong with his work. If he wants to move him, he has to weigh it.

I didn't expect the other party to be so ruthless, coming in quietly and directly "covering the bed", murdering, robbing and kidnapping in one go, this behavior is like a fearless foreign thief.However, he did not know the true identity of the other party until he was forced to confess.

These guys are gangsters!
Speaking of this, the Kun bandits are already a famous force in Fujian and Guangdong. They even attacked the city of Guangzhou at one point, killing the Pearl River...

Thinking of falling into the hands of this group of people, Lin Shimao turned cold all over, and hesitantly said that Sen Jiusheng and Li Shun were indeed hired by him, and he took 200 taels of silver for this.

"...I was hired by a person I don't know. I've never seen this person—a middle-aged man, he looks like a rich shopkeeper—he said he wanted to hire two brave men who dared to kill someone. .When I hired someone, I handed him over to her directly..."

"You are a dignified casino owner, if any outsider you don't know asks you to hire a murderer, you will hire him? Do you still understand the rules?" Xu Xu said with his jaw tilted, "Remind Boss Lin!"

The team member raised the pliers again and was about to pull it out. Lin Shimao was so painful that he was dripping with cold sweat. He couldn't stand it anymore, so he had to say:

"Hero, spare your life! Don't... don't do it..."

Lin Shimao had no choice but to tell everything he knew.He really didn't know the person who came, but he brought a photo of Zheng Zhifeng - no one in Jinjiang City dared to disobey the orders of the Zheng family masters.

"Is it Zheng Zhifeng?"

"Yes..." Thinking that he had betrayed the third master of the Zheng family, Lin Shimao was sweating profusely again: on the one hand, he was a gangster who did all kinds of crimes, and on the other was the Zheng family, a tyrant in Quanzhou, and he offended both of them to death. Now, the whole family must be crushed and ashes.

"The film?" Xu Xu was taken aback, he knew that he should bring out this film - direct physical evidence, "Where did you keep it?"

"He just showed it to me, and then took it back."

"Take it back?" Ke Xu showed a disbelieving expression.Lin Shimao was afraid that he would torture him again, so he hurriedly begged:

"Master! The villain is a character on the cards, showing me the film is considered a face, how dare the villain ask him to keep the film!"

Ke Xu knew that there would be no big effect if he asked again, so he cleaned up and the team members took him down.In the evening, take advantage of the darkness to send him to the ship to Kaohsiung.

Although the most direct physical evidence is not available, Lin Shimao's personal testimony is enough—anyway, the general legal concept in this time and space is still based on oral confession.

However, their task is not over.

Just when the report on the Westley case was sent to the Executive Committee and the Standing Committee of the Senate, the motion to declare war on Zheng Zhilong to eradicate this huge coastal power in Fujian had already appeared.

Although the two parties have formed a loose business partnership through private salt trade, it is clear that there is not much mutual trust between the two parties.Zheng Zhilong maintained a restrained attitude because he was intimidated by the Australian fleet and his own very backward combat capabilities in the open sea.In the long run, sooner or later, the two sides will break their skins.

On the side of the couch, how can you allow others to snore and sleep.Whether it is Zheng Zhilong or the Senate, they are all planning this.

After the details of the Westley case were reported to Lingao in detail, there was an uproar of public opinion declaring war on Zheng Zhilong for a while—the secret operation of Wei Bachi was also indispensable.

To reduce one's own responsibilities, one has to divert everyone's goals. Wei Bachi has long understood this line of thinking.My routine in Kaohsiung has already been criticized in the Senate, and now such a shameful incident has happened. If I want to avoid "vacation treatment", the only way to make public opinion bigger is to let Zheng Zhilong attract it. The firepower of the Senate.

As long as the Senate starts a war with Zheng Zhilong, Kaohsiung is the front line of the war. In order to ensure the stable operation of this base, the executive committee will never change people. There is something wrong with the mayor of Kaohsiung—even if it is pursued, it means nothing.Nothing more than a "correct attitude and profound review" will be enough
After Wei Bachi finished writing the report, he talked to Liu Zheng and others at a dinner party of Kaohsiung veterans about stabbing Zheng Zhilong in the back, playing tricks, and so on, showing a look of righteous indignation.

Although Liu Zheng is an imperial man, the Dutch "white-skinned gorilla" is more hateful to him than Zheng Zhilong. He doesn't feel sad and regretful about the death of a "white-skinned kid", but he is more Concerned about the "prestige of the Senate", when he heard that the Zheng Group's shady methods had seriously damaged the face and image of the Senate, he immediately became furious.

As the head of the "Huaxia Club" of the Imperial Han Society of the Senate, Liu Zheng immediately sent a telegram to the staff of the Huaxia Club, asking them to put forward a proposal for the immediate elimination of Zheng Zhilong at the Senate meeting.

Then he sent a messenger with his secret letter back to Lingao on a refugee transfer ship.Send a letter to Chang Shide.In the letter, apart from a simple greeting, I talked about the general history of this incident, and talked about my own views on the current environment of Kaohsiung and its future development.Chang Shide, the soul of Guanglei Sect, understood it, and immediately went to operate secretly.

As a result, the Senate's call for war against Zheng Zhilong became louder and louder-but within the Senate, there has always been controversy about how to formulate policies against Zheng.

Most of the elders are the so-called "destroyers", demanding a thorough and ruthless "crushing" of the Zheng's maritime business group, uprooting the Zheng's group from the coast of Fujian, and incorporating its remnants and ships after cleaning out the core of the Zheng's, and directly controlling Manila and Japan routes.

The other faction is a small number of elders headed by Minister of Colonial and Trade Skade. They believe that this should be an opportunity to issue an ultimatum, demanding that the Zheng Group recognize the suzerainty of the Senate, pay tribute, and hand over half of the annual income.

The main reason for adopting this "overwhelming" strategy is that Zheng Zhilong's existing operating model and business network can be used, and he can reap huge profits without organizing trade by himself.Whether it was at the meeting of the Executive Committee or the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Senate, he strongly recommended his plan.

However, Scaled held too few votes. In the final vote of the Senate on how to deal with Zheng Zhilong's offshore group, his plan was rejected.So the "final solution" to Zheng's group became a formal resolution.

Skade came back from the Bairen City open-air cinema in dismay—this earliest "mass cultural entertainment" project is still the venue for the senate to hold its plenary meeting.

He was very upset that the proposal was rejected at the meeting. After cursing in his heart countless times such words as "democracy is a carnival of mobs", he returned to his office of the Ministry of Colonial and Trade, overlooking from the window The huge sand table in the hall below, thinking about what to do next.

Now that his original plan to use Zheng Zhilong's influence has been rejected, Lao Zheng won't be jumping around for much longer—the next thing is the business of the Chief of Military Affairs.

The Executive Committee has issued an order in accordance with the resolution passed by the Senate: to send two special investigation teams to the Taiwan Strait-the transfer of the special investigation teams must be issued by the Executive Committee, not the Military Affairs Bureau.The steam-powered warships of the First Fleet moored in Kaohsiung have also been ordered: "Immediately go to the Hong Kong base for comprehensive maintenance."

This rhythm, no matter how you look at it, is a prelude to the use of force.

Skade fought against him from the bottom of his heart, and for this reason, he was sprayed with "rightist capitulationism" at the senate meeting.Although it was stopped by Speaker Qian Shuiting on the spot, he knew that the group of people in the Senate would definitely make a big public opinion about it. Needless to say, someone would write an article criticizing "capitulationism" in this week's "Venus".

However, as the Minister of Colonization and Trade, Skade is fully aware of the entire shipping operation map. As far as the current stage is concerned, there is not much difficulty in terms of logistics and transportation to land in Jinan and Xiamen. The meaning of the Executive Committee is that this is a hit-and-go operation, and it will not occupy the Jinxia area for a long time.There will also be no troops stationed locally, so the current maritime capacity does not need to undertake additional supply tasks.

Besides, judging from the attributes of the Planning Institute and the specific weather and sea conditions, it is very likely that the final attack on Jin and Xiamen will be launched in this winter: first, there is no typhoon in winter, and it is very safe for sailing or amphibious landing; Second, the Anping ship to Japan for trade departed in summer, and in winter it happened to return to the port with enough gold, silver, copper, and dried seafood from Japan to rest. Launching an attack at this time can have the greatest harvest.

But in this way, the Zheng Zhilong Group may revive——Skaide is very worried. After going to Zheng Zhilong, Li Zhilong and Liu Zhilong came out in Fujian. Moreover, the Zheng Group has a large population. There are several cousins ​​and adoptive brothers who later became the backbone of Zheng's group.A raid cannot wipe them all out. If they run out a few times, they might come out under the banner of the Zheng family to regroup.

Of course, he can just let it go and watch the play by the way.However, as the Minister of Colonization and Trade, the result of watching the theater was to be left out in the cold.He was not reconciled to working with Zheng because his department was squeezed out.It's best to get involved in this matter and fully demonstrate the presence of the Ministry of Colonial and Trade.

Skade stared at the large map of the East Asian Seas opposite him, which marked the forces of various parties and their trade routes.

How can we brush out the sense of existence of the colonial and trade departments?

(End of this chapter)