My courtyard shelter

Half an hour later, the bus convoy finally arrived at the destination.

Qindao Center Holiday Inn.

Xu Dong took out his mobile phone and searched the Internet. This is a four-star hotel with very good conditions.

The staff introduced: "Dear colleagues, you can take a rest in the hotel. After the division is completed, we will send you to your respective divisions."

After completing the formalities, Xu Dong was lucky enough to be assigned a single room, at least he could take a nap at noon.

After putting away the luggage, it was time for lunch.

Xu Dong did not rush to the cafeteria, but went to Lao Xie's room with three packs of cigarettes.

"Dong Dong Dong..."

"Lao Xu, it's you!"

Xu Dong took out three packs of cigarettes from his arms and handed them to the other party: "Lao Xie, the cigarettes are for you, and the bulletproof vest is up to you."

"Don't worry, I'll take care of it!"

Lao Xie is impatient. After getting the cigarettes, he immediately opened a pack, and the two of them started smoking in the room.

"Old Xu, your cigarettes are well preserved, there is no sign of mold."

"I also got them from somewhere else, 5,000 yuan a pack!" Xu Dong explained with a smile.

5,000 yuan is the current market price of cigarettes. I don't know about other places, but the price in Yanjing has almost reached its limit.

After all, after more than a year of "suffocation", 99% of domestic smokers have been forced to successfully quit smoking. With the sharp shrinkage of the tobacco market, this is also the main reason why the price of cigarettes has reached its limit.

And people in the system like Old Xie are the most miserable.

Although they can't afford cigarettes, they can still get one or two cigarettes every now and then in their daily work. They can't quit, so they can only bear it.

"You are still a rich man. I can't afford cigarettes that cost hundreds of yuan a pack." Old Xie sighed.

Xu Dong reached out and patted the other person's shoulder: "Smoking is not good for your health, it's better to smoke less."

"Nonsense, you are a full man who doesn't know the hunger of a hungry man." Old Xie laughed and scolded.

After smoking, the two ate in the cafeteria together.

Before setting off, Xu Dong knew that Qindao did not provide meals, and they could not afford it.

After all, food was distributed per capita.

Even if there was surplus food, the relevant departments did not dare to take it out openly, otherwise it would be a serious matter if the higher-ups investigated.

Therefore, everyone who came to Qindao on business trips carried their own food cards with them, or simply applied for a secondary card.

The so-called food secondary card is almost the same as the bank card secondary card. The only difference is that there is a 5% handling fee for buying food across states.

Of course, for public officials on business trips, this handling fee is definitely waived.

The cafeteria is on the top floor of the hotel, and the two took the elevator directly to the top floor.

As soon as they got out of the elevator, a strong smell of meat hit them.

"Old Xu, there is meat." Old Xie said excitedly.

Xu Dong nodded: "It should be fish. Qindao is close to the sea, so it seems that there is no shortage of seafood."

These marine fish are food outside the national plan, a bit like the tuna caught by Wang Lixin's steel plant, and the right to distribute them is entirely theirs.

Old Xie couldn't wait to line up.

Xu Dong wandered around the food window and came to the end of the line.

"Old Xu, what dishes are there?" Old Xie turned around and asked.

"There are only six dishes in total, Chinese cabbage stewed with tofu, stewed radish, braised winter melon, green pepper and potato shreds, sweet potato cakes, and finally a kelp soup." Xu Dong said with disappointment.

"What about the fish meat?"

"The fish meat is in the kelp soup. I took a special look and there are not many pieces of fish meat. Don't even think about it. It's not our turn."

"Alas, I should have thought of it a long time ago. No matter how good the conditions here in Qindao are, they are definitely not as good as Yanjing. Yanjing can't eat meat, so it doesn't make sense here. Having fish soup is pretty good."

Old Xie quickly adjusted his mentality.

The middle-aged man on the side interrupted and said, "Don't be picky, this is our first meal, with rice and fish soup, the food is good enough.

When we get to the next division, I heard that every meal is mixed grain rice with pickles, without any oil or water, and nine out of ten people are constipated."

"Are the conditions so difficult?"

Old Xie was surprised and said, "Old Xu, what is difficult about this? What is the food standard of your power company? Anyway, our branch has been eating mixed grain rice since last month."

"Nothing, it's about the same as you." Xu Dong covered up.

So, Director Cao is really capable, at least his company has rice every meal.

After waiting in line for more than ten minutes, it was finally Xu Dong's turn.

For one meal, a pound of corn flour was directly swiped from the food card, and 20 yuan of food expenses were paid, which was slightly more expensive than the food price in Yanjing.

After lunch, everyone had a two-hour break, but they could not leave the hotel and could only stay in the room.

At 2:30 in the afternoon, the division list came out.

Old Xie came over and asked, "Old Xu, which district are you assigned to?"

"District 4, in Jiaoxi City."

"It's a good location, in the rear area. I'm going to be stationed at the Sailing Center, which is not too far from you."

"You're welcome to visit at any time." Xu Dong said with a smile.

"You don't need to tell me. I'll definitely go when I have time. You can also come to find me."

After a pause, Old Xie continued, "I've already contacted you about the bulletproof vest. It will be delivered soon. What time will you leave?"

"Four fifteen." Xu Dong glanced at the notice.

"It should be in time. The bulletproof vest is lent to you. You need to return it after the end."

"I understand. Thank you, Old Xie!"

...

Ten minutes before departure, Xu Dong finally got the bulletproof vest.

To be more precise, it should be an inner-wear police anti-stab suit. Few units are equipped with it on a daily basis, but its actual use is very important and meets Xu Dong's current needs.

Getting on the bus again, there were a total of ninety-six people on the bus. Everyone was assigned to four districts. It was said that there were four or five groups of people behind. It seemed that the scale of this operation was definitely not small.

Xu Dong guessed that the higher-ups were probably planning to accomplish their goal in one fell swoop.

On the way, the receptionist took the opportunity to introduce the latest situation in Qindao to everyone, and finally concluded:

"According to estimates, there are about 300,000 illegal immigrants hidden in the entire Qindao City, and the pressure on public security is very high.

As you can see, the city has been under martial law.

Our next main task is to cooperate with the Municipal General Administration to conduct a dragnet search of the entire city and strive to repatriate all these 300,000 people."

Three hundred thousand people?

Everyone on the bus was stunned. This number was indeed astonishing.

Someone raised his hand and asked, "How long will this operation take?"

"According to the plan, the entire operation will last for ten days."

"How did those smugglers get in? Three hundred thousand people, isn't that too exaggerated?"

This is also the question Xu Dong wants to ask the most.

"Everyone has misunderstood. Although there are many refugees smuggled in from the sea, under our strict defense, not many can get in, at most only 50,000 or 60,000 people.

However, in Qindao, there were originally more than 10,000 Southern Dynasty enterprises, and a large number of Southern Dynasty people gathered in the city, as well as the Southern Dynasty City.

These people add up to about 200,000 people. Because of the civil war in the Southern Dynasty, these people have been stranded in the country for a long time and eventually became illegal immigrants."

Xu Dong understood.

These Southern Dynasty expatriates cannot get Daxia household registration, cannot get food rations, and are unwilling to return to their country. You don't need to think about what will happen next.

Keeping these people is indeed a time bomb.

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