The call was from Kong Fansong.
I haven’t dealt with this God of Wealth for a long time. So a little strange.
I was a little unhappy at first. Disappeared immediately.
There is no way, the other party has money.
The Kong family is in charge of the Ministry of Finance and has too many ways to make money.
Frankly speaking, the Kong family at this moment must have more personal assets than the commissioner and his wife.
He responded with a smile: "Director Kong, what do you think of me?"
"If there is no benefit to calling you in the middle of the night, I wouldn't dare!" Kong Fansong seemed to be in a very good mood.
"You said it. You said it. I'll do it even if I don't sleep." Zhang Yong promised, patting his chest.
That's his personality.
Greedy for money. Lustful. I'm excited when I hear the benefits.
Occasionally, he also felt that it might not be possible to continue like this. But it’s hard to come back.
What's more, with these two layers of disguise, everything seems to go much smoother. Others will not be particularly wary of him. Even your own enemies are like this.
On the contrary, if you make yourself like Yan Shuangying, you will be doomed. Opponents will also be super powerful.
"I don't dare. But I am really worried about something."
"explain."
"Now, I have a ship that is about to enter the Qiantang River dock. But something happened on the ship. I don't want to alarm others. I heard that you happened to be in Hangzhou, so I have to trouble you. I'm really sorry..."
"I'm going to the dock now."
"Thanks!"
"Wait for my news!"
"good!"
"I'm going!"
Zhang Yong hung up the phone and got up immediately.
Take a look at the map by the way. Jiang Guohu was found to be still alive. fine.
Simply get dressed. Open the door and go out. He said to the person on duty outside the door: "Wake everyone up immediately. There is an urgent mission."
"Yes." The agent on duty hurriedly woke everyone up.
result……
Yang Lichu was also woken up.
Wearing her nightgown, she came to Zhang Yong's room out of curiosity.
"What happened?"
"you……"
Zhang Yong was stunned for a moment. Reacted.
Oh, I gave the wrong order. I originally called all the agents. But Yang Lichu is not included.
However, it was not safe to leave Yang Lichu alone in the hotel. Just take it with you. It's already four in the morning anyway. It will be dawn in three hours. She would make up for the lack of sleep when she came back from work. She just eats, drinks and sleeps every day, and nothing major happens.
"Kong Fansong asked me to go to the dock."
"do what?"
"Something happened to their Kong family's ship. Please let me go over and take a look."
"What's up?"
"You won't know until you get there."
"Then I'll go with you!"
"good!"
Zhang Yong nodded.
Yang Lichu then went back to wash up and change clothes.
Zhang Yong suddenly remembered something. In this matter, Lao Bai must be brought along. Lao Bai can't stay in the hotel.
"Ring ring ring..."
"Ring ring ring..."
Suddenly, the phone rang.
Zhang Yong picked up the microphone. It was Gu Bafeng calling.
"Shaolong, Kong Fansong asked me to follow you to the dock. Follow your command. It may be a bit dangerous."
"Okay. You wait for me outside the dock."
"good!"
Gu Bafeng died.
Everyone moves quickly and takes no nonsense.
Zhang Yong called Lao Bai. Five people were left in the hotel to continue guarding the spies. Everyone else followed.
Gu Bafeng warned that it might be dangerous, and of course he did not dare to take it lightly.
Kong Fansong didn't tell him, was he worried that he wouldn't go?
However, there were people he brought with him, as well as the military police from Gu Bafeng, totaling hundreds of people. There should be nothing to be afraid of.
It's impossible for Xuan Tiewu not to give face to the Kong family.
Set off. Arrive at the pier.
Gu Bafeng moved very quickly and arrived early.
This guy is fully armed. He also brought three light machine guns. The number of people also increased by a full hundred people.
It is estimated that troops were mobilized from the Hangzhou Military Police Headquarters.
Alas, it is good to have military power. More manpower can be mobilized at any time. No wonder Virgo spares no effort to build a loyal and loyal army to save the country.
After all, the end of power is military power!
As long as you hold military power, you will be a vassal town in ancient times!
It's almost the same now...
If you have a gun, you are the grass-headed king. No one wants to be the second best actor.
"What danger?"
"Let's talk after we go in."
"good!"
A group of people went in.
Heavily armed military police outside. The core is the agent from the Qinli Mountain Belt.
"What danger?"
"Five people mysteriously disappeared from the ship."
"Disappear? Mysteriously?"
"right."
"died?"
"If you don't see people alive, you won't see corpses after death."
"Yeah?"
Zhang Yong couldn't help but wonder.
Is there such a thing? Five living people are missing?
"Jumped into the sea?"
"have no idea."
"That……"
Zhang Yong frowned.
If it fell into the water, there would be no way to find it.
He's not a detective. He also doesn't know how to investigate. If he was asked to solve the case, it would indeed be a bit difficult for him.
If the caller wasn't Kong Fansong, he probably wouldn't have accepted such a task.
I am not a professional. He rashly intervened to solve the case. You'll be laughed at, okay?
I saw a huge cargo ship in the distance. I was a little surprised for a moment.
This cargo ship is actually bigger than the one I saw yesterday. Yesterday's ship belonged to Japanese spy Xu Sheng. The transportation volume may be around 1,000 tons. But what we see now is definitely a big one, with a transportation capacity of more than 2,000 tons. The total displacement may exceed 3,000 tons.
If placed in Europe and the United States, such a freighter would certainly be nothing. However, in China, freighters with a displacement of more than 3,000 tons are definitely considered large.
A freighter of this level cannot be built domestically. Only imports. Not cheap.
After all, the Kong family is in charge of the Ministry of Finance! Just have money.
Arrive next to the freighter.
There are already people waiting.
Both parties know each other. Someone from the Kong family also came. His name is Kong Younian.
Kong Younian was the ship owner. The freighter was registered in his name. The ship's name is Geely. Standard displacement is 3500 tons.
This is a bulk carrier. There are four cabins. Different goods can be loaded separately.
"We just came back from Nanyang. It's full of cane sugar."
"Departing from Manila, there were thirty-seven crew members. One hundred and twenty-five guests."
"While passing through Guangzhou, fifty-three guests disembarked. Another one hundred and thirty-seven guests came on. Seven crew members left."
"When we get to Quanzhou..."
"When we get to Wenzhou..."
Kong Younian briefly introduced the situation. I also got the logbook.
Zhang Yong flipped through the logbook. The situation recorded above is quite detailed. How many people are coming up? How many people are going down? How much cargo to unload. How much cargo to load. It can be concluded. This freighter is a bit like a bus. Stop at every stop. People and supplies were moving up and down, in and out.
"When did the five people disappear?"
"have no idea."
"In other words, someone might have disappeared when they docked in Guangzhou?"
"maybe!"
Kong Younian couldn't explain why.
Nothing like this has ever happened to them before. Because few guests leave the ship.
If there are guests leaving the ship, they will also say hello in advance. Relatively speaking, the guests were more nervous that the ship would leave. Because the money has been given.
"Can we come on board and take a look?"
"please."
Kong Younian took them on board.
Zhang Yong switched the economic model. Found several gold marks.
After all, it was the Kong family's ship, and it was obvious that it carried some gold. Coming back from Manila, the boat fare is a small gold bar.
Switch back to normal mode. There are also several weapon symbols.
This is also obvious. The Kong family's ship must be equipped with weapons.
It is normal to have more than thirty crew members and more than thirty weapons. In addition to ordinary pistols, there may also be machine guns.
The sea is not safe out there. Pirates can appear at any time.
"By the way. Are you a single ship or a fleet?"
"Fleet. We have five ships in total. The other four ships are heading to Wusongkou Pier."
"Could it be that those five people got on the wrong ship?"
"Probably not. The other four ships have no passengers. They are all purely cargo transportation."
"All right……"
Zhang Yong didn't ask any more questions.
It seems that someone like Lin Beiqiu should be invited to investigate.
Apart from catching Japanese spies, his other abilities are really ordinary. Want to become a detective? Thinking too much.
"Did you bring any private goods?" Gu Bafeng suddenly asked.
Zhang Yong:? ? ?
Then he reacted.
correct. Forgot to ask the most important point.
Did the Kong family ship contain any private goods? If so, the situation is much more complicated.
There are many types of so-called private goods. Such as foreign cigarettes, perfume, matches, cameras, film and so on. All in the entrained series. No tax required.
However, more often than not, the so-called private goods actually refer to a specific product. That's smoke.
Zhang Yong knew before that the Kong family was selling cigarettes secretly. Also stored in Treasury warehouse. As a result, he was also targeted by Japanese spies.
Now, it would be abnormal for the Kong family's fleet to return from Nanyang without bringing some smoke and soil.
"This, bring a little. A little." As expected, Kong Younian didn't hide anything. But the numbers clearly don't tell the truth either.
Zhang Yong couldn't help but doubt. So-called sucrose, is it all tobacco?
Later, when I thought about it, I thought it was too exaggerated.
After all, there are thousands of tons of sucrose, which is understandable. Thousands of tons of soot would be terrifying.
One ton is 2,000 pounds! 5,000 tons of soot is 10 million kilograms. Such a terrifying amount would definitely scare people to death. It is estimated that the Kong family would not dare to acquire so many goods at once. It is estimated that no one in Nanyang can provide such a large amount.
Unless you go to the East India Company...
But it is estimated to be several thousand kilograms. This amount is completely within the normal digestion capacity of the Kong family.
"Are they all still there?"
"It's all there. It's all there. We looked at it carefully."
"Then I have no problem."
Gu Bafeng turned to look at Zhang Yong.
I originally thought someone was coming for the smoke. was denied.
Since it's not for the smoke. That's complicated. What is the origin of the five people who mysteriously disappeared?
"Are there any of your Kong family members?"
"No."
"Then why are you so nervous?"
"It's five Englishmen."
"What?"
"It's five Englishmen who are missing."
"no……"
Zhang Yong stopped talking.
He felt that he needed to have a good talk with Kong Younian.
This guy obviously didn't tell the truth. Just say five people are missing. Do they need to be so nervous?
After all, the Kong family is also in charge of the Ministry of Finance, and he and the Councilor are brothers-in-law. What does it have to do with five ordinary people missing? There's no problem with a few hundred missing.
It turned out that five British people were missing. If there is nothing, it may become a big problem.
In case the British Consulate inquires...
"Lao Kong, you didn't tell the truth!" Gu Bafeng also began to realize that something was wrong.
We are here to solve problems. Don't think we are fools!
Didn't reveal the truth at all, just making a fuss.
"You guys come with me!"
"good!"
Kong Younian took Zhang Yong and Gu Bafeng into a cabin.
Just the three of them. He just told the truth.
"In Manila, five British people came to see us. Four men and one woman. They said they were coming from Kuala Lumpur. They were going to Tianjin Wei."
"They were willing to pay two hundred pounds each to take them from Manila to Shanghai. Then they would find their own way from Shanghai to Tianjin Wei. I agreed. So they got on the boat."
"When they arrived in Guangzhou, all five of them got off the boat. Then they got on the boat again."
"When we arrived at Quanzhou, the British woman got off the ship. Then she got on the ship again. None of the four British men got off the ship."
"Then, we arrived in Wenzhou. None of them got off the boat."
"Then, when we entered the mouth of the Qiantang River, we found that all five of them were missing."
"We searched everywhere on the ship but couldn't see anyone. So we felt something was wrong. So we used the radio to report."
Kong Younian said slowly.
Zhang Yong said nothing. Gu Bafeng didn't speak either.
This is the situation. To say it's weird, it's not too weird.
If it were an ordinary person, it would really be nothing.
If it's gone, it's gone.
Anyway, I didn’t lose the person. He lost it himself.
Who dares to put the responsibility on the Kong family?
No one asked at all.
But the British dare. If the British ask further questions, the commissioner must give an explanation.
This is the fundamental reason why Kong Fansong called.
There must be an explanation.
Where did the five British people go and what happened? You have to answer the British questions. If the British are dissatisfied, there may be another diplomatic turmoil. The most unpleasant thing about being appointed is offending foreigners. Naturally, the Kong family did not dare to neglect.
"By the way, I have pictures of them."
"oh?"
Zhang Yong's mind moved.
There are actually photos?
Do I need to take photos when boarding the ship?
Confuse……
"Our young master accidentally took the photo."
"Your young master?"
"Kong Lingkan."
The last person to answer was Gu Bafeng.
Zhang Yong suddenly realized.
It turns out to be this master.
Very powerful.
He's actually on the boat too?
etc. How old is this young master of the Kong family now?
You're not still a kid, are you?
"What is your young master's age this year?"
"Just weak. He is in his early twenties."
"He's on the boat too?"
"He went with the ship to Manila to see things."
"So, on the ship, he interacted with five Englishmen?"
"Yes. Our young master has studied in the United States since he was a child. His English is very good. This time he comes back to celebrate the New Year and go out to relax..."
Zhang Yong nodded thoughtfully.
What I was thinking about had nothing to do with Kong Lingkan. But secretly sighing. It’s almost Chinese New Year...
etc!
"What's the date today?"
"It's the 28th."
"When is New Year's Eve?"
"the day after tomorrow."
"What?"
Zhang Yong was stunned.
Done!
This job really has no future.
Day and night. I even forgot when the Chinese New Year is.
Every day is about mission, mission, mission. Where is the normal life?
awful……
The Chinese New Year will be the day after tomorrow. Still working today.
The most terrible thing is that no one reminded me that the Chinese New Year was coming. Everyone seems to have forgotten about this?
It's terrible...
Has the Fuxing Society actually become so involved?
There is no New Year atmosphere at all.
no!
The New Year is coming soon. A holiday is a must!
Must take seven days off!
There will be a seven-day holiday in later generations. It must be there now.
wrong.
Leave it for eight days.
New Year's Eve, the first day of the lunar month to the seventh day of the lunar month are all holidays!
Let’s talk about the big things after the New Year.
So what if we don’t see five British people? Maybe they went somewhere to celebrate Chinese New Year.
so……
"Boss Kong, we will follow up on this matter."
"We will notify you if there are any results."
[To be continued]
(End of chapter)
