Chapter 1279 The King of War (Third update, please subscribe)
Author: Xiaoyu’s Destiny
Chapter 1279 The King of War (Third update, please subscribe)
We fought to the last Boer!
Of course, Ming's official position is...peace, and Ming will always be a pacifist.
Peace does not forget the sale of arms. When time entered 1889, every month a merchant ship loaded with arms sailed from the Ming Dynasty to the African colonies, and then transported by train to the Bechuanaland Special Zone, passing through the Ming Dynasty and Boer
Border of the Republic.
In order to deceive others, these arms were disguised as hardware, bathtubs and other equipment, and they were even shipped out from Huizhou Port, which had no arsenal. Huizhou Port was very busy for a while.
However, the port is very lively every day. After all, Huizhou Port is also an extremely important port on the east coast of the Ming Dynasty. It can be called one of the three major ports on the east coast. How can it be unimportant? If it is not important, how can it be possible to build a "Shengde" port?
"Emperor Statue".
Two years ago, the statue of Emperor Shengde in Huizhou was finally completed. The base is 50 meters high and the bronze statue itself is 49 meters high. As soon as it was completed, it became a symbol of Huizhou.
The emperor with a sword in his hand is facing the rippling blue Atlantic Ocean, his eyes are staring at the ocean, looking into the depths of the ocean, just like the guardian of this continent, he looks solemn and majestic. The emperor's figure blends into the mountains.
Some clouds float between the mountain peaks from time to time, making the bronze statue looming, making it appear more mysterious and holy. The huge emperor statue is built on the top of this mountain and can be seen from most areas of the city no matter day or night.
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Even when it rains, you can still see the emperor's statue in the urban area. Under the cover of rain and fog, it looks even more mysterious and solemn.
"Chief Inspector, I heard that they also want to build a bronze statue of the emperor on the other side of Linhai. They say it will be bigger than ours!"
Ahu's words made Ma Rulong smile.
"We'll wait until your Majesty goes to Linhai and agrees to build it. I heard that even this statue of the emperor was built by chance. Under normal circumstances, we in China don't build statues..."
While chatting, they rushed towards the pier. The reason why they rushed to the pier was because they received a report that foreigners had been frequenting the port area recently. In fact, even after receiving such a report,
They can completely ignore it. After all, the Security Bureau is responsible for matters involving the security of the empire.
But Ma Rulong still decided to come to the pier to have a look.
Soon, they arrived at the port. Wearing raincoats, the two of them went straight into the port area. Although it was raining, the stevedores were still busy there. The whistle of the crane commanding the crane echoed in the heavy rain. The stevedores
Wearing a raincoat, we loaded the goods onto the ship.
"Are you... the police?"
The arrival of the police made the dock supervisor stunned. He looked at the two people in front of him with some doubts.
"Which police station are you two from?"
"From the city bureau."
After putting away the police badge, Ahu said directly.
"You guys are really busy here. It's raining so hard and you're still packing things."
Ma Rulong walked to the goods yard and asked.
"Officer, there's nothing we can do about it! The owner of the cargo is in a hurry, so of course we have to hurry up and get the work done."
"Oh? The cargo owner is in a hurry? Is the cargo owner here?"
"I was there before, I guess I went back to the hotel."
While the supervisor was explaining, Ahu had already walked to the pile of wooden boxes, looked at the words on the wooden boxes, and couldn't help but mutter.
"Something's wrong!"
"What's wrong?"
"Chief Inspector, look at this crate..."
Ahu pointed at the box and said in a low voice.
"This box says "Hardware Accessories", but you can tell at a glance that it has been repainted. Now look at its size. It is almost 1.5 meters long and has such a width. Detective, what do you think of this box?
What kind of box is it like?”
like what?
Like a crate for a rifle.
Taking a closer look, Ma Rulong immediately knew what kind of hardware accessories were here and there. These were clearly...arms!
"Director Li, can I see the customs declaration form?"
"Customs declaration form?"
The dock supervisor looked at the two men in confusion, the smile on his face changed slightly, and he said.
"Officer, I'm afraid this is inappropriate."
"Why is it inappropriate?"
"Police officer, if you were the customs, I would definitely give you this customs declaration form, but you are the police, and this customs declaration form involves commercial secrets. Without a search warrant, I'm afraid I can't give it to you."
The supervisor's answer made Ma Rulong smile and say.
"You are right, but..."
While speaking, Ma Rulong winked, and Ahu overturned a crate. The moment the crate hit the ground, it was shattered into pieces. What hardware was contained in the crate was clearly a rifle.
"ah……"
"Director Li, is this hardware equipment?"
Pointing to the rifle on the ground, Ma Rulong sneered.
"This this……"
I don't know if it was sweat or rain on Manager Li's forehead. Just as he was stammering in explanation, a man holding an umbrella came over. When the visitor saw Ma Rulong, he couldn't help but be startled.
"Inspector Ma?"
"Xu..."
Ma Rulong was stunned when he looked at the person coming. Jing Zaigui was an agent from the Imperial Bureau of Investigation. They had experience of cooperation when they were in Cuba.
"Mr. Xu, what are you doing?"
It seems that his surname was Xu at that time!
"Look, I'm doing some business,"
Jing Zaigui said with a smile.
"This business..."
Ma Rulong looked at the gun on the ground,
As a police officer, he certainly knows that the arms trade is the most profitable business in the world today, other than the drug trade. Therefore, it is not surprising that governments around the world are deeply involved in it. It can even be said that whether a country has its own arms industry has almost become a matter of fact.
The lifeblood of a country.
This industry has prospered unprecedentedly in the past few decades. Because of this, unless a war breaks out, the large amount of arms produced in peacetime cannot be consumed at all. Therefore, the logical solution is either to export excess armed ammunition or launch a campaign
War, or both at the same time.
However, since almost no government in the world is willing to let their country go into war, but just in case, they are not willing to sit back and watch their arms industry decline, so for many years the focus of the arms industry of various countries has been on exports.
In order to achieve this goal, each powerful country has maintained a large number of well-paid weapons salesmen, running around the world. They are eloquent and try every means to sell weapons around the world, but they have never cared.
What will the arms produced be used for?
But not all arms sales are open to the public. These weapons... are obviously shady, otherwise there would be no Imperial Investigation Bureau coming forward, but...
"It seems...it doesn't seem legal!"
(End of chapter)
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