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After opening the Baixiang Hotel, in order to seize the time, Corning did not return to the castle to take a bus to leave Luang Prabang and head to the old Thai border port.

After entering Chiang Rai, he stamped his entry seal with Thailand, then took out his Myanmar passport and entered Myanmar from the Messey. He quickly completed the entry and exit procedures for two passports, and then he went to Daqili, the headquarters of the Myanmar Brothers Foundation, and had a secret discussion with Xiao Xianhe overnight.

The next morning, Corning took a bus to Mengyang via Mengpaya.

Weng Bian and Badu, the commander and deputy battalion commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Regiment of the Independent Division, came to greet him, and Sun Yi rushed back from the training ground. Everyone surrounded Kang Ning and went to inspect the Balin Town Wharf 16 kilometers southeast.

Along the way, Corning saw hundreds of construction workers hitting stones on narrow roads with large hammers and steel drills, and several cars were forced to stop twice because of blasting ahead.

Five kilometers away from Bahrain Town, the vehicles could no longer drive forward, so Corning and his party had to get off and walk.

Not far away, a team of more than 30 pack horses came towards them under the clamor of the soldiers. Corning took a casual look and found that each horse was carrying a bag of 100 kilograms of rice produced in Thailand on the back.

Kang Ning didn't need to ask, just know that this was the part of the food provided by Xu Jiawei.

Seeing such an original mode of transportation, he could only shake his head helplessly. Nowadays, hundreds of cars are still in Meng Lei's military camp. Because the road has not been completed and the lack of drivers, it cannot be put into use at all. Therefore, Corning felt very uncomfortable with the progress of the road construction.

After walking about two kilometers again, Corning became very unhappy when he saw dozens of migrant workers not far away still using primitive sledgehammers and steel drills to chisel the gun holes.

He was about to ask what happened to the captain of Meng Yang's police brigade, Yuan Qichang, who was beside him, but a scream in front of him attracted everyone to look over.

More than ten meters away, a middle-aged man grabbed his left wrist tightly, staring at his bloody left palm in panic, screaming and screaming in pain.

A soldier who was in charge of road construction and defense immediately carried a steel gun, took out a tourniquet from his pocket, and quickly bandaged him.

The foreman in the distance rushed over and saw several well-equipped guards beside Corning from afar. He was shocked, and quickly lowered his head and squatted beside the injured migrant worker and kept whispering.

Since the officers and soldiers' uniforms were all camouflage uniforms, there were no military ranks or signs. Kang Ning walked to the injured and recognized that the soldier in the bandage for the injured was Pan Dong from Dayao Mountain.

Seeing the foreman's face changing, the injured grinned and endured the pain, all of whom showed a look of fear. Corning turned to Pan Dong and asked in Yao language: "Pan Dong, does this happen often?"

Pan Dong saluted and stood straight and replied: "For three days, almost every day, road construction workers were injured. Yesterday morning, someone broke one leg and sent back to Jinghong to treat him overnight. The injured man next to the man was the boss who contracted the construction of this road. I counted roughly. There were about 325 people who built this road. I think... I think this boss has a bad attitude and often scolds the workers below. Unfortunately, our man is to protect their safety and cannot interfere with their work, so we can only watch. I think... I want to be our own people, and we will never treat our brothers like this, even if we really make mistakes."

On the other hand, Yuan Qichang, the captain of the security brigade, walked to Kangning and whispered to report: "This construction team secretly crossed the border. The composition of workers is very complicated, including Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan. They came with the construction team of more than 200 people responsible for the expansion of the wharf. The people on the wharf were formal construction teams. After contracting this section of the road, they subcontracted it to the boss. I observed it for a few days in private and found that they were useless. In order to catch up with the construction period, the workers could only work hard day and night. I had called the headquarters last night to report this news. I guess who was responsible for the introduction."

Kang Ning nodded and said to Yuan Qichang:

"Qichang, you are from Guizhou. You should know how difficult it is for people who come out to work in your hometown. Therefore, you need to be more careful and not let your fellow villagers be too desolate. This way, you immediately order all the construction team to stop work, wait for further notice, and then ask privately what the reason for these migrant workers came here? See if they came voluntarily, or were deceived and forced. If someone oppressed the people against their conscience, you must not be ambiguous. No matter who it is, they will handle it according to our rules: deportation!"

"clear!"

The foreman was shocked when he heard Kang Ning's skillful Sichuan voice, and quickly stood up and defended loudly: "Boss... Sir, listen to me, we all came here voluntarily. The family is too poor. I heard that the salary here is high, so I rushed over and didn't force anyone. Sir, don't get me wrong.

Official, don't leave, listen to me..."

Corning stopped and looked at the sweaty foreman seriously: "Go to the dock with me. I want to ask who contracted this project for you... Qichang, I will leave it to you. Take good care of the injured person, finish the matter I told you, and then report it to your headquarters immediately."

"yes!"

The foreman cried with a sad face, neither leaving nor staying. Seeing that Kang Ning and his party had already walked away, he gritted his teeth and could only follow him quickly with his teeth.

He knew clearly in his heart that if he rushed to the dock to defend himself, he might have some hope. If he stayed here, he would have to wait for someone to drive him away.

Passing through the simple and green town, Corning sighed at this fertile plain with a radius of about three kilometers.

Streams, green bamboos, big trees and green mountains, you need scenery and land, but why are there only a hundred families here, and no house is intact?

It's so strange!

Also, a small village of this size dares to call it a town openly. Are you not afraid of laughing at someone's big teeth?

These strange situations made Corning difficult for a moment to understand.

After asking Wengbian, Kang Ning realized that this place was originally a real big town with more than 700 residents and nearly 4,000 people. However, due to frequent robbery by various bandits, most of them fled to various places and did not return after cutting off the precious trees at the villages and nearby mountains.

The land here is fertile and there were a lot of rice planted, but Yang Shengcheng's tax revenue was very heavy. Many families simply abandoned the wasteland and turned to fishing for a living, which led to a good town becoming so deserted and barren and devastated.

Hearing that the situation here is so dangerous, Kang Ning turned to Sun Yi, raised his head and asked, "Why are your team idle and nothing to do? Where are the bandits nearby?"

Sun Yi smiled and replied without any ambiguity: "For the past half month, we have led the reconnaissance company of Wengbian to attack everywhere, and the bandits from far and near were crying and howling. After half a month of continuous combat, I can now proudly say that the bandits in this county have basically been pacified, and we will also kill the bandits in other counties. Don't worry, there will be no more bandits here! The more than 150 bandits captured in our series of operations have been taken away by the labor camp quarry under the Security Command. When these bandits do heavy physical work in the first half of the year, I will go and take a look. Maybe I can pick out a few good soldiers from them, haha!"

Corning felt very interesting when he heard this and asked happily: "Who came up with the idea?"

"Brother Guan and our Liangtou came up with it. After hearing this, Brother Gan happily agreed, thinking that this was a great opportunity for us to bring the relationship between the military and civilians closer. Judging from the subsequent results, it was really ideal: the people of the five counties applauded, and our bandit suppression team was warmly welcomed whenever they went. The people rushed to lead the way and pointed out the hiding place of the bandits, so the bandit suppression progress was very smooth. We killed them from west to east, as if the wind swept the fallen leaves, and were invincible. The bandits were defeated,

But we couldn't find a suitable retreat. Our location is very special. On one side, we are adjacent to Laos and crossing the country, and we are at home. They have no choice but to surrender. The remaining two or three hundred stubborn bandits were all hidden in the primeval forest southwest of Mengwen. The local people said that the mountain range called Wenling was very dangerous, with countless poisonous snakes and beasts. It is estimated that less than 20% of the bandits could survive in the end, which is much worse than being captured by us." Sun Yi said very easily.

When he heard this news, Corning was sincerely happy, especially to receive support from the people through bandit suppression, which was very satisfying to him. As long as he could carry forward the fine traditions of the revolutionary army, Corning was confident that he would gain support from the people.

Another favorable condition is: although there are many mountains and hills in the five counties of Menglei, there are also few people, which avoids major contradictions caused by land problems. In addition, many ethnic minorities live in valleys and deep mountains, and it does not take much effort to acquire most of the land, lakes and forests into public ownership, which is very important for future development.
Chapter completed!