After leaving the city, Lin Mo rubbed his brows and asked the factory director about the situation of the Xue family and the Chen family. Although he had guessed beforehand that there might be other involvements behind this, the people involved so far were still a bit beyond him.
prediction.
"Before, I always thought that these troublemakers were simply directed by the Japanese. I didn't expect that there were so many people hiding behind this and helping to commit crimes."
The factory director did not answer directly, but first sighed, indicating that he had no knowledge of these situations in advance and was not intentionally concealing it.
"You don't need to be so hesitant. Just talk to me about what you have to say. Since I have chosen to use you, I have shown my trust in you and I believe that you will not slip up at a critical moment."
Lin Mo pointed it out directly. It was probably because he had few contacts with the Intelligence Department. Along the way, Lin Mo discovered that he was extremely cautious in his actions and words. He treated himself as an outsider because of his exposure to outsiders. This was not conducive to the work, so Lin Mo
Mo also tried his best to use words to close the distance and calm his mind.
The factory director was slightly dazed for a moment, then nodded without worrying about anything else, and said: "The Chen family is a very wealthy family in the local area. In the middle and late Qing Dynasty, in the local county and surrounding counties, many of their family members served as officials with great reputations.
He is not as good as the scholarly disciples, but he is quite financially powerful in the local area.
Although there have been some impacts during this period, until now, there are still many people serving in government departments. Although they are not powerful, they are quite influential in the local area.
The Chen family secretly controls several large and small iron mines, and has not heard of any commercial dealings with the Japanese before. This shows that the other party has no direct dealings with the Japanese overtly.
But if the information currently available is true, then the situation is not good. It shows that there is a high probability of collusion with the Japanese, and it is very likely that iron ore is traded to the Japanese privately, plus other transactions that occur in the dark.
Then the minerals obtained by the Japanese here are likely to far exceed the amount stated on the surface."
Lin Mo nodded and didn't say much. Let the flow go wherever it goes! It's not a big deal. The minerals obtained through this method may have been a lot for China at that time, but for an industry, it was just a few sesame seeds and mung beans.
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Compared with the Japanese plundering of minerals in the occupied areas and the so-called scrap steel in trade with the United States, these are really nothing to mention, but what needs to be dealt with must be dealt with. After all, this is traitorous behavior and cannot be allowed to continue.
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"...As for the Xue family, we can only count Xue Zhongqing and Xue Zhongping. These two people are both fools. They have the same surname, the same clan, and even relatives and friends, so there are several families who work together.
Xue Zhongqing, whose father was once a waterman, got a position at the bow of a ship. Later, when the waterway stopped, he went ashore to make a living by organizing porters, porters, trackers, etc. on the surrounding grain rivers and waterways. It was considered a semi-community.
Semi-operating nature.
His father also took over the mantle and ran the business for a while, but he passed away early. Xue Zhongqing was still young at the time, and the business was taken away by outsiders. Later, this guy went out to hang out for a while as an adult, and brought back twenty or thirty guns a few years later.
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Since then, a group of local gangsters have gathered and deserted the army, and it has become like this place. They have to take back their ancestral property, directly block the road, set up roadblocks, and ask for money from passing ships under various names.
Later on, guns and people were added. I don’t know what kind of connections they had, and what titles they were given as security guards, guards, river guards, rural soldiers, etc. They justifiably used various official names to make money.
When the situation was chaotic in the early days, this guy would have to squeeze out half a ounce of urine if he caught a toad. Later, after the capital was settled in Nanjing, this guy immediately became much more honest and low-key, and the money he collected began to pay attention to a steady flow, which was less than other places.
Yes, but he didn’t cause any public resentment, which prompted someone to deal with him. Of course, there must be someone behind him..."
As a very powerful family in the local area, they have a clear understanding of the situation of local forces, big and small. Of course, it is limited to the ordinary ones. If you don't pay extra attention to some tricks behind the scenes, you can only catch them blindly.
"At present, the situation is complicated and there may be more people involved behind it. How are you going to proceed?"
Now that Lin Mo has taken the initiative to express his trust in him, the factory director no longer holds it, but takes the initiative to express his thoughts directly to show his closeness.
After listening to this, Lin Mo smiled and nodded in response. After thinking about it carefully, he said, "Now it's time to worry about all the dirty tricks behind the scenes. This matter definitely needs someone to implement it, and there is a high probability that the original people will be used to handle the matter.
The most important thing at the moment is to find Chen Youzhi and Xue Zhongping, as well as Xue Zhongqing and his security team. At present, time is tight, so we can only choose these people who are more likely to start."
"Do you want to use the security team? They have 180 guns in their hands. Isn't it a bit too much to attack them..."
Lin Mo waved his hand and said with a smile: "Countering espionage still requires some evidence, but counterinsurgency does not. Besides, with the few bad guys who are not even stragglers, I can clean them up with just a few people."
That being said, Lin Mo was still relatively cautious when it came to arrangements. He had already issued instructions and arrangements for the investigations that needed to be done and the weapons that needed to be prepared.
Chen Youzhi and Xue Zhongping, Lin Mo each arranged for two members of the third team to go to their respective homes and among relatives, friends and neighbors to investigate to see if their whereabouts could be traced.
As for Xue Zhongqing and the security team, Lin Mo personally took the remaining personnel there. Lin Mo was very suspicious that there might be a lot of dirty secrets hidden among this group of people.
On the security team's side, the barracks are located outside Huhe Town. In addition to people and guns, there are also about twenty small and medium-sized wooden boats. During the day, they go out from the barracks to water crossings to collect money. They return to the camp at night and only set up cards at the entrance of the camp.
The waterway outside the camp gate is the Guxi River, which is the waterway where the Shijiu and Shuiyang rivers merge into the Yangtze River. It is connected to the nearby waterway of the Liangyun River, so it is also called the Liangyun River. The security team is active in this area, and the surrounding areas are also
This waterway has the best navigation conditions, and most boats only go here at night, so the card is only set up here at night. Most security personnel also gather here at night.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! There are many waterways in China called Yunliang River. The Yunliang River mentioned here is a waterway called Yunliang River on the edge of Shijiu Lake.
"Who are you? Don't hang around at the door. Get away."
The sentry who was sleeping in the guard box at the camp gate heard the movement and glanced outside. When he saw four people pushing bicycles and parked at the camp gate, he immediately called out.
"...Don't move..." Seeing that the person at the door was unmoved, he walked towards him and wanted to call out, but the next second, a Browning pistol was directly pressed against his forehead.
"We are agents of the Second Division of the Investigation and Statistics Bureau of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government and are on a mission. This is my ID. You can check it, but please keep quiet now, otherwise we can shoot you on the spot."
This guy definitely doesn’t know who the Bureau of Statistics or the Second Division is, but he is most useful to this person. The more serious and orderly you are, these people may not know your background, but they will definitely feel untouchable.
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The same is true in reality. The sentries didn't even dare to break out, especially after the large group of people arrived at the back, one was well-equipped and fully armed, and the leader was all wearing Mao suit, and they were shaking even more.
All this was naturally arranged by Lin Mo. The team members in Chinese tunic suits were leading the team with pistols. Others in casual clothes brought rifles if they had rifles, and pistols if they didn't have rifles. The rifles and kits were put away, just to make them feel
The formal background is great.
At this time, most of the soldiers in the barracks had turned off the lights and gone to sleep. Lin Mo and others had already explored the house of the officer leader, dispersed people to control the sentries, and most of the team members went straight to these places and weapons and ammunition warehouses.
After the officer leaders and others were arrested and controlled, people were immediately sent out to disarm the soldiers in the barracks and gather them together, and drove them to a relatively spacious playground.
Throughout the process, the team members spoke rudely and harshly. If they dared to resist or neglect, they would directly fight with fists and kicks, and hold each other at gunpoint. They behaved in an arrogant and condescending manner, which made these rotten people who usually behave eccentrically become as honest as little wives who are at the mercy of others.
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Of course, the success is partly due to grasping the mentality of these people, but it also has the support of strong strength. Compared with these security soldiers who were cobbled together by local gangsters and may not have been trained, they have maintained training
Even for team members who train intensively, that is the difference between a tiger and a wolf and a sheep.
If there is any sign that something is wrong, under the heavy physical punch of the Tiger and Wolf Soldier, a spark will immediately cover him up, and he will not be able to jump out or get his head up. Coupled with a combination of psychological tricks such as showing documents, it will naturally
I can only honestly let others drive me away.
This scene had the biggest impact on the factory director. The security team was a domineering force in the local area. He had to give in when dealing with them, but now they were easily slaughtered.
However, Lin Mo didn't have time to care about what he was doing. He directly arranged for someone to take the officer leader for separate interrogation, and interrogated ordinary soldiers on the spot in the playground. The manpower was limited, and he had to guard and question, but no one could divide it anymore.
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The work was carried out very quickly and very roughly, because Xue Zhongqing only appeared once during the day, and then he took someone to drive a power boat out and disappeared. In recent times, he had frequent contacts with Xue Zhongping and Chen Youzhi, and it was obvious that something was wrong.
Lin Mo organized an inquiry in the playground. He did not ask Xue Zhongqing's trusted subordinates first, but first asked the people on the periphery. With tonight's behavior, anyone with any brains knew that Xue Zhongqing was finished this time, and those who did not have a close relationship were left alone.
It's too late to make a relationship, how can you keep the other party's secret?
Sure enough, not long after, I got the news from a team member who set up a jam in the surrounding waterway during the day that Xue Qingzhong's boat passed there during the day.
Then, based on the direction of his ship, he asked the soldiers at other nearby checkpoints about the situation of his passing, and roughly determined the route the other party took after leaving.
That power boat was the only one under the security team, and it was usually used exclusively for its exclusive use. Perhaps because too many people on the Guxi River knew the boat, they made a special circle before sailing the boat into the Yangtze River.
