On Wednesday, February 8, 1995, on a green train heading to the North Sea, Li Siwen looked at Zhou Wenjing who was getting farther and farther away on the platform with longing.
"I said, can you stop showing this look? It's not a goodbye." Song Xueli said sarcastically.
"Every time I part, I feel like I'm hollowing out my heart." Li Siwen grabbed his chest and said, "You don't understand."
"Okay, okay, don't be irritated." Song Xueli rolled her eyes and said, "Do you want to take a break? After all, it's three days."
"We might as well check the local situation first when we have time to rest." After Li Siwen said that, he glanced at the carriage vigilantly.
"Don't worry, I've packed the entire carriage." Song Xueli said.
"It's different to have money!" Li Siwen teased.
"Take!" Song Xueli said, "I'm just afraid of trouble. By the way, I don't understand what local situation can be investigated, and we are not investigating."
"Do you know Zhucheng?" Li Siwen asked back.
"I only know that it is a small seaside town." Song Xueli said.
Li Siwen picked up the map in the car and pointed to the bottom corner and said, "This is Zhucheng, also known as Beihai, the southernmost end of Xiguang Province. Crossing the Beibu Gulf is the famous Golden Triangle, crossing the Qiongzhou Strait is Hong Kong and Macau.
Although Taiwan is a small town, it is a hub for commercial connections. The famous Silk Road in ancient times originated here.”
"After you introduced this, this place should be no worse than the Pearl River Delta area." Song Xueli said.
"This place is indeed quite powerful in ancient times, but it is not possible in modern times. It is mainly because it is too close to the Golden Triangle, and there are many killings and robberies. China certainly cannot vigorously develop it here. The special geographical environment can create a city or erase a city.
There is no need for us to discuss it." After Li Siwen finished speaking, he changed the topic and said: "What I want to talk about is the special environment here, which makes the city's crime rate extremely high, but this is not the most dangerous."
"What is the most dangerous?" Song Xueli asked.
"The people here are very xenophobic. In their eyes, those who go out of the country are all foreigners, especially this is a one-man place." Li Siwen said.
"Yi Yan Tang?" Song Xueli frowned: "You mean the Zhao family?"
"That's right, it's the person we are going to investigate." Li Siwen whispered: "You should know better than me about the Zhao family, right?"
"Yes, I have obtained relevant information. Zhao Zhenhai, the head of the Zhao family, was my grandfather's brother. He was sentenced to ten years for committing an incident in eastern Guangdong. It was my grandfather who took it out through his relationship. Later, he was in Zhu.
The city formed its own forces and had a fierce fight with other forces. In 1990, the Red Fox Foundation was established, and my grandfather secretly helped him settle his opponent by delaying his relationship. Today, Zhucheng is basically the world of the Zhao family. If it is said to be
It is no exaggeration to say anything." Song Xueli sighed: "It is because their wings are hard that they dare to violate the promises of that year. It is said that people's hearts will be seen over time. It has only been five years. It is better to say that people's hearts will be seen when they leave.
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When Li Siwen saw Song Xueli remembering the old man again, she sighed and said, "Don't worry, if there is the old man's spirit in heaven, the problem will definitely be solved."
"I hope so, after all, I want to see my dad too much." Song Xueli said to herself.
Li Siwen was stunned for two seconds and asked curiously: "Didn't you see you when your father entrusted the important task?"
"He entrusted an important task? I don't understand. I only know that the current leader of the Red Fox Foundation found me and asked me to take over the matter. Then he gave me a lot of information and said that this was the property left by my grandfather during his lifetime.
He said that if this matter could be resolved, he would arrange for me to meet my father." Song Xueli explained.
"So you agreed? This is too hasty, right?" Li Siwen frowned. Although he knew that the Black Fox was doing this to protect Song Xueli, he still scolded the other party's inhumane practice in his heart.
"I also think things are a bit strange, but they came with the official seal, and some documents my grandfather had signed, which were indeed his notes, so I have to believe it." Song Xueli gently stroked the corner of her eyes: "I thought these things were happenings."
You know everything.”
"Uh... I know." Li Siwen passed by perfunctorily and continued to ask: "There are two other companies besides the Zhao family. Have you obtained the information?"
"I got it. The other two, one is the Wu family in Dongying, which belongs to our Qilu Province. I asked about it. This Wu family has a history of hundreds of years, with ups and downs for several generations. Now it covers the sky with only one hand in Dongying.
Even the top leader of Qilu dared not reach out. The head of the family Wu Yileng and my grandfather were between life and death.
There is another interesting thing here, that is, your Journey to the West products are blooming all over Qilu Province, but they can't enter Dongying. Last time, Jiayu sister complained about this, but she chose to give up directly." Song Xueli said
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"I haven't heard from her mention this!" Li Siwen muttered.
"You busy man don't have time to deal with these trivial matters. Sister Jiayu can't bother you, you will never bother you." Song Xueli giggled.
Li Siwen was a little embarrassed and asked: "Where is the last one?"
"The Lin family in Shanwei, although Shanwei is developing very fast, the Lin family can still control the entire Shanwei wharf and is very powerful. The patriarch Lin Baoguo is known as Lin Laohu in the local area. He has several lives in his hands, and he was chased by someone at the beginning.
My grandfather helped settle it and owed our family a great favor." Song Xueli sighed.
Li Siwen did not continue to say it, but said with his fingers: "Zhucheng, Dongying, and Shanwei, it seems that they are all doing wharf business."
"Yes, these families don't want to go to the mainland, but the side businesses are not easy to do in the mainland. Instead, the chaotic dock has become their safe haven. My grandfather wrote in a letter that he had already left before he left.
Send people to communicate with several companies, which means that they can whitewash them as soon as possible and get on track, but these companies do not listen to advice at all. As for the funds mentioned in the grandfather's letter, they even took it as a warning."
Song Xueli shrugged her shoulders.
"No one will spit out the bones in his mouth." Li Siwen finished speaking calmly and asked back, "By the way, since the three families are in three places, why did they go directly to Zhucheng this time?"
"According to the above meaning, the Zhao family proposed it first. I heard that Zhao Zhenhai is in poor health and his family business is completely managed by his son Zhao Sheng. Not paying the money was also proposed by Zhao Sheng, the other two families.
Seeing that the Zhao family did not make friends, they all began to agree, so to solve the root cause of the problem, we naturally have to go to the Zhao family first." After Song Xueli said, "And I have invited them to gather in Zhucheng in the name of the President of the Red Fox Foundation.
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"If they could be called to Qizhou, things would definitely be easier." History said casually.
"My grandfather doesn't give me any face, let alone a little girl." Song Xueli said nodded: "And he is not stupid, how could he attend the Hongmen Banquet?"
"That's true." Li Siwen's tone was a little helpless, and then she fell on the sleeper and said, "That's all we know about, and the rest depends on God's will."
"God's will?" Song Xueli smiled slightly: "It's not easy to hear the word "God's will" from your mouth."
Song Xueli was right. In her eyes, the man in front of her is omnipotent, and he could do even if God could not do it. How could such a person leave it to fate?
However, at this moment, Li Siwen didn't think about this at all. He closed his eyes while lying on the bed, as if he had returned to the fishing village in the Beihai.
The wind is whistling and the rain is pouring down. He is only thirteen years old in his previous life. Whenever the storm comes, he will stand at the door waiting for his father to come back. His eyes like copper bells stare at the dark night sky.
Just one night.
"Okay, go to bed quickly, I'll go to school tomorrow." My mother's hoarse voice was a little concerned, but whenever she finished speaking, she would hear a violent cough.
My mother is in poor health and is maintained by Chinese medicine all year round. Her problem was also caused by being a sea girl. Fortunately, my father is healthy and is a well-known captain in the village. He has his own fleet.
On the surface, his family is well off, but in fact, he lives a poor life like others, because most of the gains of his father's fleet have to be handed over to the Zhao family, which is now Zhao Zhenhai's power. If he doesn't give it to him, those
The fish and shrimp can only rot on the boat, and no one dares to collect them.
Li Siwen once naively asked his father if he couldn't sell fish and shrimp to other cities? His father told him at the time that he could not sell even if he did that.
He didn't understand it very much at the time, but now he understood that how could these unarmed fishermen fight against the forces that are colluded with each other? The Zhao family could cut off their livelihoods by just having a little energy. The difficulties in this,
Only ordinary people understand.
As for Li Siwen's gradual growth of the fleet, it was seven years later. At that time, China cracked down on it and many forces suffered heavy damage. He also took the opportunity to win over a group of people and launched his own sea-growing business.
Thinking back on everything, Li Siwen's mind seemed to have his own voice echoed again.
"Mom, I don't want to go to school, I want to go out to sea with my dad to fish."
“Fishing is unpromising!”
"Who said that there is no prospect? Three hundred and sixty, every one has the top scorer. My father has already promised me that when I reach fifteen, I will take me out to sea."
"Ahem... you guys, do you know how dangerous it is to go to sea? Mom is the only child. If something happens, how can I live...Ahem...Ahem!"
"Mom, you should drink a little water soon. Stop talking. It's not okay if I don't go to sea anymore!"
A very rare smile was filled with Li Siwen's face, and gradually, tears fell from the corners of his eyes.
This scene made Song Xueli, who was eating, turn her face and ask in a low voice: "Brother, are you okay? You can't dream of your wife, right? Why are you crying?"
"You can't even catch your mouth even when you eat." Li Siwen turned his body and ignored the other party.
On February 11, 1995, the Green Train stopped at the train station in Zhucheng after nearly three days of trek.
"Oh, I've been exhausted these three days." Song Xueli, who left the station, stretched her waist and looked into the distance, saying, "Why is no one here to pick us up?"
Li Siwen looked around and developed the square outside the railway station. Unlike big cities, the ground of the square is made of cement, with cracks all over the place, and some potholes still contain scale.
Moreover, there are not many people traveling back and forth in the entire square. Even on the road far away, there are only a few motorcycles parked, and even fewer cars are there.
"Can it be the reason for the delay? After all, our car should have arrived in the morning, and it is already afternoon." Song Xueli looked at her watch and said to herself.
"If the Zhao family really valued us, even if we waited for a day and a night, no one from the Zhao family came now, it just showed their attitude. It seems that our itinerary will not be too smooth this time." Li Siwen smiled faintly: "
Don’t think about this, find a place to settle down first, and then go to the Zhao family. I want to see what the Zhao family has to do.”
"Okay!" Song Xueli also felt that what Li Siwen said made sense. She agreed and picked up her luggage. However, before walking two steps, a team of motorcycles drove from a distance, with more than a dozen cars. In the blink of an eye, two people arrived.
In front of him, he began to circle slowly around the two of them.
"Is it Song Xueli?" A man wearing a helmet shouted loudly, saying that Mandarin was not very standard, but could be heard clearly.
Just as Song Xueli was about to speak, Li Siwen hit her with her elbow, and then said, "Sorry, you recognized the wrong person. My girlfriend's name is Wang Nana."
Song Xueli also realized the problem and did not dare to speak out. She thought she would deal with it, but the motorcycle surrounding them suddenly stopped and walked down in unison.
Everyone took off their helmets in unison, and the leading man even stroked his long flowing hair that was blocking his eyes, rubbing his hands while saying, "Wang Nana? The young man is very smart, but do you think we will believe it? It's so beautiful as her.
My sissy, you will never forget it after a glance.”
After the man finished speaking, his laughing eyes instantly cold, and he raised his hand and said, "You guys, carry them away, and the woman tied them behind the motorcycle."
"Okay, brother." The little brothers said in unison.
"Wait!" Seeing that everyone was about to take action, Li Siwen quickly stopped him and said, "Brothers, just want to make money. I don't care who instructs you, how much will I pay for three times the price?"
"Yeah, I'm still a rich man!" the man grinned and said, "But I'm sorry, I have to be lustful and not greedy for money."
"Three times are not enough, ten times are enough, right? Haven't you investigated her before you come? The daughter of the Song family has money." After Li Siwen said that, he quickly snatched Song Xueli's bag and searched for it.
The thing inside said, "Why are you doing while standing there? Why don't you get money for the big brother quickly, mother-in-law and mother!"
Listening to Li Siwen's nagging, everyone was stunned for a moment.