"Help save the tickets?" Sun Kecheng, the old shopkeeper of Qiwei Escort Bureau, rolled his eyes several times and stared at Sun Chang who came to invite him.
Sun Chang was said to be his nephew and was somewhat related to him, but he was too outspoken and was not welcomed by others. After living in Guangzhou, he simply became a slave, which he often felt a little regretful about.
―What a pity for his efforts.
I wanted to find food for him in the escort agency, but the market of the escort agency has not been good in recent years, and the business has not been as good as before. The escort agency is no different from other businesses. Adding people to the escort agency is just more pairs of chopsticks, and the business of the escort agency is like a carrot.
Pitfalls, there are people only when there is business. If the business is large, add people, and if you add people, you will have to increase expenses, and there will not be a big profit. If the business is small, if you don’t lay off people, you will have to work together. If the business is not good, naturally
There is no way to add people.
"Yes, my master invites you to come over and discuss it."
Sun Kecheng was a little confused. He remembered that Sun Chang worked for Mr. Gao Zhi, a wealthy businessman on Haopan Street. Mr. Gao was also a man with great hands and eyes in Guangzhou. He was attacked by bandits and did not invite anyone with official status. Please invite them.
do what?
When it comes to saving votes, the escort agency is not very interested. The relationship between the escort agency and the gangsters values harmony, and they value "springing love" and "making friends". They don't like to commit mass killings, and it's life and death. Going to save votes is tantamount to
Snatching food from a wolf's mouth - the gangsters who dare to kidnap people in this dignified provincial capital are not ordinary young people - it is often a life-and-death fight, and regardless of success or failure, as long as the identity is exposed after intervention, the future will be
Got into trouble with the gangsters.
But the current situation is not good. Since the first year of Tianqi, chaos has gradually occurred in various places, and the escort route has become increasingly difficult. The income is decreasing day by day. There are hundreds of people in the bureau...
After much deliberation, I finally agreed to the deal. On the one hand, this business could alleviate the financial situation of the Escort Agency by half, and on the other hand, I heard from the nephew that his new owner was an Australian maritime merchant - this made Shopkeeper Sun
I became interested - Australian goods have become famous recently. This group of maritime merchants are not only rich but also generous to others. They also specifically allowed him to return to his original name. They are benevolent and righteous gentlemen. They have to help out for love and profit.
Xiao Zishan and Ran Yao looked at the manager of the Qiwei Escort Agency who was recommended by Sun Chang with some suspicion - they thought he must be a burly man with a beard, similar to a character in a martial arts movie, but they didn't expect that he was an old man.
Wearing a turban on his head and a four-span shirt, he is no different from ordinary people walking on the street. Although he walks steadily, he does not look like a martial arts hero.
However, they were in urgent need of someone to inquire about the news. Although Gao Di had volunteered to go out, no one dared to put their hope in a few children. At that time, they recounted everything that happened and the results of the expedition.
After listening to Xiao Zishan's introduction and the conclusion of the investigation, Sun Kecheng nodded:
"Sir, there are experts here."
"We are not familiar with the place, and we don't understand the situation in this city, so we have to ask shopkeeper Sun for help."
"Easy to say, easy to say," Sun Kecheng smiled and nodded, "Sun Chang, this kid, is highly regarded by you. Just because of this, the Qiwei Escort Bureau has to give full support."
"What do you think, Shopkeeper Sun?"
"Didn't Mr. Ran say something like this: There is one person who is barefoot. In Guangzhou city, even if the villagers from the four townships go to the city, they have to wear a pair of wooden clogs and straw sandals no matter how difficult it is. There is only one kind of person who is barefoot regardless of the season.
People - Dan family."
"Dan family?" Xiao Zishan seems to have heard of this term, and it seems to be a type of untouchables in ancient times.
"Exactly. Don't you know about the Dan family?" Sun Kecheng explained. The so-called Dan family, also known as "Dan households", are floating residents distributed in coastal bays and inland rivers in the three provinces of Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi. "The survivors use boats as their homes.
Fishing is a profession, and one can tell by the color of the water that there is a dragon. In the past, it was called the Dragon House, and the people of Qi called it the 'Dan House'."
"Is he a fisherman?"
Sun Kecheng said: "Although the Dan family makes a living on the water, some are fishermen. But not all fishermen are Dan family." He explained that the Dan family does all kinds of businesses on the water, and they can be found almost everywhere at the forks of the Pearl River.
ship.
It becomes much clearer that one of the kidnappers is a member of the Dan family. It is very likely that Mr. Wen was hiding on a boat on the water. This is Nancheng, and just over the city wall is the Pearl River. As soon as the gangsters get on the boat, the sea and the sky are vast. And Dan
The family is a very closed social group, with different dialects and customs from the people on the mainland. It is difficult for people who are not familiar with them to get information.
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but feel their hearts sink. This is not good.
"The number of ships on the water is not tens of thousands, but thousands. Even investigation would take months." Ran Yao became distressed, forgetting that he had no power to investigate in this time and space.
"Gentlemen, there is no need to be depressed. The matter is not that difficult to handle. Although the Dan family has never had any contact with the mainlanders and is hostile to each other, they are not the ones responsible for the kidnapping. There should be some outside gangsters colluding with each other.
The floating prostitutes on the flower boat. This kind of prostitutes often engage in illegal activities - the stuffy incense is not something common in the rivers and lakes, but seems to be used by floating prostitutes to steal people's money."
He smiled confidently: "Master Wen should be on that flower boat."
"Where are the flower boats parked?"
"Most of the Dan family's flower boats are in the Baietan area of Shicuizhou. I will send my bodyguards out to investigate when I get back. There are a few other things that I have made clear to you. Please be careful not to do this."
The first is to avoid reporting to officials. Although with Mr. Gao's reputation, a single post can mobilize the entire Guangzhou prefecture and two counties to arrest the police, but these people themselves are bad guys. The fat sheep are coming to their doorsteps and they will not be fed.
The money won't do anything. Maybe it will collude with the gangsters.
The second is not to arrest messengers. Such people are either beggars found on the street or ordinary gangsters. They will not know the gangsters. Catching them is not only useless but will also easily arouse the other party's alert.
"Finally, don't act rashly. They must have spies around Zunzhai. But these spies are also helpers, and nothing can be found out through questioning."
Shopkeeper Sun was sent away, and everyone discussed that it was not an option to wait for news. Fortunately, the other party wanted a ransom, so there would definitely be letters from both parties - this was a clue leading to the kidnapper. Although it was impossible to follow him in Guangzhou, the Ming Dynasty.
, modern technical control and defense are no problem. Currently, cameras are installed everywhere in the courtyard, and a monitoring host is set up in the courtyard, powered by several sets of batteries. The surrounding area is monitored 24 hours a day. Lin Shenhe walked along the road.
A few more wireless cameras were installed on the roof of the front yard to monitor the street. He put on a camouflage jumper, took binoculars, night vision goggles, walkie-talkies and rifles to the only one in the yard.
He built a big tree and built a pavilion among the dense branches. He and Bei Wei took turns on duty, ready to deal with emergencies at any time.
Ran Yao put on the clothes of a boy and carried a DV around his waist. He was led by Zhao Chang and walked up and down Haopan Street.
"We found the stalker!" When he came back, he put the DVD on the table and said.
Everyone was refreshed and quickly gathered around.
"There are four people being followed." Ran Yao turned on the DV and showed it to everyone, "Look here," he pointed at the hawker on the screen, "Absent-mindedly, his eyes kept peeking at the door of Gao Ji's house.
"This one, although he is dressed as a Huazi, does not beg for food in the busy streets, but hides in the alley of the corner gate of Gao Ji's house.
"This is the gate to monitor this place.
"And this - the person drinking tea alone in the teahouse is probably the leader. They may have one or two people as a maneuver to report the news at any time. Let's print out the photos of these people first and give each person a copy."
"good!"
"Should we arrest them?"
"Most of these people are peripheral elements and may not necessarily be familiar with the situation."
"It would be nice to be able to follow him. The leader should be able to meet and contact the leaders inside."
"Maybe. It's a pity that I can't follow it."
"How about putting a wireless beacon on him?"
"Then it's better to just put the wireless beacon in the ransom. Then we can go straight to the nest."
"Theoretically, it's possible. We don't have maps or GPS here, so we can't do precise positioning based on signals. We can only use radio direction finding to roughly position it. The terrain is too complicated."
"The key is there is no map."
"There should be maps tomorrow, right? Let someone buy some and bring them back."
"Sun Chang bought one, but this map... is really useless." The map drawing method in the Ming Dynasty was still quite primitive, and it was roughly at this time that modern cartography was introduced to China by Matteo Ricci.
"But this is also a plan. Who knows radio direction finding?"
"I can do it." Bei Wei said.
"Then it'll be up to you."
"It's best if we can find out the location and we can go directly to rescue people."
"It's not a big problem. Depending on what Shopkeeper Sun wants, he'll be able to find his whereabouts in a few days."
"I wonder how Mr. Wen is doing now."
Shopkeeper Sun returned to the escort agency, drank several pots of strong tea, and thought for a long time. He patted his chest at the Australian sea merchant, and he felt confident. It was already a sure thing that there was a prostitute on the water to help him.
, even if the Australian agent Ran didn't say anything about the barefoot footprints, the smell he smelled in the house told him this. But how to check it was a bit troublesome - the rules of the escort agency are that you can't set foot in a brothel or a flower boat.
The Land of Wind and Moon. I am not familiar with the heads inside.
Fortunately, the food supply of flower boats still needs to rely on traders on land. From the mouths of those small traders who specialize in the flower boat business, you can definitely know something. Not to mention, if there is one more person on the boat, the food will be better.
A lot of increase.
Immediately, several escorts were called over and divided into two groups. One group dressed up as traveling businessmen and went to make secret visits, while the other group went to find familiar traders to inquire. After giving such instructions, he also said:
"You should pay attention and ask if any boats have chartered guests recently, or if any boats suddenly stop accepting passengers."
The area on the flower boat is very small, so it is impossible to hide tickets and pick up passengers at the same time.
As long as you find out where the tickets are hidden, it is not difficult to save them. Shopkeeper Sun has done ticket rescue work for several regular customers in the past. He knows that kidnappers are not likely to be with meat tickets, and most of the people watching the tickets are small minions.
Firstly, he was afraid of being exposed in front of the ticket, and secondly, he was afraid that if the place where the ticket was hidden was discovered by the government, he would not die along with him.
However, Inspector Ran also said: The main job of the escort agency is to gather information, and it is up to them to decide what to do in the end.