The raid on the construction site was jointly conducted by a platoon from Li Yayang's security company and the Dongmen City Police Team. Under Li Yayang's command, the soldiers quietly pulled up cordons from both ends, cut off traffic, and stormed the entire construction site.
While the migrant workers were working, sharp police whistles sounded from both ends of the road at the same time, and many rifles with bayonets were shaking. Then, infantrymen in gray uniforms and policemen in black uniforms shot from both ends to the middle at the same time.
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"Squat down! Squat down!", "You! Put the shovel on the ground!", "Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"
Several policemen were shouting with loudspeakers. The sharp bayonets of the infantrymen increased the police's persuasiveness. The bewildered migrant workers quickly squatted on the ground one by one. The entire construction site fell silent.
The political security personnel, commanded by a police security instructor and wearing black police uniforms and blue "political security" armbands, began to check the ID cards of each person on the construction site one by one.
The supervisor responsible for the construction of this section on the construction site is a veteran named Zhang Liping. He was originally driving a crane - they are now using a self-produced steam engine crane. It is huge and difficult to move because there is no electromechanical control equipment.
A little carelessness could turn into "killing people". The hastily trained indigenous crane drivers kept smashing materials and killing people on the construction site. Zhang Zhangping had no choice but to go into battle himself and train while working.
He was startled when he heard the police whistle, and a few minutes later he found himself surrounded by a group of "black crows".
"What's up?!"
"Surprise inspection, chief!" the leader of the instructor saluted, "Please show me your ID!"
"Okay." Zhang Zhangping took out his ID card from his pocket. The instructor looked at it carefully for a long time before returning it to him, "Thank you! We will inspect all personnel on the construction site, please cooperate."
Zhang Zhangping took out the roster of bidding sections, and the political and security personnel responsible for inspection checked them one by one.
The laborers and office workers working on the bid section will be settled once their identities are verified. Those indigenous people who do not work in the bid section but come to the construction site for various reasons will be settled as long as they clearly explain what they are here to do - as long as
Make a registration.
As for the others, they were not so polite. They were interrogated one by one. Those with documents were better off, but those without documents were severely interrogated, which scared a few timid people and almost wet their pants.
Those without documents will be detained pending further identity verification.
While they were busy checking, a political security officer who was registering suddenly discovered that a man was riding behind the mound of dirt and slowly descended to the dry river, using the thick reeds growing on the dry river bottom.
He had already slipped out for a long distance. If a small open space in the meantime hadn't exposed him, he might have escaped.
"There's someone at the bottom of the river!" he shouted.
Before the police started blowing their whistles, a clear gunshot sounded from the shore - the soldiers of the security company fired.
"Don't shoot!" the instructor leading the team shouted quickly. He waved his hand, "Quick, catch him alive!"
More than a dozen soldiers, policemen and political security personnel howled and rushed forward together.
A few minutes later, the guy who was trying to escape was brought over. Zhang Zhangping was secretly surprised - was there really a spy on his bid?
The man who tried to escape was wearing a local indigo blue cotton short-sleeved training uniform, with his trouser legs rolled up, his calves and arms covered with mud, and a broken straw hat on his head.
This look is no different from workers working on a construction site.
Searching his body: some small-denomination currency notes and a few copper coins. Other than that, there was nothing, and of course no ID. People at the construction site also said they had never seen this person.
"What's it called?" the instructor asked.
"The younger one's name is Chen Da." The person who was caught looked very nervous and kept licking his lips.
"Why run?"
"..."
"Which team of workers are you from? Why don't you have a certificate?"
"The younger one is a casual laborer transporting earth... His ID was lost..."
His speech was hesitant and his behavior was very suspicious. The instructor immediately asked someone to take him back for questioning.
The person who was caught was Lai Da.
Lai Da was ordered to return to Laigao to prepare for contact with the Huang family. He knew that the control and defense in Lingao was extremely tight, so he did not dare to take the main road and only took the small road.
Lai Da thought about it again and again. He mainly moved among the gentry. The gentry generally lived in the four villages. As long as he did not go to Dongmen City, the county seat, Bopu and other prosperous places, he would not be in danger.
When he accompanied Gou Chengxuan to escape, he had made an appointment with his brother Lai Xiao early on. Every first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, Lai Xiao would be asked to wait for an hour in a ruined temple outside the city.
Lai Xiao, who had been waiting for a long time, was overjoyed when his brother finally arrived and brought news that the army was about to attack. However, Lai Xiao strongly opposed the idea of winning over the local gentry.
"You can only agree to this in vain, and you can never do it for real!" Lai Xiao warned his brother in a low voice.
Lai Xiao's caution was justified. Because he was an errand in the county school, it was very convenient for him to move around Lingao and he knew a lot about the situation. He told Lai Da that the Kun thieves had been fully mobilized to prepare for war and had added many troops.
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"The thieves are paying close attention to the gentry! There are spies investigating everywhere! There are also many more interrogators on the road," Lai Xiaoxiao said, "There are many people active around the county school these days. You want to see
Huang Xunkun is afraid that it won’t work.”
"Where is Huangjiazhai?"
"Probably there are people watching secretly." Lai Xiao has not been to Huangjiazhai recently, but he has run errands for the children of other wealthy families - there are some strange people at the door of almost every wealthy family in the county.
"The thieves are keeping an eye on the big households very closely, and they use both kindness and power. The big households now dare to fight at both ends, and they will never dare to rise up to respond to the army. Brother, you have to contact them. Even if they don't betray you on the spot, you will
If you go out, you will be arrested by the thief's spies." Lai Xiao tried hard to persuade him.
Lai Da pondered for a moment: "Can you invite someone from the Huang family to come out and talk in a secret place? Are the Huang family so convinced? The hatred of killing a son and a brother..."
"Let me find a solution for this." Lai Xiao felt that if he did nothing, he would not be able to explain it to the young master. Whether the Gou family can regroup and whether they can return to the good days of walking sideways in Lingao depends on whether they can do something for them this time.
The young master has made a great contribution!
"We must contact the big players!" Lai Da said fiercely, "This time I have to show Kun Thief how powerful he is!"
Of course, there is a deep-seated reason why Lai Da hates Australians so much: Chu Qing.
This maid, Chu Qing, had already been promised to him by Gou Er.
Lingao in the Ming Dynasty was a society with a serious imbalance in the ratio of men to women. It was very difficult for a young man to marry a wife, let alone a young and pretty good-looking maid like Chu Qing. Logically speaking, such a maid would most likely be taken by the owner.
Only after they get tired of playing and become disabled will they be rewarded to the servants - this is already a great grace, and many people simply cannot afford the cost of marrying a wife.
But Chuqing was a perfect jade that had not been touched by the master. This alone was enough to make Lai Da feel so grateful that he burst into tears and vowed to follow her to death. However, before he could enjoy the first pleasure of his life, the night of flowers and candles in the wedding room, the Gou family
Destroyed.
What followed was running away, hiding, and wandering. The two brothers went from having no worries about food and clothing to living by doing odd jobs and begging. From time to time, they were beaten and humiliated by the county residents who had been bullied by the Gou family in the past. From the original proud and wealthy family
The slave became a lost dog that everyone shouted for beating, and then it was heard that Chu Qing was kidnapped by an Australian and made his wife.
The Lai brothers followed Gou Chengxuan loyally when the Gou family was at its lowest and most hopeless. The strong personal hatred played a big role. It is precisely because of this unforgettable hatred that the Lai brothers, the elder Lai and the younger brothers, were able to survive in the greatest adversity.
Stick to it.
Lai Xiao bought Lai Da a pair of old labor uniforms. Wearing this kind of clothing can make it easier to go in and out of Bairen City, Bo Pu and other places. It is also not easy to be questioned on the road.
"Brother, if you don't have an ID card, don't go to these places easily. The thieves have been checking very hard recently."
"I know." Lai Da said, "I'd better go to the Wenlan River construction site to work."
There are a lot of workers on the Wenlanhe construction site, and there are many casual workers working on the earthwork. They are paid every day with their signatures. They come and go very casually. According to modern theory, the population is very mobile, and generally no one will check the workers' documents.
It's an easy place to live.
For accommodation, Lai Da brought money back, but he did not dare to stay in a local hotel or inn. The police headquarters has set up a visitor registration and reporting system in all Lingao inns, shops, hotels, bathhouses and other commercial places that can accommodate people. Every night at 8
After checking in, the police will check the passenger registration book of each accommodation shop one by one to check for suspicious persons.
For safety reasons, Lai Da did not dare to live in such a place. He simply set up a tent and slept in the woods far away from the main road outside the county. Fortunately, the weather here is hot, and he will never freeze to death. As long as he can avoid it,
Just rain.
Even so, the heavy rain at the beginning of summer still caused him to suffer a lot.
Lai Xiao ran around for several days and finally managed to get in touch with a personal servant of the Huang family. However, the other party was always vague and refused to give a clear answer. Is it possible to introduce Lai Da to meet the owner of the Huang family, even if it costs money?
Nope either.
Lai Xiao was very anxious, thinking that the Huang family might not want to do anything, and might even betray them, so he suggested that Lai Da hide immediately, or that the brothers simply flee to Qiongshan.
Lai Da comforted him and said: "The Huang family just doesn't want to see us because the situation is unclear. Once the officers and soldiers arrive, if we don't go to him, he will come back to us."
"In this case, wouldn't it be possible to mobilize local troops to join the army?" Lai Xiao said anxiously.
"The Kun thieves are so powerful. If the officers and soldiers are not in Lingao, how can the wealthy gentry dare to take action?" Lai Da said with confidence.