Therefore, the third brother has been taking people out of the village since Yu Jinke was in the fifth grade of elementary school. Two or a few years later, these people returned home one by one. Not only did they make money, but they also started a new business, just like the third brother.

The leader's job is not only to hire fellow villagers, but also to take them out to explore the world together.

Yu Jinke was well-educated and quick-witted. After failing the college entrance examination six months ago, his third brother happened to be home and took him out.

At this time, China happened to have seized half of the mountains and rivers of Southeast Asia. The third brother, who used to work back and forth on the China-Myanmar border, resolutely gave up the small business and came directly to Laos.

He has a sharp eye, and based on his many years of traveling to Myanmar, he believes that the lower reaches of the Mekong River are easy to navigate. If he can buy a boat, load the goods south, and exchange them for gold and silver or even handicrafts, jewelry, and jade, it will be a lucrative business.

It is far better to rely on waterways and boats than to travel around northern Myanmar in a two-wheeled pickup truck with a backpack on your back.

This is a treasure land that has not been developed by anyone. Things produced in my hometown in the north have almost unlimited charm in Southeast Asia.

What the third brother has to do is to transport goods and sell them to the south one step faster than other businessmen and even the government.

In Laos, the third brother with all his wealth originally thought that he could only hire Laotian fishermen to help him run his business. Unexpectedly, the government's management agency in Laos actually opened a simple shipyard that could manufacture iron-hulled wooden boats and install them.

Simple engine and other accessories.

In this way, relying on his identity certificate, the third brother Yu Dequan successfully bought an iron-hulled wooden boat as his own merchant ship.

After buying goods from the newly stationed Chinese government in the local area, after two trips, the third brother tasted the huge benefits. Unlike those businessmen who only knew how to open stores in towns and villages after purchasing the goods, the third brother went to the south.

, go south along the Mekong River and earn much more.

This time, a large buyer in southern Thailand offered to trade a batch of ivory for a batch of in-demand commodities including medical supplies that he had listed. Those were not colonial dumping commodities from the British or French.

Yes, as long as Yu Dequan can transport it, he can make ten times the profit.

Yu Dequan, who was inexplicably happy, immediately returned to Vientiane, Laos after receiving the deposit. He quickly gathered the goods and boarded the ship to prepare to go south.

"Brothers, please pay attention. Although the British and French devils in Thailand dare not shoot at us, there will inevitably be unruly people who don't open their eyes. If anything happens, just shoot me."

Yu Dequan always felt a little uneasy. He turned around and told the five brothers behind him that these were all his fellow countrymen, and the guns were rented from the Chinese management authorities in Laos. According to regulations, anyone with a legal Chinese identity certificate

Chinese or ethnic Chinese who meet certain conditions can rent guns from the local administration for self-protection.

Nowadays, Britain and France are afraid of China. They are worried that the persecution of the Chinese or the Chinese will lead to China's excuse to send troops. They turn a blind eye to Yu Dequan and his business. Sometimes when they encounter a British patrol boat, the other party will actually choose to get out of the way, even exempting them from tax collection.

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They knew that these more and more Chinese businessmen were trying to squeeze some profits out of the British colonial economy, but they had their own tricks.

However, some Thai mountain people are different.

"Britain and France know the strength of our government and will not embarrass us over such a trivial matter, let alone open fire on us. I heard from Deputy Director Wang of the Vientiane Commerce Bureau that we have a memorandum of understanding with Britain and France. But..." Yu Dequan said in a tone of voice

Don't think so if some people are as ruthless as those crazy poor Thais. Those water ghost bandits are just as rampant. The British and French are afraid of China, but they are not. Everyone should be careful."

In the past few months, Yu Dequan encountered two accidents. One was when a small merchant ship docked for trade and was almost robbed by a group of Thais. The other was when the other party blocked the river with an iron chain and tried to stop them forcefully.

, As a result, although the ship suffered some damage, what surprised the Thais was that the momentum was too great, and the Chinese merchant ship actually broke the iron rope and escaped.

In short, Yu Dequan has always believed that in Southeast Asia, the poor mountains and rivers are full of unruly people. Especially after he visited a few times, they, the water thieves and bandits who originally had to bully the fishermen, stared at him twice before and after.

Already.

Even if he has a gun in his hand, he cannot be careless.

"It's okay, Third Brother. Didn't Deputy Director Wang say that? He took the situation you reported to him very seriously and said he would report it to us and strive for a special batch of machine guns to be sent to merchant ships like us."

Yu Jinke was very excited about these. The government was really able to make arrangements for the people with all their heart.

Under the leadership of Yu Dequan, there are now not a few Chinese operating merchant ships.

"I hope so, Jin Ke, you have to remember that those who are out in the world must be cautious. Even if everything is ready, there must be a way out." After Yu Dequan finished speaking, he deliberately got into the cabin and walked to the corner.

In front of a pigeon cage, he picked up grains of wheat and fed them to the pigeons.

This is his last resort.

The merchant ship continued to sail for a while, and the waterway in front began to narrow, but it came to a narrow river.

"The water here is relatively narrow, so please be careful."

Yu Dequan returned to the deck of the small ship, holding an old-model Chinese single-shot rifle in his hand. The other helpers from the same village, except for the sailor, also carried rifles on their backs and were on guard.

The trade route was not peaceful. Their fleet was almost robbed twice. I heard that there was another ship that almost had its crew detained. How could those crazy poor Thais have seen this ship?

Products passing by.

In the eyes of the ignorant Thai mountain people, those British and French people who look like monsters cannot afford to offend them. These ones are not very different from their own, but they are just prettier. I don’t know which country, so why can’t they be robbed?

As for China, where is China? Yes, they hardly even know where China is, so how can they be afraid of it? After all, the Chinese have not massacred them with guns and pointed at their heads.

"There is a situation!!"

Suddenly, Yu Jinke pointed to the two wooden boats parked on the waterway in front and shouted loudly.

"Third brother, that ship is similar to ours. One ship suffered disaster from the Thais."

At this time, Yu Dequan also discovered that the iron-hulled ship was indeed produced by the government shipyard in Laos. As for why it was detained, he did not know. But at this time, in addition to this ship, there was another ship on the waterway.

The big wooden boat was already turning around, and it actually collided directly with Yu Dequan's boat.

"Damn, they're going to collide!!!b Let's stop."

Seeing the captured motor boats and another large wooden boat approaching, Yu Dequan, who had already had no time to turn around, realized that the other party wanted to keep him.

"I'll take aim soon and let me fire freely."

Seeing that a boat collision was about to happen on the river, a fat man wearing a Thai gown on the bank nearby laughed happily, "Haha, the damn Chinese will all be mine soon."

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"Brother, is this really okay? I heard that Chinese people are very powerful."

Next to him, an old man in his fifties or sixties said worriedly.

"You damn bastard, the Chinese you've seen haven't killed as many people as I have. No matter how scary they are, are they more scary than the British and the French? I'm not even afraid of the British or the French, I'm afraid of these Chinese

What do people do? Do you think I don’t know that they are over there in Laos? You are so scared, this is Thailand. The worst is, after you finish robbing, go back to the mountains."

…

"Chairman, you are tired too, so you should take a rest first. We will continue our discussion in the afternoon."

When Jiang Baili was about to ask Zhang Shusheng to rest for a while before talking about the matter, Mao Yunxian outside called the Chairman, there is an emergency."

"Come in."

Mao Yunxian was also wearing a military uniform at this time and said, "Chairman, I just received an urgent report that a Chinese motor merchant ship was intercepted by a group of Thai bandits on the Mekong River in Nong Khai section of Thailand. The specific situation is not yet clear, but

Our crew released the carrier pigeon to ask for help."

"What?"

When Zhang Shusheng heard this, he was stunned on the spot. The Mekong River was actually the Mekong River.

He remembered that in modern history, Chinese fishermen were often bullied on the river, and there was even an incident where an entire crew of a boat was killed. Although it was extremely suspected that the other party's military and police were behind it, they were framed as drug dealers.

What's even more ironic is that the relief supplies sent over there landed in Thailand even though the bodies of the dead here were still cold. Among Southeast Asian countries, compared with the Vietnamese, although the Thais don't seem to have much advantage over China, they definitely do.

It is a country and nation that Zhang Shusheng hates.

Although this incident was not a major event that affected the destiny of the country, it was definitely one of the national humiliations that left a deep impression on Zhang Shusheng in later generations.

As for the Chinese people, they will be present wherever there are business opportunities. When the government reported to the Laos Administration Bureau, it was mentioned that many businessmen had entered Laos and North Vietnam and were preparing to do business in the south. He actually supported it.

At that time, Lu Yunyan mentioned it casually, and he added that the fishermen should be given weapons. Since they may encounter evil incidents, they should try to prevent it and give them weapons.

Of course, Zhang Shusheng did not know that Yu Dequan and others had killed many Thais before they were swarmed and kidnapped. The Thai bandit leader, who had a sudden idea, not only wanted to leave the goods, but also lost his men.

, angrily asked his subordinates to notify the Chinese to send another shipment of goods as ransom. Yu Dequan and others also escaped disaster because of the greed of the Thai scumbag.

However, Zhang Shusheng knew that although the plan could not keep up with the changes and the understanding could not keep up with the situation, he could do one thing, "I will not be able to do anything to you in future generations because I was born at the wrong time. This time, I will ask you to die."

After looking at the map of Southeast Asia on the wall and thinking for a moment, Zhang Shusheng ordered, "Immediately dispatch two Z-3 armed helicopters and a Z-3 transport helicopter from the 122nd Special Forces Brigade in Yunnan, and take a special warfare team.

The detachment rushed to Vientiane. The Mekong River in Nong Khai was very close to Vientiane. Xue Yue was asked to prepare supplies for them and wait for orders.

In addition, put pressure on the British to immediately provide information about this group of bandits and tell them, otherwise we will send troops to investigate ourselves. Cooperate with follow-up intelligence and have the special operations team ready to launch rescue operations at any time."

After giving a simple order, Zhang Shusheng felt a surge of anger burning in his mouth. In the original modern times, Thai people were cunning in every possible way, looking for excuses not to say anything, not only to blame drug dealers, but also to blame other forces, words and deeds.

It’s inconsistent, it’s secretive, and it just doesn’t produce a convincing result.

Zhang Shusheng had no favorable impressions of either the real Thai gangsters or the Thai police who killed innocent people indiscriminately.

The occurrence of this incident is not his responsibility. According to this era, he was well prepared to fire guns on the crew. Moreover, policies like these, according to the government affairs regulations of the Republic, grassroots officials can decide according to the situation.

Report to the superior and modify the policy.

As for the Thais who would come to rob them even at gunpoint, Zhang Shusheng could only say that these Thais were crazy.

However, looking back on future generations, according to the power of China, regardless of American soldiers, it will be no problem to sweep across the surrounding areas.

However, because of this, although all the small neighboring countries also know that China is powerful and far beyond their ability to fight, they still rush forward to bite me and suck my blood.

The modern politicians and bureaucrats of later generations are able to ignore China's power, let alone this era, they may not even know where China is. In front of Thai gangsters, it is really impossible for them to take the initiative to avoid it.

The best way is to kill one to serve as a warning to a hundred, and kill a hundred to serve as a warning to a thousand, or ten thousand.

Thinking of this, Zhang Shusheng slapped the table with his palm and said angrily: "That's it. Not only the light machine guns, I also equipped them with rocket launchers."
Chapter completed!