Chapter 409 Replacement
"Yes! That was our old factory site. We moved later! We moved to Dongye Road! A new factory was built there! But we ran into a narrow-minded leader! He insisted on moving our third workshop here! If we hadn't moved, we wouldn't be in this situation now... Back then! The productivity of our third workshop was far ahead..."
The man seemed to have rarely met someone who was willing to listen to him, and he was still chattering on and on, but Qin Yi stood up with a "whoosh".
"Um! Excuse me, do you have a phone here?"
“Oh—oh—”
The man pointed to a desk not far away, "Yes! Over there!"
Qin Yi ran to the phone and called Cheng Gang.
"Quickly check what the old site of Chaodong District Cotton Mill is used for now? Is it related to the Ministry of Culture? Also, why is No. 2 Qianjin Road now used as a production workshop for the Cotton Mill?"
After the call, Qin Yi waited by the side with a frown.
The man wanted to say something, but perhaps because Qin Yi's expression was too serious, he didn't dare to open his mouth. His face was filled with disappointment...
Seven or eight minutes later, the phone rang.
Qin Yi picked up the phone, and Cheng Gang's voice came over...
"Boss! The old site of the Chaodong District Cotton Mill has always been next to the People's Hospital. Originally, there was a distance between it and the People's Hospital. Later, the People's Hospital was expanded and it happened to be next to the wall of the Cotton Mill. The machines in the Cotton Mill were too noisy when they were running, which seriously affected the patients' rest. Later, the problem was reported to the Chaodong District Government, and the location of the Cotton Mill and the District Library was changed."
“It’s just that the district library happened to be merged with the new library on Youyi Avenue, so now the location next to the People’s Hospital has been given to the Ethnic Affairs Commission.”
Qin Yi said: "So, in fact, the Ethnic Affairs Commission is now next to the hospital, which is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Culture."
"Yes!" Cheng Gang said affirmatively.
Qin Yi hadn't put down the phone yet, but he saw Zhao Xin bringing people over.
"Boss! Searched again carefully! There is indeed nothing unusual!"
Qin Yi said: "There won't be anything to find here! Let's go back!"
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The Ethnic Affairs Commission is a relatively leisurely department.
Simply put, it deals with minority affairs.
Qin Yi led his men around to another street and found the gate of the department.
There is only a low-key plaque on the gate with the words "Nationalities Affairs Committee" engraved on it.
The entrance was deserted, without even a security guard.
When the group went in, an office staff member saw them and came out in a panic to greet them.
"Hey - comrades! What are you doing? So many people coming in?"
Qin Yi still took out his ID and said:
"That's right. We need to do routine safety inspections, especially basements and air-raid shelters, to see if there are any potential safety hazards!"
"Ah, oh, there is this kind of inspection? Well, wait a minute! I'll go get the leader!"
The office staff called the leader, a middle-aged woman in her forties.
Qin Yi repeated the reason to her again. Although she was surprised, she looked at their ID cards and found that they were genuine soldiers!
So we had to arrange someone to take them directly to the air-raid shelter.
According to national regulations, large public places, factories, enterprises and other densely populated places must establish underground shelters to prepare for emergencies.
Therefore, in this era, not only the government built houses, but many families, especially in the countryside, built their own houses, and many even dug their own cellars and built basements.
It is a characteristic of Chinese people that we always like to take precautions before things happen.
Because this place was previously the Chaodong District Cotton Mill, even though the buildings on the ground were later rebuilt, the air-raid shelter was still the same one that was dug before and is large and old.
Qin Yi took people down to check it out personally.
But surprisingly, nothing was found.
Qin Yi didn't give up. He walked around and looked again and again.
This air-raid shelter obviously lacks daily maintenance. There are obvious signs of water seepage on the walls, and the air has a faint musty smell due to lack of air circulation. It is obvious that no one has been here for a long time.
After making sure there was no problem here, Qin Yi waved his hand and said, "Let's go! Let's go up and take another look!"
The route from the hospital to the cleaning room, except for the distance from the back door of the hospital out of the alley, there are several buildings over there, and which department they belong to. He has gone over it in his mind several times. He always believed that judging from Peng Ye's way of doing things and the situation on the scene, they did not go far.
And this replaced building is the biggest suspect.
This location is the most convenient.
From the perspective of time, it is also the most suitable.
But where are they hiding?
Qin Yi led his men back to the first floor, found the female leader, and said:
"The houses here are all new, but the air-raid shelters are old and dilapidated. There are huge problems!"
The female leader looked unhappy and said:
"You can't go to us for this house-related matter. You have to go to the construction department. We originally used the old house left by the cotton mill. Later, they came to renovate it more than once and repaired it. We never got tired of it! If you really want to find any problems, go directly to them!"
"Oh! Then when was the last time you renovated or broke ground?"
The female leader sighed and said:
"It was repaired just a few months ago! They said the foundation was sinking or something, so they fenced it off and repaired it for several days! They dug and filled it in for a month! It made it very inconvenient for us employees to go to get off work, and we had to step in the mud every time we went in and out!"
Qin Yi then revealed a smile and said:
"Don't worry! We will definitely find all the hidden dangers this time! Let them fix it for you in one go! Well, do you mind if we look around again?"
The female leader nodded. She couldn’t say no!
Qin Yi asked people to disperse to each floor and search carefully for any suspicious clues.
He and Zhao Xin went straight to the backyard, where there was a wall, the same one they saw in the alley when they came out of the back door of the cafeteria just now.
Judging from the color of the bricks, the courtyard wall should not have been renovated and is still there from the past.
It's not that high, but there are obvious signs of aging.
Qin Yi said to Zhao Xin: "Look carefully and see if you can find anything?"
He looked at the layout of the backyard, which was a rectangular open space between the courtyard wall and the office building. There were a few holly trees, which grew rather casually. You could see signs of pruning, but it was obvious that the pruning was not very careful.
There is a small patch of concrete, but other than that the weeds grow freely.
In addition, there is a bungalow in the far corner of the yard, with about three or five rooms.
"Boss! Come quickly!" Zhao Xin suddenly shouted.
Qin Yi's expression condensed and he took a few steps forward.
"here--"
Zhao Xin pointed to a spot on the wall and said, "There are obvious marks of ropes being used here! They're still very new!"
Qin Yi looked carefully at the inconspicuous groove on the wall and said affirmatively:
"They must have climbed over the wall to get in here! They just walked out of the hospital through the back door and immediately hid here!
It’s safe and unlikely to have witnesses!
This Mr. Peng! He is really good at playing the game of 'the darkest part under the lamp'!"
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