Chapter 157 It's Not Easy
In the eyes of human traffickers, these children are "defective goods" that cannot be sold, and the "mid- to high-end goods" in their hands have long been sold out.
There are also clauses below the information to judge the grade of the child. Once it is judged as "low-end goods" or "defective products", it will be left in a harsh environment to fend for itself. If you are lucky enough to meet a non-picky merchant, you can still save your life. If you are unlucky, you can only die in the dark dungeon.
They found a passage in a memo that appeared to be written by the gang leader.
"The current trend is that high-end goods are becoming increasingly popular, while low-end goods are becoming less and less popular. (You) must keep this in mind."
"Low-end and defective products are all money-losing junk. We need to cut our budget."
"Don't give them any medicine, and reduce their food intake by half from today onwards."
One crow couldn't help but tear the memo to pieces, but was immediately reprimanded by the captain.
"Agent Rule Number One: Don't let your emotions get in the way! Go back and serve 15 days of solitary confinement. Put this memo back together exactly as it was!"
"Yes, Captain!"
The punished crow did not show any dissatisfaction and picked up all the scraps of paper back into his arms.
Later, they found more useful information from this den and discovered that this human trafficking group was not the real online one. They cooperated with many human trafficking gangs to purchase "piglets" from them. They were involved with many local state governments in Yunzhou, Lingzhou and Hezhou. There was also a larger organization, which they called "boss", that was protecting them.
Many "high-end goods" come from the organization of this "boss".
The crows gathered all the evidence, cleaned the entire den thoroughly, and then spread aluminum-magnesium incendiary agents, purifying everything with flames.
After returning to the County Hall, Yun Zhixing rushed to report all the information to Lin Wen.
Lin Wen issued a new order:
Find out the details of the "boss" organization, hunt down all the remaining minions, beat the tigers and swat the flies as well.
Place all children in rehabilitation centers and employ a large number of outstanding maternal and child health and psychological experts to ensure that their mental health is restored while their physical health is restored.
In addition, Lin Wen also added an order: If there are children who cannot recover, come to him. Among the outstanding members of the Dragon Group, there are the world's top psychological experts.
Yun Zhixing's eyes were filled with amazement: It's worthy of being an organization led by County Chief Lin, every member is so extraordinary.
Since the rehabilitation center was a medical hospital temporarily requisitioned by the county government and was already overcrowded, Lin Wen ordered them to immediately requisition all private medical clinics in Huai Town, and then conveyed an order to Zhao Minggong, asking him to immediately plan and build a new rehabilitation center that can accommodate at least 5,000 people and have all kinds of complete facilities.
The expansion of Huaizhen is in full swing. The west side of the town has become a large construction site with at least 40,000 workers working here. Their work can no longer be described as building roads through mountains and bridges over rivers.
They leveled hills and filled in lakes and rivers.
They change the landscape.
They created the world.
The ultimate goal of the expansion is to merge the only two towns with a civilized atmosphere in Changshan County - Huai Town and Donghe Town, into a new large town, so as to avoid the embarrassing fate of Donghe Town being constantly sucked dry by Huai Town.
Donghe Town is 3.6 kilometers southwest of Huai Town, which means they have to build a new area that is 3.6 kilometers long and at least 1 kilometer wide to connect the two towns.
This was a huge project that previous governors of Changshan County had never dared to dream of. Even in the entire empire, such a large project was extremely rare.
Zhao Minggong has completed the preliminary planning and will then put the project out to tender to share some of Changshan County's economic pressure.
——Even with Changshan County’s current economic strength, it is impossible to complete all the tasks. Attracting investors and achieving win-win cooperation is the only choice.
Also about to start construction are the Changshan County highway project and the Huaizhen infrastructure project plan.
Now, the huge demand for labor has become a factor that restricts development. Zhao Minggong is considering whether to take advantage of the popularity of Yaojing while it is advertising heavily throughout the empire.
During this period, as Yaojing was spending money like crazy, the debt of Yaojing City Hall had skyrocketed, but it also became the most dazzling city in the entire empire. The crazy hype made everyone think that it would become the fourth super first-tier city. Countless people flocked to it, and countless businesses and companies moved in. The economic index rose against the trend and continued to climb.
In the difficult situation of the empire, it shines like a bright light in the dark night. The Supreme Elders Council has held two meetings for this purpose.
Yaojing is the territory of Elder Xu Chengguo, and for this he has been strongly questioned and challenged by the hostile faction headed by Elder Cheng, but Elder Xu is not willing to be outdone.
Both sides insisted on their own opinions and fought fiercely.
Chang Sheng was often summoned by the Supreme Council because of this. He was both excited and worried about this. He would make an encrypted call to Lin Wen almost every two days to ask about his doubts one by one.
Of course, Lin Wen couldn't let others get it for free, so he got the most favorable market price for half of Changshan County's construction materials and supplies, with priority delivery and free transportation.
Under such circumstances, Yaojing's minimum wage and standard wage have been greatly increased, the bosses have restrained themselves a little, and the growth of the number of people in Qi Mu's recruitment office is gradually slowing down. The total number of people may not exceed 450,000 in the end.
Zhao Minggong considered asking Lin Wen to try to build up relations with Changsheng, and asked him to add a piece of tofu about Changshan County recruiting workers in the corner of the advertisement.
But Lin Wen refused PY and told Zhao Minggong not to worry, because the depth that Yaojing can currently accommodate is far less than the length of the advertisement, and there will definitely be a large overflow.
When the pure virgins' dreams of true love are shattered by reality, the recruitment point in Changshan County is their last retreat.
Lin Wen even thought of the slogan for the advertisement:
There are stable jobs here, low housing prices here, and all the hope of survival here.
here:
The night stars are shining and the geese are soaring.
The zither and the qin are in the palace, and the years are peaceful.
Then there was a huge Changshan County logo with a line of small words written next to it: Cherish life and stay away from Yaojing.
To this end, Lin Wen also set a basic principle for Zhao Minggong: the prices of all newly built commercial residential properties must refer to the average wage in Changshan County, and the maximum price cannot exceed 18 months' salary per 50 square meters.
Of course, this is limited. Anyone who dares to hype it up here must know that County Chief Lin’s magic fist is no joke.
Economics was not Zhao Minggong's area of expertise; his area was internal affairs and construction. Therefore, he never questioned Lin Wen's professional economic advice.
Two days later, Qin Luoshuang came back.
As expected, this meeting was meaningless because the Council denied all the evidence and insisted that it was all rumors fabricated by Changshan County. They came up with more than a hundred ways to prove how the evidence was forged.
In this field of senior professional forgery of evidence, Qin Luoshuang had no good way to fight against it.
But as an expert in conspiracy and struggle, Qin Luoshuang, who once firmly believed that if she could return to the pure imperial empire three hundred years ago, she would definitely be able to defeat all concubines and queens, and eventually kill the emperor and become the empress, immediately changed her attack method.
She tried her best to expose the many dirty secrets of the Council, proving how despicable, shameless, insidious, cunning, and full of lies the Council was. She said that they were the most perverted and brutal perpetrators in the entire empire, and that white lotuses like Changshan County were innocent victims.
The shift from discussing the matter at hand to personal attacks completely infuriated the council. They immediately fell into a trap and fought with Qin Luoshuang in the area she was best at, smearing each other.
As a result, the meeting turned into a meaningless war of words, with both sides attacking each other for their poor character, and no one mentioned the cause of the incident at all.
Officials in the Supreme Office were overwhelmed. Director Yang Jiehua asked the Supreme Council of Elders for instructions several times, but the Supreme Council of Elders was busy with more important matters and did not respond.
In the end, the matter was left unresolved. Yang Jiehua used traditional tactics and smoothing things over to forcibly conclude that the two sides were even.
"It's not easy for either of us, so let's each take a step back."
"It takes two to tango."
"It's just a small matter, don't take it too seriously."
"Everyone is dead."
"Take a step back and understand each other."
"Put yourself in other people's shoes and get used to it."
When it came to Yang Jiehua's professional field, Changshan County and the Council were no match for him and could only surrender. No one caused trouble for anyone else, and the matter was over.
Although it seems fair, in reality the Imperial Tax Administration suffered a huge loss. Not only did it not receive a penny, it also lost a whole team of people.
The Council was also in a bad mood. Not only did the plan fail, but it also worsened its relationship with the General Administration of Taxation.
Changshan County won a small victory.
This was unacceptable to Chang Hai, and he immediately launched a second round of attacks on Changshan County.
That night, Lin Wen received another strange harassing phone call.
This time Lin Wenxue was smart. He wrote down the ticking sound and went to find Qin Luoshuang.
"Spy sabotage?"
Qin Luoshuang smiled slightly.
"Leave it to me."
Her agents may not have the same abnormal personal strength as the Dragon Group's agents, but their organization and professionalism are definitely more elite. Unless Yu Zhongxian sends the Council of Advocates, no matter how many spies come, they will all be dead.
In the battle between agents, intelligence comes first.
The crows knew in advance that the enemy was attacking, so they had a huge first-mover advantage.
Changshan County is their home ground, and a large number of supervisory guards are their subordinates who can undertake many auxiliary tasks. In addition, they can make preparations in advance and be on high alert, so that they can act with both intention and negligence.
A huge gap had already opened up between the two sides before the fight even started.
In the days that followed, the Council's spies suffered heavy losses.
No matter how many people were sent in, it was like a drop in the ocean, with no response.
Chang Hai couldn't believe it. Changshan County seemed like a black hole that swallowed everything, and no information could be transmitted.
After losing more than fifty people in succession, he no longer dared to send people, and instead hired desperate criminals to attack Changshan County, hoping to cause some damage so that they could use this to attack Changshan County for its deteriorating security and inability to maintain normal order.
But bad news soon came.
More than one hundred desperate bandits were eliminated by the Dragon Group's agents before they could even leave the mountainous area in the west of Changshan County.
He saw this news in the local newspaper of Changshan County.
Now, the local newspaper has become the only way for the Council to obtain information about Changshan County, which is simply ridiculous.
But Chang Hai must not stop here. If he goes to see General Yu with such a humiliating defeat, his only fate will be to sink to the bottom of the lake.
The next chapter just has the chapter number wrong.
(End of this chapter)
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