Chapter 187 The Ship That Cannot Move
Chen Yongnian stood up and chased after him: "Mr. Pei, Mr. Pei."
Pei Jingming walked away without looking back, and ignored Chen Yongnian who was chasing after him.
He angrily got into the car parked at the door and said, "Go back."
"Mr. Pei, are you going back to the hotel?" the driver asked.
"Return to the Northern Government." Pei Jingming looked at Chen Yongnian who had chased him out. "Director Chen, I will report this matter to the higher-ups truthfully. I hope you will take care of yourself."
After he said that, he reached out and pulled the curtain on the car window, and decided not to pay any more attention to him, so he asked the driver to drive.
"Mr. Pei, Mr. Pei." Chen Yongnian pretended to shout from behind, and after the car drove away, he put away his anxious expression.
The secretary beside him walked up to him and said, "Director General, what if he goes back and blames all the sins on you?"
"I didn't force him to bet. Even if the higher-ups blame me, what does it have to do with me?" Chen Yongnian sneered.
"General Manager, this guy is always shirking responsibility. I don't know what bad things he is planning." The secretary looked at him worriedly.
"He wants this position, but there is one very important condition: the person nominated by the former General Administration of Customs is the most qualified."
"So he won't offend me to death. He still hopes that I will change my mind and nominate him to take the position." Chen Yongnian understood his thoughts clearly.
If this person wants to take the position of the next General Administration of Customs more quickly, then he can only curry favor with me. Otherwise, how could he possibly believe his one-sided words in this bet.
Although he had investigated privately, given Miao Jiu's personality, there was no way he would reveal any flaws that would allow him to catch him.
But now that the people have been sent away, Beiyang City will have less trouble.
Later, the Governor's Office sent someone to deliver the bank deposit check, which was the money he won from this bet.
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The river outside Beiyang City.
"Commander, according to our previous investigation, their ships have not moved." Adjutant Qi said, pointing to several places on the map.
Siming looked at the locations previously marked on the map. These were the locations of the pirates' ships that they had deduced on the sand table.
He brought people to suppress the bandits, and the commotion was not small. It was impossible for these water bandits to remain in the same place without moving even after the ice melted.
"Let someone carefully investigate to avoid any fraud."
"Yes, I will send someone to investigate again now." Adjutant Qi quickly asked the scouts to investigate the situation of the pirates again.
It was not until midnight that the scouts returned.
"Commander-in-Chief, these pirates' boats are stuck for some reason, and they're going crazy with anxiety. They can't leave, and it seems they're running out of supplies."
The scout repeated the information he had gathered.
Siming looked at him: "You said the ship can't move?"
"Yes, I saw them jump into the water and push the boat with all their might, but it didn't move. I also quietly dived underwater to check, but I didn't see anything tying the boat down."
"But no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't move the boat even a little bit. I was afraid I was mistaken, so I was delayed for a while."
The scout said nothing more after that, waiting for Sima Ming's instructions.
"You've worked hard. Go back and rest first!" Siming looked at him and ordered.
Adjutant Qi waited until the scouts left before looking at Siming: "Commander-in-Chief, could it be that something dirty has happened?"
After he said that, he looked around with a guilty conscience. You know, there are quite a few wronged souls in the river.
Siming rolled his eyes: "Stop being suspicious here and let the brothers prepare for a night attack."
"Yes." Adjutant Qi put away his little thoughts and hurried to notify everyone to prepare for battle.
The water bandits hiding deep in the reeds were as anxious as ants on hot pan. Now they were trapped in the middle of the river, unable to go up or down.
They wanted to leave but couldn't. If they continued to migrate, there would be no need for the army to suppress them. They would all starve to death on the boat.
Now they have been out of food for several days and can only survive by catching fish and shrimp in the river.
After eating fish and shrimp for several days, they didn't want to touch anything else, but no matter how hard they tried, the boat wouldn't move at all.
They all wondered if they had encountered a ghost.
"Oh no, boss, we seem to be surrounded." A pirate stumbled in.
"What?" Liao Kui stood up suddenly, grabbed the person who rushed in and asked, "Who surrounded us?"
"Yes, it's Sima Ming of Beiyang City." The water bandit stammered.
Liao Kui pushed the pirate away and said, "Damn it! How did he find our location?"
"Boss, what should we do now? Our ship is completely immobile, and the other ships are all separated from us. If a fight breaks out, we really can't hold on!"
The pirates on the side were also very anxious. This was really like adding insult to injury.
Liao Kui clenched his fists and said, "Damn it! Call the brothers and fight them."
He had just finished giving the order when he heard a voice outside shouting, "Liao Kui, I'm giving you two choices now. Either surrender or die."
"Damn it! I'd rather die than be a dog for you bastards." Liao Kui roared and rushed out. There were many boats surrounding the ship, and a tall figure in military uniform stood at the head of the boat.
Without saying a word, he pulled out his gun and shot at him.
Siming dodged instinctively, pulled out his gun and shot Liao Kui in the arm holding the gun.
"ah!"
"Bang!"
Liao Kui felt a pain in his hand and the pistol fell to the ground. He covered his injured hand and found a place to hide.
The two sides have already started exchanging fire, but Liao Kui only has one boat, and even if there are more people, there are only dozens of them. How could there be as many people as on Siming's boat?
After a while, he could no longer hold on and hid in a corner, not daring to show his head again.
"Liao Kui, I'll ask you again, will you surrender or not?" Siming shouted to the opposite ship.
"Boss, what should we do?" The pirates nearby looked at Liao Kui in a panic.
"Damn it! I'm going to fight them to the death." Liao Kui said as he planned to use his uninjured hand to hold the gun and fight to the death.
"Boss, wait a minute." A person next to him stopped him.
Liao Kui was now furious and waited for the person next to him to ask, "What are you doing?"
"Boss, please listen to me first before deciding whether to go up or not." said the person who held him.
"If you have to fart, do it now." Liao Kui glared at him.
"When we arrived here, I asked someone to inquire about it. The military governor of Beiyang City is quite good. During the winter when food was scarce, he even managed to buy food at a high price and sell it to the people at a fair price."
"During the previous cold outbreak, I heard that the pharmacies in Beiyang City had introduced some Chinese medicine tablets that were cheaper than Western medicine and saved many lives."
Liao Kui looked at him and asked, "Is everything you said true?"
He was a little worried. If they could not make ends meet and were not exploited by the warlord in their previous place, they would not have brought their families and boats to become pirates.
If it is true as he said, that the governor of Beiyang City is different from those in other places, it is not impossible for him to seek refuge there. But who would be willing to live on the edge of a knife with his family?
"I also know that Siming came here because someone went to Beiyang City in the previous winter and committed some acts of burning, killing, and looting. I think they were able to find us because they probably leaked the information."
Liao Kui grabbed his collar and said, "Why are you saying this now?"
"I only found out about it recently. The glacier was frozen. We were all on our boats, and we only got the news after the ice melted." The pirate blurted out everything he knew.
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