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Chapter 140: Taking the Place of the Guest

When Han Hongbing and others tied up the four men, Xie Hushan spent a long time trying to make friends with the militia company commander of Sunzhuangzi's brigade.

They gave away most of the pack of cigarettes they had with them and said all the nice things they could before they finally got the militia in their brigade to agree to let them take the person out of Sunzhuangzi.

Moreover, the Sunzhuangzi militiamen carefully confirmed that among the three men and one woman, only one man was a local leper who was not popular in the village of Sunzhuangzi, and the rest were outsiders. Only then did they agree to release the people.

This is the norm in rural areas. When you go to other villages to snatch someone away, no matter if they are good people or bad people, the people in the other village will never agree to let you take that person away at will.

In other words, this bald guy from their village is not very popular in the brigade. If Xie Hushan makes three true friends among the militiamen in their village, he will be left alone for the villagers to deal with.

However, there was no chance for the four of them to walk back to Zhongping with Xie Hushan and the others, as their legs had already been broken.

At this time, the four people were like pigs to be slaughtered during the New Year. They were stripped of their clothes, and their hooves were hung on a carrying pole. Two people in a group carried them towards Zhongping Village.

When they carried the four people back to the Zhongping Brigade headquarters, Xie Hushan and Han Hongbing's faces suddenly changed. They looked at each other, and there was a flash of meaning in their eyes: something bad was going to happen.

Because there was a 212 car parked on the roadside not far from the brigade headquarters, and its lights were on at night.

This type of 212 car was only available to the factories and mines in the county and city and the county government, but no other government agencies or communes had such a nice car.

So when Xie Hushan and Han Hongbing saw this car, they guessed that it was probably someone from the other side coming to negotiate with Han Laogou.

As they approached the brigade headquarters, through the open door, Xie Hushan and his friends saw a middle-aged man who looked familiar but they were not sure which village brigade cadre he was from. He was sitting in the brigade headquarters and talking to Han Laogou and Zhang Cheng. The three of them had smoked countless cigarettes and the room was filled with smoke.

Xie Hushan even heard a word. Maybe the person who came over heard the noise outside and noticed that Xie Hushan and his men had come back with the people tied up. Then the person said to Han Laogou with a smile:

"Aren't these four people enough to vent your anger? Find a way to find a factory job for that girl, and find a way to get her a city hukou. Add these four lives, and the other side's attitude is pretty good."

Zhang Cheng came out after hearing the noise outside. Xie Hushan, Han Hongbing and others walked to a distance and looked at Zhang Cheng:
"Master, you are here to plead for mercy, but I don't think what you said is right. Do you want to arrange a job and household registration in the future? Are you here to plead for mercy, or to stir up trouble?"

Zhang Cheng walked over to look at the four people shivering on the ground, took a few steps further away, and then spoke to Xie Hushan and Han Hongbing who followed him:
"After the two boys ran back in the afternoon, they told their parents the truth. We sent people out to gather information, and the factory security department immediately took advantage of the situation and arrested Baosheng, saying that he and his men were trying to rob state property at gunpoint and destroy major assets in the county."

"If we settle it privately, they can still give us some compensation. If we don't settle it privately, they have said that our two disciples will go to jail, and Baosheng and his gang who went there to steal people tonight will definitely go to jail as well."

"The person in the room is the secretary of a production brigade in the suburbs of the county. He knows Secretary Han and was asked by the other party to mediate."

"After they found out about it this afternoon, they've made all the arrangements. The mediator has already been chosen, and they're just waiting for us to fall into their trap. After we're caught, they'll let him come out to talk."

From Zhang Cheng's description, Xie Hushan got a general idea of ​​the situation. After he found out the home addresses of the two boys, Ge Baosheng, with 15 militiamen, drove the commune's broken car directly to the county town and went to the factory staff building to pick up the people according to the address.

In order to avoid being exposed, they deliberately stopped the car far away and entered the factory area on foot in batches. As a result, when they arrived at the downstairs of the family building and were about to take action, the security department of the other factory organized hundreds of workers with weapons to surround them.

Ge Baosheng's reaction was quite quick. He immediately drew his gun and fired a shot into the air. He took advantage of the moment when everyone was shocked by the gunshot to subdue the leader of the other party and pointed the gun at him to negotiate terms.

Either the other party let the other fifteen people go and he put down his gun and let them deal with him, or he had four bullets left in his gun and killed four of them first and made three profits.

The other party just wanted to detain people to negotiate terms, not to fall out, so they only detained Ge Baosheng and evacuated everyone else safely.

The brigade secretary who was hired by the factory to mediate was immediately sent over by a special car arranged by the factory to settle the matter privately with Han Laogou.

The current situation is that the people of Zhongping say that the other side has two guys who committed hooliganism, and there is both witnesses and evidence, while the other side says that Ge Baosheng led people to attack major state asset targets and robbed state property at gunpoint, and there is also witnesses and evidence.

The most important thing is that the two guys did not fall into Zhongping's hands, but Ge Baosheng was still in the other party's hands.

The trick of turning the tables was played beautifully.

"Master, after daybreak, both parties will report to the county bureau, and we will definitely be the ones who suffer." Han Hongbing sighed after listening to this.

If they don't settle it privately but through public channels, the charges against Ge Baosheng will be enough to get him shot. Moreover, he will be charged with being an enemy spy and carrying a gun with the intention of destroying major assets. Even if Ge Baosheng himself is killed, the political background of his wife and children will be ruined as well!

This is the loss that Han Hongbing was talking about.

If they want to hold on to their promise and kill two hooligans, Zhongping will have to lose an armed company commander and the political elements of three generations of his family.

"You can't be a coward, though." Xie Hushan said to Han Hongbing.

Han Hongbing looked at Xie Hushan and said, "Of course you are not a coward. Then I will go and call everyone to gather. Should we go there overnight to rescue the company commander? The other party must be prepared. Our firepower is not enough. How about we get some incendiary bombs or something to blow up their workshop and cut off their financial resources first."

"Why don't you wait for them to burn our wheat? You blew up their workshop, that's illegal! Are you stupid?" Xie Hushan glared at him, "Let me think about it!"

Zhang Cheng smoked his cigarette irritably: "I made several phone calls and asked my comrades in the county's armed forces department to come and intercede for me, but they said they would not settle the matter privately and would definitely not release me."

Xie Hushan lowered his head and thought for two or three minutes before looking up at Zhang Cheng:
"Master, where did the parents of these two little hooligans come from?"

"They are from the Bingyang County Steel Pipe Factory. One works in the workshop and the other in logistics. They are not high-ranking officials, but the factory also sticks together. And the killing of two kids over there was instigated by these four." Zhang Cheng said what he knew.

Xie Hushan muttered about the steel pipe factory, pondered for dozens of seconds, and then lowered his voice and said to Zhang Cheng:
"Master, go in and ask the middleman if their products are mainly supplied to outside the county or to this county."

"What do you mean?" Zhang Cheng stared at Xie Hushan with some expectation in his eyes.

This kid is smart, he must have come up with some new ideas.

Xie Hushan looked towards the direction of the brigade headquarters and said:

"If it goes outside the county, it must be freight train. I just met a buddy at the Bingyang County Railway Station. I went to see him overnight and asked him to find a way to make arrangements. If their factory now has goods that need to use wagons, we should ruin this deal first. This is to tell the other factory that if I can ruin your deal once, I can ruin it this time." "And in the future, whenever their factory loads goods, let my buddy send us a signal. Nothing else, I won't steal the goods, but sabotage the train so that it can't leave. It's nothing more than playing a double act and cheating their factory."

"If we hold back their factory's goods, cut off their source of income, and make it impossible for them to deliver goods, their orders will be lost. By then, the county will lose hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenue a year. Not to mention the workshop cadres, even the factory director will be fired by the county!"

"If you don't hand them over, the Zhongping CTM will work part-time as railway guerrillas in the future. The Zhongping militia will rob any train that dares to help them pull the pipes!"

"Fuck, isn't this a group? Isn't this awesome? The workers are not afraid of the factory not having orders. The factory is supporting them. I don't believe the factory director is not afraid either. The county doesn't dare to fire the workers, let alone fire him!"

Zhang Cheng's eyes lit up immediately:

"Is the relationship reliable? This is not a small matter. How powerful is your buddy to be able to arrange for their train to stop?"

Xie Hushan took out the five thousand yuan in his pocket and showed it to Zhang Cheng:
"He has this thing, so he has the face. If he can't deal with the big god, can't he find a few little devils to deliberately sabotage the carriages of the pipe factory?"

"Wait for me." Zhang Cheng threw away his cigarette butt, patted his face with both hands, then adjusted his expression and walked into the brigade headquarters. Ten minutes later, he came out again:

"It's been figured out. It's mainly for out-of-province shipments. We ship by train. We mainly supply a lighting factory in Fengtian, Northeast China, and several bicycle factories in Luzhou and Yuzhou provinces."

Xie Hushan looked at Han Hongbing and said:

"Chief of Staff Han, Ma Saner stays at the cliff to watch the kiln. Daxi is dumb, so you stay and watch these four people. Ask Lao Feng to record their statements and ask them to bite the other two to death. After the statements are taken, ask Second Uncle how to deal with them. We'll do whatever he says."

"Leave it to me, and let Daxi go with you." Han Hongbing nodded.

Xie Hushan pointed to the 212 car that picked up the middleman at the other factory and said to Da Xi and others who were squatting on the ground smoking:
"Daxi, take people over there, ask the two people in the car to get off and go to the team headquarters to drink water, and ask their driver to take you and me to the train station. Then let the driver go to report the news. If the factory director is not an idiot, he must understand that it is more important to protect his position or to help the two little hooligans lose their business."

A group of militiamen surrounded the car like wolves and tigers, and the two mature militiamen in the car showed no resistance or dissatisfaction on their faces. They got off the car with a smile and followed him to the team headquarters. It was obvious that they knew that this time their factory had Zhongping Village in its grasp.

Xie Hushan and Chen Daxi got on the 212 bus. Xie Hushan sat in the passenger seat and turned his head to the factory driver and said expressionlessly:

"Thank you for your help, Railway Workshop, Train Depot."

When the driver heard the words "railway workshop and vehicle maintenance section", his face changed slightly. Without saying a word, he started the car and drove towards the county town.

The Train Operation Section is the department that manages passenger and freight operations at all large and small railway stations within its jurisdiction. If factories of all sizes in Bingyang County want to load and ship goods by train, they need to burn incense and kowtow to the railway bosses. Among them, the one who kowtows the hardest and burns the most incense must be the Train Operation Section.

Does Zhongping Village have any connection with the railway?
Xie Hushan didn't say a word along the way. When the car arrived at the railway workshop, he got off the car and signaled the driver to leave. He took Chen Daxixi and went into the rows of bungalows.

The driver did not leave, but stood by the road, looking at Xie Hushan and the other man who were going away.

Xie Hushan didn't walk far, and stood outside a bungalow and knocked hard on the door:

"Bang bang bang!"

"Tiesheng! Tiesheng!"

Soon, footsteps and a sleepy and impatient question were heard from inside: "Who is it, so late at night?"

"Brother, does Song Tiesheng from the Song family live here? Someone asked me to deliver a message in the middle of the night. Something happened to his relative." Xie Hushan asked calmly.

The door was opened from the inside, and a shirtless middle-aged man looked at Xie Hushan and spoke suspiciously:
"Song Tiesheng? Does he have any living relatives who haven't been pissed off to death? You two have come to the wrong place. That guy just took over his father's job at the locomotive depot. These two rows of houses are the locomotive depot."

"Thank you for taking me there, big brother. You can sleep when I get back. This money is for me to treat my nephews and nieces to breakfast so you don't have to get up early. I must find him before dawn." Xie Hushan took out five dollars and handed it to the middle-aged man.

Chen Daxi next to him lifted up his clothes, revealing the bayonet at his waist.

"Is Tiesheng causing trouble again?" The middle-aged man was frightened by the gleaming bayonet, but he could see that the two men were not trying to make things difficult for him, but were looking for Song Tiesheng, so there was no expression of shock on his face.

As for five dollars, a boss like him in the locomotive section would not think that the money is too much and dare not take it.

Without much hesitation, he took the money, closed the door, and walked through the alley with the two of them, heading towards the rows of the locomotive section as he walked.

"That child is good in every way. He is sensible and filial, but he likes to fight and cause trouble everywhere."

The driver in the distance saw someone from the vehicle maintenance section following the two men away, and immediately started the car and rushed towards the factory.

He had to hurry and deliver a letter to the factory director. Zhongping was not a pushover. They had contacted the railway people and were definitely planning to block their carriages.

The middle-aged man led Xie Hushan past three rows of bungalows and finally came to the door of a bungalow:
"This is Tiesheng's home."

"Tie Sheng, Tie Sheng!" After the middle-aged man introduced Xie Hushan, he reached out to knock on the door and shouted:

"Have you been in a fight again recently? Someone came to pick you up in the middle of the night!"

The middle-aged man deliberately informed Song Tiesheng to see if the two men would suddenly attack. As a result, Xie Hushan did not move at all, and let him stand there and deliberately urge Song Tiesheng to run away.

After a long while, footsteps were heard inside, and the door was opened. Song Tiesheng, who had tried to rob Xie Hushan at the train station, walked out with his head lowered, and said impatiently as he walked:
"I've been working hard these past few days. Besides, who would dare to fight with me at the train station? Who?"

Xie Hushan looked at the tall young man in front of him and said with a smile:
"Zhongping Tiger Three."

(End of this chapter)