1006 Hidden Danger
Compared with Hong Tao, Benzhu and Shen Wansan have a huge advantage. From their speech to their habits to their dress, they all look very much like refugees. They also reveal that they want to buy a carriage for transportation, and they show their basic understanding of raising and using mules and horses.
Skill, the two coachmen soon gave up most of their vigilance.
Next, I was naturally invited to have a few drinks at a nearby tavern owned by Han people. As a senior, I talked a few words about the advantages, disadvantages and precautions of transportation. By the way, I helped Changfeng Transportation Company to make connections.
There are too many words.
There is a saying that the speaker is unintentional and the listener is intentional. The two coachmen just used today's moving work as an example, but Benzhu and Shen Wansan heard what they wanted. For example, what the cargo owner's home looks like, how many people are there, and whether they are local refugees or refugees.
Immigrants, generally what kind of work they do, etc.
The owner’s surname is Qin and his first name is Hongwei. He is in his forties and has a slight northwest accent. He lives on the second floor of the antique city with two other men. It is said that he sells seafood. The so-called seafood does not mean seafood, but refers to seafood.
The specialty products brought to Tianjin Port for sale by merchants from other survivor groups can also be considered imported goods.
Things are rare and expensive, and most marine products are Southeast Asian specialties. Even if they are more expensive, they still sell well. However, due to the limited quantity and unstable delivery time, there are not many merchants who specialize in this kind of business.
Usually, when local merchants encounter foreign merchant ships docking, they buy some goods and sell them at a higher price in the Jinmen Port market. When they come to the capital, they sell them at least second-hand or third-hand.
It is basically impossible to get first-hand goods, even for local merchants in Tianjin Port. The reason is very simple. There is a language barrier, lack of trust, and different business habits between local merchants and foreign merchants.
Foreign merchants take the risk to come here, and they will definitely not make much profit from ordinary goods alone. If they want to make a fortune, they must get relatively scarce supplies to bring back. However, it is difficult for local merchants to get such supplies in a short time, and it will take a long time to wait.
The foreign businessmen were not happy.
If there is a demand, there will be a market. If there is a relatively fixed source of goods, it is quite profitable to sell seafood. In order to control the supply of sea goods, some businessmen with stronger capabilities and stronger backgrounds specialize in accepting goods from outside merchants.
At least one ship is needed. If one person is not strong enough, several people should work together.
In this way, although the foreign merchants could not sell their seafood at high prices, they saved time and were relatively safe. Over time, they simply stopped trading with strangers. As soon as the ship docked, they would wait for local merchants who specialized in the seafood business.
Businessmen approached, but outsiders wanted to buy but not sell.
Regardless of the small circle, merchants who engage in this kind of business basically have some influence, and at least they have to be able to maintain a good reputation in the local area. On the one hand, they have to deal with the shipments of goods from foreign merchants, and on the other hand, they have to raise scarce supplies, both internally and externally.
It is not a fuel-efficient lamp and is very risky.
Foreign merchants sometimes deliberately bring in some goods that are not allowed to be sold by the alliance, such as unique products, weapons and ammunition, population, etc. If you don't have a strong relationship between black and white, anyone who accepts such goods will be screwed in minutes.
The family was broken up and people died.
At the same time, there are also intelligence officers sent by other survivor organizations among the foreign businessmen, or simply fugitives from there. The composition of the personnel is extremely complex. If you deal with these people every day, if you are not careful, you will either be killed or shot.
He fell into the trap and became an accomplice, and was invited to tea by the Ministry of Internal Affairs sooner or later.
If he hadn't worked for a transportation company, Hong Tao wouldn't know it so clearly. There is a clear rule in the transportation company that it does not accept orders from overseas merchants! It doesn't matter how much money you pay. If you want to transport imported goods, you must find an official freight company.
company and undergo strict inspections.
As the saying goes, there are policies and countermeasures. If you want to sell the goods in your hand, especially some contraband items that are not allowed for private sale, at a high price, you will definitely not be able to do it through formal channels.
Therefore, maritime merchants will pay high prices to bribe people from transportation companies, and use the entrainment method to send batches of contraband to various safety zones in the alliance for private sale, earning high profits.
Therefore, those who engage in this kind of business are all colluding with the local underworld forces, and they are also part-time smugglers and black marketeers. The social relations are extremely complicated, and their whereabouts are also very hidden.
Qin Hongwei was active for a period of time a few years ago. He rented a small stall in the Great Ocean Road Market and used it as a cover to sell dried and fresh aquatic products. He secretly made a prosperous black market business, specializing in selling standard weapons and ammunition, and would sell them every two weeks or so.
When he receives a batch of goods, Limin's convoy will carry the goods to Beijing for him.
But then he suddenly disappeared for some reason, and it didn't attract anyone's attention. Anyway, this kind of person will not last long. He was either killed by his colleagues or caught by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Unexpectedly, he was still alive and quietly moved to Xinqi
District, Shen Wansan recognized him as soon as he showed up.
"Seafood stall...that's not right. He came from Jinmen Port and has official immigration documents. But the driver of Changfeng Company clearly said that the owner of the cargo lived in the South Third District, and specially found a middleman to hire a car in the east safety zone of the city.
Someone must be wrong!"
Hearing this, Hong Tao suddenly took out a few pieces of paper from his pocket, flipped through them one by one, and finally stopped at the name that Tao Wei had put a question mark on. Qin Hongwei, an immigrant from Jinmen Port, owner of stall No. 151 at the intersection.
, dealing in seafood products!
Wang Jian's investigation results are basically consistent with Tao Wei's description. This guy took advantage of the alliance's opportunity to recruit local refugees a month ago and took the initiative to apply for immigration procedures. He was treated as sand and mixed into the New Seventh District. Identity certificate, immigration
All documents are available.
So here comes the question, why did Qin Hongwei leave the seafood business alone and sneak into the new safety zone to sell seafood? If it was to avoid enemies, then he shouldn't touch the seafood trade again.
This thing must be purchased 100% from Jinmen Port. You can't buy it from the Great Ocean Road Market and then sell it at the Crossroads Market. If you do this, you won't even make ice money.
If he is not the original cargo owner who hired the car, then who is the real cargo owner? Could it be the two men next to him? If so, who in the South Third District has such a deep connection between a marine goods merchant and anyone?
Isn't it possible that he went to the new safe zone to develop the black market?
"...Brother Mouse, do you still remember Jiang Menshen's group? They have been operating black market weapons for a while. For this reason, they have also made enemies with various forces in the safety zone in the south of the city, and have killed each other several times. Both sides have
Many people died, and it was eventually quelled by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but the people were arrested and released.
You asked us to investigate this group of people privately, but nothing happened later. I remember that those guys lived in the South Third District, and the weapons on the black market back then must have been imported from overseas. Maybe they themselves were dealing in overseas products!"
Not to mention that there is strength in numbers, Benzhu made up for the details that Hong Tao didn't expect. This is also the difference between talking and breaking legs. At that time, Hong Tao just suspected that Jiang Menshen was related to the kidnapping and trafficking of children in Jinmen Port, and ordered Hu Yang
They took turns watching him, and they didn't have much impression afterward, but Benzhu who was responsible for watching must have a deep memory.
"Fuck, what a mistake, why did I forget about him...eat, sleep, come out with me when it gets dark!"
A word woke up the dreamer. When Hong Tao heard the name of Jiang Menshen, his head suddenly buzzed, like a mouse that thought it was hiding well, but suddenly realized that it was being stared at by a pair of malicious eyes!
Ever since I came back from Xinyang and learned that Chu Qiu and Alexei were causing trouble behind Antong Machinery Company, I never paid attention to every move of this group of people. In the subsequent series of calculations, these people were not included in the calculations, and they were completely regarded as
Air.
Looking at it now, I'm afraid we can't rule them out right away. Although they look inconspicuous, the more they look like this, the more dangerous they are. If you don't take precautions at the critical moment, you can't prevent them, and maybe you can turn the situation around.
This group of people is most likely controlled by Chu Qiu and Gao Tianyi. Zhang Fengwu has secret forces in the safe zone. As higher powers in power, Chu Qiu and Gao Tianyi have no reason not to be prepared.
Of course, whether Jiang Menshen and his gang came to the New Seventh District cannot just be relied on guessing, but also need to find some evidence. Hong Tao has no particularly clever method, he can only rely on his eyes.
I had seen Jiang Menshen up close several times at meetings at the Sanhuan Entertainment City, and I still vaguely remembered his appearance. The things on the carriage were relatively high-end, so I guess they were not for ordinary people.
Chapter completed!