Kangyuan in the county seat of southern Guangxi was originally Cheng Dasui’s villa in southern Guangxi and was bought by someone at a high price.
However, Lu Ming did not expect that the person behind the purchase of the house was Gao Baoshan. He only found out about this after Gao Baoshan handed in the visiting card.
Gao Baoshan came to the Suppression Headquarters and personally invited Lu Ming to visit his house.
Lu Ming had a vague idea of what had happened, so he happily accepted the appointment.
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There are pavilions, small buildings, rugged rockery, gurgling springs, and flower beds full of colorful flowers competing for splendor.
Gao Baoshan paced in the flower hall, rubbing his head and laughing: "I never thought that one day, this villa of Cheng Dasui would become my own. Great, great! He still can't beat me, haha, haha!"
Although he was laughing, Lu Ming could see that he was actually in a very low mood. This cold joke was just a way to make fun of someone who was suffering.
Suddenly, he turned around and looked at Lu Ming, "Brother Zhang, I'm going to resign."
Lu Ming sighed, "Is there no room for recovery?" He was not very surprised, because according to recent signs from the provincial capital, Gao Baoshan's political opponents in the provincial capital, after watching for more than a year, found that Gao Baoshan was indeed unable to recover and had lost power, and had begun to settle accounts with him.
Now, the cases in all key departments of the provincial government are probably all complaints against Gao Baoshan.
Gao Baoshan smiled bitterly: "To be honest, I have a mortal enemy who is biting me. If I don't know how to advance or retreat, I'm afraid I'll lose my life." He glanced at Lu Ming and said, "I hope you can give me a comfortable meal in the future..."
Suddenly, he bowed deeply to Lu Ming.
Lu Ming coughed, quickly stood up and took his arm, "Hurry up, Brother Baoshan, what are you doing?"
In past and present lives, these warlords seem to have been like this. It is common for them to step down, and they usually seek protection from their old friends.
Some of them were able to make a comeback, while others never recovered or were even assassinated.
And it seems that Gao Baoshan is really an important figure of the Black Mountain faction and only he can be protected.
Gao Baoshan took out another letter from the table, opened it with both hands and handed it over, saying sincerely: "This is half of my fortune, and I am giving it to you now."
A key was attached to the letter, and the content of the document was to prove that the bank had deposited 3,000 gold bars of imperial standard regulations. The depositor was anonymous, and his identity was verified by the key and identity code.
The imperial standard gold bar weighs three taels and is worth about one thousand imperial coins. Three thousand of them would be worth almost three million.
"The identity code is..." Gao Baoshan said a string of passwords.
"Don't refuse, my dear brother. You have to take care of everything. Besides, my safety will be in your hands from now on. The brothers in the Security Bureau will also have a hard time." Gao Baoshan said as he looked at Lu Ming's expression.
If he wants to live a stable life here, he needs security personnel from the Bureau of Secrets to set up posts nearby to protect him for at least one or two years.
There is also the detection and prevention of plans to murder him, and so on.
In the future, the Nanping and Wanzhou Security Bureaus will probably have to set up special teams to be responsible for his safety.
Additional funding is indeed required.
But three million is an astronomical figure.
Lu Ming also laughed in his heart. Three million? It was indeed almost half of Gao Baoshan's current private property.
After all, although Nanping’s finances used to be his personal purse, that is no longer the case now.
What's more, Nanpingdao is not as wealthy as Jiangnan. He has been in office for more than ten years. He has acquired fixed industries and so on, which he cannot take away. However, he still has more than 10 million in cash. It is really conceivable how greedy he was. You know, companies with a market value of more than 10 million are already large companies at the imperial level. The Lingwei Automobile Industry, with which he had cooperated earliest, had a market value of only tens of millions, not to mention that he had 10 million in cash.
Indeed, no matter how big a company is, its profits are not as great as the wealth created by the millions of people in Yichang and three cities and their related industries.
According to the written document, this batch of gold bars was deposited in the Baoyin Bank in the Xin'an City Concession in Nanping Road.
In recent years, Baoyin Bank has developed rapidly in the eastern region of the empire and has an excellent reputation.
Seeing Gao Baoshan deposit the gold bars in Baoyin Bank, Lu Ming nodded with satisfaction. This was Baoyin Bank's first branch in the Northern Territory, and it seemed to be doing well.
"As for Gao Yuhu, I will write a letter to him..." Gao Baoshan looked at Lu Ming's expression, "I know that Yuhu and Xiandi are very close. This letter from me will certainly make him put those concerns to rest."
Lu Ming understood what he meant by writing a letter, and said with a smile, "Thank you."
At this time, there was a light sound of footsteps, and a slim figure came in from outside. It was a very beautiful young woman with delicate features, but the lines were relatively hard, giving people a cold feeling. Her expression was also very cold. She was wearing a dark purple cheongsam with a round neckline, which made her snow-white neck look very beautiful.
In her slender hands she held a tea tray with various snacks on it.
Gao Baoshan looked at her with a complicated expression, then he looked at Lu Ming and smiled, "Brother, come and try it. This is a snack made by our third sister-in-law Wanjun herself. See if it suits your taste."
Lu Ming sneered in his heart, there are really too many people called Wanjun.
Now we know who she is. She is Gao Baoshan's third daughter-in-law, named Pei Wanjun. It is said that she is naturally beautiful, arrogant, and has a hot temper. She is very famous in Nanping. She once slapped the police chief to vent her anger for her friend. She is a synonym for a bad woman among the people.
The third son of the Pei family, who was famous for tracheitis, was frightened like a lamb by the roar of the Hedong Lion.
The Pei family is wealthy and their business has expanded to the provincial capital, but nowadays, it seems that they are having a hard time.
Gao Baoshan gritted his teeth and finally said, "My dear brother, if you think Wanjun's snacks are delicious, this is a barren place in southern Guangxi, and I think your food and accommodation will be very difficult. How about Wanjun go to your house and help you in the kitchen while you are in southern Guangxi?"
Lu Ming had just picked up a small snack that looked like a snow-white glutinous rice ball and was thinking that there didn't seem to be any rare gifts hidden inside. Suddenly, he heard Gao Baoshan's words and the glutinous rice ball in his hand almost fell to the ground.
Looking at Gao Baoshan in astonishment, Lu Ming was speechless for a moment. This is the wife your third son married in a formal ceremony, not a concubine of your family. You want to come with me and be my cook? What do you think
Moreover, as for being a cook, is she really a cook
Turning to look at Pei Wanjun, he saw that she had a cold expression. Whether willingly or not, she had obviously accepted the fate she was going to face.
Just as he was about to refuse, an idea suddenly occurred to him, and he smiled and said, "Okay! Then follow me now."
Gao Baoshan nodded with deep sorrow in his eyes: "Okay, my brother is busy with official duties, Wanjun, you can go with Uncle Zhang now."
Pei Wanjun remained silent, but when she saw Lu Ming stand up and walk out, she followed him and took the bank document from Lu Ming's hand.
From the corner of his eye, Lu Ming caught a glimpse of the hunched figure in the flower hall, who seemed to have aged a lot in an instant.
The end of an era.
The era of these two heroes who once dominated the eastern part of Longbei Province came to an end as Gao Baoshan stepped down and Cheng Dasui fled to Haixi.
Gao Baoshan even wanted to give away his daughter-in-law as a gift for safety reasons and some unknown purposes.
One can't help but sigh in the heart.
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Full of emotion, Lu Ming left Kangyuan. Outside was a small convoy consisting of several black cars and green jeeps.
In fact, Gao Baoshan committed heinous crimes and it was not unjust for him to be executed, but from the perspective of united front work, it was also right for me to protect him.
After all, Gao Baoshan and the Black Mountain clique have always been allies and have never fallen out. Now that he is in trouble, if he were to take his life again, the warlords of all sizes in the Northern Territory would probably no longer be willing to trust the Black Mountain clique.
Therefore, from the perspective of the overall situation and integration into the political environment of the Northern Territory, sheltering Gao Baoshan is the best option.
However, this kind of thing naturally has nothing to do with General Lu.
Only Commissioner Zhang can come forward to protect him, and all controversial matters will be handed over to Commissioner Zhang.
If this period of history was recorded in later generations, it would naturally be because Commissioner Zhang was greedy for money and lustful, which saved the life of the evil warlord Gao Baoshan.
I am afraid that the future of Commissioner Zhang will not be good.
Thinking of this, Lu Ming suddenly felt a little depressed. Although this was just a dark role he played, from the perspective of Commissioner Zhang's own actions, he had a clear conscience. Unfortunately, there might not be a good ending in the end.
Sighing, Lu Ming came to his car, but saw a delicate and beautiful woman standing trembling beside the car. He smiled bitterly in his heart, thinking that it was indeed a luxury for him to want a good ending.
This was Chen Rongfu’s concubine, Zou, who was selected from the file bag that day, and her name was Zou Xiying.
She is Chen Rongfu's most favored, youngest and most beautiful concubine, much prettier than Cheng Wanjun.
But among Chen Rongfu's concubines, she was the one who suffered the most after he gave her a way out.
Because she really doesn't have any skills. Perhaps her greatest skill is being a concubine, which can make men lose their souls to her.
Indeed, seeing her wearing a rose-red, plum-blossom-buttoned jacket with double collars, a soft yellow silk skirt, and red embroidered shoes that were faintly visible, her figure was very delicate and graceful. In his previous life, men could only imagine the tenderness and docility of a traditional concubine in their dreams.
Of course, her appearance was not as good as those of his concubines, or even Yu Luan, but the timid scent of a beautiful concubine made it easier for people to have wild thoughts.
She was assigned to work as a female worker in a factory, but she got into trouble every other day. She once felt so tired that she sat on the ground and cried.
In fact, the tasks assigned to her were the easiest, such as organizing documents.
If it weren't for her special background at No. 7 Hongta Road, she would have been fired long ago.
I needed a concubine who could serve as my wife in the Suppression Headquarters, so I chose her, and she was just sent to me.
"Get in the car!" Lu Ming was too lazy to say more to her. He turned his head and glanced at Pei Wanjun, "You get in the car too."
Zou had already hurriedly climbed in and sat in the soft seat of the car, looking like she wanted to cry.
In the factory, she wore cloth clothes and cloth pants, and she didn't even have time to dress herself up. She got up early every day, unkempt and dirty, to go to work. To her, that life was no different from hell.
Before getting into the car, Lu Ming shook his head and sighed, as if he was becoming more and more adept at playing the role of the spy chief.