Space-time SWAT

The two were very friendly, chatting while drinking tea, from the famous French painter Paul Cézanne who had just passed away to the German classical philosopher Immanuel Kant.

Lu Zhaolin meaningfully mentioned Kant's famous saying in German, "There are only two things in this world that can deeply shock our hearts: one is the brilliant starry sky above our heads, and the other is the lofty moral law in our hearts." Western powers invaded the East and seized colonies, where is there any moral law?They regard the Orientals as savage and backward dirty ants, but in fact they themselves are more like inhuman beasts.

Pierre didn't seem to understand what he said, and changed the subject with great interest, talking about the new official system announced by the imperial court, and the power was concentrated in the Manchus, and about the American church opening Hujiang University in Shencheng, but the capital was resisting American, wait.Lu Zhaolin also chatted with him with a pleasant smile.He specifically mentioned that the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu signed a contract with German businessmen to build the Lanzhou Iron Bridge more than three months ago. Lu Zhaolin mentioned that the Minister of Beiyang ordered the recovery of the cement company founded by the British.Pierre talked about "China-India Renewal of the Tibet-India Treaty", and Lu Zhaolin casually talked about Japan's return of the Fengxin Railway.Pierre talked about the establishment of Peking Union Medical College in the capital, and Lu Zhaolin mentioned that the imperial court issued a regulation on smoking bans, which would be banned for ten years on a regular basis.

The two chatted happily, and after probing each other, they changed the subject without revealing any traces, talking about French perfume, Chinese silk, European opera, oriental music, emerging Western medicine, and ancient Chinese medicine, and then compared things with great interest. Fang's beauty, very gentlemanly praised.

The atmosphere became more and more harmonious.

After more than half an hour, Pierre came to the main topic, "I came here this time because our Yunnan-Vietnam Railway Company was attacked by thugs in Yunnan, your country, and suffered huge losses. The equipment was robbed and the staff was kidnapped. And killing, all kinds of crimes are really heinous. Our minister has made solemn representations to the court of your country, demanding to hand over the murderer, rescue the kidnapped people, find the robbed equipment, and compensate for all losses during the shutdown. Your Ministry of Foreign Affairs is also The former Prime Minister’s Office has clearly stated that it will meet all our requirements, and please cooperate with Master Lu.”

Lu Zhaolin smiled lightly, and said slowly: "We are civilized people, we cannot do barbaric things, and we must use evidence for conviction and sentencing. Regarding the ins and outs of this matter, the official letter sent by the Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou has already stated clearly. Since Zizhi County received a report from the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway Company, it has actively investigated and the case has been closed. The murderer who kidnapped and killed the employees of the railway company has been arrested and sentenced to death. He was taken to Chuncheng last November and beheaded for public display. The perpetrators confessed to the kidnapping and murder, but they refused to admit to the robbery of the machines. They were all illiterate and did not know any mechanical equipment, let alone how to transport it away. The magistrate of Mengzi had seen the so-called blackmail letter with his own eyes. There are Chinese and French, both of which are written very fluently and beautifully. It cannot be written by a group of bandits who are completely illiterate. Therefore, he judges that this is a dispute caused by internal strife among the French. Since it is an internal matter among foreigners, it naturally does not belong to us. As for the several employees of the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway Company who claimed to be kidnapped, they actually resigned voluntarily and sought other jobs. Currently, they are all working for the Southwest Railway Company and are planning to participate in the construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing Railway.”

Pierre listened to his rational and well-founded excuses, and his thoughts changed, thinking about countermeasures.

Lu Zhaolin then picked up an official document and pushed it in front of him, "The Yunnan-Vietnam Railway Company started construction of the Yunnan section of the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway in 1903, and has recruited 10 migrant workers from various provinces. Overtime work, poor food, poor clothing, no holidays, no wages, and arbitrary abuse by French supervisors. As of last year's accident, in just three years, 460 Chinese workers were tortured to death by the French. According to the "Southwest Labor Law" promulgated by the Sichuan Governor's Mansion, the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway Company must repay all wages owed to our laborers, medical expenses for the wounded and sick, and pensions for the seriously injured, disabled, and deceased, totaling 520 Two taels of silver. To show our friendship, we erased the odds, and the French side had to pay 4608 million taels of silver. If the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway Company can’t pay, it can only use the road construction rights in Yunnan and the completed projects in Yunnan. "

Pierre looked at the items listed in Arabic numerals on the official document.The wages include basic remuneration, overtime pay, and food allowance. Each person is two taels of silver a month, which is already very low, so he can't fault it.Seriously ill and disabled persons are also accompanied by medical certificates and treatment plans issued by the French hospital in Rongcheng. For those injured, exhausted, and disabled due to construction site accidents, the cause and medical expenses are clear at a glance.The pension for each deceased is only 100 taels of silver, which is just the cost of going to restaurants or buying a few sets of tea sets for foreigners, and it cannot be said to be expensive.The main reason is that the base is large, with [-] workers, [-] dead, [-] disabled, and [-] injured, almost none of them are whole. When all the details are added, the total is astonishing.

Facing the ignorant and ignorant old ministers of the Qing court, Pierre could swear harshly and threaten him with accusations, but now he is facing young elites who have studied in Europe for more than ten years, and these methods are useless.The Southwest is no longer under the control of the Qing court, and the Lu family is the local emperor here.Lu Haocang had also stayed abroad before, so he didn't worship foreigners, his bones were very hard, and he was rebellious.Although Lu Zhaolin is young, he is Lu Haocang's heir. He has military power in his hands, and he is well-informed. He cannot be suppressed by his status as a foreigner.

The three southwestern provinces are rich in resources and backward in economy. The French and the British wanted to acquire them. However, with Lu Haocang and Lu Zhaolin and his sons around, it might not be so easy.

He thought for a while, and didn't intend to quarrel with Lu Zhaolin immediately, so he said kindly: "We don't know these things, can you provide us with the relevant evidence?"

"Yes." Lu Zhaolin handed over another text, "These are rubbings, including the account books and original vouchers of the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway Company, the receipts of wages paid at the construction site, pulse records and prescriptions for sick and injured workers to go to the local hospital for medical treatment. , the testimonies of the deceased’s co-workers, the testimony of the Chinese foreman, the testimony of the French employees, the autopsy reports made by local officials, the medical certificates from French hospitals, photos of mass graves, photos of seriously ill and disabled laborers, and reports from various levels of government in Yunnan. There is also a copy of the "Southwest Labor Law". Mr. Mattis can take it and study it carefully, and then we can discuss it."

Pierre put away the thick text and politely got up to leave.Lu Zhaolin personally sent him out and gave him two cans of good tea.The two smiled and shook hands at the gate of the Governor's Mansion. It seemed that the host and guest had a good time and there was no conflict.

Watching Pierre's carriage leave, Lu Zhaolin returned to the office and continued to take care of official duties.

He has sealed off all opium dens in the three southwestern provinces, and strictly ordered the army to eliminate opium-addicted opium smokers, but opium has not been banned.The British ordered the locals in Myanmar, Laos and other places to grow opium poppies, refine them into opium, and sell them to opium dealers in Yunnan, Guangxi and other places nearby.Most of these cigarette dealers are members of gang organizations and are quite powerful in the local area. Pornography, gambling and drugs are their mainstay of income, and they are unwilling to lose any of them.With the momentum of thunder, the army and the police came together, and wiped out the gangster forces that specialize in opium dens everywhere.Anyone who possessed more than [-] catties of opium was sentenced to death, and small cigarette dealers were sent to mines for mining.Such resolute action has indeed driven most of the cigarette dealers out of the three southwestern provinces, but there are always a few desperadoes who are desperate for huge profits and refuse to give up their well-developed sites.Lu Zhaolin has been deploying, trying to wipe out all these people years ago.

He has set up smoking cessation clinics in cities where there are a relatively large number of opium dens to help those heavily addicted opium smokers to quit drugs, and at the same time obtain some confessions to follow the clues to catch cigarette dealers.Many people were also detained during the raid on the opium dens. He took advantage of the opportunity to wipe out the evil forces behind these opium dens and pulled out many cancers.His policy of "the culprit must be held accountable, the coercion will not be questioned, the crime will be reduced, and the report will be rewarded" and the devastating storm of cracking down on gangsters has caused many middle and lower-level backbones of the gangster forces to voluntarily surrender. Other halls will no longer be stained with opium.

After two months of rectification, the three southwestern provinces are much refreshed.He deliberately left a few dark lines in the process of purging, so that those who insisted on still selling tobacco for huge profits would unknowingly lean on those lines.When the people are gathered together, they can start to act and catch them all at once.

During the reform of the official system, Lu Zhaolin changed the patrol room into a police station. All the patrols went to the chaff and picked up the essence. He also recruited some honest and brave veterans to enrich the police stations in various places and be responsible for maintaining social order.He also subdivided the security police, criminal police, special police and fire police, and also began to train forensic and negotiation experts.His rich knowledge and mature and meticulous work style made those police elites amazed and admired him.These young and middle-aged elites were specially trained by him for a month, and then went to cities, counties and townships in the three southwestern provinces to train local police and assist the police chief in reorganizing.

In the black storm, most of them are military and police joint operations. The police arrest people, and the soldiers chase them down.The special squadron of the new army trained by Lu Zhaolin performed excellently, with strong combat power, like sweeping holes in a plow court, often defeating the enemy with a single charge. Almost everyone has seen blood, killed and wounded the enemy.After several battles, these officers and soldiers changed drastically. They no longer felt timid in their hearts, and screamed as soon as they entered the battlefield.

Lu Zhaolin was very satisfied, and sent the students from the general school and other units of the new army into the anti-gangster and bandit operations in nearby counties and cities in batches, so that they could grow up in actual combat.

Now, he also has a few officers who can be seen clearly under his command, such as Major Shen Hongyi, the leader of the New Army Special Squadron, Captain Huo Kangshun, the deputy squadron leader, and Lu Yang, Hua Hao, and He Jiaying, outstanding students of the Phoenix Military Academy. They can all get the rank of lieutenant after graduation.In addition, he also trained several trustworthy assistants in government affairs, such as Bao Weichen, the grandson of Lieutenant General Bao Jianzhang, the commander of the New First Army in Sichuan, Weng Chenghua, the eldest son of Weng Mingde, the Xuezheng of Sichuan, and Shen Chengfang, the governor of Yunnan. The youngest son Shen Chang'an, the seventh son Chang Chun of Major General Chang Jin, deputy commander of the New Second Army of Guizhou, Min Zhiqiang the second son of Min Liang, the prefect of Rongcheng, and Yang Can, the eldest son of Yang Sanjiang, a wealthy man in eastern Sichuan.

Most of these young talents are between the ages of 20 and 30, some are the second generation of officials, the second generation of the army, the second generation of the rich, and some are from humble families, but they are all smart, active in thinking, dare to think and do, dare to fight and fight , only recognize the Southwest King, not the imperial court.Not only Lu Zhaolin valued them, but Lu Haocang also admired them very much. He was already thinking about the older girls in his family and planned to marry them.

It has only been a year since he traveled here, and Lu Zhaolin already has his own team, and when Mu Boming returns, he will make bigger moves.