Chapter 123: Two heroes fight for hegemony

Xie Li looked at Tan Zhenhua strangely and asked, "I didn't expect Xiao Tan to know the Golden Triangle? It seems that my dad said that you know astronomy and geography in the first place, and know the trivialities at the bottom. It's not a lie.
This sounded like a compliment and a loss of him. Tan Zhenhua opened his mouth, but after all he held it back without saying a word.
Xie Li didn’t take it seriously, and continued:
Since the second half of 1978, we have been working hard to operate this new base area. There is a mixture of fish and dragons, small armed forces everywhere, there are caravans engaged in smuggling, and the broken up fruit party. The bandits, even as long as they are in a village, have a few guns.
However, where is our opponent for these skirmishers? Hearing that we were playing the Charge, the calves turned muscles, let alone fighting.
After fighting like this for a year, we gradually controlled a small area in the northwest corner of this area. More importantly, not only did our team fight less, but instead fight more and more. There are many ethnic minorities and people from the old base areas. The trousers could not stand the atmosphere there, so they all ran over to us, but we only needed the trousers and the Wa people, and the others were well persuaded to retreat. In this way, more and more people gathered, and many of them were good fighters. By mid-1979, we had more than 4,000 people.
Brigadier Bao simply reorganized the army, changed the brigade into a division, and became a division commander by himself. The team was reorganized into 3 regiments, numbered from 68031 to 68033, each regiment has more than 1,300 people, and I also became 68031 because of my military exploits. The head of the regiment.
Of course, these Master Bao also telegraphed the command headquarters and got the acquiescence from above. In fact, it’s okay if they don’t acquiesce. We are far away from them anyway, so we can’t grind our lips with their old men, and the above also opened up to us. Close one eye and basically ignore it. "
Xie Guangfeng curled his lips and said angrily: "What military exploits, I think you are his brother-in-law."
Xie Li didn't blush at all: "This is of course also an important reason. Is political power coming out of the barrel of the gun? In that environment, what is wrong with Master Bao using someone he can trust?"
Zheng Xiangqing asked curiously: "You have too many people, what about the supply?"
Xie Li hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth, and said, "We collect the smoke."
"what!"
Xie Guangfeng instantly became frenzied when he heard the words: "Smelly brat, you dare to sell big cigarettes! You are guilty of corrupting the public, do you know if you want to take a gun in the country? See if I don't interrupt your dog legs !"
After that, I jumped up and walked around in the room to see if there was anybody who could take advantage of it. Unfortunately, in the "luxury" single room of this small hotel, there is nothing but a bed, two benches and a small square table. Those two benches are still Tan Zhenhua and Zheng Xiangqing were sitting under their buttocks. Old Xie got anxious and bent over to break the legs of the table.
Tan Zhenhua quickly got up and grabbed Xie Guangfeng's waist and said, "Director Xie, don't worry. Hearing brother has finished speaking. He must have had some difficulties."
Xie Li raised his neck and said: "What can we do? The Golden Triangle has no foundation. Our people can carry guns for war. Isn't economics a black eye? The people will grow smoke and pay taxes for generations. At that time, nothing could be harvested except for the smoke and a little grain. What should we do? Besides, the horse caravans and bandits in Myanmar, including the old bases, are not growing smoke? Haven’t you heard of "May 1st" group"?
Seeing everyone shaking their heads, he explained: "The May 1st Group" is a department directly under the central government established in 1975, which is responsible for the trade of'special goods'. All the money for operating profits goes to the public, and it is not allowed to sell to China. It is not allowed to be sold in the "liberated areas". This organization is now renamed "819" and is personally in charge of the vice chairman Deqin Peyden.
However, once Pandora's box is opened, the devil released is difficult to control. After the "May 1st Group" used the opium business as the main source of funding, other troops saw the huge profits in it, and they also operated this way. After the profits were made, they were kept in the unit's small treasury or directly private pockets.
However, due to the repeated destruction and corruption of the organization, the armed forces of various ethnic groups have actually formed a personal dictatorship of the leader, the "gun-money" combination, and the "independent kingdoms" that the central government cannot control. All ministries showed their magical powers to make money, and the ban of the general headquarters completely failed under the impact of money worship.
In the environment at that time, we wanted to buy medicines and grains, weapons and ammunition, we needed money, a lot of money, we didn’t use renminbi, we didn’t use gold or US dollars, or even the base area needed supplies, but we didn’t have these. But some people are willing to collect our food, but we don’t have enough food ourselves! We don’t have to smoke to change, what do we use? Do we want us to starve to death or to fight the enemy with our bare hands? "
Upon hearing this, Xie Guangfeng sighed and fell on the bed.
Xie Li couldn't bear to see his father like this, so he explained: "Dad, in fact, we also know that smoking is not right. Therefore, there are several principles in our team:
One is that he is determined not to plant, and only exchanges the tobacco tax paid by the people in the base area for materials;
The second is to resolutely not sell cigarettes to China. As for the base areas, they only exchange materials with the "51 Group". As for other places, please love whoever you are. Anyway, you are not a good person;
The third is that people within their team are never allowed to smoke heavy cigarettes, and they are expelled from one by one;
Fourth, only "yellow arsenic" is allowed to be processed, because "yellow arsenic" is much smaller than opium, is easy to transport, and cannot be directly ingested. Even if the local people get it, it is useless, and it can achieve the goal of not poisoning the people in the base area. "
Xie Guangfeng snorted from his nostrils, and said bitterly: "You have not been eaten up by the dog for your conscience."
Xie Li bowed his head after being scolded, and did not dare to speak.
Zheng Xiangqing asked curiously: "It sounds like you should have a good life? Why did you come here to call for help?"
Xie Li hummed: "It was really good at the beginning, but as our movements got bigger and bigger, and we controlled more and more places and people, we finally woke up a wolf!"
"What's the matter?" This time he said in unison.
Xie Li licked his lips and said, "Actually, we controlled this small area in the northwest corner. It was a little trouble. When others first thought we were just a small unit like a local caravan, they didn't get their eyes straight. I have seen us, but as our influence gradually expanded, one person finally began to be alert, this person was named Kunza."
Tan Zhenhua felt like a scumbag when he heard the name, Nima, I said, who can call this undaunted head of Xie Lixie back to his hometown, crying and looking for his father. It turned out to be this one.