Chapter 21 A small step in growth
At midnight, outside the gate of the Tulun Port Police Station, under several street lamp poles, nearly a hundred strong men with live ammunition and swords hanging around their waists gathered here.
They either leaned against the street lamp poles or the exterior wall of the police station, and some people sat on the ground, playing cards with the bright gas street lights, and there were more or less silver coins in front of everyone.
More than a dozen patrolmen were mixed in the crowd, laughing and laughing with them, and handing them over and over with boxes of exquisitely packed cigarettes between them, happily, obviously everyone was old friends.
Joe followed Stein out of the Navy Club, and the crowd trotted across the road and came to the police station. The senior agents greeted Stein and dispersed in groups of three or three.
As senior elites in the police station, these agents have their own connections and their subordinates. After obtaining authorization, they can immediately enter the work state. Only Qiao is a little confused, so he is still following Stein.
A group of elite men quickly gathered over and greeted Qiao with a smile on his face.
More than a dozen patrolmen lowered their heads and slid oil on their feet, for fear that Stein would catch them and they would be lazy while on duty.
Qiao waved to the family guards and asked Stein: "Godfather, I don't understand that things broke out on the 15th, but today, I feel that everyone is deliberately delaying time. Everyone is deliberately delaying time."
"Two days, two full days, wasted like this?"
Stein lit a cigarette, he spitted a sip of smoke, and looked at the young man who called him "Godfather" with his own people, so he didn't mind passing on some experience to Joe.
"Two days, no waste. The army, the police, and those..." Stein pointed to the naval club's entrance, and the row of four-wheeled carriages that quickly left: "Those guys who have been dealing with conspiracies all day long have been doing their best to track down the attackers that night for the past two days."
"But the incident is too sensational and the losses in Tulun Port are too heavy. The imperial capital will definitely focus on this matter. It must give the imperial capital a clear and credible conclusion that can be explained to the people of the empire. Therefore, a special investigation team is necessary."
Stein pointed on Joe's chest: "But, the special investigation team cannot enter the market too early. You see, unlimited investigation power, this power is a must-have for the investigation team, but this power makes everyone extremely afraid of it."
Joe seemed to have understood something.
"So, these two days? Including Longgust and Papasi fight in person, they also have to fight for time..."
"Wipe your butt!" Stein rudely spitted on the ground: "Imperial Intelligence Headquarters, Imperial Army Military Investigation Bureau, Imperial Navy Overseas Hydrological Data Investigation Bureau, even the naval fleet in Tulun Port, and even the Royal Naval Academy... In the past two days, I have been dedicated to staying and giving them the butts!"
"If the special investigation team was formed two days ago, they would enter the market with strong force..."
Stein subconsciously touched his neck and said dryly: "Do you believe it? The next day, my head might have been fed to the dog."
"How many things do these people who were caught in this time can't see people? Not to mention anything else, just say... How did nearly half of the artillery of the Weitu family's ocean-going fleet come from?"
Qiao frowned vigorously: "I heard from my father that it is... a scrap product for the daily training of the Tulun Port garrison."
Stein smiled: "It's so terrifying, 90% of new scraps. Of course, the price of scrap is only a little over 10% of new shoots, so they are scrap."
Stein shrugged: "So, why are General Longert and the Vitu family so close friends?"
With a lip sneer, Stein sneered: "Let's talk about the Navy, the Wells family's fleet, those artillery, and a large number of shells, flintlocks, Imperial Navy standard swords, and even the new "retired due to injury" first-class cruiser added by the Wells family last year!"
"Call me, don't jump, oh, retire due to injury, do a pretty job!"
Taking a deep breath, slowly spit out a long green smoke. Stein said in a deep voice: "Joe, dear child, two days, two days of mutual ruling, mutual accusations, and all quarrels, abuses and even fights are the tacit understanding of everyone."
"Wipe your butt, let everyone wipe your butts quickly in two days. Two days is the limit that all parties can tolerate. If they can't handle these shameful things in two days... Once they are turned out, they will admit that they are unlucky."
Joe and a few guards beside him looked at Stein with amazement.
As if his heart was upside down, Joe asked Stein curiously: "Then, that Marquis of Seajac, he..."
Stein spat on the ground, spraying the cigarette butt and a mouthful of saliva on the sewer cover on the side of the road.
"Marquis de Sijac, look at his appearance today, a respected old nobleman, holding the power of his power and working hard for the empire."
Stein sneered: "He raised hundreds of lively and cute little boys in the manor in Qiantan District. They were little boys, not little girls. If they were little girls, I would envy him, but little boy, oh hoho!"
Stein reached out and pointed Joe's chest, and said with a strange smile: "Do you know now? Why did Liya strictly prohibit you from going to Qiantan District when you were a child?"
Qiao opened his mouth wide, and there was a thunder in his mind. After a long time, he said in horror: "Ah, ha. It's really a respected and moral example."
Stein pulled his slightly wrinkled coat and slapped Joe's arm hard.
"Joe, don't worry about these dirty things. This time I and your father decided to let you join the special investigation team."
"As long as you put a name in the investigation team, when the investigation results come out, you will have a lot of credit, and then a little operation, you are now the youngest policeman in Tulun Port, and soon you will be the youngest policeman in the history of the entire empire."
"You are born to be a big man."
"Look at Gorkin, he relies on his real military achievements, and he is only seven years older than you, and he is already a lieutenant colonel of the Imperial Army."
"Look at Tifa, she is about to end her four-year internship and become the youngest official judge in history in the Tulun Port District Court. Oh, she will become the youngest female judge in history in the entire Derren Empire."
"Maybe, one day, Tifa will be received by the Queen because of her achievements? It is very likely that the Queen has always attached importance to the liberation of women's rights and has always encouraged girls to hold more and more important positions in the imperial system."
"Gorkin, Tifa, they are all excellent. And Joe, you are also destined to be a big man." Stein slapped Joe's arm hard again: "Okay, it's late at night, don't worry Leah, go back and rest."
Joe looked at Stein and reached out to help him bounce a small piece of ashes off his shoulder.
"Godfather." Qiao reached out and pressed his heart.
The heart was beating violently, and the anger accumulated in my heart and some inexplicable will made Qiao excited.
"What's wrong?" Stein felt that Joe was a little wrong today. In the past eighteen years, except for fighting with the dandy boys in Tulum Port, his attitude was like a salted fish when doing anything.
But today, it is obvious that there have been some subtle changes in Qiao.
Stein watched Joe grow from a small, weak baby to such a tall and fat young man, and even opened up a sea of strength the night before yesterday.
He is Joe's godfather. He can feel the subtle changes in Joe.
"To be honest, I didn't want to be a policeman before." Joe looked at Stein seriously with his hands behind his back: "Since I just need to lie down, I can enjoy everything and enjoy life as much as I want, why should I work hard?"
"But... maybe it was the roar of Thor's cannon that awakened me."
A faint crimson light lit up in Joe's eyes. He told Stein very seriously: "My past thoughts were wrong. Is a man enough money just for a lot of money?"
Shaking his head vigorously, Qiao said sincerely: "No, no, no, what is money? Power and power...especially power."
"The moment I peed my pants in the roar of Thor's cannon, I woke up."
"When I opened up a sea of strength under the pursuit of those terrible killers, and even killed a few of them, I woke up."
Stein's face changed slightly... He didn't know that Qiao actually killed someone the night before yesterday?
No wonder Joe can open up the sea of power.
At the critical moment of life and death, it is always easy to break through.
In the imperial army, many soldiers were on the battlefield. When they were facing a life-and-death crisis for the first time, they suddenly opened up the sea of strength.
Stein's face was very gloomy.
He wants to discuss this matter with Hesen. Joe killed someone? Stein could not imagine what Joe had experienced the night before yesterday.
"I don't want to go home," Joe looked at Stein and said seriously. "I think I'll really be a member of the investigation team, not just make a lot of credit."
"Snatching credit from my colleagues is an insult to me, an insult to the Vitu family, and an insult to you, my godfather." Joe grinned and said, "I want to be upright and get the credit I deserve."
Stein raised his hand and it took a long time before he gently patted Joe on the arm.
There was a flash of water in his eyes: "Oh, Joe, you have finally grown up."
After coughing heavily, Stein said in a deep voice: "Then, do it according to your wishes. Old Stein will be your strong backing. You can call all the resources of the Tulun Port Police Station at will."
"I will ask someone to inform Hesen and Leah, you should do it as you wish."
Qiao nodded vigorously, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and suddenly something came to mind: "If we fail to get a definite investigation result in seven days?"
Stein smiled.
"Your father and I think that if there is a result in seven days, if there is no result, then this time, the little girl named Heiniwei must have caused it. All the responsibilities are from the Navy."
Chapter completed!