s: I was delayed by something at home last night, so I didn’t have time to post it.
I’m sorry, but I will make up for the 6,000-word chapter today.
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Hudaydah business district.
Although Hodeidah is a military base, it is also a commercial center.
Due to its geographical location, it is very close to Africa, separated by the Red Sea, and not far from Europe.
It is an important transit port.
Here, a large number of merchants from the Middle East, Africa and even Europe conduct re-export trade here every day.
The streets here are full of signs and advertisements with Chinese characters, and pedestrians on the streets also communicate in Chinese.
It looks no different from domestic business districts.
Of course, there are still some differences.
In addition to Chinese characters, those signboards and advertisements also have other text versions, usually Chinese, English, French, and Arabic.
People here and nearby areas mainly use these four languages.
In addition, in addition to Chinese people, there are also foreigners of various skin colors and costumes.
They speak fluent or blunt Chinese in front of Chinese-owned shops and bargain with the bosses.
"Indeed, this place looks no different from the International Trade Market in Shanghai.
I really can't tell that this place is thousands of miles away."
Political Commissar Lu Yishan also nodded in agreement.
Chief of Staff Qin Wenbin looked at his watch and said, "How about we get out of the car and take a walk.
It's only 2:10 in the afternoon, and it's still early for dinner."
Li Ang agreed without much thought: "Well, it might as well take a look."
After they parked their car in the parking lot of the commercial district, they started shopping.
The driver from the guest house also accompanied them and acted as a tour guide.
Seeing the crowds of people on the street, Political Commissar Lu couldn't help but said to the driver: "Xiao Zhang, your place is quite prosperous.
The density of people is comparable to the commercial districts of Guangzhou and Shanghai."
The driver introduced with a smile: "Chief, this place was relatively prosperous before it was leased to China.
It was an important port on the Red Sea coast.
After China took over, it has become even more prosperous.
Many domestic companies have opened offices and offices here.
There are also many branch companies and merchants engaged in entrepot trade.
Especially in the past two years, due to the war in Europe, the goods coming from Europe have dropped sharply, and our country's goods account for the majority.
Now our place has become the largest material trading center in the Middle East.
Not only do businessmen from the Middle East purchase goods here, but also goods from our country.
Many people from Africa come here to buy goods.”
"Well, look, for example, the pharmaceutical company opposite, its customers are mainly from Africa."
He pointed across the street.
I saw that a pharmaceutical wholesale company called "Deren" opposite was doing very well.
The sign at the door of the store read in several words: "The lowest price in Hong Kong.
Wholesale of various drugs, medical supplies, and medical equipment.
Accepting reservations." ” Li Ang and the others were curious and walked in casually.
Most of the customers inside were foreigners.
A middle-aged Caucasian man was sweating profusely and was communicating with the boss.
He said in a strange Mandarin: "Boss, iodophor, twenty boxes of iodine, twenty boxes of my I need twenty boxes of iodophor, twenty packs of medical cotton, and twenty packs of medical gauze.”
The boss flipped through the account book, spread his hands and said: "There are still medical cotton and medical gauze, but the iodophor has been sold out and will only be available in the next batch.
You can come back when the next batch of goods arrives."
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"When will the next shipment arrive?"
"Probably next Wednesday or Thursday."
"Oops, it's too long.
I need it urgently," the middle-aged Caucasian said anxiously.
The boss spread his hands: "Will, you are a regular customer here, and I won't hide it from you.
There is really no way.
Iodine is a new product, and domestic production is relatively small, so the supply exceeds demand.
If you are really urgent, Then you can change to iodine, medical alcohol, or hydrogen peroxide.
Anyway, they all have the same effect, and these are still in stock."
The man from Will said with a depressed look: "I know about the same, but my client specified iodophor because it does not irritate the wound.
If other drugs are used, the wound will be very painful."
Li Ang looked at it for a while and found that this place was basically for buying external medicines, gauze, bandages and other trauma supplies.
He grabbed a clerk and asked: "Brother, may I ask, is the reason why your external medicines are selling so well here because of the war?"
The clerk was a little impatient at first, but when he saw Li Ang's military uniform and rank, his attitude suddenly became enthusiastic.
He quickly replied with a smile on his face: "Yes, Mr.
Colonel, you are absolutely right.
The war in Africa is very lively now, and all kinds of external medicines and equipment are very popular."
The clerk pointed to the foreigner. , said: "The foreigner's name is Will, and he is the owner of a Belgian trading company.
His company is a leather bag company, specializing in second-hand dealer business.
He buys medicines for the Belgian army in Africa, and he purchases them from us.
Sold to African armies at high prices” Then, Li Ang asked a few more questions at random, and the clerk answered them one by one.
"Haha, thank you for your answer."
After asking, Li Ang shook hands with the clerk and said goodbye.
Li Ang said with some surprise: "Oh, this is really strange.
Doesn't the Belgian army have its own supply of medicines?
It actually wants to buy them from private merchants."
He is now focused on the fleet, and he really doesn't know much about these issues.
It can also be regarded as another form of "turning a blind eye to what is happening outside the window."
However, the political commissar Lu Yishan was better informed, and he immediately smiled and said: "Originally, there was some, but it has disappeared recently.
Think about it, their country has been destroyed, how can there be any supply of medicines?
There was support from Britain and France the year before last, but since last year At the beginning, the situation in Britain and France was not good, and they were unable to protect themselves.
How could they have the strength to support them?
" "Haha, these Belgians don't just buy medicine, they want everything.
And not only Belgians come to buy things, but the British, French, South Africans and Germans also come to us to buy things.
They want everything.
We need weapons, steel, cars, medicines, food, textiles, clothes, daily necessities, etc.
Everything is needed.
Now the prices of all commodities have increased by more than half.
For example, the price of items like this that have increased the most is more than two years ago.
It has more than doubled before, and everyone who comes to do business from home has made a fortune.”
The driver Xiao Zhang also introduced the recent situation here.
He came here three years ago and is very familiar with the situation here.
Li Ang nodded, thought for a while and said: "It seems that the Allies have a serious shortage of transportation capacity.
Now they have to concentrate on dealing with the Allies, and they can no longer take care of the African colonies.
Instead of transporting it from the country, it is better to buy it directly here in Hodeidah.
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It is very close to Africa, and the Germans and the South African rebels may only buy things from us.”
Chief of Staff Qin Wenbin couldn't help but said: "The current situation in Africa is really confusing.
The Allies clearly have a huge military advantage, but they were defeated by the Germans.
South Africa revolted again and got involved with the Germans again. , it’s time for Britain to have a headache.”
Li Ang shook his head and said: "Yes, the Allied Forces' 300,000 troops were beaten to a pulp by more than 20,000 German colonial troops, and they actually turned full defense.
It is really embarrassing."
The Allied Powers in this war were indeed humiliated in East Africa.
A total of 300,000 regular troops were beaten to a bloody pulp by the German East African Army of less than 30,000 people, and were in a miserable state.
It has to be said that the commander of the East African Army, Major General Letto Vorbeck, was a rare tactical genius, although he only had more than 2,000 real German officers and soldiers under his command, and the remaining 90 or more were black mullet.
Everyone knows that fighting in black sorghum is very joyful.
There are often miraculous battles where thousands of troops from both sides fight fiercely for a whole day, but there are zero casualties.
However, black corn is also divided into three, six and nine levels.
In comparison, the Zulu people in South Africa have relatively high combat effectiveness.
This is due to the reputation gained by brushing cow heads in the "Zulu War" that year.
But this time, there is another fighting nation, Tanzanians, among the black squid.
After the outbreak of World War I, Brother Vorbeck relied on more than 20,000 Tanzanian black corns, which seemed very unreliable, to destroy the Allied East African colonies and make them miserable.
The Allied forces were played around like monkeys by him.
He used various means to move the troops of the Allied Powers here and there, making them exhausted.
Then he found the right opportunity to take advantage of the opponent's troops to be scattered and exhausted, and suddenly concentrated his troops to attack all the way, hit and run.
Vorbeck was not greedy for credit, just like an ant eating an elephant, he would eat up the Allied forces with three hundred today and five hundred tomorrow.
Although the tactics he used were simple and old-fashioned, they were always used in places where the Allies were extremely uncomfortable, so that the Allied forces had no choice but to jump in with their eyes closed even though they knew it was a trap.
The Allies had nothing to do with this man Vorbeck.
Instead, they jumped into the pit one after another.
So far, they had lost nearly 70,000 people, but they did not cause much damage to Vorbeck.
Therefore, they had to grit their teeth and switch to defense and give up completely.
The plan of flying Er Dezi in East Africa.
After the Great Uprising in South Africa, Vorbeck sent people to contact the South African rebels.
After the two parties formed an alliance, they became the horns of power, firmly controlling the territory from East Africa to eastern South Africa.
Now the Allied forces in Africa have been beaten to the point of losing their temper by Vorbeck, and they have to huddle in a few big cities and fortresses for defense.
As for the field battle, forget it, I don't want to go there anymore.
However, although Vorbeck is very good at fighting, there is no good way to deal with the Allied Powers' current "turtle that can't get ahead".
After all, his military strength is insufficient and he lacks the equipment to attack the enemy.
Therefore, the current African battlefield has been made almost like the European Western Front.
The two sides have fallen into an embarrassing stalemate.
Of course, this embarrassment refers to the Allied Powers.
Instead, more than 300,000 people were defeated by less than one-tenth of their own number of enemy troops.
Forced to go on the defensive, this ugly result made the Allied forces' faces burn.
And Leto Vorbeck, who caused all this, became famous because of this.
He was known as a "rare and famous general" and received countless awards, medals and so on.
He was nominated by Kaiser Wilhelm II and awarded him the Blue Marx, the highest honor of the German army, in absentia.
He was also promoted to lieutenant general and served as commander of the East African Army.
Well, everyone can just selectively ignore the fact that this so-called "East African Legion" has less than 30,000 people.
What Li Ang and the others don't know is that the Germans are now in a good situation in Africa.
Of course, this is due to the famous general Letto Vorbeck's effective command.
But the most important reason is the massive amount of humanitarian relief supplies from China.
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Modern warfare is all about logistics and supplies.
Without these things, even if Vorbeck is a genius and a famous general, it will be difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice.
Of course, most of these humanitarian relief supplies seem to have nothing to do with China, but are provided by some "international humanitarian organizations", such as "Decepticons", "Celestial Beings", "Knoss" "Ah wait.
Not only did the German troops in East Africa receive help, but the South African rebels also benefited greatly.
However, only Wen Desi and a few senior officials knew about these things.
Li Ang and the others wandered around the business district for a while.
While enjoying the exotic scenery, they also bought a bunch of Arabian and African souvenirs as souvenirs.
At this time, Li Ang and the others arrived at the end of the business district, the side near the harbor.
The number of shops used for trade gradually decreased from here, and the number of restaurants, hotels, bars, cafes, teahouses and other leisure and entertainment facilities gradually increased.
Suddenly, Li Ang exclaimed: "Hey, is there a brothel here?"
I saw that both sides of the street in front were shops with signs such as "xx Health Room", "xx Health Massage Parlor", "xx Leisure Club", "xx Turkish Bath", etc.
There were also "authentic Japanese customs", Advertisements such as "Authentic Persian Orchid", "African Romance", "European Style" and so on, and there are many gorgeously dressed women soliciting customers on the street at the door.
"Uh, yes.
This is the leisure and entertainment street in the business district."
Xiao Zhang, the driver who acted as a guide, explained with some embarrassment: "This is indeed a brothel.
Most of them are run by Japanese and Ottomans, because there is no domestic ban on this kind of brothels.
There are many restrictions on the industry, so there are also some businessmen in our country who come to this industry.”
At this time, several solicitors discovered them.
Seeing these tall and handsome officers, the girls' eyes lit up and they crowded around them.
"Heads, please come to our place.
We have authentic Japanese geishas here.
They are all young and beautiful, and they also have beautiful bodies."
"Chief, go to our health room for some general health care.
It will definitely eliminate your travel fatigue."
"Chief, come and taste African black pearls."
“We have authentic blonde beauties” Yingying Yanyans of various skin colors surrounded them and promoted them vigorously.
Some of them were so cute by their "uniform temptation" that they couldn't help but start pulling them.
Li Ang and others were immediately embarrassed.
Political Commissar Lu hurriedly called to everyone: "Run quickly."
So, they separated the girls with all their strength and fled in great embarrassment, as if there was a savage beast behind them.
"Huh, it's so scary.
I almost got pulled in."
After getting into the car, Chief of Staff Qin patted his chest with lingering fear.
Li Ang nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, although there are some places like this in China, they are definitely not so exaggerated."
"Why don't you care?
It's so outrageous to be so arrogant in broad daylight," Political Commissar Lu said angrily.
"Well, Chief, you don't understand the situation here.
Those places just now were relatively low-grade brothels, and a little way over there are high-end brothels.
The style there is much gentler, and there is absolutely no such thing as soliciting customers on the street. " "We still have to go a little further.
If we don't go, we're not here to visit a brothel."
Political Commissar Lu's face turned green.
Of course, they only complained about the excessive behavior of those girls, but did not condemn the brothel itself as not being able to exist.
This is also the difference between China in this plane and a certain great dynasty in the original time and space, because Wen Desi knew very well that things like customs and industry cannot be suppressed.
The so-called "eating and drinking of men and women, people's great desires", this kind of thing is How can human instincts be banned?
Since the beginning of human civilization, only the founding of the Datu Dynasty has banned customs and attempted to replace human instincts with doctrines.
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However, history has proven that this approach is destined to fail.
Even in the 21st century, although brothels are everywhere in the country, they still do not exist in name.
Because I want the court to be politically correct and at least not publicly admit that we have this industry, I just pretend that they don’t exist.
As for scanning pornographic content from time to time, that's just for show, and you can get some benefits on the way.
In Wen Desi's view, this approach is purely self-deception and deception.
Of course, Wen Desi from later generations would not do such a futile thing.
Unless the "Human Completion Plan" is completed and humans evolve into another form of life, there will be no solution to this problem.
What's more, China already has more men than women.
If the custom industry is completely banned, it will only cause more serious social problems.
This is a small gain but a big loss.
Therefore, in this dimension of China, evil acts such as forcing girls into prostitution and human trafficking in the past must be severely punished.
All customary enterprises that engage in these evil acts have been killed by the Socialist Party government.
The bosses of these enterprises and The backbones were either eating peanuts or building roads and mining.
However, the entire custom industry has not been banned across the board.
Instead, strict industry regulations and management systems have been formulated for the entire custom industry.
This industry is regarded as a "regulated industry" and is subject to strict supervision.
Compared with before, the biggest difference is that domestic women are prohibited from engaging in this industry, and practitioners must be voluntary.
The custom industry is absolutely prohibited from using various coercion and inducement methods to obtain practitioners.
Those who dare to violate it should be prepared to accept severe punishment.
You know, the laws of New China have inherited the fine tradition of "implication".
One of the slogans in legal propaganda is "If one person commits a crime, the whole family will be unlucky."
In this era of China, the social atmosphere is still very traditional, so most of the girls in this industry in the past did not really like this industry.
Some of them have been trafficked and coerced, some have no ability to earn a living, and some are from poor families and have nothing to do in life.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, these problems were all solved.
The girls who were trafficked and coerced were rescued, and those who harmed them were liquidated; those who had no ability to make a living were sent to various schools, according to their expertise and wishes. , carry out various professional skills training, and then arrange to various companies.
As for those whose families are in difficult circumstances and are very short of money, they will be included in the social welfare system and funded by the Women's Federation.
At this time, China is in a stage of rapid development.
As long as you are willing to work and have the ability to work, there is absolutely no possibility of unemployment.
Moreover, the social welfare security system is also quite complete and will never make citizens unable to survive due to hunger, cold, disease, etc.
The vast majority of girls in China are self-respecting and self-respecting.
As long as there are other possibilities, who is willing to sell meat?
In the past, it was because the government did not act and did not care about these things at all, so there was nothing we could do.
Well, this is what some people in later generations boast about as a "small government with a reputation for lard oil" and "governing by doing nothing."
The "poisonous" government of the Socialist Party of Science and Technology is a big government that manages everything.
Its control over the country penetrates into every pore of society, and there is nothing it cannot control as long as it is willing.
According to the words of some people in later generations, this is a "whole sky is filled with brick-shaped air, a suffocating country of poisonous vegetables."
But it is also in this country of "poisonous vegetables and bricks" and "no pigs are no fat" that the brothel girls in the Qing Dynasty were liberated, engaged in upright professions, and lived a dignified life. new life.
Of course, the forest is big and there are all kinds of birds, and there are indeed a very small number of girls who are willing to fall for themselves.
For these people, it means it is going to rain and the mother wants to get married, so let her go.
The Socialist Party of Science and Technology is not the Holy Mother.
Since they have done their utmost to be benevolent and righteous, but they are still shameless, then they will have no choice but to undergo labor reform.
Because the vast majority of domestic women are in formal industries and strictly prohibited from engaging in the custom industry, the custom women working in China are from foreign countries, mainly Japan.
In addition, there are also many girls from other countries introduced to China through the "International Human Resources Company".
They come from all over the world and have all kinds of skin colors.
But even for practitioners with legal sources, custom enterprises must abide by many regulations.
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Regular physical examinations are the most basic, and then they must buy personal insurance, medical insurance, minimum wages, etc.
It's not impossible to save money, but you have to be mentally prepared to dig and build roads and sift sand in other places.
These rules are strictly enforced in the country, but in concession areas like Hodeidah, they are much more relaxed.
Except for regular physical examinations and minimum wages, which are very strict, other regulations have been relaxed a lot.
Moreover, most of the people who come and go in Hodeidah are international traders.
These people are away from home for a long time, they are hungry and generous, and they are the type of people who are stupid and have a lot of money.
The profits of custom enterprises here have naturally increased greatly, and they are naturally happy to open branches.
As for Li Ang and the others being scared away, it was entirely because they were not suitable for this atmosphere.
In fact, Mr.
Wen does not prohibit his subordinates from going for general health care, let alone such very personal matters.
As long as it does not cause serious consequences, it is a civil issue where "the people do not complain and the officials do not investigate"
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