Chapter 10: An iron nail

At night, a burst of dense gunfire came from the port; Lan Si, who was half-asleep and half-awake, climbed up and leaned against the display window to look toward the port.

The dim light on the pitch-black road could not illuminate much, and some scattered mice occasionally poked their heads out of the sewer.

The gunfire lasted for about seven or eight minutes, followed by the sirens of many police cars, all driving toward the port.

It seems that something big must have happened at the port; the shootout that broke out in the middle of the night made him feel a bit uneasy.

This made him fall into a daze until the second half of the night.

At seven o'clock in the morning, the alarm clock woke him up; he had to sigh that the young body is good.

Didn't sleep for most of the night, only slept for three hours, and still full of energy when getting up.

After climbing up from the ground and packing the blanket spread on the ground, he walked to the pool outside the bakery.

After a night, the apprentice is also here; he took some water from the boiler with a cup, took a toothbrush, and started brushing his teeth.

Federal people are very contradictory.

Everyone knows the importance of protecting teeth, but not everyone has really invested in this matter.

He pounded a few times casually, the toothpaste didn't even come out, and he rinsed his mouth, which was considered cleaning his teeth.

There is even mouthwash on the market prepared for those who care about dental health on the surface, but actually don't even want to brush their teeth.

It is said that holding a mouthful and rinsing is more effective than brushing teeth.

As for whether it is true, see the wisdom.

The guests who came to the bakery in the morning were all discussing the fierce gunfire last night; "Today's New Jincheng" published what happened last night in the newspaper—

"Smuggling ship and coast patrol team engaged in fierce exchange of fire, causing multiple police casualties"

Front-page headline, also bolded and blackened.

The photo is a smuggling ship that has been dragged to the shore, all full of bullet holes; because it is a black-and-white newspaper, some places might be fresh blood, or might not be.

It looks like this ship was attacked by a bullet storm.

"... Received a tip-off that a smuggling ship from the East Ocean intended to approach the port in the middle of the night; the coast patrol team immediately organized a capture operation after receiving the information."

"During the capture process, the smugglers and the operators of the smuggling ship were unwilling to be caught and held thermal weapons to carry out fierce resistance, causing multiple police officers to be injured and die..."

Other guests in the bakery all made exclamations, and even the fat owner and his daughter made exclamations like "Oh my God."

The guy reading the newspaper had a joyful smile on his face; people who like to show off are like this; it has nothing to do with him who died, as long as it doesn't block him from showing off.

He continued to read, "After more than ten minutes of fierce fighting, the joint city police finally eliminated this group of extremely evil smugglers."

"But this also led to the fact that so far, four police officers have unfortunately sacrificed, and many people are still being rescued."

The guy reading the newspaper had finished reading to this point; he flicked the newspaper with his finger, "Their firepower must be very fierce; I hope those police officers who are being rescued can get the favor of the Lord."

"These smuggling ships are really abominable; they not only sent us mice, fleas, cockroaches, but also a large group of smugglers."

"If you ask me, Congress should legislate; for these people, it should be the death penalty."

These remarks received support from many people; the supporters were locals.

Locals, while enjoying the help brought to city construction by these smugglers and black households, while lying on the economic wonders built by piles of bones, attacked the people who made contributions.

This is like the evaluation of the bottom level by the middle and high class—a group of maggots who are unwilling to work hard and are willing to rot in the mud!

Some black households in the bakery left soon; they didn't like these atmospheres.

The fat owner also scolded a few words; when scolding, he stared at Lan Si, as if he was scolding him.

In the afternoon, some gossip spread; it is said that a total of eleven police officers died this time, nine of whom were from the coast patrol team, and the remaining two were local police.

The people on the smuggling ship were not ordinary smugglers, and possessed a large number of weapons and equipment, and might belong to some small armed force.

Undoubtedly, such dangerous people coming to the Federation would definitely not do any good things; becoming a gang, or becoming a fierce bandit, is not a choice for them.

Fortunately, the guardian god of the city eliminated these smugglers, defended the peace of this city, and also guarded the safety of people's property and lives.

But Lan Si feels that this matter might not end because of this.

In the afternoon, he went to find Erwin; for the fat owner wanting to deduct one dollar from him again, he actually didn't take it to heart at all.

"Be careful for a while, and it's best to walk together."

Under the boasting of Erwin, Ethan, and other young people from the Empire, their small group, and some things Lan Si did to help Ethan, have begun to spread in a small range.

Some young people who also came from the Empire, but not on the same batch of ships, or not on the same ship, also longed to join here.

After Lan Si's consent, they have been accepted.

Seeing that there are already twenty or thirty people, Lan Si remembered the appearance of each of them.

Erwin has become the core of the small group, standing on Lan Si's left hand, "What does this have to do with us?"

Lan Si didn't know how to explain to him for a while, "The election is coming soon; the President intends to use the support of illegal immigrants to get votes, but Federal locals are not very friendly to us."

"Now that more than ten police officers have died, it might be the most serious case in recent years; it is inevitable that some people will use this to incite public opinion."

"Once the anti-foreign trend is formed, we will become very dangerous."

"You should all know that even if someone attacks us first, apart from being beaten, as long as we dare to fight back, even if it is self-defense, the police will find trouble for us."

"The situation on the wharf is very complicated; you guys hold together, and you can be a little safer."

Many people don't understand the horror of "movement"; it can make a closed society suddenly begin to accept new things, and can also make correct things become distorted.

Historically, cases of manipulating the situation through "movement" have happened many times; the results of each time can be discussed later, but the process is absolutely bloody.

The chess players sitting by the chessboard are always bright and beautiful; people find it hard to realize the bloody cruelty on the chessboard.

Erwin is a bit confused, "Will it be too sensitive?"

"I don't think this is sensitive; as long as it is related to our lives, any matter, for us, is worth being vigilant!"

After explaining these things, Lan Si left; when he left, he had already seen many people gathering on that broken ship that had already run aground and was full of bullet holes.

Several young people were waving their fists and saying something loudly.

By the next day, even the "Federal Daily" reported this matter; the impact it caused was by no means a star and a half.

As the economic engine of the Federation, anything that happens in New Jincheng will spread to the whole country.

Such a vicious case has alarmed the Presidential Palace and Congress; although these big figures have not yet started to play games around this matter, there have been some trends.

What is even more incomprehensible is that the Emperor of the Empire also spoke for this; on the one hand, he claimed that the killing of imperial citizens by Federal people was a provocation to the Empire, and on the other hand, he demanded that the Federal government hand over the murderer and bear all losses.

Otherwise, the Emperor would declare war on the Federation.

When this matter spread, most people listened to it as a joke.

The Emperor has been driven out of the Imperial Capital by the insurgent army; if it weren't for the fact that he still has some troops in his hands, and a few nobles supporting him, he could have gone to form a government in exile.

Under these circumstances, he actually dared to threaten the Federation, saying he was going to launch a war; how did he do it?

Almost all Federal people feel that the Emperor's brain is not very good, and there might be some problems, and they also become very dislike this person.

Lan Si was also stunned when he saw this, laughing and crying, but soon he realized that this was the Emperor's way of transferring contradictions.

Once he really represents the Empire to declare war on the Federation, then the civil war within the Empire is very likely to stop, due to external pressure.

The insurgent army that originally gained the support of the people, if they didn't stop, a little trick could make them become "running dogs of the Federation," thus being spurned by the imperial people with a strong sense of nationality.

Suddenly changing from righteous army to thief army, losing the righteousness and the support of the people, the royal family could soon regain control of the situation.

If they stopped the war, then as the legitimate ruler of the Empire at present, the royal family could also gather power again through the way of war.

Perhaps in the eyes of Federal people, this is a joke, but in the eyes of the royal family, the Emperor himself, and world senior politicians, this is a conspiracy!

When Lan Si saw this, the mood that was not urgent to settle down finally changed.

Actually, he was not in a hurry at all; after finding a suitable opportunity, he wanted to break away from this, which was a matter of thought.

But now, it is no longer whether he has a suitable opportunity, but that he must change his identity as soon as possible.

Originally just a small matter, under the promotion of many parties, it is moving toward a direction that bottom-level people cannot imagine and cannot predict.

By the third day, there were already some people holding slogans like "Roll back to the Empire" at the port, and there were nine empty coffins placed outside the duty room of the coast patrol team, with the black-and-white photos of nine sacrificed coast patrol team police officers placed on them.

It was full of flowers and some small gifts, and no one was inciting it, but the emotional frenzy triggered by public opinion had already begun to appear.

This is a very dangerous signal! ===== CHAPTER 11 =====