"I said before, this issue isn't so easy to resolve," Shen Jingye drew out a cigarette, took a puff, "Director Li, you've set me up. I told you earlier that this matter should be handled by Liao Zihui, what do we do now?"
Li Banfeng replied: "This has nothing to do with Liao Zihui. The Soda Kiln's matter has been resolved. Neither Inner State nor Puluo State will go to war at the Soda Kiln. Their battleground is the Ruirong Textile Factory."
Shen Jingye was taken aback: "How is that possible? How could Inner State people bypass Puluo State to reach the factory?"
Li Banfeng chuckled: "Still pretending with me, Little Shen? With so many issues at the Ruirong Textile Factory and it hasn't been demolished yet, you ought to know some of the reasons, right? That's the passage between Inner State and Outside Provinces, you think I really don't know?"
Shen Jingye pressed his lips: "I only know a little about this situation, but things can't just rely on speculation, there must be some basis, right?"
Li Banfeng shook his head: "Don't ask for any basis, what you need to do now is notify those who can make decisions, hurry up and prepare defenses, don't let Inner State catch us off guard."
The incident came too suddenly, Shen Jingye was already caught off guard: "I'm supposed to report this with no evidence, how do I explain this to the higher-ups?"
Li Banfeng smiled: "Then don't report it, just wait for the war to start, we'll watch the show together."
Shen Jingye wouldn't dare sit back and watch the show, he hurried back to the office to contact Director Du.
This time the efficiency was truly high, Director Du responded that very afternoon.
Shen Jingye ran back to Li Banfeng's office: "Director Du said he hopes to resolve the matter through negotiation as much as possible."
To be honest, they still hope Li Banfeng can come up with a solution.
Li Banfeng refused on the spot: "I've negotiated all that I could, this is beyond the scope of negotiation now. The Saint has returned to Inner State, strongly advocating for war, the current priority is to make preparations to prevent the war."
Shen Jingye quickly relayed the message back to Director Du, and within two hours, Director Du had a response: At this moment, the matter is significant, and they still hope that the Dark Star Bureau can ascertain the evidence.
Where could Shen Jingye go to find the evidence?
He's helpless, he still has to find Li Qi.
But Li Qi isn't easy to find, he's already off work, and went out with Tang Changfa, Yan Cui'er, and Yan Hong'er for a barbecue.
The next morning, Li Qi's phone was flooded with calls, the entire Dark Star Bureau was looking for Li Qi, Li Qi told Shen Jingye to respond directly, saying the news came from a special channel and evidence can't be found.
Shen Jingye was running back and forth, but no matter the opinion from above, Li Qi disregarded them all, even when Du Wenming came himself, he was sent back with a single sentence.
After three whole days of back-and-forth efforts, tensions within the Dark Star Bureau were escalating, and certain information began to seep out.
Li Qi remained unhurried, inviting Dumpling, Light Bulb, and Chuuni over for hotpot at home, halfway through, Chuuni pulled out a spiritual object that isolated the sounds between Li Qi's residence and the outside world.
This isn't Puluo State, such spiritual objects shouldn't be casually revealed, Dumpling was startled: "Where did you get this thing? Did you go through the proper procedures?"
Chuuni straightened his expression: "I went through the procedures, just that Captain Chen didn't sign it!"
Dumpling paused: "You have some nerve? Captain Chen didn't sign it, what kind of procedures are those? Kid, your guts are too big, why did Shan Xing'er give you the item?"
Shan Xing'er is the manager responsible for the commonly used dark energy carrier by the Public Security Team.
Light Bulb commented from the side: "Chuuni promised to accompany her shopping over the weekend, Shan Xing'er is an honest girl, she's been fooled by Chuuni several times already."
"Let's not discuss that now," Chuuni looked at Li Qi, "Bureau Chief Li, I heard there's going to be a war?"
Li Banfeng raised his eyebrows: "How did you know?"
Chuuni didn't answer but continued asking: "Is the battleground at Ruirong Textile Factory?"
Li Banfeng was surprised: "Even that you know?"
Dumpling and Light Bulb were also shocked, they'd heard about the war but didn't know about Ruirong Textile Factory.
"I didn't hear it from anyone, it's my deduction," Chuuni explained, "If Inner State makes a move, I think the most likely location is Ruirong Textile Factory, I've always suspected it's the entrance to Inner State."
"Tell me how you deduced it?"
Li Banfeng listened intently to Chuuni's deduction process.
Since the last time Li Banfeng assigned Chuuni to investigate Ruirong Textile Factory, Chuuni has been fulfilling this task diligently until today.
Li Banfeng believes that within the entire Dark Star Bureau, and even extending to the upper levels of the Dark Star Bureau, there's probably no one who knows Ruirong Textile Factory better than Chuuni.
He connected all the official data and the rumors together and reached a conclusion: "Ruirong Textile Factory was built with the help of Inner State,
from a technological standpoint, this textile factory has maintained its leading edge from its completion to several decades later, and in the early last century, this technology clearly surpassed its time."
Chuuni's conclusion largely aligns with Luo Yanjun's description.
Dumpling listened attentively: "Is it possible, Inner State sent people to Yuezhou, provided technical concepts and design plans, and thus established this factory?"
Chuuni shook his head: "I too arrived at that conclusion once, but later I saw many reports, the high production efficiency of Ruirong Textile Factory attracted many experts' attention, during the equipment's service period, Yuezhou once established an expert group to specifically study the mechanism of the equipment's operation,"