Chapter 602 Intelligence Work

Ning Qi didn't have many opportunities to go on business trips after time travel, but he also heard people stationed abroad talking about their experiences in the Ming-controlled areas when they returned to Sanya to report on their work, including many of them providing special services. Obviously Morgan was already here just now

At that time, he noticed the little girl waiting outside, so he left in a hurry - of course, it is more likely that the little girl arranged by the owner to wait on him had already arrived, and this guy just wanted to go back to eat meat.

Ning Qi also has no moral fetish. This is the general environment and social atmosphere of this era. Moreover, most of the men who abandoned their previous comfortable life and traveled to this time and space do it for the various enjoyments after success, which naturally includes

In terms of private life, since Xu Xinsu has arranged this kind of sideshow, Ning Qi has no intention of turning it down, both in public and private matters.

The next morning, Ning Qi rarely slept until midnight. When he was in Sanya, his schedule was packed with various tasks every day, so it was rare for him to have this opportunity to sleep until he woke up naturally.

After Ning Qi washed up, he went to the front yard and saw Morgan already sitting in the flower hall enjoying breakfast. When Morgan saw Ning Qi coming in, he immediately winked and asked, "It looks like you had a good rest last night!"

"You too!" Ning Qi responded tacitly. He asked the little girl last night, and sure enough, Xu Xinsu assigned a woman in charge of bed warming to each Haihan official in the Haihan mission. In terms of reception measures,

It can be regarded as a lot of thought.

Soon after breakfast, Haihan's office staff who lived in Zhangzhou came to report their work. Sun Jin brought two naturalized residents to the study room, and then introduced them to Ning Qi and Morgan.

These two naturalized citizens are a father and son. The father is Gong Ping and the son is Gong Shaoqi. They are old immigrants recruited from Yacheng when the Crossing Group first landed. Gong Ping was actually serving his sentence in Yacheng Prison when he was recruited.

Personnel, he once served as the chief registrar in a county in Jiangxi. Although he was only a ninth-grade official, he could be considered a civil servant in the Ming Dynasty. During his tenure, he assisted the local magistrate in managing grain and horses, taxation, household registration, patrols and other matters. But later

Because his boss was involved in embezzlement, Gong Ping was implicated and sentenced to exile in Yazhou. His son Gong Shaoqi, who was working as a catcher in the county government at the time, was also implicated by accident.

Not long after the father and son of the Gong family arrived at Yacheng Prison, they caught up with Haihan and reached a deal with Yazhou Zhizhou, allowing the prisoners in Yacheng to work as cheap labor in Shengli Port, so they were also shipped to the sea inexplicably.

Han's construction site. The father and son both worked in the yamen and were both literate. They quickly stood out from the ordinary prisoners and became foremen. Later, because of their good performance, they served for more than half a year in the labor force.

After that, I got the opportunity to become a naturalized citizen of Haihan.

Together, the two fathers and sons realized that they were guilty and had no chance to return to officialdom even after serving their sentences in Yacheng. However, they were truly involved in the prosperous situation under Haihan's rule, so they simply gave up.

After everything in the past, he chose to join Haihan and work for the leaders of Haihan.

Because Gong Ping was familiar with the Ming Dynasty's official system, he was quickly transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Gong Shaoqi first joined the Police Department and worked in his old profession for a period of time, and then was assigned to the newly established Ministry of Security.

To leave, he joined the intelligence front. It has been more than a year since the two father and son were transferred to Fujian to take charge of Haihan affairs. When the mission entered the city yesterday, they had already had brief contact with Sun Jin.

Both of them were considered "senior" naturalized citizens, so when they saw Ning Qi and others, they did not kneel down or anything like that. They just bowed deeply according to Haihan's rules, and then reported their position names on their own.

"Sit down and talk." Ning Qi didn't have any airs and asked the two of them to sit down first before talking.

"You were the first to collect the news about Shibazhi sending people to Zhangzhou for peace talks with the Fujian government, right?" Ning Qi didn't waste time talking about other issues and went straight to the point. After all, this time the executive committee sent out a mission with great fanfare.

The main purpose of visiting Fujian is to solve this problem.

"This is the news that Quanzi got first. Let Quanzi report this matter!" Gong Ping responded and handed the conversation to his son Gong Shaoqi.

Gong Shaoqi said: "Returning to Chief Ning, Beizhi noticed at the beginning of last month that Shibazhi suddenly became more active in several places in Zhangzhou City. At that time, Beizhi thought they were going to do something in the city, so he

They intensified their surveillance, and found out that they had secretly picked up several people from Yuegang into the city, and one of them was an aide of Zheng Zhilong's staff. Later, he learned through informants in the Zhangzhou government that Shiba Zhi's

We have asked people from the government to lobby Xu Xinsu and ask for peace talks. After I got the news, I immediately wrote a report and ordered people to send it back to Zhennan Port by speedboat."

"Well done." Ning Qi first affirmed Gong Shaoqi's performance, and then raised his own question: "Shibazhi arranged a spy in Zhangzhou City, can this be hidden from Xu Xinsu's eyes?"

Gong Shaoqi said: "Xu Xinsu naturally also knows things that everyone in a humble position knows. However, although the battle between Shibazhi and Xu Xinsu continues, the two parties still maintain some information channels in private. This is probably also the reason between them.

A tacit understanding."

"Why did Xu Xinsu do this?" Morgan, who was listening, asked in confusion.

"Xu Xinsu has a lot of business dealings with the Dutch. Although the war has greatly affected the past two years, she still manages to transport a large amount of raw silk and porcelain to Taiyuan Island every year. Shibazhi is also involved in this matter.

, although they will ban merchant ships from Fujian, they still dare not attack the goods purchased by the Dutch." Gong Shaoqi immediately explained.

"So these underground information channels are the balance point between Xu Xinsu, Shibazhi and the Dutch?" Ning Qi already understood about half of it after listening.

Xu Xinsu and Shibazhi were fighting openly, but privately they both had trade relations with the Dutch East India Company, a major customer. The East India Company paid more attention to actual interests and did not focus on support.

One of them, so the three families maintain a very subtle tacit understanding.

"Shibazhi also purchases a lot of supplies from the mainland every year. Most of the goods and ships they plunder from the sea have to find a way to sell them back to the mainland. Even if Xu Xinsu doesn't do these businesses, others will, so we have to be serious.

Speaking of which, Shibazhi and Xu Xinsu actually have business relationships, but neither party will admit this relationship." Gong Ping also added beside him.

"Fighting and doing business at the same time, these people are really open-minded!" Ning Qi couldn't help but sigh after hearing this. It seems that the situation in Fujian is more complicated than the executive committee expected. There are more than just conflicts between the two warring parties.

Despite the life-and-death military struggle, there are also mutually beneficial trade exchanges.

"So, is there any news about the progress of the contact between them?" After Ning Qi listened to the background information introduced by the Gong family and his son, Ning Qi returned to the topic.

Gong Shaoqi responded: "According to the information I know, Shibazhi's envoys have had at least two or three contacts with people from the Xu family, but their negotiations were all one-on-one meetings, and there were no other people except the person involved.

Knowing the content of the negotiations, I have no way of hearing about the progress. But judging from the daily situation of the garrison in Zhangzhou City, I believe that the armistice agreement between the two sides has not yet been reached. The defense change between Zhangzhou and Zhongzuo City still follows the previous wartime arrangements.

During the execution, the navy on the Zhangjiang River has never lifted its alert."

"From last month to this month, it seems that there should be some key interests between them that cannot be compromised," Ning Qi speculated.

"If there is a truce, the Shibazhi will definitely demand the disclosure of the right to conduct commercial transactions on the Fujian coast. Otherwise, it will be difficult for them to obtain more practical benefits from the truce." Gong Ping expressed his opinion: "Xu Xinsu

Our current status is achieved by monopolizing most of Fujian's maritime trade business, and we will definitely not let others get involved easily. Negotiations between the two parties have not made progress, and it is probably stuck at this link."

"It makes sense." Ning Qi nodded and confirmed Gong Ping's view: "In that case, we still have time to do some more work for Xu Xinsu and help him stabilize his moral integrity."

After listening to the report on the intelligence work, Ning Qi also asked Gong Ping about the local political situation and the status of business transactions. The trade between Haihan and Fujian is basically based on Xu Xinsu's control of Fujian's sea power.

Therefore, changes in the political situation here are also one of the key issues of concern to the Executive Committee.

Gong Ping responded: "Xu Xinsu has achieved great success in recent years with our assistance, and has been promoted to the rank of Fujian General Soldier. He is now a very influential figure in Fujian officialdom. Xiong Wencan, the governor of Fujian, values ​​​​him very much. Here in Zhangzhou and Quanzhou

, Xu Xinsu can be said to cover the sky with one hand, and his words are more effective than the prefect. With his protective umbrella, Haihan's trade in Zhangzhou and Quanzhou has developed relatively smoothly, and Haihan Bank has also begun to gradually promote vouchers here.

Although it is not as convenient as Qiongzhou Island, the business firm under the name of the Xu family is also assisting us in this matter, and we should achieve good results in another year or two."

After listening to the work report of the Gong family and his son, Ning Qi encouraged them and asked Sun Jin to lead them out.

Morgan shook his head and said: "I really don't understand. Xu Xinsu and Shibazhi have been fighting for several years. Why do they still make deals in private? They are enemies!"

Ning Qi smiled and said: "You Americans have too little political intelligence. You probably won't be able to figure this out even if you think about it for two or three months. You only need to understand one thing, whether it is war or peace, it is all about gaining profits after all.

The same goes for Shiba Zhi and Xu Xinsu."

Morgan shrugged and said: "I don't know where you get your sense of superiority. I am a Haihan like you now. If you laugh at me, you are laughing at yourself."

Ning Qi laughed dumbly and said: "Your mind is spinning very fast now! Okay, okay, it's my fault. I promise I won't laugh at you again."

Not long after the Gong family and his son left, Xu Xinsu sent someone over to invite Ning Qi to have a talk. After all, yesterday's banquet was not considered a formal negotiation occasion, and today's private meeting was the time for a head-on confrontation. Because today was going to be

Talking about the arrangements for the joint military exercise, Morgan also went with him. He did not forget to insert a Glock18 automatic pistol under each arm.

After Xu Xinsu met the two of them and sat down, she took the initiative to ask: "How did you two rest last night?"

"Very good, Mr. Xu is interested." Ning Qi responded without changing his expression.

"Then it's best. If there is any inconvenience, just tell the manager and let the people below take care of it. I have already given instructions to the people below. As long as it is a request made by the mission, we must try our best to meet it." Xu Xinsu said with a smile.

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After Ning Qi thanked him again, he began to introduce the main topic: "This time the Executive Committee sent us to visit Fujian. In addition to increasing mutual trust and cooperation between the two parties, we also have another task, which is to teach some maritime combat skills and tactics to the Fujian Navy."

Xu Xinsu said happily: "I wonder how to arrange this course? How big of a venue is needed? Can it accommodate low-level officers to observe?"

"Master Xu, don't panic, listen to what I have to say first." Ning Qi continued: "In this lecture, we do not plan to explain the theory in the classroom, but plan to give the officers and men of the Fujian Navy a chance through military exercises.

Observe and learn immersively.”

"Military drills?" Xu Xinsu repeated. He was no stranger to military drills. The Ming Army also held large drills every six months. However, the Ming Army's drills were different from Haihan's combat drills. Most of them just gathered together to practice combat.

Formation rarely designs actual combat scenarios for drills like Haihan did. The reason is also very simple. Pulling thousands of troops into the wild or even at sea to conduct large-scale drills costs money, and it is difficult to organize them.

It is quite troublesome. Even though most of the troops under Xu Xinsu have followed suit and adopted the Hai-Han military system, the number of military exercises is far less than that of the Shanghai Han Militia.

Xu Xinsu was not reluctant to spend the money, but the Haihan Militia did not station troops in Fujian Province. If they wanted to observe, only a few officers could go to Sanya to observe. And observation and actual participation are two completely different concepts. Xu Xinsu

As someone who has led soldiers, he naturally understands this truth. Now that the Haihan Mission took the initiative to arrange a military exercise in Fujian, Xu Xinsu was overjoyed, but she did not forget to think about the purpose of the Haihan people's move.

Xu Xinsu knew that the Haihan people were all very shrewd businessmen, and every move had its own purpose, and it was impossible to give this benefit to herself in vain. Considering the current situation in Fujian, Xu Xinsu could easily connect Ning Qi's proposal with the armistice and peace talks.

. Comparing the two sides, military exercises are not only useless for the truce but also cost money. However, the role of this matter in strengthening Fujian's military power cannot be ignored. Xu Xinsu found it difficult to make a decision for a while.
Chapter completed!