Ma Jia watched Pan Pan leave. He opened the drawer, took out an old cassette pocket recorder from the table, and pressed the stop button... In view of the fact that the news media in Lingao are rapidly "evolving into old times", he
You have to be more careful - tampering with the interviewees' remarks and taking quotes out of context is a "good tradition" in the news media.
Compared with audio files that can be edited at will, Lingao is not capable of editing the original soundtrack, which is more effective in terms of evidence.
"This won't work." He thought, what have become of us? Sooner or later the Senate will be pilled if we continue like this.
"Chief, the General Office just called to ask when you would be free. Director Xiao of the General Office would like to have a confidential phone call with you." A female clerk from the "horse office" of the arbitration tribunal came in and reported.
Ma Jia wonders if Xiao Zishan wants to talk to him about the maid school? This matter has recently begun to quarrel on the internal forum. He has the channel of the Law Society and is quite well-informed about the activities of Shan Liang and others, and their relationship with Cheng Yongxin
The collusion between these things mixed together gave him a smell of danger.
"You replied to them that I have been in the office after six o'clock in the evening." Ma Jia responded.
"Is this the entire interview recording?" Cheng Yongxin asked with a smile after listening to all the recordings.
"Yes, all of them. I think he is quite right."
Cheng Yongxin didn't care about her evaluation: "This is good material."
Pan Pan was puzzled: "This is just interview material, how can it be so good?"
"I'll explain it to you later. Do you mind if I take this now?"
"Since you want to write these manuscripts, of course I don't mind."
"Okay. Thanks, Pan Pan baby."
Cheng Yongxin left Pan Pan's office. Before going home, she went to visit Sun Shangxiang again - this girl is now learning to be a copy editor. According to Cheng Yongxin's request, Pan Pan arranged for her to follow him in the field half of the time.
, learning journalistic work such as interviewing and writing reports, and the other half of the time learning the work of publishing and editing.
Sun Shangxiang's work is very busy, so she naturally no longer has time to take care of her in every aspect, but for Cheng Yongxin who is used to living alone, this is not too difficult. Besides, a media person is more important to her than a maid.
Said it would be much more useful.
When she got home, she called Jiang Shan.
"I'm really sorry, I have too much work these days." Jiang Shan said on the other end of the phone. "We are busy now."
"It doesn't matter, you can do your work first, I won't disturb you anymore."
Cheng Yongxin put down the microphone. With a woman's intuition, she felt that Jiangshan seemed to be deliberately avoiding too frequent contact with her.
Could it be that her recent actions had aroused his vigilance and made him want to draw a clear line with herself? She fell into deep thought.
When Li Yan walked into the director's office, he saw Jiang Shan leaning on the table with his elbows and his fingers buried in his growing hair. He seemed to be thinking about some problem. The sunlight shined through the thin window screen on his thin body. On the wall
An elongated figure was reflected on the screen, and the room was filled with the mellow aroma of coffee. Li Yan suddenly felt that his immediate boss looked like an artist intoxicated in a love fantasy. He thought this idea was quite ridiculous, so he coughed lightly.
There was a sound.
"Oh, Lao Li?" Jiang Shan raised his face from his palms, with an unkempt beard and a haggard look in his eyes. Li Yan guessed that he had spent another sleepless night in the office. "Sit down quickly. I'll ask the secretary to cook some heat.
Here comes the coffee. Do you want sugar or milk?"
"No, just some coffee." Li Yan pulled out a chair and sat down, "Director Jiang, Mr. Zhan called just now. The long-range exploration team has already submitted a list of candidates who are going to the Philippines. I want to ask if we have any
What do you think? It’s mainly about the security situation. The Planning Institute and the Manufacturing Directorate have mentioned this several times, and I think the bureau should still give a clear explanation.”
Jiang Shan rummaged through the document tray for a moment, found a report and threw it on the table: "You take a look at it first."
"Telegram from Manila?"
"The Xu Yingjie Laboratory of the Ministry of Chemical Industry sent it last night. It has something to do with Lando's work."
Li Yan opened the report and read it at a glance, reading a few words from time to time: "...Physical properties: white and light yellow powder...insoluble in water, partially soluble in ethanol...nitrogen content...explosive properties:
5kg drop weight test...explosion velocity...relative to lead casting expansion value 97 (bitter/taste/sour=100). The explosion intensity is slightly lower than the theoretical value, which may be due to the process of boiling and washing the product to improve stability.
Caused by adding too much alkali..."
Li Yan put down the report, picked up the coffee cup and drank it in several sips. His hands were shaking with surprise, and the coffee was spilled on his clothes, on the table and on the floor, but he didn't notice it at all.
"The small bottle of sample sent by postman No. 7 last time," Jiangshan called the Southeast Asia Company merchant ship that received the mission of the Foreign Intelligence Agency and went to Manila to serve as a courier, "was collected by Lando from the artillery test site on the outskirts of Manila. He said in the telegram
He said that there have been several blasting tests in succession recently. I will send them for evaluation, and you have already seen the conclusion."
"That guy actually took out high-explosive explosives——"
"Nitrate/chemical/starch/powder," Jiang Shan said. "After seeing the identification results, I made a small inquiry to several veterans of the military industry and the chemical industry. This is the explosive preferred by terrorists because the raw materials are relatively easy to obtain.
, the safety is also better. As for Hale, using a small amount of nitrate/chemical/starch/powder mixed black powder to load the cannonball can significantly increase the power. It should be made by laboratory methods, and the quantity will not be large.
"
"As for how much he can increase production under the existing conditions, an important constraint is the production of raw materials, especially nitric acid and starch. Regarding the latter, we must start from the current Philippine agriculture."
"Most Filipinos grow rice. Does it have a high starch content?"
"Sweet potato, you have forgotten that Fujian's sweet potato was introduced from Luzon during the Wanli period. The Spanish also brought corn and cassava. Starch can be extracted from these crops using simple means. The problem now is, what is our understanding of the current Philippine agriculture?
We don’t know much about the situation and food production, and a lot of the information is contradictory. If the colonial authorities wanted to expand the planting of starch crops, would they have sufficient conditions, and how far could they go? After all, Lando was just a soldier before.
He cannot be expected to have expertise in this area."
"So the exploration team needs experts in the agricultural field. As for exploration activities, they must be carried out under the cover of Lando's work."
"Send a telegram to Lando and ask him to find out about nitrated starch as soon as possible, especially to find out whether Paul is producing in a large-scale organization."
The Tagalog maid stood in front of the living room door on the second floor of the villa and hesitated for a long time before reaching out to pull the rope hanging on the door frame. As soon as the doorbell rang, the continuous music inside stopped.
The count stood behind the door with no expression on his face, but when his eyes swept over the maid's face, the latter shivered involuntarily. The master didn't like to be disturbed when he played the piano in the morning, "Mr. Sebastian is here."
." She said tremblingly.
"Go to the bathroom downstairs and arrange hot water. Let the maids get ready." Weiss waved the maids away. The large bathroom in the Earl's private residence has become famous. The walls and floors are paved with colored porcelain. The huge bathroom
The white porcelain bathtubs are all jaw-dropping; not to mention the special machines that can adjust the temperature, and the gold-plated hot water nozzles that are more gorgeous than the Roman fountains. Among Manila's rich and powerful, if you are lucky enough to be entertained by the count, you can enjoy a party with a beautiful maid
The fragrant wave baths they served were enough for them to brag about in various social situations for weeks. As for the pedantic teachings about bathing by priests and doctors, they had long been blown past their ears as a gust of wind. After all, this was even in the East.
An unheard-of "oriental enjoyment."
Of course, for reasons of cleanliness and sanitation, Lando himself never used the large bathroom. He had his own private bathroom in the garden. As for his subordinates and servants, they also enjoyed a dedicated collective shower room to avoid getting in trouble from dignitaries.
Caught some noble epidemic like syphilis.
He closed the door again, walked into the bedroom and pulled the bell rope, and then opened the cover of the microphone: "Mimi, inform the captain: The Esmeralda will depart in two hours. I will go to the Cavite Shipyard and return
I was accompanied by a Spanish official."
"It will be ready, sir."
After putting down the phone, Weiss returned to the living room and continued to sit in front of the double-row keyboard harpsichord made in Florence. After his thoughts were interrupted by the maid, he had no choice but to play the familiar but fragmented phrases over and over again.
A while ago, I just wrote down a few notes on the staff paper I drew. Although the harpsichord is far less easy to play than the piano, and the difference in tone is even greater, Weiss still spent a lot of money to buy sacred instruments from the local church.
He bought it from the library. Re-playing the notated works that he knew and loved in the old world was his only leisure after the intense spy work.
Sebastian De Andrade got a new job. After Genolino Panio was dismissed from his post and imprisoned, the Governor unexpectedly ordered the public financier to also take charge of the Royal Shipyard. Everyone said that this
However, the Governor just duplicated the position in order to give the financial officer some benefits-Mr. Andrade knew nothing about shipbuilding and ships. The first task of the newly appointed "Your Excellency" was to supervise the shipyard from being disturbed by the fire, and at the same time supervise
The newly appointed shipyard director Carluccio Panio completed the order for the new patrol boat as soon as possible. Of course he did not know that the mastermind who planned the arson and assassination was currently standing with him on the front deck of the Esmeralda.
They were chatting and laughing happily. (To be continued...)