Among these people, the one he valued the most was Ma Benyuan, who served as a bookkeeper in the Hainan Branch Dao Yamen. This person was a local Huihui in Hainan and a major figure in the Gou family's stolen goods sales route from Qiongzhou to Guangzhou. He was plundered by pirates such as Zhu Cailao and others.
Most of the large amounts of stolen goods were sold through his hands. Gou Da and Gou Er exchanged a lot of letters with him, and the various black materials were enough to get him beheaded ten times. Lin Baiguang felt that he had enough handles.
Force him to submit.
Lin Baiguang didn't value the stolen goods sales route mastered by Ma Benyuan. Now the trade route in Lingao has been basically opened up. Adding another one is the icing on the cake. What he likes is Master Ma's position in the Fenshou Dao Yamen. There is such an insider figure.
Now, Crossing Group can know in advance every move of the highest authorities in Hainan.
Lin Baiguang knew that he would never see Ma Benyuan if he went directly to see him. This kind of person is extremely suspicious and would never easily meet an outsider he didn't know. He sent Ma Benyuan as a birthday gift from among the items he copied from Gou Er's family.
A silver longevity star inlaid with eight treasures was presented as a gift.
This unexpected gift shocked Ma Benyuan - this was his gift to Gou Er, why did it suddenly appear in front of him? Ever since Gou Er fled to Qiongshan in embarrassment last year and cried out that Zhuangzi was wiped out, he has almost
I haven't seen this person in a year.
Back then, he drove Gou Er away unceremoniously and didn't even give him the three thousand taels of stolen money. It wasn't that he wanted to squander the money. It was he who helped Mr. Zhu Cai win the Gou family.
This line can be regarded as half a guarantor, but now the owner of the nest has actually served it to others, and there is nothing left. If Mr. Zhu Cai gets angry with him and comes to ask for punishment, he cannot afford to suffer this.
Silver can at least calm down the anger of the great masters.
After Gou Er was driven away by him, Ma Benyuan had been on tenterhooks. He was considered a figure in Qiongshan County, but he was nothing in front of a sea master like Mr. Zhu Cai.
Fortunately, Mr. Zhu Cai was in trouble himself, and other than sending people to inquire about Gou Er's whereabouts several times, he did not cause any trouble for him. However, he also learned from people from Mr. Zhu Cai's faction that the people who took away Gou's village came from the sea.
A new group of people, who called themselves Australians, came in iron boats and had very powerful firearms. Ma Benyuan secretly complained that the Australians and the other big bosses seemed to be in trouble.
Recently, he learned that all the leaders had been killed in the war in Fujian. This made Ma Benyuan relieved. You must know that for more than half a year, Zhu Cai Lao's men have been looking for Gou Er everywhere. He was deeply afraid that one day he could not find Gou Er.
He came to vent his anger.
Now that the birthday girl appeared in front of him, could it be that Gou Er also knew the news that Mr. Zhu Cai was dead, so he came to ask for the stolen money?
Ma Benyuan thought for a while whether he should squander the money and try to avoid it. Anyway, Gou Er is now a lost dog and has no strength except a son. If he dares to cause trouble in Qiongshan County, he can do it with just one finger.
Hacked him.
To be cautious, he asked: "Is this person Gou Er?"
The doorkeeper is his confidant, and naturally he knows all the gangsters and gangsters that the master comes and go with.
After asking, the person who came was not Gou Er, nor his son, but an unknown stranger, who spoke a strange Qiongzhou dialect. Ma Benyuan touched his chin in doubt, and suddenly he was inspired:
You must be Australian!
This thought almost frightened him out of his chair. He wondered why the Australians came to him? There was no contact or holiday between him and the Australians.
But this silver birthday star, Ma Benyuan, knew very well that when Gou Er escaped from the village, he would only take gold, silver and other small items with him, and would never run away with such a gift. This thing can only fall into the hands of Australians.
in hands.
Why did the Australians come to his door? Ma Benyuan had no intention of thinking about it, but thinking that since all the Australians came to his door, he was naturally prepared - he even found the silver birthday boy he gave to Gou Er - he still
Let’s meet and see what’s true and false.
"The student has never met you, so I don't know why you are here?" Ma Benyuan saw that the visitor was very young, had a calm temperament, and looked quite dignified. He couldn't figure out his details for a while, so he asked politely.
.
"My surname is Lin, and I come from Lingao." Lin Baiguang said with a smile. Since he wants to recruit him to serve the Cross Travel Group, there is no need to be secretive.
Ma Benyuan had a sudden thought. It seemed that it was indeed them!
He said cautiously: "Your Majesty, you must be Australian."
Lin Baiguang nodded and said, "Exactly." As he said that, he handed over a thin piece of paper.
This is a copy of an account book, and the account book itself was compiled based on the materials copied from the Gou brothers. It clearly records the accounts of Ma Benyuan's stolen goods sold by Zhu Cai Lao and other pirates. There are dates and quantities.
, clearly. And the last stroke was written very clearly, there were three thousand taels of silver that had not been settled for Mr. Zhu Cai to sell the stolen goods.
When Ma Benyuan saw this copy, he immediately fell into his chair like a deflated ball. After a while, he said:
"The student does have business dealings with the Gou brothers, but they are just selling some goods on behalf of him." He waved his hand feebly, "The goods are the stolen goods of Mr. Zhu Cai and others. I really don't know..."
"Mr. Ma," Lin Baiguang said with a smile on his face, "I am not a government official, so I don't care about this kind of thing."
"Yes, yes, I appreciate it very much." Ma Benyuan said. Based on his experience, he certainly knew that the other party was going to make a handicap below. "I wonder if there is anything you need from the students?"
"I just want to continue to be a partner with Mr. Ma." Lin Baiguang knew that the matter was more than half over, so he smiled and said, "Conspire together." Lin Baiguang thought that Ma Benyuan was a smart man, and he had enough cards in his hand to force him to submit.
There was no need to beat around the bush. After he explained his requests one by one, Ma Benyuan originally had a calm expression on his face, but the more he listened, the worse his face became. After a long while, he replied: "This matter is too embarrassing."
Lin Baiguang said: "Sir, he just informed us of what he heard and saw in the Yamen. Naturally, we have someone to contact you."
Ma Benyuan still shook his head hesitantly. This kind of activity is equivalent to acting as a spy for the Australians. It is not a big deal to inform people in the Yamen, but he knows a little about what the Australians do: this group of people is building a city and building roads in Lingao, and is recruiting surrender.
If you rebel, you will cause a big mess sooner or later! If you try to find out information from them, you will be beheaded if you find out!
But Lin Baiguang's threat is really scary - especially this account book, which is so lethal. Mr. Zhu Cai has just been wiped out recently, and the government's drive to eliminate pirates has not yet passed. If this thing is thrown out, he will have to shed his skin even if he doesn't die.
Seeing that his determination was wavering, Lin Baiguang told him that he could keep the three thousand taels of silver and continue to do the work of selling stolen goods for the pirates in the future, and the commission would be passed on to the group.
This tempting condition made Ma Benyuan finally agree. In fact, he had no choice but to agree. If he agreed, he would at least get money every year. If he didn't agree, this account book and the letters that fell into their hands would be his fortune-telling talisman!
How to do this sit-down is a matter for the future.
When Lin Baiguang saw that he agreed, he told him his contact information: Under normal circumstances, he would send someone to contact him once a month on one day, at a teahouse on Ximenwai Street.
"As long as you sit there, someone will naturally contact you." Lin Baiguang whispered, "The person who comes to contact you will bring a hookah with a jasper holder. What news is there in the yamen and outside the city? You
Just tell him."
This is not difficult, Ma Benyuan thought.
"If we have any news we want to know, he will tell you." Lin Baiguang said.
Ma Benyuan nodded.
"In case you need to see our people right away, just go to the Five Lords Temple and throw a broken straw sandal by the stone steps outside the gate. Then go to the teahouse and wait, and someone will naturally come to meet you."
A chill arose in Ma Benyuan's heart. It wasn't that this method was unexpectedly brilliant, but that being able to do this meant that the Australians had already deployed a lot of people in the city. Maybe there were Australian spies outside watching.
My own house.
"Sometimes we will look for you urgently and we will draw a circle on the wall outside your house. When you see it, go to the teahouse and someone will contact you."
Lin Baiguang spoke eloquently, but in fact, he had no one in Qiongzhou Prefecture, and the so-called Qiongzhou Station was still a matter of horoscope. However, this rhetoric served the purpose of intimidating Ma Benyuan.
After recruiting Ma Benyuan by the way, Lin Baiguang's visit lasted for a few more days. No one on his list dared to refuse his request - the lethality of black materials is very effective. This group of people is not very reliable, but they are just
Lin Baiguang was forced to serve the Cross Travel Group out of necessity. He only used them as a source of intelligence. The real intelligence work had to be composed of intelligence personnel sent by Lingao.
One thing he is more worried about is the Jinyiwei personnel in Qiongzhou Prefecture. According to the usual practice: there are Jinyiwei dispatch offices in the prefecture, including hundreds of households, trial hundred households, general banners, small banners and other officials. Ordinary people are affected by movies and television, and they have
The Ming Dynasty's secret service agencies such as Jinyiwei, Dongchang and Xichang were all very familiar with each other, so they were somewhat fearful. Lin Baiguang was no exception.
However, there were no names of Jinyiwei personnel in the Gou family's relationship network. This made him a little strange. The Gou family's business of concealing stolen goods, selling stolen goods, and selling smuggled salt were all extremely lucrative black businesses. With Jinyiwei as powerful as the Jinyiwei,
For an organization, if you have nothing to do on weekdays and are looking for things to make money, you can't help but get a piece of the pie.
Among the bribery books seized in Gou Er's box, only the names of the 100 Jinyiwei 100 households and 100 trial households in Qiongzhou Prefecture were listed in the gift-giving account for the Three Festivals and Two Birthdays. However, they were not included in the book that actually contained large bribes.