Chapter 430 Opening the Net
As the prestigious intelligence agency of the Ming Dynasty, the strength of the Jin Yiwei should not be underestimated. Although the acting skills of the Jin Yiwei who pretended to be ordinary people in this wine shop were not very qualified, Gong Shiqi did not look down upon them at all. Most of the employees in this yamen have real abilities, especially the grassroots personnel who perform tasks such as lurking, tracking, and arresting outside, and there are very few idlers. It was precisely because Gong Shiqi was unsure about dealing with these people that he sent people back to bring in reinforcements. However, this helpless young master Li San actually claimed that he could help him in this matter. Naturally, Gong Shiqi would not believe it easily.
Li Nai said with a calm look on his face: "Captain Gong, don't worry, I have already discussed a perfect plan with Boss He!"
"A foolproof strategy?" Gong Shiqi looked unbelieving. In Guangzhou City, if you want to attack the royal guards of the imperial court, how can there be any foolproof plan for this kind of beheading?
"Captain Gong, please tell your people not to rush into action later. I have my own way." Li Nai did not go into details and directly showed He Xi's warrant to Gong Shiqi.
Gong Shiqi saw clearly that the content of the warrant was to ask him to cooperate with Li Nai in this operation and to protect Li Nai's personal safety. Since it was He Xi's personal order, Gong Shiqi had no choice but to obey it and sent someone to notify several other people on surveillance missions outside the wine shop.
After about half an hour, the door of the wine shop finally opened. The five people who had entered before filed out, looked around to see if there was any movement, and headed south.
"Let's go, let's follow him and have a look." Li Nai waved his folding fan and followed him leisurely. Gong Shiqi also threw down the firewood and followed Li Nai. He really wanted to see how the delicate and elegant Young Master Li San would deal with these wolf-like and tiger-like Jin Yiwei.
Just after passing through a street corner, Gong Shiqi saw a stall standing on the street in front of him. Several people were loudly soliciting people to pass by: "Take a look! Haihan immigrants are well-paid and have food." Take care of your wages and enjoy your life without worries! ”
When the Jin Yiwei who were pretending to be civilians approached, someone came forward and handed them a few leaflets, the content of which was nothing more than promoting the Haihan immigration policy. This kind of immigration propaganda point usually appeared outside the city in the past, but it was extremely rare in the city. As soon as Gong Shiqi saw this posture, he guessed that this must be the arrangement of the Li family. The publicity personnel and promotional materials are all ready-made. You can just bring them to the city and set up a stall.
Several Jin Yiwei obviously hesitated for a while, but in the end they did not stop in front of this stall and continued to move south. When Gong Shiqi saw that Li Nai didn't show the slightest hint of disappointment and still looked confident, he expected that he still had something to do, so he was not in a hurry to ask and continued to follow quietly.
Sure enough, almost every intersection we passed next had stalls soliciting immigrants, and there were endless promotional methods. Gong Shiqi finally couldn't help but catch up a few steps and asked Li Nai: "It seems that this arrangement must have been made in advance. How did the third young master know that they would go to the south of the city?"
"I don't know which direction they will go." Li Nai shook his head and said: "So I arranged them in the four directions of southeast, northwest and northwest. There are about thirty or forty stalls in total, with more than two hundred people participating."< br>
Gong Shiqi was immediately stunned and speechless. Arranging so many publicity points in a very short period of time was a method that only a local snake like the Li family could pull off. It was a blessing that Li Nai could come up with such an idea. Although the five Jin Yiwei did not show interest in this kind of street solicitation at first, as they encountered more and more publicity, these people gradually began to show signs of hesitation. Near an immigration recruitment point before leaving the city, these people saw a group of immigrants that had been recruited and couldn't help but come forward to consult.
Gong Shiqi's nerves immediately became tense. If these Jin Yiwei found something wrong, it would definitely arouse their vigilance, and it would not work if they tried to use similar methods to lure the enemy again.
Li Nai said easily: "Captain Gong, don't worry, these people don't know the inside story. What they know is that for every immigrant they recruit today, they will get one penny. As for those immigrants, of course they are all genuine." ”
Gong Shiqi suddenly said: "The third young master's trick is really powerful! If they want to sneak into Victory Port quietly, it is probably the easiest way to become immigrants."
"But they probably won't choose to be immigrants." Li Nai shook his head and said: "Although immigration status is easy to use, the process of verifying identity is very strict. These people must have identity tokens and weapons on their bodies, and they cannot enter the immigration team at all. .”
"Then if that's the case, why does the third young master go to such trouble to set up these publicity points?" Gong Shiqi asked in confusion.
"To build momentum, let these people know about Haihan's immigration policy, so that they will no longer be so picky when choosing other ways to hide their identity." Li Nai said calmly.
"Is there any other way?" Gong Shiqi now felt that the young master Li San in front of him was not a scholar who only studied books, but the methods he used were one after another.
"The front is the foreshadowing, and the back is the real drama." Seeing that the five people had left the city gate, Li Nai finally put away the relaxed look on his face, and quickened his pace.
Just outside the south gate of Guangzhou is the Pearl River Wharf. There are many hotels, shops and warehouses here, which has led to the development of transportation, catering, entertainment and other industries. Three religions and nine streams are everywhere here. It can be said to be the most prosperous area outside Guangzhou. . However, today's situation seems to be a little different from usual. There are many stalls recruiting sailors and crew members on the street.
There are many conspicuous signs on both sides of the street, such as "Urgently recruiting several crew members. We will set sail south today, and the treatment will be generous." It doesn’t matter whether you have experience or not, you can get your first month’s salary upon joining”, “Urgently hiring permanent staff in Sanya, Qiongzhou, earning a thousand taels a year is no longer a dream” and other billboards, some of which even have the ink on them not completely dry. through.
In front of these stalls, more or less people gathered. Even Gong Shiqi, who was used to seeing the prosperity of this place, was stunned by this sight. As for the Jin Yiwei, they had already dispersed to different recruitment sites to inquire about the conditions.
Gong Shiqi was stunned for a long time, and then said to Li Nai: "The Third Young Master's move is indeed powerful, I have to obey! But what if these people don't plan to find a way to go to Sanya immediately?" "There is no loss in that. Ah! The executive committee has recently commissioned me to increase the recruitment of sailors. Even if we can't find these people, it would be good to recruit a group of professionals and send them to the recruitment points in Sanya. We set it up, no matter where they go, they will end up on our boat!" Li Nai said with a smile. He noticed that one of the surveillance subjects seemed to have a strong interest in a certain company's solicitation, and had already sat down in front of a roadside stall and began to talk in detail.
Gong Shiqi now had to admire Li Nai's methods. Compared with recruiting immigrants, the entry conditions for sailors were obviously more relaxed. There was no need to verify personal status or check luggage. Outsiders wanted to sneak in without anyone noticing. Mixing into Sanya is undoubtedly the best way. By the time these Jin Yiwei boarded the ship and sailed away from Guangzhou, they would become meat on the chopping block and be at their own mercy.
Gong Shiqi made a gesture, and the surrounding field team members immediately dispersed and went to monitor the target persons. Seeing that the dust had settled, Li Nai smiled and said to Gong Shiqi: "If Captain Gong has nothing to do, then we might as well go sit in the teahouse next to him and wait for the news!"
Not long after the two sat in the teahouse, news began to come back one after another. The target tasks all have obvious Jiangsu and Zhejiang accents, which basically confirms the possibility of being from Nanjing. These five people were split into two groups and joined two different shipping companies - of course, these two shipping companies are actually properties under the name of the Li family. They will depart from the Pearl River Pier the day after tomorrow as crew members and head to their destination, Sanya.
"Today's events were all planned and implemented by the third young master. When I go back next time, I will report it to the boss and ask for credit for the third young master!" Only at this moment did Gong Shiqi finally let go of his hanging heart.
Li Nai waved his hand and said, "There's no need to ask for credit. I'm not one of your internal staff, so this credit will be of no use to me. When you go back, tell Boss He, don't forget the ten boxes of 'Sanya Special Brew' you owe me, and give it to me as soon as possible." I'll send it over."
The "Sanya special brew" Li Nai refers to is actually rum produced in the Sanya area. Once this distilled liquor made from sugar cane molasses was launched, it was highly praised for its sweet taste. Since the sugar cane production capacity in the Haihan control area is still relatively limited, and most of it is used to make cane sugar, the output of this "Sanya Special Brew" is not large, and it is not even publicly sold on the market. Only related households like "Ruifeng" can get a small amount of survival from within Haihan. And its price on the market is much higher than that of ordinary liquor because of its rare stock. At an auction last month, a box of twelve bottles of "Sanya Special Liquor" even sold for a sky-high price of one thousand taels of silver.
Gong Shiqi bowed in agreement, and then said: "These recruitment booths arranged by the Third Young Master will be kept there for a few more days."
"Why is this?" Li Nai asked in surprise. Although setting up these stalls does not cost much money, the manpower required cannot be ignored. In order to set up such a dragnet, "Fu Ruifeng" deployed almost 90% of its employees in and outside Guangzhou, and even all shops were closed. , the impact on the Li family's business cannot be ignored.
"Although we know that there is such a group of people with evil intentions, we don't know their detailed number and division of labor. We also don't know if there are others besides the five people today. We need to wait for two more days to avoid slipping through the net. Fish!" Gong Shiqi was not dazzled by the victory in front of him, and still clearly remembered his mission.
Li Nai nodded and said: "In that case, we will follow what Captain Gong said."
In fact, Gong Shiqi's follow-up plan is longer, and the surveillance of the Jinyiwei contact point will have to continue for at least half a month. The alarm will be lifted only after the matter is determined to be over. However, Li Nai's strategy did help Gong Shiqi solve the problem of insufficient manpower. As long as the five target people were on board, the field team of the General Office of the General Office of the People's Republic of China would not need to come forward for the rest. The navy has always arranged for someone to be responsible for armed escort. There is at least one company of naval mobile forces in Lijiazhuang that can be mobilized. It is obviously easier for them to handle this kind of thing.
That night Gong Shiqi returned to the Liaison Office in Guangdong and reported the action process and results to He Xi. At the end, he did not forget to mention Li Nai's ten boxes of "Sanya Special Brew". He Xi smiled and said: "Li Nai is here purely for those ten boxes of wine. I will arrange for someone to deliver them to his house tomorrow. You choose a smart guy from among the guys who participated in the operation today and go to Panyu early tomorrow morning. , tell Xiao Liang what happened and help him deal with it properly.”
Gong Shiqi knew that the purpose of sending people there was not just to deliver the message, but more importantly to identify the person, so as not to escape the target during the arrest, so he immediately responded and arranged his personnel.
The next day was uneventful, as the Li family's recruitment stall continued to recruit migrant workers under various names from inside and outside the city. On the morning of the third day, He Xi personally traveled with Gong Qiqi to witness this crucial step at the Pearl River Pier.
According to the time agreed during the recruitment, the five target persons should report to the dock this morning. When He Xi and Gong Shiqi arrived at the dock with their people, the person in charge of surveillance came over to report the news, saying that those Several people had already boarded the two merchant ships to which they had fled.
"These guys are quite proactive!" He Xi said with a smile: "We can rest assured when the ship leaves the dock."
An hour later, two merchant ships carrying Jinyiwei spies slowly left the Pearl River Pier and headed south along the river. He Xi stood up and patted her butt and said, "Let's go. Our affairs are now at an end. Let's go back to the General Office and send a telegram to tell them that the target in Lijiazhuang has set off!"
As Gong Shiqi and others discovered, the five people from Jiangsu and Zhejiang who visited the wine shop that day were indeed Jin Yiwei from Nanzhen Fusi. The team was led by a member of the Baihu family named Li Qingyang. His mission was to go to the Yazhou area to investigate what kind of group the Haihan people who appeared there were. However, this operation is different from the past. Their team will not deal with the Guangzhou Jinyiwei organization. Instead, after arriving in Guangzhou, they will try to cross the sea to the south of Yazhou and sneak into the local area to investigate and collect evidence.
Li Qingyang wasn't particularly sure why his boss had such a strange arrangement. His duty was to obey and execute orders, not to ask why. After receiving the order, he led his team south. After living outside Guangzhou for a day, he went into the city and made contact with the local secret post where Fu Si lived in Nanzhen.
(End of chapter)