Chapter 1333 Hidden Dangerous Character
Liu Shang never thought that meeting an old friend in a foreign country would happen in such a scene. The appearance of this "old friend" was not only not a surprise, but mostly frightening. Although Liu Shang and he belonged to the same camp, they did not feel any joy when they met. Instead, they immediately began to doubt the reason for the other party's appearance here and evaluate the risks it might cause to themselves.
Such a reaction can be regarded as a manifestation of occupational disease. Liu Shang basically acted in a single line during his lurking in Haihan. Anyone who knows his true identity, including his contact person Liao Yuan, can regard it as a potential risk of identity exposure. . Originally there was only Liao Yuan, which already made Liu Shang uneasy all the time. He was afraid of being implicated and wanted to find an opportunity to punish him quickly. Now a guy who knew his true identity suddenly appeared, which made Liu Shang's mood, which had been calm for a few days, become tense again.
Liu Shang quickly sorted out the current situation in his mind. Although his current official status would put him in a passive position, this temporary official position is actually not useless. At least in the immigration camp, he still speaks Have a certain influence. The most important thing at the moment is to try to find out this person's hidden identity, as well as the region and unit to which he will be assigned.
Liu Shang has been around the market for a long time and has learned many tricks. He immediately asked the officials in the immigration camp to ask about the distribution of this group of immigrants.
The Youth League is a very special existence in the Haihan officialdom. It can be said that it is the only way for young officials to be promoted. And those who serve as officials in the Youth League are often regarded as persons with great authority by the outside world and lower-level officials. Of course, this is not the case. For example, Liu Shang's temporary position is a false position, a labor role that needs to be moved wherever it is needed, rather than a big shot in managing the youth official system. But his temporary position was enough for the people below to look up to him. Therefore, the clerk in charge of immigration here did not dare to hide his question and immediately came to his side to introduce it in detail.
Although this group of more than 400 immigrants is counted as the same group of people receiving allocation, the Immigration Bureau will not assign them to one place, but will be broken up and resettled in various parts of Hainan Island. On average, one city or county is about There are sixty or seventy people. However, Liu Shang was worried about arousing the other party's suspicion, so it was not easy to point out the person he recognized and ask for details. Instead, he went around in circles and asked the clerk to take a look at the registration information of these people. The clerk didn't doubt him, so he hurriedly fetched the book and handed it to Liu Shang.
Although Liu Shang didn't know what the person's pseudonym was and what kind of identity he had used to conceal his identity, he knew Haihan's immigration registration information. The personal information recorded on it was very detailed, including gender, age, and physical characteristics. Content, he was able to quickly filter out the man in gray.
During his earlier search for information at the Sanya Municipal Library, Liu Shang was already familiar with the method of Haihan registration information, so it was easy to look through this kind of immigration information, so he started directly with male immigrants. Among the more than 400 immigrants, 70% are male immigrants, and about half of them are between 20 and 40 years old. Liu Shang estimated that even if the man lied about his age, it would only be within this range, otherwise it would not match his appearance.
Liu Shang had an excellent memory. Even without taking notes, he had already selected the information of more than a hundred people in his mind. Then he looked at the description of physical characteristics and erased most of them, leaving only twenty or thirty. People.
Liu Shang knew that people sent from the Ming Dynasty generally would not hide their identity as simple farmers, because although the possibility of revealing their secrets was extremely low, as immigrants, they could easily be assigned to some remote places to serve as pioneers in reclaiming wasteland. There is no chance of getting access to valuable information at all. Therefore, in order to stay in a big city like Sanya and develop, Ming intelligence agents who pretend to be new immigrants and enter Sanya usually use the identity of a craftsman in a certain industry as a cover, so that they can stay in a big city and work in a short period of time. It is better to obtain Haihan naturalization qualifications, and it is best to be exposed to certain special industries and departments.
Similar to Liu Shang, he came to Haihan as a storyteller. With this special talent, he was appreciated by the Propaganda Department and directly recruited him to work in the official department. Nationality, identity, and status are all fulfilled in one step. This kind of treatment can be said to be the lucky one among the Ming intelligence personnel. Liao Yuan and others who came to Haihan before him to lurk have not had the opportunity to work in Haihan's official institutions so far. They are just engaged in the business of looking after homes and nursing homes in Sanya.
Liu Shang knew that this person must have some special status, and he had stayed in Haihan for more than two months, and he already had a certain understanding of which professions were easiest to obtain. After scanning the information of the remaining people several times, I filtered out most of them, leaving only three people.
One of these three people is a martial artist, one is a carpenter, and one is a scholar. Liu Shang had difficulty in determining which one the other person was hiding. However, this did not trouble him. At that moment, he asked the clerk standing beside him as if unintentionally: "These people will be assigned soon. How much do you know about them?"
The clerk quickly responded: "Since this group of people arrived in Hong Kong, their information registration and immigration allocation have been handled by humble officials for seven or eight days. It's not that humble officials are boasting. This group of people randomly pulled out one Come, the villain can report their personal situation immediately. Director Liu can ask questions at will and he will know.”
"If you are so confident, then I will randomly pick a few names from the roster and you can point them out to me. By the way, tell me about your personal situation and see if it matches the registration information." Liu Shang saw that the other party was so cooperative and he was not polite at the moment. , and immediately announced a temporary business assessment to him.
The clerk only thought that Liu Shang was testing whether he was serious about his work. He had no idea that he had other purposes, and he looked forward to performing in front of him.
Liu Shangdao first randomly selected two names. As expected, after looking around, the clerk pointed out in detail where the person was sitting and his personal information, which was consistent with what was registered on the roster. Liu Shang saw that this clerk was indeed familiar with the business, so he immediately began to report the names of the three remaining people he had selected. When they arrived at the second person, the man in gray that Liu Shang recognized was where the clerk was pointing.
"This Qin An is from Fujian, and his carpentry skills are quite good. He has also helped us with a lot of carpentry work these days. From his humble position, he has a positive attitude towards work and is an honest man who doesn't talk much, so I am ready to recommend him. He went to the construction team under the Ministry of Construction, or to the Shengli Port Shipyard, both of which should be suitable for him to use his skills." The clerk introduced it in great detail, and connected all the units that he was going to recommend this person to. Reported it. "So your name is Qin An..." Liu Shang secretly wrote down the name. Although it must be the same as his current name and not his real real name, for unknown people like them lurking in Haihan, the real name has been It has no real meaning anymore.
As far as Liu Shang knows, immigrants in the carpentry profession are also very popular craftsmen in Haihan. Many production departments have to deal with carpentry work, so immigrants with this craft can be said to have no worries about making a living in Haihan. of. Qin An chose the profession of carpenter as a cover for his identity. On the one hand, he must have a relatively good craftsmanship. On the other hand, he probably chose this profession to settle down in Haihan quickly, and he is also expected to be able to come into contact with some people who are artificially employed. Industries that have set up technical barriers may be able to secretly learn some advanced technologies that Haihan keeps secret.
Even Liu Shang had to admit that if he wanted to secretly learn Haihan's skills, someone who knew carpentry might be more useful than someone like himself who could only record words. Especially those mechanical devices that seem to have very complicated structures. The structures that Liu Shang couldn't understand after turning over and over for a long time. In the eyes of the craftsmen, the secrets may be revealed at just a glance.
It would be fine if Qin An sneaked into Haihan silently and did not meet Liu Shang here. Everyone has his own way, and everyone has his own way. Everyone develops according to his own ability, and there is nothing to say. But since they have met each other here, and Liu Shang also knows that the other party recognizes him, the situation is a little more complicated. He could not tell how the other party viewed his appearance and current official status, but out of empathy, the other party was probably worried that his appearance would put him in a risky situation where his identity would be exposed. Those who work in their profession know that the safest principle to protect their identity from being leaked is to kill all the insiders around them.
Liao Yuan is an insider, but he has party members and may even have other trump cards unknown to Liu Shang. Liu Shang's ability alone cannot deal with him. But Qin An is a newcomer and doesn’t know much about Haihan society outside the immigration camp. In the early days of entering this environment, he will have many difficulties in adapting, which may lead to his identity being exposed— - These are the situations Liu Shang experienced when he first entered Sanya. He has reason to believe that Qin An will also face a similar situation.
Liu Shang has two choices at the moment. One is to support the newcomer through the adaptation period as quickly as possible, just like Liao Yuan did to him, so as to prevent him from accidentally exposing his identity. This method of handling can help this colleague settle down as soon as possible, but the disadvantages are also obvious. If you are tied to him in this way, although the exposure risk in the short term is reduced, it will undoubtedly increase the risk in the long term.
The other option is more decisive. From now on, try to cut off all contact with this person and treat him as a stranger. Of course, this is not safe. If necessary, you should even consider silencing them to nip hidden dangers in the bud. Liu Shang's own heart is obviously more inclined to the latter method of handling, because only in this way can the real foolproofness be ensured.
Liu Shang was so cautious about his personal safety, even to a terrifying level. Even his colleagues wanted to silence him directly, but there was a reason for it. In the past few years, various intelligence agencies, local governments, and the military of the Ming Dynasty have successively sent many groups of intelligence personnel to Hainan Island. However, there have been many failures, and many of the intelligence personnel captured by Haihan were not exposed by themselves. , but was exposed by other arrested colleagues. Some people even betrayed Haihan and captured the lurkers sent by the Ming Dynasty specifically for Haihan.
After learning enough experiences and lessons, Ming Dynasty's intelligence agency has adjusted its strategy, arranging intelligence personnel to act in a single line after infiltrating Haihan as much as possible, or even dormant as a "dead chess" that will not be activated for a period of time. Liu Shang didn't know how many unknown "dead chess" there were in Haihan, waiting for the order to activate, but he knew that Qin An was definitely not a lurker with such a task, because they were interviewed in the same batch, and the superiors made it clear at the time He told him that his mission in Haihan was to collect intelligence and wait for opportunities to plan sabotage activities.
Liu Shang was lost in thought as he thought about it. He didn't come back to his senses until the clerk next to him greeted him several times. He closed the roster in his hand and handed it back to him. He praised in his mouth: "You are very responsible for your work and you have done a great job." OK! ”
After sending the little official away, the colleagues in charge of the presentation had finished their work, and it was finally Liu Shang's turn to take the stage. After he came to the stage, he looked down and saw that Qin An was still watching him secretly. Liu Shang calmed down and introduced himself first, and then began to tell these immigrants about the naval battle that took place off the coast of Sanya a few days ago.
The content of Liu Shang's narration was basically based on the article published in the "Haihan Times". Regarding some more complicated issues, such as the grievances between Haihan and the Spanish, Liu Shang also explained some of them to avoid these Immigrants from countries such as the Ming Dynasty cannot understand the cause and effect. His speech was delivered in the form of a storyteller, and it also described the content of the war. Naturally, it was more ups and downs and exciting than the speeches of his previous colleagues on the stage. The immigrants in the audience even burst into applause from time to time, as if they were really speaking. Just like listening to a book, this kind of reaction also made Liu Shang dumbfounded.
After he finished speaking on the stage, the staff at the immigration camp took the lead in applauding, and the immigrants followed suit and applauded. After Liu Shang stepped down, the errand was completed. However, Liu Shang said that he wanted to collect materials for writing articles, so he took the initiative to stay and did not leave the immigration camp with the others.
According to Liu Shang's request, the immigration camp selected several new immigrants from the group of new immigrants who had just listened to the lecture, and took turns to be questioned individually by Liu Shang to find out whether they truly understood the content of the lecture. Of course, this was just a temporary excuse he came up with. The real purpose was to get in touch with Qin An and find out the other party's purpose and plans before these immigrants were released.
(End of chapter)