Chapter 1335 It’s hard to decide
Liu Shang was determined to ensure his own safety. For this reason, he even tried to transfer Qin An away from Sanya and asked the civil affairs department to place him in the closed Changhua area. As for Qin An's mission, he didn't care much about it, and he didn't intend to help him complete this mission. Liu Shang also had the idea of copying Haihan's military equipment when he first arrived in Haihan. He also tried every means to check out relevant information in the Sanya Library. However, he stayed in Haihan for a long time and saw a lot of things. He also knew that relying solely on imitation of military technology could not shorten the gap in military strength between the two countries. Many of the weapons equipped by the Haihan army could not be copied without knowing their principles.
If the manufacturing technology of Haihan warships can be copied by one or two craftsmen working in the shipyard for a period of time, then the several big customers who once ordered warships from Haihan should have successfully copied it long ago. After all, they have copied the warships It has been installed in the army for some time, and the hull structure should have been figured out long ago. But the reality is that customers, including the Fujian Navy, still issue new orders to Haihan every year, which speaks volumes. Even if Qin An is assigned to the shipyard, the greatest role he can play is probably Contribute a labor force to Haihan. It would be better to take him to the ravine, at least the possibility of his identity being exposed would be much lower.
Although this is not as safe as completely silencing Qin An, given Liu Shang's ability, the current solution is considered the ultimate. If he were really asked to kill people, he might not have the ability to do so. Besides, Qin An was born as a carpenter and his body and bones were much stronger than the talker like him, so he might not be able to hold the opponent with his hands. When Qin An is released as a coolie in Changhua for one or two years, he might have found an opportunity to transfer out of here and return to the Ming Dynasty.
As for whether Liao Yuan will pursue this matter, Liu Shang is not worried. Not everyone can check this kind of immigration registration information. If you go to the Immigration Bureau to check someone's arrival record by name, you will actually be able to check it. There is a certain risk, and Liu Shang believes that with Liao Yuan's shrewdness, he will never put himself in such a dangerous situation. What's more, when the superiors sent Qin An to Sanya, they probably didn't specifically communicate with Liao Yuan beforehand. He might not even know that such a number one person came to Sanya.
Liu Shang thought about it and felt that his emergency change was quite perfect. Not only did he cleverly use his official status, but he also basically eliminated any future troubles. At least for a period of time in the future, he would not have to worry about Qin An implicating him, nor would he. No one would associate a newly arrived immigrant carpenter with a high-ranking Youth League official. Anyone else would not be able to do it better than myself. It's just that this performance cannot be said to be known to others, Liu Shang can only keep it in his heart and admire himself.
Two days later, Qin An was free. As expected, he followed Liu Shang's previous instructions and came to his temporary residence to find him. After the two of them sat down, Liu Shang pretended to ask about the result of the immigration allocation. Qin An responded angrily: "These Haihan people did not keep their word. It is extremely hateful. When the matter came to pass, they assigned Qin to Changhua County." Settlement. I heard that it is more than two days’ voyage from Sanya, and there is no shipyard at all. After going there, I am afraid that there will be no way to serve the country.”
Liu Shang felt relieved, and pretended to be sorry and comforted: "I even said hello to them that day, trying to keep you in Sanya for resettlement... Alas, this is probably because there have been too many immigrants introduced recently, and I want to stay in Sanya. I'm afraid we need a stronger relationship, but don't be discouraged. There is a railway line that is dozens of miles long in Changhua County. There are trains on the track that can pull tens of thousands of kilograms of heavy loads and are dedicated to transporting ore. You can study it carefully after you go there and see if you can gain something from it.”
Qin An said with a grimace: "I'm just afraid that there will be nothing suitable to do after I go. If I am sent to be a lumberjack, then why bother with this errand!"
Liu Shangxin said that although your job after arriving in Changhua was not a lumberjack, it was actually not much different. I am not harming you, but saving you. But on the surface, he still comforted me with kind words: "Don't worry, I will continue to think of ways here in Sanya and try to transfer you out of Changhua as soon as possible. But my errands are only limited to the local area, and I will not send you to Changhua." It is difficult to exert influence, and this matter needs to be discussed slowly and long-term.”
Qin An shook his head and said: "Brother Liu doesn't know something. The superiors have given me a time limit for this job, which is only one year. If it is not completed within one year, the job will be considered a failure! If I can't pay the job when I go back, I will definitely have to do it. Rather than being punished, it’s better to take a chance!”
Liu Shang was startled and quickly asked: "Wait a minute, how do you plan to take the risk? Let's talk about it first, and you and I will make the calculation together first, so as to be safe."
Qin An said: "Since we can't go to the shipyard, we can't do it softly, so we have to be tough! If we want to submit a report to the superiors, we have to steal a few shipbuilding blueprints and go back!"
Liu Shangxin said that instead of doing this, it would be better to send you to a shipyard to work as a carpenter and slowly learn skills. The office of the Shipping Department of the Ministry of Transportation, which is in charge of the shipyard, is in Victory Fort. It is surrounded by many checkpoints and is heavily guarded. Where can outsiders sneak in? Moreover, there are barbed wire fences and moats outside. Even if you, Qin An, have some skills, you can't escape these obstacles and get in. When the time comes, once you're caught and can't stand the torture, won't you be sure to drag me into the water?
Liu Shang knew that this matter must not be done, and quickly dissuaded him: "The place where the warship drawings are stored is not a place that ordinary people can go to. This matter needs to be considered in the long term and cannot be done rashly. What's more, if you don't follow the arrangements of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Changhua, that will definitely attract the attention of the Haihan Security Department. When people directly take action against you, how will you act?”
Qin An seemed to have made up his mind, and responded in a deep voice: "I will go to Changhua for a few days according to their arrangement. When I am ready, I will take advantage of the opportunity and slip away. Even if I am found missing over there, I will be looking for him." The area is determined not to be expanded to the entire island. I will at most search within the county. I will sneak back to Sanya and look for an opportunity to steal the blueprints from the Victory Fort. Brother Liu, you have already entered the imperial court in Haihan, so you must be right. I am familiar with Fort Victory. If you know the conditions inside Fort Victory, please draw a drawing for me so that you can follow the drawing to avoid finding a place to start.”
Liu Shang was complaining in his heart, saying that I had only been to Victory Fort once or twice. Every time I went in and out, there were people watching, and I didn't dare to raise my eyes. I couldn't draw any drawings. You want to die like this, but you still drag me to jump into the river together. It's really not loyal enough.
But Liu Shang couldn't go into too much detail, so as not to arouse Qin An's emotions, so he could only continue to persuade him with good words: "Brother Qin, this is not how this job is done. Do you think that no one in the past has tried to steal Haihan's confidential documents? Do you think Are the Haihan people unprepared for this? Let me tell you, your idea is tantamount to death! If you keep Qingshan, you won't have to worry about having no firewood. You should listen to my advice and go to Changhua first and wait for Brother Liao to come back. After I agree on a stable plan with him, I will try to bring you to Sanya.”
Qin An still refused to give up and asked: "When will Brother Liao come back? What if there is no suitable way?"
Liu Shang thought to himself, "You really don't know how powerful Haihan is, you're afraid you won't die fast enough!" At the moment, it is only said that Liao Yuan will turn around in the near future, and then Liao Yuan will gather people to conspire for big things. Although Qin An was still not convinced after hearing this, his attitude had obviously softened. Upon seeing this, Liu Shang quickly used his sharp tongue to persuade Qin An to give up this unrealistic and risky action plan while the iron was hot. It took a long time before Qin An finally agreed to go to Changhua according to the official arrangements, but he could only wait there for two months at most. If there was no practical plan after two months, he would have to plan his own actions. .
Liu Shang worked hard and finally got a two-month buffer period. After sending Qin An away, Liu Shang couldn't help but feel very upset about his previous troubles in the immigration camp. If they had pretended not to know each other at that time, the meeting between the two would have only been a brief moment during the promotional event. After that, Qin An will be assigned to the Shengli Port Shipyard. In theory, he will not have any interaction with him, and for safety reasons, the other party will not take the initiative to contact him. How could I know that I was obsessed with things for a while and went to cause trouble, but now I have made it difficult to deal with. What are the chances of failure for Qin An to take action on his own? Liu Shang's opinion is 100%, not even a chance of winning. But it was obvious that this guy was extremely stubborn and not afraid of death. He vowed to complete the task as soon as possible. As for whether anyone cooperated with his actions, it didn't seem to matter.
At this point, Liu Shang felt that he had to come up with a reasonable way to solve Qin An's hidden danger. But I am weak and it is impossible to complete this task alone. I have to find a helper somewhere.
Liu Shang carefully recalled the various people he had met after coming to Sanya. Basically, no one was truly trustworthy. After much deliberation, only Liao Yuan and his group who were in the same camp as him were the most trustworthy. But wouldn't it be ridiculous to persuade these people to help him kill Qin An? As long as Qin An communicates with Liao Yuan for a while, it will not be difficult to discover the role he plays in this. When the time comes, the person Liao Yuan wants to kill will probably be himself.
Liu Shang was very upset at the moment. Thinking about the complicated environment he had to endure during his trip around the island a few days ago, he never thought that after successfully entering the Haihan government, he might fall short because of the recklessness of a new colleague. The most annoying thing is that the culprit of this embarrassment is none other than Liu Shang himself. If he hadn't reached out to meddle in his own business, Qin An would have basically nothing to do with him now.
After a few days of worry, Liu Shang saw that Qin An didn't come to see him again. He must have followed the immigration allocation and settled in Changhua. At least in the near future, he didn't have to worry about this guy for the time being. As for the countermeasures, he could only think about it slowly. . But before he could recover from this incident, new troubles came to his door.
After Liu Shang got off work that day, someone suddenly tapped him on the shoulder from behind while he was walking on the road. When he looked back, his heart beat faster and it turned out to be Liao Yuan standing behind him.
Liu Shangqian smiled and said: "It turns out to be Brother Liao. I heard that Brother Liao went out on errands a few days ago. I don't know when he came back?"
"I just arrived yesterday." Liao Yuan lowered his voice and said, "This is not the place to talk. You come with me."
Liao Yuan didn't want to have a detailed chat with Liu Shang in a crowded place on the street, so he turned around and left. Liu Shang didn't dare to ignore him, so he could only quickly follow him. The two of them walked one behind the other, and after walking through several alleys in the direction of the port area, Liao Yuan entered a small courtyard with a single family. Seeing this, Liu Shang could only bite the bullet and followed in.
"There's no one else here. It's easier to talk. Sit down." Liao Yuan lit the candle and then began to talk about his experiences these days: "Boss Liu went to Guangzhou for business a few days ago and asked me to accompany him. At that time, you were training The center can’t tell you the news, so I can only follow him to Guangzhou for business. By the way, I heard that you are already on duty at Haihan Yamen?”
Liu Shang knew that it was useless to deny this, so he nodded and said: "Some coincidences happened. In the end, I did not go to the Propaganda Department, but joined the Youth League."
"Youth League?" Liao Yuan's eyes immediately lit up when he heard these three words: "This is a privileged yamen... Then have you ever met Yu Xiaobao, the head of this yamen?"
Liu Shang Xindao not only met me, but also ate, lived and traveled with me for many days a few days ago. He appointed me for this position. However, regarding these matters, Liu Shang was more cautious and did not intend to reveal everything to Liao Yuanhe. He nodded and said: "When I went to report to the Youth League, I met him once. He was very young, but he had a high position and was in the sea. The Han officialdom is quite important.”
Liao Yuandao: "It is said that although this person is a local aboriginal, he may have some kind of kinship with the Haihan people, so he has been favored by Haihan at a young age, and the senior officials of Haihan have great trust in him. If you can get in touch with this person , which may provide a lot of convenience for future tasks.”
Liu Shangying said: "I should do my best. However, the day before yesterday, an armed fleet came to sneak attack Sanya, and the two sides had a battle at sea. The errand I have recently been to publicize and explain this matter. I spent more time running outside, and also There is no chance to go to Fort Victory.”
Although Liao Yuan had just come back, he had already heard about the battles of the past few days. Hearing this, he couldn't help but sigh: "I think the Folangji fleet also has strong ships and powerful guns, and it didn't even take advantage of it when it came to the door." Being beaten up and running away, this Haihan’s strength is indeed terrifying.”
The Ming Dynasty has never been able to distinguish between Spain and Portugal. At first, it just called the Portuguese the Francois according to the Arabs' name for the Europeans. The Spaniards who occupied Luzon Island also followed this name. However, Liu Shang followed Yu Xiaobao's inspection team around Hainan Island and gained a lot of knowledge. He already knew that Portugal and Spain were actually two countries. Portugal had already colluded with Haihan Hang, while Spain was in cahoots with Hainan. Haihan has an old grudge, so he sent troops to attack the day before yesterday.
(End of chapter)