Chapter 3427
Regarding how to win over Ming officials for their own use, the Ministry of Security also has very rich practical experience in this regard. Over the past thirty years, there have been as many as eight hundred officials from the Ming Dynasty who have served Haihan, and many of them were brokered and operated by the Ministry of Security.
In fact, even among the most senior senior people in the Ministry of Security, many of them had been members of the Ming Dynasty's public sect before taking refuge in Haihan.
For example, Li Qingyang, who has retired from the Ministry of Security and went to Hangzhou to use his remaining talents, was once a member of the Ming Dynasty Jinyi Guards when he was young.
This Chunfu already had a deep connection with the Ministry of Security, and had not severed ties with his own side. In addition, the current situation is obviously more favorable to Haihan, and Zhang Qianzhi believes that he should be pulled back from the Ming Dynasty to the Haihan camp. The probability of success is still very high.
However, since the other party still has concerns, the matter cannot be settled overnight. They can only slowly communicate with Xiang Chunfu and strive to exchange generous terms for his voluntary surrender.
Fortunately, the action cycle of the Wujian Plan is extremely long. It has been more than 20 years since its inception. Even He Xi did not expect it to be completed in a short time, so Zhang Qianzhi naturally would not be too anxious.
Now that the messenger sent has been connected to Xiang Chunfu, Zhang Qianzhi has no intention of replacing another person, so he asked the messenger to go to Ganzhou with his reply in two days.
However, the communication efficiency of this kind of correspondence is really too low. Zhang Qianzhi doesn't have the patience to wait for a full month for each communication.
Ping An also has a branch in Huizhou, which is adjacent to Ganzhou. Zhang Qianzhi is planning to let local people join the operation and use the radio station deployed in Huizhou to transmit information to Sanya to increase the speed of information transmission between the two places.
It is now the end of the year, and various departments usually do not arrange any major actions at this time, and the Security Department is no exception.
After Zhang Qianzhi is busy with Operation Infinite and recruiting new people, he will start writing the annual report. Moreover, the summary he wants to write this year is not just for the stall he manages, but also the work summary of the entire security department for He Xi.
He Xi entrusted this task to him to complete, which may be both trust and test. But for Zhang Qianzhi, this task is probably more of a headache than solving the previous thorny problems.
There are not many bright spots for the Ministry of Security this year. The most outstanding achievement is Gong Shiqi's participation in solving the Zhu Zhongyun assassination case while he was in Hangzhou.
However, the Ministry of Security later learned through various clues that the assassination case had actually been under the control of the Donghai Region Military Intelligence Bureau. The so-called assassination operation was just the trigger for Haihan to launch a new round of war against Ming Dynasty.
The role played by the Ministry of Security in this process was actually to assist Shi Diwen and the military in completing the necessary procedures. Although he was later commended by the Executive Committee, for the Ministry of Security, there was really no way to brag about such hard-earned achievements.
This caused Zhang Qianzhi to feel quite embarrassed when writing his work summary. Let’s just skip this paragraph. Since there is really no other outstanding achievement this year, he could only shamelessly make up a paragraph about the Ministry of Security’s work in solving the assassination case. The role played.
After returning home from work, Zhang Qianzhi had just sat down when a servant informed his father that Zhang Tiangui wanted to see him.
Zhang Qianzhi came to the study room quickly, and Zhang Tiangui told him the good news very proudly: "Two small docks have been vacated at the shipyard. You can go over and sign the contract early tomorrow. I have already said hello, let the I will arrange to join the team and build two new ships for your security department.”
Zhang Qianzhi said curiously: "I went to the shipyard a few days ago and saw that it will take two months at the earliest to have an empty shipyard. How do you say it will be available? Is it possible that you can just tell the shipyard to move the unfinished ship?" ”
Zhang Tiangui glared and said, "How old am I to do this kind of thing? It's because the outfitting progress was delayed and people couldn't wait any longer. They took the initiative to launch the water in advance and changed the construction location of the final outfitting stage to another place." Zhang Qianzhi Curiosity aroused, I couldn't help but ask: "Which shipowner is so anxious that he can't even wait for the outfitting to be completed before sailing the ship away?"
Zhang Tiangui said: "It should be a ship from the Xingdao Region. I didn't ask about the specific situation. You can find out for yourself when you go there tomorrow."
Hearing this, Zhang Qianzhi seemed to have guessed some of the reasons. Compared with the security department, which lacks sea-going ships, the Star Island Region seems to be more eager to expand its maritime power.
Early the next morning, Zhang Qianzhi rushed to the Sanya Shipyard in person. It didn't take much effort for him to figure out the cause and effect of this matter.
As Zhang Tiangui said, these two ships are two expedition-class warships commissioned by the Xingdao Region to be built by Sanya Shipyard. However, due to various reasons, the construction manpower required for the final outfitting phase of these two ships was not available, and the delivery time could only be postponed.
However, at this time, the ship had basically completed the construction stage, and there was no problem launching it into the water. It was just that the artillery and other weapons and equipment were not installed in place. The Xingdao District did not want to wait any longer, so it decided to launch the ship first, load the weapons and equipment directly and bring them back, and have the Xingdao District's shipyard install them themselves.
"If you are not in a hurry, I will take you to the dock to have a look. The water is being launched right now. People from the Xingdao area are also present. If you have any questions, you can ask them in person."
Zhang Qianzhi also became interested in what the shipyard official said, so he led the way to the shipyard where launching operations were taking place.
One of the ships has already rowed from the dock into the sea along the paved track. Another ship is undergoing final inspection before launching.
If one had not already known the construction progress of the two ships, it would not have been apparent at first glance that they were not yet fully completed. Masts, cables, sails, and steering oars are all available, and the basic conditions for sailing on the sea are indeed met.
Zhang Qianzhi immediately saw a familiar face, Shao Tianhu, the person in charge of the Xingdao Office.
After Shao Tianhu saw him, he took the initiative to come over and say hello: "Master Zhang is so free, why do you come to see our two boats launched?"
Zhang Qianzhi pointed to the vacated dock and said, "I just happened to come over and have some business to do... The ships that will be built next in this dock are for our safety department."
Shao Tianhu nodded and said: "I see, then if we enter the water in advance, it will save you a lot of time."
Zhang Qianzhi took the opportunity to ask the doubts hidden in his heart: "Why is the Xingdao side in such a hurry to get the ship, and they have to rush to sail the ship back before the outfitting is finished?"
Shao Tianhu said with a smile: "Master Luo and Master Qian hope to set up the new fleet at the beginning of the year. The ship sailed back from Sanya and completed the trial. When it got there, it was directly delivered to the navy for service. The expedition class is nothing. New stuff, the final work of installing the artillery and adjusting the details can be completed by the Navy itself.”
Zhang Qianzhi said: "From what you said, it seems that the two adults are planning to have a big fight after the new year!"
Shao Tianhu responded noncommittally: "I don't know if we will do one next year, but my superiors require the two ships to be launched and handed over before the end of the year, so I must complete the task."