In April 1631, even during the Xiaoice period, spring finally came outside the castle.

The willows on the bank of the Tudi River are newly green, the peaches and apricots are blooming, and the huā flowers are swaying in the cold spring breeze. The land turned green, and the peasants who survived the war and famine were busy in the fields, despite the vegetables and clothes.

The Qing army's first entry into the fortress, or "the change of the past year", has ended last year, in October of the third year of Chongzhen, the Houjin army that entered the customs all returned to Shenyang. The four cities of Zunhua, which were originally guarded by troops in the pass, were also recovered by the Ming army. The burned houses have not yet been rebuilt, and the bones of those who died in the war are still seen on the roadside from time to time. However, because of the entry of Houjin into the customs and the rumors of the Beizhili prefectures and counties, the capital and county of Beizhili finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the Ming Dynasty seemed to be about to usher in another spring like this land.

However, many bureaucrats in the Jingshi, regardless of their political stance, as long as they have a little brains, know that Da Ming is sick, and he is not lightly ill. However, at this time, no one could have predicted that the time of the Ming Dynasty was short.

The officialdom and scholars in the Beijing division talked about the most about Houjin, which had gradually become a great disaster for the imperial court, as for the Liukou in Shaanxi, the luxury in Guizhou, and the thieves in Qiongzhou, some people mentioned it, but no one cared. Although He Rubin was wiped out in Qiongzhou and suffered heavy losses, it did not cause much sensation Compared to the loss of the Ming court in the Rebellion of Lu'an, the loss of the governor and the general system, after all, the most senior official killed in the battle of Qiongzhou was only a general. So far, there have been no lost states and counties.

Spring in Beijing is windy, and the spring breeze from the ancient plateau of Méng mixed with the wind gathers, blowing people to the skin of the Buddha chapped and the streets are full of yellow sand. The moon has passed. It rained in the spring, and the streets were muddy. In this mud, a two-person sedan chair is staggering, "The two sedan chair drivers are all speckled with yellow mud."

Behind the sedan chair, there are more than a dozen porters carrying burdens, all of which are tightly wrapped with reed mats.

A crack was quietly opened in the sedan curtain, through which someone glanced out into the street, "If anyone could get close enough, they could hear this person let out a barely imperceptible sneer."

The person in the sedan chair was the condensation cloud that was sent to Beijing to carry out work.

Condensation Cloud is engaged in finance and trust work in the old time and space, and is familiar with financial history, four FO and derivatives. Bachelor's degree in Management. Proficient in English, able to communicate in Japanese, and a few words of French. The financial department of the group is overcrowded, but the work that can be done in the financial department is too simple, and many financial professionals can only work as accountants.

Condensation Yun was extremely bored, so he moved the idea of being stationed abroad. After signing up for training at the Foreign Intelligence Bureau, his financial background attracted the attention of Jiang Shan and others, and eventually, he was sent to Beijing to serve as the stationmaster of the Beijing station and the president of the Beijing branch of Delong Bank.

Unlike other foreign stations, the Jingshi Station does not require commercial or industrial activities to be carried out in the local area, and the main content of its activities is to gather intelligence and absorb the eunuchs of the Jingshi bureaucracy. Therefore, the Beijing station is mainly based on financial activities. It is only fitting that a professional in finance should be in charge.

It's easy to get into Beijing, but it's not easy to start an event in Beijing.

In particular, the main task of Condensation Cloud is to absorb deposits, and how can Delong, who has no foundation in Beijing, gain the trust of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and confidently and boldly deposit the silver in Delong Bank, which is a very test for Condensation Cloud.

What Condensing Yun was going to meet at this time was a key figure after he arrived in Beijing, Yang Gonggong.

Yang Gonggong is a big backer in the Beijing Division, when Wei Zhongxian was in power, he once planned to build a shrine in Guangzhou to attach a 9,000-year-old, but this matter did not work out later, and Yang Gonggong escaped a catastrophe. After the fall of Wei Zhongxian, Yang Gonggong was blessed by misfortune and was not affected. He hurriedly hooked up with Wang Dehua again, and he was able to send tens of thousands of silver and many "Australian goods" sent by him. It's a salted fish.

Yang Gonggong, who came back to power, was much more careful than before, "He is not an old man from the Xinwang Mansion, and he didn't have a resolute attitude and a clear position when he was nine thousand years old", at most, he is a wall-riding faction. So he rarely asks too much about things in the palace now, and never says a word except for his own affairs.

Even though it was spring, "it was still very cold. Condensation Cloud shrunk his neck, wondering how he would speak after seeing the big eunuch.

Except when he watched movies and television in the old time and space, Condensation Yun had never seen the image of a eunuch, of course, "The eunuchs in movies and television are also fake." What kind of mō is a real eunuch, what kind of heart, this is one thing that is difficult to catch. However, the big eunuchs who can make a name for themselves in the palace, needless to say, are all human spirits, and they have to work hard to deal with it. After all, the attitude of this great eunuch has a great bearing on the future development of Beijing Station.

In advance, he had inquired about the location of Yang Gonggong's mansion, and knew that the master was going to come back from the palace to rest tonight. When they reached the gate, the servants brought in the prayer slip and the exalted eight elements. It didn't take long for the little eunuch who answered the door to send a message and invite him to come in and meet him.

If you want to go to see a eunuch, you have to flatter him again. Condensation clouds were certainly reluctant. In his mind, eunuchs are a group of sinister, cunning and greedy people, with a kind of contempt and disgust in his heart.

However, Condensation Yun knew very well that in this competition on the intelligence and commercial fronts in Beijing, the help of this great eunuch was indispensable.

When he saw the little eunuch who answered the door and walked out with a prayer post, Condensation Cloud signaled, and his little servant immediately took out a tael of silver from his bosom and stuffed it, and at the same time took the post back again.

Only then did he settle down and walk inside.

According to the imperial court system, eunuchs, as the emperor's close shì, were generally required to live in the palace city, except for those who were sent to other places to carry out missions. However, a wealthy and powerful eunuch like Gonggong Yang had a sī mansion in front of him. It is said that Wei Zhongxian's sī residence in Beijing was extremely luxurious and rich, comparable to the imperial palace. Of course, Gonggong Yang's house is far from being compared with Wei Zhongxian's.

However, just by looking around cursory by the light of the lamps and candles under the eaves of the porch and in the wings, Condensing Cloud already felt that the house was not only tall, but also quite deep, and the architecture and layout were also very elegant.

It can be seen that it was built at a great cost.

As the meeting approached, his mood instinctively tensed. He began to focus more intensively on his mission, and a new sense of uneasiness and anticipation arose.

The little eunuch ushered him into a hall, and after waiting in the hall for a while, with a steady and calm footstep, Yang Gonggong walked out from behind the screen. Condensing clouds stood up to greet the marquis in accordance with the etiquette, and made a mō appearance that must be respectful.

From the corner of his eye, the great eunuch was a strong man in his fifties, his well-combed sideburns were visibly white, his bare chin was as usual without a beard, his pampered face was flushed, and his large, thick mouth was smiling as usual, but in his squinted and slender eyes, there was a clear light of doubt and inquiry.

The two sides saluted. As a measure to protect the personal safety of the intelligence officers, and for the convenience of their activities, Li Yan gave every intelligence agent who went to the Daming-controlled area a household registration in Guangdong, and tried to give them a certain amount of fame. Anyway, it's all huā money from the Liangguang official government.

Because he felt that his intention could not be explained clearly in a few words, and he did not know each other, in order to reduce the trouble of paraphrasing, Condensing Yun did not say much to greet, so he took out a secret letter prepared in advance from his arms and handed it over with both hands along with the gift list: "This is the order of the senior official to transfer the students to the left and right, please Yang Gong take a look." ”

The father-in-law was not surprised, and a condensing cloud visited, which he had learned from the letter held high a few days ago. He glanced at the guest, then took the letter: "Sir, please be seated!" ”

He gave in as he sat down in his chair and began to open the letter.

The content of this secret letter is very simple. Gao Ju informed in the letter that Condensation Yun was the person who was the proprietor of Guo, and that he had come to Beijing to open a money bank and plan business.

What is the origin of Guo Yi, Gao Ju has never told Yang Gongming. It's not that he wants to deceive him, but that Gonggong Yang doesn't want to know so clearly. Although he somewhat understood that Guo Yi had an unusual relationship with the thief or Australian. Maybe it's a thief.

But he had no intention of exposing this, and the thief's business had brought him a great deal of money every year, and he would rather pretend to be deaf and dumb.

If he knows, if there is anything in the future thief, the court will investigate the "undesirable" things, and he can also shirk it.

The condensation cloud in front of him, needless to say, is also a figure under the thief. Yang Gonggong thought about it, and was surprised that the young person who came was not young for a scholar, but for a businessman who wanted to stand alone, the visitor was inevitably too young.

He then opened the gift list, and the gifts were very valuable: they were all Australian treasures that were in high demand on the market.

One of the half-length glass mirrors is very valuable. Obviously, the other party is quite intellectual.

Out of prudence, Gao Ju's letter was written briefly, only mentioning the incident, and as for the specific statement and jihua, it was Leng Ningyun himself who was responsible for explaining. So from the very beginning, Condensing Cloud paid attention to the master's divine reaction, hoping to get as much through the other party's thoughts as possible before the formal conversation. @。