… Among this person, he values the most the Dangkou mine in the Yamen of Hainan Branch Road called Benyuan, this person is the local Hui of Hainan, the main figure of the Qian family in Qiongzhou and Guangzhou, and most of the large number of stolen goods plundered by pirates such as Zhucai Lao were sold through his hands. He exchanged a lot of letters with him, and all kinds of black materials were enough for him to be beheaded ten times. Lin Baiguang felt that he had enough power to force him to comply.

Lin Yiguang did not attach importance to the route of selling stolen goods mastered by Ma Benyuan, and now the business route of Lingao has been basically opened. One more is the icing on the cake. He took a fancy to Master Ma's position as a guard to the Dao Yamen. With such an insider figure here, every move of the highest authorities in Hainan can be known in advance through the group.

Lin Baiguang knew that he would never see Ma Benyuan if he went directly to see him, this kind of person was extremely suspicious, and he never easily met outsiders he didn't know. He copied the objects from the two families and presented a silver birthday star inlaid with eight treasures as a birthday gift from Ma Benyuan that year.

This real gift made Ziben addicted, and it was a gift he gave to Qi Er, why did it suddenly appear in front of him? Since last year, when he fled to Qiongshan in embarrassment, crying that Zhuangzi had been exterminated, he hadn't seen him for almost a year.

At the beginning, he unceremoniously drove away the second child, and he didn't even give him the three thousand taels of stolen silver, not that he wanted to hack the silver, it was he who gave Zhu Cai Lao this line of the Qi family, which was half a guarantor, and now the owner of this nest actually served it to people, and there was nothing left. This amount of money can at least calm the anger of the great lords a little.

After Qian Er was driven away by him, Ma Benyuan has been worried, he is also a figure in Qiongshan County, but he is not even a fart in front of a sea lord like Zhu Cailao.

Fortunately, Zhu Cai Lao was in trouble by himself, and he didn't bother with him except for sending someone to ask about his whereabouts a few times. However, he also knew from the mouth of the old Zhucai faction that it was a new group of people from the sea who killed Qijiazhuang, who claimed to be Australians, came in iron ships, and their firearms were very powerful. Ma Benyuan secretly complained, the Australians and the big bosses don't seem to be good at stubble.

Recently, he learned that the great leaders had died in Fujian. This made Ma Benyuan breathe a sigh of relief. You must know that for most of the past half a year, Zhu Cailao's subordinates have been looking for Qi Er everywhere, and he is afraid that if he can't find Qi Er one day, he will find him to vent his anger.

Now that this birthday star has appeared in front of him, isn't it that Qi Er also knows the news that Zhu Cai Lao is dead, so he will come to the door to ask for the stolen silver?

Ma Benyuan thought about whether to hack this money and avoid it. Anyway, Qi Er is now a big loser, and he no longer has any strength except for a son. If he dares to make trouble in Qiongshan County, he will hack him with a finger.

For the sake of prudence, he asked, "Is it Qi Er?" ”

The maid who guards the door is his confidant, and the fox group and dog party with which the master comes and goes naturally all know him. When asked, the person who came was not Qi Er, nor his son, but a stranger he didn't know, and he spoke a strange Qiongzhou dialect. Ma Benyuan touched his chin and was suspicious, and suddenly he was excited:

It's Australian!

The thought almost didn't scare him out of his chair. What did the Aussies come to him for? There was no contact between him and the Australians, and there were no festivals.

But this silver birthday star Ma Benyuan knew very well in his heart that when Qi Er escaped from Zhuangzi, he would only bring gold and silver and other soft goods, and would never run away with such a gift. This thing can only fall into the hands of Australians.

Why do Australians come to their door? Ma Benyuan didn't want to see it, but when he thought that since the Australians had all come to the door, he was naturally prepared, and even found out the silver birthday star he gave to Qi Er, and he still saw it, and then looked at the truth and said.

"The students don't know each other, and they don't know what is going on here?" Ma Benyuan saw that the person who came was very young, with a calm temperament, and he looked quite urban, so he couldn't figure out his details for a while, so he asked very politely.

My surname is Lin, Lin Baiguang smiled from Lingao. Since you want to recruit him to serve the Crossing Group, there is no need to hide it.

Ma Benyuan's heart shook, it seems that it is really them!

He said cautiously: "The driver is Australian."

Lin Yiguang nodded and said, "It was he who handed over a stack of thin pieces of paper."

This is a copy of the account book, and the account book itself is based on the materials copied from the brothers of the Qi family, which clearly records that Ma Benyuan is the account of the pirate channel of Zhucai Lao and other pirates. There's a date, there's a quantity, it's clear. And Zuihou also wrote very clearly, there are three thousand taels of silver for Zhucai Lao's stolen money has not been settled.

When Ma Benyuan saw this copy, he immediately sat down in the chair like a deflated ball, and said after a while:

"The student does have business dealings with the brothers, but they are just selling some goods for him." The old one, two, two forces fiddled, "The goods are the stolen goods of Zhucai Lao and others, in, and the gate is in love."

"Mr. Ma" Lin Yiguang smiled all over his face, "It's not the government down there, no matter what kind of thing you do." ”

"Yes, yes, yes." Ma Benyuan Road.

With his experience, of course, he knows that the other party below is going to open a handicap, "I don't know if there is anything you need students to serve?" ”

"I just want to continue to partner with Mr. Ma." Lin Yiguang knew that this matter had become more than half of the matter, and said with a smile, "Conspiracy Lin Yiguang thinks that this Ma Benyuan is a smart person, and he has enough cards in his hand to force him to comply." No need to bend around. At the moment, he said his requirements one by one, Ma Benyuan's original face was quite calm, but the more he listened, the more ugly his face became. After a while, he replied: "This matter is too difficult

Lin Qiaoguang said: "Mr. just told us all the things he saw in the yamen." Naturally, we had someone to contact with the gentleman

Ma Benyuan still shook his head hesitantly, this kind of deed is tantamount to being a spy for the Australians. It's not a big deal to ventilate and report to people in the yamen, but he knows a little bit about the actions of the people of Australia and Zhejiang: this group of people is building a city and building roads in Lingao, recruiting rebels, and sooner or later there will be a big mess! Find out the news for them yourself, in case you find out, you will be charged with killing your head!

But Lin Yiguang's threat is really scary, especially this ledger. It's so lethal. Zhucai Lao has just been exterminated recently, and the government's efforts to clean up pirates have not passed. Lin Yiguang saw that his determination was shaken, and told him again. He can keep the three thousand taels of silver, and he can continue to do what he used to sell for the pirates, and the commission will be given through the group.

This tempting condition made Ma Benyuan finally agree, in fact, he couldn't help but agree, promised to at least get silver every year, if he didn't agree, this account book and the letter that fell into their hands were their own fortune charm! As for how to do it, that is a matter for the future?

Lin Qiaoguang saw that he agreed, so he told him the contact information: under normal circumstances, he would send someone to contact him once a month on a certain day. The location is in a teahouse on Ximenwai Street.

As long as you sit there, someone will naturally contact you Lin Yiguang whispered, "The person who comes to contact you will bring a hookah with a jasper cigarette holder." If there is any news in the yamen or outside the city, you just have to tell him. ”

Isn't that difficult? Ma Benyuan thought.

"If we have anything we want to know, he'll tell you?. Lin Yiguang said.

Ma Benyuan nodded.

"In case you need to see our people right away. You go to the Five Princes Temple and throw a broken straw shoe next to the stone steps outside the gate. Then go to the teahouse and wait, and naturally someone will come to meet you. ”

A chill floated in Ma Benyuan's heart. It's not that this method is so clever and unexpected, but that it shows that the Australians have already planted a lot of people in the city, and maybe there are Australian spies outside who are watching their houses.

"Sometimes we come to you urgently. We'll draw a circle on the outside wall of your house. When you see it, go to the teahouse, and someone will contact you

Lin Qiaoguang said it rightly, but in fact, he didn't have anyone in Qiongzhou Mansion, and the so-called Qiongzhou Station was still a thing. However, this set of rhetoric has served the purpose of intimidating Ma Benyuan.

By the way, after recruiting Ma Benyuan. Lin Yiguang's visit lasted for a few more days, and none of the people on his list dared to refuse his request, and the lethality of the black material was very effective. This group is not very reliable. It's just that he was forced to serve the crossing group. Lin Yiguang only used them as a source of intelligence, and the real intelligence work had to be composed of intelligence personnel sent by Lingao. He was a little worried, that is, the Jinyi guards in Qiongzhou Mansion. According to the usual practice: there are Jinyi Guard's dispatched agencies in the city, and there are 100 households, 100 trial households, general banners and small banners and other large and small officials. Ordinary people are affected by film and television, and they are like thunder about the special agencies such as Jinyiwei, East Factory, and West Factory of the Ming Dynasty, and they can't help but be a little afraid. Lin Yiguang is no exception.

However, there is no name of the Jinyi guard in the relationship network of the Qi family. It made him a little weird. The Qian family engaged in the sale of stolen goods, the sale of stolen goods, and the sale of smuggled salt. are all very oily and watery black transactions, with a powerful organization like Jinyiwei, there is nothing to do on weekdays and there is still something to do to make money, it is impossible not to come to get a piece of the pie.

In the bottom book of the bribes seized in the second box, only the names of the 100 households of Jinyi Wei in Qiongzhou Mansion were listed in the gift account of the third festival and two birthdays, and their names were not listed in the book where there were really large bribes.

The following are outside of the red mouth and are not billed

Note: Whether Hainan Road is called Bingbei Road or Separate Guard Road, whether this Hainan Road still existed at the end of the Ming Dynasty. I didn't find the exact statement, and some information only indicates that there is a Hainan Provincial Yamen in Qiongshan County.