Section 31 Population of Liaodong

"If this is the case, the light industry can be diffused, and Weishenme will be spread to the artillery factory? Ordinary people don't visit this stuff very often. ”

"My opinion is to sell Li Luoyou a full set of equipment for the silk reeling factory......"

"I think the processing of incoming materials is good, and making money to earn raw materials can also allow apprentices to practice"

"—"

The two sides did not have much argument about the Jishu issue, and they almost fought about whether to sell equipment and how to sell equipment.

"Forget it, don't fight" Huang Tianyu appeared at the door of the office with a depressed face, "No one wants"

"What?" Everyone was taken aback. Whether it's for or against, the news is like ice water. All the things made by Lingao industry, there are hot sales, there are also sales, and no one has ever been bad not to have to be in everyone's minds, Lingao manufacturing is equivalent to the "Made in Germany" in the old time and space.

Now such an indigenous rich man actually said that he didn't want it, and a few of them, who were the most fierce against selling machines, were also at a loss. It feels like there's always been a woman I don't like pestering me to, claiming that I can let you ravage and play with it, and now suddenly I don't even touch it. Emotionally lost.

"Weishenme didn't buy it?"

"I heard it's too expensive." Huang Tianyu sat on a box containing parts.

"Who said that?" Those who had been actively opposed to the sale of machinery were even more disappointed - the fifty thousand taels of silver were gone

"It's Liu San who said it. The official announcement should come soon. ”

A few minutes later, the phone rang in the machinery factory, and the secretary of the manufacturing director's office informed Zhan Wuya that Chu Yu, the secretary of the office of the Planning Institute just now, had officially notified the cancellation of the equipment order for the improvised gun factory.

The General Directorate of Political Security is brightly lit - the courtyard is lit even at midnight. The secret police, regardless of time and space, were accustomed to working at night. Telephone ringing, talking and heavy tapping of Chinese typewriters were heard in the courtyard.

In his hand was the latest wiretap report, which had just been sorted out and printed out before midnight. A dozen indigenous clerks sat in a room that had been divided into small rooms. Thick glass panels and sound-absorbing panels filled with kapok are installed in each compartment. Each listener knows at least two dialects: Cantonese vernacular, Qiongzhou, Leizhou, Hainanjun, Hakka, and Lingao...... The dialects spoken in this area are all understood here. They listened intently with a variety of equipment: computer microphones, tape recorders, voice recorders...... Recorded voices, and then use an iron-tipped pen dipped in ink to record the content of the conversation in the notebook in front of you.

These sounds are played out through cheap computer active speakers purchased for more than ten yuan. Each recording room contained one, carefully packed in a protective wooden case.

The recorded wiretapping report was sent to the clerical office, where it was transcribed and printed. Several heavy Chinese typewriters were used for printing. It's not that they brought it from the old plane, but it's a local imitation, because the material is not very good, and it's even more stupid and coarse than the original. However, when it comes to typing speed, the native typists quickly proved that they were much better than the chiefs.

In order to save the life of the equipment, the General Administration of Political Security has only installed **** in a few places. Although the installation location is confidential, the patriarchs can basically guess that there must be in the merchant hall, there are also in the county office, there are in the county school and Jasmine Xuan, and the small teahouse opposite the county government is full of ****. And Runshitang's East Guest House can also be monitored at any time.

Whether it is Yang Shixiang or the distinguished guests of Runshitang who live in it, no one knows that there are mezzanine floors and secret passages in this house that they don't know. Listening devices can be installed into the mezzanine wall whenever required.

Wiretapping reports are 99% useless. The useful materials related to folk commentary were bound into a volume and submitted to the Propaganda Department for reference; It involves complaining about grassroots workers and involving ** bureaucratic phenomena to the Cheka; Matters involving general offences are referred to the National Police...... Zuihou's wiretapping report involving a "serious situation" was submitted to the Investigation Division of the General Administration for processing.

Even if it is a very common gossip content such as short parents, as long as it involves keywords, it must be handed over to a special team to deal with. These keywords are mainly Ming officials such as county magistrates, local large landowners, and pirate names operating nearby. These people have files in the General Administration of Political Security, and the content of their conversations is grouped into their respective dossiers according to the category of "rumors".

Regardless of the outcome of the process, the original manuscript of all reports should be archived and retained. Zhao Manxiong repeatedly stressed at the work conference: In order to do a good job in security work, the first thing is to establish a complete data database.

Ufo looked through these reports and first took out the report of the Runshitang East Guest House -- Li Luoyou's arrival caused the monitoring of the Runshitang East Guest House to rise from "general concern" to "focus attention".

He looked at it for a few minutes, his brow furrowed. Master Han said it with bad intentions, obviously he didn't plan to let this deal happen, he hurriedly asked for the phone number of the Ministry of Commerce.

"The commercial department has already left work, do you want me to transfer to the duty room?" On the phone was the voice of the switchboard lady in Mandarin with a sweet voice and still an accent.

"Oh, no," Ufu remembered, it was the middle of the night, and it was impossible to talk about any business.

However, if the news arrives before going to work tomorrow, Li Mei's side will have a chance to readjust, including the trading conditions. The deal was led by Wude, and the relationship between the first deputy director and Wude seems to be not shallow. Ufo didn't dare to slack off, and picked up his mobile phone to dial Wude's number.

Slow he felt that it was inappropriate in his heart, this matter was Wu De's opinion, but there were many people who opposed it. It was too naked to report to him directly.

Thinking of this, he decided not to call Wu De, but to Li Mei. She is the direct lead in charge of this deal, and she is also very interested in this deal, and she will definitely communicate with Wu De to come up with a new plan to save the deal.

From a business point of view, this is a procedural approach and there is no fault with it.

However, her phone was turned off. Li Mei is nearly 60 years old, and she is a very light sleeper, and she will not sleep on her mobile phone unless she is notified to do so.

He immediately took care of it, sealed the report, and put it in the mailroom. The envelope was copied to Li Mei of the Ministry of Commerce.

"Urgent" he stamped a stamp and handed it to the clerk, "it will be delivered at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning"

Wufu didn't know at this time that Li Luoyou had clearly stated to Liu San that he did not plan to buy equipment from the gun factory that evening, and the Planning Institute had also withdrawn the order.

After Li Luoyou listened to Master Han's words, he was shocked to find that he had not thought about it well: what will be the relationship between the government and Australians in the future?

The government is now acquiescing to their existence, but not forever. Li Luoyou knew too well the relationship between the government and the various Europeans who came to the Ming Dynasty with the purpose of making a fortune. The Europeans always expected to occupy a stronghold on the coast of China and do business nearby for a long time, but the local government ignored it at first, and when the matter became big and the local government could no longer cover it up, they had to send troops to drive them away.

Generally speaking, up to now, with the exception of the Portuguese, no foreigner has been able to remain on the coast for long. Although the Dutch said that they occupied a place in Taiwan, they were also driven out of Penghu in the end.

The pimple had been coiling in his mind. It hurt him a lot. He decided that before the relationship between the Australian and the government became clear, he would try to get involved as little as possible -- the Australian would not be able to leave, but he would drag his family and his family, and he would not be able to run away if he wanted to.

In the end, he decided that he didn't have to be in such a hurry to serve the country loyally, lest he become a "Australian minion" and "profiteer" when he got the time, and he would inevitably have to pay a lot of filial piety to the Guangdong government in order to pass the customs.

After Liu San knew that the deal was blown, his first reaction was disbelief. Then he saw Master Han's incomparably calm face—there was no expression on it, but Liu San felt that he was laughing at him.

He didn't know if he should write the report about Master Han's visit and his refusal to ask for a bribe. He had a feeling that writing the report would likely be a scapegoat for the failed deal.

He did not report the bribery in person in person that day, and if he was to be held responsible, he was clearly the first person responsible - even though no one in the group would have agreed to such a bribe.

Liu San's mood suddenly became very bad, and after thinking about it again, he decided to omit this part from the report, and only wrote the report that Master Han came to visit and asked him to reduce the price. Not to reduce the price is the above instructions, and he is faithful to carry out it. Anyway, asking for bribes is such a thing, Master Han himself will not say it.

Although Li Luoyou's arms deal was not completed, the two sides were generally satisfied with the deal. On the one hand, the more money the better, and on the other hand, there are two supply channels. Li Luoyou's supply price is cheaper than that of Gao Ju and Huang Shunlong. Especially bulk cargo.

The most important thing is that Li Luoyou has agreed that he can arrange for them to go to Jiangnan as long as they need it, and provide the necessary assistance.

However, this assistance can only be done in secret, not in the open.

As for Jingshi, it is inconvenient to go for the time being, and as for the reason, Li Luoyou told them very clearly: The accent of the crossing crowd is too strange.

"It's better to change the accent. The words spoken by the nobles seem to have a Liaodong accent, which is too noticeable in Beijing. "Jingshi Luocha has a lot of fans, and any trivial things will be reported to the East Factory, in case he is asked by a fan who has nothing to do, he can't afford this risk.

As for going to Liaodong, Li Luoyou said that it was okay to go to see and do business, but he couldn't afford to be a permanent resident.

"The life of the Han people on the ground of the Tartars is very sad, and even a pseudo-scholar like Fan Wencheng who has made great contributions to the Tartars was almost slaughtered by the old Tartars because he was a Han Chinese. You can't stay in such a way that you attract attention. ”

Speaking of the situation of the Han people in Liaodong, Li Luo couldn't help but sigh again, and talked about the suffering of the Han people in Liaodong, and Zuihou said that last year, he broke through the pass and plundered, and more than 100,000 men and women were plundered from the pass, and I don't know how many are still alive now.

"The generals are incompetent, the people are offended, the people eat chaff, eat vegetables, sell their sons and daughters, pay the national tax of the emperor's grain, and feed such a bunch of waste rice buckets" Li Luoyou has changed from reverence to hatred for Inspector Yuan. There was a curse in the words. Liu San thought that no matter whether Yuan Chonghuan died unjustly or not, at least the public opinion at that time was extremely unfavorable to him.

“…… The Tartars simply don't have food to feed these many people," Li Luoyou said angrily, "When the old Tartars were alive, there was not enough food to eat, so they simply killed the Han people and reduced the number of Ding." Huang Taiji became a pseudo-Han, which can be regarded as an open side to the Han people, but the food is still not enough-"

The grain was not enough, so they offered a high price to buy it in the Guannai, and they were willing to pay ten taels or even a dozen taels for one stone of rice, which was several times more expensive than the Central Plains. Women and children who were not of good use were sold directly to Mongolia for cattle and sheep.

He had personal pain, and he had been doing business in Liaodong for a long time, and the tragic situation of the Han people and captives in Liaodong was witnessed with his own eyes and he was powerless, which was extremely painful to say.

Li Luoyou vented, thinking that he was in Lingao, talking to a group of overseas people about what to do, they were not subjects of the Ming Dynasty at all. Immediately he stopped talking. arched his hand and said: "Gaffe, forgive me"

Thinking that since the Tartars were in a hurry to sell the captives because they had no food, they could buy them at all. Women and children don't want tartars, and the Mongols don't want to pay high prices, but Lingao needs them very much. At the Liu Work Conference where Li Luoyou arrived, there was also a discussion about buying the population of Liaodong.

"In this matter, we are willing to relieve the suffering of the people." Liu San said.

"Oh? What do you think? ”

"The Tartars can't feed this large population, and if they want to sell the population, I'll just buy it—"

Li Luoyou's eyes lit up. This Liu Sanye is right, Australians always think of themselves as Chinese Miao no matter what. Lingao is the territory of the Ming Dynasty. It is a hundred times better to reach Lingao than to fall into the hands of the Mongols. Yet he shook his head again:

"This is a difficult matter," he warned, "and the Tartars are very young and in the prime of life, and they will never sell them, but only women, children, old and children...... With my thin noodles, it is still possible to redeem a dozen young people at a time, but it is difficult to get a large number. ”

He didn't go on, after all, Australians are not just doing good deeds, and they may not spend a lot of money to get many women, children, old and children who can't do heavy work back.

"We also want women, children, old and children, and we can save one by one." Liu San put on a look of the embodiment of justice, women, Lingao is originally a gender disorder, and getting more women back can balance the gender, not to mention that women are also very useful in light industry; As for children, it's the favorite human resource of all - there is nothing more receptive to new things than a child with intense hatred.

"The third master is really righteous." Li Luoyou excitedly said, "However, the most important thing for Tartars is iron food, and I see that there are also thirty-one goods purchased by your crowdsourcing, and I think it is not enough." How can I have the spare money to redeem again? I'm afraid it's very difficult. ”

"Just grain ironware?" Liu San was suddenly poured cold water, and he asked with hope: "You can always sell other items, right?" ”

"Although Huang Taiji is a Tartar, his knowledge is not bad." Li Luoyou said, "The merchant transports goods to sell them, and he only welcomes materials that are related to the people's livelihood and the country." Grain and iron are the best, and cloth and silk are also good. It is a thing like your glass mirror, which is purely enjoyable, and I am afraid that as soon as it is brought in, it will be banned from sale. ”

"I see." Liu San thought this was tricky. If it involves the export of strategic goods, it will have to be approved by the Executive Committee. ”

"If you have such a meaning, Li is willing to match."

"There is a proprietor of Lao Li"

The two sides agreed that in the next three months, he would arrange for several veterans to secretly go to Liaodong to conduct on-the-spot investigations to see if it was possible to buy a large number of prisoners from Liaodong.

The two sides used Li Luoyou's semicolon here as the contact point, and Gu Baocheng was the contact person. Other channels, the two sides do not make other contacts. Li Luoyou showed a pair of monogram horn stamps, and the two stamps can be combined into one or divided into a pair. He left one.

"Whoever has a letter or a message that comes from the mouth is to be based on the monogram. Seeing the chapter is like seeing the person. ”

In order to maintain confidentiality in his daily operations, he uses this method to communicate with all parties. Not knowing is a simple and effective solution. In addition to sweeping leaves, there are two henchmen in his inner and outer study to keep these horn stamps with different monograms for him, and only he knows who each stamp corresponds to.

The ransom of the captives has no direct benefit to Li Luoyou, and it may not be possible, so it still makes him feel a little more open-minded. Favorability towards Australians has also increased.

In the next few days, Li Luoyou continued to visit Lingao. He was impressed by Wu Nanhai's intensive farms. Then he visited the Catholic Church in Dongmen City, which he had only learned about by chance, and on the way he saw a wooden cross hanging from it. When I asked, I found out that there was already a church here. So at his request, he temporarily increased the visit to the church.

At the Dongmen City Church, he was warmly welcomed by Wu Shimang and others. Although Li Luoyou always has an indescribable awkwardness about this Australian priest. This person is dignified and well-behaved, much more decent than the German priest who didn't like to take a bath in Ma Yangchun, but he really didn't feel that this person was a priest in his conversation.

But the white priest is still a little bit like that. Li Luoyou was very fond of the Australians who allowed the church to build a church here, and was even more surprised to hear that a monastery had been established here, so it seems that Australians have great respect for God.

The church is small, with a pointed roof, a small bell tower, and long glass windows open in the walls. The building is simple and beautiful, and Li Luoyou has a good impression of this church, and immediately donated a circulation coupon equivalent to one hundred taels. Wu Shimang expressed his gratitude and gave him a copy of the Chinese version of the Catechism, a primer for Catholics, beautifully printed and beautifully bound. Li Luoyou was greatly appreciated, and immediately donated another 100 taels of silver for printing this book. and expressed willingness to purchase 500 copies.