Section 42 Training

"Traveling on a business trip means going deep into the territory of the enemy, whether it is the Ming Dynasty, the Later Jin Dynasty or the European colonizers, all of them are natives of the 17shijie, and don't use the moral code and code of conduct of the 20th century to apply what they do. Here, on behalf of the Foreign Intelligence Service and the Directorate of Colonies and Trade, I would like to announce a 'notice' of the risks that you may encounter in the course of your mission. It's better for everyone to know about it......"

This notice was made by Jiang Shan's insistence. Yu Eshui opposed. However, Zuihou still carried out according to Jiangshan's intentions. The meaning of Jiangshan is very simple: everyone talks about the ugly things ahead.

His intention was to make a full account of the difficulties and dangers of intelligence work, to fully arouse the heroic spirit of everyone, and to avoid complaining in the future.

"Alright, alright, rambling like an old." A strong man sitting in the back row said impatiently, "Lao Tzu is not afraid of death if he registers, don't talk so much about ......"

"It's better for everyone to know. Be mentally prepared for the situation you will face in the future. Wang Ding remembered this person's material, this person's name is Huang Hua, a native of Heilongjiang, who originally worked in a machinery factory under the manufacturing director's department. When he filled out the form, his ambition was to go to Houjin to work as a stationmaster. This person's resume indicates that he has done business, has a certain business acumen, understands mechanical jishu, is familiar with the geography and scenery outside the customs, and can also point self-defense; can speak fluent Korean and speak Shanxi dialect, but he is a suitable candidate for Houjin work.

"It's not a question of being afraid of death. Sometimes I'm afraid it's better to live than to die. Wang Ding said and began to read out the instructions.

The general idea is that you are engaged in a dangerous job. First of all, you will run around in poor road conditions and experience the hardships of the journey; Whether you travel by land or water, you are likely to encounter bandits. Unless you have the spirit of a king and can say that the bandits will bow down, it will be the end of the corpse on the street.

Townsmen, servants, and soldiers were no better than bandits, and in some places the common people did not hesitate to rob and kill a passer-by, even if the passer-by had only a few pieces of dry food and a tattered garment.

In terms of hygiene, cities are not necessarily better than rural areas, and may even be worse. In general, epidemics are always endemic in densely populated areas. The water and food that the locals are able to adapt to, the modern stomach may not be able to stand it. In addition to bacterial infections, food and water also carry the risk of parasites.

Poor hygiene is likely to make you sick, and you can get sick even if you don't have sanitation problems, and if you are injured in the line of duty, you don't have any health services except for the small amount of medicine you carry and the local Chinese medicine practitioner. A dog bite and a rusty knife can kill you – even if you rush back to Lingao, you'll probably die on the way.

You may have to deal with parasites like fleas, bed bugs, and ticks—things that are abundant on this plane, not necessarily among the poor—that not only make you uncomfortable, but also cause all sorts of strange diseases that may not be effective in modern times.

Zuihou, once you are arrested on the mainland, the Foreign Intelligence Agency cannot carry out rescue at the first time: if you are unlucky, there is no radio nearby or no one to notify you in time, the headquarters may not know that you have been arrested until the prescribed contact period. By the time someone came to the rescue, months had passed. Getting arrested doesn't have to be because something went wrong in your job or your identity was exposed. The Spaniards will arrest you because you are a Chinese, and the Houjin may be because you are a Han; As for Daming, maybe just because you are in business and have a few dollars, you are taken by a certain person like Dongchang Fanzi or county officials who want to make some extra money; Even if you pretend to be poor, you may not be safe, and you may be arrested and tortured just because there is a murder in the local area, and the government needs to find a person from outside who has no roots as a scapegoat.

The Ming Dynasty, the Later Jin Dynasty or the European colonizers at all levels of government, dictatorship and even private groups will torture you, some for confessions, some just to squeeze money out of you, the prisons of this time and space not only do not have basic human rights, but also may not even have the right to live, you may be killed by the cell boss in various ways. And this is an era of good masculinity, so the white and pure modern people are likely to be brutally attacked by some molested uncle......

“…… Even if you are rescued, you may be tortured and ...... Mental and physical disabilities and shadows from all other devastation ......"

This deliberately depicted horrific prospect caused a stir – not like the 17th century, but like hell on earth.

"If anyone feels that they are not suitable for the job, they can now ask to quit." Wang Ding said, "The transfer procedures of the organization department have not yet been completed, and we will return the registration materials and will not leave any records." ”

The scene became very silent, of course, no one at the scene said that they were afraid: first of all, this face could not be put on hold, and secondly, the example of Leizhou in Guangzhou was there, as if I had never heard of such a terrible situation. At least he, these expatriates live well, and they are very nourishing.

"Hmph, that's just a disclaimer." Huang Hua commented, and then said loudly: "Okay, I know." It has nothing to do with you if something happens in the future, we just asked me to sign a life and death certificate to the General Administration. ”

According to their agreement with the Ministry of Colonial Trade, the expatriate elders belonged to both sides, regardless of each other. As for the training, the Foreign Intelligence Service is all responsible for the training, and the specific courses to be offered are decided after discussions between the various departments.

Li Yan originally wanted Hu Qingbai to allocate classrooms and dormitories in Fangcaodi for intelligence officer training. But Jiangshan thinks that this place is too crowded and too lively. And it's too "modern", lacking a sense of substitution in the life of the Ming Dynasty. Eventually, only the Intelligence Training Center, Division A, was set up in Yerba Buena Tei, which specialized in training indigenous intelligence personnel, including dispatch personnel, clerical staff, and intelligence analysts.

The specially trained veterans were stationed in the courtyard of the former Gou Er's house in Lingao County, which had been vacant, and not only was the building area large enough, but there was also enough vacant space in the backyard and around it to expand the new building. Moreover, Lingao County finally retains the local Haode Daming social specimens.

Xiong Buyou, director of the county office, went to find the classic historian Sun Ruiwu, and immediately "sold" the house without officials at a low price. In fact, it is a real contract of false money, that is, a few officials in the county have benefited.

The construction company renovated the site slightly, mainly adding living and training facilities, and the training center of the Intelligence Bureau was established. For the sake of secrecy, there are no signs, no gates, and only two reliable indigenous guards are arranged. Personnel and supplies come and go at night.

Training jihua is developed by Jiangshan. As for the curriculum, it is mainly based on the suggestions of Wumu of the General Administration of Political Security, Chen Tianxiong of Leizhou Station and Yu Eshui.

Since most of them are going to Daming activities, the training course is mainly to make them "like a Daming person". On the contrary, it is less troublesome to be willing to go to the territory of the Europeans - they do not need to pretend to be Ming people.

How to be like a Ming person only belongs to one topic. Historical data alone is not enough. Fortunately, they have a long-term accumulation of two stations in Guangzhou and Leizhou. In the details of life, customs, social conditions and other aspects have a real first-hand information.

The first level is the shape, which is the easiest to deal with. As soon as everyone enters this training course, they stop getting a haircut and start growing their hair – those who wish to use a monk as a cover can do so without growing their hair. Depending on the shape of the face and the cover identity that each person wishes to choose, some people will have to grow a beard.

In order to have a sense of substitution, except for wearing training uniforms in some trainings, everyone usually wears the clothes of the Ming Dynasty to go to class. There are no modern supplies in the dormitory. The dormitories they lived in were all kept as they should have been in the Ming Dynasty, sleeping on hard boards, with sheets made of local homespun cloth, and the pillows were also hard rectangular pillows used by the ancients. The windows were covered with paper, and at night they were lit either by candles or oil lamps.

The daily meals are made by the indigenous people "pure Daming Cantonese flavor" or "pure Daming Fujian flavor", these two flavors are not the same taste as the familiar Cantonese cuisine and Fujian cuisine. Two days a week, they also eat "bitter rice": sweet potatoes, black noodles and other miscellaneous grains -- not "miscellaneous grains" sold in small packages that are more expensive than rice in supermarkets, but miscellaneous grains that real farmers use to make ends meet. The corn nest is stubble, and it will fall off the slag when you bite it, and you can't swallow it after chewing it in your mouth for a long time; Sweet potato porridge has skin, and when you drink it, you only have sweet potatoes and skin, and you can't see a few rice grains......

This kind of dietary arrangement is to let the patriarchs adapt to the meals of their own time and space in advance, lest the patriarchs, who have become accustomed to polishing rice and white noodles, not be able to eat on the mainland or have diarrhea as soon as they eat - after all, everyone has been eating brown rice for a long time after D-Day, and they have become somewhat accustomed to real coarse grains, and there is no too violent reaction to gastrointestinal adaptation.

Then there is the issue of accent and identity. After discussion, it was decided that it was best to pretend to be a person from Guangdong. This is mainly because the difference between the ancient and modern Cantonese vernacular is relatively small, and many people in the crossing group can already speak the Cantonese vernacular of this time and space. In addition, with the existence of Guangzhou Station, it is easy to get a household registration and identity, and if necessary, it can even establish a "home" for expatriates to cover up.

The learning of the language is mainly on the official dialect, and if you can speak the official dialect of the Ming Dynasty, you can mix it up on many occasions. Of course, it is still a bit difficult to communicate with the local people, but you can learn it slowly in the dispatch area.

As for writing, everyone has to practice calligraphy, and they don't have to write well, but at least they can use calligraphy to write letters and keep accounts. As for classical Chinese, it is even more unnecessary, as long as you can speak the official language of the Ming Dynasty, you can cope with it directly in spoken language - the level of most businessmen is like this.

After passing the appearance and language, you can roughly blend into the Ming society. Of course, there is still a lot to learn in the future. Especially as the living habits and mental outlook of the Ming people: what a modern person feels afraid or angry about, the aborigines may not think so. What the natives are afraid of or afraid of, modern people may be indifferent.

"Don't be overwhelmed with empathy, and don't be just angry." Yu Eshui emphasized, "Don't think that the ancient society is simple and simple, and many of the scam routines in the current society have been handed down since ancient times. Don't think that you are a superman in the 21st century, even if you can protect yourself, once you offend people in the local area, you will not be able to gain a foothold, and all the local operations will be in vain. ”

Yu Eshui took a sip of water: "I advise everyone to forget all the episodes that seem to be seen in martial arts novels, what heroes save beauty, draw swords to help, and gamble heroically...... All of this has nothing to do with our work, and it is very harmful and sometimes quite fatal to it

"Unless approved by the headquarters, there is a complete set of action plans and necessary foreign assistance, do not try to organize underground associations in the local area - there are also underworld societies in the Ming Dynasty, which are often deeply rooted and the government has no choice but to do so. The means used are no worse than those of the juniors. It won't be easier for you to be a godfather in the county town of Daming than it is for you to be a godfather in the county town of the old time and space.

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Even in the relationship between men and women, they are reminded to pay strict attention.

"If you go for a few years, of course you can't ask everyone to abstain. Once you are able to settle down in the area, you will be accompanied by a reliable living secretary at headquarters. Don't just go to the Ji Hospital, you will get all kinds of venereal diseases - the end of the Ming Dynasty was a period of syphilis introduction and a big outbreak; Don't provoke a married man, the Ming law stipulates that it is not illegal for a husband to kill an adulterer. The headquarters worked hard to train you to go to Daming, not to let you be used as Ximenqing by Wu Song's head. Don't provoke the yellow flower girl......"

"You can't go to the senior temple too?" Someone questioned, "You said in your lecture last time that the high-ranking temple of the Ming Dynasty was a kind of social place, and if we disguised ourselves as big businessmen, this kind of place would definitely be visited." There is also gambling money, and sometimes the need for work may not be avoided. ”

"Of course, that's a different story." Yu Eshui said, "However, the high-level academy is a gold cave, and there is another set of rules in it." Those who don't understand are just spending money for nothing and being ridiculed - I don't really understand either. One of Lin Baiguang's subordinates is very familiar with this set, and he will be invited to talk about eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling in the future. lest you be deceived. ”

"That's great."

Someone continued to ask about women: "Can we buy women locally?" ”

"Yes," Yu Eshui nodded, "Relatively speaking, it is safest to buy a woman." But buying a woman is a matter of going through formal procedures and channels......"

The so-called formal procedures and channels are to try to buy from the local people and people's teeth, although the price is more expensive, but there will be no "white pigeon".

"Or it's a small local family, you fancy someone's girl, you can ask someone to pull the fiber, the price is right or you can negotiate."

"The local people have taken a fancy to me, what should they do if they want to marry their daughter to me?" Someone asked.

Yu Eshui spread his hands: "This involves a policy issue, and I can't answer it." ”

Li Yan, who was sitting on the side, smiled and said, "As long as you don't bring a wife or girlfriend, the headquarters has no objection to you marrying a wife or taking a concubine locally." As long as they can be reliable. However, if you marry a wife, the status of this 'wife' will also be guaranteed by the group. In other words, if you change places or return to Lingao in the future, you will not be able to marry again. Do you understand? ”

"Understood," the crowd replied excitedly.

"Remember, the deeper you go into the mainland, the more difficult it will be for the headquarters to support you," Li Yan emphasized in class, "In Liangguang, there are those who hold high this umbrella, there is a dart bureau, and our special reconnaissance team, and when necessary, the navy can even go to shell Guangzhou, but there is nothing where you go, and it may take several months for the headquarters to receive news from you." It's all on your own. Although the mistakes in the details of life are not as fatal as in modern intelligence operations, they can be noticeable when they accumulate more. ”

Then they were taught the usual manners and manners. They need to know when to give up their hands according to their identity, when to kowtow, and how to address others according to their relationship...... These courses are generally taught by the most reliable indigenous people, and Zhang Xingjiao is one of them. As a scholar, although he lives in a small county in the south, he still knows all kinds of etiquette very well.

The greatest help in this regard actually comes from the king. This county school was deceived by Xiong Buyou in the name of "We have always admired the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty and hope to learn one or two". Wang Ci has always been pressed by the advantages of Australians in all aspects, especially now he is completely relying on "food to eat" to maintain the county school and Jasmine Xuan, this kind of internal and external pain is much stronger than the drunken dream of the county government cadres.

Now I suddenly heard that there is a group of Australians who are "instructed", and when they see that they have even changed their clothing and hairstyle into Ming costumes, they are so excited that they almost shed tears, and they are in high spirits for a while, and they teach the knowledge of etiquette with great enthusiasm. He even resolutely did not want any remuneration, and worked for several years for the training class in vain.

Then I found the clerks and officials who were working hard to "study" and "transform their thoughts" from ***, and taught the operation mode of the local government in the Ming Dynasty, the way of doing things, various bad rules and customs, and how to get along with all kinds of people in the county government as merchants, landlords, and traveling monks; Which people in the county should be established for the activities, how to bribe and share the spoils, and how to avoid disaster and escape if something happens......