"Beiming. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info" Han Wantao asked, "Do you think Cobra's letter is reliable?" After all, he has been missing for 2 years. ”

"I'm not sure if it's reliable." Jiang Beiming pointed to the letter and replied, "But the content of this letter is very consistent with Tao Min's letter." Moreover, Cobra has now successfully penetrated the interior of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and its position should not be low, and it can access certain secrets. ”

"yes." Han Wantao said, "Cobra has provided us with a very valuable piece of information, Tao Min actually wants to unite with the Russians? If he really dares to do this, it will not be a dispute between the Manchus and the Hans, this is a complete traitor. ”

"I think so." Jiang Beiming said, "Summarize these news and let Ge Tao send it back to Yulin Bay as soon as possible, these things have to be decided by the family." ”

Tao Min and Tao Gong brothers came to an inconspicuous courtyard in Shengjing City. This courtyard is known as the Mine Office, but it is actually an intelligence agency set up by Tao Min in imitation of the Second General Affairs Department.

Ji Tonghai was wearing a set of Manchurian costumes, with a money rattail on his head, and stood aside with his hands down.

"Mr. Ho." Tao Gong looked at Ji Tonghai's braids, "It's been almost half a year since you came to our mine, are you still satisfied?" ”

"Back to the master." Ji Tonghai made a thousand, "The slave is taken care of by the master, the slave eats well and lives well, and the slave is very satisfied." ”

"Mr. He is satisfied." Tao Min smiled, "Mr. has also worked hard for a while, I don't know how well Mr. gets along with his colleagues now?" ”

Ji Tonghai's mind was spinning rapidly: "There is no conflict between the minions and them, what does the master mean by asking the minions like this?" ”

"It's nothing, sir, don't take it to heart." Tao Min smiled, "After all, Mr. is a Han man, I'm just a little worried." ”

"Back to the master." Ji Tonghai suddenly became excited, and ripped off his clothes, revealing the Dao scar on his chest, "The master knows, although the slave is a Han Chinese, the slave is not the same as the Ming Dynasty." Just because the slave's family had a few acres of thin fields that were favored by the corrupt officials, and the slave's family was killed by the officials of the Ming Dynasty, the slaves came to defect to the master and the Great Khan. If you don't take revenge for this, the slave will not turn a blind eye. ”

"Mr. Ho, don't get excited." Tao Min comforted, "Your revenge, the Great Khan will naturally avenge you." It's just that Mr. has read the books of sages since he was a child, and it is only those corrupt officials who harm you. ”

"Master." Ji Tonghai became excited again, "It is precisely because the slave has been studying since childhood that the slave knows this truth." The sage has a cloud: 'The king regards the minister as a sibling, and the minister regards the king as the heart; The monarch regards the minister as a dog and a horse, and the minister regards the monarch as a countryman; The king regards his ministers as mustard, and the ministers regard him as an enemy. ’”

"Sir is overthinking." Tao Gong waved his hand to stop Ji Tonghai, "Mr. 's thoughts, we naturally know." It's just what I talked about with my husband last time, what did he think? ”

"Back to the master, everything is arranged by the master. The minions are all over the place, and they will not give up. ”

Tao Min and Tao Gong came out of the courtyard, and Tao Min asked, "Do you really want him to go?" ”

"What's wrong, brother?" Tao Gong asked rhetorically, "Is there anything else you don't worry about?" ”

"It's not that I'm not uneasy." Tao Min said silently, "But I always feel that something is not right." Have you checked on his hometown? ”

"I've had someone check it out." Tao Gong lowered his voice, "There is indeed a village called Hejia Village in that place, but the last time the Great Khan entered the customs, the people in that village were basically dead, and nothing was found. ”

"Forget it, let's talk about it, we still have a lot of things to do right now."

Ji Tonghai stood in the courtyard, looking at the backs of Tao Min and Tao Gong getting farther and farther apart, reached out and touched the scar on his chest, and touched the braid on the back of his head, and said secretly in his heart: "This revenge will definitely be avenged." ”

Zhang Guodong and Wang Hua came to Xia Yang's office with the information sent back by Ge Tao: "Old Xia, there is a new situation. ”

"Chairman Zhang, Principal Wang sits." Xia Yang beckoned, "What's new?" ”

"You look at this first, the news from Beijing." Zhang Guodong handed over Jiang Beiming's letter and Tao Min's original letter, "Jiang Beiming received Tao Min's letter, and Tao Min wants to exchange Andreas's prisoners of war with us for silver." ”

Xia Yang read the two letters: "This Tao Min really has ghost eyes. Chairman Zhang, President Wang, what is your opinion? ”

"We think Jiang Beiming's analysis is very correct." Wang Hua replied, "Andreas, they are indeed our weakness, and I am afraid that it will not work if we don't agree." ”

"But Tao Min opened his mouth to ask for 500,000." Xia Yang hesitated, "Isn't it too much, it's very difficult for us to take out this money." ”

"We also know that it is difficult to come up with 500,000 at once." Zhang Guodong said, "Then let's have a meeting of the two committees first, call Cheng Yiyi and Xu Lang as well, and see how much silver we can come up with now." If the Committee's views were not unanimous, it might have to go through the conference. Tao Min said in the letter that he would negotiate with us in Lushun next month about the exchange of prisoners of war, and time was running out. ”

"Okay, I'll go and inform the committee, we'll have a meeting tomorrow." After Xia Yang answered, he said, "Our next crossing conference is about to start, and there is a very important thing in this conference." ”

"What's the matter?" Zhang Guodong and Wang Hua asked together.

"We're going to have new members." Xia Yang said with a smile, "Xiao Junzhe has just passed his 16th birthday, and according to the provisions of our Convention, he automatically became a member of the Crossing Conference. ”

"Really? He's 16? Zhang Guodong sighed with emotion, "It's been 5 years since we crossed over, and I'm also old, 50 years old, really fast." ”

"Chairman Zhang, you are not old." Xia Yang smiled, "A man is 50 years old. ”

Zhang Guodong and Wang Hua walked out of Xia Yang's office, there was no one around, Zhang Guodong said in a low voice: "Cobra finally has news, it seems that your old Wang's original judgment was right, he is really lurking." ”

Wang Hua lowered his head and did not answer Zhang Guodong's words.

Zhang Guodong stopped: "What's wrong with you, Lao Wang." Seems to have something on mind? ”

Wang Hua suddenly said in a low voice: "Cobra has been missing for 2 years, what happened to him in the past 2 years, and we don't know what he is doing now. ”

Zhang Guodong hesitated, stretched out his hand and patted Wang Hua: "Let's be more careful, there shouldn't be any problems." ”

Zhang Guodong's heart was actually very conflicted, he knew that Wang Hua was telling the truth. In 2 years, who knows if anything will happen to Cobra, and how credible the information he sent is, after all, he took the initiative to cut off contact with Yulin Bay. Moreover, in the Goryeo operation, when the mixed brigade suffered such a big defeat, he did not show up, can he believe it 100% now?

But if you think about it from another angle, if Cobra has really been dormant in the past 2 years, then he must have experienced too much pain and torture, and tried all means to enter the interior of the Manchu Dynasty. If there is unwarranted suspicion, it is unfair to the Cobra and to the entire secret service system.

Wang Hua saw Zhang Guodong's psychology and smiled: "Forget it, don't think about it, I'll take care of it." ”

The next day, the two committees held an extraordinary meeting, which Xu Lang and Cheng Yiyi also attended.

As the president of the bank, Cheng Yiyi was anxious when she heard the amount of 500,000 taels: "500,000, this is impossible, absolutely impossible, we can't take out so much money now." ”

"Yiyi, don't worry." Xia Yang persuaded, "We're here to discuss this issue today." You can first briefly talk about our current financial situation, and we have a number in mind. ”

"As you all know, our financial balance last year was less than 1 million." Cheng Yiyi quieted down, "This year, Zheng Zhilong canceled the order for warships, and we have launched a few more warships, and the Military Commission is still expanding the army, which is all a matter of only spending money and not making money." Before the change, we had more than 400,000 pieces of silver left, and now the tax has just begun, only 2 or 30,000 taels per month, but several enterprises have been released, and these enterprises have borrowed nearly 200,000 yuan from the bank. Datong Town and Xuanfu Town have stopped supply, and Zhou Lei and Wang Qianxiang have begun to complain in the letter they brought back last time. There must be at least 100,000 yuan in reserves in the bank, and the amount of silver we can use now is just over 100,000 yuan. That's the way it is, 500,000 don't even have to think about it. ”

"Yiyi." Zeng Guangxian asked, "Didn't Sun Tianhao already sign a contract with the Westerners, and they didn't pay some money in advance?" ”

Cheng Yiyi glanced at Zeng Guangxian: "The contract is signed, but the price is very low, Westerners will not be as rich as Zheng Zhilong." There are a total of 8 warships and 200 cannons, and the total transaction volume is less than 1.3 million. Westerners promised to only pay 300,000 in advance, but they haven't paid yet, and I don't know when the 300,000 will be delivered, you have to ask Sun Tianhao. ”

"Xu Lang." Zhang Guodong said to Xu Lang, who had not spoken, "You are the chief of the General Staff, tell me your opinion." ”

"My opinion is simple." Xu Lang lit a cigarette, "No matter what you think, you must bring back the remains of Andreas and the martyrs, this is the principle." ”

"I know it's a principle." Cheng Yiyi glared at Xu Lang, "The key is silver, where do you let me go and conjure up 500,000." ”

"Yiyi, you don't necessarily need silver to get back to Andreas." Xu Lang pointed to the letter on the table, "I have read Tao Min's letter, and he also knows that we can't come up with so much money, so he also said that he can use food and materials to cover the bill." ”

"Even then, we don't have that much money to buy that much food." Cheng Yiyi replied.

"You listen to me first." Xu Lang stopped Cheng Yiyi's complaints, "I've been thinking about a question these days, how to hit the Manchus financially, and now the opportunity may come." ”

"Xu Lang, what do you mean? What are the chances? Everyone was intrigued by Xu Lang's words.

Xu Lang smiled at everyone: "Tao Min is in a hurry now. He was so anxious to ask for silver and food, he must have prepared for going to Korea and Japan, so we seized on his psychology and got some fake silver and grain to fool him. ”

"Fake silver and fake grain?" Zhang Guodong hesitated, "I don't think your method works." Tao Min is not a fool, he will definitely find out, and if he is provoked, Andreas and they may be in danger. ”

"Chairman Zhang." Xu Lang snuffed out the cigarette in his hand, "If it is a normal transaction, Tao Min will definitely find out, but we will not trade with him normally." ”

"Xu Lang, what do you want to do?" Zeng Guangxian asked, "What is an abnormal transaction?" ”

"I didn't say anything, I just kept thinking about it." Xu Lang replied, "It's easy to talk about fake things, let Shen Daxing make some fake silver mixed with real silver." Tao Min is more anxious than us now, and his letter asked us to go to Lushun to negotiate with him, so let's grasp his psychology and slowly drag him down, I estimate that the final turnover should be about 400,000. ”

"None of this is a problem." Xia Yang asked again, "The key is how to trade, how to make Tao Min not find out that the silver and grain we gave are fake." ”

"Lao Xia, that's a good question you asked." Xu Lang stretched out his thumb at Xia Yang, "I think so, you see if it's feasible." After we finished negotiating with Tao Min, we insisted on a principle, and the delivery at sea must be one hand of money and one hand of goods. ”

"But Tao Min may not necessarily agree to the delivery by sea." Lin Zhaolong suddenly asked, "The Manchu Qing Dynasty doesn't have a warship, and Tao Min may be worried that we will sink his ship after we finish the deal." ”

"I know he's not going to agree." Xu Lang explained, "Let's say this so that Tao Min will not think about counterfeiting, he may think of turning his face after we finish the transaction, but he should not think of us using fakes." So I think the biggest possibility in the end is to trade on the beach. ”