Chapter 513: Yellow Sparrow

Situ Lian soon handed over the "Snow Owl Airship Operation Guide" directly to the head of the country, and while he expounded on the positive aspects of the current progress in the development of the airship, after the test flight of the airship, this explanation especially attracted the attention of many ministers of the DPRK and China. And Kong Xinhua was able to get his hands on this extremely confidential document, and his status in the minds of many people became higher and higher. The lord summoned Kong Xinhua, although he was only given a short time, and there was no scene of cordial conversation, but he was very official and gave him such an honorary military position as a small cavalry captain, as well as an insignificant one hundred taels of gold and twenty brocades, but no one dared to despise Kong Xinhua. This is the second time that Kong Xinhua has been summoned in a short period of time, and the lord's chamberlain also specifically asked about Kong Xinhua's recent arrangements, and faintly revealed that the lord of the country will be summoned again in a relatively comfortable time later.

The lord of the Northern Liao Kingdom originally wanted to copy some copies of the "Snow Owl Airship Operation Manual" and send it to the relevant ministers and generals as a reference, but was persuaded by Situ Lian. Such a document is of great benefit to the development of airships in Northern Liao, but no matter which country it is, it is an important document that it is very much wanted to obtain. It's better to keep this kind of secret and use it secretly, once it is distributed, not to mention that such important information is leaked, it will also expose Kong Xinhua's channels for obtaining documents, and the gains outweigh the losses.

The lord of the Northern Liao Kingdom was as good as a stream, and immediately affirmed such a statement, and he ordered this thing to be strictly guarded, so that Situ Lian could turn around and give him a note. In recent years, the position of the Ministry of Industry has been greatly strengthened, there are many important secret workshops and testing grounds, and the funds are becoming more and more sufficient, but all kinds of defense work have always been the responsibility of the forbidden army. This time, it is definitely necessary to send more people to guard the documents and determine the access authority, which naturally involves the cooperation between the Yulin Army and the Ministry of Industry.

However, no one expected that after the end of the day's test, this "Snow Owl Airship Operation Guide" had not had time to be sent back to the Yamen of the Ministry of Engineering from the test site, and that night a group of highly skilled masked people broke into the test site, snatched the "guide" and set fire to the workshop on the edge of the test site. But Rao is so, and now the losses are very staggering. In less than an hour, the test site transmitted the news to Yanjing. It was the first time in many years that he had woken up the ministers and even the lord of the country in the middle of the night. Even when Dongping and Northern Liao started the war, nothing like this happened.

"Who did that?" Kong Xinhua unconsciously looked at Chen Su. Chen Su shrugged his shoulders and pouted, "I don't know, it's definitely not our people...... Since we have agreed to take you as the master, we will definitely not do such superfluous things on our side. It's not like you don't know the way we do things...... Besides, although it is a confidential document, didn't Ye Jingluo say it, he didn't think it was a big deal, not to mention that you only need one, even if you want to get ten or eight copies, it's nothing. ”

"Who could that be?" Kong Xinhua frowned and began to calculate, Chen Su was still very sure of what he said, whether it was the Intelligence Bureau or the Northern Xinjiang Economic Strategy Mansion, the style of doing things was very heartwarming, and it was almost impossible for this kind of thing to happen behind the scenes. In Yanjing, there is indeed another set of Dongping's spy system that is ** in his Dongping, but such a major event will never fail to communicate with him in advance, this kind of thing happens, one is not handled properly, but it is very likely that he will go around himself.

Also asking this question were a series of important figures, including the lord of Northern Liao, Zhang Ci, Situ Lian, and the generals of the Yulin Army, who were responsible for the safety of the Ministry of Industry's workshop, were immediately summoned, and several ministers even wore very homely clothes to enter the palace for talks. This is not just an isolated incident of an important document being robbed, but it means that there are potential security risks lurking around Yanjing. What if the other party did not choose a thief to raid at night, but launched a surprise attack during the day when the lord of the country was watching the test flight? The powerful force displayed by the other party makes people think of this problem, and it is a tingling of the scalp.

"Your Majesty, I think, will do this kind of thing, it is none other than Chunnan and Xiling." Jing Linchi, the deputy commander of the left army of the Yulin Army, who was in charge of the safety and security of the workshop, said boldly.

"Oh, what's the point?" Zhang Ci asked. "Dongping lost the paperwork, couldn't they have done it?"

"I don't think so...... Lord Situ explained to His Majesty and his ministers during the day that even if I was not hindered by anything in Beiliao, if I could develop and produce a Snow Owl-level airship, I would not be able to do my best in five or six years or even longer, that is to say, Dongping would not be very worried about such a thing...... Especially with Ye Tao's gentle but extremely confident temperament. Jing Linchi was so embarrassed to explain this reason, he naturally didn't dare to make it clear on this occasion that Ye Tao might not give Beiliao so much time, but everyone understands and must understand what he means. And if such a document is left in our hands, if Lord Situ does not dare to tell the truth, it will be forgotten, it is just a research material. However, since it is left in our hands, every time we look at it and encounter various technical problems, we will think more and more of Dongping Airship's mature and strong technology, which makes people sigh more and more. It can be said that staying in our hands is certainly a weapon that can promote our airship research, but it is also a weapon to deter us. ”

Jing Linchi paused, looked at the surrounding ministers, as well as the lord of the country, nodded slightly, breathed a sigh of relief, and continued: "However, since this information is useful to us, it will also be useful to Chunnan and Xiling. Although Chunnan could have built an airship a long time ago, it was a relatively simple model, and it was not much better than what we tested today. Chunnan and Dongping are allies, but both sides have the ambition to unify Middle-earth, so it can be said that sooner or later there will be a war, and at present, it is just a matter of guarding against each other and containing each other. Looking at Dongping's use of troops against our Northern Liao this time, but not a single soldier was mobilized from the southern Chunnan border, it can be seen that the relationship between the two sides may not be very good. Chunnan has a certain technical foundation for airships, so he is naturally very interested in this kind of advanced information, except for Dongping, they can be said to be the country with the best chance of creating airships of the same level. The other is Xiling. Xiling is now also facing aggressive pressure from Dongping. If they don't want to build an airship, they don't want to be able to have a sharp weapon to restrain Dongping, then it would be a strange thing. It's unknown how their airship is progressing now, but they must want to get the information. ”

A slight smile appeared on the face of the lord of the country, and he praised: "Captain Jingdu, you are a person who understands. How do you come up with these things? ”

Jing Linchi was flattered and said: "Don't dare, the lowly position is just inferred according to common sense." The theft of this document is a dereliction of duty on the part of the general, and he should have asked for punishment, but these words must still be said. The last general is ignorant, and all the powers in the court should be able to think of these things, but the last general ......"

The lord of the country interrupted him: "Captain Jingdu, these words are not necessary, I don't hear this kind of words much?" Punishment is inevitable. Downgrade two levels and be fined for half a year. I don't have to do this anymore...... Judging by your temperament, you don't look like a person who can do this kind of work. I will give you 200,000 taels of silver, five hundred men, and you will choose for yourself. Do you dare to issue a military order so that today's events will never happen again?

Jing Linchi opened his mouth slightly, looking incredulous. Can this kind of opportunity actually fall to him? You know, if this kind of thing happens today, even if he cuts off his head, he will feel that he is unlucky and dare not argue anything. However, if you downgrade two levels and be fined for half a year? What kind of punishment does this count against him? It was clear that he let him go easily. And the funds of 200,000 silver plus 500 personnel of their own selection have a monopoly authority...... This is clearly reusing him. How could he dare to believe it today? But he also knew that this was a rare opportunity, so he naturally thanked him immediately and accepted it. As a result, the world's first professional counter-espionage and anti-terrorism professional organization was established in the now turbulent Northern Liao. Jing Linchi's level has only been down for a few days, but it has risen back again, and it has been raised by two levels. There is no other reason, as a one-man person, although he does not participate in the discussion of the imperial court, he must understand the court situation and know who said what, so that he can deduce the channels for various news leaks, so he must have the lowest level of the court to observe, and as a department head who is in charge of the department, he must also have enough level to order his subordinates, and it is also convenient to deal with the Yulin Army, the East Route Army, the West Route Army, the Internal Guard Battalion and other institutions. After coming and going like this, Jing Linchi was naturally extremely grateful for the reward of the lord of the country, and he worked harder and harder. And what he is most valued for is the real word "common sense". Being able to calmly deduce when his life and guilt are uncertain is that the management of this heart field alone is enough to show that he is capable of doing well, and at this time, people who see this will definitely not be willing to kill him.

Jing Linchi's prediction was right, and the one who launched a desperate offensive to take away the "Snow Owl Airship Operation Guide" was indeed a secret spy lurking in Northern Liao in Chunnan. Because they feel that it may not be very meaningful to continue to lurk in Beiliao, the secret spies scattered in various places are preparing to evacuate, and this is the last big deal they play before leaving. However, they didn't expect that the praying mantis was catching cicadas, the yellow finch was behind, and another group of people were eyeing them at this time. Jing Linchi was right, Xiling's development of the airship had reached a critical moment, and they also wanted this important document, but they were a little slower than the Chunnan people and missed the opportunity. But they have their own secret spies lurking in Chunnan's secret spies...... An ambush is quietly being planned.