On March 11, Zhen Runfeige, who was promoted to the general judgment of Suzhou, sent a message: "Under the internal controversy, it is okay to observe the situation for the time being; There are three cousins circling around, and Brother Fu can be relieved! ”

On March 16, I listened to the news from the flying pigeon of Huaiyangtang in Fengge: "On March 13, there was a leper monk and a lame Taoist in the southeast of Jiangning, and he had been stationed in Fangshan Temple for two days; Huaiyangtang has been closely watched. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info "Fu Ning immediately asked people to pass on the book: A team from the Operations Department of the Intelligence Department rushed to Jiangning immediately!

On March 18, I heard a message from the flying pigeon of Huaiyang Hall in Fengge: "A monk disappeared outside Fangshan Temple, and the person who followed the sight reported, 'I saw that the monk entered a corner together, and disappeared in the blink of an eye', and asked the dozens of pilgrims who entered the temple to incense, and everyone said that they had never seen that monk! ”。 So Fu Ning had no choice but to order the first team of the Intelligence Department to return to the Yangzhou station, and sent a letter to Huaiyang Hall: "Give up looking for that monk, and follow the hall to pay attention to the information of the Xue family in Jiangning and the Lin family in Yangzhou; In addition, it investigated the truth of the massacre of Xiaoyang Village, Wuqiao Township, Sizhou in May of the 17th year of Qianping, and the massacre of Chen Village, Qianshan Town, Weiyuan County, in December of the 16th year of Qianping. ”

On March 25, I heard the news from the flying pigeons of the Zhejiang Gantang of Fengge: "On March 20, Wang Mu Ying of Dongping County appeared in Hangzhou, and on the 22nd, he took the history of Huzhou Patrol, Huzhou Patrol Battalion, and Hangzhou Zhenhai Camp to the sea, and his whereabouts were unknown. ”

Fu Ning urgently ordered the whole army to prepare and be on alert, and ordered Zhongxing, Anxing, and two 1,000-ton artillery warships to inspect the sea 100 miles west of Jilong, and two 2,000-ton steam-powered artillery warships Jilong and Yashan to inspect the sea 50 miles west of Jilong, and ordered Taoyuan to speed up the loading of artillery; Sixteen wooden sail warships, including Zhenhai, Jinghai, Anhai, and Nuhai, were ordered to go to sea for inspection, and all ships of the navy should report as soon as they found traces of the imperial navy.

The army units of Nantou, Chichi, Changhua, and Hsinchu were ordered to retreat and concentrate immediately once they discovered the British Imperial Army, not to engage on the seashore, and to put the enemy in to encircle and annihilate them.

Immediately after the order was issued, the divisions became nervous, and the new army of chicken coops marched into the port, and the guards went to the headquarters of the divisions to begin the guard.

On the third day of the first month of April, I heard a message from the flying pigeon of Minshantang in Fengge: "On March 30, the king of Dongping County is now in Quanzhou, bringing more than 40 naval warships and about 6,000 soldiers to enter the Zhenhai camp in Quanzhou. ”

On the fifth day of the first month of April, the flying pigeon of Minshantang came to the news: "On the third day of the first month of April, the prefect of Quanzhou strictly ordered that ships should not leave the port," and Fu Ning replied: "Check in detail whether the price of grain in Quanzhou has changed." ”

On the tenth day of April, Minshantang replied: "The price of grain in Quanzhou has not changed! ”

On 15 April, the Guangzhou maritime fleet entered Jilong Harbor and brought 30,000 quintals of grain. There is nothing abnormal about the maritime businessmen saying that there is nothing abnormal along the way.

On April 16, I heard the news from the two Guangtang flying pigeons in the Wind Pavilion: "Everything is as usual in Zhenhai Camp, Guangzhou!" ”

On April 20, I heard the news from the flying pigeon of Yanshantang in Fengge: "On the eighth day of April, the emperor settled in the Jingbei Shenji Battalion, the prince Jin Zheng was deposed and died of fear. ”

Fu Ning only relieved his mind at this time, presumably that Hong Chi was the prince and the king of Dongping County, Emperor Qianping first transferred the king of Dongping County from the center, and then abolished the prince and seized the military power of Hong Chi from the Jingying Festival; transferred Hong Chi to Sichuan again, presumably to save a little face for the king of Dongping County, and he didn't want to tear his face, Wang Ziteng must be the emperor's person, but he picked up a leak and was promoted. And the king of Dongping County must have wanted to come to Liuqiu to find some military exploits, but he didn't want to be copied by the emperor. However, the political game within the British court made Fu Ning uneasy and frightened for more than a month, because what Fu Ning was most afraid of now was that the hundreds of warships of the imperial court were overwhelmingly slaughtering the chicken coop port and destroying the construction of the chicken coop for more than a year; If there are too many ants, you can still bite the elephant to death, even if you have a few strong ships and cannons, you can block a few nails, not to mention that the newly-born Ryuqiu Navy has no actual combat experience at all.

As expected, on April 21, Minshantang reported: "On the 19th, Hangzhou Zhenhaiying left Quanzhou Port to the north, and some members of the church saw that a eunuch had entered the Quanzhou Mansion, and the officials rumored that the emperor had a holy decree to the king of Dongping County, and the will was unknown!" ”

Only then did Fu Ning cancel the Quanliu garrison and order all warships to return to Hong Kong and the armies to return to the camp.

On April 28, Zhen Run replied that he had received silver taels, and on May 12, the news from Yanshantang and the tribute sent by the chicken coop were received by the imperial court, and Emperor Qianping named Fu Ning as the Marquis of Xiang Hai and Zhiliu. "Know" is the meaning of the prefect, and the meaning of the imperial court is "You Fu Ning go overseas to find the Hou Ye, the prefect just begs, don't make trouble for me." Fu Ning smiled after reading the letter, and he had won at least a year or two of opportunities for peaceful development.

Fu Ning was angry again, Lao Hong of the Transportation Department shouted that Fu Ning had deducted the steel he used to repair the railway, he was shocked by the steam locomotives and short-distance railways in the iron ore field, and he wanted to overhaul the railway half-heartedly, and he didn't listen to Fu Ning's explanation at all; As a result, Fu Ning, who was angry, directly ordered the guards to escort Lao Hong to the Huwei Iron Mine to work, and let Zhou Runshui, deputy director of the Department of Communications, take over as the director.

As soon as he returned to Fu Zhai, Fu Ning received a big surprise, his father-in-law Yao Shiyuan moved over with the entire Yaowan Village, and even his old father-in-law Wen Qingshan came over with his wife Wen Yang and son; When Fu Ning asked, he knew that they were instigated by Yao Shizhu, but recently, everyone was busy guarding against the imperial court and ignored the fact that Yaowan Village was going to move over; Yao Shiyuan just heard that Fu Ning was named the Marquis of Xianghai by the imperial court, and he was excited and incoherent, but Fu Ning laughed and said that this was the time when he was "recruited by Zhao'an" after a year of rebellion, so Yao Shiyuan's face turned blue again. Fu Ning hurriedly persuaded and asked Yao Shizhu to quickly arrange a place for the villagers in Yaowan.

Luo Yingfei, deputy director of the Intelligence Department and in charge of delivering the letter, rushed to report a strange incident, a lost pigeon flew from the carrier pigeon farm, and the creed tied to his leg was seven words -- "Camp Good Technique Gou Fu Bao IV." It's confusing.

"The pigeon with its leg looped on the left and the tip of the third toe of its right foot has been cut, and it is by no means our pigeon."

"That means there are spies near the chicken coop who don't know who are deployed?" , Fu Ning looked at the note and said, "In addition to us, is there anyone near Keelung who keeps pigeons?" ”

"There's one! In addition to us, Lao Liu, who only has a port outside the port, raises pigeons, but he raises meat pigeons, not carrier pigeons. Luo Yingfei said.

"That's him! Where did he come from? ”

"He migrated here in March this year, Shanxi accent, people are very honest and honest, pigeons are very good, even my people often ask him for advice, he can't be a secret agent!?"

"It must be him!" Fu Ning affirmed, "He is the only one who raises pigeons nearby, and he only raises meat pigeons, isn't this trying to cover up!" He must be a secret agent. ”

"He is so honest, I went to him yesterday and he said that it was not his pigeon, did the owner guess wrong?" Luo Yingfei still didn't believe it.

"Confused! Whoever asked you to ask him personally, isn't this a striking! I can't wait, send someone to arrest someone immediately! By the way, how many people are there in Liujiazhai? ”

"There were more than 4,000 people, mostly shipyard workers"

"Chen Dong! Chen Dong! Fu Ning shouted Chen Dong, so Chen Dong immediately rushed into the room,

"Owner, what's the matter?"

"Ordered the five hundred people of the third guard team to immediately set out and set off immediately, and cooperate with the intelligence department to round up the Liujiazhai pigeon farm! Remember, try to catch as alive as possible, and be sure not to let one person slip through the net! After thinking about it, Fu Ning said again: "Order the Second Guards Team to strengthen the vigilance of each division!" Ordered the first guard team of 800 people to mobilize, strengthen the vigilance of the military factory, increase the guards of Yao Yun and Yang Lan to 50 each, and increase the guards of the Fu Mansion and the Hou Mansion Office to 300 people! The Guards and the Intelligence Department immediately arrest suspicious persons, but they are not allowed to kill people at will. All kinds of information are reported in time! ”

Chen Dong and Luo Yingfei immediately took the order and left.

In the afternoon, various departments came to report one after another: "The third guard team rounded up Liujiazhai, killed three people, captured the spy Liu Yuan, and three other secret agents were surrounded and committed suicide by biting poison." Forty-six suspicious villagers in Liujiazhai have been arrested and have been detained separately, and the Intelligence Department is screening and interrogating. "A total of nine secret agents have been found in the military workshop, three have been killed, two have been captured, another three have been wounded and then committed suicide by biting poison, and one has escaped after being seriously injured. The Intelligence Division is on the hunt. "No suspicious persons have been found in the administrative divisions. ”。 After receiving the report, Fu Ning pondered on his desk: "It seems that the Intelligence Department still needs to strengthen training, and even let those spies kill themselves by biting poison?!" ”

In the evening, Wang Su, director of the Intelligence Department, rushed over, and hesitated as soon as he entered the door.

"Aren't you usually quite calm, what's wrong today?" Fu Ning wondered,

Wang Su knelt on the ground with a thud, bent down and kowtowed.

Fu Ning said angrily: "Get up for me!" How many times have I told you that you are not allowed to kneel! What the hell is going on? Say! ”

"Master Hou! The subordinates arrested Wu Huaiyuan, and the subordinates didn't dare to be good! ”

"Why did you catch Huaiyuan?!" , "Didn't Huaiyuan do a good job in the military factory?" ”

"My subordinates received a report from the master of the military factory that there were several people who were very suspicious and always asked them about the manufacturing method of artillery; After receiving the report, his subordinates immediately sent someone to arrest him, and Wu Huaiyuan was drinking with those spies at that time, and was knocked unconscious by the people sent by his subordinates to arrest him; When he woke up, he scolded his subordinates, and his subordinates didn't dare to be special, so he came to report to you. ”

"Okay, I guess he was also tricked by the spies, and it was a coincidence; Send him to me. ”；“ Wouldn't the 'capture of the two' mentioned in the intelligence division's report document in the afternoon also include him? Fu Ning asked.

"Including him."

"In other words, you have caught Liu Yuan and another secret agent so far, and you have caught a total of two people, and the others are either dead or have escaped?"

Wang Su immediately knelt on the ground again, "Your subordinates are ashamed!" ”

"Alright, alright! Stop kneeling! Fu Ning waved his hand to get him up, "Did the seriously injured and escaped spy catch it?" ”

"He fled to Xiao'an Mountain outside the military factory, and his subordinates have sent people to chase him."

"Did the two military dogs send out?"

"What can those two dogs do?"

"Look at you, I told you during the last training of the Intelligence Department that dogs have a much higher sense of smell than humans, especially in the woods and at night, and the tracking efficiency is much improved; Don't be a dog all the time, don't believe it! ”。“ This time the arrest of the spies in your division has exposed some problems, and so many spies have committed suicide by biting poison, it seems that you still need to strengthen training and improve your ability; You should also hold more internal meetings, sum up more experience, and think of more solutions! In addition, I still want to praise you this time, you can complete the arrest operation in such a short period of time, which shows that your usual training is still possible, the intelligence department is to be quick and decisive, you have done a good job in this, you must praise them well when you go back! ”

"Thank you, Master Hou!" Wang Su knelt down again.

Wang Su was originally a talent in Qingzhou, Shandong, because of a dispute with people over land and property by the government to make his family ruined, and then followed the homeless people to the chicken coop when he was discovered by Fu Ning, Fu Ning saw that he was knowledgeable, steady, strong learning ability, decisive, and had no loyalty to the imperial court, so he was appointed as the director of the Intelligence Department; It's a pity that Wang Su's feudal etiquette is strong, he likes to kneel at every turn, and he looks down on women very much, which makes Fu Ning have a headache.