Chapter 280: Punishment (5) - The Wang Family
"How? Is this gold still to your liking? Magorny looked at Chen Qingnian, who was obsessed, and asked with a gentle smile. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
However, Chen Qingnian didn't seem to hear it, and he still caressed and touched each gold brick with his heart. The delicate movements are like getting up close and personal with a rare treasure. Magorny stopped talking and asked Chen Qingnian to weigh the weight of the gold.
After about half an hour, Chen Qingnian was extremely reluctant to close the lid of the box and sit down again. Seeing Magorny's meaningful eyes, he immediately understood something, and without hesitation, he took out a light green file bag from the briefcase he brought. I saw that the opening was tightly sealed, as if it contained something very important.
The surface of the file bag was blank and unmarked.
But Magorny was excited! So that the fingers holding the cigar trembled slightly. When I held the file bag in my hand, my heart began to beat faster, and my face showed an abnormal flush.
Then he opened it with a very light movement, and slowly pulled out the letter paper inside, and the words "Nanyang Battle Plan" in bold characters were immediately revealed.
This is a military plan formulated by the Ming Dynasty in response to the upcoming Battle of Nanyang. Originally, Magorny wanted the British spies who were ambushed in the Ming Dynasty to try their best to steal and take them out. But at the end of last year, Daming suddenly launched a large-scale anti-espionage operation.
I don't know what's going on!
The British spies who had been hiding deeply before were all found out. Now Britain can only obtain the internal affairs of the Ming Dynasty through the official channels of the Ming Dynasty, and it has become completely blind.
There was no way, he could only settle for the next best thing, and use money to buy Daming's insiders and get information. So the Wang family, who has a deep background, came into his sight. In fact, when Nanyang was still under the control of the Netherlands, the Wang family dealt with the British. Behind the scenes, he also smuggled a lot of commercial goods to the British.
At that time, Magorni was the viceroy of India. In order to envelop the Wang family, he specially sent people to contact the Wang family. So speaking of which, he and the Wang family are also old acquaintances.
At present, the Wang family is very indignant and dissatisfied with the confiscation of half of the family property in the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, he only lured him with profits, and the Wang family easily defected to Britain and betrayed the Ming Dynasty.
Such important military intelligence, the Wang family came out.
In Daming, only the Wang family can do this. Because the Wang family is prosperous, the clansmen are all over the Ming Dynasty. In various fields such as military, politics, business, etc., there are also Wang family members. With such abundant contacts, the energy to be mobilized and exerted is huge.
Just begging the Wang family to do something, the price paid is not small. Magorny took out a month's earnings from the Malay Peninsula in exchange for this information.
However, compared with the entire South Seas, this price is nothing.
In this way, the two talked for a while, and Wang Qingnian left the governor's palace with a large box of gold bricks and satisfaction.
Then by land, enter Johor. This is because the blockade of Malacca City by the Ming Dynasty has not yet ended, so it can only be diverted to Johor.
If you want to change your route from here before there is no civil strife in Johor, it will be a bit troublesome. After all, Johor has always been afraid that it will be reduced to the situation of Pahang and be subject to the British. On the border of Yingrou, heavy troops were deployed. No border residents are allowed to cross the border. The severity of its precautions is staggering.
However, after the civil strife in Johor, the garrisons on the border have withdrawn to the interior of Johor. Now they have become the private armies of the two princes, killing each other day and night. This frontier land is also negligent in guarding against it.
Wang Qingnian's transfer from here is much more convenient. And it also disguises your whereabouts, avoids exposure, and reduces risk. Although along the way, it is not very peaceful. But Wang Qingnian brought enough guards, and he was not afraid of anything.
When he came to the mouth of the Muar River, Muar City, he was in trouble.
It turned out that the merchant ship he had arranged here before was boarded first.
The specific reason is that Muar City originally belonged to the territory of the second prince. But not long ago, the general stationed in the city of Muar suddenly defected to the Great Prince. As a result, many family forces loyal to the second prince fled overseas in large numbers.
This merchant ship was also requisitioned in a daze.
Hearing this news, Wang Qingnian's heart was very anxious! Because he smuggled out under the pretext of requisitioning merchant ships. If you delay outside for a long time, you will inevitably be exposed. At that time, they will definitely be held accountable by the Department of Discipline Inspection. If you can't say why, it will also arouse the suspicion of the discipline inspection department.
If you find out about the transaction with the British, the Wang family is in danger in Daming. It was precisely because of his efforts to avoid such a terrible thing that he wanted to rush back to Daming in the shortest possible time.
But Muar City, due to the war, ten rooms and nine empty. Once upon a time, there were also passing merchant ships, docked to replenish supplies. But now, it's not coming. In the whole city, except for a small number of garrisons, and civilians who were too old to walk and half of their bodies were buried in the ground, there were basically no people.
And now it is the time of the war, and the Johor garrison is very strict with outsiders. Although Wang Qingnian and the others bought a road guide, every time they checked, they were forced to pay the money. This made him very uneasy.
So people spent money to find a way to get merchant ships. However, it will take time, so for a while, we can only wait for news.
In Johor Bahru, east of Muar, Nam Peak is carefully spilling over the findings of the three internal affairs offices of the Police, the Discipline Inspection Agency, the Judiciary and the Intelligence Division.
I saw that the more he looked down, the more gloomy his face became, and it was obvious that the result was a little unsatisfactory!
In fact, it is.
He didn't expect that the seriousness of the matter had exceeded his expectations.
The directors of the three chambers and the three chiefs of internal affairs of the intelligence department were also in the room. Seeing Nan Feng's gloomy face, everyone didn't dare to make a sound. To be honest, they couldn't believe it either. Something like this will happen right under your nose!
If you are held responsible, the police. The Discipline Inspection Department, the Third People's Court of Justice, and the Intelligence Department could not shirk it. The Nanyang chief, who bears the brunt of the problem, has to bear the main responsibility. After all, this happened in Nanyang, and the leader with the most authority couldn't figure it out.
However, although Nan Feng is the leader, he is also the minister of government affairs and has entered the decision-making level of the Ming Dynasty. Even without the post of leader, the position of Minister of Government is still there. So speaking of which, it's the people under them who are unlucky.
Among them, Wang Yunian, director of the collection division, one of the internal affairs departments of the intelligence department, was the most nervous. Because he is from the Wang family, the results of this investigation point the finger at the Wang family. So now he is very worried and implicated.
Although he did not betray any Ming interests, nor did he neglect his duties, let alone seek personal interests for the Wang family. But he has the blood of the Wang family in his body. In the name, it also carries the match of the seventh generation of the Wang family's male - 'Wang Mounian'.
No matter how many mouths there are, you can't tell it! (To be continued.) )