On May 8, Phi Dao Jiebai Trading Company ......

Tang Baocheng, the chief officer of Lushun's Foreign Affairs Department in Phi Island, put down the documents in his hand, pushed open the two dilapidated wooden windows, and looked at the people who came in and out of the trading company below and muttered silently.

"What's wrong Baocheng, there's a mission again?" Cai Changshun, the deputy chief officer in charge of personnel and logistics, put down the document and asked casually, due to business needs, the original Phi Dao Action Team has been upgraded to the Foreign Intelligence Department, responsible for the intelligence exchanges between North Korea, Dongjiang and Houjin, the number of people has expanded to more than 200 people, last month's salary was nearly 10,000 yuan, this fee does not go to the Finance Department, I heard that the adults are paid first through the Jiebai Trading Company, as the chief officer of the Foreign Intelligence Department, Tang Baocheng, who is less than 18 years old, can be described as a high power, spring breeze proud.

Tang Baocheng didn't answer his question, but said something else: "Just now I was reading the report sent to the division level, which is a summary of the adult's summary of the destruction of the criminal barracks......"

Cai Changshun sighed, his face was a little ugly, and said, "Yes, who would have thought that the sin camp would be surrounded by Tartar slaves behind Jinzhou?" ”

Tang Baocheng also sighed, and said leisurely: "Changshun, don't you think it's strange? Fort Majestic was only ten miles away from the place where the Sin Camp was destroyed, and the Sin Barracks held out for nearly eight hours surrounded by the superior forces of the Tarnus, the question is, what was Fort Mighty doing during this time? Why is there no mention of any action at Castle of Windwinds in these summaries? ”

Cai Changshun let out an "ah" again, he stood up and walked to Tang Baocheng's side and asked in a low voice, "What do you think?" ”

Tang Baocheng pulled Cai Changshun and said: "Come"

The two came to the table, and Tang Baocheng picked up a piece of paper. He drew two circles with charcoal and said: "This is the Fort of Might, this is the battlefield, and the distance between the two is less than ten miles." There are also four piers in the southeast, northwest and northwest outside the Majestic Fort, each of which is equipped with five soldiers, of which the north pier is located on Fanzi Mountain, less than five miles away from the battlefield, I obtained the confession of the patrol officer who led the patrol that day, and he said that there was no abnormal ...... near the pier platform that day."

Cai Changshun thought for a while, shook his head again and again, and said, "The Tartar slaves crossed Jinzhou City at night to ambush. It's normal that the defenders of the pier didn't find out, and your guess is too hasty. ”

Tang Baocheng said: "Back then, the adults painstakingly set up the Mighty Fort, and the role was to serve as a barrier between Jinzhou and Fanzi Mountain. But I didn't expect that the sin camp would be destroyed under the nose of Mighty Fort, and Tunbao did not play any role, if it wasn't for the Tarslaves who took the initiative to evacuate the battlefield, I estimate that Mighty Castle would not have been saved. It would make sense if the Tatars had a surprise attack by hundreds of people at night. But it was thousands of cavalry, and the defenders of the pier were issued with clairvoyant mirrors, and they were at a loss for eight hours, and I always felt that there was something wrong with this. ”

Seeing that Cai Changshun was silent, Tang Baocheng suddenly said: "Changshun, do you think the Tatar slaves will be ambushed near the Earth and Stone Fort by bypassing Fan Mountain?" That's the only way I think it makes sense."

Cai Changshun was suddenly shocked, Tang Baocheng's assumption was equivalent to saying that the defenders of the pier had collaborated with the enemy, and Cai Changshun calmed down. Said slowly: "Baocheng, have you ever been to see the pier on the spot?" As far as I know. Although the pier platform is set up on Fan Mountain, the vegetation on it is lush, and it is inconvenient to observe at night, so you think too much. ”

Tang Baocheng nodded: "My lord once taught me that being suspicious and cautious is the quality that the best meticulous work should have, and it is also our biggest enemy, there is no way, I can only rely on my own judgment, so I made a list and prepared to send Wang Xiaoqi to take people to monitor, but I need your nod"

"You're so daring!"

Cai Changshun pointed at Tang Baocheng and said: "We don't have this right, the adults have repeatedly warned us that there is a gendarmerie department internally, and the task of the external intelligence department is external, and it is taboo to monitor internal personnel, you are not afraid of ......"

"I'm a watchdog for adults, and I only serve adults,"

Tang Baocheng shook his head slowly: "Now I understand that I, Tang Baocheng, was born to do this business, if there is no enemy one day, will adults still keep dogs to guard the door?" The Gendarmerie Department and the Foreign Intelligence Department are doing similar things, and I think the two departments will have to merge sooner or later, and some things are better to take precautions! ”

Cai Changshun opened his mouth and looked at Tang Baocheng blankly, at this moment Tang Baocheng's familiar face became extremely unfamiliar in his eyes, he couldn't even imagine that it was the taciturn classmate who stood in front of him and looked at him?

"Adults reuse you, and you are not satisfied with taking charge of one side before you are eighteen years old? Still want to concoct some enemies to come out? ”

Cai Changshun sat back in his position weakly, and said with some pain: "Sometimes I grieve for those people, and I have to lift up the enemy all day long, and even my own people." Po Cheng, when did you become so ambitious and unscrupulous? ”

Tang Baocheng also sighed, sat down, and the two of them were thinking about their own thoughts, and the room fell silent for a while......

"Sometimes, I don't even know if I should trust you." After a while, Cai Changshun said quietly.

"Although we can't see each other in this business, but as a meticulous work, you always have to find a trustworthy person to do it" Tang Baocheng handed over the list: "Sign it, maybe one day, these things we do can come in handy." ”

Cai Changshun snorted, took the action plan and looked at it: "I hope your judgment is wrong, just let Xiao Qi go on vacation, but then again, have you ever trusted others?" ”

Tang Baocheng nodded and said softly: "Yes"

At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door with two long and one short, the two ended looking at each other, and Cai Changshun nodded and said, "Qiu Yong is here."

Then he said loudly: "Come in!" ”

The door creaked open, Qiu Yong flashed in, and said to the two: "Lushun came to name someone to see the shopkeeper, and the code words are all right, do you know who it is?" ”

Qiu Yong sold Guan Zi before lowering his voice and said, "...... It's the original sin barracks company elder cannon horse self-improvement"

Cai Changshun frowned and said, "What is he doing here, could it be that the situation has changed?" ”

Tang Baocheng said lightly: "Don't you know if you've seen it?" Qiu Yong, you invite him to come up, be polite, this person has won the trust of adults, and he is one of the absolute henchmen of adults."

The old cannon walked in with Zhuang Shidi and a few other people, and some time ago the personnel adjustment of the military and civil affairs systems. The private school system is running quickly, and several battalion leaders of the Panshi Brigade are all private school people, and Tang Baocheng in the fourth phase is the best among them. At a young age, he was in charge of the Foreign Affairs Department alone, although the old cannon was a little dissatisfied with the adults promoting these dolls, but I heard that this person made a great contribution when he pacified Phi Dao, although others were hot, but they couldn't accuse the adults of being unfair.

"I don't like the way he looks, it's as annoying as a poisonous snake when he stares at you," Johnsday leaned over behind him and whispered.

The people in the room didn't dare to take it big, so they all stood up and bowed slightly to the old cannon and saluted: "Lord Ma"

The old cannon's gaze stayed on Tang Baocheng for a moment. Said politely: "You are the chief officer of the Foreign Affairs Department personally ordered by the adult, and the old cannon originally gave you a salute, but the old cannon came on behalf of the adult this time." I took it. ”

Tang Baocheng suddenly waved his hand and said, "Idle people are going out, Changshun, you go out too!" ”

Lao Pao was a little stunned and looked at Tang Baocheng. This sentence was originally said by him. Unexpectedly, he was preempted by Tang Baocheng.

"Master Ma, no matter what message you brought, you can talk about it now" Tang Baocheng saw Cai Changshun pull the angry Zhuang Shidi and the others out, and said again.

The old cannon laughed to himself; "Lord Tang is a good person"

Tang Baocheng shook his head: "I just don't like to spend time in meaningless politeness, let's say, what instructions do you have?" ”

The old cannon said: "My lord brought a message, first, the first task of the Foreign Intelligence Department is to get rid of this person......"

After speaking. Lao Cannon took out a file from his arms and threw it in front of Tang Baocheng with a snap.

Tang Baocheng quietly picked up the file. First, he carefully checked Yang Bo's seal on the fire paint, and then picked up the letter knife and cut it slowly in front of the old gun.

"Is the blue flag white swing tooth Agwang Ulinday?" Tang Baocheng looked at the old cannon with some doubts

"I don't know"

The old cannon shrugged his shoulders and said, "My lord's order is to let the old cannon take someone to assist the Foreign Intelligence Department, and then take the head back to hand over the errand, as for other things, we don't know anything." ”

Tang Baocheng looked at the file and said casually: "What my lord means is that the three of you are also dispatched by the Foreign Intelligence Department, right?" ”

The old cannon laughed: "Wrong, it's two people, my lord selected two people who are proficient in assassination from the Gendarmerie Department to come and assist you, as for me, as long as the task is completed, I will take the head and go back to hand over the errand, as for how to plan, that is your Foreign Intelligence Department's business." ”

Tang Baocheng said coldly: "Master Ma forgives his sins, unclear authority will inevitably hinder his hands, and it is inconvenient to do things, I know that Zhuang Shidi, and he is indeed a "talent" who is proficient in assassination."

Lao Pao didn't know the old grudge between Zhuang Shidi and him, thought about it and said: "My lord also instructed that Wang Xiaoqi is not allowed to participate in this operation......"

Tang Baocheng's fingers moved slightly, pretending to look at the file and did not answer, and the old cannon did not make a sound, just looked around.

After a while, Tang Baocheng closed the file with a frown, and said, "What about the second?" ”

The old cannon was stunned for a moment, and Tang Baocheng said: "You just said that the first is to assassinate this Ullindai, what is the second thing?" ”

Only then did the old cannon come back to his senses: "Second, the lord instructed that the Phi Island side is too calm, and the lord expects that the Tatars will make a big move on the border in July, so you should take advantage of this time to go deep behind the enemy and provoke Houjin Baoyi to rebel against the rule of the Tatars on a large scale, so that the Tatars will be in turmoil and turmoil all over the country."

Tang Baocheng thought for a while and said: "What is the scale of instigating the Han people in Liaodong to rebel against the rule of the Tatar slaves on a large scale?" Will it ruin the original plan of the adults to cultivate and recuperate? ”

Lao Pao sighed in his heart, Tang Baocheng was young after all, and he was arrogant and uninhibited when he suddenly gained a high position, and even dared to question the adult's message, and Lao Pao didn't remind him, but just said: "My lord said, although we must hurry up to cultivate and recuperate, but we must not let the Tatar slaves be peaceful, the eyes of the adults are in Zhenjiang and Xiuyan, you cooperate with Tan Yinghua's department to seize these two cities, and if necessary, Jinzhou can also send troops to support, and if you take these two islands, you can connect with Lushun, echoing each other from afar." ”

As if remembering something, the old cannon took out a letter from his arms and said, "You don't know yet, do you? Your mother, Qin Xianghua, was promoted to the director of the Equipment Department of the Logistics Department this time, and she asked me to bring you this letter. ”

Tang Baocheng's calm face moved slightly for the first time, he stood up and respectfully took it from the old gunner, and then sat down again.

"I'll settle down first, and we'll discuss the assassination mission together tomorrow," the old cannon turned around and left with interest.

Tang Baocheng looked at the figure of the old cannon, and suddenly asked: "I remember that the Foreign Intelligence Department has always been in charge of collecting information on the Tatar slaves, so who gave this file of the Blue Banner Ulindai to the adult?" Why haven't we heard a word at all? ”

The old cannon shook his body. Standing by the door, he paused and said, "There are some things that you shouldn't care about......"

Tang Baocheng smiled slightly, and when he opened the letter, his face changed. The letter said: "...... The fragrance of the garden is happy."

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On the same day, Yang Bo inspected the glass factory in Caijiakou, Lushun.

The Ming Dynasty has been able to manufacture glass products as early as the Wanli years, the original establishment of the glass factory is also Yang Bo invited the Yao family to go to Jiangnan at a high price to invite two masters to come to guide, Lushun then has the first glass factory, the current glass factory fist products are only two, one is the thick-bottomed glass, and then the glass bead bracelet. In Yang Bo's view, the process is very rough, and the problem of bubbles and impurities has not been solved, which has caused the scrap rate to be too high. The price can't go up, the glass produced by Lushun costs three taels, and the glass bracelet costs five taels, which is slightly cheaper than the things of the Franc machine. As the sole distributor of Lushun Glass Factory. The Yao family has introduced several batches of skilled masters, but the appearance and quality of the products have not improved.

Most of the high-end glass products in the south of the Yangtze River are trafficked by Franco merchants, all kinds of glass bowls and bottles are available, the cleanliness is a little better than that produced by Lushun, and occasionally a product without bubbles can be sold at a sky-high price.

Yang Bo's purpose in inspecting the glass factory was to expand the variety of glass factories, and he hoped that the glass factory would be able to produce mirrors, which, according to the trend of history, did not appear in Asia until the end of the seventeenth century. In other words, as long as it can be developed. Yang Bo mastered another cornucopia of this era, and he could sell as much silver as he wanted.

However, the mirror process is complicated, and it may not be able to solve it for a while, as a marketing professional, Yang Bo set his sights on the packaging of high-grade wine, that is to say, the glass factory must provide exquisite packaging wine bottles for Lushun Erguotou.

The water flow of Caijiakou ferry is enough to drive the big waterwheel blower, the glass factory is located by the river, a huge blast furnace rises from the ground, and there is quartz sand by the Caijiakou river, which is also a better material for making glass.

Yang Bo first visited the blower, which is driven by the hydraulic mechanical axle, so that the skin bag continues to expand and contract, and the blast furnace is aerated and oxygenated.

Zhang Duo secretly looked at Yang Bo's complexion, and saw that the latter was looking at the blast furnace, so he said, "My lord, please."

Zhang Duo knew that Yang Bo was the boss behind these craftsmen, and the salary of hiring them was several times that of Jiangnan, and he was even more cautious and attentive at the moment, for fear that the owner would be dissatisfied.

In charge of the day-to-day operation of the glass factory, a person named Liu Dong from the support department of the logistics department, first introduced the general situation of the factory to Yang Bo.

"My lord, there are 63 apprentices in the glass factory, 28 small workers, and 12 masters......

Yang Bo waved his hand and interrupted him: "Let's take a look at the production process first, and we'll talk about it later." ”

At the moment, under the leadership of Liu Dong, everyone walked into the sand washing room by the river, a stone trough was built under the room to bring in the river water, and many people took baskets to wash the quartz sand of the fired glass in the sink, Yang Bo stepped forward, grabbed a handful and put it in his hand to look carefully.

There is no technical content in washing sand, it is nothing more than to select the slag, clean the soil on it for later use, Yang Bo pondered all the way, calcining glass is not too difficult, put quartz sand, quicklime, soda ash, etc. into the crucible mixed calcining, melt and then decolorize the glass liquid, and then use the mold to make the desired shape, if it is a bottle, blow the bottle treatment, more than 20 masters are responsible for blowing the bottle. In later generations, the manufacture of glass was generally quartz sand with soda ash, and there was no soda ash in this era, and the craftsmen who made it were generally replaced by plant ash, especially the seaweed burned into ash after drying was the best use.

The side of the sand room is the combustion chamber and the sintering chamber, the raw material of the glass is formed into a glass frit in this furnace, the crucible used to refine the glass is different from the crucible of molten iron, it is closed, the main purpose is to prevent the soot and ash from entering the refining process, polluting the color of the glass, and so the glass liquid in the crucible is melted, put the pot in a cylinder made of fire bricks, Zhang Duo ordered people to add some saltpeter to decolorize, and then some salt into it, and the craftsmen began to stir desperately with a steel chisel with hooks, according to Zhang Duo, In this way, the bubbles in the liquid glass can be discharged, the more evenly stirred, the smaller the bubbles, and the streaks and stones in the glass can be removed, but it is impossible to completely eliminate them, the stirring time is very long, and in the process Zhang Duo also commanded people to add some other things, but no matter how Yang Bo asked, Zhang Duo refused to say whether he was alive or dead.

Taking advantage of Zhang Duo's busy time, Liu Dong quietly approached Yang Bo's side and said, "The villain inquired and understood, the thing that Zhang Jiangtou put in was arsenic!" ”

Yang Bo was slightly stunned and nodded casually.

Another group of craftsmen present coated the molds with tung oil, mainly to prevent the molten glass from sticking to the molds, which were produced by Lushun, and the glass beads formed had a small tolerance. After the craftsmen applied tung oil, they poured the molten glass into a row of concave radius holes in the mold, and filled another mold, and then closed the two cast iron molds, scraped off the overflowing molten glass with a scraper, pulled out the latches inside the glass ball one by one, and placed them in the annealing chamber for heating and cooling, mainly to prevent the molten glass from cooling differently and causing external stress to rupture.

After a while, the craftsman knocked the mold, and the hot glass ball fell, and the apprentices who had been waiting for a long time broke the connection of the edges of the glass beads, and began the next grinding process, and then put it on with a rope after polishing, and a string of bracelets was completed.

Yang Bo picked up this string of quail egg-sized bracelets, and shook his head with a wry smile, due to process limitations, the mold can not be made very small, resulting in large glass beads, most of these glass beads are green in color, and mixed with many strange colors, in Yang Bo's opinion, this string of things that can be called Buddha beads can be sold for five taels of silver is definitely a joke, but he just participated in the whole firing process, and he really can't put forward any suggestions for improvement.

"My lord, why don't we go and see the firing cup again?" Tang Ruowang, who was pulled over by Yang Bo, watched the process without making a sound, but at this time he was curious. (To be continued......)