Chapter 454: Espionage
Since Australia has been fully opened to the outside world, there are no less than ten merchant ships entering and leaving the port of Manchester every day, including merchant ships from Australia's overseas territories, as well as Spanish and Portuguese merchant ships, and of course, the most Dutch merchant ships.
As one of Australia's important partners, the Netherlands and Australia can be said to be a strategic alliance, the two sides not only submitted a non-aggression pact but also formed a military alliance, but only in the Far East, after all, the military penetration strength of the Australians is not enough to reach out to Europe.
As the governor of Batavia, Van Diemen is said to have been ready to transfer him back to China because of his outstanding contributions.
The most unexpected thing for Australians is that Van Diemen's departure will bring Brown a succession position, and this staff member who is not very famous in history can take over the position of governor, which can be said to be inseparable from the butterfly effect of Australians.
On the side of the wharf of Manchester Harbour on a sunny day, a group of laborers are working hard to unload the goods on the ship, and move them ashore one by one. It can be seen from the ship flying the flag of the East India Company in the port that this ship should have sailed directly from the European mainland to Australia.
Because there is a clear difference between the flag of the Dutch ship and the local ship in Batavia, that is, there is a red border on the edge of the flag, and this difference is to distinguish the ships from all over the world.
The ship should still be loaded with wine from France, which is very famous for its red wine, which has always been the largest foreign trade item exported to Australia, and is also one of the main sources of foreign exchange income for France.
The workers were still carrying boxes of goods, and at this time, a very beautiful woman, blonde beauty, wearing a traditional European low-cut dress, walked out of the cabin, accompanied by a young maid.
"Someone's name is Claremont. Coming from the Dutch business family, Sacley, the family's main business is related to red wine, so this time they are going to open a shop in Manchester City that specializes in French red wine. ”
In a teahouse not far away, a military police officer from the Department of Homeland Security filled Liu Yun with a glass of water. Watch the introduction of a young European woman walking out of the dock cabin.
Obviously, the identity of this young and beautiful woman is very special, otherwise she would not be targeted by Liu Yun.
"I don't think I sent anyone for a few days." Liu Yun blew on the brewed hot tea and asked.
"Yes, minister, it's been about two months, and the Dutch spies who are still under surveillance haven't sent the news out, so it is estimated that they will continue to send people from the mainland."
"Beauty tricks." Liu Yun smiled, but this trick may really work, what Australia lacks the most. It was this kind of beautiful woman who knew aristocratic etiquette, and now he felt a little dangerous for those male compatriots in Australia.
Such a beautiful woman, if you go to those guys who like Yanmar, it is estimated that it will be possible to successfully pull out something useful from them.
It is no secret that the Dutch continue to infiltrate Australia with spies, and almost all the top officials on both sides know it, and of course Australian spies are not idle, whether they are local or overseas secret services. We have been investigating the movements of the Dutch.
This time, we were able to successfully receive the news in advance, which was inseparable from the investigation of the European Intelligence Division.
The staff of the European Intelligence Division has been fully opened in Australia since then. I have been very busy at work, especially at this stage in Europe, the main powers said that the personnel stationed in the main powers can almost be said to work without vacation all year round.
Their work is related to the security of the Australian mainland, so there is no room for sloppiness, and the main purpose of the Dutch spies to Australia is to steal shipbuilding drawings, although the steam engine ship is produced cooperatively. But it can be said that the key technology is in the hands of Australians.
The Netherlands, as a seafaring power at this stage, could not tolerate this kind of thing, so the spies were sent in batches, just to be able to steal the drawings of the Australians, and then build them themselves, with the shipbuilding capacity of the Netherlands. The capacity to build sixty steamships a year is simply too low, so they have to speed up the process.
Claremont's main purpose this time was to steal the manufacturing drawings of the steam engine, and she was likely to start from those European craftsmen, which was Liu Yun's judgment, because there were many European craftsmen in the steam engine manufacturing plant, of which one-third was Dutch.
Using the identity of the Dutch, intentionally or unintentionally, to obtain secrets in chats, this is a common method used by spies.
At this time, Claremont, who was still gracefully walking from the port to the city with the support of the servants, did not know that in fact, she had been targeted since she set out in Europe, and had become the target of the main target.
In the past, the spies sent by the Netherlands were almost all men, and they disguised themselves as immigrants and then applied for jobs in the steam engine production workshop, but they were all found to be cleared, and this time a woman was sent, apparently trying to go the other way.
Men, especially single men, are always rarely held when they meet beautiful women, especially now that the ratio of men and women in Australia is seriously imbalanced, at this time, there are beautiful women who are willing to chat and talk to themselves, it will be a very happy thing.
So Liu Yun can be sure that the Dutch are going to use beauty tricks, but it's hard to say who the specific target is, so he can only monitor it strictly.
Recently, the problem of espionage in Australia has become more and more serious, among which the Dutch and Zheng Zhilong sent the most pair, these people are lurking in Australia as businessmen or immigrants to observe and collect intelligence here, although they have not done anything out of the ordinary, but after all, it is a time bomb.
This bomb is not clear, it may explode at any time, and I don't know when this bomb explodes one day, it may bring a lot of trouble to Australia.
Before coming out, Liu Yun had already greeted You Nanzhe, this time the Dutch came to target his steam engine factory, and they would definitely do everything they could, so You Nanzhe was very likely to be tempted, plus he was single, Liu Yun was really worried about whether he would tell the secret with a leak.
But You Nanzhe patted his chest and said, I promise with my party spirit that I will never leak secrets, I am a party member, you must know that I am an old party member with five years of party experience, will this test still not be able to withstand this test?
The more he said this, the more worried Liu Yun became, this guy has been thinking about women a little lately, and he can't be sure that people are here for him.
However, since she came, there was no way, so Liu Yun could only secretly send someone to secretly monitor Claremont, so as to be the first to grasp her movements. (To be continued......)