A merchant ship was about to come to shore in the slight waves, and at the bow stood several men dressed as merchants, one of whom was wearing a felt hat, and a pair of eyes under the brim of the hat were indifferently looking at the mountains of the island.

This is a port, the scale is still relatively large, the merchant ships are surrounded by all kinds of ships, there are ordinary bird boats, sea boats, there are also some strange dhows, the most are fishing boats, in and out of the harbor to fish. Although there were many of them, most of the hulls and sails were rough and shabby, and the shipwrights were ragged and yellow-skinned. There were many house-looking men patrolling the harbor with weapons, but their eyes were mainly on the shore.

"Accounts, this is Phi Island."

Phi Island is called linden (jia) island in North Korea, less than ten miles away from the coast of North Korea, opposite is Xuanchuan in North Korea, since Mao Wenlong opened the town, it is the core of Dongjiang Town, there are many Han people in Xuanchuan and Tieshan in North Korea, accounting for seventy percent of the local population, which is also one of the reasons why Dongjiang Town chose to establish a town here, Mao Wenlong is in Tuntian near Xuanchuan Iron Mountain, and commands the entire Dongjiang Town.

The man in the felt hat hummed expressionlessly, his face was pale, but he still looked cold, he was Zhang Dong, the detective captain of the Wendeng Camp Intelligence Bureau, after entering the Wendeng Camp last year, he completed the basic training in the new barracks, Chen Xin's purpose was only to cultivate his sense of obedience and discipline, so after the first month of training, he was transferred to the Intelligence Bureau, and when dealing with the official in Wendeng County, he was very good and officially became the detective captain, and the detective team was mainly responsible for checking out the traitors, and soon found the remaining spies. is very valued by Zhou Shifa, and now he is actually Zhou Shifa's deputy, and the code name in the Intelligence Bureau is the account room, Zhou Shifa's code name is the shopkeeper, and the name of the Intelligence Bureau is the shop.

This time, Zhou Shifa himself went to Guanning to deploy an intelligence station, and arranged for Zhang Dong to come to Phi Dao with a merchant ship to inquire about the shape of Phi Dao. If the conditions are right, he will develop an intelligence network in Dongjiang Town, accompanied by two peripheral intelligence officers. These people are all former Dongjiang soldiers who escaped from Phi Dao, and they also have some relatives and friends on the island, so they can find out some news.

Zhang Dong rarely takes a boat. In the first few days, he vomited on the boat, but in the next few days, the situation was slightly better, and he finally made it to Phi Dao, so his face was very bad, and he stared at the family members on the shore at this time, and asked the two intelligence officers, "Are they preventing someone from stealing the ship?" ”

"Yes, people have fled from time to time over the years, and there are about two hundred boats on the island, most of them trying to steal one. There are not many places with boats on the island, this is the largest port, mainly to prevent someone from stealing the boat and escaping, and the most fish caught here are originally guarded by Mao Shuai or Deputy General Chen's family. The current Huanglong does not have the prestige of Mao Shuai, and the generals have a section. ”

"Don't leave after you go ashore, the port is too eye-catching, and when you get to the place, wait for the people from the trading company to negotiate with them about the goods. As is customary, they will also arrange a banquet reception, and after the wine you will contact your acquaintances. ”

The two informants answered. Both of them were a little nervous, they were sent out after only a short training, and they were deserters from Phi Dao, and it was possible to be beheaded in case they were caught by their former superiors.

Seeing the two of them, Zhang Dong said coldly: "As long as the makeup on the face is not removed, others will not recognize it if they don't look closely, be careful yourself, try to be safe and reliable people to find out the news, in case, if you are caught, you must not say that you were sent by the Wendeng camp, nor can you speak as soon as you are tortured, you must resist some time, so that others have time to evacuate." Then I said that I was entrusted by the businessmen of Dengzhou, and I was going to come directly to the island soldiers to buy cheap ginseng, which are all your own private goods, and have nothing to do with Wendengying Trading Company, so it is easier for people to believe. If you do a good job this time, let you officially enter the shop, the monthly money of our shop is higher than that of the soldiers, and the bonus is not comparable to the soldiers, and there are no rules that break the rules of military discipline. Zhang Dong sneered, "None of your family members in Wendeng want to live." ”

"Yes, yes, the bookkeeper." Both of them were a little scared of the detective captain.

At this time, the hull of the ship shook slightly, a few penny sticks stretched over, so that the boat stopped, the sailor threw over a cable, tied it and then everyone went to the dock from the gangplank, Zhang Dong stepped on the shore when he stumbled, and the steady land made him a little uncomfortable, and his mind was dizzy for a while.

The deputy next to him hurriedly wanted to help him, Zhang Dong waved his hand, covered his head, insisted on walking by himself, the head of the trading company walked in front, this small leader had worked in the workshop, and now he was in charge of trade with the Dongjiang River, he told a few family members at the wharf, and the family Ding hurriedly went to a room, and soon an officer came out, he saw the people of the four seas trading company, his face was full of laughter, and it seemed that he was already acquainted.

The man from the trading company called him Lord Shang, and the two talked affectionately and in a low voice, and went back to a room side by side, and one of the bookkeepers on the ship also followed, Zhang Dong knew that they were going to negotiate the price and see the goods, and the ordinary attendant he played could not go in, so he honestly stayed outside the door and waited.

He had already changed his appearance at this time, with a smiling expression on his face, and talked to a few family members, Zhou Shifa thought that his eyes were too murderous, and specially asked him to associate the smiling expression so as not to attract too much attention.

Zhang Dong took out the cigarettes produced by Wendeng Camp, and sent a pack to one of the family members, several family members were a little curious to get over, there was no tobacco in Phi Island, the price of shipping in was very high, and the general family could not afford it, the tobacco leaves used in Wendeng Camp were selected, and the taste was better than the general broken tobacco leaves, and several family members were full of praise, and soon called Zhang Dong brothers.

Zhang Dong greeted them, and inquired about the news on the island without a trace, it turned out that these families were Shang Keyi's subordinates, Shang Keyi was Shang Kexi's brother, Shang Kexi was still in Guanglu Island, and Wendeng Camp also often had transactions, the two brothers used to be Mao Wenlong's sons, and Mao Wenlong changed back to his original surname after his death.

The intelligence bureau once collected some information on Phi Dao from trading companies and deserters, and there are currently three main forces on the island, the first is Liu Xingzhi, and his core force is some Jurchens brought in at the beginning, and some henchmen were collected during the rebellion last year, and the second is headed by Shen Shikui. This person's daughter is Mao Wenlong's concubine, and now she is the deputy chief soldier of Dongjiang Town, representing the old forces of Dongjiang in Mao Wenlong's era, and is currently the strongest on the island, and the third force is Huanglong, who is the chief soldier of Dongjiang Town and occupies the righteousness of the imperial court. He grasped the financial power and got some Dongjiang generals to take refuge, but he was too greedy. is unpopular, and he does not know how to use the other two forces to check and balance each other, but he has deep contradictions with them.

Shang Kexi, the two brothers and Hou Jin's feud are as deep as the sea. and made friends with Chen Jisheng and others, so he naturally put Liu Xingzhi in a hostile position, and did not pay much attention to Jin Shikui, a person who started with his daughter, after Huanglong arrived on Phi Dao, the two stood on Huanglong's side and became Huanglong's henchmen.

After several family members were familiar with Zhang Dong and others, they also kept asking them about the situation in Wendeng, and there were many people who fled to Weihai from Phi Dao, and there was also news that it was the best place for Liao people. These families have some status on the island, but after all, the whole island is very poor, and it is not much better, so they all want to leave a way out.

Zhang Dong squinted and smiled, and said to them in a Liaodong accent: "A few brothers." In the next is also Liaodong escaped, Guangning people, into the customs everywhere was ruined, finally last year to Wendeng, that Lord Chen is the best for the Liao people, there is not only the Liao people. There are also all the northern provinces, Lord Chen treats them the same, and ah......" Zhang Dong paused, and several family members came over, "Lord Chen is also from Liaodong, can he treat us badly?" ”

Several family members looked at each other, and a tall man asked in a low voice, "Big brother, if we go to Wendeng, can we earn silver?" Is there enough food over there? ”

Zhang Dong looked strange, "Why don't you have any money, you never owe money when you are a soldier, if you don't become a soldier, you can work and farm, brother, Wendeng has not asked if there is enough food for a long time, and everyone is not short of food." ”

The tall man was full of yearning, several family members were whispering on the side, Zhang Dong was watching from the side, even the family members were also thinking about retreating, it can be seen that Phi Dao has already been a plate of scattered sand.

After discussing with a few family members, Zhang Dong observed the surrounding islands again, and compared them with the map in his own mind, he could see the east side of the island, which was a larger island than Phi Island, and the mountains were also full of mountains, but according to the information he had, Dongjiang Town did not have a large army stationed there, only a small number of tuntian, and it was estimated that it was not very suitable for farming.

Some other families in the port also came out to point fingers at their ships, and some of them looked like generals, and a guy from a trading company proudly said to Zhang Dong: "Mr. Zhang, our Wendeng camp is very popular in Phi Island, we buy goods from the four seas trading company, we don't cheat them on the price, we don't owe money, we don't need silver, those island generals no matter which faction, want to trade with us, Ning Yuan is willing to sell to us at a lower price." ”

Zhang Dong nodded and smiled, and asked him again, "They only need silver?" There is such a shortage of food on the island, why not exchange more food. ”

The guy didn't know Zhang Dong's identity, he only thought it was someone from the Department of Civil Affairs, so he spoke very casually, "These island generals all want to leave some benefits for themselves, and the grain naturally has to be bought, but the silver is better preserved, every time you come to the islands of the Dongjiang River, the generals of all factions will come to contact us, you look at it, someone will come to us in the afternoon." ”

The guy had a smug expression on his face, and as soon as there was a knock on the door, two people from the trading company came out, chatting and laughing with that Shang Keyi, it seemed that the business had been negotiated.

I only heard Shang Keyi say loudly: "Sir, your ship is parked here, here is my family guarding day and night, there is no mistake or omission in the safekeeping, at night, we will invite Master Fan and Master Zhang to sell their goods to you." ”

The leader of the trading company agreed, Zhang Dong and the others picked up their luggage and followed them to the island.

There are shacks along the way, many people are skinny, unclothed, inferior to the military households in Weihai, but the residences of the generals are not inferior to the mainland generals, and the lunch to entertain them is also very rich, but most of them are sea fish, Zhang Dong is not used to eating that kind of seafood, and only eats some flour cakes.

The trading company had a residence here, and they lived there, and in the afternoon other generals came to contact them and sell their mink ginseng.

Zhang Dong went out in the afternoon in order to cover the departure of the two intelligence officers, the guy from the trading company was familiar with the way, and took Zhang Dong and a few people out, he thought that Zhang Dong and a few people were going to have fun, and said to Zhang Dong while walking: "Mr. Zhang, there are a lot of secret doors here on Phi Island, and the price is so low that you can't think of it." ”

Zhang Dong asked casually, "How low is it?" ”

The guy proudly lifted a sea fish from his pocket, "It's so low." ”rs