The power of Dongchang is extremely great, the criminal department, Dali Temple, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and other judicial departments try major and important cases, Jinyiwei tortures repeat offenders, Dongchang has to send people to hear the trial, and even send people to the various yamen of the imperial court to sit on duty and monitor the officials' every move.

Since the leader of Dongchang was a eunuch, he could report directly to the emperor after obtaining information, which was obviously much more convenient than the situation in which Jinyiwei had to report with a chapter.

After listening to Zhao Liangdong's story, Yang He nodded silently.

It should be said that the organization of the Dongchang spy agency is still very tight, and it is basically not inferior to those famous spy agencies in later generations, and in terms of authority, it is far surpassing.

Judging from the functions of the East Factory, the local officials are among their surveillance, so the military generals are probably indispensable for their surveillance, and maybe when, they will also be monitored by these people.

Yang He himself is a secret worker, and he is a peer with the Dongchang gang.

Yang He knows very well that the best way to spy on someone is not to sneak into the person being monitored to spy on the surveillance, but to break into the inside of the person being monitored, or to buy people around the person being watched as eyeliner.

Yang He asked himself if he was an elite among the secret workers, and wanted to sneak into his side to peep at him, with these spies of the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid it was almost meaningful.

What Yang He wants to guard against is being beaten inside, or the people around him being bought.

Just as he bought Zhao Liangdong, the people around him will also be bought.

As a professional, Yang He knows very well that it is very easy to buy a person, as long as he grasps the lifeblood of this person, and then supplements it with money, most people will obediently.

For example, when he bought Zhao Liangdong, he didn't just use money.

It is impossible for a person with a professional background like Yang He to trust a person casually, let alone use a person casually.

Especially when he doesn't know Zhao Liangdong yet, he must hold Zhao Liangdong's lifeblood tightly in his hands.

Yang He asked Zhao Liangdong Those words that seemed ordinary chatter, but actually contained deep meanings.

Yang He asked Zhao Liangdong who was in his family, that is, he wanted to control Zhao Liangdong's family, and if Zhao Liangdong dared to report him, then Zhao Liangdong's family would be retaliated against by him.

And Yang He asked Zhao Liangdong to send his younger brother to his side, in order to tie Zhao Liangdong's younger brother to himself, if Yang He is finished, Zhao Liangdong's younger brother will not be able to escape, Zhao Liangdong's younger brother will be implicated, and Zhao Liangdong will not be able to escape. Therefore, with this relationship, Zhao Liangdong is equivalent to sitting firmly on Yang He's ship.

That is to say, in order to use Zhao Liangdong with peace of mind, Yang He used threats, fetters, and inducements, a total of three means, but Yang He did it very implicitly.

Yang He has known Zhao Liangdong for only two days, and the actual contact is less than half a day, and he can subdue Zhao Liangdong, and the methods of the gang in Dongchang are not much worse than Yang He, and these people can be said to do everything, and ordinary people will definitely not be able to resist.

Yang He knew that if Dongchang wanted to buy his subordinates, it was basically a one-size-fits-all basis, and he had to take precautions.

But how to prevent it?

Dongchang's methods are full of tricks, and he will come up with countless ways to contact his subordinates, can he still prevent his subordinates from contacting outsiders? Moreover, the Dongchang gang can first contact the soldier's family, and then find the target through the soldier's family.

Shaking his head, Yang He knew that this kind of aimless prevention was too difficult.

After pondering for a while, Yang He was suddenly shocked.

I haven't done anything out of the ordinary for the time being, why should I think about preventing Dongchang from sending someone to investigate me?

With a wry smile, Yang He knew that he was becoming more and more disappointed with those people in the imperial court now, and he had subconsciously put himself on the opposite side of the imperial court, so he would beware of the imperial court sending people to investigate him.

Picked up the wine glass and drank a glass silently, raised his eyes and saw Zhao Liangdong looking at him intently, Yang He smiled and said, "I'm sorry, I suddenly thought about something and forgot that you were here." Rude, rude. Come, I will toast you and make amends for your sins. ”

Zhao Liangdong hurriedly said: "Don't dare, if you are doing things for adults now, you are your subordinates, and you don't dare to be an adult's courtesy." ”

Yang He waved his hand and smiled: "It's a subordinate, and I shouldn't drink alone." ”

As he spoke, Yang He filled his wine glass and drank a glass with Zhao Liangdong.

Zhao Liangdong was extremely knowledgeable, knowing that Yang He wanted to think about something, so after a drink, he got up and retired.

Yang He really had something to think about, so he didn't keep it, and after a bowl of rice, he asked Zhao Liangdong to withdraw the wine and food.

Seeing Zhao Liangdong arranging for his subordinates to clean up the dishes, Yang He's heart suddenly moved.

Just now, Zhao Liangdong said that he had not been in contact with him for nearly half a year, that is, his boss was not from Funing County, or he did not live in Funing County, otherwise, how could a small Funing County not see each other for half a year?

If the soldiers of Dongchang are not locals, then if they want to investigate themselves, they must find a place to settle in Funing County, these people are not immortals, and they have to eat and sleep.

So where will they settle? It's not going to make a home in Funing County, right?

As long as you don't settle down in Funing County, you can only stay in a guest house.

In other words, even if their home is in Funing County, or they have a base in Funing County, they will not meet eyeliner at home or in the base.

If the spy tells others where his family lives, then he will not be far from bad luck.

Agents mingle with people, either in the wilderness or in taverns or the like.

The wilderness may seem safe, but it is actually the least safe, because once discovered, it will arouse suspicion.

Public places such as taverns and inns do not attract suspicion.

That is to say, there is no need for aimless precautions, as long as you keep an eye on some points.

And if you want to keep an eye on these points, it's best to run your own tavern inn. The shopkeeper and the second child are all their own people, so that they will not be seen through. And even if these people can't find out about the East Factory, they can find out all kinds of news.

In addition, there is another advantage to opening a place like a tavern inn, that is, the tavern inn can be profitable, although it doesn't make much money, as long as it can offset the expenses of employees, it can save Yang He a lot of money.

These days, Yang He spends money like flowing water, giving rewards to soldiers, plus buying land, tens of thousands of taels of silver are gone in a blink of an eye, and when the families of the fallen soldiers are paid, Yang He calculated, and the remaining silver may be less than 80,000 taels.

Eighty thousand taels of silver seems like a lot, but the development of weapons and the production of weapons is a bottomless pit, and when the military factory is built, I am afraid that eighty thousand taels of silver will not be able to support it for long.

I can't expect to eat empty quotas to support soldiers and develop the military industry, that is not a long-term solution after all, if the court really doesn't give it, can I still lead my subordinates to rebel?

So this money must be spent, and you can't sit back and eat, and you have to find a way to make money.

Although the tavern inn can't make a lot of money, it can at least help Yang He raise some people.

Yang He pondered for a while and felt that it was still feasible to open a tavern and inn.

Funing County is not big, Yang He didn't see a few taverns and inns in the city, and judging from the situation of the tavern where Yang He ate yesterday, the business is not very good, if the tavern inn business in the city is like this, then Yang He doesn't have to open another one, he can buy these shops with money, so he saves a lot of time.

After thinking about it for a while, Yang He decided to go out tomorrow to inquire about the operation of the tavern inn in the city.

Suddenly, Yang He remembered a question, that is, who would run these taverns and inns in the future.

The soldiers under him are all big and coarse, few of them know how to read, and the accounts are even more incomprehensible, let these people run the tavern inn, and if they don't lose all their capital, Yang He will burn high incense.

Therefore, to do this, you can only hire a shopkeeper, and you have to find someone who understands to manage it.

Then Yang He found another problem, his gang of people are all good at fighting, let them go to find out intelligence, where would they do such a thing?

Sighing softly, it seems that we must seize the time to discover and cultivate talents. It is not enough to think about military matters, intelligence and the economy are equally important, and a war cannot be fought without intelligence, and nothing can be done without money.

There were too many things he wanted to do, Yang He got up and wanted to find a pen and paper to write down what he wanted to do, and then remembered that people at this time used a brush to write, and he didn't know how to use a brush to write.

Shaking his head, Yang He smiled bitterly, this is one more thing, I have to learn to write in the future.

can't use pen and paper to record, Yang He can only rely on his brain to think, and then straighten out the few things to be done.

First and foremost, it is important to resettle those people.

It is now the middle of February (the middle of February of the lunar calendar, converted to the Gregorian calendar, it should be the middle of March or the end of March), the temperature is gradually warming, spring ploughing is imminent, we must seize the time to build houses, reclaim wasteland, otherwise this year will be wasted.

And to do this well, it is necessary to mobilize all the people and then divide the labor.

Zhang Fengqi came up with a good idea, he could divide the purchased land into several tuns, and then disperse the people and settle them in the tun, and select a respected person to serve as the governor of each tun.

Zhang Fengqi should be asked for help in this matter, Zhang Fengqi is the magistrate of the county, and it is also his duty to settle the refugees under his rule.

The second thing is the reorganization of the troops and the construction of barracks.

Nearly 2,000 soldiers were withdrawn from Quang Ninh, many of them were old and wounded, and they were no longer able to take on combat missions.

Yang He planned to have the older, more seriously injured soldiers disarmed and returned to the field, and the slightly older, less injured soldiers to stay behind to do some logistical work, such as cooking.

Yang He was not very satisfied with the configuration of the Ming army, and the Ming army had one or two soldiers in a team to undertake the task of cooking, but they also had to undertake combat tasks in wartime, so the Ming army often had to cook and eat after the battle, which meant that the soldiers often had to fight hungry.

Yang He decided to withdraw the establishment of men from the combat troops, and set up a cooking squad and a cooking platoon like later generations, so that they were only responsible for cooking, so that when it was time to eat, the soldiers could eat on time.

At the same time, Yang He found that the establishment of the border army of the Ming army was somewhat unreasonable, and it was not as good as the establishment of the Weisuo army.

The basic establishment of the border army is five people and one team, two teams and one team, and five teams and one outpost.

The establishment of the guard army is ten people and one small flag, five small flags are one general flag, and two general flags are one hundred households.

It is also an establishment of more than 100 people, but because there are two general flags under the 100 households, and the general flag is an independent combat unit, even if the 100 households are killed, the troops are also commanded.