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The snow was heavy and the Jersey River was covered with a thin layer of ice. The north wind slowed down sharply, the church's bells for the festival echoed over Jersey Town, and the snowflakes in the sky seemed to be startled by the loud sound waves, and they swayed in unison.

Even though the Spring Festival is just around the corner, the "Carnation Mother and Child Chain Service Company" in Jersey Town is still a busy place. The simple and warm nursing room can be heard with the cry of a baby or the weak call of a woman after childbirth. Today, the service stations of the Carnation Mother and Child Chain Service, which has only been established in the capital city of Manchester and Jerseytown, are full of mothers and children recuperating after childbirth, and some service workers are pushing carts full of nutritious meals and delivering lunch next to the bed number.

In the 17th century, the world's premier quality of life and health care provided a growing neonatal frenzy in the United States. The pressure is not only reflected in hospitals everywhere, it seems that the whole country is gradually overwhelmed, and nearly 30% of the annual budget expenditure of the Ministry of Civil Affairs is concentrated on social security related to minors.

Hundreds of newborns are born every month in larger towns, and work such as postnatal care for mothers and babies is no longer possible in hospitals. In the United States, China, which pursues a high-welfare eugenics and fertility population policy, such a huge postpartum care market made Xia Qiuyun, the head nurse of the pediatric department of the Capital National Hospital, suddenly open up, so a professional postpartum maternal and child service enterprise appeared.

Xia Qiuyu and Xia Qiuyun, twin sisters, finally found their professional positioning in this country, and after seeking the consent of their husbands, they resigned from the Capital National Hospital and officially founded the "Carnation Mother and Child Chain Service Company". The company's employees will come from housewives with childbirth experience, and its business scope includes postpartum confinement and baby monitoring, and will gradually cover all cities and towns with a population of more than 5,000 people across the country.

People who have gradually become "superstitious" about advanced lifestyles over the course of their lives. It's not like I was always skeptical of new things. In addition, the medical staff of the obstetrics and gynecology department of the hospital are eager for this kind of thing to be shared by the society, and under the homeopathic publicity, the first "Carnation" that opened in the west of Manchester City in the autumn last year was suddenly full. Ordinary treatment rooms are booked out almost on the same day. The high-cost, hotel-level service of high-end VIP care rooms is favored by some high-income families, and the opening can be described as very smooth, and a large number of housewives who used to be able to stay at home to do laundry and cook have now become active labor in society.

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Outside the door of the nursing room at the end of the corridor, a middle-aged Chinese man was leaning sideways, quietly watching through the half-covered door as a waiter feeding a pregnant woman on the bed. Next to the bed was a small crib, and a fat man with fine skin and tender flesh was holding two small arms and grabbing them in mid-air.

Sun Erxi's cheekbones were slightly red, and his eyes had been looking at his wife and children, but there was no joyful expression on his face that matched it. A pair of hands hanging at his side trembled slightly, as if something was disturbing him.

Sun Erxi's child has been born for more than a month, but his wife's health is too poor, and Sun Erxi himself is a big boss, and he basically can't realize the care that his wife needs during confinement.

According to the customs of the Ming Dynasty, there is such a place as confinement. It's a place where men shouldn't be. In the propaganda in China and the United States, if the husband is often at the bedside with his wife, it can play a very good indirect recovery effect. But in the past few years, not many Chinese nationals have really changed their views. As a last resort, for families like Sun Erxi, Carnation Mother and Child Services just meet their needs.

"Madame, this is lunch from your husband. It looks delicious, if he can feed you himself. That's even more perfect! ”

A young European woman who was a waitress smiled and handed the spoon again, and the Chinese young woman on the hospital bed was flushed with happiness.

"How can a man's family come to this place?" The young woman bowed her head in embarrassment, carefully took her son into her arms, unbuttoned her shirt and prepared to breastfeed. As he spoke, his eyes couldn't help but look in the direction of the door, even though he knew that his husband was unlikely to appear, but he still showed an expectant gaze.

The moment his wife raised her head, Sun Erxi dodged away. Finally, he looked back at the door, and then slowly walked towards the exit at the other end of the hallway, but his legs were as difficult as lead.

At the door of the Carnation service station, a group of Homeland Security Department of Internal Affairs and Military Police, with snowflakes on their shoulders, stood neatly in a row, each with a cold expression on their faces, and a carriage with iron windows parked on one side. Next to the carriage, a young Chinese military policeman who looked like he had a higher status was smoking a cigarette.

Sun Er was taken aback, and instantly understood, as if he had finally let go of a lump in his heart, and instead breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sun Erxi, if you don't say goodbye, aren't you worried about what will happen to this orphan and widow in the future?" The Chinese young military policeman threw away his cigarette, walked to the front of the team with a smile, and pointed to the gate behind the other party, "I see that you haven't thought about tea and dinner these days, and you don't look like a ruthless person, since you are reluctant, why force yourself?" ”

"So far, there is only one thing to ask for: Sun's past is done by one person, her mother and son do not know, the family's savings for many years are also the income of hard work, there is no half of the theft and theft, only the mother and son will be safe in the future, life is unhindered, thank you ......"

Sun Erxi bowed deeply to the Chinese military policeman who dropped his cigarette and walked in front of him, then stepped into the carriage, sat upright, and closed his eyes.

"Sun Erxi, you should be glad that you are in this country, so that your wife can give birth to a child and be in good health before arresting you. Put it in Daming, and you will be a whole family's life. The young military policeman took an open paper clip and red clay from the side and handed it to the car door, "This is a special detention order from the Department of Homeland Security, as for whether you are dead or alive, it depends on your creation." ”

Staring at the Wen Jiàn clip stretched out in front of him, Sun Erxi felt that his hand seemed to be frozen, and he couldn't lift it.

At this moment, on the east side of Manchester Bay, on the pro-democracy wharf on Long Island's West District, a team of police has cordoned off the port area, and all ships have been ordered to leave the port. The Department of Homeland Security's internal military police divided into teams and searched each vessel one by one.

A few minutes later, a dull gunfire rang from inside a flying clipper merchant ship that was supposed to be bound for the city of Twin Bay, Bermuda, and a few minutes later, the military police carried a body covered in white cloth and stepped off the board. There was also a seriously injured Chinese young man and a depressed Chinese young man in the back.

"Don't kill me...... I don't want to die...... I want to go back to Daming, I have a wife and children......" The seriously injured Chinese young man was dressed as a dock porter, his waist and abdomen were soaked with blood, but he still clutched the arm of a European military policeman next to him, revealing a begging gaze.

"Feng Mazi, it turns out that you have betrayed us a long time ago! Dog things that sell friends for glory, no wonder you don't get on the boat for a long time! Another young man who was in custody was walking and walking, and suddenly found a familiar face in the police pile, and his face immediately turned pale. The Chinese man he accused. He bowed his head in fear.

"They promised to take my wife and children over......" The man surnamed Feng held back tears and knelt directly on the ground.

The explanation of his companion finally made the arrested young man suddenly realize, and the anger that had been aroused for a while was also vented.

"Your Excellency, Wang Chen is trying to assist Zhang Quan, Zhang Heng and others in escaping to Shuangwan City. has been intercepted, because the three of them were arrested and resisted, Wang Chen was killed on the spot, and Zhang Quan was injured. In addition, Sun Erxi was also captured in Jersey Town. A military policeman walked up to Liu Yun, who was wearing a black windbreaker, and saluted one by one, summarizing the arrest operation.

"The wounded were taken to the State Hospital for treatment. Someone was sent to watch it 24 hours a day, and the others and Sun Erxi were sent to the mine prison for detention. After lighting a cigarette with a lighter, Liu Yun comfortably spit out a puff of cigarette, and then looked proudly at Foreign Minister Su Zining, who was silent beside him. Brother Su, I said that they couldn't help but run away, and even let us dig out Wang Chen, a fish that slipped through the net. ”

"They've been here for a few years, and even their ideas don't help." Su Zining smiled. Seeing the military and police carriage gradually move away, "You didn't specifically invite me to come and see you show off, did you?" ”

"Hey, hey. I just want to do Brother Yan a little favor...... It was Fan Li who gave me the idea. Liu Yun grinned and put his arm on Su Zining's shoulder, looking very affectionate, "Let's go, go to the bar for a few drinks." I communicated with Fan Li about this very early on, and he meant ......"

The two of them muttered softly to each other as they walked towards the far corner of the port area, and Liu Yun's obscene and smug laughter came from time to time in the snowflakes.

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"Jin Xiaohan?!"

The wine glass in Su Zining's hand trembled, and the golden champagne liquid almost shook out.

Liu Yun raised his head proudly and drank it all, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was even worse: "He is no longer the child of a few years ago, don't look at him as only 20 years old this year, but he is a good seedling cultivated by the Ministry of Land Security of my country!" You have Dai Botong, I have Jin Xiaohan, we all have successors! ”

"I remember that he was adopted by Mrs. Li Ping, the speaker of the House of Representatives, right? Alas...... There is also a Dai Qingqing in front, how can you be harmed by people like you to dirty and insidious work? Su Zining pursed his lips and expressed his disdain for Liu Yun for absorbing the younger generation from the crowd into the Department of Homeland Security.

Jin Xiaohan was one of the 19 underage children who traveled through the catastrophe that year, an orphan who lost his parents in the catastrophe. Suddenly, many years have passed, Jin Xiaohan has grown into a 20-year-old young man, and he is also a top student majoring in mathematics who is graduating from an Ivy League school this year.

"This kid has a flexible brain, and when he helped the Department of Homeland Security set up an archives management center last year, he was very interested in me. I'll just 'slightly' teach him a few tricks......" Liu Yun's eyes flashed, and he seemed to be extremely glad for this good seedling that he had unintentionally excavated, "Dai Qingqing only joined with a hobby, Fan Li and I are both two knives, but Jin Xiaohan has the talent to be an intelligence leader!" This time, the Oriental Intelligence Station was formed, with Fan Li as the leader, and I had the name in mind, just called 'Hermit Crab', isn't it very popular? I have already made a report from the Prime Minister, and it is estimated that a cabinet meeting will be held in the next two days, so you have to support me! ”

"Hermit crabs, doves occupy magpies' nests...... Are you going to make Jin Xiaohan Fan Li's assistant...... Including these Zheng Zhilong's spies caught today? Su Zining finally knew why Liu Yun was suddenly "invited" to watch a special operation of the Department of Homeland Security today.

"That Feng Mazi was secretly arrested and interrogated by us a few months ago, and basically grasped the details of Sun Erxi and others. Zheng Zhilong has a lot of eyes and ears in the coastal area of Daming, and if there is a grassroots leader like Sun Erxi to serve us, it can save us a lot of time and energy. Liu Yun spit out the smoke ring, and expressed his pride on the weakness of the character of Sun Erxi and others after putting the long line for so long, "These people all came to North America after the blind cat met the dead mouse, and the Yan family returned to the Ming Dynasty." They lost their square inches, and this time the string in their hearts finally broke by itself, and it was only by capturing them at this time that they could hit their pain points. ”

"You are running to the east in such a swarm ......" Su Zining frowned slightly, worried about Liu Yun and Yan Xiaosong's position of sparing no effort to promote "Eastern Influence" in the cabinet, "Yan Xiaosong won't talk about it, plus you and Fan Li, you are really ......"

"Don't do that, Brother Su. I know what you're trying to say! Liu Yun raised a finger and interrupted Su Zining's words, and the expression on his face suddenly became very solemn, "According to your thoughts, you really have to let Da Ming go through the 'historical shock therapy' himself in order to be reborn." We're not complete spectators, are we? Rather than cramming for a rainy day, it is better to take precautions, and think that I will take the lead in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The establishment of an Eastern intelligence service, in fact, will be beneficial to us in both the short and long term. ”

"But I'm afraid that everyone will fall into it...... You should know that this is no longer our history, and the Ming Dynasty and our nation are not of the same nature at all! Su Zining stared at the iron buddy in front of him who had supported him for a long time. Worried about the "historical fanaticism" complex that is becoming more and more obvious on the other side, "Our country, from the very beginning, has not been on the same line as the trajectory of the Ming Dynasty. It's light to be out of place, and ...... in the future"

"I understand that this country is our heart's work, and we must always put the interests of this country first. We're already on the way to achieving 'two flowers.' Each has its own branch's national cause, what will happen in the future. We can't control it forever, but at least ...... It's a wish, right? If you hadn't crossed this matter, Fan Li and I would basically be a ** life with nothing, but who doesn't want to prove themselves? We only live for a few decades, and in our lifetime, it is also a relief to have the hope of seeing a completely different Ming, right? ”

Liu Yun seemed to be a little drunk, looking at the heavy snow outside the window, as if talking to himself.

"Forget it, maybe you're right. Our generation will not be able to jump out after all. If I really can see it, why bother to get Ming Dynasty immigrants in the first place...... But I want to remind you that history is very dangerous, and you can change the process, but you may not be able to change the result. Behind this inertia is a force that has lasted for thousands of years. Not being put to death and then being born can only be the beginning of another cycle! ”

Shaking his head self-deprecatingly, Su Zining dropped a silver coin for the checkout and walked out.

"You have gained and lost again, Su Zining ......"

Standing on the street, Su Zining raised his head and tried to look at the sky. Snowflakes fall one after another, and the moment they touch the skin, they turn into water stains.

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The next day, Liu Yun initiated in the cabinet the establishment of an Eastern intelligence department, based on the definition of several contents of the National Security Law. Perhaps similar mentions have been said many times a few years ago, but in the context of the ongoing Eastern Expedition Program, Liu Yun's "rehashing the old tune" again seems to have a lot of flavor.

Some in Congress and the Cabinet have been secretly concerned about the Department of Homeland Security's "big tail," and on more than one occasion, various spin-offs have been made to the department in which Liu Yun is in power. First, the backbone was separated and assigned to the European Intelligence Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and then Dai Qingqing and a group of people were transferred to the Military Intelligence Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense.

On the surface, all kinds of measures to optimize administrative allocation are reasonable, but in essence, they contain many feelings of distrust from later generations, which also leads Liu Yun to make himself appear a little unsociable in public. But now, Liu Yun has offered to transfer these future trained intelligence personnel to the new Asian Intelligence Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, much to the surprise of cabinet ministers.

On the other hand, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs led by Su Zining can be said to be the only government department that has "made money" in recent years, and the European Intelligence Department has continued to "rob" several European powers in the economic field, and its ability to "raise funds on its own" is outstanding.

State loans to England and France under the false "Banco Nacional Ultramarino" have already been completed several times, and even the first debt repayment of England has already been recorded. In the past 1628, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs became the only strange department whose year-end budget balance exceeded the budget allocation at the beginning of the year by more than ten times. In 1629, the financial appropriations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs continued to decrease, and the "Banco Nacional Ultramarino," which was only an empty shell, was simply stripped from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and directly established a full-fledged state-owned bank with 100 percent control by the Ministry of Finance.

Su Zining couldn't laugh or cry at this result, and he was helpless against Prime Minister Qi Jianjun and Finance Minister Liu Xin's behavior of "crossing the river and demolishing the bridge". However, in the context of the country's central finances are not optimistic, such a move is also reasonable.

A few days later, the National Assembly began to deliberate on the hearing of Premier Qi Jianjun's proposal. The enthusiasm for the Eastern Expedition was extinguished by a falciparum malaria disease, and the calm and cautious attitude returned again, but Liu Yun, who attended the hearing on behalf of the cabinet, explained that "an excellent intelligence collection and processing mechanism can maximize the efficiency of the country's work in all aspects of the East and reduce the risks and costs of work", which is the appetite of some people.

The Far East Diplomatic Intelligence Operation, codenamed "Hermit Crab", was officially launched, and the responsible unit was the Asian Intelligence Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the new director was Fan Li. Intelligence efforts will include all of Southeast Asia and East Asia, but Congress has not allocated a penny to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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Wednesday, January 17, 1629. In the distant European city of Amsterdam, the consulate of the Chinese American Republic in the western suburbs was brightly lit, and several servants were hurrying around, and several suitcases were already placed in the hall.

In the bedroom, the pot-bellied Serena is still silently packing up her clothes by the bed, and there are a lot of baby clothes and diaper bags piled up in the crib on one side, but after today, only Serena will be left in this luxurious bedroom.

Serena is still a month away, and now it is the most dangerous winter on the North Atlantic route, but Fan Li has to leave his wife at this stall and return home. The post of consular officer in Amsterdam has been temporarily replaced by his old subordinate Elson, and Fan Li will return to China to form a new intelligence unit and preside over a protracted work.

"I'll leave early tomorrow morning, my dear, and I'm sorry I can't stay with you. When you have a baby, you go back to North America, and I'll wait for you in Manchester City. Fan Li gestured with a gesture that only husband and wife can understand, and he smiled on his face, "For so many years, you haven't been there once, but the home over there is much more beautiful than here!" After that, I lived there and didn't come back. ”

"Uh-huh......" Serena touched her big belly, one hand drew on Fan Li's chest, her mouth made a short blind sound, and her face showed a puzzled expression.

"I'm going to the East, maybe a year or two, but I don't leave until you and your kids get to Manchester City." Fan Li gently touched the long hair of his mute wife, squatted down at the moment when the other party showed a lonely expression, and put his ear to his wife's abdomen, "Listen, the little guy is sleeping, right?" Is it a son or a daughter? ”

Selena couldn't help but smile when she saw her husband's impatience, and the complaints and worries in her heart faded a lot.

After gesturing her husband to be careful, Serena put the last package into the box, and then put her arms around her husband's arm, her eyes welling up with tears.

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A counter-espionage homeland security operation that the vast majority of the people knew nothing about ended on the eve of the Chinese New Year, and Sun Erxi and others disguised themselves in a vain attempt to abscond to the city of Shuangwan in Bermuda, and then transfer to a Portuguese merchant ship to West Africa, and then from West Africa back to Southeast Asia.

Sun Erxi and others who were arrested were sent to the prison mine on the east bank of the Song River, which is "full of characteristics", and what awaited them was a rare life test for several months. Sun Erxi's wife and children, who remained in Jersey Town, were told that her husband had been hired by the state-owned Agriculture, Forestry, Fishery and Animal Husbandry Group to work overseas and that it would take several months to return, and even a large amount of early payment was sent to the nervous young woman, which aroused the envy of other housewives.

Fan Li was still on the way, and Jin Xiaohan, a new-generation intelligence officer who was Fan Li's assistant, was thrown by Liu Yun into the army special operations training camp in the outer island area for two months of "tossing to death" training. (To be continued)