On the 20th day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar of the eighth year of Xiande, after receiving an answer from Fan Xiaowu that there would be definite news in five days, Shi Ran was relieved that the mission had been settled on the one hand, but on the other hand, he sighed for the time he needed to wait. Speaking of which, these five days are not a long time, but they are not short. Shi Ran, who had been in Beiping City for more than two days, was very worried that if he continued to wait here for five days, he would be able to do something during the period. It's definitely not okay to wait in the inn, and not to say that you can have that kind of patience, just say that you wrote at the time of check-in to come to Beiping for the purpose of playing, if you stay in the store all day and don't go out, it is obviously contradictory to the previous registration, and the unevenness will attract the attention of the store, and report this abnormal situation to the government. As for visiting the streets or places of interest and scenery, it is also not a good suggestion. Because as the center of the Beiping Army, Beiping City can be said to be the most tightly controlled city under the rule of the Beiping Military Jiedu Mansion, and the government's investigation of outsiders in the city is not the slightest slack compared to the time when he first arrived. Whether I was staying in an inn or wandering the streets, I had seen or encountered the so-called police and the "chengguan team" who checked the identity documents of tenants or pedestrians. Although he has a formal "temporary residence permit" issued by the Luxian County Government as a fake, but as the so-called "walking too much at night, it is inevitable to encounter ghosts", and no one dares to guarantee that under the inspection again and again, he will not show any horses.

After thinking about it repeatedly, Shi Ran finally decided to leave Beiping City, which was too dangerous, and go to Huairou City in the north for a while. First, I came to appreciate the mountains and peaks there, and secondly, I also went to the "Feiyan Hall" Beiping Branch to have a look at the local hall, and did my duty as the deputy hall master -- Zhang Yan's small-share multi-way strategy has to a certain extent improved the shortcomings that are easy to expose in the process of the "Feiyan Tang" spies going north to the Beiping Army, and in the eight years since Xiande, more than a dozen spies of the "Feiyan Hall" have successfully evaded the monitoring and inspection on the road, and successfully arrived at the foothold of Luxian and Huairou, adding fresh blood to the "Feiyan Hall" Beiping Branch. It was able to operate effectively and established two small branches in Luxian and Huairou.

Shi Ran ran to Huairou here, and Fan Wucheng was not idle. He first got in touch with Gao Gui, and obtained from the other party a report that the Northern Expedition of the Beiping Army had completely ended, and that the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army, except for some of the remaining men, had begun to return to the division, so as to add this genuine information to the news provided to the "Feiyan Hall", so as to increase the authenticity of the information provided by himself and reduce the possibility that the other party would be suspicious of the untruths in the news. After that, Fan Wucheng no longer paid attention to the matter of providing news for "Feiyantang", but continued to do what he thought was more important - to establish relationships and contact with the brothers in the crossing team. In fact, since Zhang Yan asked him to develop offline, and the Ministry of Commerce and Trade has become less and less important in the distribution of personnel in the crossing team, Fan Wucheng has never been idle in the matter of building relationships and contacting his brothers. From Wang Kunjun and other four committee members, down to Gao Jun, the younger brother who only assisted Zhang Weixin in handling some paperwork in the Ministry of Political Affairs, Fan Wucheng did not let go of anyone who traveled through Beiping City.

Of course, in this way of "casting a wide net", the "harvest rate" is naturally very low. After this period of hard work, Gao Jun was the only one who finally made it clear that he was willing to advance and retreat with him and was willing to speak for the Ministry of Commerce and Trade and his Fan Wucheng at the plenary meeting or the enlarged meeting of the committee. Although this was far from Fan Wucheng's expectations, and Gao Jun did not even have the opportunity to participate in the enlarged meeting of the committee. But as the saying goes, "everything is difficult at the beginning", since there is already the first one, Fan Wucheng believes that with his unremitting efforts, more and more brothers will join his camp and contribute to himself and the Ministry of Commerce and Trade.

So, on the same night that Shi Ran left Beiping City for Huairou, Fan Wucheng also set up a banquet in his mansion to entertain Gao Jun. One is to connect and maintain a relationship with this brother, who is the only one who can be named his hardcore supporter so far. Second, I also wanted to inquire about the results of Gao Jun's contact with Xie Tian, Huang Hai, Huang Shan, and others who were in other places -- this was also an important reason why Fan Wucheng put a lot of effort into Gao Jun. After all, these four people had crossed together, experienced a life-threatening journey together, and experienced the hardships and hardships of fishing village life together, and their relationship was much deeper and stronger than that of other travelers. Having Gao Jun as a lobbyist is far more effective than going out in person.

However, to Fan Wucheng's disappointment, Gao Jun did not bring him good news. Compared with Gao Jun, who lacks social experience, is relatively simple in thought, and is easily bewitched by others, it is said that he has been in the society for many years before the crossing, well-informed, and very accurate in seeing people, and after the crossing, he has been in business for several years and has been the prefect for nearly two years. Not only did the brothers not express any good feelings towards Fan Wucheng, but they all invariably educated their little brother, asking him to be vigilant against the fourteenth brother (elder brother) and not to participate in the other party's gang formation within the team, so as not to cause dissatisfaction among the brothers in the committee and other departments. As Xie Tian said in his letter to Gao Jun, although there are indeed small groups and small factions within the crossing team, it is all due to the fact that everyone crossed from different places and formed a collective, and it is human nature for those brothers who have a common crossing experience to get closer to each other. In addition, everyone was not very familiar with each other at the beginning of the crossing, and it was natural for those brothers who had a common crossing experience to spend more time together and support each other more. For this phenomenon, the committee, especially the fifth brother Wang Kunjun, also made great efforts to guide and dilute in the early stage of the crossing, so as to let everyone integrate together as much as possible, think in one place, and work hard in one place, so as to ensure the stability and development of the whole team. Although due to various subjective or objective reasons, there are still some unsatisfactory places in eliminating small groups and small factions, but those are all problems left over from history, and they are the status quo that everyone acquiesces and accepts, and there is a big difference between the old fourteen and the subjective and deliberate way to form gangs and co-opt brothers, and it is also difficult for the brothers to recognize. Once this affects the unity of the crossing team and the development and growth of the Beiping Army, it will inevitably cause dissatisfaction and opposition from the brothers, and it will inevitably be dealt with and punished by the crossing team. When the time comes, I will say that my brother and your twelfth brother and twenty-first brother will not be able to protect you, but I am afraid that even the eldest brother, fifth brother, seventh brother, and eighth brother will not be able to calm the resentment of the brothers against you. Moreover, you must understand that the old fourteen has much greater credit in the past than you, the little brother, and the capital that can be used to offset the sins is much stronger than yours. Don't look at him as the mastermind of this matter, once he makes amends, he will probably be punished no different from you. If that's the case, then you're too worthless, brother.

Xie Tian's letter was written thoroughly and straightforwardly, and it can be regarded as explaining the truth and harm to Gao Jun. But first, Gao Jun is not deeply involved in the world, has too little experience, and many things cannot be understood or understood at all, neither do he understand the truths in his brother's letter, nor do he really realize how harmful the hidden danger behind this matter is. Second, since the crossing, Gao Jun has either followed his brothers to learn various cultural knowledge, or he has followed Zhang Weixin to learn to deal with some government affairs documents, and he has no chance to lead the army to gallop across the territory and make contributions like military generals such as Qian Yuanshan and Zeng Zhilin, nor is it possible to herdify one side and block one side like civil officials such as Zhao Dawei and Huang Shan, let alone lead the Quartet and dispatch in the center like Wang Kunjun, Zhang Weixin and other committee members. Now, although he has the title of general judge of Beiping Prefecture on his head, because he has no experience in government affairs, he is very unfamiliar with his own work. Therefore, Zhang Weixin and Zhong Youpeng, the same governor of Beiping Prefecture, are responsible for the daily handling of government affairs, and he himself is still only following Zhang Weixin to study, at most he is responsible for handling some official documents and materials, and has never done the work that a general judge should do. This inevitably made Gao Jun, who thought that he had completed his studies and should stand alone, felt quite disappointed, and felt that the elder brothers, especially the seventh brother and the tenth brother, who were in charge of the Ministry of Affairs, had no confidence and distrust in him, and looked down on himself, which somewhat made Gao Jun feel a little regretful that he chose to work in the Ministry of Government Affairs instead of the Ministry of Commerce and Trade.

In stark contrast to the seventh brother Zhang Weixin and the tenth brother Zhao Dawei, the fourteenth brother Fan Wucheng has been very good to him recently. The other party not only valued him very much, but also said that if he jumped to the Ministry of Commerce and Trade, he would definitely entrust him with important responsibilities, even if he could not become the deputy director of the Ministry of Commerce and Trade, at least he would become the backbone of the department in charge of a department or responsible for a certain important aspect of business and trade activities. Moreover, the fourteenth brother Fan Wucheng is also very generous, or often privately gives him hundreds of "Datong Commercial Bank" redemption tickets for him to spend casually, or takes him in and out of high-end entertainment places such as "Xiaoyao Building" from time to time, so that he can enjoy life and happiness to the fullest. As a young man who is only 25 years old this year, it is difficult for Gao Jun to resist the temptation of such a glamorous and luxurious life. Therefore, it is not surprising that he did not listen to the good words and persuasions of Xie Tian and other brothers, and did not take the admonitions and warnings of several brothers seriously.

As for Fan Wucheng, although Gao Jun did not bring him good news this time, seeing that this little brother did not hide the admonition of Xie Tian and others from him, let alone respect himself, he was still a little complacent in his heart. The success of Gao Jun made Fan Wucheng believe that his method was correct and effective, and he believed that as long as he attacked in an all-round way and persevered, there would definitely be a second and third Gao Jun. So much so that he fell into the mud in this matter and drifted away from his brothers.

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