Liu Ziguang selected 200 prisoners from all over Shandong to the Qingdao construction site, divided each of them into a group of five people, and sent them to the north after simple training, weapons, equipment, and funds.

The agents of the South Plant and those who put it together improvised

The "Garrison Death Squad" is very different from the staffing, equipment level and training level, these people have undergone strict training, can speak Manchu, are familiar with the living habits of the Manchus, and are close to the northerners' martial arts, not to mention the swords, guns, bows, crossbows, firearms, and firearms, and are also proficient in blasting technology.

Rishengchang's Hu Da shopkeeper was not idle, she collected a group of personnel, handed them to Liu Ziguang, and asked him to take them to the north, saying that he wanted to give the Manchus a little color, and see how to arrange them, but it was kept secret, Liu Ziguang knew that Hu Yimin hated the Manchus for making counterfeit banknotes, these personnel must have shouldered the mission of subverting the Manchu economy, and it was a matter of confidentiality, and he didn't bother to ask, just asked the leaders of the South Factory to bring these people safely to the north.

In addition, the Beiyang Naval Division and the Red Shirt Regiment also sent their own reconnaissance personnel, their task is more complicated, but not dangerous, that is, to measure the terrain in Hebei and the water situation of Bohai Bay, as well as the defense of Tianjin Wei, to prepare for the future imperial court army and water 6 to prepare for the future, for a time to the north of the spy personnel turned out to be thousands of people, this is not counting the Jinyi Wei and the people of the Dongchang system, the last time the Qing people made such a big mess in Nanjing, the emperor was angry, and ordered everyone to also color, each system wanted to take this opportunity to fight for a face, so they all sent good hands out, the border between the Ming and Qing dynasties, the dogs and teeth were staggered, and the people came and went very often, so it was very easy to infiltrate each other。

Liu Ziguang stayed in Qingdao and was bored, so he left it and spread it to the outside world, saying that he had gone to Weihai, but in fact, he took a few people on a fast boat and secretly landed in Tanggu, Tianjin, and then hired a carriage and horses to infiltrate the core area of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Beijing.

Beijing city is built on the basis of the capital city of the Yuan Dynasty, originally called Beiping, later usurped the throne of his nephew Yongle Ye moved the capital from Nanjing to here, renamed Beijing, the new palace city regulations are the same as Nanjing, but more tall and magnificent, there is a layer of outer city outside the inner city, the whole city is convex shape, after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, it was used to build the city pattern, there is no major change, so for the topographic information of Beijing, the south factory has a fairly fine grasp.

The outer city of Beijing is in the south, the inner city is in the north circle, more than ten miles, there are nine city gates in the inner city, there are three city gates in the outer city that open to the south, one gate in the east and west, and two convenient gates in the east and west facing the north, the city wall is covered with a layer of bricks outside the earth, tall and majestic, compared to the fortified city of Nanjing, there are moats surrounding, the river is ten zhang wide and two zhang deep, and the distance is eighteen zhang away from the city wall, the two banks are revetmented with bricks and stones, the stone bridge is erected on the river, the city wall urn, the city gate, the city tower, the arrow tower, the gate tower and the moat together constitute the impregnable city defense system of the Beijing city.

Liu Ziguang and his entourage enter the city from the Yongding Gate, this city gate is the south gate of Beijing, the heavy eaves rest the mountain, the three drops of water pavilion-style city gate, the building ash tube tile green glazed tile cut edge, the top surface is wide, there are five tall city gates, a stone plaque is hung on the gate, there are three vigorous and vigorous regular script characters engraved on it

The mottled stone plaque of "Yongding Gate" indicates that it is very old, and it should be the original product before Jiajing, which shows that the Manchu Qing Dynasty inherited and protected the relics of the Ming Dynasty, in fact, it is no wonder that its own culture is seriously poor, and it is only known that the barbarians who watched the Romance of the Three Kingdoms fought and killed came to the place where the material and spiritual civilization were highly reached, and it was too late to absorb it, and where did they want to be destroyed.

At the gate of Yongding Gate, there were eight listless green battalion soldiers, wearing uniforms, standing on both sides of the city gate with red tassel guns, a small officer sat next to him and dozed off, the white red tassel cool hat was thrown aside, revealing the iron blue smooth scalp braid, thrown behind his head, the big teapot and tea bowl were placed in front of his face, a bored look, Yongding Gate is an important gateway to Beijing, there is no important military intelligence here, of course, even if it is like an inventory is very difficult, after all, the flow of people is there, a huge Beijing city, every day in and out of the people can not be counted, Liu Ziguang they are mixed in the flow of people, and enter the city of Beijing in a grand manner。

Liu Ziguang is a master of art, of course, he didn't shave, but he stuck a melon skin hat on his head, hung a fake braid made of a horse's tail on the back of his head, changed into a horse coat, and carried a folding fan in his hand, at first glance, he was a noble son of the Eight Banners, and he was good at breaking into Beijing City, and there were good brothers Zamu and Zamuhe who were Mongolians, and there were not a few Mongolians in Beijing, he didn't need to disguise his true colors at all, in addition, there was the first master of explosives in the red shirt regiment, Zhong Shouyong, the artillery company commander that year, is now a general, he seems to be loyal, and there is a restless heart hidden under his seemingly loyal face, since the explosives were drummed out, General Zhong has been obsessed with this thing, and he doesn't feel comfortable if he doesn't make a few rings every day, this time take himHe came to Beijing to let him have a good time, and a whole carriage of the latest explosives was at his disposal.

The Manchus advocate bravery, even in the capital, they can wear weapons, of course, limited to the Manchus, ordinary Han people do not have this qualification, according to the theory of Jiang Xu, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, as a lamb, as long as the Han people provide services to the noble Manchu wolves, it is enough, and these tasks are handed over to the wolves.

It is also common for Liu Ziguang and others to pretend to be Manchurians, and it is also common to hang weapons around their waists, plus their gorgeous clothes look like nobles, so no one came to inquire.

The city gate of Yongding Gate is very deep, there is a feeling of coldness when you walk in it, and the place where you can't get the sun all year round is always so cold, but even when Liu Ziguang walked in the summer sun in the south of Beijing, the cold breath on his body seems to still exist, looking at the great rivers and mountains being ruled by aliens, watching his compatriots being oppressed, any hot-blooded man will not feel the magnificence of the city first, but a kind of bitter humiliation and hatred.

Enter from the Yongding Gate, the left and right sides are the first agricultural altar and the Temple of Heaven and other sacrificial places, and then go forward is the east and west, north and south, vertical and horizontal alley, Yongding Gate straight line to the north is Zhengyang Gate, Zhengyang Gate outside the Dashilar area is the most prosperous business district in Beijing, and Nanjing's Qinhuai River, Confucius Temple, a generation of similarities, shops, teahouses, restaurants, rice market, vegetable market, firewood market, coal market, flower market, pig market, mule and horse market, There are hundreds of shops in the jewelry city, of course, Qinlou Chu Pavilion is also indispensable to the south of Dashilar Tieshu Xiejie, east of South Xinhua Street, north of Zhushikou West Street, and many alleys west of Coal Market Street, among which there are green buildings in Stone Hutong, Shaanxi Lane, Wang Guangfu Xiejie, Hanjiatan, Rouge Hutong, Baishun Hutong, Pimpie Camp, Shamao Hutong, these eight places are the most famous, so it is commonly called

"Eight Hutongs". Liu Ziguang: They carried a large number of explosives and weapons, naturally they could not live in an ordinary hotel, Nanchang absorbed some of the resources of the former East Factory, and naturally had its own stronghold in Beijing, Liu Ziguang and others came to an alley in the outer city after a few laps, and found a family in an alley in the outer city, Zhong Shouyong stepped forward and knocked on the door, and only after a while did someone greet him with a charming Beijing accent behind the door: "Who?" ”

"Someone from my hometown is here." Zhong Shouyong said in a Beijing official dialect with a Henan accent. There was a sound of metal falling to the ground in the gate, and then the sound of the latch being extracted, and the two bright gates (note: a kind of shape of the courtyard gate, the door frame sill is installed in the position of the central pillar), squeaked and dumbly opened, and an old man who described the withered appeared at the door, his thin face was full of surprise, and there was a copper basin stuck on the ground and water all over the ground, thinking that the old man was sweeping the floor when he heard the knock on the door and was excited for a while.

"Who's from my hometown?" The old man asked, his voice trembling slightly.

"The niece and son-in-law of the seventh uncle and grandfather came to the capital to do business, and I would like to ask you to take care of me." Zhong Shouyong replied according to the contact code set by the East Factory that year.

"Since it's a relative from my hometown, let's hurry up and enter the house." The old man said, and then let everyone into the courtyard, this is a three-entry courtyard, looking at the shape, not the residence of senior officials, the decoration is also very poor, the wall skin is peeling, the bricks on the yard are broken, because it is an old site that has not been in contact for many years, Liu Ziguang and others did not dare to slack off, holding their weapons and touching around to listen to the movement, only the old man was the only one who put his mind at ease.

The old man went back to the house and took out half a piece of yellow paper and asked, "I don't know if the fellows brought that half of the paper?" This is the contact credential other than the code specified by the East Factory, a piece of paper is torn in half, and only when it is completely docked can it be proved that the other party is not a counterfeit, Liu Ziguang motioned for Zhong Shouyong to take out the contact token, and the two uneven pieces of paper were finally docked together, and the old man choked up with emotion and said: "It's been ten years, and the court finally remembered me." Liu Ziguang said solemnly: "The imperial court has never forgotten all the colleagues lurking behind the enemy, don't say that you are the hidden shadows, even a piece of paper and a piece of obscene clothes, the court will not waste it." ”

"What your lord said, you dare to ask, where does this lord have a high surname?" The old man asked.

"Da Baihu, have you forgotten the secrecy regulations of Dongchang for so many years behind enemy lines, shouldn't you ask, don't ask, don't say what you shouldn't say, don't say that Shangguan's name and official position are you asking casually?" Zhong Shouyong frowned and reprimanded.

The name of the stationmaster of this liaison station is Da Wenxi, who was stationed in Beijing ten years ago, and the official title was 100 households, and the establishment of intelligence agencies in Beijing at that time was completely a face-saving project, and there was no efficiency at all, and the funds were also very tight, and it came and went, thanks to the South Factory accepting the East Factory stationed abroad, this pile of messes, these personnel received maintenance funds again, and most of the mantle of the old East Factory was inherited by the South Factory, and Wei Zhongxian's new East Factory just inherited a name.

"Wen Xi knows that he is wrong, and he still hopes that Lord Haihan." Da Wenxi realized his mistake and quickly bowed his head and admitted his mistake.

"Da 100 households, we are all fans of Nanchang, you can call me Liu Qianhu, this is Lord Zhong, this is Lord Zha, and our actions in Beijing will depend more on Wen Baihu in the future, by the way, Wen Baihu may wish to gather his subordinates, let's meet and discuss the action plan." Liu Ziguang said.

"This ......," Da Wenxi couldn't help but be in trouble, at this time the door was knocked again, the sound was rapid and savage, Liu Ziguang and the others immediately pressed their hands down on the handle of the knife.