For the Ministry of Security, which has a total staffing of only two or three hundred personnel, a seven-person team is already considered a medium-sized field team. However, for security reasons, this field team did not arrange a traverser to be in command, so the intelligence they could collect in Batavia was not a good way to send it back to the Sanya base camp in time, and it was about every month or two before a written report was brought back by the merchant ship going to the local area, and the timeliness was actually not good. Of course, as Tao Donglai said, the intelligence gathering work is not in a hurry, and these intelligence agents lurking in Batavia will sooner or later have a time to play.

The work of the Batavia intelligence station is not the only reason why Tao Donglai and Yan Chujie came to the Ministry of Security together; in addition to sending intelligence personnel to collect information, another important function of the Ministry of Security is counter-espionage work. It has been a while since the last arrest of Jinyi Wei spy Li Qingyang and others, but due to the unclear circumstances of the case, and in order to avoid the situation that the opponent sent multiple batches of personnel, the Ministry of Security has continued to conduct a strict investigation for a period of time, and it is not until recently that the case has been closed. Another purpose for Tao Yan and his wife to come to the Ministry of Security today is to listen to Hao Wanqing's report on the closure of the case.

"After our repeated interrogations, as well as the simultaneous investigation operations in Guangdong and Sanya, it can be basically confirmed that this group of Jinyi Wei spies has no other accomplices, only the five people we have arrested. The Nanjing side directly appointed Li Qingyang, a hundred households of Jinyiwei, as the commander of the operation, with the purpose of penetrating into the Sanya area and finding out the details of our work, and giving him the power to mobilize local Jinyi guards to cooperate with the operation when necessary. Hao Wanqing said this, and said: "I personally think that our storage has already attracted the attention of the Ming intelligence agency in a certain way, but it is obvious that they do not pay enough attention to it, otherwise they should at least send two to three or three batches of personnel from the beginning." “

"It's hard to say, maybe the Jinyi Guard Yamen also has its own considerations. Tao Donglai has a different opinion on this: "Looking at our own situation, the Executive Committee has paid enough attention to Batavia, right? But the personnel and funds are limited, so we can only send a few people to lurk there." Jin Yiwei just wanted to get to the bottom of it, and didn't investigate us as a major case of rebellion, and it was normal that the resources invested were limited. “

"What did Li Qingyang's confession say?" Yan Chujie had no intention of participating in their discussions, and this subjective opinion was certainly not as accurate as the parties' own statements.

Hao Wanqing looked down at the information: "Li Qingyang claims that the order he received is to go to the local area to lurk and collect information about our Haihan. As for other actions, it is necessary to wait for further instructions from the Nanjing side. “

Yan Chujie shook his head and said, "This is almost the same as not saying it." Have you found out why Nanjing is suddenly interested in us?"

"Mainly because of the weapons we export. Hao Wanqing is very sure of this: "In the past two years, we have bought a lot of weapons in Liangguang and Fujian, and the two of us should know the specific situation better than me." The thousands of arquebuses and dozens of large and small artillery pieces equipped by the Fujian Navy Division alone in the past two years are enough to attract the attention of people with good intentions. “

In fact, the military equipment sold by Haihan to the Ming Dynasty was far more than muskets and cannons, as well as a variety of portable equipment with the prefix of "tactical", such as daggers, multi-functional armed belts, marching backpacks, wound medicine, armor, combat boots, and so on. Of course, these things were not sold to ordinary soldiers in the Ming army, but to officers who had the ability to spend money and were willing to spend money to achieve a better performance on the battlefield. Most of these things are imitated in accordance with the more mature products in another time and space, whether it is relying on the comfort brought by the ergonomic design concept or the convenience and practicality of functional design, which are difficult to achieve in the standard products of the Ming Dynasty in the same era, and as long as it is willing to spend money, it can even provide personalized customized differentiated services.

In practice, these commercially flavored sales methods have indeed greatly promoted the development of the arms trade, especially those wealthy businessmen who organized local militia groups under the call of Haihan, often tailoring a set of exclusive equipment for themselves or their families regardless of the price. For example, Li Nai, a Haihan culture fanatic, has a set of combat uniforms made in full accordance with the standards of the time-traveler officers, and his personal equipment is neat, except for walkie-talkies and firearms, almost all of them are complete, and the armed belt around his waist and the holster are used to place the two flintlock pistols specially customized for him. Of course, this custom equipment with the "Li" logo everywhere is not cheap, and the price is as high as four figures, which is enough to buy two 6-pound cannons produced by Haihan. After Li Nai returned to Guangzhou with this set of equipment, the Guangzhou Office received more than 20 sets of private customized orders in the following month, and the total amount was enough to arm a company of vigilante groups.

Because Li Nai had the legal armed organization "Golden Shield Escort" under his name, he usually had a lot of dealings with the powerful people on the ground in Guangdong, so under the guidance of the Guangzhou Office, he took the opportunity to set up a private organization called the "Haihan Friendship Association". The name sounds like an organization of the Literati Poetry Society, but in fact it is a place similar to a military house club, which has attracted a large number of second-generation local tyrants who are idle and have no intention of studying to make a name for themselves near Guangzhou Prefecture. This "club of friends" will organize members to hunt in the wilderness, go to sea and other activities every month, and the people of the Haihan military are responsible for arranging the itinerary and programs, and the guns used in the hunting are the standard equipment of the current militia group, which cannot be bought on the market at all, and the "exploration-class" warships of the Haihan military are also taken to the sea, and ordinary people cannot enjoy such treatment.

The cost of this kind of trip is not cheap, usually it costs two or three hundred taels of silver to participate in the event for three days and two nights, but the members are happy to do it, because the content of this kind of activity will be different every time, and if you miss once, you may not be able to integrate into the discussion of this circle in the following month. After a few months of operation, the club has developed a loyal following in Guangzhou, and young people from other state capitals have begun to sign up for the private organization.

Although this kind of organization is only purely non-governmental in nature, because its members are almost all middle- and upper-class people in society, its influence is far from being comparable to that of ordinary chambers of commerce, fellow villagers' associations, literati poetry societies and other organizations, and in addition, with the conscious participation and guidance of the Guangzhou Office and the military, this organization has begun to change from a purely underground organization to a semi-open form. In recent months, the activities have been organized to tour the militia groups funded by Haihan in various parts of Guangdong, and small-scale military exercises have been held at the stations of these militia groups, so that these rich children can have the opportunity to participate in simulated military operations while enjoying the mountains and rivers.

With Haihan's organizational skills and rich forms of activities, there is no doubt that it is easy to capture the hearts of these young people. The relevant departments do not need these people to directly join the Haihan People's League to serve the executive committee, as long as they make their hearts towards Haihan and not jump out to become enemies of Haihan - of course, it is also a matter of course to operate this matter as a business, and by the way, it is also a matter of course.

In the eyes of some people, the "Haihan Friendship Association" is simply a heretical cult that insults Sven and should be punished as soon as possible. However, the objections of the scholars did not play a role at all in front of these little overlords who were armed to the teeth, but were approached by the members who heard the rumors, these young people were rich and powerful, and they were not afraid of causing trouble at all. After several poetry societies were demolished one after another, no one in Guangzhou openly talked about the "Friendship Club" anymore. In later historical records, the members of the "Haihan Friendship Association" who originated in Guangzhou City are also known as the first batch of "self-gan five" in the history of Haihan.

Due to the distance, Fujian was not invaded by the culture of Guangzhou, but almost all of the sailors stationed in Fujian's most important foreign trade ports were equipped with weapons produced by the Haihan Dynasty, which had completely replaced the standard equipment of the Ming Army. Moreover, the report sent by the Fujian Navy Division to the Ministry of War has clearly stated that all the quotas for weapons and equipment in the coming year should be discounted and that the Navy Division should prepare for it on its own. The main reason for Nanjing's attention is probably because of this incident. As long as the intelligence department investigates with peace of mind, it is not difficult to find the source of these weapons in Guangdong, and Haihan's reputation in Guangdong has long been known to passers-by, and a lot of information can be collected without special inquiry.

There is no need for too strong intelligence analysis ability, as long as the situation of Fuguang and Guangzhou provinces is combined and sorted out a little, as long as you are not blind, you can see the role played by the Haihan force behind the scenes. If Haihan was only engaged in commercial activities, maybe Jinyiwei would not have much interest in following up, but one of the main commodities sold by Haihan people to the Ming Dynasty was arms, and if this was not investigated, it would be regarded as a dereliction of duty on the part of Jinyiwei.

"Jinyiwei wants to check us, it's right, there's nothing to say. However, after this incident, it is difficult to guarantee that Nanjing will not send the second and third groups of people out, and I am afraid that their mission here is not just to lurk. What are the countermeasures of the Ministry of Security now?" Tao Donglai then asked.

Hao Wanqing responded: "We are now mainly taking two countermeasures, first, the Guangzhou Office will use the connections in Guangdong officialdom to obtain relevant information, and the previous time we were able to catch Li Qingyang's gang, the source of information is also from the officialdom. Second, we have to rely on the various checkpoints into Sanya to strictly guard and eliminate suspicious people, but it is difficult to say how much effect this means can achieve, compared to Jinyiwei, our entry and exit management personnel are only amateur level, if you do not confirm the whereabouts of the opponent in advance as last time, it is estimated that it is difficult to find people out directly from the incoming immigrants. “

"Both of these methods sound a bit of a stroke of luck, can this really work?" Yan Chujie questioned.

Hao Wanqing smiled bitterly: "We also know that this is not the best way, but every time hundreds of immigrants are sent from the mainland to Sanya, we don't have the ability to verify their identities one by one, this errand is really not easy to do!"

Tao Donglai heard some flavor from Hao Wanqing's words, and muttered: "If the Ministry of Security has any concerns, you can say it directly, the purpose of the Ministry of Security is to ensure the interests of the Haihan group, and if necessary, it can appropriately relax some standards of behavior." “

Hao Wanqing said: "Then I'll just say it directly?"

"You say!" Tao Donglai nodded and motioned for him to continue.

"There's no better way than to let them fight their own people. Hao Wanqing's idea obviously didn't just come to him, and he said eloquently: "The person who is most familiar with Jinyiwei's way of doing things is only Jinyiwei himself." If we can get Jin Yiwei to go to the immigration management office to do things for us, then things will be much easier. “

"Listening to your tone, has there already been a candidate??, Yacheng's Jinyi Guard?" Yan Chujie asked tentatively.

Hao Wanqing shook his head and said: "The nature of those people in Yacheng is similar to that of temporary workers, their professionalism is not enough, and they don't know as much about the Jinyi Guard system as I do." According to Li Qingyang's confession, if they could arrive in Sanya smoothly, they would not take the initiative to contact the Jinyi guards on the Yacheng side, because they were afraid that they were not professional enough and would expose the whereabouts of this team of lurkers. “

"This is also true, you can buy it for five hundred taels of silver a year, how strong can you be in professionalism?" Tao Donglai also held the same opinion on Hao Wanqing's opinion. There are only a few people in Yacheng's Jinyi Guard, and as soon as the Yacheng Jinyi Guard took out the money in Yacheng, Yacheng Jinyiwei immediately willingly became a little transparent from now on, and no longer cared about Haihan's affairs. It is not difficult to pay more money for these people to do things for Haihan, but Hao Wanqing does not plan to use the limited funds to hire a group of idlers.

"I think so, it's better to hire those people in Cliff City to try to rebel against the few people caught this time. Yan Chujie also agreed: "These people are all from the Nanjing Yamen, and they are a bit disciplined in doing things, and the most important thing is that if Nanjing continues to send people over, they can recognize it." Old Hao, have you tried to do their job?"

It is nothing new here, Luo Shengdong can be regarded as the first person to be rebelled, and then Wei Ping, Yu Zhen, the Ruan brothers, Wu Sen and others were successfully rebelled by Haihan, and these people have developed quite well after entering the Haihan system, at least better than their previous situation. However, almost all of these people are concentrated in the commercial and military police departments, and the intelligence agencies have never seen a similar situation.