After listening to Yu Jingming's information, Gu Yunji's heart sank, and he asked, "How many firearms did Gao Shishu buy from the Franc Machine merchant?" What are the types of firearms? ”

Yu Jingming shook his head: "I don't know about this, there are a lot of people in the Franc Ji caravan, there are many people from the Huaxia and Nanyang countries, but they won't tell us about these foreigners about the details of the firearms trade, I only know that they want to sell firearms to Gao Shishu and help him train the so-called sailors." ”

Gu Yunji asked again: "How much do you know about Gao Shishu's side?" How many centaurs did he train? When are you going to fight back against the imperial court? How long will it take for all the firearms he bought to arrive? ”

Yu Jingming still shook his head: "I don't know much about these." ”

Su Qi said angrily: "Then what's the difference between what you said and what you didn't?" You only know that Gao Shishu is buying firearms to deal with the imperial court, but you don't know how many firearms he bought, how much training he has had, and how many forces he has left, so what can it do except make us more anxious? ”

"Of course it works, because I can help you contact this Franc caravan."

Gu Yunji looked at him suspiciously: "Are you sure?" But this Franc machine caravan knew what the relationship between the imperial court and Gao Shishu was now, and still sold firearms to him, maybe they didn't necessarily have to stand with Gao Shishu, but it was obvious that they didn't have any kindness to the imperial court, right? ”

Yu Jingming said: "This Lord Gu is too worried, according to my observation, this group of Franc people don't seem to care about who they sell their firearms to, they just want to make money, and even faintly hope that the court and Gao Shishu will continue to fight like this, and they will benefit from it." ”

"And they are different from other Western merchants, this Franc machine caravan has the support of the Franc machine royal family, and has quite strong financial resources and capital, so they can come up with a large number of advanced firearms for sale."

Gu Yunji's heart moved when he heard this, and he exchanged glances with Mei Feng and the others, and the three of them instantly reached a tacit understanding: "...... In this way, this group of Franco-Robot people are very happy to do the firearms business, so can we also try to contact them and buy some firearms directly from them? ”

Mei Feng obviously also thought of this: "Not only that, after all, we represent the imperial court, and the power of the country is not comparable to that of Gao Shishu as a pirate, we can make more transactions with the Franc machine based on firearms, and completely win them over, maybe we can also persuade them to sever contact with Gao Shishu." ”

"Since these Francophone merchants belong to the royal family of Franco, we can elevate this matter to the diplomatic level, and negotiate and trade with them from the perspective of the country. If you can pull them to the side of the court and win cooperation, it is best to win, if not, at least you have to buy firearms from them, and you can't lose the upper hand in the battle with Gao Shishu. ”

Gu Yunji hesitated a little: "Buying firearms is not a trivial matter, not to mention how much it costs, the key is that many people in the DPRK and China feel that the firearms studied by our Firearms Bureau are already very advanced, and there is no need to spend money to buy them from Westerners." ”

"They don't even know how much of a difference there is between firearms used in land warfare and firearms used in naval warfare, and there is a difference in perception, and it is not easy to convince them."

Mei Feng said decisively: "I have to go and slowly grind with them in this matter, you don't have to worry." Time is precious, let's take a slow step and accumulate a little more of Gao Shishu's forces, for today's plan, we still have to ask Yu Jingming first to help us contact the Francophone caravan as soon as possible. ”

Yu Jingming said: "Governor Mei, don't worry, I will definitely finish this matter." ”

Su Qi still looked a little worried: "Although I know that we can get to this point at most, I am always a little unsteady, and I have a feeling that I can only watch Gao Shishu grow and develop, but I can't do anything." ”

"After all, no one knows how far he has trained now, and I don't know when he will attack us, only a thousand days to be a thief has no reason to prevent thieves for a thousand days, if you want to prevent Gao Shishu, you have to send people to patrol and guard day and night, and I am afraid that I will not be able to sleep well for a period of time."

Yu Jingming kindly reminded: "This is actually very simple, if you are not down-to-earth, then make Gao Shishu unsteady, so that he doesn't want to rest assured that he will train his subordinates in the base camp." If nothing else, Mingsha Island is located on the vast sea, and it does not produce food crops, so if you can completely cut off their supplies, you will be able to win without a fight. ”

Mei Feng smiled bitterly: "Why didn't we think of this? We've done what we need to do, but unfortunately it doesn't seem to have much impact on Gao Shishu, maybe he has other supply channels that we don't know. ”

Yu Jingming suddenly thought of something and asked, "But some time ago, the measures carried out in Zhejiang to investigate the merchants of the Tongwa?" In my opinion, this method is effective, but unfortunately it is not thorough. ”

Gu Yunji frowned slightly: "Why do you say this?" ”

Yu Jingming replied: "Some time ago, we followed the Francophone caravan to Mingsha Island for the reason of inspecting the training ground. During the period, when talking about the issue of logistics, Francois said that logistics support must be done well and the soldiers must not be distracted. ”

Gao Shishu looked full of confidence, and said that some time ago, the food was indeed a little tight, but now there is a stable supply, so that the people of Francois can rest assured. At that time, I was masked, and Gao Shishu did not find out my identity, so there should be no need for him to lie in front of the Franco. ”

Mei Feng's expression instantly became serious: "Then do you know where his supplies come from?" ”

Yu Jingming recalled carefully, and was a little unsure: "Maybe it's ...... People from Shaoxing Mansion? Because I heard him say that he had only received a batch of goods from the bay in northern Zhejiang, and that Shaoxing Mansion was next to the bay, and if he wanted to buy grain from Ningbo Prefecture, which was near the sea, there was no need to go to the bay. ”

"Shaoxing Mansion?" The three of them were taken aback, a little incredulous.

You must know that Shaoxing Mansion is led by Gu Yunji personally, and the place where the first to start the inventory in the whole Zhejiang is the place where the Tongwu businessmen are punished one by one, and you will not be spared if you have a great background.

Now that Gao Shishu's stable supply actually comes from Shaoxing Mansion, is it because Gu Yunji was negligent in handling things at the beginning and produced fish that slipped through the net, or are some people unrepentant and dare to commit crimes against the wind?

No matter which one it is, Gu Yunji can't accept it.

Thinking of the stagnation of the anti-Japanese situation these days, which gave Gao Shishu a chance to breathe, and even a series of things such as buying firearms with Westerners to prepare for a counterattack, in the end, it was attributed to his own ineffective investigation, Gu Yunji's face was very ugly.

Receiving the gazes of Su Qi and Mei Feng towards him, Gu Yunji felt guilty and angry in his heart, and without waiting for the two to speak, he immediately stood up, and said with a blushing face: "Anyway, this is my responsibility, please give me a little time, I will definitely go back to find out and give you an explanation." ”

Su Qi saw that his face was not good, and hurriedly said: "Yunji, don't worry, you can't blame you for everything, you don't take all the responsibility on yourself, we can investigate slowly." ”

Having said that, Gu Yunji still couldn't reconcile with himself, and said angrily: "Time is pressing, I can't slow down anymore, the matter of contacting the Franco Merchant, and Gao Shishu's side will be handed over to you for the time being, I will definitely find out the matter in the shortest possible time, and see who dares to provide supplies to Gao Shishu!" ”

After that, Gu Yunji hurriedly said goodbye to a few people, and immediately returned to the mansion to start the investigation. (End of chapter)