In the twenty-sixth year of the Republic of China, the tenth day of February in the Gregorian calendar was the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month.
Lunar New Year's eve.
It was still afternoon, and the firecrackers all over the street were already crackling.
This is the real flavor of the year.
Those guys in the second office were already a little distracted.
I can't wait to fly home right now.
But isn’t it still time to get off work?
The brothers under Meng Shaoyuan can have a good year this time.
Section Chief Meng not only gave out a very generous New Year's allowance, but also gave everyone pork knuckles, big herring and so on.
In fact, the entire second office can have a very good year this year.
This is mainly due to the establishment of Litong Company.
Although more than half of the profits through smuggling went to the accounts of Meng Shaoyuan's wealth company, a large figure has been accumulated in the accounts of Litong Company.
Dai Li instructed Meng Shaoyuan to take part of it to give the people in the second office a good year.
Moreover, Dai Li really paid special attention to Meng Shaoyuan. In front of several section chiefs and section chiefs, he revealed intentionally or unintentionally that all the money was earned through Meng Shaoyuan.
In this way, Meng Shaoyuan immediately became "one of their own" in the minds of these section chiefs and section chiefs.
Many section chiefs and section chiefs knew that Meng Shaoyuan was alone in Nanjing, so they invited him to their homes for a big meal so that they could get close to him.
Unfortunately, Meng Shaoyuan had made appointments a long time ago, so he could only decline them one by one.
"Hey, the call has come. Let's gather in the courtyard. Director Dai wants to lecture you."
Soon, the courtyard was crowded with agents of all sizes.
After a while, Dai Li walked out and glanced at his subordinates: "Are you all waiting to go home after get off work to celebrate the New Year?"
A few people had sheepish smiles on their faces.
"If I keep you here so hard, you have no intention of doing anything." Dai Li smiled and said, "Except for those above the deputy section chief who will stay behind, everyone else should go back!"
As soon as he said these words, there was a loud cheer.
Director Dai is so wise!
Not long after, the two places that were bustling just now suddenly became deserted.
The remaining cadres were called to the conference room.
"Don't blame me, who made you all cadres?"
Dai Li's opening remarks were this: "I know that all of you here have wives and children. You are more anxious than anyone else to go home. After waiting for a year, you will have to go back to work tomorrow afternoon. I am not ignorant. For those who are kind, just say a few words, and except for those who are on duty and stay behind, everyone will go home to celebrate the New Year."
These cadres smiled.
Dai Li continued: "The Third Plenary Session of the Fifth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China is about to be held. We are cooperating with the Military Police Headquarters and the Garrison Headquarters to be responsible for Nanjing's security. This meeting is a meeting held after the Commissar's tragedy. It is very important and must not allow anything to happen. If there are omissions, everyone’s area of responsibility has been clearly divided. If something goes wrong, I will only hold the leader accountable.”
Having said this, his eyes fell on Meng Shaoyuan: "Meng Shaoyuan, each team of the Operations Section must control the people on our suspect list. In addition, your special operations team is regarded as a mobile unit. I will dispatch two vehicles to you. , wherever needed, he will appear as soon as possible.”
"yes!"
It was only now that at least half of the people in the conference room knew that there was a special operations team in the second branch, and that it was under the control of Meng Shaoyuan himself.
Director Dai's treatment of Meng Shaoyuan was really unspeakable.
After explaining the task there, Dai Li looked at the time and said, "The meeting is over and we will go back to celebrate the New Year."
The ones on duty today are Dai Li and Tang Zong.
Meng Shaoyuan hesitated for a moment: "Director Dai, Section Chief Tang, why don't you go back to celebrate the New Year and I'll be on duty. Anyway, I'm alone and have nothing to worry about."
Dai Li and Tang Zong looked at each other: "Old Tang, I heard that none of the prisoners could lie in front of Meng Shaoyuan. Now look at it, is our Deputy Chief Meng telling the truth or a lie?"
Tang Zong looked at him seriously for a while: "He's lying! Judging from his appearance, his brothers have already been waiting at his house to go back."
How embarrassing.
This Old Tang is too disrespectful.
A smile flashed across Dai Li's lips: "I will write you down for lying in front of the leader. Get out of here and go back. By the way, Old Tang Chu'er is treating you to a guest tonight, so don't forget to go."
Meng Shaoyuan's house was already bustling with activity.
Zhu Yanni helped Zhao Changle's daughter-in-law Mu Guixiang busy in the kitchen, while the men were playing Pai Gow there.
Lu Yixuan also brought his apprentice Ren Yinghao. When this year is over, he will have to take a group of people to Chongqing.
Ren Yinghao was not qualified to sit there, so he served him tea and water.
"Oh, it's so lively."
Yue Zhenchuan and Wei Yunzhe opened the door and came in. When they saw Pai Gow playing, their eyes immediately lit up: "I'll push the dealer, I'll push the dealer!"
Lu Yixuan, who was originally pushing the banker there, had a good luck and won a lot of money. When he heard what Yue Zhenchuan said, he happened to use Po Xia Donkey to give the banker to him.
"Bet, bet. The more you bet, the more you win."
Yue Zhenchuan didn't look like an officer at all at this moment, he looked exactly like a gambler in a casino.
A table's worth of money on the countertop.
Yue Zhenchuan looked at their cards, picked up his Pai Gow, and murmured: "Eight stems and four dimensions, civilized and martial arts are not enough, Ding three is matched with two and four, the monkey king is in trouble in the palace of heaven! Kill them all!"
As soon as the last card was touched, his tone suddenly changed: "I'm stupid!"
Plum blossoms with red heads, no point!
Compensation!
There was a roar of gloating laughter at the gambling table.
"Come again, come again, I believed him!"
By the time Meng Shaoyuan came back, Yue Zhenchuan's eyes were red, his face was pale, and he was sweating profusely.
Meng Shaoyuan thought he was sick.
Lu Yixuan is still the big winner.
This was Guo Rui's first time playing this game, and he actually won a little bit.
"Chief Meng, let's go together?"
"I don't know how to do this." Meng Shaoyuan shook his head repeatedly: "I said Yue Zhenchuan, have you lost all your money?"
"People are starting to ask me to borrow money." Wei Yunzhe muttered: "This person is a good gambler. If he gets his monthly salary, he will lose it all in a few days. I said, Lao Yue, when will you pay back the money? ah?"
"I owe it, I owe it."
With this deck of cards, Yue Zhenchuan once again won the small head but lost the big head.
By the time the kitchen called for dinner, Yue Zhenchuan was already deeply in debt.
"Wait, wait." Lu Yixuan suddenly said: "That's it, I will help pay back all the money Lao Yue owes you."
Is there such a good thing?
Yue Zhenchuan was overjoyed and was about to say thank you when Lu Yixuan immediately said, "Lao Yue, just give me a note and I will lend it to you. The interest will be two cents per month and the interest will be compounded."
"It doesn't have to be like this. There is also interest, compound interest?"
"Aren't these brothers settling accounts?" Lu Yixuan enlightened him there: "Think about it, instead of owing so many people and having to pay off the debt every month, you might as well owe me just one person. Anyway, I'm in Chongqing. , I won’t always be watching you to collect debts, right?”
Yue Zhenchuan thought about it and happily wrote him an IOU according to Lu Yixuan's wishes.
Meng Shaoyuan smiled and shook his head.
Poor Yue Zhenchuan, this is considered to be in the water.
This Lu Yixuan is a profiteer. Is his money so easy to borrow?
The interest is compounded, and when we meet next time, Yue Zhenchuan may owe how much money he owes.
One dish after another arrived.
Tian Qi pulled Lu Yixuan aside and whispered, "Can you transfer Yue Zhenchuan's note to me plus 10%?"
"Isn't 10% too little?" Lu Yixuan said sneakily.
"That's almost it. You yourself know that it's difficult to collect debts from Chongqing to Nanjing. It's convenient here. And if you resell it, you can earn 10%."
"Twenty percent."
"One and a half percent."
"make a deal!"
How did Yue Zhenchuan know that in just a few minutes, his creditor had already been replaced?
A table full of dishes and several bottles of wine.
Wine was poured into the bowls, and the brothers were clamoring for Meng Shaoyuan to say a few words.
Meng Shaoyuan was not polite and cleared his throat:
"I entered the second office in June last year. In the blink of an eye, it has been eight months. Most of the people here are old brothers. But there is still one person missing, Lao Mu."
The eyes of Zhao Changle and his wife suddenly turned red.
"I suggest that this first bowl of wine be a courtesy to Lao Mu!"
"Respect Lao Mu!"
Meng Shaoyuan then said: "Our parents gave birth to our group, and then brought us together. It is not easy. Our group has done a lot of things in the past eight months, and everyone has been here They call us dog spies behind our backs, but we dog spies have a clear conscience. This bowl of wine is for the dog spies!"
"Here's to the dog agent!"
It was the first time for everyone to say the words "dog agent" so confidently.
"I propose, I propose." Zhu Yanni said hurriedly: "For the third bowl of wine, we have to pay tribute to Section Chief Meng. Section Chief Meng led us to promotions and fortunes. Who would have thought of it before? I am responsible for translation, and now I am also I’m an official. So, this bowl of wine is for the dog’s head!”
"Here's to the dog head!"
Holy shit!
Meng Shaoyuan couldn't laugh or cry. The head of a dog agent is a dog's head?
Who came up with it?
The three bowls of wine were toasted, and the scene immediately became lively.
Yue Zhenchuan pulled Yuan Zhonghe there to punch, while the others either toasted or bragged.
Following Section Chief Meng is a real breakthrough.
Someone who can be an official and make money.
"Ren Yinghao, don't be restrained and eat." Meng Shaoyuan noticed that Ren Yinghao was not moving his chopsticks and said in a special voice: "You did a good job this time. I have bought all the New Year's goods for you, and the price is still low. Lu Jinshi didn't look at it. It’s your fault.”
"Thank you, Boss Meng." This was the first time for Ren Yinghao to have dinner with such a "big" official, and he couldn't let go.
Lu Yixuan took a sip of wine: "Hero, follow Boss Meng well, that's the most promising one. Look at me, a down-and-out Jinshi. Now, even the No. 1 Scholar in the Qing Dynasty can't compare to me in terms of food and clothing. .”
Speaking of this, Lu Jinshi said with a smile: "I met a person in Chongqing. By coincidence, he was a Jinshi on the same list as me. What do you think they are doing now? Set up a stall to make a living by writing letters to people. One-handed The calligraphy is really beautiful, what a pity, what a pity.”
Tian Qi remained calm, picked up a pig's trotter and put it in Lu Yixuan's bowl: "Lu Jinshi, eat a pig's trotter."
Lu Yixuan was startled, then thought of the interrogation room, and his face turned red.
The few people nearby who knew about this joke burst into laughter.
