Section 31: Liaodong Population
"If this is the case, light industry can be spread, so why spread it to the artillery factory? Most people don't visit this thing often."
"My opinion is to sell Li Luoyou a complete set of silk reeling factory equipment..."
"I think it's good to process supplied materials. I can earn money to earn raw materials and let my apprentices practice."
"Bullshit——"
The two sides did not argue much about technical issues, but almost came to blows over whether and how to sell equipment.
"Forget it, let's stop fighting." Huang Tianyu appeared at the door of the office with a depressed look on his face, "I don't want him anymore."
"What?" Everyone was surprised. Whether for or against, this news is like ice water. All the things made by Lingao Industrial are either hot-selling or average-selling. No one has ever complained about it. In everyone's mind, Lingao's manufacturing is equivalent to "Made in Germany" in the old time and space.
Now that such a rich indigenous man actually said that he wanted to give up the machine, several people who had been the most vehemently opposed to selling the machine were at a loss. It feels as if there is a woman I don't like that has been pestering me to go to bed, claiming that she can be ravaged and played with by you, and now suddenly she doesn't even touch her vagina. Emotionally very disappointed.
"Why didn't you buy it?"
"I heard it's too expensive." Huang Tianyu sat down on a box containing parts.
"Who can say?" The person who was originally actively opposed to selling the machine became even more disappointed - the 50,000 taels of silver were gone.
"That's what Liu San said. The official notification should come soon."
A few minutes later, the machine factory's phone rang. The secretary in the manufacturing director's office informed Zhan Wuya that Chu Yu, the secretary in the planning institute's office, had officially canceled the equipment order for the simple gun factory.
The OGPU was brightly lit - the courtyard was lit even at midnight. Secret police officers - no matter where they are in time and space - are accustomed to working at night. From the yard came the ringing of telephones, the sound of voices and the sound of heavy knocking.
Ufo held in his hand the latest wiretapping report that had been printed out just before midnight. A dozen indigenous clerks sat in a room divided into small rooms. Each compartment is fitted with thick glass panels and sound-absorbing panels filled with kapok. Each monitor understands at least two dialects: Cantonese vernacular, Qiongzhou dialect, Leizhou dialect, Hainan military dialect, Hakka dialect, Lingao dialect... There are people here who can understand the dialects spoken in this area. They listened attentively to the sounds recorded using various equipment: computer microphones, tape recorders, recorders... and then used iron-point pens dipped in ink to record the contents of the conversation in the notebook in front of them.
These sounds are played through cheap computer active speakers purchased uniformly for more than ten yuan. There is one in each recording room, carefully packed in a wooden protective box.
The recorded wiretapping reports were sent to the clerk's office, where they were transcribed and typed. Several heavy machines were used for printing, which were not brought from the old time and space, but were copied locally, because the materials were not quite up to standard, and the work was even darker and thicker than the original. However, in terms of typing speed, the indigenous typists soon proved that they were much better at typing.
In order to save the life of the equipment, the Political Security Bureau only installed bugs in a few places. Although the installation location is confidential, the elders can basically guess that there must be one in the business hall, the county government office, the county school and Moli Xuan, and the small teahouse opposite the county government office is full of bugs. The East Guest House of Runshitang can also be monitored at any time.
No one, whether Yang Shixiang or the distinguished guests of Runshitang living in it, knew that there were mezzanines and secret passages in this house that they didn't know about. Monitoring equipment is installed into the mezzanine wall whenever necessary.
Eavesdropping reports are 99% useless. Among the useful materials, those involving folk comments were bound into a volume and handed over to the Propaganda Department for reference; those involving complaints about grassroots workers and involvement in the bureaucracy were handed over to the Cheka; those involving general crimes were handed over to the national police... and finally those involving " "Serious situation" wiretapping report will be handed over to the Investigation Division of the General Administration for processing.
Even ordinary gossip content such as family gossip, as long as it involves keywords, must be handed over to a specialized team for processing. These keywords are mainly Ming officials such as county magistrates, local landowners, and pirates operating nearby. These people have files in the General Administration of Political Security, and the conversations involving them are classified into their respective files according to the "rumor" category.
Regardless of the outcome, the original manuscript of all reports must be archived and retained. Zhao Manxiong repeatedly emphasized at work meetings: To do a good job in security work, we must first establish a complete data database.
Wu Fo looked through these reports and first took out the report on the East Guest House of Runshitang - Li Luoyou's arrival raised the monitoring of the East Guesthouse of Runshitang from "general concern" to "key concern".
He watched for several minutes, frowning. Master Han said it with bad intentions. He obviously didn't intend to make this deal happen. He quickly asked for the phone number of the Commercial Department.
"The commercial department is off duty. Do you want me to transfer to the duty room?" The switchboard lady's sweet-sounding Mandarin accent came on the phone.
"Oh, no need." Ufo then remembered that it was midnight and it was impossible to discuss any business.
However, if the news is conveyed before work tomorrow, Li Mei will still have the opportunity to make adjustments, including transaction conditions. This transaction was led by Wu De, and the relationship between the first deputy director and Wu De seems to be not shallow. Wu Fo didn't dare to neglect, so he picked up his cell phone and was about to dial Wu De's number.
He felt that something was wrong in his heart. This matter was Wu De's opinion, but there were many people who opposed it. It would be too naked to report directly to him.
Thinking of this, he decided not to call Wu De, but to call Li Mei. She is the directly responsible leader for this transaction and is also very interested in this transaction. She will definitely communicate with Wu De and come up with new plans to save this transaction.
From a business perspective, this approach is in line with the procedures and cannot catch any mistakes.
However, her phone was switched off. Li Mei, who is nearly sixty years old, is a very light sleeper and will not sleep with her mobile phone on - unless there is a notice to do so.
He immediately sealed the report and put it in the storage room. The envelope was written as CC: Li Mei, Ministry of Commerce.
"Urgent," he stamped a stamp and handed it to the clerk, "Delivery must be at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning."
Wu Fo didn't know at this time that Li Luoyou had made it clear to Liu San that he did not intend to purchase the gun factory's equipment that evening, and the Planning Institute had also canceled the order.
After listening to Master Han's words, Li Luoyu realized with horror that he had never thought carefully about it: What will the relationship between the government and Australians be like in the future?
The government now acquiesces to their existence, but it will not acquiesce forever. Li Luoyu knew too well the relationship between the government and the various Europeans who came to the Ming Dynasty for the purpose of making money. The Europeans always hoped to occupy a stronghold on the coast of China for long-term business. The local government ignored them at first. When the matter got serious and the local authorities could no longer cover it up, they had to send troops to drive them away.
Generally speaking, until now, except for the Portuguese, no foreign group has been able to stay on the coast for a long time. Although the Dutch claimed to have occupied a territory in Taiwan, in the end they were driven out of Penghu.
This knot has been lingering in his mind. It troubled him a lot. He decided that until the relationship between the Australians and the government became clear, he would try to interfere as little as possible - the Australians would not be able to just run away, but he had a family to take care of, so he couldn't run away even if he wanted to.
In the end, he decided that he didn't have to be so anxious to serve the country with loyalty, lest he become an "Australian pawn" or a "profiteer" when the time comes, and he would inevitably have to show great filial piety to the Guangdong government in order to survive.
After Liu San knew that the deal was blown, his first reaction was disbelief. Then he saw Master Han's extremely calm face - there was no expression on it, but Liu San felt that he was laughing at him.
He didn't know whether he should include in the report the fact that Master Han came to visit him and asked for a bribe but was rejected. He had a feeling that writing the report might make him a scapegoat for the deal's failure.
On that day, he did not promptly report the request for bribes to his superiors. If he were to be held accountable, he would obviously be the first responsible person - even though no one in the Time Travel Group would agree to such a bribe.
Liu San's mood suddenly became very bad. After careful consideration, he decided to omit this part of the report and only wrote the report that Master Han came to visit and asked him to reduce the price. Not to lower the price was the instruction from above, and he carried it out faithfully. Anyway, Mr. Han himself would not say anything about asking for bribes.
Although Li Luoyou's arms deal was not completed, both parties were generally satisfied with the transaction. On the one hand, more money is always better, on the other hand, two supply channels are obtained. Li Luoyou's supply price is cheaper than Gao Ju and Huang Shunlong. Especially bulk cargo.
The most important thing is that Li Luoyou has agreed that as long as they need it, he can arrange for them to go to Jiangnan and provide necessary assistance.
However, this kind of assistance can only be done secretly and cannot be done openly.
As for the capital, it was temporarily inconvenient to go. As for the reason, Li Luoyou told them clearly: Chuanzhong's accent was too strange.
"It's best to change this accent. The way you speak seems to have a Liaodong accent, which would attract too much attention in the capital." There are many things in the capital's police investigation, and every trivial matter will be reported to the Dongchang. If he was questioned by some idle fan, he couldn't afford the risk.
As for going to Liaodong, Li Luoyou said that it would be fine if he wanted to visit and do business, but he could not bear the responsibility if he was to stay there.
"The life of the Han people on the Tatar ground is very difficult. Even a pseudo-major like Fan Wencheng, who has made great contributions to the Tatars, was almost killed by the old Tatars just because he was a Han. You will definitely not be able to stay if you attract attention like this."
When talking about the situation of the Han people in Liaodong, Li Luoyou couldn't help but sigh again, and talked about the sufferings of the Han people in Liaodong. Finally, he talked about last year's large-scale plundering of the pass, and more than 100,000 men and women were plundered from the pass. How many survive.
"The general is incompetent and the people suffer. The people eat chaff and eat vegetables and sell their children and daughters to pay the royal grain and national taxes, and they are able to support such a bunch of useless ricers." Li Luoyou has changed from respecting Governor Yuan to hating him. There were many curses in his words. Liu San thought that no matter whether Yuan Chonghuan died unjustly or not, at least the public opinion at that time was extremely unfavorable to him.
"...The Tatars have no food to feed these many people," Li Luoyou said angrily. "When the old Tatars were alive, they didn't have enough food to eat, so they simply killed the Han people and reduced their numbers. Huang Taiji became a fake eunuch, which was considered to be lenient to the Han people. But there’s still not enough food—”
There was not enough food, so they offered to buy it at a high price from Guan Nei. They were willing to pay ten taels or even more than ten taels for one stone of rice, which was several times more expensive than in the Central Plains. Women and children who were of no use were sold directly to Mongolia in exchange for cattle and sheep.
He had personal pain, and he had been doing business in Liaodong for a long time. He had witnessed the miserable situation of the Han people and prisoners in Liaodong with his own eyes but could do nothing about it. It was extremely painful to talk about it.
Li Luoyou vented his feelings, thinking that he was in Lingao, talking to a group of overseas people about what they were doing. They were not subjects of the Ming Dynasty at all. Stop talking immediately. He cupped his hands and said, "I lost my temper, please forgive me."
I thought that since the Tatars were eager to sell the prisoners because they had no food, we could buy them. The Tatars don't want women and children, and the Mongols are unwilling to pay a high price, but Lingao needs them very much. At the Liu work meeting where Li Luoyou arrived, there was also discussion on buying off the population of Liaodong.
"In this matter, we are willing to relieve the suffering of the people." Liu San said.
"Oh? What do you think?"
"The Tatars can't support such a large population. They want to sell their people. I'll just buy them later -"
Li Luoyou's eyes lit up. Mr. Liu Sanye is right. No matter what, Australians always consider themselves of Chinese Miao descent. Lingao is also the territory of the Ming Dynasty. It is a hundred times better to reach Lingao than to fall into the hands of the Mongols. However, he shook his head again:
"This matter is difficult to handle," he warned. "The Tatars are very stubborn and will never sell young men. They are only willing to sell women, children, old and young... With my small face, I can still redeem a dozen young men at a time, and a large number of them can be obtained." It’s difficult.”
He didn't go on. After all, Australians don't just do good deeds, and they don't necessarily spend a lot of money to bring back many women, children, and children who can't do heavy work.
"We also want women, children, old and young, and we will save every one." Liu San pretended to be the embodiment of justice. Women, Lingao has a gender imbalance. Bringing in more women can balance the gender. Besides, there are also women in light industry. It is of great use; as for children, they are the favorite human resources of the Travelers - nothing is easier to accept new things than children with strong hatred.
"The third master is so righteous." Li Luoyou said with admiration, "However, the most important thing to the Tatars is ironware and food. I see that the thirty-one kinds of goods purchased by the crowd are also included. I think they will not be used enough. How can I have spare energy? Are you going to redeem it again? I’m afraid it will be very difficult.”
"Just food and ironware?" Liu San was immediately doused with cold water. He asked with hope, "Can we sell other items?"
"Although Huang Taiji is a Tatar, his knowledge is not bad." Li Luoyou said, "Businessmen can bring goods in and sell them. He only welcomes materials related to people's livelihood and national use. Food and ironware are the best, as are cloth and silk. Even like you This glass mirror is something that is purely for enjoyment, and I am afraid that once it is shipped in, there will be an order to ban its sale."
"So that's it." Liu San thought this was tricky. If it involves the export of strategic materials, it must be approved by the executive committee. "That's a separate matter."
"If you have such intention, Mr. Li is willing to make a connection."
"Thank you, Mr. Li."
The two parties agreed that within the next three months, he would arrange for several elders to secretly go to Liaodong for on-site inspections to see if it was possible to purchase large quantities of prisoners from Liaodong.
The two parties used Li Luoyou's semicolon here as the contact point, and Gu Baocheng was the liaison person. Apart from this, there will be no other contact between the two parties in the channel. Li Luoyou showed a pair of monogrammed horn stamps. The two stamps can be combined into one or divided into a pair. He left one behind.
"Whenever there is a letter or a message, please use this monogram as proof. Seeing a chapter is like seeing a person."
In order to maintain confidentiality in his daily operations, he uses this method to communicate with all parties. I don't think it is a simple and effective method. In addition to sweeping leaves, he has two confidants in his inner and outer study rooms to keep these horn stamps with different monograms for him. As for who each stamp corresponds to, only he knows.
The matter of ransoming prisoners has no direct benefit to Li Luoyou, and it may not be possible, but it still makes him feel freer. Favorability towards Australians has also increased.
Li Luoyou continued to visit Lingao in the next few days. Wu Nanhai's intensive farm left a deep impression on him. Then he visited the Dongmen City Catholic Church - he only knew there was a church here by chance - and on the road he saw someone hanging a wooden cross. After asking, I found out that there was already a church here. So at his request, we temporarily added a visit to the church.
He was warmly welcomed by Wu Shimang and others at the Dongmen City Church. Although Li Luoyou always had an indescribable feeling of awkwardness towards this Australian priest. This man was dignified in appearance and well-behaved. He was much more respectable than the smelly German priest in Mayangchun who didn't like to take a bath. However, his conversation did not give the impression that this man was a priest.
On the other hand, Priest Bai is still a bit cool. Li Luoyou was very fond of the fact that the Australians allowed the church to build a church here. He was even more surprised when he heard that a monastery had been established here. It seems that the Australians have great reverence for God.
The church is not big, with a pointed roof, a small bell tower, and long glass windows on the walls. The building was simple and beautiful. Li Luoyou had a good impression of the church and immediately donated a circulation coupon equivalent to one hundred taels. Wu Shimang expressed his gratitude and gave him a Chinese version of "Catechism" in return. This is an introductory book for Catholics. The book is beautifully printed and beautifully bound. Li Luoyou was so impressed that he immediately donated another hundred taels of silver to print the book. And expressed his willingness to purchase 500 copies. m! ~!
