The plan was for the infantry troops to set up defenses at various key points, but the main force would gather on the mountainside to control the situation from a high position. As soon as they discovered where the enemy's main breakthrough point was, they would concentrate the main force on it and push the opponent back.
After the arrangement was completed, Zhao Yingong called Fenghua and Zhao Tong, and secretly asked them to secretly send the important documents in the villa, the gold and silver, valuable silkworm seeds and plant seeds, and the more than ten children who were to be specially trained in the kindergarten to the city. Wanbi Bookstore is resettled.
Hangzhou is a capital city, and no enemy would have the guts to publicly attack Wanbi Bookshop in the city - this is called "fighting with an open fire", and in ancient society it was a serious crime that could be beheaded. Once a trouble broke out, the local government would never be able to stop it.
"The matter must be kept as confidential as possible. No one can know except you and the specific person in charge." Zhao Yingong ordered.
"Every day, items are transported back and forth between the villa and the bookstore. Just mix the items with the goods and send them together." Zhao Tong said, "The children can just follow the escort team. It doesn't matter."
Zhao Tong said again: "Chief, are you also going to Wanbi Bookstore to take a look?"
"If I leave, there won't be many naturalized people here, and the people will be distraught and will be in chaos without a fight. It can't be done." Zhao Yingong shook his head.
"Chief, when we were in training, the chief always said: Defeat before saying victory. If we can't withstand it here, we must have a plan for retreat."
"You're right." Zhao Yingong touched his forehead, "I'm confused."
Naturally, Cihui Hall couldn't take care of the refugees - there were too many people and the organization was poor. There's no hope of chaos. Fortunately, the enemy is not interested in them. He won't kill them either. As for the slaves in the villa. This is more important. Many people are now labor experts who are familiar with a craft. Whether they are tea pickers, sericulture girls or silk factory workers, they are all trained over a long period of time. It would be a pity if it really died or was lost.
However, there are so many people in this group that it is simply unrealistic to bring them all into the city - there is not such a big place in Hangzhou to accommodate these thousands of men, women, old and children. Calculating this place, a large-scale retreat would also seriously shake the people of the Villa. At that time, the combat team and the temporarily recruited refugee strongmen will feel "abandoned", and there will be a big doubt whether they can fight with all their strength.
"These people have no choice but to move," Zhao Yingong weighed again and again, "Moving will shake the foundation. Fenghua, you list them according to their technical level. Secretly send away some of them and their families. No more than 200 people."
But Fenghua said: "Chief, it doesn't matter how many children you send away. You can't hide it from anyone when you send away more than 200 slaves in the villa. Although the slaves here have sold themselves, they are not naturalized citizens. Once If we find out, we will definitely be shaken. Before the enemy comes to attack, we will be in chaos here. If we want to attack, we must make up our minds to fight here to the end!"
"You are right!" Zhao Yingong nodded, "If we want to fight, we have to fight here to the end. We need to give everyone this confidence. Except for those children, no one should move."
Zhao Tong also said: "I have arranged a small launch boat on the pier. It is set up and ready to go day and night. If nothing happens, all of us at the sticky pole will be dispatched to protect the leader and rush to the pier to get on the boat."
Although the scale of the retreat was reduced to a minimum, this action could not be concealed among the core group of people in the villa. There is not much in the Gold and Silver Villa - the villa has Hangzhou Delong Bank as its financial support, so there is no need to reserve a large amount of cash. All expenses in the villa are made with circulation coupons, so naturally there is no need for silver or copper coins. Generally, large amounts of expenses are made by issuing banknotes. On weekdays, only two to three thousand taels of silver and several thousand copper coins are prepared for small payments. Zhao Yingong decided not to hold on to the money and would use it to spend in a critical moment. The main items transferred were jewelry and jade. Gold and silver jewelry and some Australian products for gifts. The most important thing is that Zhao Yiggong secretly collected the gold obtained from trade with Japan in accordance with the orders of the Ministry of Finance. The gold has accumulated about three thousand taels. It can be called the greatest wealth in the villa.
The Ministry of Finance pays great attention to collecting gold - although the future currency of Lingao is likely to be silver standard, gold, as the most reliable financial reserve, is still the reserve currency that all members of the Ministry of Finance are striving for.
In addition to property, there are many "controlled materials" in the villa, most of which are instruments and equipment shipped from Lingao. According to Zhao Yingong's order, all "first-level controlled materials" - including microscopes, balances, thermometers, etc., must be packed and shipped away. Other cumbersome equipment and supplies that could be manufactured in Lingao were left behind.
These treasures and supplies only fit into a dozen boxes. On the contrary, there are a huge number of archives. According to the requirements of the Political Security Bureau, each prostitute working in the villa has a personal archive.
There are currently more than 2,000 slaves working in the villa, and the personnel files alone can fill a room. In addition to these personnel files, the "archives system", one of the cores of the modern management system, has also enabled the villa to accumulate a large number of files in a short period of time. From the technical files of the silkworm breeding farm to the reward and punishment records of the steward's room, meeting minutes, wage subsidy payment records...there are countless files. Packing is simply not something that a small-scale transportation team that usually travels to and from the villa can do.
Such a large-scale transportation of files will cause a great sensation. There will inevitably be rumors that a large amount of treasures in the villa were transported to Wanbi Bookstore, which will cause even greater covetousness.
After much deliberation, we finally decided to transport only some of the key secret files and technical files. After packing the other files, we moved them all to the warehouse at the villa headquarters - this warehouse was built by the Lingao Laide construction team using iron beams and local masonry. It is very Sturdy, fireproof and anti-theft. It was originally specially used to store valuable property and control materials.
"The enemy has a very limited time to attack us. Even if they bribe the government to turn a blind eye, they can only attack for one day at most." Zhao Tong was confident, "At the worst, we can still defend the residence."
"In this case, I have to send someone to take charge of the bookstore. Fenghua, from tomorrow onwards you can go there and help me take a good look at it!"
"Yes, Chief! I will definitely protect the wealth of the Senate." Feng Hua was a naturalized civilian cadre educated in Lingao, and had always been instilled in him the basic principle of obeying the orders of the Senate. It is said that it is a master-slave relationship, but in fact it is a superior-subordinate relationship in the modern sense, and there is no such thing as "love".
"Chief, there are only a few people in Wanbi Bookstore in our stick-sticking department, and there are only a dozen servants. It may not be safe to transport so much property at once."
"Let the people from the Oolong Society monitor the area around the bookstore - the people from the Oolong Society have not been transformed by our system and have limited combat effectiveness. Asking them to reinforce the villa may not be of great use. As long as we hide the transfer of property well , the enemy will not risk taking action in the city - even if they take action, the men and horses of the Oolong Club are enough to drive them out. Just put a few backbones at the sticky pole and cooperate with the servants to provide internal defense. "
Although Zhao Tong felt that it was not very appropriate, he already had a small number of troops and the defense in the villa was already stretched. It was indeed beyond his power to allocate his strength to help defend Wanbi Bookstore. He felt that the chief's analysis was reasonable, so he stopped insisting.
"I have asked Cai Shi to come to Wanbi Bookshop tomorrow to take charge of the situation." Zhao Yingong said, "He is a native of Hangzhou. He often travels between the gentry and the government in Hangzhou for me on weekdays. He is very familiar. He is enough to handle it in the bookshop. It's an emergency. The bookstore needs to be safe."
After the calculation was completed, everyone took action separately.
Although only a few people mastered the transfer plan, and the people responsible for its execution were also selected by Zhao Yingong, packing files and belongings, and transferring items could not be kept completely confidential, especially for those who were originally close to the core.
Xihua soon learned of the transfer. She realized that this was important information, but she never acted - she knew that she was probably being monitored, whether for protection or suspicion. If you act rashly, you will definitely be more suspicious. As for Jia Le, this person's identity was actually completely exposed. Hao Yuan was able to use her only because Mr. Zhao wanted to engage in counter-intentional schemes. He must not go looking for her at will.
Hao Yuan no longer appears in the villa. Xihua knows very well that the day when Hao Yuan's people attack the villa is coming soon. Even in the villa, she could feel the thick smell of sulfur in the air before the approaching storm. Her heart could not help but beat wildly, and her mind became trance-like.
Just when Zhao Yingong and others were anxious, the special reconnaissance team from the Kaohsiung base that he had been looking forward to finally arrived at the villa on a small inland river cargo ship from Weizhan. Although only ten people came, it was like a sudden rain after a long drought for the frightened Zhao Yingong.
"I've been waiting for you all." Seeing Qian Shuixie awkwardly walking into the inner living room in a robe that didn't quite fit him, Zhao Yingong almost cried and threw himself into his generous arms, "I'm so eager to see you!" I choked up and almost cried.
In fact, he and Qian Shuixie had little contact with each other. In terms of friendship, they were just acquaintances who had met each other. However, Zhao Yingong has been alone behind enemy lines for a long time, and recently Alexander was in a state of panic. Seeing another senator appear, it was like meeting a relative.
"Emperor Zhao, please stop being so stupid..." Although Qian Shuixie has been in the United States for a long time and has been infected with a lot of barbarian spirit, he still can't bear the embrace of a grown man. Quickly push him away gently, "Don't worry, brothers have come to stand for you. If anyone doesn't open his eyes, his whole family will be turned into inhumans!" (To be continued...)
