The vest watched Pan Pan leave. He opened the drawer, took out an old cassette-type pocket recorder from the table, and pressed the stop button. [No pop-up novel website] In view of the fact that Lingao's news media is rapidly becoming "old times", he has to be more careful - tampering with the interviewees' remarks and taking quotes out of context are the "good traditions" of the news media.
Compared with audio files that can be edited at will, Lingao is not capable of editing the original soundtrack, which is more effective in terms of evidence.
"This won't work." He thought, what has become of us. If this goes on, the Senate will take pills sooner or later.
"Chief, the General Office just called to ask when you would be free. Director Xiao of the General Office would like to have a confidential phone call with you." The female clerk from the "horse office" of the arbitration tribunal came in and reported.
Ma Jia wondered if Xiao Zishan wanted to talk to him about the maid school? This matter has recently started to be discussed in internal forums. He had the channel of the Law Society, and he was quite well informed. The activities of Shan Liang and others, and the collusion between them and Cheng Yongxin, these things mixed together gave him a smell of danger.
"You replied to them that I have been in the office after six o'clock in the evening." Ma Jia responded.
"Is this the entire interview recording?" Cheng Yongxin asked with a smile after listening to all the recordings.
"Yes, all of them. I think he's quite right."
Cheng Yongxin didn't care about her evaluation: "This is good material."
Pan Pan was puzzled: "This is just interview material, how can it be better?"
"I'll explain it to you later. Do you mind if I take this now?"
"Since you want to write these manuscripts, of course I don't mind."
"Ok. Thanks, Pan Pan baby."
Cheng Yongxin left Pan Pan's office. Before going home, she went to visit Sun Shangxiang again - this girl is now learning to be a copy editor. According to Cheng Yongxin's request, Pan Pan arranged for her to spend half of her time following him on field trips, learning journalistic work such as interviewing and writing reports, and the other half of her time to learn publishing and editing work.
Sun Shangxiang's work is very busy, so naturally he no longer has time to take care of her, but for Cheng Yongxin who is used to living alone, this is not too difficult. Besides, a media person is much more useful to her than a maid.
When she got home, she called Jiangshan.
"I'm so sorry, I have too much work these days." Jiang Shan said on the other end of the phone. "We're busy now."
"It doesn't matter, you go about your work first, I won't disturb you anymore."
Cheng Yongxin put down the microphone. With a woman’s intuition. She felt that Jiangshan seemed to be deliberately avoiding too frequent contact with her.
Could it be that his recent actions have aroused his vigilance and made him want to draw a clear line with himself? She was lost in thought.
When Li Yan walked into the director's office, he saw Jiang Shan leaning on the table with his elbows and his fingers buried in his growing hair. He seems to be thinking about some difficult problem. The sunlight shines through the thin window screen and shines on his thin body. An elongated figure was reflected on the wall, and the room was filled with the mellow aroma of coffee. Li Yan suddenly felt that his immediate boss looked like an artist who was intoxicated in the fantasy of love. He thought this idea was quite ridiculous, so he gently He coughed.
"Oh, Lao Li?" Jiang Shan raised his face from his palms, his beard was unkempt, and his eyes were full of haggardness. Li Yan guessed that he probably spent another sleepless night in the office. "Sit down quickly. I'll ask the secretary to make some hot coffee. Do you want to add sugar or milk?"
"No. Just some coffee." Li Yan pulled out a chair and sat down. "Director Jiang, Mr. Zhan called just now. The remote exploration team has already submitted a list of candidates who are going to the Philippines. I would like to ask if we have any My opinion is mainly on the security situation. The Planning Institute and the Manufacturing Directorate have mentioned this several times, and I think the bureau should still give a clear explanation."
Jiang Shan rummaged through the document tray for a moment, found a report and threw it on the table: "You take a look at it first."
"A telegram from Manila?"
"It was sent by Xu Yingjie Laboratory of the Ministry of Chemical Industry last night. It has something to do with Lando's work."
Li Yan opened the report and read it at a glance, reading a few words from time to time: "...Physical properties: white and light yellow powder...insoluble in water, partially soluble in ethanol...nitrogen content...explosive properties: 5 kg drop weight test... Explosion velocity... Relative to lead casting expansion value 97 (bitter/taste/sour = 100). The explosion intensity is slightly lower than the theoretical value, which may be added to improve the stability during the cooking and washing process of the product. Caused by excessive alkali..."
Li Yan put down the report, picked up the coffee cup and drank it in several sips. His hands were shaking out of surprise, and coffee was spilled on his clothes, the table, and the floor, but he didn't notice it at all.
"The small bottle of sample sent by postman No. 7 last time," Jiangshan called the Southeast Asia Company merchant ship that received the mission of the Foreign Intelligence Agency and went to Manila to serve as a courier, "was collected by Lando from the artillery test site on the outskirts of Manila. He said in the telegram It said that there have been several blasting tests in succession recently. I will send it for evaluation, and you have already seen the conclusion."
"That guy actually took out high explosives"
"Nitrate/chemical/starch/powder," Jiang Shan said, "After seeing the identification results, I made a small inquiry to several veterans of the military industry and the chemical industry. This is the explosive preferred by terrorists because the raw materials are relatively easy to obtain. , the safety is also better. As for Hale, using a small amount of nitrate/chemical/starch/powder mixed black powder to load the cannonball can significantly increase the power. It should be made by laboratory methods, and the quantity will not be large. "
"As for how much he can increase production under existing conditions, an important constraint is the production of raw materials, especially nitric acid and starch. Regarding the latter, we must start from the current Philippine agriculture."
"Most Filipinos grow rice, does it have a high starch content?"
"Sweet potato, you have forgotten that Fujian's sweet potato was introduced from Luzon during the Wanli period. The Spanish also brought corn and cassava. Starch can be extracted from these crops using simple means. The problem now is, what is our understanding of the current Philippine agriculture? Not much is known about the conditions and food production, and much of the information is contradictory. If the colonial authorities wanted to expand the cultivation of starch crops, would they have sufficient conditions, and how far could they go? After all, Lando was just a soldier before. He cannot be expected to have expertise in this area.”
"So the exploration team needs experts in the agricultural field. As for exploration activities, they must be carried out under the cover of Lando's work."
"Send a telegram to Lando and ask him to find out about nitrated starch as soon as possible, especially to find out whether Paul is producing in a large-scale organization."
The Tagalog maid stood in front of the living room door on the second floor of the villa and hesitated for a long time before reaching out to pull the rope hanging on the door frame. As soon as the doorbell rang, the continuous music inside stopped.
The count stood behind the door with no expression on his face, but when his eyes swept across the maid's face, the latter trembled involuntarily. The master didn't like to be disturbed when she was playing the piano in the morning. "Mr. Sebastian is here," she said tremblingly.
"Go to the bathroom downstairs and arrange the hot water. Let the maids get ready." Weiss dismissed the maids with a wave of her hand. The large bathroom in the Count's private residence has already become famous. The walls and floors are paved with colored porcelain, and the huge white porcelain bathtub is all jaw-dropping. Not to mention the special machine that can adjust the temperature, and the gold-plated hot water that is more gorgeous than the Roman fountain. Sprinkler. Among the rich and powerful in Manila, if they were lucky enough to be entertained by the count and enjoy a fragrant wave bath with a beautiful maid, it would be enough for them to brag at various social occasions for weeks. As for the pedantic teachings about bathing by priests and doctors, they have long been dismissed as a gust of wind. After all, this is an "oriental enjoyment" that is unheard of even in the East.
Of course, for reasons of cleanliness and hygiene, Lando himself never used the large bathroom. He had his own private bathroom in the garden. As for his subordinates and servants, they also have a dedicated collective shower room. So as not to catch any noble epidemics such as syphilis from high-ranking officials.
He closed the door again, walked into the bedroom and pulled the bell rope, and then opened the cover of the microphone: "Mimi, inform the captain: The Esmeralda will depart in two hours. I will go to the Cavite Shipyard and return I was accompanied by a Spanish official."
"It'll be ready, sir."
After putting down the phone, Weiss returned to the living room and continued to sit in front of the double keyboard harpsichord made in Florence. After his thoughts were interrupted by the maid, he had no choice but to play the familiar but fragmented phrases over and over again. After playing for a while, he wrote down a few notes on the staff paper he had drawn. Although the harpsichord was far less easy to play than the piano and the difference in tone was even greater, Weiss still spent a lot of money to buy it from the sacristy of a local church. Replaying the notated works that he knew and loved in the old world was his only leisure after the intense spy work.
Sebastian Andrade has a new job. After Genolino Panio was dismissed from his post and imprisoned, the governor unexpectedly ordered the public finance officer to also take charge of the Royal Shipyard. Everyone said that this was just a duplication of duties by the governor in order to give the finance officer some benefits - An Mr. Delard knew nothing about shipbuilding or ships. The first task of this newly appointed "Your Excellency" is to supervise the shipyard not to be disturbed by the fire, and at the same time urge the newly appointed shipyard director Carluccio Panio to complete the order for the new patrol clipper as soon as possible... Of course he does not know about planning the arson The mastermind of the assassination case was standing with him on the front deck of the Esmeralda, talking and laughing. (To be continued...)
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