The Xingtang is a secret organization founded by Xiao Letian. Some of its members are from the heroes recruited by Long Ye, some are from the elites left over from the Kingdom of Heaven, and the other part are enlightened Han people in Ryukyu.
In Xiao Letian's mind, although the first two groups accounted for the largest proportion of people in the execution hall, they were definitely not the main body of the punishment hall in the future. In another ten or eight years, Ryukyu's major schools and the Qing Dynasty's Enyangzhong system will continuously provide all kinds of outstanding talents. By then, members with higher education will become the main body of the torture hall.
Only when more high-quality talents are filled in it, the torture hall will become what Xiao Letian ideally looks like, a mixture of the CIA and the KGB. This is a more terrifying weapon than the army. The future world will be a world of intelligence warfare and psychological warfare. War on the surface will be intermittent, but the secret war between countries will never end.
Xiao Letian's torture hall in front of him was just the prototype of this huge organization. He had never expected Wang Huaiyuan and others to give him some strategic advice, but he did not expect that Wang Huaiyuan's plan today would surprise Xiao Letian.
"The Green Camp cannot stay and must be sealed. Then Mr. Zhou will write a letter to the Qing court, insisting that Sun Sanhu is a gangster who pretends to be an imperial guard and colludes with the Green Camp soldiers in an attempt to seize the property in Tanggu business district..."
"I know Qingyao definitely doesn't believe it, but now they can't help but believe it. News just came from the city that foreign armed sailors have landed and started guarding the streets where foreign merchants gather. With foreigners involved, everything will be easier... …”
"Sir, please don't stay here. Take the First Company and the Second Company to board the ship and leave Tanggu to cruise in the Bohai Bay. As long as you are on the sea, Qing Yao will be helpless. These wild boar skins are born to be afraid of the ocean. The sea It will never be their sphere of influence..."
"What's left is the water mill lawsuit. We have plenty of money and witnesses, so we will slowly grind it out with the court. When the situation gets tight, we will go directly back to Naha. Let me see how long their hands can be. If they dare to reach out, they will be chopped off. …”
"Sir, please rest assured. According to our estimates, this plan is at least 60% feasible. But of all things, the most important thing is to silence them. We must eliminate a large number of evidence chains in Qingyao's hands. Only in this way do we have a chance of survival. It will be higher..."
Xiao Letian was stunned. He found that the steps taken by the execution hall were much greater than he imagined. They were originally used as spies and killers, but he did not expect that they could already deduce and make preliminary judgments on the situation. , and even be able to come up with a feasible plan.
"I can't believe it, I really can't believe it. The speed of your learning is so fast that I am surprised. This, this... it has only been a few months of work, but you can actually make such an exquisite judgment on the chaos. You have really made great progress. Already..."
Wang Huaiyuan had no time to cater to Xiao Letian's praise now. He said eagerly, "There is no time. Don't hesitate, sir. Send out all the armed men from the new army and the company. Let's capture the defeated troops all over Tanggu... Come here... I will personally take action when the time comes, and I will never let your reputation be stained in the slightest..."
"Fart!" Xiao Letian's face suddenly changed. "Who do you think I am? A hypocrite? I would rather be a real villain than a hypocrite. Stop doing these tricks of taking the blame for me. I, Xiao Letian, am not a feudal emperor. There is no need for you to apply makeup and powder on me..."
Wang Huaiyuan was so anxious that sweat appeared on his forehead, "What should I do? My lord, please tell me clearly. It's getting light now. If we don't take action, it will be too late... Look at this great plain. There are hundreds of defeated soldiers. Where can I not escape? Decision, what is needed now is decision!"
The quarrel between the two people immediately silenced the crowd around them. The soldiers were enjoying the breakfast brought by Zhou Xing's organization, but they never expected that Xiao Letian and Wang Huaiyuan actually started to quarrel.
The scene was completely silent. Xiao Letian stared at the nervous Wang Huaixing for three minutes. Finally, he burst into laughter without holding back his face.
"Haha, I'm sorry for that serious look on your face... The situation in front of you seems to be dangerous and almost unsolvable, but in my eyes, the road ahead is smooth... Zhou Capt. I'll serve a bowl of tofu curd..."
"Hey? Hey...here he comes!" In a blink of an eye, Zhou Xing, who was smiling flatteringly, brought over two bowls of tofu nao, one bowl was handed to Xiao Letian and the other bowl was handed to Wang Huaiyuan.
I have to say that Capt. Zhou is still very capable. In the chaos last night, many breakfast shops did not want to open today. But when Capt. Zhou came forward like this, he half-coaxed and half-forced him to collect the food in the shortest possible time. Several hundred people came for breakfast.
The tender white tofu is topped with fragrant gravy, black fungus shreds, egg shreds, chive flower sauce to enhance the flavor, coriander and a few drops of fragrant chili oil. This is the most common bowl of tofu in the north. .
"Smells, smells so good, it's really good..." Xiao Letian raised his head and took a big sip, "Huh? Why is this tofu curd salty? It's simply lawless and crazy. The tofu curd is actually made salty. Shouldn't it be sweet? ?"
Everyone was stunned when Xiao Letian made a fuss. Several soldiers who were drinking tofu nao looked down at their rice bowls and couldn't figure out what Xiao Letian was talking about.
Wang Huaiyuan was also stunned. He didn't know what Xiao Letian was doing, but he seemed to be able to sense what Xiao Letian was going to say. "Sir, this sweet tofu cake is generally popular in Suzhou, Hangzhou and Guangdong, but it is salty in other places!"
"Hahaha, what you say doesn't count, what everyone else says...brother, let me ask you, should this tofu puff be sweet or salty?" Xiao Letian asked the people around him while holding a bowl.
Zhou Xing rolled his eyes and said quickly, "It's sweet. If you say it's sweet, it's sweet." Then the catchers and guys behind him also echoed, "Sweet, if you want something sweet, I'll go there right away." Get some candy..."
Tietoutuo, who was munching on the big cake, got angry when he heard this and stood up and cursed, "You bunch of sycophants, tofu curd is obviously salty, and you flatter me just by casual remarks. I despise you..."
When he made a fuss, the recruits from the two companies started to fuss, "That's right, I've been eating tofu puffs all my life, and they're all salty. You guys are so shameless!"
The scolding here can't be in vain. They jumped and shouted, "It's sweet, it's sweet. The adults have said it. Can it be wrong? And Mr. Wang also said that people in Suzhou and Hangzhou only eat sweets." of……"
"Salty... sweet... salty... sweet..." The crowds on both sides started to quarrel. However, Xiao Letian's sycophants were still in the minority, and soon the salty party overtook the sweet party, and the shouts of salty tofu nao dominated the mainstream.
Xiao Letian watched everyone quarreling with a smile, and drank all the tofu in his hand in a daze. He patted Wang Huaiyuan on the shoulder, "Huaiyuan, sometimes the battles in the political arena are so boring. What people are arguing about is not They don’t want an absolutely correct standard for truth and justice..."
"What these people want is just the process of arguing. Choosing a boring issue to argue about. On the one hand, it can prove that I am not idle and I am not a freeloader. On the other hand, it will automatically assign factions to the crowd, a bowl of tofu." We can distinguish salty parties and sweet parties, how many factions do you think there will be in the court?"
Xiao Letian stuffed the empty bowl into Wang Huaiyuan's arms and patted the dust in his hands. "There is not so much truth and justice in the world. The truth actually depends on whose voice is louder. In this fight caused by Sun Sanhu, it seems that we are The weaker party, that only shows that you have a shallow vision, wait until I use my methods..."
"Hahaha, I'm afraid that the Manchus won't be able to stand my methods... Okay, you go and pass the order, and immediately put up notices to calm the people. All villages must post them. The culprit has been arrested. I will not pursue the threats and let the troops retreat. We all go back to the camp, stew them meat, send them charcoal, and wait for me to give them an explanation..."
Wang Huaiyuan's forehead was twisted into a knot. He still wanted to persuade him, but Xiao Hexin and Sima Yun pulled him aside, "Okay, sir, you have your own decision. What are you talking about? When have you ever let us down?" ?”
An hour later, fast horses were galloping around on the ground in Tanggu. The riders were carrying thick rolls of paper on their backs and carrying a bucket of paste in their hands. Every time they arrived at a village, they began to put up notices to calm the people.
"I have an order from you, please don't be afraid, everyone. The thieves who caused trouble last night have been defeated. Please go home and live in peace, and don't listen to rumors..."
"Folks, when you see the Green Camp soldiers fleeing everywhere, tell them personally that the culprit has been caught. They were all deceived. They are not guilty. Let them return to the camp quickly..."
After the rider posted the notice, he said a few more words, got on his horse and went straight to the next village.
On all the roads from Tanggu to Tianjinwei, the New Army set up checkpoints and posted notices on large wooden boards. When they saw a figure approaching from a distance, the soldiers would pull their necks and shout.
"Brothers from Green Camp, you were all deceived by that bastard Sun Sanhu. That guy confessed everything in prison. He deceived you into suppressing bandits, but he actually wanted to rob you of money, rob Tanggu businessmen of their money... You were deceived. Yes, the adults said that the culprit will be punished, you are just a coercion, there is no crime... Go back to the camp quickly!"
Not only the land route, but also a large number of canoes appeared on the Haihe River. They formed a line and were closely searching the cargo ships coming and going. At this time, the Haihe River has not yet completely frozen, and some cargo ships can still pass through the middle river. This is basically the last batch of waterborne goods before the year. From now on, we can only rely on land transportation.
General Ding and two of his guards hid in a grain-carrying boat. The boss of the ship made a small hiding area for the three of them with grain bags. The three of them huddled inside and dared not come out.
"Oh, these uncles have worked so hard, but they are so unfamiliar to each other. I don't know which yamen uncle they are..."
"Go, go, put the money away. We don't do this. We are the guards of Tanggu Foreign Company. Don't you know that there was a bandit attack last night? It was we who killed three people in and three people out, so that we can ensure your safety. Now It's a routine inspection. Move the food away and let's take a look inside..."
"Oh, my dear uncle, you are so generous. The Haihe River will be frozen in just a few days. We are really in a hurry! If we move and unload these things, they will be gone for at least half a day. By then, the river will be frozen. If our boat is frozen halfway, I really want to jump into the river and commit suicide..."
"Please show me your kindness, sir. If I delay this ship of food, the master in the capital will chop off my head. Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
While they were talking, the ship's plank made a clanging sound, and the ship's boss kowtowed as if pounding garlic. General Ding, who was hiding in the food bag, had already pulled out his family's hundred-refined steel dagger, and it looked like he was going to fight for his life.
