The Manchu Qing Dynasty could not interfere with the circulation of banknotes, so they resorted to evil tactics and tried to seize the opportunity by forging counterfeit currency. No need to guess that it must be the conservatives like Cixi, Yiyi, and Yixuan. They wanted to train their troops and seize power. Not without money.
The printing factory soon appeared in front of everyone. The heavy iron door was full of workers printing money. When everyone saw the Prime Minister coming, they were all trembling in fear and did not dare to move.
"Nonsense, except for one traitor, everyone is a traitor. Do you want to bring a big prison?" After speaking, he stretched out his hand to help an old craftsman.
"Don't be afraid, old man, what are you responsible for in the printing factory?"
The old man never thought that one day he would be able to talk to the Prime Minister, and his hands were shaking with excitement. "Prime Minister, we really did not betray you. Old man, I swear on my ancestors that I really did not leak the secret..."
"Printing factories are scattered in several caves. The paper factory is in the easternmost valley, and the ink mixing plant is in the cave in the north. Now this cave is the printing workshop..."
"The adults from the Intelligence Bureau are responsible for the final cutting work...Although I am a master craftsman, I can only know part of the formula for preparing ink. In the entire printing factory, everyone is responsible for their own part, and no one knows everything. Craftsmanship…”
"To put it bluntly, even if we wanted to sell it, no one would want it."
The other craftsmen also roughly knew what was going on and said one by one, "Prime Minister, in the printing factory, apart from a few big shopkeepers in the bank, the only one who has access to all the craftsmanship is Master Yang. He is responsible for safety. He has the right to enter the workshop..."
"We didn't pay attention before, but now that something happened, we remembered that Mr. Yang always likes to patrol the workshop in the past few months, and he has become much more diligent than before..."
Xiao Letian nodded and walked into the vault of the printing factory. He looked at the bundles of bonds and military notes that had not yet been cut and remained silent.
After a while, the criminal investigation team of the Kung Fu Intelligence Bureau began to report the situation. As expected, the only person in the entire printing factory who could take away all the craftsmanship was Yang Zhi.
Xiao Letian's face was already ashen. "I ran away at four o'clock in the morning. Who found out..."
"It was discovered by the lamplighter early in the morning. Although it was very early after four o'clock, many people had already gone to the pier to buy the freshest seafood, so no one took it seriously..."
New gas lamps have begun to spread on the streets of Ryukyu. However, there were no automatic ignition devices in that era, so there was a profession in Europe and Ryukyu called lamplighters.
Every evening they patrolled the streets to light the gas lamps one by one, and extinguished them one by one in the morning. This was a special occupation belonging to that era.
Yang Zhi's whereabouts were discovered by the lamplighters. When Yang Zhi got on the fishing boat and went to sea, the lamplighters were still wondering. At four o'clock in the morning, it should be the time when the fishing boats going out to sea are rushing back to deliver fresh seafood to the city. Why? There are still people going to sea now.
But he didn't expect that he was a traitor.
At this time, General Luo Huo also heard the news and rushed over. "Sir, General Cai Mao has taken the ship to sea. Now, troops have been sent to search all possible directions of the ship in the east..."
Xiao Letian shook his head, "Not enough, definitely not enough. They have arranged their escape long ago, so they will definitely plan their escape route in advance... It is very likely that they will escape south, in an unexpected direction."
This is an inertia in people's thinking. Once they heard that it was the Manchu and Qing court who bribed Yang Zhi, people would naturally identify the escape route as being in the north and west.
But Xiao Letian doesn't think so, "Don't underestimate the cleverness of the Manchus. They have been able to rule China for so many years. How could it be possible without some wisdom? If they send ships to search south, I don't believe they can get wings and fly."
Xiao Letian looked at the people around him sternly, "This incident fully proves that people will change. Old brothers who were loyal back then will also be defeated in the face of wine, sex and wealth... If our career always has hope Loyalty to others, I'm afraid things like this will continue to happen in the future..."
"Wang Huaiyuan, starting from today, it's better to sort out the various rules and regulations of the Intelligence Bureau, give up the unreasonable hope for human rule, and don't believe that everyone is a saint... Future wars will rely more and more on intelligence. Whoever loses the intelligence war will be completely defeated on the battlefield..."
"Sister Wu was able to detect the rebellion in advance this time. Although it was a little late, the responsibility is not yours. You have made merit and no fault. From now on, the Yanzi's budget will be increased by 20% as a reward... Arrange the affairs of Ryukyu, and don't go to Beijing. Let’s contact Chun Shisanniang first and let’s expand Yanzi’s team together..."
"Well, our work must continue and our career must move forward... The printing factory will continue to work and give you half a year to improve the process. We must ensure that the quality of banknotes is constantly upgraded... They can be the first The craft formula of the first generation, but you may not be able to steal the second generation. If you want to keep it secret forever, you must always be ahead."
Tasks were assigned one by one, and people's impetuous emotions gradually disappeared in the face of Xiao Letian's calm response. Ryukyu's backbone was not messed up, so what were they messing with?
Soon, the Intelligence Bureau began to search for Manchu spies throughout the city based on the information provided by the swallows. Many deeply hidden details were dug out, and the Prison of the Intelligence Bureau was overcrowded for a while.
On the sea, the Ryukyu navy controlled all waterways and carefully searched every merchant ship, even foreign merchant ships.
But unfortunately, the Ryukyu Navy does not yet have the strength to compete with the British Royal Navy. For the several British warships patrolling Hong Kong and Shanghai, Ryukyu's old warships have no right to search.
Cai Mao and the others looked at the British frigate heading south, recalling the arrogant semaphore of the British just now, their fists were so cautious that their nails were embedded in their flesh.
"The strength is still inferior to others. If the iron-clad ships that the Prime Minister mentioned can be commissioned, I don't believe that the British can still be so arrogant..."
On a British battleship in the distance, there was an exquisite rosewood box on the table in the captain's cabin. When you opened it, you could see that it was full of shining gold bars.
A full thousand taels of gold were placed in front of the captain. No wonder he took a piece of private goods along with him, three Chinese people who were drowned.
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