The CIA in Jinling was completely established in the middle of a large number of private houses near the Qinhuai River. Here, intelligence agents and ordinary people lived together, with dense secret passages and tight security. It was the most important intelligence base in the Jiangnan region.
Walking through the maze-like alleys and secret passages, opening one door after another, Xiao Letian was a little confused and couldn't find where to go. Then he walked out from behind a mahogany bookshelf, and in front of him was actually An exquisite embroidery building.
Xiao Letian looked up and saw a pair of pink shoes flashing past the stairs on the second floor. He knew that this should be the residence of the disguised female intelligence agent, and maybe it was the hiding place of the Kirigakure kid. Sure enough, it led to the garden. The door was pushed open, and the Kirigakure kid walked in with a man with a sallow face.
With a bang, Sister Kiri performed a Ryukyu military salute, but she had not received recruit training, so the salute posture was a bit weird. However, although the man behind Sister Kiri had a sick look on his face, he stood at attention and saluted in an absolutely standard posture.
"CIA, head of South America Division, Tang Lei salutes the Prime Minister."
Poof... all the tea was sprayed out. At the last moment, Xiao Letian tilted his head, otherwise the tea would have sprayed onto Sister Wu.
Mr. Long behind him was also dumbfounded, "What the hell, South America branch."
Xiao Letian was completely dizzy. When did he build the Intelligence Bureau branch in South America? Do I want to catch a few alpacas and sell them back? He led a group of alpacas all over Beijing, and then shouted "Grass Mud Horse... Cao Mud Horse" ...We took a photo for one dollar." The picture was so beautiful that I couldn't even imagine it.
"South American branch, why have I never heard that I also built a South American branch?"
The sallow-faced Tang Lei was not embarrassed at all. On the contrary, a light called ambition flashed in his eyes, which Xiao Letian was very familiar with.
"Your Majesty, Prime Minister, it is true that there is no such organization as the CIA's South American Division, because it was established by me without permission."
"I..." Xiao Letian was speechless. How courageous is this person to secretly build a CIA branch and dare to speak so brazenly in front of him?
"Okay, I'll let you tell the whole story personally. I'll give you this opportunity..."
Tang Lei is a native of Ryukyu. His ancestors fled to Ryukyu to escape the war in the late Ming Dynasty. Before joining the new army, he served as a guard for the navy under General Cai Hao and also served as a translator.
Later, Xiao Letian led 100,000 Chinese and Ryukyu natives to overthrow the Shimazu family's rule. The passionate Tang Lei resolutely joined the Prime Minister's staff. Because he was proficient in foreign languages, he was first sent to the clipper ship sailing for the American silver trade. On the one hand, he continued to work as a translator, and on the other hand, he also served as an intelligence officer for the CIA.
Xiao Letian's CIA was originally called the Xingtang, which was responsible for eliminating spies internally and killing spies externally. By the way, they could spy on the military situation and win over the Jianghu forces in the dark. At that time, the Xingtang had a strong underground gang flavor.
Later, with the unremitting efforts of Wang Huaiyuan and Xiao Letian, and most importantly, a large amount of financial support, the Xingtang was upgraded to the Central Intelligence Agency, and its business scope gradually expanded.
With the CIA, there are Japanese branch, Korean branch, Nanyang branch... There is even a European branch in Europe headed by Wing King Shi Dakai.
North America, especially the United States and Mexico, have close business dealings with Xiao Letian, so there are also some intelligence officers left here. However, the level here is not high. They cannot be counted as branches and can only be regarded as supervisors of the silver trade.
Therefore, Tang Lei's real position is the CIA's senior supervisor of North American silver trade. He collects intelligence on North America part-time, but in principle, they are only allowed to watch and listen, and absolutely cannot interfere.
Anyone who dares to hang out with Xiao Letian is not too timid and ambitious. The same is true for Tang Lei. After traveling back and forth between America and Asia again and again, the boring journey across the Pacific drove him crazy. Not wanting his life to sink like this, he wanted to take a further step in the Prime Minister's influence.
Sleepiness really comes to the pillow, and opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared. Tang Lei did not expect that in 1867, the sixth year of Tongzhi, a caravan from South America brought news that stunned all Chinese in Mexico. .
The three countries of Bolivia, Peru, and Chile in South America actually started fighting. Not only that, in this conflict and war, a Chinese army of 8,000 people was invincible.
Tang Lei immediately went crazy. He spent a lot of money to buy information from various channels, and finally confirmed that this information was true and there was no doubt about it.
If he didn't seize such an opportunity, would Tang Lei still dare to say that he was an adventurer? If he wanted to be a successful intelligence agent, the most basic quality was to love adventure.
Tang Lei mobilized all the funds within his authority, and even borrowed a large amount of money from the captains and sailors with whom he had good connections, organized a small expedition team, and headed south to the junction of the three countries of Central America. .
However, the team was stopped before it reached Peru. As soon as the border guards heard that the expedition was going to Chile, they refused to open the border even if they accepted bribes.
Tang Lei had no choice but to spend his money and hire a pirate ship in Ecuador, bypassing countless dangers and smuggling directly to Chile on the sea.
When he arrived at the Chilean port of Antofagasta, Tang Lei finally figured out the whole story. It turns out that the whole story can be traced back to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. It's a long story for a child.
There is a desert called Atacama between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean in the middle of the west coast of South America. It has an arid climate and an average annual rainfall of less than 2.5 mm. There has been a record of no precipitation for fourteen consecutive years, and it is known as the world "Extreme drought".
No one would care about this barren land. No one, whether it was the ancient Incas or the later Spanish conquistadors, was willing to take another look here.
Later, after Chile, Bolivia, and Peru became independent, this desert happened to be at the intersection of the three countries. Everyone claimed that it was theirs and claimed sovereignty. However, since it was of little value, the quarrel among the three countries was ignored. As for fighting over a desert.
In the end, the three countries had a hasty negotiation, and the small desert was randomly divided, and the dispute was settled one person at a time.
I thought this matter had been settled, but I didn't expect that after 1860, someone actually discovered rich veins of struvite and saltpeter in the desert. The quality was rare in the world. From then on, the conflicts between the Three Kingdoms intensified. .
Note: There will be three updates today, haha, I didn’t expect that I would write about South America. Don’t worry, there will be another update at six or seven in the evening, and there will be a big reveal of history at that time.
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