At the dinner, Yin Lian briefly stated what he had experienced and witnessed on the Chinese Valentine's Day night, and then said that what he saw was completely different from what was advertised in the newspaper before, and asked if he needed help clarifying it.
The officials from the Secret Service listened and asked a few questions about the scene at that time. Yin Lian said that his guard had some medical common sense and could basically judge that the old man died of a stroke and had not been abused in any way.
...This is actually just a test. No matter what the truth is, if the trend of public opinion outside is to accuse the Secret Service, and compared to the small part that has spoken out, there are more people in Beijing who dare to be angry but dare not speak out, and secretly hold hatred in their hearts. This is because the Secret Service has never had a very good reputation, and its past style of work was indeed brutal. The second is that someone is setting the pace.
The trend is like this, and it is impossible for Yin Lian to go against the general trend. To clarify for the Secret Service at this time is simply asking for death.
But she knew the other party wouldn't accept her offer of "help."
In fact, this was indeed the case. The official declined her offer and thanked her, but at the same time, said that the Secret Service had its own work arrangements.
Yin Lian knew it in his heart.
As the name suggests, the Secret Service is the Bureau of Special Affairs. However, the word spy is so popular in modern times that people feel a special aversion to it when they hear it. It itself has the effect of being exaggerated in anti-war movies for many years. However, the Secret Service of the Xia Kingdom at this time was still an important part of the country's governing body. As long as a little effort was spent on publicity and public opinion, it would not be able to achieve the reputation it has now for being able to stop children crying at night.
In addition, the Secret Service under the name of Li Laixi actually has a pretty good style compared to the lower-level officials - when buying a car, he pays the bill easily. Since his salary is not low, he usually does not eat at street stalls and get cards. As for the matter, as for a large restaurant or a workshop like Yin Lian willing to give him a discount, it is considered a normal favor and not too excessive.
Their methods were brutal and mainly targeted at political opponents and other warlords' spies, not the common people. But even so, the reputation of the Secret Service is still widely spread among the people. What is the reason?
Yin Lian had previously suspected that this was the result of their deliberate laissez-faire, but now he became more certain.
If it were the current national security agency, they would definitely not do this. But given the national conditions of Xia State at this time, the reason why the Secret Service chose to do this is obvious - to shock. Therefore, it is clear why Li Laixi chose to restrain his subordinates and not disturb the people more than other imperial agencies.
He needs to create a distant shock to the people under his rule, but cannot create actual conflicts of interest with them.
Realizing this, Yin Lian became more curious about Li Laixi.
The gap between him and the villain in "Grey Mask" is too big.
Rather, although the method is very unkind, Li Laixi is indeed maintaining the power and existence of this decadent and declining empire in his own way.
Compared with the legendary devil, he is more like an ordinary, contradictory, traditional old-school official trapped by his identity and background. It's just that he has more self-control and ability than the ordinary corrupt people in Xia's officialdom at this time.
From a legendary figure to an ordinary person in the real world, this not only did not disappoint Yin Lian, but also made Yin Lian have a little admiration for this "bad guy" - being able to bear unnecessary notoriety for the sake of the overall situation, Li Laixi His actions almost made Yin Lian feel that he was a noble person with a spirit of sacrifice, even though the direction he was working towards was obviously contrary to the trend of the times.
In fact, there are not many opportunities to meet Li Laixi - at this time, the capital of Xia Kingdom was actually relatively small. Although the periphery was constantly expanding, it was not comparable to any city in later generations. But even so, Yin Lian's chance of "accidentally meeting" Li Laixi is still much higher than any two strangers in the city who don't have a tacit understanding. It's not that there is any fate between them. Yin Lian suspects that the real reason is because of the people she socializes with. Here, there are many "work objects" of Li Laixi.
Of course, this is just Yin Lian's guess, and she will not and does not want to confirm it.
This meal with the logistics officer allowed Yin Lian to find out a lot of important information. This information may not be of any use in the hands of ordinary people who are not sensitive, and they may not even notice the abnormality at all. However, Yin Lian obtained a lot of useful information from it.
Combining this information with some of the previously obtained information, Yin Lian guessed a possibility that even he thought was a bit subtle.
On Chinese Valentine's Day, fireworks are set off both inside and outside the city. Generally speaking, fireworks are something that people in the palace will not miss every festival, even if there are one or two fires every year, causing several parts of the palace to be rebuilt.
However, Yin Lian had discovered when watching the fireworks before that the fireworks on Chinese Valentine's Day were not visually conspicuous enough and were too dim. She thought it was a technical problem at the time, but later she heard people commenting that the fireworks in recent years had become increasingly unsightly, so she guessed it might be a problem where the producers cut corners.
But after reading the newspaper and inquiring about the relevant information, she didn't feel that way. Li Laixi arrested a lot of people this time, but the core personnel who were arrested belonged to the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War respectively. Among them, Jing Lai had the highest position and the worst fate. His house was directly confiscated. Yin Lian linked up the events. , I feel that these two things may not be directly related.
If the two incidents are really related, one of the mysteries of how Jing Lai managed to smuggle so many firearms will be solved. After all, in the era of thermal weapons, gunpowder was even more regulated than iron ore.
However, this information is actually of little use to Yin Lian, but it is very useful to the prince. But she "didn't know" the identity of the prince, and she didn't want to become the prince's spy. After thinking about it for a while, she didn't write the matter in the letter.
Another person who can share is Shen Lu.
But Shen Lu's identity and background are also very doubtful. Otherwise, why would Li Laixi hang around him when he has nothing to do? Of course, Yin Lian is just a little girl who has just arrived, so she doesn't know about this kind of thing.
Since you don't know, you can't do anything you shouldn't do. The government and the Secret Service are not her parents or teachers, so they will not care about her reasons for doing something, nor will they give her the opportunity to not be guilty of ignorance.
So when facing Shen Lu, Yin Lian behaved as before and did not tell him her guess.
She couldn't tell Yin Changsheng and Yin Changning, as she would reveal that she had secretly slipped away to another world again, so even if she made any proud discoveries, she could only hold them back.
But despite this, she still sensed several business opportunities through this discovery. Since she didn't have the qualifications to be involved in these industries, she found an opportunity to influence Shen Lu and took a share in it.
However, this income will only be slowly fed back before the next festival.
As for now, Yin Lian is still focusing on the design of the car.
Because of the hot sales of tricycles, most competitors are unable to catch up or surpass Yin Lian's workshop in terms of craftsmanship. In order to be competitive, some colleagues have already reached out to steam engines, trying to use steam vehicles to defeat rickshaws.
This is much faster than the original historical progress.
Although Yin Lian knew that it would be difficult for them to design a model with energy consumption that would be acceptable to the average middle- and upper-class people, in order to be prepared for crushing them, she had recently begun to study materials science and vehicle design in order to design a vehicle that could A car that can be manufactured using various basic technologies of this era.
The more she started designing these machines, the more she felt that the time-travelers in them were too understated. For example, even if you take a design drawing directly, it will be difficult for a layman to apply it in different eras. Professionals can barely restore and transform it, but if they want to manufacture it at a time when it is far behind, they either have to be elites in the industry, or they have to study several related majors. The former can make corresponding and complete technical modifications, and the latter can reproduce matching materials and techniques.
Yin Lian is not one of the two. She simply learns and sells now, so it is quite difficult to learn. The advantage is that she can check out a lot of technical information and obtain teaching materials. The disadvantage is that in her current situation, most of the content can only be taught by herself or by watching videos.
If she does this a few more times, she feels that she will become proficient in one more mechanical major.
For things like cars, especially low-end cars, Yin Lian shouldn't design and manufacture them haphazardly before Yin Lian can fully digest the entire technical structure. Just like a mechanical design student, she keeps designing and revising drawings, and then keeps making models for testing.
This scene was discovered by Shen Lu several times, but Shen Lu did not ask about Yin Lian's specific plan. He only knew that she might be designing a new type of rickshaw... maybe even a steam vehicle.
As for skipping a technological period, Shen Lu had no idea about automobile technology, so it was naturally hard to imagine.
Yin Lian has no plans to launch this technology soon, but hopes to make a suitable design in advance to prepare for emergencies. After all, she knew very well that it was almost impossible to successfully create a usable car from a primitive steam engine, but she could not prevent a genius from being stimulated and inspired to transform a suitable internal combustion engine in advance.
But on the surface, when Shen Lu asked about this matter, Yin Lian would hide the progress and pretend to be embarrassed. Shen Lu had no doubts. Although he didn't know how sincere it was, at least he seemed to care about Yin Lian's emotions and would take the initiative to invite her to watch a drama when she was obsessed with design and experiments for many days.
Yin Lian certainly didn't care about the drama at this time, but after hearing about the performer's reputation, she still agreed and brought a "latest" camera.
Of course, it is because this troupe also has a great reputation in history.
As a result, she couldn't take any photos while watching the theater because something happened in the theater not long after she entered the theater.
