Hong Chengchou shook his head.
"Don't just shake your head. If the Ming Dynasty forms an alliance with the Qing Dynasty, then our mission to the Ming Dynasty will not be completed at all." Yang Jiachen said with a dark face.
Hong Chengchou said: "What I mean is that the auxiliary ministers of the Ming Dynasty will not form an alliance with the Qing Dynasty. I am afraid they just want to delay it and keep delaying it."
"The court of the Ming Dynasty is currently making such a fuss over the alliance with the Qing Dynasty. Even if the auxiliary ministers want to delay the matter, others in the court may not comply with their wishes." Yang Jiachen said worriedly.
The auxiliary ministers of the Ming Dynasty wanted to delay the situation without peace talks or alliances. He had already made corresponding speculations about this, but now that the matter was so big, who could guarantee that these people would not change their attitude.
"You have forgotten what I told you. The safety of sea trade routes is in the hands of our Tiger Flag. Anyone whose family is involved in sea trade business must consider whether it is worth offending our Tiger Flag. ." Hong Chengchou said, "What I'm worried about is that the people behind it will act randomly and force the court to form an alliance with the Qing Dynasty."
Yang Jiachen said: "Are you saying that someone will take advantage of the common people to cause trouble and kill people secretly?"
"It's not killing, it's assassinating us. As long as we die in Nanjing City, peace talks between the Tiger Character Banner and the Ming Dynasty will be completely impossible, and the Ming Dynasty will naturally have no choice but to form an alliance with the Qing Dynasty." Hong Chengchou said.
Yang Jiachen said: "Then what should we do? We only have a small number of people. Unless we use the power of officers and soldiers, if there are more people making trouble and forcefully break in, it will be difficult to stop them. Moreover, in such a big house, it is impossible to cover all areas. Guard them all."
"Can we abandon the front yard and gather people to guard the backyard? Even if someone breaks in, we can use the backyard to defend against the intruders," Hong Chengchou said.
After hearing this, Yang Jiachen did not speak immediately, but pondered in his heart whether this method was feasible.
In fact, there is nothing to think about.
By only guarding the backyard, the defensive area is smaller, and the thickness of the guard's defense is increased, making it easier to defend. However, the disadvantage is that it is also easy to be blocked in the backyard.
"This method works. Let's arrange the backyard in advance. If someone breaks into the yard, we can use the backyard to resist." Yang Jiachen agreed with Hong Chengchou's suggestion.
He thought it would be good to arrange the backyard as a place to deal with unexpected events.
If anything happens, they will have the ability to fight back and take countermeasures.
"One more thing." Hong Chengchou said, "The only guns we brought here this time, the Tiger Crouching Cannon we originally brought are all left in Xuzhou. If there are cannons, our safety will be better guaranteed."
Yang Jiachen frowned and said, "You don't want to send people to Xuzhou to bring all the cannons here! I'm afraid the Ming Dynasty won't let us bring the cannons to Nanjing."
"Xuzhou is too far away, and it takes a lot of time to go back and forth. If something happens while taking the cannon, there will be no time to bring the cannon back. My idea is to get a few squatting cannons from other places and hide them. Backyard." Hong Chengchou said.
Yang Jiachen frowned and said: "This is a good idea, but where can we get the cannons? We can bring firecrackers into the city, but it is absolutely impossible for us to bring cannons into the city. If we are outside the city, we may be able to pass the Ming Dynasty nobles. Just buy a few cannons and don’t even think about it in the city, no matter how much money you spend, they won’t sell the cannons to us.”
The cannon has been able to directly threaten the palace.
No matter how selfish the officials of the Ming Dynasty were, they could not allow hostile forces to appear in the capital with cannons. The threat was too great, far beyond that of firecrackers.
"We can't get it, but people from the Foreign Intelligence Agency must have a way to get the cannon." Hong Chengchou said, "And what we want is not the kind of cannon that weighs hundreds of kilograms or even thousands of kilograms, but a squatting tiger cannon, which is easy to carry and conceal. "
After hearing this, Yang Jiachen realized that Hong Chengchou was targeting the secret agents of the Foreign Intelligence Agency in Nanjing City.
"Don't worry about it," Yang Jiachen said, "We can't contact the secret agents of the Foreign Intelligence Agency in Nanjing unless they take the initiative to contact us, so don't think about it."
However, Hong Chengchou did not give up, but said: "Don't hide it from me, I know you must have a way to contact the secret spies in Nanjing City, and I want the cannon to ensure our safety."
"How do you know I can contact the secret spies in the city?" Yang Jiachen looked at Hong Chengchou with wide eyes.
He told no one about this.
Hong Chengchou said: "There is no need to ask! If we come to the Ming Dynasty for peace talks, we might encounter some secret agents who need the help of the Foreign Intelligence Agency in Nanjing City, and the identities of the secret agents must be kept secret. The less people know about it, the better. Okay, it's best if one of us knows, but I, the chief envoy, don't know how to find the spy in the city, and you, the deputy envoy, came from the capital, so it's normal for you to know some things that I don't know. ”
After listening to Hong Chengchou's analysis, Yang Jiachen hesitated for a moment, and then said: "I don't know exactly who the secret spy is, but before I left Beijing, someone from the Foreign Intelligence Bureau did give me an emergency contact information, saying that he was the one we encountered. When danger comes, we can contact the secret spies in Nanjing through this contact method, but I have never used it, after all, we haven't encountered any big danger yet."
"Maybe we weren't in danger before, but that's not necessarily the case now. This time the scholars are causing trouble, it shows that the people behind them are about to lose their patience. If we don't take precautions in advance, we will be in danger when things get worse." Hong Chengchou said.
The emergency contact information with the secret agents was in the hands of the other party, and he could not push too hard. He could only emphasize that they were in a dangerous situation and needed the help of the Foreign Intelligence Agency's secret agents in Nanjing.
Yang Jiachen asked hesitantly: "Is it really so dangerous?"
"You have also seen the situation today. It is easier to solve the trouble caused by the scholars. After all, they may not have the courage to risk their lives, but next time it is replaced by ordinary people, it may not be possible. Once someone is incited to get hot-headed, as long as someone takes the lead, things will It will cause a big problem, so what we are doing now is to take precautions and ensure safety as much as possible," Hong Chengchou said.
A gentleman cannot stand a dangerous wall. The current atmosphere in Nanjing is tense, and he has to take more precautions.
Yang Jiachen looked thoughtful.
After a while, he said: "I'm going to contact the secret spies in the city and ask them to find a way to get a few squatting tiger cannons into the city. I hope we won't need them."
Cats have cat ways, mice have rat ways. A team of envoys like them may not be able to transport the Crouching Tiger Cannon into the city, but that doesn't mean that others can't do anything either.
