1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 1058
Regardless of the population size of the area under its administration or the level of safety control measures implemented, the conditions of the two sides are very different. Most of the areas occupied by Haihan near the coast of Daming are on the island, and the population of one settlement is at most no more than The difficulty of registering and managing individuals is naturally much easier than that of the inland Ming Dynasty, which has a vast territory and a large population.

For example, the population of the area under the jurisdiction of Hangzhou Prefecture is as high as hundreds of thousands, and the floating population that enters and exits Hangzhou City every day is more than the total population of Zhoushan Island. The inspection of the floating population only depends on a team of ordinary soldiers at the city gate. If it is completed, at most, you can catch the wanted criminals according to the notice posted on the city gate.But if this kind of lax inspection method can find out the disguised Haihan spies, then we really can only hope that the sky will fall.

As for the Ming people who went to Zhoushan Island, whether it was for trade or immigration, the local inspection and monitoring were much stricter than those in Hangzhou City.According to the return of businessmen who have been to Zhoushan Island, the scope of activities of foreigners is strictly limited on the island, and they can only engage in business and trade activities in the area stipulated by the Haihan people. Most of the areas except civilian ports are open to foreigners. Both are restricted.

And the immigrants recruited to the island are not much better. It is said that they are to avoid the epidemic on the island. It is up to fate where they go. They may stay on Zhoushan Island, or they may be transported by ship to the Nanyang region thousands of miles away for resettlement.

Prior to this, Liao Xun did not rashly send Jinyiwei to Zhoushan Island pretending to be immigrants. What he was worried about was that once these people were sent to other places and cut off contact with their superiors, they would lose the meaning of undercover agents, so they only used some familiar businessmen. , When he went to Zhoushan Island for trade, he sent people to pretend to be crew members or followers to go to the island to collect a little information.But the disadvantages of this method are also quite obvious. First, the scope of activities is too small, and the people and things that can be contacted are extremely limited. Basically, you can only record what you see with your two eyes; second, every time you go to the island The time spent thereafter was too short for continuous long-term observation of the local area.

Although many groups of people have been sent to Zhoushan Island this year, the value of the collected information is extremely limited, and they have no contact with those Haihan seniors who are called "chiefs" by the local people. official.It is precisely because of the slow progress that the impatient financial owners will ask them to find another way. Even if they cannot stop the movement of the Haihan people, they must at least deal a blow to them and delay their occupation of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang maritime trade markets.

The idea that the three cobblers finally came up with was to try to mess up Zhoushan through assassination, kidnapping, riots and other means, and then wait for the opportunity to send troops to intervene.Considering the actual situation on the ground, at least a considerable number of people must be on the island to carry out corresponding operations, so there is the existence of this group of special trainers.However, how to send these people to the island without any trace, and how to start operations before they are scattered and assigned, is still one of the problems they have not solved yet.And judging from the simple test just now, these people probably still have loopholes in even the most basic identity concealment, and it's hard to say whether they can pass the first pass of the immigration review.

As the situation is becoming more and more severe, this plan still has too many areas that cannot be perfected. The Haihan army has already stationed in Hangzhou Bay, and the threat is close at hand. When will our own countermeasures be implemented and can they be harvested? How effective it will be is still in a state of complete uncertainty.

"Is there no safe way to send these people to Zhoushan Island?" Yu Pingfeng frowned.

"If the purpose is to send them to the island, it's not difficult. Zhoushan Island is so big that you can find any beach to land at night." Liao Xun didn't respond to the wind, and changed the subject: "I tried this method earlier. , but there was no news of the people who were sent to the island. It was later learned that the Haihan people had implemented a new Baojia system in the local area, and removed most of the residents who were originally scattered on the island. It is almost impossible for those who want to infiltrate the local area silently. Foreigners on the island who do not have identity certificates will be given five taels of silver if they catch one, which is much more cost-effective for the locals than hunting and fishing. Moreover, Haihan people are There are many military restricted areas on the island, and if you make a mistake, your identity will be exposed."

"The Haihan people... are really poisonous!" After hearing this, Yu Pingfeng could only sigh unwillingly.

The actions of the Haihan people are obviously to prevent Daming from sending people to lurk on the island. Although they are not clever, they are very effective. Of course, they can also try to forge Haihan's identity certificate, or bring more cash to bribe the islanders. People, but since Haihan is already wary of such means of lurking on the island, it is impossible to be immune to these means.At present, this plan requires as many as 30 people to be sent to the island. If they miss the landing stage, they will lose everything.From this point of view, it is more reliable to go to Zhoushan through the immigration channel.

Guo Zheng said: "A few days ago, I went down to Haining to organize the armaments, and I heard a piece of news by chance, which may help the plan."

Liao Xun quickly responded, "I would like to hear the details."

Guo Zhengdao: "I heard that now Haihan people recruit immigrants from Zhejiang, and they no longer come forward to organize themselves, but mostly operate through dental shops in Ningbo and other places. These dental shops have different scales and can supply Haihan. There are more or less immigrants, so there are high and low levels of authority. For a small number of dental offices with strong authority, the immigration review of those who are sent there is not so strict.”

Liao Xun asked puzzledly, "Why?"

"Because the immigrants they provide often come from wrong sources!" Guo Zheng explained: "The immigrants most interested in Haihan people are mainly young adults, artisans, and children, but many of the immigrants organized by the dental bank have colluded with the local government , the prisoners brought out from the prison, and the women and children abducted by traffickers from other places. Although these immigrants have problems in their origin, the Haihan people have a great demand for population, so they will still pretend to be deaf and dumb and let them pass. If we If you can go to a trustworthy dental shop, maybe it will be safer to send people to the island through the dental shop."

Liao Xun is not interested in investigating whether there are illegal activities in the operation of dental firms, and these dental firms often have official backgrounds, so the investigation will definitely encounter a lot of resistance, and it will also arouse the vigilance of the parties concerned. There is not the slightest advantage in the actions currently planned.But if this special channel can be used for oneself, it would be a solution to the problem.

Yu Pingfeng suddenly asked, "Is there any dental shop in Hangzhou City that engages in this kind of business?"

Guo Zhengying said: "At that time, I also thought about it, and the people who went to the dental shop carefully inquired about it. There is indeed a dental shop in Hangzhou Prefecture that is also operating this business."

"Oh? What's the name of this dental shop? Where is it located?" Liao Xun became interested when he heard it, and hurriedly asked.He is completely under the lights, doing intelligence work, but he doesn't know that in the city of Hangzhou where he is, there is a Yahang that has business contacts with Haihan.

"It is said that it is just outside the Fengshan Gate by the Qiantang River. It is called...Chengfenghang, um, it should be the name." Guo Zheng is still quite confident in his memory, and after a little thought, he answered Liao Xun's question with certainty. ask questions.

At the same time, Wan Fa, who was checking the accounts at Chengfeng Bank in the south of the city, suddenly shivered for no reason, and said to himself, "It's already summer, why is it suddenly cold..."

Wan Fa got up and left the house, called the man over, and told him to cook some supper in the kitchen and send it to the boss's residence in the backyard.The house in the south of the city has completed the delivery of the property rights of the deed, and the recruited "craftsmen" have also moved in. In a day or two, Gong Shiqi will move into the house in the city and personally go to the "workers" to oversee the renovation project.

Not long after Wan Fa returned to the house, the man came to call him, saying that the big boss invited him to the backyard.Wan Fa quickly put down what he was doing and rushed to meet each other.

"Sit down and talk." Gong Shiqi pointed to the late-night snack brought by the servants on the table: "Let's have something together?"

Wan Fa did not refuse, the two of them ate something, Gong Shiqi put down his chopsticks and wiped the corners of his mouth, and then he got to the point: "I just checked your records, and Cheng Fengxing has already delivered goods to Zhoushan in the first half of this year. You have recruited more than 600 immigrants, and you have done a very hard job in this immigration work!"

Wan Fa responded with a sneer: "This business is also done by the way, vigorously attracting immigrants, and responding to the chief's call!"

Gong Shiqi nodded and said, "Seventy percent of the migrants organized by Chengfenghang are women and children under the age of 14. What's the reason? There are also these people whose identities are unknown. If I guess correctly, they are all False identity?"

Wanfa's calf suddenly felt a little weak, and his tongue couldn't straighten out: "Boss, these immigrants... are actually... villains..."

"Speak well, and say whatever you are asked." Gong Shiqi's attitude did not change much.

"Yes, yes, the villain doesn't dare to hide anything!" Wan Fa quickly stood up, telling everything he knew like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube.

In terms of organizational structure, Chengfenghang is actually under the dual leadership of the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Security. Intelligence collection is only one of its functions. Among the many functions it carries, organizing the introduction of immigrants for the civil affairs department is naturally one of them. .As for the origin of these immigrants, Wan Fa is actually very clear, but he is eager to make contributions, and he doesn't care whether these people were trafficked into his own hands, or prisoners raised by money-grubbing cell bosses. As long as the hands and feet are intact, there is nothing wrong with them. Just pack everything up and ship it back to Zhoushan.

And because Chengfenghang is Haihan's own property, the Civil Affairs Department has intentionally or unintentionally relaxed the review standards for these immigrants.The Shang family that provided Wanfa with immigrants was paid per head, Haihan got the population, and Wanfa got civil affairs achievements from this transaction.Everyone gets what they want, and this business has been maintained for a long time. Fortunately, the scale is not large, only about a hundred people a month, so it did not attract the attention of the security department before this.If it hadn't been for Gong Shiqi to slowly look through Cheng Fengxing's business records here and find a flaw, then this business would probably continue to operate according to this rule.

After listening to Wan Fa's narration, Gong Shiqi didn't speak for a long time. Wan Fa knew that there was something wrong with his approach, so he didn't dare to ask, and stood obediently without making a sound.

It was a long time before Gong Shiqi opened his mouth and said, "Wan Fa, do you know where your mistakes are?"

Wan Fa's mind was quick, and he didn't dare to claim the crime casually at the moment, but his head was lowered a little more: "The villain is stupid, please ask the boss for advice."

"Where did you organize the immigration? I'm not interested in knowing whether you profit from it or not..." Gong Shiqi said in a deep voice, "But the immigration review system is a rule that the Ministry of Security has always emphasized. You are also a person who works part-time in the security department, why don't you even obey the rules!"

Hearing what Gong Shiqi said, Wan Fa breathed a sigh of relief. What he was worried about was that Gong Shiqi believed that what he did was using his power for personal gain and gaining benefits from the process of organizing immigration. It was very strict, and although it was not punishable by death, there was no escape from the hard labor camp.It is true that Wan Fa did not embezzle immigration funds, but this matter was almost handled by him alone, so it was difficult to prove his innocence. If Gong Shiqi wanted to punish him, it would not be easy for Wan Fa to clear himself of the crime.

The Ministry of Security's system is actually not as firm as Gong Shiqi said. At least from what we know so far, there is no situation that threatens Haihan's safety among the immigrants transported by Chengfenghang to Zhoushan.Wanfa's behavior can only be regarded as a hidden danger at best, but it has not caused actual losses, so it cannot be said that there is any fault in this respect.

Knowing that this is a rare opportunity, Wan Fa quickly made a deep self-criticism to Gong Shiqi.Gong Shiqi remained expressionless after hearing this, and lightly patted the notebook on the table: "All the immigrants who have been imported into Zhoushan since you took office, the relevant information should be sorted out as soon as possible, and sent back to Zhoushan. These people The immigration review has to be done again, especially the adults. If it comes out that someone is not clean, then you're going to have real trouble."

Although Gong Shiqi had no tone when he said it, Wan Fa's back broke out in cold sweat, and he didn't dare to express anything other than obeying obediently.Although he was not considered an official employee of the Ministry of Security, he also knew that Gong Shiqi was in charge of the killing field team in this organization.A few days ago, he didn't feel how powerful Gong Shiqi was when he got along with him a few days ago, but now Wan Fa felt that the other party's gaze was sweeping back and forth on his body like knives, causing goosebumps all over his body from being stared at.

Seeing his silence, Gong Shiqi knew that the warning had taken effect, so he persuaded him immediately: "Don't put too much pressure on your mind, cooperate to complete this task well, even if you made any mistakes before, This action is enough for you to make up for it, understand?"

(End of this chapter)