Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 496

Lin Baiguang gave these two people very loose funds for their activities, and wanted to see their attitudes towards the use of funds for activities.In the end, if you get a lot of money, you will spend it randomly, or if you know how to use it.

How to find a foothold, how to collect information, and how to use activity funds are all taught in the training class. Whether you can apply what you have learned depends on this practice.

After setting up the task, Lin Baiguang personally conducted a preliminary on-the-spot survey of the environment inside and outside the Fucheng City and the Qianhusuo City in Haikou. He also observed the Baisha Water Village and the defense system of Haikou from a long distance.

The defense of the entire Haikou is quite high by the standards of this time and space.Because of his career, Lin Baiguang has dabbled in historical works, but most of them are works such as Zizhitongjian, and he is not interested in historical details. After D-day, due to work needs, I also started to dabble in this aspect, and I knew a little about the military of the Ming Dynasty.

Baisha Water Village is not only located in Baisha Port, but also in Dongying and Mangliao Harbors, forming a corner of each other around Shenying Harbor. Many forts in the south formed a comprehensive defense system.Gongwei Qiongzhou Prefecture.

The entire Shenying Port and Haikou Houqianhusuo City are surrounded by beacon towers, piers, and fortresses. Patrol ships shuttle back and forth in the port, and horses are set up everywhere on the shore, and soldiers are patrolling.Defense is very cautious.

Haikou is the center of land and water power for the entire Hainan Island, and it is also an important frontline center for coastal defense. It is not surprising that it has such a scale.

However, Lin Baiguang believes that it is not difficult to break through this defense system with the current strength of the Traversing Group. If it is expected to attack in five years, it will be even easier.

Brick and stone forts, old-fashioned Portuguese-style breech guns can be seen everywhere-even older-style artillery such as tiger squatting guns, bowl-mouth guns, and bamboo-shaped broken settlements. There are not many new-style Western artillery imitations.Even according to the military level of this time and space, it is already behind.

It seems that the Ming government's military reforms in Guangdong have not yet benefited Hainan's coastal defense.But even if the piers here were all built by the best Western military engineers in the [-]th century, and all the artillery was replaced with Hongyi cannons, they were still vulnerable to the force of the crossing group.

Lin Baiguang had a bottom line after turning around for a day.He thought to himself, in fact, capturing the whole of Hainan is not a problem for the current crossing group. It is rare that after the occupation, there is no rule and no army to garrison-even if it is defeated, it cannot be firmly occupied.

After returning to the temple, he wrote the first report to Lingao. In the report, he believed that the intelligence station in Qiongzhou Prefecture could be used as a "training base" for intelligence agency trainers. The social environment here is relatively simple. The ruling institutions of the Ming Dynasty were also relatively weak.Once something happens, it is also easy to rescue.

The other is to use this place as a springboard area for intelligence work in Guangdong.The current work in Guangdong is carried out by Guangzhou Station.Lin Baiguang believed that the economic tasks undertaken by Guangzhou Station were too heavy, and Guo Yi and others were well-known in Guangzhou, so it would be very risky to carry out large-scale secret work.Once something goes wrong, it will have a devastating blow to the economy of the Traveling Group.Therefore, it is suggested that the intelligence work other than the Pearl River Delta region be separated from the Guangzhou station, and be implemented by the Qiongzhou station, and the Guangzhou station is only responsible for support.

As for Lin Baiguang's cover status here, he decided to open a grain store in Qiongshan County after careful consideration.The Crossing Group has bought shares in the grain bank business in Leizhou, and can transfer experienced shopkeepers and associates from there, and the business relationship is also ready-made.It's best used as a cover.

Rice is a daily commodity that everyone needs. There are many new products that can be sold in Lingao now, and almost all of them can open up a large market here, but Lin Baiguang does not intend to create any commercial miracles here.He only needs a cover identity, so that he can freely travel around Guangdong to carry out activities.Therefore, he does not count any products related to "Lingao" as business.

As for size, it doesn't need to be too big.A capital of one thousand shi of brown rice will do.Just do business normally.As for the time travel group controlling the whole of Hainan Island in the future, the grain bank, as an important facility affecting the grain distribution field, can continue to play its role and will not be wasted.

Brother Gao and Chen Tong went out together for a few days, leaving early and returning late every day. Lin Baiguang locked himself in the room and planned future intelligence activities without asking them how they were progressing.On this day, Gaodi came to report first, and he found several houses.

Lin Baiguang listened to him explain the location, structure and characteristics of the house one by one, including the transaction conditions.

There are three real estates that Gaodi is interested in, all of which are outside the city, and they are all small courtyards with one or two entrances.All three are available for purchase and lease.The price of the two places is moderate, and the price of one is on Ximenwai Street, because there are cabinet rooms along the street, the price is much higher.

"This house has a three-bay frontage. The front yard is huge and can be used as a warehouse. It is a suitable place to use as a cover for business. There is also a small yard at the back, which is very quiet. Open the back door and go out in all directions." Gaodi said, "The price is cheaper than yours. It is said that the budget is large, but the price is not high according to this condition.”

The price is 280 taels, including the "fee" for the middleman and guarantor.The price is not outrageous considering the condition of the house.

Lin Baiguang saw that he was busy in the world, and his speech was a little hoarse, and he knew that he must have spent a lot of talking and talking outside these few days.But the results are not bad.And he found the house that fit his needs.It seems that Gaodi is not only able to perform the task well, but also actively think about how to better complete the task.This is commendable.

Chen Tong reported that Hai Shuzu was a descendant of Hai Rui, and because of Naizu's reputation, he was regarded as a local gentry in Qiongshan County.However, the family background of the Hai family is very average.In order to take into account the reputation of the ancestors, the Hai family has always been law-abiding in the local area, and never engage in crooked ways. They only live on a little ancestral property, and it is quite embarrassing to maintain the expenses of a large family.Hai Shuzu has been trying to get rich in business.Recently, the clan, relatives, and friends raised funds to build a large ship to sail to the west for trade, but I heard that pirates encountered pirates on the way, and all the cargo was robbed. Only the steward and some sailors came back.The creditors came to make noise one after another, for which he was in a state of desperation and didn't know what to do.

Lin Baiguang knew most of this about Hai Shuzu—his ship and cargo are now in Lingao, under the control of the Maritime Court.At that time, he asked his steward to go back and ask him to pick up the boat in person, but he still hasn't picked up the boat for several months.It seemed that Hai Shuzu didn't have much courage.Hearing that a creditor came to make noise, Lin Baiguang smiled: As long as there is external pressure, things will be easy to handle.

As for Hai Shuzu's family background, Chen Tong also inquired about it.Generally speaking, this person is very ordinary, a child of a well-behaved family, but he has a greater desire for wealth than ordinary people-this is probably a common characteristic of many people in the late Ming Dynasty.

"His family has a servant from Meizhou, Guangdong." Chen Tong said, "I'm from the same town as me, and I've already recognized him as a fellow townsman. It will be much easier to get in and out of Haijia..."

"Very good." Lin Baiguang nodded in approval.

As for the expenses, Gaodi spent more than a dozen taels of silver. According to him, the money was used to make friends with "middlemen", and to buy some silk and satin clothes for himself and hire sedan chairs.

"...If there is no scene, things will not go so smoothly." He explained his expenses.

"The activity funds are given to you, and how you spend them is your business. As long as it is reasonable." Lin Baiguang said, "But your expenses are too vague. Look at Chen Tong——"

Chen Tong only spent four taels of silver, but took out a detailed expense form, listing everything from inviting people to drink tea and dinner to giving them a pair of shoes.It is much clearer than Gaodi's list of expenses with only three words "entertainment expenses" under many items.

"Although the activity funds are completely at your disposal, they are public funds after all." Lin Baiguang educated them, "The most important thing is the word 'public'. There is no 'private' in public funds. We are doing intelligence work, and we have a lot of money in our hands. There are also many places. The more this is the case, the more you have to understand how to spend money, even if you spend a penny, you have to spend it clearly. Do you understand?"

"Yes."

Lin Baiguang stopped and looked at the next two teenagers: "It is important to do your job well, but it is more important to learn to protect yourself at work. Usually, if you don't think too much about the details, you will be confused when you meet the scene. Then you will complain It’s too late! No one believes it!”

"Yes, we have all written it down." The two nodded.

"Okay, Brother Gao, you can come forward and buy the house. It's the place on Ximenwai Street." Lin Baiguang said as he took out 80 taels of silver from his small tin box, "This is the deposit, and the rest is for transfer and delivery. It's time to pay."

"Would it cost a few taels of silver to ask the household in Qiongshan County to file a case when the transfer and deed are signed, and ask a big seal to be stamped?" Gaodi suggested.

This is a very safe way, although Lin Baiguang thinks it is a bit redundant-in another three or four years, the Qiongshan County Yamen will be gone, and there is no point in asking it to file a case.However, Gaodi's thoughts are very meticulous and worthy of encouragement.

"Okay, that's it."

"okay."

The preparations for the Qiongzhou Intelligence Station began in full swing.Lin Baiguang himself was not going to be the shopkeeper. He didn't understand the grain business at all, so he was transferred from the Leizhou Sugar Industry by the Intelligence Committee.Zhu Fusheng, the owner of Dachang Rice Co., was happy to recommend his shop assistants as shopkeepers and big buddies, and expressed his willingness to establish business contacts with this "Wanfeng Grain Company"

The shopkeeper and everyone from Dachang are not involved in intelligence work.The intelligence work was carried out by trainees transferred from the training class in Lingao, and they acted as buddies and servants.There are two lines inside and outside, which is convenient for management and confidentiality.

(End of this chapter)