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Chapter 467 Investigate the news
Gu Qi moved quickly, and a detailed report appeared on Zuo Zhong's desk an hour later, which recorded the information of the Aries and all the conditions after entering the port.

The Aries, belonging to the British-funded enterprise Taikoo Trading Company, has a displacement of 1500 tons and is an inland waterway freighter with an average speed of 10 knots and a maximum speed of 15 knots. It departed from the Taikoo Wharf in Shanghai one day ago.

The ship sailed between Shanghai and Jinling all year round, transporting machinery, cloth, dyes and other materials. Most of the crew were British, and only the second officer and a few members of the engine room were Chinese.

According to the Jinling Police Department, the ship was secretly engaged in smuggling activities and often carried various controlled commodities. Because of its sensitive background, the police did not investigate it.

As soon as the ship docked today, the porter refused to unload the goods at the dock, but the staff of Taikoo Trading Co., Ltd. carried them. At the same time, the vehicles transporting the materials were not inspected when they left the port.

After dark, 10 to 15 mysterious men with luggage got off the boat, and then took a truck to the direction of the city. The eyeliner was too far away to see the faces of these people clearly.

Zuo Zhong withdrew his gaze from the document, and looked at Gu Qi opposite: "Old Gu, what do you think after reading this? Why did the British secretly send people to Jinling? What is the purpose?"

Gucci thought for a while and shook his head: "I don't understand, it's understandable not to let the porters get close to the goods, there may be smuggled or dangerous goods hidden in the goods, and they don't want others to find out.

But people, whether they are Chinese or British, their movements in the port will not be restricted, and there will be no police to check. Their whereabouts are so secretive, it seems that the other party is not a good person. "

"good."

Zuo Zhong patted the table: "Your thinking coincides with mine. This group of people must not be planning to do good things by sneaking into Jinling, otherwise there is no need to hide their heads and show their tails like this, and they are very anxious."

"Worried?" Gu Qi was a little puzzled.

"Yes, just in a hurry."

Zuo Zhong explained patiently: "Normally, it takes a day and a half for a ship to go from Shanghai to Jinling. The Aries used to be at this speed, but this time it only took one day. Why.

This is probably because the mysterious people needed to arrive as soon as possible, so the freighter continued to drive at a high speed for a day and a night. This is very incredible for businessmen, and few people do this.

One is because of economy, high speed consumes more fuel; the other is safety, the bearings and other parts of the ship are very worn at high speed, and it is easy to cause the ship to be destroyed. "

He threw a cigarette to Gucci, and asked a question: "So who can make a group of businessmen risk a lot of losses and force their way, just to send a dozen people to Jinling."

Gu Qi seemed to have thought of something, and said uncertainly: "No matter who it is, it must be an existence that Swire can't refuse, but Swire is the largest British-funded enterprise in China, then"

Speaking of this, his eyes lit up: "The country, only the British government can order Swire Company, those people are British officials, and they came to Jinling to complete a time-limited task."

Zuo Zhong nodded with a smile. Maybe this mission is related to the Secret Service. Who asked the intelligence department to kill Saluchon and so many MI[-] moles? It's normal for the British to want revenge.

He suddenly raised his head and asked, "How is Formosa these two days? Have you contacted any unknown person? Tell the newcomer to keep an eye on this guy. Record what the other party said and did."

"Everything is normal. Except for questioning the witnesses, I just rest in the consulate and occasionally come out to meet Meng Ting. Section chief, do you think the arrival of these people has something to do with him, isn't it possible?"

Gucci may feel that his statement is a bit subjective, and gave specific reasons: "Formosa is a policeman, and the performance of the mysterious man has a typical intelligence and military action style.

Using commercial organizations as a cover to secretly sneak into the territory of other countries to carry out missions, the people of Scotland Yard can't do these things unless the other party cooperates with military intelligence and the British military. "

"Why not."

Zuo Zhong interrupted him: "We are fighting against MI[-], and they sent a detective to be responsible for solving the case on the surface, and they are responsible for the actions themselves, which is a matter of course.

You go back and ask the guards in Division C to watch carefully. God knows if the british people will attack the dormitory area. If they really hurt the families of the brothers, we can't explain to the big guys. "

Cold sweat broke out on Gucci's head. The British don't say that their wives and children are not as bad as they are. What they did in China in the previous dynasty was not much better than the Japanese, so we really have to guard against this.

He hurriedly stood up and said, "I'm really worried when you say that, section chief. I'm going to arrange it now, increase the number of guards and firepower, and never let the British succeed."

"Well, let's go."

Zuo Zhong didn't say anything, it was just in case, unless the British wanted to stay alive, they wouldn't do anything to their family members, their diaspora spread all over the world, and the pressure on security was even greater.

If an intelligence agency is determined to randomly murder ordinary people, the police and the army will be unable to prevent it. Scotland Yard and England Yard will not work, and they can only wait for death.

Besides, the dangerous military goods left over from the Great War are on sale at a discount. Buy one get one free. Even if the British military bases and diplomatic agencies are blown up, it will not cost much.

Generally speaking, there are dangers, but not too great. The most urgent task at present is to find out the origin and purpose of the mysterious person. You must find someone to ask about the situation, so as to know yourself and the enemy.

The other party had better have some status, have business dealings with British intelligence agencies and the military, and be more knowledgeable about current affairs. As soon as these three conditions appeared in his mind, he immediately thought of someone.

Brondo.

Although in order for this person to use diplomatic channels to rescue Miyamoto Hideaki's old mother, he promised not to threaten her with the matter of the Liuguo Hotel, but is there a Gou spy who keeps his word, of course not.

Zuo Zhong didn't have any psychological burden on this. In the world of adults, either I lied to you or you were lied to me. As a dignified consul of the British Empire in the Republic of China, he should have this awareness.

With a smile on his face, he left the office and went to the monitoring room. Using the secure line there to make calls is not easy to be monitored. Of course, it is only in a relative sense, not absolute.

If there are other people around Bai Longdu, or if someone is listening on the internal line of the phone, then there is no way, the current level of technology is not enough to achieve completely confidential communication.

"You go out first."

"Yes, Chief."

As soon as Zuo Zhong arrived, he drove all the monitors out, checked the room again to see if there were monitors, and then connected to the number in memory, waiting for another call with his old friend.

At this moment in the British Consulate, Bai Longdu frowned and looked at the ledger in front of him, feeling a little regretful, but it's a pity that Formosa doesn't need more witnesses, otherwise he can make another fortune.

He told the other party that finding witnesses would require some funds, such as paying some well-informed person some money, but this fool actually believed him.

3000 pounds is just the beginning. The other party is directly under the leadership of London. What is this small amount of money? The problem is how to put the money safely in your own pocket.

You can't lose the big because of small things. The position of consul general still has a lot of gold. The gold is real money. Of course, it doesn't refer to salary. The bribes from British-funded companies are the big ones.

Those big businessmen who want to evade taxes, transport contraband, obtain a larger market, or obtain monopoly rights in a certain area all have to be approved by the British Consul General.

Less than a year after taking office, his wife has already purchased three villas in the suburbs of London, and his children have also entered noble public schools from ordinary schools, all of which depend on his position as consul general.

Bai Longdu smiled and lit a cigar, his fat body twisted in the chair, as long as he worked for a few more years, he could comfortably return to England to live the life of a nobleman.

You can also buy the title of governor of an imperial colony, and use it as a stepping stone to enter the high society and become a real nobleman. A happy life seems to be in front of you, just reach out and get it.

"Dingling ~ Dingling."

Suddenly, a ringing phone interrupted his imagination about the future. Mr. Consul was a little unhappy, and decided to teach the caller a lesson. No matter who he was, he was the biggest here.

But after only ten seconds, he stood up directly, unable to do anything except nodding, and after hanging up the phone, he hugged his head directly, looking quite shocked.

Damn masked man.

He clearly promised not to threaten himself with the matter of the Liuguo Hotel, and the other party did, and then changed the excuse of the threat to the stock market crash in Shanghai. The consequences of this incident being exposed are more serious than the previous one.

There were too many speculators who lost their fortunes in the stock market crash and lost all their money. If they knew that he had obtained huge benefits from it, the Consul General would not be able to continue.

Do you want to kill the fish and break the net?
Bai Longdu put down his hands, a look of ferocity flashed in his eyes, but then he thought of the masked man saying that he would use money to buy information, and the determination he had finally mustered up disappeared all of a sudden, money, what a wonderful thing.

After hesitating again and again, he took out a blank sheet of paper from the drawer, looked at the pen on the table, and finally stretched out his left hand to pick up the pen and began to write. He loved Britain, but he loved banknotes even more.

After finishing writing, Bai Longdu put on his overcoat, drove out of the consulate by himself, and didn't come back until late at night, but at this time, Mr. Consul's expression changed, and his face was full of happiness.

Although I didn't see the masked man himself, the 1000 pounds was not fake. A few names and one address were exchanged for so much money. There is no better deal than this. Praise God.

As for the life and death of others.

Fuck him.

(End of this chapter)