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Chapter 842 Pulling the Clouds (5)

After Zuo Zhong assigned Gu Qi a task, he went back to the room and told the professors not to disclose today's events to the outside world. If anyone deliberately asks, he must inform the Secret Service of the other party's name.

Professor Qian and others readily agreed. No one understands better than scientists what it means to leave professional matters to professional people. If you try to get ahead in this kind of matter, it will cost your life.

Seeing that the other party was not a stubborn nerd, Zuo Zhong heaved a long sigh of relief, smiled and left a field phone number for Professor Qian and the others, telling them that they could contact them at any time if they needed help.

This is a kind of reward. Without the professional knowledge of the other party this time, it is difficult to narrow down the scope of the photo shooting to three provinces. The Secret Service must be grateful.

One cannot be like Xu Enzeng, who uses people to move forward and does not use people to look back. If he does so, he will have more enemies and fewer friends, and at the same time, the road will become narrower and narrower.

But how to thank is a problem. It is obviously inappropriate to give money or souvenirs. People who can become professors in this era probably have enough money in their families, or they may not even be able to pay tuition fees.

Instead of making fun of yourself with Adu's things, it's better to use human favors to make a deal. If you encounter such a situation in the future, you can ask for help. Intelligence work is not only about fighting and killing, but also about human relationships.

The professors are very satisfied with this return. Now that the state affairs are in turmoil, various doctrines and ideas are springing up like mushrooms after rain, especially the underground party, which has a great influence among the students.

I heard that the Jiangcheng Party Headquarters will implement "supervision" on all major middle and high schools, and severely punish those students who sympathize with and spread the opinions of dissidents. As teachers, they are very worried about this.

Now with the favor of the Secret Service, the left deputy director doesn't seem to be a difficult person to talk to, and those students who were targeted may be able to escape.

So the guests and the host enjoyed themselves for a while, the two chatted for a while, Zuo Zhong personally sent several professors aboard, watched them go away slowly, turned around and took a car back to the command post of the industrial area.

As soon as he got off the car, before he had time to enter the house, Song Minghao ran over after getting the news and reported the latest search situation.

"Deputy Director, Youguang led people to check it. There is no new discovery in the encirclement. The rest of the photo may have been destroyed by the fire."

Zuo nodded emphatically: "Well, let's lift the blockade, there are many residents working in the arsenal around here, so we can't delay the military production.

Don't forget that our task is to support the military operations on the front line. If the battle fails at that time, those military leaders will complain to the committee. "

"Yes."

Song Minghao understood the trick. In terms of shirking responsibility, if the generals of the Guojun were ranked second, no one would dare to be the first. The Secret Service must not take the blame.

The two came to the house while talking, Zuo Zhong waved the old fried dough stick away, found a chair at random, sat down and closed his eyes, snoring in the blink of an eye.

In the past two days, it was another search, and another fight with the junk from Secret Service Headquarters. He hadn't closed his eyes for more than a day, and this meeting finally had a chance to sleep.

After an unknown amount of time, Zuo Zhong vaguely heard someone calling the deputy chief, and he opened his eyes suddenly, seeing Gucci who was also tired.

"Report to the deputy director, you have brought back all the things you asked for. I see that your complexion is not very good. Do you want to rest for a while?" Gu Qi looked worried.

"No need, bring it all in." Zuo Zhong got up and rubbed his face vigorously, trying to wake himself up quickly, and gave an order.

After hearing the words, Gucci stopped persuading him, walked to the door, opened it and beckoned, and a group of small agents immediately walked in with a lot of license plates.

Under his command, the little spies spread colorful and various license plates on the ground, filling a room full.

In fact, Gu Qi didn't understand what the deputy director asked him to take out the license plates of Guangdong, Gui and Min that contained the word "6" in the office.

In the 27th year of Guang-Xu of the former Dynasty, that is, in 1901, automobiles were introduced into China from the Shanghai Concession. In the second year, the Public Concession Industry Bureau held a meeting and approved the first special temporary license.

After the year of Xinhai, the former dynasty perished, and all regions had their own car licenses, but the purpose was not for management, but for making money.

For example, for a 4-seater car, the annual vehicle and boat tax (car donation) in the 19th year of the Republic of China was 60 yuan. If it is used for operation, it will be directly doubled to 120 yuan.

In the 21st year of the Republic of China, it rose to 80 yuan and 160 yuan respectively, and the taxes in the Republic of China were collected separately. If there are vehicles, they need to be used across regions.

For example, if you want to drive a car in Hangzhou, you have to pay two taxes. The government has clear regulations on this:

"Anyone who drives a commercial vehicle within the territory of this county or city and travels to other counties or cities for a long time shall submit the original license to the Construction Bureau of each county, pay half of the county's donation, and receive a long-term pass donation certificate. Commercial long-distance buses shall also Pay franchise donations at 10% of operating income."

The license plate of this kind of car that can be driven in different places is composed of the words "abbreviation of ownership + abbreviation of different place + crossing". Compared with ordinary license plates, the length is longer, which is convenient for inspectors to inspect on the road.

Judging from the photo fragments found by Wu Jingzhong, the Buick car should have an ordinary license plate and can only be driven in one place, which indicates that the place where the photo was taken and the place where the license plate belongs are likely to be the same place.

In other words, the spy leader or someone related to him has a high probability of conducting intelligence investigations in a city in Guangdong, Guangxi, and Min provinces, and took this photo that was almost burned.

As long as the specific city is determined, the owner of the car is found and then checked, the spy can be found through this clue.

The problem is that now the license plate has been burnt to the point where there is only a "6" left, and the original style and background color cannot be seen clearly, and the place of ownership cannot be determined.

There are dozens of cities in Guangdong, Guangxi, and Min provinces, large and small, and it is not known when they will be checked one by one.

Gu Qi hesitated for a moment, but still spoke out the doubts in his heart. They were old partners who had cooperated for many years, and he knew that the deputy director would not mind.

"Well, you're right."

Zuo Chong was not angry after hearing this, but asked a question instead: "Old Gu, take a look, what's the difference between the license plate on the photo and these license plates?"

the difference?

Gu Qi turned his head to look at the ground, and immediately understood that although the image of the license plate on the photo was incomplete, it could be seen that it was a rectangle.

The license plates on the ground have different shapes, some are square, some are triangular, and some of them can be screened out through this one.

Seeing that he understood, Zuo Chong pointed to the ground and said calmly: "There is another difference. Some cities here use handwritten license plates, but the ones in the photos are printed by machines."

This is not surprising. The economic conditions of different places are different, and the number of car ownership is also different. Naturally, there are differences in the investment in license plate production.

After speaking, he walked around the license plate twice, squatting down from time to time to pick up a piece to examine carefully, and finally issued two orders to the little spy.

"Remove all non-rectangular license plates."

"Take away all handwritten license plates."

Following Zuo Zhong's words, the number of license plates on the ground decreased rapidly, leaving only thirty or forty pairs, but it was still a staggering amount of work to find the target.

Leaving aside other things, there are still more than a dozen places in Guangdong Province that need to be investigated. In addition, there have been merchants gathering there since ancient times, and there are countless folks with rich wealth.

Most of these people made their fortunes by doing business with Westerners, and they admired the emerging technologies of the West. Apart from Shanghai, it was the region with the largest number of cars in the Republic of China.

It will take at least three to six months to check all the Buicks in these dozen places. This is still in the ideal state of sufficient manpower, otherwise it will take longer.

"Take away all the license plates of Guangxi Province." At this time, Zuo Zhong said another screening criterion.

Gu Qi thought for a while, and quickly understood the reason. Compared with Min Province, which is adjacent to Xiaoliuqiu, and the coastal province of Guangdong Province, Gui Province, as an inland province①, obviously has a much lower strategic position.

If the Japanese want to completely annex the Republic of China, the first step is to completely block the coast of the Republic of China and cut off external aid. From this point of view, it is more likely that Japanese spies will operate in Guangdong and Min.

At the same time, Yue State, which borders Guangxi Province, is a French colony. Before the Republic of China is digested, the Japanese will not overly stimulate European powers, so Guangxi Province can be temporarily excluded.

Now there are only more than 20 license plates. Gu Qi pricked up his ears, wanting to hear how the deputy director will narrow the scope of the investigation next.

"Take away all the license plates with consecutive strokes among the six characters." Zuo Zhong said again.

Gu Qi was stunned, and quickly walked to the fragment of the photo. After careful observation, he found that the word "6" on it was not completely connected with the main body at the end, but a small opening appeared.

He looked annoyed, and flattered him skillfully: "We didn't find such an obvious clue before, deputy director, you have sharp eyes, and you are ashamed of your lowly position."

"Okay, okay, you can save this for when you receive awards for meritorious service, and now let's get down to business."

Zuo Zhong was amused by his blunt flattery, then stared at the three sets of license plates on the ground and slowly restrained his smile, and asked the little spy: "Where does the license plate belong to?"

The little spy turned over the license plates and looked up to report that the three sets of license plates belonged to Chaozhou and Yangjiang in Guangdong Province, and Zhangzhou in Min Province.

Zuo Zhong frowned. These three places are not small cities, and there are a lot of cars. If you want to open a breakthrough quickly, you have to walk on two legs.

He thought for a few minutes, and assigned two tasks to Gucci: "Old Gu, notify Guangdong and Min provinces, and immediately start a secret search in Chaozhou, Yangjiang, and Zhangzhou, looking for Buicks with the number 6 on the license plate.

You reminded them to focus on investigating the party headquarters and the vehicles of senior military officials. If found, they should be reported immediately, and they should not act rashly.

In addition, tell Wu Chunyang, Wu Jingzhong, and Shen Dongxin that after investigating the photographic equipment store, photo studio and newspaper office, they will conduct a second comparison of the suspects. There is only one condition for the comparison.

Once it is found that someone has been to the three places in Chaozhou, or has contact with people who have been to the three places in Chaozhou, immediately conduct all-round surveillance. I want to know every move of the target, so go. "

　①Guangxi Province has exported to the sea in history, but it has always been a standard inland province in modern times, and it did not become a coastal province until later...

　　
　
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