Opening game, American Tycoon

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London in winter is always shrouded in thick fog. The fog in London is not just fog, but also coal smoke from heating. There is always a pungent smell in the air.

On the snow on the side of the road, you can clearly see the smoke and dust falling from the fog. The smoke and dust sprinkled on the snow, dyeing the snow black.Even though there is less horse manure on the dirty roads because cars are gradually replacing horse-drawn carts, the roads are still dirty.

This kind of London is what people are familiar with.

At 5 o'clock in the evening, the fog that had just dissipated in the afternoon rose again. Fog and haze were mixed in the air, but this did not hinder people's travel. After all, the capital world does not support idlers.

Although it's not time to get off work, James Bond has already left the office. Unlike ordinary people who are running around for a living, as a senior civil servant in the Prime Minister's Office in Downing Street, he certainly doesn't need to work every day like ordinary people Fourteen or fifteen hours.

After leaving Downing Street, James Bond wearing a top hat, like all gentlemen, walked with the unhurried pace unique to London gentlemen, and occasionally took off his hat when he met a lady.Then he walked towards the nearby public tram stop.At this time, a public tram coming from afar just appeared on the street.

Public trams - this is another gift from the Ming Empire to the world.

Generators, electric lights, electric motors and trams, all invented by the Ming Empire, brought the world into the era of electricity. While electric lights increased the working hours of British factories to more than 14 hours, public trams facilitated people's travel and saved workers. travel time so they can spend more time on...work.

After getting on the tram as usual, James looked at the back of the car. There were not many passengers in the car. A girl in a red plaid coat was sitting in the corner with her head bowed, and bought a ticket from the conductor. After paying the ticket, James slowly walked towards the girl. When he came to her side, James showed a gentlemanly smile and said:

"Excuse me ma'am, can I sit next to you?"

man!
No matter when, men are the same, beauty can always attract her attention.

Seeing the man sitting next to the girl, the conductor couldn't help thinking: Will this man gain anything?

Now this time seems to be just right, it is just the time to go to dinner, maybe there is no certainty about what story will happen between them.

The tram was jingling, James looked away from the car window, looked at the newspaper in the girl's hand and said in a low voice:

"Today, there seems to be no news worth watching."

The girl glanced at him with blue eyes, ignoring his accost.

What a boring evening!

James went on to say,

"However, the reading salon at Henry Bookstore is worth a visit. What do you think?"

The girl replied shyly:

"Are you going there too?"

"Yes, I really liked that book..."

James chatted with his daughter about literature in a personable manner. Everything was natural. Soon, when the tram arrived at the bookstore, they got off together. When the conductor watched them leave, he was not without envy. said:
"Another pure girl was deceived by a man's sweet words..."

In fact, James struck up a conversation with the girl just to create an excuse to come to the bookstore.

Almost an hour later, a letter was mixed among the letters to be sent in the bookstore, and was picked up by the postman.A gleam flashed in James' eyes as he watched the postman take away the letter.

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The intelligence personnel stationed abroad of the Imperial Investigation Department have different identities. In addition to holding diplomatic passports and using their identities as diplomats as a cover, there is another type of holding ordinary passports and using their identities as business personnel or overseas students as a cover. Of course, The most mysterious of all are the infiltrators, the "submarines".

"Submarines" have been lurking in other countries for a long time, and their communication with the upper line is often through direct means such as letters. This kind of isolated communication can maximize the protection of each other's safety.

Xiang Feng, who runs a grocery store in London's Chinatown, appears to be a businessman, but in fact he is the contact person of the "submarine".

What is his job as an intelligence officer?
In fact, he is no different from an ordinary businessman, the only difference is that he reads a lot of newspapers every day.

Newspapers have always been the most important channel for intelligence collection. As early as the Crimean War, the British media reported on the war in detail. In order to attract readers, newspaper offices dispatched war reporters to the battlefield.The British "Times" gave readers a detailed introduction to the composition, command structure, and combat effectiveness of the British army, that is, the British combat order, and even military operations.

So that Russian officials can learn all kinds of intelligence about the British army directly from the newspapers.And the Russian Tsar even claimed that he doesn't need a spy now because he just needs to read The Times, which is not a joke at all.The British press in this era has no sense of secrecy at all, even the official. Take the design of warships as an example. In order to win the support of the outside world, designers will publish design information in newspapers, explaining the superiority of their own designs, Even the 4.2-inch rapid-fire gun that has just been successfully developed will show how superior its performance is with great fanfare in newspapers.

Awareness of secrecy... almost zero.

Of course, this is also convenient for the empire's intelligence collection. As usual, after reading the newspapers in the store during the day, Xiang Feng handed over the store to the staff at around [-] pm, and rode his bicycle back as usual. Home, when he returned to the apartment, he looked at the mailbox deliberately, and at the same time quietly opened another message beside it, which was the mailbox of "Henrys Trading Company".

This is a leather bag company established by the investigation department 20 years ago. The company is located on the third floor of the apartment. In the past 20 years, it has reported taxes and operated normally. As long as there is a need, this leather bag company will be revived at any time.

And what is Xiang Feng's mission?
It is to take out the received letter and send it to the embassy. For the overseas Chinese, the communication with the embassy is also normal.

"Letter from Phyllis Corporation!"

Seeing the signature on the envelope, Xiang Feng frowned slightly, and immediately left the apartment, and returned to Chinatown by bicycle. A few ten minutes later, the letter and some groceries were delivered to the embassy.

Everything was the same as before, calm and without attracting any attention. Just a few hours later, a telegram was sent from the embassy...

(End of this chapter)