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Chapter 468 Big Deal 4

"Is everything going well with the customs?" Wu Lian didn't want to continue talking about this issue. There were few people in the Cuju team who didn't have miserable life experiences. He'd been listening to it since he was a child, and his heart had become numb.

"There are only two people who have settled on the shore. I roughly checked and found that the family's expenses are basically fine. However, there are two former clerks from the city's shipping department who may have dirty hands and feet. They have close contacts with several businessmen in private. .The specific situation has been noted down, and it will be reported after you have reviewed it.

The method that Long live the Lord has come up with is very effective, but for those who are greedy for money, how they collect and hide money is usually extremely secretive, making it difficult for outsiders to know. But greedy so much money will eventually be spent, especially the women and children at home. It is difficult to pretend to be poor while guarding the gold mountain.

There is no need to record each item in detail, just calculate the monthly expenses in the general ledger, and then compare it with the income, and you will basically be inseparable. It won't be long before the black-clad army hangs corpses on the towers again, hehehe. "

Gao Yang obviously didn't want to have a meeting about remembering the pain and remembering the sweetness. He took out the investigation materials from his arms and threw them to Wu Lian, and proudly told about his work achievements. When he talked about killing people, he actually laughed from the bottom of his heart, as if hiding in secret and killing people was a very enjoyable job.

"You said Huang Jianwang and Thirty-Six Lines, why do they need so many artillery pieces?" Wu Lian also pulled out a yellow-orange seal from his arms, carefully selected one side by the candlelight, and deliberately tilted it to the right when sealing it. More than ten degrees.

This kind of personal seal is a special seal for members of the Gekko organization. Different from ordinary seals, this seal is forged from copper alloy. Not only is it very hard in texture, it also has five sealing surfaces on the front, back, left, and bottom, each with five different characters. pattern.

There are certain rules for which letter should be stamped on a certain type of letterhead, how it should be stamped, which side should be used in which month, and who is in charge and who is in charge. If there is any deviation in any item, it will be regarded as exposed by the senior management of Gecko, and contact will be cut off immediately and a secret investigation will be launched.

As a group composed purely of eunuchs, it is difficult to infiltrate. Coupled with the difficult-to-imitate tokens and various communication codes, Gekko is almost impossible to infiltrate.

This is also the last resort in Hong Tao's hands. Only very important departments and personnel are qualified to enjoy the supervision of Gecko. Some are upright, and some are unknowing, but no matter what form they are, the Gekko members are only responsible for collecting information and do not have any power to dispose of it.

"Sell it for money. Whether it's the artillery made by the Yongding River Iron Factory or the Luanzhou Iron Factory, it's a hundred times stronger than those made by the guards. Even if you fire more than a dozen times in a row, you don't have to worry about hurting yourself by exploding the barrel. The price is even better. It's affordable and tight.

There is a naval base here in Guangzhou, so there are naturally no bandits, but ships traveling to Southeast Asia and the West are not so safe. If you can install a few artillery pieces, you can really save the lives of a boatload of people at a critical moment. Didn't you work in the navy? Those 2-inch cannons on pirate ships are superfluous. One by one they can penetrate each other.

If you want me to take command, just change the grapeshot. If you don't attack the ship, just sweep the deck. Sweep in a circle, sweep the deck clean, and then take the ship to the port to sell it. You can earn back the money you paid for the cannon in one or two times! "

Although Gao Yang has never been a navigator in the navy, he is obviously no stranger to navigation. What he said is clear and logical, and it does sound reasonable. No matter how dilapidated a sea-going ship is, it is still a sea-going ship and can always be sold for some money.

"Don't talk nonsense if you don't know... Listening to Zhuque's account, the smuggling ship arranged by Huang Jianwang is heading north and delivering goods in the waters bordering Fujian and Zhejiang. Ships traveling to Southeast Asia and the West do not need to go around such a large circle. Smuggling ships going to Japan do not need to go around in such a big circle. Ships rely on the monsoon wind to travel together, so do they need so many cannons?"

But this analysis sounded to Wu Lian's ears like a three-year-old child talking about how to ride a horse into battle to kill the enemy, dragging another boat with a rope to sail on the sea, unless one boat is very big and the other is small, otherwise it is Looking for death. Sailing in the water is not like driving on land. No matter how fast you run, you can always find a way to slow down and stop in a short distance. If you want to change the speed and direction of a sailboat, you have to use miles as the unit. This requires a skilled sailor. If you slow down a little, you will hit it.

Moreover, the towing function was not considered when the sailboat was designed and built. No matter where the rope to pull the boat was tied, it could not withstand the pulling force of the ship with thousands of materials. When a wave hit, either the rope was broken or the hull was damaged, and the two boats were destroyed together.

If you want to capture enemy ships on the sea, there is only one way. Bring more sailors and divide them into two groups to drive them separately. However, this must have a prerequisite. The captured ship's sails must be basically intact and can sail independently. However, in order to load more cargo and pay less wages, merchant ships generally do not prepare too many sailors, so this possibility is very small.

However, there is no need to explain these navigation theories to a person who has never actually sailed a large sailing ship. It will be too difficult to understand. Let’s get down to business now. Where on earth is Huang Jianwang going to sell so many artillery pieces?

"...North Korea? Could it be that the Koreans want to use artillery to deal with the Jianlu or the Japanese?" Although Gao Yang likes to fantasize, he is not arrogant. He knows that his companions know more about navigation, so he simply doesn't make any excuses and continues to think about the whereabouts of the artillery. , and then thought of another possibility.

"...Is it possible that it's Jianlu?" This gave Wu Lian a wake-up call, and he blurted out with a flash of inspiration.

"These damn killers are so audacious! You write it down quickly, and I'll go to the Pearl River Estuary overnight and ask the Navy to send a speedboat to the capital immediately!" Gao Yang immediately understood what his companions meant, and immediately started clapping the case, gnashing his teeth. curse.

It is no longer a secret that there are people in the Ming Dynasty who privately sell forbidden materials to the Beilu and Jianlu. Many years ago, Bihu secretly sent people as military supervisors and tax supervisors to inquire around the border. He had heard about it, but he didn't get it. With the emperor's permission, no further investigation can be conducted.

I never expected that not only would someone be collaborating with the enemy on the northern border, but there would also be clues appearing in Guangdong, thousands of miles away. If this continues, no matter how hard the emperor tries to promote the New Deal, he will not be able to save the decline of the Ming Dynasty. There will be too many poachers.

"Zhu Datou plans to follow the example. They have more manpower and fewer restrictions. It's better for us not to interfere, right?"

Wu Lian did not write. If this secret letter was sent out, there were only two possibilities, either the navy would come forward and the people would get the stolen goods, or it would ignore it. The specific meaning depends on the emperor. The problem is that the emperor has too many things to do all day long and may not be able to plan everything carefully.

But if this matter is left to the staff department, the effect will be completely different. A trivial matter in the eyes of the emperor may be a major meritorious deed in the staff department, and must be done with special dedication. Deep down in my heart, I still hope that these scoundrels will get their due end.

(End of this chapter)