Indiana Jones

Chapter 571 Unexpected (04)

After returning to work, Si Xuanyi's state has been unable to adjust. Perhaps his body has not recovered, or his mental state has not been good, so he is often in a state of mental stagnation. It's not the same, after all, he was arrested and tortured, so it was a different experience for him, and some changes are inevitable. The physical pain needs time to recover, and the mental trauma is of course also No exceptions, but it may take longer.

"Maybe he should continue to rest..." Li Siming also saw that something was wrong with Si Xuanyi.

"Do you think he will? The reason why he is in such a hurry to return to work is to leave the hospital. If the doctor hadn't been annoyed by him, he might still be lying there now." Zhao Chenggong said, "You always say I was uneasy staying in the hospital, but he was actually more uneasy than me."

"He may have experienced too many things during the period of disappearance." The woodcutter said, "Although he is often in a daze, on the surface at least his mental state is not a major problem. Maybe he hasn't really recovered yet. We Gotta give him some time."

"Although he is back, he should ask me and Liang Wei if there is anything to do. We will take all the work off and let him rest." Li Siming said, "No matter what happens, he is still my boss. Take his time."

"Anyway, he's not alone." Zhao Chenggong said.

"The few people we cultivated a while ago are not bad. Yao Tianming and Lu Tianming can lead the team alone. Wu Guofeng is also successful. In fact, he is more suitable for intelligence. I plan to send my leader to the enemy's rear to do intelligence on the Japanese army's cultural plunder. Collecting work." Li Siming said, "In short, our manpower is getting more and more complete, and the work will naturally become smoother."

"We always thought this way before, but every time we had to go out and work hard." Obviously Zhao Chenggong didn't hold much hope for this statement.

"The little devil is almost finished, the war will always end, I believe our work will become smoother and smoother, but before that, the little devil will definitely be even crazier, even if the war fails, they will definitely want to make a fortune again Let's go, China is so big, with such a long history, so there are so many things, how can the little devil give up easily? In my opinion, we may be at the busiest time, although our team is expanding, the personnel and work process It is also slowly being prepared and perfected, but the work pressure will also increase, so everyone is mentally prepared."

What Li Siming said is indeed true. As time goes by, their work has become more and more busy, and the density and intensity of tasks have never been seen before. Their manpower is almost non-stop running around the country to cooperate with the relevant local departments of Wencheng to protect treasures. Fortunately, They have trained one team after another to cope with the current situation, otherwise they would be so busy that they would not be able to complete such a heavy workload.

"Every day, there are as many snowflakes of information collected from various places. I can't read them all. The people in the analysis team said that they are already busy in three shifts. There are destructive plunders in various places at the same time. The little devil is indeed crazy. We The number of people we can send is pitifully small now." Si Xuanyi dropped the document in his hand and said, "The task intensity is getting bigger and bigger, and the difficulty is also increasing. We are not able to complete the tasks in many areas. The Eighth Route Army seems to have established a similar In many departments, we have almost gone to many places, and some work cannot be completed."

"If we can stop the little devils, what do we ask for? As long as they are not taken away by the devils, whether it is in their hands or in our hands, it is in the hands of the Chinese." Li Siming looked more openly.

"What do you think the higher-ups will think?" Si Xuanyi said, "If the investigation continues, how will the responsibility be divided? Is it because their work is smooth, or is it that he doesn't work hard when we work? Don't forget, how many people are staring at us , staring at the things we snatched back, but they made a fortune, filled their private collections, and presented the main source of precious cultural relics to their superiors. Do you think they can tolerate our failure to bring things back? Even if they don’t say now, one day they will It will cause us trouble because of this, so sooner or later these hidden dangers will emerge." His words were full of worry.

"I can't figure out what is going on right now, and I can still think so far." Zhao Chenggong felt that he was a little unfounded.

"Think about it, and plan ahead. It's not a bad thing after all." Si Xuanyi said, "We must at least have such mental preparations, but this job has to be done as we like, after all, it's our job, so if we're a little slack It is a crime against the cultural heritage left by our ancestors. It doesn't matter whether those things are worth money, at least not cheap. In terms of war, although we are not opponents of the little devils, we are the ancestors in terms of cultural accumulation and historical achievements. hairy?"

"The tasks of the branches in various places are a little too busy, and they have been asking us for help, but we have no soldiers to send. Do you want us old guys to go around?" Li Siming asked.

"Tell them to solve the problem by themselves. I can't give it to them alone now. The higher-ups have put so many demands on us. If we don't give us a solution to the problem, we must show the same attitude towards the lower level, otherwise they will always rely on me. , There are difficulties everywhere, if you don’t work hard to solve them, you will never get out of the predicament, and others can only provide temporary help, and it is impossible to help you for a lifetime.” Si Xuanyi said, “We are responsible for providing technology at most. It has already been assigned to them. The whole country is short of manpower. I can't manage it and ask them to solve it by themselves. Now they have the right to recruit the treasure protection team by themselves. Don't always expect us to send people to them. If they can't recruit people, it's them. If you don’t have the ability, don’t cry poor to me.”

"The little devils are completely crazy, looting everywhere. Although they have shrunk the city and dare not move around wantonly, this kind of destructive plunder has reached an unprecedented level. They demolished local temples, and even removed Buddha statues and scriptures. Even the censers, bronze tripods, and some statues in the temples are not spared, robbing folk antiques, calligraphy and paintings, digging graves, collecting gold, silver and jewelry, and doing almost everything."

"I have to admit that the little devils are indeed crazy." Si Xuanyi said, "Although the overall situation of the war is not good for them, the plundering of our country has intensified. I read a document yesterday. In addition to plundering precious cultural relics, they are still Occupied areas continue to transport ore and coal back. Although there are already allied submarines and warships everywhere, the little devils still take the risk of transporting these things back to the mainland. Some people say that they are so poor that they even have to return wood. pulled."

"Everything is shipped back, and those things are not enough to pay for gas." Zhao Chenggong really felt a little unbelievable.

"No, it means that they don't have anything in their home country, and their resources are exhausted, and they urgently need these resources to refine and produce weapons... They are so poor that they have nothing, so there must be nothing to start this battle." Si Xuanyi said, in this On the issue, he and Li Siming have basically the same views.

"Let's not mention it first, let's talk about business. From the beginning to now, our department has been suffering from a shortage of people. It has not been enough from the beginning to the end. Now it has improved somewhat, but this problem still exists. It can be said that Now is the busiest time since the establishment of our entire department. Although it has now grown to six teams running all over the country to complete the mission, whether it is the completion of the mission or the number of important cultural relics rescued and the little devils looting and looting from other Compared with the loss of channels, there are very few." Liang Wei said, "It can be said that our pressure is increasing and the task difficulty is getting higher and higher, even though we are now a large team of more than 500 people. No less than 800 people participated in the task, but after all, we have to face the intensity of the task nationwide, which means that it is almost impossible to stop the crazy plunder of the little devil. The most we can do is Minimize losses as much as possible, although it is frustrating to say, but it is a fact. Since the establishment of the department, our casualties have been quite shocking. According to incomplete statistics, the total number of deaths in the headquarters and branches across the country has exceeded [-]. This includes our dispatched personnel as well as local recruits and personnel who participated in the work of protecting treasures and died."

"This is the case in the war years, not to mention our special combat department. Although the achievements of our special combat department are not worth mentioning compared to the overall losses, many people also think that our work is basically the same as not doing it, but the number of casualties is true. It's distressing, not to mention anything else, how many people have been recruited by our headquarters alone? How many people are left now? This casualty ratio is indeed a bit high. Although we don't care about life and death, this achievement is really not worth mentioning in the eyes of the above. After all, what we keep is really pitifully small compared to what we lost." Si Xuanyi said, "But this is not a reason for us to slack off, although for most people, this is just a job to support their families, but don't ignore it. It shows how important the meaning of our work is, we are protecting the Chinese civilization from extinction, so it can be said that our work has historic significance.”

Si Xuanyi is not singing high-profile, but cheering everyone up. After all, this job can be said to be quite heavy. Although several of their senior figures are no longer required to go out on missions, the work of the entire department is basically done by them. A few people stand up, especially after the workload is getting bigger and bigger, almost each of them will share the work of protecting treasures in two to three provinces. This is the task that Liang Wei assigned to each person after dividing the country into subdivisions. There are dedicated persons in charge, each responsible for a jurisdiction, dealing with problems and difficulties in the work of protecting treasures, and being responsible for summarizing the identification and classification of valuables shipped from various places, and handing over with relevant departments. Almost everyone is very busy, and the workload It is also getting bigger and bigger, and the morale is naturally not as high as before. After all, I have been working in this line for a long time. I have a thorough understanding of everything. I have long lost my passion for work. And tired of coping, so morale is low for almost everything during this period of time.

"We all understand the truth of what you said, but I was angry when I saw those officials stretching out their hands to the cultural relics we bought with our lives. They took the things back and kept them privately, but they even sold them instead. How many things are there? It is impossible to estimate the number of exiled overseas through this channel. There are definitely not a few people. There are even people who use these things to secretly trade with little devils. What's the point of my job?" Zhao Chenggong began to complain again, although it was a bit of a blow to morale, but he also revealed the current situation in their industry. Their work is inherently difficult. It's really unacceptable to be so discouraged, and they can't even tolerate many things at all. Those secret deals make their work meaningless.

"I know all these things." Si Xuanyi said, "Some things... It's not that we don't care, but we can't do it at all, but I will still sort out and report these things, hoping that the higher authorities will take action to stop this to a certain extent. Some high-level moths are destroying our work."

"Easier said than done? Up and down is already rotten. You see, almost everyone is taking advantage of the benefits and making money from the war. How many people are taking into account the interests of the country? They only care about their own comfort and freedom, blatantly taking money and buying property , mothers, how many people are doing serious business? Otherwise, such a big China would not be bullied by little devils into such virtues. The country is weak, the equipment is poor, and the quality of the troops is low. The status quo is also a state of many people in power." Li Siming rarely complained.

"We don't care about these things, and we can't control them." Si Xuanyi shook his head, "Forget it, don't mention it, let's talk about spoiling the fun, how about this, I'll treat you tonight, Zuixianlou, everyone have a good drink, we also It's been a long time since we ate together."

"Then you can bleed a little, we haven't eaten meat for a long time, don't make you cry." Zhao Chenggong couldn't help but feel refreshed when he heard that there was alcohol.

Si Xuanyi smiled: "As long as everyone is happy, I can invite you every day, and I can live on with this little money."

After get off work in the evening, almost everyone used Zuixianlou directly. It is true that everyone has not come out to have a good meal for a long time. They have been so busy that they can’t lift their heads. Today, they finally got such an opportunity. Naturally, they feel much better. The dishes were served soon, but before they could enjoy their drinks, someone hurried over and whispered something into Si Xuanyi's ear. After Si Xuanyi had heard it, he asked everyone to eat first and then go and come, saying that Director Mao was looking for him What's the matter, although it's disappointing, but everyone knows that this kind of thing can't be delayed, so they can only let him go, everyone knows in their hearts that it's not a small thing to find him at this point...

(End of this chapter)