Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

Qing Dynasty did not have the ability to meddle in the circulation of paper money, so they used evil tricks and wanted to use counterfeit money to sell. There was no need to guess, it must be the conservative factions such as Ci Xi, Yi Xiao and Yi Xuan, for them to want to seize authority, it would not be possible if they did not have money.

The printing plant soon appeared in front of everyone. The heavy metal door was filled with workers kneeling down to print money. When everyone saw that the prime minister had arrived, they were all so frightened that they trembled and did not dare move.

"Nonsense!" Everyone but one traitor? Do you want to build a prison? " With that, he stretched out his hand to help an old craftsman up.

"Old man, do not be afraid. What are you in charge of in printing plant?"

The old man had never thought that one day he would be able to speak with the Prime Minister. His hands began to tremble with excitement, "Prime minister, we really did not betray you. This old man swears by his ancestors that I really did not divulge this secret …"

"printing plant is scattered throughout the caves. The paper mill is in the valley to the east, and the ink machine is in the cave to the north. Right now, this cave is the printing workshop."

"The final cutting work is done by the adults in the ISI... "Although I am a master craftsman, I can only concoct part of the formula using ink. Everyone in printing plant is in charge of their own part, no one knows about all the craftsmanship …"

"Speaking of which, even if we wanted to sell it, no one would want it!"

The other blacksmiths also roughly knew what had happened. They each continued, "Prime minister, other than the few head storekeepers at the bank, the only one who could have access to all the crafts in printing plant is Lord Yang! "He's in charge of safety, he has the right to enter all the workshops …"

"We didn't pay attention to it before, but now that something has happened, we remember that Master Yang has been patrolling the workshop for the past few months, and has become more diligent than before …"

Xiao Letian nodded and walked into the printing plant's treasury. He looked at the bundles of uncut bonds and Military Ticket and remained silent.

Not long after, the criminal investigation team started to report the situation. The result was as expected, in the entire printing plant, only Yang Zhi was able to take away all the crafts.

Xiao Letian's face had already turned ashen, "Did you escape at around 4 in the morning? "Who found it …"

"It was discovered by the lamplighters early in the morning. Although 4 o'clock was very early, there were already many people who went to the dock to buy the most fresh seafood, so none of them took the addition of Yang Zhi in their hearts …"

On the streets of Ryukyu, new types of gas lamps had already started to be popular. However, in that era, there were no automatic lighting devices, which was why Europe and the Ryukyu all had a job called lighting people.

Every evening, they would walk around the street and light the gas lamps, and in the morning, they would extinguish them one by one. This was a special occupation of that era.

When Yang Zhi got on the fishing boat and went out to sea, the lamplit people were still wondering if it was 4 in the morning when the fishing boat that went to sea came back to deliver fresh seafood to the city. Why would there still be people going out to sea?

However, he hadn't expected that it would be a traitor.

At this time, General Luo Huo had also heard the news and rushed over, "Master, General Cai Mao has already brought the boat out to sea. Right now, all the possible directions to the east have been sent troops to search for the boat …."

Xiao Letian shook his head: "It's not enough, it's absolutely not enough. They had already long planned this escape, so they will definitely plan this escape route in advance … It's very likely to be heading towards the south, in an unexpected direction! "

This was a type of inertia in people's minds. Upon hearing that the one bribing Yang Zhi behind his back was Manchu dynasty Ting, people would naturally choose to escape to the north and west.

However, Xiao Letian did not think that way, "Don't underestimate the little cleverness of the Qing Dynasty. How could it be possible for it to rule China for so many years without some intelligence? Send ships to search the south, I don't believe they can fly with wings. "

Xiao Letian looked at the people around him sternly and said, "This matter fully proves that there will be a change in our people. "If we always place our hopes on the loyalty of others, I'm afraid there will be no end to this kind of thing in the future …"

"Wang Huaiyuan, from today onwards, it is good to sort out the various rules and regulations of the ISI. It is better to give up on the unreasonable hope of being treated by others and not believe that everyone here is a saint … "In the future, the war will be more and more dependent on intelligence. Whoever loses the intelligence report will suffer a crushing defeat on the battlefield …"

"Although it is a bit late for Sister Wu to discover the rebellion this time, the responsibility does not lie with you. You have done well. From today onwards, the Swallow Sons will receive a 20% increase in their budget as a reward … After arranging the affairs of the Ryukyu, don't go up to the Beijing. First, contact the Chun Sanshiniang and enlarge Swallow's entourage together … "

"Okay, we have to go on, we have to move forward... printing plant will continue to work on it. We will give you half a year to improve your craftsmanship. We must ensure that the quality of the banknotes keeps on levelling up … They can compete with the first generation of crafting formulas, but they might not be able to steal the second generation.

With each task completed, the restless emotions gradually disappeared in front of Xiao Letian's calm response. The backbone of the Ryukyu was not in a mess, so what was there to be confused about?

Very quickly, the ISI began to search the entire city for Qing Dynasty's spies according to the information provided by the swallows.

The navy of the Ryukyu in the sea controlled all the shipping lanes, carefully searching every single one of the merchant ships, even the merchant ships of the foreigners.

But regretfully, the Ryukyu Navy still did not have the strength to arm wrestle with the Royal Navy. To the few British battleship patrolling in Hong Kong and Shanghai, the old warships of the Ryukyu did not have any authority to search.

Cai Mao and the others looked at the British frigate that was walking towards the south, and thought back to the British flag language that was just spoken.

"His strength is still inferior to others!" "If the Prime Minister's Iron-armored Ship can be put on display, I don't believe the British can be so arrogant …"

On a British battleship far away, Captain's Room's table had an incomparably exquisite pear wood box. Opening it, they saw that it was filled to the brim with glittering gold bars.

A whole thousand gold taels were placed in front of Captain. No wonder he had brought along a portion of his goods, three Chinese people who were like drowned chickens.