Chapter 1695
Chapter 1695
Chapter 1695
Fang Peng's words are not just talking nonsense. The Military Intelligence Bureau, like the Ministry of Security, is an intelligence agency with great autonomy. Most of the time, it can decide its own investigation targets, especially in overseas colonies.Colonies like Manila, which were recently included in the territory of Haihan, lacked a complete public security management system, so the government relied heavily on the intelligence department, and almost all investigations were completed by the intelligence department, rather than just handing over to the established police system.
Of course, in the minds of Fang Peng, a senior spy of the Military Intelligence Bureau, he has always looked down upon the police force currently serving as the main force of public security in the local area. It is limited and cannot undertake the corresponding tasks at all.In addition, the object of his suspicion is a police officer of the security police, so naturally he is even more reluctant to report the case to the Police Headquarters, lest the police system protect his own people, which will make him even more disturbed.
The Military Intelligence Bureau has its own set of standards for investigating and handling cases. Who initiates the investigation procedure is one of them. Fang Peng’s superficial identity is just the head of the security guard of the Chaosheng Commercial Store, but his other identity is that the Military Intelligence Bureau is stationed in the Manila area. one of the responsible persons.Because of his outstanding performance during the war and his great achievements, the higher-ups now value him even more. When the commendation order submitted to the executive committee is approved, he will be promoted.With his current authority, it is not a problem at all to initiate an investigation procedure, and the higher authorities will certainly not block it.Of course, Fang Peng still hopes that the Ministry of Security will also join in, so that the information he can find will be more comprehensive and reliable.
"Then... just do as you want!" Seeing that Fang Peng refused to let go, Ran Tianlu would not have any effect if he continued to object, so he could only agree first.But whether to participate in the investigation in the name of the Ministry of Security, Ran Tianlu felt that it would be safer to ask his superiors for instructions. After all, this matter involved the police system, and he did not want any misunderstanding between the Ministry of Security and the Police Department.
On the other hand, Ran Tianlu also believes that the MIB's capabilities are more than enough to find out the matter. If it is not necessary, there is no need to dispatch the personnel of the Ministry of Security. At most, it is enough to give the MIB technical support in file investigation.
At the same time, Qin Huacheng was also telling Ding Feng and Francis what he had gained today.Observations outside the Chaosheng Commercial Store further confirmed the credibility of those rumors, but in fact it did not help Qin Huacheng and others really want to know the details of the Chaosheng Commercial Store.For them, it is still an unsolved mystery who is behind the operation of Chaosheng Trading Post and what is the consideration.As for the shopkeeper surnamed Ran, Qin Huacheng didn't even see anyone this trip, let alone gain anything.
"So we still don't know anything about the situation of shopkeeper Ran?" After listening to Qin Huacheng's description, Ding Feng expressed his dissatisfaction with the current progress: "Could it be that this person's backstage is so big that you can't even stand him?" Can't even touch it?"
Ding Feng's words were quite harsh. Qin Huacheng was young and vigorous, and he couldn't hold back at the moment: "Master Ding's words are a bit biased. If someone can tell you everything in one day, Can you get along well in Manila? What happened to those few businessmen with no background before, do you need me to recall it for Master Ding?"
After the Ding family and Qin Huacheng started to cooperate, Ding Feng also asked Qin Huacheng to check the black materials of several competitors.As for how the Ding family squeezed out their competitors after obtaining these materials, Qin Huacheng knew something of the inside story. These things must be shady, and Ding Feng would definitely not like to be mentioned again.
Sure enough, Ding Feng's attitude changed immediately, with a trademark smirk on his face: "It's just a few jokes, my nephew doesn't have to take it seriously! Of course I know my nephew's ability, otherwise how could I trust you with this matter?" Go do it."
Qin Huacheng snorted softly, apparently not believing Ding Feng's statement at all.During these days of dealing with Ding Feng, he has gradually realized that this old fox often says one thing and does another, and he has to believe what he says, let alone fully believe it.Dan Ding's family is rich and powerful, and his local influence can provide him with some help. In addition, now that Francis is making a comeback, Qin Huacheng doesn't want to turn against Ding Feng because of these quarrels.
"It's not impossible to find out about this person, but if you don't want to scare the snake, then you have to be careful, otherwise the other party will be aware of my intentions, how can we do this? You can't send a team by your master Ding Go to the south of the city and tie the other party back directly?" After Qin Huacheng calmed down a little, he began to talk about his plan again: "I have already inquired about some information, but I still need to find someone to confirm the specific information, and it will take two or three days at most. There are results. During this period, you don't take the initiative to provoke each other, so as not to affect the progress of my investigation."
Qin Huacheng deliberately kept it a secret, and did not reveal all the information he knew.Regarding the situation of Chaosheng Commercial Store and shopkeeper Ran Tianlu, Qin Huacheng believes that the security police in the neighboring districts and the jurisdiction of Chengnan Commercial Store should know much more than himself, and the next step of the investigation, he intends to learn from colleagues from these two jurisdictions. Let's start and see if we can get more useful information from them.
However, to Ding Feng and Francis, what he said seemed a bit perfunctory.The two old foxes exchanged glances, and they both read their distrust of Qin Huacheng from each other's eyes.
Although the alliance formed by the three parties has no superficial distinction of superiority and inferiority, there is still a gap between the three families before the war. The Ding family is a large local merchant, Francis is a high-ranking official of the Manila authorities, and the Qin family can only be regarded as a living. A decent little rich man.Moreover, the Ding family and Francis had been married for a long time. Although the two families had a estrangement due to the relationship of interests for a period of time after the war, with Francis' comeback, they came together again because of interests.And if the Qin family hadn't been recruited into the yamen by the authorities, Qin Huacheng and Qin Huaming brothers probably wouldn't have sat at the same table with the Qin family to discuss matters.In their eyes, a family like the Qin family, which has just climbed up recently, is actually like a nouveau riche who lacks foundation.
This Qin Huacheng served in the colonial armed forces before the war, but he was just an insignificant soldier, so when the war came, he could only rely on the money sent by his family to escape from the military.After the war, he suddenly became the captain of the Haihan Public Security Police. Others may be afraid of his skin, but in the eyes of Ding Feng and Francis, this kid just happened to be lucky enough to get into this position. Usually it's nothing more than a fox pretending to be a tiger to intimidate ordinary people, but it would be too immature to put on a show in front of oneself.
Qin Huacheng went out and ran for a day, but he didn't get any definite information. Ding Feng and Francis thought it was a problem of his ability.If it weren't for Qin Huacheng's daily care of the Ding family's business in the port area, these two families would have kicked him out long ago.
Of course, they wouldn't say these thoughts in front of Qin Huacheng.It's just that the longer this matter is dragged on, the more unfavorable it will be to the Ding family's business layout in the local area. Let Chaosheng store do one more day, and the local market will lose another point.Although Chaosheng Commercial Store seems to have a deep background, the two old foxes have limited fear of it, because in their view, no matter what background Chaosheng is here, it is nothing more than a profit in the end, as long as you find out the situation After offering better conditions than Tide Rise, there might be a chance to replace it.
Of course, this operation is not easy, but everything is possible. Even if someone like Qin Huacheng can climb up by luck, there is of course a chance to pry Chao Sheng off the Manila market.Besides, apart from Qin Huacheng, it didn't mean that they had no other way to investigate this matter. As long as the money was in place, wouldn't they be afraid that they couldn't find a way under their feet?
How did Qin Huacheng know what these two old foxes were up to? His idea was relatively simple. He tried to find out the details of Chaosheng Trading Store as soon as possible, so that these two old guys could see how powerful he was, and he would stop talking eccentrically in front of him from now on. .Of course, in order to find out the matter, the necessary communication expenses must be paid in advance to Ding Feng.
When Ding Feng heard that Qin Huacheng asked for money again, he still felt a bit pained. During the period after the war, the Ding family's expenses were far greater than their income. Seeing that their business has improved a little recently, they met such a powerful Chaosheng Trading Store again. competitors.And this Qin Huacheng didn't open his mouth anyway, he would definitely ask for money when he opened his mouth, so when dealing with him, he thought that this guy was not a greedy person, but now it seems that this impression is really wrong, Qin Huacheng is not greedy for money , just don't be greedy for small money, it must be a big amount when you ask, and you can't give it.
"Forget it, let's just spend money to buy peace!" Ding Feng could only comfort himself in this way.No matter how painful it is, Qin Huacheng still can't be offended at this moment. Regardless of whether the matter he is responsible for can be done in the end, Ding Feng still has to continue to pay for this watchdog.
After sending Qin Huacheng away, Ding Feng sighed and said, "It's not an option to keep relying on Qin Huacheng all the time, and he has to go to the upper echelons in the future."
Francis understood the implication of Ding Feng's words, shrugged his shoulders and said, "But the highest-ranking Haihan official I can get in touch with every day is my deputy. This is really a helpless situation."
Francis is the head of the Western Administration Bureau, but the real power leader is Ge Yong, the deputy director. All Francis's work arrangements are directly arranged by Ge Yong, and the daily work reports are also submitted to Ge Yong.Seriously speaking, Ge Yongcai is the superior, and Francis has no name as the director, but the actual situation is that he is abruptly one level shorter.Of course, he has nothing to complain about. He is already thankful that Haihan gave him this chance to make a comeback, and he doesn't expect to gain the full trust of Haihan's senior management at this stage.
It's just that with his current work situation, the people he usually deals with the most are the people from the Western Management Bureau, and the Hispanic employees will give him some face, but if he wants to manage high-level contacts, there is basically no chance at all.Senior military and political officials like Qiu Yuan and Xiao Liang haven't met since the day the Western Management Bureau was listed.
Ding Feng said: "Perhaps you can use the method you used last time twice, so that senior officials of Haihan will notice you."
The method Ding Feng said was that they had colluded with a group of Hispanic people to make trouble earlier, so as to give Francis a sense of presence.The effect that time was really good, and Francis also got rid of the role of the mascot of the Western Administration Bureau because of this, and finally got a little practical work.However, he knows that this kind of trick can be played once, and if he plays it a few times, he will burn himself. With the ability of Haihan people, it will not be too difficult to see through this kind of trick.
So Francis immediately rejected Ding Feng's bad idea. Even if the money for joint joints before and after was paid by Ding's family, he didn't want to take the risk of trying this method of brushing his existence again.
But Francis thought of another idea: "There are some well-connected Spanish businessmen in the city, and we may be able to find out more information through them. Chaosheng Trading Post wants to do business in the Hispanic community, so it's simply a matter of letting people Come to the door to talk or cooperate and see how the other party responds."
Ding Feng thought about it and found it feasible, so he discussed with Francis carefully how to proceed with this matter.There are still many Hispanic businessmen staying in Manila. For these businessmen, it is not easy to find their own position under the rule of the new ruler. Presumably businessmen will let go of their past prejudices against Han people and play the role of licking dogs.What Francis has to do is to use his current job to arrange for these Hispanic businessmen to discuss cooperation with Ran Tianlu.
The time has entered March 1637, and the intricate dispute in Manila has also entered the stage where the Eight Immortals crossed the sea to show their magical powers. Fang Peng initiated the investigation procedure of the Military Intelligence Department and launched an investigation on Qin Huacheng, the head of the Hong Kong District Detachment of the Public Security Police. .Qin Huacheng is busy visiting the two jurisdictions that have more dealings with Chaosheng Commercial Store, hoping to find out more definite information from his colleagues in other districts.And Francis and Ding Feng are trying to encourage the Spanish businessmen they know to go to Chaosheng Trading Store to discuss cooperation. Of course, the main purpose is to take advantage of this to check each other's bottom and see who is Ran Tianlu.
And in this confrontation of mutual investigation, the only participant who was not so concerned was probably Ran Tianlu.He himself has no awareness of the protagonist, and is still busy dealing with the management of the store every day, analyzing the local economic situation and its impact on social sentiments.However, rather than investigating a public security police officer, he prefers to focus on dealing with the matter in front of him. In the past two days, the number of Hispanic businessmen who visited his door suddenly increased, which made him even more busy.
(End of this chapter)
Fang Peng's words are not just talking nonsense. The Military Intelligence Bureau, like the Ministry of Security, is an intelligence agency with great autonomy. Most of the time, it can decide its own investigation targets, especially in overseas colonies.Colonies like Manila, which were recently included in the territory of Haihan, lacked a complete public security management system, so the government relied heavily on the intelligence department, and almost all investigations were completed by the intelligence department, rather than just handing over to the established police system.
Of course, in the minds of Fang Peng, a senior spy of the Military Intelligence Bureau, he has always looked down upon the police force currently serving as the main force of public security in the local area. It is limited and cannot undertake the corresponding tasks at all.In addition, the object of his suspicion is a police officer of the security police, so naturally he is even more reluctant to report the case to the Police Headquarters, lest the police system protect his own people, which will make him even more disturbed.
The Military Intelligence Bureau has its own set of standards for investigating and handling cases. Who initiates the investigation procedure is one of them. Fang Peng’s superficial identity is just the head of the security guard of the Chaosheng Commercial Store, but his other identity is that the Military Intelligence Bureau is stationed in the Manila area. one of the responsible persons.Because of his outstanding performance during the war and his great achievements, the higher-ups now value him even more. When the commendation order submitted to the executive committee is approved, he will be promoted.With his current authority, it is not a problem at all to initiate an investigation procedure, and the higher authorities will certainly not block it.Of course, Fang Peng still hopes that the Ministry of Security will also join in, so that the information he can find will be more comprehensive and reliable.
"Then... just do as you want!" Seeing that Fang Peng refused to let go, Ran Tianlu would not have any effect if he continued to object, so he could only agree first.But whether to participate in the investigation in the name of the Ministry of Security, Ran Tianlu felt that it would be safer to ask his superiors for instructions. After all, this matter involved the police system, and he did not want any misunderstanding between the Ministry of Security and the Police Department.
On the other hand, Ran Tianlu also believes that the MIB's capabilities are more than enough to find out the matter. If it is not necessary, there is no need to dispatch the personnel of the Ministry of Security. At most, it is enough to give the MIB technical support in file investigation.
At the same time, Qin Huacheng was also telling Ding Feng and Francis what he had gained today.Observations outside the Chaosheng Commercial Store further confirmed the credibility of those rumors, but in fact it did not help Qin Huacheng and others really want to know the details of the Chaosheng Commercial Store.For them, it is still an unsolved mystery who is behind the operation of Chaosheng Trading Post and what is the consideration.As for the shopkeeper surnamed Ran, Qin Huacheng didn't even see anyone this trip, let alone gain anything.
"So we still don't know anything about the situation of shopkeeper Ran?" After listening to Qin Huacheng's description, Ding Feng expressed his dissatisfaction with the current progress: "Could it be that this person's backstage is so big that you can't even stand him?" Can't even touch it?"
Ding Feng's words were quite harsh. Qin Huacheng was young and vigorous, and he couldn't hold back at the moment: "Master Ding's words are a bit biased. If someone can tell you everything in one day, Can you get along well in Manila? What happened to those few businessmen with no background before, do you need me to recall it for Master Ding?"
After the Ding family and Qin Huacheng started to cooperate, Ding Feng also asked Qin Huacheng to check the black materials of several competitors.As for how the Ding family squeezed out their competitors after obtaining these materials, Qin Huacheng knew something of the inside story. These things must be shady, and Ding Feng would definitely not like to be mentioned again.
Sure enough, Ding Feng's attitude changed immediately, with a trademark smirk on his face: "It's just a few jokes, my nephew doesn't have to take it seriously! Of course I know my nephew's ability, otherwise how could I trust you with this matter?" Go do it."
Qin Huacheng snorted softly, apparently not believing Ding Feng's statement at all.During these days of dealing with Ding Feng, he has gradually realized that this old fox often says one thing and does another, and he has to believe what he says, let alone fully believe it.Dan Ding's family is rich and powerful, and his local influence can provide him with some help. In addition, now that Francis is making a comeback, Qin Huacheng doesn't want to turn against Ding Feng because of these quarrels.
"It's not impossible to find out about this person, but if you don't want to scare the snake, then you have to be careful, otherwise the other party will be aware of my intentions, how can we do this? You can't send a team by your master Ding Go to the south of the city and tie the other party back directly?" After Qin Huacheng calmed down a little, he began to talk about his plan again: "I have already inquired about some information, but I still need to find someone to confirm the specific information, and it will take two or three days at most. There are results. During this period, you don't take the initiative to provoke each other, so as not to affect the progress of my investigation."
Qin Huacheng deliberately kept it a secret, and did not reveal all the information he knew.Regarding the situation of Chaosheng Commercial Store and shopkeeper Ran Tianlu, Qin Huacheng believes that the security police in the neighboring districts and the jurisdiction of Chengnan Commercial Store should know much more than himself, and the next step of the investigation, he intends to learn from colleagues from these two jurisdictions. Let's start and see if we can get more useful information from them.
However, to Ding Feng and Francis, what he said seemed a bit perfunctory.The two old foxes exchanged glances, and they both read their distrust of Qin Huacheng from each other's eyes.
Although the alliance formed by the three parties has no superficial distinction of superiority and inferiority, there is still a gap between the three families before the war. The Ding family is a large local merchant, Francis is a high-ranking official of the Manila authorities, and the Qin family can only be regarded as a living. A decent little rich man.Moreover, the Ding family and Francis had been married for a long time. Although the two families had a estrangement due to the relationship of interests for a period of time after the war, with Francis' comeback, they came together again because of interests.And if the Qin family hadn't been recruited into the yamen by the authorities, Qin Huacheng and Qin Huaming brothers probably wouldn't have sat at the same table with the Qin family to discuss matters.In their eyes, a family like the Qin family, which has just climbed up recently, is actually like a nouveau riche who lacks foundation.
This Qin Huacheng served in the colonial armed forces before the war, but he was just an insignificant soldier, so when the war came, he could only rely on the money sent by his family to escape from the military.After the war, he suddenly became the captain of the Haihan Public Security Police. Others may be afraid of his skin, but in the eyes of Ding Feng and Francis, this kid just happened to be lucky enough to get into this position. Usually it's nothing more than a fox pretending to be a tiger to intimidate ordinary people, but it would be too immature to put on a show in front of oneself.
Qin Huacheng went out and ran for a day, but he didn't get any definite information. Ding Feng and Francis thought it was a problem of his ability.If it weren't for Qin Huacheng's daily care of the Ding family's business in the port area, these two families would have kicked him out long ago.
Of course, they wouldn't say these thoughts in front of Qin Huacheng.It's just that the longer this matter is dragged on, the more unfavorable it will be to the Ding family's business layout in the local area. Let Chaosheng store do one more day, and the local market will lose another point.Although Chaosheng Commercial Store seems to have a deep background, the two old foxes have limited fear of it, because in their view, no matter what background Chaosheng is here, it is nothing more than a profit in the end, as long as you find out the situation After offering better conditions than Tide Rise, there might be a chance to replace it.
Of course, this operation is not easy, but everything is possible. Even if someone like Qin Huacheng can climb up by luck, there is of course a chance to pry Chao Sheng off the Manila market.Besides, apart from Qin Huacheng, it didn't mean that they had no other way to investigate this matter. As long as the money was in place, wouldn't they be afraid that they couldn't find a way under their feet?
How did Qin Huacheng know what these two old foxes were up to? His idea was relatively simple. He tried to find out the details of Chaosheng Trading Store as soon as possible, so that these two old guys could see how powerful he was, and he would stop talking eccentrically in front of him from now on. .Of course, in order to find out the matter, the necessary communication expenses must be paid in advance to Ding Feng.
When Ding Feng heard that Qin Huacheng asked for money again, he still felt a bit pained. During the period after the war, the Ding family's expenses were far greater than their income. Seeing that their business has improved a little recently, they met such a powerful Chaosheng Trading Store again. competitors.And this Qin Huacheng didn't open his mouth anyway, he would definitely ask for money when he opened his mouth, so when dealing with him, he thought that this guy was not a greedy person, but now it seems that this impression is really wrong, Qin Huacheng is not greedy for money , just don't be greedy for small money, it must be a big amount when you ask, and you can't give it.
"Forget it, let's just spend money to buy peace!" Ding Feng could only comfort himself in this way.No matter how painful it is, Qin Huacheng still can't be offended at this moment. Regardless of whether the matter he is responsible for can be done in the end, Ding Feng still has to continue to pay for this watchdog.
After sending Qin Huacheng away, Ding Feng sighed and said, "It's not an option to keep relying on Qin Huacheng all the time, and he has to go to the upper echelons in the future."
Francis understood the implication of Ding Feng's words, shrugged his shoulders and said, "But the highest-ranking Haihan official I can get in touch with every day is my deputy. This is really a helpless situation."
Francis is the head of the Western Administration Bureau, but the real power leader is Ge Yong, the deputy director. All Francis's work arrangements are directly arranged by Ge Yong, and the daily work reports are also submitted to Ge Yong.Seriously speaking, Ge Yongcai is the superior, and Francis has no name as the director, but the actual situation is that he is abruptly one level shorter.Of course, he has nothing to complain about. He is already thankful that Haihan gave him this chance to make a comeback, and he doesn't expect to gain the full trust of Haihan's senior management at this stage.
It's just that with his current work situation, the people he usually deals with the most are the people from the Western Management Bureau, and the Hispanic employees will give him some face, but if he wants to manage high-level contacts, there is basically no chance at all.Senior military and political officials like Qiu Yuan and Xiao Liang haven't met since the day the Western Management Bureau was listed.
Ding Feng said: "Perhaps you can use the method you used last time twice, so that senior officials of Haihan will notice you."
The method Ding Feng said was that they had colluded with a group of Hispanic people to make trouble earlier, so as to give Francis a sense of presence.The effect that time was really good, and Francis also got rid of the role of the mascot of the Western Administration Bureau because of this, and finally got a little practical work.However, he knows that this kind of trick can be played once, and if he plays it a few times, he will burn himself. With the ability of Haihan people, it will not be too difficult to see through this kind of trick.
So Francis immediately rejected Ding Feng's bad idea. Even if the money for joint joints before and after was paid by Ding's family, he didn't want to take the risk of trying this method of brushing his existence again.
But Francis thought of another idea: "There are some well-connected Spanish businessmen in the city, and we may be able to find out more information through them. Chaosheng Trading Post wants to do business in the Hispanic community, so it's simply a matter of letting people Come to the door to talk or cooperate and see how the other party responds."
Ding Feng thought about it and found it feasible, so he discussed with Francis carefully how to proceed with this matter.There are still many Hispanic businessmen staying in Manila. For these businessmen, it is not easy to find their own position under the rule of the new ruler. Presumably businessmen will let go of their past prejudices against Han people and play the role of licking dogs.What Francis has to do is to use his current job to arrange for these Hispanic businessmen to discuss cooperation with Ran Tianlu.
The time has entered March 1637, and the intricate dispute in Manila has also entered the stage where the Eight Immortals crossed the sea to show their magical powers. Fang Peng initiated the investigation procedure of the Military Intelligence Department and launched an investigation on Qin Huacheng, the head of the Hong Kong District Detachment of the Public Security Police. .Qin Huacheng is busy visiting the two jurisdictions that have more dealings with Chaosheng Commercial Store, hoping to find out more definite information from his colleagues in other districts.And Francis and Ding Feng are trying to encourage the Spanish businessmen they know to go to Chaosheng Trading Store to discuss cooperation. Of course, the main purpose is to take advantage of this to check each other's bottom and see who is Ran Tianlu.
And in this confrontation of mutual investigation, the only participant who was not so concerned was probably Ran Tianlu.He himself has no awareness of the protagonist, and is still busy dealing with the management of the store every day, analyzing the local economic situation and its impact on social sentiments.However, rather than investigating a public security police officer, he prefers to focus on dealing with the matter in front of him. In the past two days, the number of Hispanic businessmen who visited his door suddenly increased, which made him even more busy.
(End of this chapter)