Liu Bei was busy for a long time and finished handling all official business. sent someone to find Liu Dahai. Liu Dahai's life during this period can be described as nourishing. Ever since he wasn't out at sea, he trained new sailors with Jack every day. Go to the tavern with them in the evening. Because Liu Pei gave him a lot of salary, he didn't care about spending it. I usually read some of the Four Books and Five Classics, and then read the information of Western countries that Liu Pei gave him, and my life is very chic and comfortable.

After Liu Dahai entered the gate, he bowed directly to Liu Pei and said, "I've seen the handsome!" What do you want me to say, Dashuai? ”

Liu Pei said: "The last time you went to Beijing, you already knew the number of roads in various departments in Beijing, right?" ”

Liu Dahai said: "Back to Dashuai, I am indeed familiar with it." I don't know if Dashuai wants me to go to Beijing? ”

Liu Pei nodded and said, "It's for you to go to Beijing." This time, your mission to Beijing is mainly to do some activities for Lord Wang Changde and let him sit in the position of the governor of Laizhou Prefecture. ”

Liu Dahai thought for a while, and said with an embarrassed face: "Handsome, but I already showed my face last time I went, and I still used the identity of a Ryukyu envoy!" If I appear in the capital this time, won't my identity be exposed? ”

Liu Pei waved his hand and said, "This problem is not big. You just resigned and returned to your hometown! Anyway, no one went up to the Ryukyus to check your roots. Besides, there are some things that don't necessarily require you to be present in person. The main thing I'm worried about is whether it is difficult to help Lord Wang get promoted? ”

Liu Dahai shook his head and said, "It's not difficult!" Those who are in charge only have silver in their eyes! As long as the money is in place, anything can be done. What's more, Lord Wang's official reputation is good! ”

Liu Pei nodded with satisfaction after hearing it and said, "That's good!" Go back and pay the money yourself. It's up to you how much you want. After the Spring Festival, you can set off. ”

Liu Dahai withdrew from Liu Pei's room after giving the salute, and Liu Pei's promotion to Wang Changde was not a whim. But when he was in the Ryukyus, he and Wang Changde discussed this matter.

Jiaozhou is under the rule of Laizhou Prefecture. Although Wang Changde's power as a co-governor is not small, he is always not as powerful as the prefect. Once Wang Changde was promoted to the prefect, Liu Pei had more room for manoeuvre. Moreover, there are also arrangements made by Liu Pei for the future.

After arranging Liu Dahai's affairs. Liu Fei was about to send someone to deliver a message to Liu Jiang, and Liu Jiang came to knock on the door himself! As soon as Liu Pei saw Liu Jiang, he said happily: "I was about to send someone to find you, but you came by yourself!" What a coincidence! ”

Liu Jiang said with a smile: "I miss the master of the house, so I ran over by myself!" ”

Liu Pei said with a smile: "Clean! I think it's the end of the year, right? ”

Liu Jiang nodded and said, "I can't hide anything from the head of the family." I did come here for the year-end report. By the way, tell the head of the house about the situation in the past six months. ”

Liu Pei said: "That's just right. I have something to look for you as well. ”

After the two of them sat down, Liu Jiang gave a detailed account of the development of the Intelligence Bureau in the past six months. I have to say that Liu Jiang already has a bit of a genius in intelligence, and with the help of his master, he has already run the intelligence bureau well. Moreover, Liu Jiang secretly placed people in various departments to ensure that once there was a disturbance in any department, it would not be hidden from his ears and eyes.

Liu Pei is very satisfied with Liu Jiang's results! At that moment, he rewarded Liu Jiang with the coral he had obtained from the Ryukyu Imperial Palace. Like this kind of small means to entrap his subordinates, Liu Pei is also handy now.

Liu Jiang finished talking about his affairs and said, "Is there anything else the head of the family has to order?" ”

Liu Pei said: "There is indeed something for you to do. There are two things. One thing is that you need to open up the trade route to the northwest, so that we can buy horses. We have too few horses now! In addition, I remember that I once ordered you to recruit a group of people from Shanxi and Shaanxi. How's your recruitment? ”

Liu Jiang said: "Don't worry, I have recruited a lot of people from Shaanxi and Shanxi. And there are really a few good seedlings in it! I've cultivated it, and I can be on my own. ”

Liu Pei said: "Very good. Choose one person to lead the team and send them all out. Open up the trade routes in the northwest. The main purpose is to buy horses. We will need a lot of horses in the future. ”

Liu Jiang nodded and said, "I wrote it down, family master." So what's the other thing? ”

Liu Pei said: "Another thing is to send people to Shaanxi and Shanxi to spread rumors, and you can think about the specific content." The purpose is to tell the locals that if they can't survive in Shaanxi, they will flee to Shandong. There is a way to live here in Shandong! At the same time, nodes should be set up on the road, which can provide a certain amount of supplies. But there is no rush in this matter, you can gradually improve it after the trade route is opened. ”

Liu Jiang's eyes widened and he asked cautiously, "Family Master, did you predict anything?" Could it be that there will be large-scale natural disasters in Shaanxi and Shanxi? ”

Liu Pei couldn't help but sigh in his heart, prediction is not so easy to predict! One lie has to be filled with countless lies. So he thought for a moment and said, "Remember how we predicted locust plagues? I sent people to ask the old peasants, and then to look at the records of the past years. All this reflects that there will be consecutive years of drought in the Northwest Territories. ”

Liu Jiang was taken aback when he heard it! said: "Years of drought? How many people do you have to die? ”

Liu Pei said with a gloomy face: "That's why I asked you to find a way?" ”

Liu Jiang could only nod his head and agree. It's no wonder that Liu Jiang is afraid, a locust plague destroyed half of Shandong, and how many people were frightened! And the entire northwest region is already dry and rainless, if there is another year of drought, will it not be starving everywhere and thieves swarming?

Liu Jiang could bear this matter. After all, the Northwest is far away from him. What Liu Jiang was really afraid of was that he could be sure that the head of the family had another secret team in his hands! Because in the past, this kind of thing was Liu Jiang's job, but without Liu Jiang's knowledge, Liu Pei actually sent someone to the northwest and mastered the local meteorological information. This made Liu Jiang a little frightened!

He didn't know if Liu Pei was guarding against him or if he didn't trust him! If Liu Pei was just guarding against him, it would be fine. As long as you continue to be loyal, you'll be fine. But if Liu Pei doesn't trust him, his fate will not be good!

Liu Jiang returned to his lair with a heavy heart, and thought about it for a long time before selecting the people to go to the northwest. He chose Niuman Village. In recent years, Liu Jiang has explained the affairs of Niuman Village, and he can always do it properly. It's time to let him out and take matters into his own hands.

After making up his mind, Liu Jiang sent someone to find Niuman Village. When Niu Mancun came in, Liu Jiang sat on a chair and looked Niu Mancun up and down carefully.

Niu Mancun, on the other hand, stood there calmly with a hint of a smile. After a few years of tempering, this peasant man has transformed into an excellent secret spy! He looks ordinary, and he can't be found again if he is thrown into the pile, which is the most suitable for hiding his identity. And after years of training, Niu Mancun has developed a set of human-like people and the ability to pretend to be ghosts! Of course, he will definitely not be soft when he cuts someone's neck! There are more than a dozen people who have died directly or indirectly at his hands!

Facing Liu Jiangde's gaze, Niu Mancun stood there motionless and waited for Liu Jiang to speak. Did he know that the director of the intelligence bureau in front of him was a ruthless person! Niu Mancun knew that until now, the chief had never killed anyone with his own hands. But as far as he knew, there were no less than fifty names crossed out of his pen! And without exception, the people whose names he ticked off disappeared from this world soon after! No one can find any sign of their existence!

After a long time, Liu Jiang said slowly: "Niumancun, you have been coming to us for some years!" I remember that your hometown is Shanxi, right? ”

Niu Mancun bowed down and said, "The director has a good memory!" The small one is indeed a Shanxi people. ”

Liu Jiang paused for a moment and spoke again: "Dashuai explained a few things for us to do today, mainly in the northwest direction, so I thought of you." You've said more than once that you want to go back to your hometown in the Northwest and take revenge, don't you? ”