When entering the alley, Xu Xiaoqi kicked a hard object, and when he saw it by the light of the lantern, he immediately screamed.

Before the winter, the area of Baoding Mansion suffered another disaster, I heard that there was no relief, many displaced people flocked to Beijing, the good luck was sent in the Taoist temple and the temple, there are large households in the city every day, but they are not worried about starvation, the bad luck is not good, they can only wander on the street, the cold clothes will also be robbed by the tiger in the city or the beggars in the capital, since the month of the month, at least more than 100 corpses are carried out of the city every day, these things are also strange, but today this "road down" is coincidentally called Xu Xiaoqi to kick, It made him feel uncomfortable for a while, and he felt very awkward in his heart.

After pushing the door and entering the house, there were already guests waiting in the room.

Xu Xiaoqi smiled when he entered the door, and while blowing out the lantern, he greeted him: "Brother Wang, I came early today." ”

Xu Xiaoqi's parents died early, alone, the house only has three crumbling main houses, there is no side house, the yard is also small, after pushing the door in, there is a light in the room like beans, there is already a tall young man sitting at the table, there are still some meals on the table, it should be cooked food bought in the store, cut in the plate, and a small pot of wine, that "Brother Wang" is using a plate of fried peanuts to drink, eating delicious.

"Brother Wang" is Wang Faxiang, he has been in Beijing for almost half a year, reimbursed more than 1,000 taels of funds, and Liang Hong wanted to check his account with Li Yujing, and then Yang Qiu carried this matter down, but also warned him that it was best to have some achievements, otherwise when the proprietor returned from the grassland and Liaodong, Liang Hong and a few people talked about this matter again, Yang Qiu was not easy to explain to them.

Wang Faxiang's mouth is sweet-hearted and black, he is tall and strong, with big eyes and sword eyebrows, and his face is white, especially when he laughs, he feels handsome and affectionate, this guy has mixed in Xinpingbao and Datong, and it is a good trick to shoot flowers, especially the fifteen or sixteen-year-old maid of a large family, almost his mouth is moving, he sold a big gentry's maid in Taiyuan the year before last, this matter was found out, arrested and beaten to a stinky death, and sent to the border army to fill the army, he is also the only one who has a military identity in the dart division of Xinpingbao, the mouth is sweetheart black, and the vision is broad, It is indeed the best person to work in Jingshi.

The best thing Wang Faxiang has done now is to buy off a few bookstores of the Ministry of War and the Department of General Administration, whether it is a copy or a Tang newspaper, as long as it is related to the military and political affairs in the north, it is a transcription, and he also copied the list of all official positions above the seventh grade in Beijing, including the imperial history of the Imperial Procuratorate and various sections, and there are also some officials in important positions, the official position is not necessarily very high, it may only be five or even seven grades, from the seventh grade, but in an important position, he will record the name and place of origin of the official, and sometimes inquire about the official's background, scenery, preferences, and relatives. In addition, he also began to inquire about the various parties in the imperial court, the Jin Party, the Chu Party, the Qi Party, the Zhejiang Party, and the Donglin Party.

These things, he made a package every few days, and asked his henchmen to ride horses to Xinpingbao, as for whether Zhang Han can see it now, Wang Faxiang doesn't care about it.

In fact, Wang Faxiang has done a very good job, it has far exceeded Zhang Han's hopes for him, originally he just wanted to send someone to copy the Tang newspaper in Beijing, and if he can get some other information, it will be regarded as additional income, but Wang Faxiang not only did the basic work, but also formed an intelligence team with him as the core, if Zhang Han knew, he would be very happy in his heart.

In addition, Wang Faxiang has been thinking about other things recently, and Zhang Han reminded him before he left, and now he has begun to work on it, he thinks that if it is done, the cost of intelligence can be greatly increased, and he is not afraid that Liang Hong and Li Yujing will get angry when they check the accounts.

Of course, Wang Faxiang also wants to have fun, people like them are almost dyed in the sauce jar, and there are habits that are difficult to change in the training, he likes food and wine, and he also likes women, but he also understands what the proprietor's temperament is, Yang Qiu's methods make him even more afraid, there are often floating corpses in the Xiaobai River outside Xinping Fort, Wang Faxiang has seen it a few times, knows what is going on, he doesn't want to float there one day, so he is still very cautious with money, and he doesn't dare to fake the accounts.

Today is the day when he and Xu Xiaoqi meet regularly, and he personally does it to meet with the secretary of the Ministry of War and the Department of General Administration, Xu Xiaoqi is a small servant at the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion, such a person is an ant-like role in the eyes of the Prime Minister's Mansion, but it is very important in Wang Faxiang's heart, he hopes to get useful information in the mouths of these people, and use them to beat him and get to know more important people in the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Zhang Han told him that intelligence work is to cast a net, and the net is spread, and the bigger the net, the more fish will be obtained.

The other is safety, don't show up if you don't show up in person, and it's point-to-point, group your subordinates, try to separate things between each group, and finally only summarize it here with him, and usually try not to meet your subordinates.

Most of Wang Faxiang's subordinates were developed in Beijing, some of them were specially for scanning the streets to listen to the news, some were near the city gate, and there were guards and those in charge of action, this group of people was sent by Yang Qiu from Xinpingbao, Wang Faxiang did not trust these people very much, he still hoped to choose the guards himself.

Wang Faxiang had a lot of things on his mind, but he looked at Xu Xiaoqi and smiled, looking relaxed and calm.

No matter what you think in your heart, you can't let people see anything, and when you are nervous, people will be nervous when you speak, and even if you think it is ordinary, you will consider it before exiting.

This is actually the experience of shooting flowers, so that people have no precautions in their hearts, so that people feel that you are credible and kind, and slowly get close to you, so that people will listen to whatever you say.

What kind of mental outlook a person has, and the results of doing things are also different, I have to say that Wang Faxiang's set is very effective.

Xu Xiaoqi also relaxed, sat down and ate a few bites of food first, Wang Faxiang brought wine and food every time he came, saying that he was bored and looking for someone to drink, and the wine and food were not worth much, and he would also give Xu Xiaoqi some pocket money when he left, saying that this house was too dilapidated, so he asked Xiaoqi to save it, and he would repair it in the future and marry his daughter-in-law.

"Xiao Qi," Wang Faxiang and Xu Xiaoqi clinked their glasses and said, "I came back so late, I think you have this errand, don't do it in the future." ”

Xu Xiaoqi said: "People say that the official body is not free, and we have to be restrained by the emperor Lao Tzu, we are serving as servants to others, what else can we choose?" I said that if I don't do this, what can I do in the future? ”

Wang Faxiang said: "When my proprietor comes back from the south, the shop here is open, and you can be my partner." ”

Xu Xiaoqi said: "Thank you for that, but I haven't learned to settle accounts and read and write, I'm afraid it's not good for a buddy." ”

"I'm worried about these things, I'll talk about them later." Wang Faxiang deliberately fished Xu Xiaoqi, of course he wouldn't use this person as a buddy, whether he could be a good person is one thing, and he is not in charge of the shop, he just uses this topic as a reason.

Wang Faxiang's identity on the surface of Jingshi is the shopkeeper of He Yusheng, he did not hide it, and he will expect him to do some things on the surface in the future, plus he also needs his identity to open up the situation at the beginning, and the preparation of the semicolon is a good reason.

As for looking for news everywhere, it is easy to explain, at that time, the big merchants in the south were all active in the guild hall in Beijing, inquiring about the news and changes of the upper echelons of the capital, and using it in business, the people who did business in these years were more shrewd than the later generations, and they were more daring to take risks, and there was no faster and more developed information spread in later generations, and the merchants were very concerned about the information in various places, and maybe a small piece of news could make people rich.

Xu Xiaoqi also knows these truths, and he is not surprised that Wang Faxiang asked him to inquire about the Prime Minister's Mansion, in fact, this kind of thing will happen to the Prime Minister's Mansion, including many officials stuffing red envelopes when they come to the door, asking about the mood or preferences of the Prime Minister, these things are common, not surprising.

He ate and drank for a while, wiped his oily mouth, and then told Wang Faxiang about the recent affairs of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Wang Faxiang was told about the handling of various things, including the Shandong disaster relief, the Shanxi Ulzhou earthquake, the Jiexiu earthquake, and the rain and snow disaster in Shaanxi.

What he said, the court mansion copied it, Wang Faxiang used to be literate and literate, and he never had his turn to worry about major affairs in the court, he was simply black-eyed, and he knew that the biggest person was the general soldier of Datong and His Royal Highness the Acting King, but he also knew people, and people didn't know him.

Now to the capital, every day and Di copy dealings, he knows that the matter of rain and snow in Shaanxi and the earthquake in Shanxi are not small, Shaanxi Guangjun horses will freeze to death about 2,000 horses, the earthquake will kill thousands of people, destroy hundreds of thousands of houses, these things are copied on the palace, the court also said that it is to provide disaster relief, but then there is no movement, listen to Xu Xiaoqi said, there are many officials who come to the door, Fang Congzhe also discussed with people to allocate funds, but the treasury said that there is no money, the people of the household department discussed with Fang Congzhe for a few days, and finally asked for a decree, Of course, the request is to ask the emperor to express his position, and the emperor will definitely not pay for it, and this matter will definitely be closed in the end.

These things cannot be seen on the transcript, including the officials who entered the Prime Minister's Mansion to discuss the matter, and they can only get the detailed and specific process from these gossip.

When Xu Xiaoqi said, Wang Faxiang listened attentively, and after he went back for a while, he wrote down these names and events from memory, but he couldn't do it in front of people, it was too solemn, and people would be nervous.

In the end, he heard the news he was most concerned about, and also knew that the imperial court was going to issue red flags in a row, urging Liaodong to use troops, recently Wang Faxiang listened to the upper and middle people in the capital to mention a lot of Liaodong affairs, most of them are very confident in solving the affairs of Liaodong in the short term, he was faintly worried at this time, calculate the schedule, the proprietor is afraid that he is in Liaodong now, if it really fights, the proprietor is suppressed again, will the proprietor be in danger? Even if the proprietor gets out, this smuggling business route may shrink, which is really not good news for Wang Faxiang.

Wang Faxiang's roots are in Heyusheng, in Xinpingbao, in Zhang Han, if Liaodong is really flattened, Wang Faxiang is also worried about his future.

Of course, these things will not be told to Xu Xiaoqi, Wang Faxiang deliberately inquired about some other things, and gossiped about Fang Shihong for a while, the two talked and laughed for a while, and then he said goodbye-

Happy 1111 everyone, buy it leisurely.