At dinnertime, He Xi came back in a hurry. He went out empty-handed, but came back with a bunch of baggage in his hand. Regarding He Xi's functions and roles in Yazhou, the executive committee did not elaborate too much, only saying that his work was "free research", and his personal action funds were listed separately and did not need to be reported to Qiu Yuan for bookkeeping. Although it was not explicitly stated, everyone had some points in their hearts about it, so everyone would not pay too much attention to where He Xi went out and what he did. There are some things that are not good to know too much.

"What good things did you buy after a day out?" asked Mariko quippedly.

He Xi raised the package in his hand: "This is all for you." One pack per person, everyone has a share. ”

"So polite, I bought a gift!" Marik reached out to pick up the burden in He Xi's hand.

He Xi looked at the baggage for a while, and then handed one of them to him: "This is a division of people, everyone's is different." ”

Mariko was puzzled, feeling that the burden was fluttering, and when he opened it, he couldn't laugh and cry inside, it was a blue satin shirt, with a round neck and big sleeves, and a neatly folded square scarf. This dress is the standard daily clothing of the scholars of the Ming Dynasty.

Several other people have also opened their own baggage, and sure enough, they are all similar Ming costumes. Only Zhao Xiaoruo's baggage is relatively rich, with several sets of dresses and a set of bright red robes that are very eye-catching.

"I also bought it based on your figure, maybe the size is not so accurate, but fortunately, these clothes are wide enough, and they shouldn't be too bad to wear. He Xi smiled and looked at the stunned group of people and said, "You might as well put it on first." By the way, Xiao Zhao, you can try the red one, the others are easy to buy, but this red one is out of stock, but I ran to several shops to buy it. ”

Zhao Xiaoruo chirped: "I'm not a bride now, why are you wearing so red!"

He Xi smiled: "You don't understand science, this kind of red robe with big sleeves was only worn by noblewomen in the Ming Dynasty, and the other pink, light purple, and light green were all worn by ordinary people." ”

Zhao Xiaoruo's face turned red and said, "I'm not a noblewoman......"

"We're not wise people either. The smile on He Xi's face gradually put away: "But since we came to Yazhou and came to this city inhabited by Ming people, we should find a way to fit in here, instead of looking out of place." ”

"But our mission is to transform this era, how can we be assimilated by it?" Zhao Xiaoruo retorted unconvinced.

"Understand first, then transform, practice to know. If we don't fit into this era, then how do we know how to transform the current society?" He Xi persuaded bitterly: "It's just a change of body, is it so difficult?"

So with He Xi's unremitting efforts, everyone went back to their rooms to change their clothes. The first person to change his clothes and reappear in the yard was naturally He Xi, who was already familiar with it. He changed into a cyan straight coat and put on a square scarf, and he did look a little like a scholar of this era, but out of personal habits, the beard on his face was too clean, and he always felt a little weird.

Soon, everyone changed into their own clothes and came out, basically all of which were the styles often worn by scholars in the Ming Dynasty, such as straight clothes, Taoist clothes, and cranes. Everyone looks at me, I look at you, they all feel novel, and they can't help laughing.

After another moment, the door of Zhao Xiaoruo's room also "creaked" open, and I saw that she really came out wearing that red robe, and her hair was tied in a simple bun, which looked quite ancient. Zhang Guang opened his mouth, already stunned.

"Not bad, plus the accessories are perfect. He Xi nodded and approved of Zhao Xiaoruo's dress: "I don't know your preferences, so I didn't prepare jewelry for you, so I'll go to the city tomorrow to buy some." ”

He Xi said that he pushed Zhang Guang with his elbow, and Zhang Guang came back to his senses and said: "Buy, buy, buy, buy now! Buy them all!"

The old man Yang who was doing miscellaneous came in with a stack of rice bowls, and when he saw this group of guys, he was so frightened that he almost smashed the bowls to the ground, but fortunately, Feng Anan next to him quickly helped him. Old man Yang trembled and said, "I thought there were thieves in the house all of a sudden......"

He Xi purchased Mingren's clothes for everyone, but it wasn't for a moment of fun. At the work meeting that night, He Xi proposed to everyone to visit people from all walks of life in Yazhou separately: "You two who are engaged in business, or continue to be responsible for trade, visit more local merchants, and see what information we can use." Lao Mu and Xiao Feng can go around the garrison more if they have time, although the Yazhou garrison is a scumbag, but let's collect more information, it can be regarded as prepared. As for people in politics, I'll find a way to reach out. Xiao Zhao...... It would be nice if I could go through the lady route, and tomorrow I would start to go to the shops selling cloth, female red, and jewelry in the city, and it would be best if I could catch up with a few wives and ladies of official families. The approximate division of labor is what I envision for the time being, and if you have any comments, you may wish to put them forward, and we will add them up together. ”

"What about me, what am I doing?" Zhang Guang heard from the beginning to the end, and found that he had nothing to do, so he hurriedly asked.

"Do you still need special assignment?" He Xi said with a narrow expression: "You just need to follow Xiao Zhao, this is your job." ”

As an outpost sent by the Executive Committee to Yazhou, everyone in the working group has the function of collecting information and acting as spy personnel, but most of them are part-time, and only He Xi is full-time. And how to complete the information collection and sorting work quickly and comprehensively, this is the time for members to show their abilities. If this work is done well, it may not be able to make any outstanding contributions, but if it is not done well, it will lead to loopholes, then it will be properly recorded in the blacklist by the Executive Committee, and the future is worrying.

As the leader of the working group, Marik agreed in principle with He Xi's construction, but made a small adjustment, Zhang Guang followed He Xi instead of Zhao Xiaoruo. Mariko's reason is also very sufficient, since Zhao Xiaoruo is going to take the route of his inner family, it is not appropriate for Zhang Guang to follow her ass and wander around the city, after all, the two are not husband and wife now, so what do you think about the Ming people who pay attention to etiquette?

Of course, if no one objected, Zhang Guang probably wouldn't mind changing the role of a scholar he played to a servant and a domestic slave or something, but after all, this was a very strict intelligence activity, not a playful cosplay by a young couple, so after Mariko's Jian Yì said it, Zhang Guang did not object.

At this time, Feng Annan raised a question: "With our current level of education, what should we do if the pretending scholar is broken by someone? Just say me, I can tell the name of the Ming Dynasty poet can be counted on one hand, what should I do when I encounter the occasion of chanting poetry?"

He Xi shook his head and said: "You can't be too rigid, if you wear a scholar's clothes, you will definitely recite poems, right?

Feng Anan said blankly: "What advantage do we have?

"It's rich!" He Xi had a hateful expression: "I heard that two big businesses were negotiated today, and the income was nearly 10,000 taels, is there such a thing?"

"That's right, but the two trading houses didn't pay so much cash, and most of them still had to be traded in kind, leaving only more than a thousand taels of silver here. Mariko explained to him.

He Xi nodded and said: "Isn't this enough, more than a thousand taels of silver, the seven of us will divide it, each person has one or two hundred taels of silver, which is not a small amount in Yazhou." You can't pretend to be a scholar, and you can't pretend to be a rich man? When you encounter trouble, you can just take money and smash it, you don't need to be taught, right?"

"Wouldn't this be too extravagant and wasteful?" Mu Xiabai's thinking was still a little more conservative, and he didn't agree with He Xi's overly unrestrained approach.

"Whether it is extravagant or not depends on the results of our work, not the means of work. He Xi patiently explained: "If we spend a lot of money and we don't find any information, it will definitely be a waste." But if you can get some useful information, or build some relationships that you can use, then the money is well spent. Just like you used to be a soldier, you obviously haven't fought a war for decades, but defense spending is still increasing every year, and I remember that the country's annual military budget before crossing was more than 800 billion yuan, right? Anyway, if you didn't fight a war, did you say that it was a waste to spend so much money?"

"How can that be a waste, this money can't be spent without spending it! Without so much military support, the Yankees would have already ridden on our necks!" Mu Shabai bounced up as if he had been stepped on by his tail.

"It's the same thing when we engage in intelligence work, the effect may not be visible on the surface, but the effect is real. We are the clairvoyant eyes and ears of the Executive Committee, and the information we gather will serve as the basis for future decisions of the Executive Committee. He Xi looked around at everyone and said in a deep voice: "As long as this money is spent on ideas, it is worth it." ”

"No wonder the Executive Committee has given us the privilege of intercepting the cash received by Yazhou within the quota of three thousand taels. Qiu Yuan, who was in charge of the property, seemed to have suddenly realized at this time.

After lifting the psychological barriers of the members, He Xi seized the time to do a simple training on intelligence gathering skills, the main content of which was nothing more than some details of dealing with people and observing words and feelings, but after He Xi's professional guidance, everyone had a sense of sudden enlightenment, and their perception of intelligence work was not as resistant as before.

The next morning, the members of the working group went to various places in Yazhou City in accordance with the division of labor agreed upon by them.