Chapter 558 Someone wants to attack the steam engine workshop
Chapter 558 Someone wants to attack the steam engine workshop
Liu Qingshan shook his head: "No progress!"
"Well, I have other things to do, so I won't disturb the Protector."
Liu Qingshan comes and goes in a hurry.
Su Chen sat there and pondered for a while, then called Lao Zhao over.
"Is there anything unusual happening near the workshop today?"
Lao Zhao shook his head: "I didn't find anything unusual."
"Master, please don't worry, I and my brothers are keeping an eye on you."
"Even if the thieves bring out the army's artillery, they won't be able to damage the workshop at all."
Su Chen glared at Lao Zhao: "Don't be careless! There may not be artillery, but there must be bombs. You should pay more attention to them recently."
"Yes! I'll add a few more hidden whistles when I get back."
After Lao Zhao went down, Su Chen called Liu Mo over and asked if there were any suspicious characters in Guanzhou City recently.
Liu Mo frowned: "Duke Protector, there are indeed some merchants coming recently. I will send someone to investigate more."
"Be careful not to alert the enemy!"
"yes!"
Liu Mo took the order and went back.
Su Chen asked the guards to send a message to Chang He, asking him to pay attention to protecting the steel plant and various mines.
Su Chen had already been prepared for someone who would secretly cause sabotage.
He placed the steam engine workshop directly in the city just for safety.
Although there will be a lot of inconvenience in the future, it is at least much safer than leaving it outside the city.
The next day, Liu Mo brought an official from the governor's office to see Su Chen.
"Your Majesty, Di Zhisun, has met Lord Protector."
Dickson?
Su Chen seemed to have heard of such a name somewhere.
Liu Mo introduced to Su Chen: "Hu Cao joined Di Zhisun in the military affairs. He just came to Guanzhou. He is an official. All the people entering and leaving Guanzhou City are managed by Di Hucao."
Isn’t this Di Renjie’s father?
Su Chen finally remembered who Di Zhisun was.
But this Di Zhisun is so old, how could he become an eighth-rank official?
I don’t know how old Di Renjie is now.
"Dihu Cao, please report the contents of your inquiry to the Lord Protector."
"yes!"
Di Zhisun raised his hand to Su Chen and said: "Duke Protector, I am in charge of visiting the state to observe the flow of the registered population in the state. Recently, there have indeed been two groups of merchants, making my official suspicious."
"Tell me more specifically!"
Su Chen asked Liu Mo and Di Zhisun to sit down and talk slowly.
"One team came from Yanzhou. They came to Guanzhou to sell silk."
silk?
Su Chen was stunned. In this season and the current situation in Guanzhou, is there a market for silk in Guanzhou City?
Besides, Yanzhou doesn’t produce silk!
Di Zhisun continued: "There is also a group of merchants. They transported a lot of food from Gyeongju, including rice."
Su Chen was very happy: "Qingzhou, return the rice?"
Di Zhisun nodded and said, "Yes, at least that's what their documents and roadmaps say.
Because Guanzhou is short of food, and they are the first caravan to transport food recently, I remember it very clearly."
Su Chen sighed and said, "Isn't this too obvious! They pretended to enter the city so casually?"
Gyeongju is still north of Guanju, and that place is where Han and Hu people live together.
Usually I don't have enough food to eat, so I trade animals and furs for food from the southern states and counties.
"It seems that there are at least these two groups of merchants among the thieves. You sent people to keep an eye on..."
"Forget it, let me find someone to keep an eye on it. You don't have enough government officials."
"Continue to pay more attention and report any abnormalities in time. If only thieves were so stupid!"
After Liu Mo and Di Zhisun left, Su Chen called Li Mao and Zhang De.
"What's the order from the Lord Protector when he calls this old slave?"
"Can you contact Baiqi in the city?"
Baiqi is Li Er's spy agency, and Su Chen doesn't know how to contact them.
Li Mao frowned: "What does the Protector have to do with Baiqi?"
"There are thieves in the city. Let the men of Baiqi come to see me quickly."
Although the two of them were reluctant, they did not dare to disobey Su Chen's order.
"By the way, how about those princes and grandsons? Are they still used to living in Guanzhou?"
Zhang De replied: "It's not bad."
"It's just that except for King Wu and a few others who entered the workshop, everyone else has been following a few gentlemen, and as far as I know, Lord Protector, you didn't teach King Wu any knowledge..."
Su Chen glared at him: "It's not my turn to worry about what to do! Just take care of them and don't cause trouble."
"Be careful lately. Who knows what the thieves want to do when they sneak into the city?"
After sending the two royal servants away, Su Chen returned to the backyard of the Governor's Mansion to find Chang Le and the others.
"That's the situation. If you have nothing to do recently, don't go out easily. Wait until I clean up these little things."
Changle nodded: "Brother Su Chen, you are the one who needs to be careful. Why don't you go to the workshop first?"
Su Chen shook his head and said with a smile: "These young men can't do anything to me, so don't worry Li Zhi."
"Master, there is a man named Liu Qingshan who wants to see you."
Wu Mei reported outside the door.
"Um?
This guy must have arrived too quickly."
Su Chen came to the living room, and Liu Qingshan asked anxiously:
"Did the Protector know the whereabouts of the thief?"
Su Chen pointed to the chair: "Sit, why are you in such a hurry?"
"The thieves have entered the city. There are so many young men from the royal family and relatives in the city. Can I not be anxious?"
Su Chen said: "Don't worry, no one will want to attack the second generation of princes Wang Sungui."
"Didn't you say that someone wanted to attack the workshop? Why are you worried about the safety of the prince, princes and grandchildren again?"
Liu Qingshan glared and said: "Baiqisi did get the news that someone wants to attack the steam engine workshop, but now the thieves have sneaked into the city, who knows what they are here for?"
"Please also ask the Lord Protector to inform your subordinates of the traitor's thoughts as soon as possible!"
Su Chen smiled and said: "I can tell you, but you have to promise that I can't act privately. I can only monitor in secret and report the information to me in a timely manner."
Seeing Liu Qingshan's reluctance, Su Chen added: "I'm going to catch them all in one fell swoop, and I'm also going to dig out the mastermind behind the scenes. If you don't agree, then please take me back."
Liu Qingshan said: "But if these thieves want to harm the prince..."
"Then it's up to you!"
Su Chen said.
"Well!"
After Liu Qingshan got the news about the two groups of merchants, he hurried back.
For tasks like tracking and monitoring, Baiqisi is more professional.
This is also the purpose of Su Chen looking for Liu Qingshan.
Of course, this is just a precaution in case someone really wants to hit the princes and grandsons!
In the next few days, Liu Qingshan came to report the situation to Su Chen every day.
"Duke Protector, there are quite a few thieves!"
"Three more caravans came, and the guys who drove the cars and did the odd jobs looked like Lian Jiazi."
"And we don't know exactly what they packed in the boxes."
Su Chen said indifferently: "What else could it be? It's probably gunpowder bombs!"
"Then you are still so calm?
It is better to close the Internet cafes in advance. Once this gunpowder bomb goes off, the consequences are unpredictable."
