After having breakfast with my family, it was already bright and sunny, and it was a good morning.
Su Tan'er's working hours are often tight. After a comfortable morning, things that need to be dealt with come one after another. It takes about ten minutes to walk from home to the No. 1 General Staff Hospital, which is the center of Hedeng County. On the way, Hongti is a
Following them, Yunzhu and Jin'er will walk with them for a while, and then go to the school on the other side - they are teachers on campus and sometimes participate in the cultural and entertainment activities of the Political Department.
Among Ning Yi's wives and concubines, Hongti is relatively older, has a good temperament, and may have had the most difficult life in the past. Tan'er respects her and calls her "Sister Hongti". Hongti has already passed away, so he calls her "Sister Hongti" as usual.
Tan'er is the "sister".
This title is a bit confusing, but the relationship between the two has always been good. If there are no other people on the way to the General Staff Yard, they will chat all the way. But there are usually people, and the deputies who have to hurry up to report today's work will often chat during breakfast.
I went to wait at the door of my house to save the next ten minutes. Most of the time, this job was done by the housekeeper Xing'er. There was also another woman who worked as a secretary, named Wen Xianying, who was responsible for delivering the delivered documents.
After summarizing the matter, report it to Su Tan'er.
The one who followed today was Juaner.
The two chatted for a while, and after communicating, Juaner went to the other side of the mountain to deal with other matters.
A few minutes later, Tan'er and Hongti arrived at the courtyard of the General Staff Headquarters and began to handle the day's work.
The three counties of Blai, Hedeng, and Jishan were originally small towns with a combined population of less than 30,000. After the arrival of Black Flag, including military, administrative, technical, and commercial personnel as well as their families, the number of residents increased to 16.
As many as ten thousand. Although the General Staff is the name of the General Staff Department, it is actually mainly composed of the heads of the various Black Flag departments. This determines the operation of the entire Black Flag system. Tan'er is responsible for the overall operation of administration, commerce, and technology. Although the main
Looking after the overall situation, I was really busy in the first two years. Later, Ning Yi presided over the restructuring remotely and trained some students. This made it a little easier, but we couldn't relax.
When the morning routine report and complicated paperwork began, Juaner arrived at the Intelligence Department at the other end. The Intelligence Department of Black Flag was originally a branch of Zhuji. It had inherited the traces of the Secret Investigation Department and later cooperated with Zhuji.
The business and propaganda departments of the Journal were completely independent at this time, but still had close ties with the Political Department and the Commercial Department.
On the one hand, a large amount of information about the outside world is summarized here: the situation of the Jin Kingdom, the situation of Daqi, the situation of Wu Dynasty... After sorting out, some of them will be handed over to the Political Department, and then made public to the army. Through dissemination, deduction, and discussion,
Everyone understands the general trend of the world today, the dire straits everywhere, and what may happen next; the other part is left to the Ministry of Commerce to conduct comprehensive operations and look for possible opportunities and bargaining chips.
In addition, the specific espionage work naturally includes the internal affairs of the Black Flag, the confrontation with the Wu Dynasty, Daqi, and Jin Dynasty spies, the cleanup of the Black Flag Army, etc. Currently, the person in charge of the General Intelligence Department is Zeng Zhu.
After Juaner met with Chen Haiying, one of the three leaders, the action she had already planned was launched.
The person in charge of the operation in Hedeng County was named Chen Xing. He was one of Ning Yi's disciples. He was originally keen on Professor Ning Yi's logic, reasoning, cause and effect and other knowledge. He once founded the "Mohui" in the army to compete with Luo Ye.
Later, he did not follow the path of an inventor, but instead joined the operations department of the Intelligence Ministry. Just after midnight, he received the order and then assigned tasks to his subordinates.
When this team set off from the Intelligence Department like a routine training, they rushed to Jishan. The messengers from Bly and Bly were already speeding on the road. Soon after, Zhuo Xiaofeng, who was in charge of Jishan's intelligence, and the messengers from Bly camp.
Luo Ye, who serves as a military judge, and others will receive the order, and the entire operation will be launched one after another among these three places...
At a quarter past nine, that is, at 9:30 in the morning, Su Tan'er finished her morning meeting with a group of staff and walked to her office room when she looked up and saw a hot air balloon floating overhead.
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The hot air balloon floated in the sky.
On the road at the foot of the mountain in Hedeng County, Chen Laoer, who ran a porridge and cake shop, raised his head and saw two hot air balloons in the sky, one in the east and one in the south, floating in the wind.
Most of the people eating at the porridge and cake shop are members of the nearby Black Flag administrative department. Chen Lao'er's skills are good, so his porridge and cake shop has many regular customers. It's past breakfast time today, and some people are here to have something to eat.
While eating and drinking, they talked and laughed. Chen Laoer took two bowls of porridge out and placed them in front of a table. Then he put his hands on his hips and shook his neck vigorously: "Hey, that Kongming Lantern..."
The Black Flag member who asked for porridge looked back: "Old Chen, that's a hot air balloon. It's not the first time you've seen it, so you still don't understand."
"It's just the Kongming Lantern. I used to make it when I was a kid." Chen Laoer grinned, "But this one is really big. How come it was released today?"
"Maybe the weather is nice today, so I'll let it out to bask in the sun."
The administrator smiled, and Chen Laoer also smiled. People were coming and going in the surrounding market. After a while, another group of people came: "Laoer, is there anything to eat?"
Ning Liheng... is he really not dead?"
Chen Xing cupped his hands and said, "Brother He, please restrain your hands to avoid unnecessary casualties. If Sir is still alive, and with Brother He's talent and learning, I think I will definitely be able to see Sir and tell him everything that is on my mind."
He Wen put his hands behind his back and looked at him. His eyes were getting colder and he could not see much emotion. However, Chen Xing knew that this man was both civil and military. In terms of martial arts and knowledge, he admired him quite a lot. The two of them were on the battlefield.
Although Chen Xing was quite shocked when he discovered that He Wen was inextricably linked to the Wu Dynasty, at this time, he still hoped that the matter could be resolved relatively peacefully.
He didn't think He Wen could escape, but if such a master of both civil and military skills really risked his life, he and his subordinates might not be able to hold back and would have no choice but to kill him.
Outside the courtyard, a group of people, each armed with weapons and bows and crossbows, silently surrounded...
At the same time, a brief fight broke out on the trail on the other side of the foothills.
The clean-up of Hedeng was still in progress. It was almost noon when Operation Jishan started under the leadership of Zhuo Xiaofeng. The clean-up of Bly started at 2:00 noon. Operations, large and small, some were silent and some were silent.
It aroused a small-scale onlooker, and then disappeared in the crowd.
While Luo Ye led the soldiers to launch an operation against the Bligh Army Camp, Su Tan'er and Lu Hongti had a simple lunch together. Although the weather had turned cooler, there was still a low chirping of cicadas in the yard.
The rhythm is monotonous and slow.
After lunch, representatives of two caravans were brought over to meet with Tan'er and discuss the two business issues. The news that Black Flag subverted Tian Hu's power has caused waves in various places, so that various businesses have recently
The intention is frequent.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, around 4:30 in the afternoon, when Su Tan'er was immersed in reading the account books, Juan'er walked in from outside and placed a piece of information on the corner of the table.
Tan'er raised her head and glanced at her. Juan'er nodded slightly, then turned around and went out. Tan'er looked at the information in the corner, put his hands on his legs, looked at it for a moment, then sat forward, lowered his head and continued to read.
Ledger.
There was a meeting at five o'clock. Officials and secretaries from various ministries came over to make a routine summary of today's affairs - this meant that today's affairs went very smoothly, otherwise this meeting would not have been held until night. After the meeting, it was not time to eat yet.
At that time, Tan'er returned to the room and continued to read the account books, make records and plans, and write some more things. I don't know why, but it was quiet outside, and the sky was getting dark. In the past, Hongti would come in and ask her to eat, but today
No, when it got dark, there was still the sound of cicadas chirping, and someone came in with an oil lamp and put it on the table.
Tan'er lowered her head and continued to write. The light was like a bean, quietly illuminating the square inch of the desk. She was writing and writing. She didn't know when the brush in her hand suddenly paused, and then she put it down.
She went and continued to write a few words. Her hands began to tremble and tears fell on the paper. She raised her hands and put them on her eyes.
Someone was looking at her on a chair not far away.
"Hi, Su... Tan'er..." The man spoke in a low voice. I don't know why. It was like the first time they met in that house many years ago. That time, they were both very polite and strange to each other. This time
, but it was slightly different: "Hello..." He said something unusual in this era.
Tan'er lowered her head and didn't look over there: "Ning Liheng... Mr. Sir..." She said, "Hello..."
At this time, the stars outside have already risen. At night in the small county town, the lights are swaying, and people are still walking outside, talking and greeting each other, just like ordinary people who have never had anything special happen.