At this time, the fish resources in the Yangtze River were quite abundant. Li Xiaorong actually caught more than a dozen fish until noon, but most of them were about the width of a palm.
The biggest one was a grass carp, which was much bigger than the carp. It was hit in the head by a harpoon, otherwise it would probably not be able to pull it up, because a fish of about the same size broke the fishing line and escaped, resulting in losses.
A fish dart made Li Xiaorong heartbroken.
At noon, Manager Sun arrived as promised and saw a lot of fish. He gathered a few handfuls of grass and twisted them into a rope. He passed the fish through the fish's mouth through the gills and strung the fish into several strings. He took it to the coal station and found a place.
After putting it away, he took Li Xiaorong into the yard.
The yard was surrounded by a circle of two-story brick buildings. Li Xiaorong looked around with a "curious" face. In fact, he had learned the structural layout here from the villagers. What Li Xiaorong wanted to see was the people inside.
There were a lot of people inside. When many people saw an outsider coming in, they looked at him curiously and ignored him. They mostly said hello to Manager Sun.
Li Xiaorong followed Steward Sun upstairs and entered a room, which was decorated like a private room in a hotel. Not long after the two of them sat down, someone brought food.
The main dish was fish. Several dishes were prepared, as well as several other dishes. Li Xiaorong took the initiative to get up and add rice and hand over his chopsticks.
"Uncle, it's a bit hot! Can't you open the windows here?" Li Xiaorong sat down and fanned the air duct with his hands.
Hearing this, Manager Sun was stunned for a moment, then realized what he was doing, and while letting Li Xiaorong eat, he muttered that he had forgotten and opened the window.
Li Xiaorong was still a little restrained at first, but then he let go and wolfed down the food. Steward Sun ate and looked at Li Xiaorong with a smile. Li Xiaorong patted his belly and put down the bowl and chopsticks, and he also put down the bowl and chopsticks gently.
Li Xiaorong took a glass of water and drank it in big gulps, and said with a smile: "Uncle, when you come in, everyone you meet greets you. You must be a high official, right?"
"What a big official..." Manager Sun smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying: "I'm just a small manager. After working here for more than ten years, the boss just trusted me to take care of the warehouse."
"Oh..." Li Xiaorong said oh, said a few words of admiration, asked Manager Sun for a small bag of salt, and left the coal station.
At the gate of the coal station, Manager Sun was a little lost in thought as he watched Li Xiaorong carrying the fish and running to the edge of the river, cleaning the fish and applying salt on it.
Suddenly a hand was stretched out in front of Manager Sun and waved up and down, and then a face poked out and said with a smile: "Brother Sun, what's there to see?"
When Manager Sun saw this, he said calmly: "After staying here for so many years, the faces I look up and down are all those of you. Finally, an outsider comes and you don't allow me to take a second look?"
"Brother Sun, don't lie to me. There are usually many outsiders coming to refuel! I've never seen you treat anyone so well."
"Alas..." Manager Sun sighed softly, and said helplessly: "It's just that you have a sharp eye and saw the shadow of me when I was young in him.
When I was his age, I was busy running around the house all day, and my play time was only a few times a year, which was considered the best time in my life.
Come to think of it, I haven’t been back for many years, and I don’t know what’s going on at home. Alas…”
"Brother Sun, why are you thinking so much? Anyway, someone will take care of you and the money will be delivered on time. You must be living a good life."
"That's right..." Manager Sun nodded and said with a smile: "Let's not talk about it anymore, Xiao Huang. You go in and tell everyone that you can open the window freely in the future. It's best to open it today."
"Ah? Why do you need to open the window?"
“It rained last night, and the sun is shining brightly today. The room is uncomfortably hot and stuffy. If you close the windows tightly, don’t you think it’s suspicious?
And what’s more! Be on guard, life should be how it should be, and don’t let guard down affect your normal life, otherwise these anomalies are likely to attract others’ attention.”
"Okay!..." Xiao Huang nodded, with a smile on his face, and rushed back to the coal station.
Manager Sun looked at Xiao Huang's figure, a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes, and turned to look at Li Xiaorong again, with a smile on his face again.
On the river ridge, Li Xiaorong, who had just watched, entered the coal station. The four of them were worried for a while. Fortunately, a window opened not long after, allowing several people to see his figure.
At this time, Yi Wenbin was staring at the open windows when he suddenly discovered that a few windows nearby were also opened. After another sweep, most of the windows in the coal station were open.
"What's going on? The window was closed just now, why did it suddenly open? Could it be that something happened?"
Yi Wenbin was anxious. The other party suddenly opened the window, which must be abnormal, and it was just after Li Xiaorong left.
"The situation may change, but it shouldn't be a big problem. Think about the weather now, how stuffy it must be inside with the doors and windows closed?
I'm afraid that Li Xiaorong just entered and did something that made them realize that this was unreasonable and opened the window.
Take this opportunity to observe quickly, the people inside should show up, see if you have seen them."
After Yi Wenbin heard this, he stopped thinking about it and stared at the periscope to observe everything, not letting go of any window he could see.
In the coal station, Captain Chen was drinking with a few people. Many of them were so hot that they unbuttoned most of their clothes.
When Manager Sun's words came, Captain Chen realized that he had gone too far this time, especially the way someone with whom he had a bad relationship looked at him.
Captain Chen depressedly took out a cigarette, stood up and leaned against the window to smoke. Seeing this, several people in the house also leaned against the window to get some air.
At the river bank in the distance, Yi Wenbin's eyes narrowed. Because the lens was wrapped with coarse-hole linen to prevent reflection, Yi Wenbin gently adjusted it so that the largest hole faced the few people lying on the window.
Looking at the two somewhat familiar figures, Yi Wenbin observed them carefully for a while, then turned his head and met Liu Daxiang's eyes. They looked at each other and smiled, obviously recognizing them.
In the afternoon, Li Xiaorong caught a lot of fish again, scraped the scales and removed the dirt, rubbed them with salt, skewered them with grass, hung the last pile on his shoulders, and walked towards the river ridge.
When Yi Wenbin and the two saw each other, they quietly moved their bodies and retreated. After Li Xiaorong passed by with the slingshot, the two of them began to walk through the reeds.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After another half an hour, the three finally returned to the waterway, but before the boat arrived, the three packed up their things and waited.
The small steamer that sailed down from the upper reaches came in a little while passing by the Jiangwan coal yard and said hello. After knowing that the person had left, it retreated. After all, this is a normal behavior for a father.
Half an hour later, the boat arrived, and Li Dayan was a little surprised to see the large string of fish and waterfowl hanging on Li Xiaorong's body.
On the way back, the three of them told Zheng Junshan everything about today. Zheng Junshan was very satisfied.
Because not only was it confirmed today that Jiangwan Coal Station was a spy base, Li Xiaorong also went in and found out a lot about the internal situation.
"Wen Bin, Lao Liu, these six people you recognized are all on the second floor, right?"
"Yes..." Yi Wenbin nodded and asked, "Mr. Zheng, is there any problem with this?"
"There is no problem, but there is a clue hidden, indicating that the second floor should be the place where more important people live in their daily lives."
Zheng Junshan asked a few more questions, and after the three of them answered them one by one, Zheng Junshan stopped, but they were almost in Nanjing.
On Liu Zhenshan's side, after Xiao Rui arrived, he arranged for a few people to stay and monitor the Zhong residence, and then took Xiao Rui to investigate the departments near Nanjing that could set up traffic jams on the river for law enforcement.
Not to mention, there are so many people from all walks of life, including police, anti-smuggling, customs, anti-narcotics, water transport departments, and even the army. Anyway, as long as they have something to do with it, they will basically extend their hands.
After all, water transportation was an important mode of transportation in the Republic of China, especially along rivers and coastal areas. There was so much oil and water that anyone who could get involved would basically do so.
Liu Zhenshan spent a lot of effort to get the list of relevant personnel and basic information, and then checked around and filled in the missing ones.
Based on the approximate time of the arrival of the fleet, I searched for the guy who has been working until now, but there was none.
However, considering that this fleet was older than the time when the Nationalist Government established Nanjing as its capital, the information during that period was definitely incomplete, so I spent a long time investigating again.
But in the end, there were only three or two kittens, but Xiao Rui added up the many lists and finally made a big discovery, discovering more than twenty.
It was impossible to include all of them, but the target was greatly reduced. After another investigation, less than ten people were left with serious suspicions. People were arranged to conduct in-depth investigations, and Liu Zhenshan turned his attention elsewhere.
"Captain, it's hard to deal with the army here! The garrison team won't last long, how are we going to investigate?"
"Hmm..." Liu Zhenshan thought for a moment and said: "The garrison time is uncertain, which means it is difficult to control. The spy may choose another method.
To put it bluntly, the troops patrolling the river are here to make money. As long as the money is in place, they won't care about it at all. We have to start with those who send the money.
But there must be too many people, and we don't have enough time, so we can only let them go. But just in case, we can ask the management to find a way to move people away or temporarily control them during the operation.
What we need to check now is what was left out of the filtering conditions just now. It has been more than ten years since the Japanese arranged it at that time. There must have been other arrangements later."
"Captain, what are the filtering conditions? There are quite a few people here. If there are no filtering conditions, we won't be able to complete the investigation in a short time."
Liu Zhenshan pondered for a moment and said: "First of all, the target of the investigation is the middle-level personnel. Now that the specific work arrangements have been made, the next step is to manage the personnel.
Secondly, this is the oil and water department, and there are many relatives arranged by the superiors to make money. These can be eliminated first. These people may have received benefits, but they basically do nothing.
Finally, there are those who are generous, are not relatives arranged by someone, live well, have no family in Nanjing, and may have connections with restaurants."
After hearing this, Xiao Rui thought about it and said, "With these conditions, more than 90% of them can be eliminated. It's not a big problem."
"Okay... take people there quickly!"
"Yes..." Xiao Rui responded, changed his clothes, took the team members and went out.
Lin Mo met Yang Haicheng again in the afternoon, but today, Yang Haicheng only brought a small amount of basic information.
Mainly the layout of the restaurant. The first floor is a public area, which is open to the public. There are restaurants, lounges, chess and card rooms, tea rooms, dispatch rooms and other public places.
The second floor is an ordinary room, that is, a standard room. There are more than 20 rooms, both single and double. When Yang Haicheng was cleaning the restaurant, he looked around and found that they were all for guests.
The third floor is a high-end room, with eight upper rooms and two suites. The upper room has two bedrooms, one living room and one bathroom, or one bedroom, one living room and one bathroom. The area is almost double that of the standard room. Yang Haicheng lives in one bedroom, one living room and one bathroom.
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The suite is double the area of the upper room, luxuriously decorated, with three bedrooms, one living room and one bathroom, a master bedroom with two bedrooms, a large living room, a large bathroom, and a small kitchen. Of course, the price is also expensive, several times that of the upper room.
The fourth floor is the office area, with several offices, study rooms, bedrooms, finance, etc. Yang Haicheng thought there might be something wrong with the bedroom because it looked almost the same size as the suite on the third floor.
That's pretty much what Yang Haicheng brought today. He was busy dealing with Lan Jinzhu yesterday and didn't have time to check the basic situation. The rest were rumors from some restaurant employees.
The subsequent investigation may involve the secrets of the restaurant. Lin Mo asked Yang Haicheng not to act rashly or inquire, but to observe and see if he could find anything.
On the next day, apart from showing his face in front of Lan Jinzhu, Yang Haicheng paid close attention to various situations in the restaurant, but he didn't find anything. He didn't know whether it was because the enemy was too cunning or something.
Liu Zhenshan gained a huge harvest on this day. He roughly identified six people with problems. Three of them were patrol inspectors on the river from the police anti-smuggling customs. They were around forty years old and experienced. They had all worked on the river for ten or twenty years.
The remaining three are managers, one is an anti-narcotics officer who joined the company five years ago. He has no relatives in Nanjing and is alone. He is most likely a spy.
The remaining two people, after investigation, had close contact with the restaurant. At the same time, they were engaged in related work at home in the Qing Dynasty. They had extensive connections in this area. Through their hands, they could basically smooth out all the relationships and allow the ship to sail smoothly.
"Bah bang bang bang..." On Thursday morning, Yang Haicheng was awakened by the sound of firecrackers. He felt very unhappy. He stood up and opened the window in a daze. When the cold wind blew, he suddenly became smart and turned around and put on his coat.
When I looked up and looked outside, I saw that the new store across the street behind the restaurant had opened early in the morning, with lights and colorful decorations.
The road behind the restaurant is not a main road, and there is not much traffic. There were originally some small shops, but recently, Nanjing's economy has been booming, and it has become popular, and several large shops have been opened.
The newly opened shop today is opposite the restaurant. It opened so early. It must be related to breakfast, but it was too early. Yang Haicheng saw a few people coming.
Yang Haicheng was still secretly saying that the other party didn't know how to do business. Unexpectedly, the next second, he saw the store clerk bringing seven or eight packets of firecrackers.
"Bah, bang, bang..." There was another burst, and just as Yang Haicheng was about to stop cursing, he suddenly froze, turned his head to one side, and gently closed his eyes.
A few minutes later, the sound of firecrackers stopped. Yang Haicheng opened his eyes and looked at the red confetti on the street, thoughtfully.
After staring for half a minute, Yang Haicheng turned around and went downstairs without washing his face. He happened to meet the young guard who had come on duty.
"Brother, what happened? Are you so anxious because you miss your sister-in-law and can't wait any longer?"
"Let's go, let's go... follow me..." Regardless of what the guard said, Yang Hai pulled him up, causing the guard to stagger and follow.