"Don't worry, the food I have stored is enough for all of us to eat for a month. Chen Tianping will not arrive in Jiangzhou for more than a month." Han Cang said after taking a bite of food.
Wang Gong did not answer, but took a few more mouthfuls of rice and a bite of vegetables. He frowned slightly and said, "This dish is a bit bland."
Han Cang himself also tasted that the dish was indeed bland and said: "It is indeed a bit bland. I added less salt this time. I will add more salt next time."
"No!" As soon as Han Cang finished speaking, Cao Anmin said: "The amount of salt a person eats every day is about the same. If you buy salt according to the amount of nine people, it will definitely arouse suspicion, because you are not included in this list.
There should only be three people."
"But you still have a few guys, and they also need to eat salt every day. You can slightly increase the amount of salt you buy, buying enough salt for three or four people more than usual, but any more will definitely arouse suspicion. Everyone can only tolerate it.
Be patient and eat less salt."
"I can buy some salt from private salt dealers without being discovered," Han Cang said.
"Do you think that private salt dealers will come to places like Jiangzhou at this time? For the local officials of the Ming Dynasty, catching a few private salt dealers is also a credit. Now that the detection is so strict, the private salt dealers come in vain
I want to send people to the local government to give credit, they will not come during this period of time." Cao Anmin said.
"It turns out that there are so many things that need to be paid attention to in the Ming Dynasty, not only the food, but also the salt." Wang Cheng, who came to the Ming Dynasty for the first time, said with a Qiongzhou accent.
"The Ming Dynasty is no better than at home." Cao Anmin, who is not young and has visited the Ming Dynasty many times, said: "I have never seen such strict management of the people in other countries. You must pay attention to everything."
Han Cang somewhat understood why Cao Anmin, who was very young, was sent here. After a person reaches his forties, his physical strength and energy are much less than before, and he is somewhat unable to carry out assassinations. However, at the same time, they have also accumulated a lot of experience in the past.
Experience is more useful than excess energy and physical strength in performing various actions.
Starting from the next day, Hancang opened for business every morning, and in the afternoon I accompanied my "sister and brother-in-law" to visit this small town in the mountains that I had never seen before. The patrolling guard soldiers did not suspect anything, but just told them that because a "big shot" was coming recently,
So don't stay too long near the city wall, and don't enter or leave the city casually, as inspection is very cumbersome.
After walking like this for two days, they visited the entire city and drew a map of the city.
The nine of them looked at the map, and after a while Cao Anmin said: "It would be too difficult to put Chen Tianping into the city and then assassinate him." He pointed to the courtyard where Chen Tianping was to live in the northeast corner of Jiangzhou City and said: "Here
The current protection is too tight, and it is too difficult to get close without being discovered. And those who will deliver vegetables and food to Chen Tianping must be locals here, who can go to the third generation. Now we can coerce and lure them into our use.
It’s too late, and it’s impossible to sneak in.”
"If we wait for Chen Tianping to come out of the courtyard to assassinate him, according to my experience, the chance of success may not be greater than when he first entered the city. And if Chen Tianping stays in the courtyard and does not come out, then we will be completely helpless. So I think the best
It would be better to kill him when he first arrives in Jiangzhou City."
"What about digging a tunnel to the bottom of the yard?" Wang Cheng said.
"No, Jiangzhou City is a mountain city, and it is difficult to dig tunnels; besides, it takes too long to dig tunnels. Chen Tianping may have gone elsewhere by then," Han Cang said.
"Start by sending food and vegetables to Chen Tianping and then poison him?" Han Wei asked.
"This is also a method, but after receiving the food and vegetables delivered, the people protecting Chen Tianping will definitely check it. We now have several poisons in our hands that only take three to five days, but they may not be able to be detected by the people of the Ming Dynasty.
"
"So poisoning can only be a last resort. I think it's best to assassinate Chen Tianping when he enters the city. Do you have any objections?" Cao Anmin said.
"Lord Cong Qi said that Brother Cao is the leader of the assassination this time. In this case, you can arrange the assassination when Chen Tianping enters the city." Wang Gong said. Cao Anmin is the most experienced person among the nine people present.
Since he felt that it would be best to assassinate Chen Tianping when he entered the city, Wang Gong supported his judgment. Several others also had no objections.
"I'm not busy with the arrangements. I have to think a little more to come up with the most secure arrangement. Anyway, there are still three or four days before Chen Tianping arrives in Jiangzhou, and there is still time." Cao Anmin said.
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"Lao Luo, I haven't seen you for a long time. The commander actually sent you to Yunnan again?" A thin man wearing a flying fish suit said to the muscular man in front of him.
"Old Fei, long time no see. This time, the Commander-in-Chief has a new order, so he sent me here." The strong man said.
The two of them sat down in the room, and after a few words of greeting, Fei Bin, who was called Lao Fei, said: "Lao Luo, what orders does the commander have? No matter how you think about it, you don't need to pass on an order."
"This order is not only important, but must also be kept secret, so Commander Qin is worried about others and can only ask me to come and deliver the order." Luo Zhenyu said.
Fei Bin asked with some confusion: "What order requires you to deliver it in person?"
"You will know after you see it for yourself." Luo Zhenyu put the box containing the order on the table and said.
Fei Bin picked up the box curiously, opened it using a specific technique, took out the silk with the order written on it, threw the box aside, and started to read.
After just a few glances, Fei Bin's expression changed. He raised his head and glanced at Luo Zhenyu before continuing to look.
Fei Bin quickly read the order, but was silent for a long time. After a long time, he said: "Why did the commander give such an order?"
"What do you think?" Luo Zhenyu asked.
"I don't think so..." Fei Bin swallowed the rest of his words halfway through.
But Luo Zhenyu already understood what he meant and said, "As long as you understand."
"Then when the time comes, will the two of us become scapegoats and be eliminated?" Fei Bin asked somewhat dejectedly.
"Even if they are eliminated as scapegoats, their families will definitely be taken care of by the commander, they will have enough food and clothing, and their children will be able to work as guards." Luo Zhenyu said.
"Then do it. I don't dare to disobey the order." Fei Bin seemed to have lost all his energy and energy in an instant and said, "Just do what you say."
"Okay, now..." Luo Zhenyu ordered.
After Luo Zhenyu finished giving the last order, he looked at Fei Bin, who was still completely lackluster, and said, "Don't worry, you don't know the temperament of the commander, so he won't do anything like killing a donkey."
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June 23, late at night.
In the courtyard of Hancang in Jiangzhou City, Cao Anmin asked the eight people in front of him one by one: "Hancang, has the house you want to rent already rented?"
"It's rented."
"Wang Cheng, the gunpowder you brought is not damp."
"No."
"Han Wei,..."
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After asking all the questions, Cao Anmin said to them: "Tomorrow morning, Chen Tianping will come to Jiangzhou City. All preparations have been made, and I have given you instructions on what to do.
Now, do any of you still have any questions?"
When he saw no one spoke, they all just stared at him seriously and said, "It seems that no one has any doubts. In this case, let's start taking action. We must successfully assassinate Chen Tianping!"