In Bosi, Bao'an City, there is a shop that specializes in selling various spices from the Nanyang Islands. The owner of the shop is named Singh. He claims to be from India and has the appearance of an Indian that everyone knows, because these Indians
He came to Ming Dynasty to do business because of the war. The three lives of Buddha and Avalokitesvara are enshrined in the shop.
This shop has a lot of business, and there are a lot of people coming in and out every day. The owner and assistants in the shop are busy all day long, and it is rare to see them entertaining customers calmly at the door of the shop. However, spices have just been opened.
It was still expensive when he was living in the sea, but now four years later, it has become affordable even for ordinary middle-class families. It is all about making money through large quantities, so other shop owners will not be jealous of him.
On this day, Singer had just finished a business involving thousands of kilograms of peppercorns. He was sitting on a chair and resting when he suddenly heard someone say: "Singer, boss, are you so leisurely?"
When Singer heard this voice, his expression changed slightly. He turned around and said to the person who made the voice: "So it's Grieg, here to buy spices again? Didn't you buy twenty kilograms last time? Let's use it now.
Finished?"
"Hey," the man called Grieg said, "There are many people in the family and there are many servants, so we use more spices. No, twenty kilograms have been used up. Let's buy some more."
"You'd better buy more at one time, even if they are all in the same store, it's not close," Singer said.
Hearing this, the clerk from another shop next to Singer's shop raised his head and glanced at them: What Singer just said is not right. How can any shopkeeper talk to customers like this? Although this guy named Grieg also
We know each other, and every once in a while he will come to Singer's shop to buy spices. They are familiar with each other, but they can't talk like this.
‘Even if Grieg has had some friendship for more than a year, he still has to say a few words, right?’ the guy thought secretly.
But he didn't expect that Grieg didn't react at all to this. He still didn't care and followed Singer into the store to weigh the spices.
As soon as he walked into the room where the spices were placed, Singer's face darkened. He first ordered a 'guy' to go out and watch, and then said to Grieg: "Why did you come to my place today? I told you not to do it."
Do you come to my place often?"
"Aga (the honorific title for superiors or elders in the food language and Turkic languages), when I thought that Su Dongli was using witchcraft to assassinate the emperor of the Ming Dynasty in Guangzhou City, I couldn't help but want to know the result immediately, so I ran over to ask
." Grieg said.
Singer sighed and said: "Okay, I will tell you this time, but it will not be the same next time. Next time, you can't ask about it when there is nothing important."
After Grieg agreed, he continued: "Su Dongli has almost prepared the news from the day before. The mage named Ude has also taken action. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty has fallen asleep, and Ude plans to cast another one.
The magic completely killed the emperor of Ming Dynasty."
"What I have to worry about now is whether the mages from the Ming Kingdom are capable. Although this Ude is already the most powerful mage with the most mysterious spells I have ever seen, I don't know if he can be more powerful than the mages from the Ming Kingdom.
It's easy to say. The Ming Dynasty also has a vast territory and a large population, so it cannot be underestimated."
This is the base of the Timur Khanate's intelligence agency in Bao'an City, Ming Dynasty. Singer is the general manager here. Because people often come and go from the intelligence agency, they cannot choose to be too tall.
It was strange that people would come over to buy things so often, so they chose the spice business as a cover, which was also an important source of funds for their daily activities.
"Hey, let's get a result as soon as possible. Whether it's success or failure, we won't have to hang around like this every day." Grieg said.
Singer actually thought the same as Grieg and felt uncomfortable hanging like this, but as the person in charge here, of course he couldn't talk like this. "How can you talk like this? It will naturally succeed. In this way, the Great Khan will conquer the world in the future."
It was much easier in the Ming Dynasty."
I heard that the crown prince of Ming Dynasty is only four years old now. According to the Khitan people, he is five years old, which is very young."
"In the history of the Khitan people, it is not uncommon for such a young child to secure the throne, but without exception, in order to ensure the stability of the country, the military power of the border generals will be weakened. For the sake of stability, the vassal king will not be revoked, but he will not continue to support it.
, that way even if there is no turmoil in the Ming Dynasty, it will be much easier for the Great Khan to invade the Ming Dynasty."
People like Singer were very superstitious about Timur's abilities and believed that he was invincible and that no one could stop him.
But he did not think that Timur was immortal. At this time, Tianfang Religion paid more attention to science and natural laws than the Cross Religion, and the level of science and technology was higher than that of the Cross Religion. Generally speaking, the level of superstition was lower. Tamerlane
I'm already in my sixties this year, and it's hard to say how many more years I can live. To be honest, maybe they don't know that Tamerlane has passed away now!
What a pity it would be for the Great Khan if the Ming Dynasty resisted for a few more years and Timur died of illness without accomplishing his great work. So no matter how much confidence he had in Timur, he still hoped that the Ming Dynasty would resist weakly and allow the Great Khan to complete it as soon as possible.
Long-cherished wish.
Grieg was taught a lesson by him and did not dare to talk about this topic again. Instead, he said: "Ajia, if the emperor of the Ming Dynasty dies, I'm afraid there will be a search and arrest in the entire city. Why don't we order Su Dongli to withdraw from Guangzhou now?
, to prevent being caught in a city-wide manhunt."
"I have already given the order. If Su Dongli died for the great cause of the Great Khan, he would have died a worthy death, but I am worried that things will be bad if he is captured. It would be terrible if his mouth is pried open.
"Singer said. Of course it is impossible for Su Dongli to know everyone in the intelligence system of the Ming Dynasty, but he knows the persons in charge of several lines. If he confesses, the Ming Dynasty can immediately catch these people, and then confess layer by layer, and finally
Dig out the entire intelligence network.
As Singh was talking, suddenly the voice of the boy he had brought from India came from outside the shop: "Guys, what are you doing in the shop? It's not the end of the year yet, it's not the time for a tax inspection, right?
.Hey, how come these officials broke in? Hey, hey!"
Grieg was a little stunned: "Although the police in the Ming Dynasty will also ask for cards, but they usually don't break into the store, right?"
Singer reacted quickly. He closed the door and lit a fire note on the paperwork on the table.
But at this time, the people from the Ming Dynasty had already rushed to the door. After pushing a few times, he heard a loud "click" and a small hole appeared in the door.
Singer was anxious. While burning these, he picked up a document and put it into Grieg's hand and said: "Eat it quickly!"
Grieg had already realized at this time that no one who could be sent out to do intelligence work was too stupid, so he took the document and started eating it.
But at this moment, there was another loud "click" sound, and another "bang" sound was heard, and the door was kicked open.
Singer did not look back at the kicked-in door, but burned the documents more anxiously. At this time, a shout of "Stop!" came from behind him. He completely ignored it and continued to burn. But then a heavy sound came.
Something hit him on the head, and he immediately fell to the ground unconscious.
There was another sound, and Grieg also fell to the ground, with half a piece of paper still in his mouth.
The man standing next to Singh's body stretched out his hand to wipe his sweat, put down the ax in his hand, and loudly ordered: "Immediately put away all the papers with writing on them, whether they are Chinese characters or foreign characters, and do not destroy any of them."
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These people are the people who came to check the Timur Khanate's intelligence network in the Ming Dynasty. This person is the person in charge of the Jinyiwei in Dongguan County, named Yang Quan. Yesterday, news came from Guangzhou Prefecture at full speed, asking them to go to the Shipping Department of Baoan City
Check several businesses.
Although Yang Quan didn't have any inside information, he immediately guessed that this was related to the shear harvesting case or the witchcraft case that happened in Guangzhou a few days ago. Otherwise, why would they be copying merchants? They were still outside merchants.
Yang Quan immediately gathered all his men and went to Bao'an City Shipping Department. Only an hour after arriving at the City Shipping Department for repairs, Zhang Yanfang personally came over to convey the order to them and asked them to take action immediately.
Yang Quan and his men put on police uniforms and followed the guide from the Shipping Department to find Singer's shop. Everyone was ready and rushed in.
Yang Quan guessed that there might be some secret room in the store. Even if there was no secret room, the door could still be locked, so he brought an ax with him, ready to use it to open it if he encountered such a situation. He was just prepared, but he didn't expect to actually use it.
Yang Quan said those words himself, stretched out his hands to help Singer and Grieg up one after another, handcuffed and shackled them, and found two people to carry them to the car.
At this time, all the papers with words in the house had been collected. Yang Quan checked it several times by himself, and took out all the papers with words in other houses and put them into the car. He also saw all the papers in the shop.
The waiters had all been tied up and loaded into the car. He waved his hand and said, "Go back and take them to the Bosi Yamen of Bao'an City."
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On the same day, something like this happened to seven or eight shops in the entire Bao'an City. At the same time, several families in Guangzhou were broken into and searched by soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. All those who were arrested and those who were found to have records were searched.
The papers were finally collected and submitted to the Guangdong Procuratorate. Since the highest judicial authority in Guangdong is the Guangdong Procuratorate, although Yunxi felt that it would be easier for the Guangzhou Police Headquarters to handle this case, it would not be easy to hand it over to Qian Minglin.
; However, although the Guangdong Procuratorate is nominally in charge of the case, it will most likely hand over most matters to the Police Headquarters.
The Guangdong Procuratorate, the Guangzhou Police Headquarters, and the Guangzhou Jinyiwei Yamen went through repeated sorting and interrogation. After three days, the information obtained from the papers and the confessions were compiled into a document and delivered to Yunxi.
