After Li Yunsheng received the telegram, he looked at the content and couldn't help but sigh. In the telegram, Liu Yuntian told Li Yunsheng completely about Virgo's thoughts. Although he received the award, when he thought about Virgo's attitude toward North China, he couldn't help but sigh.
They must all be treated with caution. For fear of trouble, they cannot even take action openly to deal with some traitors. This is the current situation in China.
He also wanted to sit around and let himself do good things in Tianjin, that is, to put more informants in the troops around Tianjin. But now except for one Zhang Hao who was sent to the Allied Army, Li Yunsheng didn't even have an acquaintance in the rest of the troops. What?
Being able to place an informant, Li Yunsheng couldn't help but frown when he thought of this. After all, it is not easy to buy an informant in the army. At least someone needs to know the situation, so that he can act, otherwise he will be easily exposed, regardless of which army he is from.
Commander, if you know someone is inserting spies in your army, you won't be polite.
Thinking of these troubles, Li Yunsheng became a little upset. He also thought that he had left Tianjin for a few days. He didn't know how Meng Dong was doing now and whether he had been involved in the gang. Anyway, he couldn't calm down now, so he might as well go to Meng Dong.
After understanding the situation, I followed the address Meng Dong left and went to a snack bar near Uncle Meng Dong's house, where I waited for Meng Dong.
This is the place agreed by Li Yunsheng and Meng Dong. Meng Dong will come here to eat at five o'clock every night. If something happens to Li Yunsheng, the two of them will meet at the snack bar at this time. When Meng Dong arrives, he sees Li Yunsheng sitting on a table.
He walked over to the table, pretended not to know him and said, "Brothers, let's set up a table and eat together." Then he sat down.
Then he carefully looked around and saw that no one was paying attention, so he whispered: "Stationmaster, why are you here? Is something wrong?"
Seeing Meng Dong's performance, Li Yunsheng couldn't help but secretly nod with satisfaction, and then said in the same small voice: "What have you done these days, are things going well, and have you joined a gang?"
Meng Dong said in a low voice: "Things went very smoothly. There are many gangs in Tianjin. My skills are not bad, my marksmanship is also good, and I still have family in Tianjin, so it was easy to join a small gang called Changshui Gang. However,
The Changshui Gang is not very powerful, with only seventy or eighty members in the entire gang. It controls a street in the French Concession and makes a living by collecting protection fees and selling opium."
Li Yunsheng nodded and said: "Such a small gang should be easy to control. You can hang out there for a while with peace of mind. Once you figure out the way, I will send a few people to help you. You also need to make more friends yourself.
Especially people from other gangs, so they can know more information."
Meng Dong nodded and said: "I know, I will try my best to do it." Then he thought for a while and said hesitantly: "Webmaster, as far as I know, many people in the Changshui Gang have low incomes and can barely
It's just enough for food and clothing. If I want to get ahead quickly in the Changshui Gang, I just need to spend more money and win people's hearts, but in this case, I'm afraid I will need a lot of money."
Hearing Meng Dong's words, Li Yunsheng was a little surprised. After all, the gang members came openly and covertly and did everything. The income should be a lot. How could it only be enough for food and clothing? So he asked: "Isn't there a gang in the Changshui Gang?"
Is it the land of the street, so there will be no money?”
Meng Dong said normally: "Most of the money was taken by the gang leader, and some of the bosses also took some. The brothers below could only drink soup, so they were all very poor. Not only the Changshui Gang was like this, but the other gangs were too.
In this way, it’s just that the territory of the Changshui Gang is too small and the gang leader is too greedy, so the income of the gang members is even less.”
Li Yunsheng thought about it carefully and had an idea in his mind, but now was not the time, so he said to Meng Dong: "I will give you 10,000 French currency here tomorrow morning. You can use it to win people's hearts. Don't worry about the money.
As long as you can get ahead quickly, you also need to be safe and not be targeted."
Meng Dong nodded and said: "Don't worry, webmaster, I will pay attention. I will wait for you here tomorrow morning. As long as I have money, I will easily get ahead in the gang. After all, most of the people in the gang are just for money.
There are only a few people who are loyal." Afterwards, the two people left one after another after finishing their meal.
Early the next morning, Li Yunsheng first gave Meng Dong 10,000 French currency, and then came to Tianjin Station, thinking about how to plant nails for the troops around Tianjin, but the most difficult thing now is that he knew nothing about the situation of the troops around Tianjin.
You know, if you don’t understand the situation, you don’t dare to take action at all. The only one who has had contact with it is the 29th Army, which is still a regiment-level unit. Thinking of this, Li Yunsheng thought of Zhang Tianlai, his subordinate he had just recruited. This person stayed in the army in North China.
After many years, even though he was just a small soldier, he should have known a lot of people after more than ten years in the army. Moreover, although the 29th Army is not large now, it finally incorporated most of the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces and became North China's
main military force.
So someone called Zhang Tianlai to the office. After Zhang Tianlai came in, he smiled and said to him: "How about it, you can get used to it after coming to Tianjin."
Zhang Tianlai said with a serious expression: "It's very good. This subordinate is a rough guy. He can get used to it wherever he goes. Moreover, the environment here is much better than that of the army. I don't know why the stationmaster came to me." Zhang Tianlai's attitude made Li Yunsheng
Very satisfied. He was not arrogant because he was personally recruited by Li Yunsheng, but showed the attitude of a subordinate toward a superior.
Li Yunsheng said with satisfaction: "You don't have to be so restrained. I came to you to ask if you knew anything about Captain Li's situation when you were in the 29th Army, and how much you knew about the situation and character of other officers."
Zhang Tianlai thought for a while and said: "I don't know much about the regiment commander. I only know that he is very strict in leading his troops. I don't know anything else. After all, I am just a soldier and have no contact with the regiment commander. But for our company commander
I understand the situation very well.”
Li Yunsheng thought for a while and felt that although the status of a company commander is not high, it is still possible if he develops into an informant. He can also get to know other people through this person, especially as the 29th Army is about to expand and many officers will be promoted.
, so he said: "Then tell me about your company commander's situation."
Zhang Tianlai said: "The company commander is also a rough man, but he dares to fight and rush forward during the war. I have known him for five or six years and followed him when he was the platoon leader. However,
He is very loyal and defensive, so sometimes he always contradicts his superiors for the sake of his subordinates, but he has a problem: he likes to drink."
Li Yunsheng asked quickly: "Where is he from? What is his name? Does he have a family?" What Li Yunsheng asked was the most important question. After all, if you don't have a family, you have fewer worries. If you want to develop into a
Eyeliner is a little more difficult.
Zhang Tianlai said quickly: "The company commander's name is Liu Jianlin. He is also from Hebei. His parents are still alive at home, and he has a wife and children. He lives in Luan County. However, the company commander's family background is not very good, so although he likes to drink, he drinks a lot.
They are all inferior wines."
Li Yunsheng asked again: "Do you know other people in the 29th Army or other units, preferably officers you are familiar with?"
Zhang Tianlai thought for a while and said: "I do know some officers. After all, I have been a soldier for so many years and have worked with many commanders. However, every time after a defeat, the troops were dispersed and reorganized several times.
So I don’t know if these officers are still alive and which unit they are in.”
Li Yunsheng thought for a while and said: "Tianlai, starting from today, you start looking for people you know, get to know everyone you can find, and then invite Liu Jianlin to meet with me, and I will leave it to you.
"The first task".
After Zhang Tianlai heard what Li Yunsheng said, he felt a little embarrassed. After hesitating for a while, he carefully asked: "Stationmaster, why do you want me to do these things? There is also a company commander who has been in the army in Peiping and wants to make an appointment with him."
It’s not easy to come out and meet.”
Li Yunsheng saw Zhang Tianlai's troubled look and immediately understood what he was thinking. He smiled and said: "Don't worry, I won't do anything to your Company Commander Liu. I just want him to inquire about information for us. If he doesn't want to
If so, I won’t force him. When the time comes, I will let you accompany me to meet him, so you can rest assured. As for letting you contact other people, this is also the purpose.”
Zhang Tianlai breathed a sigh of relief when he heard what Li Yunsheng said, and then said: "I obey my order. I will go to Peking right now to find ways to find people I knew before, and then look for an opportunity to help the station commander make an appointment with Company Commander Liu."
Come to Tianjin".
Li Yunsheng nodded and said: "When you go to Peking, take your two brothers with you so that you can be taken care of. If you have any news, send me a telegram. Here are the funds prepared for you.
The total is five thousand French coins." After saying that, he took out five thousand French coins from the drawer and pushed it in front of Zhang Tianlai.
Zhang Tianlai was not polite. After picking up the legal currency, he said to Li Yunsheng: "I'm going to make preparations and then go to Peking. But, stationmaster, can you provide me with a strong certificate, which will make things easier."
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Li Yunsheng really forgot about this, so he patted his head and said with a smile: "I really forgot about this. You are the first subordinate I have personally recruited. This is your temporary certificate. Wait for two days.
Your official ID will be here." Then he took out the general ID of the Secret Service from the table and handed it to Zhang Tianlai.
After Zhang Tianlai took the certificate, he said: "If the stationmaster has nothing else to do, then my subordinate will leave." At Li Yunsheng's nod, he turned and left the office.
Looking at Zhang Tianlai's leaving figure, Li Yunsheng couldn't help but nodded, thinking that Zhang Tianlai's character was quite good and he still had old feelings for his former commander. He didn't turn his back on anyone just because he left the army and sold out all the people he knew well.
, it seems that he is someone who can be used with confidence.