Kang Bao said apologetically: "I originally wanted to find Mr. Li later, but since Mr. Li is already here, let me ask Mr. Li!"
Li Yang smiled slightly and said: "The prefecture of Guangzhou is Nanhai County, but the seaport is in Panyu County. The two counties are close to each other and are only a dozen miles apart. A Panyu River connects the two counties. There are a total of 30,000 people in Lingnan Economic Strategy Prefecture.
The army, of which 10,000 are local militia groups, are distributed in various states, and then 20,000 troops are stationed in Guangzhou, mainly distributed in three counties. One is naturally Nanhai County, with 10,000 troops, commanded by my brother Li Yu, and then Guangzhou
Zengcheng County in the northeast has a garrison of 5,000 troops, led by General Luo Huaiqing.
There is also an army stationed in Huaiji County in the north of Guangzhou, also with 5,000 people. It is led by General Yuchi Hu. The thorn in the side is Yuchi Hu. His family has guarded Lingnan for three generations. He has many connections in Lingnan and has always treated me.
My father was dissatisfied. There were rumors that he had colluded with the eunuchs of the Southern Tang Dynasty. He had an appointment letter from the Queen Mother appointing him as the governor of the five Lingnan prefectures. It is said that someone had seen it, but we have no evidence."
"Can your brother Li Yu listen to you?" Kang Bao asked again.
"General Kang doesn't know something. Li Yu is my biological brother. Our biological father is Yang Shanfu, Sima of Yuzhou. He was killed when he led the army to quell the Nanzhao rebellion. I was only ten years old at that time, and my brother was only five years old. My mother soon became grief-stricken.
He passed away due to illness, and now my father adopted us. Li Yu was not originally an army leader. He likes music. Before my father came to Chang'an to report on his duties, he temporarily handed over 10,000 troops to him."
"Then you have two other brothers?"
Li Yang shook his head, "Our second son went to Taiyuan many years ago and was captured by Zhu Si when he returned. Later he was taken to Luoyang by Zhu Si. After arriving in Luoyang, Zhu Si treated him well. He wanted to capture the Southern Tang Dynasty and make him emperor, but it's a pity.
He lacked self-discipline, spent all day having fun, and died of excessive drinking and sex.
The fourth child is called Li Xiao. He has complained about his father's favoritism since he was a child, but he himself has failed to live up to his expectations. When he was a teenager, he spent all day fighting with a bunch of dandies and refused to change. Now in his twenties, he is still doing nothing. His father has been disappointed with him.
After all, I don’t regard him as my son. Even everyone in the palace looks down on him and ignores him. He basically has no status in the palace now."
"Then there is another Zengcheng general, Luo Huaiqing?"
"Luo Huaiqing is my father's confidant and has always been loyal to my father. My father placed him in Zengcheng to contain Yuchi Hu."
Kang Bao nodded, his eyes fell on the map again, and asked: "How does Commander Li think our fleet will go?"
Li Yang thought for a while and said: "If we are more cautious, the fleet can find an uninhabited island in Lingding Ocean to stop. Then I will send someone to Nanhai County to inquire about the information. It depends on the situation."
Kang Bao approved his plan and said with a smile: "I see that the brothers have almost recovered. The supplies and water are also on board. We will set off early tomorrow morning!"
.........
Early the next morning, the soldiers boarded the ships again, and two hundred ships left Mingzhou and sailed toward the south.
At the same moment when the Mingzhou fleet left, Guo Song also turned his eyes to the south.
In the Regent's palace, Song Tian presented a document to Guo Song, "Your Highness, this was just found from the records left in Zuoyintai of the Southern Tang Dynasty. They suspect that the Baozhitang Medical Center in Chengdu is the intelligence point of Yao Guangping in Quanzhou, but
The news leaked that when they went to arrest people, most of the people in Baozhitang had already fled, and they only caught one person. This person confessed that everyone in Baozhitang fled to Chang'an."
Guo Song read the records and ordered the guards, "Go and find Wang Yue quickly!"
The guard hurried away, and Guo Song asked again: "Has the Jin Wei Mansion set up an intelligence point in Quanzhou?"
"I went there a few months ago, but there has been no news. The reason is unknown. I am also worried about my humble position. A few days ago, I transferred Yuezhou intelligence to join the army. Yue Jing took a dozen of his subordinates to Fuzhou to set up an intelligence point."
Guo Song did not speak, and clasped his hands in front of the window in deep thought. Previously, the five states in the southern part of the Liangzhe Road, including Fujian, Jian, and Quanzhou, were temporarily ignored by Guo Song, just like Lingnan. As the Jin army began to control the Liangzhe Road, as well as Kangxi Bao led his army to Lingnan, and Guo Song also began to pay attention to the five states of Fujian, Jian, and Quan.
Compared with Zhu Si, Li Na, Tian Yue and other vassal towns, Yao Guangping was indeed very low-key. He never claimed the title of king. He paid tribute to the Southern Tang Dynasty court on time every year, submitted work reports, and appointed officials and filed them with the Southern Tang Officials Department. He did a great job. He was even better than Liu Qia, Ma Sui and others, so much so that everyone ignored him every time they talked about the separatist rule of feudal towns.
In fact, Yao Guangping is an independent kingdom and a vassal town. Now Guo Song wants to know about his situation, but he can only get some scattered information from businessmen.
Not long after, the commander of the inner guard, Wang Yue, hurried over, knelt down on one knee and saluted, "The humble king, Yue, pays homage to Your Highness!"
Guo Song returned to his seat and handed the document Song Tian found to Wang Yue, "You should take a look first before talking!"
Song Tian added in a low voice: "It's about Quanzhou's intelligence point in Chang'an."
Wang Yue suddenly understood, and immediately opened the file and took a closer look. He frowned and said, "Your Highness, Baozhitang Medical Center, it seems that there is no such medical center in Chang'an."
Guo Song shook his head, "If it were me, I would definitely not call him Bao Zhitang anymore, but I would usually keep a little bit of the name, Bao or Zhi. In addition, the medicine and doctors used should be from Quanzhou. These are all clues. I will give you five days to find Quanzhou’s intelligence point in Chang’an, and then I need to know the situation in Quanzhou from them.”
Wang Yue felt even more pressure. He said nothing and nodded, "I'll start investigating now!"
Guo Song said to Song Tian again: "I think there should be a detailed interrogation record. If you search again and find the detailed interrogation record, you may be able to get more clues."
"I'll look for you right now!"
Song Tian felt a big headache. They found this record from hundreds of thousands of various records left by Zuo Yintai. The interrogation records were probably ignored by them, and they had to search again.
........
Wang Yue returned to the official office and immediately summoned several officials in charge of the Investigation Department to discuss. The total number of internal security personnel exceeded 10,000 and was divided into three departments: the Internal Affairs Department, the Investigation Department and the Emergency Response Department. The Internal Affairs Department is the management of the Internal Security Department. The department is responsible for various logistics support, money and material management, and has seven officials and more than a thousand people. The emergency response department is composed of soldiers. It mainly responds to various emergencies that occur in Jingzhao Prefecture. It is divided into four battalions, with a total of 8,400 people. There are only 300 people in the Investigation Department, but they are all the best among the best, and they can call on a large number of soldiers from the Emergency Response Department at any time.
The Investigation Bureau is divided into three branches, which are in charge of Wannian County, Chang'an County and Jingzhao County respectively.
In the meeting hall, three branch managers and several military officers listened to Wang Yue's briefing.
Wang Yue glanced at the crowd and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin only gave us five days. Although I can fight for a few more days, I still hope to find Quanzhou's intelligence point in Chang'an within five days. Everyone has rich experience and everyone can express their opinions.
Bar!"
The chief officer of the first branch is called Li Mengze. His military rank has reached the level of Huben Lang General, which is the highest level among Zhonglang Generals. His official rank has also reached the fourth rank, Zhuangwu General. Of course, the military rank of commander Wang Yue has reached Che
Cavalry General, the official rank is General Yunhui of the third rank.
Li Mengze raised his hand and said: "The other party opened a medical clinic in Chengdu. It may not necessarily open a medical clinic in Chang'an, but it will definitely be in a related industry. I infer that it is one of the three medical clinics, drug stores, and drug dealers. It can be opened in the city department.
I checked the store records there, and all the newly opened stores in Chang'an within three years are suspected."
“It doesn’t have to be a newly opened store!”
The person who spoke was Tang Sheng, the head of the Second Investigation Branch. He said calmly: "It is very likely that Yao Guangping has an intelligence point in Chang'an for a long time. That's why the Chengdu spies fled to Chang'an and have a foothold here."
Li Mengze smiled and said: "General Tang's words are very reasonable. It is indeed possible that Chang'an has an intelligence point. But if more than a dozen shopkeepers, doctors, and clerks from Baozhitang fled to Chang'an, they will definitely expand the intelligence point and open another branch or something.
We can also check new branches opened within three years and find clues."
At this time, Zhou Ling, the head of the Third Investigation Branch, said with a smile: "It may not be in Chang'an, but maybe in suburban counties, Xinfeng County, Xianyang County, etc. Chang'an does not close its gates at night. For them, it is the same outside the city."
Wang Yue nodded, "Everyone is right, especially checking new stores opened within three years is indeed a breakthrough. I will assign the tasks first and take action immediately!"