Chapter 1694 Dual Identity

"Go tell Zhangjia Shop to settle last month's payment first, and then Chaosheng will continue to supply them. If not, at least half must be paid first, otherwise there will be no discussion!" After Ran Tianlu finished speaking, he turned to the other person.

A subordinate ordered: "For the medicinal materials that Shopkeeper Wang of Jishitang wants to buy, go to the warehouse and check the list to see if there are enough. If there are enough, distribute the goods to him first. Remember that he wants to rush it, and the price will be increased as usual.

Thirty percent counts!”

Ran Tianlu arranged the sales of seven or eight trading objects in one breath, and finally had time to rest and drink a sip of tea to moisten his throat. Next, he had to meet several other businessmen who came to discuss business, and inevitably there would be another meeting.

He bargained hard. But precisely because he maintains such a high frequency of business activities, no one in the local area will doubt his true identity anymore, let alone associate him with the Haihan Security Department. At most, they think

Chaosheng Merchant Store has the nature of an official and businessman, and Ran Tianlu would not be considered to be a member of the government.

Of course, this is also thanks to Ran Tianlu's solid professional skills in business. Otherwise, if he just uses his identity as a businessman as a prop to hide himself, it will be easy to expose his flaws in the current busy trading environment. But now Ran Tianlu

He manages Chaosheng Store in an orderly manner, and many people even regard him as a business wizard who can control so many industries and business projects at the same time.

However, Ran Tianlu knew it well and understood that his rise in the local business community was not due to his outstanding business acumen, but the result of the many conveniences and support secretly provided by various departments of Haihan. This is compared to the previous two years when only the Ministry of Security was the backer.

The situation was completely different. It was the first time that Ran Tianlu truly felt the huge driving force of having the country as his backing.

Although Manila is only one of Haihan's overseas colonies, as long as the country invests slightly more resources here, it can easily make Ran Tianlu a business giant in this area. The country needs to have institutions like Chaosheng Commercial Store to control it.

The economic lifeline of the new colony and the supply of key materials to avoid monopoly operations, price gouging and other disadvantages caused by other businessmen becoming dominant.

But in addition to doing business, Ran Tianlu did not completely give up on his job. His intelligence collection work was not only aimed at the field of military and political intelligence, but also collected information on the economy and people's livelihood. Haihan officials hope that

Completely control the local economic lifeline of Manila, and the collection of data in this process is particularly important. Haihan will later introduce financial institutions here and re-establish the currency circulation system and logistics system, which will all depend on Ran Tianlu to a certain extent.

The results of preliminary work.

Of course, there is no risk in collecting information in these aspects in the current environment. At most, it is enough to pay a little attention to confidentiality measures and not be too purposeful and be discovered. Therefore, Ran Tianlu’s current intelligence work

It is much easier than before the war. Although there are still many things that need to be done personally, fortunately there is no external pressure and it is not difficult to get started.

In addition to the commercial function of Chaosheng Commercial Store today, the functions of the original intelligence station have also been further upgraded, and the staffing has also been improved a lot compared with before the war. In addition, the armed guards stationed at Chaosheng Commercial Store by the Military Intelligence Department have not been dismissed due to the end of the war.

After being evacuated, Fang Peng and others are still stationed here as guards of the store. In Chaosheng Store and surrounding areas, security forces continue to be deployed in accordance with the security standards of the intelligence agencies, and Ran Tianlu's salary has also been upgraded. Now there are several dedicated

The guard is responsible for his personal safety, and he has become an important figure in the intelligence department.

When a strange-looking security policeman appeared near Chaosheng Commercial Store, the situation was quickly noticed by the surveillance personnel on the periphery, and was quickly reported to Fang Peng.

The reason why Qin Huacheng was noticed when he was sitting in a tea shop across the street was actually very simple. This tea shop was actually a property under the name of Chaosheng Merchant Store, but it was just for convenience and was not publicized to the outside world.

People from all walks of life come and go in this place, and there is a lot of information that can be monitored. Qin Huacheng used this mixed place to find out about the situation of Chaosheng Store, and Chaosheng's intelligence officers were using this store to monitor

Idle people working around here.

This kind of monitoring intensity is far better than before the war, but making such a deployment is somewhat helpless. After the war, Chaosheng Store acted in a high-profile manner and accumulated a lot of wealth, which would inevitably attract the covetousness of those with ulterior motives. Earlier

Someone tried to sneak into the store to steal property, but they were captured by armed guards before they could succeed. In fact, the property was secondary. What Fang Peng was most worried about was that because Chaosheng Store had taken away too many people's jobs, someone would have a grudge against Ran Tianlu.

He was retaliating in his heart. If something happened to Ran Tianlu, then he, the leader in charge of security work, would probably lose his job.

Therefore, Fang Peng redesigned the security system and execution standards of the store, and set up several observation points outside the store to monitor people with strange identities or strange behaviors nearby. The security police in this area in the south of the city are all familiar faces.

, Qin Huacheng was already exposed as soon as he appeared. While he was still listening to the conversation of the coachmen, he did not expect that the counter-monitoring arrangement of the store had already been launched.

Fang Peng even walked around the street in person, and took a look at Qin Huacheng who was still sitting in the tea shop. He was sure that he had no impression of this person before, and he was also wondering why there were security police running around.

Come here.

The public security police detachment in the south of the city has long been warned by the police headquarters and will not take the initiative to show its presence near Chaosheng Store. It goes without saying that this unfamiliar-faced security police should be from other jurisdictions. But this man is on the street.

I sat at the tea shop opposite for an hour, and it didn't look like I was waiting for someone or investigating a case, which inevitably made Fang Peng suspicious.

Although the security police can be regarded as people in the government yamen establishment, Fang Peng does not have much favorable impression of this group because the security police are almost all young men recruited from the local area. Although the recruitment is mainly Han Chinese, among them

There are still many gangsters, as well as veterans who have served in Spanish armed organizations. These people only received a very short on-the-job training, and after changing their skins, they suddenly became law enforcers. It is obvious that their quality is uneven.

.In the view of Fang Peng, who is a soldier, the security police are just a bunch of rabble and cannot be trusted at all.

This view is not unique to Fang Peng. The military has similar views from top to bottom. Therefore, there has never been any security police activity around the Chaosheng Store where Military Intelligence Bureau personnel are stationed. This is also the opinion of senior military officials.

In order to prevent the messy security police from interfering with the daily operations of the store. But Qin Huacheng didn't know the situation in the south of the city, so when he suddenly appeared outside Chaosheng Store, he immediately became the security guard of the store.

goal.

Fang Peng did not rush over to inquire about Qin Huacheng's purpose, but simply ordered his subordinates to strengthen surveillance on this person. This so-called strengthening did not just mean to keep an eye on Qin Huacheng here, but to launch comprehensive surveillance on this person, grasp this person's whereabouts, and

It is not difficult to trace his identity and purpose. With the capabilities of the Military Intelligence Bureau, it is not difficult to do this.

Qin Huacheng had no consciousness of being monitored at all. He chose this place just because he could completely observe the entry and exit conditions at the door of the store, which made it easier to understand the daily operations of Chaosheng Store. By the way, let's listen to these tea guests.

Many of the various things discussed were related to Chaosheng Commercial Store, but the information value was not high.

After sitting here for a long time, Qin Huacheng was certain of only two things. One was that the backstage of Chaosheng Commercial Store was extremely tough, and he could even ignore the security police and city defense troops. The second was that Ran Tianlu lived in seclusion, and it was said that he could only go to the merchant store to see him.

Only then can I have a chance to see him. If I continue to wait here, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to even have the chance to meet him.

Of course, regarding this second point, it is actually Qin Huacheng's misunderstanding. Ran Tianlu is not reclusive, it is just that he has too many things to do and has no time to show his face. If he had a choice, Ran Tianlu would definitely not want to stay in this store all day.

With.

Qin Huacheng waited to no avail. Seeing that it was already late, he paid for the tea and left. However, he did not notice that when he left, two men fell behind him one after another.

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That night, Qin Huacheng's identity information had been found out and reported to Fang Peng. Fang Peng had no intention of eating alone, so he called Ran Tianlu together and informed him of the matter.

"This man just stayed outside the store for a while, without doing anything or saying anything. This doesn't prove that he has any bad intentions towards the store, right? What's more, looking at the Qin family's information, his brother is here

The two brothers are working for the Immigration Department, and they are working for me, Haihan, so they can be considered one of our own, right?" After hearing the investigation, Ran Tianlu thought that Fang Peng was making a fuss out of a molehill.

"It's precisely because he didn't say anything or do anything that I felt suspicious!" Fang Peng analyzed: "This Qin Huacheng is the detachment leader of the Hong Kong Public Security Police. Think about it, he is a detachment leader and he doesn't take care of himself during the day.

I was on duty in the district under my jurisdiction, so I came here across the district and stayed quietly at the tea shop across the street for a long time. What was the purpose?"

"Maybe he's waiting for someone to meet." Ran Tianlu casually raised a possibility.

"The captain of the public security police detachment is also considered a powerful bureaucrat among the people. How big a deal does the other party have to allow him to sneak away so far to meet during duty hours?" Fang Peng shook his head and said: "Here in the south of the city, even if it's

It is impossible for us to shout around at a detachment leader. To put it bluntly, if there is an official who really wants to summon him to meet, there is no need to make an appointment outside the city."

"Maybe the appointment outside the city is to avoid suspicion?" Ran Tianlu still refused to give up his point of view.

Fang Peng sighed and said: "But this man is wearing a security police uniform, how can he avoid suspicion? If he really came here in civilian clothes, our people would not notice his existence."

Now Ran Tianlu had nothing to say. Although he could continue to argue if he wanted to, he also understood that there could not be so many coincidences. No matter what the purpose of this person was, he appeared in Chaosheng Commercial Store today.

The method itself is unreasonable, and it makes sense for Fang Peng to be suspicious of this person.

Ran Tianlu picked up the document that Fang Peng put on the table. It contained Qin Huacheng's information. He had actually read it once just now, but now that he found something fishy, ​​Ran Tianlu was not the kind of person who would not hit the wall.

Those who don't look back will naturally want to study Fang Peng's investigation results again.

Ran Tianlu didn't need to ask about Qin Huacheng's personal information. Fang Peng must have obtained it through the military intelligence agency. According to what was said above, Qin Huacheng had joined the Spanish armed forces before the war, but did not participate in the war in Manila. After the war, the Qin family

They decisively surrendered to Haihan. The two Qin brothers, both civil and military, also joined the Haihan Yamen. Qin Huacheng was appointed captain of the port security police detachment because of his outstanding performance during the training. There should be nothing wrong with this.

"Do you think there is anything wrong with this information?" Ran Tianlu looked at Qin Huacheng's information again and found that apart from the fact that he had participated in the Spanish armed forces, there seemed to be no obvious problems.

"No." Fang Peng admitted frankly: "I did not find the motive for his strange behavior from his file. But I still insist that there is something wrong with this person. I think he has feelings for Chaosheng Commercial Store, or

That someone in the store, like you, has some ulterior motive."

Ran Tianlu reminded: "Brother Fang, even if this person really has a problem, you can't arrest him. Your current identity is still the guard of Chaosheng Commercial Store, this person is the detachment leader of the public security police, you are a citizen and he is an official

, you have to remember this."

"This is what makes me feel most unhappy!" Fang Peng shook his head and said: "If we just report this matter to the Police Headquarters, I dare say that 90% of it will be ignored, and those people from the Police Headquarters will definitely not

If we are as alert as we are, we will probably be fooled by him making up any excuses."

"Then you plan to involve the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Ministry of Security, just for your intuition?" Ran Tianlu also shook his head and said, "This is against the rules."

"We should at least monitor him for a period of time to make sure he is harmless." Fang Peng suggested: "I have the manpower here, but your security department should have other ways to find out his details. I hope you

It can also be activated here."

Ran Tianlu said: "If you want to use public resources to investigate, you have to file a report. How do you think this matter should be written? You can't say it, because you suspect that there is something wrong with Qin Huacheng who skipped work and drank tea across jurisdictions!"

Fang Peng said seriously: "Our Military Intelligence Bureau is not very particular about investigating cases. As long as it is believed that someone or something may affect the security of the local military intelligence, it can launch an investigation. Waiting until there is evidence to investigate is the way of the police. Military Intelligence

The bureau will not be so conservative."
Chapter completed!