Chapter 1954

As an organization whose main functions are the collection, analysis, and organization of intelligence information, the Ministry of Security has its own set of methods for conducting information warfare in the environment of the seventeenth century, and has achieved fairly good results in the past few years.

Although the current situation is somewhat urgent, those involved in the operation are all well-trained professionals, and Zhang Qianzhi is quite confident that it will be accomplished.

According to the information known to Wang Baisuo and his subordinates, there are indeed several underground brokers engaged in gray transactions in the local area, and the business is not small. People from various countries who come in and out of Danzhou have direct or indirect customers. In addition to providing

In addition to providing some information in the commercial field, transnational businessmen will also engage in some invisible transactions, such as connecting foreign businessmen with certain local officials, or secretly selling materials that are officially prohibited from circulation, and other less legal

operation.

As long as the local stability is not endangered, Wang Baisuo has always turned a blind eye to the existence of these brokers, and has not spent any energy to delve into information such as their identities and backgrounds. This is not that he has neglected his duties, but that these brokers are involved

The interested parties involved are too complex, and there are many government officials among them. If the Ministry of Security actively intervenes, they may be indirectly used as a tool in officialdom struggles. Therefore, even if Wang Baisuo knows the existence of these situations, he usually just sits on the sidelines and will not easily

Intervene.

However, if we are currently using these brokers to spread news and lure enemies who may be lurking in the dark, they will definitely not come forward to handle this matter in the name of the Security Department. But of course this will not be a problem for Wang Baisuo. Apart from the people under him who are in the Security Department,

In addition to their positions, they all have other identities on the surface. Most of them are clerks and clerks in government offices and various official organizations. Using these identities to release information about the Joseon Crown Prince's schedule to the brokers is not that easy.

It is easy for people to doubt its authenticity.

"Everyone, this matter is of great importance. If there is any progress, I hope you can report it as soon as possible. If I can successfully lure the snake out of the hole this time and catch those murderers, I will personally request Minister He on your behalf after the case is completed.

achievement!"

Zhang Qianzhi knew that whether the matter would be successful or not would depend on the performance of these subordinates, so he quickly gave some instructions, promised rewards, and urged everyone to handle the matter seriously.

The shrimp has its own way, and the crab has its own way. These agents of the Ministry of Security have their own way of doing things. They did not rashly release information about North Koreans to black market channels, but first relied on several agents controlled by the Ministry of Security.

channel, offering a price on the black market for accurate information about the visit of the Joseon Crown Prince to Danzhou.

Yes, that’s right. The Ministry of Security did the opposite, first creating the illusion that someone was purchasing relevant information, and the price offered was not low. Of course, the brokers in the black market could not have information about North Koreans, but the price offered by the buyer was

The high price offered will drive them to actively spread the news in order to find channels to get the news about the North Koreans as soon as possible, and then they will be the first to purchase it, and then resell it to the buyers for a good price. The effect the Ministry of Security wants to achieve is,

The black market brokers spontaneously announced this situation. If an opponent is lurking in Danzhou and trying to obtain the North Koreans' itinerary, they will definitely notice this trend.

Such tactics may confuse adversaries as to why anyone besides them is so interested in the North Koreans' itinerary. But before they figure out what's going on, the Ministry of Security will take the next step.

In fact, because Xue Zheng was worried about his whereabouts being exposed and was not very familiar with the local situation in Danzhou, he did not arrange for his men to pay real-time attention to the intelligence trading on the black market. Using Mr. Huo's line to spend money to buy information was no longer an option at the moment.

There was a huge risk involved, and Xue Zheng did not dare to take the initiative to find other sources of information. Otherwise, Mr. Huo, who was so powerful, would notice him and package up his group and sell them to him.

to the government.

But despite Xue Zheng's cautious thoughts, others may not think he is so "honest." Shortly after the news came out that someone was bidding on the North Koreans' itinerary on the black market, Mr. Huo sent someone to the inn where he was staying.

It is suspected that he is trying to find another way to acquire intelligence.

"Boss Xue, since you have already negotiated the price terms with my boss and are just waiting for the news, why are you still letting the news out that you want to buy the North Korean trip at a high price? Do you know that doing so will only be counterproductive and make my boss unable to

Trust you again!"

The visitor spoke so fiercely that Monk Xue Zhengzhang was confused. He had no idea what was going on. After some persuasion, he slowly inquired and found out that someone had offered 10,000 yuan to purchase the itinerary of the Prince of Korea's visit to Danzhou.

Although this price is much lower than Mr. Huo's asking price, it is still considered a big deal in the market. After all, information on what can be sold for tens of thousands is not always available. So now large and small brokers in the Danzhou black market have begun to take action.

I got up, hoping to find information and earn the money.

But in fact, due to security problems in Changhua, the official deliberately controlled the information related to the visit of the Joseon Crown Prince to Danzhou, so this arrangement has not been made public locally, let alone the specific itinerary. And Mr. Huo

As a well-known local broker and intelligence dealer, of course he received the news immediately. His first reaction was that Xue Zheng was not confident about his ability to do things and wanted to find another way to collect information and lower the price by himself.

anger.

Mr. Huo does not think that this method of casting a wide net can really buy relevant information, because his information channels should be far more reliable than most black market brokers, and he has not made any progress yet.

Don't worry about others. Even if Xue Zheng goes out to buy it at a high price, no one will be able to sell him real information. But because the number of people in Danzhou who have access to such high-level diplomatic information is limited, in this way

Someone else may seek out the information channel he controls, and in order to ensure exclusive possession of the information source, he will have to pay higher remuneration to be safe.

There are two possible outcomes after such a toss-up. One is that Mr. Huo paid more money to buy the information in time, or did the Xue Zheng deal, but the profit will be relatively smaller; the other is that he can master the information

After people with relevant intelligence heard the news, they skipped the step of letting the middleman Mr. Huo make the difference and directly contacted Xue Zheng to sell the information to him, leaving Mr. Huo with nothing. But no matter which way it was, it was Huo.

This was unacceptable to Mr. Xue, so he immediately sent someone to warn Xue Zheng and asked Xue Zheng not to take things for granted.

Of course Xue Zheng was so confused about this that Mr. Huo's subordinates also murmured, not sure whether this was Xue Zheng's superior acting skills or a real misunderstanding between people collecting intelligence in the market.

It's not him.

"Is it possible that there is another group of people doing the same thing as me?" Xue Zheng couldn't help but have a strange idea in his mind. There are several forces behind his team. If he sends another team at the same time,

It was not completely impossible to perform this task, but he had not received the notice at all and could not confirm whether his idea was true.

Xue Zheng could only explain to those who came that he had not released purchase information through other channels, nor did he intend to make such an attempt, because doing so would likely expose his purpose and attract unnecessary attention, allowing officials to take precautions in advance.

"I also told Mr. Huo before that as long as we can get real and reliable information, price is not an issue. You can go back and tell Mr. Huo that it doesn't matter to us whether you spend tens of thousands more or less on this matter.

, we will not change the agreement reached with Mr. Huo just to save a few dollars, but we must be quick, we must get the news as soon as possible!"

Xue Zheng quickly explained the whole story to Mr. Huo's men, and persuaded them to temporarily believe him and bring a message back to Mr. Huo. In order to show that he was a wealthy owner, Xue Zheng readily paid one hundred yuan.

He gave Haihan coins to the visitor as payment for his hard work.

After sending the person away, Xue Zheng's face immediately darkened. He really didn't expect that such an unexpected situation would occur at the end of the matter, which almost completely disrupted his original plan. If Mr. Huo lost his life because of this,

To trust him, to interrupt the originally negotiated deal, we have to find another source of information at this time. The outside world has already made a big deal about this matter, and the risk of exposure will undoubtedly increase greatly.

But Xue Zheng had to consider another possibility, that is, an insider would choose to sell the information to other suitors because of the bid on the black market. Mr. Huo's intelligence source may be very appropriate, but it may not be the only one on the market.

source of information, so Xue Zheng made a special request to Mr. Huo to get the relevant information as soon as possible.

At the same time, he must also consider the more extreme situation, that is, if Mr. Huo fails to obtain the information in time, then he may have to adopt the current operation on the black market and directly pay a high price to acquire the information - there is no doubt that

It would be an extremely risky operation.

Xue Zheng couldn't help but sigh. He originally thought that arriving in Danzhou in advance would give him an advantage and be able to more calmly deploy an action plan to deal with the Koreans. However, the reality was far more difficult than he imagined.

The North Koreans' itinerary arrangements have already consumed a lot of their energy, and they are taking huge risks at all times, but now they are still not sure at all.

Is the life of the Korean people so good? Xue Zheng couldn't help but murmur in his heart. Earlier in Changhua, an unexpected situation disrupted his plan and he had to temporarily terminate the operation and evacuate. Is it going to happen again in Danzhou?

In a similar situation, the North Koreans declared failure without even seeing their faces?

Xue Zheng shook his head. If this was the result, he would have no way to go back and deliver the mission. In any case, he could not fail without even trying. He also did not intend to leave the operation to the next stop of the Koreans. God knows what happens next.

Will there be another chance to take action after giving in once?

When Xue Zheng was worrying about poor information collection in Danzhou, the unknowing Li Mu was still visiting Heitu Port. What impressed him most was not the advanced management system and various methods adopted by Haihan in the process of mining coal here.

Production technology, after all, relatively high production efficiency is already a basic operation for Haihan, and he is already accustomed to it. However, it is Haihan's overseas colony based on mining in Heitu Port that makes Li Bo have a strong interest in Haihan's

Gained more understanding of external expansion methods.

Since he went abroad and went south, he has visited many of Haihan's overseas ruling areas, but almost all of these areas are based on seaports, supplemented by the development of maritime trade, agriculture, and fisheries. But he has never seen Black Earth Port so used.

A ruling area based on natural resources. It can be said that Haihan built such a seaside city in this place where there were not many people because of the coal resources buried underground here. This shows that Haihan is very interested in important resources.

How strong is the desire.

However, Li Ming does not need to worry about Haihan taking over the coal mines in the Datong River Basin of his country for the time being. The quality of the coal in Heitu Port far exceeds that of the coal mines being mined near Pyongyang City, and according to Xie Chun, the fuel of the Haihan steam battleship

All coal is clean coal shipped from here, and other relatively poor-quality coal will not be replenished overseas unless absolutely necessary, so the coal mines near Pyongyang City are not very attractive to Haihan.

What Li Bo is worried about is actually the iron ore that has been discovered to be mined at the mouth of the Datong River. If North Korea does not have enough manpower and material resources to activate this mineral deposit, then the Haihan people will look at this place right under their noses and refuse to go.

Touch it? Li Bo doesn't think the Haihan people are so honest. He has witnessed with his own eyes that the Haihan people laid more than 80 miles of railway tracks from the sea in order to mine the Shilu iron ore in the inland mountainous area, regardless of the cost.

It opened up the channel between the Shilu Iron Mine and the outside world. Looking at the coal mine in front of him, which was five hundred miles away from the mainland of Haihan, he had no doubt that the Haihan people would do anything to possess a high-quality mineral deposit.

Moreover, the Haihan people did not just open mines and be done with it. In a few years, the black soil port directly became the territory of Haihan. If the domestic mineral deposits were also seized and operated by the Haihan people in the name of mining, then it would be impossible to say that in a few years it would be the same in North Korea.

The next Black Earth Port, Red Earth Port, White Earth Port will appear...

Of course, Li Bo would not express his worries in front of senior officials from Haihan, but he still learned in detail from Xie Chun and others about the development of Haihan's Black Earth Port. But the more he learned, the more he

I felt that there were many similarities between the situation of Annan at that time and the current situation of North Korea. I secretly made up my mind to write a secret report of my experiences here and send it back to the country as soon as possible, urging my father to complete the Datong River iron ore project as soon as possible.

Start up and don't leave more room for Haihan to operate.
Chapter completed!