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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 329: Perfect Cooperation

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    Under the dim candlelight, Qian Jiang looked at the five secret reports that had just been sent to him. Three of them were evidence of local clan forces secretly colluding with Qing Yao, and the remaining two were that local clan forces were not following the rules of the New Deal and were still forcibly occupying other places.  Evidence of guilt in people¡¯s fields.

    After reading it, Qian Jiang rubbed his eyes, looked at the dim candle lamp, and muttered: "I didn't expect that there are no kerosene lamps available in the market in Ningbo County. If I had known, I would have brought one myself."

    The kerosene lamps Qianjiang is talking about are the new kerosene lamps that King Xi specially introduced in large quantities at the beginning of the year. It is said that the Polish people invented them not long ago.  Qianjiang didn't care much about who invented it, but the kerosene lamp's beautiful lamps, advanced fuel, scientific combustion method and brightness several times that of old oil lamps and candles immediately caught Qianjiang's attention.  .  In particular, some foreign companies use kerosene lamps as a stepping stone to sell their kerosene products to the Chinese people.  They provided free kerosene lamps to the Chinese and even provided some fuel for free for people to try.  Qianjiang also knew that the fuel oil was actually the kerosene mentioned in ancient books. He had seen people in the northwest using it on the way to Xinjiang.

    "It seems that Xiwang was right to let Guiyun Company build a kerosene lamp factory and kerosene company in Hangzhou. There is still a lot of market space for this thing." After staying with Xiwang for a long time, Qianjiang also used Xiwang unknowingly.  Some commonly spoken words.

    At this time, the intelligence department guard outside Qianjiang's study whispered: "Director, the people from Baizetang Ningbo Branch are here."

    Qian Jiang hummed and said, "Let him in." This was not the first time Qian Jiang had cooperated with people from Bai Zetang. Qian Jiang began to feel a little afraid of this team of West Palace secret agents who still used the name Jianghu.  The people in Baizetang are always elusive, always appearing in different identities in unexpected places.  Qian Jiang had a feeling that people from Bai Zetang were watching him because he had a chat with Xi Wang.  King Xi actually knew about a calligraphy and painting he bought yesterday. He had not even looked at the calligraphy and painting carefully. How did King Xi know about it?

    The door opened, and a young man of more than ten years old appeared in front of Qian Jiang. Qian Jiang was shocked at the sight. This young man was the driver he hired on the way to Ningbo with the intelligence department personnel.

    "Are you the driver of Li's car dealership?" Qian Jiang stood up and said.

    The young man smiled slightly, bowed and said, "Spy No. 404 of Baizetang Ningbo Branch has met Director Qian."

    Qian Jiang pointed to the seat next to him, motioned for him to sit down, and sighed softly: "I know that you people in Bai Zetang don't use your real names. You only use code names. I'll call you Xiaosi."

    The little fourth sat down and said, "It doesn't matter what you call me, it's just a code name."

    Qian Jiang said slightly angrily: "Why do you pretend to be a coachman and follow me?"

    The little fourth said: "Recently, the demon Wang Yide and Li Tingyu of the Qing Dynasty have sent several waves of assassins northward. The road is not safe, so my subordinates are ordered to protect the director."

    Hearing this, Qian Jiang became even more angry: "Our Intelligence Department does not need Bai Zetang to protect us!"

    The little four smiled and said nothing.  Qian Jiang suddenly understood when he saw Xiaosi's smile.  The foundation of the Ningbo County Intelligence Department is still weak.  This mistress was sent by Bai Zetang to help him.

    Qian Jiang did not dwell on this topic anymore. He handed some information to Xiao Si and said, "These families should all be eliminated. It's still the old method. Our Intelligence Department will provide the information, and you, Bai Zetang, will be responsible for the assassination. How about?"

    The little fourth looked at it and said: "This time it's coming. My superiors said that these families are not ordinary families. If they were assassinated without any reason, I'm afraid there will be pressure from the local government. People must die.  There is an explanation.¡±

    Qian Jiang pondered, and the mistress took out a letter from his arms and sent it: "Director, here are the details of several households."

    Qian Jiang took it and read it. It even explained clearly who the enemies of those families were. After reading it, Qian Jiang smiled sinisterly and said: "What you Bai Zetang means is to provoke several clans to fight and kill them in the chaos."  ?¡±

    The little four nodded and said: "Their enemies are also local wealthy families. They have also helped Qingyao establish a team training before, and they are both overt and underhanded against the New Deal, so they can be eliminated."

    Qian Jiang touched the goatee on his chin, squinted his eyes and smiled: "Besides, they are also on our blacklist, right?"

    The two of them laughed together secretly. The blacklist they were talking about was a list approved by the King of the West. It contained some powerful local figures who needed to be eliminated. This plan has been in operation since the beginning of the year. For local clans,  King Xi never believed that blindly appeasing the power would be effective. For an emerging political power, what King Xi wanted was for the entire organization to have the same voice.

    A few days later, there were several large-scale armed fights between clans in Ningbo County. This was unprecedented during the Manchu and Qing Dynasties.It is a common thing. In the early years, the Taiping Army's rebellion was largely due to the dispute over the land. Although the clan disputes in Ningbo are not like those in Guangxi, where the folk customs are fierce, there are often fights between the two clans over land and mountains.  .  But this time, it seems that the conflicts between several major clans have reached this point for some reason. From the initial confrontation with young villagers, to the subsequent large-scale fighting between the two sides, it seems that both sides are being pushed by a pair of invisible hands.

    No one can recall the process. The confrontation between thousands of villagers was a chaotic scene. No one can explain why they started fighting.  As for the result, the patriarchs and heirs of several major families died inexplicably in armed fighting. No one could tell who killed them during the chaotic armed fighting.  After several major clans lost their leaders, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom government quickly mobilized soldiers and horses to suppress them, and captured thousands of people to suppress them.

    In the end, after a month of trial by the government, those who should be killed were killed, those who should be arrested were caught, and those who should be released were released. The charge was that of fighting with weapons and causing death.  In short, people from several major families were killed and imprisoned, which can be said to have severely damaged their vitality.

    Subsequently, the government appointed new township officials, and the local power controlled by several major clans was seriously weakened.

    Situations like this happened from time to time in Sufu Province. It was different from the Manchu and Qing Dynasties. The Manchu and Qing Dynasties always allowed clans to fight privately, but the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom would send troops to suppress it. Although they often only appeared after fighting, those who fought would be punished.  Some punishment.

    A few months later, Chen Tian, ??an interested person, discovered that it seemed that those local powerful families and powerful forces in Sufu Province that opposed the New Deal or had close ties with Qingyao in the past had been hit. The local forces could be said to have been reshuffled.  Only then did Chen Tian understand, and he broke out in a cold sweat. It seemed that those big clans that threatened the people's self-respect had all been eliminated by the Taiping Army.  Because Chen Tian's clan, the Chen family, also had many enemies, but their side was peaceful, Chen Tian knew that the West Prince's Mansion must have done something secretly.

    Chen Tian wisely chose to remain silent. What does the affairs of other clans have to do with his own clan?  What's more, Chen has cooperated very well with Suzhou Clothing Hall. The Su embroidery handicraft workshop he opened in cooperation with Suzhou Clothing Hall has been opened. Thousands of male and female weavers are working in it, hand-sewing books handed down from Chen Tian's family.  Various types of Hanfu recovered from the Internet.

    After Su Xiufang opened, Xi Wang came once and saw the sewn Hanfu. Xi Wang was very excited and immediately ordered Chen Tian to customize more than ten sets of Hanfu according to his and Xi Wang Ni's figures, and Xi Wang told Chen Tian  , the design of Hanfu must start from the customer's body size, and there is no need to stick to the rules. The style and embellishment of Hanfu can also be personalized.

    What designs and what customers? These words seemed to make Chen Tian understand the future of his handicraft workshop. He cooperated with the Clothing Museum to collect various spinning and embroidery techniques, and specially held classes to teach them to his male and female weavers.  And encourage everyone to innovate.  Several years later, Chen's Suzhou Embroidery has become a well-known time-honored brand at home and abroad, because they can always satisfy customers by providing different types of products according to their individual needs, and they are always purely handmade.

    But it was said that after Qian Jiang took care of the clan forces in Ningbo, he asked the Intelligence Department to expand the scope of intelligence collection in Ningbo.  The assassins and spies sent by Wang Yide and Li Tingyu of the Qing army were all detected and eliminated.  Qian Jiang never asked Xiaosi again why he wanted to protect him secretly at that time, and Xiaosi never left Qianjiang. He was already considered a long-term liaison between Bai Zetang and the Intelligence Department.

    Qian Jiang didn't ask again because he knew Xiaosi's identity through the channels of his intelligence department. He was from the Xiwang Palace. He had studied at the Shanghai Military Academy for several months. He was also one of Bai Zetang's secret agents in the military.  For a person with such a complicated identity, Qian Jiang knew what he was doing by his side.

    It is also because of Xiaosi that the cooperation between Bai Zetang and the Intelligence Department has been very smooth. Qianjiang's boss is Xi Wang Niang, while Bai Zetang's Tong Qiangsheng, his boss is Xi Wang. It seems that there is some kind of cooperation between the couple.  The tacit understanding allowed the two major intelligence systems of the West Palace to achieve a healthy cooperation.  There was competition between the two sides, but there was no hostility. The two sides joined forces to build the interior of Sufu Province like Tietong, which also met the requirements of King Xi. He only wanted to hear one voice within Sufu Province!

    "Compared with the success on the invisible battlefield, it seems that the West Palace is not going well this year on the visible battlefield.  Except for the Yangzhou victory in central Jiangsu and the Guangde battle at the beginning of the year, Xidian did not use troops on a large scale in northern Jiangsu, Fujian and other places.  Only in early May, Chen Yucheng led a group of more than 3,000 cadets and recruits from the Shanghai Lecture School to cooperate with Yang Fuqing's troops in the East Palace to launch an offensive against the Qing army in Jiangxi.  This battle for the Western King was just for training troops and reviewing new tactics, and the limelight was taken away by Yang Fuqing.

    The 50,000 troops of the East Palace were divided into two groups. One group marched toward Nanchang along Xuancheng, Huangshan, Jingdezhen, and Poyang Lake, and the other group marched toward Nanchang from Jiujiang, De'an, and Yongxiu.  Jiang Zhongyuan, the governor of Jiangxi Province of the Qing army, very wisely reduced his troops to defend Nanchang.

    And too muchThe other two armies of the Kingdom of Heaven marched northward. The Yi King Shi Dakai and the North King Wei Changhui also actively attacked Hubei and Anhui provinces. For a time, the troops in the East Palace, North Palace, and Wing Palace were strong.  But the West Palace was secretly digesting the territory gained last year. After the implementation of the New Deal was guaranteed, the King of the West turned his attention to the reorganization of the army.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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