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Text Chapter 436 The Four Guards in Action (Part 1)

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    Linyi Kingdom is located on the southeast coast of the Indochina Peninsula, bordering the Tang Dynasty to the north. However, the Tang Dynasty did not pay much attention to the land in the south, so the area bordering Linyi is very desolate and not many people live there. The nearest big city is called Yan  Zhoucheng is still located south of the Jiaozhou Dudu Mansion. It is considered a relatively important port, but due to its geographical location, it cannot be compared with the port of Linyi State.

    In recent years, with the rise of industry and commerce in the Tang Dynasty, grain production has been affected, but Linyi is an important grain-producing area, so many businessmen have spotted the opportunity and started the grain transportation business.  As the port closest to Linyi in the Tang Dynasty, Yanzhou in the Tang Dynasty was gradually affected and began to become prosperous. For this reason, the Tang Dynasty also added some garrison troops here.

    However, the prosperity of Yanzhou City only lasted for a while. As Li Min put two new types of ships into use, the continuous navigation capability of the maritime fleet was greatly improved, and the demand for the port also dropped.  Because Yanzhou City is too close to Linyi, instead of berthing in Yanzhou, ships passing by Linyi should go directly across the sea to Leizhou and other places, which can save a lot of time. As a result, Yanzhou City has been  The state port slowly returned to its original state, and the garrison was withdrawn.

    However, as the port city closest to Linyi, Yanzhou City is not useless. For example, there are often fleets of unknown origins here. Although they pretend to be buying grain from Linyi State, they are rarely seen.  Bring back food from Linyi.  Other experienced people found that when these fleets went to Linyi, the draft of the ships was relatively deep.  It shows that the boats are carrying cargo, but the draft when they come back is much shallower.

    In fact, most people don¡¯t know.  Yanzhou's port was not completely abandoned, but it relied on its own advantages.  I embarked on another path, which was smuggling.  Even in an era of highly developed information like the 21st century, smuggling cannot be eliminated, let alone a backward era like the Tang Dynasty.

    With the development of maritime trade, each major port in Datang has set up a municipal port department to specifically manage port inspections, taxation and other related matters.  Because the profits of sea trade in this era were relatively high, taxes were also relatively high. In addition, Datang also stipulated many commodities that were prohibited from being sold to foreign countries, such as steel, cement, etc.

    ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? With the emergence of City Posi.  Correspondingly, smuggling began to take root in the soil of Datang. After all, there are people everywhere who take risks for profit. Although Datang tried its best to crack down on this situation, it could not completely eradicate it, and Li Min's current strength  There are still some shortcomings, and it cannot help Datang to combat smuggling, so the smuggling situation along the coast of Datang is still quite serious.  For example, the port of Yanzhou was an important port for smuggling from Datang to Linyi.

    It was a bright day in Yanju and the wind was very suitable. It was a good day to go out to sea.  The fishing boats in the fishing port have gone out to sea early and started a busy day of work. Speaking of which, Yanzhou Port has been affected.  However, as a fishing port, Yanzhou has been vigorously developed.  More than a dozen canneries have been opened in the city, specializing in canned fish.  And the sales are pretty good, with fleets coming every few days to transport cans to the inland for sale.

    However, today's situation is a bit special. Along with the fishing boats, there is also a strange caravan. This caravan, under the banner of Dengzhou grain merchants, went to sea at dawn just like those who went to sea later.  The fishing boats went out to sea together. When this fleet passed by the fishing boats, many fishermen discovered that the crew members of this fleet looked tough and did not look like ordinary people at first sight, and the ships in the fleet were also particularly special.  It is tall and sturdy, and the ship is equipped with weapons. At a glance, you can tell that it is a ship that often travels to the ocean, because only such a ship can be built so strong. As for the weapons on the ship, it is to guard against pirates.

    Generally speaking, ocean-going fleets like this will berth in large ports such as Guangzhou, Fuzhou, and Keelung. They rarely go to ports like Yanzhou. Unless they want to avoid strong winds and waves, they will find a random port to escape. However,  Recently, the sea outside Yanzhou has been calm, and I have never heard of any big storms passing by.

    However, although the fishermen were strange, they had no time to care about a passing fleet. After all, for them, fishing more and making more money is the most important thing. However, young people nowadays are wild-minded, and most of the Yanzhou  Many young people would rather go north to Keelung or Guangzhou to have a try than stay at home and fish.  Thinking of this, the elderly fishermen sighed.

    Similarly, the fleet coming out of Yanzhou will not care about the fishermen passing by. They also have their own things to do.  On the largest ship in front of the fleet, a stalwart old man with gray hair stood on the bow, holding the railing with both hands. Although the expression on his face looked extremely calm, there was a bit of excitement in his two tiger eyes.  color.

    At this moment, a young man with a short beard walked out of the cabin behind the old man.?He is thin but well-dressed and looks very dignified. His appearance is nothing special, but his small eyes are full of shrewdness. People can tell at first sight that this person must be a very shrewd businessman.

    When this very shrewd businessman saw the old man on the bow of the boat, he walked over with a smile, stood side by side with the old man and said, "Brother, it's still early, why don't you take a good rest?"

    The old man knew who was coming from the sound of footsteps, so he said without even turning his head: "As I get older, I get less sleep. In addition, this is the first thing Jingwei does for His Highness, so  I have to think carefully about how to avoid making any mistakes."

    This gray-haired old man is Yang Lie, the judge in charge of the Jingwei, and the man dressed as a businessman next to him is Yang Jiu, who used to make wine in Prince Li Min's Mansion. However, although Yang Jiu is a very good winemaker, that is just him.  A profession used to hide his true identity, but in fact he is the adopted son of Mr. Yang, the king of Chuang, and the last strength of Zangwei.

    Since they joined Li Min, Yang Jiu has been staying in Chang'an to help Li Min collect information about Chang'an. It was not until Wu Meiniang became pregnant that he went to Dengzhou with Mr. Yang to formally manage overseas intelligence organizations. Now he  Like Yang Jiu and his wife, they are both Wu Meiniang's right-hand assistants. He took over Lin Yi's affairs half a year ago, and this time he personally took action, preparing to settle Lin Yi's affairs in one fell swoop.

    Yang Lie is the nephew of Mr. Yang, so Yang Jiu naturally calls him his clan brother. Now that he heard that Yang Lie was worried about Lin Yi's affairs, Yang Jiu said with a smile: "Brother, don't worry, Wei  Madam has been planning this matter for several years, and has made preparations in all aspects, and if nothing unexpected happens, I¡¯m afraid you won¡¯t need to take action, brothers, so you can rest assured!¡±

    The intelligence organization in Li Min's hands was born out of the Four Guards. Although he made some reforms to the Four Guards, he kept the name of the Four Guards. Naturally, he is the master of the Four Guards. The people below are all called the master of the guards. But  Now the four guards are in charge of Wu Meiniang, and she is Li Min's wife, so she asked the people below to call her by the code name of Mrs. Wei.

    It should also be mentioned that although the name of the Four Guards has been retained, it is actually mainly composed of spy guards and dirty guards. As for the financial guard, there is no need to form it. After all, if an intelligence organization has a strong source of financial resources,  , that would be so disturbing.  The Jingwei were separated by Li Min and formed a very special team, which was under the direct jurisdiction of Li Min, but Yang Lie was still in charge. This was their first mission.

    When Yang Lie heard Yang Jiu's words, he also smiled and said: "Of course I know this. It's just that when people get older, they like to think wildly. Even though they know that this matter is not complicated, they still can't help but think more.  , it seems that time is really not forgiving, after this mission is completed, I plan to leave the work in hand to Twelve and Thirteen, as for me, like my uncle, I will take care of myself at home!"

    When Yang Lie was still under Yang Jian, the power of the Jingwei was greatly reduced. Especially the older generation of killers could no longer be used, and the new generation of killers was difficult to train. He spent more than ten years just training them.  Sixteen young killers were created, each with a code name. Among them, Twelve and Thirteen were the most outstanding, and his successor would also be selected from the two in the future.

    "Haha~, clan brother, if you say that you are old in front of your adoptive father, you will definitely provoke him to beat him up. I think he is nearly a hundred years old this year, but he is still worried about the affairs of the four guards, so clan brother, you  If you want to retire, you won't be able to pass the step of becoming an adoptive father!" Yang Jiu laughed after hearing this.

    When Yang Lie heard that Yang Jiu compared himself with his uncle, Mr. Yang, he was so frightened that he waved his hands and said: "Uncle is extremely talented and energetic. I, a junior, don't dare to compare with him. Now I see that Jingwei can  If it continues and can achieve greater development, I will be satisfied. However, I will not completely retreat. Instead, I will help His Highness train the people in the rear. As for the matters of fighting life and death in the front, I will still leave it to them.  Let those young people do it!"

    The two were talking when suddenly there was a burst of neat running on the deck behind them. When they turned around, they happened to see a team of dozens of men in black running towards them. These men in black were lined up neatly.  An incomparable queue ran across the deck without looking back. Although Yang Lie and Yang Jiu were their superiors, no one looked at them.

    Looking at these black-clad team members with faces like rocks and strong bodies, Yang Jiu also showed a bit of admiration in his eyes. Although he didn't know how to train soldiers, he could also tell that none of the men in black who just ran by  They are not extremely capable soldiers, but these soldiers are somewhat different from ordinary soldiers. The specific difference is not something Yang Jiu can see.  Yang Lie also looked at the man in black running over with admiration, but in this appreciation, there was a bit of contentment in his eyes.

    ps: Laoyu¡¯s house todayLaoyu had no choice but to go to the Internet cafe to post the two chapters together!
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