Lu Ming

Whether it is the number of industrial workers, the number of regular troops, the total size of the industry, or the mobilization of young adults of the right age that can be mobilized in places such as Fujian, Guangdong and Taiwan, or even the morale of the people, it is not enough for Mr. Cao to plant a flag and draw a sword in front of the supermarket to swear an oath. , leading an army of 10 to the Northern Expedition... In short, the war potential is insufficient, and this group still needs time to develop.

Going around, after a series of thinking and argumentation, in the end, the traversers still turned their attention to history-forcibly changing is difficult, so they should go along with the flow and use their strength to fight.

So, Nan Wang came to Wuhan.

The real purpose of his trip: while setting up the Wuhan station, look for opportunities to establish contact with the peasant army, support (priority Li Zicheng's department) to lead and grow, so that the peasant army can avoid detours and become equipped with high-end combat power as soon as possible.

If this continues, compared with the same period in history, the peasant army will definitely be able to wipe out the Ming Dynasty's heavy army group ahead of schedule, and then take advantage of the trend to occupy the capital.

The end is certain, it's just a matter of time.

For the crossing people, even if the peasant army occupied the capital one year in advance, it would save a year.But with the backing of the benefactor, in this plane, the peasant army would not only save that little time.

Of course, no matter which king, the moment he enters the capital, it is time for Mr. Cao to swear in the supermarket.

This grand strategy has many benefits.

First: Anyway, northern provinces such as Shaanxi and Henan have already been smashed during this period of time, and it doesn't matter if they get worse in the future.If the Wuhan Station can play a role in the future and control the civil war between the Ming Dynasty and the Peasant Army to the north of the Huaihe River, it will be more in line with the interests of the Great Yan Kingdom.

Second: Your Majesty has entered the capital, so Cao Zhongchen is not responsible for destroying Guozuo of the Ming Dynasty.On the contrary, Cao Zhongchen can cry a lot, and come out to fight for the world under the guise of avenging the Ming Dynasty... Here you can copy Uncle Liu Huang's homework.

In addition, it would be the best if the king who entered the capital tortured another group of people by the way. Li Zicheng's torture completely offended the landlord class in the world.

Even after King Li Chuang lost his power, no matter where he went, there would be local landlord groups organizing Min Zhuang to fight him endlessly... The whole people prevent and control street rats. Brother Zicheng's health code must be red.

At this time, Cao Zhongchen, who is wealthy, kind and amiable, came out to clean up the situation in the name of helping the Ming Dynasty to avenge; whether it is the competition for the moral high ground (the master is famous), or the intensity of resistance of the landlord class, I believe there will be a shocking one. satisfying answer.

Therefore, Comrade Nan Wang's task this time is still very important.Not only does he need to open up connections with forces, but he also needs to establish a logistics route for contraband from Shanghai to Wuhan and from Wuhan to Henan, which can be described as a heavy responsibility.

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After five days of secret talks between Nan Wang and Zhou Yi in the study.

Hanyang Fucheng, Zhouji Inn, Azi No. [-] Courtyard.

The Zhouji Inn, located at the head of Wukui Bridge, has been passed down for two generations. It is an inn with a low reputation but a good reputation.

Today's Azi No. [-] Courtyard is busier than the past few days.The two merchants who rented the small courtyard probably invited colleagues to come to the party, ordered wine and meat, and hearty laughter erupted from time to time in the courtyard.

One hour in the afternoon, when the clerk knocked on the door and came in to clean up the mess, he found that except for the tenant Lao Wang, the other three people were lying on the bed in a mess and passed out.

Even Lao Wang himself was lying on the chair in a daze, muttering in his mouth, and he seemed almost drunk.

The guy didn't doubt that it was there, and after cleaning up the mess, he closed the courtyard door and left.

However, when the guy on the front foot went out, all the drunk people in the yard on the back foot woke up.Except for the team members arranged to watch the wind in the courtyard, the other three people soon gathered in the main room.

These three people are the core anti-thieves of the "anti-thief rescue team": temporary deputy team leader Zhou Yi, temporary operation team leader Mao Tai, and temporary liaison team leader Huang Zhong.

The team leader is naturally Mr. Nan who sits behind the town.

... The mansion newspaper that Nan Wang sorted out before, all the information on it was outdated four months ago.If you plan to act based on this, you must first find out.

But this kind of public information is easy to verify.After sending people to the yamen to check, they quickly got feedback, and the results were mixed.

The bad news first. Four months ago, the Xiaogan County Inspection Commission actually caught three rebel spies.Since the matter was so important, the three spies were subsequently sent to the Hanyang government office for interrogation... Xiaogan County is under the jurisdiction of Hanyang government at this time.

Afterwards, after a series of tortures and investigations, the government finally confirmed that the three criminals were agents of the anti-thief... They were sent by the anti-thief to Wuhan to purchase food, but they didn't know how to hide it, and the inspectors saw through their whereabouts .

Afterwards, the two spies were sent to death row by the Hanyang Mansion, and they only had to report to the Ministry of Punishment for execution... One of them couldn't survive the sentence, and died in the execution room two days before the trial.

This is the bad news in front of Zhou Yi and the others: the remaining two death row prisoners, four months have passed, have they disappeared long ago in the death row with harsh conditions?

Even if they were alive, could these two people still be able to walk and talk?How do the two parties establish contact?

Of course, where there is bad news, there is good news: the two death row inmates were confirmed to be in the prison of Hanyang Prefecture.

This is why Zhou Yi and the others gathered in Hanyang Fucheng today.

Hanyang Mansion, one of the three towns in Wuhan, is not far from Xiakou (Hankou) Town, where the headquarters of Wuhan Railway Station is located, and the official road is ten or twenty miles away.

If the death row prisoners were locked up in Wuchang Mansion across the river, then the difficulty of this rescue operation would be greatly increased: Wuchang is the provincial capital, and there are as many governors and governors in Wuchang City as a cow.

Whether it is day or night, the customs and defenses in Wuchang City are very tight.If you want to save someone from the Wuchang Prison, the difficulty will increase exponentially.

And Hanyang Mansion is much better.Compared with Wuchang, the Hanyang government office is the highest-level government office in the city, and the rest are county government offices, and the customs are not strict... This is not so bad news.

The next moment, a hand-drawn plan of the government office was laid out on the table.Huang Zhongyong, wearing an old felt hat, said proudly: "Look, it's all here, I went in and walked around myself."

As soon as the task was issued, the small intelligence network organized and developed by Huang Zhong during his latent period showed its effect.

Shortly after confirming the location of the death row prisoner, Huang Zhong first arranged several temporary accommodation and safe houses for the rescue team in Hanyang City through his intelligence network.

Not only was there accommodation, but Huang Zhong himself found a relationship, used money, and pretended to be a mason who repaired the roof, and went to the Hanyang government office for a tour.

Although he didn't enter the back yamen, the front yamen where people come and go, as well as the surrounding terrain of the prison, were all investigated and drawn by Huang Zhong.

"Well, not much in and out."

Zhou Yi, who lay on the table and studied the map for a long time, finally said this sentence.

After Zhu Yuanzhang came to power, he stipulated the structure of the government offices in the world.Therefore, whether it was the county government or the government government in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, they were all built according to the standard drawings of the Ministry of Industry. The internal buildings may vary in size, but their positions are fixed.

"The access is not big."

At this time, Huang Zhong stretched out his hand, and clicked somewhere on the picture: "There is an extra door here, connected to the second hall, with a lock."

"With a lock, there is one more joint."

"It's okay." At this time, Mao Tai, who had always been taciturn, spoke in a low voice.

Mao Tai himself is the official leader of the Wuhan station.He is well-proportioned, with a horse face and long eyes, which makes him look bad.

Mao Tai, like Zhou Yi, was an early member of the Lugu training class.This person is proficient in firearms, close combat, blasting, kidnapping, tracking and anti-tracking, and is an elite product produced by Lugu.

After Mao Tai said this, he then explained: "It is not necessarily necessary to enter the prison from the second hall... In fact, it is not a good way to enter the prison from the Yamen, and it is better to enter from the outer street."

"All right."

Before the action team leader and the liaison team leader could discuss further, Zhou Yi reached out and knocked on the table: "Forget about how to get in, let's talk about the situation in the prison. I urgently need the real situation information of the 'target' before I can make a decision." The next step is over."

Huang Zhong, as the leader of the liaison team, is his task in this regard.However, he showed embarrassment at this time: "You are giving too little time. If I want to quickly find out the situation of the death cell and the target, I am afraid I will expose the potential members... If this is the case, I need authorization from the station and arrange Evacuation path."

The next moment, Zhou Yi said lightly: "Sure."

Chapter 656 Rescue the thief ([-])

early morning.

At the entrance of Huashi Street, Juxian Tea House, on the second floor.

Bao Shinan sat in the private seat separated by a screen, drinking the tea he was familiar with.

As the head of the prison in the Hanyang government office, Bao Shinan appears at a fixed place at a fixed time every day, which is not only a habit, but also a job.

In the Ming Dynasty, due to the wonderful salary quotas for civil servants set by Zhu Baba when he founded the country, officials from high to low had to use their power to find gray income.

Otherwise, relying on that little salary alone, he would not even be able to meet the daily expenses of maintaining the family.

The same is true for Bao Shinan and Bao Laotou.

He comes to the teahouse every day to meet people from all walks of life and talk about various "businesses".So as to find a way for himself and his subordinates in the prison.

In terms of basic functions, the ancient prison system was not much different from that of later generations: custody, interrogation of prisoners, regular releases, and opening of family visits on time, etc.

However, due to the limitations of the times, the humanized management of the ancient prison system basically did not exist.Prisoners live there, not only in poor living conditions, but also in the absence of supplementary management measures such as labor education and study.

Unlike the prison life of the later generations who disinfected the whole body and took a bath regularly, the ancient prisons did not have the hygienic conditions.Coupled with the intentional or unintentional lack of management of the prisoners, the living conditions of the prisoners are usually very bad.

In addition, due to poor food, it is also easy to cause malnutrition.Therefore, when prisoners live in prison for a long time, they often die due to various complications... However, in ancient times, there were no hot searches and human rights were not respected. When a prisoner died in prison, his family members were notified to collect it. Prisoners have no responsibility at all. .

In the above links, there are many places for manipulation.Among them, improving the daily life environment of prisoners is the main source of gray income for prisoners.

Bao Shinan sits in the teahouse every day. In fact, most of the "businesses" he receives are of this kind: the prisoner's family members come to ask for help, the two sides negotiate a good deal, and then the prisoner will receive a corresponding level of treatment in prison.

Among all kinds of trustees he meets every day, Bao Laotou's favorite is naturally the butler of a rich family.

This mentality is the same in ancient and modern times.

It's different from those poor ghosts who pick and search.The second young master, the third young master and the fourth young master from the rich family committed crimes, but most of them would spend a lot of money to buy "top match" when they found the housekeeper here.

After that, the young masters will have clean single rooms and mattresses in the prison, and there will be food and drinks delivered from the restaurant... Bao Baotou has also done the matter of bringing girls disguised as men to serve the young master for one night .However, this kind of work is a big job, not to mention the high price, but you have to look at the right time, so you can't do it often.

However, Bao Baotou was disappointed today.From sitting in the teahouse at Chenshi to now, I poured down a whole pot of Lu'an Guapian, but no one came to ask for it.

It seems that today's pot of good tea is a loss... "Didn't they just accept two merchants the day before yesterday, why is there no one?"

Seeing that it was getting late, Bao Shinan was puzzled, but at this point, he could only mutter a few times and prepare to leave: "Man, pack two sesame seed cakes and pay the bill."

The man who was about to go down the stairs with a plate in his hand, heard the sound and yelled downstairs as usual: "Two sesame biscuits...a pot of melon slices...it's the account of Master Bao..."

Just when the buddy finished shouting, Bao Baotou got up and was about to leave, but there was a voice: "Wait a minute."

The next moment, a big white head popped out of the stairs.

A person with a big head, white and fat, five short stature, and his facial features are all crowded together.This man is wearing a khaki satin soft robe, and he can breathe heavily after just a short flight of stairs, but he always has a smile on his face: "One more pot of melon slices, and we will tie it together! My old Zheng is here, where can I come again?" Let Master Bao pay the bill?"

The man seemed to know the fat man, so he laughed and went downstairs.

Bao Laotou, who had already got up, also showed a smile at this time: "Old Zheng, I haven't seen you for a while!"

"Haha. I only see you once a month, you prison boss. I can't take it anymore!"

Bao Laotou didn't care about such blatantly mocking his bad luck. Unlike the police forensic doctors who are tall and tall and are filmed every day as the protagonists of film and television dramas in later generations, in the traditional society of the Middle Ages, yamen servants and office workers are cheap jobs and low-grade .Even if they have gray income and money to buy a house, they are still at the bottom of society.

Since it has been belittled at the overall level for thousands of years, it is usually difficult for low-level people to be true in the face of ridicule from other industries.So Bao Laotou listened to the fat man's jokes, just laughed, and pulled out the chair to greet people to come and watch.

In fact, it was two people who went up the stairs.The chunky Fatty Zheng was one, and behind him was a 25-year-old young man with a round face and bushy eyebrows.

The dumpy Old Zheng was an old acquaintance of Bao Baotou.This person is a businessman, the kind of genuine dentist with an official license, who has been working as a matchmaker at the pier outside the city all year round, and is familiar with all kinds of teachings and nine streams.

Due to the wide range of contacts, Lao Zheng would introduce "clients" to Bao Laotou from time to time.Gein's inmates who entered the government prison are not all locals, and there are also many criminals who came from other places.Fatty Zheng hangs around the docks all year round, and he can meet the family members of the prisoners who come to unblock the joints first-hand.

After Fatty Zheng took his seat, Bao Shinan also politely asked the young man to sit down.

It is inconvenient for old Jianghu Bao Shinan to be negligent if he can invite someone with moving teeth to accompany him, and he also wears a Songjiang cotton robe that is also not cheap.

After the guests were seated, the dexterous staff brought new tea in time.

The next moment, Fatty Zheng picked up the Shaoxing red clay teapot familiarly, and filled the celadon cups in front of the three of them with green tea.

At the same time, Fatty Zheng introduced the guests with a smile.

According to what Old Zheng said, this young man with a round face is a "little manager" in the mules and horses market.

Xiaoguan is also an idiot, and his main business is mule and horse trading.However, he is a younger brother in this line of work, with a small business volume, and he is a private tooth without an official license.

This time, Xiao Guan found Lao Zheng, a big boss in the industry, because he wanted to invite Lao Zheng to come forward, introduce Bao Baotou, and talk about the treatment of his distant relatives in the government prison.

What Lao Zheng said was not at all what Bao Shinan expected.He encountered this kind of routine almost every day, and it was an all-too-familiar template.

After introducing the origin of the small tube in a few sentences, Lao Zheng toasted his cup of tea, got up, said business was busy, and said goodbye.

This is also a normal routine.For an idiot like Lao Zheng, once he introduces someone, he has completed his task.Here at Bao Laotou, he will naturally remember his favor, and he will make up for Lao Zheng during the holidays.

Bao Shinan stood up and cupped his hands away.

Next, it's time to get down to business.

After Bao Shinan sat down again, he first looked at Xiao Guan seriously with his old eyes, and then he opened his mouth and asked with a smile: "I don't know, brother Xiao Guan, who is in prison?"

The family members of habitual prisoners are mostly civilians and small households.On such occasions, when they saw Yamen in official uniforms, many of them were trembling and couldn't speak well.

But today, this little manager is actually in the dental business.Hearing the question, Xiao Guan's yellowish round face was not nervous at all, instead he squinted his eyes and cupped his hands with a smile, and said in a very authentic Hanyang dialect: "Don't hide it from the prisoner, brother, I am here today, and I am really a victim." Entrusted... my younger brother has a distant relative in Luoyang, and I received a letter a few days ago, saying that two townships have been imprisoned in the government office, so I am entrusted to take care of one or two."

"Should, should."

Bao Shinan nodded repeatedly when he heard this, and he looked like a caring and generous uncle: "If someone from the village is imprisoned, he will entrust his relatives and friends to take care of him... It is also a friendship."

"Yes, yes, it's all about friendship."

At this moment, Xiao Guan held up his sleeves, reached out to pick up the teapot and poured tea for Bao Laotou, and said at the same time: "Isn't it troublesome for Bao Laotou... I hope Bao Laotou can help me!"

Speaking of this, Xiao Guan gently put down the teapot, with a confident smile on his face, and at the same time said the words that someone was most looking forward to: "As long as Bao Baotou is willing to help, the money... we can talk about it."

"Haha."

Speaking of this, Bao Shinan is already extremely satisfied... Dealing with Yaren is refreshing, and he can speak neatly in a few words.

Now that you are satisfied, it's time to move on to the next step.What Bao Shinan had to do was first of all to know the name of the prisoner that Xiao Guan said, and then he could make a price based on the prisoner's sentence and other conditions.

So Bao Laotou picked up the teacup, and while blowing on the tea leaves, he asked casually: "After talking for a long time, I still don't know which two brothers in the prison are the distant relatives of Brother Xiao Guan?"

Hearing this, Xiao Guan nodded slightly, opened his mouth, and whispered two words from his mouth: "Tian Da, Tian San."

The moment he heard the name of the prisoner, he put the sweet tea in his mouth, and Bao Shinan went through all the detainees in the government prison in an instant... As the head of the prison, he was familiar with the information of each prisoner , which is a necessary basic skill when negotiating prices.