Chapter 142 The Correct Usage of Spies

Li Yuanhong has never been stingy with his subordinates. This banquet is all good things collected from Vladivostok. Vladivostok is a metropolis with a population of nearly one million, and it is an important shipping transit center in the Far East and an important naval base. The supplies stored were unimaginable, but since there were still more than 100,000 zombies, Li Yuanhong really spent a lot of effort to clean up the zombies in the city, which took three days.

Li Yuanhong also knew that the food crisis in Hunchun was urgent, so he had just occupied Vladivostok and had no time to conduct a detailed inventory, so he hurriedly returned with two ships of supplies. However, Li Yuanhong did not want to let go of the people who caused trouble for him, so he asked Shangqiu Yuan to let Gao Zhiyuan He secretly transported the supplies into the city to avoid Chen Yong's eyes and ears, and the next day sold 200 tons of grain to Chen Yong at a high price in the name of two other shops, but Chen Yong had no idea about it.

In order to complete the show, Li Yuanhong also specifically ordered that the normal food supply be restored half a day later, so that Chen Yong could relax his vigilance. As a result, the food was sold in the afternoon, and Chen Yong was made to spit out the food money that he had finally recovered. Of course, these were Li Yuanhong's Not expected.

During the banquet, everyone drank and celebrated, and some even inquired privately about the source of the grains. Li Yuanhong asked Shangqiu Yuan to declare to the public that these grains were from the secret grain reserve of Hunchun City, and told everyone that the grain reserves here would definitely be used by everyone. Regarding food security, anyone who doesn’t have millions of crystal cores will definitely not be able to buy this food.

With these words, everyone was completely relieved, so they exchanged cups and cups, and the meeting ended after everyone was satisfied with the meal.

Seeing everyone leaving, Liu Hu and Shang Qiuyuan who were left behind turned to ask Li Yuanhong: "Brother Li, what do you mean by this banquet today? I always feel that your celebration banquet is a bit inexplicable?"

"What's weird?" Li Yuanhong looked at the two people with a smile.

"We are just returning to normal sales. How can we call it a victory? And the man who caused the trouble, Chen Yong, is still fine. How can we call it a victory? And the grain we use is all brought back by you. There is a secret grain reserve there. ?" Liu Hu expressed his doubts.

"Don't you find it strange? Why does this Chen Yong always keep an eye on our food? How does he know the quantity of our food storage? If he didn't know the quantity of our food storage, he would never calculate us so accurately." Li Yuanhong asked rhetorically.

"Brother Li is saying that someone leaked the secret?" Liu Hu said with some confusion.

"Well, the leak is certain. I even suspect that among the people who drank here just now, there was one sent by Chen Yong as an undercover agent."

"Ah?!" Liu Hu and Shangqiu Yuan were surprised at the same time.

"When we were drinking just now, several people asked us about the source of our food. They asked: Is our food a secret reserve?"

Liu Hu and Shang Qiuyuan recalled it and found that it was indeed the case. Then they nodded and said, "There were two people who asked that."

"Think about it, if you think normally, should you ask this kind of thing? If you wanted to know, how would you ask? If I were curious, I would at most ask: Where does this food come from? But they just brought out a secret food Treasury, I can only say that the people who asked them to inquire thought that we had a secret grain warehouse." Li Yuanhong analyzed.

"Then Brother Li, why do you admit that we have a secret grain depot?" Liu Hu asked again.

"Since they want an answer, of course we must give them an answer. This will satisfy their curiosity and at the same time cover our real food sources. It is better for as few people to know about our eastward expansion strategy as possible. Where can we Become our secret base. Also, what would you do if you knew that your food plan failed? There are two options here. One is to do nothing and admit your failure. The second is to destroy this secret reserve. Library, regain the initiative. Which path will you choose?" Li Yuanhong looked at the two people meaningfully.

The two of them also fell into deep thought, because these two paths are not easy to choose. The first one is that if the punishment for failure is not big and there is still food in hand, the worst is to lose some money, but if there are other huge punishments behind it, it will be different. . The second way, if successful, is to turn the tide and turn defeat into victory, but if it fails, the chance of a comeback will be completely lost, and you may even lose your wealth and life.

"Is it difficult to choose?!" Li Yuanhong asked with a smile.

"If it were me, I would choose the first way. After all, I still have enough food on hand. If I transport the grain to other places and sell it, I can lose less. I think the price of grain in other places will not be like ours. This is so cheap." Shangqiu Yuan said.

"Well, you are right. If he was a businessman, he would definitely choose the first path, but he is not. Liu Hu, what do you think he does?" Li Yuanhong handed the topic to Liu Hu.

Liu Hu thought for a moment, and then said: "This person feels weird to me. He always seems to be hiding something in his words and deeds. I see that he is friendly and kind, and he looks a bit like a businessman, but I always feel that there is something missing. What?"

"Lack of a shrewd vision for profit!" Shangqiu Yuan added.

"That's right, it just lacks that shrewdness." Liu Hu said.

"Haha, you only guessed that he was not a businessman, but you didn't see that he was a soldier." Li Yuanhong said.

"Soldier?!" Liu Hu and Shangqiu Yuan were stunned again.

"Well, a soldier, although he can hide it, he can't hide the soldier's sharp eyes, the military posture when walking, and the military posture he unconsciously reveals when standing. As a soldier, It is his bounden duty to execute orders. If he comes this time, it will be a military order, and this military order is a death order. He must find a way to complete it, then he will choose the second path, even if it is a dead end." Li Yuanhong's voice Said in a low voice.

Li Yuanhong's words also silenced Liu Hu and Shangqiu Yuan. This choice was a kind of tragedy. If it was for the sake of righteousness, it would be justified, but Hunchun City has always been focused on development and has not conflicted with other forces at all, and Li Yuanhong started trade. and the Mercenary Association, and also helped surrounding survivors in disguise.

Li Yuanhong continued: "No matter what his order is, I must protect our camp, so if he dares to come, it will be a dead end. However, we cannot let him get this information easily, otherwise, the other party will not believe it. , will make you suspicious, so we need those spies to send out the information, and it also looks natural. Liu Hu and Shangqiu Yuan, you two discuss how to use those undercover agents."

"Okay, Brother Li, I will definitely let those undercover agents know what will happen to them if they dare to come to our place as undercover agents!" Liu Hu rolled up his arms and sleeves, as if fighting.

"Don't alert others. These people may still be useful. Don't let them feel that they are exposed."

"Yes, Brother Li, I promise to complete the mission!"

"By the way, Liu Hu, we should also establish our own intelligence system. Otherwise, one day the enemy will attack right under our noses and we haven't noticed it yet, then we will be in danger!"

"Then what should we name this team?" Liu Hu suddenly asked.

Li Yuanhong thought for a moment, and then said: "Since this army is a secret army, let's call it the shadow army!"

In the next two days, Hunchun City returned to calm, and food prices stabilized again due to the recovery of official supply from Hunchun. However, Chen Yong didn't feel so good anymore. The crystal cores in his hands were almost used up during this large-scale purchase of grain, and the grain he exchanged for could only be sold at the original price, or even at a discount. In order to control the market, much of the grain he purchased was at a high price. I bought it at twice the market price, and every time I put it in or out, I lost half of it, not counting labor costs, taxes and rent.

Of course, money is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that he failed to complete the tasks assigned to him. According to the normal plan, he should have controlled the grain market, disturbed the people of Hunchun City, and then introduced a puppet to replace him at the right time. Li Yuanhong, Hunchun City will be in the hands of his Shangfeng without any bloodshed, but now nothing can be achieved. Chen Yong kept pacing in the office, thinking of countermeasures, when there was a knock on the door.

"Come in!" Chen Yong said in a low voice.

The door was opened and his follower walked in. A breath of fresh air also came in, but Chen Yong did not feel comfortable, but became even more irritable.

"What's the matter!" Chen Yong's voice was filled with anger.

"That's it. News came from the inside and a secret warehouse for grain storage was found." The follower said carefully.