Chapter 201 May
In May, the temperature in Fengsun City began to rise. When the weather is fine, walking around outside is sweaty.
Xuan Qingwei's black robe in summer is very thin, but it doesn't absorb sweat very much. He has to wear a short jacket underneath as a base layer, otherwise the sweat will stick the brocade robe to his body, which looks ridiculous.
In addition, if you wear an inner armor under the brocade robe, it will be even hotter. You must use your true energy to insulate yourself from time to time, otherwise the monks will not be able to bear it.
In this season, Shen Hao would try not to go out at noon, and the shady place in the house could still accommodate people.
There was a pot of herbal tea by his hand, which contained a lot of heat-clearing and refreshing medicinal materials, and it was also paired with sweet and sour mouthfeel. It was very comfortable to drink and very suitable for Shen Hao's taste.
Herbal tea is Xia Nu's proud creation. It is said that Lin Xiner taught it, and she also asked Li Erfu, a chef, to perfect the recipe. Now Shen Hao really can't do without it, and he wants to drink a few sips from time to time.
Put down the cup, in front of it is the confidential order that was fed back from the governor's yamen, and it was delivered in the morning. The content in it was written by Jiang Cheng himself, and most of the words were praising Shen Hao's achievements in the promotion of the Blackwater Project over the past month, and the rest were still urging the progress of the part of the Blackwater Project related to dental practice.
According to Jiang Cheng's idea, it is necessary to draw a preliminary conclusion on the plan of the dental clinic in September or October of this year at the latest, whether it will work or not.
Why are you in such a hurry? This is the most obvious feeling Jiang Cheng gave Shen Hao since the implementation of the Blackwater Project.
It stands to reason that the best choice for this kind of plan that is absolutely shady is to cover things slowly and silently. The slower it is, the deeper it can penetrate, and the more effective it can be. Being in a hurry instead increases the possibility of leaking the news.
It is impossible for Jiang Cheng to not think of these questions, why is he still so impatient?
It can only be explained that Jiang Cheng has a reason to do so.
Was it the Zhenfu envoy's yamen who signaled Jiang Cheng to come up with the answer sheet as soon as possible? possible. If Fengricheng proves the feasibility of the Blackwater plan, then it is very likely that the highest level of Xuanqingwei will be able to emulate it in all areas of the country.
In this way, Fengsun City has become an experimental field, with mixed results.
However, Shen Hao still intends to try his best to avoid the possibility of flaws in the plan due to the rapid progress of the dental clinic. Therefore, although the "expendable" personnel are treated with drug control plus half-brainwashing, the "elite" is The strategy adopted is complete brainwashing plus fine training.
The basic training was done by Liu Meng's staff sorting out the materials and projects, and reported to Shen Hao for review, and Shen Hao also gave some new ideas in the training project.
You must be able to disguise, be good at reasoning, have strong insight, have appropriate combat capabilities, and most importantly, your acting skills must be flawless.
Of course there is a series of tests and trials. The test of extorting a confession by torture, the test of tongue after drunkenness, the test of sleep talking after fatigue, the test of money and lust
After seeing these training items, Zhu Shou's face changed several times. If he trains according to these items, the success rate is not to mention. Once they are trained, they are all top-notch characters, and the training cycle may be one year. Can't do it at all?
Three years, a group of elites in three years, this is Shen Hao's plan, and he thinks that three years can also be a buffer for himself. He is still too low in terms of cultivation base and position.
Aside from these elite plans that have just completed the "seed selection" stage, those "expendable" personnel have already begun to spread out. This is the first batch, a total of eight, all of them are handy slaves, without cultivation, but their brains are very active. They are controlled by the medicine provided by Xuan Qingwei, and at the same time they will give material rewards, and they promise to work for ten years. They will be freed from slavery in the first year. This is not a lie, this is indeed the plan in the Blackwater Project.
What could be more deceptive to those new "expendables" than having "retired" spies as coaches? The power of role models is enormous, and these spies who can survive ten years before retiring are definitely superior, and they are absolutely qualified to be coaches.
Of course, if I don't want to be a coach, I won't be disposed of, but I will be sent to a remote place and spend the rest of my life under the supervision of Xuan Qingwei.
Because in Shen Hao's understanding, a complete information acquisition system cannot be completely cold and ruthless, which will bring great disadvantages, and internal problems are prone to occur. Relying on a sound system and detailed rules is reliable.
The same applies to the black market portion of the Blackwater scheme.
Speaking of the black market, Feilong really did not accept Shen Hao's expectations. The news he reported the day before yesterday was that he also took down the last piece of the black market in Fengri City. Now, 90% of the transactions in the black market in the cities under the jurisdiction of Fengsun City cannot escape Feilong's eyes. There is a huge amount of intelligence collected every day.
According to Wang Jian's report, the transaction information received by the "little devil" department can write off fifty catties of paper every day.
Even after repeated screening, there were quite a few summed up in Shen Hao's hands.
For the rest of this month, Shen Hao also made it a habit to scan Wang Jian's reports every three days, and if he encountered something eye-catching, he would draw it out with a red pen and let Wang Jian continue to investigate further.
The second stage information of the previous large transactions was also sent. According to Wang Jian, this is the first intelligence investigation conducted by the newly established "Impermanence" Department after listening to Shen Hao's opinion. This new department Wang Jian plans to focus on force rather than strategy. Shen Hao didn't say anything about it, and let Wang Jian try it by himself, and adjust if there was any problem.
But this second phase of intelligence collected is very interesting. More than half of the large-scale smuggling transactions, including grain, pig iron, and pan-spiritual stones, all chose to go to Yucheng after completing the delivery in the black market in Fengri City, and then left by water.
Yucheng is close to the Baijiang River, which runs obliquely from west to south through the entire southwestern region of Jingxi, and is also the largest and longest water system in Jingxi.
At first glance, it seems reasonable to leave by water. But in fact, because of the flow direction of Baijiang and the special location of Yucheng, this matter looks very strange.
The Baijiang River flows downstream from west to south, and Yucheng is located at the southern border of Jingxi. If it goes further south, it will be the military town of Haixia, and further south is a dense fortress-shaped town. Finally, it will cross the border and flow into the "Wanli Bamboo Sea" in the Nanman territory.
Therefore, if you board a boat from Yucheng, you can only sail southward along the current, and after passing Yucheng in the south, there is no big city to digest these things at all, and you can only flow into the Nanman territory.
Ironware and spirit stones are fine, I heard that they are rare things in the Nanman land. But food doesn't make sense.
Aren't the Nanman tribes separated? Are you self-sufficient in food? Can the grain sent in bulk be sold in the past?