Chapter 1154: The Secret War of the Empire (Second update, please subscribe)
What is Homecoming?
Sheng Yaozu was not quite sure, because in his opinion, he had never returned home in glory. But what was certain was that after he paid off all his old debts, everyone looked at him differently.
"The boss of the Sheng family actually paid off his gambling debts!"
"The boss of the Sheng family actually quit gambling..."
Yes, he quit gambling, but only in front of his family.
In fact, he went home just to get something and left by train early the next morning.
It was already five o'clock in the afternoon when Sheng Yaozu returned to the semi-basement he rented. He threw the brown paper bag from his bag onto the table and made a cup of tea before sitting down to read.
After pouring a cup of hot tea, he lit a cigarette, then leaned back in his chair and opened the paper package with a solemn mood.
This is a notebook!
It was a notebook with a cardboard cover and a dark leather binding. Even now, Sheng Yaozu still remembered that he spent a whole dollar to buy two such notebooks.
The entire notebook has a total of two hundred pages, and all the contents are handwritten by him. When he was in the army, he was a tank commander. This notebook was made for training purposes, and many of them were copied from the operating manual. There are not only words, but also hand-drawn pictures. When he was in elementary school, he liked to draw, and he still did so when he joined the army. He drew very well and clearly depicted the internal and external structure of the tank. Each picture was surrounded by writing. Some of the words were typed above the picture, some were written below, and some of the words were crooked or blurred.
This notebook is a testimony to his four years of military service. It took him two years to write it. Why did he write this notebook?
It is for training. Although there are training manuals in the army, training manuals are manuals and notes are notes. In fact, everyone has the habit of taking notes during training in the army, such as machine gun aiming, artillery aiming, engine maintenance, and mechanical troubleshooting.
After all, the tank troop is a technical troop, and the tank is also a technical weapon, so a lot of notes need to be taken.
Then what?
When they are retired, they need to be burned under the supervision of military officers.
But Sheng Yaozu did not burn it. He himself did not even remember why he bought two notebooks and took notes in them.
"Maybe, it's just for today..."
Sheng Yaozu took a puff of his cigarette, turned a page, and looked at the artillery recoil machine he had drawn.
People betray their country for many different reasons: resentment, ideological differences, being passed over for a job, hatred of their boss, etc.
In fact, many times the so-called loyalty is because the stakes of betrayal are too low.
Why did Sheng Yaozu choose to betray?
Just for money!
He couldn't even remember what secrets he betrayed the first time, but one thing was certain: money was the only reason he chose to betray.
But one day he will quit!
He had told himself this when he first sold out military secrets, but he wanted to quit when he had money.
In fact, looking back now, he clearly remembers how he was led into the ditch step by step. At the beginning, he just provided some information that could be found in the newspaper and could get a few dozen yuan in return. Then, if he provided something with a little value, it would be hundreds of yuan. If it was of great value, then naturally it would be more.
Then what?
When betrayal becomes a habit, it doesn't matter anymore.
Now, if you hand over this notebook, you can get 20,000 pounds and leave the country!
The only way to survive is to leave here.
The confidentiality education he received in the army made Sheng Yaozu firmly believe that once he embarked on this path, he had to leave the Ming Dynasty if he wanted to survive.
In one's life, one always needs some opportunities to succeed, and in Sheng Yaozu's view, this is his opportunity.
"Just seize this opportunity! Give them a little sweetness first!"
The so-called sweetener is a photo in which you can vaguely see a teaching poster of a tank.
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Almost no one would pay attention to a small figure like Sheng Yaozu. After all, there are tens of thousands of retired soldiers like him.
Even agents from the Imperial Security Bureau would ignore him, as he was just a small-time figure who frequented the casino.
But the agents of the Imperial Security Bureau would always keep an eye on open spies - officials of foreign consulates and military attachés, especially the latter, who were both military attachés and intelligence collectors.
As usual, when Brand left the consulate, he looked around. There were only a few pedestrians and a couple standing at a roadside stall not far away.
Well, their people are there.
Who is it?
Brand didn't know, but he left the consulate directly. Shortly after he left, a passerby who was reading a newspaper on the side of the road followed him. The man closed the newspaper and put it in his bag. He looked no different from an ordinary wage earner.
The two men kept a distance of more than ten meters, one in front and the other behind. When passing the nearby tram stop, listening to the "ding ding" sound of the tram bell, Brand walked to the newsstand on the side of the road, pretending to buy a newspaper. While he was choosing the newspaper, his eyes were fixed on the oncoming tram. The speed of the tram was not fast, only about 20 kilometers per hour. When the tram passed by, he suddenly caught up with it and jumped directly onto the tailgate.
The person who was originally following him saw this and chased him for two steps helplessly before giving up.
Another successful experience of escaping pursuit. After two stops, seeing the tram coming from the opposite direction, Brand jumped off the car and hurriedly caught up with the tram. After changing cars several times, he was sure it was safe and then rushed to the agreed place.
However, the person he met was not Sheng Yaozu, but Anderson. When the two met, Anderson took out an envelope from his pocket and handed it to Brand.
"We have confirmed the items you sent us, and we agreed to pay half of them. But our condition is that I must participate in the entire transaction."
"certainly!"
Brand nodded and said.
"I will meet with him tonight and he will give us all the intelligence."
"OK,"
Anderson nodded and said.
"I will be with you tonight. Before that, Mr. Brand, I need you to understand that our cooperation is based on common interests. I hope that we can continue to cooperate without any unpleasant things happening, and we have to continue to cooperate! Well, goodbye, I have something else to do. See you tonight."
Anderson's words made Brand smile.
"See you tonight. This is just the beginning. We will need this kind of cooperation for a long time to come."
Why collaborate?
Because I have no money!
Only if the two families work together and spend money together can they win over more people!
As they passed by, Anderson whispered in Brand's ear:
"I just found out that we are all being followed. Be careful."
Are they catching up?
Brand was startled and looked back, seeing the streets full of Ming people.
Who are the agents of the Empire?
Each of them could be a stalker, and each of them could be not...
(End of this chapter)
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