Chapter 1220
Footsteps echoed in the corridor.
Finally arriving at the door, Feng Jinglun took a deep breath and knocked on the door. After hearing a cheerful "Come in" response, he walked in.
Qian Zizhuang, the head of the Imperial Investigation Department, was alone in his office, sitting in the important leather swivel chair behind his important desk. He was carefully looking through the documents, and there was a little steam coming out of the teacup on the table.
"minister."
"sit"
After sitting down, Feng Jinglun felt uneasy, wondering if he had done something wrong to be summoned to the minister's office.
The answer is that he did nothing wrong.
"Director Feng, I won't beat around the bush with you,"
Qian Zizhuang closed the documents in his hand, stared at Feng Jinglun and said.
"There is a task that needs to be done by someone more mature and experienced. I want you to take on this task."
"yes."
Feng Jinglun nodded, as if he understood. In fact, he didn't understand, because he didn't know what the mission was.
"I think you should know that last year, the UK established an intelligence agency directly under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We believe that some of the visiting guests in our country are senior foreign officials. Some of them are very likely spies, such as..."
Handing the document to Feng Jinglun, Qian Zizhuang said.
"This Mr. Lawrence is the new First Counselor of the British Embassy. According to the intelligence we have, he is a lieutenant colonel in the army. He was sent to Egypt in 1877, and then there was nothing... You know? Nothing."
Looking up at Feng Jinglun, Qian Zizhuang reminded him.
"Of course, it's not a real blank. On the surface, he continued to serve in the military after returning to his country, and then retired. But after retiring, he seemed to have entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. But according to our intelligence, there is no information about him after 1878, so this person is very suspicious."
"Yes, it is indeed suspicious."
Feng Jinglun said.
"So? I need you to keep an eye on him."
Qian Zizhuang thought for a moment and said.
"We all know that those people, especially a guy like him who has no wife, will inevitably want to have some entertainment... entertainment. Do you understand?"
Feng Jinglun nodded again. This matter couldn't be clearer, as a man should be.
"They like to have female companionship, paid for, which means prostitutes."
"Indeed."
Although the Imperial Investigation Bureau does not seem to be responsible for domestic security affairs, Feng Jinglun's job is to coordinate domestic security work with the Imperial Security Bureau.
"This kind of thing is very common, and it is no exception here. The Security Bureau has some special partners who provide similar services. We have obtained a lot of intelligence through this channel."
In fact, it is to manipulate prostitutes. This is a normal thing in intelligence work. However, the Security Bureau does not manipulate directly, but with the help of some partners to obtain some intelligence through call girls, such as intelligence on the personal habits of diplomats. Sometimes, they will even work with the Investigation Department to create so-called "traps", that is, "honey traps" to develop some personnel. These things are definitely not allowed to be seen in the light, but they are indeed an indispensable part of intelligence work.
After all, men...
Looking at Feng Jinglun, Qian Zizhuang said.
"I hope you can get some information from him through this channel. First, we need to find out his identity. Second, see if there is any chance to develop him into a double agent."
Feng Jinglun picked up the folder and stood up. When he left the office, he was thinking: How can we develop a person who has loyally served the British Empire for more than 20 years into a double agent?
…
In peacetime, the secret war between empires is invisible. For most ordinary people, they don’t even know that there is such a thing as a "secret war" in this world, and they don’t even know that professions like spies really exist.
For the vast majority of ordinary people, they just live an ordinary life. The changes in the outside world have nothing to do with them.
Even the people involved had no awareness of it. Luo Yuan, the owner of the mine, never knew what kind of incident he and his mine were involved in.
For him, the incident in Ecuador was just an accident. Not to mention for him, in fact, except for a few planners, it was just an accident.
A group of robbers, tempted by the wealth, robbed and killed the mine accountant.
Everything that happened next was a natural progression. After receiving the news, the embassy immediately stepped in and not only forced the Ecuadorian government to compensate for the losses, but also took the opportunity to sign a new treaty and dispatch railway protection troops.
Of course, Accountant Xu's revenge was also taken - the local bandits were wiped out, and some bandits were even afraid of getting into trouble, so they took the initiative to help capture those bandits, kill them and hand them over to the authorities. In a word, even bandits knew who they could mess with and who they could not.
But what about Accountant Xu’s family?
35,000 yuan.
This is compensation to Accountant Xu's family. This money is enough for his family to live a wealthy life. If they buy the company's stocks, the dividends alone every year will be enough for them to live a lifetime.
But it can't make up for the pain of losing their family members.
After all, the wife lost her husband and the children lost their father.
After attending Accountant Xu's funeral, Luo Yuan, feeling a little heavy-hearted, went to a nearby pub to drink alone.
"Damn, maybe I was wrong from the beginning..."
Luo Yuan, who was drinking alone, thought a little depressedly. He took a few more sips of wine and then lit a cigarette.
"Maybe, I shouldn't be doing this business at all. Otherwise, no one would have died because of me..."
Everyone has his or her own heart knot. For Luo Yuan, he has his heart knot. After drinking a few glasses of wine, he seemed to feel a little relieved. Maybe he would complain and regret, but he would still do what he had to do. He would still return to Ecuador, return to his mine, and continue to work in the mining industry.
After he left the pub, he took a taxi directly to the train station. While waiting for the train, Luo Yuan bought a newspaper from a newsstand. While reading the newspaper, he saw a piece of news in the evening paper that was not very clear. The title was printed in nine-point lead type. The content was about the Amazon Expedition Team, which was an expedition team organized by students from Yingtian University. They were exploring the Amazon region along the Amazon River.
Luo Yuan had no idea how to comment on this behavior of college students. He also couldn't understand why the newspapers were full of exaggerations. In his opinion, these people were simply... bored, otherwise why would they have nothing better to do than go to the Amazon rainforest?
What else is there besides poisonous snakes and ferocious beasts?
At most, there are some rubber trees. In the past, the Aboriginal Affairs Department of the Empire helped many aborigines in the rainforest enter the modern society. By planting rubber, palm trees, coffee and other tropical crops, tens of thousands of aborigines not only entered the modern society, but also got rid of poverty. Of course, this is also one of the symbols of the superiority of Chinese civilization over European civilization.
But what can those college students find? And the headline of the news is:
New iron ore discovered in the Amazon.
(End of this chapter)
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