Chapter 185 Immediate Results
In addition to Wang Sheng, Chu Lingyun has another informant outside.
The more informants we have, the more helpful it will be in solving the case in the future. Just the two of them are not enough.
However, developing informants is not a matter of one day or one night. Chu Lingyun was not in a hurry. He decided to take over the rickshaw company first. At least he would have more available manpower outside.
"Team leader, there's nothing wrong with Liu Chengzhu."
Loach investigated quickly and gave Chu Lingyun feedback the next day.
Through Liu Chengzhu's neighbors, classmates, and people around him, Niu Qiu found out about his past. Liu Chengzhu had been educated, but not in the current way of education, but in a private school.
His educational level is not very high, but he has no problem with writing and calculating, otherwise he would not be able to be an accountant.
He doesn't have any bad habits and doesn't interact with too many people. He is just a normal person.
"Okay, I understand."
Chu Lingyun asked Niu Qiu to go back as long as there was no problem. After Wang Sheng bought the rickshaw company, he would directly let Liu Chengzhu be the company manager.
After his promotion and salary increase, Liu Chengzhu became his complete man.
Outside Xuanwu Lake, there is an antique street.
Jiang Tengkong, wearing a white suit, wandered slowly through the shops, carefully admiring the antiques inside.
He has a strong interest in ancient Chinese culture and collected a lot of valuable things when he was in Wuhan.
Unfortunately, in order to raise money and build relationships, he sold a lot of things, and finally managed to save his life.
Being demoted by one level in rank was the best outcome for him.
After arriving in Nanjing, he did not rush to make contact. He waited for two days before meeting with the intelligence officer. Today he went out shopping to see if anyone was following him.
After walking around for the whole morning and taking several deserted paths to make sure there were no tailings, he came to a hotel not far away.
"Where have you been for all this time? You told me to go to Shanghai, and suddenly you asked me to come to Nanjing. Where do you want me to go?"
A young man was sitting in a room.
"I've been busy lately. Let's go to Shanghai together in a few days. We've already found a house there."
Jiang Tengkong said softly that he was sent to Nanjing just after renting the house, so the two could only meet in Nanjing first.
"Jiang Lang, I have no money left." The young man pouted angrily.
"You don't, but I do."
Jiang Tengkong smiled and took out fifty French francs from his pocket. A lean camel is bigger than a horse. After all, he was a military attaché and the head of Japan's intelligence department in Wuhan, and he had saved some money.
Jiang Tengkong did not tell him his true identity and took a fake name, Jiang Lang.
"Don't worry, we'll go to Shanghai after I finish my work. It will probably take about ten days."
Jiang Tengkong's mission is to investigate the recent actions of the Nanjing Military Intelligence Department and find out the reasons for their heavy losses in Nanjing.
He is not Beichuan Ming, and Beichuan Ming does not believe what he says, but he always believes that the huge loss of the Special High Section in Nanjing must be because of Chu Lingyun.
So his investigation target was directly set on Chu Lingyun.
He has assigned a task to the intelligence officer in contact, focusing on investigating Chu Lingyun from the Military Intelligence Department.
Jiang Tengkong told the intelligence officer about Chu Lingyun's situation. Upon learning that Chu Lingyun was very young, the intelligence officer was a little skeptical of Jiang Tengkong's investigation request, but still took the task.
With a direct subject of investigation, his task can be much easier, and it is much simpler than having nothing and having to find out the truth.
It is the special envoy who proposes the investigation target. Even if no results are found in the end, it is not his responsibility. At that time, the higher-ups will not be able to put the blame on him.
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Inside the rickshaw company, Wang Sheng sat at the manager's desk and watched the man opposite him sign the transfer document.
Opposite is the original owner of the company, who is also the manager.
He never expected that his nephew, the deputy manager whom he promoted, would actually take a fancy to his company.
It’s not that he doesn’t have a backer, but at this time Wang Sheng was already the chief of police at the General Police Department. His backer’s status was even lower than Wang Sheng’s. Wang Sheng could handle everything without Chu Lingyun stepping in.
Fortunately, Chu Lingyun had previously instructed not to treat the boss unfairly.
The rickshaw company has 270 rickshaws, but it only owns 190 of them, and they are old ones. If the company's license plate was not worth some money, Wang Sheng would not have given him the high price of 25,000.
This price is indeed not low.
A new rickshaw costs about a hundred French francs each, while an old one is much cheaper, ranging from fifty to a hundred French francs.
The total value of the cars will not exceed 15,000, plus the license plates for each car, 25,000 is the company's normal market value.
After receiving the money, the former boss looked at his office reluctantly, and finally left with a sigh.
Although the company was bought by someone, at least he was given the normal market price. He knew very well that some people would take advantage of the situation and probably would not even give him half of this price.
This kind of thing has happened before. He knew a long-distance rickshaw company that had 400 rickshaws. After its backstage collapsed, someone forcibly bought them for 10,000 French francs. The company lost so much money that it couldn't even find its pants.
The person he met this time was quite considerate and didn't let him lose money, so he made a small profit at this price.
In this cannibalistic age, those who are not as strong as others can only accept their fate, otherwise they will not even get the money in the end and may even end up in jail.
Liu Chengzhu entered the office only after the manager left.
After all, it was the nephew who bought the company, so it was not convenient for him to appear in front of the original boss to avoid embarrassing him.
"Second uncle, this will be your office from now on."
Wang Sheng smiled, while Liu Chengzhu was a little excited. He became a manager so quickly? Although the company was not his, he was the nominal head.
After asking Liu Chengzhu to sit down, Wang Sheng's smile disappeared and his expression became serious.
"Uncle, Commander Chu has already accepted you. From now on, we, uncle and nephew, must work hard for Commander Chu. Commander Chu is a very kind person, but there is one thing: we must obey him and complete the tasks given to us. Also, don't ask about his identity casually. If you do, you may be shot at any time."
"I see."
Liu Chengzhu nodded hurriedly. He was indeed a big shot. If you inquire about his identity, you might be shot. This was too serious.
Wang Sheng hasn't told him Chu Lingyun's true identity yet. Liu Chengzhu has just joined him, so he will let him know after some time.
"Now I have a mission. From now on, uncle, the rickshaw drivers on your side will be deployed around Jinling University. Instruct them to pay attention to the people who frequently pass by Jinling University and look at the advertisements posted at the entrance. Especially those who frequently visit the university must pay attention."
Wang Sheng arranged the latest task. He had instructed his police officers to start investigating, but the police had limited manpower. Now that the rickshaw company had been bought, they could be involved in the investigation.
These people are real drivers. They don't need to ask anything casually. They can notice people passing by or those who come to see the advertisement on purpose.
"Yes, I'll arrange it right away and ask them to keep a close eye on these people."
Liu Chengzhu agreed, saying that this was his first task and he couldn't be careless at all.
"Also, Chief Chu has instructed that the company has too few cars, so he wants you to acquire a new batch of cars. We don't need new cars, used cars will do."
With less than 300 cars, the scale is indeed a bit small. Chu Lingyun does not need the company to be too big, just double it will be enough.
There are five or six hundred vehicles, and when they are needed, they can be deployed throughout the city of Nanjing.
"Okay, I'll go buy it. It just so happens that the Daihatsu dealership has a car they want to sell, so it's no problem buying their old car."
"Also, if you encounter anyone suspicious while pulling the cart, please report it to me immediately." Wang Sheng continued to instruct.
"What kind of person is considered suspicious?"
"For example, people who speak foreign languages, especially Japanese, and those who seem mysterious and don't seem to be doing good deeds should report them in a timely manner. Second uncle, it's right to report more. Even if the information reported is useless, Commander Chu will not blame us."
"I understand. I will pass on all this."
Liu Chengzhu nodded. Now that he knew who the suspicious people were, he understood what he needed to pay attention to.
"Second uncle, I'm leaving first. Don't tell anyone that Commander Chu is the boss. If anyone asks, just put it on me."
Wang Sheng still cares about his uncle very much, and he is very clear about the current situation of this era.
The rickshaw company is still a good business at the moment. If you don’t have some support, you won’t be able to keep the company going.
His identity as sheriff is enough to deter those villains from targeting the company.
After Wang Sheng left, Liu Chengzhu immediately recalled some of the drivers and told them that the rickshaw shop had a new owner and that he would be the manager from now on. He also assigned the previous tasks.
These car dealerships have their own territories. Their territories were not previously located at Jinling University, but with Wang Sheng here, they have no problem recruiting people there, as Wang Sheng can coordinate everything.
Jinling University is in a good location. People there are either rich or noble. There are also many college students and teachers who often use cars.
Some people there are very generous and will give them extra tips in addition to the fare.
By changing the place where they pull the carts, the drivers can earn more money and they work more enthusiastically.
The four groups of the Military Intelligence Department and the Operations Department received orders to deploy half of their personnel to search for clues about Japanese spies.
Henian's support for Chu Lingyun began to be implemented. The Operations Department is not the Intelligence Department, but it has more manpower and they are all experienced people. If so many people are sent out, maybe they can find useful clues.
"Ring, ring, ring."
Chu Lingyun was in the office when the phone on the table rang. Chu Lingyun picked up the receiver and said softly, "I'm Chu Lingyun. Who is this?"
"Commander Chu, it's me, Wang Sheng. My uncle has given me some information. If you have time, I'd like to report it to you."
Wang Sheng called. Does Liu Chengzhu have anything to report?
The rickshaw company had only been bought for three days. Chu Lingyun gave the money to Wang Sheng and instructed him on the task, and then he didn't ask about it again. But there were new developments in just three days?
"What exactly is it?" Chu Lingyun thought quickly, but his tone did not change as he asked calmly.
"His driver reported several suspects. I felt they were indeed suspicious, so I called you."
Wang Sheng spoke quickly and relayed all the information he had obtained to Chu Lingyun.
The first suspicious person took a bus from outside to Jinling University. He asked the driver to wait and came out soon after entering the school. There was no problem with this, but after he left, he went directly to a newspaper office far away.
The university gate and the newspaper office were the places that Chu Lingyun had instructed to pay special attention to. Liu Chengzhu was now very motivated and immediately reported the situation to Wang Sheng.
The second wrong people are two people, two men.
One was older and the other was much younger. It was obvious that they had an improper relationship. They did not call a rickshaw individually, but chartered one. They not only went to Jinling University, but also to Qinhuai River, Confucius Temple and other places.
That alone is nothing.
But when they were chatting, they kept mentioning Wuhan, Shanghai and Nanjing. They said a lot but didn't mention what they were doing specifically or what business they were doing. They were very mysterious, so the driver paid more attention to them.
Liu Chengzhu had instructed that there would be rewards for providing useful information, but it must be kept confidential.
They don't know what information is useful, but they will report anything they feel is useful to see if they can get a reward.
This information is reported by Liu Chengzhu after screening. He will first screen out some trivial matters that are not a big deal.
The last one was that person who took the initiative to chat with the driver and talked about Japan. Not only did he not have any hostility towards Japan's invasion of Northeast China, but he kept bragging about Japan's strength, which caught the attention of Liu Chengzhu.
Anyone who speaks Japanese should pay attention, and anyone who brags about Japanese should pay even more attention.
After analyzing the information reported by Liu Chengzhu, Wang Sheng felt that it was of some use, so he directly passed it on to Chu Lingyun.
"Go to the company and wait for me. I'll be there soon."
After listening to what Wang Sheng said, Chu Lingyun hung up the phone and frowned in thought.
In just three days, the rickshaw company collected so much suspicious information. It seems that buying the company was a very correct decision.
Among the three messages, the one boasting about Japan's strength is the most suspicious.
Because of the battles in Northeast China and Shanghai, people in Nanjing have no good feelings towards the Japanese. With that attitude, he is either a traitor or a pro-Japanese person.
But the possibility of him being a Japanese spy is low. A Japanese spy would not be so stupid as to say these things to a coachman.
Chu Lingyun was concerned about the second piece of information.
A pair of men mentioned Wuhan and Nanjing many times during their conversation, which immediately made him think of someone.
What Hayakawa Ping had told me was about the martial arts school of the Japanese Consulate in Wuhan, and Jiang Tengkong.
It can’t be such a coincidence that Jiang Tengkong came to Nanjing, right?
After thinking about it, Chu Lingyun shook his head. There weren't many people who liked Longyang in this era, but there were some after all. China was so big, how could he meet someone by chance?
As for the first one, he went to Jinling University and then went to a newspaper office, and he went to a newspaper office so far away, so he is indeed suspicious.
"Commander Chu."
Wang Sheng and Liu Chengzhu had been waiting at the door for a long time. As soon as Chu Lingyun arrived, they came to greet him.
"Commander Chu, this is what happened."
Liu Chengzhu recounted the incident in detail in front of Chu Lingyun.
"Call the drivers back and I'll ask them."
What Liu Chengzhu said was not much different from what Wang Sheng said. Chu Lingyun still had to ask these people himself and make a judgment as to whether there was anything wrong with them.
If they really have problems, let alone Japanese spies, even if they catch a traitor who was bribed by Japan, this deal will not be a loss.
"I've already asked someone to call them. They'll probably be back soon."
All the rickshaw drivers were working outside. If Wang Sheng hadn't heard Chu Lingyun say he was coming and asked Liu Chengzhu to call him back in advance, they would probably have had to wait even longer.
