northernbook Chapter 1222 The Foreigners' Warehouse
Chapter 1222 The Foreigners' Warehouse
After finishing their wontons, the two strolled around the streets, just like ordinary citizens of Pujiang, chatting as they watched the foolish Chinese spies searching for someone before returning to their hotel.
Upon entering, Li Shaoyi didn't encounter the beautiful waitress, but instead saw a young man who was taking over her shift. This man's name was Bocharov, and he was a Russian.
He was originally a nobleman of the Russians, but during the reforms, his whole family fled to Pujiang and ended up here working as a waiter. He was also part of their intelligence system.
Upon seeing Li Shaoyi, he made a gesture, clearly indicating that he possessed the intelligence that Li Shaoyi needed.
Li Shaoyi first sent Bai Yun back to her room, then ordered two cups of coffee in the rest area to hear what the young man had to say.
The expression on the guy's face when he saw the coffee was hard to decipher. "I drink this kind of coffee every day, and you even ordered one for me? If that's the case, you might as well just give me the money."
"Just say what you want to say, don't beat around the bush. You know I can afford it."
Li Shaoyi took a sip of the coffee; it was indeed terribly bad, far inferior to the desserts from other dessert shops. But this restaurant guaranteed his safety; even if he had to drink dishwater, some notorious thieves would tolerate it.
"We have new guests in room 405 upstairs. These people should belong to the Japanese intelligence agency, but we don't know which agency exactly. There are two women and one man in total, and they came in disguised as a family of three."
After hearing this, Li Shaoyi's face still had the same expression as before, making it impossible to tell what was going on.
"So your hotel is now allowing Japanese spies in?"
Li Shaoyi, somewhat speechless, pulled out a 10-yuan note, implying that this information was only worth that much. However, the waiter wasn't dissatisfied; after all, such information needed to be sold to everyone in the restaurant through various channels. Although he only received 10 yuan from Li Shaoyi, if everyone in the restaurant bought it, it would amount to several hundred yuan.
“Although we have extensive connections in the two concessions, there are times when we have to bow down and we can’t hold on. The situation in Huangpu is not what it used to be. The Japanese are being aggressive in every aspect, and we can only endure it.”
After taking the money, the young man didn't leave; it seemed he had something else to say.
"Stop talking nonsense and get to the point."
Li Shaoyi took out a cigarette, and the young man, with great insight, quickly lit it for him. In a place like a restaurant, if you don't even have a little bit of awareness, you'll be eliminated very quickly.
"The Japanese have established several new intelligence agencies, mostly composed of Chinese. They have already infiltrated the entire concession. If you need a list, we have..."
The Japanese recently needed a large number of spies to carry out missions in the concessions, so they had their collaborators establish one spy organization after another. They didn't require you to be highly elite, just that there be enough of you.
"No, I have other things to do. I'll come back when you have more news."
Li Shaoyi appeared uninterested, and the guy smiled and nodded, mentally categorizing Li Shaoyi as someone else entirely—not a member of the Military Intelligence Bureau or the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics. Otherwise, he would have been very interested in such a list of Chinese spies.
Li Shaoyi knew that the newly recruited Chinese spies were useless, merely serving to inflate the Japanese numbers. Otherwise, they wouldn't have later established the 76th Special Investigation Unit. These guys were clearly incapable of accomplishing anything. Paying for their information was fine; he didn't care about the cost. However, it could easily expose their intention to investigate these individuals.
When you buy intelligence, you're actually giving intelligence to the other side. Therefore, you must be extremely careful in this situation. Even if you come across the intelligence you want, you'll have to find a different way to get it. Otherwise, you could easily become the prey instead of the hunter. Li Shaoyi understood this.
Although we're not in the intelligence field, under Miss Gu's tutelage, we know a thing or two about their methods. Besides, we have so many people in Pujiang; we don't necessarily need to buy information—those people can investigate for us. Despite the Japanese spies everywhere, our people are never slow or inefficient in their work.
That evening, Li Shaoyi returned to his room early. Bai Yun and Li Shaoyi shared a room, but Bai Yun was particularly sleepy that night and fell asleep before 8 o'clock. At this moment, Li Shaoyi gently extinguished the incense in the corner and shook his head vigorously. If the incense burned any longer, he would also fall asleep.
Whether it was the intelligence gathering center or the foreigners' financial headquarters, Li Shaoyi knew he couldn't let his subordinates get too involved. The streets were teeming with Japanese military police and spies; if they were involved, evacuation would be incredibly difficult. Having the advantage of his system space, he also needed to shoulder greater responsibility now.
Li Shaoyi pulled out a set of night clothes from the bedside table and set off through the window. After all, thanks to the system's modifications, while he couldn't be called a superman, he was unlikely to encounter any rivals in this era.
For ordinary people, traversing between rooftops is an extremely difficult task. But for Li Shaoyi, the few meters between rooftops can be crossed with just a little effort. Of course, he can't do it silently like in the movies; those living on the rooftop can hear a thud from above.
But when they came out to check, Li Shaoyi had already gone to another rooftop. So these people could only wonder if they were hallucinating, or if something had been thrown from another building.
Warehouses No. 7, 8, and 9 of the Bund Class A building.
This is Li Shaoyi's goal for tonight.
According to information gathered by his dozens of intelligence agents, the wealth concentrated among the foreigners is mostly stored in these warehouses, and they need to move it within the next week. If Li Shaoyi doesn't act quickly, he might suffer losses later.
Do you think you can just plunder our wealth and let those foreign devils take it away?