Anti-Qing: Starting from the Jintian Uprising

Chapter 185 Military Intelligence Department does not need evidence to handle cases

Sassoon Company, outer city of Guangzhou.

As the Tang Dynasty captured Guangzhou, the city began to open up further.

Not only did they allow merchants from all over the world to enter Guangzhou to do business.

Foreign merchants were also allowed to purchase properties and open businesses in Guangzhou.

It was at this time that Sassoon & Co. entered Guangzhou and purchased a three-story building in the city as its headquarters in Guangzhou.

Early that morning, Robin Sassoon, the head of Sassoon & Co., was eating breakfast while reading a newspaper.

Breakfast was a British-style fish and chips, plus a cup of coffee with milk and sugar.

The newspaper was a military report of the Tang Dynasty, and the content published in the newspaper was exactly the current progress of the Tang army in the direction of Hunan.

Although the food was simple, Robin Sassoon ate it with gusto while reading the newspaper.

He was thinking that once the Tang army conquered Hunan, they might be able to expand their business to the inland of Hunan.

Robin Sassoon was a British man.

The reason why this group of British merchants were able to pass the customs inspection of the Tang Dynasty, come to Guangzhou to trade, and even open businesses in Guangzhou city.

This is because when they entered the country, they used the flag of Portugal, Britain's traditional ally. Even when the trading company was registered, the country it registered as was Portugal.

Just as Robin was enjoying his breakfast.

A servant came running in from outside and came to Robin to report.

"Mr. Robin, something happened."

"The spies at the dock reported that several tea growers we hired from Jiangxi at a high price were arrested by the Tang government's police and taken to the police station."

Robin's expression froze when he heard that, and veins popped out on the back of his hand that was holding the coffee cup.

"Oh my God, how could this happen!"

"If the tea farmers are arrested and our smuggling of tea seedlings is exposed, there will be no place for us to stay in Guangzhou."

The attendant beside him heard this and continued.

"Mr. Robin, we should prepare early!"

When Robin Sassoon heard this, his expression changed. He stood up from the sofa, paced around several times, and then spoke.

"Quick, send someone to contact Mr. Yang from the Customs immediately and ask him to put pressure on the patrol office at the dock to help us resolve this matter."

"As long as he can help us solve this problem, our Sassoon Company is willing to offer 10,000 silver dollars as a reward."

The Sassoon Company wanted to smuggle tea seedlings abroad and hire tea farmers to go out to sea. Such a thing would definitely not be possible for a group of foreigners alone.

Not to mention anything else, they can't even get through the customs inspection.

Therefore, if the people from Sassoon & Co. wanted to smuggle tea seedlings, the first step was to bribe the relevant officials.

The Mr. Yang from the Customs they were talking about was one of the officials who was bribed.

This time the tea farmers were arrested by the police, and the Sassoon Company could only use Mr. Yang to make efforts in official circles in an attempt to suppress the matter.

Upon hearing this, the servant nodded in agreement and turned to leave.

After the servant left, Robin had no intention of continuing his breakfast. Instead, he immediately called another servant and asked him to arrange the ship and be ready to leave Guangzhou at any time.

After making these arrangements, Robin began to pace in the room, waiting for the servant to report the news.

He paced for a long time. The servant who went to contact Lord Yang from the customs had not returned yet, but the servant who went to prepare the ship had returned.

"Mr. Robin, the ship is ready and is docked at the pier outside Guangzhou."

"We can leave anytime!"

Robin's expression was conflicted when he heard this.

But finally made a decision.

"Okay, let's get going now. Let's leave Guangzhou first and then talk about other things."

Robin didn't know how things would develop next, but for his own safety, he planned to leave Guangzhou first.

After all, the Tang Dynasty is not the Qing Dynasty, and these foreigners do not have extraterritoriality in the Tang Dynasty.

If the smuggling of tea seedlings were to be exposed, he would not have a good ending.

However, Robin had just led his men out of the business and got on the carriage, and had not yet had time to set off.

The convoy was stopped by someone.

Seeing this, Robin had no choice but to get off the carriage and negotiate.

"Captain, may I ask why you stopped my carriage? Is there some misunderstanding here?"

Zhou Wu, wearing a police uniform, stepped forward and said in a cold voice, "Robin Sassoon, right? Your case has been exposed. Here is an arrest warrant. Come with us."

Robin's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, but he still spoke.

"Captain, I have to go out of Guangzhou for urgent business. Your Chief Wang and I are friends. I wonder if you can make some concessions?"

"Wait until I finish dealing with things and come back, then report to the police station?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Wu just shouted coldly.

"You foreign devil, stop talking nonsense and come with me now."

"If you resist, you will bear the consequences!"

As he spoke, Zhou Wu had already taken out his service pistol and aimed the gun at Robin standing opposite him.

Seeing this, Robin could only raise his hands in surrender.

……

On the other side, the office of Yang Cai, deputy director of the Guangzhou Customs Inspection Department.

There was a knock on the door. Yang Cai put on the pen cap, closed the document in front of him, and went to open the door.

With a creak, the office door was opened from the inside.

Several men in neat black uniforms were standing in front of the door. The leader saw Yang Cai open the door, took out a subpoena from his arms, and then spoke.

"Yang Cai, deputy director of the Customs Inspection Department, right?"

"Come take a walk with us!"

Yang Cai had a very surprised expression on his face and asked.

"You...who are you?"

The leading man pulled the corner of his mouth with a forced smile and said.

"Military Intelligence Department!"

When Yang Cai heard this, his face turned pale instantly.

He knew that this was the end for him!
What is the Military Intelligence Department?
To put it bluntly, they are the court's lackeys. In the early Ming Dynasty, they were the Jinyiwei and the Dongchang.

The officials are being targeted by the Embroidered Uniform Guards and the Eastern Depot, how can this be good?
"What do you want to do?"

Yang Cai knew that since the people from the Military Intelligence Department came to him, it was most likely that something had happened to him.

But he didn't want to accept his fate and wanted to make a final struggle.

Upon hearing this, the leading Military Intelligence Officer simply spoke.

"Haha, Deputy Director Yang, you have colluded with foreigners, smuggled commercial goods, and are suspected of treason."

"Come with us!"

After he finished speaking, he waved his hand to signal people to go forward and control Yang Cai.

Yang Cai's hands were tied behind his back, but he was still struggling.

"Evidence? Where is your evidence?"

"Without any evidence, why are you arresting me?"

Upon hearing this, the officer from the Military Intelligence Department just spoke coldly.

"The Military Intelligence Department does not need evidence to handle cases."

"take away!"

After that, a group of people escorted Yang Cai out of the Customs Inspection Office building.

Seeing this scene, the officials could not help but look at each other in surprise.

There is visible fear in the eyes of many people.

After people left, many people cursed in their hearts.

"Bah, a court lackey!"

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PS: Sorry, I have to break my promise.

I promised to update today, but I just got home yesterday and I caught a cold today.

I have a headache and a sore throat. I feel so bad. I sat in front of the computer all day and only managed to type 2,000 characters...

(End of this chapter)