Espionage: I became sworn brothers with Zheng Yaoxian at the beginning, and became the Seventh Broth

Chapter 123 Getting Rich

After the report was finished, Ye Shaohong and Zheng Yaoxian went back.

During this time, Ye Shaohong asked Zheng Yaoxian how the two cases he had transferred were allocated.

Zheng Yaoxian's response was the same as Ye Shaohong's: the case of the leaked military officer identity was given to Zhao Jianzhi, and the case of the leaked operation to suppress the Red Party was given to Song Xiaoan.

He also explained his reasons for this allocation.

Of course.

This is the ostensible reason.

Ye Shaohong roughly guessed Zheng Yaoxian's thoughts, but he didn't press the matter. He simply nodded and brushed it off. Everything seemed like casual conversation.

After the two parted, Ye Shaohong returned to his office. He had just sat down when there was a knock on the door.

The person who came in was Zhuang Yifan.

His face was filled with undisguised joy, and he immediately closed the door as soon as he entered the room.

After thinking for a moment, Zhuang Yifan locked the door in the room again.

Ye Shaohong saw all of this.

He didn't say anything, but just quietly watched Zhuang Yifan perform.

When Zhuang Yifan had finished all preparations and walked towards him with light steps, Ye Shaohong leaned back in his chair.

"You're back?" "You've wasted quite a bit of time this time, haven't you? Three days. Is Liu Fei really that wealthy?"

It's not surprising that Ye Shaohong had this question. Just three days ago, he had arrested and interrogated Liu Fei, and then arranged for Zhuang Yifan to raid his home.

He originally thought the job would be finished soon.

But to everyone's surprise, Zhuang Yifan's trip lasted for three whole days. If it weren't for the occasional phone calls from Zhuang Yifan reporting back, he would have thought that the "robber" had run away with the money.

"Thick! Too thick."

"Team leader, you didn't see it, Liu Fei's family's wealth is almost piled up like a mountain."

While praising him, Zhuang Yifan reached into his robes, took out a thick ledger, and handed it to Ye Shaohong.

The implication is that they want Ye Shaohong to check it.

Ye Shaohong took the ledger and glanced at it briefly. Although he was prepared, he couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. Zhuang Yifan was right; Liu Fei's wealth was indeed substantial.

From the few pages Ye Shaohong had just flipped through, he saw more than five thousand US dollars and British pounds, more than twenty gold bars of various sizes, and three thousand silver dollars.

This is just one of the finds in Liu Fei's study.

Behind him were his own room, his wife's room, and the rooms of his seven concubines...

No wonder, Zhuang Yifan and his men have been busy for so long and made the account books so thick for such a simple raid.

"Forget it, there are too many words, I won't verify them one by one."

"Just give me the total."

Ye Shaohong wasn't trying to slack off; he had no choice. Just from those few casual glances, he noticed a problem.

Zhuang Yifan is capable, but his education level is too low. Although the ledger is written very clearly, it lacks categorized options, which makes him dizzy.

So I simply stopped watching.

"Okay, I'll report to the team leader!"

"During this raid, we seized a total of over 7,300 US dollars, over 2,800 pounds, 27 large yellow croakers weighing the full weight, 89 small yellow croakers, and over 8,000 silver dollars..."

Zhuang Yifan had clearly done his homework, or rather, the shock he received this time was so great that he had memorized all those numbers.

Without even checking the ledgers, Zhuang Yifan directly reported the final summary figures in front of Ye Shaohong.

In addition to the readily usable US dollars, British pounds, and large and small yellow croakers, Zhuang Yifan and his men also found a pile of land deeds and house deeds in Liu Fei's home.

It comprises two manors of varying sizes, over 300 acres of farmland, and seven shops within the city. It also includes a box of women's jewelry and over 200 pieces of antiques and calligraphy.

Zhuang Yifan didn't understand things like houses, land, jewelry, jade, antiques, and calligraphy and paintings, so he had someone find several shopkeepers near Chaotian Palace to give him a rough estimate.

The final total amount was over 83,000 silver dollars.

How big is this number?

It's a lot, but it's also a little.

Compared to the Ye family's assets, this number is far too small, less than one-fifth of the Ye family's wealth.

But to say it's few, it's actually quite few.

Compared to Ye Shaohong's initial estimate, the difference should be around 20,000 silver dollars.

This isn't surprising, given that Liu Fei started as a low-ranking police officer. Although he's amassed a considerable fortune over the years, most of it has likely been given away. The remaining money is used to support his wife, seven concubines, and his son and daughter.

In addition to his own extravagant lifestyle, even if he were greedy and also worked part-time as a broker selling government intelligence, there wouldn't be much left for him.

"Only a little over 80,000?"

Ye Shaohong tapped his fingers lightly on the table, and after a brief moment of thought, he finally made a decision.

"Here's what we'll do: take three thousand dollars from the total amount and give it to you and the team members who participated in the operation, so that they don't work for nothing."

"As for the remaining money, property deeds, jewelry, antiques, and paintings, don't sell them. Have someone deliver them to my house first, and then compile a new account book for me!"

After giving a brief explanation, Ye Shaohong tossed another file folder in front of Zhuang Yifan.

"Search the deputy police chief's house while you're at it." "Remember to be quick. There should be more operations in the next few days, and I need your team's manpower."

"Okay, let's get to work."

Ye Shaohong waved his hand, putting the matter to rest. As he watched Zhuang Yifan reopen the door and leave, his expression gradually darkened.

"We don't have enough manpower!"

"Li Yunlong's team must be on standby at any time, ready to capture and search for Japanese spies. Zhuang Yifan's team needs to take stock of the seized supplies. There are still clues about Zhang Hongtao that haven't been investigated yet."

"The captain of this third team needs to be replaced!"

Ye Shaohong hadn't originally planned to take action against Zheng Haopeng so soon, but he had too much work to handle.

In this situation, Zheng Haopeng's disobedience to commands and orders became a major problem hindering his operations.

If this problem is not resolved, it will cause him a lot of trouble later.

"How can we do this?"

"Report it up? No way. If I can't even handle such a small matter, I'll definitely be looked down upon."

"Try to use connections to transfer him? There's no suitable place for him right now."

Ye Shaohong had considered finding a reason to imprison him, but after all, they were compatriots, and the enmity between them had not reached the point of being irreconcilable.

Even if the higher-ups don't hold him accountable, he can't bring himself to be ruthless towards Zheng Haopeng right now.

"Since I have some free time today, let's go check out the training ground!"