1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 87 He Xi's Skills ([-])
This kind of face-to-face teaching by words and deeds is obviously much more intuitive and effective than the air-to-air training class last night, and Zhang Guang also saw the unknown side of He Xi.Even if he does not engage in intelligence work in the future, Zhang Guang thinks that He Xi is a proper master if he wants to become an actor, or start his own troupe to be a director.

What surprised Zhang Guang even more was that He Xi was obviously not only on the line of Kong Limu.After a morning, among the people who came in and out of the teahouse, Zhang Guang estimated that half of them had greeted He Xi.Zhang Guang made statistics and found that most of them were subordinate officials in the prefectural government. There were two staff members who were co-authors and sentencing officers. When it was about noon, a few soldiers came to the store. He Xi Even know one of them.

This morning, He Xi attacked from all directions, chatting with spittle, and those who didn't know might think that he was a storyteller on the scene.Zhang Guang didn't have He Xi's eloquent ability, so he could only cooperate with him, or provide a little background laughter when others were laughing, but he didn't show much sense of presence.

After the gang of soldiers left, He Xi knocked on the table and shouted, "Little Er, settle the account!"

A total of one or two or three coins was calculated, which was still the tea money that helped to give several tables of people.Zhang Guang can be regarded as an insight, what is the efficient use of activity funds.No wonder He Xi was able to pat his chest yesterday and said that as long as the money can be used in the right place, it is not a waste. According to the efficiency of his intelligence gathering, such a small expenditure can be regarded as a model of frugality.

Although the teahouse activities are over, it is obvious that He Xi's work will not end there - his next target is the nearby "Nanhaiju" restaurant, which is a place where celebrities from all walks of life in Yazhou often haunt.The last time the Yazhou Action Team held a celebration banquet at the "Nanhaiju", He Xi, who had specifically inquired about the action team, naturally listed this restaurant as one of his venues.

"If you have any questions you want to ask, you might as well ask me now." He Xi said calmly when he sat on the third floor of "Nanhai Residence" facing the street.

"I do have a question that I want to ask you." Zhang Guang nodded and said, "Two questions. First, why did these low-level officials appear in that teahouse, and how did you know about this situation? Second, look at It looks like they all know you're not a local, why don't I feel they have any scruples towards you?"

"That's a good question." He Xi first affirmed Zhang Guang's attitude, and then said: "Then I will answer you one by one. First of all, after I came out yesterday morning, I ran the area of ​​Beicheng first. Over and over, mainly to see which public places are suitable for my activities. Remember what I said yesterday about the principle of choosing public places?"

"The flow of people should be large, so that it is not easy to attract attention, and more information will be collected." Zhang Guang replied immediately.

"Yes, based on this principle, it is not so difficult to determine the location of the two restaurants, three small restaurants, and four teahouses in the North City..." He Xi looked at the sky in the distance and said faintly: "Of course, in order to save time, I didn't do such a complicated investigation work, I just spent a penny to find an idle guy on the street and asked."

Zhang Guang almost spit out a mouthful of tea.He Xi lightly patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't think I'm just taking chances, it's called experience. Let's talk about your second question. First of all, you need to pay attention to the identities of these people we are dealing with today, and who they are. They are all low-level officials. They are called to and fro in the work unit during working hours. After get off work, they have no high social status. They can only have breakfast in a place like a small teahouse on the street. Quan is a low-level civil servant, so please tell me what their psychological needs are?"

Before Zhang Guang could come up with an answer, He Xi continued: "It's respect, it's touting, it's worship, and it's because of others' reactions to feel his extraordinaryness! In Yazhou, not many people care about them. Called 'adult', even many of the prisoners who were assigned here have much higher status than them. In their work and life, most of the time they only kneel and lick others, you can imagine their psychological state. And now There is a stranger who has shown enough respect and goodwill to them without any entanglement of interests, and this person obviously has a certain economic strength and social status, and is willing to sit at a table and chat happily with them , do you think they have any reason to scruple or guard against me?"

Zhang Guang opened his mouth wide, and after sitting for a long time, he muttered: "You are so reasonable, but I am speechless."

"If you are interested in my craft, I suggest that you can look for some works on personality psychology and social psychology in the big database in the future." He Xi added when Zhang Guang did not respond. One sentence: "Learning a little knowledge of psychology will also be very helpful for chasing girls."

"Really?" Zhang Guang suddenly returned to his soul.

"Of course, this is a very rigorous science." He Xi nodded solemnly: "But before you use it to chase girls, you'd better have enough practical experience."

Unsurprisingly, He Xi also met two acquaintances here.But this time, his performance was much more reserved, he just came back to his table after a toast in the past, and didn't talk too much with people.

Zhang Guang also noticed this detail, and after He Xi came back and sat down, he asked, "What's the origin of those two tables?"

He Xi put down his chopsticks, lowered his voice and said, "One table is Zhang Tongju from the prefecture's office, and the other is Wang Qianhu from the Weisuo."

"This is a real official, why don't you talk more?" Zhang Guang couldn't help feeling a little surprised at He Xi's performance.I used to be as warm as spring breeze to those low-level officials in the small teahouse, but now I meet the main lord with such lukewarm greetings and it's over?

He Xi raised two fingers and said, "Two reasons. First, today is only the second time we met, and I'm not familiar enough with them to make a table together; second, if they want to meet at the wine table, Some official business, then I will be disgusting if I stay there for too long. In this case, it is best not to force the sense of presence, it is easy to play."

Zhang Guang asked curiously, "Then why didn't you plan to help them settle the bill?"

He Xi cursed bitterly: "Are you stupid? The two tables of wine and food cost at least 20 taels of silver. Besides, I didn't eat at the same table. Does rushing to pay the bill make people think I'm crazy? Say something Come back, up and down 5000 years, have you ever seen officials take their colleagues out to eat and drink with their own money? It is clear that it is public funds consumption, why should I help these moths pay the bills!"

Zhang Guang suddenly realized that he nodded, and immediately felt that something was wrong - aren't he and He Xi also eating and drinking with public funds?He Xi's words seemed to have scolded himself.

Of course, He Xi's integrity was only verbal. Within 2 minutes of sitting down, he called Xiaoer over and asked Xiaoer to send a bottle of good wine to each of the two tables. own head.

He Xi's show of kindness naturally won the other party's goodwill, and the people at the table raised their glasses to show their gratitude, and the thousand households were probably born in a warrior, but their temperament was straightforward. He Xi and Zhang Guang each had a drink.

After lunch, Zhang Guang curiously asked He Xi where to go for activities in the afternoon, He Xi shook his head and said, "The afternoon is office hours, there is no suitable place, and the fastest time is to wait until these people get off work, go to the brothel and listen to it. Xiao Qu, Bubble Girl or something... but it seems inconvenient to take you there, I think it's fine."

Zhang Guang blushed and said, "Then you acted alone yesterday and didn't see you there!"

He Xi sighed and said, "It's impossible to tell if I go to a place like this alone. I said that I went to the brothel to work. Can you believe it?"

"It seems that the credibility is close." Zhang Guang also had to admit that He Xi's worry was very reasonable.

"At least two or three people are required to testify against each other. Another day, I can take Malico and Qiu Yuan. These two guys used to be in the mixed system, and they must be familiar with these three teachings and nine-class occasions!" He Xi They mercilessly turned the innocent Malico and Qiu Yuan into negative teaching materials.

Zhang Guang suddenly thought of something, and coughed dryly: "Old He, I think you should give up this idea sooner. I remember reading some documents before coming here. It states that the court does not allow officials to prostitute."

"Oh? Is there such a rule?" He Xi really didn't know there was such a thing, and asked in surprise.

"There really is such a rule." Zhang Guang picked up what he still remembered and said a few.After the working group selected them, Ning Qi found a lot of reference materials from the big database for them to supplement their historical knowledge.Everyone's focus is different according to their own interests, and Zhang Guang read more works by Mingren recording facts at that time.

In the Ming Dynasty Lu Rong's "Shuyuan Miscellaneous Notes", it was recorded that "the civil and military officials of the previous generation were all allowed to use official prostitutes, but now it is forbidden to use prostitutes to house prostitutes, and even to dismiss them." In Ming Dynasty Wang Qi's "Miscellaneous Notes on Yupu Garden," it was recorded that "official officials house prostitutes, Sin Asia is a first-class murderer, and even if it is pardoned, it will never be talked about for life.” This means that once an official in the Ming Dynasty was caught prostitutes, they would not be hired for life, and the punishment was very severe.

Similar records are very common in the works of Ming people. For example, in Gu Qiyuan's "Guest Talks", there is a record of Jiang Bao's punishment for prohibiting prostitutes, the minister of rituals in Nanjing. Responsibility and show the shackles." This means that once the prostitutes are caught, they will be fined seven points of silver, and they will also be shown with shackles.In the book "Allusions and Chronicles" written by Yu Jideng, it even recounts the story of the Hainan Guard commander who was arrested in Beijing for debriefing when he was debriefing in Beijing, and as a result, his official position was cut off and Wei Yuanwei was exiled.

He Xi was also stunned after hearing this, and it took a long time to sigh: "It's not easy to be a civil servant in the Ming Dynasty with such strict management!"

(End of this chapter)