[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-spy-survival-guide":3,"chapter-spy-survival-guide-spy-survival-guide-chapter-289":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Spy Survival Guide",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2366605,4634,"Chapter 289: Zheng Jiemin Comes to Jin","spy-survival-guide-chapter-289",289,"\u003Cp>\"The coral, where is my coral?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ke Shufen panicked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She checked carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides the blood coral, a pair of jade bracelets was also missing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, the thief didn't know their value; the calligraphy, paintings, and several pieces of porcelain were left behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luckily, the few thousand US dollars she had won playing cards recently were kept in another room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ke Shufen totted it up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Antiques, calligraphy, paintings, plus a few thousand US dollars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All sorts of odds and ends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She estimated there was at least twenty or thirty thousand US dollars in profit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a pity, that damn thief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They took the most valuable blood coral; otherwise, it would have been a solid fifty thousand US dollars in income, and this trip wouldn't have been in vain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jingzhong certainly had good things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had to keep digging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ke Shufen suddenly saw the note on the table, and the hair on her body stood up again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other party was a bandit who would kill without blinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last time, they killed a chicken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, they released a snake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next time, they might take her life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ke Shufen loved money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she wasn't stupid; there would be other days, and money could be squeezed out slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But one only had one life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To die at the hands of a bandit would be too much of a loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chief Fang.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having figured it out, she walked out the door and called out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Madam, at your service,\" Chief Fang said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Arrange a plane immediately; I am returning to Jingling at once,\" Ke Shufen ordered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Madam.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chief Fang accepted the order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turning his head, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally going back; if he stayed any longer, his rice bowl would surely be smashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jingling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Jiemin sat on the sofa, closing his eyes to rest his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old Zheng, let me tell you, if it weren't for that damn bandit, I would have brought that red coral back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You have no idea, the quality, tsk tsk!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm telling you, Wu Jingzhong has no shortage of treasures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And Jinhai City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't look at Jingling as the capital; compared to Jinhai, it's nothing. That place is very Westernized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are rich people everywhere you look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They play cards directly with US dollars.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I raked in nearly ten thousand US dollars at the card table alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sigh, you don't know until you go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That place is truly paved with gold. Your old partner Wu Jingzhong has so much loot he has nowhere to store it, so he took over Zhang Xun's mansion as a private vault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ke Shufen rambled on endlessly while showing off her \"harvest.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You've been played and you don't even know it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fang Yuan has already told me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who do you think that bandit is?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That is one of Wu Jingzhong's men, wanting you to leave quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He couldn't bear to part with the red coral, so he already took it back. What he gave you is all you get, understand?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Jiemin opened his eyes and interrupted her impatiently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You, you mean that bandit was sent by Wu Jingzhong?\" Ke Shufen looked incredulous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you think they welcomed you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If he hadn't sent him, would you still be standing here talking to me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Jiemin said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Watch your tone, who are you talking to? Why are you shouting?\" Ke Shufen was displeased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, yes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wasn't I just reminding you?\" Zheng Jiemin suppressed the anger in his belly, hurriedly put on a smiling face, and returned to his henpecked state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wu Jingzhong!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Isn't this going too far?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are we waiting for? Let's go, fly to Jinhai immediately and confront him face to face.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ke Shufen had never suffered such slights and flew into a rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Confront him face to face?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why, do you think it's reasonable to go around demanding money?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wu Jingzhong is not Ma Hansan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who doesn't know Jinhai is a fat piece of land? You think I, Mao Renfeng, or even Jiang Jianfeng haven't had thoughts about it? Whoever proposed replacing Wu Jingzhong was blocked by the Son of Heaven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With the war situation tight, they are deeply involved with the Americans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Military aid, supplies—we can't do without the American side's support.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Especially his son-in-law, Cole, who thinks very highly of him and is on brotherly terms with the Marine commander.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even my good friend Ambassador Smith advised me not to touch this person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If he gives you something, just accept it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If he doesn't want to give it and you try to snatch it by force, that won't look good. At the very least, he and I have been classmates and partners for many years; we still need to maintain appearances.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Jiemin persuaded her in a soft, gentle voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So we just swallow this insult?\" Ke Shufen asked, feeling indignant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's just swallow it for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Besides, didn't Old Wu give you twenty or thirty thousand US dollars' worth of things?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you think those ladies at the card table are idiots, burning money, rushing to give it to you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That was all Wu Jingzhong's arrangement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's leave it at that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Jiemin said, feeling somewhat annoyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sit down, I have something to tell you,\" he said, raising his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is it?\" Ke Shufen could see he had something on his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A man named Li Ya at the Jinhai Station lost the medicine the Japanese sent to Hu Zongnan's troops, worth nearly two hundred thousand US dollars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He is Jiang Jianfeng's man...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Zheng Jiemin could finish, Ke Shufen interrupted sharply:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He was the one who ruined Lu Qiaoshan's good work in Beiping last time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A clown!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Jiemin took over the conversation: \"He is a clown, but he is also a good dog raised by Jiang Jianfeng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now that the medicine is lost, the Son of Heaven and Jiang Jianfeng don't want to offend Hu Zongnan, nor do they want to pay, so this money has been dumped on me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They say I was negligent in supervising military supplies and ordered me to get the medicine within seven days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The key is, they aren't giving me the money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They allocated one hundred thousand US dollars to the Military Supplies Department, but they want two hundred thousand US dollars' worth of goods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's a one hundred thousand US dollar shortfall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's not one hundred thousand in legal tender.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Old Man is giving me a hard problem.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Jiemin sighed with a headache.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How could it be like this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Old Man has always trusted you deeply, even more than Kang Ze or Dai Li; you've only been Deputy Director for a few days, so how can he turn his face against you just like that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ke Shufen frowned, puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Politics is like water and fire; both are heartless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Integrating the police and security systems has offended people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That villain Tang Zong reported me to the Chairman, saying I'm getting too close to the Americans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just as the report was filed, Cole invited me to visit his ship; Cole and He Yingqin specifically named me to go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sigh, this is an attempt to set me up and force me down the same path as Dai Li.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Jiemin said, filled with worry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dai Li?\" Ke Shufen was somewhat confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Isn't it because Dai Li got too close to Cole and wanted to become Commander-in-Chief of the Navy?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forget it, you wouldn't understand even if I told you so much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seal these things up properly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Return them to Wu Jingzhong exactly as they are, and pick a few valuable items from the warehouse; I will personally go to Jinhai to offer an apology to my old classmate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Jiemin said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're going to apologize to him, and you still have to give him gifts on top of that? Zheng Jiemin, have you lost your mind?\" Ke Shufen immediately began to berate him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shufen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Chairman only gave me a budget of 100,000 US dollars, but wants 200,000 dollars worth of medicine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where am I supposed to get that 100,000 dollars?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And in the current situation, where am I supposed to get so much penicillin?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have to find Wu Jingzhong.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Jiemin said helplessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Must you find him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He was just an errand boy for you back in the day; wouldn't it be too...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ke Shufen always felt it wasn't quite right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you look for others,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"they might be polite to your face, but you never know what kind of traps they're setting behind your back; they'd love to see me fail my mission and get disciplined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sigh, a new official's three fires.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This first fire was extinguished in Beiping, and I don't know how many people are waiting to see me make a fool of myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now, bad things are piling up one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone wants to step on me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Jiemin shook his head and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wu Jingzhong is greedy for money, but this man has followed me for many years and is a former classmate; I still know a thing or two about him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He is slick and values human sentiment in all things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In this day and age, there aren't many people left with a human touch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps he is the only one willing to give me, this old brother, a hand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After drinking a few sips of tea, he sighed leisurely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A wasted trip, and I still have to pay out of pocket to Wu Laogou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you want to go, you go; anyway, I don't want to go to Jinhai again in this lifetime.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ke Shufen curled her lip and stomped upstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Jiemin carried a few carefully selected antique trinkets and flew to Jinhai personally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was in no rush to see Wu Jingzhong, but instead summoned Lu Qiaoshan first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Qiaoshan, you certainly know how to find a place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Quiet, spring flowers in bloom; it's suitable for being a man of leisure.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Jiemin sat in the garden and asked with a lazy smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Deputy Director, you cannot be a man of leisure; if you were to be idle, the Chairman's side wouldn't be able to function.\" Lu Qiaoshan stood to the side and smiled respectfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sheng Xiang has been placed; after your secret mission this time is complete, what are your plans?\" Zheng Jiemin asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also had eyes and ears in Jinhai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew Lu Qiaoshan had dealings with Hong Zhiyou and had even eaten a casual meal at Wu Jingzhong's house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To be honest,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jinhai is indeed a tight spot; every radish has its hole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ever since I left, there haven't been many people who recognize me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I won't hide it from you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Coming here, every step is difficult; I have to beg others to get anything done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not to mention there's that nemesis Li Ya, who guards against me like a thief all day long; just outside this room of mine, there are people squatting every single night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Deputy Director, once the mission is complete, I request to return to Jingling to continue serving you tea and water.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Qiaoshan said with a sincere face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a smart man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou had also tipped him off: in front of Zheng Jiemin, he shouldn't show even the slightest intention of wanting to stay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Jiemin was very satisfied with this answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he sighed with his mouth:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Going back isn't necessarily a good thing either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That Li Ya at the Jinhai Station has taken another stab at me; regarding the lost medicine, Hu Zongnan and Jiang Jianfeng dumped the mess on my head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have to beg others too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Call Wu Jingzhong and tell him to come see me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Jiemin instructed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Deputy Director.\" Lu Qiaoshan took the order and went into the inner room to relay the message to Hong Zhiyou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jinhai Station.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jingzhong stood by the window with his hands behind his back, humming a little tune while looking at the delicate flowers in the garden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once spring arrives, all things revive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is delightful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ke Shufen had left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, he could clear some time to deal with that stubborn rock, Li Ya.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Teacher, Deputy Director Zheng has arrived and summoned you to see him.\" Hong Zhiyou walked in quickly and whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jingzhong's smile faded, and he narrowed his eyes to ask solemnly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At a private residence of Lu Qiaoshan; I'm afraid it will take thirty or forty minutes by car.\" Hong Zhiyou said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So remote.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not entering the station, not entering the house; it seems the Old Man has given him a difficult problem, and he's here to ask us for help.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corners of Wu Jingzhong's mouth lifted slightly; he already understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's go, let's go see my old leader.\" He smiled and walked out first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Getting into the car,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jingzhong sat upright in the back seat and said in a deep voice:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Compared to many people in the Party and State, Zheng Jiemin still has a bit of a human touch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"His greatest strength is that he can pick things up and put them down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If he suffers a loss, he dares to admit it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As long as there is profit to be made, even if you killed his own father, he could still eat from the same pot as you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Back in the Fuxingshe, Boss Dai was the Director, Tang Zong was the Secretary, Zheng Jiemin was the Deputy Director, and there were a whole bunch of others like Yu Lexing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the end, Boss Dai fell out with Tang Zong and Yu Lexing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Only with Zheng Jiemin did things remain the same for ten years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even my own level of skill was largely learned from him when we were in Lanzhou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A truly smart man, an old big brother.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jingzhong reminisced about the past, unable to help but feel very emotional.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Teacher.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since we've driven away Ke Shufen this time, Deputy Minister Zheng won't make things difficult for you, will he?\" Hong Zhiyou asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He won't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I've already spilled what I needed to spill, just enough to make the point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He is a sensible man; he will understand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jingzhong said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They arrived at Lu Qiao's small courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jingzhong got out of the car, walked quickly for a few steps, and greeted him with a beaming smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Deputy Minister Zheng, old classmate, old leader, I've been looking forward to your visit to Jinhai like one looks forward to the stars and the moon; I've finally waited for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jingzhong, come, sit down quickly,\" Zheng Jiemin said, rising to greet him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jingzhong observed his expression and used an even more intimate form of address:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old brother, let me introduce you; this is my secretary, Hong Zhiyou, and also Ruirui's boyfriend.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know, the Jinhai expert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shen Zui has mentioned him to me more than once; he is young and promising,\" Zheng Jiemin said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have met you, Officer Zheng.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou stood at attention, chest out, and gave a respectful military salute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sit together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Qiaoshan, bring... tea,\" Zheng Jiemin said, waving his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let me do it instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Deputy Minister, Master, you two go ahead and talk.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou very tactfully went into the inner room to brew tea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You know about the matter in Jingling, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That Li Ya from your station lost the medicine, and Jiang Jianfeng dumped the blame on my head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now Tang Zong is reporting me to the higher-ups.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He Yingqin is pushing me to meet with the Americans again; the Chairman has a deep prejudice against me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Jiemin complained, pouring out his grievances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old brother, don't you worry; if there is anything you need Jingzhong for, just say the word,\" Wu Jingzhong said, patting his chest and giving his guarantee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are old partners; it is enough that you understand many things in your heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Many people now want to step on me and crush me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I know you won't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I did try to persuade Shufen when she came to Jinhai this time; she was just bewitched by Qiaoshan and let her selfishness get the better of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You know, she is the one who calls the shots in our house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even the King of Heaven couldn't control her temper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And so, it hurt our brotherhood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not a single item is missing; I have brought them all back for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Jiemin pointed to the suitcase and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old leader, if you say it like that, you are shaming Jingzhong and insulting your sister-in-law.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These things were given to my sister-in-law with my sincere heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I dare to swear to Heaven and to the Chairman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you take them back, wouldn't it chill my sister-in-law's heart, making it seem like she covets my little trinkets?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It hurts our feelings, it really hurts our feelings.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jingzhong hurriedly refused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am relieved that you think of your sister-in-law this way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After all these years, only we two old brothers have remained consistent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you still remember what I said to you when you were transferred from the Director of the Inspection Office of the Eighth War Zone to the Northeast Region?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Jiemin asked with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I remember.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You said that we eat from the same pot, but the chopsticks we hold are different—some long, some short.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fighting for food and snatching food is inevitable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When necessary, one should yield and retreat; one must never ruin the bond of brotherhood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Struggle is a means of survival in officialdom; as long as we sit together, we are still old brothers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jingzhong repeated it word for word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have said this to many people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But many people only talk about struggle and not about unity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jingzhong, only you still show some human kindness.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Jiemin pointed at Wu Jingzhong and said with great emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is always a higher mountain; even though he appears to be flourishing in officialdom, he has suffered plenty of indignities in secret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This includes his old classmate Jiang Jianfeng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am different from them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are my elder brother and my teacher. Jingzhong has what he has today entirely because of your careful guidance and teaching back then; that I can sit firmly in Jinhai is largely because you have been supporting me from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whenever Wu Jingzhong is mentioned, who wouldn't think... that is your classmate, your old subordinate, your old brother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is precisely because you are there that others have their reservations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not to mention others, Mao Sen has been eyeing this chair of mine for a long time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jingzhong's eyes were slightly red as he spoke with deep affection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is good that you can see this; I haven't protected you for all these years in vain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Right now, Mao Renfeng is highly valued, and Jiang Jianfeng has developed a rift with both you and me; if we two old brothers don't huddle together for warmth, let alone your position as station chief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even my position as Deputy Minister won't be secure.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Jiemin was also filled with sighs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you have any difficulties, old brother, just say the word; Jingzhong will surely go through fire and water for you.\" After finishing the pleasantries, Wu Jingzhong went straight to the point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Old Man has left me a gap of 100,000 US dollars in the military supply funds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You know, it's not that I don't have 100,000 US dollars, but if I have to pay out of my own pocket, with your sister-in-law's temperament, she would probably jump off a building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Furthermore, medicine is hard to get right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have to find the Americans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I asked Ambassador Smith in Jingling, and his suggestion was to find Commander Philson and have him assist in urgently requisitioning medicine from the Ghost Island, Southeast Asia, Xiangdao, and other places to cope with the front-line supplies for Hu Zongnan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Jiemin said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm, the time given by the Chairman is too rushed; this matter can only be handled this way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Americans are the big daddies of the Japanese now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As long as the word is put out here, that side won't be a problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The British Governor of Xiangdao is also in league with the Americans; if we expedite the air transport from Yuezhou, there should still be hope of completing it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jingzhong calculated and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The problem now is how to get the 100,000 US dollars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That is the key to the problem.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Jiemin tapped the table with a headache.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't panic, old brother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In my opinion, the issue isn't the 100,000 US dollars, but the medicine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How about this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whatever amount of penicillin Hu Zongnan lost, we will make it up in full; not a single injection will be missing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But we can do some tricks with this medicine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For example, dilute it a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Turn one dose into two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In this way, couldn't 100,000 US dollars accomplish the work of 200,000 US dollars?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jingzhong whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That is indeed a way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I'm afraid it won't pass the drug inspection; if it's really sent to the front line and can't cure the illness, and it's investigated later, it will cost us our heads,\" Zheng Jiemin said, frowning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old brother, you are overthinking it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Penicillin is used for inflammation; what kind of environment is a field hospital?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's nothing but filthy and chaotic.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not to mention that even if the medicinal efficacy is a bit low, it can still cure illnesses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if it can't cure them, you can always claim that they used the medicine improperly, didn't pay attention to medical hygiene, or caused a secondary infection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anyway, with the Americans backing us, would the National Government dare to investigate the Marine Corps?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jingzhong laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I had people conduct experiments at the Army Hospital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For one dose of penicillin, as long as it has half the medicinal efficacy, it can achieve an anti-inflammatory effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can just rest assured.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused, then added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",3696,"2026-06-25T10:22:50.793Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","2409b9bbcf9dc0fe7b6eaba4f85810a0c8b9656df1d6dfeade280f9dad84755f","spy-survival-guide-chapter-290","spy-survival-guide-chapter-288",395,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fspy-survival-guide-cover.jpg"]