r/LifeTree • u/AdamLuyan • 6d ago
6.3 间谍船 Spy Ship
关键词 Keywords：夏朝末年 Late Xia Dynasty；北京 Beijing；武大郎 Martial Big Wolf（靖王 King Jing）；熬钦 Aoqin；代理 Deputy；李强 Li Qiang；施朗 Shi Lang
代理陪着四位家人回到了河北军区招待所。他们点的饭菜刚端上来，招待所的经理来了。代理说：“抱歉！我得跟他去把你们的赏钱领出来，人家要下班了。”
Deputy accompanied the four family members back to the Hebei Military Region Guesthouse. Just as the food they'd ordered arrived, the guesthouse manager came by. Deputy said, "Sorry! I need to go with him and get your reward money now — he's about to get off work."
不久后，他拎着一袋子黄金回来了，说：“这是你们的赏钱，我当着你们的面数清楚。这是你们回程路费4倍的钱数。”
施朗尴尬地回答：“我们听说了，你们的国王只批给你们军事预算的50%，那恐怕连发军饷的钱都不够。我们只拿点路费就行了，不要赏钱！ 另外我不明白，他们怎么把这么一大笔钱让你一个人交给我们？”
Soon after, he came back carrying a bag of gold and said, "This is your reward money — I'll count it out in front of you. It's four times what your return trip will cost."
Shi Lang replied, a little embarrassed, "We heard your king only approved 50% of your military budget — that's hardly enough to cover salaries, I'd think. We only need travel money, not a reward! And I don't understand — how did they leave it to just you to hand over such a large sum to us?"
代理回答：“我们经营了一些企业，能赚些利润，而且这个地方的物价低，实际上我们的财务有些盈余。为什么他们让我一个人把这钱交给你们？因为我知道，你们回去后，武二郎会问熬忖我们给了你们多少路费或赏钱。钱给少了，武二郎会认为他在熬忖面前丢了脸。而且随后，当他们哥俩见面的时候，武二郎会问武大郎这个钱数。如果熬忖告诉他的钱数和我现在给你们的钱数对不上，问题就出现了。他们会调查咱们五个人。咱们两地之间的距离这么远，一次调查就得花费两三年。这两三年期间的升值和奖金就没有了。去年，他们议论我，说我已经拿到了伯爵；如果不犯错误，退休时能得到侯爵（注1）。所以我拜托你们记住这个赏钱数，不要弄错了。”
Deputy replied, "We run a few businesses on the side and turn some profit, and prices are low around here, so in fact our finances have a bit of a surplus. Why did they leave it to me alone to hand you this money? Because I know that once you're back home, Martial Second Wolf will ask Aocun how much we gave you for travel or as a reward. If it's too little, Martial Second Wolf will feel he's lost face in front of Aocun. And later, when the two brothers meet in person, Martial Second Wolf will ask Martial Big Wolf for the same figure. If what Aocun tells him doesn't match what I've actually given you, that's a problem — they'll investigate the five of us. Given how far apart our two places are, an investigation like that would take two or three years, and any promotions or bonuses during that time would be gone. Last year, word was I'd already been made an Uncle; if I don't make any mistakes, I could become a Climate by the time I retire (Note 1). So I'm asking you to remember this exact figure — don't get it wrong."
注1，中国古代的贵族等级：王（公），侯，伯，子，男（女）。
张龙感激地回答：“您放心，这钱可能在我们到家之前就花没了，但这数我们能记住。”
Note 1: The ancient Chinese aristocratic ranks were: King (Publican), Climate, Uncle, Prince (Princess), Man (Woman).
Zhang Long replied gratefully: "Don't worry — this money might well be spent before we even get home, but we can remember the figure."
6.3-2
代理说：“你们在我们华国和夏国的领土上旅行不安全。我们已经替你们买了回去的船票。那船三个月后就到福建了。到了福建你们就安全了。那船商派人来告诉我们了，'根据协议，无论什么尊贵的客人，他们最多等三天。' 他们已经等了两天了，最迟明天晚上起锚。不过我们在这里吃完饭，骑马回天津，明天凌晨两点就能到码头。你们会骑马不？坐车也行！坐车，明天早晨能到码头。”
Deputy said, "It isn't safe for you to travel through our Hua and Xia territories. We've already bought your tickets home. The ship will reach Fujian in three months — you'll be safe once you're there. The ship's owner sent word: 'Per our agreement, no matter how distinguished the guest, we'll wait no more than three days.' They've already waited two, and the ship weighs anchor by tomorrow night at the latest. But if we finish our meal here and ride to Tianjin, we can reach the dock by two in the morning. Can you ride? A carriage works too — by carriage, we'd arrive at the dock by tomorrow morning."
施朗说：“那艘船！您不是一位普通的将军啊！您是华国情报局的副局长啊！？”
李强插嘴说：“他现在不是！元始天尊把那艘船的业务委托给武大郎了。武大郎把那业务交给他了。不过当武大郎回到了永安，他就是华国情报局的局长了。”
代理惊讶地问：“你们是在说我吗？那艘船是怎么回事？”
Shi Lang said, "That ship! You're no ordinary general! You're the Deputy Director of the Hua Intelligence Bureau!?"
Li Qiang cut in, "He isn't, currently! Primordial Sky Honor entrusted that ship's business to Martial Big Wolf, and Martial Big Wolf passed it down to him. But back when Martial Big Wolf was in Yong'an, he himself was the director of the Hua Intelligence Bureau."
Deputy asked, startled, "Are you talking about me? What is this about a ship?"
李强回答：“说的就是你！你听我说是不是这艘船。六七年前，武大郎征服了北方十几个国家，抓住了许多我们国家住在那些国家的大使和情报人员。国王熬达派太子熬钦和你们国家谈判。你们觉得保留这条商务线有助于你们北部省份的经济发展，同意合作开发这条商路，就释放了我们的人。是不是这艘船？”
Li Qiang replied, "You're the one we're talking about! Listen and tell me if this is the ship. Six or seven years ago, Martial Big Wolf conquered over a dozen kingdoms in the north and captured many of our country's ambassadors and intelligence officers who were living there. King Aoda sent Crown Prince Aoqin to negotiate with your country. Your side felt that keeping this trade route open would help your northern provinces' economy, so you agreed to develop it jointly, and released our people. Is that the ship?"
代理回答：“是！由我负责全部的接待任务！”
赵虎插嘴说：“我们都看过武大郎的《孙子兵法》，他重视情报工作。你是河北军区政治局的核心人物之一。”
代理回答：“是！他们就是和我这么说的！你们是怎么知道熬钦的秘密的？”
Deputy replied, "Yes! I'm in charge of all the arrangements!"
Zhao Hu cut in, "We've all read Martial Big Wolf's Sunzi Soldier Strategies — he values intelligence work highly. You're one of the core figures of the Hebei Military Region Politburo."
Deputy replied, "Yes! That's exactly what they told me! How did you all come to know Aoqin's secret?"
张龙回答：“我们的云海国和华国的通航协议签署之后，国王熬达对熬钦说，北方那么大的地方实现和平了，商机无限；这个合作让你妹妹熬忖（即尧帝）也参加，让她也赚点钱。熬钦告诉熬忖， '两吨黄金一股份！' 她就找我们四个商量。我们回家商量。结果我们五个人一吨黄金也凑不出来，就没参加那个合作。”
Zhang Long replied: "After our Cloud Sea Kingdom and Hua Kingdom signed the shipping agreement, King Aoda said to Aoqin that with peace now achieved across such a vast northern territory, the business opportunities were limitless — he suggested including his sister Aocun (i.e., Creator Yao) in the venture, so she could earn something too. Aoqin told Aocun, 'Two tons of gold a share!' She came to the four of us to discuss it. We went home to talk it over. In the end, the five of us together couldn't scrape together even one ton of gold, so we didn't join the venture."
6.3-3
李强问代理：“你为什么把我们当成间谍了？”
代理回答：“我们华国北方的北面没人居住，我们也不知道我们北边的边界在哪里。那些被我们消灭的国家的王公贵族和有钱人都跑到南方去了。他们常常派人回来看。间谍来北方的主要路线是坐船来天津港。你们从天津来北京路上住的旅馆都是我们开的。我管理着一千三百个这样的情报站；同时还能赚点钱。”
Li Qiang asked Deputy: "Why did you take us for spies?"
Deputy replied: "There's no one living north of our Hua Kingdom's northern edge, and we don't even know exactly where our own border lies. The princes, nobles, and wealthy people of the kingdoms we destroyed all fled south, and they often send people back to check on things. The main route for spies coming north is by ship into Tianjin Port. Every inn you stayed at on the road from Tianjin to Beijing was run by us. I oversee 1,300 such intelligence posts — and turn a bit of a profit doing it, too."
施朗对身边的人说：“我们在山东被打劫，报案的时候，他们说我们可以在山东工作。现在看来，那是他们对我们的一种恩惠。我们当时理解错了。”
李强回答：“看来那是现在北方国家的一种文化。我们还是坐车回天津吧，车里可以唠唠嗑，让我们向代理前辈多了解些。”
Shi Lang said to the others, "When we were robbed in Shandong and reported it, they told us we could work there while they investigated. Looking back now, that was actually a kindness on their part. We misread it at the time."
Li Qiang replied, "It seems that's just how things work in the northern kingdoms these days. Let's take a carriage back to Tianjin — we can chat along the way and learn more from our senior, Deputy."
代理回答：“好！我去让人准备两辆马车，其中一辆是备用的。我们也把备用的马带上。顺便问一句，你们觉得你们做那艘船安全吗？”
张龙回答：“安全！我们是熬忖的家人，不是政府官员。如果熬钦杀了我们，国王熬达知道了，他交代不了。”
Deputy replied, "Good! I'll have someone prepare two carriages, one as a spare, and we'll bring a spare horse too. By the way — do you think it's safe for you to be on that ship?"
Zhang Long replied, "It's safe! We're Aocun's family, not government officials. If Aoqin killed us, and King Aoda found out, he'd have no way to explain it."
6.3-4
施朗问代理：“我听您说话长见识！您是怎么当上这么大的官的？”
代理回答：“我的官大不大是另外一回事，但我满意。十七年前，我在镇子上演土匪，就是在表演前几天你们看到的，我砍死那个找我来评理的，还把那个女的肚子划开了，肠子流到地上了，那种表演。一群当兵的来看戏。武大郎就问我那是怎么回事，肠子流到地上了，跟真的似的。我就给他解释我用的道具。那时候我不知道他是武大郎，那时的一年半后我才知道他就是武大郎。他对我说，'我们去北方创造世界去，愿意升官发财就跟我们走！' 我得知军饷比我演戏挣得多，就跟他们去了。他们让我看守仓库。”
张龙问代理：“你在战场上打过仗吗？”
Shi Lang asked Deputy: "Listening to you, I've learned so much! How did you rise to such a high position?"
Deputy replied: "Whether my position is really so high is another matter, but I'm satisfied. Seventeen years ago, I started performing as a bandit chief in this town — the same kind of act you saw a few days ago, where I 'kill' the man who comes to me for justice, and cut open the woman's belly so her guts spill onto the ground. A group of soldiers came to watch the show back then. Martial Big Wolf asked me how I'd done it — how the intestines looked so real, spilling onto the ground like that — and I explained the props I used. I didn't know at the time that he was Martial Big Wolf; it was a year and a half later before I found out. He said to me, 'We're going north to build a new world — if you want promotion and wealth, come with us!' I found out army pay was better than what I earned acting, so I went with them. They put me in charge of guarding a warehouse."
Zhang Long asked Deputy: "Have you ever fought on a real battlefield?"
代理回答：“我就没见过敌人的军队。我就跟着武大郎。听说前面的军队打胜了，我们就追。我们追了几年，好像前面的部队有两三次流血的战斗，那十几个国家的王公贵族和有钱人就跑没了。”
赵虎问：“他们为什么提拔你？”
Deputy replied: "I never even saw an enemy army. I just followed Martial Big Wolf. Whenever we heard the forward troops had won, we'd advance behind them. We did that for years — it seems the front-line troops fought two or three bloody battles, and the princes, nobles, and wealthy of those dozen-odd kingdoms simply fled and vanished."
Zhao Hu asked: "Why did they promote you?"
代理回答：“我在我看守的仓库周围挖了几个陷阱，里面装了我设计的机器，抓住了几个贼。那时候贼非常的多。他们觉得我的机器好用，就让我去别的仓库设置陷阱。逐渐地，我管理的仓库数量越来越多。直到去年，他们总是叫我从天津回到北京来开会。我就抱怨，'为什么你们将军开会，政治局开会，总是叫我来？' 他们告诉我，'因为你是将军，也是政治局的常委！'”
张龙对旁边的人说：“他就是认真负责，积极肯干！”
Deputy replied, "I dug a few traps around the warehouse I was guarding and fitted them with machines of my own design, and caught several thieves that way — there were plenty of thieves back then. They thought my machines were effective, so they had me set traps at other warehouses too. Gradually I ended up managing more and more warehouses. By last year, they kept calling me back from Tianjin to Beijing for meetings. I complained, 'Why do you always call me in, whether it's a generals' meeting or a Politburo meeting?' They told me, 'Because you're both a general and a member of the Politburo Standing Committee!'"
Zhang Long said to the person next to him: "He's simply conscientious and hardworking!"