"Student Xiao Zhanfeng, I met Dong Weng." The visitor stood at the foot of the steps and bowed deeply.
Wu Mingjin looked at the young scholar at the foot of the steps. He was wearing a green shirt and a Confucian scarf. He was obviously a member of the Ming Dynasty. His gestures and words showed that he was probably a real "scholar" and not the most popular among thieves.
I like the rough and tumble poor people.
Wu Mingjin has long seen scholars turn to Kun, but most of them are children who have become old and become useless in the end. There are really only a handful of famous scholars who turn to Kun.
"Excuse me, sir." Wu Mingjin said politely. He already knew what was going on when Wang Zhaomin said that Kun Ren wanted to help him "recruit" a master to "help handle the case."
He was said to be a master, but he was actually a "supervisor of the army." Wu Mingjin knew that he was going to Leizhou and serving as an official in the Kun people's territory. Sun Wukong was in the palm of Tathagata Buddha, so it was better for him to pretend to be deaf and dumb as he knew current affairs.
In fact, Wang Zhaomin beside him has already become Kunren's "investigator", keeping an eye on him all the time? Not to mention that Chief Xiong has also diligently prepared several servants and bodyguards for him to protect the hospital. Look.
Everyone went up respectfully, and secretly they were all accompanied by jailers.
When Wu Mingjin thought of this, he couldn't help but sigh: "Once the officialdom is as deep as the sea, from then on, integrity is just a passerby." If it weren't for being an official so that he could earn more money and return to his hometown for retirement, why would he be like this?!
With a smile on his face, he took out the appointment letter that he had prepared a long time ago: he wrote it himself, using a red full-length post, with the word "Guan Shu" written on the front, and paid twenty-four taels every year, and gave another two taels as a gift during the third festival. Added more to the envelope.
There is a label that says "Old Master Xiao Huicun".
Xiao Zhanfeng accepted the letter of appointment, and both parties were polite for a while. As usual, Wu Mingjin was going to have a banquet for Master Xiao. Xiao Zhanfeng expressed his sincere thanks.
"After receiving Dong Weng's seal of approval, the student has to go back and settle down his family before he can take up the post with Dong Weng."
"Oh, where are you from, sir?"
"The student is from Xuwen County."
This is not bad. Wu Mingjin thought, Xuwen is a subordinate county of Leizhou, so it will be much more convenient to have him here. The Kun people have good intentions.
"Don't worry, Mr. Dong. The student is going home and will be back within two days. The student has already ordered someone to book a first-class ticket on Dabo Shipping."
There are shuttle ships to Guangzhou every day, but the first-class shuttle ship only comes once every three days. Mr. Wu and his party have to stay in a private room of the hotel in Bopu for two days - Dabo Shipping has ships to Guangzhou every day
Sailing takes place once every two days.
Xiao Zhanfeng indeed rushed back to Xuwen on the same day. However, he did not go to settle down a family - Xiao Zhanfeng had no parents, no wife and children, and was a typical bachelor who had enough to eat for one person and not hungry for the whole family.
He rushed back to Xuwen in order to pre-arrange work in Xuwen - three days ago, Xiao Zhanfeng had been appointed as the deputy director of the Leizhou Station of the Foreign Intelligence Service. He was fully responsible for the official affairs of Leizhou and focused on supervising Wu Mingjin.
Three years ago, Xiao Zhanfeng helped Chang Shide and his colleagues fight down unemployed workers who tried to cause trouble during the Sugar War, and was appreciated by Chen Tianxiong and others. However, Xiao Zhanfeng did this without any consideration of profit.
After the collapse of Haiyi Tang, although he received a gift of twenty taels of silver from Chen Tianxiong, he politely declined the invitation to work as a case worker at the South China Sugar Factory or the Leizhou Sugar Industry Association.
"Students should study hard and be green. Then consider the economic career." Xiao Zhanfeng said to Chen Tianxiong at that time, "I will not give up this money. It can be used to make money for studying."
It turns out that Xiao Zhanfeng had a secret engagement with his childhood sweetheart, his cousin. But his family was in such a state of decline. He was also a down-and-out scholar who couldn't study. Even if his uncle and aunt were not snobs, they would never marry their daughter to such a down-and-out pauper.
Chen Tianxiong secretly felt that it was a pity that this young man had a chivalrous style and a strong thirst for knowledge. It turned out that he wanted to train him well. Unexpectedly, he still considered studying and studying as his only consideration.
However, it is not a bad thing for people to be motivated. Chen Tianxiong nodded immediately: "In that case, I won't force you. If you need anything, just go to South China. I, the South China Sugar Factory, will always treat you with an empty seat."
"
The two drank wine under the lychee tree at Xiao Zhanfeng's house and parted ways after drinking.
So Xiao Zhanfeng began to study seriously without any distractions, and finally got the title of "affiliated student member". Although he was the last rank of student member, he was still considered a green shirt. Just as Xiao Zhanfeng rushed to his uncle excitedly
When I came home to announce the good news, I got the news that my cousin was engaged and was going to get married on a certain day.
Although he has obtained the honorary title of a student, he is still a pauper. At best, he can only become a gentleman in Mengguan, barely making a living. His cousin is already eighteen years old, and he can no longer delay it. The measures taken by his uncle and aunt are no matter what.
Not to mention "shouldn't", Xiao Zhanfeng had no choice but to return home depressed. He was soaked by heavy rain on the way and became seriously ill when he returned home.
Xiao Zhanfeng, who had just recovered from a serious illness, was already disheartened and harbored hatred for the Ming Dynasty society. He finally decided to go to Chen Tianxiong and "succumb to Kun".
"In this case, why not go to the Sugar Industry Association to make a case first..."
"No, Mr. Chen, I want to go to Lingao." Xiao Zhanfeng said firmly, "to study Australian studies. I heard that Australians in Lingao have set up schools to teach Australian studies. I want to study there and find a job under the Australians in the future.
future."
Chen Tianxiong was shocked. He met many intellectuals from the Ming Dynasty. Many people were interested in "Macao Studies", but most of them were classified as "strange and obscene skills". Few people studied the reason deeply, and even fewer people were willing to think about it.
Go and study. I can’t help but be a little cautious:
“If you want to learn Australian studies, you can look no further than the South China Sugar Factory…”
"Doesn't Mr. Chen not want students to go to Lingao?" Xiao Zhanfeng said loudly, "How could I not know what the Australians are doing in Lingao! To tell you the truth, I am not a student of the Ming Dynasty - I want to go there
Go to Lingao and become a scholar of the Song Dynasty!" After saying that, he bowed to the end: "Please sir, please fulfill me!"
So Xiao Zhanfeng handed over the keys to his home to Chen Tianxiong and asked him to manage it on his behalf. He brought with him a few clothes, books, a seal, and a pair of twisted silver bracelets - the "legacy" left by his parents.
He boarded a ship carrying sugar and arrived at Lingao. From then on, he embarked on the road of serving the Senate and the people.
Xiao Zhanfeng's surrender to Kun caused a small sensation in the Senate at that time - before this, although there were a few naturalized residents in Lingao, they either suffered from various natural disasters and were displaced.
You have to be passively sheltered. Or you really can't survive and come to Lingao to make a living in order to make a living. No one who has achieved fame has taken the initiative to defect to Lingao. Xiao Zhanfeng, who has a clear-cut stand and a firm stand, took the initiative to "submit to Kun"
Xiucai is the first.
After Xiao Zhanfeng left the quarantine camp, he first went to a national school in Lingao, where he passed the Class A diploma, and then attended a civil affairs training class commissioned by the People's Committee for Civil Affairs to train local administrative cadres. During his studies, Xiao Zhanfeng not only
He studied hard and wrote many times to discuss matters, with the intention of "guiding the country" and "offering suggestions" for the Senate. However, as his study deepened and he continued to "visit and study" in various places in Lingao, Xiao Zhanfeng's letters became more and more frequent.
There were fewer and fewer, and eventually they disappeared completely - he soon realized that when it came to governing the country and the people, he was just playing tricks on his class.
After Xiao Zhanfeng graduated, he was sent to several villages in Lingao as village chiefs, and then promoted to commune civil coordinator, and then transferred to Danzhou to work in the Danzhou County Office. He was young, original and well-educated.
He grasped knowledge and new concepts faster and more thoroughly than ordinary farmers and naturalized traders, and soon became a key training target of the civil affairs department, preparing him to become the first batch of naturalized county magistrates in the future.
Although the reason why he was transferred to Wu Mingjin this time was mainly because of the Intelligence Bureau, the Civil Affairs Department thought it was also a good training opportunity, so they readily agreed to the secondment.
Xiao Zhanfeng and several of his entourages disembarked in Hai'an. Instead of returning to his home in the county, where he had neither relatives nor property, he went directly to the Leizhou Sugar Federation.
He reported to Yan Maoda, the person in charge here, about his upcoming work. Although the director of Leizhou Station is the same, his main energy is in the sugar industry, and he does not care much about other affairs and has no energy to care. In fact,
The person in charge became Yan Maoda, the deputy station director and general manager of the Vietnam Trading Company. His public identity was the general deacon of the Leizhou Sugar Industry Association. He secretly controlled all the forces under the Senate in the three counties of Leizhou.
"Of the three counties in Leizhou, Xuwen is the one we have the deepest control over," Yan Maoda introduced the situation. "Whether it's the county magistrate or the government clerks in three shifts and six rooms, we are almost at the point of issuing orders and prohibitions. Haikang and Suixi fortresses
It's a bit worse, but those officials and petty officials have been dealt with, and generally they won't cause trouble for themselves."
Yan Maoda said and asked someone to take a thick file box from the cabinet:
"This is the material I copied for you in accordance with the notice from the Intelligence Bureau. It contains the personal and family information of all the officials in one prefecture and three counties of Leizhou, as well as the big gentry households. It also contains an overview of the basic situation of the county, including farmers.
, population, production, etc.”
"Thank you so much, Chief!" Xiao Zhanfeng admired the Australian people's handling style of handling every detail clearly. He had long realized the criticality of intelligence information during his long-term administrative practice - it can be said that Australia
People's ability to be invincible in various difficult affairs is closely related to their ability to grasp and transmit various information at any time.
"Haha, you're so polite. Wu Mingjin is just a cover, you have to work harder." Yan Maoda said with a smile.